{"id":12682,"date":"2014-05-04T01:42:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T08:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12682"},"modified":"2014-05-04T01:42:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T08:42:16","slug":"open-thread542014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/04\/open-thread542014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/4\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and am pleased to announce that the heat wave is over, and I am enjoying the cooler temps.  I\u2019m waiting for my groceries to arrive from Safeway and expect them within the next hour.  I could not order from Store to Door this week, because my Urologist appointment conflicted with their delivery time.  Day 13.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:05 (average 4:49).  To di it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Concord Monitor<\/a>: <\/font>The latest skirmish over the nation\u2019s first smart gun, marked this week by death threats against a Maryland gun dealer who wanted to sell the weapon, has raised doubts about its future and prompted some gun control advocates to back away from legislative efforts to mandate the technology.<\/p>\n

Engage Armament, a Rockville, Md., gun shop, endured an outpouring of vitriol from gun-rights activists who fear the technology will be used to curtail their Second Amendment rights by limiting what kinds of guns they can buy in the future.<\/p>\n

The protests echoed those against the Oak Tree Gun Club, a Los Angeles-area store that offered to sell the smart gun and \u2013 like Engage Armament \u2013 quickly dropped the idea after opposition mounted. Electronic chips in the Armatix iP1 can communicate with a watch that can be bought separately. Then the gun cannot be fired without the watch.<\/p>\n

Chris Hayes also covered this:<\/font><\/p>\n