Here is the text of Barbara's bill banning some guns that look like assault weapons:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/122212105/S-150
it isn't as long as it first appears. Most of its bulk is a list of guns which the government will permit you to own. (Think about that for a minute or two.)
For instance, if you want a replica of a .50-70 Sharps, why, that's just fine with Babs.
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Edit: Blogger won't accept this as a hot link. Cut and paste works.
Jan 25, 2013
In case you've been camping on Planet Whezix, we're price-rationing ammunition lately. And what a price.
Able's is one of the large sellers, and a search of "available products only" for .22 long rifle gives you ten choices. No bulk packages, and the most economical 50-round box is Fiocchi subsonic at $12.95. Or 25-point-9 cents per round. Plus S and H.
It's the market at work, and the market will correct itself. It may take a while. And Mr. Ammo Mill might get a friendly whisper from Mommy Dotgov that increasing the supply will be considered an unfriendly and even antisocial act. Then it will take longer.
The onsite stash of bunny rounds is reasonably healthy, and no one living around here is about to buy much .22 at prevailing prices. One fella, though, is on his way to WalMart to see if econopacks of 12 gauge are still on the shelves at no more than 1 1/2 x the October price. If so he'll pick up a few more. If he does he'll write Joe "Shotgun" Biden in hopes of getting a nice attaboy letter back.
Able's is one of the large sellers, and a search of "available products only" for .22 long rifle gives you ten choices. No bulk packages, and the most economical 50-round box is Fiocchi subsonic at $12.95. Or 25-point-9 cents per round. Plus S and H.
It's the market at work, and the market will correct itself. It may take a while. And Mr. Ammo Mill might get a friendly whisper from Mommy Dotgov that increasing the supply will be considered an unfriendly and even antisocial act. Then it will take longer.
The onsite stash of bunny rounds is reasonably healthy, and no one living around here is about to buy much .22 at prevailing prices. One fella, though, is on his way to WalMart to see if econopacks of 12 gauge are still on the shelves at no more than 1 1/2 x the October price. If so he'll pick up a few more. If he does he'll write Joe "Shotgun" Biden in hopes of getting a nice attaboy letter back.
My right to be Joe Namath
I was a disabled kid in high school, not quite big enough to play tackle, not quite quick enough to pull out of line from guard position. Coach Eyefergit didn't exactly cut me, but he made it plain that I'd be spending a season on the cold, hard bench. So I became a debater. Nerdsville. My psyche still hasn't recovered.
Little did I know Coach was violating my rights. Washington was slow on this one, but now they've fixed it.
"... the new directive from the Education Department's civil rights division explicitly tells schools and colleges that access to interscholastic, intramural and intercollegiate athletics is a right."
Anyone who doesn't try to make life better for disabled people is a despicable human. Any bureaucrat who assigns a special category of varsity victimhood to kids who already have enough troubles is a fool.
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If you RTWT you'll probably get a vision of thousands of local schools scratching their heads and wondering how the Hell you implement something like this, and at what cost.
Maybe I'll be back later today, but right now I need to read the Constitution again. I must have missed the part that says the U.S. Department of Education has the authority to decree rights.
If it does, why doesn't it decree that that young folks have the right to be taught to read?
Little did I know Coach was violating my rights. Washington was slow on this one, but now they've fixed it.
"... the new directive from the Education Department's civil rights division explicitly tells schools and colleges that access to interscholastic, intramural and intercollegiate athletics is a right."
Anyone who doesn't try to make life better for disabled people is a despicable human. Any bureaucrat who assigns a special category of varsity victimhood to kids who already have enough troubles is a fool.
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If you RTWT you'll probably get a vision of thousands of local schools scratching their heads and wondering how the Hell you implement something like this, and at what cost.
Maybe I'll be back later today, but right now I need to read the Constitution again. I must have missed the part that says the U.S. Department of Education has the authority to decree rights.
If it does, why doesn't it decree that that young folks have the right to be taught to read?
Jan 24, 2013
The TMR as TV Guide
Reluctant to go do real work, I return to the teevee, still on C-Span 3. The scene shifts to Dr. Rhona Mahony in Dublin. She's a big cog in the Irish medical machine. She is talking to Irish lawmakers about abortion laws.
Relax, I'm done commenting on complicated political issues for the morning. I simply wish to illustrate that there are exceptions to P.J. O'Rourke's dicta on women of the Emerald Isle: "You don't want to see an Irish girl in a bikini."
Besides, there's a certain comfort in knowing that frustration with legiscritters is not exclusive to my country. Across the world, apparently, such people require that information be presented to them slowly, in short words, brief sentences, and, preferably, accompanied by stick-figure pictures.
Relax, I'm done commenting on complicated political issues for the morning. I simply wish to illustrate that there are exceptions to P.J. O'Rourke's dicta on women of the Emerald Isle: "You don't want to see an Irish girl in a bikini."
Besides, there's a certain comfort in knowing that frustration with legiscritters is not exclusive to my country. Across the world, apparently, such people require that information be presented to them slowly, in short words, brief sentences, and, preferably, accompanied by stick-figure pictures.
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