Setting New Records!

Total Immigrant Population Hits Record High of 43.7 Million in 2016 [More]

And they've all earned the right to be citizens!

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

Right?

[Via Wynn A]

There's a Difference Between Cubs and Kids

Ames was less than four months away from transitioning from the Cub Scouts to the Boy Scouts, his mother said. [More]

Well shoot, he should fit right in.

First of all, this is fake news because he has not been expelled from the organization, even though the way this is worded will cause casual readers to infer that. And I question that he spontaneously came up with a detailed anti-gun questionnaire all by his own self.

If I had to guess, I'd say the adults in the den have probably had it with the mother.

She has the professional ad agency experience to know how to mass disseminate, and it appears she's getting plenty of free media publicity.

Remind you of anyone?

She worked with Saatchi? Forgive me for not putting a lot of faith in ad agency authenticity when it comes to guns.

I wonder why "official news" doesn't seem to think that's relevant information to share. Probably because the ones who know don't want you to, and the rest just exist to unquestioningly parrot talking points.

A Pretty Good Political Indicator

This is what one of my senators, anti-gun Democrat Sherrod Brown, thinks worth calling to his constituents' attention in his latest keeping-us-updated email.

What he doesn't think worth bringing up tells me a lot.

We're the Only Ones 'Fourth Time's a Charm' Enough

A white former Oklahoma police officer was convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the off-duty fatal shooting of his daughter's black boyfriend after jurors in three previous trials couldn't decide whether to find him guilty of murder. [More]

See, it only says "twice."

[Via bondmen]

Time for Common Sense Knife Safety Laws

“The FBI Uniform Crime Report (UCR) for 2016 shows more than four times as many people were stabbed to death than were killed with rifles of any kind.” [More]

Time to regulate bump handles...

[Via bondmen]

Musical.ly Inclined

A federal employee is facing prison time for allegedly chatting with young girls on the internet and asking them to send him nude photos Richard Barnett, 39, used the musical.ly app to talk to teenage girls. When they wouldn’t send him what he wanted to see, he threatened to show up at their homes to rape and kill them. [More]

My first thought is to wonder not how anyone could be this perverted, but this stupid.  My second is to wonder "This guy is a GS-what?"

[Via bondmen]

Self-Defense is Racist!

“The reason I call it murder insurance is because if you look at the way this is marketed, it’s really sold in the context of ‘There’s a threat around every corner, dear mostly-white NRA member,’ and that threat is either a black man or a brown man or some other kind of person of color,” said Guns Down director Igor Volsky. [More]

And good or bad have nothing to do with it, right, Igor?

UPDATE: This may be an opportunity to make lemonade out of lemons:

Were I GZ, I'd be looking into the feasibility of a libel complaint. Not only do AstroTurfers have deep pockets, I know I'd get a kick out of seeing a court-ordered retraction and apology (and an even bigger kick out of a refusal).

The Exception to Cooper's Rule

But when detectives questioned Watts after his arrest, he admitted he didn't know for sure whether the gun was empty when he pulled the trigger. He acknowledged there still could have been one live round in the gun. [More]

Life imitates art:

Yeah, I know, RTD is another paywall-after-so-many-views site. What I do when I get blocked and want to know more is see if the preview suffices or else do a search on words gleaned from the url.

[Via Mack H]

Check...

ATF signals it won't issue new 'bump stocks' regulation after Las Vegas [More]

So the Vulcan chess master, whose genius three-dimensional moves a rustic like me is incapable of grasping, just got outmaneuvered?

So what's the logical next move after NRA preemptively surrender-signalled it "believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations"? 

And what will the response by "good, honest, law-abiding" gun owners be?

[Via William T]

If At First You Don't Succeed

The state Supreme Court will hear arguments on Nov. 14 in the closely watched case involving the families of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre who are suing the gun manufacturer that makes the weapon used in the shootings. [More]

What motivates a person to become your enemy is not as important as the fact that he has chosen to be your enemy and presumes to take what is yours by force. And it's a cinch he has no sympathy for you.

