Police weren't saying who fired the shots, who was hit and how badly that person was hurt. At least one man was hospitalized. It also wasn't immediately clear if the shooting happened inside or outside of the bar. [More]Regardless, the prevailing sentiment and most state laws say cops are the "Only Ones" who can be trusted with guns in bars. Heck, a simple Google search'll confirm that, right?
If you’re a college student stressed out over the class deadlines and final exams, the University of Utah has a plan to help you eliminate your anxiety: Just lock yourself in this dark closet for 10 minutes, cuddle a stuffed animal and cry it all out. [More]Some people shouldn't come out of the closet.
Chances are this will play out for the cameras and be exploited to feed a meme that further smears those opposed to open borders as violent xenophobes and racists. There are those who wouldn’t mind at all if this results in a bit of for-the-cameras violence — or more than a bit. [More]Global humanitarian crises will not be solved by subverting U.S. law and culturally terraforming the Republic.
That won't stop the crowing when "moderates" and Quislings quench the fire in enough bellies to result in RINO losses. True to the narrative playbook, the Dems and the DSM will present it as an indictment and rejection of policies that got Trump elected, rather than a core constituency demoralized by unceasing serial betrayals that make Republicans no different than Democrats.Voters Overwhelmingly Support Draining The Swamp [More]
A onetime cop who’s been living quietly in the Sacramento suburbs was fingered Wednesday as the “East Area Rapist,” with authorities saying DNA helped link him to a string of at least 12 slayings and 45 rapes that terrorized communities in the Bay Area and across California from 1976 to 1986. [More]I wonder if he's been taking advantage of LEOSA in his retirement?
Cops go into funeral home, attempt to unlock phone with dead man's fingerprint [More]Once the body's been released, you'd think they'd at least need a warrant.
Fine line between ‘tokenism’ and racism [More]I dunno-- the metaphor seems to be more like blanket-smearing runaway slaves as Uncle Toms.
A Homeland Security Investigations agent from Murrieta has been convicted in federal court of aiding a Mexican national with a criminal record to re-enter the United States, an action federal agents said was done at the bidding of the leader of a Southern California organized crime group. [More]Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
So, if school safety was actually the issue, please explain to me why hundreds of elementary age kids were accessible by anyone who wanted to walk onto campus today? [More]Fair question. Then again, were it not a "gun-free zone," it would most likely be a moot one.
Appointments are made from a list of precinct voters submitted by party chairmen at least 90 days before election. Inspectors, marshals & judges shall be members of the two political parties which cast the highest number of votes in the state at the last preceding general election, and shall be divided equally between those parties. There shall be an equal number of inspectors in the various precincts in the county who are members of the two largest political parties. Where the inspector is a member of one party, the marshal shall be a member of the other major party.I'm wondering how there wasn't an immediate challenge by those in charge,and would recommend the person making this claim file a formal, detailed complaint.
Scott Wallace runs hard on gun control in newly redistricted PA-1 [More]And watch that get credited and crowed about to great media fanfare, instead of this.
Conspiracy theories have always turned me off, and I'm not posing one now -- but doesn't anyone else want to know what happened to Broward County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Fitzsimons? [More]With no cause of death given for an outspoken "whistleblower," an information blackout and the scrubbing of his social media account, why wouldn't a conspiracy theory be a reasonable candidate for consideration?
A Marquette University professor recently argued that individual liberties, including free speech and property rights, are merely forces “that reproduce capitalist violence.” [More]And so does your racist, selfish insistence that you have a right to life.
A Port Authority official berated and cursed at officers during a traffic stop. A dash cam was on. [More]You will respect my authoritah!
Joy Reid’s Hacking Story Filled With Holes [More]Who ever thought it wouldn't be? Just don't hold her to the same standards, because that would be racist.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo demands feds ‘cease and desist’ immigration crackdown [More]So when are the feds going to enforce "the supreme Law of the Land" and demand a "cease and desist" gun-grab crackdown?
[Take Action] Trump’s Bump Stock Regulations Can Turn 500,000 Gun Owners into Felons [More]And as bad as that is, it's not the worst of it, no matter how many ignoramuses tell you it's just about bump stocks, as opposed to an executive power grab the Democrats will be happy to expand upon when it's their turn.
Broward sheriff's deputies cowered behind cars, tree with Parkland shooter believed in school, report says [More]Hey, they had a home to get to at the end of their shift. Besides, there were no yapping dogs.
Security officer arrested after using stun gun on 14-year-old Normandy middle-schooler [More]Hey, maybe the kid needed to be reminded who was in charge...
