Doing Away with Freedom Not the Answer

 No doubt we have a suicide problem in the United States, conceivably the world.  We’d be grossly saccharine and naive if we thought the removal of firearms from society would stop people from taking their own lives, the numbers don’t show that to be true.  Policymakers need to look to the quality of life issues and the expansion of our mental health system. [More]

That's assuming calculating minds behind the strategy are sincere about reducing suicide instead of exploiting it to advance monopoly of violence interests...

Everybody here remembers John Petrolino, right?

It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Word 'Safer' Is

 The Firearm Industry is creating safer communities through partnerships with law enforcement, elected officials, and community leaders. [More]

You know, the ones who want to jail us if we defy their infringements and their enforcers.

Not to Put Too Fine a Point On It, But...

Is this a joke? Another NSSF happy meal for chumps. Kevin McCarthy was Ryan & Boehner’s waterboy, a streetwalker for the “US” Chamber, “cheap labor” & 1-way “free trade”, all of which are destroying gun rights. And he’s coup collaborator. When will conservatives and gun owners WAKE UP? [More]

Pretty much.

Wish I had time to see what their NumbersUSA scores are -- not that any of our "gun rights leaders" acknowledge that having anything to do with that "single issue"...

Thank You, Captains Obvious!

 "Today’s announcement is not a roadmap to recovery. It is a roadmap to a near-complete collapse of main street neighborhood restaurants and hospitality businesses." [More]

The Washington Hospitality Association doesn't think that's intentional?

[Via Michael G]

What's the Difference Between a 'Mostly Peaceful Protestor' and a 'Rioter'?

You know what they didn’t do? They didn’t kill anyone. That was reserved for someone who shot through a door sidelight at a protester.  You know what else they didn’t do? Use live ammo.  You know what else they didn’t do? Trample the flag, which the capitol police did, while being begged not to. You know what else they didn’t do? shine lasers in cops eyes, set fire to the building, loot it, or shoot fireworks at people. [More]

Maybe someone with the time could find the right app to design a working widget...

[Via Michael G]

I see the "moderate" Republicans are doing their utmost to suck up to their Democrat overlords. A special "Cuck for Law and Order" award goes to CPAC’s Matt Schlapp, who looks like he'd also be Blubbering Cellmate Bitch of the Month if he ever runs afoul of the authoritarianism he so enthusiastically takes two knees for.

[Via gj54]

UPDATE:

BREAKING REPORT: Former FBI Agent on the Ground at US Capitol Says at Least One Bus Load of Antifa Thugs Infiltrated Trump Demonstration

UPDATE:

Video: Trump Supporters Stop ‘Antifa’ From Breaking Windows at Capitol

[Via bondmen]

UPDATE:

EXCLUSIVE: Evidence Reveals Some Individuals in the Capital Today Weren’t Trump Supporters

[Via bondmen]

UPDATE:

Mark Levin says people breaching the Capitol MUST be punished

This is my shocked face.

[Via Mack H]

UPDATE:

Could the Capitol Rioters Really Be Charged with Felony Murder for Death of Ashli Babbitt?

[Via Mack H]

UPDATES:

• Democrats Were For Riots Before They Were Against Them
• There is a Double Standard in BLM, Capitol Protests... For BLM
• Erick Erickson Calls For Totalitarianism Amid MAGA Riots

[Via Mack H]

UPDATE:

WTF Just Happened in D.C.?

[Via Michael G]

UPDATE:

Classroom resource: Three ways to teach the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

I could think of a fourth way, but neither PBS nor public school systems would allow it.

[Via Mike F]

UPDATE:

Not Making Headlines – Trump Supporters Pulled Violent Protesters Away from the Capitol Building When They Started Damaging It – Who Were These People?

[Via Michael G]

UPDATES:

• Officer Who Shot & Killed Veteran During Capitol Chaos Placed On Leave, Faces Internal Probe
• Questions About The Chaos At The Capitol That Desperately Need To Be Answered
• MSM Already Using Capitol Hill Riot To Call For More Internet Censorship

[Via bondmen]

UPDATE:

AOC’s Comms Director Asks Twitter To Ban Users From Citing AOC’s Support For Violent Riots

[Via Michael G]

UPDATES:

• Why Was Founder Of Far-Left BLM Group Filming Inside Capitol As Police Shot Protester?
• What’s Going On Here? Another Video Surfaces of Capitol Police Leading Protesters in Washington Into the Capitol
• VIDEO: Capitol Police Removed Barriers and Allowed Protesters to Walk Right Into the Capitol
• Indie Journalist Tayler Hansen Describes Antifa Activists he Encountered at US Capitol
• Why One Bank Thinks Yesterday's Events Are "Only The Beginning"
• Greenwald: "Obscene and Reckless" For Schumer To Compare Capitol Hill Riot To Pearl Harbor

[Via bondmen

UPDATES:

And:

Questions About The Chaos At The Capitol That Desperately Need To Be Answered

[Via Carlos Perdue]

UPDATE:

United States Capitol Police (USCP) officers and our law enforcement partners responded valiantly...

[Via Mack H]

UPDATE:

More EVIDENCE, PHOTOS of Antifa Infiltration At Capitol

[Via Michael G]

UPDATE:

ABC News Political Director Calls For Cleansing Of Trump Voters

[Via Michael G]

Today's 'Stop the Steal' Links

 As usual, this post will be updated throughout the day with relevant non-repetitive links. As usual, evaluate them yourself to see if they make sense to you.

• Disruptions Antifa Ploy to Affect Congress Count?
• Fight Using All Methods Short of Sin
• Explosive New Testimony on Dominion Election Fraud
• Facebook, YouTube, Shopify All Move to Deplatform Trump and Questions About 2020 Election
• 
  

[Via Jess,  Michael G, Agustin B,   

If This Doesn't Call for More Globalist-Directed Wealth Transfers, Nothing Will!

 Scientists warn of extreme winter weather in early 2021 due to sudden stratospheric warming [More]

Thank goodness this "settled science" has concluded this has nothing to do with it!

Expanding Their Reach

We’ll continue to evaluate the situation in real time, including examining activity on the ground and statements made off Twitter. [More]

So now it's not just what you say on their platform that can get unapproved thoughts suppressed. 

@Jack must be feeling pretty good now that he sees the chances of a Section 230 mod approaching "0."

UPDATE: Not to be overly-imaginative or anything, but if we can't hear from Trump, how do we know where he is?