We all agree that we are blessed to be Americans, that our children deserve to grow up in a nation of safety and peace, and that we are strongest when we are unified, working together for the common good. We remain united as we work together for a safer America. We may have our differences, but we do well, in times like these, to remember that everyone who serves in our nation’s capital is here because, above all, they love our country. We pray for Congressman Scalise, his family, and all those affected by this week's inexplicable assault to democracy.Fletcher reacts:
Monday, June 19, 2017
Looks Like Rain
From the "Team Trump/Pence" Week 21 "Love of Country" email:
Saturday, June 17, 2017
CNN Downplays ‘Good Guys with Guns’ Capturing Dangerous Escaped Convicts
In an honest report, armed citizens saving the day would have been the headline. [More]You have to wonder if encountering such beasts would wipe the snarky, anti-gun smile off Jordan Klepper's face.
Friday, June 16, 2017
An Unarmed Man
Crazy Guy Acts Crazy
About Those Escaped Cons Stopped By the Armed Homeowners
I've got an AmmoLand piece coming out, ready to go, probably posting at midnight.
That's All It Takes to Shut Down the Government?
Shooting Forces House To Cancel Hearings And VotesOne hearing was to consider easing restrictions on guns. [More]So when will it be considered?
Will it be?
The Big Chill
He was just like every other misguided criminal who picked up a gun and killed because buying a gun is as seemingly easy as buying a refrigerator. [More]Need we really list some differences?
That's great, buddy, call for restraint while flat-out lying and attacking rights of people you want to have bent to your will.
You really want to know what a coward is? A coward is someone who calls for disarmament and then expects others to do the wetwork.
[Via Rough and Ready]
A Sliver?
“There’s been a sliver that has gone away from the kind of peaceful protests which really dominate the progressive left,” Levin said. [More]Look at some prominent sentiment. We ain't seen nothin'yet.
[Via bondmen]
News You Can Wipe With
A Victim of Hate
MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski: “A lot of rude, white, older men” don’t like Kamala Harris [More]Right, that's the reason. Just like we didn't like Obama because we're racists.
No ageism of sexism on Mika's part, either, because she's a "progressive," just like her "Republican" bridegroom.
By the way -- everybody's clear on who's behind ShareBlue...? You'll find nothing there -- nothing -- that isn't there to advance his agenda...
[Via Mack H]
Losing Control
'Gun violence is out of control,' Pugh says amid spike in murders [More]What, with all those controls?
[Via Mack H]
Giving the Rest of Us a Bad Name
Report: Stolen city funds paid for her ‘Brazilian butt lift’ ... City spokesman Bob Woods said he could not comment on the report’s specifics, but said the ordeal overshadowed the good work of hundreds of other city employees. [More]Which is obviously why she was able to get away with so much for so long and involve so many accounts assigned to others -- while all those incompetent and corrupt "department heads" enjoyed the perks of patronage jobs (probably all feeling important and believing it was their due).
I've had to work with city governments before, and it's easy to see how the corruption begins when you give little minds a taste of power. Then imagine the same bureaucrats in state and federal posts.
It sounds like a whole lot more ought to be eligible for "butt lifts" and I ain't talking the Brazilian kind.
[Via Steve T]
Weaponized Morons
Several shots fired at truck flying ‘Make America Great Again’ flag... [More]I need to get out more. I had to look up "sleeve tattoo."
That said, I'll bet the assailants would need to look up all kinds of things if they were asked to coherently articulate any policy differences, or provide any proofs of grievances.
[Via Keith B]
Taking a Powder
Police Investigating Letters With White Powder Sent To Homes Of Georgia Republican And Her Neighbors [More]I don't care if it's real or not. Whoever is behind it can't be trusted without a custodian, probably ever, meaning as long as he's breathing.
[Via Keith B]
I Know No-think! I See No-think!
Otherwise, you'll be the one attacked. [More]
Just ask the naive, well-meaning folks who thought they were doing what DHS wanted.
Wild in the Streets
Venezuela mobs kick, burn thieves in lynching epidemic [More]If this doesn't show the ultimate impotence of an incompetent authoritarian regime, nothing will. I'm waiting for the mob to figure that out.
