Tuesday, February 23, 2021

As If By Design

[Via bondmen]

Can We All Get Along?

Racial integration lives at a Southern gun show [More]

Either they just don't make white supremacists like they used to or somebody's been lying to everybody.

[Via bondmen]

All Peaceful Means


It's looking like the last of those are being systematically closed off. [More]

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

 Jen Psaki responds to small business fears: Biden 'nominated a woman' to lead SBA [More]

Just to be clear, if Rachel Levine ddn't have another gig she'd qualify?

UPDATE - Speaking of which:

Levine has advocated for sex changes for pre-pubertal people, otherwise known as “children.”

[Via Michael G]

A Long-Term Relationship

 Expect to get COVID-19 shots for years to come, Johnson & Johnson CEO says [More]

A song from my misbegotten youth comes to mind...

This is fine...

[Via Alan D]

He's Ba...ack...

The RETURN! Lee "The Gun Writer" Williams [Watch]

If you want to know why he's been missing for a while, I can answer that in two words.

Speaking of 'Baseless'...

But a kind of censorship we didn't expect took place this week when independent fact-checkers decided to place warning labels on the actual Second Amendment itself, hiding it behind a fact-checking statement saying the included content is false. [More]

No doubt it violates community standards.
[Via Michael G]

It Doesn’t Feel Pity, or Remorse, or Fear, and It Absolutely Will Not Stop, Ever, Until You are Dead!

 Researchers propose ‘ethically correct AI’ for smart guns that locks out mass shooters [More]

Skynet approves.

[Via JPFO]

You'll Eat It and You'll LIKE It

Today the Senate Judiciary Committee took 4 hours of testimony on SB 554, a bill designed to turn 300,000 law abiding Oregonians into felons so that Ginny Burdick can leave the Senate happy. [More]

There's a Kennedy quote in here somewhere...

How'd They Get Elected in the First Place?

 Entire California School Board Resigns After Mocking Parents For Wanting Schools Open [More]

I wonder what the percentage of voters is who actually check affiliations of school board candidates and other "nonpartisan" offices, as opposed to they remember the name from a sign or slate mailer, or it "sounds better."

[Via Henry Bowman]

Perfect Democrat Constitutents

 Dem Rep. Khanna admits Democrats 'don't want' small businesses that pay less than $15 minimum wage [More]

Welfare recipients = constituents!

Disarmed constituents.

Khanna, eh? Anybody else notice a trend among children of immigrants that didn't use to be so pronounced? 

[Via Mack H]

With a Vengeance

 Merrick Garland Vows to Prioritize Prosecuting Capitol Rioters and Their 'Abettors' [More]

So that's who bought it!

UPDATE:

Merrick Garland: Antifa's and BLM's Attacks on Federal Courthouses Weren't Domestic Terrorism, Because It Was Nighttime

[Via Michael G]

UPDATE:
A.G. nominee Garland says DOJ will ‘advance’ Biden’s gun control policies
I want to show you something. It's my shocked face.

This Oughta Lock Republicans Out for Good!

Democrats usher in election reforms, from anti-discrimination protections to earlier ballot counting [More]

Remember, with "progressives," every day is Opposite Day!

And Jorge helped!

[Via Mack H]

Gassing Up

 Comparatively speaking, I wonder what this does to the numbers and if it counts if you can't "justify" a wealth transfer... [More]

This is Fine!

 

Yeah, well, "conservative" Newsmax honcho Chris Ruddy can't get him enough Bubba Love, either.

Sanctuary!

 There are some comments under my latest AmmoLand piece I believe merit further awareness because, as one reader put it, "This is a topic that needs more coverage and wide dissemination." 

I cannot urge you strongly enough to go to SanctuaryCounties.com and first of all familiarize yourself with the site, then drill down to your AO, and tell your friends.

I grabbed the latest map from here.

"I have devoted more than a year of my life to archiving the Second Amendment Sanctuary Movement," site creator Noah Davis tells us. "We are now well over 1/3 of all American Counties that are now Second Amendment Sanctuaries."

I did not know that, did you? Davis wrote about it last September.

If you do "social media" (what I prefer to use as advocacy media), you can keep up with them on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube.

Let Us Join Hands and What, Exactly?