They are the ones forcing us to harden our hearts. It's not like ending "gun-free zones" and embracing that which is "necessary to the security of a free State" wasn't an option.

With Malloy enjoying the majority of appointments, I guess we'll see how activist these black-robed Nazgûl are.

[Via William T]

One Question will Suffice

They had me at "Should we have been there?" [More]

That said, the "Is Niger President Trump's Benghazi?" lead-off presumption is just more of Hillary-enabler Ben Shapiro's unceasing and obsessive ankle-biting.

[Via Jess]

The People Have Spoken

Obama’s name to replace Jefferson Davis on Jackson elementary school [More]

Hey, what's wrong with it reflecting the values of the community?

[Via Florida Guy]  

Still Threatening Whistleblowers, I See...

Although the informant helped the FBI successfully prosecute three people involved in the kickback scheme, the Justice Department reportedly has threatened the informant with incarceration if he speaks to Congress about what he knows. [More]

Sessions certainly has revealed himself to be a tool.

Naked Truth

The thought strikes with all the Weinsteinian charges surfacing, that pressuring "starlets" (a sexist term if ever there was one) into actual sex isn't the only form of abuse by those in power.  How many know their careers will go nowhere if they also don't submit to full frontal nudity and graphic sex scenes as a condition of employment in shows like "Game of Thrones," Westworld" and others...?

Yeah, I know, narcissitic exhibitonists willing to "sleep" their way into the in-crowd are basically whores anyway, but the point here is to monkeywrench a cultural enemy and watch the shark embryos have at it.

Now that the astoundingly hypocritical Lisa Bloom has distanced herself from Harvey, maybe there's a new cause pseudocélèbre for victimettes she can champion.

Either That of It's Time for the Glue Factory

Sen. John McCain — ya gotta quit. [More]

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

Richmond Times-Dispatch to Ban Islamic Doctrine on Modest Dress?

On Saturday, we published a Walter Williams column, "White Privilege and Other Fables," that included two paragraphs about sexual assault - to which many readers have taken strong exception. [More]

They couldn't distance themselves far and fast enough, pulling the column and indicating his brand of misogynistic hate would no longer be welcomed within their august pages of diverse thought. Here's what he said that so evoked "progressive" outrage and indignation:

Then there's the issue of campus rape and sexual assault. Before addressing that, let me ask you a question. Do I have a right to place my wallet on the roof of my car, go into my house, have lunch, take a nap and return to my car and find my wallet just where I placed it? I think I have every right to do so, but the real question is whether it would be a wise decision.

Some college women get stoned, use foul language and dance suggestively. I think they have a right to behave that way and not be raped or sexually assaulted. But just as in the example of my placing my wallet on the roof of my car, I'd ask whether it is wise behavior.

Heavens (Paradise?)! Allah ﷻ knows women bear no responsibility in either ca... oh, wait:

Allah ﷻ warns women against speaking in a coquettish and too soft a manner when addressing men, as the Qur’an states, “Do not be too soft-spoken in your speech lest someone with sickness in his heart becomes desirous. Speak correct and courteous words.” (Soorat Al-Ahzaab, 33:32) Allah ﷻ warns them against using suggestive gestures and manner of walking or displaying their charms and some of their ornaments: “They should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments .” (Soorat An-Noor, 24:31) The Arabic word khalwah means the state of being alone with a non-mahram woman in a place where no one can see them. Islam strictly prohibits this as it could, through Satan’s temptations, lead to illicit sexual relationships. The prophet ﷺ once said, “Never is a man alone with a woman except that Satan is the third.” (Sunan At-Tirmidhee: 2165)Allah ﷻ commands women, but not men, to wear the hijaab because women in particular enjoy a natural beauty and attraction that could easily tempt men into sinful acts.

And we know what the wages of sin are.

This calls for a celebration!

Right after this infidel is properly humbled for all the pain she's caused.

