There Oughtta Be a Law

I just received a jury summons. I'll try to get out of it on financial hardship grounds, because if I don't produce I don't get paid. But the thought -- or rather, the memory -- strikes:

When I was living in SoCal I got assigned to jury duty in Compton once. It's real interesting, having to park your car and then run the gantlet past clusters of face-tatted young "affiliates" of feral as hell defendants, and knowing your next stop is through a metal detector, meaning you can't have anything on you...

We know police have no duty to protect us, that is, they incur no liability should they fail to do so unless a legally-defined "special relationship" exists. If we're compelled under force of state arms to be be somewhere, and if compliance puts us at heightened risk and severely curtails our defensive options, why shouldn't such a relationship be mandated by law?

I'd love to see a legislator propose a law saying if you are subpoenaed and required to go somewhere, that those doing the compelling will be required to provide protection to, during and from the dragooning and on the hook for damages if they blow it.  If nothing else, it would be fun to see all the anti-gun poltiwhores and "Only Ones" who say you can't protect yourself blow a gasket saying they're not going to do it either.

We're the Only Ones Off-Roster Enough

Many of the firearms Gourdikian is believed to have sold are classified as “off-roster,” meaning they can not be purchased by the general public in California. Police officers, however, are exempt, and while its not illegal to sell an off-roster firearm to another individual, officers can run into trouble if they’re using their exemption to flip the weapons for a profit. [More]

What?

Privileges and immunities for one group that are "crimes" for everyone else result in corruption?

Oh go on.

Next you'll be telling me LEOSA beneficiaries would be happy to see me arrested for carrying where they can and I "can't."

And Another One Bites the Dust

“Lockton Affinity has notified the NRA that it will discontinue providing brokerage services for NRA-endorsed insurance programs under the terms of its contract,” Lockton said in a tweet. [More]

In a way, there's a certain schadenfreude to all this.

Maybe it's time to get back to core mission?  Except for the Lairds of Fairfax, that typically means secretly treating with Longshanks and leaving the patriots to bleed out on the field...

[Via Matthew L]

A 'Dear Dick's' Letter

Dick’s Employee Pens Epic Resignation Letter in Response to New Firearms Policies [More]

Good for him.  I respect a man who will quit a gig rather than compromise principles.

But again, this story and those linking to it on places like Breitbart and Weaselzippers don't even mention the bigger picture.

WTF, guys? You're leaving money on the table.

[Via Keith B]

We're the Only Ones Quantity Over Quality Enough

According to the police report released Tuesday night, seven officers fired 65 shots. The suspect fired two shots. That's a total of 67 shots and nobody was hit. [More]

A line from Cat Ballou comes to mind.

[Via William T]

Yeah? So?

Oath Keepers’ Dave Codrea says Dick’s Sporting Goods is “abandoning their brothers-in-arms on the battlefield in a time of dire need and leaving them to stand or fall while the cowardly profiteers who want the benefits of gun owner business without the rigors or risks slink away.” [More]

What of it?

And point of order...

You Can't Fire in a Crowded Theater

A North Carolina woman is jailed on multiple felony charges after she allegedly opened fire in a movie theater during a dispute over assigned seats at a screening of “Black Panther,” according to police and court records. Investigators allege that Shameka Latrice Lynch, 30, squabbled with other moviegoers around 11:45 PM Friday at a crowded AMC theater in Greenville. [More]

But...but...but...

I am glad my deeper fears have not been actualized, but I still think I'll pass, and not just on Panther...

And That, Benny, Tells Us All We Need to Know About You

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I'd ask "How about a free America?" but any coward who submits to the yoke so easily would be useless at producing one.

Ditto for "Ricky," who gave it an "up" vote.

Stop Missing the Bigger Picture on @Dicks

I've gotten several solicitation emails from "gun rights groups" decrying Dick's latest noisemaking. Every one of them missed the key point: Dick's is calling on lawmakers to pass new edicts.

It's not just a matter of it being "their business decision." They are actively the enemy trying to get the government to disarm me, you, our Posterity...

From the company “media statement”:

If the object is to urge members to boycott, don't just tell half the story, and the weak half at that.

A Tale. Told by an Idiot

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It's "full of sound and fury. Signifying nothing."

For now.

Flaking Out Again

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The goddamn turncoat is also sponsoring the Senate version of the "bump stock" ban, which I don't have a link for yet, but the House version is being offered by oozing Republican mangina Brian Fitzpatrick from Pennsylvania.

