Golden Oldie -- New York gun laws

to wit:

"...That every able-bodied Male Person, being a Citizen of this State, or of any of the United States, and residing in this State, (except such Persons as are hereinafter excepted) and who are of the Age of Sixteen, and under the Age of Forty-five Years, shall, by the Captain or commanding Officer of the Beat in which such Citizens shall reside, within four Months after the passing of this Act, be enrolled in the Company of such Beat. . . . That every Citizen so enrolled and notified, shall, within three Months thereafter, provide himself, at his own Expense, with a good Musket or Firelock, a sufficient Bayonet and Belt, a Pouch with a Box therein to contain not less than Twenty-four Cartridges suited to the Bore of his Musket or Firelock, each Cartridge containing a proper Quantity of Powder and Ball, two spare Flints, a Blanket and Knapsack; . . ."

An act of the New York state legislature, April 4, 1784

Big Pow Wow on Plains

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 5:30 p.m. -- GUNS, STEAKS, AND A BIG ROOM FULL OF GOOD FOLKS

Time for the Prairie Land Area annual Friends of the NRA banquet for any of you in southwest Minnesota or northwest Iowa. We hold this shindig at the Hunt Club north of Lakefield, Minnesota, and it just keeps getting larger and larger.

The advance price of $30 gets you a T-bone, a handful of lottery tickets, and an ownership hunk of our pro-shooting work in both states. The profits go toward shooting ranges, youth firearms programs, and wildlife habitat.

We here at the Travis McGee Reader don't ordinarily flog causes other than pure anti-idiotarianism, but the TMR chief propagandist happens to like this bunch of people, so an exception is being made.

Quick, Warn Yogi!

The AP today quotes this guy: ""Families should not have to stare down loaded AK-47s on nature hikes,."

And that is how Brady Campaign president Paul Helmke understands the process of reasoned debate.

His step-ins are so tightly knotted this time because the Senate has just heavily approved allowing you to carry, loaded, in your national parks.

Besides, Paul's wrong. There are all kinds of families that should be staring down loaded guns -- in Yellowstone, Jellystone and elsewhere.

(This is not a done deal. The Guns 'n' Geysers bill is a rider to the Credit Card Elimination Act that liberals love, and it still needs to clear a conference committee.)

EDIT: Check that note on the conference committee. The Obama is so anxious for the credit card bill he has set a deadline for tomorrow, so the House leaders say they'll just have reps vote the Senate version up or down.

... and pass the ammunition

From the Christian Science Monitor:

A bill to allow Arkansas churchgoers to carry concealed guns was passed Wednesday by the state's House of Representatives by a 57-to-42 vote. The measure, introduced in response to a series of church shootings across the country, now moves to the Senate.