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The purpose of this feature has never been to bash cops. The only reason I do this is to amass a credible body of evidence to present when those who would deny our right to keep and bear arms use the argument that only government enforcers are professional and trained enough to do so safely and responsibly. And it's also used to illustrate when those of official status, rank or privilege, both in law enforcement and in some other government position, get special breaks not available to we commoners, particularly (but not exclusively) when they're involved in gun-related incidents.
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No. 2 ranked U.S. law school study finds conservative profs shunned by elite schools [More]
Otherwise, who knows what they'd teach and how that would influence future decison-makers? Why the very future of our legal system depends on it -- at least for as long as we need to maintain the fiction that its purpose is to adjudicate instead of rule.
I would expect most of the noise and most of the "victories" to be in "safe" blue states, but look to those to be used to create a false impression of public demand. I'd also expect life to get a lot more complicated for gun owners if attitudes like this prevail.
Episode Highlights:The life-changing event that brought David into gun rights advocacy.The lawmakers who truly “get” the 2nd Amendment.What David thinks about keeping track of his website traffic.What’s changed in American culture since the 1980’s regarding gun rights advocacy. And so much more! [More]
Jeez, they sound like they almost find me as interesting as I do.
Anyway it was fun -- it's always nice meeting people worth talking to and I hope you find listening in on our conversation time well spent.
Interesting program they've put together -- and an interesting business, what with so many payment processors discriminating against gun owners and gun businesses.
Abortion icon Barack Obama, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, March 29, 2008: “If my daughters make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.” [More]
Hey, who doesn't know how babies are made? A mistake is when you forget to carry the "2." A baby is not a punishment, but it is the one being punished.
Even though I find this a compelling essay, I hesitated posting this because I couldn't find a source for that quote that didn't look like it was just being repeated by relatively obscure websites without being validated. Then I saw:
I'm also a bit concerned that Obama's back is to the camera for much of the video. His voice does sound spot on, better than the ones here, but forgive me for being leery knowing such things are being made.
If anyone can prove my concerns unfounded, please inform us all in comments.
Prosecutors, in an Aug. 17 motion to delay the trial, said they believed no witness other than the detective battling brain cancer could testify about a forensic evaluation of cellphones allegedly linking the defendants in the case. [More]
“It is wrong to treat California’s law-abiding gun owners like criminals,” said Chris W. Cox, executive director of the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action. [More]
So we get nonstop tyrannical harasments like this. Guaranteed.
The photo of the enforcer with the gun store manager really does illustrate the dynamic of the "progressive" philosophy that the people exist to serve the government, does it not? The body postures alone say it all.
In an inspired spoof of Sen. Cory Booker’s remarks in which he likened himself to the ancient gladiator Spartacus for brazenly breaking the rules of the Senate, The Washington Free Beacon offered an utterly hilarious tweet mocking Booker. [More]
I like going lower with those that deserve it. I wonder if he likes oysters and snails.
No, in fact they're not. They'd love to, of course, but for now they don't have anywhere near the needed votes. Still, even if they were "moments away," how (or should I say "who") would this "help"?:
Dr. Howard Dean, a former Vermont governor and physician, asserted on Sunday that President Donald Trump has a mental illness that makes him unfit for the presidency. [More]
He doesn't have to worry about that organization ruling on an ethics complaint sinced he's not a member. That said, he is relying on his "doctor" status to be presented as a medical authority by the media and is using them to amplify a wholly unqualified opinion for political purposes.
I was thinking of filing a complaint, but I see from their "lookup" function that his credential status has "lapsed," making his opinion being presented as valid all the more incompent and fraudulent.
And we know how the Democrat Socialists of America feel about guns -- and why.
Here's something that Facebook users ought to at least be aware of -- I went to Salazar's page just to see if I could find anything useful for this post and this is what immediately popped up:
Hogg and the rest of the anti-gun crowd need to waste less time fighting manufactured enemies and spend more time actually confronting hard questions head-on. [More]
Why? They don't have to care about facts or rational arguments when what they're doing works so well with the useful idiots that follow them, the media that agrees with them and the politicians feeding off it all.
Noor was flagged by two psychiatrists during the pre-hiring evaluation in early 2015 after he exhibited an inability to handle the stress of regular police work and unwillingness to deal with people, according to the records. [More]
Perhaps, but think of what a great PR opportunity for being praised as virtuous and inclusive his hiring gave us!
A Boston police captain's son, who authorities called a "committed soldier" of the Islamic State group, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday for plotting to use assault rifles and homemade bombs to kill Americans on a college campus. [More]
“Without the law enforcement body cameras recording video and audio,” Kuckelman said, “it might not have been possible to bring criminal or even civil charges against Brewer. It’s as simple as that. This shooting was unjustified, and the body cameras show why.” The sheriff’s office acted “recklessly and callously, and they tried to cover up what happened,” the release said. [More]
TV Writer Hopes Kavanaugh Daughters ‘Go to School Without Being Shot’ [More]
How clever our self-appointed moral superiors think they are -- especially when they're fantasizing about the duly-elected President of the United States having a heart attack.
The company said Jones won’t be able to create new accounts on Twitter or take over any existing ones. In a tweet, it said it would continue to monitor reports about other accounts potentially associated with Jones or Infowars, and will “take action” if it finds any attempts to circumvent the ban. [More]
Brazil's far-right presidential candidate survives life-saving surgery after being stabbed by 'socialist' attacker who said he was acting on 'a mission from God' during rally [More]
"What does it say about our country and politics when a man at the show tonight felt the need to protest Disney’s Frozen on Broadway with a pro-Trump flag??" [More]
Yeah, where does he think he is for such a rude and childish display? A Senate confirmation hearing?
