A List Member Replies: One thing I've noticed about both of my Kahrs (a
CW9 and a PM9) is that it's vital to "seat" the rounds against the
magazine. During the break-in period, I had a FTF [failure to feed?]
with the CW9 that I traced back to a round that was partially seated
against the magazine wall, and was able to replicate the problem by
moving a round a fraction of an inch away from the magazine wall before
inserting the magazine. Several hundred range rounds later, I've not
had a single misfeed, and I'm convinced it was operator error rather
than a problem with the guns. I believe a lot of complaints about Kahrs
misfeeding could be traced back to this operational detail, although
I've seen very little coverage about the issue. (I have never noticed
this myself but I have never seen any failures to feed with Kahrs on my
range, with either steel-frame or polymer-frame version. At worst, I
have had one or two students have rounds rotate vertically while they
were in the process of loading magazines. I did have one student
experience stovepiping [failure to eject] because she was letting the
finger fly off the trigger. This was quickly corrected by reminding her
to reset the trigger.)
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Another .30-30 Article: List member Ed Harris (of Ed's Red fame) offers
another look at the Winchester 94 in .30-30. Ed's article contains a
useful discussion of the factory open sights, which have always been a
visual challenge to me. Newer options are available but I have a soft
spot for tang sights on these guns. Like double-action revolvers,
lever-action rifles may not offer the latest technology but they do the
job for which they are intended and they may be easier to use openly if
we see another era of infringement of the right to own autoloading
firearms. If you can afford it, you should own at least one revolver and
one lever gun.
http://shilohtv.com/?p=4619
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Freedom to Carry: Will "Freedom To Carry" replace "Right To Carry"? It's
moving that way in Texas and elsewhere. With state legislative sessions
starting nationwide, the right to keep and bear arms is front and center
in people's minds and some state legislatures. So-called "right to
carry," which requires government interference, paperwork, applications,
approvals , taxes called "fees," mandatory classes, written tests,
shooting tests, plastic-coated permission slips, fingerprinting,
photographs, entries into criminal databases and expiration dates for
your "rights," well, this has definitely moved the right to bear arms
significantly ahead. Is it time to go further and reach "Freedom To Carry"?
Also called Vermont- or Alaska-style carry, basically the government
stays out of your face as you exercise your fundamental human and civil
right to own and carry property. Having a firearm, if you're doing
nothing wrong, is not a crime. What a concept. A woman can put a handgun
in her handbag and go about her day without fear of arrest... (If you
click no other link, to read the rest of the article, today, click this
one.)
http://pagenine.typepad.com/page_nine/2010/01/freedom-to-carry.html
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Can the Government Keep Us Safe?: ... Can the government keep us safe? I
don't think so. Airline travel is safer today because pilots have guns,
cockpit doors are like bank vaults, and the passengers have become
courageous. All this was done by individuals in the private sector, not
by the government. I've said it before and I'll say it again, if the
feds had not stripped us of our natural rights to keep ourselves safe -
by keeping and bearing arms - 9/11 would never have happened. How about
letting the airlines decide who gets on the planes, rather than a TSA
worker who leaves his post? When industry competes for your business,
you fly where you want to go, you get there in comfort and safety, and
you do all this at a competitive cost. When the government runs the
show, you stand in the cold night air for six hours because of a kiss.
The government can't deliver the mail, it can't operate surveillance
cameras at an airport; it can't pay back its debts; it can't tell the
truth. That would be the same government that wants to manage your
healthcare... (This is nice rhetoric from Judge Napolitano but, as I
understand it, it was the airlines that requested the end to the rule
that required pilots of all planes carrying US mail to be armed. Back
when they were, they were not required to use their own funds to travel
to Artesia NM for training, after having passed additional psychological
screening. They simply placed a S&W Chief Special revolver in their
chart case. Two are reported to have shot skyjackers during that period,
with one case documented with press reports.)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/napolitano/napolitano13.1.html
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Bloomberg and Parallax: Skilled marksmen know that parallax - caused by
having your head in the wrong place when looking through your sights -
can cause you to miss your target. As New York City mayor Michael
Bloomberg has demonstrated yet again, having your head in the wrong
place can also result in a miss where gun control is concerned.
