Sick of Their Sh...

 “While TROY has enjoyed a very successful period of growth in Massachusetts, the changing climate for firearms manufacturers in the state determined the need for our relocation to Tennessee to ensure the continued success of the company," Steve Troy, president and CEO, Troy Industries, Inc., said. [More]

As NSSF noted, "Massachusetts lawmakers are all but mailing eviction notices." Democrat politicians are more than willing to accept the loss of revenue -- and of jobs for citizens they disfavor -- because they can always extort more out of the productive sector when empowered by a voting majority that buys into such theft.

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Under the Radar Enough

 You know, it's not uncommon for the FBI to help out local law enforcement, especially when they request it, it's just that we don't often hear about it because it's under the radar. But the FBI says it's fair to say that the FBI does plan on helping law enforcement, local law enforcement, that is, a lot more often. [More]

Looks like they're a wasted resource here because they don't advance the narrative.

I can't say I feel overly sorry for the guy with the watch.

And not how the morons practically turned themselves in.

[Via Dave Licht]

Cooking Up a Storm

Target Removes Trump Hater Chrissy Teigen’s Cookware Line From Its Site After She Tried to Convince Multiple People, Including a Minor Teen to Kill Themselves [More]

Need you ask?

She'll just take her "talents" elsewhere.

That anyone even knows this ... this thing's name is an indictment of "progressive" cultural degeneracy.

[Via Michael G]

Survey SAYS...

Nolte: Support for Gun Control Plummets with Young People, Hispanics [More]

Wake me when the numbers are no longer 69% in favor of Biden.

[Via Allan Wall]

As Seen on the Internet

I don't know who to credit for this but it does express a fundamental truth. We're not the ones who keep squeezing.

Seeing the attorney general smear those who will not accept totalitarian dictats -- and seeing how those who do are being equated with those it is "acceptable" to take out without due process -- make it clear that the provocations are designed to elicit responses. It begins with the low-hanging fruit, and if provocateurs succeed in engineering a destructive enough act, the DSM will have no problem, at least for the time being, of convincing a low-information public that extreme responses are not only appropriate but something to demand.

I wonder how many have considered that may not work out as planned.

[Via Wynn A] 

UPDATE: Looks like a plan is coming together. I don't suppose it's in the totalitarian wannabe's interests to try what better men than them had reason to believe would work...

There's an App for That

At the crux of Lemmon v. Snap is a filter that displays a user’s current speed. [More]

Sounds like we need to ban speedometers...

If this succeeds, precedent will be used to erode PLCAA protections. Believe it.

[Via Remarks]

Burn the Heretic!

 “What unites us is our Constitution, not the color of our skin. That’s what we have to reflect on,” Cooper said. “There were courageous human beings, black and white fighting together years ago to fight against oppression and prejudice. So why wouldn’t I do that? CRT is exactly what we have to fight against.” [More]

Sounds like she ain't black.

[Via Mack H]

For Themselves and Their Posterity

Why America Needs Skilled Immigrants [More]

I'm sure  David H. McCormick and James M. Cunningham would be happy to unequivocally address my challenge. And back it up with equivalent evidence.

I actually consider NRO more subversive than overtly leftist outlets.

[Via Mack H]

UPDATE: Or perhaps they'd like to argue with Lora Ries.

 [Via Andy M]

Welcome to the Party, Pals

Here are new additions to the Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution movement:

• Jefferson County, Nebraska
• Twin Falls, Idaho
• Dawes County, Nebraska
• Polk County, Nebraska
• Dent County, Missouri

Democrat Supremacists

Biden Cronies Plot Ways to Charge Donald Trump and Have Him Extradited to New York [More]

They're bent on not allowing you to vote for a real threat to their grip on power, on the country, on you...

A Superior Alternative

 Sources: Rep. Chip Roy Is Considering A Run Against Rep. Elise Stefanik For House Leadership [More]

I like his numbers a lot better than hers.

He's a lot better than her with "conservatives", too.

GOA calls him "the swamp's nightmare."

They don't mention her at all.

Why are establishment Republicans so eager to install her over the actually more "conservative" Liz Cheney? Anybody else getting the feeling we're being played?

