“If Americans want to move forward in our national conversation about gun control, we need to understand gun culture less as an example of American pathology or a source of US pride (depending on what side of the debate you take), and more as a social practice embedded in inequality, violence, and fear that are aggravated in the US, but not unique to it.” – Jennifer Carlson in Why America isn’t the only country that wants guns for self-defense [via csmonitor.com]
How is violence aggravated in the US, when “violence” (don’t you love ambiguity?) is dropping steadily? Oh, wait, you’re running out of emotion from Sandy Hook, so we’re going for a new emotional reaction.
national conversation about guns. national conversation about the national debt. national conversation about entitlements. national conversation about immigration.
i don’t see any ‘conversations’ anywhere.
Well at least the people of CO can smoke themselves into oblivion and not remember who or what happened by the time 2014 roles around…
“… the only thing between it becoming law is another vote in the house (where it already passed once) and the Governor’s signature …”
Well we could talk about Colorado County Sheriffs who have publicly stated they will not enforce such a ban.
We could also consider “jury nullification”: juries’ are responsible for serving justice, not finding citizens “guilty” of bogus “laws” that harm no one.
Of course these two solutions are spotty and definitely not a guarantee.
I am looking forward to seeing the elected representatives bounced out of office in the next election! You would think that they would have learned from the 1993 ban.
When you look like Alex Trebek of the television game show Jeopardy you can get away with positions like that.
Alex, I’ll take the 2nd amendment for $200 please…..
Good comparo!
Translation: it’s all whitey’s fault.
White men in particular. We’re, collectively, the devil it seems.
Im in west central IL and hate the fact that we have to fight Chicagoland politics all the time. If they screw us out of a good conceal carry law im jumpin the river and staying in Iowa.
I wonder if it might have been a contractural issue with Rossi. Taurus might be under agreement to not distribute any other Italian revovlers. Just thinking out loud.
FYI – Price is on their website. MSRP $515 to $640 for the Frontier depending on finish with nickle being the most expensive. MSRP $455 to $485 for the Rawhide depending on caliber and length of barrel.
Here are the two Illinois statutes on lawful arrest and detention:
(725 ILCS 5/107-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 107-5)
Sec. 107-5. Method of arrest.
(a) An arrest is made by an actual restraint of the person or by
his submission to custody.
(725 ILCS 5/107-14) (from Ch. 38, par. 107-14)
Sec. 107-14. Temporary questioning without arrest. A peace officer,
after having identified himself as a peace officer, may stop any person
in a public place for a reasonable period of time when the officer
reasonably infers from the circumstances that the person is committing,
is about to commit or has committed an offense as defined in Section
102-15 of this Code, and may demand the name and address of the
person and an explanation of his actions. Such detention and temporary questioning will be conducted in the vicinity of where the person
was stopped. (Source: Laws 1968, p. 218.)
I appears that do to being restrained (i.e. handcuffed) AND being taken
to the sheriff station the legal definitions of arrest were met.
Looks like a pretty clear cut case of unlawful arrest/detainment.
Anybody want to take any bets that the ACLU will step in?
I am just waiting for the South Park episode.
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I’m an M1 Carbine and M-14 guy. That’s just my personal preference from liking historical long guns.
But for all practical purposes of capability and utility, it’s the AR15 hands down.
I’ll take my HK91 with a PSG1 trigger, but someone else will have to carry it…
And the winner is a Scar 17s with a 1-4 variable powered scope, its lightweight highly reliable no recoil and packs a punch, if you cant get one of those then a M1A Socom 16 is the next best thing Has alot more recoil but its still accurate and light and packs the same wallop
He would have shot him more times, but pity stayed his hand. “It’s a pity I’ve run out of bullets,” he thought to himself.
Love my Gun Vaults for my pistols. Can open in less than one second in the dark and the kids can’t open. I run a cable lock through the back and secure to an existing structure, the type of cable lock used for game cameras. I will get one of these for the shotgun.