• NYC mayor's gun ad is shot down in Kan.
• 2 Valuable finds Ted Nugent Strikes Again.
• Says Another NRA "A" Sells Out.
• And goes long in HR 297.
• Alphecca blogs Gun Ownership: Fear vs Respect.
• And points to a new organization: Students for Concealed Carry on Campus.
• Armed Canadian considers Carolyn McCarthy in Stupid Politicians.
• The Bitch Girls think For Someone With a Hunter on Staff, Durbin Says Many Stupid Things.
• Blogonomicon repeats an article on Texas CCW lists: "In case you missed the list the first time...".
• Blogs of War finds Gun Control Gets Personal in the wrong circumstances.
• Clayton Cramer says There Are Things Worse Than Gun Accidents.
• And thinks The Sky Is About to Fall Hell is about to freeze ...
• CZ the day blogs PCness in The Idiocy Meter Climbs.
• FreedomSight points to a new site, at least to me, and an interesting graph in Murder by Numbers.
• The Maine Gun Blog reprints John Lott Jr. : Opposing view: Bans don't deter killers.
• And blogs Mike Huckabee on the Second Amendment..
• From the NRA:

1. Bans Don`t Deter Killers
2. Gun-Free Zones Are Recipe For Disaster
3. Signs Of Intelligence?
4. Panel To Probe Issues Raised By Tech Shooting
5. Tragedy Hasn`t Changed Views On Guns

• Of Arms and the Law blogs VA Tech shooter's psych ruling.
• SayUncle blogs A piece of history which may become a victim of unjust law. Actually, guns can't be victims, but in this case, all of America would be the victim.
• Points to Gun laws 101.
• Makes a point about the MSM in Need to know.
• Finds VT Gun law fallout.
• Second City Cop points to Another Home Run media-wise.
• Snowflakes in Hell has his own take on NICS Improvements.
• And gives a class: US Gun Laws 101.
• The War on Guns wants you to oppose the Oppose the McCarthy/Dingell/NRA Gun Control Axis.

If anyone ever needed to see a definition of closed minded and annoying, here it is. This self-righteous blowhard isn't really interested in any answers. He is interested in browbeating his audience. Click PLAY if you must, but consider yourself forewarned. 

Now, to answer his questions:

1. Are you guys insane? No. We are a freedom loving people. We recognize the importance of the ability to use force against bad guys. We also recognize that bad guys will get guns no matter what laws are written to prevent such.
2. Is this an NRA rule or something? The NRA doesn't make rules (we call them laws). That is the job of the government.
3. Exactly how does that work? (re: Cho legally buying a handgun after being declared a danger to himself or others) David Hardy argues in VA Tech shooter's psych ruling that Cho's situation was muddy, at best. Under normal situations, Cho would probably have been given a padded cell and then been clearly a prohibited person.
4. "With no waiting period?" (Repeat question expanded). Yes no waiting period. I guess the fact that Cho waited four weeks between buying the gun and executing his plan is irrelevant to your rant. In the more general case, do you want a waiting period for women buying guns to protect themselves against abusers? Do you want a waiting period for guns when society is melting down, like happened in New Orleans? Does a waiting period make society safer when the vast majority of guns used criminally are bought on the street illegally?

Now, let's examine the flip side of the situation. What laws did Cho violate?

1. If he was a prohibited persion, he lied filling out 2 4473s. Each is a felony.
2. Possession of the firearms and ammunition are each felonies.
3. He did not have a concealed carry permit and violated Virginia law by carrying concealed.
4. Shooting people is definitely considered a no-no in every state in the nation.
5. Shooting yourself is actually a violation of law in some, if not all, places in the country.

Any law written that would have slowed Cho down could have been simply circumvented by going to the street like they do in D.C., Chicago, London and Toronto. So, Mr. Wild Eyed Canadian, what law do you think could have been written to prevent this event?

How about we let law abiding citizens defend themselves in the cases where the worst situation occurs?

Canada's response to such an event, the École Polytechnique massacre, was to pass C-68. C-68 has been so spectacularly expensive and unsuccessful, that an entire government did not get reelected, the current government has relaxed the law and there is a push to repeal it.

