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Some folks may remember last summer's dust-up over this. There was a bill before Congress to get the District of Columbia a seat in the House. John Ensign tacked the Second Amendment Enforcement Act onto it, and it became something of a poison pill. Democrats were unable to excise his amendment, and if the District was to get a house seat, they'd have to comply with the Heller ruling. Rather than risk abandoning the District's unconstitutional and disastrous regulations, Congress chose to simply drop the whole matter completely. Well, history repeats itself, though rarely this quickly. This year's version quickly found the Ensign amendment attached to it, and again Congress chose not to decide. Paul Helmke's response was to gloat, calling the whole thing a "Faustian bargain" and voicing his pleasure that the District would be sticking to its guns, even if it cost them something advocates of DC statehood consider to be a huge priority. It all raises a ...

There's an area around Lake Erie where several commercial radio stations share the same frequency.  On a clear night, you can hear straight across to Canada as the signals bleed together.   For some people, it makes for annoying interference.  For others, the result ends up being something far more interesting than the sum of its parts. Crosstalk over I-94  (02:10)

There's an area around Lake Erie where several commercial radio stations share the same frequency.  On a clear night, you can hear straight across to Canada as the signals bleed together.   For some people, it makes for annoying interference.  For others, the result ends up being something far more interesting than the sum of its parts. Crosstalk over I-94  (02:10)

My order from El Paso Saddlery arrived Friday, and here's their Tom Threepersons holster for the 3" Model 65: I was pleasantly surprised by their turnaround time: just over four weeks. In other news, Leonard Embody, Cassidy Nicosia and Kurk Kirby have a new compatriot in David Walters .

It turns out that this will be Justice Stevens' last term on the Supreme Court.  Even if we see one liberal Justice replaced with another, the ideological balance of the Court is unlikely to change. At least, on the surface. One of Stevens' strengths was building across-the-aisle consensus among dissenting Justices.  He was often able to corral or curtail Justice Kennedy's traditional swing vote , but a younger Justice will not have the ability to do so.  As such, Kennedy's role on the Court is about to become much more important. His vote with the majority in the Heller decision showed a willingness to accept the 2nd Amendment at face value, and without anyone to sway him away, I'd guess we can expect him to rule in our favor in subsequent challenges. I'm sure the 2nd Amendment will be a significant issue in confirmation hearings.  How much of an issue, I'm not sure.  After all, McDonald v. Chicago will likely be settled law one way or another at that poi...