Many well-heeled New York City supporters of Mayor Zohran Mamdani were shocked this week to find their names and addresses outed in public in a list the mayor’s office prepared to target for a big tax grab. [More]
[Via bondmen]
Untying the Gordian Knot
A Laramie bartender faces felony charges after pulling a gun downtown. She says it was self-defense amid a volley of anti-queer slurs. [More]
Not for the words, but if in response to being pushed down, why?
The case is not helped by the ensuing confusion over it being a knife or a gun, and numerous self-admitted mental issues.
[Via Steve T]
Trace Element
Gun found near Melissa Casias’ remains was registered, report says [More]
Registered by whom? Where? Does this mean this is one of those rare cases where the buyer did it and they’re closing in on a suspect? And what happened to all those other victims and is this all happenstance, coincidence, or enemy action?
[Via Steve T]
Improbable Cause, Part 2
Mangione Demands Attention
Mangione wants his trial to be livestreamed, and his defense team also wants a list of the journalists covering the trial. Why would they want these things? Perhaps so that Mangione’s legion of deranged and loyal fans can go after anyone they see as a threat to a not guilty verdict. [More]
Sounds like a perfect DSA candidate, doesn’t he?
[Via Michael G]
Joining the Chorus
Pursuant to Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 27 and 29(a)(8), the United States respectfully seeks permission to participate in oral argument of this appeal on five minutes of time ceded by plaintiffs-appellants. [More]
DOJ will be speaking in support of plaintiffs against the Massachusetts handgun roster. The Civil Rights Division filed an amicus brief in February.
Gun rights as civil rights… wasn’t that long ago the idea was being ignored, scoffed at, put down by more influential voices calling proponents, and I quote, “wild-eyed extremists.”
[Via Jess]
Appeal for No Appeal
Tell Your Senator: Don’t Let The DOJ Appeal GOA’s NFA Case! [More]
Assuming they’re not gun-grabbers… otherwise it’s a waste of time that could be better spent exposing and opposing them.
I wish there were a way for gun owners who live in blue states to contact red state legislators to impress on them the importance of becoming a leader in this.
UPDATE
Tell me you’re blowing smoke up my @$$ without telling me you’re blowing smoke up my @$$:
We’re the Only Ones Disconnected Enough
A federal judge ruled that “tower dump” warrants, which allow police to obtain records for every cellphone that connected to nearby cell towers around a crime scene, are per se unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment as general warrants. [More]
Curses! Looks like we’re limited to Flock and Ring until we can figure a workaround/get a Democrat majority to stack the courts…
[Via WiscoDave]
The Cognitive Dissonance…It Burns
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are pushing for “sensible” state gun regulations and more funding for violence prevention, days after a mass shooting left 10 injured, including the suspected gunman. [More]
Notice they don’t specify which gun “regulation” would work…?
And great “real reporting” there, Mia Kortright. Not only did you have no opposing view from people who know better, you didn’t even reference your own paper’s report admitting:
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.com
The alleged gunman who wounded nine in Tucson last weekend was put on probation under a plea deal for a 2024 shooting incident because prosecutors “lost contact with the victim”…
So, the Giffords report is naked propaganda put together by an idiot who probably considers herself a “reporter.”
Authorized Journalists, Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists, the DSM, or just plain Lügenpresse… is it any wonder we love them so?
We’re the Only Ones SWATting Enough
Axeel Melendez, 24, is paralyzed from the chest down after deputies shot him while responding to a false 911 call [More]
Dial 911 and kill.
With no arrests– either of the caller or the deputies, everyone who victimized this man has learned they can get away with it with others.
[Via John G]
Dress for Success
[Author unknown via WRSA]
But not Levis. And Wrangler’s got some ‘splainin’ to do.
Google AI fails to see the humor:
What’s Everybody Mad at Biden’s Handlers For Again…?
Mitch McConnell discharged from rehab after fall in mid-June – McConnell said he’ll remain at home for physical therapy [More]
So, that was in the form of a written, not a recorded statement, and there is no current photo…?
A Rhetorical Question
Fools and Your Money
The Cambridge City Council voted 6-3 in a meeting Monday to temporarily restore and reactivate ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology. The discussion came nearly a month after a city employee was shot and killed near a Cambridge park. [More]
It was useless at stopping it and they caught a suspect, so what’s the contention? That is police had responded soon enough the victim might have been saved?
Without knowing the extent of his wound and how soon he expired, it’s all meaningless and the response is purely one of image and emotion, and besides, that’s hardly the selling point that’s been used for cities to implement this proven boondoggle.
[Via Edmund M]
Nothing New Under the Sun
Apocalypse Now
Northern California inventor of centaur-style robot ‘Three-Halves’ is surprised by online frenzy [More]
Yeah, who’da thunk in a time when people are already on edge about a pending/present AI “singularity” and battle droids, that deploying 7-foot mechaminotaurs “to help” would seem like a nightmare from Revelation come to “life”…?
Those who don’t have to look up the name Karellen will understand.
Improbable Cause
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed a reply brief in a case challenging the unconstitutional search of an 18-year-old high school senior’s vehicle that was based solely on the knowledge that he is a legal gun owner. [More]
Those in charge of enforcing anti-bullying rules are always the biggest bullies.
Fosters’ Freeze
A federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Springfield Division, ruled without trial that foster homes and in-home daycare centers are sensitive areas and that guns can be regulated in these private residences. [More]
With “Only Ones” exempted , of course, because they’re demonstrably more trustworthy than you and me, no?
One of the arguments pre-born drawing and quartering trolls routinely pull on pro-life advocates is to chastise them for not stepping up and adopting, as if it’s their responsibility to make a lifetime commitment over the irresponsible choices of others, and as if that’s a better solution than holding people accountable for their own poor decisions. But in cases where some might be willing to step up, this just slams another barrier in their faces to discourage it, and also perpetuates the lie that is citizen disarmament, making both responsible adopters and dependent adoptees demonstrably less safe.
Figure, robed cud-chewer Sue Myerscough was unanimously confirmed.
South of the Border, Down Mexico Way
Mexican Influencer Gunned Down During Live Stream in Cartel-Controlled State [More]
Now imagine Mexico-style “gun control” here.
[Via WiscoDave]
Duck Season/Rabbi Season
This ban could not come at a worse time for Montgomery County’s Jewish community. Just a short time after the firebombing in Boulder, the arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence, and—close to home— the shooting at the Capital Jewish Museum, Montgomery County seeks to deprive Jews of their ability to defend themselves at their most Jewish moment: praying in synagogues. Jewish law requires Jews to defend themselves when necessary. Montgomery County would rather declare open season. [More]
It’s not unfair to wonder how many vote for Democrats, effectively declaring open season on themselves.
As an aside, this seems just what JPFO should be leading the charge on, instead of headlining reposted general 2A essays that have little to no tie in to the unique reason Aaron Zelman put his life into the effort.
[Via Antigone]