Friday, December 31, 2021

Philadelphia’s Emphasis on ‘Gun Laws’ Guarantees Violence Will Continue

That’s because it’s really not about guns and never has been. It’s about people who don’t follow the rules preying on those who do, and about government edicts aiding and abetting the predators by imposing ever more infringements on citizens inclined to obey.  [More]

Leave it to rights rapists to blame the victims.

It's Almost Like They Don't Have a Clue or Something

 After deadly year, Kansas City leaders focused on slowing violent crime in 2022 [More]

So "Operation Legend" didn't work...?

Or the "No Violence Alliance" the year before that...?

There's gotta be a catchy name they can come up with to make a difference with what they throw tax dollars at this time...

[Via Steve T]

The Green Light

 U.S. prosecutors decided to end their criminal case against two Manhattan jail guards who admitted to falsifying records on the night the financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself on their watch. [More]

I think the new guards got the message because they've already locked up a block of squares...

[Via Michael G]

Because Everything's Better with Government!

 “I am as angry as I possibly can be about this,” the doctor said. “I don’t know how many people throughout the country are dead, dying, in the hospital, or about to be hospitalized because of the mistakes that they just made... It’s just the height of bureaucratic arrogance, and it’s just, it’s horrible. I had to turn friends away, family, people call me, ‘Oh, my uncle has cancer. Can he get an infusion?’ I’m like, ‘I cannot give you an infusion because I will lose my medical license,'” Elfenbein said. [More]

Maybe we should treat CDC like cigarettes. You know, dirty, deadly and banned...?

To be a "progressive" means you demand more government and want to destroy anyone who wants less.

Tangentially-related UPDATE:

And if the victims could breathe, I'd say "Don't hold your breath."

[Via Michael G]

The Only People Surprised

 Few if any pundits believed the female-led group would eventually become the preeminent apologist for prominent Democrats accused of harassing and abusing women. [More]

That's because they're "progressives," and you know what that means.

[Via Michael G]

I Really Mean It This Time!

 "I'm giving you one chance, and if there is any mess up at all I will not hesitate to revoke your bond," Ervin told Roberts. [More]

And did he laugh out loud or just glare at her?

[Via Michael G]

What Did They Expect Her To Do?

 Teacher who ‘stalked’ kids online for LGBTQ club responds to backlash [More]

Parents allowing "GoGuardian" into their homes are the ones inviting the vampire to cross the threshold.

[Via Steve T]

We're the Only Ones Streamlining Enough

New changes are coming in the new year for gun owners, as Illinois State Police streamline the FOID card and concealed carry license (CCL) process. [More]

You know what would really be efficient? Getting rid of the damn prior restraint infringements altogether.

In regards to "When a CCL is suspended or revoked, but a person is still eligible to keep their FOID," I'm trying to envision a circumstance where a person who can be trusted with a gun HERE can't be trusted with one THERE.  Then again, anyone who has ever complied with a "gun-free zone" sign ought to be familiar with that contradiction.

[Via Jess]

Thursday, December 30, 2021

We're the Only Ones Prevaricating Enough

 San Antonio police fire officer who was charged with lying in report, records show [More]

Glad to see they're also prosecuting him.

What do you think the story is on that "JCochran" character in "Comments"?

[Via Michael G]

A Teaching Moment

What have we learned?

[Via Len Savage

The Punishment Won't Stop There

A Portland Antifa rioter charged last year with assaulting police officers has had a federal case dropped after completing 30 hours of community service, according to court documents.  [More]

C'mon, it's not like zie was a Proud Boy or anything...

We get one shot at life. Who thinks young Joshua/Eva will ever be happy?

[Via Michael G]

Sounds About Right

 According to the filing, FBI agents and federal prosecutors capitalized on discontent with Whitmer's handling of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, invented a conspiracy and entrapped five people who face up to life in prison if convicted of kidnapping conspiracy in a case that has shed light on violent extremism in Michigan. [More]

But it's easier said than done.

[Via Michael G]

Doing the Jobs Real Americans Won't Do

 American Traitors: Academics Working for China [More]

If a day of reckoning came, would you hide one in your attic?

[Via Michael G]

They Made Their Bed

 L.A.’s Arms Race of the Affluent [More]

Too little too late. And scrooem.

