Thursday, January 09, 2020

My People are Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge


75% Of Registered Voters Can't Identify Iran On A Map [More] 

Hell, I'd bet the same number couldn't find South Dakota.

But the important thing is, they vote. Right, Hosea?

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Unrecorded Enough


A Massachusetts prosecutor defended Wednesday a state ban on secret audio recordings of police and government officials, asking an appeals court to overturn a decision that found the prohibition unconstitutional. [More]

Hey, if they're not doing anything wrong...

[Via Michael G]

#ArmForOurLives


Students for 2A Tell Anti-Gunners to 'Come and Take It' [More] 

They're gonna be the ones hurt most if this isn't turned around, and once we're dead, someone's gotta carry on.

Let's just hope control from Fairfax doesn't preclude the innovative creativity that independent groups don't need to get permission for.
[Via Michael G]

It Won't Happen By Itself


...the vote represents a growing awareness by the American people of their newfound power to stop refugee resettlement from remaking their local communities. [More]

But that means you have to be involved. The enemy who would destroy you and everything you love is counting on that not happening.

I wonder how many Americans know who their county supervisors and city council members are, or have ever once conveyed their expectations to them.

[Via Michael G]

Funny, You Don't Look Shmooish


The Hasidic Jews of Monsey must ignore the outsiders who want us to take up arms and politicize our tragedy [More]
Fine by me if you insist on being a shmoo. I think you're being bagel-brained, but I'll stay out of your business if you stay out of mine-- think you can do that or are you going to be voting for national socialists?

Look who else thinks it's a swell idea for you to be unarmed.

[Via Felix B]

UPDATE: Not everyone agrees. Sort of.

[Via Tristan M]

Along with Disarming You...

Virginia Democrats want to repeal the crime of felony homicide and reduce Class 1 misdemeanor jail time.

Is it fair to ask if the changes have anything to do with plugging a leak in the future voter pool?
Types of aggravated felonies - * Crimes of violence for which the penalty imposed are at least one year (felony or misdemeanor).
[Via Mack H]

Playing No Favorites


[More]
That was in reference to yesterday's post, and it's no surprise there has been no response.

It's not the first time Herman Cain has ignored what I consider to be reasonable questions for someone who presents himself as a conservative leader. For instance, what did he mean by telling Wolf Blitzer he supports the Second Amendment but that states could impose infringements? (That segment starts @ 3:04 in).

On the flip side, just because I interviewed the guy has never meant I'm in the tank for Rand Paul. I've noted in the past I have an irreconcilable difference with him on his "don't call it amnesty"* partnership with Grover and Bloomberg.

Think he'd be any more responsive to my questions than Cain?

*

Insult to Injury

But a U.S. Magistrate ruled Monday that too much time had passed between when the gun was stolen and the crime on the pier for the government to be responsible. [More]
Your child's death would be treated the same way.



We're the Only Ones Hulking Enough Redux


LAPD Officer Charged With Brandishing Gun During Off-Duty Road-Rage Incident in Santa Clarita [More] 

Uh-oh. I warned them not to make her angry.

[Via jumpinjonnydee]

Wednesday, January 08, 2020

Mistakes were Made?


A man convicted of shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent nine years ago in a case that exposed a botched federal gun operation known as “Fast and Furious”... [More]
Still giving cover, I see...

Maybe they can now flesh out Phase 2?

Coming Soon, to a Resettlement Refuge Near You

One of the fastest growing criminal networks in Europe is now the Nigerian mafia, which is spreading its criminal activities across the continent. It consists of rival groups such as Black Axe, Vikings and Maphite. Most recently, authorities in Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Malta conducted an international operation directed at two of the major Nigerian mafia groups. Police accused the gangs of human-trafficking, drug trafficking, robbery, extortion, sexual violence and prostitution. [More]
Time for a neighborhood welcome party! Because as Madame Speaker reminds us:


[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Going with the Flow Enough


[More]
I'm thinking this could be greatly simplified with a decision symbol asking "Constitutional?" and a "Go Get 'em, Tiger!" process symbol on the "No" line...

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Not Pursuing Enough

"If I'm A Criminal, It’s Open Season": Atlanta Police To Stop Chasing Criminals [More]
Yet another reason why those inclined to be "law-abiding" are easier to go after.

[Via bondmen]

The Best Laid Schemes o' Mice an' Men Gang aft Agley


Lori Lightfoot urged Chicago police to close out 2019 with fewer than 500 murders [More] 
Alas and alack:
Happy New Year, Chicago Style: 513 Homicides in 2019 (and That’s an Improvement)
Maybe this year Charlie can drag the ol' AT4 out sooner and really make an impact.

Forget it, Jake, it's Chi-Town.

[Via bondmen]

Cause for Celebration?