I believe the Swamp will risk the middterms by taking the fire out of constituent bellies and blame it on those who wanted to drain it, as if the hardline agenda is what's being rejected

There May Be Some Changes 'Round Here

A couple other outlets have approached me about writing for them. I'm looking into it to see if it can work out. If so, I'll be doing a less "tip" blogging and more article writing/promotion.

We'll see.

Now THAT's a Commitment to Anti-Gun Activism!

''He was against having guns in school. He was one of the teachers organizing students here to keep teachers from having guns." [Watch]

From the very end of the clip, starting @2:06...

Maybe another anti could go on a shooting spree to show how much blood we have on our hands and why his gun should be banned.

That'll teach us.

[Seen at Wirecutter's]

Raising Rifle-Buying Age to 21 Would Disarm American Heroes and Spit on Founding Intent

An interesting article over at Firearms News notes Audie Murphy would have been deemed “too young” to be trusted with a rifle at the time his legendary heroics earned him recognition as the most decorated combat soldier of WWII.  It goes on to imagine a gun store clerk telling not just him, but “our young combat heroes, veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, who may have lost limbs and fought for our freedom, that they have no Second Amendment freedom because they are not 21 years old.” [More]

Could anything be more offensive and absurd?

NRA Board Ballot

I've been asked by multiple readers if there is a name or names I endorse for this year's election.

No, unless one of them answers my questionnaire, none can make a difference, as every one of them ignores the amnesty/pathway to citizenship danger. Otherwise, they're all just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

Last year I endorsed StephenStamboulieh, but he's not on the ballot this year.

Why don't I solicit some responses? Not enough of me and not enough historic interest in such columns to push other priorities aside. This started out (and still is) for political candidates and I've made it clear over the years this is intended to be a tool for activists to use -- if they want to.

I recently did have a back-and-forth over this with one current political candidate, and he appears to have reconsidered going forward.

You find a candidate who wants to go on record and I'll link to his specifics -- or lack thereof.

Taking a Powder

Actually, taking a break -- a quick one, from writing my latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column (deadline today, so I'm hustling) -- to make one quick observation:

The lunatic who sent white powder to Donald Trump. Jr...?

Check out his Facebook page while it's still up -- he's a big fan of the Young Anti-Gun Communist League. Not really much of a surprise.

I guess when you know you can't be trusted with corn starch, realizing others may actually be able to exercise responsibility as adult human beings and not need to be controlled is probably pretty enraging.

On the plus side, his to-date empty dance card ought to be filling right up.

OK, back to work...

And still won't be ready for tips, probably 'til Monday.

DSM Shares Preference for Chinese Communist Propaganda over Bill of Rights

We could do this all day, but let’s stipulate that even knowing how the government and the “news” puppets it controls censor out information embarrassing to the regime, your chances of getting shot on the South Side of Chicago are greater than meeting a similar fate in Beijing. That said, if you’re more interested in your chances of getting crushed to death by government tanks or mowed down by machineguns, or bayoneted as you beg for your life with your body then burned and your blood hosed down the drain, then have Yu Ning’s masters got some human rights examples for you! [More]

Who better to template “progressive” U.S. efforts on than proven experts in both centralized “human rights” and the benefits of an unarmed citizenry?

There's a Word for That

Trump: 'Take the guns first, go through due process second' [More]

That's called "tyranny." No prominent Democrat would be allowed to get away with saying that without enraging every gun owner rights advocate out there.

You don't have enough enemies who want to see you impeached and even imprisoned?

I strongly suggest you rethink what you just blurted out and then explain yourself in detail and apologize for misspeaking, because if that wasn't just running your mouth before thinking it through, you've just put yourself on equal footing with the worst of them.

Due process as an afterthought, Mr. President? How about if we have Mueller do that with you?

Dicking with Dick's

I just had a thought on my Dick's Sporting Goods piece. I'm not a lawyer, so bear with me on this.

If they refuse to sell rifles to citizens under 21 where it is lawful to do so, how is that not challengeable in court? Protected classes included things like race, sex, religion, "orientation" and age, right? They couldn't refuse to sell you a rifle because you're a minority or a woman or Muslim or a gay, could they?

Any lawyers out there care to share your expertise, or maybe just cut to the chase and find plaintiffs to initiate a class action lawsuit?

UPDATE: Prof. Volokh says "Depends..."

Dick’s Leads the Way on Divide-and-Conquer Defeatism

Besides, Dick’s has gone beyond just controlling its own business. They’ve joined forces with the gun-grabbers to try and control ours. [More]

Why give aid and comfort to a sniveling pseudo-capitalist rope-seller that has gone out of its way to attack our rights when there are plenty of patriotic American businesses deserving of our patronage?