John Richardson has the scoop on this one. Introduced by Cliff Stearns of Florida and co-sponsored by Heath Shuler of North Carolina, the bill seeks to enforce national reciprocity for carry permits.
Two years ago, Senators Thune and Coburn attempted to pass a similar bill by amending it to the Defense Department budget. It failed by only two votes then, and the landscape is much more amenable to it now.
That is, if the Tea Party still believes all that stuff they did last November.
Luna was a good friend for 17 years. She'd been through a lot with me, but her health began to fail as of late.
Towards the end, she could scarcely walk, and I wasn't sure if she could recognize me. It was time.
I love the unique contour of the slide on the Sig Sauer 1911, but it makes holster selection tricky. Blade-Tech makes their Stingray model for the gun, but most other makers aren't supporting it yet.
That means custom work, so I contacted Tom Dyer, and as usual, he came up with an elegant setup.
While CNN frets, Cairo rejoices.
When Hosni Mubarak announced his resignation, Egypt exploded. Not in strife or anger, but in triumph and elation. My sister and her husband were present at the celebrations in Tahrir Square, and they sent a few pictures.
I've rarely seen the spirit of hope and optimism so eloquently conveyed.
Last fall, Seefeel showed up out of the blue to perform new material at Warp's 20th Anniversary concert. An EP titled Faults was released shortly thereafter.
This came as something of a surprise, as I hadn't heard anything from them since 1996. It's hard to grasp that it's been 17 years since I first heard them on the astounding Pure, Impure EP.
Lots of things from that period sound pretty dated. Surprisingly, Seefeel's output doesn't.
I have a bit of personal perspective on this. My sister and her husband teach at the American University in Cairo. They were with me for the holidays, and they returned last Tuesday.
The day they left, we had been hearing about a few student protests. That was the extent of it. We were heartened by the departure of the Ali government in Tunisia, and while we suspected this to be the spark of the rallies in Cairo, nobody expected the situation to erupt with such swiftness or power.
By Thursday, the internet was shut down, as were the cellular phone networks. We had communicated by VoIP, and that link was now severed. I was left to wonder and worry as activism turned to unrest, then to violence. Historical patterns like this never bode well.