[Via Mack H]

UPDATE: African-American Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson just committed political suicide if there's to be any consistency:

"I grew up in a time when it was as much the woman's responsibility as it was a man's — how you were dressed, what your behavior was," said Johnson, who represents Texas' 30th Congressional District. "I'm from the old school that you can have behaviors that appear to be inviting. It can be interpreted as such. That's the responsibility, I think, of the female. I think that males have a responsibility to be professional themselves."

Sic 'er, "progressives"!

Ignorance of 'The Law' is No Excuse!

She has a license to carry a fire arm in Missouri but wasn't sure how the gun laws applied in Illinois. To be safe, she places her pistol in the center compartment of her truck. [More]

Loaded? Unlocked? They didn't arrest her? What the hell happened to "Enforce existing gun laws"...?

And,of course, it goes without saying the gun-grabbers would rather she had been murdered. With a gun.

[Via Hayden]

Weapon of Choice

Iowa man killed mother with Les Paul guitar [More]

It happens. Substitute the word "guitar" for"gun."

Take a gander at his Facebook page before it's taken down. He's obviously been a walking warning sign for a long time. There's another sickness that's every bit as destructive -- the one where mothers continue to deny, excuse and enable.

[Via Mark L]

We're the Only Ones Grounded Enough

Two Officers Are Fired for Dragging Doctor Off a United Flight [More]

They're probably wondering what the hell they did wrong.

[Via Florida Guy]   

A Useful Admission

Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) said on Wednesday that he doesn’t want to get bogged down in a debate over gun control, which could come back to bite Democrats running for reelection... [More]

Wait a sec... I thought the antis were out there bragging how 110% of Americans and 98% of NRA members supported tougher "common sense gun safety laws"...?

'Comments are Disabled for This Video'

Curiously enough, so are the thumbs up/down tallies... [Watch]

I wonder what would happen if you texted ACCEPT to 64433...?

I guess the biggest question this raised in my mind is how many blew Harvey. Any money on Hader?

Read My Lips. No New Bushes.

George W. Bush comes out of retirement to throw shade at Trump as he denounces 'bullying and prejudice' in politics and praises the value of immigration [More]

Ah, the "Vote Freedom First" president.

Any bets he'd be able to answer the challenge?

The Challenge

So far, plenty have tried to weasel-word their way around it but not one has unequivocally demonstrated otherwise.

Guess the Party

Senate Bill 219 ... Prohibit accelerating semi-automatic firearm's rate of fire [More]

Go ahead and click on any sponsor's name.

[Via OFCC]

#JuanitaToo?

“The most important response to #metoo is ‘I believe you.'” [More]

Then how come Hillary has consistently ignored one simple "Yes" or "No"  question?

“Is Juanita Broaddrick a liar? Yes or no?”

And I don't suppose there's much chance she'll respond to:

"Does Hillary think Juanita Broaddrick should have had a gun when Bill was accused of raping her, and telling her 'You better put some ice on that' swollen lip he allegedly gave her when he bit her?"

We could always ask (again).

Have I Got a Girl for You

Something about "family friend" raises all kinds of flags. [More]

[Via Michael G]

Perception Becomes Reality

“The data doesn’t lie. The rate of these events just is not increasing as the perception is given in the media. This is just what it is,” he said. [More]

What, the press has an agenda?

It's an interesting fact the professor brings up, but I believe there's another more compelling one that needs to become common knowledge.

As opposed to:

"[T]he best way to prepare for something like that is not to station police officers in all public places, but to train them really well in rapid response."

[Via William T]

Meanwhile, Over at the Party of Inclusion

Black Democrat omitted from some Democratic campaign fliers in Virginia [More]

It wasn't a "mistake" -- not that I mind.

But no wonder Justin wants to save face and hide from his core supporters that it was a calculated cost/benefit analysis based on who they think they need more --  and another in-their-faces demonstration of who gets taken for granted every time.

I love it when shark embryos devour each other in the womb.

[Via William T]

Belly Up to Disbar

A crusading lawyer filed a bar grievance this week accusing former FBI Director James Comey of lying to Congress and destroying potential evidence in the Clinton email scandal, in a process that could end up costing him his law license. [More]

Let's hope he has better luck than Mike and I did, when it was mademore than clear it's a big club and we ain't in it.

