Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Ignoring Core Purpose Makes 2nd Amendment More Vulnerable to Infringements: The Militia Aspect, Part 2


Who doubts a state of cold civil war already exists between factions with irreconcilable differences? The fact is, we know what will be necessary to effect “the security of a free State,” but we also know the powers that be have no interest in putting on Constitutional chains when their whole shtick involves putting chains on others.  [More]
We ignore the first 13 words at our peril.

(And here's Part 1 in case you missed it.)

At Least They Got the 'Tyrannis' Part Right

If this measure becomes a law, it would be a Class 6 felony starting July 1. However, anyone in possession of an assault firearm, large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer or trigger activator has until January 1, 2021 to render them inoperable, surrender them to police, or just get them out of Virginia altogether. [More]
So who's got the best read on the Senate?

[Via several of you]

The Enemy Within

GOP DELEGATE TOOK MONEY FROM DEMOCRATS, THEN VOTED FOR GUN CONTROL [More]
He only won by 247 votes.

There is no excuse to ever elect this treacherous, oath-breaking SOB to anything again-- even if a Democrat wins.

I wonder if a campaign donor would have standing to sue him for money obtained under false pretenses, or if a district resident could file a mail fraud complaint...

[Via Mack H]

Not Getting into the Spirit of Things

Baltimore’s First Ceasefire Weekend Of 2020 Sees 15 Shot, 3 Fatally From Friday Night To Sunday Night [More]
If this isn't a good argument to disarm you and me, nothing is.

[H/T Wirecutter]

Everybody's a Critic

Mr. Codrea, Please! Please stop starting every other sentence with the word “And.” That is lazy journalism. [More]
Actually, only four sentences out of the entire piece begin that way.

And actually:
‘There is a persistent belief that it is improper to begin a sentence with and, but this prohibition has been cheerfully ignored by standard authors from Anglo-Saxon times onwards.’ -RW Burchfield, New Fowler’s Modern English Usage

‘A prejudice lingers from the days of schoolmarmish rhetoric that a sentence should never begin with and. The supposed rule is without foundation in grammar, logic, or art.’ -Modern American Usage (1966)
One of the ways I keep enjoying what I do, which is not lazy but work, by the way,  is by playing with language from time to time, sometimes writing in conversational tones. And me enjoying it and doing things my way is why I do this.

Ain't that right, Rick?

The Devil We Know

Ex-CNBC anchor Caruso-Cabrera to challenge AOC in House democratic primary [More]
I see she comes from refugees of Castro's Cuba, but I fear as a Democrat she will have learned nothing.

She says nothing on her campaign website about her stand on issues, so I went ahead and signed up for her email list to learn more. I suspect she is a creature of Establishment Dems terrified that the radicals are going to blow things for them. I also suspect an element of payback for insufferable snottiness and disrespect, as well as setting an example for others that when they say "Fall in line," they mean it.

As counterintuitive as it sounds, it may be in our interests to want a ludicrously ineffective incompetent who drives people away to retain her seat against someone who may be smart enough to get things done that hurt us.

Bluenoses Can't Stand the Sight of Americans Celebrating Freedom

Horry County Democratic Party protests outside Myrtle Beach Gun and Knife Show [More]
Anybody notice how WMBF News intentionally didn't give us a shot that showed how many protestors there were? Anybody else notice how Rosemary Wolfe sounds like a transplant from a "blue state"?

We're the Only Ones Choking Up Enough

After that, he said that’s when the officer stepped in and things got out of control. [More]
Just the way things should be, right?

By Hook or By Crook

How moms are quietly passing gun safety policy through school boards [More]
I just read through the whole article and am still not clear on who the gun safety expert qualified to instruct others is. There must be one because NBC News wouldn't just present one side of things, would it?

And school boards don't have agendas, do they?

[Via Roger J]

Bellesiles 2.0

An American University professor recently published a book in which he advocates to "repeal the Second Amendment." [More]
He doesn't know that wouldn't invalidate a preexisting right or does he, and he's just counting on others not knowing? Is he incompetent, evil or both?

I know ad hominem is a logical fallacy, but when you see a professional liar trying to pull a con, the obligation to meet him under Queensberry Rules goes away.  Absolved of that, the best response I've seen comes from comment poster John Walsh:
Worst.Toupée.Ever.
[Via Michael G]

A Million Here, a Million There, Pretty Soon You're Talking Real Numbers

Judicial Watch Finds 2.5 Million ‘Extra’ Registrants on Voting Rolls – Warns Five States to Clean Up Voting Rolls or Face a Federal Lawsuit [More]
Ain't it Opposite Day "progressive" when the only voters being disenfranchised are those with proper IDs?

[Via Michael G]

'Consider'? 'Allow'?

Tennessee is the latest state to consider allowing students to conceal carry on public college campuses. [More]
A corollary to my "law" is if they can't be trusted on one side of a property line, they can't be trusted on any side.

[Via Michael G]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise

Bringing “Drag Queen Story Time” for under 5s to a community like Newham is likely to be controversial, and how Muslim parents respond to it is anyone’s guess. [More]
If there's an Allah in Paradise...

