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WSJ on Heller & his attorneys

Posted by David Hardy · 19 July 2008 07:39 AM

Story here. The only mystery is from where they got the cartoon/sketch -- it hardly resembles Alan Gura.

Hat tip to Joe Olson...

· Parker v. DC

5 Comments | Leave a comment

jon | July 19, 2008 10:03 AM | Reply

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Alan_Gura.jpg/225px-Alan_Gura.jpg

"always. think. wikipedia."

Diogenes | July 19, 2008 11:19 AM | Reply

From the WSJ:
A native of Israel, he grew up in Los Angeles and never owned a firearm until after that city's riots in 1992.

Is the WSJ so math challenged as to not figure out that he couldn't legally have owned a handgun prior to 1992? 37 years old in '08 equates to 21 years old in '92. No sense letting facts stand in the way of a great plot line. Of course that's assuming that he purchased a handgun for self-protection The WSJ commentary certainly says nothing to dissuade from that assumption.

Letalis Maximus, Esq. | July 19, 2008 11:49 AM | Reply

Well, he coulda bought a Mossberg Cruiser. But he didn't. Maybe after the riots he decided, for the first time, that he needed a gun and chose a handgun at that time.

Jim D. | July 19, 2008 1:16 PM | Reply

Diogenes said:
Is the WSJ so math challenged as to not figure out that he couldn't legally have owned a handgun prior to 1992? 37 years old in '08 equates to 21 years old in '92. No sense letting facts stand in the way of a great plot line.

The author, James Taranto, is one of the conservative voices on the WSJ and a pretty sharp guy. He writes the Best of the Web Today column for WSJonline.

I think it's possible that it wasn't a lack of mad math skilz, but an unattributed quote by Gura. I'm sure if you posed a civil question as a comment in the articles Comments section, Taranto would answer.

I agree that saying, "Gura purchased a gun as soon as he was 21", would have had more impact, thought.

RKV | July 19, 2008 6:05 PM | Reply

"some pro se lunatic"

Remind you of anyone who posts here regularly?

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