Churches make a drastic pledge in the name of social justice: To stop calling the police [More]Is there no end to the enthusiastic usefulness of shmoos?
[Via Mack H]
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Did Everybody Catch the Latest from 'The Onion'?
[Via Mack H]
Breaking the Bank
I suspect that Bank of America simply wanted to make a political statement, which was unnecessary. If anything, it only sent paying clients to a competitor, which is lunacy. [More]Yesterday I submitted my latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" piece, "Banking on Disarmament," dealing with B of A and other financial ideological cleansers. I expect to see it posted to the site soon.
Also still unresolved: Bass Pro Shops is staying mum about what it's relationship with B of A on credit cards and Citi on credit processing means for its business practices. Probably because no one else is asking.
[Via Mack H]
There IS Something Seriously Wrong
There is something seriously wrong with our democracy when Congress will not act on something favored by 97 percent of the voters. [More]Yeah, if Question 1, despite Bloomberg millions and a media blitz, passed by less than 1% of the vote (with what pushed it over the top being heavily-populated, Democrat-dominated Clark County), that figure must be right.
The reason we recognize unalienable rights is to protect the individual from an ignorant, manipulated and deluded majority. And besides, who thinks the gun-haters will stop at "background checks"?
[Via Mack H]
Real Women for Common Sense Gun Safety
The number of women taking concealed carry courses through the NCA is up 24% since the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida on February 14. It was the biggest 60-day jump ever for the NCA since July/August of 2016. [More]Those must be the ones Hillary says can't think for themselves, as evidenced by their embracing individual rights and responsibilities instead of putting on pink pussy hats and joining a mob.
No XPrize for them...
Plaintiff Wanted -- Inquire Within
Hey good post guys, except that the receiver of an FN FAL (which is the gun actually depicted in this article, not an H&K G3), is steel. The receiver of an AR-15 is aluminum. So cutting aluminum with an oxy-acetylene torch, as you instruct, is going to result in splattering molten aluminium all over the place, instead of cleanly cutting through a ferrous metal, as an oxy-acetylene torched is designed to. Hopefully no one is injured a result of this plainly un-researched article, and if they are, I hope they have the sense to sue Rolling Stone for providing them with these instructions. Way to contribute to the uninformed static of the pro-gun control narrative. This is journalism as its best. [More]Gosh, you mean "commonsense gun safety" tips from Opposite Day "progressives" are dangerous?
Grover and Out
NOT ELECTED ... 30) Grover G. Norquist...[More]I'd like to think I played some small part. Still, not a one of the "winners" to my knowledge has manned up to the reforms I believe are essential, so I'm still expecting a rubber stamp board toeing the line paid staff tells them to.
[Via Dave Licht]
The Validity of Someone’s Existence
When we say “fuck the law,” we mean that under the the current political administration, we will not engage in a “civil debate” about the validity of someone’s existence. When we say “fuck the law,” we mean fuck the law. [More]The "validity of someone's existence"?
That certainly opens a familiar collectivist door.
Anybody think that peace with such as that is possible? Or desirable?
Vanderboegh had a relevant observation:
I have long contended, attempting to warn those who think the Leviathan can act with impunity, that if the law and the Constitution no longer protect us, then it no longer protects them either.[Via Michael G]
The Possibilities are Endless
America Faces One of Three Inevitable Paths: Unrest, Tyranny, or Divorce - Pick One [More]I'd change "inevitable" to "probable." My experience has been just when I think I've got all my ducks lined up, a goose waddles in.
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Yes, By All Means, Let's Be Honest
Why did the accused Waffle House shooter get back his guns? [More]We've already established that's the wrong question. There's a reason people ask them.
Let's get to the whole point of this:
“Let’s be honest,” said Nashville Mayor David Briley (D). “Some people see these weapons as having a purpose of terrorizing other people. It’s happening too much. Enough is enough.” Indeed. The same type of weapon was used at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed; it was used in the 2017 slaughter of 25 worshipers at a rural Texas church; it was part of the arsenal used by the Las Vegas gunman who killed 58, and the shooter who killed 49 at an Orlando nightclub.These are not weapons needed for self-defense or hunting. They are designed to kill as many people as quickly and efficiently as possible.Really?
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Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise
Machete Attack Every 90 Minutes in ‘Gun-Free’ Britain - Recorded machete attacks in the UK have shot up by nearly five times in just three years, with the majority in the capital, London. [More]I never did trust chaps with barmy names like Nigel and Cecil...
[Via CDT]
'The Gun Sense Candidate'
Davis Stover was previously chief of staff for former representative Chet Edwards, a Texas Democrat who separated himself from his party when it came to gun rights. She took time away from his official office in 2010 to work on his reelection campaign, which was endorsed by the NRA. [More]It's a proven winning strategy if the object is to increase power and screw over duped gun owners.
How many times have we seen this happen, and when will gun owners learn that in the final analysis there's no such thing as a "pro-gun Democrat," despite what Fairfax would have you believe?
Take Chet Edwards, for instance...
[Via Jess]
Guiding Light
The Firearms Policy Coalition and the Firearms Policy Foundation have started a website called K12speech.com and a 21-page guide for parents and students meant to protect pro-gun students. I've read the guide and it is very well done. It contains sample letters and emails, documentation including relevant court rulings, tips on how to make FOIA requests, and instructions on how to document your interaction with school officials. You can download the guide here. There is also a legal action hotline and dedicated email address in order to seek help. [More]Here's the guide.
[Via Felix B]
Will Cooler Heads Prevail?
“A few weeks ago, Yeti notified the NRA Foundation, as well as a number of other organizations, that we were eliminating a group of outdated discounting programs,” Yeti said in a written statement Monday afternoon. “When we notified the NRA Foundation and the other organizations about this change, Yeti explained that we were offering them an alternative customization program broadly available to consumers and organizations, including the NRA Foundation. These facts directly contradict the inaccurate statement the (NRA) distributed on April 20. [More]NRA issue inaccurate statements...?
Oh go on.
And I agree with this guy.