Notes from the Resistance
Syphilis Emergency Looms in the US… [More]
Not among normal people it doesn’t.
They pull the same crap with the “gun violence epidemic,” taking numbers reflecting behaviors of an identifiable aberrant subsection of the population and making it seem like it’s a problem we all share, and in a way it is: Responsible people who don’t engage in high-risk stupid behaviors end up paying for the actions of those who can’t — or won’t — control themselves.
How the new disarmament edicts will play with Brazil’s established “gun culture” will be instructive. Defiant Bolsonaro backers should not be surprised to find themselves smeared as extremists and conflated with criminal insurrectionists by highly-placed government officials and the media, just like here in the U.S. [More]
The parallels between there and here are numerous and disturbing. As are the tactics and goals of totalitarians demanding a monopoly of violence.
With Oregon’s Legislature out of session and the first step in our Federal lawsuit to stop Ballot Measure 114 behind us, things may seem a bit “quiet” on the gun rights front. But like so much in life, things are boiling beneath the surface. [More]
Oregon gun owners need to take this time to understand their situation, recruit support, and get involved.
That the antis have glommed onto “self-defense” as an exclusionary qualifier was inevitable since that’s all the “common possessors” on our side ever talk about.
If we keep limiting ourselves that way, arms needed for the core purpose and all new technological developments restricted to military/police use will be forever denied to the people the Second Amendment was meant to apply to, and not just for “self-defense.”
I’m waiting for one of our legal influencers with a reach longer than mine to admit this and start using it.
Alternatively, I’m waiting for one of them to have the guts to challenge me on this and prove me wrong.
[Via Jess]
Hunter Biden’s plea deal fell apart during his first court appearance Wednesday morning as he pleaded “not guilty” and federal prosecutors confirmed the president’s son is still under federal investigation. [More]
ATF just denied my latest FOIA request on the grounds that there’s an ongoing investigation. I’m looking into options, but this will no doubt delay things further, perhaps indefinitley, and part of me wonders if that’s the plan.
Even this guy’s lawyers are crooked.
Elderly man charged with setting Yosemite park fire after Dems blamed it on ‘climate change’ [More]
Well, the environmentalcase did put a lot more carbon into the air… funny, how the “progressives”/Opposite Day truism always seems to work out.
And what’s this “elderly man” crap? The guy’s my age…
[Via Michael G]
If the FBI won’t submit to the legislative branch’s oversight, Congress can take away its guns and its jurisdiction. [More]
I’m sorry, I know we’re being provided with unique information with past precedent that’s been dug out for us, and I agree with the sentiment, but my first thought on reading this was “If wishes were fishes we’d all cast nets.”
There’s no way totalitarian Democrats relying on an apparatchik spy and intimidation network and dolt “law and order” Republicans would ever consider such a thing.
And it’s not like the “Only Ones” have exactly established a track record of justice and trust.
[Via bondmen]
Democrats Run The Most Crime Ridden Cities In The US – But Is The Situation Even Worse Than We’re Told? [More]
You mean do they cover up how badly they’ve screwed things up with DSM cooperation to suppress and misdirect?
And speaking of Democrats in denial… (then again, so are the “gun groups).
[Via bondmen]
“They are monitoring this guy for doing what millions of other hobbyists do—selling part of their personal collection. That’s not a crime, but apparently ATF doesn’t like people turning over their guns at a high rate” … [More]
Tell that to John Shipley.
[Via bondmen]
A Shiloh, Illinois, man was shot to death early Tuesday morning at a MetroLink station in the Metro East. [More]
That’s another $52M we can flush down the hole…
UPDATES
[Via bondmen]
ATF Intimidating Another Home-Based Gun Dealer to Surrender FFL [More]
Because zero tolerance!
I wonder if Special Agent Loving and DIO Carlson dreamed of growing up to become fascist punks when they were kids…
Fisherman’s Wharf Masked Vigilante ‘Boots’ Arrested For Allegedly Brandishing Imitation Gun [More]
This is a job for Captain Darwin!
Time was the city relied on real vigilantes and even Hollywood celebrated them as heroes.
[Via Jess]
This is a look at a stunning map that shows where you can or can not carry and according to this map its nearly impossible to go about your daily life without running into a restricted zone. [Watch]
They’re in your face with it. And they don’t care.
So– which gun and ammo companies are going to continue selling to and servicing them?
[Via Jess]
Livermore’s police chief is criticizing Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price’s office for not pursuing tougher penalties against a suspect, who is a paroled convicted felon, accused in a violent robbery. [Watch]
It’s what Soros DAs do.
And it’s what the falsely entitled useful idiots who voted for this communist racist want.
Along with your guns, of course.
[Via 1Gat]
NYPD Granting Fewer Gun Permits After Supreme Court Ruled It Had To Grant More, Data Shows [More]
Checking the demographics of issued permits would be instructive. Are minorities “underrepresented”? Are there quotas to address that, and do they violate the Supreme Court’s recent affirmative action ruling?
Oh, and before making him the poster child for Big Apple “gun rights,” how does Dexter Taylor vote?
[Via Andy M]
Michigan Court: University Firearms Ban ‘Consistent With the Second Amendment’ [More]
Maybe not with the Second Amendment, but inconveniently, consistent with Jefferson and Madison. Evidently, they wanted to minimize dueling.
What the crowing antis don’t tell us is that the rule was not a law with criminal penalties, but instead, violations could result in “minor punishments at the discretion of the Faculty, or of the board of Censors, approved by the Faculty.”
Still, if we’re talking historical context, I’m not seeing a way around this “Gotcha!” except to make a different argument entirely.
That said, if anyone does see a way around it, that’s why we have “Comments” here.
[Via Michael G]
Now be nice. Meadow Soprano has Daddy Issues.
Shannon Watts just didn’t want people seeing any reminders of her past.