Notes from the Resistance
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I’m reiterating my “Appeal to Heaven.”
If you get value, why wouldn’t you give some in return?
What, you’ll just go to “another” gun site? Then you’ll miss out on exclusives nobody else has.
See, I only ever ask readers one thing for me, and it’s never money. My clients and friends on the other hand…
If they did it at work and if tax dollars are involved, we who pay into the system have a rightful interest. [More]
Whose time and/or equipment are they using?
Fusaro has offered a detailed plan, and good one. It’s up to NRA and VCDL to share what plans they have developed to see how their detailed strategies compare… [More]
What happens here will be a bellwether for the midterms. We’re either serious about this — and willing to do all the necessary things — or we’re not and we won’t.
These lands belong to the people, and the people have the right to keep and bear arms. [More]
As Commander-in-Chief, this would be an easy and very popular fix with gun owners. Republicans facing midterms and “gun rights” groups take note how this would benefit you and get behind this now.
The effect isn’t abstract. Traffic drives revenue, and revenue keeps independent media alive, paying your favorite writers, editors, and keeping the “lights on”. Without it, the field is left to large, anti-gun news organizations funded by their mega-millionaire owners [can you say Bloomberg] that already dominate the conversation. [More]
I’ve told you about this before.
Who gets value from it?
Johns Hopkins has once more beclowned itself as a purveyor of agenda driven “junk science” [More]
If we can’t believe prohibitionist gunquacks, who can we believe?
“As Commander in Chief, this is a pen-and-a-phone moment for you,” CDT asserted. “No rogue federal judge has the power to stop you. Do it this week, and take one more easy Win.” [More]
Will any “gun rights groups” add their voices? Why or why not? How about just plain gun owners like …you?
War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, and junkies having sex in the streets is “public safety. With Democrats, every day is Opposite Day. [More]
It’s instructive to note who the Democrats want to keep on the streets and who they want to forcibly remove from society.
Related UPDATE
A comment needs responding to. But I’m posting my reply here because one thing I insist on is keeping article comments on topic to what’s being invited for discussion, in this case, the inevitable utter failure of areas under total Democrat control and the dangers of expansion. To respond to points raised over at AmmoLand would hijack and derail that discussion and take focus off the reason I wrote the article and what I felt important to call attention to.
I gotta say, I can’t help but feel there’s a sentiment I’m picking up from that comment that I’m not doing enough. Or that I owe more. Don’t go there. Or do, and let’s compare records.
To start off with we can’t “all” agree the problem is mostly with Democrats even though it’s true. Half the country votes for them and will continue to do so regardless of what lies, crimes, perversions and outright treasonous subversions are exposed. But I didn’t write this to unquestioningly praise Republicans, which seems to be the comment poster’s takeaway. If that’s the case, I challenge him to find one 2A writer who has called out errant Republicans – including Donald Trump– more often and consistently than I have. Recent case in point: Who else is pointing out the Fort Stewart shooting exposes his past unkept promise on private arms at military bases?
The purpose of this piece was not to offer a grand manifesto for restoring the Republic and living happily ever after, just to expose another danger by using a story I haven’t seen on any other “gun sites” to illustrate a larger point. If we’re going to go beyond that, my response does not belong under an article on East Harlem degenerates and the politicians who enable them, and whose agenda will spread the misery wherever they gain power.
But yeah, I’ve been involved in plenty of constructive advocacy/activism efforts over the years. And ultimately, my “advice,” which seems what’s being asked for, centers on never expecting anything from a reader – or a politician or other “leader”– I don’t expect and hold myself to: Try to stay informed, look into things that could present problems or opportunities, speak out when needed, join with/assist those I find worthy when I can, stay armed, trained, and prepared, defy and disobey bad laws, and strive to live the principles I espouse. That by itself is not enough, which means my goal is to encourage others to do the same. And if enough of us, say Three Percent or so, are united in this ideology, the tyrants will have to think more than twice before overreaching. Face it—the Second Amendment is still, for the most part, working. Otherwise, there’d be nothing to stop mass confiscation, which you’ll notice “they” haven’t dared try (Addendum: After Katrina).