Tangentially related: Antifa's self-styled "anarchists" and so-called #Resist radicals had best be careful what they wish for.
[Via Matthew L]
One Man's Traitor...
GOV. JERRY BROWN BLASTED FOR ADVOCATING 'OVERTHROW' OF U.S. 'He is leading a confederacy against the federal government and should stand trial' [More]I don't agree with that and believe divorce with an equitable settlement is preferable to forced association. Right, Ariel?
I do wonder if Moonbeam supports the same solution for Jefferson...?
Don't look for "progressive" memeweavers to advocate consistently, though. And just to be objective, if Martin Armstrong and WND don't agree with that Kos assessment, they're not being consistent, either.
The Further Adventures of Dennis Moore
Jeremy Corbyn has called for the empty homes of rich people in Kensington to be seized for Grenfell Tower residents who have been made homeless by the fire. [More]Ah, the communist solution!
They sure are being coy with the cause. Has any "refugee" claimed responsibility yet? Because their pals sure are happy.
And that's a bit of alright. Why isn't Jeremy "consoling" a fat chick?
Blimey! This redistribution of wealth is trickier than I thought!
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Who Could Have Seen This Coming?
Seattle gun tax failure? Firearm sales plummet, violence spikes after law passes [More]And remember, with "progressives," every day is Opposite Day.
[Via George Pace]
Constructive Criticism
The St. Louis African-American Aldermanic Caucus plans to introduce a resolution for reparations; asking the city to study the effects of slavery and make recommendations. "We have to do something more constructive, more creative and begin to address the problems we have in the City of St. Louis" said 21st Ward Alderman, John Collins Muhammed who is one of the sponsoring aldermen. [More]Muhammed? So who do we see about reparations for descendants of Europeans captured by Muslim slavers?
F***in' aldermaniacs.
[Via bondmen]
A Far Cry Frum
Boy, that's a lot of people eager to pass on and encourage the guy's lies:
[Via Michael G]
All Over the News
"Assault pistol"... [More]
Never let a meme go to waste -- even if the definition is essentially made up by antis intent on demonizing and banning.
[Via several of you]
Never let a meme go to waste -- even if the definition is essentially made up by antis intent on demonizing and banning.
[Via several of you]
Boiling Point
'We are at a boiling point. There's going to be a civil war' [More]So when is he going to issue a profound and sincere apology for disparaging armed resistance to tyranny as "Nonsense"?
Really, "civil war," Michael? So why call for this?
Aside from the fact that so many are easily swayed by a BS artist who hits the right buzzword buttons, I have never understood what so many self-styled "conservatives" see in this self-serving and obnoxious carnival barker.
93 Million
That's the average number of miles from the Earth to the Sun.*
Why? Did you have something else in mind?
[Via several of you]
* And no, I'm not going to host a Flat Earth debate here.
Oh, God, She Found Us Out!
The gun lobby is secretly trying to make cops’ jobs harder and mass shootings deadlier [More]Dang-- got us dead to rights. And we've been so guarded with the information. How could we have forseseen our scheme would be exposed and brought down by a "reproductive justice and LGBTQ rights activist," of all people?
Meanwhile, "gunwalking" and people wanting to take your guns are paranoid conspiracy theories.
[Via Matt F]
Just Jump in the Damn Pool Already
This situation needs to be watched closely, as caution can quickly turn into stalling, and worse. [More]Those guys are leaders of men? That's the kind of behavior I'd expect from a timorous child.
Don't stick your toes in, don't try to gradually wade, just do it.
You've been allowed in because you're expected to do cannonballs.
Trigger Sad
Fading Away
Chance of smooth Brexit fades after British election chaos [More]Just like our chances of immigration sanity, actual tax reform, Obamacare repeal, America first foreign policy, etc., will fade after establishment undermining makes sure the electoral will expressed in the last election is thwarted.
We're the Only Ones Continually Getting Away with It Enough
Two Florida cops are accused of breaking into homes, stealing cars, water-boarding suspects and taking 'trophy photos' of them for YEARS [More]And no doubt "the vast majority" will be shocked to learn of "a few bad apples" in their midst, especially since "According to the Sweetwater Police Department, the arrests 'are part of a larger investigation based on decades of corruption, cultivated from the top down'."
