Notes from the Resistance...
Thursday afternoon Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun advocacy group Everytown for America held a small rally in Washington D.C. in front of the Capitol Building in an effort to shame Congress into passing gun control legislation. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe spoke at the event and brought his armed body guard with him. [More]Hey wait a minute-- I thought a man with a gun posed a demonstrable increased danger to Demanding Moms...
The other thing we can and should do is look at Parker’s past, because his transformation into a gun law crusader was not so much a road to Damascus conversion as it was a direction he was already receptive to traveling in, albeit he never had the motivation before now to devote his life to the issue. Back in 2007, Parker ran for the Virginia House of Delegates as a Democrat. At the time, Virginia Citizens Defense League, the state’s premiere grassroots gun rights group, sent its political questionnaire to all candidates. Their tally sheet shows no responses to the questions next to his listed name, which, per VCDL, “frequently indicates indifference, if not outright hostility, toward the right to keep and bear arms.” [More]If Andy Parker is committed to doing "whatever it takes," my latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column notes we have to be as well.
Singer-songwriter Steve Earle has partnered with the Southern Poverty Law Center to take a stand against the Confederate battle flag and is urging Mississippi to remove the emblem from its state flag with the release of his new song, “Mississippi It’s Time.” [More]That's because SPLC has changed its tune. I guess Dees also no longer needs to take Klan money to defend violent racists.
Marine Corps Commanding General Mark Brilakis says the decision was made because educators, students and parents might not be “comfortable” seeing armed recruiters. As for when military personnel are in their storefront offices, Brilakis says it might also offend the sensibilities of mall shoppers. [More]Good grief.
“I consider Chief Hoover an honorable man and officer,” the mayor wrote. “Thanks Chief Hoover for a job well done.” [More]"Ooh-ooh-ee-ee-ah-ah!" the Chief replied.
Bloomberg sent his hired hacks into locations that had recall petitions where they attempted to trick petition gatherers into making minor, technical mistakes (like walking away from petition sheets for a moment) so they could file complaints against the recall campaign. [More]That's what can happen when you're rich enough to employ mercenaries. Fortunately, the Secretary of State said there wasn't enough "evidence" to invalidate the signatures.
Bernie Sanders Has a Fan in the James Bond Actor Daniel Craig [More]Noting the "progressives" and Opposite Day truism, it figures this rich hoplophobe would be on the side of SMERSH.
If your belief is that your gun ownership is going to somehow save you from a tyrannical state, you are dead wrong. They are more organized than you. They have tanks. They have drones. They have aircraft. They have bombs and chemical weapons and nukes. [More]Flesh that out for us there, would you, "Hawk," old man? How would using nukes on U.S. soil be effective against around three percent of gun owners?
Rep. Jack Williams (R-Vestava Hills) explained his reasoning for proposing the massive tax by saying “any entertainment product that’s adult in nature, that you have to be over 18 to purchase, would have an excise tax like cigarettes and tobacco do.” [More]And you don't think that's obscene, "Republican" Jack?
“Ask ATF when Waco ballistics report will be released” messages can be sent to Grassley at his Twitter and Facebook accounts, and likewise, Chaffetz also has Twitter and Facebook pages. The more concerned citizens who do this, the greater the chances we’ll see some movement from the politicians. [More]Links to do that are included in this report. Please make that today's Five-Minute Activism project.