Record gun sales checks in 2019, NICS at all-time high: FBI [More]

Man, that's a lot of prior restraint rights violations!

[Via bondmen]

Well, His Work Here Is Done


Donald Trump Jr. poses with AR-15 rifle featuring images of Hillary Clinton behind bars... [More]
Yeah, well, I wish Don Jr. would do something substantive, like talk to the old man and to the public about "bump stocks" and Guardian and red flags, and the gun purchase age and where the hell rights come from and...

I'm getting pretty tired of shallow gestures with no real commitment earning enthusiastic praise from the easily-impressed. It's past time this guy used his bully pulpit to give us more than self-aggrandizing symbolism.

[Via bondmen]

Speaking of Foreign Interference in Elections...


When anyone can register without showing proof of citizenship and in fact while showing a valid passport for another country, it’s a bad law. One that disenfranchises citizens by diluting their vote. [More]

So naturally, the evil liars say there is no voter fraud and claim requiring voter ID disenfranchises minority voters, meaning they not only cheat legitimate voters, they call them racist to boot.

[Via Michael G]

What I Fear as Well


No matter what the VCDL intends, this fringe element will become the national media image of the entire event. And trust me, these morons and bad actors will show up in Richmond. [More] 

I'm in the process of drafting  Firearms News article on this very subject and will make sure to link to this piece.

[Via Roger J]

Curses, Foiled Again!


Without needing to even consider the issue of gun rights, federal courts are recognizing that boycotts enforced by government power can menace free speech and free association. The amusing part is that the public officials themselves are helping to provide the basis for these rulings by tweeting and speechifying about how much damage they intend to do the NRA. [More]

And the unamusing part is it shows what little regard these monsters -- and that's what they are -- have for basic rights, and what we can expect if they ever secure an unchallengeable monopoly of violence.

[Via Michael G]

By Invitation Only


Because it is invited testimony only, we can all expect the same red shirts and gun haters only, to testify on taking away your rights. They can forbid you from testifying, but they cannot keep you out of the hearing. [More] 

So "Republican" Judiciary Committee member Boquist won't extend an invitation out of spite or what?

What about Vice-Chair Kim Thatcher?

Go, Go Giffords!



NJ gave Texas church gunman plea deal that wiped out gun felony [More] 

Not that a prohibition would have really made a difference, but the point is, they say it would...

[Via Michael G]

An Idea Whose Time Has Come


Arizona Second Amendment Sanctuaries [More]
Why would that be necessary?

Quenching the 'Ring of Fire'


The city, represented by Everytown law... [More]

Bloomberg's billions vs. concerns he could buy a thousand times over... Watch them do an end-run around PLCAA and extort a "settlement" they can crow victory over -- and then repeat the "successful" strategy.

Assuming the manufacturer and retailer are "guilty" of nothing more than the inability to read minds and know what is in the hearts of men, the industry needs to rally to their defense -- even if they are the poor relations.

Let's hope the caution against doing that doesn't hold true.

[Via Steve T] 

Mr. Sandmann, Bring Me a Dream


CNN has settled the lawsuit brought by Nicholas Sandmann over coverage of the incident in which Sandmann falsely was accused of trying to intimidate a Native American activist, according to local TV reports. Sandmann filed lawsuits against CNN, The Washington Post, and NBC. Initially the lawsuits were dismissed, but recently a portion of the lawsuits were reopened by the court and all three lawsuits were reactivated. [More] 
Now go for the trifecta.

And now that there's blood in the water, let the feeding frenzy begin.

And yeah, I know, everybody's probably using that title.

[Via Michael G]

A Deliberate Slap in the Face


According to House Bill 567, any indoor shooting range would be prohibited by law – UNLESS it was inside of a building owned by the state. And any business owners who decided to defy the law could be facing up to a $100,000 fine and potential civil penalties. [More] 
Not to worry-- they have a 90% "Only Ones" exemption!

They really do want to provoke the low-hanging fruit into doing something that will "justify" a forceful response for the media to glorify. As the planners rarely place themselves front and center, it actually works to their advantage if things ... uh ... go south.

[Via Wirecutter]

UPDATE: And if you were thinking of going outside...


I Go with 'Or What,' Myself...

1) Stop exporting American soldiers to countries that hate our guts. 2) Stop importing people from countries that hate our guts. [More]
Man, is she a hater or what?

Ever notice how our best potential representatives don't want the job?

Fire Down Below

Greta Thunberg slammed Australian politicians for their lack of bushfire action. The 17-year-old demanded action from Australian leaders on her Instagram page. Her post drew more than 1million likes, with many comments backing her views [More]
I'm trying to square all that with:
24 people have been charged over alleged deliberately-lit bushfires. 53 people have had legal actions for allegedly failing to comply with a total fire ban, and 47 people have had legal actions for allegedly discarding a lighted cigarette or match on land.
And the Muslim suspect laughs.

