Would Trump Consider an 'Assault Rifle' Ban? It Appears that He Would [More]Everything's on the table.
And unsated appetites grow unless they're suppressed.
Thursday, August 08, 2019
Taking the Administration at Its Word
And unsated appetites grow unless they're suppressed.
White Lies
I was not raised to be racist. In fact my mother took me to Harlem to integrate and all black nursery school when I was 4. [More]So some of your best friends were black?
Did people who don't suffer fools gladly send her pesky facts to prove she's a moron? And now, ever the drama queen, she's got the FBI involved?
These people really do think the universe revolves around their navels.
'The Suspect'
His name was not released, but he has a criminal history, police said. [More]Why don't we know his name? The story's been out for 18 hours now.
Is information being withheld for whatever reason? How can we tell?
That's one of the points -- the inability for independents to do some digging on their own -- that I was trying to make in yesterday's AmmoLand piece. Those arguing that you can suppress the name but not the facts haven't fleshed out how you can rely solely on information coming from "officials" and filtered through the DSM.
[Via Michael G]
UPDATE: So the same government that won't let citizens bear arms is the one that keeps inflicting this predator on the populace. What's a fella got to do to prove he can't be trusted without a custodian?
Stopping the Signal
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"Promoting"? So saying"Buy more guns and ammo" can now get you shut down?
I would not be surprised to find a cadre of snitches similar to those patrolling Facebook looking for iffy technicalities and filing complaints to shut down ideologies they want to destroy. That WarOnGuns is on Blogger means I'm sure this blog is at risk.
Looks like I should be looking into migration to a less vulnerable hosting platform -- in my copious free time.
Earlier this week I replied to John that I had just gotten back and would soon review the link he sent me. I guess now I'll send him the link to this post and invite him to respond.
Now is the Time to Step Up
This is precisely the time to protect our rights against those peddling a crisis for ulterior motives as part of a total political war. [More]Which is why I have such contempt for preemptively surrendering Republicans. In the hour of need, when it's time for the men who presume to be our leaders to show what they're made of, they're struggling into dresses and crowding into lifeboats.
[Via Michael G]
Today's Five-Minute Activism
ACTION ALERT: YOUR SENATORS NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU! [More]Your Republican senators, that is.
I discarded the pre-written letter and composed my own:
Say 'No' to 'Red Herring' Gun Confiscation Laws
Per a piece in The Wall Street Journal by Alan Dershowitz, a freaking liberal, for crying out loud: "Research shows that any group of people identified as future violent criminals will contain many more who will not be violent (false positives) than they will (true positives). More true positives mean more false ones. Such groups also fail to identify many future violent criminals (false negatives)."
Unless and until you are prepared to address that and the very real probability of abuses against citizens' rights, including denial of the true due process evidence standard of "beyond a reasonable doubt" with more than hollow con job weasel words, your voting to abet an enemy that wants to disarm Americans will expose you as a fraud and an oath-breaker. As such, are you really comfortable enough with the way votes break in your state to take the fire out of the bellies of a huge core constituency? How about instead you use your position of influence and reach to educate voters, instead of taking the betrayer's way out?
It Depends Upon the Meaning of the Term 'Steadfast Support'
After the president gave his support Monday for a "Red Flag" law, others have joined in. That includes Congressman Morgan Griffith. [More]You know, that A+ Fairfax endorsee we can "can count on ... to stand up for our constitutional freedoms in the U.S. House."
[Via Mack H]
More Like 'Red Herring Laws'
Research shows that any group of people identified as future violent criminals will contain many more who will not be violent (false positives) than they will (true positives). More true positives mean more false ones. Such groups also fail to identify many future violent criminals (false negatives). [More]The article is behind a paywall but that's the crux of it.
So not only won't they work while abusing the rights of the innocent but the circling jackals smelling blood won't be satisfied.
In other words, Republicans, who gun owners in large part put in power, are lettingTeam Totalitarian advance another increment toward the goal, even though they know it's all a big con job.
[Via Mack H]
Unintended Consequences
David Frum shows why red flag laws are ‘a huge mistake’ by asking why these photos of people carrying guns aren’t ‘red flags’ [More]But...but...but he was a speechwriter for the "Vote Freedom First" President...
[Via Mack H]
He May Just Discover One Firsthand
"Now, I want to see all those off the streets. There's no reason for any American (to) own a weapon who shoots a lot of rounds or rapidly shoots rounds," said Smith. [More]How soon 'til the next riot?
And "weapon who?"
[Via Dave Licht]
A Numbers Game
"The numbers 8/8 are very significant in the neo-Nazi and the white supremacy movement. Why? Because the letter 'H' is the eighth letter of the alphabet, and to them, the numbers 8/8 stand for 'Heil Hitler.'" [More]So I'd think these national socialists would go for that...
[Via Jess]
About Those 'Weapons of War'...
It’s clear that our Founding Fathers wanted us to have the means to keep all the weapons needed to not just defend this land, but also to protect it from the government if need be. [More]Avoiding the militia argument and focusing entirely on individual self-defense, both in advocacy and in legal arguments, ultimately works against us.
[Via Sam Adams 1776]
But No One's Talking About Taking Your Guns
"I am tired of half steps, old ideas and fake urgency around the problem we face: the presence of guns in our communities,” Liss-Riordan said in a statement Tuesday morning. “Enough is enough. It is time we take real action and repeal the Second Amendment.” [More]But...but...but hunting...
His Wish is Your Command
“I wish I could say in the best of all possible worlds, yeah, you can own any weapon you want and so forth and such." [More]That's not your call, commie.
You can wish in one hand and guess what you can do in the other.
Reputation Management
According to the family's attorneys, the mother's inquiry was "informational" in nature and was not motivated out of a concern that her son posed a threat to anybody. [More]Sure.
Then there's:
"Patrick's actions were apparently influenced and informed by people we do not know, and from ideas and beliefs we do not accept or condone."It sure seems the family is going to extraordinary lengths to maintain the illusion of denial and no accountability.
I was Wondering Where They Were
Trump warned by NRA over background checks [More]Good. About time they said something, and they're talking to the right guy.
What's not good, if you read the whole article, is that Republican infringement considerations are based on political calculation with no mention of principle and no concerted effort to educate constituents on why proposed measures are bad.
Fairfax then refusing to comment about "arguments against the bill's merits" does not help with that.
And any Republicans listening to Manchin about "standing tall," like he has their best interests in mind, makes you wonder just how dumb some of them are.