Remington Insurers' Settlement Damage to Freedom Will Be Incalculable if Tactic Spreads

Not so fast, some in the gun industry caution. The Remington settlement was made by insurers and lawyers, not by gun makers, who would fight harder and not give in so easily. Probably. But that doesn’t mean the billionaire-financed citizen disarmament lobby won’t try, especially in states where they’re already set up to test the Connecticut strategy. [More]

The sharks smell blood and their resources are unlimited. Stopping them will take more than assurances that it won't by those who said this wouldn't happen in the first place.

But What About the Narrative?

 Most astounding of all, how could the celebrated event in American history we now refer to as Patriot’s Day (April 19, 1775) have taken place without the availability and familiarity with firearms? How could the minutemen, summoned by Paul Revere in his famous ride, assemble so quickly and with their muskets to fire “the shot heard around the world”? Why would American patriots prevent the British army’s attempt to disarm them and seize the arm depots at Concord, while passing by Lexington in the colony of Massachusetts? How could they have harassed the Redcoats all the way back to Boston if they were unarmed? [More]

What? Ordinary citizens are supposed to have "weapons of war" to protect against tyranny...???

Who would lie about that to us, and why?

UPDATE -- I went ahead and made a meme:

Inching Toward the Unknown

 Four BFA-Supported Bills Advance in House Committee [More]

The big question is still one of sides.

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

 Large Majority of U.S. Democrats Support Canada’s Crackdown On Protests [More]

We can still coexist as long as you obey.

Nazi.

[Via Michael G]

It Should Have been Fixed Threescore Ago

 Border Crisis Can't Wait Three More Years For A New Administration To Fix [More]

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

See?

[Via bondmen]

And Her Vote Cancels Yours

 Lady Failing at Filling Form Deemed Voter Suppression in Texas By ABC [More]

Is it wrong of me to assume she's a Democrat?

[Via bondmen]

Come My Minyon, Rise for Your Master!

 Biden's choice to help with his SCOTUS pick is a BLM board member, CRT promoter and defund-the-police supporter – NONE of which he mentioned when he announced her [More]

"Minyon," eh?

[Via bondmen]

Nice Work If You Can Get It

 Kyle Rittenhouse says he will sue Whoopi Goldberg and other 'celebrities, politicians and athletes' for calling him a murderer after he was acquitted of killing two men during Kenosha protest [More]

You might as well hit the jackpot if the cancel culture has things stacked so no company would dare hire you...

[Via bondmen]

Teach Your Children Well

 Father allegedly told 4-year-old to shoot at police at Utah McDonald’s [More]

And apparently, it's not the first time Sadaat has turned over control.

[Via bondmen]

Threat Averted!

Queens County district attorney’s office Detective Bureau” followed Aaron to the gun show and surveilled him buying the gun and gun parts and accessories, then had him arrested in Queens upon his return to the city. [More]

Well, it's not like there's anything else for them to do...

[Via bondmen]

Hungry Like the Wolf

 The defense attorney said Brown went to class at Loyola after the hold-up. He encouraged Judge Maryam Ahmad to reflect on her days as a hungry college student as she weighed the state’s request to have Brown held without bail. [More]

Right. Lunch. I wonder if the conductor he robbed could afford this.

I can reflect on my days as a college student. I went to a school within my means and worked low-paying sh!+ jobs to get by.

Man, was I privileged!

[Via bondmen]

The Buck Stops Nowhere

 [A]ccording to the AP, "the $5 million actual loss remains a fraction of the more than $20 billion in unemployment benefits that authorities believe has been stolen since March 2020 as the state approved fraudulent payments in the names of death row inmates and even U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein."  Again, the system is set up to make crime easy — and that $20 billion is your money. [More]

And untouchable government bureaucrats with no proprietary interests beyond coercive power presume to dictate to businesses what they can do.

[Via bondmen]

The Other Shoe Drops

 Washington: Anti-Gun Legislators Push 10 Round Magazine Ban Legislation Through Committee [More]

Looks like things just got clear.

There's still the matter of skinning the bear once you think you've got it caught.

[Via Jess]

Journalism Theater

 "What if a movie theater serves alcohol?" asked ABC Action News anchor Wendy Ryan ... "What about if the movie theater has a sign that says 'No Guns Allowed?'" asked Ryan. [More]

It's almost like she's not getting the answers she wants...

[Via Remarks]

So Does She Owe a Second Fare?

 Pregnant woman shot 3 times by rideshare driver gives birth prematurely, police say [More]

He's in for it now!

[Via Steve T]

An Incentive System

 Many parts of the criminal justice system are funded by revenue from "users" -- i.e., the accused, in the form of fines, fees, and forfeitures. Drawing on both existing Supreme Court authority and recent Court of Appeals decisions, we argue that a violation of due process exists when all participants in the criminal justice system, from police to court clerks, to prosecutors and judges, depend on revenues from pleas and convictions in order to function. Instead, we argue that due process demands that the criminal justice system be funded in ways that are not affected by the rate of arrest and conviction. [More]

So base salary plus commission doesn't always work...?

[Via Michael G]

He Says That Like It's a Bad Thing...

 Trudeau says any Parliamentarian who votes against extending the Emergencies Act doesn’t trust the government [More]

If you don't vote for tyranny you ain't Canadian...?

[Via Michael G]

Identify Yourself

The parents say their fifth-grade girls told them some of the biologically male counselors at Camp Pali in San Bernardino who use they/them pronouns spent three nights sleeping in cabins with the young girls. [More]

Does the Pali Institute response suggest anything other than defiance and an expectation that if anyone is going to change -- through "social credit" -- it's going to be the "haters"?

I had to go to Office Depot the other day to replace a printer cartridge, and the employee name badges include their pronouns. I wonder if insisting on a plain name badge without the signaling would get a kid fired.

[Via Michael G]

On Second Thought

I thought this was a cool celebration photo...until I looked closer. [More]

Not close enough:

[Via WiscoDave]

Real Reporting

The Ohio Statehouse introduced or passed bills that would allow anyone 21 and older to carry without any background checks or firearm training, another that allows K-12 teachers to only need 20 hours of training to carry inside a school instead of 700 and a brand new one just introduced in mid-Feb. [More]

What a disorganized mess of incomplete information and subject matter ignorance surrounded by a sea of straw man arguments.

About That 'Single Issue'...

The Secondary Issues That Matter to the Second Amendment [More]

Something is missing...but what?

That's intentional.

That No Man Might Buy or Sell, Save He that Had the Mark

Read a book like this once...

[Via Dennis E]

LoserCon 22

 A group of Republican critics of former President Donald Trump will gather in Washington, D.C., this week to cheer on the two GOP members of the House select committee investigating the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois. [More]

These are them if you want to have a source to be able to refer back to when they do things to f*** us over in the future -- and they will.

Expensive production values and only @ 700 views after a YEAR? Can you say "Astroturf"?

And this one, with even fewer views, features Peabody's boy Sherman, anti-gun George Will.

Only 696 Facebook followers?

What's the reason they "merit" all that media attention including the link on Drudge I learned about this from again...?