Virginia GOP sees Youngkin as chance to reverse party course [More]
I'm smelling a "bipartisan effort" to get rid of the "principles freaks" and become the party of compromising Vichycons! The narrative will be it's not because of the disaster the Dems make of everything they touch, but that it's a referendum against Trump, and stupid "moderates" in Party "leadership" will fall for it.
Lindsey Graham told police to shoot 6 January rioters on the spot, report says - ‘We give you guns for a reason. Use them’ [More]
Nice to know where he ultimately stands and what he's willing to do to keep it that way.
The big problem, though, is how would they keep from shooting their own guys?
[Via Jess]
When that legal disarmament day comes though, the tough guy GOP politicians will shrug and say, “the courts decreed. It’s the law.” They will tuck tail and distance themselves from prior rhetoric. Framing gun rights as a natural right in an age of personal firepower and lax law enforcement will gird all of the right for this moment. [More]
No matter how many useful idiots, political poltroons, or robed Nazgûl vote on some things, provided he will is there to say "No" and mean it...
[Via An Hour of Wolves]
Lobbyist Alleges Cato Institute 'Mercenaries' Are Paid to Push Pro-Immigration Studies [More]
Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."
Otherwise, in a few years, this may be meaningless.
Man in the US illegally accused of stabbing coworker after argument about drinking on the job - He'd previously been handed over to ICE in 2020. Now, he's facing an attempted murder charge. [More]
Government securing the blessings of Liberty again, I see. Where will people turn if they not only can't get justice from their government but realize it is the cause of their misery?
[Via Remarks]
What Stops Us from Killing Those Weaker than Ourselves? [More]
Based on the way you go out walking in the wilderness totally unprepared to defend yourself, my guess is "Not you."
As for your Walmart parking lot example, how close is the gun?
[Via Mack H]
The buyback at Mount Moriah Baptist Church on Williston Road was sponsored by the State Attorney’s Office, the Gainesville Police Department, the Save Our City organization and gun shop Big Daddy Unlimited. Big Daddy owner Tony McKnight was giving away safes for individual guns and gun locks. “It’s a community service for us on responsible gun ownership,” McKnight said. [More]
Make all the excuses you want. You know what your "partners" are after and your participation helped "legitimize" this and them in the eyes of the public.
What, the enemy is going to suddenly embrace and praise you as being reasonable? Fool.
[Via Jess]
American Medical Association Language Guide Demands Focus On Racial “Equity” And Micromanages Terminology - The AMA again rejects “equality” in favor of “equity” — The AMA is gone. Its influence needs to be minimized, because much like the American Bar Association, it can’t be reformed. [More]
Wait, so what they have to say about guns may be more about agenda and less about science...?
[Via Michael G]
He urged citizens to "organise and march through [any] legal manner with every weapon and power... [More]
Ay, there's the rub.
[Via Jess]
Americans' Biggest Fear Is "Corrupt Government Officials" [More]
Does that qualify them as being "anti-government"?
Looks like they're also "irrational"...
[Via bondmen]
EVERYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAPITOL SHOOTING IN 21 MINUTES OR LESS [Watch]
I suppose if you can add your own narration after the fact you can make it seem like just about anything. That we don't know who is behind this video (their website is registered by proxy) makes it fair to ask who these guys are and what skin they have in the game.
No doubt there were provocateurs exploiting low-hanging fruit. And no doubt there are disinformation spreaders trying to get serious critics looking into that dismissed as tinfoil hat conspiracy kooks.
[Via bondmen]
The order pertaining to hospital transfers authorizes the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to order hospitals to transfer or cease the admission of patients. [More]
Democrats and illegals over here, the rest of you proceed to eligibility screening.
Why is there a "staffing shortage" again...?
Government. Is there anything it doesn't make worse?
[Via cydl]
Shooting at Gilroy council member's home leaves 1 dead, 3 hurt [More]
Armendariz further called for reforms, saying lawmakers value money from the gun lobby more than "the lives of our children."
U.S. President Biden says Pope told him he should keep receiving Communion [More]
The wafers were enjoyed by both along with chilled semi-dry and sulfite-free Sacramental wine, and iced "delicacies" with cocktail sauce.
Do they have a safe word for all that choking?
