The Re-Reenactment

A new rule in Pennsylvania that will require re-enactors of a 1763 battle to lay down their weapons is drawing fire from a local historical society, the latest skirmish in the re-enactment world, which has been diminishing as hobbyists get older and sensitivities about restaging historical events have grown. [More]

A plan comes together.

If I may make a suggestion:

Give ’em walkie talkies!

Never Mind, eh?

Canada’s Liberal government repealed on Friday elements of its gun-control legislation that proposed banning rifles and shotguns widely used by hunters, farmers and indigenous communities. The surprise decision emerged after the plan to target thousands of rifles and shotguns sparked widespread opposition from the governing Liberals’ political allies on gun control, indigenous leaders and gun-rights advocates. [More]

Somebody misjudged blowback.

Now that the pressure’s been relieved, look for the only group caring about further infringements to be the one they believe they can safely ignore.

[Via Jess]

Friend of the Devil

Grammy Shocker: Sam Smith, Kim Petras Performance of “Unholy” Will Be “So Crazy There Will Be Protest Calls to CBS” (Satan Involved) [More]

How liberating and joyful!

And if you don’t embrace it, you’re a hater and they want you destroyed.

The original Rebellion continues. I’m sure they and those who feed them and feed off them would mercilessly ridicule anyone suggesting Who they really hate and want to destroy, even though they’re the ones that keep bringing it up.

Circling the Drain

Over the past three years, Annual Membership in the National Rifle Association appears to have declined by some 40% or more, while revenues have been effectively cut in half. Meanwhile, the NRA is spending the lion’s share of what money remains on a single law firm fighting, not for Second Amendment rights, but to keep top-level executives out of jail and in control in the face of credible allegations of corruption and mismanagement of funds, while simultaneously cutting back on core services that constitute the Association’s reason for existence. [More]

But the important thing is, for a limited time you can pay a lot more for a heater if you get the NRA logo engraved than if you just buy it direct

LaPierre will take them down with him because he doesn’t dare let go.

Now ask me who I want on the board.

We’re the Only Ones Demolishing Enough

The chief of police in Galveston, Texas, has been placed on administrative leave as the city investigates a botched SWAT raid that caused an estimated $5,000 in property damage to an innocent family’s home. Police subsequently withheld information about the raid, and city officials only learned of it days later following local news reports… [More]

Back the what…?

[Via Michael G]

Meanwhile, Over at the Legion of Doom

The coalition of 117 organizations called for the plan to include declaring a national emergency around gun violence, establishing a federal office for gun violence prevention and appointing a full-time director for the effort. [More]

Between them and the usual suspects

Would trying to disguise Astroturf as grassroots be Assroots?

[Via Jess]

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