[Via William T]

Unclear on the Concept

The amendment gives Czechs the right to use firearms during terrorist attacks. [More]

No it doesn't, even though the all-important distinction between "gives" and "recognizes" is lost in the presumption.

But as the antis say when they gain another increment, its a good first step.

[Via William T]

"Dialogue is Violence"

But...but...but the "national conversation"... [More]

Who thinks "we" can make peace with Bolsheviks?

Who wants to?

[Via Michael G]

Priorities Being What They Are

Vietnam vet died at VA hospital while nurse’s aide played video games on computer [More]

Say, I wonder if you could catch a Pokémon there...

[Via Florida Guy]   

Made in the Shade

How Harvey Weinstein And Kenneth Cole Covered Up A Shady Deal [More]

Yeah, but they have so much in common...

Back to Basics

At a primal level, the very essence of manhood is the ability to defend one’s self and loved ones. [More]

Europe establishes the template and shows why not just the right to defend, but natural masculinity itself, is under such desperate and furious attack here.

Coming Annraveled

She would include "fake news," not just paid ads, to be regulated, though it's never defined other than the Democrat's description of "disinformation." And anybody who shares or retweets it could face a libel suit. [More]

Who thinks it's just guns such hive insect queens demand to control?

Issue-Oriented

Issues in the communities, communities, issues, communities, communities, issues, issues, communities' issues, the issues in our communities. Issues in the communities, communities, issues, communities, issues, communities, issues, issues, communities' issues, the issues in our communities. Issues in the communities, communities, issues, communities, communities, issues, issues, communities' issues, the issues in our communities. Issues, issues, issues. Issues in the communities, communities, issues, communities, communities, issues, issues, communities' issues, the issues in our communities. Issues in the communities, communities, issues, communities, issues, communities, issues, issues, communities' issues, the issues in our communities. Issues in the communities, communities, issues, communities, communities, issues, issues, communities' issues, the issues in our communities. Issues, issues, issues.  [More]

That reminds me of nothing so much as this:

The Fundamental Things Apply

While searching for something else this morning, I came across an article of mine from last year that addresses questions I'd like to see gun owners press their senators to ask of all federal judge candidates:

• Do you believe the Second Amendment articulates an individual right?
• Should Second Amendment cases be considered under strict scrutiny?
• Does the legal concept “in common use at the time,” at a minimum, apply to weaponry carried by infantry soldiers for battlefield use, in addition to those commonly used for self-defense and sport.

The Right Man for the Job?

This period in time where crimes committed by members of the Obama Administration are blatant, wanton, deliberate and persistent calls for a man  who will be aggressive and tireless in his pursuit of the truth and ultimate convictions. Nothing else will salvage the Justice Department or perhaps even the nation. [More]

Based on results, Jeff Sessions ain't the one to do what is needed. And my default assumption is it isn't because he's stupid.

Author Explains How Government Avoids Accountability for Killing Citizens

Politically feasible? Sure, if Congress shows a little guts. And this is a cause that can unite small-government conservatives and liberals. In my book I spell out exactly how to change the law. It spans all of three pages. You don’t have to pass the bill in order to find out what’s in it. [More]

Simply put, you owe it to yourself to read this book.

Mexican Gun Control Doesn’t Work, But Mass Immigration Could Bring It Here Anyway

If the National Rifle Association really wanted to safeguard the Second Amendment, it should come out for an immigration shutdown.  Indeed, David Codrea at Ammoland recently blasted the way the NRA gives “A” grades” to those who vote “right” on guns but support liberal immigration policies which will make the Second Amendment inoperative... [More]

I'm glad to see others picking up on this, that it does, in fact, profoundly endanger that "single issue."  If you agree, we need to see a lot more articles like this, and we need to see the message repeated and amplified until it escapes the echo chamber and friendly politicians assign it the status of a campaign issue talking point.

