Walmart says it sells 2% of America's guns and supports 'common sense' gun control [More]Looks like Doug McMillon is channeling his inner Edward Stack.
[Via Dave Licht]
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Walmart Being Dick's about Guns
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AzCDL News
Inside this issue: Pending AZ Red Flag laws, Fallacy of Red Flag laws, School Safety Seminar, AzCDL Annual Meeting, Gun Rights Policy Conf., Annual Board Election [More]
Times for a Rules Refresher
A Pennsylvania Lyft driver was picking up a passenger on Friday when he was confronted with two guns in a robbery attempt [More]Fortunately, the driver approached this from a community perspective and didn't distress any community members.
[Via Dave Licht]
A Gun Violence Prevention Activist
Fla. man asks Walmart for gun that could ‘kill 200 people’ to make a point, he says ... He insists he wasn't serious and that he's a gun violence prevention activist. "I'm in a Walmart a few days after El Paso and I'm seeing a white nationalist looking guy purchase a gun and I got mad,” Attey said. [More]The antis, for the most part, really are obnoxious, hateful idiots.
A Real Potential Outcome
Civil war is preferable to a Democratic president [More]I'm just hoping it doesn't ultimately prove preferable to a Republican one.
An Outdated Attitude?
“I would like to see every woman know how to handle guns as naturally as they know how to handle babies.” [More]Don't tell Eleanor Holmes Norton.
[Insert Noun Here]
We regret to inform you David Hogg is at it again, this time on AR-15s and cold pills [More]How original.
Books and vegetables aren't good enough?
I wonder how hard it is for him to buy dildos.
[Via Michael G]
It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Word 'People' Is
Generations of Supreme Court and academic opinion held that the amendment did not confer on individuals a right “to keep and bear Arms” but, rather, referred only to the privileges belonging to state militias. [More]First off, no one but an ignoramus would argue the right is conferred.
Still, I wonder how he'd explain what William Rawle. whose "View of the Constitution” was the standard Constitutional law text at leading universities in the early 19th Century, meant when he asserted:
“No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give the Congress a power to disarm the people. Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under a general pretence by a state legislature. But if in any pursuit of an inordinate power either should attempt it, this amendment may be appealed to as a restraint on both.”And then he could produce the decision contradicting the 1856 Supreme Court, which noted that if they were recognized as citizens, blacks would be able "to keep and carry arms wherever they went."
I wonder if Toobin would like to try the test ACLU failed.
[Via Michael G]
It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Word 'Murder' Is
Politifact: the Precise Meaning of Words Doesn’t Necessarily Make Warren and Harris Wrong [More]The old Clinton defense...
Yes, why hamstring those who write and enforce our laws with unreasonable expectations like adhering to precise and consistent legal definitions?
[Via Michael G]
Thanks, But the Problem's Already Taken Care Of
In the wake of more mass shootings, it’s time to end ‘gun free zones’ on campus [More]What kind of moronic plan is that when we have see-through backpacks?
[Via Michael G]
It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Term 'Stands Strong' Is
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I guess with Larry gone, past promises don't matter:
Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."
Just ask our saviors.
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The Voice of Preemptive Surrender
...if political pressure forces Republicans to give ground on something big, this might be the best way to go. [More]And what will they "give ground on" next time?
I’ve long described myself as a “squish”...I know. And not just on "background checks."
[Via Mack H]
A History of Second Amendment Sabotage
It has been reported that President Reagan considered vetoing the FOPA due to the inclusion of the Hughes Amendment, but was convinced by the NRA to not do so, believing that the “Supreme Court would throw that measure out as unconstitutional,” thereby “correcting the defect in new law.” That challenge to the unlawful “machine gun ban” never came. And now, thirty-three years later, nothing could be more natural than Americans assuming that the federal government somehow has the right to ban whatever weapons it can successfully ban, even if it does so via legislative subterfuge. [More]Because we all know how gung-ho they've always been for taking point on that, right?
[Via Mack H]
Not Helping
Drunk man in St. Louis County fired 115 rounds in his backyard, police say - He fired three different guns, an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a FNH semi-automatic handgun and a 12-gauge shotgun. [More]My bet is there are local gun owners and FFLs who know this @$$hole. Here's hoping they ostracize him.
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Dictating the Terms of Surrender
Gillibrand Is Open To Criminally Prosecuting Gun Owners Who Don’t Hand Over Their ‘Assault Weapons’ To The Government [More]Why would any sane person in a position to not just resist, but defeat, surrender his "weapons of war" to the enemy?
It sure would be revealing to see what she told NRA about those to convince them to give her an "A."
[Via Dave Licht]
Gotta Have a Boogeyman
The Supposed White Nationalism Threat [More]But what do I know, having been a proud enabler of White Privilege...?
A Crying Shame
By complaining that he’s exposing those donors to public shaming, they’re effectively acknowledging that donating to Trump is shameful. Whoops. [More]If he turns out to be the Professor Harold Hill of politics and ends up fleecing us out of our rights, yeah. Nobody likes to be conned.
But talk about people who should be ashamed -- like useful idiots who give money to Democrats who make no secret of that goal. And you, Michael Hiltzik.
Time to Punish YOU Again
Philadelphia mayor calls for gun control after 6 officers shot [More]What he's calling for is total citizen disarmament since "the suspect" is "a 36-year-old felon with an extensive criminal history for weapons offenses."
And there goes the "white nationalist" narrative. Again.