• An Uphill Climb for Gun Laws
• Pro-gun lobby strengthened following US campus shooting
• A Keyboard and a .45 blogs The End Result of a Public Education.
• Alphecca points to Mark Steyn on Guns and VA Tech.
• And fisks Waiting Periods for Gun Buys.
• Goes local in VT Governor: No Need to Change State Gun Laws.
• Posts Gun Control: A Brief History.
• And And found a poll: Majority Don’t Support More Gun Control.
• Atlas Shrugs pushes NO GUN CONTROL.
• The Bitch Girls has An Asshat Appears.
• And reminds us Don’t Be Rude.
• Makes mention of a Firearms Eradication Promotion Conference.
• And makes a PSA: FYI - NRA Meeting Attendees.
• Blogonomicon blogs "A huge nail in the coffin of gun control".
• And Hammer takes on a gun grabber.
• Captain of a Crew of One takes on an anti-ccw argument in When has it ever happened?.
• Confederate Yankee has Va Tech Massacre Updates: An Incompetent Retired ATF Agent; and a Dishonest Lede from CBS.
• CRIME, GUNS, AND VIDEO TAPE blogs the Mental Health Records Privacy Threat To Public Safety.
• damnum absque injuria thinks All Gun Control Advocates Are Retarded.
• Free Constitution found the Doctrine of Defenselessness, Enforced..
• FreedomSight posted VA-Tech Repercussions: Linky, no Thinky.
• Front Sight, Press goes long in Gun Control After Virginia Tech.
• Gun Legislation & Politics in New York stays local in Junior hunting bill A-6900.
• Instapundit: LAWRENCE O'DONNELL DEMONSTRATES HIS IGNORANCE ABOUT FIREARMS AND FIREARMS LAW.
• John Lott has been a busy guy:

1. New Op-ed on Gun Free Zones in USA Today
2. Newt on Gun Free Zones
3. YouTube Video of Giuliani talking about Federal Gun Licensing
4. Professor fired for advocating that concealed handguns be allowed on campus
5. NRA, LaPierre on school and guns
6. Student asks for class to be held off campus to be safer
7. 82 year old woman stops intruder with her gun: "She had to balance on her walker as she pulled out a snub-nosed .38-caliber handgun."
8. "Sheriff Asks State To Place Guns In Schools"
9. Fred Thompson on Guns

• The LawDog Files presents Meditations on gun control.
• Libercontrarian points out that "Gun Free Zones" continue to kill us.
• The Liberty Sphere has also been busy:

1. Virginia Tech History--Concealed Guns Save Lives.
2. Coulter Makes the Case for Concealed Carry.
3. The Case for a Fred Thompson Candidacy.
4. 'Gun Town' Marks 25 Years Murder-Free
5. Ohio Lawman Calls for Guns in All Schools.

• The McCarville Report Online blogs Fred Thompson: Concealed Carry Saves Lives.
• Michael Bane: My Letter to the Denver Post....
• And Finally! A Solution that Works!
• New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library - Do Young People Favor Gun Control?
• No Quarters blogs the "celebration of victimhood".
• From the NRA:

1. FOX News Poll: Tougher Gun Laws Would Not Have Helped Stop Virginia Tech Shooting
2. Rules Should Have Barred Weapon Purchase
3. Gun Control Isn`t The Answer
4. P.C. Paralysis
5. Taking Aim
6. The Right Kind Of Law
7. Gun Laws Kill
8. Lawmakers Set Gun Control Hearing In Allentown
9. Hillary`s Pressure Bruises Fundraising

• Dave at Of Arms and the Law has also been busy:

1. Arms of the Khyber Pass
2. Southwest Airlines gets stung in civil case
3. Michael Moore's new docu to bring in antidepressants and shootings
4. Prof. fired for advocating self defense against school killers
5. Some of the MSM get it
6. Details on Cho's mental state and legal status
7. Wall St. Journal on gun laws and Parker
8. Interesting idea
9. Fred Thompson -- now there is a candidate I could vote for!
10. Fred Thompson
11. Ted Nugent's take
12. Kennesaw GA v. Morton Grove IL
13. James Q. Wilson on gun control
14. Of Octopuses and NRA