Bloomberg's group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, has produced a 51-page
"Blueprint for Federal Action" calling for seven federal departments and
agencies - the Departments of State, Justice, and Homeland Security, the
FBI and BATFE, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and the
White House Office of Management and Budget - to implement 40 changes to
federal gun law interpretation and enforcement. The manifesto doesn't
state what its recommendations are intended to accomplish. However,
knowing that Bloomberg believes "More Guns Means More Crime," we can
safely assume that he intends to reduce gun sales...
http://www.ammoland.com/2010/01/09/gun-rights-hater-and-gun-banner-bloomberg-fails-to-admit-the-obvious/
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Why NBA Players Want Guns: Some people ask why a man who stands
6-foot-4, weighs 215 pounds and doesn't have an ounce of fat on him
needs to carry a gun. But Gilbert Arenas is not an anonymous physical
specimen. He's a player for the NBA's Washington Wizards. And statistics
show that the point guard's fame and recognition make him much more
likely than the average man on the street to become the victim of a
violent crime... For some observers, it is hard to comprehend why
professional athletes carry guns. The massive size and strength of NBA
players would appear to make them unlikely crime victims. But Gary
Kleck, a criminology Professor at Florida State University and co-author
of "The Great American Gun Debate," says that's hardly the case...
Statistics support Kleck's case. Five NBA players were robbed during the
four years from 2005 to 2008 - a rate of 280 per 100,000 people,
compared to 145 per 100,000 for the rest of the U.S. population. In
other words, the rate that NBA players are robbed was about twice the
rate for the rest of the country... The robberies of the NBA players
also were comparatively brutal. Possibly because of the players'
physical size, those who rob them generally commit their crimes in
groups and appear to engage in more planning. Indeed, all the robberies
committed against NBA players from 2005 to 2008 involved at least two
robbers, and they averaged 2.6 robbers. By contrast, a single robber
commits the overwhelming majority of other robberies...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582715,00.html
Related Commentary:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/11/athletes-packing-heat/
And More on Arenas...: ...In doing what he did, where he did, Arenas has
potentially created more legal trouble for himself than had he done it
elsewhere. "The District of Columbia is about as unique a place as there
is in the country in terms of regulating firearms because of its need to
balance safety with the Second Amendment right to bear arms," Nickles
said. Somewhere in that balance could lie Arenas's near future. The
Metropolitan Police Department, federal prosecutors and a grand jury are
all weighing possible action against Arenas because he took four
handguns from his home in Virginia to the Wizards' locker room, stored
them there, then deployed them in an ill-advised confrontation with a
teammate that Arenas has now described as a "misguided effort to play a
joke." ... By passing the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975, the
District of Columbia's City Council effectively barred residents from
owning guns except certain shotguns and sporting-type rifles and
mandated that even those be unloaded, disassembled or bound by a trigger
lock in one's home... More significant, even with the court ruling, one
cannot carry a handgun outside the home, which is what Arenas did in
taking handguns from his house to the Verizon Center. In part of a
statement issued last week, he said he thought that the changes brought
about by the Supreme Court ruling made it legal for him to bring his
guns into the District of Columbia. He was wrong...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/sports/basketball/11arenas.html
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On the Other Hand...: Former basketball star Jayson Williams pleaded
guilty Monday to aggravated assault and will serve at least 18 months in
prison for accidentally killing a limousine driver in his bedroom,
finally closing one chapter in his troubled post-NBA life. Williams was
awaiting retrial on a reckless manslaughter count but pleaded guilty to
the lesser count for the 2002 death of Costas Christofi. Williams
remained poised during the hearing and mostly answered yes-and-no
questions, though he did tell the judge that he had not fully checked
the gun's safety before snapping it closed. "I didn't look in the
direction the muzzle of the gun was pointed," he said, before admitting
that his handling of the gun was reckless... Williams was acquitted in
2004 of aggravated manslaughter and convicted of trying to cover up the
crime. The jury deadlocked on a reckless manslaughter count, and a
retrial on that charge was due to start this week. Witnesses testified
during the trial that Williams was showing off a shotgun when he snapped
the weapon shut and it fired, hitting Christofi. They also testified
that Williams initially put the gun in the dead man's hands and told
witnesses to lie about what happened...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/11/ex-nba-player-pleads-guilty-fatal-shooting/
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Tax Protestor Sentenced on Weapons Charges: A tax-evading New Hampshire
man convicted of amassing an arsenal of weapons has been sentenced to 37
years in federal prison. Attorneys for Ed Brown had argued he suffers
from a delusional disorder and asked for the minimum mandatory of 30
years. Prosecutors sought a sentence of almost 50 years in prison. U.S.
