A political consultant hired by specific Democratic candidates gave DeMuro a cut of his fee to add votes for these candidates, who were running for judicial and various state, federal and local elected offices. [More]Names would be nice.
[Via Jess]
Friday, May 22, 2020
Speaking of Disenfranchising Voters...
[Via Jess]
The Plot Thickens
Michael Strickland Case UPDATE: Appeals Court Uses Made-Up 'Facts' To Justify Mob Violence
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Everyone here should remember Michael Strickland. We should also all know that his persecution has been political.
I broke my own rule about needing links and posted the entire missive to my One Drive because he's occupied enough and it's a small enough gesture to help him spread the word.
Hey, Who's in Charge Here?
An Unfulfilled Promise
Who is Westgate shooting suspect Armando Hernandez Jr.? [More]Way to parrot what others have reported, click bait-seeking "News Staff."
Now how about you actually do some investigation and find out what makes him tick, and particularly where his sympathies lie?
"Respect," eh?
Looks like it's time to call on Inigo again...
[Via Mack H]
We Happy Few
Four AmmoLand News correspondents—David Codrea, John Crump, Don McDougall and Alexander Roubian—have recently been involved in legal actions in defense of Second Amendment rights. [More]Come join the "tangled web of connections between a small cadre of firearms activists" who, per an arrogant and dismissive government mouthpiece, are only doing this "to recover legal fees."
Whistling Past the Graveyard of History?
So You Think Tyranny Can’t Happen Here? [More]Dr. Miguel A. Faria, Jr. shows us where it's already arrived and warns where history says it must lead.
I'm reminded of a question I've never seen a gun-grabber answer:
“Has not despotism and mass destruction plagued every civilization that preceded ours? Is it not, in fact, still commonplace throughout the globe? By what suspension of reality, by what denial of the observable and the probable, by what art, device or magic are we sheltered few immune from catastrophe?”
Land of the Giants
The shooter was shot dead, but a second person of interest may be at-large, the FBI said. "The public should remain calm, and if you see something, say something," FBI officials said. [More]How, with what the DSM is telling us?
You don't get much bigger than Disney's ABC, but we know from experience how they handle such matters. We have to go to a local site to find:
A preliminary law enforcement investigation into the shooter has identified him as a US resident who was originally born in Syria, and likely a supporter of Salafi-jihadist ideology, according to one of the sources.Any doubts about the treatment we'd see from the giants had he been a "white nationalist"?
UPDATE: Jihad!
That and "rigorous."
[Via Michael G]
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Take the Guns First, Due Process Later
Assistant U.S. Attorney Misha A. Coulson, who handled the case, stated that in 2017, the defendant won two rifles in a charity raffle. On January 11, 2018, a six month restraining order was issued against Polak in Buffalo Family Court. Later, on the same day the restraining order was issued, the defendant went to The Gun Locker LLC to fill out paperwork related to him taking possession of the two rifles he previously won. When completing an ATF Firearms Transaction Record form 4473, Polak was asked “Are you subject to a court order restraining you from harassing, stalking, or threatening your child or intimate partner or child of such partner?” The defendant inaccurately marked “NO” on the form, and then dated and signed the form, which includes a warning that it is a federal crime to answer “NO” if the buyer is subject to a restraining order. [More]So what had he been tried and convicted of to ensure due process before having his rights infringed?
Don't worry -- I'm sure Mr. Barr & Co. will come through for us, aren't you?
[Via @pamnsc]
Their True Feelings
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Malum Prohibitum
Gun laws make guns bad because someone says guns are bad. [More]When, in fact, it's the "someone" who is bad...
A Growing Realization
At Least They're Consistent
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is conflating the results of two different types of coronavirus tests, distorting several important metrics and providing the country with an inaccurate picture of the state of the pandemic. [More]Fancy that.