 Ex-Clinton adviser Naomi Wolf warns US becoming 'totalitarian state before our eyes' under Biden - Author tells 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' Americans must wake up before it is 'too dangerous to fight back' - "That is not a partisan thing," Wolf told Carlson. "That transcends everything that you and I might disagree or agree on. That should bring together left and right to protect our Constitution." [ https://www.foxnews.com/media/naomi-wolf-tucker-clinton-adviser-biden-lockdowns ]

I count one truth and four major misconceptions.

And everybody knows about Fox News links denying access to Blogger?

That said...

Monday, February 22, 2021

J'Accuse…!

 The following companies and/or their decision makers have instituted anti-firearm corporate policy or have pressed lawmakers to enact further strict legislation. [More]

I have the same problem with this I had with the old "NRA Blacklist": What exactly did those being accused do? For this to be useful, each entry should explain or link to documentation of the offense.

That and I see plenty not on here who deserve to be. Case in point... And let's not forget who gun owners brag they go to in lieu of Levis: they've still never explained that one.

I don't ask anything from the listmaker that I don't hold myself to. If I say so-and-so did something, I prove it. Without doing that, I'm having a hard time distinguishing this logically and morally from what I'd expect from a mob, where somebody yells out an accusation and everybody runs for a rope.

You can do better, CCRKBA.

Settled Science

Firearm violence occurred more frequently in US cities in 2020 compared with previous years.1 Two major events of 2020 may explain this increase: enactment of containment policies to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and a national reckoning with systemic racism, including widespread protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd.1 This study evaluated independent associations between COVID-19 containment policies and the killing of George Floyd on firearm violence in one US city, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [More]

I know the number I've shot has gone through the roof. How about you?

Funny, though. No cites to support the "systemic racism" claim...

Ah, well. It's not as if JAMA has shown itself to be that big of a stickler for proofs.

Pillow Talk

Dominion Sues MyPillow, CEO Mike Lindell Over Election Claims [More]

It's more than a pillow fight this time.

It will tell us much if his evidence is ruled inadmissible.

First They Came for the Trophy Hunters

"One day, trophy hunting will be listed as a sign of a psychiatric disorder, as it should be today. [More]

Are you who qualify as Fudds sure it's smart throwing the EBR crowd under the Land Rover...?

Today's Adventure in Baselessness

 'Inexplicable': Alito and Thomas Dissent as Supreme Court Strikes Down Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit [More]

I'm sure if we looked hard enough we could find an explanation.

[Via Michael G]


One for You, Two for Me...

 Health officials consider changes to Virginia’s vaccine distribution strategy amid concerns over equity [More]

So who gets more, Democrats or Republicans?

Any chance we could put "haters" on a "Do Not Vaccinate" list?

[Via Mack H]

Mostly Peaceful Infesters

Portland Police Struggling to Remove Armed Insurrectionists in Autonomous Zone [More]

They don't want to "provoke" a response that'll turn the narrative on its head...

[Via Jess]

The Bear Necessities

 MUST SEE: Bears Released into Wild Turn on Rescuers! [More]

I haven't had this much fun since Timothy Treadwell.

There's an analogy in here somewhere.

[Via Jess]

Not Exactly Crippled with Coulrophobia

 Why Iran Considers Biden a 'Weak' President [More]

We've seen this kind of contempt backed by a dare before.

[Via Michael G]

Meet the New Keeper. Same as the Old Keeper

 Now there is some bad news for the tyrants at Facebook. [More]

Fair dinkum. But tell me the tyrants Down Under will be any less repressive against "wrong thinking."

 [Via Michael G]

It's Not Easy Being Red

 Disney Adds ‘Offensive Content’ Label on The Muppet Show, Can Only Watch on Adult Account [More]

They obviously don't promote family values, although I'd have thought this would have bought some points...

[Via Michael G]

Building Tomorrow's Nazis Today

Universities’ Insane COVID Rules and Snitch Culture Are Training the Next Generation to Embrace Totalitarianism [More]

Because microaggressions hair triggers are so much more efficient at getting them to turn on each other than strapping rat cages to their faces...

[Via Michael G]

Taken for 'Granted'

 “It’s a right that’s given by God and granted in the constitution.” [More]

When will our political "leaders" learn?