Specifically, I'm trying to understand how me paying higher prices to cover carbon taxes remitted to globalist environmental cases will change any of that.

Team America, World Police

As usual, Rand Paul can't bring himself to support U.S. force against an enemy ... Like his father, Paul is an isolationist libertarian, and he’s just as opposed to the deployment of the U.S. military as he is to overreach by the EPA or the IRS. [More]
I didn't see a "comments" section so readers who disagree could let the author's readers know why, and in this renewed period of "America, F*** Yeah!" you'll forgive me if I caution a bit of consideration before committing to action. Or you won't.

To categorize a nation as "an enemy" by definition means we are at war with it. I have seen no Article 1, Section 8 declaration.  I never have in my lifetime, and the results speak for themselves.

First, it's hardly "isolationist" to heed:

In Thomas Jefferson’s inaugural address he declared, “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations. Entangling alliances with none.” This was a reaffirmation of George Washington’s policy, also known as “The Washington Doctrine of Unstable Alliances”. Washington, in his farewell address, stated: “It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.”

If Iran's actions and threats make a declaration of war necessary, let's see the evidence (making sure that it is more reliable than the "yellowcake uranium" scam that facilitated the unending shedding of American blood and treasure in alien lands), and then have our representatives do their duty and vote on it -- and take the personal consequences of getting it right or wrong. That means we also need to take those consequences. We do, after all, morally share in the life and death responsibilities for the actions of those we empower.

If the verdict is war, then prosecute it with all necessary ruthlessness and expediency -- abroad and at home -- to break the enemy's will and extract his unconditional surrender.

Tuesday, January 07, 2020

How, Indeed?


The commission would also investigate how the gunman was able to carry out his actions... [More]
That's the crux of it right there, of course, and the answer couldn't be more obvious.

But there's public plunder to be spent, self-promoting publicity to be exploited and an agenda to be advanced, so what the hell -- forming a blue-ribbon panel that will give 'em all that and more, except for the damn truth, is the way things are done these days.

[Via Mack H]

Not Quite Clear on the Concept


All of the rights granted by both our federal and state constitutions are inalienable rights, not rights granted to us by an elected government and, therefore, our rights cannot be impeded upon by said government. Although all of our rights are equally important, the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Article 1 Section 13 of the Virginia Bill of Rights give us our ability to protect all of our other rights in the event that our government becomes tyrannical. [More] 

James' heart is in the right place but he could use some work on his delivery.

[Via Mack H]

We're the Only Ones Courteous Enough


Twinsburg police are investigating a Christmas Day incident during which the department’s officers allowed a Cleveland police captain suspected of driving impaired on Interstate 480 to be driven home by his wife without charges. [More]

I am acquainted with a non-"Only One" who was arrested by that department, not offered a similar "courtesy," and who spent Christmas in jail because the court was closed. He was prosecuted and it cost him several thousand dollars in attorney fees and fines, not to mention affected his record and jacked his car insurance up, and this guy was marginal -- certainly not so blitzed he was stewing in his own urine.

We're the Only Ones Hands-On Enough

Piter then allegedly forced his hand up her shirt and under her bra, forcibly pulled her pants down, and penetrated her vagina without verbal consent and under physical protest, according to the complaint. [More]
So she thought it only fair to finger him...?

And There Was War in Heaven


That prompted Letter, the House counsel, to repeatedly raise the specter of Congress returning to use of force to enforce its subpoenas ... When pressed by Rao about what would happen if the Justice Department refused to comply, the House counsel added: “We can send the sergeant-at-arms and he can have a gun battle.” [More]

See? Democrats aren't anti-gun.

Grassroots Astroturf in Action


March For Our Lives Raised Nearly All Funding from Secret Six-Figure Donations [More]

What kind of cultist would you have to be to ignore the evidence that the ruling elites want you and yours disarmed?

[Via Michael G]

Survey SAYS...

Majority of Virginians think gun laws should be stricter and are willing to pay more for education, VCU poll finds [More] 
Left unsaid is what the majority actually understands about gun laws as well as how much of a tax burden those inclined to support more spending bear themselves.

I question how many first considered per capita income for most Virginia locales as it compares to the median public school teacher salary and further considered their abbreviated standard work year.

[Via Mack H]

We're the Only Ones Anonymous Enough


Had John been killed by anyone other than a cop, the name, face and rap sheet would be on the front page after a press conference by the police chief with glossies and circles and arrows on the back. Yet, too often, the identity of a killer cop remains a mystery, the investigatory reports are buried and we’re left clueless as to why the cop was given a pass on the killing. Why? [More]

You serious about that question?