[Via Michael G]
We're the Only Ones Immune Enough
Yes, you read that right. The cops executing the search warrant stole about $225,000 of seized items and they were granted qualified immunity because there was no “clearly established law” holding they can’t steal stuff they seize. [More]And all the Supreme Court had to do to let that stand was...nothing?
Comment poster Skink offers the opinion that this was not the right way to fight it.
[Via Michael G]
On Speaking Terms
Not the Only Ones?
Sheriff Revolts Against Lockdown: 'We Are Not Stormtroopers. We Are Peacekeepers' [More]I can think of one way to test that...
[Via bondmen]
Where Credit is Due
CSU one of many public universities in the state giving out cash to illegal immigrant students [More]Why not? It's not their money.
They're just the ones who get props for being generous and caring, while those they steal it from are smeared as haters if they express disapproval.
Good thing none of this has anything to do with that "single issue."
[Via Michael G]
Speaking of Potatoes...
Prince Charles wants furloughed workers to pick fruit and vegetables... [More]The people are revolting!
[Via Henry Bowman]
It was Either That or Grow a Potato in a Jar of Water
Causation Correlation
They created visualizations that tracked the movements up to 48 hours after the protests ended, and Jeremy Fair, executive vice president of VoteMap, told the newspaper that many of the cellphones reached the state borders and some even crossed them. [More]Define "some." And they had to opt-in?
In other words, the ones who crossed over were on Team "Progress" and were trying to create a headline impression for political purposes?
[Via Michael G]
Running the Asylum
“Unconscious bias includes using language, symbolism and nonverbal cues that reinforce normative social identities with respect to gender, race, sexual preference and socioeconomic status,” Bonomi said. “For example, when the virtual background of a Zoom meeting attendee has pictures of his or her wedding, it unintentionally reinforces the idea that marriage is most fitting between opposite sexes.” [More]That's why I leave the camera off, lest my whiteness offends anyone.
And yes, of course Amy is a gun-grabber.
[Via Michael G]
I Got Them Gun-Free Zone Blues
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I'll bet rules that guarantee a disarmed victim pool of people who obey them delighted the bad guy:
[Via Dave Licht]
UPDATE: The diseased coward is Armando Hernandez, who comes across more like a Quezada constituent than a Trumpster...
I expect his video will get taken down soon. Hey, what would you rather have? The dissemination of information in a free people's interests or Zuck's "community standards"?
UPDATE: Hopefully this link will survive. I wonder if anyone in law enforcement has taken an interest in "King bbc" ...?
Oh Look: More Dumb Bloombergian Lies about 'Smart Guns'
No one involved can quite agree on who’s to blame for the standstill. [More]Of course we can, liars. It's you assholes who want to make them mandatory and ban the ones not so inhibited.
If that very real threat had not already been legislated on, I don't know anyone who would object to offering these as a free-market choice, although I also don't know anyone who would want one.
And we never did figure out how the Armatix without required microstamping made it onto the CA "safe list," did we?
Huh. They don't take comments. Imagine that.
[Via Michael G]
Do Not Pass Go
On the whole, though, no state worthy of the name can permit exceptions to its monopoly on legitimate deployment of armed force like those in Michigan or North Carolina. Surely no sensible interpretation of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms would say a state must tolerate them. [More]That's a deadly game these people are playing.
A Targeted Response
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Another lockdown...?
What is it about "gun-free zones"...?
And now we eagerly await the identity...
UPDATE: Is it too early to call in Gomer?
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
We're the Only Ones Unarresting Enough
The note did not specify what kind of citations a business might receive or if they will go to the extreme with the Class A misdemeanor. [More]Aye, there's the rub. Ignore those and you'll be frog-marched soon enough.
What is it with these guys and equivocal assurances?
[Via Michael G]
Like Ripples in a Pond
The widespread and spontaneous rebellions in various locations have had an impact. More and more states are opening up — some faster than others, and invariably blue states are the most repressive and vindictive. [More]Widespread and spontaneous...
