A Symbolic Gesture

House Judiciary Committee to Vote on Overturning ATF’s Pistol Brace Rule [More]

That was yesterday. I’m not seeing anything on the committee’s news release page or Twitter feed yet.

In any case:

“The bill with the resolution will face a tough battle to get through the rest of Congress before heading to the President’s desk. Even if it does get to Biden’s desk, there is almost no chance that the President will sign it into law since he has been openly hostile to gun rights. The Republicans do not have the votes to override a veto, even if some Democrats switch sides.”

The true test will be what Republicans do if and when they have the power to see things through.

So Privileged It’s Killing Us

“Men are advantaged in every aspect of our society, yet we have worse health outcomes for most of the things that will kill you,” said Derek Griffith, director of Georgetown University’s Center for Men’s Health Equity in the Racial Justice Institute. [More]

I don’t suppose “irony” is Derek’s strong suit…

Or that GSS (Gaslight Stress Syndrome) is a medical “thing”…

The Vichycon Difference!

A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled to keep an Illinois state-wide “assault weapons” ban in effect, denying a request from a business owner who claims the ban is unconstitutional. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided to uphold a lower ruling by U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall, who found the ban to be “constitutionally sound,” despite the request for an injunction… [More]

Kendall was nominated by George W. Bush.

The Seventh Circuit has seven Republican appointees and three Democrat appointees.

Capture the Flag!

Have a contemplative Patriots’ Day!

I got the above certificate along with a U.S. flag that had been flown over the Capitol back when I was still living in CA. It’s a constituent service that members of Congress provide for a nominal fee (20 bucks and up these days, depending on size and material). My dedication message read:

“In tribute to the Citizen Patriots of Lexington and Concord who resisted confiscation of their armaments on this date in 1775, and in continued defiance of all who would infringe on the Right of the People to keep and bear arms.”*

I did it because my “representative” was a big gun-grabber and refusing a pro-RKBA commemoration would have been a First Amendment violation.

With that in mind, there are plenty of other dedications antithetical to “woke” orthodoxy that could be submitted. To find out how to order one, go to your rep’s website and find the “Sevices” link.

* [And yes, I see the typo in the graphic. Think of it as my deference to Allah šŸ˜€ ]

We’re the Only Ones Klannish Enough

The governor of Oklahoma has called for the resignations of the sheriff and other top officials in a rural county after they were recorded talking about “beating, killing and burying” a father/son team of local reporters — and lamenting that they could no longer hang Black people with a ā€œdamned rope.ā€ [More]

Speaking of rope, way to give Rachel Madcow & Co. all they need to tie every Republican in with these morons.

And note the authoritarian response: They don’t deny they said it, they threaten to go after whoever “illegally” recorded it.

Seems to be a thing with a certain type…

[Via Jess]

Meanwhile, Over at the Cult of Human Extermination…

Climate Change Activists Now Going After Rice – A Staple That Feeds Billions – ā€œThey say flooded rice fields, which then naturally ferment hay and other plants, produce too much methane.ā€ [More]

So is it true that environmentalcases make a great natural fertilizer?

[Via Michael G]

Rash Decisions

Two men are accused of a committing rash of robberies at several dollar stores and pharmacies in Cleveland and Euclid. According to prosecutors, the men committed six robberies in 12 days. [More]

And I suppose before this “rash” they’d lived the lives of young saints…?

Good for the Goose?

Lester shot Yarl twice — once in the head and once in arm — after the teen mistakenly arrived on his doorstep to pick up his younger brothers who were actually waiting for him at a home about a block away. The charges carry 10 to 30 years behind bars, or life in prison, prosecutors said. [More]

Assuming the story unfolds as expected, and not to offer any excuses for the inexcusable, but what about similar treatment for these guys…?

[Via bondmen]

It’s All About Minimal Effort and Feelings of Unearned Significance

The media care only about mass shootings that agitate white women [More]

Useful idiot fat, obnoxious cud-chewers in red Moms Demand tees provide an immediately recognizable photo op setting with narrative-advancing sound bites for ignorant, lazy “progressive journalists” to get the assigned story done with minimal personal risk.

[Via bondmen]

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