District Judge George Singal found Brown competent and sentenced him
Monday to 37 years, saying he found Brown "unrepentant." Brown and his
wife, Elaine, were in a nine-month standoff with authorities in 2007
after they were sentenced to five years in prison for tax evasion.
Elaine Brown was sentenced in October to 35 years in prison. (I presume
that there must have been some NFA violations.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nation/nh-tax-evader-found-competent-sentenced-to-37-years-for-weapons-violations-81147467.html
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Virginia Man Sentenced for Full-Auto Conversions: John M. Walker, 50, of
Alexandria, Va., was sentenced today to 36 months in prison, followed by
three years of supervised release, for illegally converting a
semi-automatic rifle into a machine gun. The defendant also agreed to
forfeit 19 of his firearms that were possessed in violation of the
National Firearms Act... According to court documents, Walker admitted
to illegally converting two semi-automatic Uzi firearms to
fully-automatic Uzi machine guns and removing the serial numbers on the
machine guns that he sold. He further agreed that he sold these two
illegal fully-automatic Uzi machine guns to an undercover agent from the
ATF for approximately $2,000 each. Also in court documents, Walker
admitted to possessing 19 firearms that had been converted to machine
guns. Walker had not registered the 19 firearms in the National Firearms
Act Registration and Transfer Record, and he had not paid the required
Special Occupational Tax to manufacture, transfer or possess firearms
designated in the National Firearms Act, specifically to include those
sold to the undercover ATF agent. Thus, he agreed to forfeit the 19
illegal machine guns to ATF. The forfeiture will ensure that these guns
are kept out of the hands of potential criminals... (Walker, I presume,
was "repentant.")
http://www.ammoland.com/2010/01/09/man-sentenced-to-three-years-for-making-illegal-uzi-machine-guns/
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Wisconsin Man Sues for Open-Carry Arrest: A Racine man arrested while
openly carrying a holstered gun on his porch is suing the city and two
police officers. The Journal Times in Racine says Frank Hannan-Rock and
a gun-rights group filed the federal lawsuit Friday. The suit challenges
Wisconsin's Gun Free School Zone Act, which restricts gun possession
within 1,000 feet of a school. The plaintiffs say the act covers so much
territory that it's too restrictive for gun owners. Hannan-Rock was
arrested in September when he refused to answer questions from officers
investigating a report of shots fired in the area. He wasn't charged. He
says police told him they have probable cause to arrest him in his home
when he has a gun and refuses to identify himself because he lives
within 1,000 feet of a school. (The federal Gun Free School Zones Act
provides a specific exemption for possession within 1,000 feet of a
school if the actor is on private property that is not part of the
school grounds.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-gunlawsuit-wis,0,3357443.story
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NYPD Disarms Retired Hero: An NYPD detective who risked his life to
infiltrate the Mafia has been stripped of the right to carry a firearm
because of a line-of-duty injury, the Daily News has learned. Rick
Cowan, a retired first-grade detective, posed as a recycling company
exec named Danny Benedetto in the early 1990s to expose mob influence in
the carting industry. His work secretly recording mobsters and corrupt
businessmen earned him one of the NYPD's top medals - honorable mention.
