Recent content by joelr

FWIW, I think the short version is the most promising.

Fair enough. Here's my email to KPD, with a copy to one of the Knoxville city councilmen: To: [email protected], [email protected] CC: Joe Hultquist <[email protected]> Like many people across the country, I've been following the events around, to be...

After watching that video, anybody who doesn't go out and buy a couple of DVRs -- at least -- and keeps them in the car either can't afford them or is missing a working clueserver. (Me, I already have mine.) By the way, the tape from the sealed video recorder that was in the perp's squad...

Michigan -- gun registration in Michigan hasn't led to confiscation there. That said, it hasn't done anything useful there, except be a first step toward possible gun registration -- if one thinks of that as useful. (I don't.) I read the first chapter of the book, online, btw. It wasn't...

... and Joel, above was my Carry Permit instructor (He's Brilliant...in Minnesota you want to take his course) Aw, shucks. Thanks.

He wasn't "brandishing" .. because, in Minnesota, we don't have an offense of "brandishing." He was in Minnesota, so, therefore, he wasn't brandishing. (Similarly, nobody is ever guilty of "breaking and entering" here, even if, well, they break and then enter. We have a burglary statute that...

It's not all that complicated, I think. WI won't get a law without compromise; the compromises should be intelligent and tactical. And that's where you have to trust the sponsors. If they're not right about it, it won't get done anyway. The purpose of any specific compromise should be to...

Yes; SD recently began to recognize the MN carry permit. Most "shall issue" states recognize the Florida one, and at least some Minnesota carry permit instructors certificates are recognized by Florida. (I'm one, but I'm hardly the only one.) All in all, I think it makes sense for most...

Waitone: 100% agreement on the NRA. On organizations, well, not so much. Large organizations have a lot of inertia. Small organizations have less inertia, but the larger and more powerful they are, the slower that they can act. Individuals don't. That's why, just to pick what one...

The NRA... There are good things about the NRA, and there are not-so-good things about the NRA, and then there are just things about the NRA. One of those is that the NRA is not in any way good at moving quickly. It's a large organization, and it has a history and the practice of taking its...

Back up Apologies to all -- dreamhost was having some troubles, but they appear to have been worked out.

Thanks, Powderburn -- although, by and large, I seem to get far more credit than I deserve. And, yup, I think that you did the right thing by telling the guy what the DNR says, and I hope I didn't come off as suggesting otherwise, because I didn't mean to.

The writing on the (former) Minnesota permits doesn't have any statutory support, and didn't mean anything. That said, due to the repassage of the MCPPA, CWI is now, again, a crime.

The MCPPA says otherwise; when I go to a state park, I'll carry, and not worry about it, as I'll carry discreetly, and not expect for it to be an issue, unless I do have to take the gun out. If I ever have to take my gun out for serious in a state park, the DNR's misapprehension about the law...

Yup. Yup. But it's a special case: Conrad is not only the best reporter at the Strib, but also a good one. I think his own, personal position is antigun -- although I'm not sure -- but he's a solid pro, and tries not to let his own politics affect his job.