Expired FFL Raises Further Questions about ATF Oversight of Gun Store

“There is a gap a mile wide,” the legal source said about how documentation discovered to date fails to account for how the name on the FFL was changed. Yet the store continued to operate and continued to receive gun shipments under the “new” FFL, all under close ATF oversight. [More]

It looks like ATF issued a license they knew they had no legal authority to do, for reasons we will continue to explore in upcoming installments.

If you missed part one, about ATF's related banking irregularities, you can read it here.

We Will Not Comply

I guess it's OK when they do it. [More]

And it's more than mere rules he's breaking.

[Via Mack H]

Bi-Partisan Support

Master must have given the controlled opposition strict orders on this one. [More]

[Via Felix B]

The Issue About Which We Dare Not Speak

Massie regrets that he sees leadership believing it's "better if we are not on record at all on certain issues." [More]

Yeah, like RKBA in DC.  Don't want to get that electorate disapproving of Republicans, do we, New Yellowstain?

[Via Mack H]

A Defining Moment

How Nearly Getting Kidnapped Convinced This Congresswoman to Buy a Gun [More]

She get it.

And she get it.

[Via Andrea Shea King]

Speaking of Facts...

[Via Florida Guy]   

No Lie Too Outrageous

Despite the media’s framing of this as a terrorist attack, we are very clear that this terror is completely homegrown, born from the anti-Black white supremacy, patriarchy and homophobia of the conservative right... [More]

I guess facts are racist, too.

[Via Michael G]

A Warning from the Past

From 10 years ago:

Marshals: Innocent People Placed On 'Watch List' To Meet Quota

No problem, though. Dianne says all you have to do is prove your innocence.

[Via Michael G]

Economic Exile

Seeing as how they can't just shoot you in a ditch or drag you off to a gulag just yet, starving you out is the next best option. [More]

Co-existence is impossible because they will not allow it. That's why they're called totalitarians.

[Via Michael G]

Eat Flaming Death, Fascist Media Pigs Redux

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Be interesting to tally up how much this group spends on security every year... [More]

And Now for a More Informed Viewpoint

[More]

Don't you have a sex tape to make or something ...?

Hopes Dashed

 Boy, it's all about how you state things, isn't it? [More]

I Wouldn't Be Going to Baltimore Right About Now...

Freddie Gray case: Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. not guilty on all charges [More]

On the plus side, it looks like opportunities for outdoor shenanigans may prove problematic, at least for a while:

The weekend's a different story...

Gosh, what is it about Democrat strongholds, and why do they always seem to want the hated overseers to nonetheless be the "Only Ones" armed...?

UPDATE: Yeah, when the rain stops, things look like the provocateurs intend to heat things up:

What Does He Know that We Don't?

Thing is, I pretty much do this too with cameras. [More]

As for that bodyguard thang, I wouldn't begrudge him access to whatever means of personal defense he deems appropriate except for him making things more difficult for those not in his strata.

I guess the fact that this guy is one of the richest oligarchs in the world is something I just can't wrap my value-based sensibilities around. I keep coming back to  a grammar school sentence that places me firmly in a different age, because our masters act like we've evolved beyond such basics:

Oil, steel, and wheat — these are the sinews of industrialization.

I don't think I ever saw that attributed to an author.

Good thing we don't need industrialization any more, especially since my factory worker and foreman/manager years are far behind me.

Say, who wants to play Candy Crush Saga...?

[Via Jeet]

About Those Red Warnings

Oh look, I got a corporate non-response and washing of the hands over global giant Microsoft warning potential visitors against proceeding to this blog:

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It's more than annoying -- noting that the reason given in Microsoft SmartScreen FAQs for the warning is an assessment of fraud or malicious software, and that such decisions to so characterize a website are made by employees/agents of Microsoft, it may even be libelous.

No, I'm not going to go to Bing.com and ask a general question of those with no skin in the game -- I'm looking into other options if this issue persists. So far, thankfully, most who contacted me on this say they're getting through OK. That said, this needs to be nipped in the bud NOW, lest all it takes is for some anti troll snitch to make an anonymous "report" and shut down alternative media.

The LaPierre Doctrine

Now, as so many times in the past, the NRA is aiding and abetting the gun grabbers by publicly stating that the victims of the Orlando massacre should not have been armed. [More]

A-yup.

Sometimes they don't even Negotiate Rights Away -- they just hand 'em over as a gift.

Any prags care to try and defend this inexcusable betrayal in our time of need? I dare you.

From the Fine Folks Who Want to Impose 'Common Sense Gun Safety Laws' on You and Me

Nice to see there will be those coming after us who know how to think outside the safe space...

Been Down This Road Before It Seems

 “The number of non-Defense Department federal officers authorized to make arrests and carry firearms (200,000) now exceeds the number of U.S. Marines (182,000)”... [More]

Oh, I remember those grievances:

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. 

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

What happened last time?

Oh, yeah: The damned fools came for the guns.

[Via Florida Guy]   

Guns for Me But Not for Thee

New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel says members of Congress “deserve” and “need” people with firearms protecting them in the U.S. Capitol building, but he does not want law-abiding residents in his own district to be armed for self-protection. [More]

He's got a point, at least about anyone irrational and immoral enough to vote for this in-your-face-corrupt POS.

[Via Mike M]

Well There's Always That Now, Isn't There?

What Will Gun Controllers Do When Americans Ignore an ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban? [More]

Jackie? Care to field that one for us?

[Via Jamie E]

Eat Flaming Death, Fascist Media Pigs*

Hey, what could be more important than safeguarding our national performance treasures? [More]

The job would be a lot easier if you weren't armed.

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Exodus

And having fouled that nest, they're bringing their political expectations with them to the new one. [More]

Mission Statement

State Department staffers wrestled for weeks in December 2010 over a serious technical problem that affected emails from then-Secretary Hillary Clinton's home email server, causing them to temporarily disable security features on the government's own systems, according to emails released Wednesday. [More]

In other words, protect Hillary from problems of her own making at all costs, even if it means compromising the security of the United States.

Compare that to the reasons why power is ceded to these creatures in the first place.

Alle Arbeit und kein Spiel macht Jack einen stumpfen Unterscharführer

From the Opposite Day "progressive" outfit with the "Don't be evil" motto... [More]

I guess that explains why the information gatekeepers are so touchy about how to make "Never again" more than just a slogan...

Opposite Day 'Progressive' Valorous Conduct Award

Irene Martin heads the San Bernardino U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office, where last December, she allegedly blocked five armed Department of Homeland Security agents from the man authorities say supplied the firepower in the deadly attack a day earlier. Although an Inspector General's report found she acted improperly, and then lied to investigators, FoxNews.com has learned she has been nominated for the Secretary’s Award for Valor. [More]

Congratulations, Irene! You're an inspiration to us all.

Access denied?

Access Denied

Just a heads up: Fox News links often result in access issues for some baffling reason, whether I put in the straight link or the one with the gobbledygook at the end. No idea what to do about that or why they make routing traffic to their site so inconvenient, but if it happens to you and you still have a burning desire to read the original story, copy and paste any quoted text in your search bar and that ought to give you a working link.

That's why if you send me a Fox link you'll note I often try to access the same or similar story from another site.

I'm doing this post so I have a reference link for Fox-sourced stories and don't have to keep explaining the whole thing over and over again.