It seems that this has happened to blogger Squeaky Wheel Seeks Grease, her employer screwed up her paycheck and her car totally croaked. So, if you feel so inclined, drop her a tip to help her get through this. I’ve also added her to the Gunbloggers.com list.
Hat Tip to The Smallest Minority for posting about this.
One of my favorite geeks, Eric Raymond, has returned to blogging with a couple of great posts related to yesterday’s Heller decision. He lays out a good argument for voting for McCain, even though he isn’t the ideal candidate. And he says he is willing to be a test case to challenge Pennsylvania’s Concealed Carry License requirements. I wish him luck, although I don’t want to see him spend any time in jail.
esr is also well known in the open source world for his books, “The Cathedral & the Bazaar“, “The Art of UNIX Programming and “The New Hacker’s Dictionary“. You can read more about his background on his Wikipedia page.
Needless to say, he has now been added to the GunBloggers list. Welcome back Eric!
Today we are supposed to be getting the Supreme Court’s decision on the DC vs. Heller case. I think its a sad state for the country when we are hanging on the words of 9 Justices. The US Constitution is clear and un-ambiguous. The rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights are for the People, and therefore individuals. Only Alaska and Vermont have figured this out with their no-license concealed carry laws.
To those of us who understand and believe in the constitution today’s ruling means nothing other than an indicator of how difficult it is going to be to continue the fight for freedom. It will be a gauge of how far we have slipped from the path of Liberty and Freedom for All. Washington DC’s laws, as well as that of thousands of other states and cities, are clearly un-constitutional. Here in Washington State we are having to fight the Mayor of Seattle who wants to violate State Law by banning CPL holders from carrying on City property. Washington’s laws clearly restrict the city from making any laws more strict than those enacted by the legislature. But he’s is trying it anyway.
Vast amounts of taxpayer money are wasted every year fighting against our own government, trying to rein in the power that they constantly seek to grab. I can only hope that an affirmative ruling from the court will curb some of this bureaucratic power struggle.
I’m sitting here watching the liveblogging from scotusblog, waiting to see if the Supreme Court issues its ruling on the Heller case today.
No matter which way it goes the fight will never end. If we win, the anti-gunners will find other ways to infringe on our rights. If we lose we will continue the fight in Congress. I expect that they will release the decision last, but maybe that’s just my TV watching mentality.
Nope. No decision today. Draw out the drama until the end I guess.