Spiritual wickedness in high places writ large...
UPDATE -- Not to mention physical nastiness:
Holy Crap! Biden Reportedly Poops His Pants While Meeting With Pope
[Update via bondmen]
New UPDATE:
One killed in shooting at a 'Stop the Violence' boxing match in St. Pete [More]
I didn't see this covered in the first eight...
This is getting to be a thing...
[Via Steve T]
Never Enough: UK to Require Doctor’s Permission for Firearm License [More]
[Via Jess]
And Tangentially-Related:A teenager who shot a 15-year-old boy in the face with a double-barrelled shotgun as he walked to school has been sentenced to 24 years in custody for his attempted murder.
Ohio House committee passes bill allowing for concealed carry of guns without training [More]
The scare tactics start in the headline. So naturally, the "Authorized Journalists" spent a good portion of the article telling everyone why that's a bad idea.
The proof will be on the floor votes and then if DeWine reverts to form.
[Via Jess]
Could a vaccine mandate be used to threaten shooting ranges and gun stores if they allow unvaccinated persons on the premises or to remain members? Could ranges be forced to close if they refuse to follow Murphy's dictates? Could gun owners be prevented from obtaining permits, new firearms, or transferring used firearms if they are not vaccinated? How else might Murphy once again use pandemic policies as a convenient excuse to attack the Second Amendment? [More]
I'm delighted to see a state group recognizing that ancillary issues can have direct and devastating effects on RKBA.
Anybody see anything coming out of these guys on that already proven non-"single issue" threat?
Virginia Democrats Reek of Desperation as Tiki Torch Stunt Falls Flat [More]
Brought to you courtesy of Lincoln Project stool samples and Jorge's pals.
And naturally, CNN says their "questions" are legit.
[Via Mack H]
Ahead of Rittenhouse trial, race seen as underlying issue [More]
Mostly by those who control the narrative...
This is why I don't share in the certainty that rationality and "settled law" will carry the day.
[Via Michael G]
Combat Corporate Gun Control or Lose the Second Amendment [More]
So ... we're all planning on surrendering?
“Ghost Gun is a slang term,” explained Scott Riordan, resident agent in charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). “We refer to them as ‘self-made, unserialized firearms.’” [More]
That's funny, Scott. We refer to them as "birthrights."
Two charged with illegal manufacturing of “ghost guns” in Pittsfield ... 23-year-old Emmanuel Kodjo and 18-year-old Taylor Bartlett were arrested and charged with unlicensed possession of firearms...
So licensing has no effect on those who don't care about it?
[Via Jess]
ShotSpotter is trying to solve a genuine problem. [More]
Nothing like a suck-up puff piece to distract the masses from some inconvenient truths.
[Via Jess]
Under the proposals, the Department of Defense would tell both lawmakers and civilian law enforcement authorities more about guns that vanish from military armories, shipments and warehouses. [More]
Funny. I don't see arrests and discharges of higher-ups who allowed it to happen under their watch mentioned...
Whose the boob responsible for tracking chips the enemy can home in on?
[Via Jess]
A Distributed Capacity for Violence: A Brief History of Weapons Technology and Political Power [More]
Read this. Share it.
... Kap was kicked to the curb in 2017 by the NFL for his constitutionally guaranteed stance ... [More]
I have a right to break your rules and use your facilities and your trademarks while being paid to represent you in a forum you have paid for to impose my political agenda on and drive away a sizeable portion of your customers? That's what the First Amendment says?
Is that what Deadline Hollywood lets its "reporters" do, Dominic Patten, you fraudulent useful idiot?
Would you have made such an absurd argument had a player wished to conduct a protest on behalf of "White Lives Matter"? That’s something he wouldn’t be able to get away with even out of uniform and off the field.
Or is it all about reaching the end zone?
Cleveland officer flashed handgun, threatened to ‘shoot everyone inside’ Ray’s Pub [More]
This is why so many states bar you and me from being armed in establishments that serve alcohol, reserving that entitlement for the nobility.
'HOW IS THIS SANCTIONED?' MMA fans disgusted as female fighter is battered into stoppage by man during inter-gender show in Poland [More]
So equal rights cannot ensure equal outcomes in all things?
Well. we know what the "progressive" answer to that is.
