More Clues on Miers

Warren Burger was one of her favorite judges:

In another sign that Miers's supporters may be worried about perceptions of her Supreme Court knowledge, the Republican National Committee last weekend rebutted reports that Miers had told a senator that her favorite Supreme Court justice was former chief justice Warren Burger...In its press release, the RNC clarified that Miers had just named Burger as one among several favorites, and that she only meant Burger was important "in terms of his role in the administration of justice."

A quote from Warren Burger on the Second Amendment:

"[The Second Amendment] has been the subject of one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word 'fraud,' on the American public by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime."

Miers Foes See Law Questions as Way to Derail Nomination

"We are trying to establish that there are thousands of questions that law students routinely deal with...and if she can't get to that level, it doesn't matter if you're for the left or the right, at that point it's a fait accompli that she is not fit for the office."

[Thanks to Dan Gifford for the link.]

Publicola on Hugh Hewitt

Just got in from my after-work commute. I was going through the dial when Hugh Hewitt said he was going to talk about Harriet Miers and the Second Amendment, and that he would be speaking with Publicola, no doubt due to this post.

Hewitt doesn't think we'll ever get to a standard of strict scrutiny on 2A, and thinks intermediate scrutiny is the best we can hope for, particularly because the voters would never go for uninfringed rkba.

Newsflash to Hugh--some of us will accept nothing less. We don't need a majority--all we need is the critical mass of voters to deny victory. And no, we will not lose our gun rights if the Democrats are elected--that is, not unless we surrender them. Some of us--I pray a critical mass--won't do that, either.

Congratulations, Publicola, on getting national radio exposure.

"Politically Charged"

So Harriet Miers wouldn't join the Federalist Society because it was "politically charged"? But she had no problem joining the Democratic Progressive Voters League and did not consider the NAACP to be "politically charged"?

That wouldn't be the same non-"politically charged" NAACP that sued gun manufacturers, would it?

More Racine Follies--and Unreported "Gun Crimes"?

When WarOnGuns last visited the beautiful city of Racine, WI, we found an alderman so hysterically against the right to keep and bear arms that he wanted to keep coloring books out of the local schools.

Now we have the story of Project New Life, a "gun buyback" program designed to get guns "off the street" and out of the hands of everyone except the criminal predators.

We're evidently supposed to be inspired by the story of a 17-year-old former gang member who turned in his "protection" gun. But funny thing--he doesn't want the gangs to find out he's unarmed now. That's another way of saying he feels safer if they think he's armed.

Nope, no disconnect there.

Nor is there cause for pause when we learn "some as young as 15, turned in guns, rifles and grenades to the church."

15-year-olds? With grenades? Live ones? And the church was qualified and equipped to handle those without clearing the place out, closing the place down and calling in the bomb squad? And BATFU wasn't notified?

And apparently, when they guarantee "no questions asked," they mean it.

The program ran into a snag in the first week of September when some of the weapons collected were stolen by a person or persons close to the buyback organizers. Cohen said the last of the guns taken from Project New Life's office were returned last week.

So much for keeping them safely locked and secured. But what can you do when the thieves are part of the "buyback" team? Still, this opens so many questions:

Who stole the guns?

Were they returned because the thieves had a sudden attack of conscience, or did the church make it known they were going to be reported if they didn't?

Was a police report filed?

Can we expect an investigation, arrest and prosecution? Or was--as this sounds--a deal made to just turn a blind eye to everything after the weapons were returned?

Again--was BATFU notified of these multiple federal felonies, and are they going to do anything about them?

I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. I asked them years ago about a sawed-off shotgun transfer at another "buyback" and got nothing but the runaround.

And here's one last question--why is the only place highlighting this a relatively obscure gun rights blog? Where are the government-recognized "real journalists"?

FEMA "Reconsidering"

They aren't actually doing anything about the gun ban at their refugee trailer kamp, but their attorney is looking into it. That oughtta stall things for a while.

I love the Sheriff's spokeshole saying the reason they need a ban is because trailer walls are so thin.

No thinner than that argument, if you ask me...

Of COURSE He Hasn't Been Fired Yet. Of COURSE there Was a Plea.

A Covington police officer admitted he threatened his wife with a handgun while drunk.

But that's OK, because "Ken Easterling, chief prosecutor for the Kenton County Attorney's Office, said that while the gun was loaded, its safety was on and there was no bullet in the chamber."

So, see? There were mitigating circumstances.

Senator Shrugs Off Gun Incident

And why not? He appears to have been slipping out of controversies for years.

I wonder, if this was you or me, if we'd be able to shrug it off?