Notes from the Resistance
The concern involves instances when a judge reverses a jury’s criminal conviction after naming themselves the 13th juror and then filing a motion for a new trial. The judge isn’t required to provide much explanation other than they believe the jury got it wrong based on errors made during the trial. [More]
Just don’t try the good kind.
US appeals court blocks ban on rapid-fire ‘bump stocks’ [More]
I’m looking into what this means for my case and plan on drafting something up soon.
In the meantime, seeing as how AP is telling everybody “The ban was instituted after a gunman perched in a high-rise hotel using bump stock-equipped weapons massacred dozens of people in Las Vegas in 2017,” I’m wondering what they know that the government evidently doesn’t.
Chair of California’s Reparations Task Force Says Black People are Really Owed $1 Million Each – Meanwhile, a black activist warned the committee in an interview: ‘Comply or it’s going to be a serious backlash’ [More]
As if that will be the end of it. What do we know about paying extortionists?
Backlash sounds like the way to go.
[Via Michael G]
CBS Philadelphia found many shootings are concentrated in just several neighborhoods, leaving behind a horrible toll of trauma for those living in those areas. [More]
Been looking at Neighborhood Scout again, have we?
So when the grabbers talk about owning a gun being more dangerous than not owning one, first of all, they’re talking about people who don’t actually own them, and second, if you’re not a scumbag criminal loser, their “statistics” don’t apply to you…? Including women…?
Making manipulative crap like this a carefully crafted lie?
[Via Jess]
Dining hall staff prevents theft as protesters demand free food, tuition [More]
I like the Aesop ending better than the Disney version.
[Via Michael G]
Biden Admin Spent Over $300 Million In Taxpayer Money to Fund Illegal Migrants’ Dental and Health Care [More]
It pays to indoctrinate them to the benefits of voting Democrat as soon as possible.
Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue”. And I have that on good authority.
[Via Geordan]
However, for those like Hudson who do have these concerns, I’d offer a suggestion. If you feel this way, you should start pushing the lawmakers asking for your support to oppose gun control. [More]
We’re well aware of Republican betrayals and failures. That said, what kind of utter moron says they’re for the right to keep and bear arms and then backs Democrats, and what kind of two-faced opportunists support that?
Just because the enemy has guns is no reason to mistake them for our friends.
[Via Andy M]
In a news conference from Sao Paulo state, Lula accused Bolsonaro of encouraging the uprising by those he termed “fascist fanatics,” and he read a freshly signed decree for the federal government to take control of security in the federal district. “There is no precedent for what they did and these people need to be punished,” Lula said. [More]
Sure there is. It even looks like they’re using the J6 Playbook.
And not to say “I told you so,’ but:
This isn’t over. And we in the Land of the Second Amendment may learn a thing or two before it is… In an editorial comment-laced “news” story rife with loaded terms and leftist-sympathizing sentiment, The Washington Post tells us Jair Bolsonaro has flown to Florida. Don’t be surprised if that’s not enough for the Lula regime.
Tangentially related: It looks like the trade association rope-sellers can’t suck up hard enough and hit the ground running proposing new infringements. [More]
[Via Jess]
One change in particular — which empowers a single lawmaker to launch the process of ousting the Speaker — is giving heartburn to lawmakers in both parties, who fear a hard-line group of conservatives will use it repeatedly to browbeat McCarthy into keeping crucial must-pass bills off the floor. [More]
Consider that a silver lining on a much larger cloud.
[Via Jess]
UPDATE
An interesting speculation making the rounds to explain why the powers behind him would not quit: McCarthy has been designated to be the next president, not because he’s electable but because the “Swamp” needs to replace Biden sooner rather than later, realizes Harris is an utter disaster who needs to be “persuaded” to step aside, and the Speaker being third in line would make a controllable “Republican’s” succession the option least likely to provoke unmanageable resistance… and pave the way for a Democrat victory in ’24 with such a weak incumbent.
Obviously, there’s no way to validate any of this, but it will be interesting if things start to shape up that way.
The identity of a customer who fatally shot a masked robber inside a Houston taqueria and returned the stolen money to terrified diners remained a mystery Sunday as police released a surveillance image of him and requested he come forward for questioning… The gun the robber used to menace diners turned out to be a toy gun, police said. [More]
That’s one less genius to plague society.
The kill shot makes the Good Samaritan buying into “All we want to do is talk and no charges have been filed” problematic.
[Via Jess]
Inspector Report Found Hundreds Of Chicago Teachers Allegedly Sexually Groomed, Raped Students [More]
That must be one of those “perks” they’re talking about.
