Category: General Blog

Martha, My Dear

Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who fatally shot two Black Lives Matter protesters in Wisconsin in 2020, has now gone broke, according to his lawyer. [More]

It takes six paragraphs to get to “In 2021, a jury acquitted him of all charges”…?

It’s almost like she hopes people won’t get that far…

The media has had it in for this kid since Day One. And they’re determined to never let him live a normal life.

[Via Lawrence P]

Point/Counterpoint

Police said the unrest was driven by a “lunatic, hooligan faction driven by a far-right ideology” and warned against “misinformation”. Police would not comment on the identity or nationality of the detained man. [More]

Why wouldn’t they want to tell us the perp was “an Algerian national“?

There’s only one thing left to do:

Minus the domestic enemies and their enforcers/apologists, of course…

[Via WiscoDave]

It’s a Trap!

ATF Claims Solvent Traps Were Always Unregistered Silencers… The ATF says that end caps by themselves are suppressors, even if an end cap is the only part an end-user has. The ATF clearly believes that a silencer does not have to be complete or functional before the owner crosses the line. Just the mere possession of a single part can send a person to prison if the ATF decides to prosecute. [More]

And some may be surprised with what they mean by “part.”

The Stuff Red Flags are Made Of

Mayor Eric Adams has been accused of sexual assault in a legal action filed Wednesday night in a New York court, The Messenger has learned. The plaintiff in the case, a woman whose name is being withheld by The Messenger due to the nature of the allegation, filed a summons Wednesday night in state Supreme Court in Manhattan under the Adult Survivors Act that names the Big Apple Democrat as a defendant. [More]

As much contempt as I have for the guy’s wannabe tyranny, this is bull$h!+ that some unknown person with who-knows-what axe to grind can mess with a man’s reputation this way. Unless we’re talking about a court order due to credible threats necessitating witness protection, The Messenger’s motives and credibility should be suspect.

The question now is if he will be hoisted with his own petard and disarmed — and if not, why not?

Within Limits

What the NTSB wants is to require systems that “warn” when a driver is speeding, as well as systems that “make it more difficult, but not impossible, to increase the speed of a vehicle” as well as electronic limits on vehicles so they “fully prevent drivers from exceeding the speed limit.” [More]

So which is it?

And if they can mandate limiters on cars…

In Your Face Because They Can

Omaha mayor signs bump stock ban, joining city curb on gun kits [More]

As I noted earlier when the city was adding harassment infringements to permitless carry:

While the position is officially nonpartisan, it’s interesting to note that Stothert is one of those “moderate” Republicans who take the fire out of the bellies of gun owners looking for alternatives to gun-grabbing Democrats. In her case, her husband’s 2021 suicide “from a self-inflicted gunshot wound” merits our sympathy, but not to the extent that using her political power to mandate life-endangering infringements should be tolerated.

[Via Jess]

Challenging the Challengers

Judge Phil Journey, Rocky Marshall, Dennis Fusaro, and [myself] Jeff Knox have all secured enough petition signatures from NRA Voting Members to have our names on the ballot in the 2024 Director Election… [More]

So, which one of you guys want to either provide responsive answers to my challenge or admit the “single issue” connection and tell us what you’re going to do about it?

Slap Down

The Fifth Circuit panel ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Final Rule is illegal. Circuit Judge Kurt D. Englehardt wrote, “An agency cannot label conduct lawful one day and felonious the next—yet that is exactly what ATF accomplishes through its Final Rule. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED to the extent it holds unlawful the two challenged portions of the Final Rule, and VACATED and REMANDED as to the remedy.” The case is known as VanDerStok v. Garland. [More]

A Justice Department that was true to the Constitution would be enforcing rights and punishing government transgressors.

What a novel idea that would be.