Unsound Thinking

Bay Area crime tech firm ShotSpotter rebrands as stock tanks with new Chicago mayor [More]

What they call it won’t mask the fact that it’s an expensive boondoggle for Democrat cities that want to look like they’re “doing something.”

Maybe along with the “rebranding” they need a new spokesman:

[Via DDS]

If Wishes Were Fishes

‘Cease fire’: Reverend calls on Boston’s Black community to turn in guns after man shot dead in city [More]

Assuming the answer from those doing the killing is “No,” what’s Plan B after he’s convinced the sheep to bare their throats?

There’s no more obvious example of magical thinking than “gun control.” If this simp’s a community leader, that community’s got some growing up to do.

[Via bondmen]

Pot Luck

Another Federal Judge Rejects the DOJ’s Argument That Cannabis Consumers Have No Second Amendment Rights [More]

And then there’s action on the restraining order front

I’ll bet a lot of “prohibited person” exclusions could be overturned with the right case, starting with the “one year” nonsense that has no bearing on proven proclivities for violence.

We’re the Only Ones Statutory Enough

The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office said 27-year-old August P. Gildehaus has been charged with first-degree sodomy, sexual exploitation of a minor, four counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, and three counts of second-degree statutory rape. [More]

How would “identifying the gender or other characteristics of the victim” “protect the individual’s identity”? Seems more like they don’t want anyone connecting dots.

[Via Steve T]

A Continuation of the Original Rebellion

While the FBI has been sending spies into Catholic churches, hunting for “domestic terrorism,” Old Joe Biden’s laughably named “Justice” Department has just offered what Fox News calls a “sweetheart plea deal” to a woman who claims to be a man and who smashed doors, destroyed a statue of the Virgin Mary, assaulted a church staffer, and sprayed graffiti at a Catholic church in Washington state. There isn’t even the pretense of fairness anymore. The double standard is glaring and obvious. [More]

Now there’s someone in need of a good exorcism.

Aberrations in self-imposed psychic prisons of rage are not happy and will never be happy. And they know it.

So do the principalities and powers using them.

[Via Michael G]

Underrepresented Here…

Nearly 20% of the American population has had a family member killed by a gun, including by suicide, and 1 in 6 has witnessed a shooting, a new survey found … For Black adults, the numbers were even higher, attesting to greater gun violence in minority communities. [More]

I need to up my game. I’m gonna be 71 in a month and we’ve had no one. Well, an uncle was killed with an artillery shell, but that was different.

If I don’t want to be hated as racist, I guess I’d better credit my good fortune on white privilege, because if I mention personal conduct and life choices, Little Stevie’s Genocide Xers, Ys and Zs will be Antifaing my fascist @$$…

All That ‘Common Sense’ Just Ignored…

Investigators confirmed the Jeep had been stolen less than 48 hours earlier. They found a stolen AR-style pistol on the backseat and a .357-caliber Glock 32 under the passenger seat. Both weapons had large-capacity magazines. [More]

If only there were some kind of law for people who can’t be trusted with guns…

Until then, they expect you and me to give up ours.

[Via bondmen]