More first graders coming home with tears in their eyes. Six-year-olds asked to decide for themselves whether they are more likely to survive by hiding in a closet, or if they should rush the gunman. [More]
What kind of "commonsense gun safety advocate" would be manipulative enough to ask something stupid and hurtful like that?
Although I am fairly certain feral sons Uday and Qusay would have replied "My Daddy would shoot him."
[Via Jess]
This is what happens when you waste your time sending a form email that includes all politicians instead of just the ones that are persuadable. [More]
Jonathan Toebbe, 43, and his Trump-hating teacher wife, Diana, were arrested last October after prosecutors said he approached a foreign government in an attempt to provide the nation with thousands of pages of stolen classified documents about the nuclear reactors that power the U.S. submarine fleet. [More]
Funny, that's not who we've been told the real domestic enemies are...
[Via Michael G]
The rate at which people have died by firearms in the U.S. has generally increased in recent years, but saw its greatest spike in approximately four decades in 2020. [More]
Curious-- there have probably never been more "commonsense gun safety laws"...
I wonder if this has any bearing...?
[Via Jess]
The Collapse of the Dollar [More]
Don't worry. Those engineering this will get by just fine.
At least they think they will.
Kansas state senator wants to outlaw ‘ghost guns’ [More]
That's not all she wants to outlaw, of course, but best to focus on the tip and leave the rest of the iceberg for later...
[Via TG]
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann announced that she was dropping second-degree murder charges initially brought against Matthew Dolloff over the October 10, 2020 political rally related shooting death of Lee Keltner. Yet photographic evidence suggests more than enough probable cause to justify testing self-defense claim at trial [More]
So this business of joining with Moms Demand Action to protest "gun violence" depends on who's committing it against whom?
[Via Michael G]
NRA Admits Not Fighting Gun Control [Watch]
As typical, the Lairds of Fairfax sit on the hill making their own treaties with Longshanks while the fight goes on below.
[Via Jess]
In The Boston Globe last December, Professor Mary Anne Franks did precisely this. As part of a symposium on the U.S. Constitution, Franks argued that Americans should seek to “edit” the “deeply flawed” First and Second Amendments so that they are less “aggressively individualistic.” [More]
To borrow a question attributed to someone who agreed with her, how many divisions does Mary have?
According to the investigation, the victim simply passed by Esco on her way home and he yelled a racial slur at her. She ignored him. When she moved to unlock the second door to enter the lobby, the suspect punched her in the head from behind, knocking her to the floor, then proceeded to punch her in the head and face more than 125 times with alternating fist strikes before foot-stomping her seven times and spitting on her, police say. [More]
Bull. Black people can't be racist. Tell 'em, Luke:
Our mission is to flip the script on gun culture through cultural campaigns that create a new narrative that guns make us less safe. [More]
Way to admit it's all about inventing talking points to parrot, not that it hasn't been apparent all along.
I see they're all Astroturfers, with the Joyce Foundation, the Hero of Medicine...
You'd think they'd have more than 227 Twitter followers...
That's a "cool feature," all right... [More]
My first question was "Why would this moron post this and let everyone know he's a moron?" and the only answer I could come up with was "Because he's a moron."
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Tangentially-Related Update:
Someone else thinks it's cool, too.
[Via WiscoDave]
It’s the other producers’ fault. It’s the director’s fault. It’s the prop master’s/armorer’s fault. It’s the gun’s fault. [More]
“The only thing keeping us from being Australia right now is our second amendment, and we will never, ever let that go,” she told 60 Minutes. [More]
I don't blame her for walking off-- once you figure out the only interest is in attacking instead of learning, what's the point? Funny, how the ones heaping ridicule on her for that have nothing to say about Ukraine citizens arming up.
[Via Jess]
Authorities confiscated a loaded handgun found in luggage belonging to California Assemblyman Jim Cooper at a security checkpoint at the Sacramento International Airport, sheriff’s officials said. Cooper, D-Elk Grove, a retired law enforcement officer who is also running for Sacramento County Sheriff in 2022, was not cited after the loaded semiautomatic gun was found in a purse in one of his bags that he was in control of, said Sgt. Rodney Grassmann, a Sacramento County sheriff’s spokesman. [More]
Hey, if gun-grabbing "Only Ones' don't deserve professional courtesy, who does?
Columbus Alive and writer Craig Calcaterra never responded to my documenting that they did not have the data they told readers they did on permitless carry-attributable homicide increases.
