Just give them what they want? What if what they want is you, and are you really going to trust someone threatening to kill you over peanuts to know when to pull back?
[Via bondmen]
Category: General Blog
O Canada
Who Will Train the Trainer?
The guy on the ground would have been justified to return fire.
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
Why Firearms Training Classes are (Mostly) Useless [More]
Don’t get me started on firearms trainers…
A Change of Heart?
Judge Easterbrook then turned to the government’s position directly: “The United States contends that § 922(g)(4) is valid even with respect to persons who were never dangerous or who have recovered. That approach is hard to square with Heller, McDonald, Bruen, Rahimi, Hemani, and Wolford.” [More]
Considering what Easterbrook has said in the past, that’s an amazing turnaround.
Teenage Wasteland
The mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, is weighing whether to impose a curfew for minors following a series of shootings and chaotic events over the Independence Day weekend, in which several fights broke out and nine people were shot amid a series of teen takeovers across the country. [More]
“Teens“…
And as if a curfew is the real issue here.
Don’t Die for a Data Lie
Dramatics aside, it’s a known fact that any interactions with law enforcement, no matter how mundane, escalate the chances of a negative and potentially life-threatening outcome. Armed agents of the State with qualified immunity, taking someone by surprise over what is likely to be a bookkeeping error? [More]
So “false positives” have the potential to be much more than inconvenient delays?
At least it’s bipartisan!
Sunny Side Down
“I said this on this show many, many years ago, because this is my tenth year on the show,” Hostin recalled. “I said there are times when I walk into a community and I see American flags all over the community and I suddenly feel unsafe because there’s a section of this country that has co-opted the American flag, and they equate being an American or an American flag with White supremacy and that should never be the symbol of White supremacy, but they have weaponized.” [More]
What a lottery-winning ingrate. Call her what she is: a racist. “Liberal” white women who applaud deserve the burkas they’re enabling.
I saw a photo the other day that made me think of another photo, and who was actually safer.
The Price is Right?
We’re the Only Ones Virtual Enough
Bombshell IG Report: Secret Service Was Clueless and Searching the Internet for the Shooter’s Rooftop Location During the Butler Assassination Attempt … the agency’s only counter-drone operator was inexperienced and his equipment malfunctioned. [More]
That’s always the problem with butts in the chair over boots on the ground…
[Via bondmen]
Of Course You Realize This Means War
The NRA has now filed its complaint in D.C,’s local courts, and in it the NRA alleges that the NRA Foundation — now rebranded to The 1791 Foundation — engaged in trademark infringement, cybersquatting, and claimed their sister organization was withholding funds from the NRA proper. The Foundation claims that they have been upholding their fiduciary duties and filed their own countersuit in federal court in Virginia. [More]
Jeez, and the prags and apologists used to call me an NRA basher…
Be Careful What You Wish For
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) board of directors voted to affirm the organization’s definition of a journalist to make clear that terrorists are also journalists worthy of protection. [More]
Has the Committee heard about Bill Clinton’s Rules of Engagement?
[Via Michael G]
Up in Smoke
The Westcliffe Independence Day Parade/Second Amendment March had to be canceled. Received via email:
Good afternoon David, We greatly appreciate you letting your readers know about our 2A March that was planned for Saturday. However, the 4th of July Parade has been canceled because of the Aspen Acres Fire that is burning in Custer and Pueblo Counties and has grown to more than 50,000 acres. Several towns (Beulah, Rye, Wetmore) have been evacuated along with dozens of neighborhoods, with many homes and other structures already lost. I would ask for prayers for all of the first responders and everyone being affected by this and all the fires in the region, as well as our great country during these times when so many things are just upside down. Thank you and God bless you.
That’s the spirit that would have marched. That’s the spirit that confirms who is on the right side of things.
George Gramlich was known by the company he kept, and he was a pretty good judge of character.
[Via KB]
As America Turns 250, Remember What “Shall Not Be Infringed” Means
Have a contemplative Semiquincentennial Independence Day. If you’re not armed, you’ll be doing it wrong. [More]
I turned this one in in May and forgot it was due out, so I guess I lied when I said I’d be back Monday. And as long as I have your attention, check out another day-relevant piece from Firearms News: “It’s not just ‘The Fourth’ or ‘The Fourth of July,’ it’s Independence Day!”
We Hold This Truth to Be Self-Evident
Back Monday
Too much to do to be here. I just won’t be able to keep up with news tips. Please understand accordingly.
Facing Legal Obstacles To Gun Bans, Prohibitionists Shift The Narrative
It’s good, a victory actually, that people who would like to ban guns – and that, of course, is their ultimate goal – have a sense that it’s not going to happen politically, at least in the near term. But just because they talk about “progress” without prohibitions doesn’t mean they’ve given up on the idea. [More]
Just because “progressive” policies have enabled a subset of violent and resentful morons with a sense of unearned entitlement, anger management issues, and poor impulse control is no reason to make demands against the rest of us being able to repel them.
A Jihadi Grows in Brooklyn
Coming soon to a caliphate near you. [More]
Thanks, Amy Coney Barrett and John Roberts!
Or should I say “Shkran lak,” or “Gracias,” or “Mahadsanid,” or…?
Speaking of Red Flags…
Busy Day for Harmeet
That’s It for Today
I’ll be on extremely limited posting for the rest of the week.
I do have one AmmoLand piece I’ll be writing, but for now, chores to prep for incoming relatives and our big shindig on the 4th await.