Mexico to Chicago: Sostenga Mi Cerveza

 

GRAPHIC: 18 Shot During Cartel Shootout at Bar in Mexico [More]

How those leyes de sentido común sobre armas or however you really say it workin' out for you fellers down there...?

[Via Wynn A] 

He Should Talk

 "Section 230 is the Internet’s most important law for free speech and safety," Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said. "Weakening Section 230 protections will remove critical speech from the Internet." [More]

That's almost funny.

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Blaming the Victim Enough

 “The streets are absolutely flooded with stolen guns,” Maryland Heights Police Chief Bill Carson said. The chief said many of them are coming from legal gun owners who are carrying them in their cars. [More]

I don't suppose any of that could be attributed to "gun-free zones" requiring the "law-abiding" to temporarily disarm...? 

And I don't suppose a parable about motes and beams might apply here...?

[Via bondmen]

Playing Catch-Up

Community leaders fear women are increasingly caught up in St. Louis violence [More]

Saying they're "caught up" apparently absolves them of responsibility for making choices to immerse themselves and be willing participants.

[Via bondmen]

From the Party of Proletarian Solidarity

 So here's Biden's pick for press secretary wearing a communist hammer and sickle hat in 2014 [More]

Of course, USA Today claims it's being taken out of context. Why a Soviet hammer and sickle is perceived as less offensive than a Nazi swastika in any context remains unexplained.

[Via bondmen]

Agitprop You Can Control With

 Three Ways America’s Mainstream Media Resemble Communist Media [More]

That's why I call 'em the DSM...

[Via bondmen]

Another Name for the 'Gun Violence Memorial'

Police Say Homeowner Shoots 2 Suspects, Killing 1 In Elk City Home Invasion [More]

There seems to be a lot of that going around lately.

Shannon and the Hogglet would rather the homeowners had been killed than armed, preferably, for obvious reasons, with guns.

[Via bondmen]

Gun Prohibitionists Exploiting Suicide to Advance Disarmament Agenda

What we’re dealing with here is yet another rich Democrat-funded “Astroturf” campaign using slick Madison Avenue ad techniques to make it look “grassroots.” [More]

It's tough to accept they're doing it for our own good if the "solution" is to pass edicts enforceable by men with guns.

Iowa Alert

Iowa DNR is falsely claiming the authority to override Iowa Law and usher in sweeping changes to approved hunting cartridges. [More]

So what's an NRA-endorsed governor doing appointing someone with such an apparently thin CV to a position of such power and impact over others? 

I'd be asking Kim Reynolds.

Onward Christian Soldiers?

Why We Refuse to Fight- Servile Christians embrace surrender as a virtue [More]

A 1747 Philadelphia sermon comes to mind:

"He that suffers his life to be taken from him by one who has no authority for that purpose, when he might preserve it by defense, incurs the Guilt of self murder since God has enjoined him to seek the continuance of his life, and Nature itself teaches every creature to defend itself."

[Via Michael G]

Common Law

 The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its sister organization, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state of Maryland’s ban on common semiautomatic rifles. [More]

Here's the complaint.

One of these days I hope to be surprised and see someone with the resources argue that "common" means by the military and actually make core "militia" purpose a central part of the complaint.  

They Burn Heretics, Don't They?

 Using statistical analysis, a senior lecturer from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) has demonstrated that COVID-19 has resulted in no excess deaths, yet the university has censored the article online. [More]

Well, what else are Opposite Day "progressive" institutions of knowledge supposed to do?

[Via Laocoön]

In Passing

Two men with awesome minds I had the privilege of working with when I was involved with the Westside Los Angeles NRA Members Council have died:

J. Neil Schulman: He actually passed over a year ago. The man had a formidable intellect and it was reflected in his work.

Randall Herrst: He was a wizard with facts, numbers and legal/legislative matters, and was an indispensable resource for those of us who weren't. 

Rest in peace, gentlemen. Thank you for your exceptional efforts which all gun owners continue to benefit from, even if many will never know.

[Via Howard K]

Risky Business

The role of government in reducing risk becomes more pronounced after a crisis. [More]

It doesn't really reduce risk-- it transfers it and ultimately increases it.

 [Via Michael G]

The Only Good Trump Supporter is a Dead Trump Supporter?