[Via Henry Bowman]


What He Can Do When He Wants To

As everyone in this room knows, whenever a criminal is wrongly released, the lives of your officers are unnecessarily put in danger.   [More]
I'd wondered what the problem with "sanctuary" for illegals was.

And then there's this:
The Founding Fathers carefully divided responsibility and power between the federal government and the state governments.  The “Supremacy Clause” in Article VI of the Constitution provides that the “Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof… shall be the supreme law of the land.” This Clause is a vital part of our constitutional order.  Enforcing a country’s immigration laws is an essential function of the national government. And no national government can enforce those laws properly if state and local governments are getting in the way.
So the reason we can't replace "a country's immigration laws" in his speech with "the Second Amendment" is...? Especially since those Founding Fathers he seems to understand considered it to be"necessary to the security of a free State:...?

It's almost like choosing  Barr was no favor to gun owners or something...

[Via Dave Licht]

As Arizona Turns

Assault Weapons; Magazines; Prohibition; Registration - Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0) [More]
What was this idiot saying again...?

And why is Douchey removing obstacles to clear a path?

[Via DDS]

Search Us...

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's prosecutors never drafted a report to Congress about alleged misconduct by President Donald Trump, Justice Department lawyers indicated in a court filing Friday. DOJ attorneys said they were unable to locate any records in Mueller's files that were responsive to a Freedom of Information Act request seeking reports and compilations "prepared for the eventual consideration of one or more members of Congress, whether or not such records were actually transmitted to any party outside of the Special Counsel’s Office." [More]
Nothing to see here...

[Via Jess]

Fox Guarding Henhouse

“When I saw the name of the social worker who had been on that case, it was a name that I had heard before,” he said. “There’s some cases that you just kind of remember and that name when I heard it, it stuck out. I put two and two together of who he was and how he was a convicted child molester.” [More]
Any reason why he should not be publicly crucified? 

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Out of Uniform Enough

Top NYPD cop warns officers not to wear their uniforms in public for their own safety following assassination attempts on police as suspect is pictured handcuffed to hospital bed [More]
Let's ask Stephen Aboot ... uh ... Patrick Lynch how he feels about that.

How's that saying about making your own bed go again...?

[Via bondmen]

That's Why They Call Them 'Totalitarians'

Contrary to what these state attorneys general will tell you, this isn’t about safety. It’s not about the “gun industry” either, as I’m not sure the industry is tremendously concerned with posting their designs online for unlimited distribution. This is about controlling individuals, and about limiting the protection of the First Amendment. [More]
It's about controlling and limiting all.

[Via Michael G]

Life in the Death Cult

To save the planet, end the human race, professor argues [More]
I think the argument is with God...

[Via Michael G]

Skeptical about the Wrong Thing

But justices largely glossed over those arguments, focusing instead on one particular sentence in the ballot summary. [More]
No, of course, "shall not be infringed had nothing to do with it.

What's truly dangerous is that this is presumed doable to be if just the right "legal" incantation is invoked.

[Via DDS]

J'Accuse...!

Title IX’s Next Dive Down The Rabbit Hole: Dating Violence [More]
And we've already seen where that "loophole" leads...

[Via Michael G]

Warding Off Evil

The bill also will require the attorney general to ask the state Supreme Court to determine whether proposed amendments violate the U.S. Constitution. Currently, the court is only required to determine if the ballot language is misleading or contains more than one subject. [More]
Well, that'll be like holding a cross in front of Dracula. Or more like mad vermin-eater Renfield in BAWN's case.

[Via DDS]

A Wee Cuck

US gun laws: disarming a nation can be done, Japan took all the swords from its samurai. Weapons-confiscations programmes, known as ‘sword hunts’, occurred throughout Japanese history. Today, all firearms are owned or controlled by the government, as in the case with most modern nation-states. [More]
Hahahahaha.

You fool.

Besides which...

[Via Wynn A

I Hold This Truth to Be Self-Evident

What Democrats are cheering portends the demographic death of the GOP. [More]
Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue." Just ask the Saviors.

Maybe one of them will take the challenge? No?

Making It Go Viral

Coronavirus mass arrests: Eighty-six people die of virus in a DAY in China as Beijing starts rounding up sufferers and videos show hazmat suit-clad goons dragging people from their homes while death toll hits 724 [More]
Would you guys do us a favor and lecture us on human rights again?

Tangentially related: What, no Bat Bits?

Mmm...MMMM! That's good eatin'!
The thing is, most dogs and cats would eat that, which tells us a bit about Americans who spend good money on Snausages and doggy ice cream treats.

Giffords Guncucks

Texas Gun Owners for Safety... [More]
Gotta make that Astroturf look grassroots...with a special guest appearance by Flack Chipman.

Sam Adams only had to note the Tories of his time to foresee that the counsel and the arms of crouching hand-lickers like Alan Krov would always be unworthy of seeking.

If I were an FFL and he came into my shop, I'd tell him to get the hell out.

Any bets he's a doctrinaire Democrat blue state transplant?