What the Evangelical Elites Don't Understand [More]True, there's no shortage of useful idiots paving the road to hell with good intentions. But there are principalities and powers manipulating them that know exactly what they're doing -- and why.
Lawyer To Kyle Kashuv: Stop Complaining About Officers Questioning You. Internet Responds. [More]Using idiot lawyer Bradley P. Moss's "rationale" that going to the range warrants such scrutiny, we all should be subjected to such police state harassment.
On Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Trump “travel ban” case, and the core issue will be stark and clear: Do laws mean what they say? [More]My eyes are on SCOTUSblog.
Georgetown students defend Second Amendment, call on university to arm police officers [More]I'm glad I read more than the headline, because my first reaction was demanding "Only Ones" is not what it's all about. The students want to be armed, too, which is as it should be.
Boulder councilman withdraws proposal to refer assault-weapons ban to voters [More]So after all this he's pulling an Emily Litella?
The New GRTC Pulse System Will Bring Round-The-Clock Cameras to More Than 7 Miles of Broad Street [More]That way they'll get a nice recording of your murder. With caveats:
...GRTC officials say they're unable to divulge the technical specifics of the cameras, including how much, how far and at what resolution the cameras capture activities around the bus stops...Why does that remind me of this old bit?
In Ohio, a convicted felon barred from owning a gun could still purchase one after passing a background check – all because dozens of courts have failed to upload some paperwork. [More]Just goes to show it's all kabuki.
BreakPoint: California To Ban Books? [More]Not yet, but give 'em time.
Lisu technically must have a crossbow license, which are regulated by district crossbow associations. [More]Why do ordinary people need weapons of war designed to kill?
“Republicans shouldn't be hitting the alarm, they should be slamming it," said Mike Noble, a GOP pollster based in Arizona. He added: "This district isn't supposed to be competitive, and so to see this margin, especially with the Republicans pouring in resources here — again, it's a tough year." [More]In the case of this race, gun owners should have come out in force. I wonder how many did not.
On the surface – to those who don’t look too deeply below it – protection orders can sound reasonable and what the gun-grabbers call “common sense” (as long as you don’t question American citizens being stripped of a fundamental right without being convicted of anything). And that has put the ACLU, of all groups, on the right side of the issue and at odds with the NRA and no shortage of supposed “conservatives.” [More]Guilty until proven innocent? What could go wrong?
He was attacked on Twitter by leftist ankle-biters accusing him of grandstanding for attention and intimidating Stoneman Douglas survivors. Other students, indoctrinated to be good little informants for the state, “complained” to the school, resulting in Kashuv being dragooned by armed “school resource officers” and grilled as if he were suspected of plotting the next massacre. [More]They weren't so brave when there was a real threat to students, were they?
An MS-13 gang member tried to sneak into the U.S. last week by posing as an Unaccompanied Alien Child (UAC), the Border Patrol said Tuesday, hoping to take advantage of lax American laws that give UAC a quick foothold in the U.S. [More]I don't know if it's really the laws that are lax so much as the commitment and resources to enforce them, combined with utter betrayal at the behest of special interests by entrenched members of the political and judicial establishment.
I suspect that Bank of America simply wanted to make a political statement, which was unnecessary. If anything, it only sent paying clients to a competitor, which is lunacy. [More]Yesterday I submitted my latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" piece, "Banking on Disarmament," dealing with B of A and other financial ideological cleansers. I expect to see it posted to the site soon.
There is something seriously wrong with our democracy when Congress will not act on something favored by 97 percent of the voters. [More]Yeah, if Question 1, despite Bloomberg millions and a media blitz, passed by less than 1% of the vote (with what pushed it over the top being heavily-populated, Democrat-dominated Clark County), that figure must be right.
The number of women taking concealed carry courses through the NCA is up 24% since the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida on February 14. It was the biggest 60-day jump ever for the NCA since July/August of 2016. [More]Those must be the ones Hillary says can't think for themselves, as evidenced by their embracing individual rights and responsibilities instead of putting on pink pussy hats and joining a mob.
Hey good post guys, except that the receiver of an FN FAL (which is the gun actually depicted in this article, not an H&K G3), is steel. The receiver of an AR-15 is aluminum. So cutting aluminum with an oxy-acetylene torch, as you instruct, is going to result in splattering molten aluminium all over the place, instead of cleanly cutting through a ferrous metal, as an oxy-acetylene torched is designed to. Hopefully no one is injured a result of this plainly un-researched article, and if they are, I hope they have the sense to sue Rolling Stone for providing them with these instructions. Way to contribute to the uninformed static of the pro-gun control narrative. This is journalism as its best. [More]Gosh, you mean "commonsense gun safety" tips from Opposite Day "progressives" are dangerous?
