Notes from the Resistance...
It’s clear that our Founding Fathers wanted us to have the means to keep all the weapons needed to not just defend this land, but also to protect it from the government if need be. [More]Avoiding the militia argument and focusing entirely on individual self-defense, both in advocacy and in legal arguments, ultimately works against us.
"I am tired of half steps, old ideas and fake urgency around the problem we face: the presence of guns in our communities,” Liss-Riordan said in a statement Tuesday morning. “Enough is enough. It is time we take real action and repeal the Second Amendment.” [More]But...but...but hunting...
“I wish I could say in the best of all possible worlds, yeah, you can own any weapon you want and so forth and such." [More]That's not your call, commie.
According to the family's attorneys, the mother's inquiry was "informational" in nature and was not motivated out of a concern that her son posed a threat to anybody. [More]Sure.
"Patrick's actions were apparently influenced and informed by people we do not know, and from ideas and beliefs we do not accept or condone."It sure seems the family is going to extraordinary lengths to maintain the illusion of denial and no accountability.
Trump warned by NRA over background checks [More]Good. About time they said something, and they're talking to the right guy.
NO COMPROMISE ON ANTI-GUN PETITIONS [More]If you're a North Carolina gun owner your help is needed -- both to contact Republicans and to spread the word.
“Republicans are headed for extinction in the suburbs if they don’t distance themselves from the NRA. The GOP needs to put forth solutions to help eradicate the gun violence epidemic,” said Dan Eberhart, a Republican donor and oil-and-gas executive who supports President Donald Trump. [More]Interesting, how the search term Republican extinction suburbs is suddenly a thing.
“There could be lots of reasons why someone shouldn’t have a gun that don’t have to do with a mental illness diagnosis.” [More]Yeah, like if we don't want 'em to.
“Here’s my message to Republicans; if you don’t do something here [on guns] you’re gonna get annihilated in the suburbs in 2019. [More]Here's my message to them: If you do something on guns you're gonna get annihilated.
Representative Adam Kinzinger (R., Ill.) on Monday advocated for federal legislation that would ban the sale of firearms to Americans under the age of 21 in response to the mass shootings that claimed 31 lives over the weekend. [More]The important thing is Grover likes him.
The FBI Crushed the Klan and Should Target Violent White Supremacists Today [More]National Review amplifies and promotes the communists' talking points.
It seems to me that any rational person would intuit a connection between mental illness and mass killings. However, the anti-gun left wants to deny the connection so that all blame can be placed on guns and white supremacy ideology. [More]Well yeah. If they targeted violent nut jobs, they'd be going after their own constituencies.
Democrat Joaquin Castro Publishes Hit List of Names and Businesses of Top Trump Donors in His City — Accuses Them of Fueling Racism, Opens Them Up to Assault [More]For whatever reason, Fox News still won't allow links from Blogger, but they're running the hoist-on-his-own-petard headline: "Joaquin Castro outed his own donors in bid to shame Trump supporters."
CAC and its supporters were harassed throughout the Roberti recall campaign. Death threats and intimidating phone calls were received. Break-ins occurred. Phone lines were cut. Supporters found their names printed in newspapers—along with insinuations that they were affiliated with white supremacists (Howard's maternal grandfather was a rabbi!)[Via Michael G]
We are destroying Western Civilization and the result is bloody massacre. [More]"We"?
BREAKING: Dell’Aquila Files Multi-Million Dollar Class Action Lawsuit Against Wayne LaPierre, NRA and NRA Foundation [More]On the bright side, Bill Brewer's billable hours ought to get a nice boost.
This means that at times citizens must give up parts of their liberty for the greater good. [More]Where have I heard that before?
Responding to the fear that the Trump Administration might really cut the number of refugees to be admitted to the US in FY2020 (which begins on October 1, 2019) to zero, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and Chris Coons (D-DE) spear-headed a letter to the Secretary of State saying they want the President to “increase” the number of refugees to be admitted. [More]Don't worry, I'm sure the admissions process will be rigorous.