Oh wait...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Some Basic Questions
UPS has confirmed that the shooter was an employee and SFPD confirms he was wearing a UPS uniform. [More]How many "common sense gun laws" did he violate?
What, besides a total ban accompanied by routine unannounced warrantless searches, conducted by completely incorruptible authorities, would make a bit of difference among the subset likely to not give a damn about the "law"?
Deactivated Facebook Pages Gave Clues to Scalise Shooter’s Influences
I did some screen captures anticipating closure so that a record would remain on Hodgkinson’s influences. Note that doesn’t mean definitive conclusions can be drawn or specific blame can or should be placed, but they all add up as parts of the record that can help explain his worldview, and at least some of his shared “values.” [More]This is what Team Zuckerberg decided they didn't want the world to see.
UPDATE: After several hours of disabling, the Facebook pages are now back online and active — for now. Perhaps all the publicity they have received, from sources as popular as Rush Limbaugh and as comprehensive as Conservative Treehouse contributed to the decision to restore the pages.
As the Net Tightens
Tarnished Golden Girl
What was she doing hosting as gun-grabber gala in the first damn place? [More]
And here all those years, until she showed her true colors, she was a darling of "conservatives."
I'm glad her ratings at her new home are swirling down the toilet. Maybe if this keeps up she'll have money coming out of her whatever.
And here all those years, until she showed her true colors, she was a darling of "conservatives."
I'm glad her ratings at her new home are swirling down the toilet. Maybe if this keeps up she'll have money coming out of her whatever.
Respecting the Establishment of Religion?
Muslim women can get a photo exemption on gun licenses in Canada not available to everyone else. [Watch]
I remember a similar case here a few years back with an Amish guy. It appears he dropped his lawsuit. I'll see if I can find out more.
[Via Jeet]
UPDATE: Communicated with the attorney who is not at liberty to disclose any further information.
I remember a similar case here a few years back with an Amish guy. It appears he dropped his lawsuit. I'll see if I can find out more.
[Via Jeet]
UPDATE: Communicated with the attorney who is not at liberty to disclose any further information.
Coming Soon to a Caliphate Near You
Germany: Jihadi Family Lived on Welfare While Fighting for ISIS in Syria [More]There's something to be said for Mexico's "racist" immigration policy.
[Via Michael G]
Lies of Omission
Baby Boom
“These are babies when you think about it — 10 and 11 years old,” said Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham. “We have some challenges, and it’s bigger than the police department.” [More]True enough.
So who is it that benefits from subsidizing breeding without responsibility via redistribution of earnings coerced from the productive?
[Via Mack H]
A Sure Sign of Madness
House Bill 222 would allow an individual’s family members or law enforcement to petition the court for an ex parte restraining order if they consider the individual to be a danger to themselves or others simply because the individual owns, possesses or purchases a firearm. [More]Kind'a like what that "Republican"/Commie joint venture is doing in Oregon.
But no one is talking about taking away your guns, you paranoids!
Looks like they want to go straight to the taking.
[Via Jeffersonian]
Two Can Play That Game
Protecting the Protégé
It’s no secret Comey and Mueller are close friends, having worked together at Justice for years alongside Eric Holder. Comey has described Mueller, who also served as FBI director, as his one-time mentor. [More]Meaning Comey was the Padawan?
Neat, the way things were set up so that Deep State career apparatchik Rod Rosenstein was the one doing the appointing.
Feel the power of the Dark Side!
[Via Neil W]
Make THIS What People Remember from Scalise Shooting
“The only reason why any of us walked out of this thing, by the grace of God, one of the folks here had a weapon to fire back and give us a moment to find cover. We were inside the backstop and if we didn’t have that cover by a brave person who stood up and took a shot themselves, we would not have gotten out of there and every one of us would have been hit — every single one of us,” said Bishop. “He was coming around the fence line and he was looking for all of us who had found cover in different spots. But if we didn’t have return fire right there, he would have come up to each one of us and shot us point-blank.” [More]So have they figured out what "inspired" the mental defective yet?
UPDATE: Figures the Authorized Journalists would make a point of headlining the maniac as a "white gunman." I guess they don't have a code word comparable to "teens," nor an inclination to mask such information when it doesn't serve their purpose.
