Gimme Shelter

Bay Area orders ‘shelter in place,’ only essential businesses open in 6 counties [More]

I don't have any gun store contacts up there but just messaged a place I found online.  Anybody up there know if they're part of the shutdown order?

Here's the order. Now to read it.

UPDATE: Looks like they're not exempt. Anybody got a different read? If the store replies, I'll update this again.

UPDATE: Still no replies from the gun stores I've approached, but I found this which confirms it for Santa Clara County:

UPDATE: I've been told there are no gun stores in SF so it's a moot point. Not so.  Remember, we're talking "6 counties," and there are indeed stores there.

UPDATE:

Here's the Santa Clara County order.

Keep the Borders Open!

Well, for some things.  Here's the latest email alert from Reeves & Dola, LLP:

Says Who?

‘I’m an essential business’: Gun shops in Pa. packed ahead of coronavirus closures [More]

All it takes is a commie politician in power to say otherwise.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Joking Enough

Police department asking for all criminal activities to be halted amid coronavirus pandemic [More]

I halfway wonder if someone actually thought this worth a shot.

[Via bondmen]

Not Quite Working Out as Planned

U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain issued a sternly worded statement Monday contending that Friday’s fatal shooting of Cpl. James O’Connor IV in Frankford “was the direct result of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s pro-violent-defendant policies.”[More]

I don't get it. Krasner blames the NRA for Philly "gun violence"-- what more do they want?

Anyway, Chuck assured us this wouldn't happen.

[Via bondmen]

The Centers for Decrees Control

Where do those billions for the CDC actually go? Among other things, pushing gun control. [More]

Sometimes I think the problem is not enough trough-feeding scoundrels are publicly caned.

[Via Mack H]

Step Up to the Plates

My selective ADD has not improved and I still don't claim to understand anything about cryptocurrency, but I understand what armor is for and if you want to win some, TUSC has some Citizen Armor Aegis inserts in need of new owners. [More]

There's Existential and There's Existential

But here is a prediction: If the government can order society to cease functioning, from restaurants and other businesses to schools, due to a possible health disaster, it is highly likely that a Democratic president and Congress will similarly declare emergency and assert authoritarian rule in order to prevent what they consider the even greater "existential threat" to human life posed by global warming. [More]

I think the difference here is it's harder to convince skeptics that the "threat" is imminent and that draconian measures are needed, and that could very well be the economy destroyer that makes normal men spit on their hands and raise the black flag.

It never seems to occur to Praeger that some will not go gentle into that good night.

[Via Mack H]

Opposite Day Catches Up with 'Progressives'

[H]ow smart does urban living, mass transit, open borders, reusable straws, reusable grocery bags, reusable water bottles, gun restrictions, over-regulated housing, using the Centers for Disease Control to fight gun violence, and outsourcing to China look now? [More]

The question for me is are they capable of learning anything, or will it be Dopey Joe and VP Vag in November?

[Via Michael G]

Comparative Analysis

Comparing the relative value of lives makes for grisly calculus, but one is forced to ask: are we missing the forest for the trees? If the measures we undertake to protect a vulnerable few end up exposing them, along with the rest of society, to even more damaging risks—was it worth the cost? [More]

While not directly related, I remember some Horiuchi defender(s) getting really mad at me for asking a cost/benefit question about the FBI Hostage Rescue Team.

[Via Mack H]

Because Nothing Says Survival Like Defenselessness

New York Times Columnist: Wuhan Coronavirus Will Lead to More Deaths Because People Are Buying Guns [More]

Just insert your Rapex and you'll be fine.

What can I say besides "Nicholas Kristof" and "anti-gun male"?

Y'just wonder if some of these people will be caught by the mob.

Well, I do, anyway.

[Via Mack H]

Another 'Bump Stock' Action

This one raises flags for me because it looks like they need to cede the stocks being redefined as "machineguns" in order to qualify for "amnesty." That brings up a huge concern about the government later doing the same thing with semiautos.

What I find interesting in this is they used some of Len Savage's stuff for exhibits, and once more we find the history proving that the stocks "are a direct result of the government banning something" and that "To date neither ATF nor FBI will confirm ANY crime being committed (including the Oct. 1, 2017 Las Vegas incident)." I've written about that several times and I'll call your attention to this and this. Compare that to all the "news" stories flat out asserting they were "used."

