<p><strong>RICHMOND, Va.</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (March 13,</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 2024) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that it has filed a supplemental brief with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in its </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/bianchi"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bianchi v. Brown</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> lawsuit, which challenges Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.” The brief, which is the final one before </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">en banc</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> oral arguments on March 20th, can be viewed at </span><a href="http://fpclegal.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FPCLegal.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
I've been reading about how the republican fundraising has been overshadowed by the democrats this year. I wonder if this is self inflicted?
I understand that your name is required for legal purposes, but in the last decade or so, online contributions require me to provide much more information such as email address and phone number. Okay, I use an email address where I expect spam and seldom check.
The phone number thing is getting out of hand. I get 20-30 texts a day pleading for contributions. Replying stop to them doesn't appear to have an impact. Whether they're paid or volunteered fundraisers, I applaud their efforts, but this constant bombardment has turned me off to the point that I'm no longer contributing.
I'm not really a car guy, but I saw the show counting cars as I was looking through the channels. They saw a 1964 Galaxy r code in a driveway. Not restored, pretty much original in very nice shape. The cliffhanger was that the owner wasn't home and they left contact info with his wife.
They didn't mention the r code, but it was obvious to me. (427engine with 4 speed).
Like I said, I'm not really a car guy, but I really like the early 60s galaxies. I owned a 63 convertible with the 300 hp 390. It was the most beautiful car I've ever owned. It had the ford blue paint (kind of an aquamarine blue color) and I had the upholstery restored in white. I even had the upholstery buttons/logos restored. While I prefer the 63 or 63 1/2 body style, an r code 64 really got my attention!
Now I have to keep watching the darned show to see if there's any follow up on the 64.
<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (March 12,</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 2024) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that it has filed its opening brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in its </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/sandiego"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">FPC v. San Diego</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> lawsuit, which challenges the unilateral fee-shifting provision of the California Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.11. The brief can be viewed at </span><a href="http://fpclegal.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FPCLegal.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
When I was in, 00buck was the standard load. I assume it still is. At home I was content with low base #7 1/2 because of over penetration concerns in walls. I figured the whole shot column hitting in a very small area would take care of things if needed. Later on I became friends with a guy who had massive scarring and a fair amount of missing muscle from 3 bird shot loads at close range. Hmm, there may be a problem with my choice
I'm under no illusion that buck shot is much good at longer ranges. During training we fired 00 at targets out to 50 yards with a cylinder bore. You can easily miss a silhouette at that range while putting shot all around it.
After thinking it over, I figured #4 buck might be a good compromise between over penetration and under penetration in a house.
I mentioned this to a good friend and former colleague a few months ago and he told me about a session he'd attended at his department, KCPD, featuring a speaker who is a renowned expert in the medical examiner field. He talked about multiple wounds causing a person to leak more from that than a smaller number of wounds from larger projectiles. The M.E.'s conclusion was that #4 buck was the best choice in a shotgun. That had never occurred to me but it makes sense. I've had a case of 3" #4buck for a few years now. As a civilian, I don't forsee barrior penetration (windshield, doors. etc.) as being an issue. Most likely a home invasion type scenario won't ever be an issue either, but you never know.
Of course, I have to add the standard disclaimer. I hope I'll never have a problem requiring such actions. Second, killing wouldn't be the desired outcome. Stopping a threat would be the desired outcome.
Anyway, there's my thoughts on the matter.
