Elizabeth Warren on Kavanaugh
She appears to have some trouble telling the truth.
But at least she bravely pledged never to accept NRA donations, when the NRA had and has no intention of donating to her....
Hmmm.....
Maybe he just poaches?
England looks to controlling kitchen knives
Story here.
"Recorded machete attacks have increased fivefold in the past three years, to the point that police now deal with an average of 15 incidents involving the broad, sword-like blades each day.
Incredibly strict firearm controls appear to be doing little to stem soaring rates of gun crime, too, with London seeing a 44 per cent rise since 2014 -- but even though this is occuring despite Britain boasting some of the toughest anti-gun laws in the world, politicians hope increasing restrictions on knife sales can help tackle blade crime.
With calls to ban kitchen knife sales on the basis that domestic food preparation does not require chef-sharp tools and stores voluntarily taking knives off the shelves, the United Kingdom already takes a much stricter approach to sharp objects than most other Western nations, with authorities earlier this year arresting a man for carrying a potato peeler in a public place "without reasonable excuse"."
Amnesty International demands more US gun control
They claim a lack of 2A infringement is a violation of human rights. One of my good friends was the late Mark Benenson, Krag collector, NRA Lifer, and former president of Amnesty International's US branch. He told me how, when AI discovered he was a gun collector and NRA member, they tried to create a rival AI branch so they could affiliate with it and rid themselves of this terrible gun right supporter.
He also mentioned that AI had branched into attacking human slavery, and he had opposed it, on the grounds that there already were organizations doing that, they were experienced and doing a good job, and AI entering the field would simply drain away their funding support. AI went that way anyway. I wonder if this might not be a replay? "We're antigun, will you (major foundations, etc.) give us some cash?"
A novel form of political theater
This is real performance art: sociology professor shoots self in arm to protest Trump.
(And gets charged with carrying a concealed weapon, carrying one on school property....)
Hat tip to Clayton Cramer...
CalGuns wins case striking down advertising ban
Ruling here. California had a ban on gun shops having images of guns visible from the outside. A shop can have the word "gun" visible but not a picture of one. It was a strange rule, first found in the Uniform Firearms Act of the 1920s, as I recall. (I think it also required any firearms sold to be "securely wrapped" before they left the premises). The reason was never clear to me -- perhaps the thought that people would be upset if they thought that a gun store was selling guns?
The court struck down the provision on First Amendment grounds. The best rationale the state could come up with was that seeing a picture of a gun might cause suicides. Not even close to the argument required to regulate commercial speech....
A hard hitting pic
I've uploaded a copy here.
Thought on Judge Kavanaugh
Brendan Kirby has a key thought. Kavanaugh will be one vote out of nine. If indeed he's "outside the judicial mainstream" he'll lose 8-1 every time. His vote can only have an impact if four other Justices agree, and any view that is held by four sitting Supreme Court Justices cannot be described as "outside the judicial mainstream." So which is it?