Catch-22

Under its new policy, the LA County Sheriff’s Department says people like Turner must apply through their local police chiefs and receive a letter denying them before asking for permission from the sheriff’s department. [More]

Who then comes up with excuses why he can’t do it.

After a death threat and on the advice of an investigating cop who told me they could not do anything unless it was acted on, I carried illegally in California from @ 1981 to 2007 (when I moved back to Ohio), because I literally could not get a permit to save my life (which I did on one occasion simply by presenting).

Start @ 3:27 for my recollection.

The criminals who deserve to be imprisoned and have their lives destroyed are the goddam bastards who forced me to risk my family, freedom, and career.

[Via Dan Gifford]

Beria Trap*

Someone does not need a license to carry, according to the law, “in his place of abode or fixed place of business.” Yakaitis owned the home Powanda attempted to burglarize. The catch: He didn’t live there—it reportedly had no tenants at the time of the crime—opening a window for law enforcement to charge him essentially on a technicality. [More]

It’s awful hard to make the swine harassing him live in infamy if we’re not told his name.

[Via Michael G]

* Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime.

The Shlemiel Protection Act

“There’s a bipartisan effort in Congress to equate criticism of the secular state of Israel to violence toward Jewish people in America,” Massie said in a follow-up tweet. “The latter is illegal and the former is protected speech, but if a false equivalency is established, it will be forbidden to criticize Israel.” [More]

Meanwhile, Greg Abbott continues his slide toward the Dark Side.

I’m wondering if Aaron Zelman would have been in danger of running afoul of this newfound demand that we all parrot the ADL.

How the Game is Played

One of LA Soros DA George Gascon’s Top Employees — the Attorney “For Ethics and Integrity Operations” — Illegally Accessed Police Files on Political Opponents [More]

If you have enough dirt on them, they’ll do anything.

Just ask Mike Johnson.

[Via Michael G]

Tangentially Related UPDATE

U.S. Intel Community Probably Has Dirt on Members of Congress: NAPOLITANO [More]

Come to think of it, anybody seeing the DSM making an issue out of no Epstein list yet?

[Via GP]

Things You’d Expect a Totalitarian to Say

An Australian Senator has called for X owner Elon Musk to be jailed for life for refusing to adhere to the Australian government’s demands to remove a video of the brutal attack on a Christian Bishop in Sydney last week by an apparent Muslim extremist. [More]

Naturally, these are the same tyrants who demand a monopoly of violence unto themselves.

[Via bondmen]

Aruba, Jamaica, Ooh, I Wanna Take Ya…

Firearms and ammunition are strictly forbidden in Turks and Caicos. The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas last September issued this warning to travelers: “Firearms, ammunition, and other weapons are not permitted in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). TCI authorities strictly enforce all firearms related laws. The penalty for traveling to TCI with a firearm, ammunition, or other weapon is a minimum custodial sentence of twelve (12) years.” [More]

We’ll get there fast and then we’ll take it slow

Unless you’re Mike Bloomberg

Also from SAF

SAF FILES REPLY BRIEF TO OBTAIN SCOTUS CERT IN MARYLAND GUN BAN CASE [More]