Court’s Denial in Machine Gun Case Ignores Second Amendment Purpose

"We reiterated that ‘[a]t its core, the Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding citizens to possess non-dangerous weapons for self-defense in the home,’ and thus, under Heller, ‘restrictions on the possession of dangerous and unusual weapons are not constitutionally suspect because these weapons are outside the ambit of the amendment,’” the opinion states. “[G]overnments may restrict the possession of machine guns.” [More]

Well heck -- if legal scholars in black robes say we have no right to keep and bear militia-suitable arms because they're "dangerous," who are we to argue?

We're the Only Ones Tacky Enough

Security Guard Impounds Man’s Submachine Gun TIE CLASP At County Board Meeting [More]

They seem to leave out the names of authoritarian morons more often than not. Too bad, because he deserves to be shamed.

[Via several of you]

Valediction

Mike has some important things he wants us to understand. [More]

If you don't read this it will be your loss. If you don't share this, it will be your friends' loss.

Runaway Slave

Lt. Gov. Newsom attacks trans woman on Facebook who opposes his anti-gun measures [More]

Uh-oh.  I guess he's tolerant and diverse-- he's just not that tolerant and diverse.

You know, kind of like the Opposite Day "progressives" that accuse RKBA advocates of racism, and then brand blacks who support Liberty issues "Uncle Toms" and the like.

I've written about Nicki Stallard and Pink Pistols before. Unfortunately, the article is no longer accessible from Examiner and it does not show up on the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.

As far as the whole LGBTUVWXYZ (or whatever it's called these days) thing goes, decrying coercion or hypocrisy -- as I'll continue to do -- is not the same as "bashing." We can live and let live, and not make other people's lives more difficult. By commandeering the word "tolerance," the collectivists have actually -- as if by design -- made that more difficult for all.

Back By Popular Demand

"Dozens"! [More]

I wonder if Shannon brought her bodyguards again this year.

[Via Michael G]

Captain's Log

• State Worshipers
• Tool Time
• Noteworthy

No One?

The scandal in Washington no one is talking about [More]

Mike and I have never stopped talking about it.  We were the ones begging Congress and the media to notice and investigate for themselves.

And new original reporting is still being suppressed/ignored.

[Via John Comeau]

Easy as 'Progressive' Piety

[More]

I'm sure "Rev Dr" Peggy Cecil-Hinds could stop him before he hurt anybody.

No?

Couldn't Happen in a More 'Progressive' Place

Witnesses told police that a group of 15 to 30 male and female suspects were seen kicking and punching the victim, a man in his early to mid 20s, and using glass bottles as weapons. [More]

Nothing else to go on, you know, to maybe warn the public to BOLO or anything...?

'Where Society and Pedophiles Can Come Together'

No pun intended...? [More]

Gosh, and before this, my opinion of Salon was so high...

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise

One of them, Tom, won the coveted Mr Puppy UK title as 'Spot' [More]

The Caliphate laughs.

They're pretty set in their ways on dogs, too.

Equal Protection?

Disregarding for a moment the corruption and tyranny-spawning obscenity that is "the War on Drugs," I couldn't argue with anyone claiming an urban black busted with "19 pounds of marijuana and guns" would receive more than probation. [More]

WorldNewtDaily

Gingrich is rated F- by NumbersUSA on 5 immigration-control measures, D+ on another:

Amnesty: F-

Illegal Jobs & Presence: D+ (de facto amnesty)

Refugee-Asylum Fraud: F- (remember the Boston marathon massacre- thanks Newt!)

Chain Migration: F-

Visa Lottery: F-

Unnecessary Worker Visas: F- [More]

Carlos Perdue responds to yet another Joseph Farah endorsement that appears to fly in the face of principles he otherwise espouses and that Trump is running on.

Misguided Faith

Save your prayers to open your own eyes, "Rev Dr" Peggy Cecil-Hinds. [More] 

Maybe you can start by reading a sermon.

Gee, "progressive" Raw Story treating Christians with something less than Alinsky Rule 5 ridicule this time out.  That's a departure from standard practice.

Gotta encourage those idiots to keep being useful, I guess...

NRA Endorses Trump

We shall see if his new position is genuine, won't we? [More]

[Via Matt F]

Congratulations, Sen. Boxer!

[More]

It's All in the Algorithm?

I do directed Google searches to see how my stuff is propagating.  My AmmoLand pieces make the Google News feed, which is advantageous for getting work noticed by others in media looking for source fodder.

The other day I did a piece on Donald Trump telling slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry's brother he would "open the books on Fast and Furious."

That's significant news, as it has the potential to get answers that the House, Senate, courts and media have so far not been able to elicit. It also explains how this could be a campaign issue due to questions it opens up about the State Department's involvement while it was under Hillary.

The piece appeared on the news search results within moments of being published. Today it is gone.

Searching by article title, by my name and by Kent Terry's name yields no results.

This is the same kind of stuff that used to happen back in the days when Mike and I were the only ones reporting on gunwalking. It's hard to believe it's not directed, and that this was not an intentional removal.

Meanwhile, other "conservative" news outlets who have been asked to look into this story and determine the truth of it themselves have all seemingly gone into "not invented here" mode, and of course no "Authorized Journalists" are even going to learn about it now that it's removed from news search results.

In any case, the end result is the news is being suppressed. Disappeared.

This is why I ask regular readers here to take a moment and share links, with like-minded friends and with news sites they frequent. I'm asking it again, right now. Will you?

UPDATE: It looks like a lot of my recent stuff has been booted off, including this exclusive.

Once is happenstance...

UPDATE 2: Several people have contacted me to tell me they can find it. I said under the NEWS tab. That's the place stories recognized as newsworthy are placed, providing an advantage in terms of being noticed and picked up by other outlets and people looking for media sources as opposed to sources that don't meet the content guideline and authorship criteria.

UPDATE 3: The Trump article is back on Google News.  I still don't see the ATF article.

UPDATE 4: And it just disappeared again. Something is going on.

'What We're Hoping This Will Do is Start a Dialog'

Yeah, buddy, you keep hoping. [Watch]

[Via Michael G]

Turning Up the Heat

Now, in a dramatic turnaround, thirteen Republican members of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee Republicans sent letters to 17 state attorneys general and eight environmental groups requesting documents related to the groups’ coordinated efforts to deprive companies, nonprofit organizations, scientists and scholars of their First Amendment rights and their ability to fund and conduct scientific research free from intimidation and threats of prosecution. [More]

Better watch it  -- that AG the Republicans helped  confirm says denial is verboten.

[Via Michael G]

No Duty to Protect

But more insidious than that, no liability for preventing people from protecting themselves. [More]

Say gang, I've got a swell idea: Let's sue the gun manufacturer!

[Via Bluesgal]