Life in the Glass House
Mark Ruffalo in hulk rage at NBC, pushes petition to end ‘white conservative hiring’ [More]It's not easy being green.
I never understood this dullard lump's supposed thespian gravitas, and the only reason people watch the Hulk is because of the CGI. But you'll note he's been content to cash the checks for appearing with Iron Man (white), Thor (white), Captain America (white), Black Widow (white with racist name appropriation), Hawkeye (white), and oh yeah, token afterthought Falcon. Hell, even Nick Fury used to be white until somebody with an agenda decided he wasn't, creating a dilemma for leadership of the Howling Commandos (as things weren't exactly "vibrant" in WWII).
Anyway, in addition to being an overprivileged whiner with a megaphone, he (along with that bottomless well of talent, Ashton Kucher) is also an anti-gun fanatic who, if his side is going to be consistent, ought to be prohibited from buying one.
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Demings' Hit Piece Shows How Backward on Guns (and More) She Is
What “action” does Demings have in mind? She’s not ready to show all her cards, because if too many people get wind of the end game, they’re not likely to believe the “No one wants to take your guns” lie. [More]Not only did her own gun-securing practices prove incompetent, it looks like she never met a liberty she didn't want to eviscerate. Just the person to tell us we're too untrustworthy and too free...
WORLDSTAR!!!
A 2:45 AM melee yesterday at a Waffle House in Pennsylvania led to the arrest of five female relatives, according to police. [More]Waffle House...
[Via William T]
We're the Only Ones Fortunate Enough
Excuse-Making
That still doesn't change things. [More]
Me, I've had it with Qui$ling$.
I believe in exorcising them.
Me, I've had it with Qui$ling$.
I believe in exorcising them.
Coming to Light
This asinine secret ATF operation only came to light after two of the rifles the ATF purposely allowed to go into the arsenals of Mexican drug cartels were found at a murder scene where U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry had been gunned down in service of country. [More]And no thanks to your bosses.
[Via Len Savage]
Unauthorized Journalist
Senate Press Gallery Blocks Another Prominent Pro-Trump Website from Access– And didn’t have the decency to notify Gateway Pundit before a committee member blabbed it to the liberal media. [More]At least they didn't threaten to arrest him.
[Via Michael G]
Silent Partner?
Outlaw Engineer
The Oregon Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying said Järlström practiced engineering without a license each time he critiqued the traffic-light system and identified himself as an engineer in correspondence. The board, a semi-independent panel whose members are appointed by the governor, funds itself through licensing and registration fees. The licensing board said that without an engineering license from the state, Järlström broke the law if he even referred to himself using the word engineer. [More]See, he's neither an "Only One" nor has he been "authorized."
A formality is first required:
Unless you're a gunquack.
[Via Matthew L]
Leave Home without It
He's not the only person they'd like to see dead.And ultimately, the leaders who are making decisions about how to spend American Express’s dollars are the same ones who thought it was appropriate and acceptable to murder a look-alike of the American president. [More]
If American Express mails you a card offer, be sure and use the return envelope to let them know what you think.
Cold Civil War Heating Up
Remember one thing: Trump is an avatar for the people who elected him based on his campaign promises.
Look at all the comments wishing gun owners would be shot. Hell, one of my recent posts drew one just the other day, naturally from a "progressive" who not only admitted "If it only happened to gun cranks I wouldn’t care" but also declared "And screw your 'due process' crap..."
Bundle us off to Bagram?
In answer to your question, Mr. Buchanan, it sure looks that way. It's awful tough to "coexist" with people who have but one wish for you.
When they push it to that, there's only one real response for those who wish to survive and prevail. And now seems as good a time as any to read some classic Vanderboegh.
Monday, June 12, 2017
In Character
CNN host Fareed Zakaria, like his employer’s parent company, Time Warner, supports the play. Zakaria even went so far as to declare it a “masterpiece.” “If you're in NYC, go see Julius Caesar, free in Central Park, brilliantly interpreted for Trump era. A masterpiece,” he tweeted at the end of May. [More]Spoken like a true "naturalized citizen" and son of an Islamist theologian.
