Having been a resident of Philadelphia back when they did have greater restrictions for Philly residents than other PA citizens, it didn't make ANY difference in the gun crime. And studies then backed-up the assertion that the VAST BULK of the guns in Philadelphia were illegally obtained in the first-place....many in the hands of felons who are legally-barred from even touching a firearm.

And even though PA is a "shall issue" state, it's still damned difficult to get a CCW if you live in Philly, despite the state law that says Philadelphia County (the county bureacracy is part of the city's government) are supposed to issue them.

Yup, I pick it up Friday after work and that's no April Fools. It's not the Springfield M1A Socom 16 that I wanted but at least the wife can get her french doors now. Yer pal BULLSEYE

The passing of Arizona's SB1271 (the elective firearms course) has been quite interesting to watch. It's been pretty well known among the "gun people" but it's received almost no media attention. The Tucson paper and television station picked up on the passage, but the Arizona Republic, the largest circulation newspaper in the state, displays this on their website when a search is done for SB1271:

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Sorry, no matches were found containing SB1271.

Who would have thought that would happen? I've been expecting a liberal screed to appear in the paper every day, but it hasn't happened yet. That's the main reason I haven't been blogging about it any more than I have: as long as it has plenty of support in the legislature I don't see any reason to give the moonbats something to howl about. I mailed my letter to the Governor today.....Keep your fingers crossed!

I'll be shooting with the AZ Game and Fish shooting sports coordinator on Saturday....hopefully I'll get some inside info from him then.

Oops! I posted my comment to the wrong edition of the Weekly Check. This should have been with the April 5 posting.