Monday, May 17, 2021

SCOTUS Gets One Right

Held: Neither the holding nor logic of Cady justifies such warrantless searches and seizures in the home. Cady held that a warrantless search of an impounded vehicle for an unsecured firearm did not violate the Fourth Amendment. In reaching this conclusion, the Court noted that the officers who patrol the “public highways” are often called to discharge noncriminal “community caretaking functions,” such as responding to disabled vehicles or investigating accidents. 413 U. S., at 441. But searches of vehicles and homes are constitutionally different, as the Cady opinion repeatedly stressed. Id., at 439, 440– 442. The very core of the Fourth Amendment’s guarantee is the right of a person to retreat into his or her home and “there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion.” Florida v. Jardines, 569 U. S. 1, 6. A recognition of the existence of “community caretaking” tasks, like rendering aid to motorists in disabled vehicles, is not an open-ended license to perform them anywhere. Pp. 3–4. 953 F. 3d 112, vacated and remanded. [More]

ABA Journal summarizes.

I just checked Twitter and as of this posting have not seen one national "commonsense gun safety group" react and inform its supporters.

MSNBC doesn't feel much like talking about it either.

We're the Only Ones Quitting Enough

 'Catastrophic Situation' Grips Police Departments as Cops Quit in Droves Saying 'It's Not Worth It' [More]

My bet is most have their 20 years and full pensions in. I also don't see where it accounts for those short of that getting jobs in "friendlier" climes.

In any case, look for standards to lower and abuses to rise.

[Via Mack H]

Look for This Narrative to Spread

 Equating Guns With Freedom Is a Toxic Myth That Hurts Us All [More]

Spoken like true slavemaster flacks.

Note the "Unreliable Narrators" subhead. This is very dangerous because we see how leftist social media outlets, ISPs, domain registrars, and the like shadowban, deplatform, demonetize and cancel anyone they feel like.

As the truism goes, it's not about guns, it's about freedom. 

So look for Twitter/Facebook warnings that their "independent fact-checkers" have declared statements like that to be false, violations of "community standards" and therefore not allowed, with repeat "offenders" kicked off. And look for that to spread.

They mean to stop the signal and destroy anyone who gets in their way.

[Via Michael G]

The Twinkin' Project

 It seemed from the very start that the Lincoln Project was shady and scummy with something to hide. Then the allegations came forward that the founder was known to be a sexual predator and that the group's members were using the money to pay themselves and companies its founders ran. Well, it turns out that an offshoot known as the Franklin Project is coming on Tuesday and it's aimed at children. [More]

I heard they wanted to teach them the Weaver stance but then heard it had nothing to do with guns...

[Via Michael G]

New York, New York, It's a Wonderful Town


Manhattan subway slashing spree was gang initiation — and one victim lost an eye, prosecutors say [More]

This is the dawning of the Age of Taquarious...

At least they didn't add to the spike.

[Via Remarks]

We're the Only Ones Missing Enough

 25 AR-15 Rifles Missing From Miami Police Department’s Inventory... “Eventually it will turn out that it’s more of an administrative internal paperwork processing, meaning failure inside administratively,” said Kaplan. [More]

Meaning the guilty parties are being given a chance to quietly slip them back into storage?

Many of you know I used to do policies and procedures for a defense contractor, and we had inventory controls and secure stores protocols in place to account for and prevent stuff going "missing." Quite simply, it's not that hard to achieve.

So this is either inexcusable incompetence and laziness, or outright criminality. Either way, if this happened at an FFL's place of business, he would be shuttered and facing charges.

On the plus side, even when they have total registration they can't handle it. Of course, we've known that for some time.

[Via Jess]

Expecting a Full Recovery?

 Data Files Reportedly Deleted in Arizona Before Providing Machines to Senate Auditors May Have Been Recovered by the Audit Team [More]

So when can we expect the feds to take over?

[Via Jess]

So Much for Freedom of Association

 Norfolk, Virginia, police Lt. William Kelly was fired from his job days after it was revealed that he donated to a fundraiser benefitting Kyle Rittenhouse. [More]

Where does he think he is, America?

