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    1. Bagpiperer

      Dayton Shooter

      You wouldn't have to - give someone the ability to input their name, birth date, address, SSN, or driver's license number, and have NICS generate a transaction number which is associated with approval/dissapproval. You could then given the transaction number to the seller, who could use it to...
    2. Bagpiperer

      Supreme Court Takes Major NRA Second Amendment Case from New York

      Ending the 2A two-step of rational basis review masquerading as intermediate scrutiny would be a major coup, and would provide a great springboard for future cases.
    3. Bagpiperer

      Peruta/Richards going en banc

      Especially if she gets one or two justices on the bench, I'm sure the Brady Bunch, et al. would love to try. Even if a Clinton presidency didn't result in overturning Heller, it'd still likely have a chilling effect on Second Amendment litigation. In the 1990s, nobody challenged the Assault...
    4. Bagpiperer

      SCOTUS cases - end of session guessing

      Possibly, but there will be great resistance among even conservative jurists to distorting the meaning of the full faith and credit clause in such a fashion. It's been noted that there are edge cases where a marriage which is permitted in one state is legally prohibited in another - those laws...
    5. Bagpiperer

      Black Panther threat

      Pretty much. I have no problem with the idea that everyone is equal in the eyes of God and the law - it seems a prerequisite for a just society. But it's also incontrovertibly true that people aren't equally good at everything. We're not interchangeable widgets, and that's okay. Poor, urban...
    6. Bagpiperer

      Heller II trial court rules for DC 3/26/10

      Yeah, that was pretty painful to listen to. And it didn't really seem that D.C.'s attorney was being very forthright in her answers. A couple times, as I remember, she was asked the same question again and continued to equivocate. Fingers crossed.
    7. Bagpiperer

      ATF looking to reclassify projectiles

      M855 and SS109, because they contain steel inserts. This is similar to the 7N6 import ban around this time last year.
    8. Bagpiperer

      ATF looking to reclassify projectiles

      I sent an email, for what it's worth. Interestingly, "projectile core" isn't defined anywhere in the relevant section of the U.S. Code (Title 18, Ch. 44 § 921(a) 17). ATF could plausibly argue that the steel insert by itself constituted a projectile core, but it seems that someone could just...
    9. Bagpiperer

      Federal Hearing on Assault Weapon Ban in MD?

      Based on the historical and contextual interpretation of the Second Amendment's scope outlined in Heller, one would expect that artillery pieces are necessarily protected arms. Given that artillery pieces are not bearable arms, and Scalia's comment about the carrying of dangerous and unusual...
    10. Bagpiperer

      PA lawmaker attempting to ban human shaped targets

      People were upset because it looked more like they were training to shoot armed Americans without hesitation. All three targets are in locations that could very well be their own homes, especially the pregnant woman. Obama calling for DHS to be, in essence, a domestic army probably didn't set...
    11. Bagpiperer

      Jewish leaders asking for CCW in Europe

      Being Semitically-challenged, I can't speak authoritatively, but I think this is because progressivism is the dominant ideology in the West today. There's a lot of pressure on people to accept the left's framing of policy issues ranging from welfare to gay marriage. For people who've grown up...
    12. Bagpiperer

      Is the HQL Constitutional?

      Common law felonies would be the most reasonable standard, but a functional rights restoration process is, I think, important. The expansion of exclusionary offenses beyond "Mr. and Mrs. Lamb," especially down to misdemeanors that have nothing to do with someone's propensity to commit crime...
    13. Bagpiperer

      VICTORY IN PALMER!!!!

      The ideal relationship between lawmen and the communities they police is cooperative, not adversarial. So, yeah, sounds like a fine idea.
    14. Bagpiperer

      Unblocking mags

      But think of the chilluns! (As others have suggested, I'd go with an out-of-state purchase, rather than unblocking mags purchased in MD. Seems like less effort, given that you'd have to drive over the border in either case.)
    15. Bagpiperer

      Seizure for Safekeeping?

      That's quite a cogent analysis, and the second point is especially applicable in places like Baltimore City, where a collapsing property tax base drives them to seek revenue elsewhere.
    16. Bagpiperer

      Talking points regarding gun laws

      I dunno. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but weapons retention is a legitimate concern, especially if you're smaller and weaker than an assailant. It's an issue that training and equipment can both ameliorate, admittedly, and isn't a great justification for not owning a gun for...
    17. Bagpiperer

      Repeal the NFA

      Except for the part where $200 in 1934 was the equivalent of about $3,500 today. They intended it to be a sin tax so exorbitant that none of the peons would ever be able to pay it. There is no doubt that the purpose was to disarm the public by increments, and that public safety was a distant...
    18. Bagpiperer

      Brady campaign sues to activate NJ smart gun law

      Thanks. It's interesting reading, for sure--they allege that smart guns would reduce suicides, for example.
    19. Bagpiperer

      Brady campaign sues to activate NJ smart gun law

      Which is probably about $1800 more than most people'd be willing to spend on it.
    20. Bagpiperer

      Heller II trial court rules for DC 3/26/10

      Words have meanings, but if they don't understand "shall not be infringed," grokking "intermediate scrutiny" is probably also out of reach. There's been similar rebelliousness in the lower courts before, but it really doesn't help that Heller was 5-4.
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