In the News
There's only one mention of the FOIA results on the NFRTR on the Google News feed -- the one that irrefutably establishes government is prosecuting citizens based on demonstrably unreliable data. [More]
Just that alone ought to concern all, particularly civil liberties watchdogs. Narrowing things down more specifically, there's not a word from any of the national "gun rights" groups, nor do I see anything on so-called "conservative" sites specializing in rewording RKBA stories reported by others.
Coming Soon to a Caliphate Near You
Bratton thinks Europe-like terror attacks are headed for the US [More]Oh, no. We're rigorous.
But if so, being a career "Only One," he's here to ensure Europe-like results.
The Basics
Along with centerfire rifles and sacks of beans, what would any Apocalypse be without a good supply of rubbers, coffee, tobacco and booze? [More]
Seriously.
Seriously.
Astroturf vs. Grassroots?
Funny thing... call for a show of hands and it always seems to be the same ones going up.
We're Number 14!
That's something to brag about? [More]
We now interrupt our regularly scheduled happy talk with some mean old reality:
I guess that should be expected, seeing as how most gun owners won't get off their dead asses and actually do anything.
Molon labe!
We now interrupt our regularly scheduled happy talk with some mean old reality:
I guess that should be expected, seeing as how most gun owners won't get off their dead asses and actually do anything.
Molon labe!
Dance of Fools
City residents hope crime prevention summit will dampen spiking violent crime [More]Waddya think, fellas?
[Via bondmen]
We're the Only Ones Battle-Ready Enough
Douglass cites the rising threat of active shooter situations as the reason why the district’s police department has issued eight semi-automatic rifles to its district resource officers, who have operated separately from municipal police forces since 1972. [More]Ah, "patrol rifles." For the children.
Of course, when you and I have them, they transform into "weapons of war" and "bullet hoses," and their only purpose is to kill as many people as possible.
Funny. I'm still marveling at that 25-foot accuracy standard as being proof of superior professional capability. What percentage of hits "qualifies" and how many tries do they get?
[Via bondmen]
Gimme a Break Redux
A St. Louis County judge, since retired, boasted of his martial arts prowess and said he wanted to fight an officer during a 2015 traffic stop ... Last week, he was found guilty of a municipal DWI charge and received two years of probation and a suspended imposition of sentence. [More]As for the rest of you...
[Via bondmen]
Gimme a Break, Gimme a Break
Caroline Biden admitted Friday to grand larceny and petty larceny, with an agreement to get two years' probation if she repays the money, does 10 days of community service and avoids re-arrest for a year ... In 2013, she was charged with striking a male New York City police officer ... She got treatment for anger problems, and the resisting-arrest case was dismissed. [More]Add "a history of booze and pill addiction."
So with all these "breaks," is she a "prohibited person" or not? Would you or I be?
She's Insincere? Who Knew?
It's similarly easy to detect phony swagger, such as the kind we're seeing now from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y... [More]It is. So who would have been dumb enough to fall for her "phony swagger" in the first place?
Oh.
And as for using that word, why shouldn't she be able to say what she actually did to gun owners who believed their "leaders"?
Hacking a Trail Through the Garden State
The New Jersey machete decision is important because it rejects a “spontaneity” requirement for arming yourself at home (the state’s theory that you could pick up a weapon against an imminent attack, but you can’t come to the door with the weapon just in case). But it’s also important because it reaffirms that the Second Amendment protects not just guns but other weapons as well. [More]Some trough feeder actually wrote that door prohibition into the law, and a majority voted for it? And a majority of "the people" voted these leeches into power?
As for the "other weapons," this would have been a good time for Volokh to remind his readers about the NJ stun gun victory.
We're the Only Ones Fire Retardant Enough
Deutschland Unter Alles
According to a Wall Street Journal report in early June (subscription required), members of Germany’s Light Infantry Battalion 413 near the Baltic Sea coast reported last year that they didn’t have enough equipment — anti-tank weapons, sniper rifles or vehicles — to simulate battle. When it became clear they didn’t have enough munitions, they were told to “imagine” the bangs instead. [More]That reads like a Monty Python skit.
