In a filing in the DC Court of Appeals last month in a criminal matter, the United States moved to vacate the appellant’s conviction under D.C. Code § 7-2506.01(b) for possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, because “[i]t is the United States’s position that § 7-2506.01(b) is unconstitutional.” The DOJ also says they would not charge a similarly situated defendant today. [More]
I’d say it’s about time, but that’s on previous administrations.
3x people, including a child, were stabbed this morning in the Uxbridge area of London; one of the victims has died. Locals have reportedly ID’d the killer as a Afghan illegal migrant who lives in a West Drayton hotel in London… [More]
I get loaded up with news tips and what I find myself over the weekend, so on Mondays, I have more posts than will fit on the page (and still have it load without errors and timeouts). So if you want to see what the day’s early visitors read and you may have missed, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “2” link.
Now see what happens when evil racist rightwing extremist fascist white supremacist greatest threat Nazis arm themselves on campus and are “disrespected”…
Amici the States of Michigan California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia (“Amici States”) submit this brief in support of the State of Hawai‘i…. The Second Amendment permits the States to enact a variety of regulations to combat the misuse of firearms and enables “solutions to social problems that suit local needs and values.”[More]
See, shall not be infringed” means the ratifiers would have been cool with “firearm purchase permit and firearm registration.” Just look at the text, history, and tradi… uh, on second thought, just listen to us Democrat apparatchiks.
Twenty-one-year-old Dalton Lee Janiczek, who has been described as the entitled son of a prominent Pennsylvania lawyer, is sitting in jail and facing a litany of serious criminal charges, including the attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. He is potentially facing years in prison for an incident that started with a simple traffic stop and ended with Janiczek allegedly running over a Plymouth, P.A., police officer multiple times, and ramming another police vehicle before being arrested. [More]
Don’t ignore horrifying attacks on African Christians… Today’s Nigeria does not look like that of my youth. Climate change, capitalism, debt, corruption, the COVID-19 crisis and shifting donor trends have all caused more poverty, less hope and more conflict. [More]
A former Chicago Public Schools security guard is charged with sexually assaulting two female students in her home while her husband was dying of colon cancer, prosecutors said. [More]
I had the following email exchange over the weekend where I presumed to give some advice:
My wife has invited a high school friend to spend a few days beginning tomorrow, her husband too. Wife informs me she is against guns so I see a gentle challenge approaching. They are Christians but I don’t know if it’s a rebellious church or a Bible believing one yet. They’re in SAT the past couple days for a missions trip seminar.
I’ve made a few talking points in my notes but remembered you have some links to violence stats and how inner city bad boys skew the numbers and if those of color are removed, America looks more like other countries. If you are without a lot of trouble or time to provide a couple links to help me in this glorious fight, I’d be most grateful.
Honestly, were it me I would politely avoid such talk– you’re not going to convert them, and arguments will create discord and hard feelings. Including, potentially, with the wife.
Actually, were it me, this situation would never arise but done is done.
Not bringing it up and saying, “Why don’t we just enjoy each other’s company for what we have in common?” — and being a gracious host like this if it does — is one way to redirect, and there’s no better way to show you’re a rational, reasonable and worthy human being with thoughts worth respecting instead of just an ideologue. Plenty of other things to talk about. And it will all be over soon, whereas, unlike house guests who leave, hurt feelings will remain.
Since you asked…
David Codrea/Ann Landers 🙂
I can hear the objections now. Feel free to comment as guests in my home.