[Via  An Hour of Wolves]

It's Systemic

 Democratic lawmakers in Washington state are considering legislation that would lower the penalties for drive-by shootings—all in the name of racial equity.  [More]

I honest-to-God look at where this is happening and how they vote, conclude the odds of this ever affecting me and mine are minimal, and wonder why I should get worked up over it.

[Via Michael G]

Well, This'll Stop 'em for Another Week or Two...

 "He's been charged with 14 felonies since 2010." [Watch]

Tell me that isn't the best argument for "controlling" your guns you've ever heard.

And only racists call restorative reclamation "jugging."

[Via 1Gat]

Another Straw Man Argument

 A Minnesota couple has pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges after "straw purchasing" close to 100 guns, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. [More]

'tis the Season...

[Via Steve T]

That's Some Interruption

 A convicted felon employed by Gideon's Army as a "violence interrupter" plans to plead guilty to federal firearms charges stemming from his role in a shoot-out in a troubled North Nashville neighborhood, court records show. [More]

Who will mentor the mentors?

[Via Steve T]

What Do You Think, A Dollar a Square?

[Via Michael G]

About That Greatest Threat

Kuachua Brillion Xiong, 25, said he would "do whatever it takes" to kill his targets, including Joe Biden and Anthony Fauci, court documents say. [More]

Isn't it past time we did something about these anti-government white supremacists?

[Via Steve T]

'Simply' is Right

 The two female students have since posted another video to the internet which was picked up on Twitter. In this bizarre rant, they accuse the school of discriminating against them, claim the investigation of the incident was racially biased, say that they are being persecuted for defending the multicultural center from racism and sexism, and that they are simply responding to Nazism and white supremacy on campus. [More]

All that from the very presence of whites?

Why am I getting a strong sense of déjà vu?

[Via Michael G]

Meanwhile, Over at the Party of Treason...

 Democratic committee’s new hire supports 'abolition' of police, says abolishing ICE is her 'life's mission' [More]

So on that last point, she agrees with The Boston Globe's resident "conservative"...

[Via Jess]

Stuff and Nonsense

 TSA Finds Knives Hidden In Stuffed Toy At Philly Airport [More]

Based on what kind of knives they were, I'm wondering if that was the day the Teddy Bears had their picnic...

[Via Steve T]

We're the Only Ones Planning Enough

 Tampa police lay out plan to reduce gun violence, ask for public input [More]

In other words, they have no plan but they have to make it look like they do.

[Via Remarks]

How About Some Commonsense Car Safety Laws?

 Man arrested in Wilton Manors hit-and-run that killed 2 children, injured 4 appears in court [More]

and

'Crazy, wild, out of control': Fleeing driver who caused quadruple-fatal in Polk County identified by sheriff [More]

and:

Polk sheriff: 8 dead in 44 hours due to car crashes [More]

Well, licensing, registration, and No Drive Lists haven't worked. If this isn't a call to sue the manufacturers, nothing is.

[Via Remarks]

Let's Just Hand It All Over

 Jacoby’s proposed amendment: “Neither the United States, nor any State, shall restrict immigration from nations with which the United States is not in a state of war, unless such restrictions are narrowly tailored to the advancement of a compelling government interest.” [More]

Think he'll ever take the challenge?

This is what the DSM presents to us as a "conservative."

As for the other subversive...

Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."

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Tangentially-related UPDATE:

Latest MSM Lunacy: 'The Constitution Isn't Working'

My spider-sense is picking up narrative talking points.

Just beware of the "conservative" alternative.

And another tangentially-related UPDATE:

Liberal Judge Rules Ousting Illegal Aliens Who Reenter the Country 'Racist' and 'Unconstitutional'

And she herself was a foreign national refugee.

[Via Michael G]

After Action Report


If you're involved in a local nonprofit organization, show them these results and ask them how many spaghetti dinners and cookie sales they'd need to do to achieve similar success. Yes, the rabid handwringers are going to have the vapors, but you don't do this for them, do you?

A Long Shot

MAGA Sycophant Calls for Staging an ‘Intervention' Over Trump’s Vax Support [More]

I fear Trump's ego and political investment in the jabs will preclude a change of heart, which would be attacked as a flip-flop anyway.

What made me pick this Daily Beast account as a representative story to link to is the choice of loaded words, starting with the headline. Note how the overt apparatchik has the gall to call himself a "Media Reporter."

The good news is, all but the useful idiots are catching on. The bad news is there are so damn many of them.

