Open carry

The LA Times reports on a new trend among gun owners: not concealing their weapons but instead openly carrying them out in public.

We of course have the usual assortment of complaints:
1. It is harder for the police to tell who legitimately and who doesn't have a weapon.
2. The world has changed, it's not the Wild West.
3. "What are you, paranoid? There's no need for a gun at a retail store." (see the comments)

Anyone interested in the legality of opening carrying weapons in their state should check out OpenCarry.org (mentioned in the article). Seems like an interesting group.

Update on knife control in England

The Sun reports on the new shock advertising campaign featuring bloody images of real-knife wounds. More than 400 search-and-stop operations during a two-week blitz. The images, clips and radio advertisements feel strangely familiar.

Destroying the 1st to keep the 2nd down

Mike Bloomberg has an interesting approaching to stopping 2nd Amendment arguments: gag orders not allowing its use as a defense. The case involves a Georgia gun shop being sued by New York City for its gun violence. The owner says his store follows Georgia and federal regulations and takes steps to avoid selling firearms to gun traffickers, but the city has filed a motion disallowing any mention of the 2nd Amendment at all.

However, it looks like the lawyer, following an earlier case. No mention of the Bill of Rights in exchange for no mention of the National Rifle Association. So it looks like freedom of association is being banned as well.

Politician forgets to make himself an out for his new law

It seems that when Richard Mell of Chicago pushed a bill through requiring annual re-registration of all guns, he forgot a little something. So he does the obvious politician thing and proposes a one-month amnesty to get himself compliant. Typical.

Knife control

Well, for Scotland, really it's sword control.

Best part is the line from Cathy Jamieson, Justice Minister:

Nobody living in a normal house or flat in an ordinary community needs a sword as part of day-to-day life.

Why does sound familiar?

Note: Coventry's knife possession law, while the Chinese are busy with their "controlled knives."