Monday, September 09, 2019

I, Terrorist

28% of Democrats Say It Should Be Illegal to Join the NRA [More]
Sounds like somebody wants to start a civil war.

GRNC-PVF Alert

Two Special Elections are Happening Right Now! [More]
North Carolina gun owners: Don't let some "Yankee" in Ohio care more about this than you do.

When Brick's are Outlawed

A 73-year-old Bladensburg woman is jailed without bond after she allegedly used a brick to murder her 82-year-old neighbor early Sunday morning. [More]
And it was an assault brick, with no legitimate mortaring purposes.

[Via Wynn A

Talk about No Legitimate Sporting Purpose

Man Left In Coma After Being Attacked With Bowling Ball In Cicero. [More]
These damn hateful white nationalists are making it so you can't go anywhere these days...

Hey, is it too late to get Doug McMillon to expand his prohibited inventory list?

[Via Luke O]

The Citadel of Hate


Smearing an entire town of 13,000 people on the basis of their proximity to this one guy is irresponsible, and by engaging in such smear tactics, the SPLC is arguably creating hate where it would not otherwise exist. [More]
Who would argue except a subversive liar trying to do exactly that?

[Via Michael G]

An Overdue Response



And no doubt those provoking it will be astonished.

[Via Wynn A

Once More Unto the Breach Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise

Chalk Farm 'murder': Mum stabbed to death yards away from fatal shooting [More]
Mandating defenselessness is not very sporting of you chaps.

[Via Roger J]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise

Sergeant Jack Pritchard from Bedworth Police Station said: “I have no doubt that removing these items from the circulation has made our streets safer. [More]
A little doubt is a good thing, Jack. It helps keep people from being certain you're completely balmy.

That said, "Sam J"/Twitchy and most comment posters seem unaware of a very real "Life will find a way" phenomenon.

[Via Michael G]

It's Academic

Stanford law professor John Donohue claims to have discovered evidence that the 1994 federal ban on so-called assault weapons "really did work," because mass shootings and the deaths caused by them declined while the law was in effect, then rose afterward. But the methodology Donohue used is suspiciously selective, and his results do not show what he thinks they do. [More]
Did he factor in the "costs" of confiscation?

[Via Mack H]

A Nation of Snitches

Do Americans really want to adopt an informer culture? [More]
For the most part, I'd make book on it.

[Via Mack H]

From the Same Mob That Wants You Declared Unfit to Own a Gun

Trump's mental decline is perfectly clear for those with eyes to see and ears to hear [More]
Who would have a more qualified diagnosis for The Hill to offer its megaphone to than a Democrat apparatchik with a BA in Public Policy?

You'd think with all the 25th Amendment chatter directed his way that the president would know better than to stump for due process-free disabilities.

[Via Mack H]

A Sure as Shooting Political Ploy

GOP Official Wants To Stop ‘Gun-Grabber’ Mark Kelly ‘Dead In His Tracks’ [More]
Quick everybody! Let's feign outrage over a common idiom!

[Via Mack H]

Et Tu Rand?

Paul, a strong gun-rights advocate, signaled his willingness to support something along the lines of “red flag” laws that allow guns to be removed from those who may be a danger to themselves and others. [More]
Did he suffer head trauma, too?

[Via Felix B]

Betrayal Has Consequences?

Campaign says new gun control measures may pose political problem for Trump [More]
You don't say.

[Via Michael G]

Today's Five-Minute Activism

TAKE ACTION: Tell House Republicans to Oppose ALL Gun Control [More]
I'm delighted to see we're no longer being asked to waste our time on Democrats and hope the constant grousing in some way helped.

[Via Felix B]

One for the Books

John Lott - The War on Guns [Watch]
Great title, by the way...

[Via  An Hour of Wolves]

It's Good to Be the King

RURAL KING SAYS IT WILL 'STAND IN SUPPORT OF AMERICANS AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT' AS OTHER RETAILERS CHANGE GUN POLICIES [More]
Got one near you...?

[Via Michael G]

Those Kooky Conspiracy Theorists and Their... Evidence

“The models… show that the only way to replicate the observed collapse is to simulate the failure of every column at nearly the same time”... [More]
Well, you know what that means.

It's time for some good old-fashioned Akinsky Rule 5 Ridicule.

I mean, what kind of tinfoil hat nutjob wouldn't trust the government?

[Via Jess]

I Thought the Acceptable Term was 'Undocumented'...

Developing: Alleged West Texas Shooter Illegally Purchased Illegally Manufactured Firearm [More]
That last bit threw me off because I didn't see it fleshed out, but what it means is it looks like an unlicensed supplier was making guns with the intent to sell.

Kind of like the way things were before "mass shootings"...