[Via DDS]

We're the Only Ones Youth-Oriented Enough

 Retired Federal Law Enforcement Officer And Former Mayor Of Brooksville Charged With Child Exploitation Offenses [More]

He qualified for LEOSA nationwide concealed carry and you and I don't because the presumption is he is automatically more trustworthy.[Via bondmen]

Legend in His Own Mind

 Can Someone Please Speak to John Legend? [More]

What, about his wife's "talents"...?

[Via bondmen]

On Redirect

 Colorado representative says ‘You have to let go’ to colleague whose son was killed in Aurora theater shooting [More]

Or at least channel the energy into something that doesn't attack the rights of people who are not responsible for your loss...

[Via bondmen]

You Can't Fault Them on Diversity

 The False Narrative Of White Supremacists Doing Mass Public Shootings: Racial, Gender, Religious And Political Views Of These Killers From 1998 Through January 2021 [More]

So the club is tolerant and inclusive?

Except among a certain subgroup? A study to determine how big that is might be instructive.

[Via bondmen]

At What Price?

 At an average price of $1,000 the cost to taxpayers could reach $100 billion. [More]

Not even close, buddy.

[Via bondmen]

No Property Damage, None Injured, None Killed...

Second Amendment rally draws thousands of gun rights supporters to Arizona Capitol [More]

What, they didn't storm the place? I thought that's what we've been told violent, knuckle-dragging, right-wing, deplorable extremists do...

[Via Henry Bowman]

The Continuing Crisis

 That’s not to say that any have been proved. They’ve barely been investigated, whether at the federal or state level, in the courts, or by the media. For it’s quite clear that most of the people who really run America don’t want to know what really happened. More to the point, they don’t want you to know ...  Irregularities that our own State Department considers sufficient proof to declare third-world elections fraudulent are, here at home, not even enough to quality as “evidence.” [More]

As good a postmortem as any I've seen...

His assessment of future options for those who are persecuted with no means for redress seems a bit insulated, and Mr. Kennedy's observation about inevitability comes to mind.

[Via Laocoön]

We're the Only Ones Leaking Enough

 Kentucky police officer fired for supplying information to Black Lives Matter protesters - The officer is also accused of using police resources to stalk and spy on a woman with whom he previously had a sexual relationship [More]

And naturally, his counter is they're racist.

[Via Jess]

We're the Only Ones of Interest Enough

 Woman arrested for $200K theft connected to double murder in Lorain is a former Cleveland police officer [More]

See, a mere "civilian" like me has never had enough professional training to even think about getting involved in something like this...

Speaking of Disenfranchising...

 Pope Francis Removes Conservative African Cardinal From Vatican Post [More]

Can you say "underrepresented"?

And There Was War in Heaven

 Trump gears up for war with his own party [More]

But there's still plenty we can surrender, counsel the enemies within. Since when hasn't appeasement worked?

UPDATE

And it is exactly those societal problems—once called wedge issues...

RKBA is not a "societal issue" or a "wedge issue."

It's not about guns. It's about freedom.

[Via Mack H]

UPDATE: And while the Lincoln Club is self-destructing over its abusive pervert cofounder, a new group of Quislings is emerging to carry forth the banner of destroying conservative participation in politics.

[Via Michael G]

Red Flags

 My passion for protecting our Second Amendment rights has run strong ... As your next Lieutenant Governor, I will help lead the charge to repeal Virginia’s unconstitutional red flag law... [More]

Just to be clear:

"I've never supported red flag laws, don't support red flag laws..."

So VPM has issued a retraction at your demand?

"The proposal has the support of at least two House Republicans: GOP Caucus Chair Tim Hugo (R-Fairfax) and Del. Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach)."

And talk about your "passion" notwithstanding, you think Glenn Davis-approved "gun-free zones" strike "a reasonable balance"?

And creating a "reward illegals" magnet will do what for the legislative future of 2A, exactly?

You and Youngkin ought to go together like peas and carrots!

[Via Mack H]

Adventures in Baselessness

 Virginia Voter Identifies 1.7 Million Vote Difference Between State And External Reports From 2020 Election… But Can’t Get Any Answers [More]

Probably because it's not a bug, it's a feature, and anyone who would question it is a Nazi.

[Via Jess]

And There Was War in Heaven

 NRA Shows their Petticoats, and the US Trustee Objects to Brewer [More]

Jeff Knox sizes up a Gordian Knot.

Game-Changer?