The Mind Of A Mass Shooter Or Why Gun Control Won't Work [More]It won't work because the problem is the mind of mass shooters, not guns. The latter has absolutely no connection to the former.
In Kansas City, local leaders suggest answers to gun violence problem [More]I must be reading impaired because I just went through this twice and still haven't found any answers. Or for that matter, leaders.
“I don’t know if he wrote it or not, but it was not uploaded by the murderer. That is clear, and law enforcement was made aware of this before most people had even heard the horrific news.” [More]I'd better turn on CNN and find out what's really happening.
Pritzker spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh says Pritzker was referring to shootings involving white nationalists... [More]You know, bad mass shootings.
But if you want to know how this American version of China's social credit system would work in practice, let me remind you of how Veterans Affairs recklessly red-flags "disruptive" citizens without due process, transparency or accountability in the name of "safety." [More]Can't you just wait for the Republicans to include all gun owners?
BulkMunitions Summer Ammo Giveaway [More]What a great way to celebrate a right that "shall not be infringed."
The National Rifle Association (NRA) reportedly considered buying a $6 million mansion for use by CEO Wayne LaPierre. [More]I feel their sense of urgency:
Ballot harvesting, a surge of illegal aliens from the southern border and Middle Eastern ‘refugees’ resettled in Orange County by Obama has shifted the demographics dramatically. [More]Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."
Armed robbers have stolen more than $2m worth of gold coins from a vault that had been left open at a mint in Mexico City. [More]But...but...but...
...“everything’s on the table.” [More]And appetites can grow.
We are going to make it illegal to own anything in this country that's this shape (I drew it from memory, from all the CNN bloodbaths I've seen, not one of which involved any other shape). [More]Who better to dictate your rights than morons who think they're smart?
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NRA Endorsed with NRA-PVF Rating: AIt's easy to see how he made Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington's bipartisan "Most Corrupt" list.
Ivanka Trump Demands Federal Gun Confiscation Law [More]When in her life has she not been protected by armed security, including and especially in places where you or I are prohibited by "law" from arming ourselves?
Debra Messing sparks outrage for agreeing with 'sick' tweet that said 'if I get killed in a mass shooting please cremate me and throw my ashes into Mitch McConnell’s and Dana Loesch’s eyes while I’m still smoldering' [More]Because we've already established, it is all about her.
I’m still looking for my own version of America/ One without the gun... [More]Imagine a world without them.
Ever the contrarian, though, my concern is that in our earnestness to not inspire evil we don’t unwittingly protect and enable it. And I’m not comfortable embracing the same rationales that are used to hyperbolize and demonize gun ownership: treating it as a public health “pathogen” and forcing changes on the behavior of all due to the aberrance of a few. [More]A lot of people from "both sides of the debate" are counseling us that voluntary media withholding of information about killers is needed. I have yet to see any credible data pointing to a verifiable measurable reduction in incidents or body counts, and fear suppression generally seems to work in the interests of those who would define and control the narrative.
Congressional Republicans, under pressure to respond to this weekend’s massacres, appear to be coalescing around legislation to help law enforcement to take guns from those who pose an imminent danger — a measure that, if signed into law, would be the most significant gun safety legislation enacted in 20 years. [More]And they'll still be smeared as racist "gun lobby" whores with blood on their hands.
In this case I default to the position that no person should ever be denied their right to self-defense and if they can, along the way, save the lives of others, it’s immoral for us to try to stop them. [More]Refreshing rationality from an officer who is not an "Only One"...
The feds confiscated the weapon and placed Williams in custody, but were only made aware of the threat after his grandmother encouraged him to allow her to bring him to a local hospital for psych treatment following his comments that he intended on attacking the hotel. [More]I wonder what would have happened had she just asked the "Only Ones" to come on over and handle it.
EXCLUSIVE: Firearms Expert Says Dayton Shooter’s Weapon Was Illegally Modified [More]So he was willing to break the law?