If I had to guess, I'd say that's how Revolution II will begin and grow.
[Via Michael G]
Crisis on Infinite Earths
CW to recast 'Batwoman' after Ruby Rose exits series [More]Will they get one who's the right religion this time?
Wink.
[Via Matthew L]
A Red Letter Day
...America’s most common and potent viral agent... [More]You'd think somebody who lives in Chicago would have better information:
But what do we really expect from religious useful idiots?
[Via Mack H]
OK by Me
Oklahoma Takes Preemptive Action, Bans Red Flag Laws [More]And that was OK with the ORA?
[Via Wynn A]
Class A Melons
Arrest made in Louisa 'melon heads' caper [More]Why is this the first thing I thought of?
[Via Mack H]
The Consistency of Principle Conundrum
Leading the Blind
The Los Angeles County Public Health Director is Dr. Barbara Ferrer, but local residents expecting a virologist, molecular biologist, or epidemiologist at the helm would be disappointed. Many were surprised to learn that, unlike her predecessor Dr. Jonathan Fielding, Dr. Ferrer is not even a medical doctor. [More]So who better to prescribe without a license?
[Via Michael G]
Preparing for the Last Roundup
Colorado among the states that share names, addresses of COVID-19 cases with law enforcement [More]But...but...but what about doctor-patient confidentiality?
[Via bondmen]
Another Red Flag
Moms Demand Action backed politician threatens to shoot people who don’t wear masks [More]And she's a gun-grabber with a concealed carry permit?
Can a bigger hypocrite exist?
I mean besides Jorge and pals...
[Via bondmen]
UPDATE:
Ironically, her Facebook page also has a video of a parade of fire equipment and others marking her son’s seventh birthday last Friday during which a firefighter hands the boy a gift. Neither is wearing a mask.[Via Matthew L]
Now There's a Shocker
We're the Only Ones Committing Black and White Television Violence Enough
A 68-year-old Missouri woman has filed a lawsuit against four police officers and their suburban St Louis department after they were captured in a since-viral video beating and arresting her and her adult son over a claim that the pair had stolen a television. The allegation turned out to be false. All four officers are white; the mother and son are black. [More]I wonder if they join gun-grabbing, Democrat-backing black "community leaders" in deeming police the "Only Ones" who should be armed...
[Via bondmen]
A Transpecies Activist
If normal radical liberals in Big Tech weren’t bad enough, Twitch has named a transgender streamer who self-identifies as a deer to be on the platform’s “Safety Advisory Council.” [More]We're gonna need a bigger 4473.
[Via Steve T]
A Clear Command
Simply put, unless historical evidence clearly commands otherwise, courts claiming fidelity to originalist values ought to defer to democratically enacted public-carry policies. [More]Simply put, as documented by the historical evidence, there is no more clear command for originalist fidelity than "shall not be infringed."
Stare decisis weenies perpetuating corrupt deviations won't stop unless they learn that the hard way.
[Via Michael G]
A Question of Morbidity
Pelosi: Trump Shouldn’t Take Hydroxychloroquine Because He's In the ‘Morbidly Obese’ Class [More]I liked James Woods' response.
[Via Jess]
Thank You, Captain Obvious
Quis Custodiet Potatoes?
Primarily Speaking
There will be a primary election in Maryland on June 2, less than two weeks away.
There is no candidate who has come out more strongly and definitively on the right to keep and bear arms and on its greatest threat -- culturally suicidal "pathway to citizenship" immigration -- than Jim Simpson.
Gun owners are always complaining about Republican politicians who fall short. Jim Simpson is one of us, a citizen advocate, and he wants what we want. How can we expect fidelity and unbending support for our cause if we don’t show it to those who could advance our interests if we’d only help get them to a position where they can?
He needs that support now, and not just monetary, but in spreading the word to those who will be voting.
Like a Shot in the Arm
Alan Dershowitz: State has right to 'plunge a needle into your arm' - Contends Constitution grants government power to forcibly vaccinate individuals [More]Using that rationale, it could also declare implants mandatory.