[Via Anonymous]

'Gun Owner' has Big 'But'

I'm a gun owner myself. But I don't want to shop in a mall, a supermarket or convenience store while other patrons are walking around armed.  [More]

Because there are no safer zones than "gun-free zones," right, Paul?

This is bait and switch anyway -- he starts out talking about emotionally-charged demonstrations to trick the ill-informed into sympathizing and then suddenly reveals he doesn't want armed citizens anywhere.

[Via Mack H]

Three Strikes and You're Out?

Why is this in-your-face domestic enemy still on the federal bench? [More]

Unclear on the Concept

[More]

It's considered good form to actually read the article first, "Robert"... if for no other reason than to keep you from looking like an idiot.

Clarifying Remarks

Have you seen the "new" movement to add a "clarification clause" to the Constitution to clarify the meaning of the Second Amendment? [More]

Yeah, some of us have.

We all clear on the proper response?

[Via Kenneth G]

Talking Points

Because their real aim—an outright ban on all civilian use of handguns and most rifles—would require a repeal of the Second Amendment. They can’t or won’t call for such a repeal because, for all their brandishing of opinion polls and claims to speak for the majority, they stand no chance of accomplishing it. It’s not impossible to repeal an amendment. The Eighteenth Amendment, establishing Prohibition, was repealed by the Twenty-First in 1933. [More]

Repeal would not eliminate the right. Even the hopelessly "Establishment" Supreme Court has acknowledged:

This is not a right granted by the Constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence.

I'd like to think if they're going to invite debate that such distinctions would be fully grokked.

And speaking from experience: Nobody's minds are changed, and the only ones getting deep enough into the weeds to do more than peruse a couple slanted headlines have already picked their sides.

Captain's Log

• An establishment "conservative" *
• The nuclear option
• False modesty
• Doing the rounds
• Sweating bullets

*

We're the Only Ones Reinstating Enough

After years of litigation over the 2012 firing of a single Cook County sheriff’s police officer, dozens of other officers, jail guards and courtroom deputies fired for misconduct could get their jobs back, and hundreds more suspended without pay could be in line for possibly six-figure payouts. [More]

Who says crime doesn't pay?

[Via bondmen]

The Real Hate Group

SPLC, of course... [Watch]

[Via Michael G]

Ideological Arsonists

The media has deliberately fanned these flames. But all of it is based on a lie. [More]

Yes it is.

That's another reason why I've taken to calling "Authorized Journalists"/Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists the DSM.

Read My Lips: No New Bushes

George P. Bush Is ‘Re-Imagining’ Reality With A ‘Kinder, Gentler’ Alamo ... Texans who wish to honor the dead, and their stand for Texas independence, or young men wishing to see Jim Bowie’s knife and Col. Travis’s letter, will have to go across the street and into a basement where the real story of the Alamo is to be stuffed away like yesterday’s garbage. [More]

That's because:

This entire family needs to go away.

[Via Mack H]

But No One is Trying to Take Your Guns

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes it unlawful to deliver, sell, or purchase or cause to be delivered, sold, or purchased or cause to be possessed by another, an assault weapon, assault weapon attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge. Makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly possess an assault weapon, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge 300 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, except possession of weapons registered with the State Police in the time provided. Provides exemptions and penalties. Prohibits delivery, sale, purchase, or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices. Provides exemptions and penalties. Prohibits the knowing sale, manufacture, purchase, possession, or carrying of a trigger modification device. Defines "trigger modification device". Effective immediately. [More]

Repurposed "Blues Brothers" dialog comes to mind...

[Via William T]

Not What People Want to Hear, But When You Get Right Down to It...

Republican candidate says bump stocks saved lives in Las Vegas shooting – and that’s not all [More]

He's not the first.

[Via Jess]

Speaking of Disconnects

JESSICA CHASTAIN'S CALL TO ACTION: HOLLYWOOD HAS "CLEAR DISCONNECT BETWEEN HOW WE PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH" [More]

You don't say.

And you don't say.