ECF No. 43 - MSJ as Filed by dcodrea on Scribd

And Then There's This

MIT biologist says fear mongering on coronavirus will go down as biggest fraud to manipulate economies [More]

What does it say about a supposedly "free society" where statements from the government and the media are automatically suspect based on serial past departures from the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

[Via Jess]

What You Mean 'We'?

"Why can't we have a more balanced discussion?" she asked recently. "Why can't we talk about public safety? Why can't we talk about the facts and put some of the emotion aside?" [More]

Indeed. Why is your side the one that relies on hysteria, avoidance, and lies?

And why not name who the gutless wannabe Republican turncoats badmouthing their core constituents to the enemy are?

A Human Right

And that @$$hole making the "Boomer" insult just proves what bigots and hypocrites these ignoramuses are. [More]

Better Living Through Chemistry?

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And we can get it where...?

Interesting that the UK has banned it for export.

[Via Michael G]


UPDATE: Google docs took the link down alleging a "terms of service" violation, so in the spirit of "You can't stop the signal," I found a saved version on the Internet Archive/Wayback Machine.

It's Déjà Vu All Over Again

New Orleans Mayor Issues Coronavirus Order Allowing Ban on Sale, Transportation of Firearms [More]

I wonder how soon it will be 'til the Big Easy "Only Ones" who haven't gone AWOL or on shooting sprees are looting again.

[Via Michael G]

A Proven Method

Joe Biden’s Plan to Shut Down the Firearms Industry [More]

You know, lie.

[Via Michael G]

Pigs is Pigs

Roasted, curried, sweetened … guinea pig meat returns to the plates of Peru [More]

Humphrie and White Privilege would have been horrified.

Actually, they would have been oblivious and probably pooped on my lap.

[Via Steve T] 

What Do YOU Think?

Deputies now monitoring home of Nelson County coronavirus patient who 'refused to self-isolate' [More]

Here's my reaction when I first heard this and was considering the civil liberties vs. transmission to others implications:

I dunno-- we know it can be lethal to some people. Take me, for instance-- late 60s, still on prescription meds for respiratory inflammation -- or my 96-year-old mother, considerably more vulnerable to not being able to weather it out. If I know this guy has it and is coming toward us, am I allowed to treat him like a threat and stop him using all force necessary if he keeps coming toward me? 

Now we find all may not be as we have been told:

“We told them we know it isn’t true,” she said. “He never even ran a fever at the hospital.” She said she has access to John’s medical records online, and as of Saturday night there was nothing in his files that showed any tests for COVID-19. She said the family had obtained legal counsel, and their lawyers also told the couple there was no positive test results in John’s medical files. “There is no record he was tested. None,” Jane said.

So what do "we" do and how much coercive restraint is justified?  Remember, at this point, none of us can say for sure.

I know if I had it I'd self-isolate for the common good and no one would have to tell me or even ask. I'm not sure I get why anyone would feel differently, but if there's one thing I've learned over the years, my opinion is generally the one most people frown on.

[Via JTM]

And Now a Word from a Noted Authority on Everything

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There is something bizarre about this kid and I'm just wondering how soon it'll be until it's exposed.

Playing TAPS for Freedom

At its core, the legislation is about taking the same strategies that we know work at a federal level to prevent targeted mass violence... [More]

What would those be?

And who decided Amy Swearer should be an "influencer"?

[Via Michael G]

WHAT? SINCE WHEN???

Here at Omaha Outdoors, we’ve been inundated with inquiries from out-of-state folks – many from California – asking if we can ship them a gun directly. The answer is, of course, no. Despite what politicians and many in popular media claim, you can’t buy a gun online and have it shipped to your house.  [More]

I recall the same indignant outrage during the L.A. Riots when anxious would-be buyers found out there were bureaucratic barriers to transfers.

I don't know what's more outrageous-- that you can't or that so many undeserving heirs of liberty are clueless, and that's what allowed this to happen in the first damn place.

After this is all over, they'll no doubt go back to voting Democrat.

[Via Michael G]

Coronavirus Hysteria Raises Legitimate Gun and Freedom Concerns

Americans can now see for themselves that the government is utterly incapable of protecting them. If things get worse, that lesson will become up close and personal for many. [More]

TMI or not enough? The only thing for sure is there are those poised to exploit what we don't know -- and what we're not being told -- for political power.