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The fact that legislatures did not regulate firearms in exactly the same way as they later did at those parks doesn’t mean that they believed that they couldn’t do so constitutionally. And the fact that starting with the opening of Central Park, the prototypical recreational park in 1859, I believe by 1861 Central Park then…

I recently picked up 8.75 inches of 5.5 DuraBar, a type of cast iron. This is to become the backplate for a lathe chuck. Friday afternoon, I started work on the backplate. Since I repaired me horizontal bandsaw, cutting 2.75 inches off the bar was trivial. While the saw was working its way through those…

Paul Koning says: April 18, 2024 at 8:20 am You stated that the judge is required to follow the rulings of higher courts. I see two problems with that blanket statement. First, there’s also the ruling of the Supreme Court. Second, the Constitution is a higher authority than any court, and if a judgement is…

Continuing from our last article, Cases are won and lost before they are heard, we look at . The state wants discovery. They put the plaintiff’s (good guys) reasoning as: Plaintiffs’ position: Plaintiffs’ position is that no discovery is required in this case, which presents a pure question of law to be resolved by the…

When I was nerding, I was complaining about the amount of effort I was going through to just display a line of text with proper word wrapping. I introduce you to, QTextLayout which does exactly that. I’m in the process of debugging the newly re-written code. 3 steps forward, two steps back. Regardless, I feel…

Back in January 2024, Judge Suddaby slapped New York State around. At issue was a requirement that people who were living in public subsidized housing were required to enter into a contract that forbid firearms on housing grounds. The contract was a complete ban on keeping or bearing arms within the housing properties. Because Judge…

There was a snarky comment recently wondering what language I dream in. Not so snarky, actually. If you were to ask my lady what language I dream in, she would be likely to answer, “I don’t know, but he types on my back in his sleep.” Yes, I program in my sleep. I code while…

I grew up listening to my parents’ music. I later started listening to WCMS 99.9FM. “Almost Perfect Radio” Their original was “Western and Country Music Station”. Most of the music my parents owned had been transferred to reel-to-reel tape. This is actually a real problem. There were a couple of “albums” that I wish I…

Saturday was my monthly outing to interact with people. Always a stressful thing for me. Part of that stress was aggravated because I couldn’t find the holster for my preferred firearm for “polite company that isn’t Gun People.” Which meant that I was carrying a 1911 instead of a Sig. That Sig is so small…

The other day I was reading Bruen, again. I was looking up that standard mantra, “When the plain text of the Second Amendment is implicated, the burden shifts to the state or prove a history and tradition of regulation.” That is not what Bruen says. Today, we decline to adopt that two-part approach. In keeping…