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Unrated

 Everytown For Gun Safety is hiding from the Better Business Bureau [More]

If their former employees are any indicator...

The Public Health Model Writ Large

U. North Carolina-Greensboro lecturer defends CRT, says ‘whiteness is a disease’ [More]

Talk about sadistic gaslighting.

Am I wrong to sense a rechanneling of self-loathing into hatred for all those who recognized him as a freak throughout his life?

[Via Michael G]

A Real Future in The Lincoln Project

 “The Anti-Vax Right Are the REAL Snowflakes.” – Says RINO Adam Kinzinger Who’s on Jan 6 Committee with Liz Cheney [More]

The important thing is, Grover likes him.

[Via Michael G]

'Sufficient Probable Cause'

A report from an unidentified source provided the sole basis for an allegation that Mother (J.B.) was homeless and had failed to feed one of her children during a single eight-hour period and led to the issuance of an order compelling her to allow the Philadelphia Department of Human Services ("DHS") to enter and inspect the family residence. [We conclude that DHS did not] establish[] sufficient probable cause for the trial court to issue the order permitting entry into the home without consent… [More]

So can this be applied to fighting "red flag laws"?

[Via Michael G]

The Letter of the Law

 To the extent that Potter ought to bear responsibility for unintentionally killing Wright, that responsibility is at worst based on negligence, the unknowing creation of an unjustified risk, and subject her to merely civil liability.  Absent a conscious disregard of risk, for which no evidence exists in this case, her conduct cannot qualify as recklessness raising criminal liability. [More]

Sounds like there was plenty of incompetence to go around.

[Via Michael G]

A Prohibited Person

 In 1995, Bryan Range was convicted in a Pennsylvania state court for making a false statement to obtain food stamps assistance, a class one misdemeanor. And under that conviction for a non-violent crime, he not only served no time in jail, but he made restitution for the crime. Range has been a peaceable citizen since, has been gainfully employed, and a family man, but because of the conviction twenty-six years ago, he is unconstitutionally banned forever from possessing and protecting himself and his family with firearms, a fundamental right protected by the Second Amendment. [More]

Evidently not if he has to go to court to get it recognized.

Do you think the people who consciously work against the rights of their countrymen ever struggle with what they are doing, or does one have to be a psychopath to be a willing part of such tyranny?

[Via Jess]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise

 Britain’s Crossbow Rules in the Cross Hairs After Windsor Castle Breach [More]

Well, after all, they are subjects...

[Via  An Hour of Wolves]

Back By Popular Demand

 A new poll finds that more than eight of 10 U.S. voters believe strict gun control laws in major cities either make no difference in the current retail crime surge or make it worse. [More]

So when the antis tell us an overwhelming majority, including NRA members, want more, they're ... uh ... lying...?

[Via Jess]

Kudos All Around

With the universal praise being showered on Harry Reid in the press, it seems only fitting that we include a tribute from "our side":

"He is a true champion of the Second Amendment," LaPierre said of Reid.

[Via several of you]

Congenital Nest Foulers

 So he's escaping from the hell hole he helped to create by voting San Francisco into a dump, and now he's going to move to Miami and keep voting that way? [More]

Think of it as misery equity.

[Via Michael G]

Bad Tax Advice?

 IRS says stolen property and bribes must be reported as income [More]

I'd argue Haynes v. U.S. Fifth Amendment considerations against self-incrimination moot that.

[Via The Gun Feed]

Coming Soon, to a Totalitarian Marxist Dystopia Near You

China Unveils Artificial Intelligence ‘Prosecutor’ That Can Identify Dissent Against Regime, And Suggest Sentences [More]

Oh "insurrectionists"...

TITO. Like GIGO, except substitute "Tyranny" for "Garbage"...

Fortunately, China doesn't allow "human rights violations"...

No human rights laws to violate...

[Via Michael G]

Survey SAYS...

 Chief Justice John Roberts earns the highest job approval rating of 11 U.S. leaders rated in a Dec. 1-16 Gallup poll with 60% approving of how he is handling his role. [More]

Good grief.

How many times did Dolly vote?

The Purge

"The one message I got from the colonel above me was: ‘Tread very carefully, this is political, you will be crushed like an ant.’... The major who spoke with Fox News, however, is still under the impression that he and thousands of other senior service members like him across the military will face a court-martial and possible felony charges, but that they will be offered to take a lesser charge by admitting guilt. [More]

I'm gonna need a bigger tinfoil hat...

