Death In "Crazy Curt"'s Backyard

On Sunday Tom Ferrick, Jr. of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on a place in Upper Darby, PA called “Lou’s Loans,” which, according to Ferrick, is “a hole-in-the-wall pawnshop on 69th Street.”

The problem, according to convicted-former-gun-trafficker Nate Finkley and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, is that Lou's was well-known “within the Philadelphia underworld” as a source of guns.

The article goes on to state the following:

A few years ago, (the U.S. Congress) passed a law forbidding the (U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) ATF to conduct more than one unannounced inspection of gun shops each year. Recently, it passed another forbidding the ATF to release to the public information on the gun tracing it does.

But wait, there's more. The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday to "reform" the ATF. The bill would lower penalties on gun-shop violators and insulate gun sellers from ATF action by allowing them to argue the violation was not intentional.

In other words, it shoots more holes in ATF's enforcement powers, if you'll forgive the phrase.

(An aside: One of the cosponsors is U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon, whose district includes Lou's.)

Gee, I wonder if genius moves like this are part of the reason why Crazy Curt received a B+ rating from the NRA?

I guess this is in keeping with a pattern of behavior that would advocate giving military commanders the ultimate decision-making responsibility on when our troops should come home (uh…not a good idea – see, that’s the responsibility of the President, Curt. It’s part of that whole “separation of powers” thing. Of course, if our current occupant isn’t up to that task, he should return to Crawford and “clear brush” for the remainder of his days.)

And by the way (on another note), did you know that Weldon tried to bring back the draft a few years ago (which I will strenuously oppose, by the way, regardless of which politician is talking about it)?

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