[Via Michael G]
A 'Progressive" Tradition
School probing why pro-Trump yearbook photos were altered [More]I guess when one of the tried and true practices is altering history, it's easy to forget.
[Via Michael G]
Snap, Crackle, Pop!
Queen and Country, God and Guns
What we are beginning to remember is that for thousands of years everyone on this island was armed at all times with daggers—with swords if you could afford them, with throwing axes and longbows for truly special occasions. Personal defence was not just a choice, it meant accepting full responsibility for individual safety beyond city or castle walls. Defending ourselves with grace and strength and skill was something we once took great pride in. [More]If you read one thing today, read this.
[Via Florida Guy]
Co-Conspirators
Unequal Protection
In his dissenting opinion, Mansfield said the decision gives a pass from prosecution for immigrants living in Iowa illegally and using fake credentials, which could also be used to avoid paying taxes or to cover up a criminal history. An American citizen without the protections offered immigrants, however, could be prosecuted for the same crimes. [More]Do you think this might also open the door for voter fraud? Anyway, thank goodness this has nothing to do with that "single issue."
[Via Mark L]
The Shape of Things to Come?
DOJ Decides Not To Prosecute VA Execs Accused Of Intentionally Misleading Congress [More]Then add ducking Fast and Furious...
But he sure is hot to pander to Fairfax and enforce existing gun laws.
[Via Mack H]
Pretty Low-Hanging Fruit There....
A convicted felon admitted in federal court today that he illegally possessed a handgun at a suburban shooting range and then obstructed a law enforcement investigation into the matter. [More]It does raise a question...
I see Midwest is one of the places Snuffy had it in for.
Forget it Jake. It's Chi-Town.
Trumnesty
The jarring thing here is that Trump could fulfill a core campaign promise simply by refusing to renew existing DACA cards. [More]Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."
Has he heard from you about this?
We're the Only Ones Breathing Sweetly Enough
While Sheriff Sally Hernandez isn’t quoted in the statement, it does say she will stand with those “who wish to take a deep breath and taste the sweetness that only true freedom can deliver.” [More]Unless you want to freely own a gun. Then, if the sow had her way, you'd lose that freedom if you didn't obey her. And if you didn't surrender, you wouldn't breathe at all.
[Via Neil W]
Demand to be a Victim
An Indiana lawmaker who has previously been in hot water over social media posts some considered derogatory toward women is again drawing scrutiny, this time for suggesting that women who carry guns are "taking steps" and "learning how not to be a victim" of rape ... The response was swift and included those who were outraged by what they considered Lucas' "victim blaming." [More]Does anyone really care if some "progressive" enabler who would rather see a woman raped and butchered than armed is "outraged" by reality? The next question would be how many are faking their indignation to stir up those who are just plain stupid?
Someone Turned Over the Queen of Diamonds
McCain says American leadership was better under Obama [More]Trump -- and Arizona voters -- had a chance to do something about that and they blew it.
It's not like gun owners as a group didn't have information available to them -- if they'd only looked and then acted.
Boy, that lifting a finger is too much work!
Molon labe!
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Florida Sheriff Gets It Right on Armed Defense While Mississippi Counterpart Fails
Sherriff Ivey’s “common sense” approach is a welcome and refreshing change from the “Only Ones” attitudes and efforts to undermine the right to keep and bear arms that we’ve noted recently from the Fraternal Order of Police “leadership.” That “us vs. them” approach is promulgated by all too many politically-motivated police chiefs who put their personal professional exclusivity before their oaths to support the Constitution. [More]These types of statements are helpful, provide useful counters to the antis, and should be encouraged.
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Gun Rights Examiner Archives Being Restored
For whatever reason, the Robots.txt blocking of my old Gun Rights Examiner articles from the Wayback Machine don't seem to be on guard of late. That said, I'm not taking any chances and have begun the laborious process of recovery.
I resurrected an aborted WordPress blog I experimented with a few years back and have begun posting there.
Note that I'm only concerned at this point with doing a basic copy/paste. Formatting and trying to resolve no-longer-working links will need to wait their turns.
Some of you have kindly volunteered to do some restoration work. Thank you for that, and I won't discourage you from creating mirrors. That said, I'm going to keep doing my thing and will call for help if I run into a brick wall.
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