 Jamelle Bouie, formerly of Slate and now with the New York Times, has written articles under headlines like “There is no such thing as a good Trump voter,” arguing that such people “don’t deserve your empathy.” [More]

Note who gives this mob inciter a megaphone. Genocides are born from such rhetoric.

[Via Michael G]

Today's 'Stop the Steal' Collection

 This post will be updated throughout the day as new and non-repetitive links are received. As always, I can't guarantee the credibility of links, so look at everything with an eye toward testing claims for proof.

• Trump mail ‘Undeliverable,’ 388,000 ballots backdated, ‘disappear’
• OH tea party leader: declare martial law, hold new vote
• Democrat Operatives in MI & GA Changed Military Ballots
• N.Y. Congressional Race Up in the Air-55 Uncounted Ballots Found
• History repeating itself?

[Via  Michael G,  Mack H,  

I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar

 

[More]

Now is the time for small businessmen to feel a self-awakening coming on and beat "progressive feminists" at their own mandated wealth redistribution game by taking advantage of federal woman-owned business contract award preferences.

[Via Michael G]

Community Organizing Not Just for Subversives Anymore

 In Defense of Community Defense Groups - In one California county, residents turn to privately organized community groups for defense and support. [More]

There is a positive model here that can be built on. Then again, that does require some involvement and effort...

[Via Mack H]

All in the Algorithm

Up until two days ago, if you'd clicked on the "In the News" widget in this blog's left sidebar, which links to a Google news feed search for my name, the initial results would have gone to my AmmoLand articles, with the most recent on or near the top. This has been that way for years and has been a way to route readers to my articles.

It's been changed, so instead, it gives preference to articles that mention my name, or in one case, someone with the same name in a two-year-old article from a local news channel (and I feel sorry for that guy and hope my work hasn't caused him any grief). Bottom line, you have to get a couple pages in to start seeing my stuff appear with any regularity and the effect of this is that already limited-readership articles are now even harder to find.

Forgive me for considering past disconnects and wondering if there is intent in that, not specifically toward me, but toward all who advance alternatives to the approved narrative.

Gun Owners Without Borders

 The Right to Own a Gun Isn't Just for Americans [More]

Unbelievably, so many miss that point.

I can't tell you how many times I've seen ignorant writers -- some purporting to be on "our side" -- pontificating about how "there is no right to bear arms in [pick a country]." It's as frustrating as those -- again, from many supposed "pro-gunners" -- who say 2A is "granted" (somebody tell Lone Star Gun Rights?), and my "favorite," rice bowl gun groups sending out hysterical fundraising alerts telling members how if this or that does or doesn't happen WE WILL LOSE OUR GUNS!!!

[Via Jamie E]

The Most Busted Name in News

 

BREAKING: @Project_Veritas LIVE STREAMS President Jeff Zucker’s 9am Editorial Phone Call With @CNN Senior Leadership #ExposeCNN https://t.co/b0xQvRtADv

— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) December 1, 2020

 [Via Michael G]

Smile, You're on Candid Chimera

Pro-Lifers Arrested For Protesting San Francisco Hospital Transplanting Aborted Baby Organs Into Lab Rats [More]

Just making sure no demographics were "underrepresented"...

Hey, anybody know where we put those plastic sword toothpicks...?

Who but a racist and a hater could object?

[Via Michael G]

Well, They Do Admit to Being Secret

 The U.S. Secret Service appears to be testing our FOIA resolve for reasons only its operatives can say.

The first bump was in its acknowledgment of receipt:

We weren't asking for information pertaining to me but to the Hunter Biden gun investigation -- our FOIA request is embedded at the above link and you can see for yourself. It is hard to conceive how this is a mistaken "misinterpretation" on their part and had we proceeded without challenging that, they could have just come back and said "We have no information on him" and we'd be absolutely nowhere. 

In other words, this is either grossly incompetent -- which ought to concern everyone considering what this agency is responsible for -- or it's a deliberate stalling tactic, meaning it has been directed.

Stephen corrected them and now they're screwing with us on a fee waiver, another stall, as I've got it in writing from the feds via various FOIA efforts of years past that they acknowledge I'm an "Authorized Journalist." 

Stephen sent them a response. Let's see what kind of creative stonewalling they come up with next.