[Via Mack H and Laocoön]

Some Days an Anti Just Can't Get a Break

 After the victim, who has a concealed carry weapons license, obtained his gun the four suspects fled on foot. [More]

That's got to be doubly disappointing for the grabbers-- first that he was armed, and then that he did not go homicidal so they could smear all gun owners as dangerous maniacs.

[Via Mack H]

And Right On Cue

AG Merrick Garland says white supremacists are the biggest terror threat to US [More]

And you know who he means by that.

[Via Mack H]

Just String Together Some Nonsense Words and No One Will Know Where the Failure Really Lies

 Richmond Mayor Stoney says gun violence is a public health crisis [More]

So why are peaceable gun owners immune?

[Via Mack H]

It Worked for Hillary

A letter from the president of the Arizona state Senate, which is conducting an audit of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County, has a bombshell: County officials apparently erased an election database from a computer just before turning it over, under subpoena, for the audit. [More]

Don't worry. I'm sure any concerns are ...what's the word?... baseless.

A Line about Pearls Before Swine Comes to Mind...

Citizens's arrest Repeal in Georgia ...  Perhaps, since I bring a much needed contrarian point of view, my little letter may resonate with at least some of your readers. [More]

But, no surprise, The Georgia Recorder wanted nothing to do with thoughtful, comprehensive, and rational alternative information -- especially when it points out what they didn't say. And so they ignored it.

I'll put the educational and professional/editorial qualifications of Dr. Faria up against Editor-in-Chief Josh McCosh any damn day of the week.

Daily Defense Redux

DAVID CODREA joins the discussion. Is the NRA doomed? [Listen]

Here's yesterday's discussion with Armed American Radio's Mark Walters.

We're the Only Ones Droning On Enough

 The Chicago Police reportedly bought secret drones using drug money [More]

At least from what was accounted for...

[Via Michael G]

Two Infringements for the Price of One!

 The legislation would require the person who is issued a protective order by a judge to report the type and location of firearms in their possession within a week. [More]

So they are forcing Americans not convicted of any crime to appear guilty and give up Fifth Amendment protections?

[Via Michael G]

The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same

 IL House Dems advance red flag law which is designed to target new minority gun owners [More]

What would you expect to grow from these roots?

NRA in Danger Updates

• Credit Slips blog summary
• NRA leadership responds to the disaster it created

Delay of Game

 H.R.1961 - To provide procedures for appealing certain Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives rulings or determinations, and for other purposes. [More]

Introduced in March but they still haven't posted the text...?

Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Gun Violence Prevention

 I just did not have time to watch this the other day. I'm not sure how much of it I'll have time to watch now, but I wanted to make sure readers here knew about it and had a chance to see what was said:

• Transcript
• Stop Gun Violence: Ghost Guns
• Hearing video

I'm particularly interested in the testimony of former ATF tech Richard Vasquez, who was a thorn in the Bureau's side on "bump stocks," and who, as I understand it, is not being helpful to them here. 

One of These Things is Not Like the Others

Three commercials I recently became aware of caught my attention because of what two were required to provide and one was not. 

Like the song asks, can you tell which thing is not like the others?

• Latuda (Bipolar disorder)
• Target (COVID-19)
• Dupixent (Asthma)

Latuda and Dupixent spots both share side effect warnings.  How do they know? Because of empirical studies that have identified risks so that prospective recipients can make informed choices.

The "Come get your vaccine" commercial shares none of that because the studies have not been done. Instead, viewers are emotionally manipulated into identifying with the recipients by the use of the power words "commitment, confidence, trust," and "joy."

Mike DeWine confirms it's a game of chance.

And noted super-achiever Chelsea Clinton demands a global ban on posts like this.

Just sayin'.

UPDATE: Deaths & Coverup

[Via DvD]

UPDATE: 

People vaccinated against Covid-19 can go without masks indoors and outdoors, CDC says [More]

How will people know? Will there be penalties for the maskless unvaxxed? Is this a way to pressure and shame those who follow the guidelines and keep theirs on?

Sign of the Times

 Anti-Biden billboard angers local residents who are calling for 'vulgar' sign to be removed [More]

It looks like plenty of people want the sign to remain and the bellyaching, totalitarian-enabling, bluenosed harridans to go away.

