Notes from the Resistance
BREAKING: Suspect in New Orleans crash and shooting is dead after firefight with police, law enforcement officials tell AP [More]
Yeah, leave it to AP to make it about guns.
But as long as they have, so much for licensing and registration…
And remember:
Anybody figure out why the barriers were conveniently down with no temporary replacement alternative?
Who guards the air intakes down into your billion-dollar doomsday bunker on Kauai? [More]
I decided against better judgment to watch the ball drop on one of the networks, and at random picked CBS. My guess is the song right before the countdown was on all the feeds, and it was some rich, faux-furred celebrityette singing Lennon’s paen to Lenin, “Imagine,” with the “no possessions” line juxtaposing bizarrely (so probably unnoticed by most) against a thick jeweled necklace that looked like something worn by a queen. I turned it off soon after while the music was interspersed with crowd shots, replete with a long pause on two guys making out…
New Year’s Resolutions Can Help Achieve Gun Owner Goals [More]
Getting rid of some gun laws can be even healthier for you than getting rid of some extra weight.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney who led prosecutions of over 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants is set to step down before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20, 2025. [More]
Why do I have the feeling we’ll be hearing the name Matthew Graves again?
Javert at least tried to atone…
[Via Michael G]
Georgia judge Stephen Yekel shoots himself dead inside courtroom on last day in office [More]
They’ve already wiped his Facebook, so once more we’re dependent on what LE wants to share. I see he “received training from Georgia Police Academy and Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.”
Without admittedly knowing any more about this than the story I link to, I’ll only say I don’t see how anyone could do that to their family, grown children or not, and have them live the rest of their lives with this nightmare.
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) special agent Travis Lunders arrived at their ranch without warning, armed and in full tactical gear, to serve the couple separate grand jury indictments. [More]
Let’s make it about Travis.
And let’s keep an eye on who Trump appoints to take over USFS, and which prosecutions are in order.
[Via Michael G]
Trinidad and Tobago declare state of emergency — allowing warrant-less raids — as murder rate soars [More]
So Venezuelan citizen disarmament didn’t work?
The why is Manuel Oliver trying to impose it here?
[Via bondmen]
Gun violence prevention group speaks on deadly Ferguson gun battle [More]
Did they say anything worth listening to?
And they don’t think the admission of “generational poverty” in a land of “free” K-12 education, available jobs, and a universal understanding of how babies are made reflects on their ability to make competent decisions…?
[Via bondmen]
London, Kentucky Police Killed Man in His Home in Late Night Search Warrant Raid Apparently at Wrong Address–Reportedly Over a Stolen Weed Eater [More]
So naturally, after making excuses they cut off feedback:
London Police Department, KY limited who can comment on this post.
But you can still access photos of these murder0us b@$+@rd$ giving each other awards.
I guess it’s not fair to judge them until you’ve goose-stepped a mile in their jackboots.
[Via bondmen]
Trump hails Florida Dem’s decision to ditch party, join GOP [More]
I’m trying to figure out how including this cow who has pledged to “stand up to the NRA and fight for a ban on military style assault rifles and the high capacity ammunition that make them so lethal” will help…
Anybody else getting a Professor Harold Hill of politics vibe…?
[Via Andy M]
While there is not yet confirmation of this from official sources or the White House, Jared Yanis at Guns & Gadgets on YouTube shared a letter late yesterday allegedly from ATF Director Steve Dettlebach to President Joe Biden announcing his resignation effective January 18, 2025. [More]
Which brings a new dynamic into play…
[Via Jess]
We learned that the denials were due to font sizes that were too small, the lack of compliant visual indicators, and so forth. We have just received additional responsive documents from the DOJ which explain their position that, pursuant to the California Code of Regulations, the explanatory text for the CLIs must be permanently displayed by engraving, stamping, etching, molding, casting, or other means of permanent marking. If the explanatory text can be removed, such as with acetone, that will NOT be sufficient for roster approval. [More]
Now they’re just being d!cks.
This is one of the things we ought to be pressing Trump on:
Imagine now the Department of Justice under an actual Second Amendment advocate, and what it could do fighting infringements and prohibitionist lawfare waged by states with unlimited tax war chests in tandem with Astroturf prohibitionist groups funded by antigun elites. Right now, the costs to defend against these innumerable assaults on all levels are borne by gun rights groups and members of mostly modest means who can only support a fraction of what is needed. That equation could be turned on its head.
That presupposes Pam Bondi’s inclination to demand infringements can be reined in and reversed.
[Via Jess]
Trump Team Orders Cabinet Nominees to Cease Social Media Posts Ahead of Confirmation Hearings [More]
Sometimes I wish somebody could shut him up.
[Via Michael G]
Right-wing populism usually consists of men who were born to immense privilege… [More]
Feel the immense privilege JD was born into.
The “progressive intellectuals” at Current Affairs live in a special bubble all their own, don’t they?
[Via Michael G]
Yet Gannon’s defense attorney, Stephen Colella, described Hayes as “someone who, allegedly attending a peaceful rally, saw fit to bring a semiautomatic weapon and 20 rounds, and a person who has, in fact, attended similar rallies in the past similarly armed”… [More]
Yeah, to keep hotheaded lunatics like your 32-year-old buttwad client from attacking his 47-year-old target peaceably exercising his First and Second Amendment recognized rights with potentially lethal force.
This you, Stephen…? I ask not just because of the rather unique name and the same state, but also because of similar seedily manipulative approaches to the law…
[Via Edmund M]
