Or maybe...

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/07/30/connecticut-latest-to-go-after-rating-agencies/

Connecticut AG files against bond ratings companies for "unfairly" lowering municipal bond ratings for Connecticut public entities.

Perhaps my perspective just comes from my being in a county with a terrific bond rating, but maybe the problem is crappy fiscal policy and depreciating assessment bases in Connecticut that makes bond traders nervous about the towns and cities of Connecticut?

Reporters hurt at gun press conference

Three journalists were hurt when a gun went off at a press conference called by Chinese police to highlight the success of a gun-control campaign.

The press conference in Nanchong in Sichuan province was to publicise the results of a campaign by the city's police to seize illegal weapons, the Beijing News reported.

According to Zheng Chongjun, deputy head of the political division of Nanchong police, some of the reporters asked to take photos of the guns seized, the newspaper reported.
One of the police officials mishandled a homemade weapon, releasing the trigger and dropping it.

It was unclear from the report whether the gun contained bullets or shotgun pellets but it said one journalist needed surgery after being hit in the ankle, crotch, and chest.

~The Austrialian, Monday, July 18, 2008

(Many thanks to The Brain for finding this for me!)

Setting up for DC Guns, Part II

The DC mayor's office has released their proposed legislation in response to the Heller decision. The proposal is notable for how narrowly they attempt to limit the effects of that decision. For instance, handguns are (essentially) permitted only in a home and going to and from the many places you need to take the gun to get it properly registered. Licensure of persons (including proof of good vision) and firearms is required, you have to leave the gun with the police until they run full analyses on it, and no time limits on the city or police at any step. And amazingly, handguns must always be unloaded and disassembled (or trigger locked? the grammar isn't very clear to me) except when actually being used for self-defense ("while it is being used against reasonably perceived threat [sic] of immediate harm to a person within a registered gun owner’s home"). Fortunately, you will be happy to know, you do not need a separate carry license for carrying the handgun in the home while engaged in actual self-defense. There also appears to be an "amnesty" provision to allow registration of previously owned revolvers, but not semi-autos.

Apparently, DC really wants to pay Alan Gura more attorneys' fees for round two...