The Most Useful of Idiots

The communists will eat you fools if those you're undermining fall. [More]

We're the Only Ones Discounting Enough

A police officer accused of using counterfeit bar codes to pay significantly lower prices for collectibles he bought at stores while in his police uniform has been convicted of theft and official misconduct. [More]

So he called in the tip himself?

[Via Neil W]

It Doesn't Hurt to Ask

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I just submitted the following FOIL request:

Per a Sept. 23, 2019 story in The New York Post (https://nypost.com/2019/09/23/letitia-james-orders-companies-to-stop-selling-ghost-guns/) AG Letitia James "ordered 16 online companies to quit selling untraceable “ghost guns” [but]  did not identify for fear of directing them business."

I am a journalist covering firearms-related issues whose work has appeared for decades in national magazines and internet sites. My readership and I have a legitimate interest in knowing which companies have received orders that include the potential for criminal prosecutions.

Please provide complete copies of all orders, to include the names of the companies and if applicable, the person the order was directed to the attention of.

We'll see what happens.

And Some of Us Propose Something Altogether Different

"My proposal would be to do what Australia did, which would be to have a buyback," Swalwell said. He added that under his proposal gun owners would be able to use their "military-style" weapons at a shooting range or a hunting club, but "nowhere else in our community." [More]

Keep squeezing, Eric.

Until our eyeballs bleed.

[Via Mack H]

She's Not the 'Only One'

A former Tulsa police officer admitted during testimony before the House Judiciary Committee that she would "not comply" with an assault-style weapons ban if Congress were to pass one. [More]

According to NRA, that means she's not honest.

[Via Mack H]

The Criminal Mind

Research suggests brain exams can detect would-be murderers [More]

So can we ease up on the phrenology now?

[Via Michael G]

Upholding a Time-Honored Tradition

DC government worker charged with dealing fentanyl outside his office [More]

Run that man for mayor!

[Via Michael G]

Only Two to One?.

No, you want to know ultimately why 2/3rds of both houses need to approve a law? Because 66 people against 33 have a much, much better chance of winning in a straight-up fight than 51 or 52 or 53 against 49, 48, or 47. Such a good chance, in fact, that the fight is unlikely to happen. And the constitution is drafted in such a way that people aren’t supposed to feel tempted to have a violent argument about things that are passed into it and then people have to live by.  [More]

Those committed to freedom have faced greater odds than that.

[Via Michael G]

Meanwhile.Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise...

Asif, who says “instinct just kicked in”, chased the men off with a pair of kitchen knives while terrified they would harm his wife Charlotte, 30, who was upstairs. [More]

The Church of England wishes they had.

[Via Wynn A] 

Taking Bets

ST. LOUIS – PeaceFest 2019 is this Sunday, September and is expected to attract thousands to Bellefontaine Park for a day of live music, food, and fun. [More]

You know what I'm going to ask next.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Reinstatable Enough

Suspended Broward Sheriff Scott Israel should get his job back, a special investigator for the Florida Senate recommended in a stunning rebuke to Gov. Ron DeSantis. [More]

You've gotta admit, he does have a proven track record.

[Via bondmen]

Hiatus

A Senate staffer tells me gun legislation is dead, at least for the time being, because of the impeachment inquiry. [More]

Figured as much.

[Via bondmen]

Let's Make a Deal

Illinois man reaches plea deal in shootout with ATF agents [More]

Tell me he'll get more than 6 1/2 years.

[Via bondmen]

A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?

US Army warns about possible mass shootings by incels at ‘Joker’ screenings [More]

That's exactly what I warn against in a soon-to-be-published AmmoLandpiece.  All the hysterical advance publicity the antis have been generating suggests some would find that very exploitable.

[Via bondmen]

And Now a Word from the Rope-Selling Capitalists...

NSSF PRAISES STATES FOR RECORD SUBMISSION OF DISQUALIFYING MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS TO BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM [More]

Of course they do.

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones on the Same Paige Enough

During the training exercise, a law enforcement deputy accidentally discharged his weapon during the “un-holstering” process. The deputy sustained a gunshot wound to the leg as a result of the accidental discharge.  [More]

Paige...

Paging Mr. Paige...