A Matter of Priorities

 ‘Close To $1,000 Just To Get Into The Nosebleeds’: Tom Brady’s Return To Gillette Stadium Could Draw Record Ticket Prices [More]

What do you think, Hosea?

SCOTUS Decision on Hawaii Carry Case will Tell Gun Owners All They Need to Know

 

After procedural responses, we will see if SCOTUS takes on the case or denies it without a word in another act of deliberate indifference — the Roberts court has disappointed in the past. [More]

I wonder if they're insulated -- or compromised enough -- enough to bank on a right delayed being forever denied.

Daily Defense

 

TODAY on #AAR, @dcodrea David Codrea joins the discussion. No doubt @NRA bankruptcy decision will be on the table and more! 4-5p ET, 1-2p PT. Don't be late. All presented by @Xinsurance from the @GunBroker studios on the @CBHolsters mic. pic.twitter.com/OkC5HJp9W9

— Armed American Radio with host Mark Walters (@aarmark) May 12, 2021

As always, you can listen via live streaming/find a station near you at the Armed American Radio website, or watch and comment via Opslens on Facebook.

Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road

Get this playing in the background before proceeding.

Influential Republicans threaten to form new party [More]

Oathbreak Ridge? "Republican for Biden" Christine Todd Whitman?

Seems more like a promise than a threat.

And let the door hit 'em in the @$$.

Submitted for Your Consideration

 Absolute Interference: The Sequel to Absolute Proof with New Evidence Foreign And Domestic Enemies Used Computers to Hack the 2020 Election [Watch]

The latest from Mike Lindell...

I wonder how many passing this link along will get canceled...?

In the interests of ensuring the fairness and balance the "baseless" meme pushers deny us, here is a purported "fact check" disputing his claims. 

[Via GP]

I Take It $50 and Time Served Will Not Be an Option?

 What Derek Chauvin Ought to Tell the Judge - At his sentencing hearing, he should speak out against the injustice done to him. [More]

It doesn't matter what he says. The mob demands his head. 

Still, it's a good writeup expressing some things I had not heard before, and most Americans never will.

Daddy Issues

 “Today, with our nation beset by subversive groups and propaganda which seeks to destroy our national unity, we can look for inspiration to the lives of Lee and Jackson to remind us to be resolute and determined in preserving our sacred institutions.” [More]

What kind of racist Republican would say that?

Cutting Edge Politics

 “She may lose her position in the party, she may even lose her career as a politician, but that is something to be admired. Standing up for the truth, that’s something I know her father wouldn’t have done so, right now I’m kind of a fan of Liz Cheney,” he closed. [More]

"Plus, she's blonde and I want to stab her," was my first thought for OJ's next sentence.

[Via Steve T] 

UPDATES:

Here's the thing that's being lost in all this:

NumbersUSA gives Cheney a career "A" and Stefanik a career "C-" with several "Fs" and "Ds".

And any gun owner with a brain knows what that means.

[Via Laocoön]

Not that Cheney has figured out a way to do anything but further alienate...

[Via Michael G]

A Great Judge of Character

Remember this ghoul?

You know, the "Content-Free, Unprincipled Phony" who donated to SPLC and paid Hillary $200K...?

Trump continues to show the same character assessment acumen that gave us Chris Wray and Bill Barr...

[Via Mack H]

They'd Never Make It in Today's Military

 More Than 120 Retired Flag Officers Call On Americans To ‘Save America, Our Constitutional Republic, And Hold Those Currently In Office Accountable’ [More]

I'll bet not a one of these Nazi fascists has ever put on fake breasts and empathy bellies. There's gotta be a way to strip their ranks and purge these haters and traitors from the benefits rolls...

[Via Mack H]

Well, THAT Didn't Work...

 “The Court finds that the NRA did not file the bankruptcy petition in good faith because this filing was not for a purpose intended or sanctioned by the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, cause exists under section 1112(b) to dismiss this case, which the Court finds is in the best interests of creditors and the estate." [More]

The NRA in Danger blog has posted the opinion.

Looks like Wayne will keep digging those fingers into the tiger's spine, the interest-conflicted Democrat supporting lawyer will continue to rake in millions and the rubber stamp board will continue dithering, at least until the whole house of cards collapses.  And the members? With no executor appointed, I'm not seeing a plan forward yet (and don't get me started on the guy who wants to put Chris Cox in charge), and I'm sure Letitia James would love to crush them, drive them before her and hear the lamentations of their women.

