Operation Choke Point Redux

Section 13 states the prohibited uses, where users would agree not to request, send, or receive money for several things. “Obviously, some I get,” she said. “The illegal drugs and controlled substances make sense, but firearms, ammunition, and other weapons, or materials that promote intolerance, violence or hate, in whose definition and what does that mean, a Ponzi scheme or pyramid scheme? Again, I don’t know what that means.” [More]

What about porn stars? Asking for a friend…

A ratioing is born

[Via Black Rifle]

‘Always New’? Even When Old?

Mall of America now has a new way to keep shoppers safe. A new high-tech layer of security has been added after gun-related incidents in recent years. [More]

And privacy isn’t the only thing shoppers have to give up…

Hey, no one said taglines had to be true…

What reasons do we have for giving these people our money again…?

[Via bondmen]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond…

Just some Muslims dancing about with knives and machetes in Birmingham. Perfectly normal [Watch]

Ask the Police:

It is an offence to carry any sharp or bladed instrument in a public place, with the exception of a folding pocket knife where the cutting edge of the blade is 7.62 cm (3 inches) or less. Please note that the term ‘cutting edge’ is not limited to an area of the blade that has a textured or serrated edge…The penalty for committing this offence is a maximum prison sentence of four years.

What’s the “hate crime” penalty for reporting it?

[Via CP]

Costner Box Office Flop Should Be an Example for Hollywood Gun Hypocrites

Costner has proven to be a real life Fudd extraordinaire, winning the T. Boone Pickens Lifetime Sportsman Award – while calling for “stricter gun laws” [More]

Hey, he’s the one who said he doesn’t care what moviegoers think about his politics, which in this case appears to be what a lot of them think about his movies.

Avoiding Guns in Presidential Debates Won’t Last Forever

Influencers need to be able to prepare Trump to debate on the right to arms and to coach him on what the correct responses to questions should be. [More]

No matter who the Democrat candidate turns out to be, Trump needs to learn to talk 2A, and it’s up to “Gun Owners for Trump” to demand his ear.

(Note: This doesn’t mean I’m back.)

A Diversionary Tactic

Texas Official Lays Blame for Brutal Rape and Murder of 12-Year-Old Jocelyn Nungaray on Trump [More]

At times you gotta wonder if they know they’re maliciously gaslighting or if they really are insane.

Gotta do something to distract from her proven political corruption.

But wait! There’s more!

Lina Hidalgo’s top three staffers were indicted in April 2022 after prosecutors expanded the investigation into an $11 million ‘vaccine outreach contract’ awarded to one of the judge’s political cronies. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last month joined the investigation into Lina Hidalgo’s $11 million no-bid contract.

Well… there’s a surprise:

[Via bondmen]

Q&A

Mother demands answers after son is among victims in series of shootings in 24 hours in Lancaster [More]

I have questions, too, starting with “Mom, where was your husband in that clip?”

Or are we not allowed to extrapolate from generalities? Because those who say we need more “gun control” sure do.

Is the answer really more police, or is that just a reaction to an effect?

[Via Steve T]

An Idea Whose Time Hasn’t Come

Following Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy’s push for more gun control under the guise of declaring “gun violence” a “public health crisis,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms announced its support for the proposed Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act, sponsored by U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN). [More]

Only one problem:

Prognosis 0% chance of being enacted

Revisit this after November and see if the numbers have changed.

The Wrong Way

The Supreme Court struck the ban down, making it clear that if you wanted to ban bumpstocks you had to do it the right way, which is the way the Constitution outlines, which is actually passing a bill through Congress and having it signed into law by the president. [Watch]

Wrong:

“Left unsaid is where Congress derives such authority in the first place, as the power to regulate and ban arms is nowhere delegated to it in the Constitution. The only clear mandate is ‘the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.’ By any branch of government.”

Change my mind. Show the section and clause.

I expect our would-be leaders to know this stuff.