This opens the door to a much broader set of arguments, all of which lead to flawed "solutions." At some point, a "law" is only as effective as the ability to enforce it.
We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident
Ammunition background checks lead to dozens of firearms seized across state, including in SoCal, in recent operations [More]Background checks are registration.
Registration leads to confiscation.
Fun Times in Cleveland Again
Suspect in attack at Cleveland ATM was recently released with ankle monitor - I-Team finds 7 inmates cut off ankle bracelets since March [More]Looks like I need to add bats...
And, of course, the Democrats who rule Cleveland have long coveted a monopoly of violence that's just a demographic jump away from being able to end preemption.
You bet it's a priority for Frank.
At least we're not Detroit.
Yeah, That's Kind of the Point
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The Opposite Day "progressive" cognitive dissonance: It burns!
"Joe" doesn't get it either.
Gun-Grabbing Religious Useful Idiots Really Serving Interests of All-Powerful State
Those who hold religion in contempt have always been more than happy to exploit religious useful idiots if it advances their agenda. [More]At some point, when they’re no longer needed, useful idiots are then “fundamentally transformed” into useless eaters, right before they’re further “fundamentally transformed” into fertilizer.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Thank Government
A Texas career criminal who was recently released from jail despite being arrested nearly 70 times is accused of fatally stabbing an 80-year-old woman out shopping Saturday, police said. [More]And the people responsible for uncaging this animal don't want you to have a gun.
(Turn and Face the Strange) Ch-ch-changes
The most notable changes are the inclusion of the firearm information at the top of page one instead of page three, the change of “county” to “county/parish/borough,” and the addition of “non-binary” to the gender. [More]See? They're woke and respectful when they're requiring you to submit to their infringements or else.
Not your granddad's 4473...
[Via everrest]
Your Papers...
Oregon Gov. Decrees Residents in Closed Counties Cannot Shop in Open Counties [More]What if you live near a county line and the closest and most convenient places that you always shop at are right across it?
Boy, this business of being a totalitarian can get tricky.
Control freak power perverts sure are manifesting their diseased worldviews for all to see, are they not? I have a feeling that when real pushback starts to happen we'll see a cascade effect.
Squeeze, baby, squeeze...
[Via Michael G]
Resorting to Alinsky Rule 5
David Chipman Mocks new gun owners... [More]So mock David Chipman back, along with the other ridiculous monopoly of violence cheerleaders.
[Via An Hour of Wolves]
The Untouchablette
The I-Team talked exclusively with new ATF-Chicago boss Kristen deTineo, who grew up in the Beverly neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. [More]So she knows the Chicago way?
Any bets on whether we'll see a difference in stats?
[Via Jess]
Safe Spaces
Good Question
So why are we still bringing in temporary workers? Ask the Trump Administration. [More]The same reason we all bought instruments and band uniforms...?
Just Like at Your House
A Georgia man who was wanted for violating his probation will face several new charges after a 6-year-old took his gun and shot a sibling in the face, authorities said. [More]This is how the grabbers make it seem pervasive within all social strata instead of overwhelmingly limited to an aberrant subset:
That way, they can pass "lock up your safety" laws against you that will have absolutely no effect on the element that ignores all laws.
You can tell no one involved in this slick propaganda piece has any actual experience passing gun safety knowledge on to young people, so instead, they just used first-rate (well-financed) production values to express their ignorance and bias.
Using their "logic," upper-middle-class white people like this should abstain from sex.
AOC SOP
US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to raise taxes on the rich — but not pay her own. [More]Yes, but look at how generous she is with other people's money!
That reminds me of Bernie not doing his "fair share."
[Via Michael G]
#BelieveDemocrats
Susan Faludi explains in the New York Times that when feminists said we should “believe women,” they never meant that we should believe all women. [More]Yeah, we've kind of figured that out.