Wine...?

Enemies Foreign and Domestic

 Democrats' HR1 election bill boosted by liberal dark money group financed by foreign national [More]

Squeeze.

Just Give Them What They Want?

A young British mom was murdered in front of her baby daughter in Greece on Tuesday as she tried to hide from burglars who tied up her husband and hanged their dog outside their house, according to police. [More]

And they don't kill the one witness who can provide authorities with clues?

ANTs in her Pants

 Let’s examine what happens when a fatal shooting occurs: Is it the gun that kills people, as gun control advocates insist? Or is it the person holding the gun, as gun rights advocates insist? ANT would say the answer lies in a different question, highlighting the matrix that enables the action: the pull of the trigger, the explosion of gunpowder, even the humidity of the air that the bullet travels through to reach its target. [More]

I'm not sure where she's going with this, but I won't be surprised to find out humidity is racist.

And what does Mr. Pynchon remind us?

Smell Tester

 Montana: Senator Tester Refuses to Commit to Protecting Your Gun Rights [More]

Who else is only now figuring out the guy's a fraud?

Tap Into Your Inner Ungulate

Learn to Think Like Someone Who Chose to be Unarmed [More]

I tried and then choked on the grass.

Candidly, I also don't see much point, but then, my niche is no longer about trying to argue the self-destructive and the closed-minded off the ledge. 

U.S. Media to Pravda and Izvestia: Hold Our Vodka

 At no point during the discussion did Pope disclose to the audience or to the other attendees that the Trace and the Dart Center were both on the payroll of the country’s wealthiest gun-controller. [More]

Name a DSM outlet that's not on the payroll of wealthy gun controllers.

They Needed a Study?

 Gun buyback programs (GBPs), which use public funds to purchase civilians' privately-owned firearms, aim to reduce gun violence. However, little is known about their effects on firearm-related crime or deaths. Using data from the National Incident Based Reporting System, we find no evidence that GBPs reduce gun crime. Given our estimated null findings, with 95 percent confidence, we can rule out decreases in firearm-related crime of greater than 1.3 percent during the year following a buyback. Using data from the National Vital Statistics System, we also find no evidence that GBPs reduce suicides or homicides where a firearm was involved. [More]

That's not why the antis hold them, is it?

[Via Michael G]

A Preemptive Strike

 DeSantis signed the bill (SB 1884) on Friday after the Republican-controlled Legislature passed it in party-line votes late last month. The bill, which will take effect July 1, will broaden a 2011 law that can make local governments pay as much as $100,000 in damages if they are sued for imposing gun regulations. [More]

Just a thought about unintended consequences, so someone with legal knowledge please give me a read here: Could that be used against "Second Amendment Sanctuary" cities and counties?

[Via Remarks]

The Crappiest Place on Earth

 Disney asks employees to complete 'white privilege checklist,' insists America was founded on 'systemic racism,' according to leaked documents [More]

And what screams that louder than Main Street USA, Frontierland, Tom Sawyer Island, and the Mark Twain Riverboat?

And let's not forget their Dumbo and Peter Pan rides, celebrating cartoons they now issue warnings over because of the crows and the "redskins"...

Or "Snow White"...

It would seem the woker they get, the more they paint themselves into a corner...

Maybe if they tore down the statue...

And just to keep things on theme for this blog, everybody knows about the guns, right...?

[Via Mack H]

Livin' It Up at the Hotel California

Caitlyn Jenner says she favors path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants [More]

And the rational choices keep on comin'...

It's like Archie said...

[Via Mack H]

And This Surprises Who...?

 Attorney General Bill Barr threatened to quit last year over Trump's attempts to fire FBI Director Chris Wray [More]

Some of us had sounded the alarm on both Barr and Wray. How do you keep The Swamp out when you keep letting it in?

Maybe the reason Trump is so good at firing people is that he's so crappy at hiring them.

[Via Mack H]

So Much for Your Body Your Choice

 Casual sex will be allowed again for the first time this year as part of the Government's latest lifting of lockdown measures. [More]

Some don't wait for permission.

And the answer, I'm afraid, is still "No."

The World is Not Enough

De Blasio calls for gun control after Times Square shooting... [More]

Of course he does.