But now, with the NYPD refusing to let him carry a weapon for
protection, he feels betrayed by the job he loved... Department
officials are concerned that if Cowan lost consciousness, he would be
unable to safeguard his firearm and consigned him to its "no carry"
list. Cowan's lawyer said the NYPD medical division appears more
concerned with liability issues than the safety of the detective and his
family...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/01/10/2010-01-10_detective_hero_told_to_give_up_gun.html
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Life in Las Vegas: Charlie Mitchener is a 61-year-old general building
contractor with an office near Patrick Lane and Fort Apache Road in Las
Vegas. He holds permits allowing him to legally carry concealed weapons
in Nevada, Florida and Utah. Over the past three years, his office has
been broken into five times. "Three of those occasions involved me
interacting with Metro," he wrote to me recently. "Each of the occasions
began the same: my introduction, my presentation of my Nevada drivers
license and my concealed firearms permit. Prior to today, each Metro
officer simply replied thank you, proceeded with his work and then when
complete there was a conversation about firearms." Things were real
different at 5:30 a.m, Jan. 3, however, when Mr. Mitchener called Metro
to report the fifth break-in at his office... "Upon presentation of my
(firearms permit), the officer asked if I had the weapon on me to which
I replied yes. She then said to spread my legs and put my hands behind
my back. I complied and she then handcuffed me. While doing so, she said
that she wanted to make certain 'that we were all safe.' " Officer
Rogers stripped Mr. Mitchener of the Glock 19 he was carrying, took the
weapon and locked it in her patrol car...
http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/handcuffed-disarmed-for-obeying-the-law-81088092.html
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Life in New Jersey: A man was wounded in a police-involved shooting in
Jersey City on Sunday night, a spokesman for the city said... At the
hospital, a woman who said she was the victim's sister identified him as
Kwadir Felton, 18, from Jersey City, and said he had been shot in the
face. A senior at a vocational school, he was scheduled to graduate in
June, she said. She said doctors told her that he was blinded but was
likely to survive. She said it was a case of mistaken identity. Groups
of officers huddled outside the hospital as friends of the victim tried
to visit. A security guard, who appeared to be familiar with the young
men who came by, could be heard warning them that they could not bring
their guns inside - prompting some to turn away... (As far as I know,
New Jersey will not issue a carry permit that is not related to an
applicant's employment. Outside DC, Chicago, and New York City, New
Jersey probably has the most cumbersome process to purchase a handgun
legally. Neither infringement appears to have much effect on those who
are not concerned with obeying the law.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/nyregion/11shoot.html?ref=nyregion
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New Jersey Amends One-Gun-a-Month Law: ... While NRA attempted to create
a more robust exemption for gun owners, these requests fell upon deaf
ears and the bill passed as written without creating changes beneficial
to New Jersey's law-abiding firearm owners as promised by the Firearms
Task Force. Proponents contend this measure would address the problems
with New Jersey's "one-gun-a-month" law; however, it falls far short.
While it would, in limited circumstances, allow a law-abiding person to
purchase multiple handguns, an individual would only be able to do so
after filing a formal application with the State Police. In addition,
the individual would need to justify their "need" to purchase these
firearms together and why it would not be "feasible or practical" to
purchase the firearms separately... (I assume that the cleanup only
corrected those aspects that limited dealers to purchasing one handgun a
month.)
http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/opinion-new-jersey-assembly-passes-one-gun-a-month-bill-r-1263166652
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Missouri Residents Cautioned on Use of Force: As the old adage about
protecting one's property says, "A man's home is his castle." What's not
said is exactly how far he (or she) can go to safeguard a home - or even
more vaguely, a car or family. It's a complex question, as evidenced by
two high-profile area cases in recent weeks. The first, on Dec. 27,
involved a St. Louis man who allegedly shot and killed an 18-year-old
who was attempting to steal the man's truck. The next day, two St. Louis
police officers shot and killed a man who they said fired at them, but
who may have believed he was shooting at an intruder... What is clear -
and what prosecutors and cops agree on - is that people generally have
the right to defend themselves and their loved ones with deadly force
under two broad categories: self-defense and to protect one's dwelling...
http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2010/01/10/madison/news/0110gcj-shoot0000000.txt
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Oops, Wrong House: A suspected burglar is dead after being shot by a
homeowner in northeast Houston. Police say the homeowner saw the man
breaking into his house on Baer and Meadow this morning. He grabbed a
gun and opened fire. The suspected burglar got outside, jumped a fence
and collapsed. He died later at a hospital. It's unclear right now if
the homeowner will face any charges. (While the shooting will likely go
to a grand jury, I find it more unclear why the reporter thinks the
Texas homeowner might face charges.)