NOT ELECTED ... 30) Grover G. Norquist...[More]I'd like to think I played some small part. Still, not a one of the "winners" to my knowledge has manned up to the reforms I believe are essential, so I'm still expecting a rubber stamp board toeing the line paid staff tells them to.
When we say “fuck the law,” we mean that under the the current political administration, we will not engage in a “civil debate” about the validity of someone’s existence. When we say “fuck the law,” we mean fuck the law. [More]The "validity of someone's existence"?
I have long contended, attempting to warn those who think the Leviathan can act with impunity, that if the law and the Constitution no longer protect us, then it no longer protects them either.[Via Michael G]
America Faces One of Three Inevitable Paths: Unrest, Tyranny, or Divorce - Pick One [More]I'd change "inevitable" to "probable." My experience has been just when I think I've got all my ducks lined up, a goose waddles in.
Why did the accused Waffle House shooter get back his guns? [More]We've already established that's the wrong question. There's a reason people ask them.
“Let’s be honest,” said Nashville Mayor David Briley (D). “Some people see these weapons as having a purpose of terrorizing other people. It’s happening too much. Enough is enough.” Indeed. The same type of weapon was used at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed; it was used in the 2017 slaughter of 25 worshipers at a rural Texas church; it was part of the arsenal used by the Las Vegas gunman who killed 58, and the shooter who killed 49 at an Orlando nightclub.These are not weapons needed for self-defense or hunting. They are designed to kill as many people as quickly and efficiently as possible.Really?
Machete Attack Every 90 Minutes in ‘Gun-Free’ Britain - Recorded machete attacks in the UK have shot up by nearly five times in just three years, with the majority in the capital, London. [More]I never did trust chaps with barmy names like Nigel and Cecil...
Davis Stover was previously chief of staff for former representative Chet Edwards, a Texas Democrat who separated himself from his party when it came to gun rights. She took time away from his official office in 2010 to work on his reelection campaign, which was endorsed by the NRA. [More]It's a proven winning strategy if the object is to increase power and screw over duped gun owners.
The Firearms Policy Coalition and the Firearms Policy Foundation have started a website called K12speech.com and a 21-page guide for parents and students meant to protect pro-gun students. I've read the guide and it is very well done. It contains sample letters and emails, documentation including relevant court rulings, tips on how to make FOIA requests, and instructions on how to document your interaction with school officials. You can download the guide here. There is also a legal action hotline and dedicated email address in order to seek help. [More]Here's the guide.
“A few weeks ago, Yeti notified the NRA Foundation, as well as a number of other organizations, that we were eliminating a group of outdated discounting programs,” Yeti said in a written statement Monday afternoon. “When we notified the NRA Foundation and the other organizations about this change, Yeti explained that we were offering them an alternative customization program broadly available to consumers and organizations, including the NRA Foundation. These facts directly contradict the inaccurate statement the (NRA) distributed on April 20. [More]NRA issue inaccurate statements...?
ANJRPC has demanded in a lawyer letter that the Gloucester County Institute of Technology immediately rescind disciplinary action taken against a student earlier this year for failing to remove a t-shirt depicting firearms in a non-threatening manner. [More]Nobody thought this was just about the Second Amendment, did they?
The introduced bill was an improvement over the initial proposal that was revealed to the media over a month ago, but it was still unacceptable and we opposed it. However, because your activism generated almost 37,000 emails to the Legislature, an 82 page strike-everything amendment, that completely replaced the original bill and corrected most of the issues, was offered and adopted at the committee hearing. [More]Seeing what participation can yield, it's a reason I get disgusted with do-nothing profiles-in-apathy bloviators.
This is how a gun-rights organization SHOULD work. No namby-pamby, no compromise, no surrender.
AzCDL worked like hell, orchestrated *37,000* emails to legislators and the governor in the space of three weeks, and managed to get an absolute stinker of a bill de-fanged to the point where they could say they were now NEUTRAL on it.
I certainly can't remember the last time the NRA was anywhere NEAR that effective.
Oh yeah, I should add that they also managed to block any interference from NRA carpetbaggers flying into the state to compromise our rights away FOR us. That's double-plus good.
Militarized Cops At Tiny Georgia Neo-Nazi Rally Arrest Counterprotesters For Wearing Masks - They cited a state law from the 1950s that was initially intended to go after hooded KKK members. [More]Is HuffPo against the law applying to Klan hoods too, or do they just think they're above edicts they would impose on others?
