This is the “Second Amendment Enforcement Act“, announced by the NRA in this presser, introduced by Senators John McCain, et al.
You will note that the actual bill number is nowhere in the release. I still don’t get this, because if you read the bill itself – even with it not being inline with the actual U. S. code D.C. law – it’s still fairly easy to understand. It’s well organized and clearly was meant to be read by the public.
That’s actually the point, I’d wager. Not having the bill attached to the bill that gives D.C. residents representation in Congress by an unconstitutional method, means that this bill pretty much has a snowflake’s chance in hell of being signed by Obama. So this is a bill that’s not actually meant to be passed, its only meant to enhance the NRA cred of some critters.
ETA: good catch by Sebastian, see below in comments.
I was doing some out-of-position welding on my exhaust on the toyota the other day, I had managed to scrounge up some lift time and I was patching a few small holes in anticipation of the state sniffer test. (No modifications to the exhaust system or catalytic converter took place, so I know I’m in compliance with federal regulations, unless something recently slipped through unread of course.)
I didn’t have on the full regatta of safety gear, only an auto-darkening helmet, [1] and some gloves. I got some blisters and burns from droplets of hot metal, but as I said before it was only a small job so I only barely got a shade of red on my exposed arms. You see, an arc welder gives off lots of ultraviolet rays.
And that is when it hit me. We were in the middle of the Obamacare debate at the time, and I realized that every single arc welder on the planet is a back-alley, untaxed, unregulated tanning salon!
I can’t believe it, but there is a tax in Obamacare that targets the melanin-challenged. And then after the bill was deemed passed, our Glorious Leader signed it into law without even waiting his promised five days for comments from the public. Even though keeping this empty gesture would have cost him nothing. Now are we allowed to judge him based on the content of his character?
An oppressive tax on a common preventive measure by the pale-skinned among us to keep from burning themselves so easily when they go on vacation to a sunny location. Clearly this is proof that, as they like to say over at LeanLeft, we are not a post-racist society.
[1] Best thing to ever happen to a hobby welder. With it, MIG welding is like using a glue gun that spits out molten metal. Without it, you’ll waste hours making metallic bird doodoo. The cost is probably sub-$50 nowadays, about a third of what I paid. Make sure you put a clear shielding lens on both sides when installing it in your helmet.
Edited to add: Despite the fact that I deep-linked to the full comment, and even added ellipses to point out the my deliberate omission, tgirsch still thinks I misquoted him. I’m leaving the post intact below the following two dashes, but I encourage you to follow my original link to read the whole comment.
Then tgirsch goes on to say, well, just damn! Read the comment below, because I don’t want to risk misquoting again.
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“Hidden” is the exact language used by CNN in this story.
While I may not be adamantly opposed to this, it’s still another tax on employers which will get passed on to consumers or paid out of possible salaries of people who don’t lactate. I’m sure no one factored that into the cost of the bill before it was introduced.
My real objection is the fact that we never got to read, discuss, or debate the behemoth before it was deemed as passed.
Back when we had a whole 72 hours to decode such standard mischief as :
…strike the first four letters on the fifth word of the second sentence in section 170(c)(2)(B) and replace them with the letters “fsck†…
…tgirsch let a little truth out. Earlier I had said something to the effect that the more people learn about the bill, the more that people of all stripes dislike it. He countered that reality was the exact other way around. Then he dropped this whopper:
You really and truly think the way to build broad support for a complex piece of legislation is to let people read it?…
Wow, just fucking wow.
Short post here, but reading between the lines, I’m getting the feeling that the pro-Rights people win, but with an interpretation that’s halfway between what the Bill of Rights really means and what Justice Scalia wants it to say.
Anyway, make sure you check out Laurel’s lol-speakage interpretation.
I haven’t been following this case as closely as perhaps I should, but since I just heard the first little peep on the subject from the legacy media this AM, I thought I’d comment.
Heller asked and answered the question of whether or not the Second Amendment to the Constitution was an individual right, and to a lesser extent whether the Bill of Rights actually applies to the special magic place that is the District of Columbia.
The big question in McDonald is where or not the Bill of Rights applies to the states.
Yup, it’s come down to that. Went all the way to the supremes, too.