As Long as I'm Doing Memes Today

[More and More]

I was forwarded the  David Hogg version with the suggestion that someone ought to redo it with Beto. The problem with the Hogg meme, as the latter-day national socialists argue back, and the gun-grabbers, national socialists in their own right, are happy to exploit, is:

Unfortunately for those who would like to link Hitler and the National Socialists with gun control, the entire premise for such an effort is false. German firearms legislation under Hitler, far from banning private ownership, actually facilitated the keeping and bearing of arms by German citizens by eliminating or ameliorating restrictive laws which had been enacted by the government preceding his: a left-center government which had contained a number of Jews.

What's missing from that "Gotcha!" rejoinder is the totalitarian monstrousness of utterly disenfranchising a segment of society which was not homogenous with the ideology and agenda of the rulers. And for the record, no matter what linguistic contortions the deniers go through, Hitler "was, at heart, a left-winger."

[Via Jess]

A Gannett Publication Redux

Here's a follow-up for yesterday's post:

Des Moines Register Adds Police Presence After Criticism Turns Threatening [More]

It's déjà vu all over again.

Just to Be Consistent

[Concept via Stephen S]

Worthless Heirs of Liberty

Knoxville City Council votes 8-1 in favor of banning gun shows on city-owned property [More]

I wonder what Boston Grenadier Corps. militia co-founder Henry Knox would have thought of these latter-day Tories...

[Via Michael G]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise

Ban sales of pointed kitchen knives as there is no reason for them in modern world, says Church of England [More]

Isn't that the church that was started so the psychopath king could divorce and murder his wives?

[Via  An Hour of Wolves]

All the Moore Reasons

Demi Moore Admits She Cheated on Her First Husband the Night Before Their Wedding [More]

And keeping his name means she'll never let him forget.

So much for fidelity to her pledges (@3:55).

Or any kind of logical consistency...

None Dare Call It Treason

GOP Sens. Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Roy Blunt (Mo.), Susan Collins (Maine), Mike Lee (Utah), Jerry Moran (Kansas), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rand Paul (Ky.), Rob Portman (Ohio), Mitt Romney (Utah), Pat Toomey (Pa.) and Roger Wicker (Miss.) voted to end the president's declaration.  [More]

And they don't want to block the foreign invasion because...?

'Could' Presupposes a 'Could Not' Possibility

Red-Flag Laws Could Stop Suicides [More]

Because keeping guns out of the hands of the despondent has worked so well in Japan...

Curious -- I see no attempt to separate suicide rates among the criminal "prohibited person" underclass from the general gun owner population. Ditto for "Only Ones," with their significantly higher rates. I also don't see any way to account for how many suicides are impulse decisions, meaning by the time a report was made and responded to, it would be game over, and how many documented and verifiable "saves" are we able to credit to red flags in the 17 states and District of Columbia that already have such edicts.

It's almost like Brian Barnett, with his special interest in lauding bathroom choice for HuffPo, is a gunquack with a "progressive" agenda instead of a scientist.

[Via Mack H]

Noah's Snark

American gun culture is driven by a complex mix of reactionary fantasies, racism and insecurity... [More]

I thought this feature was called "Think," not "Project." I'm not quite sure what else to say-- I've never come across a lot of gun-haters, but never a supposedly grown man with a Wonder Woman bondage fetish before.

Don't these people have a truck to blow up or something?

[Via Bluesgal]

We're the Only Ones Uncoordinated Enough

What I’ve learned from Lyft and law enforcement in the ensuing days is that there is no coordinated cooperation over potentially dangerous vehicles. [More]

Sounds like another good reason not to ride-hail.

And it's not the vehicles I'm worried about.

[Via Anon7]

Junior Achievement

Trump snubs Jared Kushner’s signature accomplishment [More]

What, he doesn't like the grandkids?

[Via Mack H]

One Hour Martinizing

FBI agents raid state Sen. Martin Sandoval’s Springfield office, Chicago home - Agents from IRS Criminal Investigation were also seen outside Sandoval’s political office in Cicero. [More]

A violent anti-gun Democrat not paying his taxes? Who does he think he is, AOC?

[Via Mack H]

He Did It! He Missed the Barn!

THE REAL REASON CRITICS HATE ‘RAMBO: LAST BLOOD’ [More]

How can this guy talk about Hollywood's anti-gun/"progressive" agenda and completely miss Stallone's?