Stay tuned.

The Enemy of My Enemy

This is an untold story that needs telling, even if briefly so. [More]

One of the reasons I adhere to Washington's warnings on foreign entanglements is that too often, "we" get people to commit to "our" side and when we leave, they're left to the wolves. 

In this case, Miguel Faria recalls an avenged ally. It's an interesting read.

Speaking of which, have you bought his book yet?

At Least We Know Whose Side They're On

No Twitter ‘Fact Check’ Warning on Chinese Official’s Fake Photo of Australian Soldier Beheading Child [More]

Does anybody else get the feeling there's a partnership going on a lot deeper than we know?

[Via Michael G]

Splitting the Difference

Seattle experiment says no jailtime for crime, but has taxpayers split bill [More]

It sounds like they're paying for everything. Or does this mean "among themselves"?

[Via Michael G]

I Wonder if He'd Laugh at a Church SHOOTER?

 Georgia US Senate candidate (Warnock) laughs at churchgoers who go to church armed [More]

There's every chance this subversive tool will "win." And anyone not stupid enough to vote for him will be called a racist.

I get the impression the child abuse card could be played a lot harder here.

[Via bondmen]

My Kind of Town

 Twenty-eight people were shot, seven fatally, over the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. [More]

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

I'm starting to think our "deadliest threat" is an overblown paper tiger. 

[Via bondmen]

Another Child Falls Victim to Gun Violence

 A man shot and killed a 14-year-old boy who was attempting to carjack him Sunday in north St. Louis County. [More]

Family to demand his head in 3...2...1...

[Via bondmen]

Keeping Things in Perspective

 Perspective: St. Louis Has 239 Homicides this Year and 238 Coronavirus Deaths [More]

So we should make gangbangers wear masks and enforce a 6-foot rule for opening fire?

[Via bondmen]

No Duty to Retweet?

"People are already attacking me on Facebook saying I'm against the 2nd Amendment," she says. She clarified that homeowners would still be allowed to defend their lives, but not using firearms. Using a firearm to fight an intruder would lead to legal problems for the victim. [More]

That explains this.

No doubt she's a gun-grabber, but she's saying "No."

Here's the bill. Anyone familiar enough to parse the language and identify hidden pitfalls?

Before passing things along as true, I kind'a like to make sure first. 

[Via bondmen]

It's the Principle of the Thing

 Illinois officials allege sovereign immunity, seek summary judgment in $1 FOID card fee dispute [More]

"Not one cent for tribute" comes to mind.

And pirates, "official" or otherwise, shouldn't get immunity.

[Via bondmen]

It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Word 'Save' Is

 

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT FOR PATRIOTS:

1. Learn how color revolution works.

2. Learn about George Soros “reset” & “new world order.”

3. Learn about Bill Gates “depopulation” goal.

4. Learn about Abraham Lincoln’s exercise of power in 1861 to save our country.

EDUCATE CITIZENS.

— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) November 29, 2020

You're gonna lose some fans with #4, Lin.

 [Via bondmen]

Close But No Cigar

 

FFL’s should be able to sell guns by mail without seeing the customer if it’s so safe and secure to vote by mail without seeing the voter!

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) November 29, 2020

 

​What are these "FFL's" of which you speak?

[Via  An Hour of Wolves]

'Progressive' Covid Dilemmas

African Americans Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19 [More]

Then doesn't justice demand they be given vaccine priority? 

Except that would probably fuel rumors of being used as guinea pigs, and any subsequent deaths, whether resultant or coincidental, would become potential flashpoints.

And what do we do about the "undocumented"? If no person is "illegal," how would they not be given the same priority and claims to resources as citizens?

Because Nothing Says Competence and Subject Matter Expertise Like Genitalia!

Magnificent Seven: Joe Biden Hopes for History With an All-Female Communications Team [More]

I don't suppose a qualified male could claim discrimination? Not that one would want to work for Biden...

How many of the seven are "transitioned"? If "none," he's got some 'splainin' to do...

[Via Jess]

Today's 'Stop the Steal' Aggregator

This post will be updated throughout the day as new and non-repetitive links are received. As always, look at everything with an eye toward testing claims for proof. 

