Cork's Blog – May 2009 Archive (8)

At least 35 states have introduced legislation this year asserting their power under the Tenth Amendment to regulate all matters not specifically delegated to the federal government by the Constitution.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/26/tenth-amendment-movement-aims-power-states/

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1897601,00.html?imw=Y Go to link for full story.



This happens to be a story based on firearms but make no mistake - It is being billed as a 10th Amendment issue. It will most likely be one of the next major Supreme Court battles second only to the 2A fights. The Federal Government will not want to relinquish any power what so ever.



"It inspired the so-called Sagebrush Rebellion that swept the West three decades ago,… Continue

Most 2nd Amendment and gun related information gets posted in the sub-group - Friends of the Second Amendment, so PLEASE feel free to join and watch, contribute, argue, disagree.....



https://wesurroundthemcentrecounty.ning.com/group/friendsofthesecondamendment



However I will go on the assumption that this question and my opinions may benefit those outside of the group as well. Let me restate the question that was asked (I will keep the persons name anonymous) to the… Continue

The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is "appropriately suspected" of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general "has a reasonable belief" that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism.



http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=97491 - Link to full article.



"A new gun law being considered in Congress, if aligned with Department of Homeland Security memos labeling everyday Americans as potential… Continue

This is a thread post and reply on PAFOA relating to when/where to carry your firearm (I will attach the link at the bottom if you are interested in the whole thread). It began as a question if folks carried while doing yard work. It has slowly morphed into the question "when do you carry". The poster named Slingslot made the following observation about his/her cell phone:



I may have to rethink my carry times. You guys (and Gals) got me thinking about carrying around the… Continue

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/19365762/detail.html

College Student Shoots, Kills Home Invader. There is a video at the above link. as well as the story. It is not to be republished so I am only linking.

I am not sure if this is an on campus building or not. Either way - Schools should not be gun free zones!!

Humility, and re-learning that I still have much to learn.



During a recent discussion in the group "Friends of the Second Amendment" Joe and Dan replied to a thread I started about OC (open carry). Basically they challenged me, in a positive way, to think and rethink my actions (link below).

https://wesurroundthemcentrecounty.ning.com/group/friendsofthesecondamendment/forum/topics/open-carry



As I was replying to their comments I cockily thought that I had… Continue

Wrote Lott: “What is so remarkable is that out of 280 separate news stories (from a computerized Nexis-Lexis search) in the week after the event, just four stories mentioned that the students who stopped the attack had guns.



The following article is from the weekly USCCA free newsletter which documents 2 things: How individuals with guns subdued a gunman on a rampage (in a gun free zone) and how the anti-gun media in most cases lies through omission.



Every… Continue