In yet another RKBA-related defeat for the Chicago disarmament machine, a federal court has struck down the Windy City’s ban on gun sales within city limits. In finding the prohibition unconstitutional, Federal Judge Edmond Chang wrote that “Chicago’s ordinance goes too far in outright banning legal buyers and legal dealers from engaging in lawful acquisitions and lawful sales of firearms . . .” So it’s legal to engage in lawful commerce involving a legal product? Even in Chicago? Will wonders never cease? Still . . .
In what likely foreshadows further efforts by the city council and Mayor Rahm to squelch firearm sales in any way they can, suntimes.com reports that Judge Chang also wrote, “Indeed, nothing in this opinion prevents the City from considering other regulations — short of the complete ban — on sales and transfers of firearms to minimize the access of criminals to firearms and to track the ownership of firearms.”
There’s no word as to what extent any ordinances designed to prevent “criminal activity” would also impinge on locally elected officials in swift completion of their appointed rounds. [h/t W.H. Thompson]
A doughboy dies playing Rambo.
You reap what you sow.
7.62AK would not be my first choice for HD in an apartment. I’m glad it all worked out. (For the neighbors, too.)
Black Powder and Alcohol by Leslie Fish
Black powder and alcohol,
When the states and the cities fall,
When your back is against the wall;
Black powder and alcohol.
Gimme charcoal to the measure two:
Send the bullet where you want it to.
Gimme sulphur to the measure three:
Make the powder gonna keep you free.
Gimme saltpetre, measure fifteen:
Sweetest shooting that you’ve ever seen! (chorus)
Gimme water, yeast, and veggie-trash:
Leave it sitting in the slurry-mash.
When it’s ready, put it in the still:
If you can’t heat it, then the sunlight will.
Draw the alcohol away, and then
Put the slurry back, and start again! (chorus)
Booze’ll clean your cuts, or run your car.
You can make it anywhere you are.
Black powder in your cartridge shell
Will send the robbers running clean to Hell.
You can make them if you just know how.
So kids, remember what I tell you now! (chorus & repeat
chorus)
Well it’s about time. 🙂
What specific questions will they be asked?
Up here warrants are good for 72 hours. If the bad guy was thought to be a real bad guy, we would either wait till he left and pull him over or just go up in plain clothes and knock on the door. A few hundred warrants later, no injuries to anybody. Ever.
It’s sad, but it’ll happen again with these stupid midnight no-knock raids.
I’m glad I’m retired.
wow! by the looks of things the cops would have died of a heart attack before his shift was over.
now not to say what comes around goes around but… when you break into a Texas homeowners home at night, you should expect to face some resistance. i don’t see how you can expect a badge that isn’t visible due to the covering of night will change anything.
I work a few blocks from there and was working that night. Folks better be careful, some of us sheepdogs bite back (regardless of the rules).
They should politely inform him that in our republic, the people question public officials to ensure their politics are acceptable, not the other way around.
NEVER the other way around.
an eclectic collection, leaning towards the tactical
Screw New Jersey.
Plenty of other places for manufacturers to sell their goods or make bids.
Id boycott any manufacturer that goes the asked route myself on general principles alone.
Was there ever a Glock 41 before?
Viva la Mexico!
I read the comments, and nobody asked this question, who will the Obama administration support? The Corrupt Govt? The Cartels? The Citizens?
My guess is the cartels will be ignored, dont kill the goose that lays the golden eggs (people in our Govt are getting a slice of the pie, even if it never goes to court).
Our Govt will support Mexico Govt in a show of solidarity to reduce violence and drugs, for the children.
The Citizen shop keepers and farmers will get drone strikes for taking up arms to defend his rights of peace, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, because he broke a law and is now a criminal and must be punished because – for the children.
At that point, well, it could get ugly fast, on both sides of the border.
Mexico is a failed police state, we live in a ascendent police state. I fear we will live in interesting times.
I think a little jury nullification is in order…
Buying guns is something I do regardless of anyone’s “Fear Mongering.” Mainly because I just like guns.