[Via Mack H]

I Guess in a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth IS a Revolutionary Act

House Democrats Target Non-Profit Status of Anti-Illegal Immigration, Pro-Life Groups - Democrats are pushing for their political opposition to be punished under the law. [More]

Hey, it's not like that First Amendment we granted you isn't revocable or anything.

[Via Mack H]

Fair Warning

“My son is not an animal,” he said of his 15-year-old son. “He’s never been in trouble. He made a mistake. [More]

A "mistake" is when you forget to carry the "2."

Your son killed a total stranger who refused to be shaken down, and violence is clearly nothing new to him or his brother. And the spitting was a nice touch. He may not be an animal, but his own actions show he can't be trusted outside of a cage and needs to stay in one until he can be. They both do.

This should also once more illustrate the lethal threat an "unarmed" man can pose. But I don't suppose this being "shall not issue" Maryland with Fairground gate bag searches by security that being able to protect yourself from feral assailants is much of a concern -- at least to those in power.

[Via Mack H]

And Every One of Them Has an 'AKA'

6 Arrested In Violent Home Invasion, Assault Of Pregnant Woman [More]

Why would anyone need a 30 magazine clip?

[Via Mack H]

A Registered Democrat

Sherikia Hawkins was charged Monday with six felony counts for allegedly altering absentee ballots during the November 2018 election in her capacity as city clerk for the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Mich. [More]

I'm curious why the article doesn't explore if the disenfranchised voters shared a commonality...
 
[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Run Down Enough

Fremont police Tesla runs low on juice during high-speed chase - ‘I am down to six miles of battery,’ officer said during highway pursuit [More]

And $20K more for a used Tesla than a new Explorer? Good thing it's not their money!

Now think if it had been his "smart gun" that wasn't charged -- oh wait, the plan is to only require those for the rest of us...

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Self-Inflicting Enough

A Sunday drive, two off-duty cops and a self-inflicted gunshot wound. What went wrong? [More]

What didn't?

[Via Michael G]

Weasel-Wording 101

Overly aggressive gun control laws tend to penalize lawful gun owners and law-abiding citizens, not the criminals set on using those guns with ill intention. [More]

Way to dim a bright line with a subjective qualifier.

Why?

A Half-Baked Legal Strategy

“Defendants’ sole motive in seeking to unseal the [Facebook records of non-party Allyn D. Gibson] is to continue the smear on Plaintiffs’ name and brand. They should not be permitted to do so.” [More]

Cornered "progressives" sure fight like the rats they are.

[Via Michael G]

A Gannett Publication

“Reasonable people can look at the same set of facts and disagree on what merits publication. But rest assured such decisions are not made lightly and are rooted in what we perceive as the public good.” [More]

And ethics and public endangerment be damned.

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Planting Enough

Always have it on record that you do not consent to a search and that you will not say anything without counsel. It also doesn't hurt to make your first move on being pulled over to set your phone to record and upload.

[Via bondmen]

More than One Winner

The ruling is a legal victory for the American Civil Liberties Union... [More]

And importantly, for those funding them.

[Via bondmen]

Conflict of Interests

NZ's gun buyback sparked Trump's interest, Ardern says after meeting with US president [More]

Yeah, well he'd better lose interest fast.

[Via bondmen]

How We Can Help

Mexico’s Gun Control Utopia Sets *Another* Record for Murders [More]

Quick--better walk more guns there to get them banned here!

[Via bondmen]

Plans Already Underway

ARE WE BECOMING VICTIMS OF FOURTH GENERATION WARFARE? [More]

Note the similarities between there and here.

We're the Only Ones Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places Enough

“Super horny today too,” Guyger texted to Rivera. “Me too,” Rivera texted back. It was also revealed both Guyger and Rivera deleted all of those messages from their phones. It's unclear when that happened. [More]

But not why.

[Via Michael G]

Teach Your Children Well

So violently acting out on a sense of revenge entitlement is conditioned behavior? [More]

It's almost like that's being encouraged...

Pot Meets Kettle

Pelosi: Trump betrayed oath [More]

That's almost funny.

Of course he has, but who of them hasn't? Dem string-pullers had to do something to sideline the disastrous Joe Biden.

Patriot Passing a Reminder of Harsh Punishments for Defying Gun Infringements

That’s because I can’t help but note how fractured the “gun community” is, and how little support the boat-rockers can expect. If every one of us did what Fincher did, there would be no more gun control laws in this country. Because we will not stand up en masse, any one of us who does will be cut down. [More]

Rest in peace, Wayne Fincher.