AmmoLand is under pressure. The firearms industry has pulled back on advertising, and Big Tech—now powered by anti-gun AI—is quietly burying our pro-gun content in search results. These funding cuts threaten our ability to deliver the legal coverage, alerts, and fearless reporting you rely on. [More]
Just to share personal experience, I do a search for my work under Google’s News tab to see how it propagates and my AmmoLand stuff is routinely buried behind pages of returns, meaning it won’t be seen. I’ve also noted on several occasions links I post to Facebook to promote my articles result in “Forbidden” messages, meaning followers can’t access them:
On the trip I took recently, I noticed the wifi at Cleveland Airport wouldn’t allow me to load AmmoLand pages (I know, we shouldn’t make a practice of using public wifi but I wanted to do an experiment.) I’m going to test this further, because while it’s a private contractor deciding what gets through its filters, it’s a public facility and may represent a First Amendment violation by government using a proxy.
In the meantime, the appeal for help is real and wouldn’t be made unless necessary.
If you are an AmmoLand regular, that means you recognize that you get value from the site. If you’re a regular here, ditto.
A reason I find it a very useful outlet to write for is that — unlike the magazines — the ability to immediately post on AmmoLand means I can present original breaking stories and exclusives, including on FOIA requests and lawsuits I’m involved in, as well as unique observations on RKBA political and legal developments uncovered elsewhere.
I remember what I asked for when Mike Vanderboegh was undergoing his terrible ordeal and have adapted it for this situation:
I’m not going to ask you to send … a donation … Not a cent in gift money. What I will ask you to do –all of you who visit [the] site every day and receive value from it–is pay for that value. I’m asking you to voluntarily subscribe to [AmmoLand] and help [them] continue to bring YOU … daily reports and insights. Just so we’re clear: This is NOT CHARITY. This is PAYMENT FOR SERVICES BEING RENDERED.
And that goes double for the host of regulars who routinely take advantage of AmmoLand comments to amplify and make their voices heard .
We routinely complain about how the gun prohibitionists have no problem getting their talking point narratives parroted by the same major media that suppresses our arguments, and we see AstroTurf projects like the Michael Bloomberg-seeded propaganda mill paying good wages to propagandists masked as journalists. Here we have a valuable resource that’s struggling and asking for help, and if we lose it we’ll lose a unique voice that produces much content not provided on competitor sites.
I hope people reading this don’t find excuses not to do anything (or to air personal criticisms/grievances) — if you’re a returning reader/comment poster, you’ve already demonstrated you’re receiving value regardless.
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There is too much criminal violence. But that hardly justifies “begging the question,” that is, using a circular reasoning logical fallacy where his premise assumes the truth of his conclusion, that the problem lies with firearms. [More]
Who will educate the “educator”?
This is what Politico thinks will turn around perception about the party’s disparagement of traditional American men, and this is what Joe Rogan thinks should run for president…? [More]
They call ’em “Judas Goats” for a reason.
It’s ironic that Jones has essentially been punished for “fake news,” the very thing The Onion exploits for its own profits. [More]
When it’s all said and done, my guess is these gloating (and ultimately humorless) prohibitionists are going to be anything but happy.
These are the “One Percenters” the Antifa-types rail against. That they’re given a pass tells us much. [More]
How stupid would you have to be to demand the government control you because lottery-winning narcissits who can’t — or won’t — control themselves demand it?
How is handing a firearm to a volunteer not an illegal transfer that has not been subjected to a background check? Will you have an FFL on premises? Do you know what an FFL is without looking it up? Will law enforcement be overseeing things? To what extent? [More]
Will we have a repeat of the “gun law” violations we’ve seen at earlier events or have sponsoring radio stations’ legal departments made sure this won’t blow up in their faces?
Her and their actions are contemptible and unforgivable. If these snakes prevail, there truly will be no reason to vote (politically). [More]
Liz to whores: Hold my beer.
Freedom is interconnected. If a government is not afraid to take your guns, why would it hesitate to suppress your speech? [More]
Who do these people think they are? Democrats?
There is no parallel “pro-Second Amendment Democrat” movement happening. That’s because there’s no such thing as one. [More]
Yeah, I believe in unicorns, too.
It sounds more like a mad dystopian Hollywood fantasy than it does serious people grasping realities necessary to survive. [More]
“You, go. The trophy wife can stay,” the armed private security detail head growled. “Say, is this 30-year-old Scotch?”
We’re not interested in negotiating our rights that you and your fellow travelers have no claim to. Come and take them. [More]
An impotent peacenik dolt lays down the terms of surrender.
[T]he first stop in understanding what the framers and ratifiers thought the 2nd Amendment means should be what they actually said it means in the debates and in the newspapers. [More]
“Right” means right. “People” mean people. “Arms” mean arms. “Shall not be infringed” means shall not be infringed. And no, he hasn’t forgotten the first 13 words.
