Notes from the Resistance
I’m taking this week off. We’re not only once again hosting our regular Independence Day gathering of family and friends, and there are many pursuits of happiness planned, as well as no small amount of other demands on my time.
WarOnGuns posts will be limited to article announcements unless something I can’t ignore comes up. Please hold off on correspondence and news tips until I return the week of the 10th.
Of course, Biden has received, and will continue to receive “special treatment.” [More]
Funny, who has been prosecuted — and who hasn’t. Hallie, for instance.
Antigun Activists Ambushed Me – The New York Times disparaged my research based on vague criticisms by progressive academics. [More]
Y’oughta see what they say about John Lott!
You’ll have to excuse Jennifer. She’s got Daddy Issues.
[Via David G]
Hunting license sales held relatively steady in 2023, with over 80% of participating states reporting a 5% or less change from 2022. [More]
Got stats on how many vote Democrat and what you guys are doing to change that?
Texas Official Lays Blame for Brutal Rape and Murder of 12-Year-Old Jocelyn Nungaray on Trump [More]
At times you gotta wonder if they know they’re maliciously gaslighting or if they really are insane.
Gotta do something to distract from her proven political corruption.
But wait! There’s more!
Lina Hidalgo’s top three staffers were indicted in April 2022 after prosecutors expanded the investigation into an $11 million ‘vaccine outreach contract’ awarded to one of the judge’s political cronies. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last month joined the investigation into Lina Hidalgo’s $11 million no-bid contract.
Well… there’s a surprise:
[Via bondmen]
Held: The Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority, and courts may not defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous; Chevron is overruled. [More]
[Via Antigone]
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded to a burglary on the east side Thursday morning, where two people allegedly wiped the shelves of a grocery store clean. [More]
Now imagine several orders of magnitude.
[Via Steve T]
Mother demands answers after son is among victims in series of shootings in 24 hours in Lancaster [More]
I have questions, too, starting with “Mom, where was your husband in that clip?”
Or are we not allowed to extrapolate from generalities? Because those who say we need more “gun control” sure do.
Is the answer really more police, or is that just a reaction to an effect?
[Via Steve T]
A Uvalde County grand jury indicted fired school district police chief Pete Arredondo and another district police officer more than two years after a mass shooting that left two teachers and 19 students dead. The two ex-cops face charges of abandoning or endangering a child. [More]
Yo, parasites, over here!
[Via Andy M]
NFL Socked With $4.7 Billion-Plus Verdict in Sunday Ticket Antitrust Case [More]
Gee. That’s too f*****g bad.
Don’t give aid and comfort to the enemy. That many gun owners still do is a real head-shaker.
[Via Steve T]
Biden Admin Has the Nerve to Accuse Trump of Exploiting Migrant Crime Wave [More]
When your default position on never letting a crisis go to waste is to blood dance, project, and lie, I guess we shouldn’t be surprised.
I’m more interested in why PJ Media is calling invaders “migrants.”
[Via Michael G]
Illegal Alien From Turkey Accused of Raping 15-Year-Old Girl… The border patrol arrested Akkan in the San Diego sector on November 5, 2023… Authorities released Akkan a few days later “on his own recognizance due to a lack of bed space and ordered to appear in a Philadelphia court on Feb. 19, 2025.” [More]
The question is not only “Why do we need such a government?” but “Why shouldn’t we ‘alter or abolish‘ it?”
[Via Michael G]