• Maricopa County GOP Chair Testimony
• Democrats Went Down To Georgia
• Retired General Makes Explosive Claim
• GA Attorneys, Sec. of State Defend Dominion Instead of Voters
• PA GOP Leaders Reject Investigation Resolution
• Facebook Removes Two of the Biggest 'Stop the Steal’ Groups
• ‘They Were Re-Scanning, Counting Ballots 8 to 10 Times’
• Barr: We Got Nothin'

[Via  TM,  RY,  Jess,  Michael G, 

Feed Your Friends, Starve the Beast

Oregon’s political tax credit law allows you to donate to our PAC and actually deduct the amount you donate from any tax you owe the State of Oregon. [More]

Why give aid and comfort to your enemies when those resources can be diverted to bring needed supplies to your friends on the front lines?

Olbermann Unwittingly Demonstrates Importance of Right to Keep and Bear Arms

 

To all of you gun-owning “Trump enablers” who are reading this, here’s a question you’ll need to consider: Do you intend to “go gentle into that good night”? [More]

Somebody take those scissors away before he hurts himself...

But Fear Itself

 Fear has become a new virtue. Never before in the history of this country have we told people that fear is good,” or to “settle into” those fears and allow them “to control and constrain your life,” said McDonald, who spoke at the American Front Line Doctors White Coat Summits in July and October. [More]

Of course, we have. What the hell do you think the entire "gun control" movement has been about all these decades? And some of the worst spreaders of that are the damned gunquacks.

[Via Mack H]

With Unfriends Like These...

For a product that made its top guy a multi-billionaire, Facebook really does have some crappy, limiting, and non-intuitive software from an end-user viewpoint. It's what it doesn't do but should.

I've noted before because I only use it to promote my article links, that I do not send out friend requests. I only accept them, and that's after giving a friend request a once-over to make sure the requestor looks to be interested in RKBA, and to try not to let spammers, grabbers, and purveyors of "nude photos" in. But what Facebook doesn't do is tell me who has "unfriended" me. Instead, you need to use third-party software, in this case, "Unfriend Finder."

I get notified if anyone drops me and access a screen that looks like this:

The "red" deleted me, for reasons anywhere from they deactivated their account (there seems to be a lot of that going around lately) to they've decided they want nothing to do with me. Ah, well.

I then go to my Facebook page, click on the "friends" link, and enter my ex-cyberpal's name. If it's a case of a deactivated account, this is what I see:

Since I have no idea why they did it and if they'll ever be back, I click on "unfriend." I figure if they change their mind they'll be back. As for other reasons, sometimes I see their name does not appear so no action is needed on my part.

Twitter is pretty much the same. For that, I use Who.Unfollowed.Me.

Yeah, I know about Gab and Parler and MeWe and have accounts with all, but they just don't produce enough article readership results to make it worth my limited time.

And for those of you who make a point of telling everyone you never use "social media," well, just so you realize you are ceding an effective ideological battlespace to the enemy. Until such time as it's no longer worth my while, I'll continue using it as ADVOCACY media.

Tick...Tick...Tick...

Confiscation Clock 1 Minute Closer to Midnite [More]

So it's almost "time"?

Lock Up Your Safety -- For SAFETY!

STORE YOUR GUNS LOCKED, UNLOADED AND SEPARATE FROM AMMUNITION [More]

Do it for us:

It's not like we have an agenda or anything...

[Via Mack H]

Why Didn't the Founders Think of This?

 Prof urges the creation of a new ‘Constitutional Court’ to ‘fix’ SCOTUS [More]

And then we'll be able to force you to do a lot more than bake cakes!

[Via Michael G]

On This Much We Can Agree

 BLM-LA has declared that Eric Garcetti is a White Supremacist ... who oversees a police state ... and that he should not be able to ascend to a cabinet position in the Biden-Harris administration. [More]

There's just this little matter of cognitive dissonance left to resolve...

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Unhurried Enough

Disabled man battles intruder as cops wait down the street [More]

See, it's their home they want to make it to...

[Via bondmen]

The Democrat Loophole

 Angry Democrat threatens to shoot GOP politician and Scott Presler. He’s apparently been identified [More]

We appear to need Blue Flag Laws...

