Category: civil liberties

We’re the Only Ones Across the Pond Enough

FSU helps ex-police officer Stephen Gray appeal conviction for joke about Muhammad [More]

I understand leaving Cleveland, but for the UK…?

And name the fascist neighbor. There should be a day of reckoning.

Hey, which Brit agency can I send Muhammad jokes to? I had to use DuckDuckGo [NSFW] because Google has anti-Christian AI:

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Ah… here we go: Crown Prosecution Service.

What Orwell called Thought Police from the Ministry of Love…

UPDATE

Wrong Cleveland… so it’s fair to ask what edicts he enforced and if he’s now “hoist with his own petard.”

[Via CP]

Joining the Chorus

Pursuant to Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 27 and 29(a)(8), the United States respectfully seeks permission to participate in oral argument of this appeal on five minutes of time ceded by plaintiffs-appellants. [More]

DOJ will be speaking in support of plaintiffs against the Massachusetts handgun roster. The Civil Rights Division filed an amicus brief in February.

Gun rights as civil rights… wasn’t that long ago the idea was being ignored, scoffed at, put down by more influential voices calling proponents, and I quote, “wild-eyed extremists.”

[Via Jess]

Gimme That Old Time Religion

That’s also in keeping with text and tradition:

“He that suffers his life to be taken from him by one who has no authority for that purpose, when he might preserve it by defense, incurs the Guilt of self murder since God has enjoined him to seek the continuance of his life, and Nature itself teaches every creature to defend [it]self.” (1747 Philadelphia sermon)

We’re the Only Ones Spicing Things Up Enough

Policewoman

A Midland citizen went to City Hall requesting paperwork. He sat inside the public building for an extended period … Then a Midland Police Department officer arrived. She issued commands, placed her hands on him, and ultimately pepper-sprayed him inside City Hall… After officials reviewed the footage and saw that he had not been acting belligerently, he was released with no charges. [More]

Sanchez…? So, what’s her full name?

I need it to “commend” her.

[Via WiscoDave]

The Glock is Ticking

DOJ enforcing the Second Amendment…

Imagine that. Now imagine NRA “loyalists” — in California of all places — being so against it they resort to spreading insults and lies and blocking the truth.

Because They’re So Racist, No Doubt

Justice Department Opens Investigation of Philadelphia Police Department’s Allegedly Unconstitutional Permit Revocation Practices [More]

Glad to see I’m in good company…

From a strictly political point of view, this is a really good move for disarming accusations that the administration is racist. Who is it that wants to ban their guns and who is it saying they have a right to them until and unless they abuse it?

[Via Lane]

Now Hiring

Although you might not think so, but this is a huge deal, folks. The United States Department of Justice, including the Office of Civil Rights that fights for our right to keep and bear arms just announced that they’re going to start to hire people that do not live inside the beltway. [Watch]

So… they’re going to be employees, beholden to the hand that feeds them…? They’re going to do what they’re told they can do, and no more…? And not be able to share their disagreements if they want to stay on…? Say, will those eligible include lawyers currently suing ATF and DOJ, or would that be a conflict?

Meanwhile, the people whose lives and freedoms are being decided are still locked out, ears pressed against the door…?

While there are multiple options to include them…?

Now, something like that would be a huge deal.

[Via Jess]

We’re the Only Ones Fogged Up Enough

“Nevada quietly signed an agreement earlier this year with a company that collects location data from cellphones, allowing police to track a device virtually in real time,” reports the Associated Press. “All without a warrant.” The software from Fog Data Science, adopted this January in Nevada through a Department of Public Safety contract, pulls information from smartphone apps in order to let state investigators identify the location of mobile devices. [More]

No warrant needed and the only thing limiting usage is an agreement…?

Think how much the state could save on traffic stops if it let AI send out speeding tickets! Besides, if you’re not doing anything wrong, you shouldn’t need the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.

Autofascism: Another reason not to go to Vegas…

[Via JG]

The Fix is In

The Democratic governor’s changes to House Bill 217/Senate Bill 749 remove the word “fixed” from part of the bill’s definition of an assault firearm, which could sharply expand the range of semi-automatic rifles and pistols swept into the ban, Republicans say. [More]

It’s good that DOJ is going to fight this, but let’s be careful not to turn “common use” into a trap.

Ultimately, it boils down to how many Virginians are committed to the Commonwealth’s motto.

Feelings… Nothing More than Feelings

REMOVED AGAIN: Our Executive Director @iancesca1776 was informed he needed to leave the committee room because his firearm pin made others feel unsafe. [More]

Those in power can use that excuse to trample a lot of rights– like you see being done here.

To paraphrase Rhett Butler, they ought to be made to feel unsafe, and often, and by someone who knows how.

Gone But Not Forgotten

It’s been four long years since ATF arrested Patrick ‘Tate’ Adamiak [More]

So, what’s it take to get the “pro-gun” administration’s attention?

Maybe if Thomas Massie or Rand Paul set the wheels and political pressure in motion to apply for a furlough so he could be their guest at the next State of the Union speech…? Even having it denied, which it probably would be, would attract wider media attention outside of the contained 2A echo chamber, making his plight a lot more difficult to just ignore.

We’re the Only Ones Tyrannizing Enough

Cops Arrest Man on His Own Property After Karen Neighbor Hears Gunshots [Watch]

I hope he gets a lawyer and that lying sow and her co-conspirators get what’s coming to them. I also suggest he file a complaint with the Tennessee Attorney General’s Civil Rights Enforcement Division and demand an investigation into falsifying a police report.

That said, he should have just said “I’ll speak to you through my attorney” and shut up.

And point of order: I don’t like using “Karen” any more than I do “Boomer” for reasons stated at each link.

The Sheriff’s Office is getting its @$$ handed to it over on Facebook.

[Via Andy M]

A Temporary Reprieve

New York has agreed to drop a requirement that applicants for concealed carry gun permits list their former and current social media accounts so officials can confirm their “character.” [More]

For now.

Let communist Democrats keep gaining power there, and “gun permits” and “social media” won’t even be permitted memories, let alone issues for proletariat consensus.