We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/more_on_the_nic.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:39:07 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification I know many of you are strong supporters of the GOA (Gun Owners of America), and I seem to be in a minority on the new NICS bill. But I'm still with the NRA on this one - the devil is always in the details, and the anti's will have to be watched carefully in the Senate, and I'm sure, in the Conference Committee, as I doubt the Senate will pass the bill without some attempt to stuff something in it that will be unpalatable. The NRA's official position. On June 13, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/more_on_the_nic.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/more_on_the_nic.html Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:08:45 -0600 Concerns like yours, JTG, were actually central to some of the hardests discussions during the negotiations on the bill. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/more_on_the_nic.html#comment-61260 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/more_on_the_nic.html#comment-61260 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:21:43 -0600 As someone who's pretty sure he's a bit neurally divergent, I look at these kinds of laws with some suspicion and fear. This one _seems_ Ok, as they describe it, but I'd rather not have the unconstitutional (IMHO) NICS thing at all. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/more_on_the_nic.html#comment-61257 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/more_on_the_nic.html#comment-61257 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:05:22 -0600 I've some discussions with Boyda about that... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/more_on_the_nic.html#comment-61252 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/more_on_the_nic.html#comment-61252 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:31:33 -0600 Given that Sen. Mikulski is working to strip the Tiahrt Amendment (which, for some idiotic reason, must be renewed annually) from legislation in the Senate Appropriations committee, I'd love to see it attached-permanently-to HR 2640. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/more_on_the_nic.html#comment-61246 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/more_on_the_nic.html#comment-61246 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:37:58 -0600