[Via Matthew L]

Call to Action

I read the letter and can't figure out what the hell it is they actually want. [More]

Except the guy in the t-shirt gives a clue.

How about if people get paid what they're worth in a mutually-agreeable exchange? And anybody not understand how babies are made?

[Via bondmen]

Gone to SEED

Because everyone knows we ought to be judged by the color of our skin and by other circumstances we had no control over. It's the Opposite Day "progressive" thing to do! [More]

Talk about looking for things to bellyache about, and most of them made up and refutable at that. If this is what causes the angst, the sufferers have no clue how lucky they've been.

Of course, Peggy operates out of Wellesley, so that goes without saying.

This whole phenomenon of overprivileged guilt-ridden debs being suddenly converted to the cult of "social justice" has precedent, you know.

[Via Florida Guy]   

‘Modest Proposal’ Eviscerates Founding Intent on Second Amendment

That’s the key point being ducked. The function of the militia, defined as “all males physically capable of acting in concert for the common defense [and] bearing arms supplied by themselves and of the kind in common use at the time,” was—and is—to field citizen soldiers. And these citizens bore arms that were suitable for that purpose, “ordinary military equipment” intended to be taken into “common defense” battles. The militia assembled with the intent to match and best a professional military threat. [More]

And all you've got to do to make the globalist dream come true is surrender everything you believe in and bare those throats.

Neck-and-Neck

Fox News Senate poll: Doug Jones, Roy Moore are tied [More]

Jones supports a pathway to citizenship and prior restraints on guns. His would be a vote to confirm Supreme Court nominees. Letting him win will be all the signal establishment Republicans need that upstart principled challengers can be nipped in the bud by pointing out "extremists" will lose general elections.

Yes, I get the "we're not going to vote our way out of this" argument.  That's no reason to knee jerk limit tactical choices, and to not to pick up and swing every chair at hand.

All Things Being Equal...

LeBron James Wears 'Equality' Shoes... [More]

Well, yeah. Nike's a $pon$or.

And who better to run an "equality" campaign?

Or to speak for it?

On In Half an Hour

You can watch the President’s address live here... [More]

Did you ask a question?

UPDATE:

Well that sucked-- they asked no questions-- very deceptive on the part of Heritage.

A Stinkweed By Any Other Name

One of the country’s leading gun-control groups is changing its name Tuesday from Americans for Responsible Solutions to Giffords... [More]

Hey, I thought the fist was supposed to be a threat...?

Here's their slick new look, hawking the same tired old lies.

Might as well make it a personality cult. Looks like they're trying to associate being useless at protecting yourself and those depending on you with "courage."

Urge President Trump to Oppose All Backdoor Gun Control

Click on the Take Action button to urge President Donald Trump to prevent the ATF from using the Las Vegas shooting to impose new gun control restrictions.  [More]

It's fast, easy and painless.

Don't let Lairds of Fairfax appeasement dominate the discussion here. Let him know gun owners aren't all parrots for Wayne and Chris.

Stonewall, and I Don't Mean the Confederate General

Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s administration has not yet fulfilled a series of information requests from the lawyer the city of Charlottesville hired to review the violent white nationalist rally in August and how public officials planned for the danger that came with it. [More]

So only one side was violent? And we're not going to see the stand-down orders?

[Via Mack H]

About That 'Single Issue'

[More]

She links to one of my July pieces.

Let the unsubstantiated smartassery begin:

And no, he doesn't refute a single point because he can't.  But he does know quite a bit about making absolutely no sense.  Especially here, where he appears to be taking the same effective position as the Lairds of Fairfax.

Progress on One Front

Final Suspect in Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s Murder Arrested [More]

Now we need some focus on another front.

Official Position

JPFO OFFICIAL POSITION ON "BUMP" STOCKS: "Infringing on 'bump' stocks would justify infringing on any firearm or device. We adamantly oppose that." JPFO rejects proposed accessory-regulations outright, and you should too. [More]

What made the boss lose his taste for "dialog"?

