Snowflakes in Hell

Dave Hardy has been in this fight since I was crapping in diapers.  It’s always good to have the longer term perspective.

Bitter and I paid a visit to the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. this weekend.  Not a bad walk around the tidal basin, except for all the other people.  This weekend was also the Kite Festival which gathers around the Washington Monument.

Everyone who goes to Washington really ought to go to the FDR memorial. It’s what you would imagine government bureaucrats, many of whom owe their jobs and livelihoods to the policies of FDR, would come up with. It’s basically a giant fountain dedicated to big nanny government. It makes me sick.

Reader ErnieD further e-mails:

Did you check out this wording in the bills:

“The statutory limitations of municipalities to regulate the possession, sale and transfer of firearms, as upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, has been duly considered and incorporated within the body of this legislation. And, we take into account the paramount interests of the public safety of the citizens of our City and Commonwealth.”

Just for reference, this is the statute they’ve duly considered:

18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6120 (a) General rule.–No county, municipality or township may in any manner regulate the lawful ownership, possession, transfer or transportation of firearms, ammunition or ammunition components when carried or transported for purposes not prohibited by the laws of this Commonwealth.

Perhaps the City Council and Mayor Nutter need to arrange a press conference where they take turns pissing on 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6120 (a), and Article I, Section 21 of the PA Constitution, for that matter, since that seems to be about the level of respect they seem to have for it.