Neither did USA Today/Gannett Publications, which is par for the course:
Teachers at a school district in Wisconsin are being instructed to hide their students’ changing gender identities from parents on the grounds that “parents are not entitled to know,” and that it is “knowledge that must be earned,” according to leaked training documents. [More]
And if property-owning parents hold out on paying for this, the state will seize their houses or otherwise go after what they've earned, with criminal penalties for defiance and up-to-lethal force for resistance -- just like the Founders intended.
[Via Michael G]
Gun buyers have been flocking to Lithuania's stores since the start of the war in Ukraine, with sales increasing up to eight times and applications for gun licences doubling. [More]
Here are the hoops they need to jump through, which curiously enough look less restrictive than many Democrat states in the land of the Second Amendment...
[Via Jess]
For whatever reason, DHS Secretary Mayorkas felt the need to reiterate the policy of DHS to actively go after people who continue to insist that the 2020 election was stolen and for spreading the truth about the “vaccine” and its harmful side effects. [More]
The flyer rhetorically asks “What is Socialism?” and states, “Socialism and Capitalism are economic. They deal with what your hob is and who is in charge. Capitalists believe that the workplace should operate like a dictatorship, where one person calls all the shots, the CEO." [More]
As opposed to a dictatorship where a firing squad leader calls the shots...
[Via Michael G]
If the court sides with the plaintiffs, it is "quite possible" it could spur justices to tackle cases over restrictions on high-capacity magazines in California and New Jersey, Clement said Wednesday during a closed member briefing before the House Republican Future of American Freedoms Task Force... [More]
Then again, unless Republicans think outside the box on Biden's SCOTUS nominee, we could be at the "mercy" of John Roberts and those Dolly pix.
[Via Jess]
Gov. DeWine signs permitless concealed carry bill into law [More]
I've been worried about getting arrested since I moved back here in '07.
Among his many crimes, Jay has seen at least 22 convictions. [More]
New York says "Hold our beer."
[Via Michael G]
After 68 years, the Barrington United Veterans Council was removed as organizer of the 2022 Memorial Day Parade, after it vigorously opposed the Town Council flying the BLM flag over the Veterans Memorial. The group’s leader, a vocal opponent, was replaced as Master of Ceremonies by someone who publicly favored flying the BLM flag. Yet the Town Council says the BLM flag dispute had nothing to do with it. [More]
I just mentioned a parade in the last post-- funny how that works.
You know what else is "funny"?
How white the Town Council is.
[Via Michael G]
I wonder if my hometown will let me drive one of these in the annual parade... [More]
Add a couple of these and now we're talking!
[Via WiscoDave]
New York Court dismisses Smartmatic’s 2.7 billion dollar lawsuit against Sidney Powell. The court held it had no jurisdiction over Ms. Powell. It also dismissed Smartmatic’s suit against Fox host Jeanine Pirro. [More]
Others are still in the line of fire.
[Via Jess]
Tangentially-related Update:Tennessee County Dumping Dominion Voting System Due To Vote Tabulation Discrepancies; Voting Shenanigans in Houston
Bill Would Require Concealed Gun Processing in Emergencies ... Many Democrats opposed the measure, which could be vetoed. [More]
That's because they'd rather see you dead than armed.
And that said, how sorry am I supposed to feel for someone who waits until there's an emergency to apply, or for that matter, for someone who would let that stop him?
Funny, what we see happening in real emergencies.
[Via Jess]
President Biden always remembers to take time (and bring a treat!) for the youngest among us. 🍬! [More]
Pfizer CEO says a fourth booster shot 'is necessary' [More]
What's the definition of insanity, again?
[Via Michael G]
“Whiteness is based on delusion, produces suffering, and should be relinquished.” [More]
I wonder what kind of cats Ann Gleig, Joy Brennan, and Jessica X Zu have...
No, the post title is not a Buddha quote. Somehow, The Angry Beavers seemed more appropriate.
[Via Michael G]
Northwestern University student government votes to limit journalist access to meetings [More]
What better way to teach students the requisite tyrannical arrogance they'll need after they graduate and move on to real government positions.
I do wonder how they can lawfully designate someone a "journalist" and if that means they can exclude students with blogs or social media accounts, and also if there's some kind of state open meetings/records law this runs afoul of...
