The buzz this morning is that NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg introduced Barack Obama before a speech on the economy. Is Bloomberg perhaps going to endorse? Or even… is it possible that there’s a joint-ticket possibility? Marc Ambinder writes:
The First Read gang is all a-buzz at the Obama-Needs-A-Jew-On-The-Ticket Angle, but I think […]
The Texas legislature passed an expanded “castle doctrine” this week, effectively broadening the definition of where one can use deadly force in self-defense, while removing the requirement to retreat if possible. From the LA Times:
AUSTIN, Texas Mar 28, 2007 (AP)— Texans will be able to use deadly force to defend themselves in their homes, cars […]
The strange goings-on with the gun that may (or may not) be Sen. Jim Webb’s, and which may (or may not) have been given to an aide to hold because Webb may (or may not) have forgotten that he couldn’t carry it with him on a plane… (pause for breath)… keeps getting stranger:
Sen. Jim Webb […]
Fascinating article today in WaPo about Bob Levy, the man behind the lawsuit that struck down Washington, D.C.’s strict gun-control statute:
Meet the lawyer who conceived the lawsuit that gutted the District’s tough gun-control statute this month. Meet the lawyer who recruited a group of strangers to sue the city and bankrolled their successful litigation out […]