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7209846
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Huge Bear Continues Lake Tahoe Raids: A gigantic, bullet-scarred black
bear with a hankering for human food and a knack for breaking and
entering has been terrorizing homeowners on the north shore of Lake
Tahoe and deftly outmaneuvering gun-toting rangers, bear dogs and traps.
The burly bruin - a male that weighs an estimated 700 pounds, roughly
twice the poundage of the average adult black bear - has broken into and
ransacked dozens of homes in Incline Village since last summer, causing
tens of thousands of dollars in damage and more than a few sleepless
nights. Wildlife officials have tried everything, but the food junkie
apparently knows a bear trap when he sees one, shakes off bullets like
they were mosquito bites, and keeps coming back for more... A Diamond
Peak, Nev., resident said he shot the bear in the back with a .30-30
rifle when the animal charged him just after Thanksgiving. "I've seen
bears before, but this was the biggest bear I've ever seen," said the
man, who did not want to be identified out of fear that animal lovers
would harass him. "I can tell you this thing was nasty looking, with
scars on its face and a gash on its neck." Lackey said the bear is
unusually smart. He has eluded the Karelian Bear Dogs that were put on
his trail and waltzes right by bear traps. He even knows the garbage
pickup dates in certain neighborhoods and routinely shows up to feast
when cans are full, Lackey said... (The article fails to emphasize the
role of garbage cans, which initially draw bears to homes in
neighborhoods that border their normal territory.)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/09/BAL71BDC28.DTL&tsp=1
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The New York Times Examines the M16 and M4: ... Some of the arguments
(the problems with M-16s jamming during their Vietnam-era rollout) were
historical and of marginal relevance to the current generation of
rifles. The causes of jamming in the jungle and deltas of Vietnam were
isolated more than 40 years ago, and the rifles and ammunition in use
today are significantly changed. Complaints from Afghanistan and Iraq
are also on a far smaller scale than those of yesteryear, when the early
generation of the M-16 became a national scandal. But other arguments
remain germane, including the question of whether the rifles are
susceptible to stoppages caused by the intrusion of sand and dust, and
whether the standard military ammunition they are firing is well suited
for killing lightly clad men. The current round, the M855, was designed
for penetrating Eastern Bloc body armor. Some soldiers believe it passes
too easily through victims wearing everyday clothes... (I find it hard
to believe that American soldiers refer to those who are trying to kill
them as "victims.")
http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/the-making-of-the-militarys-standard-arms/
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Philippines Restricts Firearms Prior to Elections: A nationwide gun ban
took effect Sunday in the Philippines to stave off any increase in
political violence as elections draw closer, officials said. Elections
in the Philippines are almost always bloody, mainly because of the
dominance of political dynasties, the presence of nearly 70 private
armies and militias and the proliferation of what are called "loose
firearms" - mostly unlicensed and unregistered weapons. Though the
elections are scheduled for May, there have already been reports of
killings and attacks on candidates this year. Manuel Villar, a
presidential candidate of the Nacionalista Party, said four of the
party's candidates for local office were killed in different areas in
the first week of January... The new gun ban calls for officials to
establish more than 3,500 checkpoints - at least 90 of them in the
capital, Manila - to be staffed by 100,000 soldiers and police
officers... Under the terms of the ban, civilians are not allowed to
carry firearms outside of their homes, even if they are licensed. Only
uniformed police officers or soldiers on duty are authorized to carry
guns, and the law is so stringent that off-duty police officers who are
in possession of firearms will be subject to arrest, Mr. Espina said.
Three police officers, a navy enlisted man and a prison warden were
among those detained Sunday, The Associated Press reported... (As I
understand Philippine politics, gambling and prostitution, both
significant sources of income, are generally controlled by mayors and
local military commanders, acting in concert.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/world/asia/11philippines.html?ref=world
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There's a Reason God Put Those People on an Island: Celebrity mum
Myleene Klass is "aghast" after being warned by police for waving a
knife at teenagers who entered her garden. The TV star and Marks &
Spencer model was in her kitchen, with her daughter upstairs, when she
spotted people peering into her window just after midnight on Friday.
She grabbed a knife and banged the windows before they ran away.
