American Gun Ownership Highest In 18 Years

[Ed Anger]

Tamas just fainted.

[CountDeMoney]

Hey Ed, thinking about buying my first handgun in 20 years.  Probably going with the Walther PPK.  If I get this gig I interviewed for, I'll be carrying at work.

Dad gave me his Glock 27 and I'll always have my S&W snubbies; but as I get older I want to get something comfier and the PPK feels just right, especially in a suit.

[Ed Anger]

It is a fun little gun. 

[11B4V]

Elegant choice. PPK is a classy pistol.

[Admiral Yi]

Is that seriously the same chick? 

[Ed Anger]

Is that seriously the same chick? 

Yep. Dana Loesch. If I spelled that right.

[CountDeMoney]

Elegant choice. PPK is a classy pistol.

Dad says I don't get my birthright, his .38 Colt Cobra, until he dies.  Fucking thing's older than I am.

[Ed Anger]

My dad won't part with his Colt Python. So I got a Ruger LCR.

NOT THE SAME

[11B4V]

Elegant choice. PPK is a classy pistol.

Dad says I don't get my birthright, his .38 Colt Cobra, until he dies.  Fucking thing's older than I am.

Snubbies say I'm not afraid to get close and personal.

[Tonitrus]

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Tamas just fainted.

No scribes allowed.

[11B4V]

Better late than never I guess.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/miami-judge-rules-floridas-new-stand-your-ground-law-is-unconstitutional/ar-BBDFVMh?OCID=ansmsnnews11

MIAMI — Florida's updated "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law is unconstitutional, a Miami judge ruled on Monday.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that lawmakers overstepped their authority in creating the law this year that forces prosecutors to disprove a defendant's self-defense claim at a pre-trial hearing.

The judge ruled that under Florida's constitution, that change should have been crafted by the Florida Supreme Court, not the Legislature.

"As a matter of constitutional separation of powers, that procedure cannot be legislatively modified," Hirsch wrote in a 14-page order.

The ruling is a victory for prosecutors who have firmly opposed the law they believe makes it easier for defendants to get away with murder and other violent crime.

[CountDeMoney]

And that's going to change things how exactly?

[Tonitrus]

Better late than never I guess.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/miami-judge-rules-floridas-new-stand-your-ground-law-is-unconstitutional/ar-BBDFVMh?OCID=ansmsnnews11

MIAMI — Florida's updated "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law is unconstitutional, a Miami judge ruled on Monday.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that lawmakers overstepped their authority in creating the law this year that forces prosecutors to disprove a defendant's self-defense claim at a pre-trial hearing.

The judge ruled that under Florida's constitution, that change should have been crafted by the Florida Supreme Court, not the Legislature.

"As a matter of constitutional separation of powers, that procedure cannot be legislatively modified," Hirsch wrote in a 14-page order.

The ruling is a victory for prosecutors who have firmly opposed the law they believe makes it easier for defendants to get away with murder and other violent crime.

Putting aside the issue on struck-down law...having judges decide what falls under separation of powers sounds like an unsound way to determine separation of powers.

[dps]

Better late than never I guess.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/miami-judge-rules-floridas-new-stand-your-ground-law-is-unconstitutional/ar-BBDFVMh?OCID=ansmsnnews11

MIAMI — Florida's updated "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law is unconstitutional, a Miami judge ruled on Monday.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that lawmakers overstepped their authority in creating the law this year that forces prosecutors to disprove a defendant's self-defense claim at a pre-trial hearing.

The judge ruled that under Florida's constitution, that change should have been crafted by the Florida Supreme Court, not the Legislature.

"As a matter of constitutional separation of powers, that procedure cannot be legislatively modified," Hirsch wrote in a 14-page order.

The ruling is a victory for prosecutors who have firmly opposed the law they believe makes it easier for defendants to get away with murder and other violent crime.

Putting aside the issue on struck-down law...having judges decide what falls under separation of powers sounds like an unsound way to determine separation of powers.

Beyond that, I'm not sure how it's a separation of power issue, anyway, but I've never even seen a copy of the Florida constitution, so who knows?

[Malthus]

Better late than never I guess.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/miami-judge-rules-floridas-new-stand-your-ground-law-is-unconstitutional/ar-BBDFVMh?OCID=ansmsnnews11

MIAMI — Florida's updated "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law is unconstitutional, a Miami judge ruled on Monday.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that lawmakers overstepped their authority in creating the law this year that forces prosecutors to disprove a defendant's self-defense claim at a pre-trial hearing.

The judge ruled that under Florida's constitution, that change should have been crafted by the Florida Supreme Court, not the Legislature.

"As a matter of constitutional separation of powers, that procedure cannot be legislatively modified," Hirsch wrote in a 14-page order.

The ruling is a victory for prosecutors who have firmly opposed the law they believe makes it easier for defendants to get away with murder and other violent crime.

Putting aside the issue on struck-down law...having judges decide what falls under separation of powers sounds like an unsound way to determine separation of powers.

Uh, who exactly ought to decide a separation of powers issue? 

If you don't like that, you will love this: if a litigant before a court thinks the judge is biased or in a conflict of interest, they must bring a motion before - that same judge - to decide.