The Blessings of Liberty

I'll be enjoying them today hosting family and friends. May your Independence Day be meaningful and happy.

Do remember those who made it possible.

Pols from Both Parties Advancing Fed Funding for State Infringements

The thing is, Democrats aren’t the only ones trying to get the feds to fund state infringements: Lindsey Graham and the Red Flag Republicans want to do exactly that with their “extreme risk” confiscation scheme. [More]

“Federal grants” means money taken from you will be used to finance state-level infringements.

They Evidently Know Something the Rest of Us Don't

The Washington state family’s lawsuit alleged there were dozens of videos online showing people how to install bump stocks on their AR-15 style rifles, one of the kinds of weapons used by the Las Vegas shooter. [More]

Really?

They've had the government confirm that?

Share it with the rest of us?

[Via Bluesgal]

A Perfect Storm?

Republicans worry that the NRA and two other groups that have long formed the core of their electoral infrastructure will be effectively on the sidelines. [More]

Figures the Chamber of Commerce and Kochsucker cheap labor whores would. Add to that the TINVOWOOT crowd that is sick of being betrayed and may sit things out...

What a time to be alive.

[Via Roger J]

UPDATE: And "our friends across the aisle" aren't about to let a crisis go to waste.

[Via Michael G]

The Evil that Guns Do

56 shot — 5 fatally — in Chicago over weekend [More]

Forget it, Jake...

Anybody want to do a pool on the upcoming extended weekend?

[Via Wynn A] 

Trainers' Choice

Northam has called for the General Assembly to consider bills restricting access to guns, many of which have failed in previous legislative sessions. In direct opposition to Chase, one of his proposals includes expanding the authority of localities to prohibit firearms in government buildings. In anticipation of the possible restriction ... Northam has also called for universal background checks to close the loophole on private gun sales ...The governor has also called for the reinstatement of the one-gun-a-month law repealed in 2012, a ban on silencers and bump stocks and other legislation. [More]

And Jorge helped!

[Via Mack H]

I'm Sure I Left My Sympathy Around Here Somewhere

Virginia Beach employee arrested after supervisors asked him to return to site of mass shooting [More]

I have no problem with firing all of them.

[Via Mack H]

VLLA SELLA 'n All That

The committee recommends getting Norfolk Police Department officers to provide security in waiting areas and to get weighted chairs or bolt seats to the floor so they can’t be used as weapons — as Craig did. [More]

Sometimes you gotta use what's at hand.

As for those who can't trusted with a chair...

[Via Mack H]

Hickenlooper Blues

Hickenlooper campaign in shambles [More]

Gosh, that's too bad.

[Via Jess]

Meanwhile, Over in the #1 'Gunsense' State...

4 wounded in shooting at Tanforan Mall in San Bruno [More]

Damn NRA members.

[Via Dave Licht]

But Evidently Rules Are

I’m a left-wing anarchist. Guns aren’t just for right-wingers. [More]

As I've asked before, anybody notice any of the NRA-bashing gun-grab groups, from the Democrat Party on down, saying word one about “lefties with guns"? No?

[Via Mack H]

On a Scale of 1 to 10...

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We all have an absolute right not to be physically attacked and to defend ourselves if we are. That said, and stipulating that plenty of Republicans are poltroons, if any of these folks vote for Democrats they are demonstrably enabling attacks on that right and choosing to make it a lesser priority.

[Via Michael G]

Streisand Effect in 3...2...1...

Democrat Rep. Frederica Wilson (FL) says that people who are “making fun of members of Congress” online “should be prosecuted” [More]

I'm your huckleberry.

Unperson

Charlottesville drops Thomas Jefferson's birthday as holiday [More]

What an original idea!

Spreading the Word

Tell the White House that the 2nd Amendment Was Not Given to the People by Government [More]

Thanks, Firearms News. I appreciate those willing to help out.

They include Herschel and Dean,

The Content of Their Character

Before Kyle Kashuv, Harvard wasn't so picky about applicants' personal character [More]

Curious.

They also weren't so picky about writing an admiring bio that left out a few inconvenient details on another character.

[Via Michael G]

The Center of Attention

School Shooting Witness’s Story Is A Hoax, Major Media Outlets Conned [More]

Well, David Briscoe wanted to be famous. I say give him his wish.

[Via Michael G]

Coming of Age

Gun Owners, Rights Organizations Sue California, Attorney General Becerra in New Federal Lawsuit Over State’s Age-Based Ban on Firearm Purchases [More]

After all, if 16-year-olds are old enough to be "Gunsense Voters," you'd think Audie Murphy could own a rifle...

A Symbolic Gesture

In symbolic vote, Richmond council approves gun ban for city-owned buildings and parks [More]

The symbolism is explained in greater detail here.

[Via Mack H]

We're the Only Ones Happy Motoring Enough

New Jersey Police Lieutenant Arrested For Drunk Driving [More]

And as the New Jersey Supreme Court has told us, they're even more special than you and me in the Garden State!

[Via Neil W]