Hertfordshire Police officers warned Klass she should not have used a
knife to scare off the teens because carrying an "offensive weapon" -
even in her own home - was illegal. Klass told Sky News in a statement:
"My family are totally fine and I thank the police for being so
re-assuring and comforting. However, I was left shocked and surprised to
be told that a private individual in the privacy of their own home runs
the risk of committing a criminal offence if, out of fear for their own
safety and their loved ones, they grab something with which they could
defend themselves if an intruder enters their home. I totally respect
British law - but surely everyone has the right to self-defence in their
own home if they are in danger?" ... (Pointing a firearm at someone,
without justification, is typically considered an aggravated assault
because the firearm can launch one or more projectiles over a long
distance. A knife, however, is typically regarded as a contact weapon.
Even though an average assailant can close a distance of seven yards
with a knife in about 1.5 seconds, she cannot do so through a wall or
window.)
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Myleene-Klass-Knife-Warning-Marks-And-Spencer-Model-Warned-Over-Waving-Kitchen-Knife-At-Teenagers/Article/201001215518164?lpos=Showbiz_News_Carousel_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15518164_Myleene_Klass_Knife_Wa
A man who was stabbed to death in a London suburb while confronting two
muggers who were running away after snatching a woman's handbag has been
described as a hero by police. Sukhwinder Singh, 31, who has one child,
chased the thieves after witnessing the attack on a 28-year-old woman
near Barking station in east London. After pursuing the two men along
several residential streets, Singh caught up with the pair and a fight
broke out, during which he was fatally wounded... The attack comes weeks
after Home Office figures indicated that 375,000 people were mugged in
England and Wales last year - the equivalent of one every 90 seconds...
East London remains a "hotspot" for knife crime, with weapon carrying a
problem, particularly among gang members. Days before Christmas an
18-year-old was found lying in a Bow street after being attacked with a
knife. Salum Kombo died after suffering multiple stab wounds in an
attack just yards from his home... (It's a good thing that British
police have the time to warn a housewife that it is illegal to show
potential burglars that she too has a knife. Disarmament has certainly
done wonders for Britain.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/09/knife-crime-stabbing-london
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Tangentially Related: ... And then there is the biggest imponderable of
all - the possible retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens by term's end
in late June. He has acknowledged hiring only one clerk for next term,
and he still seems the most likely to go, though sporadic speculation
has justices ranging from Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Antonin Scalia eyeing
the exit door. The political woes of the Democratic Party and its
possible loss of a 60-vote supermajority in the U.S. Senate next year
may be a factor. Former Stevens clerk Joseph Thai, a University of
Oklahoma College of Law professor, said it's unlikely that the vagaries
of politics would determine when Stevens retires. "But I do think they
make him feel more comfortable about retiring sooner rather than later,"
Thai said. "He must feel daily what a difference the timing of [Sandra
Day] O'Connor's retirement made on the direction of the Court after her
departure." ...
http://alm-editorial-us.msgfocus.com/c/13DDJJoyqj6KpuG6rR
A powerful federal court, ruling on broad issues, has brushed aside
international law and the laws of war, saying only domestic law
restricts the president's power to hold an enemy combatant. Even viewed
in isolation, the decision has considerable weight. But the ruling,
which applies nationwide for the moment, comes as Washington whips
itself into a security frenzy following the failed bombing Christmas day
of an international U.S. flight from the Netherlands to Detroit,
prompting warnings from civil rights and Muslim advocates... U.S.
Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown wrote the majority opinion, and a
separate concurrent opinion agreeing with the majority document. In that
second opinion, in a highly unusual departure from judicial custom,
Brown sets out a chilling vision of the stakes and new tactics in the
war against terror... The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit is sometimes called the second highest court in the
land. It reviews all cases arising from Guantanamo claims, and its
decisions in that venue must be followed by the other U.S. circuit
courts of appeal... (Janice Rogers Brown, a Reagan appointee whose
nomination was stalled for two years by Democratic opposition in the
Senate, is one of the major conservative voices in the federal appellate
judiciary.)
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/01/10/US-Supreme-Court-In-terror-war-to-hell-with-international-law/UPI-45561263112200/
--
Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
The tactics and skills to use a firearm
in self-defense don't come naturally
with the right to keep and bear arms.
http://www.spw-duf.info
