Notes from the Resistance
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?
Hundreds of thousands just took to the streets to protest against the socialist regime in Brazil and if not for X, you wouldn’t know about it [More]
I hate to say I told you so.
[Via Michael G]
The senator’s statements refer to a national referendum held in 2005, during Lula’s first presidential term, in which Brazilian citizens voted overwhelmingly against banning gun and ammunition sales… Reversing Bolsonaro’s flexibilization of firearm access for Brazilian citizens was one of Lula da Silva’s sterner campaign promises. [More]
Now to remind them what they’ve been missing…
[Via bondmen]
How the new disarmament edicts will play with Brazil’s established “gun culture” will be instructive. Defiant Bolsonaro backers should not be surprised to find themselves smeared as extremists and conflated with criminal insurrectionists by highly-placed government officials and the media, just like here in the U.S. [More]
The parallels between there and here are numerous and disturbing. As are the tactics and goals of totalitarians demanding a monopoly of violence.
Leftist Brazilian President Lula Signs Decree to Restrict Gun Ownership [More]
Show me a commie who doesn’t.
Looks like it’s time for another article…
[Via Michael G]
Brazil’s top elections court voted Friday to bar Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years — a period that covers the next presidential election — for making what members of the panel said were claims he knew to be false about the integrity of the country’s voting systems. [More]
So “democracy” is just another word of political convenience…?
And if the people want guns…?
Brazilian police raid ex-President Bolsonaro’s home, seize phone… On Wednesday, Valdemar Costa Neto, the leader of Bolsonaro’s political party, expressed support for the ex-president following the search. “We trust that all doubts the Judiciary has will be clarified and it will be proven that Bolsonaro didn’t do anything illegal,” Neto wrote on Twitter. Meanwhile, Bolsonaro also faces investigations into attacks on the legitimacy of Brazil’s electoral system and embezzlement of foreign gifts. [More]
By hook or by crook, Lula is going to destroy his political rival. It’s what communists do.
[Via Jess]
Axe attack at Brazilian pre-school leaves four children dead and five injured [More]
What are citizens doing with weapons of war?
[Via Jess]
Brazil Moves to Take Back Guns After Surge in Purchases [More]
All Cassandra could do was warn.
[Via Steve T]
Brazilian police tactics are something else. [More]
Evidently, enough voters prefer things this way.
[Via WiscoDave]
Seven killed in Brazilian pool hall massacre after losers mocked: video [More]
No worries. Now with Lula in power, look for this to be a catalyst for more citizen disarmament affecting the “law-abiding.”
Just in case anyone was looking forward to a resumption of the good old days…
In a news conference from Sao Paulo state, Lula accused Bolsonaro of encouraging the uprising by those he termed “fascist fanatics,” and he read a freshly signed decree for the federal government to take control of security in the federal district. “There is no precedent for what they did and these people need to be punished,” Lula said. [More]
Sure there is. It even looks like they’re using the J6 Playbook.
And not to say “I told you so,’ but:
This isn’t over. And we in the Land of the Second Amendment may learn a thing or two before it is… In an editorial comment-laced “news” story rife with loaded terms and leftist-sympathizing sentiment, The Washington Post tells us Jair Bolsonaro has flown to Florida. Don’t be surprised if that’s not enough for the Lula regime.
Tangentially related: It looks like the trade association rope-sellers can’t suck up hard enough and hit the ground running proposing new infringements. [More]
[Via Jess]
In the meantime, returning to the leftist playbook, look for Brazilians who question the election and defy tyrannical disarmament to be attacked and marginalized as extremists, criminals, racists, and “deplorables,” just like here. And just like here, they’re picking a fight to the finish with people who are proud of their heritage, vested in freedom, and not likely to grovelingly surrender their birthrights to their moral inferiors. [More]
History repeats itself. And in more ways than one.
‘Every city’ in Brazil filled with protesters claiming election fraud – Possibly largest demonstration in history ‘and the global media is crickets’ [More]
Good.
And what else would we expect?
[Via Jess]
More than three weeks after losing a reelection bid, President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday blamed a software bug and demanded the electoral authority annul votes cast on most of Brazil’s nation’s electronic voting machines, though independent experts say the bug doesn’t affect the reliability of results. [More]
“Baseless,” right?
Now, this would be something:
“Brazilian Military is Just Waiting for Bolsonaro to Give the Order to Arrest Corrupt Communist Judge”
It kind of explains why our rulers have focused so intently on woke generals.
Regardless, it looks like a critical mass of Brazilians isn’t just going to roll over for Lula’s planned citizen disarmament.
We need to be able to say the same and be on our guard against the renewed divide-and-conquer strategy of spawning woke gun owners.
And Lula, of course, being an old socialist, is against guns, but Congress may stand in his way. No problem though, because we’re told he can put in place by decree “what Brazil had before.”
By diktat. Who does that? [More]
Prepare to repeat the past.
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva calls for ‘peace and unity’ after beating far-Right rival Jair Bolsonaro in knife-edge election that split the nation after millions cast their votes… but will the ‘Trump of the Tropics’ concede defeat? [More]
More to the point, will Brazilians who know better turn in their guns?
UPDATE
There may be more truth to that “Trump of the Tropics” reference than “progressives” care to admit.
[Via Michael G]
‘The police come here to hunt’: Brazilian cops kill at 9 times the rate of U.S. law enforcement [More]
What does that really mean, who are they killing, and what kind of circumstances are we talking about here? And how does that compare with the “good old days”?
Seems kind of self-defeating that Brazilians are poised to oust the guy who wants them armed and bring in a corrupt Marxist who demands disarming them and bringing back an “Only Ones”-enforced monopoly of violence.
It figures the DSM would put out a timely hit piece to help make that happen, with The Los Angeles Times leading the pack.
[Via bondmen]
“In Brazil, a group of people doing CrossFit passed by outside a restaurant, but those eating thought they were running away from something and decided to run away with them” [More]
If they vote the way things are looking, they’re going to need that instinct.
[Via WiscoDave]
They would know that returning to restrictive gun laws under a corrupt regime would virtually guarantee a return to the tyranny of the past. [More]
Short memories and the siren song of “socialism” mean Brazilians will be repeating the misery of yesterday.
Booming gun ownership triggers fears for Brazil vote [More]
It wouldn’t if that communist Lula wasn’t intent on disarming them if he gets power again.
Remember the good old days?
[Via bondmen]
After the Brazilian government permitted the killing of motor cycle riders who rob & kill citizens – in order to put an end to this menace, this is what the citizens there are doing!!! When Law Enforcement do not do their job, citizens will… [Watch]
And no, I don’t know how true that is, but who doesn’t love a happy ending?
It’ll be a sad one if they put Lula back in power.
[Via WiscoDave]
On July 6, teachers-union activists began protests … The leadership of the construction workers union are militant leftists… [More]
Thanks, Jimmy Carter and the Senate!
And as long as we’re heading south:
But with just over two months before the first round of voting, opinion surveys widely show Brazilians think they’d be better off without Bolsonaro. Frustration over the spiraling cost of living has propelled Lula to lead the race by more than 10 percentage points. [More]
And what will be one of the first things Lula does when he’s back in power…?