On the Bright Side...

...it looks like "universal background checks" and "red flag laws" are on the back burner.

So is he going to realize, at a time he needs all the support he can get, rueing lack of movement on "gun safety" legislation to distract from this is hardly going to fire up the ol' core constituency?

We're the Only Ones Impaired Enough

Maryland county improperly screened cops for logic, reading ability [More]

So take a tip from a cop who does:

[Via Michael G]

Fool's Paradise

This is not the world that gun control advocates envision, but this is the world that will result from the strictest gun control laws. As a response to the epidemic of school shootings, it is foolish to launch a war on guns.  [More]

This refreshing bit of sanity from a mental health professional is from over a year ago, but it is timeless, should be read by all RKBA advocates, and thrown in the faces of those who insist on schizophrenic "gun laws."

[Via Roger J]

Project Voldemort

A number of Facebook’s current and former competitors are talking about the company’s hardball tactics to investigators from the Federal Trade Commission, as part of its broader antitrust investigation into the social-media giant’s business practices... [More]

Well, Zuck did want to live behind security walls...

[Via Michael G]

My Friend the Witch Doctor, He Taught Me What to Say

At ‘woke’ medical schools, curricula are increasingly focused on social justice rather than treating illness. [More]

Gunquacks are made and not born.

VDARE has a synopsis for most of us blocked by the paywall.

[Via Mack H]

So Much for Commonsense Blues State Gun Laws

Series of juvenile shootings raising alarms in Denver [More]

But...but...but Hickenlooper...

[Via cydl]

Read Any Good Books Lately?

Don't tell me, tell them. [More]

Everybody here has read a book lately, right?

[Via Felix B]

Dog and Pony Show

Hearing: Gun Violence in America: Understanding and Reducing the Costs of Firearm Injuries and Deaths [Watch]

The thought of Carolyn Maloney in charge of anything speaks to how far the Republic has degenerated. That said, John Lott speaks at 34:49 and Susanna Hupp at 40:54. As for hostile congressthings and gun-grabber "witnesses," I suppose it wouldn't hurt to hear the lies coming out of their mouths for yourself if you have the time and can stomach that sort of thing.

[Via Felix B]

SOP

Dems Will Have To Lie About Their Agenda To Win, Poll Shows [More]

What kind of sleeping idiot doesn't know that?

[Via Michael G]

Here’s Matt Harrington?

CEO who would profit off of gun control goes off the deep end... [More]

It would have helped had links been included with the social media screenshots so they could be independently validated. I just don't have time to look into this further, so if you have anything verifiable to add, feel free to leave a comment.

[Via bondmen]

Time to Rethink the Con

BOA President Lewis Reed may face uphill battle to get funding for Cure Violence program [More]

It might help if the name of his wealth transfer scam wasn't a transparently obvious lie.

[Via bondmen]

Replace 'Gun' with 'Government' and We'll Talk

JESSE JACKSON: Can America Break Its Gun Addiction? [More]

Leave it to a collectivist to blame all for the aberrant choices of a few. Of course, if he didn't, he'd have to get a real job.

You'd think a "reverend" would know about motes and beams.

[Via bondmen]

New York,New York, It's a Wonderful Town

A parolee carried out a horrific rape in which he gave his victim an incredibly cruel choice: Have sex with her son, or have sex with him... [More]

So they turned him loose on the same populace that they make jump over hurdles and pay a non-refundable application fee just to have a gun in their homes...?

And that populace continues to vote exclusively Democrat?

By the way, what's with no longer accepting paper applications and requiring it all be done over the internet? The Dems are always going on about how requiring government ID to vote "disenfranchises" minorities and the elderly -- how does that and this not do the same? Anybody know if this requirement has been challenged?

A Haitian Photo Shoot

Two men including a photojournalist have been shot and injured by a Haitian senator who opened fire outside the country’s parliament, amid chaotic scenes as the government attempted to confirm the appointment of a new prime minister. [More]

Anybody think a little light will click on for any of our "real reporters" about what can happen -- even to them -- when the government controls the guns?

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise

Eating meat could be banned like smoking, says top barrister, as he calls for new crime of 'ecocide' [More]

Or like guns, right, CDC?

Expect to see increasingly violent acts against restaurants, markets and their customers by those who will tolerate no alternative views -- coming soon to a hive annex near you.