Not only has crime dropped, but violent crime has also fallen in record amounts. [More]
All during a time of record gun sales, shall issue and permitless carry expansion, and post-Bruen easing back on infringements/rule reforms…
[Via bondmen]
Meanwhile, Across the Pond
But the BBC’s headline lays down their take on the problem in the dumbest way possible: “Thailand has a gun problem – 10 million of them” [More]
To paraphrase Rhett Butler, anti-gun Authorized Journalists, particularly British ones like the enuretic wanker who wrote the BBC propaganda piece, deserve to be raped, and often, and by someone who knows how.
That said, Thailand most certainly does have a “gun problem.”
[Via bondmen]
Attention-Getting
Tate Adamiak has been in prison longer under President Trump than under Biden [More]
In fairness, how many of the thousands I have shared Lee’s work with here and on social media have added their voices to those asking for a pardon? The only comment I got to this was an excuse for not helping.
If a wheel squeaks and no one hears it does it make a difference?
Yet another reason why I’ve been calling for Task Force consulting participation. Why I appear to be the only one is another story.
Meanwhile, Across, the Pond
Unbrace Yourself
Can a gun owner covered by the NFA injunction replace a pistol brace with a stock and make an SBR without filing a Form 1? Attorneys directly involved in the Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF litigation have released new analysis addressing that question—and several other major issues surrounding the injunction. [Watch]
We always could. It was just a matter of if you were willing to risk having agents of tyranny ruin your life and/or kill you and yours over it.
[Via Jess]
We’re the Only Ones Annulled Enough
Police search for ‘armed and dangerous’ woman suspected of killing off-duty Worcester police officer [More]
What they don’t tell you is she was his wife. They also don’t tell you if the gun was his/department issued.
So much for Karen “reduc[ing] mental health stigma“and promoting “secure firearm storage“…
[Via Edmund M]
Fade to Black
Democrat Texas House candidate Brittany Black has a criminal history in Illinois that includes a felony cocaine conviction, a drunken driving conviction, and multiple arrests dating back nearly two decades. [More]
So she aids and abets murderous cartels and turf-warring street gangs and risks the lives of the public through chronic irresponsible lack of self control, yet she and the Bloomberg hags presume she should be empowered to disarm and control those of us who do not share her criminal and moral defects.
As asked before, and I’ll keep asking, is there anyone who is not a reprobate, a criminal, or a lying subversive that Moms Demand doesn’t endorse?
[Via Sweet Babboo]
Slow Going Today
I have babysitting duty.
Also WordPress did an update and the pub tool is all screwed up.
I’ll try to get into the site a few time for comments and maybe some posts/updates, plus I have an article to finish, but please understand if I can’t get to your news tips.
Adventures in Aptronyms
Democratic congressional candidate Katy Padilla Stout says she supports stripping legal adults under 21 of their ability to purchase commonly owned semiautomatic rifles because their brains supposedly are not sufficiently developed. [More]
But they’re developed enough to vote for her..?
Say… she is stout.
Imagine this slovenly gas bag telling fine, fit young men like this she knows better.
Yo-Ho, Yo-Ho, A Pirate’s Life for Me
A tanker was boarded by six armed people who took control of the vessel and diverted it towards Somalia … UKMTO provided no further details and did not say whether the tanker or its crew were safe. [More]
The following is from “A Pirate’s Life for Me!,” one of my GUNS & AMMO columns from 2002:
Hoses against weapons. Trembling behind hatches. Everything but standing up on your sea-legs and fighting. How about just opening fire on them?
The IMO’s Captain Hartmut Hesse says armed guards on ships “will only increase violence, it will not deter the pirates.”
The IMO guide Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships, cautions “The carrying and use of firearms … is strongly discouraged. [It] may encourage attackers to carry firearms thereby escalating an already dangerous situation, and any firearms on board may themselves become an attractive target for an attacker. The use of firearms requires special training and aptitudes and the risk of accidents… is great.”