[Via Jess]

Help Wanted, Inquire Within

This week on Labor Day, www.USGunJobs.com was launched to meet the unserved market for firearms industry employers to publicize their openings in a like-minded community of industry candidates. [More]
Here's the site.

As a caveat, I can't offer a knowledge-based testimonial -- they emailed me their press release, which I'm passing on to you. With that understanding, it looks like a useful service and I prefer giving the benefit of the doubt when potential new friends introduce themselves.

So Pen the Bull Instead of Cutting His Horns Off and Turning Him Loose?

It makes no sense to let people who are known to be seriously mentally ill and believed to be dangerous go without treatment, even if they have had their weapons taken away. It’s not compassionate. And it can be dangerous. [More]
A-yup.

That could raise probable cause and civil liberties requirements to a whole 'nother level. But what's the mechanism for the vast majority of the perpetually violent who don't submit their transfers to NICS?

[Via Michael G]

The Root of the Problem

Nonetheless, I'm willing to compromise. I'm willing to give Democrats a crown jewel of what they've demanded for decades. [More]
But I'm not.

[Via Michael G]

You People are CRAZY!

... a strong voice for gun violence prevention. [More]
You know, an arbiter of your fitness to own a gun...

Well, they got the "strong voice" part right.

 [Via Jeffersonian]

The Rest of Us will be Focusing on Freedom

Want an assault weapons ban that works? Focus on ballistics. [More]
And if you don't want one and Jüdischer Ordungsdienstkapo Julius's masters force it anyway?

[Via Jess]

He Did It! He Missed the Barn!

The fact that we live in a post-genocidal society oftentimes that was orchestrated by the United States government in that if we want to talk about mass shootings, we need to recognize the massive number of indigenous mass shootings that was conducted by the United States government. [More]
And the only effective counter for targeted victims of that would be...?

Good thing it's "post" and could never, ever happen again, especially with all the tolerance for Heritage Americans being promoted these days.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Covering Up Enough

A St. Louis police officer has pleaded guilty to a federal crime for covering up an attack on an undercover officer during a 2017 protest. [More]
Who thinks the outcome would have been different had the victim not been an "Only One"?

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Pumped Up Enough

St. Louis officer charged in gas station assault [More]
At least the victim remained unleaded.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Playful Enough

Officer Alix died in January after being shot. Hendren claimed they were playing with a gun and that he accidentally shot Alix in the chest. Another on-duty officer was also in the apartment on Dover in south St. Louis. [More]
That must be the "professional" difference because I've never considered myself highly trained and skilled enough to try something like that.

[Via bondmen]

Deliberate Indifference

This adapted excerpt, based on never-before-released educational records of the shooter, Nikolas Cruz, shows the Broward County school district knew full well about his obsession with guns and murder — and then let him practice shooting at school. [More]
Tell me David Hogg hadn't shown repeated signs of obsessions of his own.

[Via Michael G]

The Bear Whisperer

‘You don’t have to do this:’ Prince George man tells black bear as it tries to drown him [More]
I once said something very similar to a bear, with one significant difference.

We're the Only Ones Career-Enhancing Enough

A New Jersey police chief has been accused of offering a promotion to an officer in exchange for sex with the officer’s wife and daughter... [More]
While it's important to keep the word "alleged" in mind, what's a certainty is that between accuser and accused, one of them is a ruthless liar with a badge and a gun in a state where "civilian" carry is discouraged by "law."

So Much for Staying in Their Lane

Reporters picked up on the difference and called the 'doctoring' of the map 'Sharpiegate'. [More]
That's not the job of "reporters."  That the job of snarky, overtly partisan opinion writers.

That's the Old Pepper!

After the recent mass shooting tragedies, there couldn’t be a better time to unite and embrace the bipartisan legacy left by leaders like Pepper, O’Neill, Dole and Grassley. [More]
Recommended by someone who had no cognitive dissonance serving as "a White House spokesperson during the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations," and that ought to tell us all we need to know -- about him and them.

We're the Only Ones Confiscating Enough



Those are some "police services" you've got going for yourselves, Mission Viejo. [More]

A Leopard Doesn't Change Its Spots

A well-known Trump supporter turned Elizabeth Warren backer on Friday admitted that he was "really an idiot" to think that Donald Trump would be a good president. [More]
He's still an idiot. And most likely made phony Trump support "well-known" (I never heard of him, have you?)  just to ultimately set up a media stunt like this. That would also make him a liar, then and now, right alongside the FakeNewsweek propagandists.

A Working Class Hero is Something to Be

Actress Jane Fonda, 81, canvassed door-to-door in Scranton, Pennsylvania on August 4 to speak to local voters in the swing state. She went door-knocking with Working America, a political non-union workers' group that canvasses to persuade voters to support labor-backed candidates. [More]
Life imitates art:
The Howl of the Wolf Movie: "Presenting honest stories of working people as told by rich Hollywood stars".
Sing it, John.