EdDinIL

Could two unfired cartridges, given enough malicious motivation on the part of the CPD, have been used against Howard? Throw on enough tin foil, and the narrative "Fingerprints on two shell casings recovered from the scene linked the shooting to Howard..." might be a future reality.

12 or 13 to go until they deny cert at the end of the term. Still want more input from the various circuit courts.

We have no idea what the warrant was actually for, though, just that he was arrested and then released at 2:40 pm today (per inmate search) after being charged. If they thought the house was going to be full of guns and drugs, but all they had was the ammo, then these charges are meant to be leverage to get him to talk. His court hearing is on March 5. Maybe they'll drum up more charges in the meantime.

LITH = LARP in the Hills

I'm not sure if McHenry County is officially a 2A sanctuary or not, but that's a heavy response just for ammo. Several years ago, the McHenry County SWAT was at my neighbor's house in full gear looking for a felonious family fugitive. Scared the bejeezus out of my wife when she was on the front porch enjoying a morning breath of fresh air and they came walking around the house. There was no call for a shelter-in-place order then, and the town PD didn't even know it was happening until it was over. I assume that they executed a search warrant to find something else, but then arrested the guy to make him sweat and snitch on someone. The article said the arrestee had no prior criminal record in McHenry County, but not if he had no record whatsoever.

To borrow from Bon Jovi, whooaaaa-ohhh we're halfway there!

I heard your eyeballs rolling from here. As the saying goes, wish in one hand... I know which one will fill up first, at least.

Road trip!

Honey, you know how we talked about moving? What do you think of moving to West Virginia?

Submit your insurance info annually or they revoke your FOID. Q: "But I don't own guns. Why do I need insurance?" A: "You might have an incident at a range." They will find the ways.

The non-facetious version would be super-expensive by default, but it would provide for substantial discounts based on the number of firearms you register and your willingness to submit to annual safe storage inspections. Said registration and inspections would need to be handled through a legally authorized government agency, of course.

Do you recall why? Creating a task force seems like a no-brainer for them since it doesn't actually do anything besides spend money. Unless, of course, it was blocked by the gun grabbers who wanted to jump straight to mandatory insurance, no task force required.

Well, that's good. It will be 2029 or so when Barnett / Bevis get there.

It wasn't on the order list today, so it'll get rescheduled... again. Edit - by the way, the next conference day is Friday February 20. Pfft, what's another month?

Well, you don't want to buy firearm insurance. How else is the state supposed to cover the cost of damages?