When I was in the military, I carried semi-automatic weapons. My question is, civilians? What do you need them for? Honestly……..
— Kenny Akers (@KeneAkers) January 9, 2023
Honestly.
Notes from the Resistance
Honestly.
Received via email from Tully Rinckey PLLC:
After careful consideration and over a year after it was implemented, the Department of Defense has decided to no longer enforce the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for service members. Despite the fact that less than 100 service members died from COVID-19 since the pandemic started, many active duty, Guard and Reserve members who refused the COVID-19 vaccine faced removal from the service. This impacted military readiness and those who faced removal now need to understand their rights and how they can legally proceed with the reinstatement process. [More]
Or in the words of Emily Litella:
I guess that’s one less concern for gun-owning servicemembers to worry about, but the questions that remain are “Why the sudden big turnaround?” and “Why haven’t there been screaming headlines and demands for answers?”
“Stop Calling The Army Woke, I Don’t Get It” (Sec of the Army) [Watch]
She can’t possibly be that stupid. Can she?
Does this empathy belly make me look fat?
Man, my feet are killing me!
[Via RKB]
Gen. Petraeus says Ukraine, military readiness top priorities for NDAA, vax mandate outrage ‘manufactured’ [More]
“War hero” can be a very poor criterion for establishing loyalties.
He even had his own Peggy Shippen to cloud his judgment.

I wrote to you last week the anti-gunners are hijacking the annual military funding bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act (or NDAA) again with gun control. This time they’ve added an amendment to set-up a program for so called “safe-storage.” If this passes, you can count on them using this to justify extreme gun control. [More]
I’ve got a Democrat violence monopolist and an outbound Vichycon in the Senate, and “thanks” to redistricting, a f***ing communist in the House, so I don’t see much point in spending time begging them not to spit on me that could best be allocated to more productive outcomes.
[Via Jess]

What a day for Dad to turn 21. He went to Guam.
His older brother went to Guadalcanal.
My uncle by marriage was also a Marine.
Mom’s kid brother went to Italy.
I’m the first one to admit how privileged my life has been. I am privileged to have such men to strive to be worthy of.
From such as these come what is now condemned as the greatest threat.
The US Military’s New Smart Optic that Aims For You. The XM-157 [Watch]
Will those whose “birthright” is “every terrible implement of the soldier” be able to aim back should the legitimate need arise?
[Via Jess]
The Pentagon Has No Idea How Much Military Equipment It Actually Left Behind In Afghanistan [More]
But it’s OK because they know love is love and whitey is racist.
And speaking of registries, a section of my recent Firearms News piece on braces also outlines some pretty pathetic details about the incompetent recordkeeping for the NFRTR.
[Via bondmen]
At last a little light is shining on the social engineers who have been using wokeness to debilitate American armed forces. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) have issued a report finding that indoctrinating the US military with Critical Race Theory and LGBT ideology has significantly weakened it… [More]
America’s enemies love it!
Amazing how the domestic enemies in charge fail at every goal in the Preamble that is the basis for assigning them delegated powers…
Ready to turn in those “assault weapons” now?
[Via Michael G]
Naval records confirm Clyde Shavers lied about military experience [More]
Unsurprisingly he tries to deflect by conflating the father his leftist politics have disappointed with “insurrectionists.”
I don’t know what the big deal about lying is. Doing it about guns “earned” him a plum endorsement.
[Via Michael G]
State Department working to prevent US weaponry in Ukraine from falling into the black market [More]
Like the government did in Afghanistan or like the government does here?
I’m just waiting for some to turn up at crime scenes in Mexico…
And don’t State and Ned Price have more important things to think about?
[Via DDS]
In a report that just broke on Fox digital, the Air Force is taking “full responsibility” for the unauthorized release of LtCol Jennifer-Ruth Green’s personal military records… [More]
It says something about her when you realize she didn’t want her victimization put out there yet the knowledge would probably work in her favor politically. That tells me there are some things she won’t exploit just to win, and that’s a mark of character.
The other thing this tells me is those releasing Air Force information sure are selective– I had to file a damn lawsuit to get them to cough up that mass-murdering @$$hole’s court-martial records after it refused to comply with my FOIA.
[Via Michael G]
Sailor convicted for selling illegal machine guns in Virginia… As a master at arms, he served in the Navy’s law enforcement community… [More]
So he wasn’t “just” a sailor. He was a Naval “Only One.”
I wonder who the snitch is, and if the feds had something on him or if he decided things all on his own.
I also wonder if his lawyer knew about NFRTR “reliability” issues…?
[Via Hammer Down Outdoors]
US citizens or immigrants who are born male and changed their gender to female are still required to register. Individuals who are born female and changed their gender to male are not required to register. [More]
So “biological male” is a legal thing, with felony/prohibited person for life ramifications?
US Buying $290M Worth Of Anti-Radiation Drugs for Use In “Nuclear Emergency” [More]
We’re assuming we know who’s launching them?
So when does Kamala come out and say “equity” means minorities get first dibs?
[Via bondmen]
The National Guard administered the COVID-19 vaccine to multiple service members who were lined up for the influenza vaccine, including a member who objected to the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds, according to officials and one of the members. [More]
And the people who did it haven’t been arrested and offered reduced sentences in exchange for giving up who ordered them…?
If there are complications, all the weight of the world will be on the side that says you can’t prove it’s due to the jab.
[Via bondmen]