Twentieth Century Fox pulls scene from 'The Predator' after director Shane Black casts his friend, a registered sex offender [More]
So when the studio boss ordered it edited out, did he yell "Get to the choppah"?
The LA Times article reeks of justification, does it not? Give it a few years and anyone daring to criticize a "Minor Attracted Person" will be deemed a "hater," and be subjected to virtual ostracism and employment exile.
Besides, aren't "caring adults" guiding and initiating confused but curious young people at the core of #MarchForOurlives?
Accomplice liability makes someone guilty of a crime he never committed, so long as he helped or influenced the perpetrator and did so with the required mens rea. [More]
Make no mistake, anyone who capitulates will still be slated for elimination whenthe time is right and the power is there. It's what communists do, and silencing their opposition will only serve that agenda.
This isn't about Horowitz supporting a "Con-Con"-- which I'm glad to find even he admits "there were indeed risks involved." Indeed.
This is about totalitarians and their useful idiots demanding to control which thoughts may be expressed and shared, enabling them to do what totalitarians do.
Make no mistake, this is about shutting you and me up and then down.
And as it turns out, he didn’t just get a DUI, but he tried to flee the scene. [More]
Well that changes things somewhat for me. I'd initially dismissed this on the grounds that we've all done stupid stuff in our youth.
I still think issues are the way to go, but with the Hogglet entering the fray, pointing out how he backs drunk drivers who try to flee the sceen over sober, lawful, and responsible gun owners may indeed be a useful chair to pick up and swing in this particular bar fight.
The surgeon said the bullet was small, maybe a .22-caliber ... my grandfather became a co-owner of an outdoors store ... He said that “something” had to be done about “all this” ... He said that when he’d learned the killer in Parkland had used an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle, he’d asked one of the store’s managers to call the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to find out whether the store could stop selling those types of weapons to people under the age of 21. [More]
Seems a bit of a reach, to go from a rimfire to AR-15s.
What's the name of the store?
I'd like to see a boycott bankrupt the old quisling Fudd. [Via Roger J]
Got a link to a credible source? Can the veracity of the claims be proven? No? Then why forward it and ask for me and others to do the same?
And the "solution" is a Con-con? (And by the way, the 2/3 requirement is met before 38, so this even fails at fourth-grade math).
It takes literally seconds to see this is BS that's been around for a while. Meanwhile, how many have been sucked into believing it and wasting their time and the time of others that could have been spent on productive pursuits? And why shouldn't someone's credibility be shot if they do as asked?
It’s a blueprint that other states – from California to Florida and Virginia – can use to reduce gun violence without worrying about whether Congress will act. [More]
A Republican-dominated Congress that wasn't gutless would be pushing for enforcement of "the supreme Law of the Land."
According to sentencing guidelines, the jury could sentence Winder to up to 12 months of jail time and $2,500 in fines. They decided to give him a $1 fine with no jail time. [More]
I wonder if they'd have thrown the book at Winder had they known about Kessler's past.
In the new version, Kleck re-analyzes the BRFSS survey data accurately as limited to a small number of states, and ultimately concludes, when their surveys are analyzed in conjunction with his NSDS, that their surveys indicate likely over 1 million defensive uses of guns (DGUs) a year nationally, compared to the over 2 million of his own NSDS. [More]
So even data compiled by the folks who want to see guns "like ... cigarettes ... dirty, deadly and banned" shows many more lives saved by guns in private hands than are taken by the degenerate spawn of Democrats.
Face it, what "student" isn't qualified to teach, what dependent shouldn't be empowered to dictate and who just plain knows better than indoctrinated children? [More]
And remember, "free" speech is "progressive" speech! Everything else is an act of aggression.
Is this guy retarded? Anybody see anybody "preventing" anybody from doing anything? And it figures this ignoranus believes "the Koch brothers" are somehow relevant to this.
Curious, that someone who disparages the right to keep and bear arms in the U.S. would retweet this:
And where are all the other "gun groups" and "gun bloggers" pointing out these truths? Where's the vast majority of this site's readers? They can't say they don't know about it and no one has stepped forward capable of refuting the claims.
In other words, Levi Strauss intends to enable further Hogglike behavior, to lay down more Astroturf and to empower more “progressive” politicians to enact edicts further eviscerating the right to keep and bear arms. [More]
"Enough" is right. Any gun owner who continues to buy Levis is giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Hey -- my home has some small spaces that can get crowded when I have people over. What they're really saying is they don't want anyone who's not a government enforcer having a gun anywhere.
If you heard shots and people screaming, and if the commotion was getting closer, what would all of your decision options be? What would they be for the editors of the Richmond Times-Dispatch?
Brett Kavanaugh Wants You to Bear His Assault Weapon - The Supreme Court nominee’s vision of guntopia. [More]
Perennial Bloomberg lickspittle Francis Wilkinson has a case of the vapors as his bunched panties cut off circulation.
Kavanaugh is too immersed in stare decisisto go full "shall not be infringed," and wouldn't have the juice to usher that in if he were not. What he will be is an improvement, and the gun-grabbers are having a true nature meltdown over that.
Krissy Noble may face up to six years in prison. A young, then-pregnant woman, who was justified in killing the intruder who attacked her, is now facing prison time over the incident — all because of a previous marijuana conviction. [More]
Funny, how many of those expressing outrage are "rightwing extremist" members of "the patriarchy" and how few are from their polar opposites.
Until we can get comprehensive education and deal with toxic masculinity head-on, and/or the U.S. gets some sensible gun control laws in place, I believe the only solution is for a law to be passed that only lets women buy and own guns.[More]
Unequal rights. Now there's a "progressive" idea! [Via Roger J]