She was hiking with headphones so she had no advance warning of the bear approaching the trail as it crossed over, according to the park. [More]I wonder if Miss Oblivious soiled herself and had to waddle out.
Newsom says gender must be part of national gun control discussion [More]Well yeah. If you want total control, you need to disarm the men.
A Birmingham Police officer faked a shooting for 'stolen valor,' his chief says [More]So he'd filed false reports in 2015 and 2016 yet was still on the job?
Gov. DeWine calls for lawmakers to pass red-flag law, stronger background checks to fight gun violence [More]I hate to say "I told you so."
The former student who later shot up Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was such a threat in school that he was searched every morning for weapons, new testimony shows. [More]Yet the "solution" being offered is to focus on confiscations while leaving the threat the freedom to stalk among us.
Bodycam Video - Homeowner Shot After Sheriff’s Office Responds to Alarm Call [More]Anticipate this outcome and prepare accordingly.
Investigators say Carson had recently stolen the gun ... Carson was ... booked into jail on multiple charges including ... possession of a weapon by a prohibited person ... Carson has multiple other felony convictions. [More]What "law" could have stopped him?
We're told this is all about “commonsense gun safety laws.” Let’s take a look at the stories behind the girls being commemorated and see if anything the Moms and the Marchers demand, at least publicly, would have made a bit of difference for the victims. [More]By adopting an "If it feels good, do it" attitude on "gun laws," trying to overpower gun owner objections and resistance, and forcing their will and way on them, aggressors for disarmament show themselves for what they are: Rights rapists.
While “reasonable firearm regulations” may not run afoul of the 2nd Amendment, California’s law is anything but reasonable. [More]This guy continues to not impress me, but I do see the attraction for Fairfax.
"Are we going to just let the biggest tech companies decide who wins every election from now on?" [More]On the plus side, if they get what they want they'll soon get what they deserve.
Modified models of modified models compared to modified models of modified models. It’s turtles all the way down. [More]That and the water's polluted.
A few days ago author Michael Z. Williamson was informed that his Wikipedia page had been “speedy deleted.” [More]I feel his pain.
Three gunned down after 'masked man' fired volley of bullets in London drive-by [More]I'm tellin ya, we ain't seen nothin' yet.
In general, a defendant’s mere failure to act does not give rise to liability for a due process violation. [More]You don't say.
Check Out the Spineless Republicans Who Voted for the Minimum Wage Hike [More]They also betrayed us on guns and immigration.
With different political backgrounds, a gun-owning rural couple wants to change the narrative around firearm legislation. [More]In other words, despite a transparent attempt to convince us there's any real difference, they're both gun-grabbers.
Video of the stop shows Smith running from his car with his gun drawn and striking a surrendering Yakish in the helmet with his left hand, knocking Yakish and his bike to the ground. [More]You have to wonder why that's the default tactic for someone with "a 30-year career."
ATF Issues Guidance To Alabama FFLs Effective Immediately [More]Here's the stated reason:
Because county sheriffs have issued CCP permits s without completing a full NICS check, firearms have been transferred to felons and other prohibited individuals in violation of federal law, thereby creating a substantial public safety concern. For this reason, the standards set forth in the Brady law require us to find that Alabama’s CCP permits no longer qualify as a NICS check alternative. In the interest of public safety, and effective immediately, FFLs in Alabama may no longer accept CCP permits as an alternative to a NICS check. Unless another exception applies, a NICS check must be conducted whenever you transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person even if the individual presents an unexpired CCP permit.So, as with "bump stocks," they've reversed themselves again.
Federal officials did not name the sheriffs who issued the permits ... they have not released the names of those counties ...Sounds like it's time for another FOIA.
“It really doesn’t matter what we think,’’ Thomas said. “We’re going to do what we’re told to do.”You remember that and we just may let you live.
