Thursday, March 28, 2019

Anybody See a Downside Here?

Among those who signed the letter: Alec Baldwin, Amy Schumer, Gabrielle Union, Rosie O’Donnell, Patton Oswalt, Sarah Silverman, Essence Atkins, Uzo Aduba, Christina Applegate, Ben Stiller, Sean Penn, Atlanta native David Cross, Don Cheadle, Mia Farrow, Colin Hanks, Bradley Whitford and Amber Tamblyn.  [More]
Oh no! The has-beens and B-listers are flexing for publicity!

Alyssa will catch up as soon as her check clears.

Speaking of Wretched Refuse

Flood had previously said that Martinez Torres has an IQ of 68 or less and is probably intellectually disabled from exposure to neurotoxins from a mine near his childhood home in El Salvador. He also has a brain defect.  [More]
The guy's first name is "Darwin"? It figures Opposite Day "progressive" policies meant someone else died from his behavior. And I'm sure someone can explain how it helped "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity" letting this feral moron into this country.

[Via Mack H]

They Left Their Heart in San Francisco

Steinle parents can’t sue SF for refusal to tell immigrant officials of shooter’s release ... San Francisco and its then-sheriff, Ross Mirkarimi, acted within their policy-making authority by deciding they would not advise immigration officials of an undocumented immigrant’s impending release from jail or keep the immigrant in custody for transfer to federal agents, said the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. [More]
Of course they, can't, damn xenophobes!

And Mirkarimi-- an "Only One" it's appropriate to ask a loaded question to.

[Via Mack H]

Poles Apart

Poland Bashes Immigrants, but Quietly Takes Christian Ones [More]
So?

Notice those keeping the ruling elites' Ponzi schemes going never seem to want to talk about the costs of "economic growth"?

Just from assimilation and cultural preservation standpoints the policy is more than justified. And fake news headline assertion aside, where's the"bashing"?

[Via Michael G]

You Need a Study to Tell You Not to Walk Off a Cliff?

Pfaff poses the question, “How many studies show that severe sanctions are an effective way to deter crime?” [More]
Dare him to enter a tiger's cage and if he declines, ask him how many studies he needs to show bars are an effective way to deter being eaten.

"Academics"...They don't much want you to be able to protect yourself from what they would set loose upon you, either.

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Health-Conscious Enough

Chandler, Arizona, cops broke through the door of a family's home in the middle of the night, stormed in, pointed their guns, handcuffed the father, and watched as the state's Department of Child Safety (DCS) took custody of the parents' three kids—all because mom had decided her toddler's fever was not serious enough to merit a trip to the hospital. [More]
The "cure" is literally worse than the disease.

[Via Matthew L]

You Get a Rule, You Get a Rule, YOU Get a Rule...*

The ATF’s approach means that each industry member that asks a question about how to apply or interpret the rules gets its own private answer, an answer that none of its competitors knows about and which does not serve as a legal precedent. It means that no one in the industry has any certainty, not even the firm that asked the question in the first place, because the ATF can always change a decision it made in a private “no-action” letter later on. And it means that the ATF has almost complete discretion in how it regulates, because it is creating no precedents. [More]
Some of us have asked about that. But we're just a small cadre in a tangled web.

Don't expect anybody with actual power and/or reach to demand transparent consistency.

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Nothing to See Here...

Move On From Robert Mueller, Mr. President - Obsessing over the investigation’s origins isn’t the way to win over swing voters. [More]
Why? You afraid pulling threads may unravel how Swampublicans colluded with Democrats?

This treasonous lump knows a thing or two using weaponized opposition research.

A Million Here, A Million There


Pretty soon you're talking about real demographic shifts. [More]

Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."

And In Another Year He Might Have Voted...

At one point, the 14-year-old boy loaded a bullet into one of the guns. He would later tell detectives that “he was curious about how the gun worked,” police said. "Later, while handling that firearm, it discharged,” police said. “A round struck the 15-year-old victim, killing him.” [More]
Curious-- that never seems to happen with these kids.

Keep 'em ignorant. That's what the "common sense gun safety" fanatics demand.

Besides, stuff like this is like a gift in terms of exploitability.

What's Not Being Said

Authorities who searched his hotel room found more than a dozen weapons with bump stocks attached. [More]
I view that buried sentence as potentially the most important one in the whole story. Note while most of the media and even some ATF flacks are parroting presumptions, The Washington Post is being careful not to say they were used in the killings.

Why?

UPDATE--So much for a 5-4 SCOTUS advantage:
Roberts denied one appeal earlier this week; Sotomayor referred hers to the full court, which denied it on Thursday, allowing the ban to proceed while challenges to it move through the courts.

Gun Extremists Oppose Common Sense Woman Scorned Revenge Law

The new bill, for example, allows any blood relative – even if they have never had any contact with the individual in question; or other family members; or someone who had even a singular sexual occasion; or someone who is a law enforcement officer or even a law enforcement agency to file the petition for the “extreme risk protection order”. [More]
But...but...but if we don't pass it, what about the One Night Stand No Flowers and He Never Calls Loophole?

[Via Ron W]

The Hypermasculinity: It Burns!

The bow-down ad states the Bushmaster is "the only rifle you need to master the infinite number of extreme scenarios you'll face in the worlds of law enforcement and personal defense." [More]
So the antis are against that, too?

Knock it off, Carly. You're scaring the soy boys.

[Via Jess]

I'll Admit You Don't Need These to Hunt Deer

Russia Invents Flying, Shooting Kalashnikov Rifle Drone [More]
Good ol' Russian know-how.

I want one. The guys in the video sound like they're having a blast.

[Via Jess]

We're the Only Ones Crying for Help Enough

Former Upstate police chief on probation for Simpsonville bank robbery now charged in bank robbery on SC coast [More]
I guess nobody listened to his first cry.

[Via Roger J]

We're the Only Ones Fishing Enough


"You're not an Only One like me, so if you don't immediately
surrender to me and let me disarm you, I'm going to kill you!"
Florida Carry Sues Miami Beach over Police Action against 'Legally Armed' Fishermen [More]
Badge-heavy, quick-on-the-draw and ignorant-of-the-law enforcers making lethal threats against citizens exercising their rights are not just a problem in Florida.

Ready for Your Close-Up?

The gun rights community needs you to be there to ask reasonable questions, those that will not get asked if only the anti-gun crowd is in attendance.  [More]
Who will make needed points to the public if not you?