The NeverEnding Story

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An Inconvenient Truth

In 2014, Riehl apparently escaped from a mental health ward of a veterans hospital in Wyoming, where he was staying after a psychotic episode.  [More]

In other words, he couldn't be trusted without a custodian.

An 'Ardent Liberal'

There’s not a bone in his body with any hate. [More]

Can't tell it by his words and actions.

UPDATE: Oops.  Henry catches me skimming in comments.

We're the Only Ones Imminently Threatened Enough

A white Ohio police officer who fatally shot a black man in a Walmart store says he believed he faced an “imminent threat,” although he acknowledges he never saw the man point what turned out to be an air rifle or threaten anyone. [More]

Not that I dare have an opinion.

Wouldn't want to Monday morning quarterback or anything...

The Keys Stoned State

Pennsylvania State Police urge gun owners to give up firearms to get medical marijuana [More]

No secret there.

Unarmed stoners, being necessary to the security of a police State...

[Via Jess]

A 'Progressive' Male Archetype

Following the publication of our interview with his ex-wife who says that he had beat her in front of their baby, Huffington Post contributor Christian Chiakulas published a strange virtue-signalling confession on Medium where he admitted to violence against additional women. [More]

I checked him out briefly on Twitter and elsewhere, and he's also evidently a self-described Christian Marxist who admits to having been jailed and under mental health care.

And no, of course he wouldn't have the guts to try that with a man.

[Via Michael G]

Weaponized Lawfare

At some point people are going to get fed up with trying to slog through a  rigged system that favors the corrupt and knocks you down at every turn.   [More]

[Via Michael G]

What's in a Name?

Having never heard it before, what does "Patty Pansing Brooks" immediately suggest to you in terms of the likelihood of being an insufferable "progressive"  gun-grabber? [More]

Yeah, I know there's no logical basis for drawing a conclusion. Sometimes you just gotta go with gut feel.

[Via Steve T] 

Still Unresolved -- Why?

• Ambush on Highway 57
• Murder On Highway 57

Mr. President?  Keeping your promise would go a long way toward clearing this related killing up, too.

[Via Felix B]

Fisting with Bruce

Missouri lawmaker Bruce Franks, Jr. raises fist during Pledge of Allegiance [More]

And the gutless f@&#s haven't censured him?

What is it about Opposite Day "progressive" lawless lawmakers?

I'm waiting to see one of these race hustlers take a knee during the oath of office and reject taking it altogether.

[Via bondmen]

Before Everybody Gets Too Excited...

Gun range owner who declared a ‘Muslim Free Zone’ will run for Arkansas governor [More]

I'm trying to see how this addresses cultural terraforming concerns:

I strongly support legal immigration and proudly welcome those legally in our state. 

How does that differ from the Grover/Bloomberg/Chamber of Commerce  cheap labor über alles platform? Without a total reset from Ted Kennedy's '65 treason, how will it keep "chain migration" with a "pathway to citizenship" from reshaping the balance of political power to Democrat/gun-grabber advantage?

I want to see that fleshed out. I hope more do, and let her know they expect some unequivocal commitments.

[Via bondmen]

You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wall

If California has the power to defy immigration laws, could it secede as well? [More]

The same "progressives" who accuse the South of "treason" no doubt think it's a fine idea. Considering the Congressional seats and electoral votes that would go away, I'm tempted to consult Mr. Benny.

And while we're at it, free Jefferson!

We're the Only Ones Accidental Enough

While the shooting did involve a police officer it is not being considered an Officer Involved Shooting. Police tell us that is because the gun went off accidentally. [More]

I wonder what it woud be considered if you or I had done it.

Actors' Opinions are Punishment Enough

"Should there be a way that a guy with mental issues like the asshole in Texas can’t get guns? Absolutely. We have to have a dialogue, and that’s not happening." [More]

But there are ways. Did this gun owner never  check the appropriate 11.f. box on the 4473?  And not that all the ways always line up with due process requirements this play-actor's character has the luxury of ignoring (along with all those New York City "commonsense gun safety laws."

Or address the core issue that ensures the danger will remain among us...

We're the Only Ones Immune Enough

A Detroit-area police officer who killed a motorist with three shots violated the man’s constitutional rights but still has immunity in a lawsuit over deadly force, a federal appeals court said. [More]

Maybe the dead man should have had obedience training.

And talk about rights violations (either that or chutzpa)...

We're the Only Ones Driving Enough

Baror reportedly exited his vehicle and got into a dispute with the other driver. He allegedly waved his gun, punched the other motorist and then struck him with his service weapon. [More]

Not that someone with my total lack of qualifications should vilify or Monday morning quarterback...

Friend of the Devil

Chelsea Clinton Wishes The Church Of Satan A Happy New Year [More]

Hey, you don't want an old acquaintance to be forgot.

Taken to Task

Instead of focusing on the evil police would it not be better to educate the public to comply? [More]

I believe this merits wider exposure than a simple comment reply. Here's my response to key points made by comment poster "American Patriot" to my latest Oath Keepers piece.

I specifically addressed the details of the 911 call and acknowledged "No doubt about it, responding officers were primed to expect the worst." And I also provided a good reason the response team had to question the call that I don't see being addressed in the "news": Did anyone on scene ask why what was reported as a one-story house (@2:54) was actually two with an attic window? Might such an inquiry have raised a flag that intel was suspect? Is not everyone -- including responding officers -- safer knowing that?

What my critic calls "Monday morning quarterbacking," I call an "after-action report"  based on information the police have released to the media. Yeah, I linked to the Williamson piece because he made an experience-based point, but my own "recommendations" were in the form of questions I believe legitimate and fair:

So what can be done?  Raise police awareness? More training? What about when hesitation proves a fatal mistake?

In re the comment that "the ability of law enforcement to know everyone in his assigned area is virtually impossible," the same can be said in spades for the military. A previous comment by "Tim Allen" seems relevant:

I served in the first Gulf war under strict rules of engagement and I had my butt puckered tight a few times with the slack out of the trigger, but I could not pull the the trigger until all three of the required items were clearly present. Remembering those three things probably kept me out of Leavenworth prison, because there was danger and likely ambushes 24/7. The times I withheld fire, the threat passed and I was relieved that I would not have an unnecessary kill investigated for being trigger happy.

In re his assertion that the "reference to LaVoy Finnecum is apples and oranges," no, it's not. Read what the men who shot him reported as their "justification". Just to be logically consistent, how does my critic calling it "an assassination" (which I don't disagree with) not qualify -- by his own criteria -- as"Monday morning quarterbacking"?

And how is it "vilifying police" to call for transparency, accountability, a complete public record to include the name and relevant information about the officer who shot an unarmed citizen, and the release of bodycam recordings being withheld?

As for his assurance that "the vast majority [of "good" police] operate in a world that you cannot understand," juxtapose that against his admonishment against the victim's noncompliance.  First of all, without a better look, I can't say what the victim did or did not do and how that matches with what police are telling us -- and neither can he.

And as long as it's fair to dismiss qualifications to observe and form an opinion based on my lack of professional qualification (i.e., I'm not an "Only One" so I just can't possibly know), how he'd fare over the first few seconds of being rousted from minding his own business in his own home to the terrifying experience of being screamed at with lights shining in his face is unknown. People react in automatic ways sometimes, until their brains can start to make sense of the immediately improbable and unfamiliar.

As for "educating the public to comply," wouldn't that fall on those putting the public at risk? Anybody see any "instant submission" training being provided by those who demand it?

I'd actually like to see that, making it as realistic as possible -- while it would lack the essential element of surprise, it would sure wake a lot of people up.