[Via Michael G]
Flip or Flop
‘F***ing Devastating’: Katie Hill Says She Cried For Days After Republicans Flipped Her Old Seat [More]Well, maybe if she hadn't been flipping her seat...
[Via Michael G]
So We Should Lighten the Load?
The state had the burden to prove by “clear and convincing evidence” either that DeRossett knew he was shooting at law enforcement officers, or that he was “furthering” (meaning participating in, or deriving any benefit from) his niece’s prostitution activities. Even if DeRossett knew about the prostitution in his home, his mere knowledge of it does not meet the definition of “furthering." [More]And your point is...?
[Via Michael G]
We're the Only Ones Electrifying Enough
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise
We're the Only Ones Stripped Enough
Officer arrested on duty!!! Uniform cut off him as he is cuffed! All on lapel video!!! [Watch]Life imitates art.
[Via bondmen]
We're the Only Ones Professionally Courteous Enough
Imagine the immediate reaction had it been you they were serving a warrant on and you proceeded to obstruct while armed. [Watch]
Close Enough for Government Work
“In our commercial reality, we would fire anyone for developing code like this and any business that relied on it to produce software for sale would likely go bust,” David Richards, co-founder of British data technology company WANdisco, told the Telegraph. [More]What's unclear is if he spent too much time working on the front end or the back end...
[Via Mack H]
Teflon Totalitarians
I'm Going to Kansas City, Kansas City Here I Come
More people have died from homicide than COVID-19 in Kansas City [More]Just get one of these babies.
Dare I say "feral thugs" again?
[Via Steve T]
SANCTUARY!
Five-Minute Activism
Received via email:
National Call Your Governor Day Call your Governor on Tuesday, May 19th, as part of a nationwide call to action to express one of the following messages: If your Governor has begun reopening the state, call to say thank you! If your Governor is maintaining the lockdowns, call to say it’s time to reopen!Here.
As If By Design
"The results clearly show that the COVID-19 virus is exquisitely adapted to infect humans," says Flinders University Professor Nikolai Petrovsky, lead author of a new paper just published online in arXiv, a leading US preprint server for researchers. [More]It's gotta be fake news. Otherwise, the DSM would be all over it.
And they're not.
Right?
[Via Jess]
We're the Only Ones Upholding Enough
"They (the officers) actually surprised the hell out of me," Trumbetti said afterward, noting that they "did their job and upheld their oath ... and know that we are not doing anything wrong. It's about time for every police officer out there to understand we all have rights and, even as a police officer, you don't have to do this. It is unconstitutional. It's that simple. We have the right to work." [More]We also have a right to keep and bear arms. Care to test that with 'em?
[Via Mack H]
And Now for the Important News
The Season 15 star of "The Bachelorette" has apologized for using the N-word while attempting to rap the lyrics of DaBaby's "Rockstar" on her Instagram Live on Saturday. [More]So what are the lyrics?
It doesn't strike anyone that forbidding words to other groups based on their race is racist? Or that an outraged reaction pile-on by her peers is the result of calculated conditioning that serves interests other than "social justice"?
Pass the oar?
Unmourning Joe
“Exactly, what’re you gonna do,” Scarborough responds, laughing loudly and deeply. [More]The creepiness of that doesn't surprise me.
As for what I'm gonna do, I'm mulling over if a FOIA request that wouldn't be a waste of time is doable...
Monday, May 18, 2020
How Did I Miss This?
Published last January:
Writing in AmmoLand about the end-of-year spike in Chicago murders, Codrea, who has won multiple awards for his reporting on the sanctity of the Second Amendment, blamed the murders on “feral thugs.”It almost sounds like they have a problem with that.
An Officer and a Mussulman
Relisted Again
Don't look for the cases here. SCOTUS just kicked the 2A can down the road again. [More]
These cases...
I thought they were eager...
The Shawshank Exception
We're the Only Ones Ignorant of the Law Enough
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