The War on Guns: 05/10/21

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About "The Only Ones"

The purpose of this feature has never been to bash cops. The only reason I do this is to amass a credible body of evidence to present when those who would deny our right to keep and bear arms use the argument that only government enforcers are professional and trained enough to do so safely and responsibly. And it's also used to illustrate when those of official status, rank or privilege, both in law enforcement and in some other government position, get special breaks not available to we commoners, particularly (but not exclusively) when they're involved in gun-related incidents.

Monday, May 10, 2021

Define 'Victory'

If we win the war, what does America look like? [More]

Don't ask me. From where I sit, asking those who complain the loudest to do the simplest of things is like pulling teeth.

Para los Niños

Mexican villages arm children in desperate bid for attention [More]

Curious. There's no Mamás Exigen Acción calling them municiónsexuals...

Carrying on the Tradition

Found another one. Once again, ordinances/laws against open & concealed carry in certain areas are historically used to criminalize and fine minorities. #ShannonWatts and her army of neoliberal moms are continuing the tradition. https://t.co/GReyzDFV0e @BLM757 @Gabby_Hoffman pic.twitter.com/2TlV08swkU
— MomAtArms (@mom_at_arms) May 8, 2021

Well, it's not exactly like their leadership screams "Diversity!" now, is it?

Schlock Jock

Leftist anti-gun radio personality glad people are dead because they might be Trump voters [More]

Doesn't this stool sample have a woman to beat up or something...?

And wouldn't that have made him a "prohibited person" or did the deal his lawyers cut preempt that...?

Told You the Guy Was a Weasel

However, the Senate created a worse problem. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was told ahead of time that at least one of the Senate amendments if adopted, would violate House rules. This would allow the anti-gunners to kill Constitutional Carry in the House on a technical violation — before the House could even decide to concur or go to a conference committee. Despite knowing this, the Lt. Governor still pushed through his packet of amendments and refused to listen to multiple warnings. [More]

Tell me that wasn't intentional.

And technically, I think the word I used was "poltroon."

UPDATE (via Mack H):

And Donald Trump continues to be Donald Trump.

Whither Thou Goest

Google has decided it will no longer support Feedburner, so I've removed that gadget from the sidebar over there on the left. I already have a "Follow by Email" gadget where readers can sign up for updates to this blog, and just under it I am trying out Follow.it.

I'm told they will not spam you and share email addresses.

Having all the modern technical skills of someone still stuck on "C://" prompts who once used engineering drawings and parts lists to manually fill out 80-column forms and send them to a department called "Keypunch" to produce cards that were run through a tape drive mainframe to generate huge tractor-fed dot matrix-printed indentured product structure/bills of material reports, I'm afraid I'm a bit stuck finding the right place in the template to insert activating new-fangled, consarned kid-designed HTML code.

I either did it right and everything will work fine or I screwed everything up and saved Google the trouble of deciding too many "woke" sensibilities have been triggered here and I deserve to be canceled.

Spider & the Fly

Raúl Castro Retires with Blood on His Hands [More]

New articles include:

A book on Marx by James Simpson
Several more Cuban tyrannical abuse examples
Venezuela accepting capitalist bailouts
Artist alters photos - Khmer Rouge victims smile
Dispatches from Bolivia, Ecuador, North Korea, and more...

Friend of the Devil

"I'm only aware of one person that is openly aligned himself with Gross and I'm not going to bother mentioning his name because he's a red flag law supporter and a charlatan. Whoever else he's aupposedly partnered with or made relationships with should be concerned because of some of the points that Gross is trying to spread here." [Watch]

Who could he be referring to?

[Via Jess]

Too Many Cooks?

It wasn’t clear why they lit the powder, but the coroner’s office had two theories. They either lit the powder for entertainment or, what seemed more likely, they were trying to light a fire to cook food that was found nearby... [More]

Good grief.

[Via Lane]

An Actual Pre-Crime

REPORT: ATF Can Use NICS to Monitor People It Suspects Could Eventually Commit a Crime [More]

I guess the "gun rights leaders" who told us NICS was the way to go and even came back with a plan to FIX NICS didn't foresee evil men abusing the system?