Lies of omission can be even more insidiously destructive than the in-your-face kind. This makes it not just fair, but existentially essential to freedom, to wonder what else we’re not being told. [More]
The double-standard cover-up continues.
Monday, March 28, 2022
ATF Doubles Down on ‘Privacy Interests’ Excuse in Biden Gun Case
We Can't Give Up Now?
And if they manage, do we know what Murkowski, Collins, Romney, and Graham are going to do?
I haven't seen anything from GOA saying Republicans denying a Senate Judiciary Committee quorum to prevent a floor vote won't work, so I'm wondering why they're giving up now on it.
[Via Henry Bowman]
More Likely Than Not
"Based on the evidence, the Court finds it more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021," Judge David Carter wrote Monday. [More]
More likely than not, that's exactly what a Clinton appointee would say.
[Via Mack H]
Gun-Grabber Endorsed!
Surprise! Not Really: Democrat Megadonor Nailed on Child Porn Charges [More]
I wonder if Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence will go all "Commissar Vanishes" now...
[Via Michael G]
We're the Only Ones Copping Out Enough
Chris Rock Declines to Press Charges Against Will Smith After Oscars Attack - The LAPD said that if Rock wants to file a police report at a later date, police will complete a report. [More]
The evidence is there. They saw a crime being committed. As has been well established, you don't need a weapon, but if one had been used, do you think LAPD would still be offering a cop-out?
If Rock wanted to go after Smith civilly, that would be one thing. But in a criminal case, it would not be Rock v. Smith, it would be The People v. Smith.
[Via 1Gat]
I'd Like a Second Opinion
‘Wrong Direction’ to Choose a Supreme Court Justice Based on Skin Color: Ben Carson [More]
But that's not really what they're doing, Doc, as the fresh attacks on Clarence Thomas demonstrate.
[Via bondmen]
It's a Crazy Business
Oscar winners are almost seven times more likely to suffer from mental health and addiction issues than other people, shows analysis [More]
That just intuitively makes so much sense...
[Via bondmen]
It's Not About Guns
If you’re one of those, let me say “Welcome!” Whatever your reasons for buying your first firearm, we’re glad to have you in our community. With few exceptions, I think you’ll find that if you like guns, we’ll like you. Most of us don’t care what your political or social views are. [More]
Ay, there's the rub.
[Via bondmen]
'An Unarmed Man'
The video showed Baydo set down his backpack near a column in the Delta baggage claim area as he approached the officers, according to charging documents. Then he walked right over to the officers and sucker-punched the one closest to him in the head, nearly knocking him to the ground... [More]
They'd be justified to add an attempted murder charge.
[Via bondmen]
Let Me Guess: 'He was Trying to Turn His Life Around'
Double murder suspect, out on bond, murdered while heading to court [More]
So will that end up being a bad thing? And why do they call thugs "gentlemen"?
Oh, great-- they got him in a cap and gown.
[Via bondmen]
Nothing Like Body Bags on the Mall to Say 'I'm Not a Fanatic'...
Parkland shooting survivors, activists call on lawmakers to pass gun reforms as midterms approach [More]
Another "Die-In," huh? Cool!
Meanwhile, Democrat politicians in too-close-to-call districts are going "Will you idiots shut up?"...
Funny. This isn't filed under "opinion."
What can I say but ABC/Disney?
Pleasedon'tblowitRepublicansPleasedon'tblowitRepublicansPleasedon'tblowitRepublicans...
[Via Jess]
AzCDL Alerts
Flawed Firearms Thinking
Longtime correspondent Andrew Massimilian had another letter published in the paper. I pasted a screen capture on the WarOnGuns Placeholder site because you'd otherwise need to subscribe to read it online. [More]
A Case of the Vapors
Making It Easy to Carry a Concealed Gun Is Absolute Madness [More]
Sounds like Michael A. Cohen of The Daily Beast needs to fan himself and uncase the ol' Pulsocon...