Haters Gonna Hate

Gee, SPLC really has these guys pegged. [More]

Meanwhile, Over in the Sanctuary State

The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) issued a detainer request on the Sonoma County Jail for Jesus Fabian Gonzalez, who was arrested Sunday on suspicion of arson in Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents. [More]

Well then make sure no federal dollars are spent on response and restoration and bill the state for damages to federal lands.

[Via George P]

Nope,This Doesn't Make Me Wish I Wasn't Alive Either...

Jeff Knox contacted me about my Harvey Weinstein piece and clued me in to another interesting repercussion:

(h) It shall be unlawful for any individual, who to that individual’s knowledge and while being employed for any person described in any paragraph of subsection (g) of this section, in the course of such employment—(1) to receive, possess, or transport any firearm or ammunition in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce; or(2) to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.

I heard that's known as the "Mafia bodyguard provision," designed to keep convicted dons from surrounding themselves with armed goons. And what that appears to mean is, if Harvey ends up convicted of rape, there goes the private security detail -- at least one that's worth a damn.

Somebody want to tell the Scientologists?

And I'll Be Happy to See Those Nice Young Men in Their Clean White Coats

“There’s nothing sick about him,” Spiegel said of Paddock. “As a psychiatrist, I deeply resent the inference that anybody who does something like this is mentally ill. It’s untrue and deeply unfair to people with mental illness.” [More]

Yes, he was obviously perfectly normal. And just as obviously, it's the fault of the guns.

Listen, I'll keep talking to the guy and try not to agitate him. You go get an orderly.

[Via Dave Licht]

The Fake Science is Settled

Although that’s an interesting correlation ... it’s not enough to say that waiting periods themselves led to fewer deaths ... though the study does a good job of describing the relationship between waiting periods and gun deaths, it does have one major limitation: ...it’s a bit of a stretch to say with certainty that these waiting periods actively prevented deaths. “You can’t tell if gun purchasers were the ones directly affected, so you can’t know for sure that it’s a causal relationship”... [More] 

Yeah, that's "a robust association" alright.

What do you expect from someone who repeats the CDC lie?

[Via Roger J]

Rope-Selling Capitalists

The group also has urged Congress and Trump in recent months to “quickly” pass an immigration plan that would reportedly not only allow 800,000 illegal aliens to obtain a pathway to U.S. citizenship but could also trigger a wave of chain migration. [More]

Do you think they think they'll personally be above blowback from what they're making inevitable?

[Via Mack H]

Just Like Old Times

Civil War Reenactors Targeted with Pipe Bomb [More]

It's not just statues the Domestic Taliban would blow up.

Still, what are they doing that Obama mentor Bill Ayers did not?

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Hysterical Enough

Sevier deputy suffered panic attack while armed, couple charged with causing it [More]

People need to do some serious jail time for this, and I don't mean the ones who were arrested.

"Hoss" and a following of excuse-making Facebook copsuckers are doubling down. I wonder how many of them would be so supportive had they been the victims.  No I don't.

[Via Michael G]

Common Sense Gun Safety Nudges

Officials tapped ideas42, a Financial District-based firm, to launch a "high-visibility" campaign aiming to discourage would-be shooters from carrying guns.   [More]  

Good grief. They're serious.

[Via Felix B]

The New Paradigm in Action

Researchers says law to expand background checks in Colorado and Washington failed most likely due to noncompliance and a lack of enforcement [More]

Welcome to the party, pals. You "professionals" are just figuring that out?

That's why the rice bowl gun groups disparage "I will not comply." Acknowledging individual risks, it for the most part works where what they justify their existence on completely fails.

The other hitch is the appeasers won''t consider you good or honest.

[Via William T]

Buttman Begins

Looks like past poor behavior is catching up with Ben Assflick. [More]

No more "taco-flavored kisses for my Ben"? (Look it up yourself.)

Harvey, what have you started?

Pretty Soon You're Talking Real Money

Transgender ‘Barbie’ blows $1M on plastic surgery [More]

I'm just curious here -- where does this person get an extra million bucks from? Plus money to "travel the world"?