…Agreeing with Captain Hesse, and chastising Lloyd’s List for editorially suggesting otherwise, is Captain John Dalby of Marine Risk Management, a “maritime asset recovery and protection” company. While admitting “It is the sailors… who are being kidnaped, beached, set adrift … or summarily killed,” he warns that “only tragedy will result from inexperienced people trying to fight fire with fire. Leave intervention and reaction to those who are best equipped and trained for it.”
The thought strikes: Minnesota doesn’t have nearly enough of these types. And they’ll all vote Democrat.
Har!
Because Property is Theft
As an old college buddy used to say, “The things yuh see when yuh ain’t got a gun…”
Pardon Me for Asking
A question struck me in all this rights restoration brouhaha: How do you answer Section B.21.d. on the 4473? If the form needs to be modified, that’s another drawn-out rule change.
I’m also thinking some poor slob who was innocent but pleaded to a domestic violence misdemeanor to avoid made up felony charges he couldn’t afford to fight will never get his rights restored because it’s too much of a political third rail. Or basically anybody charged under Lautenberg…
A Common Mistake
ATF’s newly updated registry shows 6,654,209 suppressors, more than 1.2 million short-barreled rifles, and over 8.1 million registered items across four major NFA categories. In this video, we examine how the government’s own numbers strengthen the “common use” argument under Heller, Caetano, and Bruen—and further undermine the constitutional foundation of the National Firearms Act. [Watch]
Yeah, well, don’t get too comfortable with “common use” being the cutoff for protected arms.
[Via Jess]
The Women’s Champion
A sitting House Democrat who’s being investigated over sexual relations with a congressional aide is now being accused of assault. [More]
How ’bout “Ni UNA Más”…?
F_n’ idiots.
So… ya think Everytown/Moms Demand, Brady, Giffords, and Newtown Alliance will take back their endorsements?
And like Hillary says:
We’re the Only Ones Evicted Enough
San Diego County will stop letting federal immigration agents train at local firing ranges [More]
Remember when San Diego used to be Republican?
Remember when California was?
2001…?
This “one or two generations” mantra the gunfluencers are feeding us is going the wrong way!
[Via Steve T]
We’re the Only Ones Decked Out Enough
“What was supposed to be a routine arrest…”? With a nine-guy assault team deploying with “weapons of war”…?
That’s the new normal?
[Via Steve T]
A Stark Reminder
Received via email:
And remember, you will be doing these things at the Stark County Fair, a family-friendly community event with something for everyone. [More]
I asked them if they had something for me:
For the record, will I be able to lawfully carry a firearm there, including in enclosed buildings?
What is NRA doing about existing bans?
https://www.ammoland.com/2026/07/summit-county-fair-gun-ban-ohio
I’ll let you know if they reply.
Today’s Lime Pit Candidate
“Communism, at the heart of it all, is a system of government that puts the power back into the hands of the people.”
Pure communism, as envisioned by Marx, is a stateless society. The reason useful idiots say we’ve never tried it is because once in power, instead of giving it up, those running the “dictatorship of the proletariat” prove the axiom about absolute power. I’m sure he’s never read the works– gets his platitudes from Instagram– good grief.
Working class means you’re a worker, which obviously leaves this loser out.
What a f_n’ citizenship malpractitioner moron, who is clueless as to what happens when useful idiots are no longer needed and get redesignated as useless eaters.
And DSA’s “burning hatred” of the Constitution means its candidates are incapable of taking the required oath of office, meaning they must either be disqualified beforehand, have the seat withheld if they refuse to take it, or expelled and tried for perjury if they do.
DOJ Launches New Process for Gun Rights Restoration
With all the high-fiving going on in the gun community over this announcement, keeping things in perspective is needed to temper the enthusiasm and maintain progress on advancing the right to keep and bear arms. [More]
The continuation of this program is as secure as the outcome in the upcoming elections.
And the question just struck me: How do you answer Section B.21.d. on the 4473? If the form needs to be modified, that’s another drawn-out rule change.
Stare Decisis
Hawaii gunowner targets Denver open-carry ban [More]
Didn’t the Supreme Court say back in 1856 that a citizen has “the right to enter every other State whenever they pleased… and to keep and carry arms wherever they went”…?