He demands what doesn't work in NYC to be imposed on the rest of the Republic. 

There's a reason such diseased creatures are called "totalitarians."

[Via Mack H]

Define 'Victory'

 If we win the war, what does America look like? [More]

Don't ask me. From where I sit, asking those who complain the loudest to do the simplest of things is like pulling teeth.

Para los Niños

 

Mexican villages arm children in desperate bid for attention [More]

Curious. There's no Mamás Exigen Acción calling them municiónsexuals...

Carrying on the Tradition

 

Found another one. Once again, ordinances/laws against open & concealed carry in certain areas are historically used to criminalize and fine minorities. #ShannonWatts and her army of neoliberal moms are continuing the tradition. https://t.co/GReyzDFV0e@BLM757 @Gabby_Hoffman pic.twitter.com/2TlV08swkU

— MomAtArms (@mom_at_arms) May 8, 2021

Well, it's not exactly like their leadership screams "Diversity!" now, is it?

Schlock Jock

 Leftist anti-gun radio personality glad people are dead because they might be Trump voters [More]

Doesn't this stool sample have a woman to beat up or something...? 

And wouldn't that have made him a "prohibited person" or did the deal his lawyers cut preempt that...?

Told You the Guy Was a Weasel

 However, the Senate created a worse problem. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was told ahead of time that at least one of the Senate amendments if adopted, would violate House rules. This would allow the anti-gunners to kill Constitutional Carry in the House on a technical violation — before the House could even decide to concur or go to a conference committee. Despite knowing this, the Lt. Governor still pushed through his packet of amendments and refused to listen to multiple warnings. [More]

Tell me that wasn't intentional.

And technically, I think the word I used was "poltroon."

UPDATE (via Mack H):

And Donald Trump continues to be Donald Trump. 

Whither Thou Goest

Google has decided it will no longer support Feedburner, so I've removed that gadget from the sidebar over there on the left.  I already have a "Follow by Email" gadget where readers can sign up for updates to this blog, and just under it I am trying out Follow.it.

I'm told they will not spam you and share email addresses.

Having all the modern technical skills of someone still stuck on "C://" prompts who once used engineering drawings and parts lists to manually fill out 80-column forms and send them to a department called "Keypunch" to produce cards that were run through a tape drive mainframe to generate huge tractor-fed dot matrix-printed indentured product structure/bills of material reports, I'm afraid I'm a bit stuck finding the right place in the template to insert activating new-fangled, consarned kid-designed HTML code.

I either did it right and everything will work fine or I screwed everything up and saved Google the trouble of deciding too many "woke" sensibilities have been triggered here and I deserve to be canceled.

Spider & the Fly

Raúl Castro Retires with Blood on His Hands [More]

New articles include:

• A book on Marx by James Simpson
• Several more Cuban tyrannical abuse examples
• Venezuela accepting capitalist bailouts
• Artist alters photos - Khmer Rouge victims smile
• Dispatches from Bolivia, Ecuador, North Korea, and more...

Friend of the Devil

 "I'm only aware of one person that  is openly aligned himself with Gross and I'm not going to bother mentioning his name because he's a red flag law supporter and a charlatan. Whoever else he's aupposedly partnered with or made relationships with should be concerned because of some of the points that Gross is trying to spread here." [Watch]

Who could he be referring to?

[Via Jess]

Too Many Cooks?

 It wasn’t clear why they lit the powder, but the coroner’s office had two theories. They either lit the powder for entertainment or, what seemed more likely, they were trying to light a fire to cook food that was found nearby... [More]

Good grief.

[Via Lane]

An Actual Pre-Crime

 REPORT: ATF Can Use NICS to Monitor People It Suspects Could Eventually Commit a Crime [More]

I guess the "gun rights leaders" who told us NICS was the way to go and even came back with a plan to FIX NICS didn't foresee evil men abusing the system?

Speaking of Boundary Violations...

Is it appropriate to ask your family and friends if they’re vaccinated? [More]

Because you never know when you'll need to report them. For the public good.

There are a lot of things a good community member will need to ascertain about proper actions and views.

I trust you already know about their guns?

New York, New York, It's a Wonderful Town

4-year-old girl, two women shot in New York's Times Square [More]

So...how are all those citizen disarmament edicts working out?