[Via bondmen]

Mad as Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore

 A Staten Island pub located in a coronavirus hot spot is stealing a page from Seattle’s anarchist cookbook, declaring itself an “autonomous zone,” free from the public-safety restrictions its owners say they will refuse to abide by. [More]

If they were actually willing to defend it, this could be the flashpoint. 

Shirt?

[Via bondmen]

Ben's Dumber Brother?

 “Law enforcement must be able to keep guns out of the hands of convicted criminals,” said U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur. [More]

Yeah but it can't and never will be able to, so what's Plan B, genius, aside from continuing to ignore and deny reality?

[Via bondmen]

Hell Hath No Fury

 A woman is behind bars after Huntsville police said she fired more than a dozen shots at her husband Thursday morning and failed to hit him. [More]

I wonder if Annie Doh!kley votes Democrat...

[Via bondmen]

Community Marred By Gun Violence!

 Resident shoots 2 suspects in Lynchburg home invasion [More]

Gotta get the narrative back on track and most people only read headlines...

[Via bondmen]

A Nation of Quislings

 Norway Criminalizes Hate Speech Against Transgender People... In Private Homes Or Conversations [More]

Just to show that "conservative" is a relative term...

[Via  An Hour of Wolves]

Insult to Injury

 When he leaves office, can ex-President Trump be trusted with America's national security secrets? Ex-presidents are entitled to classified briefings. Some ex-intel officials think Trump shouldn't get access to any national secrets when he leaves office. [More]

But the guy married to Hillary and the guy mentored by Bill Ayers, no problem.

[Via Michael G]

The Impossible Takes a Little Longer

 Remember when Black Lives Matter activists made “defund the police” the core demand of their movement? After two teenagers were shot to death Friday, now they want police to apprehend the killer [More]

The logic is above my pay grade. Maybe we should ask Norman...

[Via Michael G]

Hate Speech Isn't Free Speech!

 University 'First Amendment Support Team' suspended after complaints from BLM chapter [More]

Besides, we all know the amendment was written by slave owners and free speech really is hate speech! Just ask a racist, communist mob!

[Via Michael G]

Whoppers of Omission

 On Monday, NBC's Today show covered the stabbings, but, unlike Fox & Friends, did not update the story after the involvement of an illegal alien was revealed. A Nexis search finds that the morning and evening news casts on ABC, CBS, and NBC have otherwise ignored the story. [More]

Just in case anybody thinks I'm just joking and I don't really mean it when I call them "the DSM."

[Via Michael G]

What's to Hear?

 Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump’s plan to remove non-citizens from census [More]

Don't worry. Joe will make it moot.

Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue"!

[Via TM]

UPDATE:

The sweeping language chosen by the Framers requires that the “whole immigrant population should be numbered with the people and counted as part of them,” as John Bingham argued during the debates over the Fourteenth Amendment.

You guys at Slate wouldn't happen to have any cites that actually quote the Framers, would you?

[Via DDS]

Not Exactly Leading By Example...

 Robert Reich Tweets On Thanksgiving Day: "No Human Being Is Illegal On Stolen Land" [More]

So he's admitting when he assumed his cabinet position and freely took an oath to the Constitution he was lying, or does he believe in pledging fealty to invaders and genocidal conquerors? By the way, has he initiated proceedings to cede any property he might own back to the indigenous peoples from whose ancestors it was taken?

At Least He's Heading in the Right Direction

Mayors and Governors “had police departments stand down in their cities, allowed protesters and rioters to take over police precincts and damage and vandalize buildings.” Now, they want to add insult to injury. Liberal politicians are after law abiding citizens. [More]

But if they defy tyrannical edicts, they're not really "law-abiding," are they?

Anyway, good on the sheriff. I just wish he'd take a similar public stance on enforcing citizen disarmament orders.

[Via Jess]

The End Justifies the Means?

 Justice Department rushing to expand execution methods like firing squads for federal death row inmates [More]

I still have those mixed feelings I've talked about before.

[Via Mack H]

Maybe Philip Can Still Function and She'll be a Palacewrecker

Cindy McCain eyed by Biden for US ambassador to the UK: report [More]

A homewrecker, a continued adulteress, a drug abuser who stole from her own charity?

Who says she's not qualified for government work...?

And I wonder if "Cindy McCain tapped" was deliberate, which could explain why the headline was changed but the url remains.

