War On Guns Correspondent Mack H sends an analysis:
Going for the Gold
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said next week she will bring forward legislation to ban military-style assault weapons, as the chamber moves to address gun violence. [More]
It’s interesting watching how they can’t control their obsession to control.
Looks like a line in the sand to me…
I wonder how many others feel that way.
[Via Jess]
Survey SAYS…
A Low-Risk Occupation
Cowboys and Indians
If a state passes legislation limiting now extant gun-ownership rights, and that state includes one or more native American Indian reservations where a majority of the registered members remain attached to their traditional gun-ownership rights and they refuse to comply with the new laws …. Do you advocate sending in the U.S. Marshal to make arrests and to seize their guns? [More]
I expect conquered people condemned to government dependency and self-interested tribal power players to continue voting for their oppressors by a landslide.
[Via Michael G]
The Federal Bureau of Apparatchiks
I have never heard of the FBI maintaining a “secure work environment” inside a private law firm, let alone a private law firm that is best known for representing the Democratic Party. [More]
Who thinks a full investigation to determine and report the truth is in the cards? Even if the Republicans “win” in November?
[Via Michael G]
50 Small Tyrannies
Say No to a National ‘Red Flag’ Law [More]
What I picked up before being stopped by the paywall: National Review wants infringements done by the states.
[Via Michael G]
‘Vigilante’ Justice…
The Empire State Strikes Back
The bills would raise the minimum age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle to 21 years old from 18, prohibit the purchase of body armor for anyone not eligible (NY tried to ban it last year), require a license to buy a semiautomatic rifle, eliminate grandfathering of large-capacity ammunition feeding devices (otherwise known as extended magazines), strengthen the Red Flag law, and require new pistols to include microstamping technology for tracing. [More]
And when none of those work…
[Via bondmen]
The Non-Compete Clause
And the Alternative Is?
My Kind of Razzmatazz
Fitting the Profile
Mass shooters overwhelmingly fit a certain profile, say Jillian Peterson and James Densley, which means it’s possible to ID and treat them before they commit violence. [More]
Fine, but in all their Department of Precrime advocacy, they’re a little light on full due process and still seem trapped in the mindset that passing edicts against tool possession will stop a determined maniac.
[Via DDS]
Baltimorons
City of Baltimore Files Lawsuit Against Ghost Gun Manufacturer Polymer80 [More]
I don’t suppose suing the City of Baltimore for chronic corruption that makes violent crime inevitable is on anybody’s agenda…?
[Via WiscoDave]
Total Lawfare
Brooklyn subway shooting victim sues Glock for ‘recklessly’ marketing guns [More]
I’m wondering when one of these companies is going to countersue for legal costs and whatever else they can think up, including getting parasite lawyers censured for frivolous complaints.
What does it take to file a bar complaint against them?
[Via Jess]
A Ghost of a Chance
H.R. 7544: To provide a private right of action against the maker of any component of a ghost gun, and any person who facilitated a sale of the ghost gun, for injury or death resulting from the use of the ghost gun. [More]
“6% chance of being enacted,” but it shows how these leftist bastards are thinking…
[Via Jess]
Seeing Red
How Florida’s red-flag law helps stop potential mass shootings [More]
As “proof” they cite one anecdote? And no mention of the violence to due process? Or the immutable law that removing tools can’t address?
Ah well, it must be good because Marco is for it.
[Via Mack H]
And… They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha…
Mental health advocates push back against GOP focus after shooting [More]
Who’s up for some totally triggering vintage Napoleon XIV?
I have an AmmoLand piece in the queue on the dangers to liberty of nice young men in clean white coats chasing after people with butterfly nets…
[Via Mack H]
Dimming the Lights
Prosecutors said Johnson was intentionally brandishing his weapon at five officers conducting rooftop surveillance, while the defense said he was only using his flashlight to see who was up there. [More]
Maybe he was, but all things considered, it sounds like he’s lucky they didn’t light him up.
Why this is a federal case is another matter altogether.
After the Storm
Outages, road closures expected in Hudson due to broken trees and utility poles [More]
The power just came back on an hour ago after about 10 hours of being out. The National Weather Service alert from last evening said “severe thunderstorms” with “80 mph wind gusts,” and what I saw looked at least Category 1. I have a lot of trees on my property and so a lot of branches that need to be picked up, and found out about the big one after the fact– the storm was so intense we never heard it split off and fall.
I don’t claim to be a photographer, but at least my finger isn’t in any of these:
To give you an idea of the scale, the high point to the left is around 6′.
The split is about 20′ up.
Looks like it had some kind of internal rot going on that weakened where the separation started…
I expect productivity here will suffer as I deal with this. There are probably a lot of news tips I won’t be able to get to, so go easy on me.