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

TL in Sound File

 So, this is equally an invitation and an appeal to come with me on one more journey to Texas TL in Exile. I went back to the original blog title for reasons explained in the trailer, but for this audience I can say that if I was in exile in 2009, I’m more so, now ... The podcast won’t be all politics all the time like this blog is. There will be some humor, some history and some literature, but the underlying message will always be that we are not free and until we do some tough things, we will never be free again. [More]

Start listening here.

Daring to Offend

 Looks like Thomas Paine is on the "cancel" list... [More]

[Via Michael G]

Opened and Closed

 “You hate to use tragedy like this to create an impetus to change,” he said. “But if everybody sits back and takes a breath…maybe there’s a way that people that have a violent past could have higher bail. I’m open to that.” [More]

Then there's what he's closed to...

[Via Michael G]

Accessories Before the Fact

 A report by Houston’s FOX26 claims over 150 people have been killed by suspects whom Democrat judges have released on bond in Harris County, Texas. [More]

What is it after 150 times?

In a rational world, they'd face charges.

[Via Michael G]

Circular Argument

 The second amendment is not an absolute right. None of our rights are. We have a right to not be shot. [More]

That's why we have a right to protect ourselves from those who would violate it. And you can't do that without the means.

This kid really is a dumb @$$.

[Via Michael G]


L.A. Elites Trying to Escape Consequences They Impose on the Rest of Us

“Progressive” one-percenters may “feel” like their wealth will buy them safe passage when the cultural Marxism they are enabling blows up in everyone’s faces, but there’s really no historical precedent for making such assumptions. That’s just not the way such things play out in feeding frenzies. [More]

The day is coming when they won't be able to buy their way out of the mess they helped create.

Coming for the Old Guard

 Biden may face midterm reckoning on Supreme Court reform [More]

I guess calling it "reform" is one way to mask a naked power grab that will put this country on the brink.

Speaking of masks, the Democrats are taking theirs off.

[Via Jess]

The Wrong Questions

 Tampa terrorism case raises questions of surveillance, searches, mental illness [More]

Too true...

As is this.

The main questions this raises for me are how much less expensive and risky everything would be if the government really was rigorous where it counts the most, and why the bosses directing resource expenditures have been shifting them away from this to those they now smear as "greatest threats".

[Via Remarks]

Well, Today IS Twofer Tuesday...

EXCLUSIVE: Gilboa Snake that can fire a 1,000 rounds a minute. doubling the chance of a 'combat kill' in places like Afghanistan and Syria - and it even fires if it jams [More]

I get the feeling the reporter thinks it will just keep firing.

All I know is those with a "shall not be infringed" mandate won't let me buy one.

Put Your F***ing Mask On!

 Screams the violent, crazy broad without a mask... [Watch]

Looks like she doesn't want to deal with public reactions and has shut down her Instagram. Too bad, because I wanted to find out where she stands on guns, and something about how she irrationally and emotionally (not to mention probably drunkenly) demands to control others gives me some hints...

All That's Missing are the White Socks

2 shot when man’s gun accidentally discharges at Parma Armory [More]

Takes me back to the origin of the "Only Ones"...

That and to Ernie "Ghoulardi" Anderson. Here's a story I didn't know before and it cracked me up:

In the mid-1960s, Ghoulardi's irreverence overtook the rarefied Severance Hall, where an Italian Cleveland Orchestra guest conductor introduced himself and said that he was from Parma (in northern Italy). According to Tim Conway, misunderstanding members of the audience burst out singing Ghoulardi's polka theme.

Monday, December 27, 2021

Do As I Say

 Carjacked Congresswoman: ‘Don’t politicize moment’ as she quickly does [More]

If it weren't for hypocrisy, these people would have no standards at all.

One Thing You Can't Hide

 Madison Cawthorn Criticized For Breaking Gun Safety Rules in Shooting Range Ad [More]

And what criticism! I'm talking about all the comments by our "progressive" intellectual and moral superiors making jokes about his disability.

Once in a while, John Lennon got it right.

If at First You Don't Succeed

Inside Mexico’s Historic Lawsuit Targeting U.S. Gun Companies [More]

Consider it a change in tactics.

Unmitigated Bullshit

 Poll Echoes Industry Data: Hispanic-Americans Value Gun Rights [More]

Ah, the old correlation/causation logical fallacy. If owning and enjoying guns is the benchmark, we have no greater friends than David Chipman and Mark Kelly.