[Via Remarks]
A Model of Self-Control
“Harvey was charged with sexual battery. His bond was set at $50,000. This isn’t Harvey’s first run-in with the law; previous arrests range from disorderly conduct and resisting arrest to grand theft and armed robbery. Harvey was out on bond for a felony arrest when the attempted assault occurred”... [More]
Some people simply can't be allowed access to the rest of us.
[Via 1Gat]
We're the Only Ones Trespassing Enough
Game wardens must have a warrant to conduct surveillance on private land and may not rely on the power of the federal Open Fields doctrine. On March 22, 2022, the Benton County Circuit Court declared trespassing and surveillance by Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) personnel on private property as illegal, according to the Tennessee Constitution. [More]
Does that mean you can use rock salt on 'em?
[Via Michael G]
Spider & the Fly
“Heaven Wants to Destroy the CCP” - Hundreds of Millions Quitting the Chinese Communist Party [More]
The Anticommunism Action Team tells us of a growing movement that is simultaneously hopeful and fraught with great danger.
We're the Only Ones Unclear on the Concept Enough
The court also reversed the grant of summary judgment after concluding that a reasonable jury could find for Wood on this issue, an analysis which leaned in part on an officer’s remark to Wood in the squad car following his arrest: “How’s that work? You got a shirt that says “f the police,” but you want us to uphold the Constitution?” [More]
That's how it works.
And without qualified immunity if you decide to play tough guy.
[Via Michael G]
Mississippi Alert
Weaponizing Redistricting for Vengeance is Not Okay [More]
There's an understatement.
So how come an "A"-rated endorsee sides with Democrats?
The Royal 'We'
“This is a policy that endangers students on campus every day,” Dombrowski complained to The Detroit News. “We don’t have an issue with people owning guns [but] there are certain places where we have to decide that weapons are not necessary, and Michigan State’s campus is one of those places,” she said. [More]
Who is this "we" and what authority do they presume to hold over my decisions?
[H/T JPFO]
Timing is Everything
H.R.6950 - No Gun Lists Act of 2022 [More]
Sounds like a great idea, right? Too bad it appears to be pre-midterms posturing with no chance of making it through without majority changes in the House and Senate, and a non-Swamp Republican winning the White House in '24:
Prognosis- 1% chance of being enacted according to Skopos Labs
Let's see what changes they make when they're in a position to make them. We saw what a "great job" they did on national reciprocity and hearing protection when they had the chance...
[Via Jim S]
Spooking the Herd to Drive Them into the Chutes
Tiny ‘Glock Switches’ Have Quietly Flooded the US With Deadly Machine Guns ... An investigation by VICE News and The Trace... [More]
So we can count on fairness and balance? Or is this the exception to the ad hominem/logical fallacy rule?
I ask because I keep coming back to "every terrible implement of the soldier" and don't see any delegated authority for government that overrides "shall not be infringed." And as we all know, anyone who can't be trusted with an "auto sear" can't be trusted without a custodian, so once more we seem to be looking at a deliberate wrong focus with the scarcely concealed intent of denying semiautomatics to "We the People"...
[Via Jim S]
The Enemy Within
White House celebrates radical Maoist who openly admired Osama bin Laden after 9/11 [More]
And if you've got a problem with appointed functionaries doing that, you're an anti-government extremist.
I Will Not Compy
“I will not comply!” pops up first, frequently followed by “I had this tragic boating accident.” What may have been amusing a dozen years ago has lost its oomph. Besides, trying to be clever to get around a dumb gun law can end badly, and such claims are juvenile at best. [More]
Yeah, I remember your boss's alternative approach.
I disagree with you both and pose the following to anyone who maintains otherwise:
What will you do if ordered to register your firearms? What will you do if ordered to surrender them because they have been declared “illegal”? Will you obey political and judicial criminals betraying their oaths to the “supreme Law of the Land,” or will you resolve “I will not comply”?
Oh, look: Juveniles, at best.