NAGR has come a long way since the early days of “controversy,” and is becoming a real voice for SNBIers, with whom I unapologetically identify.
[Via Jess]
Category: General Blog
Points/Counterpoints
I see some comments on my new piece on Brian Fitzpatrick that I’m going to address here. I rarely add comments over at AmmoLand because I’ve had my say, it’s the readers’ turn, and I just don’t have the time to get drawn into debates. That and I can better handle things here when trolls attempt to disrupt and redirect by going off topic, or hijacking the conversation I’m inviting completely with insulting squabbles (see “Comment House Rules” in right sidebar).
Bucks county is the burbs of Philly, lots of wealthy liberal democrats. Getting a pro 2a to run much less win in that area is practically impossible.
The reality is, and I included a link in my article, Fitzpatrick won 56+% to 43+%. Republicans will win there. This defeatist presumption presupposes, without evidence to back up the assertion, that such Republicans must be overt gun-grabbers, spreads a “there’s nothing we can do about it” attitude that several readers upvoted and agreed with, and signals the GOP that Lee (“Who else are they going to vote for?”) Atwater was right and it can continue to ignore and even sabotage gun owner interests.
This is not the way we fight to win. But the Democrats love it.
https://foac-pac.org/ is the only 2A group I know of in PA. Residents should be a member.
2A is about more than “crime,” they only have 570 x.com followers and haven’t posted to it since 2023. They do somewhat better with 14K Facebook followers, which is still a head-scratcher considering the number of gun owners in PA (and is not the same as active organization membership), and haven’t posted anything this year but a “Happy New Year” message, with nothing about what is going on at the municpal, state, and federal level.
You could come up with similar dismal analyses for Pennsylvania Gun Rights, GOA-Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania Firearms Association, leading me to ask in my piece, “And for that matter, why is it so hard to find any information on any Pennsylvania pro-2A groups alerting their members to mobilize against Fitzpatrick?”
In fairness, such groups can only do so much with most gun owners not picking one and supporting it, and with (generously) 10% of the members doing 90% of the work.
Back to the first comment: It’s not that there’s nothing PA gun owners can do about it. Of course there is. It’s just that most won’t try.
My greatest failure as an armed citizens advocate is I’ve never figured out what to do about that.
More Than a Crack
The fervor advancing these measures has caused me to earnestly reconsider my party affiliation. [More]
It’s like the damn dam broke.
Will Oregon Republicans be smart enought exploit it?
All Reasonable Requests
1) Stop advocating for gun control;
2) Withdraw the U.S. Surgeon General Advisory declaring “gun violence” a public health crisis rather than a crime issue
3) Study the effects of gun-free zones in which over 90% of all mass public shootings take place
4) Study the damage caused to the hearing of hunters, sportsmen, and home defenders by the lack of widespread use of sound suppression technology
5) Study the current media coverage practices concerning mass public shootings which a growing body of evidence suggests may increase the likelihood of future mass public murders
6) Study firearm injury treatments and medical practices; and
7) Restore the self-defense statistics which were censored from the CDC’s website [More]
What choice does he have, with his former party pulling the knives out for him?
New Bump Stock Ban: Fitzpatrick Gets Away with Gun Grabs Because Republicans Allow It
The GOP needs to understand, in no uncertain terms, that embedded Democrats are unacceptable, and the Party must do a better job of reining in politicos who want to go left. [More]
Donald Trump should instruct Party shakers and movers to find an acceptable replacement and give enemy-in-the-gates Fitzpatrick the boot.
Where Kash is King
Exclusive: FBI Whistleblower Slams Promotion of FBI J6 Warlord [More]
They’ve already stripped some duties from him.
Is Kash Peter Principling out?
[Via Michael G]
‘Shall Not Be Infringed’? Good One!
Colorado governor signs into law major gun control bill targeting semi-automatic rifles, pistols – Senate Bill 3 was among the most bitter legislative fights this session and represents the furthest expansion yet of gun control in the state [More]
I don’t suppose SCOTUS would like to get off its @$$ and rule on Snope or Ocean State Tactical…?
[Via cydl]
Related UPDATE
POLIS: “This law is not a ban, and I have been clear that I oppose banning types of firearms…” [More]
To Themselves and Their Posterity
The 14 members appointed so far represent immigrant communities from Ghana, Haiti, India, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Somalia, and South Korea. A fifteenth spot has not been filled yet after an applicant withdrew. [More]
Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue.” And I have that on good authority.
[Via JG]
Life in the Black Matriarchy
House Dem in Ohio Swing District Turns to Liberal Firebrand Jasmine Crockett for Fundraising Help – Emilia Sykes launched joint fundraising committee with Crockett shortly after infamous ‘Governor Hot Wheels’ remark [More]
She my non-rep, “thanks” to changing lines on the map, along with pampered and privileged virtue-signaling Hudson white women.
And the Republicans can’t seem to offer anyone but an uninspiring squish.
[Via bondmen]
No ‘Hands Off Our Guns’?
Contrary to Popular Belief
We’re the Only Ones Unsuspended Enough
A Miami Beach officer has not been suspended for her part in a friendly-fire shooting on the Venetian Causeway over the weekend, police told the Miami Herald…Shenaqua Stringer, who’s been with the department for eight years and two months, was identified as the cop who shot fellow officer Fabio Bolanos… [More]
[Via bondmen]
Say It Ain’t So!
A Temporary Respite
The First Circuit has DENIED Maine’s motion to stay the preliminary injunction against the state’s firearm waiting period, which means the law can’t be enforced while the appeal continues. [More]
There’s a long way to go to the Supremes, who haven’t exactly been eager to weigh in of late, especially with no final judgment or conflict between circuits…
Entrance Exam
@SenRandPaul has launched an investigation into the ATF and FBI’s unlawful NICS Monitoring Program. [More]
OK, Mr. Driscoll… time to show us what you’re made of.
Question, and this will tie in with something I’m working on: Has anybody been able to find a Twitter account for him?
Lest Ye Be Judged
Pennsylvania judge convicted of shooting ex-boyfriend in head as he slept [More]
And “in a 2019 incident … she shot her estranged husband after asking him to come to her home to help move furniture…”?
Sounds like “can’t be trusted with a gavel” is the least of it…
Any bets against “Democrat“…?
Not the Only One
The parents of a third-grader who brought a gun to a Spotsylvania County elementary school, and accidentally fired it in a classroom, have been charged with child endangerment and firearms violations. [More]
Who does that kid think he is?
Mystery to Me
As of Thursday morning, the exact goal of the agents at the L.A. schools was unclear. [More]
Between Lillian and Russell, I gotta say I’m stumped along with Yul.
Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue.” And I have that on good authority.
[Via Sweet Babboo]
A Marvin to Behold
Marvin Richardson, a 35-year ATF veteran, resigned late on Wednesday. [More]
Gee. That’s too bad.