Go ahead, Larry Keane. Give us credible alternative numbers on voting percentages. 30% being for something still means 70% are against it, and that's a landslide.

Take the challenge. I dare you.

They're pulling the same crap about New York.

Figures Field & Stream is involved.

This Time We REALLY Mean It

 Indiana Republicans reintroducing legislation to end requirement for handgun carry permits [More]

So what's their plan to rein in Brown and Bray?

Meanwhile, next door in Ohio, Dewine has made his decision but is still trying to work up the nerve to announce what it is.

[Via Jess]

If This Be Treason Make the Most of It

“I don’t think it’s fundamentally about incivility. I think it’s fundamentally about insurrection,” Brownstein said. [More]

There oughta be a law, right, Ron?

[Via Michael G]

The 'Black' List

 Instagram Censors & Suspends MAJor Black Influencer [More]

No biggie. According to Biden, people like him "ain't black."

If They're Vets, They Must Be Patriots, Right?

 Special Report: Liberal PAC the secret source for media’s Trump 2024 civil war obsession, anti-gun disinformation [More]

Benedict Arnold was once a highly-acclaimed "war hero" himself...

In the Spirit of the Season

 HOLIDAY HORROR: Woman Smiles in Mugshot After Killing Boyfriend with Sword on Christmas Eve [More]

Anyone who can't be trusted with a [insert object here]...

[Via Michael G]

And There Was War in Heaven

 Gun control advocates express disappointment with Biden [More]

Welcome to the party, pals.

And by all means, keep getting more radical and strident and demanding. Focus on recruiting the immature and that's inevitable.

[Via Jess]

We're the Only Ones Coming Out on Top Enough

 Top cops from the Fairfax County Police Department allegedly hindered a sex trafficking investigation for almost four years in exchange for sex acts. [More]

Not just "a few bad apples"?

Top men?

[Via William T]

Who's the Boss?

 Nikole Hannah-Jones, 1619 Project creator and professor, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that parents should not be in charge of deciding what is taught in schools. [More]

If we can't believe a racist fraudster, who can we believe? Next thing you know we'll be telling the servants they have no say in the number of horses and hounds we can have. 

[Via Michael G]

Blame the Victim

A surge in new gun owners and a spike in gun thefts from cars are contributing to the city's gun violence crisis, police and experts say. [More]

I may tear this one apart later this week.

[Via Geordan]

Captains Dunsel

 More than 120 retired US Generals and Admirals wrote Joe Biden. In the letter, they questioned his mental fitness and cognitive abilities. They also mentioned the evidence that voter fraud may have played a large part in his winning of the election. The group confronted the FBI and the Supreme Court for ignoring, what they say, is irrefutable evidence of fraud. [More]

Who the blazes is Captain Dunsel?

They'd never make it in today's military.

[Via Agustin B]

UPDATE: This one was nagging at me and sure enough, the story is from May. There are a number of websites out there aimed at "conservatives" that basically recycle the reporting of others to get clicks, and it looks like anything I get hereafter from this website will call for extra scrutiny.

Speaking of the Opiate of the Masses...

... we must understand that the main aim of each Christian community is to rally Christian believers around the CCP and the government. [More]

Here we call 'em "faith communities"...

Funny, how they get a pass on rendering unto Caesar, but I suppose they give him a different kind of tribute.

Here There Be Monsters

Steven Kim, You’s attorney, said in a statement in November 2019 that prosecutors had branded “an emotionally fragile young woman a monster to the entire world, further traumatizing her.” [More]

 That's one of the surest ways to get canceled these days -- telling monsters what they are...

Fool Me Once

 Mansfield Timberview Shooting Suspect Arrested for Bond Violation [More]

Hey, it's not like he followed government provocateurs into the Capitol or anything...

The Neverending Story

Pfizer booster’s ability to prevent symptomatic COVID wanes within weeks [More]

So the jabs are neverending?

As an aside, I thought Nighthobs like Fauci rode their bats...

In any case, some of us can forget about any kind of flying:

"A vaccine requirement for a person getting on the plane is just another level of getting people to have a mechanism that would spur them to get vaccinated; namely, you can't get on a plane unless you're vaccinated, which is just another one of the ways of getting requirements, whatever that might be," Fauci said.

