Of Course You Realize This Means War

Ban assault weapons, buy them back, go after resisters [More]

No. Your move.

So, Rep. Swalwell, you miserable domestic enemy, you bloodthirsty fool...

You seem to think the only costs will be measured in dollars...?  Or that you can make it personal and it won't get personal...?

[Via Jess]

News You Can Wipe With

Verify: Are there legitimate reasons to own an AR-15? [More]

And the best this "investigative report" can come up with is hog hunting?

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Shaveheart

Scottish Man in Custody for Carrying Potato Peeler in Public Place [More]

"But they'll never take our freedom..." ?

Don't look to Wallace standard-bearers for a solution.

Thank You for Choosing Kabuki Air

Police say a fight between three Worldwide Flight Services employees, who are contracted by Frontier Airlines to clean planes, led to the fatal stabbing. [More]

Funny-- for some reason they don't seem to want to release any identifying information.

But see, Mom? I told you the measures were for your own safety.

Hawaii "Multiburst Trigger Activator" Ban Bill Passes House and Senate Unanimously

Per George Pace:

They (both houses) passed it unanimously. Even the 5 "Republicans" (46 Demorats) in the House (Senate is 100% Demorats) voted for it. (The House "Republican" "minority leader" who is running for governor has voted with Demorats 85% of the time in her legislative history.)

Here's the bill.

Point/Counterpoint

From the AP:

The amendment adopted in the Senate guts a major part of Republican Gov. Doug Ducey’s school safety plan. 

From AzCDL:

In sum, while we do believe the bill is no longer the egregious threat to our liberties that it started as, it still needs work before we can consider it to be a positive contribution to the public policy of our great state. 

[Via Bluesgal]

The Cloak of Anonymity

The Deep State Weaponizes Vetting of Trump Appointees - Unaccountable Pentagon officials block a security clearance for a would-be White House aide. [More]

Well if you keep referring to them as "officials" without naming names, they'll never be accountable.

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Because What's Yours is Theirs

Immigrant rights protesters block streets in downtown Grand Rapids [More]

Funny... I don't see the words "illegal" or "criminal" anywhere in this "report."  I do see "under-documented," which is certainly creative.

"Whose streets? Our streets!" certainly endears them to me.

[Via Michael G]

Our Future Leaders

Harvard student club removes ‘free speech’ from event name to avoid shutdown by officials [More]

I was just thinking the other day we don't hang enough deans...

I also noticed this gem:

American University orders students to agree women can revoke consent after sex

Charlton has a relevant observation:

[Via Michael G]

Just the Way White Privileged Gun-Grabbers Like It

Siwatu-Salama Ra used a legally purchased firearm to protect her family. She was sentenced to 2 years in prison. [More]

Here's a question they'll never directly answer:

Did displaying a gun discourage further violence? Yes or no?

Alternatively: What would you be able to do about an immediate threat to your child?

[Via Michael G]

My Latest Oath Keepers Piece

I've reverted my announcement here to draft until such time as they figure out what's going on with their website.

I may have to prep the whole thing all over again from my Word draft, but it makes no sense to expend more effort until we're sure it won't disappear again.

A Second Amendment Guy

I’m a Second Amendment guy, but no one needs a gun that just begs the owner to start shooting people. [More]

It sounds like "conservative" Ben Stein has issues with voices in his head.

It's not the first time he's made that claim.

Inigo remains unconvinced.

[Via Mack H]

A Known Danger or Just a Reddit Loudmouth?

UCF student who idolized mass shooters online can buy guns, judge decides [More]

The law still applies. As does due process.

It sounds like he's been professionally examined and determined to be more a douche than a threat. That may be wrong, but the bar for stripping rights must be high lest we all have to live with setting it low.

[Via Jess]

Ruger Responds

Here's the letter they sent to their shareholders, made necessary by recent pressures. [More]

[Via Matthew L]

You Mean Our Government Would Lie to Us?

Conclusive proof of multiple shooters firing simultaneously at Route 91 Harvest Music Festival [More]

I don't have enough knowledge on this to say it's conclusive, but it is interesting.

What's needed is an open investigation.  With Paddock no longer alive to prosecute, why the need for such secrecy unless there's something to this?

And that, of course, opens the door to "conspiracy theory" rebuttals, which it appears some are counting on -- and the loopier the better to deflect and discredit the ones that aren't.

The bastards are using this to impose a new executive power grab and  Intolerable Act with "bump stocks" as the scapegoat du jour.

[Via Wynn A] 

Taken by Stormy

Stormy Daniels sues Trump for defamation over 'con job' tweet - She says she was harmed by a Trump tweet that accused her of 'a con job' [More]

What kind of job wouldn't it be defamatory to accuse her of?

This is actually quite a chilling development -- if public figures can sue over something like this, then will calling some prominent gun-grabber a liar produce similar results?

Commonsense Nazgûl Control

This should concern Democrats as well as Republicans.  [More]

Why?

They know they don't have to play by any rules.

I do like the injunction review idea.

I like judicial impeachment even better.

[Via Mack H]

We're the Only Ones Anticlimactic Enough

Las Vegas shooting bodycam: police breach Oct. 1 gunman’s door at Mandalay Bay [Watch]

It's not like on TV, is it?  Anybody actually see anything?

Maybe it needs an action music track...

[Via Wynn A] 

An Upward Trend

Trump Is Right: Gun Free Zones Make Schools More Deadly [More]

True, but it's not like that's original with him.  I guess it's significant because a president is finally saying it.

[Via Felix B]

Stones from the Glass House

Mayor Bill de Blasio said, “This failure on behalf of the Department of Defense has led to the loss of innocent lives by putting guns in the hands of criminals and those who wish to cause immeasurable harm.” [More]

So how many guns have de Blasio's finest put in the hands of criminals?

They're not saying.

[Via Jess]

Civil War Games?

Eventually, they learned members of the U.S. Armed Forces were training in secret for three nights. So CBS2 went to both local and state police to find out why the residents weren’t informed. [More]

We could tell you, but then we'd have to kill you.

[Via Jess]

We're the Only Ones High and Dry Enough

Pool worker who tried to drown himself sues police who resuscitated him [More]

Yeah, the guy's a nutjob, but yeah, they could have stopped it.

[Via Michael G]

A Textbook Example

Taking a page straight out of 1984, Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, recently changed the definition of assault rifle to fit pro-gun control talking points. [More]

"He who controls the language controls the masses"?

[Via bondmen]