They Tyrannize Because They Can

Washington House Dems Pass Permit-to-Purchase Bill; Defies 2A, Say Critics [More]

That means the Marxists in charge can say “No,” and expand denial criteria with majority votes. This is naked, in-your-face tyranny.

As Constitutional scholar Edwin Vieira Jr. noted in Kolbe v. Hogan:

“This reliance on a permanent private market for firearms guaranteed that most militiamen, through their own efforts, could always obtain firearms suitable for both collective and individual self-defense, and forestalled tyranny by precluding rogue public officials from monopolizing the production, distribution, and possession of firearms.”

That’s why it’s a mistake to rely exclusively on “self defense” in legal arguments and avoid making a case for the Constitutiopnal Militia.

We’re the Only Ones Remunerated Enough

In exchange for cash, “discounted legal services, gift cards, hotel rooms, and other gifts,” officers would either refrain from filing charges against DWI suspects or deliberately miss pretrial interviews, motion hearings, trials, or administrative driver’s license hearings. [More]

And it was pervasive…? Kind’a makes you wonder what the “heroic” Chief Medina has on the city’s Democrat “leadership” to keep his job.

I guess being a stooge for the citizen disarmament agenda is enough.

What a cesspool they’ve turned that town into.

[Via Michael G]

Paul Evans vs. Reality

Like Democrats nationwide, Oregon’s Democrats are terrified that their grifts are being exposed and their payoffs to their friends are being revealed. Like cornered badgers they are going to lash out at anything that looks like real progress towards fiscal sanity. Get ready folks, it’s going to get uglier. [More]

You gotta wonder: Are they deluded or do they just want you to be?

Related UPDATES

‘On Behalf of Our Criminal Constituents…’

A lawsuit alleges Glock makes and sells guns that are easily turned into illegal machine guns, the state of Maryland and the city of Baltimore announced Wednesday morning. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and local law firms announced the lawsuit, alleging the handgun manufacturer facilitates the proliferation of illegal machine guns. [More]

Tell us “gun control” doesn’t work without telling us “gun control” doesn’t work.

[Via Jess]

And There was War in Heaven

Ba-by shark, doo-doo-doo-doodoodoodoo…

[Via Jess]

Meanwhile, Over at the Party of the Workin’ Man

Conservatives are raising concerns over liberal Judge Susan Crawford’s campaign for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, pointing to a flood of dark money backing her, including contributions from groups tied to billionaire George Soros. With the election fast approaching, several prominent conservatives and media outlets have sounded the alarm about what they see as an effort to reshape Wisconsin’s highest court through massive outside spending. [More]

You know, the people who scream “Oligarchy!” the loudest…

[Via Michael G]