[Via Michael G]
This week, more news came to light about Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s disqualifications from serving on the U.S. Supreme Court. While Judge Brown Jackson was a student at Harvard Law School, her organization hosted a highly controversial, anti-Semitic speaker on campus. As a nominee to serve on the highest court in the land, this, combined with her previous statements calling the justice system “unfair” to sex predators, should immediately disqualify her to uphold our nation’s laws and Constitutional principles. Her nomination is yet another massive vetting failure from the Biden White House. [More]
Maybe this will be enough to persuade gutless Republicans that this will open them up to accusations they fear, and maybe even trouble a few Jewish Democrats enough to say "No."
It's a cinch we can't expect anything as unimportant to them as the Bill of Rights to be persuasive.
"We have to be focused on the Iron Pipeline and we have to be focused on the new phenomenon of the Plastic Pipeline, which is being done at home," Deputy Commissioner Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller said. [More]
I wonder if he invented that term all by himself or if one of Bloomberg's Madison Avenue focus-grouping worm tongues came up with that slick pejorative moniker for technology that defeats citizen disarmament.
In any case, I'm with Mr. McGuire:
Antifa Perp Walk [More]
We write to express our grave concern over the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives’ (ATF) continued pattern of enforcing secret guidance. This secret guidance was brought to our attention by those who have received recent threatening letters1 where the ATF makes blanket threats based on the recipient allegedly purchasing and possessing various firearms accessories, none of which are illegal based on any statute or regulation. These letters are in addition to an internal ATF email ordering seizure of various items and referring to those in possession as “defendants.”2 We find this pattern of secret regulation incredibly troubling. [More]
"NRA ... allegedly told senators they were neutral on the Violence Against Women Act..." [Watch]
It sounds like something NRA would do, but we've all been handed bum steers before, including by people who have proven very credible in the past. I'm not saying that's happening here, I'm just saying if I were on trial and you were on my jury, I'd hope this wouldn't be enough for a "guilty" verdict.
[Via Jess]
“It is especially disturbing, because students love that flag, and several students came to El Patio specifically to take their photo with the flag,” Wetstein said. [More]
You tell 'em, Wetstain.
You'll note the "hate crime" is "alleged," so, in spite of the inferences, this is still a "whodunnit," making fair the question "WWJD?" (What would Jussie do?)
How far would these students go if a different flag were burned, and why do the same people who call that "protected speech" say this one is a crime?
[Via Michael G]
American police departments have so much extra tactical gear that they're sending it to Ukraine to help the country's mostly non-professional military fight back against the much more well-equipped Russian military. [More]
I understand the sentiment, but it's not theirs to give and raises the question about how truthful they are when they insist on what they need when justifying budgets.
[Via WiscoDave]
The survey also found Republicans making gains among minority groups. By 9 percentage points, Hispanic voters in the new poll said they would back a Republican candidate for Congress over a Democrat. The two parties had been tied among Hispanic voters in the Journal’s survey in November. Democratic margins also eroded among Black voters, who favored a Democrat for Congress by 35 percentage points in the new survey, down from 56 points in November. Support for a Republican candidate rose to 27% among Black voters, up from 12% in November. [More]
That first part, if it bears out, is great, but still says nothing about "pathway to citizenship" voters, and that second part still means Blacks will vote Democrat by landslides.
I also notice another meme that's been growing for some time and will continue to be put forth: Voters may vote for Republicans but not for Trump. It's possible he's really that alienating. It's also possible that this is a way to make people feel like change is possible when it's really just tapping the brakes on Democrat overreach with the heading staying the same.
[Via Andy M]
In the course of one evening, William Dale Wooden burglarized ten units in a single storage facility. He later pleaded guilty, for that night’s work, to ten counts of burglary—one for each storage unit he had entered. Some two decades later, the courts below concluded that those convictions were enough to subject Wooden to enhanced criminal penalties under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). That statute mandates a 15-year minimum sentence for unlawful gun possession when the offender has three or more prior convictions for violent felonies like burglary “committed on occasions different from one another.” 18 U. S. C. §924(e)(1). The question presented is whether Wooden’s prior convictions were for offenses occurring on different occasions, as the lower courts held, because the burglary of each unit happened at a distinct point in time, rather than simultaneously. The answer is no. Convictions arising from a single criminal episode, in the way Wooden’s did, can count only once under ACCA. [More]
More than 6 in 10 Americans oppose legislation that would prohibit classroom lessons about sexual orientation or gender identity in elementary school, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. [More]
Questions 1 to 4 held for later release.5. On another topic, would you support or oppose legislation that would prohibit classroom lessons about sexual orientation or gender identity in elementary school?
This poll is based on a nationally representative probability sample of 622 adults age 18 or older, with an oversample among LGBTQ+ respondents.
