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For Me But Not for Thee

So when’s he going to walk all those infringements he’s called for?

“He said in emails to CNBC on Wednesday that he supports ‘tight background checks’ for all gun sales and limiting sales of assault weapons to people in special circumstances, like gun range owners, or people who live in a ‘high-risk location, like gang warfare,’”… “Assault rifles should at minimum require a special permit, where the recipient is extremely well-vetted imo,” he replied to an inquiry “on the AR-15 discussion.” “To be more precise, I mean any semi-automatic gun with supersonic ammo and a large magazine.”“Maybe just require homicide insurance for a gun purchase? Minimum car insurance, which is basically homocide [sic] insurance, is required for car ownership,” Musk offered in response. “I think this would actually work.”

Payback

A former bodega clerk who was infamously charged with murder after fatally stabbing an attacker in his store last year in what he claimed was self-defense is suing lefty Manhattan District Attorney Alvin and the New York City Police Department for racial discrimination. [More]

Too bad he can’t sue them as individuals. Then again, New Yorkers vote for this crap.

[Via bondmen]

Brawl in the Handout Line

Mexico’s President Obrador blasts US aid for Ukraine — advocates for more Latin America funding [More]

What kind of gratitude is that after “Ukraine’s Global Voice” called Mexico’s invaders “thousands of largely peaceful migrants”? (Citing Republicans Against Trump as an authority to heed doesn’t win Kyiv any points either…)

We ought to be charging Mexico for every illegal they send our way.

[Via Steve T]

On We Sweep with Threshing Oar, Our Only Goal will be the Western Shore

“We will hunt the gangs, and we will defeat the gangs. We will take them to court. If they’re Swedish citizens they will be locked up for a long time in prison and if they are foreign citizens, they will also be expelled.” [More]

What percentage of “Swedish citizens” are new Swedish citizens?

[Via Michael G]

News from the European Fecal Standards and Measurements Board

Katie Couric embraces her liberal stance following years in broadcast news: ‘I’m not for everyone’ [More]

But that’s not how she presented herself, is it?

Build trust and then deceive.

What an appropriate unit of measure…

[Via Andy M]

Related Update

From a big @$$ come loads of courics.

[Via Michael G]

Carry On

The biggest win was stopping the “private building consent rule,” which declares all private property that is open to the public to be a prohibited place—unless the property owner expressly allows individuals to enter the premises with a firearm… The court also enjoined the ban on carrying in a place where alcoholic beverages were consumed from taking effect… And the court prevented the ban on carrying at public demonstrations from taking effect. [More]

But “may issue” is still “may not”…?

[Via Jess]

Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing 

H.R. 5767: To prohibit any State that suspends open or concealed firearm carry licenses from receiving Federal financial assistance. [More]

Here’s all you need to know:

Prognosis 1% chance of being enacted

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

This kind of pandering to the base to score political points actually does harm, as it distracts attention from more achievable priorities we should be paying attention to/sharing.

[Via Jess]

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