[Via Michael G]

They Blow Up So Fast These Days


Authorities in Sweden have been accused of mislabelling explosions and bombings and classifying incidents as “damage” in order to distort the true extent of explosions across the country. [More] 

We're keeping Tommy Lee busy today.

[Via Michael G]

118


City of Virginia Beach votes to become 2A Sanctuary [More]

And the Bloombergians vow revenge.

[Via bondmen]

The Yellow Rag of Texas


For Texas, 2019 marked another deadly year of mass shootings [More] 

Not that it's in the Herald Democrat's interests to flesh out incidents they cite to elaborate about comparative numbers, ignored warnings, good guys with guns and "gun-free zones."

[Via bondmen]

Sowing Discord


“Misinformation about one of the safest herbicides ever produced has created a lucrative business for ambulance-chasing lawyers and NGOs—at the expense of native species.” [More]

I don't doubt that for a second. The point of rubbing Shannon's face in it is to highlight the monumentally hypocritical inconsistency of the left for giving someone advancing another goal of their agenda a pass -- and frankly, to start a fight among the factions.

[Via Michael G]

Supply and Demand


Europe Under Siege from People-Smuggling Gangs [More]

Tommy Lee seems to be taking it all in stride...

[Via Michael G]

All About the Benjamins

...Columbia, S.C. mayor Steve Benjamin for his repeated attempts to impose unconstitutional firearm restrictions on city residents [and] his wife – S.C. circuit court judge DeAndrea Benjamin – and so many of her judicial colleagues keep putting violent criminals back on the streets in the name of “justice reform.” [More]
So what does the wife have to say about the strippers brought back to the hotel room...?

[Via Felix B]

Opposing Goals


“I would really like to see more women saying ‘Not me” rather than ‘Me Too.'” [More]

And gun-grabbers would rather women be victims so they can lay blame on those they wish government usurpers to persecute -- and they don't care how many have to be brutalized and killed to get their way.

[Via Michael G]

A Matter of Policy

A Mount Holyoke College professor was arraigned Friday after an alleged brutal assault against another faculty member with a rock, a fire poker and garden shears, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office and a college spokeswoman. [More]
She'll be relieved to find those aren't listed.

[Via Michael G]

Feel the Hate



So domestic enemies smear truth-tellers as haters and fear mongers.

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise

In four separate trials, Reynhard Sinaga, 36, was found guilty of assaulting 48 men whom he drugged after taking them back to his apartment from outside bars and clubs in the city of Manchester. [More] 
I never have completely subscribed to "Don't blame the victim."

I'm sure if I cared enough to spend some time looking for it I might be able to find some sympathy. Possibly. But probably not.

[Via Michael G]

Monday, January 06, 2020

Judgment-Impaired Judy


'Comments Are Turned Off' [Watch]
No wonder. So is the thumbs up/down counter.

What's With the Racist Hand Sign?



The anti-gun left has tried to destroy people over this.

Why Not Give Them What They Want?


The Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund submitted 211,093 petition signatures December 10 for a ballot measure mandating reintroduction of gray wolves to Colorado. [More] 

If they want to release them proportionally based on how many signatories live where, I'm not sure I see the problem...

[Via Michael G]

Speaking of Foreign Election Interference


He thus illustrates the reach of politically driven philanthropy and the potential of wealthy foreigners to sidestep U.S. lobbying laws by using complex financial arrangements to pursue both civic and self-interested goals. [More]

Along with Rory Kennedy and Aileen Getty?

How come there never seems to be a Jacobin mob around when you really need one?

[Via Michael G]

When Incompetents Ruled the Earth


(1) ‘Automatic or semi-automatic gun’ means any weapon which shoots or is designed to shoot: (A) Automatically, more than six shots, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger; or (B) Without any action needed to fire consecutive shots, other than having ammunition loaded in such weapon’s feeding device. [More]

From the same state that gave us another politician who was afraid of tipping over Guam...

We're the Only Ones Most Recently Reflecting Enough


According to the Utah Law Enforcement Memorial website, the 37-year-old deputy had stopped a vehicle and was approaching it when she was shot at with a high-power rifle, where one of the rounds passed through her body armor and inflicted a fatal wound. [More]

Forget that her killer was a deported illegal alien, which for some reason didn't make it into the "most recent reflection" by "Retired Police Officer - NYPD" -- we have "Only Ones" talking points to exploit here. If only weapons of war weren't easier to buy than books and vegetables.
[Via Wynn A] 

Welcome to the Party, Pals


UPRISING: Hundreds Of ‘First Time’ Pro-Gun Activists Flood NRA Town Hall In Virginia [More]

Really? Most of these f***ers look older than I am.

I don't know who I'm madder at, gun-grabbers or geriatric"newcomers." And note how Fairfax has positioned itself for disproportionate leadership credit in this.

[Via bondmen]