[Via Dave Licht]

Know Your Enemy

 “Ideologically-motivated violent extremists fueled by perceived grievances, false narratives, and conspiracy theories continue to share information online with the intent to incite violence,” the DHS warned. “Online narratives across sites known to be frequented by individuals who hold violent extremist ideologies have called for violence against elected officials, political representatives, government facilities, law enforcement, religious or commercial facilities, and perceived ideologically-opposed individuals.” [More]

Ten bucks says they're not talking about Marxists and jihadists.

[Via Dave Licht]

Who's Eliminatin'? We're Just Infringin' Out of Existence!

 I know a lot of Democrats. Not just in Iowa. I haven’t heard one, ever, say they wanted to eliminate Second Amendment rights.  [More]

You don't get out much, do you, Jo Ann?

Or should I say "Jojo"?

Or you do but you're banking on those reading this not knowing any better...

[Via Michael G]

Just Another Way to Attack PLCAA

 “There is an illegal trafficking pipeline that has gone unabated in which the gun industry has done nothing to help stem,” Myrie added. [More]

With an average time-to-crime of 11.75 years, the pipe doesn't exactly seem free-flowing.

As for Myrie's "doing nothing to help stem" lie, I wonder if gun industry association NSSF will ever get a clue that they can offer up all kinds of appeasements like "Fix NICS" and  "safe storage," and their enemies will still paint them as obstructing extremists.

[Via Remarks]

We're the Only Ones on the Scent Enough

 Santa Barbara Co. Sheriff's Office utilizing K-9 to seek out ghost guns [More]

Because it can smell the absence of serial numbers and tell the difference...

Good grief. And people believe this because it's being told to them by LE and media "authorities." 

Brought to you by NRA's A-Rated Citizen Disarmament Enforcer!

[Via GP]

Making a Mockery of Their Motto

 The FBI quietly admitted Friday that the 2017 Alexandria, Virginia, baseball field shooting that nearly killed Rep. Steve Scalise has been classified as “domestic terrorism” carried out by a “domestic violent extremist” targeting Republicans after the bureau previously classified it as “suicide by cop.” The revelation appears in the middle of an appendix on page 35 of a 40-page FBI-DHS report...  [More]

In other words, they deliberately push false narratives in the media to advance a political agenda and allow them to remain prevailing by burying the truth where most will never see it.

[Via Mack H]

Standing By While the Enemy Invader Opens the Gates

 Immigrant bought land where he crossed the border illegally, allows others to do the same [More]

And this is tolerated because...?

I wonder what he'd do if they had to stay on his land...

[Via Michael G]

Spider & the Fly

 
U.S. intelligence assessment: Chinese communist party is the number one threat to U.S. national security [More]

Well, that can't be right. Merrick Garland says it's "white supremacists," and he's not incentivized to smear and lie, is he?

Get the latest on China, North Korea, Nicaragua, Nepal, Cuba, etc. from the Anticommunism Action Team. 

The Tolerant and Inclusive Left

 

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Me, I'd like to see him wear a pillowcase (and yeah, I know he gave up and ran away).

So it is proper to make value judgments based on "lookism" and if that judgment is that you are a "conservative," he admits his fellow "progressives" will react like superficial bigots...?

Perhaps some wear masks because they don't wish to be subjected to obnoxious and threatening ignoramuses getting in their faces or worse...

And talk about selective, politically motivated adherence to "scientific consensus"...

[Via Michael G]

String Theory

Jordan Page's new online guitar course STRINGS OF FREEDOM has everything you need to become proficient in the guitar. [More]

WarOnGuns regulars should know who he is.

If you're in the market for such instruction, why not study with a proven friend?

The Truth is Out There

There is no way that knowledge gained by a wide-awake 15% or 20% of the population will not end up being shared by almost everyone.  [More]

So why is getting that 15% or 20% to share like pulling teeth most of the time?

Aspiring Cappers

The four individuals, believed to be males in their late teens or early 20s, are believed to use a previously stolen vehicle to conduct each subsequent carjacking, according to police. During the carjackings, police said victims have been thrown on the ground, had guns pointed at their face and one victim was shot. [More]

See, this is why you and I can't be trusted with a gun.

Explosive News

IDF fells Gaza tower used by media outlets, says it housed Hamas military assets [More]

Assets like the Associated Press?

What did Vanderboegh reveal about Bill Clinton's Rules of Engagement?

And as long as we're talking DSM, what's with CNN employing Hitler fanboys

Again and again?