Make Sure You Read the Mall Print

 Aventura Mall shooting: 5 people injured, search for gunman continues [More]

Need you ask?

Seems to be SOP These Days

 The names of the gunman and the victims have not been officially released.  [More]

Their names now have but still not his. 

Why? It's been a day-and-a-half now.

Is it wrong to wonder if something doesn't fit a narrative and if internet trails are being brushed?

The Latest Frame Job

 On May 7, 2021, the Attorney General signed ATF proposed rule 2021R-05, Definition of “Frame or Receiver” and Identification of Firearms. The goal of the proposed rule is to ensure the proper marking, recordkeeping, and traceability of all firearms manufactured, imported, acquired and disposed by federal firearms licensees. [More]

After it's published in the Federal Register it will be posted at Regulations.gov for a 90-day "comments" period, as if their minds aren't already made up. In the meantime, here's the beast in question:

Don't Be a Don't Bee

Samantha Bee Wants to ‘Take Your Guns’ [More]

Samantha Bee is a foreign enemy here under the impossible pretense of "dual citizenship" so that she could reap superior economic benefits while undermining the security of a free state.

[Via Dave Licht]

The Politics of Personal Destruction

 

What exactly did Nearman do to bring down the full force of the left? Mike opened a locked door to the Capitol Building …and walked outside. [More]

Oregon Firearms Federation presents a tale of in-your-face persecution and double standards that deserves to be shared far and wide.

Still a Ways to Go

‘Do Not Rely On The Government To Protect You’: Black Gun Ownership Is Soaring, Here’s Why [More]

If we are to believe the DSM, it's to protect themselves against "systemic racism," even though that's not how their DGUs play out.

Show me a mass exodus from the Democrats and I'll be impressed. 

[Via Mack H]

We're the Only Ones for the Children Enough

  Trooper Charged With Rape Of 11-Year-Old Girl Landed His Job After FBI Ouster Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations [More]

Some monstrous violations can make you rethink public crucifixion as a proportional deterrent. That poor little victim will be damaged for life.

Good thing this will all be the new normal in a few years and relics like me can be cast out as haters.

[Via Mack H]

Southern Comfort

 South Carolina Senate Passes Open Carry Bill [More]

Herschel breaks things down for us. And there are still some procedural matters to iron out and a governor's signature to obtain.

You're On Your Own

 “Property owners are considering the creation of a State Street Association that would hire private security guards to address the homeless situation downtown. [More]

I know State Street well. Santa Barbara was a frequent destination for me in the early Eighties. What a jewel it was and still could be. It's beyond a shame to see this happen, but they've done it to themselves.

And don't count on NRA's A-rated citizen disarmament enforcer to allow non-"Only Ones" to defend themselves.

[Via GP]

Removing a Redundant Prior Restraint

 House approves bill doing away with purchase permits to buy handgun ...The sheriff’s association says the permit system is now obsolete because of a national background check database. [More]

Naturally, the MILMs are screaming "End of the world!"

[Via Jess]

A Right Delayed

Waiting For An Illinois Firearms’ Owner’s Card? Get In Line — A Very Long Line [More]

Don't expect the Illinois State Supreme Court to speed things up -- or to do the right thing.

[Via Jess]

Maricopa Audit

 I got more than one newslink tip on aspects of this:

• Justice Department raises concerns with audit
• Spy Plane Circling Audit Location
• Biden’s DOJ Threatens AZ Over Hand Audit

[Via Mack H, Jess]

The Most Important Qualification

Jones repeatedly asserted during the debate that his experience as a Black man made him more suited for the job of helping Virginia move forward from its racist history. [More]

Funny, I don't see that on the list...

[Via Mack H]

Matter of Fact

50 facts about guns in America [More]

Just a cursory glance through some of these makes me wonder if I could find more than 50 disputes with how they're either describing things or leaving out relevant information. 

Infantile Arguments

 But the historical record demonstrates that the founding generation would have regarded those under 21 as infants who did not have an individual right to keep and bear arms...[More]

What do you, think Tench?

And forget U.S. Code.

Funny-- these are the same lying sacks whose senator wants "infants" to vote.

Bearing Arms has more.