[Via Henry Bowman]

High Time

Time for Hard Choices on Federal Drug Enforcement [More]

Lentil stew, anyone?

And what about Hunter?

[Via Mack H]

Today's 'Stop the Steal' Aggregator

 As per established practice, this post will be updated throughout the day as new and non-repetitive links are received. As always, look at everything with an eye toward testing claims for proof. 

• HOW TRUMP, THE DOD & CHRIS MILLER DEFEAT DEEP STATE
• Affidavit in Sidney Powell Suit Ties Vote Machines to Iran, China
• Maricopa voting director: Dominion reps in tabulation center
• GA Operative Set Up Drop Boxes and Far Left Activists as Counters
• PA Justices Playing Politics by Dismissing Absentee Ballot Challenge
• Dominion Server Crashes During Georgia Recount
• Candace Owens Challenges Fact-Checker, And Wins
• Former CEO Paying Hackers to Prove Trump Won Election
• Team Trump Demands Signature Audit (more on Dominion crash)

[Via Matthew L, Agustin B, TM,  Jess, Michael G, bondmen,  

They Voted for It

 As their city circles the drain due to rising crime, Minneapolis City Council members have the perfect solution: cut the police force. [More]

I don't suppose anyone is interested in a real solution...?

[Via Michael G]

Fisking Fisk

 It was because learning for myself that Fisk was a fraud, a fabricator and a fantasist was fundamental to my understanding of the very concept of journalism, and the responsibility that this profession is supposed to carry. [More]

Ha! Good one!

[Via Michael G]

You Can't Stop the Signal.

 

The "reporter" can't shake his slave mentality.

[Via Jess]

A New Way to Exile All You Haters

 Su’s approach to the platform’s censorship will focus on “transformative and procedural justice.” [More]

We're still going to muzzle anyone who doesn't get with the program, but we're going to use deliberately amorphous terminology to justify it.

[Via Jess]

It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Word 'Thorny' Is

 The increase of border crossings by children, and of overall apprehensions, could prove to be an early and thorny immigration policy test for the incoming Biden administration. [More]

What, the one attracting them with the inducement of a "pathway to citizenship"?

You can have too many Democrats?

Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue"!

[Via Wynn A] 

I Wonder if Any Looters for Walter Wallace Were Involved

5 injured, including 2 teens, in overnight gun violence across Philadelphia [More]

Say, you don't think...?

At least we know what didn't work.

Adventures in Cognitive Dissonance

 “As an organization we support the Second Amendment. We draw the line, however, at military grade weapons in the hands of civilians. We’re talking about weapons like the SIG MCX semi-automatic that was used to murder 49 LGBTQ people and wound 53 more at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. These deadly weapons of war belong in the hands of soldiers, not civilians,” Williams said. [More]

In other words, Troy Williams doesn't know what the f*** he's talking about.

Here, of All Places?

 One person dead, 14 hurt after shooting at nightclub in SC [More]

This is my shocked face.

[Via Sweet Babboo]

A Right Denied

 Unite the Right organizer Kessler denied concealed handgun permit [More]

I thought Virginia was a "shall issue" state. What among the allegations rises to the level of disqualifying him?

You don't have to like the guy, but if they can do it to him for other than legal reasons, they can do it to you.

[Via Mack H]

UPDATE (received via email):

Kessler was denied his concealed carry permit in Albermarle County (Charlottesville, VA) by their Circuit Court judge after receiving an affidavit from the Commonwealth's Attorney of Albermarle County.  He was denied the permit because he was convicted of felony perjury for lying about the dude who 'assaulted' Kessler at the Unite the Right rally.  I'm a Virginian and 2A lover, but here in the Old Dominion, you ain't getting your permit if you're a convicted liar in open court.  Dude's a felon.  End of story. Plus the scumbag factor is off the charts for this guy.  Were there shenanigans involved?  Highly likely.... but Kessler didn't appeal the felony perjury charge and actually pleaded guilty to it... got 30 days - suspended 30 days.  He can appeal the concealed carry permit decision of the circuit court judge within 60 days, I believe.  But dude's a convicted felon... an appeal to carry in Virginia isn't gonna change a damn thing. 

Thanks for WOG posts, a wealth of info in one place.  Keep pushing....