• Pro-Gun Progressive is patient with Ugh…Tim Russert.
• And considers Mental Health and Guns Part II.
• Ride Fast & Shoot Straight blogs the Worst school murders ever?.
• SayUncle asks What’s different?
• Goes mental (discussionwise) in Buying a gun.
• And doesn't care for Obama on guns. Good reason.
• Second City Cop says Watch Out - Here Comes Daley! Fortunately, it seems much of the nation does not care about what he says.
• Snowflakes in Hell is pretty sick of Barack Obama Bringing Gun Control Back.
• And blogs McCarthy Magazine Ban.
• And The NICS Improvements.
• The Ten Ring asks Why Do They Hate Us?. The culture of victimhood feels morally superior. Add a need to impose their lifestyle on others and a dose of ignorance based fears. The result is obsessive compulsion to disarm others. Either that, or start with a personal struggle for power. Add a perception of a leadership vacuum where one could gain power and prominence. In this second instance, the issue could be anything as long as the individual can gain publicity.
• The Volokh Conspiracy blogs The Magical Mystical Handgun:.
• The War on Guns takes on the NRA in "The Gun Lobby Doesn't Disagree".

The representative from southern California was surely an enemy of gun rights, but first she was a person, a family member and a friend. To those who knew her, I am sorry for your loss.

Democratic Congresswoman Dies of Cancer

• A Keyboard and a .45 found yet Another Quisling Turns on His Own.
• Alphecca points out And Ohioans Keep Re-Electing This Fool. . .
• And found a Clear Thinker: Don’t Blame Guns.
• Amendment II found a poll: Here's a chance to cast your vote for our Gun Rights:
• The AnarchAngel writes How not to have your life ruined by the ATFU, Part 3.
• Armed Canadian has My First Hater, I'm So Proud!
• and notes the VA Tech Shooter Was Not Involuntarily Committed. (Note to judges: if a guy qualifies for an involutary, he should get one).
• Atlas Shrugs has posted an Arab Reaction to Virginia Tech Massacre.
• The Bitch Girls blog a Firearms Eradication Promotion Conference in Japan.
• Blogonomicon says The crazies are coming out of the woodworks.
• Confederate Yankee has A Proposal for Collegiate Concealed Carry.
• And is Hammering Ross.
• CRIME, GUNS, AND VIDEO TAPE blogs the Anatomy Of Mass Murder At Virginia Tech And Gun Free Killing Zones.
• FreedomSight asks about No New Laws After Virginia Tech?
• Front Sight, Press asks if the Senate to Lift D.C. Gun Ban? Don't forget it would also take an act of the House and a certain signature. Then add a few years of court battles initiated by the ever intelligent D.C. government.
• Gun Legislation & Politics in New York has posted Legislative Report #7.
• Instapundit points to a fisking of MASS SHOOTINGS: "ONLY IN AMERICA".
• John Lott points to his Research paper on Multiple Victim Public Shooting.
• And posted info On stopping multiple victim public shootings.
• The Liberty Sphere writes Republican Candidates Court Gun Rights Vote.
• Michael Bane posted New Talking Points....
• New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library blogs Law Bars Colleges From Much Action On Troubled Students.
• From the NRA:

1. Bloomberg Anti-Gun Campaign To Air Ads
2. War Over Firearms
3. A Gun Ban And The Gunman
4. Wanted: A Culture Of Self-Defense
5. Tennessee House Votes to Expand Carry Rights
6. Gun bans? Take A Look At How Drug Laws Work
7. Pennsylvania Rep. Saylor Opposes Gun Registration Bill
8. Blue Ridge Evil