 The maricopa county AZ forensic situation is heating up as a new senate bill passed Thursday changes EVERYTHING!!! This bill allows the senate to subpoena without any other law interfering... Also, Mark Finchem is filing a criminal investigation into the county come next week. BIG THINGS COMING! [Watch]

Let's hope.

Me, I'm expecting a lawsuit, an injunction, and years of back-and-forth/appeals.

Let's hope I'm wrong.

UPDATE: And let's hope Kelli Ward is right.

[Via Jess]

With That as Backdrop

Rep. Lauren Boebert displays guns in background during virtual House committee hearing [More]

I remember the last time a congressman flouted "weapons of war" like that!

The F*** Y*** and Disarm or We'll Kill You Act of 2021

 To provide for the development and use of technology for personalized handguns, to require that all handguns manufactured or sold in, or imported into, the United States incorporate such technology, and for other purposes. [More]

It's those "other purposes" everyone should really focus on.

But wait, as late TV pitchman Billy Mays used to say, there's more!

What more needs to be said than "Carolyn Maloney"?

Going Off-Script

 The globalist cabal working to install Joe Biden as Imperial Leader “enlisted Elias to lead efforts in election challenges.” They knew what he did for Hillary so they’re going bananas trying to figure out why he would throw the Democrats under the bus now. Elias is actually alleging “that thousands of votes may have been switched or changed by Dominion voting machines.” [More]

Maybe it's only "baseless" when Republicans raise doubts?

[Via Jess]

Always Think Forfeiture

 Indiana Senate Passes Bill To Let Government Steal Stuff From People Suspected of 'Unlawful Assembly' [More]

39 "law and order" Republicans, 11 Democrats, eh?

So that's what they perceive the flag-waving Greenwood constituency wants? They're probably not wrong.

"Blessings of Liberty" were always overrated anyway, don't you think?

[Via Michael G]


A Little Early for Celebrating

Arizona Committee Passes Bill to Take on Federal Gun Control Past, Present, and future [More]

Not quite.

And there's still a long way to go, and we are talking a state that elected Flake and McCain, and then Sinema and Kelly, with Douchey being the head Grand Old Phony.

And they'll still play bystanders to Kitty Genovese if you're getting attacked by maniacal feds.

[Via Jess]


Moving Up the Food Chain

AOC Calls for ‘Full Investigation’ of Cuomo Nursing Home Scandal [More]

Sensing weakness in the more powerful but wounded predator, the female hyena makes her move.

Sorry, something about this inspired a Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom mood there for a moment...

[Via Jess]

Much Ado about What, Exactly?

 Georgia Sen. Warnock Under Investigation For Voter Registration Misconduct [More]

Hell, if they couldn't sink him on obstructing a child abuse investigation, what makes anyone think a little election fraud will even put a dent in the hull?

[Via Jess]

We're the Only Ones Flummoxed Enough

 

This took guts. Plus it made me laugh out loud.

I wanted to watch more of James Freeman's stuff but I just haven't been able to catch a break.

When I do get a chance, I've bookmarked his page.

It's a Ghoul Thing

 Virginia governor candidate builds supporter list off Limbaugh's death [More]

Hey, it's not like he's violating any of his Carlyle Group principles.

What are they, again?

[Via Mack H]

A Question of Standards

 YouTube took down a newly recorded interview with former President Donald Trump in Google’s latest action against conservatives. A Newsmax spokesperson told The Epoch Times via email that the company was told the Feb. 17 interview was removed because it violated YouTube’s community guidelines. [More]

So the (ostensibly former and falsely accused racist) President of the United States is offensive, but the President of the United States of Love is well within YouTube/Google community guidelines! 

Must be-- it's all over the place

Everybody knows those lyrics were written by white "progressives" and made white producers a ton of money, both as a movie and on The Great White Way, right?

As the Culture Terraforms

 The bill also includes the most far-reaching changes in immigration law in more than three decades. It would sweep away restrictions on family-based immigration, making it easier for spouses and children to join family members already in the country. And it would expand worker visas to allow more foreigners to come to the United States for jobs. [More]

Conservative Daily's "Daily Sanity" email (sorry, I can't give the "View in Browser" link without giving anyone who accesses it the ability to "unsubscribe" me) says:

Not only does it give illegal aliens a pathway to citizenship, but it even includes illegals with multiple criminal convictions and even illegal aliens who have already been deported! That's right: the Democrats' amnesty plan would take illegal aliens who have already been deported and welcome back into the country to put them on a fast track for citizenship!

Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue"! If it did, I'm sure our "gun rights leaders" would be all over it.

Right?

No Good Argunment FOR Them, That's for Sure

 There simply isn’t a good argument against them.  [More]

So how many of these would have been stopped?

Y'all know your "progressive" paper's named after a slave owner?

Something for Everyone

 Louisiana shooting spree leaves 3 dead; armed citizens credited with saving lives [More]

So would the antis consider the glass half empty or half full?

The Kleptocracy Wealth Transfer and Middle Class Economy Destruction Act

 Dems’ $2T coronavirus bailout bill a job killer, GOP House budget panel leader says [More]

Maybe the first step is calling it what it really is.

Unclear on the Concept, and He's a Damn 'Leader'

 As you might know I’m a proud gun owner, and I am grateful for the 2nd amendment, which gives me the right to keep and bear arms. [More]

Good grief

And how do you not know you have a gun?  Does he think his NEGLIGENCE (not "accident," not "mistake") helps or hurts "constitutional carry" and the Iowa constitutional amendment push?

A Nonsense Candidate


Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she "dropped the ball" when it came to finding a way to use some of her contingency funds to pay for food for needy children or those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, she found herself dealing with "bad press," as she put it during a virtual news conference with reporters Friday, after it was discovered she had spent some $6,500 on groceries and alcohol while holding small in-person meetings at the governor's mansion. [More]

That's one way to put getting caught with her snout in the trough.

Maybe she can distract everybody by demanding more "commonsense gun safety laws."

Second Amendment Resolutions Add Emphasis to Adage That ‘All Politics is Local’

 

Here’s what they don’t do, at least until now: They don’t actually enforce rights, which if you think about it, is the sworn duty of every “law enforcer.” They might not help the feds or the state rape a citizen of his rights, but they don’t stop them from the act, either. [More]

Ideally, we should be working toward all three goals: A Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution, a Militia resolution, and a Second Amendment enforcement bill. 

Sunday, February 21, 2021

AAR's Daily Defense Redux

Here's my Friday afternoon conversation with host Mark Walters. [Watch]

Friday, February 19, 2021

Ending the Week with Daily Defense

You can watch the proceedings over at Facebook. I'd add you can find a radio station or listen via live streaming at the AAR website but it looks like it's currently down for maintenance.

A Gulag for Antonia

 Private land ownership is a beautiful dream gone badly wrong. [More]

Y'oughta see how the other way works.

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Miscounting Enough

 However, the defense presented evidence to indicate that Zhao had used a 20-round magazine, which he was entitled to possess. [More]

Kind'a makes you wonder what kind of dick "Only One" would go after someone for that in the first place.

Officers James C. McClain and Brian Wilson, the floor is yours.

[Via Mack H]

Your Tax Dollars at Work

 General Assembly votes to give undocumented students access to college financial aid [More]

But....but...but how did this happen???

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

[Via Mack H]

And Now, the Rest of the Story

 Phil over at Busted Nuckles reposted a cartoon. It needed two more panels, so I helped out on it. [More]

And what would this be without Paul Harvey's trademark signoff?

[Via  An Hour of Wolves]

How Now Brown Drow?

Stanford prof: ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ is racist [More]

Whatever you do, don't tell him about swertings.

[Via Michael G]

The Virtual Rope-Seller

 In its bid for TikTok, Oracle was supposed to prevent data from being passed to Chinese police. Instead, it’s been marketing its own software for their surveillance work. [More]

Maybe they promised to claim Larry Ellison's island last...

[Via Michael G]

A Commonsense Gun Safety Advpcate

 'Shooters want money': Baltimore convict-turned-activist says city should PAY killers not to kill to lower city's murder rate [More]

Sorry, pal. We love the thinking outside the box and all, but that's what governments are for.

To Boldly Go Where No Non-Binary Person of Color Has Gone Before

 Univ. of Utah Proposes Allegiance to DEI as a Condition for Promotion and Tenure [More]

The Department of Physics & Astronomy?

Tell me that won't get us to the stars.