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UPDATE: And there's another unforeseen neverending cost in getting the impressionable to believe in fantasy:
The nation’s recent lockdown policies and mask mandates will create a generation of children who exhibit lower IQs and signs of social brain damage...
I guess that's one way to ensure a Democrat majority...

[Via Michael G]

Saturday, December 25, 2021

Merry Christmas, 2021

I thank all of you who have given me the gift of your time and wisdom, whether it has been by sending me stories to help illustrate the preciousness of rights endowed by our Creator, to sending a word of encouragement, to educating and helping me grow (either by confirming or correcting my assumptions), or to sharing my links, encouraging me to continue the work.

My Christmas wish for you is that you have as much love in your life as I have been fortunate to find in mine. It surely beats all the riches in the world.

Now: What in the world are you doing here?

It's Christmas. And if you don't celebrate it, indulge those of us who do.

Go be with the ones you love. If there is no one you love, go fix that. Go do something loving for someone.

Merry Christmas.

Thursday, December 23, 2021

‘May Issue’ Permits Make Discriminatory ‘Pay-to-Play’ Concealed Carry Inevitable

The fact is, “may issue” permits generally mean “may not,” and make “pay-to-play” and/or currying favor with the elites inevitable, as we’ve seen prove out many times over the years. [More]

So come on down to Loonie Laurie's where our prices won't be beat -- and if you have one of our permits, neither will you! Be sure and ask about our "Buy One Get One Free" Twofer Tuesday Special!

Food Fight!

So for more effective gun-grabber propagandizing to the family at Christmas dinner, you should stifle your inherent urge to shriek and then smile as you lie? [Watch]

Sorry, "star."We can't agree that "more than 40,000 people are killed BY a gun every year." If you need that explained, you need to take some prerequisites before you're ready for a real conversation-- but I suspect you know exactly what you're doing.

And "something has to be done"? Like what?

Then there's "You believe her Second Amendment right is non-negotiable." That must be why the grabbers just issue obey-or-die mandates.

And my personal favorite, "No one is looking to take your guns away!"

Some of us are on to what you elitist "97 Percenters" are trying to do, and unlike your useful idiot supporters, we're not fooled.

Besides, I'm kind of picky about who I invite over, and fortunate that there is no "woke" divide in my family.

Help Wanted

Received by email from Cavalier Knight:

On December 07, 2021, the Appellate Division, 1st Judicial Department just agreed with Appellee’s argument that “as-applied” to my business and “Federal Firearms Licensees (01).” All “Federal Firearms Licensees (01)” must open a “brick & mortar” store before they can apply for a state “Firearms Dealer’s License.”

And Appellees can use “Title 38 - R.C.N.Y. and/or NYC Administrative Code” to “preempt” the Supremacy Clause, federal, and state laws. By prohibiting “Federal Firearms Licensees (01)” in the City of New York. From selling firearms to “law-abiding” citizens “intrastate” at “gun shows.” Or “intrastate” and/or “interstate” via “mail-order” and/or “e-commerce” anywhere outside of the City of New York. Which strikes at the core of the “2nd Amendment” right. Please feel free to review my case files.

How is this any different than using a “poll tax” as a legal way to keep “African Americans” from voting in southern states? My case files can be viewed at my DropBox link below. Thank you for your kind consideration in this urgent matter.

Index No. 151725/20

Case No. 2020-04746

Link: https://cknight.pw/appellant

He'll need someone bigger than me to get legal assistance with this. If any of you have any inside contacts with the big "gun rights" groups and think they should pursue this for their members' benefits, why not contact them about it?

Life Imitates Art

 The Speaker’s statement said that he will "consider re-posting a comprehensive package in January." [More]

I remember that scene:


[Via Jess]

On Demand

 The National Foundation for Gun Rights is demanding that California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta back down from their new legislative proposal which is designed to nullify the Second Amendment in California, and to create an unconstitutional bounty system to entrap gun owners.  [More]

He knows what it's designed to do, and he generally gets away with it. That's why he's doing it.

[Via Jess]

Bing! Went the Strings of His Heart

 In a bizarre email exchange with the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, James Kraus, who acted as part of the prosecution team in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, wrote that he and prosecutor Thomas Binger are not—I repeat, NOT—having a homosexual affair. [More]

I'm reminded of a filthy joke about how you can tell if your roommate is gay that I dare not link to here. If you know the punchline, don't bother to comment.

