Notes from the Resistance...
“Someone from the sheriff’s department told me later that the killer used a gun that he bought legally, with no background check, from a seller on Facebook,” Clark continued in the OFA email. He was a convicted felon.” [More]Simply put, if he was a convicted felon, the man could not have bought a gun “legally.” And OFA knows that.
Federal grand jury returns indictments against Bundys and co-defendants [More]Here's the redacted complaint. When indictment docs are available, I'll look to either update this post or do a standalone.
Disclosure: TSA Cannot Verify Employees’ Criminal Histories ... Congress: Thousands of TSA IDs, badges still missing [More]Rigorous!
In this audio Interview Stewart Rhodes interviews Greg McWhirter, an Oath Keeper SWAT officer, about the road block and tactics used on LaVoy Finicum and the rest of the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom on that fateful night last Tuesday, January 26, 2016. [More]Also, if you missed it, here's Stewart's last interview with LaVoy Finicum.
Extremist groups motivated by a range of U.S.-born philosophies present a "clear and present danger," John Carlin, the Justice Department's chief of national security, told Reuters in an interview. “Based on recent reports and the cases we are seeing, it seems like we’re in a heightened environment.” [More]And guess who the "extremists" are? Go on, guess.
“All of that rapid fire made me just want to duck and hide, not fight,” Sullivan whimpered. “I let out a little cry each time I fired. It was all so startling.” [More]This is the one I had to rewrite from yesterday because I thought the writer was a guy.
Americans 'much likelier to be killed by guns' than people in other countries ... Research finds rate of deaths involving guns 10 times higher in the US than other populous, high-income countries [More]If it's due to guns, how do rates for the millions of members of the NRA, arguably the most heavily-armed civilian population on the planet -- compare with those "gun-controlled' countries?
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“It does concern me because I have to take it every day. So it’s kind of scary" ... “We’re living in fear of being slashed on the subway; something needs to happen” ... Riders griped that they’re not seeing police on trains, or many platforms.Oh, they're there all right.
But back to Obama and his executive action, the one that really isn’t intended to send troops into harm’s way with weapon failure rates equivalent to garage door openers and television remotes: The military is just being used to funnel some appropriations into developments that can then be showcased for the media in some nonessential but sensationalized functions. [More]My latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column notes SOP for this administration: Misdirection, smoke and mirrors
Focused on the delivery, a pizza delivery driver is ambushed from behind by four assailants armed with a blunt object. [More]This week on ATSN's "Stop the Threat"...
The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a bill that includes a proposal to pay residents a stipend not to commit crimes. [More]They can still commit 'em. It's just they can't get caught. For now.
Gun Free South Africa has lost their credibility [More]I could have told you that just from the stupid name.
