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Feel-good firearm legislation in Connecticut – Gun offender registration

By Steve McGough / February 11, 2011 /

In Connecticut, after you serve your time in jail and complete your probation for killing a person with a knife, there is no requirement – or current suggestion by lawmakers – to require you “register” as a knife offender. Heck, there is no requirement you register with the state even if you are a convicted…

Paying for Obama’s jobs bill with 5.6% tax on millionaires

By Steve McGough / October 11, 2011 /

As far as I can tell, President Obama’s newest federal stimulus boondoggle job-killing bill relies exclusively on a 5.6 percent surtax on millionaires. Supporters and the CBO are telling us the surtax will pay for the $447 billion in spending in 10 years. These are the numbers you need to look at … these are…

Drive the point home like a Buick

By Erik Blazynski / February 6, 2011 /

This is a great piece of legislation from our friends in South Dakota. Click here for the full article. Five South Dakota lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require any adult 21 or older to buy a firearm “sufficient to provide for their ordinary self-defense.” Obviously this is not going to (or even meant to)…

New York legislators suggest police shoot criminals in arms or legs only

By Steve McGough / May 25, 2010 /

Unbelievable. Brooklyn Assembly members Annette Robinson (D-Bedford Stuyvesant) and Darryl Towns (D-East New York), have put forth legislation that would require police officers – when a life is threatened – to shoot for arms or legs instead of center of mass. They mistakenly have replaced reality with a Hollywood movie.

Connecticut legislator proposes ex post facto law for gun magazine capacity limit

By Steve McGough / March 2, 2011 /

Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3 of the Constitution is clear concerning ex post facto laws, but that won’t stop the anti-gun left in Connecticut from making possession of high-capacity gun magazines – previously completely legal to buy and own – a felony unless you turn in the ones you own within 90 days.

Goodness grief: GOP lawmaker to introduce more gun legislation

By Steve McGough / January 11, 2011 /

Knee-jerk reaction from the anti-Second Amendment crowd. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) will introduce legislation to create a gun-free zone encompassing one-tenth of a mile around federal officeholders and judges as they move from place to place. If you are carrying a firearm, you won’t be able to get within 1000′ of these federal employees.

True “rights” exist simultaneously between people

By Steve McGough / March 11, 2010 /

Health care is not a right. There, I said it. Our friend Prof. Walter Williams deserves the credit for pushing me to be blunt today, or maybe it’s just the nice San Antonio weather. Either way, a “right” can not be defined as one that diminishes the rights of another.

So what was in Arizona’s SB 1062 “Anti-Gay” bill?

By Steve McGough / March 3, 2014 /

Have you read the Arizona “anti-gay” bill? I learned the bill was a total of two pages, so I figured I would go and read the legislation. I’m not going to copy and paste it here since it would take me 20 minutes to format it properly, so click here, read the legislation and come right…

Connecticut demonstrated “strong support” for gun violence prevention laws?

By Steve McGough / September 15, 2013 /

Elizabeth Larkin, a spokeswoman for the state Democratic party was quoted in The Hartford Courant yesterday, and I’m trying to figure out what the heck she is talking about.

New York: Penalties for large capacity magazines redux

By Steve McGough / February 26, 2013 /

Since my original post on the subject was long, corrected and updated multiple times – confusing even me – I needed to write a shorter post to clarify. I made a solid effort to update the orignal, but here’s the needed follow up.