[Via Michael G]

Democrats Against Democracy

 Gov. Tom Wolf vetoes curriculum transparency bill, calling it a ‘dangerous and harmful imposition’ [More]

So much for elected representatives expressing the will of the people...

Remember when Ann Richards wouldn't let Texans vote on carrying guns?

And yes, please, no one new here lecture me on "democracy."

[Via Michael G]

Blaming the Victim

 After the recent spate of retail thefts and looting, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot chided businesses for not doing enough to protect themselves from theft. [More]

If you hadn't worn that short skirt you might not have been raped.

Besides, when they do more, they're accused of being racist.

[Via Michael G]

Blast from the Past

 If you have not read Jeff Snyder's "A Nation of Cowards," carve out the time to do so, and properly, with consideration and reflection. If it's been a while since you read it, rediscover its truths. [More]

Then use them.

There's another essay Snyder wrote that also deserves to be reintroduced, but I read it 20 years ago, and damn if I can remember the title. I'll subject myself to some bright lights and slap myself around a bit to see if I want to quit stalling and talk.

In my preliminary search for it, I did come across a contention and discussion from a few years back saying he used a false Madison quote. Not so. The quote may be false, but here's what Snyder wrote:

"As the Founding Fathers knew well, a government that does not trust its honest, law-abiding, taxpaying citizens with the means of self-defense is not itself worthy of trust."

That's not a quote and doesn't represent itself to be one, but is nonetheless a fair paraphrasing. NOC doesn't even mention Madison. And no, it hasn't been subsequently edited.

I know Facebook, Twitter, and Politifact don't have to worry about their "fact-checkers" knowing what the hell they're talking about, but if someone ostensibly on "our side" represents his conclusions as being the correct ones, I expect no less than what I demand of myself.

UPDATE: And holding myself to what I expect of myself, it appears a retraction and apology are in order: From me.

Be Careful What You Wish For

From Duty to be Armed to Permission to Carry [More

This 2017 post by Publius Huldah cautions why we ought to take a look at what happens at the end before we join the headlong, enthusiastic, and unquestioning rush down the "reciprocity" chute.

O Canada

 The current Canadian firearms legislation is some of the most restrictive in the world. Unlike our friends to the south, Canadians don’t lawfully carry handguns on their belts, in their nightstands, pockets, gloveboxes and purses. Police here don’t approach every person they encounter with the underlying assumption that the person is armed – either legally or illegally. Our legislation is quite effective. [More]

And with that attitude from the "pro-gun" side, you wonder why you people are screwed?

They're actually giving him kudos.

Do As She Says...?

 Another One: Illinois Democrat Senator Carjacked, Gunshots Fired in Chicago [More]

The part I want to focus on is "it is unclear who fired the shots." Because if it was the "commonsense gun safety/Black Lives Matter" advocate...

[Via Michael G]

Clash of the Only Ones

Los Angeles D.A. Gascón’s Top Aide Files Complaint Against Police After Arrest For Public Intoxication ... Gregory reported that Iniguez was released from jail a few hours after he was arrested and had “sobered up,” citing undisclosed sources. [More]

I was going to make something about him being the aide of a Soros DA but if they had him in the tank for a while they had to get a BAC % on him that should unequivocally prove things one way or the other.

So is this going to go to trial or not, and if not, why not?

[Via Michael G]

The REAL Numbers

 Meanwhile, deaths at home attributed to conditions with symptoms that look a lot like COVID-19 — heart attacks, Alzheimer’s and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — increased. “When it comes to COVID, we don’t do a test,” Jordan said, “so we don’t know if someone has COVID or not.” [More]

Yeah, I've always felt deaths of COVID-infected one-year-olds committing suicide with "self inflicted gun shot" wounds have been way underreported. Speaking of which, for some reason since I took that screenshot I can no longer reach those results...

In related Vaxnews (might as well start getting used to Newspeak), it's looking like as far as Omicron is concerned, third time's no charm, and we might be able to stop chasing after that hard-to-obtain "horse paste" and go straight to Benadryl and milk (no idea on safe dosages for the former and what the lactose intolerant can do about the latter).

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Oxford Murders-Inspired Gun Storage Bill Can Have Fatal Consequences

 

There’s another consideration Slotkin and her kind don’t want constituents knowing about, much less talking about: Responsible children saving lives with firearms. [More]

Being mandated to lock up your safety is no way to "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity."