“Please explain why the study you link to on that claim says: ‘Finally, we were unable to analyze the impact of permitless-carry laws because of the small number of observations.’” [More]
A Detroit Police Department commander has been demoted as the department investigates whether he helped get a subordinate's ex-wife arrested outside the city for a crime she did not commit. [More]
Aside from cops and the mob, where else are you going to find a boss who can break the law and f*** people you don't like up for you?
[Via Steve T]
Richmond officer sentenced for shooting, killing fiancee’s dog [More]
Still no word on if she'll wait for him...
[Via Mack H]
Embattled Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith Not Running For Re-Election [More]
If there were any semblance of justice, that decision would have already been made for her.
[Via Rough and Ready]
Suspect nabbed after accidentally shooting self with gun linked to unsolved murder [More]
Looks like Laquavana learned from the best:
Linked with matched shell casings?
Too bad Judge April Newbauer's not trying the case. She'd let him go.
‘Doomsday Clock’ Will Remain Unchanged Under Biden as Russia Puts Nuclear Arsenal on High Alert - End-of-the-world alarmists ticked clock toward midnight after Trump election [More]
So it was never about quantifiable threat levels and always about advancing the Democrat agenda?
If we can't trust people who tell us we're all gonna die, who can we trust?
[Via Michael G]
California bill would revoke tax-exempt status of nonprofits that supported Jan. 6 attack [More]
But...but...but what about the First Amendment?
[Via Michael G]
Texas school district stealthily arms its staff, and no one knows who’s packing heat [More]
The subversive cowards at the NEA aren't going to be very happy when they hear about this. I'm thinking of setting a van full of five-year-olds loose on them just to watch the hilarity.
[Via WiscoDave]
But as written, the bill does not distinguish between violent criminal behavior and innocent technical infractions for the draconian presumption against bail to apply. Law-abiding gun owners who inadvertently violate NJ’s thicket of hyper-technical firearms possession laws would be treated exactly the same as murderers—thrown in jail to rot for years without bail while they await trial someday for their “crimes.” [More]
Who thinks politicians who hate you terrorizing you into humiliating obedience isn't intentional?
Yesterday under the cover of darkness, Congressional Democrats released a 2,741 page government funding bill at 1:30 AM. GOA rushed to analyze the bill, found the gun control buried on pages 2207-2213, and alerted our grassroots activists to take action. Despite our best efforts, the gun control passed 260-171 with the support of 39 Republicans later that same day at 10PM. [More]
I see my worse-than-useless lump was a "Yea." What a staunch supporter!
As part of the hearing, a representative from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spoke against the bill on behalf of that administrative agency. It is important when evaluating the issue of whether Tennessee’s administrative agencies are actively working to suppress or infringe your constitutionally protected rights to see and be aware of what they are, as “taxpayer funded” advocates, telling the Legislators. It is also important to note when Representatives like Jerry Sexton and Bruce Griffey stand up to these administration representatives and try to push them back into their limited function as those tasked with “administering” not making the law. [More]
How is that different from this?
Disney CEO Bob Chapek takes public stance against 'Don't Say Gay' bill [More]
They're still pushing that meme even though that's not what the bill says:
Gotta promote those Di$ney Family Value$.
So when are they going to decide Main Street USA, Genoci... I mean Frontierland, Tom Sawyer Island, and the Mark Twain riverboat are racist and need to be torn down and replaced with lands and attractions that celebrate diversity and tolerance?
For that matter, when are they going to tear down the gates and defund security?
Gov. Kay Ivey has signed the bill that eliminates the requirement of a state permit to carry a concealed handgun. [More]
That should pick you up when you're feeling blue.
And yet, I thank God every day that Biden is president. The Russian offensive against Ukraine is the first crisis of his presidency (other than COVID, which was ongoing when he assumed office) and in this emergency he has redeemed the hopes of those who voted for competence. [More]
The first? Competence? What else would we expect from DSM-approved "conservative" commentator Mona Charen?
[Via Michael G]
He “probably didn’t intend to kill anybody,” Bowser said regarding the incident. [More]
Sounds like a "mostly peaceful protest" gone wrong...
'Defcon 1 moment': New Spanish-language conservative network fuels fresh Dem fears over disinfo, Latino outreach - More Latino voters show signs of drifting right, and analysts warn of a new wave of disinformation ahead of elections. [More]
Give them a chance to interpret things for themselves and leave it to lying leftistst to put up a wall.
