More on Machine Gun Sammy*.

Abortion Advocates Worried by Alito Nomination

(CNSNews.com) - The pro-abortion group Planned Parenthood announced its disappointment over President Bush's nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The group has reason to be upset with Alito. Full Story


Alito's Views on 'Precedent' Take Precedence With Specter

(CNSNews.com) - "We'll be interested in Judge Alito's views on following precedent," Sen. Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Monday during a photo-op with newly nominated Supreme Court justice. Full Story


*And then there's this gem from the Emasculate the Second Amendment crowd:

'Machine Gun Sammy,' a Perfect Halloween Pick, Says Brady Campaign

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence on the Nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court:

How could it have gone in any other direction, from a White House that just gave blanket immunity to the gun industry, which refuses to bar terrorists from buying guns, that broke a campaign promise and put Uzis and AK-47s back on America's city streets, and insisted that records of gun purchases be destroyed before the sun sets on them twice?

It had to be a Supreme Court pick that favors legal machine guns.
In 1996, Judge Samuel Alito was the sole judge who dissented from his Third Circuit Court of Appeals colleagues when they upheld the authority of Congress to ban fully automatic machine guns.

"Earth to Sammy -- who needs legal machine guns?" asked Jim Brady, chair of the Brady Campaign. "The Chicago mobsters of the 1930s would be giddy. But the man I worked for, who gave us
Sandra Day O'Connor and signed the 1986 machine gun ban, would be shaking his head."

The gun grabbers are alluding to the sainted Ronnie Reagan, who, now that he's dead, can be used for all sorts of nefarious purposes.

"Judge Alito's ludicrous machine gun decision is bad enough. But it also indicates that a Justice Alito would attempt to prevent Congress from passing other laws to protect Americans from gun violence," said Michael D. Barnes, president of the Brady Campaign. "If Judge Alito had his way, the federal machine gun ban would have been struck down as unconstitutional, and the private possession of these weapons would have become legal."