Where do you stand on the Second Amendment? Don’t tell me how you support the right to keep and bear arms. Tell me specifically what policies you support. Do you support “universal” background checks, which are really just a way to eliminate private gun sales? Do you believe that anyone on the terrorism “watchlist” should automatically be denied their right to keep and bear arms without due process and without even being notified that they’ve been watchlisted? Do you believe certain firearms need to be controlled or outright banned? How about certain accessories? [More]Send him the questionnaire. Along with the challenge.
Amalgamated Bank, a New York-bank with $48 billion in institutional investment assets that emphasizes socially responsible practices, sent a letter Thursday to Sturm, Ruger & Company’s board, demanding that it adopt six reforms or it would not support the re-election of one of the gun maker’s board members, Sandra Froman, who is also an NRA board member. [More]Interesting bedfellows. Excuse me while the shock and awe wears off.
Hi David,I got the same results and just don't have time to dig deeper. Perhaps one of you has the site navigation expereince to guide us? Otherwise, I'd suggest notifying AWR Hawkins, whose story led us there, and see if he and the Breitbart machine have the clout to find out why the "unpublished study" has apparently been buried deeper.
I noticed this article yesterday morning.
When I clicked the link for the abstract at SSRN in the story - it was available. I made a mental note to come back asap and download the article. Yesterday evening, the link was dead and the SSRN site indicated that the requested abstract was not found. I then did a search on the site and it listed 16 papers from Kleck, the first of which was the article in the story above entitled - What Do CDC's Surveys Say About the Frequency of Defensive Gun Uses?. Clicking on that link led to the same unfound abstract message as before.
I checked again this morning and received the same message from SSRN. However, after searching using Kleck's name, only 15 articles appear and the CDC article does not show anymore.
This seems like it's a little more than a glitch with SSRN's system. Although there may be other, simpler explanations.
Thanks,
MM
David,
Looks like there was an appropriate reason for the article being pulled. It's good to see that the process of actual scientific inquiry still matters to some.
From the Reason article on the subject: "UPDATE: You will note the original link doesn't work right now. It was pointed out to me by Robert VerBruggen of National Review that Kleck treats the CDC's surveys discussed in this paper as if they were national in scope, as Kleck's original survey was, but they apparently were not. From VerBruggen's own looks at CDC's raw data, it seems that over the course of the three years, the following 15 states were surveyed: Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. (Those states, from 2000 census data, contained around 27 percent of the U.S. population.) Informed of this, Kleck says he will recalculate the degree to which CDC's survey work indeed matches or corroborates his, and we will publish a discussion of those fresh results when they come in. But for now Kleck has pulled the original paper from the web pending his rethinking the data and his conclusions.
Link here.
Thanks,
MM
In Missouri and Kansas, African Americans are in peril. How can we reduce homicide rates? [More]I know! I know!
Gov. Colyer signs measure to keep guns out of hands of domestic abusers [More]Sure it will.
Utah Republican delegates force Mitt Romney into a primary election with state lawmaker Mike Kennedy in the race for the U.S. Senate [More]So Mike: What do you actually mean by "Defend Second Amendment and "Fix Immigration Process" and can you tell us how the two are related?
Mexico murder rate soars with 7,667 killed in 3 months [More]Sounds like they could use some "commonsense gun safety laws."
Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen fabricates details of Marathon bombing [More]Not the same Kevin Cullen who fabricates reasons to impose Massachusetts disarmament edicts on the rest of the Republic...?
China's Xi says internet control key to stability [More]Of course he does.
The firearm ban would apply to a 500-foot radius around the demonstrations. [More]Gee, I wonder what the real reason behind this is?
Police believe the suspect in a shooting that killed four people at a Waffle House early Sunday could be armed, despite the fact that authorities seized his guns following a 2017 arrest. [More]Not "gun-free" Waffle House...?
Protesters target NRA lobbyist’s home and wife’s business [More]Really?
That Gorsuch is weak-kneed on “immigration” abuses raises serious questions of direct concern to gun owners (the fraudulent “single issue” excuse-making notwithstanding). [More]It's not always easy for people with set beliefs to hear the truth, as some of the comments and arguments under my latest AmmoLand article pretty much confirm. I wish I had more time to engage with those, but I don't, so I have to accept that not everyone will get what I'm saying and why, and not worry about it. Besides, if I wanted to be "popular" I'd be writing about the Kardashians.
