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Well, this is clearly a waste of time but to get the record clear, let me break down for you what I said: Let's break down the first sentence: It asks what Webb has done to advocate the 2A besides 2 things: 1. Brandish his CCW during the campaign. -- Now you may read "CCW" as "gun"...

1. I don't know whether you have a reading comprehension problem or are deliberately misquoting people, but I didn't say most of the things you attribute to me. Read it again. 2. People will take your comments more seriously if you don't characterize anyone who disagrees with you as crazy.

1. What concrete things has Jim Webb done to "advocate" the Second Amendment besides brandish his CCW during the campaign and claim he's a 2A supporter (as do Rudy Giuliani, Mike Bloomberg, et al)? Dianne Feinstein is a CCW holder and gun owner, too -- does this make her a 2A advocate? 2...

I'm not a lawyer, and I'm not a Webb defender, but I don't think being vague about your compliance with the law in some future hypothetical situation constitutes probable cause. And Milbank's snide comment, in his snide fashion in his always snide column, that a politician never lost a vote in...

He might be one of the "good guys" on 2A issues but I haven't seen any evidence of it yet. He's done what to support RKBA? Has a CCW? So does Dianne Feinstein. Shoots? So does John Kerry. Says he "supports" 2nd Amendment rights? So do gun banners Michael Bloomberg and Rudy Giuliani -- they...

No, a Senator is not allowed to give his staffers permission to break DC law, but it doesn't appear that in this case he asked the staffer to do any such thing. Sounds like the staffer forgot to get rid of the gun before he came into DC from Virginia. Your speculation about the Capitol police...

It wasn't just that he knew it, he had just had a long discussion with the guys carrying their weapons in the restaurant, had it all explained to him, and then went out into the parking lot and made the 911 call just to cause trouble. It's too bad the dispatcher had the right instinct on the...

In 2000, Allen campaigned as a supporter of the AWB. When it was up for renewal, I wrote to him asking that he oppose it. His response was a model of good sense and political courage, saying in essence, I opposed it in the past, all the evidence shows I was wrong, and I will oppose it. And he...

Don't know whether Ken will accept from a non-FFL either, but I too have dealt with him in the past and concur that he's great to work worth.

No, that's not what they're arguing. Horan is saying that the cop did violate procedures, shouldn't have been pointing his gun and should not have had his finger on the trigger -- but won't be prosecuted anyway. After all, he's been on the force 17 years and is really "shattered" about all this...

No, you've got it wrong, Camp David. It's not that he's not guilty; he's not even being charged so that a jury can hear the facts and determine whether he's guilty. As a resident of Fairfax County, I'm glad to know that as long as I'm really shattered by something I do wrong, the police will...

Federal News Service:"Congressional Hearing Transcript Database.. Transcripts of major Congressional hearings, many completed day of hearing, rest finished in two days." Don't know if the Richmond gun show transcript qualifies but here is the link to the FNS database: FNS Congressional...

As a former U.S. Senate staffer, I've had some experience with the publication of hearing transcripts. Let me explain how the process typically works. The committee holding the hearings typically hires a commercial court reporting service that sends a transcriber to the hearing. He or she...

Given that this case happened in Virginia, I find all the antipathy to open carry interesting. One of the few legislative losses VCDL suffered this year was failure to get the ban on concealed carry in restaurants repealed. As someone has pointed out, in Virginia, if you patronize a restaurant...