Notes from the Resistance
Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee will hold a vote on a gun control package Thursday which includes six gun control measures that would not have prevented the Uvalde attack. [More]
Hopefully, Republican “moderates” won’t totally blow the “red wave” in November and this never makes it to the floor.
[Via Jim S]
Once again, the problem looks less like a lack of laws than a lack of enforcement of laws that are already on the books. [More]
So “our side’s” answer is to enforce existing Intolerable Acts?
What else would I expect from National Review and friends of the French Mistake?
[Via James Simpson]
“OK, you can have your guns, but you can’t have your AR-15. If you’re gonna get all in my business and tell me what my family can and cannot do, neither can you. They’re gonna come for those AR-15s and you better get ready to give them up!” [More]
Somehow, “nasty” doesn’t seem strong enough…
Their acts of racist and xenophobic terrorism have aimed to cower the potential political and economic power a Black and Brown majority population in the US could wield by the 2040s. [More]
Wait a sec… I thought anyone who mentioned “Great Replacement” was a racist conspiracy theorist…
Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue” …
Authorities believe the former agent – believed to be from Texas – was one of at least six individuals who regularly communicated with accused gunman Payton Gendron in an online chat room where racist hatred was discussed, the two officials said. [More]
My bet is the question is broader than “What did he know?”
[Via bondmen]
‘No one better’ than Susan Rice to lead gun effort, White House says, not VP [More]
Yeah, we’ve established she’s a shameless, power-mad liar…
[Via bondmen]
Bush-era records released under the Freedom of Information Act raise concerns about the powers presidents might claim during crises, from suspending habeas corpus to implementing an internet kill switch. [More]
Not “The Vote Freedom First President“…
And what he could do, his successors can do.
[Via Jess]
Federal agents say four Polk County men were involved in a rash of armed robberies, all while pretending to be law enforcement officers. [Watch]
As I’ve continually noted, be aware of The Fauxnly Ones Files. You never know when an “I was afraid he might not be a real cop” defense could use some validation that it’s a widespread and frequent enough phenomenon to be a legitimate justification for resistance.
[Via Remarks]
New video shows Texas school shooter … holding bag of dead cats [More]
Anyone who can’t be trusted with a cat…
[Via Michael G]
Witnesses said Butler seemed agitated and left but returned to the complex shortly after, armed with an AR-15 style rifle, and started shooting at the crowd. Police said a woman pulled out her pistol, shooting and killing him… Court records showed Butler had been convicted of two felonies in the past, so he should have not had a gun. [More]
Fact: It would have advanced Shannon’s agenda had Butler prevailed.
[Via Jess]
There simply isn’t going to be DEF fluid sufficient to keep the engines running and moving. [More]
Anybody have qualifications and knowledge about this to weigh in?
What I’ve been able to find is it is hitting RVers and truckers hard.
And not just in the U.S.
Is it really that paranoid to suspect manipulation via an agenda that is not benign?
[Via JK]
Yellow-flag laws allow law enforcement — and only law enforcement — to petition the courts to temporarily take guns away from those considered to be a threat to others or themselves. [More]
And they know a thing or two about yellow.
[Via Jess]
Be it resolved that the members of the National Rifle Association of America, in convention assembled, does declare its profound support for the past, present and future leadership of its executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre…One prominent LaPierre backer, Janet Nyce, denounced Wayne’s critics as “the enemy within,” whom she blamed for taking “our beloved NRA down to her knees.” A former sheriff from Montana, who is also a board member, insisted he was “getting tired of these s*** o* b****** at every one of these meeting coming in and trashing Wayne LaPierre.” [More]
Make your decisions accordingly.
The possession, by private citizens who could be called up for militia service, of “weapons of war” is not only protected by the Second Amendment — settled law — it is required. [More]
And the antis say we’re the ones who never want to mention the first 13 words…
In a way, they’re right– for reasons they’ve never adequately explained, the power players “on our side” don’t seem willing to go much beyond “self-defense” in their legal filings.
North Carolina preschool uses LGBT flashcards depicting a pregnant man to teach kids colors [More]
Who proposed and approved this? What will be done about them?
“What the public should be looking at is the fact that the FBI gave our son the means to make this happen. He has no job, no money, no vehicle, and no driver’s license, due to the fact that he is schizophrenic and we; his parents do everything we can possible to keep him safe and functional….. He has suffered through countless serious full-blown schizophrenic delusional episodes and he has been put in numerous mental hospitals since he was 16 years old. The FBI came and picked him up from our home, they gave him a vehicle, gave him a fake bomb, and every means to make this happen none of which he had access to on his own. [More]
[H/T WRSA]
Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns [More]
Conflate with “white supremacy” in 3…2…1…
She’s still too dense to realize he just owned her.
We must identify every individual for their credentials for their mental capacity to bear arms. There should be proper qualifications for gun ownership, and proper testing. One should only own a gun if they’re qualified and schooled.” [More]
Don’t you have someone else’s lines to read?
In an interview with The Pillar, Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas, elaborated on a tweet he made following the horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas and admonished gun-owning Catholics — and all Americans — that there is no “divine right” argument to be made about owning a weapon. [More]
Anybody see the Swiss Guard disarming?
[Via Mike F]
Forest Service says it started all of New Mexico’s largest wildfire [More]
What could be more effective and beneficial than government controls?
I don’t suppose we’re going to see a proportional response to what they put the Hammonds through?
[Via Michael G]
The 80% Coalition is non-partisan and is comprised of advocacy, business, education, faith-based, professional and service organizations committed to pushing back against hate and urging our legislators at the state and federal levels to pass commonsense gun violence prevention legislation. [More]
I see a lot of “faith” organizations claiming tax-exempt status in there…
[Via Lawrence S]