Speaking of Wretched Refuse at the Teeming Shore...

Plea hearing set for El Salvadoran citizen who has entered U.S. illegally at least four previous times​ [More]

God, America is such a cruel and hateful country!

[Via Mack H]

Ignorant Woman Makes Fool of Self in Public

 In a rational world, that would be the headline. [More]

A Good Clip

 I purposely did not include a link at the end of my latest "gun safety" article, because it went to a piece from years back when I used the word that is the bane of anyone who knows anything about guns, "clip." I knew someone would pick up on that and make that and my evident ignorance the focus instead of the discussion I was inviting.

It's something I quickly learned not to repeat lest it bring hot coals and derision down upon my head, but in my defense, one of the writers who had influenced me was decorated combat legend Col. David Hackworth. He used it on occasion, and I figured I'd leave it to someone else to insist that he was wrong and deserving of their scorn:

Fortunately, There was a Memory Hole Nearby

Johns Hopkins Study Saying COVID-19 Has 'Relatively No Effect on Deaths' in U.S. Deleted After Publication [More]

Narrative, people, let's stay on message...

[Via Michael G]

Suicide Squad

 Gruesome Proof That Social Workers Cannot Replace Police [More]

But do we really mind if more try?

[Via Michael G]

The Democratic Way of Doing Things

Biden’s DHS pick “disqualified” for “selling Green Cards to Chinese nationals on behalf of rich, democratic donors” [More]

Heck, send 'em up to Santa Clara County and get 'em all concealed carry permits!

[Via Michael G]

No Country for Old Men

 It is just unbelievable to someone who grew up in the United States of America that in the last few days because of censorship of criticism of the Biden Campaign, I have had to quit Twitter, quit my column for TheLatest.com, and had a post banned on LinkedIn. [More]

The government doesn't have to ban speech if it can get fawning economic fascists to do that job for it.

And we ain't seen nothin' yet.

[Via Agustin B]

Not His Problem

 However, County Executive Jeff Smith told San José Spotlight that Garcia’s and Liccardo’s judgement of the situation is premature and chastised them for using the tragedy to advance their political agenda of making drastic changes to county’s immigration policies. [More]

Jeff doesn't look like he spends a lot of personal time in areas where his political agenda and deliberate indifference impact quality of life issues

[Via Wynn A]  

Speaking of Being Sick of Things...

 “I agree with you 100-percent — the I agree with you 100-percent — the First Amendment excuse is out. Right? First Amendment excuse is out. Right? Folks are sick of that.” [More]

You think those "folks" will like the Second Amendment "excuse" any better?

More to the point, how could you be stupid enough to think "Chief Diversity Officer" is a real job?

[Via Michael G]

You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

 After defunding the police, Portland mayor attacks police for not arresting more rioters (that just get released anyway) [More]

I just can't decide who I would rather see chase this guy down.

[Via Michael G]

The Difference Between a Jab and a Knockout Punch

 Illegal Votes From Noncitizens Likely Affected the 2020 Election, Study Says [More]

But it's the "legal" ones that hurt us most.

Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."

[Via bondmen]

Marching Past

 There Won’t Be Any BLM Marches To Call For Justice For Carl Jackson Jr. [More]

Not unless they can tie it to a greater agenda...

[Via bondmen]

Cat Out of the Bag

 ‘Cat Eyes’ may turn your trip to St. Louis Lambert Airport into a visit with police [More]

I guess I'm wondering who would think TSA wouldn't want another trophy? Then again, I never have understood how anyone could be so oblivious as to be unaware of a gun in their carry-on. 

[Via bondmen]

A Second (Amendment) Chance?

Barrett Reloaded? A New Third Circuit Decision Could Prove The Perfect Base For A Second Amendment Blowout [More]

So some "felons" can be trusted with a gun and  Martha Stewart may not pose a mortal danger to us all (unless she votes)?

If the Second Amendment is a fully incorporated individual civil right, however, the law and the courts should arguably use strict scrutiny in reviewing the constitutionality of laws that infringe on it. [More]

Damn straight. Only gun-grabbers and gutless "moderate" squishes argue otherwise.

Then again, the blowout may have already happened and may be why Roberts will betray us again.

[Via bondmen]