I mean, after school I was delivering papers, or working at a fast food joint. And working in warehouses, on delivery trucks and in factories in college and otherwise exercising all that "privilege" my skin color evidently gives me. Barbie here was dressing up and going to bars.

I don't see any mention of a career here prior to the TV freak show gig to pay for all this.

Like I said, I'm just curious.

Sis Boom Bah, Humbug!

Instruct us in the ways of justice, oh wise and experienced "cheerleader Shlondra Young." [More]

I remember how much I had to teach adults at 19.

Well, let's see...

They agree going in  that "Putting the team first is very important to the success of the program."

And they've acknowledged that they can be "SUSPENDED OR PERMANENTLY EXPELLED FROM PARTICIPATION IN SOME OR ALL ACTIVITES [and] WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY REFUND OF ANY AMOUNTS PAID FOR PARTICIPATION IN ANY CURRENT OR FUTURE ACTIVITES."

Time for some adult lessons, I'd say.  Assuming any are running the program and the school...

Ritual Child Sacrifice

DRAG-QUEEN DEMON READS TO KIDS AT MICHELLE OBAMA LIBRARY [More]

Look at me Damien! It's all for you!

They don't even feel they have to they to hide it anymore. It's in your face. Give it a few years and those of us warning against it will be scorned by most as haters.

At least we won't be wearing millstones.

Flake Stance on Immigration Undoes His ‘Good’ Gun Votes

It’s past time for gun owners to reject the establishment Republican Kool Aid and insist on principle.  [More]

#CantorFlake. What good does it do to drain the swamp if we're still letting the leeches feed off us?

So Did She Call a Toe Truck?

"I've received excellent care from your excellent health service." [More]

That's because you're a woman of the people in all but reality.

And are we sure this wasn't another episode and another cover-up?

One in Five

And on the "pathway to citizenship." And every child is a "birthright citizen." [More]

Thank goodness this has nothing to do with that "single issue."

Just ask California.

A Moving Story

NRA Spokeswoman Forced to Move After She Received Death Threats [More]

No doubt because the fist they prefer has nothing to do with the truth.

To reiterate: Let's be careful out there.

[Via Jess]

Wolfe in Sheep's Clothing

Foreign Policy gives a glimpse of their true nature. Who better to help predators take over and paint protectors as threats to the herd than SPLC? [More]

Good for the Goose

A state lawmaker in Indiana has drafted a measure to require licenses for journalists akin to those that pertain to handgun owners, a proposal legal experts says directly violates the First Amendment. [More]

Yeah, that's the point.

The Hero of Medicine Redux

One of the commonalities is high-capacity magazines. In California almost 30 years ago, we banned sales of those magazines. Only last year, we banned possession. But they’re still out there. Maybe the next step is … something like an amnesty. Turn it in. No questions asked for a specific period of time. After that, if you've got one, you’re going to jail. [More]

Jeez, and he says we're threatening him?

Good thing Marion wants to make sure we're all good, honest and law-abiding.

[Via Wynn A]

Yes, This is a Facile Point to Make

If by that you mean your treatise is "shallow" and "simplistic," finally, some common ground on which we can agree... [More]

After all, can there be a deeper and more comprehensive authority than Slate and their resident Boy Genius?

Did I miss where they're inviting comments, or don't they?

[Via Jess]

Beautiful DREAMers

Border Patrol Arrests DACA Recipients For Trying To Smuggle Illegals Across The Border [More]

Until there is a cost to the Mexican government, this will continue. And the penalty should double, triple, etc. for repeat offenders. That and incentivize success.

[Via Wynn A]

As Long as Everybody Behaves Themselves, What's the Problem?

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It does invite the question of why there aren't 3 million Christian Arabs legally walking around armed over there...

And malls are typically "gun-free."

But hey, as long as everything is rigorous...

[Via Michael G]

When It Comes to Your Rights...

...who better to listen to than liars and ignoramuses who want to strip them from you? [More]

[Via Jess]