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Mar. 21 - Today in the News

• Today we start off with Gun Legislation & Politics in New York blogging their very own Mayor Bloomberg’s crusade (anti-gun, that is). It boggles the mind to think that this guy thinks he is a viable national candidate.
• mAss Backwards goes after the Boston Globe in Boston Globe Anti-Gun - Who Knew? and again in Do Boston Globe Editors Read the Globe?.
• Alphecca has posted his Weekly Check on the Bias but you probably already knew that.
• From the NRA:

1. States Allow Expanded Self-Defense
2. Remember New Orleans: Defenseless Decision
3. ATF Team To Target Atlanta`s Violence
4. Wisconsin: Carry Backers Work To Protect Privacy
5. NYC Mayor Bloomberg Thrusts Self Into Spotlight

• Of Arms & the Law brings us FLA bill on firearms in cars. Apparently it was flushed.
• In the department of 'Know your enemy' is Winning on issues: How to be a successful citizen lobbyist'. Consider a primer in Brady tactics. Hat tip to Of Arms & the Law.
• Pro-Gun Progressive tells us Why Does Gun Control Make This Progressive So Angry?.
• SayUncle talks about Women and guns. Not to be confused, it is about women with guns.
• SayUncle also brings us TN Gun law in the works. - Castle Doctrine
• For you NFA types the NFA Owners Association is moving to expand their effectiveness.
• And finally, SayUncle goes after the Chicago Tribune in More AWB lies.
• The Ten Ring says Massachusetts Bothers Me. Can't say as I blame him. As an alternative: 'Massachusetts, this is New Hampshire. Get out."
• The Volokh Conspiracy mentions Glenn Reynolds getting published in England in "Armed Against Genocide":.
• Since you are still reading, we will reward you with Of Arms & the Law discussing Second Amendment Wording with Don Kates.

Re: 50 cal

Adam

Mmmmmm...the white room...

"Excuse me sir, are you carrying any weapons?"

"Yes"

"Holy Shit!"

Bill Relaxes Carry Permits
Legislation to make it easier for law-abiding Delawareans to obtain permits to carry was introduced March 14 in the state House--with enough sponsors to guarantee its passage in both chambers.

States Allow Expanded Self-Defense
A year after Florida passed its "Castle Doctrine," the idea is spreading. South Dakota has enacted a similar law, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels plans to sign such a measure, and 15 other states are considering such proposals.

Re: North Bay Gun Smith - A.S.A.P..

tony

What caliber would you accept as a substitute? Most of my stuff is magnum pistol brush guns like a 94 winchester or a .308 bolt action rifle.

Jus so ya know, Gary.

Most area smiths are too backed up.


Hunters Hopeful Sunday Hunting Bill Will Pass This Year
Connecticut hunters and the state`s Environmental Protection Department are backing a bill that could end a ban on Sunday hunting that dates back to colonial times.

Re: 50 cal

Mikus

Hell id but 2, a bolt action and the ultra lite mil-spec semi auto one, hells yeah!

The BATFE, The NFA and The Courts

There's a scary combination.

The root of the problem is this:

• 26 USC 5845(b) defines a machinegun as "any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger."
• 26 USC fails to define "designed to shoot".
• 26 USC fails to define "can be readily restored".

So, we are left with the ATF defining the pertinent terms.

Along came MKS Specialties who got a hold of some cut up M-14 receivers (perfectly legal). They take that scrap metal (of a certain, politically incorrect history and shape), weld together functional receivers, add a few parts and produce a semiautomatic firearm.

The BATFE jumped in and said the MKS M-14 is an NFA weapon by virtue of how they interpret the law. Under civil asset forfeiture law, they grabbed an MKS M-14 owned by William K. Alverson.

The BATFE claimed that, because the M-14 was originally designed to shoot automatically, the MKS M-14 was an NFA weapon.

Alverson responded with an expert who testified that it would take six hours to convert the weapon to full-auto operation. Unfortunately, the Eighth Circuit had already held that if you could convert a semiautomatic rifle in 8 hours in a fully equiped machine shop, the gun would qualify as an NFA weapon.

Alverson also argued the concept of 'restoration'.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit sided with the BATFE.

This brings up a world of questions. Amongst them:

• Is the Glock 19 (semi-auto) a derivative work of the Glock 18 (full-auto) making it an NFA weapon?
• Would the Glock 19 be an NFA weapon if you could convert it to full-auto within 2 hours and no new parts (you can)?

We would like to add that the government looks completely moronic when they name an inanimate object as a defendant in a law suit. To normal citizens (not lawyers) this behavior does not pass any sort of smell test. If the government wants to go down that road, shouldn't the object be given legal council? And what about a compentency test to see if the object understands the charges against it?

Hat tip to How Appealing.

Let me simply add that:

• I don't know how to make a Glock 19 full-auto.
• I have never attempted it.
• I have never seen it done.
• I have never even researched it.
• My information comes from a conversion with an Army amormer who said he had done it many times to government owned Glocks.
• I would never recommend anyone go down such a course of action.

Update: New information has come forward that says that the M14 recievers used by MKS were not demilled to the BATFE's specifications. If that were true, then the pieces were still considered NFA weapons before they were even welded back together. Possession of those pieces by MKS would have been a violation of the NFA.

There is also some disgruntlement over the handling of the situation by MKS and their business ethics. We do not pretend to know the history or wish to go further down this line.

Defenseless Decision
"In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans` residents got an idea of what life is like without the rule of law," writes John Lott. "They had no telephones, no way to call 911. Even if they had, the police who reported for duty were busy with rescue missions, not fighting crime. Citizens had to protect themselves. This was made rather difficult by the city`s confiscation of guns, even from law-abiding citizens."

Gray Wolves Take A Big Step
The resurgence of the gray wolf in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota was reaffirmed when Interior Secretary Gale Norton announced plans to remove the wolf from a list of endangered and threatened species.