Blast from the Past

 Our friends at MomAtArms remind us that the first impulse self-preserving political trough-feeders have is to protect their precious hindquarters, and if that means constituent disarmament, the historical precedent is there. [More]

I remember that particular historical precedent well. I included it with a list of other infringements an unidentified politician supported and asked readers what they thought of him. Over 75% considered him a traitor.

I guess I shouldn't have been surprised that some got mad at me and tried to make excuses when I told them who he was. I'm also not surprised to see so many gun owners still revere the guy.

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

Trump-Rejecting Republican Has Plan to Drive Gun Owners from GOP

 

Are Republicans really stupid enough to believe they can take the fire out of the bellies of their core constituents and give the Democrats everything they demand? And still not be ruthlessly attacked as “extreme”? [More]

With "Republicans" like this weasel, who needs Democrats?

We're the Only Ones Problematic Enough

 

This says as much about the department as it does about him.

[Via Matthew L]

Down the Gardner Path

 Kim Gardner faces professional misconduct probe, could lose law license [More]

Gee, that's too bad...

[Via Jess]

So Much for #BelieveWomen

 “The Women of New York and this Country see through your lies…We are coming for you and the rest of our Governor’s accusers….We won’t let you get away with this…Just know that.” [More]

Gosh, it's almost like Democrats have hypocritical double standards or something...

[Via Jess]

A Colorado Democrat Official

"We used to hang people from gas stations. We used to cut off their heads. We don't have to actually cut heads. We just have to say that we're willing to cut off heads. You know what I'm saying? Nobody wants a slicey boi. Nobody wants one of those." [More]

You sound pretty sure of that, swine.

No wonder Colorado Democrats demand citizen disarmament in their platform. 

So: Why haven't they taken it on themselves to enforce their Code of Conduct?

[Via Henry Bowman]

A Good First Step

 Texas Senate approves permitless carry bill - The bill would allow eligible Texans to carry handguns openly or concealed without a license. [More]

There'll be some finagling to match versions, but it should be on its way to the Governor soon.

Not to nitpick or anything, but the way this report is worded makes me wonder if out-of-state visitors will enjoy equal privileges and immunities? And when will state-mandated "gun-free zones" be eliminated, making it true Constitutional Carry?

Hey, be like the antis. Take a win and then press for more.

Boy, Sen. Sarah Eckhardt (D-Austin) sure is a f*****g liar, isn't she?

Remember when Democrat Governor Ann Richards wouldn't let Texans vote on concealed carry? Celebrate the win, but don't be so sure those days are behind us.

UPDATE: Texas GOA says "Don't celebrate yet."

A Difference in Outlook

Oklahoma police chief speaks at funeral of Blair teen killed by his officers in shootout [More]

I can't help but wonder if the family's and the surrounding community's reaction would be the same if...

And couldn't the officers have fired into the air or her leg or something...? 

[Via Mack H]

A Weighty Issue

New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is poised to become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympic Games, a move that will reignite debate over the ethics of trans sport. The 43-year-old, who was born male but transitioned to female in her 30s, is on the verge of reaching the Tokyo Olympics under coronavirus-enforced new qualifying rules. [More]

Now let's see a weightlifter "transition" the other way.

I'm still waiting to see "feminists" have a cow over federal woman-owned/minority/disadvantaged business contracts going to "former" white males...

Bedtime Story

 

Once upon a time... [Watch]

And did I ever tell you the one about the Three Bears...?

[Via Jess]

I Know You Are But What Am I?

While leftists (also formerly known as socialists, communists or generically Marxists) try to disarm Americans, the goal is to coalesce power solely into the hands of government, so it can enforce its will on the public ... They charge "racism" as a ruse to justify disarming peaceful innocent people who have done nothing wrong. [More]

Everybody here knows Marx was an actual racist, right?

So why doesn't everybody know?

The Sellout is Complete

6 Republicans Senators once again provided the quorum needed to pass the bill. Last month almost all House Republicans did the same. [More]

If there is no cost to betrayal there is no incentive to change.

Intended Consequences

Mother of 5 injured in Park Manor double shooting was unintended target, family says [More]

But...but...but David Chipman says accurate firearms must be banned because mere non-"Only Ones" can't be trusted with them!

