pudge's Journal: I Woke Up This Morning, Got Myself a Gun

I woke up this morning and saw that the Supreme Court is upholding our Second Amendment rights. Four justices dissented, apparently believing that when the Second Amendment explicitly forbids the government from restricting gun rights, that this does not constitute "limit[ing] the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons."

I'm still scratching my head over that one. Maybe it will make more sense when I am fully awake. I doubt it, though.

The next thing I saw was that the WA State Democrats have removed their racist ad against Dino Rossi. The ad featured the theme song from The Sopranos, attempting to leverage negative stereotypes of Italians to help make Rossi look bad.

The Democrats deny wrongdoing, saying, "It's a catchy song, which we thought jibed stylistically with our communication about Rossi's designated attack squad."

Pull the other one.

Cross-posted on <pudge/*>.

How long until you can buy a gun in DC

[SiliconJesus]

I'm assuming like other jurisdictions, you'll have to register it with the proper paperwork. I wonder how long until that's possible.

Will this get out of the firehose?

[dch24]

Hi pudge, what are the chances this news will be discussed in a full-on article? I'd think the first 2nd-amendment ruling since 1939 and a landmark even in comparison to that one would be important enough...

I agree with your earlier journal that not everyone has the same definition for "judicial activism." But I haven't yet seen a liberal reaction (such as from the D.C. bureaucrats). Stunned silence?

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[pudge]

Hi pudge, what are the chances this news will be discussed in a full-on article?

Not my department! :-)

I agree with your earlier journal that not everyone has the same definition for "judicial activism." But I haven't yet seen a liberal reaction (such as from the D.C. bureaucrats). Stunned silence?

I haven't looked around, I'll pick up on the media coverage more after workday is done.