March of a Progressive

"This artistic video is the brainchild of American author-singer Steve Pichan made into a pointed music video by Cuban producer/director Agustin Blazquez. It was taped in Michigan and Washington D.C. It is very accurate and still relevant in today's upside-down America." [Watch]

Meet the Enigma

 Meet Jennifer Strahan: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Primary Challenger [More]

Curious. National Review spends the lion's share of this article tearing down Greene and tells us nothing on specifics about where Strahan stands on issues of import.  Neither does her campaign website, come to think of it.

Must Be Some of That 'White Privilege' We Keep Hearing About

 School Board Grants Additional Pay for Nonwhites [More]

Try that in reverse and see what happens.

Can't you just feel the unity and healing where Democrats are in charge?

[Via Michael G]

Everyone Outside W.H.O.ville Liked Christmas a Lot...

 ... but Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus did not. [More]

[Via Michael G]

Your Tax Dollars at Work

 Nearly $100 Billion in COVID Relief Funds Have Been Stolen [More]

So who in government has been fired?

[Via Michael G]

If I Were a Betting Man...

 University of Utah investigating reports of KKK group in dorms, feces smeared on Black student’s door [More]

I sure hope they find the elusive bastards. Ever since what happened to Jussie Smollett I've just been on edge.

[Via Michael G]

Listen to Mom

 "I think about it every day," she told us of that night. "I should've went (sic) down there and grabbed him by his ear...Yeah, and told him to get his butt in the car, you know?" [More]

Is it too late?

[Via Michael G]

Admit More Racists?

 “We’ve seen it firsthand in Tijuana with the humanitarian work that we do, the legal cases we handle in Tijuana. We know that Haitians have a very difficult time — not only because of the language barrier, but because they’re very vulnerable, by just being black migrants in a city that is not welcoming to them.” [More]

Seeing where most of the "migrants" come from, his position is we need to open our border for brown supremacists who discriminate against blacks?

A Temporary Reprieve

Stay Issued in 9th Circuit Magazine Ban Ruling, Allowing Californians to Continue Possession of Lawfully Acquired Magazines [More]

[Via Jess]

Blast from the Past


There were no real rebuttals here, which is what was intended. Funny, though, how you'd have to be a real meathead to agree with Rob Reiner on anything.

[Via 1Gat]

Calling the Shots

 Fauci Demands Fox News Fire Jesse Watters Over ‘Kill Shot’ Question Metaphor [More]

He's saying it's not a question or a metaphor?

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Masterful Enough

 Many officers of color are very upset with it. The plate is interpreted as “grand master” of the Police Department!! [More]

Somebody'd better give Art Arfons a heads up on this...

[Via Remarks]

How Covid Saved Christmas

 Yes, there was a shakeout with thousands of stores, and some chains, closing for good. A wave of retail workers lost their jobs, some permanently, and an unknown number got sick. But Covid’s shock to the system also brought overdue changes that will fortify the sector for years to come, including big investments in technology, the creation of new methods to connect with consumers and speeding online delivery. [More]

Tune in for our next installment: "Smash and Grabs: The Secret Key to Retail Prosperity."

[Via Michael G]

Working as Intended

 None of this falderal would keep guns out of the hands of people who aren’t supposed to have them. But it would place more restrictions on FFL holders to the point of attempting to choke off their legal commerce and restrict ordinary gun owners from their 2nd amendment rights. [More]

Yeah, that's what it's supposed to do.

[Via Michael G]

Every Picture Tells a Story

 

Well, here's a surprise:


I wonder how much longer Dewine is going to make us wait...

I think Gary Wolske, President of the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio, just gave him his bill rejection talking points. That must be why his self-serving weasel words are followed by a disclaimer:
Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. In order to improve our community experience, we are temporarily suspending article commenting.
Can't let the low-information head-nodders know there might be a different way of looking at things.

Life Imitates Art

Fury over Oxford University plan to hire academics based on how woke they are [More]

At least the original was funny and involved talent, whereas the remake is just obnoxiously pathetic and hostile to individuality-based achievement.

[Via Michael G]

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Dewine Must Choose Sides with Ohio Permitless Carry Bill

If he does work up the guts to chicken out – and for Dewine that’s actually not a contradiction in terms –  the legislature still has override options. [More]
Whatever he decides, you can bet the major consideration will be self-interest.