[Via Agustin B]
The findings continued the bureau’s longstanding struggles in counting underrepresented groups while overcounting non-Hispanic white people, a mistake that can have severe repercussions on voting districts, congressional representation and the allocation of federal funds. [More]
So they haven't counted enough illegals and people who still manage to collect benefits without "Voter ID"?
[Via Steve T]
A judge sentenced Derron "Ronnie" Nevels to 13 years in federal prison without parole on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to robbery and discharging a firearm during a violent crime. That "firearm discharge" was shooting Meitl 26 times. [More]
So when "Ronnie" gets out he'll still be young, stupid, feral, and hardened enough to do plenty of damage?
Who's the lazy @$$ prosecutor who figured cutting a plea deal instead of doing the work to prove demonstrable attempted murder was the way to go?
[Via Steve T]
The federal mask mandate will be extended for another 30 days, to April 18, representing the fourth extension of the mandate for public transit, airplanes, and airports... [More]
Oh, good, it includes subways. You can't be too cautious about community health, you know.
[Via Michael G]
Glaude said he is tired of reforms that “tinker around the edges while people are dying. I’ve got to raise my babies in it” — and called for some sort of refounding of the country. Although when asked by members of the audience, he was short on ideas regarding what that would look like. [More]
Probably like this.
[Via Michael G]
Do Right to Carry Laws Still Reduce Violent Crime? [More]
Some of us have experience deterring violent crime in spite of any law.
April 9 match will raise money to elect pro-gun candidates around NC! [More]
School hangs poster on the door that says, "I'm Your Mom Now" - District says parents are "not entitled" to information about their children [More]
Has anyone ever studied the effects of cumulative school abuses in providing the catalyst for certain mental types to snap?
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Pete Buttigieg’s husband leads CHILDREN in pledge of allegiance to the gay rainbow flag
A federal appeals court on Tuesday said it would reconsider a decision by a panel of three Republican-appointed judges holding that a California county's mandates forcing gun shops to close to combat the COVID-19 pandemic were unconstitutional. [More]
That's why the "to each according to" faction wants to treat it like the Bill of Needs, with them being the ones who decide for you.
[Via Jess]
Prime Minister Trudeau used the authority of the Canadian government to hold the money of private citizens protesting for what they perceived as government overreach into their bodily rights. It begs the question, what is in store when Canadians refuse to bend the knee to the tyrant trying to confiscate their guns? [More]
What's in store for here?
[H/T JPFO]
'It's emblematic of academia today': Political science department displays Mao Zedong bust on campus [More]
That brings back memories:
I remember years back, the modern art museum held an Andy Warhol exhibit and had plastered banners of his Mao portrait all over town, even hanging from street lamps, which means they had local government endorsement. The section I was driving through was known for its large Jewish community. Matter of fact, the reason we were there was to go to my favorite deli.
I remember at the time wondering if it would have been so enthusiastically supported/ passively accepted had the banners featured Hitler's portrait. Or are some genocidal monsters more acceptable in enlightened society than others?
[Via Michael G]
Gov Hochul to grant 1st licenses to sell recreational pot to people with prior marijuana convictions [More]
So will she give the same "social equity" preference to people convicted of "gun crimes" for state gun dealer licenses?
Oh, wait...
Admiral...?
Unless you have connections that make a mockery of the whole "equity" thing...
[Via Steve T]
Because your elected officials are afraid of being on the record, leadership protects them by stuffing things they don’t think will pass on its own merits into what is known as the annual omnibus bill, or omni for short. One would think because negotiations have been ongoing for years, politicians would wise-up to the fact no one wants gun control. Rather than listening to you, they would rather stuff VAWA into this upcoming omni and claim they had to vote for it to fund everything our government does. [More]
Half a loaf is better than none.
Politics is the art of the possible.
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
[Insert name] is a staunch defender of the Second Amendment.
The governor is considering what to do with the bill to allow concealed carry without a permit... Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey is one of the law enforcement officials urging the veto. [More]
Passenger caught urinating on NYC subway as commuters seem unfazed [More]
Disgusting. Intolerable.
Collectivist government policies and planning force people out of their private transport and into filthy and dangerous public "accommodations" alongside diseased maniacs, unfit to live outside of custodial care, who push the unwary onto tracks, smear poop on them, stab them, attack them and otherwise accost them.
All the while, self-defense is forbidden.
The "victims" vote for more and reserve a special fear of and contempt for anyone who would try to live armed and free.
This is no way for a civilization to survive.
