Yanks Tiahrt Amendment From Appropriations Bill

Anti-gun Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Commerce,
 Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee, announced she will
not include the Tiahrt Amendment in the CJS appropriations bill.  In doing so,
 Mikulski will defy the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
(BATFE) and the Fraternal Order of Police --supporters of the Amendment --
and instead chose to do the bidding of New York City Mayor Michael

Bloomberg (R).  While a temporary setback, that is not the final step in the Senate process.

Brady (Disinformation) Campaign Begins Against Parker v. D.C.

Parker v. D.C. may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Brady
Campaign is worried.  In the case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit declared that the right to arms is an individual right, not limited to
active-duty members of the militia, and that D.C.'s bans on handguns,
and on having guns assembled and loaded at home, violate the Second Amendment.

 The announcement by D.C. city officials that they are considering
appealing to the Court has sent the Brady Campaign into panic mode. 
Brady president, Paul Helmke, blurted out that "The D.C. law is an easy
 one to shoot at.  Factually, it's a tougher one to get behind and defend. 
Why is this the one we're going to be taking up to the Supremes?"