[Via Michael G]

Idiocracy Descending

People are getting stupider, it’s a scientific fact [More]

I'm not sure his analysis is complete.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Capitolizing Enough

One officer had taken selfies with some rioters, while another wore a MAGA hat and started directing rioters, Ryan said. [More]

Could someone please explain to me why some "news" outlets are still claiming it "led to the death of Officer Brian Sicknick" if not to perpetuate the discredited fake fire extinguisher lie and suppress the fact that the correlation between the melee and his stroke has not been positively established?

[Via bondmen]

UPDATE
35 Capitol Police Officers Under Investigation, 6 Suspended for Letting Protesters inside US Capitol — The Same Protesters Who Were Later Arrested for Entering US Capitol
[Via Michael G]

Torah! Torah! Torah!

 BIDEN HINTS AT KILLING SECOND AMENDMENT: ‘WHAT HAMAN WANTED TO DO ON PURIM’ [More]

The original story did not end well for the aggressor.

[Via bondmen]

Not to Fear-Monger or Anything...

 Read that again folks: NOT ONE VACCINATED CAT SURVIVED A CHALLENGE WITH THE ACTUAL VIRUS. [More]

Dare I suggest that more work needs to be done?

I'm not sure -- look how many have been destroyed for suggesting the same about election investigations.

[Via bondmen]

They Blow Up So Fast These Days

 30 Taliban Fighters Die in Explosion During Bomb-Making Class [More]

That's kind of like telling Lee Paige to "Hold my beer."

[Via bondmen]

Hunter Biden

 The JoeBiden.com website featured a page that included a rousing endorsement from such sportsmen/sportswomen for Biden... [More]

That's why those peddling the lie that owning guns unifies us all and how we vote shouldn't matter are so subversive. As the truism goes, it's not about guns, it's about freedom.

Damn every Fudd who throws other gun owners under the bus. I have more contempt for them than I do for out-and-out antis. 

[Via bondmen]

A Falling Tide Strands All Boats

Our Descent Into Collective Madness [More]

How can that descent keep accelerating without turning into a free-fall?

[Via bondmen]

Persona non Grata

 Nikki Haley Tried to Get a Meeting With Trump — But He Shot Her Down [More]

I'm thinking a lot of Republicans are coming to regret their betrayals when they realize who much of the base looks to...

[Via Jess]

The Tiger Need Not Be Paper

South Dakota is pushing back on Washington. Recently, the South Dakota state legislature introduced a bill, HB1194, that would give our state Attorney General, Jason Ravnsborg, the authority to nullify any Executive action from the White House that is deemed unconstitutional or harmful to the state in critical areas. [More]

So at what point are they going to realize that what they need to back that up is what the Founders deemed "necessary to the security of a free State"?

Doing What Works

 TV Shows Push Gun Control Myths -- in Sync With Biden [More]

Well, you are traveling through another dimension.

Hey, when you have a proven method that you know from experience works and can count on audiences dumb enough to waste their lives watching such garbage to willingly fall for whatever psyops manipulation you want to subject them to ...

[Via Michael G]

I'll Believe It When I See It

 Biden’s Ties To Jefrey Epstein Blown Wide Open! [More]

Why, has the DSM stopped suppressing it?

Besides, when Kamala is ready to make her move, she'll probably want to steer clear of anything with the word "blown" in it.

[Via Jess]

It's Not Too Late to Try My Idea

 The Columbus Division of Police said juveniles are stealing purses off of women who are alone and then stealing their vehicles. [More]

Years ago I was toying with an invention I called "Screaming Mimi," to place in purses that, when stolen, would allow the woman to press a button on a wrist band or pendant and set off a shrieking alarm. It actually started off as an idea that when she pushed the button it would set off an explosive charge and blow the perp up, which I liked better but for some reason, the "authorities" would frown upon...

[Via Steve T



Looking at the Wrong Thing

“Guns obtained in this manner are often used in criminal activity and put our community in danger.” [More]

Which leaves open a potential that they can also be used to protect life and property, that prohibiting their possession puts the community in greater danger, and the real issue has nothing to do with guns?

[Via Jess]

And Hell Followed with Them

Please don’t let up now. [More]

I wonder how many Oregon gun owners have even started.

Conspiracy Theory

 Laura Ingraham slams 'cabal' of left-wing forces seeking to wrest power from the people. [Watch]

What if the theory is elevated to a law?