Since hatred and revenge seem to be common motivations, I wonder if anyone has ever done a study on the impact abusive teachers and administrators have on increases in school shootings…
[Via Michael G]
There is so much truth to this (NSFW). [More]
Blue states are attempting to circumvent the U.S. Constitution and federal law to go after “assault weapons.” [More]
My latest piece…
But don’t worry. No one is trying to take your guns.
Ah! The understanding at the time was that parents would have a say in what their dependent children could or could not do! So, according to this, there were no Founding-era laws saying a boy or girl couldn’t have a gun if the adults raising them wanted them to. [More]
Remove predators from society and leave our guns and our children alone? The parasites, control freaks, and groomers aren’t gonna like that one bit…
Virginia’s approach to firearms records checks does not infringe on an individual’s ability to purchase or possess a firearm… [More]
Yeah, well I just got a tip that Virginia’s VCheck system is down, and had that confirmed by calling an FFL– and he didn’t know why and hadn’t received information.
Nothing on VCDL Alerts yet…
So I tried calling both Virginia State Police Firearms Transaction Center Help Desk numbers [(804) 674-2292 or (804) 674-2788] and both aren’t working.
My guess is this is the culprit:
I tweeted a question to them and will update this if I hear back.
UPDATE:
The VSP Information Technology Division’s application and engineering teams worked through the night and are now focused on reinstating VCIN-affiliated systems, to include the Computerized Criminal History (CCH) and the Virginia Firearms Transaction V-Check system. [More]
UPDATE:
UPDATE
All Virginia FFLs were notified yesterday by the Virginia Firearms Transaction Center. [More]
All I can tell you is the original tip received by CA over at Western Rifle Shooters Association that set me off looking into this said:
And the FFL who spoke to me basically said the same thing.
“We gotta take these m————s out.” [More]
That’s the best argument for us giving up our guns I’ve heard yet!
That this… thing is still on the Rutgers faculty tells us much.
Attorneys for the Second Amendment Foundation and its allies have filed a brief supporting their earlier motion for summary judgment in a federal challenge of Illinois’ ban on concealed carry by young adults in a case known as Meyer v. Raoul. [More]
Remember all those laws from the Founding era making it a crime for 18-20-year-olds to have a gun?
Me neither.
Jackson said a customer approached the robber with a concealed weapon, and the rest of the diners took the opportunity to run outside. No shots were fired, she said. [More]
So an armed citizen ensured that violence was averted? Why did we need to read down to the next-to-the-last paragraph to learn that?
[Via Lawrence S]
World’s first ‘robot lawyer’ will be defending a human in court next month [More]
Then on to robot politicians…
Judge Claims “Lack of Standing” in Second Amendment Public Transportation Case … In effect, Judge Moss is stating a plaintiff will need to be arrested for violating the District of Columbia’s ban on carrying concealed weapons in order to challenge the ban. [More]
Who thinks the Obama nominee rides the Metro into work?
[Via Dan Gifford]
Reagan was well into Alzheimers when he supposedly made the AK-47 statement. I’ve always had a gut feeling that statement was made under instructions from Nancy after his brain was pretty well fogged.
(Comment under my recent article)
First of all, I addressed his Alzheimer’s in my poll results link. I’ve been hearing that desperate excuse-making for damn near 20 years now.
There’s no “supposedly” about it. Reagan made the statement in Feb. 1989 at the University of Southern California in a 78th-birthday event widely covered by the media (go to 43 minutes in). You tell me if he sounds senile. His official letter announcing he had “recently been told” he was afflicted with Alzheimer’s was written in Nov. 1994.
Students, staff and professors were left “angry,” “hurt” and “physically sick” at the thought of him coming to campus, based on complaints primarily filed before the event. [More]
Wait ’til they see how they feel when the commies pulling the useful idiot strings have no more use for them.
[Via Michael G]
Illinois House Executive Committee passes assault weapons ban [More]
Now we see if they can ram the whole thing through, at which point I’m sure challenges requesting an injunction are already set to go.
The State of New York is Still Fighting the Bruen Decision [More]
Herschel brings us up to date on Antonyuk v Satan’s Minions, including New York’s insulting brief and Stephen Stamboulieh’s authoritative response.
I have to find out what SCOTUS’s options are for slapping inferiors defying hierarchical precedent down.
LA Times: White supremacy is a rainbow coalition [More]
So they’re to be condemned for their diversity, equity, and inclusion?
Brian Griffin has a question for them.
And remember: If you didn’t vote for Joe Biden, you ain’t black!
[Via Michael G]
