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« Dealer records and registration | Main | Pamphlets on the Constitution »

Tommorrow....

Posted by David Hardy · 27 August 2007 10:46 AM

Tommorrow, the 28th, Brady Campaign has a variety of things going. It' s the anniversary of Martin Luther King's great "I have a dream" speech. Exactly what that has to do with gun control isn't entirely clear. Especially since the first American gun controls were aimed at disarming blacks (the Slave Codes before the Civil War, the Black Codes after) and, one might observed, present-day efforts seem to have much the same purpose, just this time left unvoiced. ("Strict gun control will reduce murders in the black community" is a nicer way of saying "if blacks are disarmed, things will be more peaceful.").

Anyway, Brady Center and Jesse Jackson are hosting protests against illegal guns. Though I wonder how you protest against illegal guns. The guns probably won't notice. And if they are illegal guns, they're already illegal, so what is there to protest about? Perhaps an amnesty to make them legal? In Contra Costa, the Brady chapter is having a lie-in (you'd think they'd have found a different name for it) to support a California microstamping bill.

David Codrea has a counter: declaring tommorrow buy a box of ammo day. I like the idea, since on my budget that's a lot more affordable than a buy a gun day! He's been blogging a storm, BTW, on gun shops that are getting aboard and offering discounts on ammo that day, and on a Democrats for the Second Amendment rally that day in Dallas.

3 Comments | Leave a comment

Bill | August 28, 2007 10:09 AM | Reply

I've been meaning to order 1,000 rounds of ammo for my SKS from Cheaper Than Dirt - maybe this is the day to do it.

anon | August 28, 2007 1:36 PM | Reply

Just got back from the [counter] protest at RealCo Guns outside of Washington, DC. There were about 25-30 pro-civil rights counter protesters, and maybe 75 zombies on the anti-side. That said, easily a third to half of the zombies were the news people, the police, and the politicians (with their armed security details), so it wasn’t even as lopsided as that.

I will say: the District Heights (and other) police on hand were exceedingly polite & professional to the counter protesters, and we even got a few smiles and knowing nods out some of them.

FYI: On the way there, I followed a Gold Mercedes ML 500 SUV with DC government plate #703. The driver was on his cell phone the whole damn trip; even in DC, where cell phone use while driving is verboten. Anyone out there have the resources to determine which DC politico this was?

KCSteve | August 28, 2007 2:44 PM | Reply

Well, we haven't bought any ammo yet but we did pick up a G26 for the ever-indulgent wife and a XD9SC for me. ;)

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