• Of Arms and the Law blogs Of Octopuses and NRA.
• And expands on Clayton Cramer on mental disabilities.
• Oscar Poppa posted a Texas Legislation Update.
• Page Nine writes Gun-Free-School-Fraud Costs Lives Again.
• And goes a number of different places in Gun law update: April 18, 2007.
• PawPaw's House found Louisiana's Gallot is an idiot.
• Publicola posted a slew More Links On Virginia Tech Massacre.
• And goes long Automatic For The Free People. Consider this a must read.
• SayUncle blogs the VA Shooting - Couple of Questions.
• And posted some Thought Experiment Responses.
• Snowflakes in Hell has Two Things To Watch For.
• Traction Control alerts on Gun-a-Month Legislation in Texas.
• The Volokh Conspiracy

1. School Shootings, Gun Control, and Public Opinion:
2. Hollow-Point Bullets:
3. A Well Regulated Militia:
4. Armed Police Officers at Universities:
5. Armed Professors and Mass Killings:
6. What Exactly Is the Reason Not To Allow Professors To Carry Guns?

• The War on Guns considers How to Deal with Workplace Violence at Virginia Tech.
• Found A Very Strong Proponent.
• And "Do You Know What a Barrel Shroud Is?". More than not know what a barrel shroud is, this situation points out that legislators sponsor legislation they don't understand and they make no effort to educate themselves.
• Do It for the Kids, Especially the Drug-Dealing, Homicidal, Adult Kids

Hat tip to Cactusman

As expected:

H.R. 1859 - Anti-Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2007 -  was introduced in Congress by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy yesterday. She sure  didn't waste any time dancing on the dead bodies of the students and  professors at Virginia Tech.

Here is the text:

Anti-Large Capacity  Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2007 (Introduced in House)

110th  CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1859

To reinstate the prohibition on  the possession or transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding  devices, and to strengthen that prohibition.

IN THE HOUSE OF  REPRESENTATIVES

April 16, 2007
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York introduced  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on  the Judiciary

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A  BILL
To reinstate the prohibition on the possession or transfer of large  capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to strengthen that  prohibition.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House  of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress  assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the  `Anti-Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2.  REINSTATEMENT OF REPEALED CRIMINAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LARGE CAPACITY  AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.

(a) Reinstatement of Provisions Wholly  Repealed- Sections 921(a)(31) and 922(w), and the last sentence of section  923(i) of title 18, United States Code, as in effect just before the repeal  made by section 110105(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement  Act of 1994, are hereby enacted into law.

(b) Reinstatement of Provision  Partially Repealed- Section 924(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code,  is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting  the following:

`(B) knowingly violates subsection (a)(4), (f),  (k), (r), or (w) of section 922;'.

SEC. 3. STRENGTHENING THE BAN ON  THE POSSESSION OR TRANSFER OF A LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION  FEEDING DEVICE.

(a) Ban on Transfer of Semiautomatic Assault  Weapon With Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device-

(1) IN GENERAL-  Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after  subsection (z) the following:

`(aa) It shall be unlawful for any  person to transfer a semiautomatic assault weapon with a large  capacity ammunition feeding device.'.

(2) DEFINITION OF SEMIAUTOMATIC  ASSAULT WEAPON- Section 921(a)(30) and Appendix A of section 922 of title  18, United States Code, as in effect just before the repeal made by section  110105(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,  are hereby enacted into law.

(3) PENALTIES- Section 924(a) of such  title is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(8) Whoever  knowingly violates section 922(aa) shall be fined under this title,  imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.'.

(b) Certification  Requirement-

(1) IN GENERAL- Section 922(w) of such title, as added by  section 2(a) of this Act, is amended--

(A) in paragraph (3)--

(i)  by adding `or' at the end of subparagraph (B); and

(ii) by striking  subparagraph (C) and redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C);  and

(B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting  the following:

`(4) It shall be unlawful for a licensed  manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer who transfers a large  capacity ammunition feeding device that was manufactured on or before the  date of the enactment of this subsection, to fail to certify to the  Attorney General before the end of the 60-day period that begins with the  date of the transfer, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the  Attorney General, that the device was manufactured on or before the  date of the enactment of this subsection.'.

(2) PENALTIES- Section  924(a) of such title, as amended by subsection (a)(3) of this section,  is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(9) Whoever knowingly  violates section 922(w)(4) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not  more than 5 years, or both.'.