Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Hawaii Folds on American Samoan Gun Ban

 

“Therefore, it is stipulated that [Hawaii Revised Statute’s] citizenship requirement be permanently enjoined as it applies to non-citizen United States nationals,” the order declares. That means Mr. Nickel’s right to apply for and purchase a firearm is now recognized and the state and county/city may no longer refuse him. [More]
With the right attorneys and legal arguments, it is not always necessary to turn to major gun groups to take on cases. Besides, if up to the "enforce existing gun laws" crowd, the plaintiff would have had to eat it and like it.

The Task Ahead

 It is not enough to win an election. [More]

Anyone who thinks it is shares culpability for why we're in this mess.


I Can Live with That

David Hogg has reservations about running for office because he’s white [More]

Not because he's an incompetent child with no life experience except feeding his mania for attention and control?

The telling thing is Democrats would vote for him.

[Via Michael G]


A House Divided?

“If you ain’t from Englewood, get the f–k out of here,” longtime local resident Darryl Smith shouted at protesters during tense confrontations. [More]

So it's not the monolith we're being told?

To channel the Democrat candidate for president, Darryl sounds like he just ain't black. Will he and his neighbors remember come election time?

[Via Michael G]


Hoist with Their Own Petard

 Now attacking a store because it's associated with the wealthy isn't a hate crime under Illinois law. But if it can be proved that a looter attacked a store partly because it was associated with people who are not "Black and Brown" (whether those people were owners, indirect owners, managers, or patrons), that would be a hate crime—just as of course it would be a hate crime to attack a store partly because it was associated with people who were "Black and Brown." [More]

That's a chair and this is a vicious bar fight.

[Via Michael G]


Stupid Women for Defenselessness

Kamala Harris Has a Chance to Enact Major Gun Control Legislation [More]

Yeah, we know. But it's instructive to see the MILMs drooling. 

I knew I'd run into Marie-Claire before.  Figures they're French.

I see they don't believe in comments any more than Defense One does.


Speaking of Domestic Enemies

 At this moment of Constitutional crisis, only two options remain. Under the first, U.S. military forces escort the former president from the White House grounds. Trump’s little green men, so intimidating to lightly armed federal law enforcement agents, step aside and fade away, realizing they would not constitute a good morning’s work for a brigade of the 82nd Airborne. Under the second, the U.S. military remains inert while the Constitution dies. The succession of government is determined by extralegal violence between Trump’s private army and street protesters; Black Lives Matter Plaza becomes Tahrir Square. [More]

Where does the delegated power for option one come from again?

What a pack of paranoid and hysterical mob-inciting lies throughout, the biggest being that he would refuse to abide by a fair election. And these two treasonous apparatchiks want to talk about oaths.

Anybody see a "Comments" section over there?



Armor of God

 BIBLICAL BADASSES: A Raw Look At Christianity And Art [Watch]

Anyone hanging out here knows I don't wear religion on my sleeve and don't present myself as more than someone who struggles with faith and with doubts, but this kind of gives a feel for why my favorite cigar label is on the Ave Maria Ark of the Covenant and I dig St. Michael's attitude.


Enemy at the Gate

Screen shot from video, just as the gate is being opened by lead agitators of the mob of protestors. In this screen shot , the gate is about a foot open, likely no more than a half second after the latch was jimmied. [More]

Add that to the pressure and the evidence tampering, and what's keeping the feds from frog-marching Kim Gardener out of her office and into a courtroom, aside from the fear of more riots?


We're the Only Ones Charged Enough

More Felony Charges for More Officers from Deadly 2019 Houston No-Knock Raid [More]

Quick: Somebody get Townhall to write a piece saying they were right.

[Via Jess]


And the Winner Is...

Federal Election Commissioner: ‘Substantial Chance’ There Will Be No Results On Election Night [More]

Thank those who would claim your rights.

[Via Michael G]


About Those 'Peaceful Demonstraters'...

California Black Lives Matter Leader Charged with Five Felonies, Faces 15 Years in Prison [More]

But...but...but...

[Via Michael G]


A Right Delayed

 Gun Permit Applications Backing Up, Process More Difficult in Cities Defunding Police [More]

I have a workaround of sorts, but it's not approved by our "leaders" who demand that we "Enforce existing gun laws."

[Via Michael G]


An Enforceable Mandate

Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources Requires Employees to Wear Masks, Even During Teleconferences [More]

Well, hasn't anybody ever heard of computer viruses...?

[Via Michael G]


Seeing Racists Everywhere

Uh...oh...
A Belleville company is under fire for a calendar drawing an employee found offensive. [More]

Are they an at-will employer? But I guess if they fired his ungrateful, trouble-making, opportunistic @$$ they'd be "canceled" out of existence...

[Via bondmen]


The People Have Spoken

 Surging Gun Sales Triggers Second Ammo Shortage Of This Year [More]

There's a Boy Scout motto in here somewhere...

[Via bondmen]


Running Neck-and-Neck

The Joys of Democrat Rule: St. Louis Now Has 163 Coronavirus Deaths and 161 Homicides this Year [More]

Did someone say "pool"...?

Check and see if any of those shooting victims also tested positive for COVID-19...

[Via bondmen]


Once an Authoritarian...

 As D.A., Kamala Harris prosecuted a mentally ill woman shot by police. The jury didn’t buy it. [More]

Will the "Defund the Police" crowd buy Harris? 

[Via Mack H]


Speaking of Mature Political Judgment...

Jessica Chastain Exposes Kamala Harris Doll Her Little Girl, 2, Has Fun With: ‘Hello, Madam Vice President’ [More]

Well, she picked the right candidate to push what Miss Sloane so miserably failed at.


NIMBY -- Or My Front One, Either

Neighbors unhappy as demonstrations move east into residential Portland [More]

Tell me how they voted and I'll let you know how sorry I  am for them.

Something else about this article bugs me-- the lede:

As Portland’s protests against police violence and systemic racism approach 80 consecutive nights...

Oh, is that what the COMMUNIST RIOTS are about, The Oregonian and "reporter" Lizzy Acker?

And note the assumption here is that there really is "systemic racism," an invented manipulation term that now dominates the internet, but with the overwhelming number of hits tellingly from within the last year...


It's Not All Black and White

Facebook bans blackface and anti-Semitic stereotypes in hate speech update [More]

So this won't be allowed?

How about this?

And I thought the new media standard was "Blackface"...? Maybe someone should ask AP?