It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Term 'Domestic Enemies' Is

 “. . . the members of the the Biden team who have been nominated or have been appointed are now moving in laser-like fashion to try to uncover as much they can about what looks very similar to insurgency movements that we’ve seen overseas, where they germinate in different parts of the country, and they gain strength, and it brings together an unholy alliance frequently of religious extremists, authoritarians, fascists, racists, nativists, even libertarians . . . and so I really do think that the law enforcement Homeland security intelligence and even the defense officials are doing everything possible to root out what seems to be a very very serious and insidious threat to our democracy in our Republic.” [More]

Look for this narrative to be amplified and grow.

Trust But (Don't) Verify

 “The federal government announced the largest medical fraud settlement in U.S. history" ... Pfizer in 2009 agreed to “plead guilty to a felony violation of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.” [More]

So the question here seems to be: Would you let a self-confessed medical fraud inject you and your loved ones with an untested-over-the-long-term chemical concoction for which you have no legal recourse from side-effects when their assurance boils down to "Trust us"? And the goal is every person on the planet? And the entire DSM/social media oligopoly is set up to cancel those questioning and expressing concerns...?

Let's ask Kaa.

The other thing I find curious is why pharmacies/supermarkets across the land are set up to administer the "vaccine" but no effort was made first to set up mass testing and see who actually registers positive for the virus. Isn't knowing who has it, and especially who is asymptomatic, relevant?

[Via Alan D]

A Deterrent of One

Diner in Louisville draws handgun as armed BLM protesters swarm restaurant [More]

And it sounds like he was perfectly within his rights, that by demonstrating his ability to defend himself he singlehandedly halted further aggression and preserved peace, that like peaceable gun owners routinely demonstrate he did not succumb to the kneejerk bloodthirstiness the antis try to smear us with, and that this should count as a legitimate DGU.

If only "woke" (that is, terrified) corporate America was capable of applying basic principles of defense against communist extortionists.

[Via Jess]

Squat Spotter

  The gunshot detection system that set in motion the recent fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old boy in Chicago routinely reports gunshots where there are none, sending officers into predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods for “unnecessary and hostile” encounters, community groups argued in a court filing Monday. [More]

So the system is not only an unreliable waste of money but a "public/private partnership" (i.e., economic fascism) scam? Shoot, I could have told them that.

Now guess who was lining his pockets.

[Via Jess]

Human 'Resources'

 

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Weasel-Wording with Merrick

 

And while we're on the subject, what about James Taylor concerts...?

[Via Jess]

Voting with Their Wallets

Gun Sales Hit Record 16 Million. Here’s Every State Ranked. [More]

It's how they vote with their ballots that concerns me.

Reminder

 Jordan Page free concert tonight: 9 Eastern. [Details]

Or you could rot your brain instead...

NRA Watch

• N.R.A. Leadership and Bankruptcy Assailed by U.S. Trustee
• Summary of NRA’s position

The last line from the NRA in Danger blog piece, which really breaks things down so we non-lawyers can understand them, is especially insightful.

As observed before, a desperate Wayne cannot let go because if he does he will be destroyed.

UPDATE: Jeff Knox weighs in.

Another Racist Exposed

NEW: "You're always gonna be a Mexican, you'll never be white, you know that?"
A Latino LASD deputy sent me his bodycam video of a woman claiming to be a teacher launching into a racist tirade against him when he pulled her over in San Dimas. She repeatedly calls him a murderer. pic.twitter.com/Cc8jSVenCQ

— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 3, 2021

The Fox News account says they have identified her but are not saying who she is because they have reached out to her. I doubt she would be so considerate of not using the full weight of the "cancel culture" to dox and destroy anyone she hates, and note that her claiming to be "a teacher" very much makes such a creature influencing children a matter of public interest.

Who would bet against me if I speculated she is a "woke" Democrat sympathetic to the MILMs?

[Via Mack H]

The Voice of Reconciliation

 As a nation, we’ve lost the capacity to disagree agreeably, or even debate substantive issues in a rational way that does not resort to lies, conspiracy theories and name-calling. [More]

Says the guy who calls statues "monuments to treason" and endorses Stalinist historical revisionism. Which makes sense when you realize he's basically a communist intent on the government "fundamentally transforming" neighborhoods by mandate backed with arms.

[Via Mack H]