Street wisdom was that Judge Weinstein's recent action in the NAACP case was carefully crafted to create a ruling which slammed the gun industry while remaining safely unappealable, since he dismissed the NAACP's claim.
Well, if there ever was such a clever plot, somebody forgot to let the NAACP in on it. According to the 8/18 issue of NSSF's Bullet Points online newsletter, the NAACP itself will be appealing Weinstein's ruling! How does that Irish toast go again -- the one about "confusion to your enemies?" -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://alum.mit.edu/www/tavares | RKBA! As the 20th century came to a close, Canadian Justice Minister Allan Rock fended off criticisms of a gun-registration bill his government was pushing by giving assurances that "there is no reason to confiscate legally owned firearms." Within 10 months of the minister's assurances, 553,000 legally registered handguns were confiscated. --PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
