Nashville oversight board pushes for audit after receiving edited bodycam video from Metro police [More]
All right, quiet on the set… Take Two … Action!
This is CNN
A whirlwind few days in Washington have upended perceptions of Trump’s political and legal jeopardy related to his attempted coup after he lost the 2020 election. [More]
Has he been charged? Has he been tried? Has he been convicted?
Yet CNN just concluded for millions dumb enough to turn to it for news that Trump attempted a coup.
Yet the guy caught dead to rights on camera threatening to stab a campaigning Republican is an “alleged attacker.”
Rhymes with ‘Bunt’
2022 Congressional Baseball Game: Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez flips off Republican lawmakers [More]
I guess the Democrats couldn’t send a wannabe assassin this time. You know, someone who exemplifies the type of unhinged mind it takes to vote for anti-gun Democrats like Sanchez…
That she wasn’t immediately ejected from the game, as a young child would be in T-ball, tells us much about behavior standards for Democrat “adults.”
I don’t know what’s funnier– them losing 10-0 or Sanchez needing a pinch waddler.
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
The new party, called Forward and whose creation was first reported by Reuters, will initially be co-chaired by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman, the former Republican governor of New Jersey. They hope the party will become a viable alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties that dominate U.S. politics, founding members told Reuters. [More]
Spend that money! I see the greater hit on Democrats afraid of the Bolshevik wing, and I’d say Yang and Whitman are not exactly opposites attracting.
Sounds like they all deserve each other, and on the plus side, once they join, the media will no longer be able to characterize Vichycon talking heads as “conservative.”
[Via Mack H]
‘This is a Rabbit Hole There Is No Escaping From’
NIMBY
San Pedro shooting: Suspects sought after 2 killed, 6 injured by gunfire at Peck Park- “Something like this happening in my backyard, I’m five minutes away from this park, is shocking,” said one community member. [More]
I’ll bet Sharon Tate thought she lived in a pretty safe neighborhood, too.
Besides, who would expect violence at an event attempting to broker peace between rival gangs?
[Via 1Gat]
When Prohibitionists Rule the Earth
New Zealand is going to ban tobacco… [Watch]
Excuse me, I meant Aotearoa is…
Lucrative black market with ruthless cartels and increasingly murderous turf wars that ignore all “gun laws” in 3…2…1…
Good luck to a police force with 13,000 total, including desk jockeys, keeping a population of 5M in check…
[Via Jess]
Raising a Stink
Do as She Says
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot refusing to pay speeding, red light tickets as they pile up: report – Mayor Lightfoot has been a vocal proponent of stricter speed cameras [More]
So much for every time she opens her gob and talks “public safety.”
Forget it, Jake. It’s Chi-Town.
[Via bondmen]
Nobody Knows the Trouble She’s Seen
CLOWN SHOW: Joe Biden’s Cybersecurity Czar Says “Systemic Racism” Is the Major Threat – And US Is Intrinsically Racist Society [More]
Someone coming from a life of such disproportionate disadvantage and deprivation would know.
And “Czar” again… how come they never say “Führer“?
[Via bondmen]
You Can’t Stop the Signal
Flight of Fantasy
We’re the Only Ones Incentivized Enough
House Judiciary Committee: Whistleblowers Say FBI ‘Pressuring Agents’ to Reclassify Cases as Domestic Terrorism – “For example, one whistleblower explained that because agents are not finding enough DVE [domestic violent extremist] cases, they are encouraged and incentivized to reclassify cases as DVE cases even though there is minimal, circumstantial evidence to support the reclassification.” [More]
In other words, not meeting the quota is career-limiting? And do top guys get “Always Think Terrorist” Leathermans?
All on Christipher Wray’s watch. Seems some of us were just telling Don Jr. to say “Thanks!” to his Dad for that.
And some of us were sounding alarms before that.
[Via Michael G]
If Wishes Were Fishes
Celebrity YouTuber cites Supreme Court gun ruling in bid to dismiss machine gun charges [More]
I’m not seeing how the most effective arguments can be considered with zero mentions of “militia.” That makes me wonder about the Second Amendment law track record the attorneys have achieved.
Don’t get me wrong: I think “shall not be infringed” and “every terrible implement of the soldier” should be all you need to win, but I wouldn’t take that into court unless I had a lot more behind it.
I’d like to see some qualified voices weigh in on the viability of the motion and the risks of establishing any precedents that could complicate future efforts if it fails.
[Via Antigone]
Speaking of Making Zero Sense
A Superior Observation
[T]he Court is unaware of historical precedent that would permit a governmental entity to entirely ban a type of weapon that is commonly used by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes, whether in an individual’s home or in public. The Court also notes that the Town’s justifications are somewhat undermined by the other subsections of this very provision. Specifically, subsection (b)(1) provides that “[a]ny person holding a valid federal firearms license from possession of any firearm authorized pursuant to such license” will not be subject to the prohibition of 10-9-40. The following subsection, (b)(2) likewise exempts any “firearm for which the U.S. Government has issued a stamp or permit pursuant to the National Firearms Act.” The National Firearms Act, referenced in the latter subsection, provides for permitting such firearms as short-barreled shotguns and rifles, machineguns, and silencers. Each of those weapons is arguably even more deadly than the semi-automatic weapons that the Town of Superior seeks to ban, yet these provisions would permit individuals to possess, sell, or otherwise transfer them. [More]
Let’s see if any of the NAGR critics are willing to grudgingly admit they’re doing good here.
[Via Antigone]
As the Culture Terraforms
We are being systematically lied to about the new cultures being brought in by mass third-world immigration. [More]
Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue”. And I have that on good authority…
[Via Andy M]
A Team Effort
On Monday, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration’s “Ghost Gun” and Gun Registry Final Rule, which will go into effect on August 24. Today, GOA and GOF were joined by the Attorneys General of 17 states in the filing: Arizona, West Virginia, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
I’d give you a link but at this writing, it has not yet been posted on the Press Center page. I’ll update when I have it and as I have time.
Those Who Remember the Past…
WarOnGuns Correspondent Jess asks via email:
David, Is that something that ATF actually ordered? If I was Leatherman, I’d have sent ’em a sample alright, but with a small change. At either end of the line “Always Think Forfeiture”, I would have also engraved a hammer and sickle!
They tried but the order was canceled after Congressman Bill Sali, (R-Idaho), raised objections.
But big John Kerry supporter TimLeatherman would have loved to fill the order.
A Loaded Question
Hayes Suggests Zeldin Colluded With NY DA to Release His Attacker Without Bail [More]
So has Hayes stopped molesting toddlers yet?
[Via Michael G]