Notes From HPS
BY Herschel Smith
10 years, 6 months ago
The same whistleblower source contacted this correspondent yesterday evening to express the opinion that questions raised in this column’s May 9 report have influenced this latest congressional inquiry. What remains to be seen now is how much stonewalling in response to the letter, which requests a response by June 2, will occur, and how much information Jones will withhold under a claim of “Privacy Act” provisions against disclosing personnel matters.
It’s always nice to see that David is making a difference with highly placed readers. I have no indication at all that I’ve had such an effect.
David at JPFO:
“[C]ivilians are not allowed to possess machine-guns, military rifles and handguns … private possession of semi-automatic assault weapons [and] private possession of handguns (pistols and revolvers) is prohibited,” the site advises. Add to that licensing, background checks and registration for what they are allowed to own, a prohibition on concealed carry and stiff criminal penalties for gun law violations, and Nigeria is one of those places where the “law-abiding” are at extreme disadvantage.
Boko Haram, which doesn’t let such details slow them down a beat, finds such conditions enabling.
Recall also that we discussed Nigeria and gun control just a few days ago. David prefaces his remarks by pointing out other problems associated with assistance to Niger. I had also noted over the weekend that Nigeria is corrupt, with Army generals under investigation for providing weapons to Boko Haram.
… the Bureau seems to have painted itself into something of an awkward corner when someone applies for a new machine gun on behalf of a trust.
I’ve seen that among other agencies and bureaus too when the combination of the law, regulation (which isn’t law no matter what you’ve been led to believe), interpretations of regulation, and filed federal register notices and discussions create such a confused entanglement and web of requirements that they are bound to be self contradictory somewhere. The sad part is that this has never stopped any federal regulator from doing exactly what he wanted to do, in my experience.
Mike Vanderboegh has an interesting discussion on Wayned Hage and his battle with the BLM. As the situation evolved between the BLM and Mr. Bundy, I also couldn’t help but think of Wayne Hage.
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