[Via Jess]

And There Was War in Heaven

 Not that Ack-Mac has clean hands:

 


[Via Laocoön]

Don't Hold You Breath

Report: Liars, cheaters, and scammers have stolen more than $100 billion of coronavirus aid - According to federal law enforcement officials, the fraud is deeply complex and will take months to fully account for [More
Kind of like they have done with...?

I was going to put "Fast and Furious" but then realized there are plenty of other deliberately unresolved criminal outrages I could have listed.

[Via Alan D]

What Day Is It?

It's Firearms Friday! I'll be joining Michael Dukes momentarily @10:30 a.m. Eastern:

It's Still a Prior Damn Restraint

 The Gun Owner Privacy Act protects the right to keep and bear arms by preventing the Feds from collecting data to monitor and log gun ownership in America. This legislation will give Americans legal recourse and the ability to sue the Feds and collect damages for records illegally stored. [More]

We weren't promised that with NICS?

And that brings up another point: The grabbers have for years been trying to push through a "Background Check Completion Act" that would eliminate the requirement to allow the transfer to proceed after three days of dithering. That means a "delay" could be indefinite, without triggering the appeal process.

Those who would tell us a deal with the devil is the only way forward always act shocked, shocked when the deal is "altered."

As for Rep. Greene, good for her but pardon my cynicism at her being able to actually get anything done with her own party treating her as toxic. 

And, of course, as long as the argument is about how to dress up a prior restraint, you'll note nobody but nobody, be it "staunch defender of the Second Amendment" politicians or rice bowl gun groups, is bringing up the one system that would make data collection impossible.

Ignorance is Not Bliss

Police said a mother is dead after her children found a gun inside her purse and accidentally shot her Monday inside their home in Cornelius. [More]
This was presented as a counterpoint of sorts to my latest AmmoLand article.

Maybe it's me, but 25 and with five kids, along with a quick scan of a Facebook page that appears to be a match, strikes me as a person who made chronic problematic life choices to where it was just a matter of time and odds before catastrophe caught up. 

Anyone who thinks I'm saying this just to "blame the victim" is either idiotically or deliberately missing the point. I reject this tragic and utterly avoidable example as a valid rebuttal to responsible firearms ownership. If anything, it reflects on the "commonsense gun safety" subversives who demand avoidance and ignorance.

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Macroinfringing

 When the new microstamping report was announced, Ammoland News reached out to a spokesperson with a simple question: “How many crimes have been solved, with perpetrators arrested, prosecuted and convicted, thanks to microstamping?” There has been no response so far, and Ammoland can find no reports or anecdotal evidence of a single crime that has been solved thanks to the technology. [More]

Bingo.

Some of us have been arguing that for years, but putting it in the form of a question like this and insisting on an answer is a good tack to take.

Pipe Dream

 The Mexican government called the top U.S. representative in Mexico on Wednesday to press for natural gas supplies as power cuts there have hit millions of residents. The White House said Thursday it was in discussions with Mexican authorities and Texas officials over Abbott's directive. Texas exports gas via pipeline to Mexico and via ships carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) from terminals in Freeport and Corpus Christi. [More]

Wait a sec. I thought the Biden White House was against pipelines...

The Bad Place

[S]he called her past abortion the “best decision” she had “ever made.” In her latest comments made on February 5, she said the same thing. Abortion made her life a “million times better,” she said, while an unwanted baby can “f***ing ruin everything.” [More]

She seems healthy.

What is it about death cultists and their fixation on mandating that those of us who choose life be ordered vulnerable?

There's a Lesson in Here Somewhere

 Venezuela Turns to Privatization After Being Bankrupted by Socialism - After much pain and suffering, Venezuelan socialist leaders have conceded they cannot effectively run an economy. [More]

What's going on, a reverse Domino Effect?

Meanwhile, "our" politicians can't seem to collectivize things fast enough.

Truer Words...

 

Here's an addendum to yesterday's post:

Setting Up the Extinction Level Event

 Democrats introduce sweeping immigration bill with 8-year pathway to citizenship ...   the legislation would require a minimum of 10 Republican votes to defeat a Senate filibuster [More]

See why some of us have been harping on that last part?

In addition to the first part?

No thanks to idiots who don't know how to add?

We're the Fauxnly Ones Unmasked Enough

Men at Florida hotel posed as U.S. marshals to avoid wearing masks, authorities say [More]

How do you get to be that old while being that stupid?

And everyone recalls the "Fauxnly Ones Files"  recommendation?

[Via Steve T