NRA-Board Member, Joel Friedman, Speaks Out on the NRA’s Record [More]What this does is it redirects the conversation over to points that don't directly deny any of the allegations. The other thing it doesn't do is mention the "intern." The last thing it doesn't do is persuade disgusted members to reopen their wallets.
President Trump vowed millions of immigration arrests in dramatic raids. ICE caught 18 family members. [More]And that's actually more impressive than progress on the promised wall.
Gun-Controlled Mexico: 3,080 Homicides in June Alone [More]Those are some "common-sense gun safety laws" they got goin' for themselves there.
It matters because the gun-grabbers want the public to think the greater danger applies to them as opposed to the criminal population that exhibits significantly higher incidences and rates of domestic violence, substance abuse, criminal activities, suicides, relationships and encounters with dangerous people, and the like. [More]This is what happens when you pour polluted water into the pool.
Crowded Democrat's Presidential Field Offers No Pro-Gun-Rights Candidates [More]There is no such thing as a true pro-RKBA Democrat. Even if you could find one running for lower office, he'll still support the party and enable the edicts and the court appointments that will undo his "good" votes. He might vote "our" way because he likes to sport shoot and he won't win office if he comes across as a grabber. The party will let him in order to get and keep that seat.
U.S. attorney general William Barr has said consumers should accept the risks that encryption backdoors pose to their personal cybersecurity to ensure law enforcement can access encrypted communications. [More]Besides, if you aren't doing anything wrong...
“Detectives have determined that the weapon, which was being carried concealed inside a backpack by that individual, discharged unexpectedly,” police said. [More]Let me guess -- there was other stuff in there and it wasn't in a case.
Kyoto Anime arson killings didn't get much attention because we couldn't demonize guns [More]And don't forget because it would threaten a narrative.
The government is to establish a firearms register and make major changes to the licensing regime, in the second phase of gun law reforms. [More]Because they see how well Phase One is going.
Officer fired for suggesting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "needs a round," after reading fake news post [More]Pretty poor judgment, but what stands out most for me is they fired another cop just for clicking on "like" and the page wasn't even "public" but limited to "friends," meaning someone snitched him out.
Unlike New Zealand, in the U.S. gun ownership is a right, not a privilege. [More]I guess Jacinda won't be signing my petition.
Family of Murdered Chicago Teen Holds Peace March in His Honor – Suspected Killer Crashes the March, Grins and Flashes a Pistol at Protesters [More]Tell me this isn't an argument for universal background checks!
IRONY: Disgraced Dan Rather Insists That Liars Be Called Out as Liars [More]Infinity!
Prof: 'When I said MAGA teens are modern day Hitlerjugend, I meant it' [More]Me too.
"I’m glad to see the left arming itself. This is war." [More]If you come here because of shared sentiments, he wants you dead.
The single biggest threat to Republicans' long-term viability is demographics. [More]Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."
No, Kamala, Your Gun Policies Wouldn’t Have Stopped Aurora [More]Who says that's her goal?
Ghost Guns Are Everywhere in California - Feds say nearly a third of firearms recovered in the state are homemade, unserialized, and untraceable. [More]The best laid schemes o' mice an' men...
“Something has to be done to stop the violence going on and we have to come together as one.” [More]Finish that thought.
Assuming the turn-in rate doesn’t continue to drop, it’s only going to take them 38 years to get all those guns. [More]Can you imagine being Police Minister Stuart Nash?
One of Baltimore’s newest deputy police commissioners and his wife were robbed at gunpoint Friday night near Patterson Park, police said. [More]Not that the bad guys had anything to worry about...
What would guns designed by Henny Pennys look like? Big and heavy, festooned with a padlock, proof all 29 warning labels were read, owner fingerprint keypad, microphone and voice recognition software, chip reader, DNA blood-sample collection needle, video-screen on which to take a required test, google search for any racist, sexist, bigoted, etc. comment ever made on social media, and an automatic call to the FBI for authorization to use the gun. [More]Don't forget those warning labels also need to be in Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, Tagalog...
