Tag: Donald Trump

Hanging Chad

JUST IN: Woke Gun-Grabbing ‘Tyrant’ Chad Chronister, Who Also Arrested a Pastor During COVID, Withdraws As Trump’s DEA Pick Following Conservative Backlash [More]

I was going to write another Firearms News article along similar lines and now don’t have to. The thing is, I don’t do it because I want to alienate MAGA über alles hardliners, and no, of course I wouldn’t rather have Kamala (what a stupid and obnoxious objection), but because stuff needs to be said and too many with louder voices than mine on “our side” are quick to make happy talk excuses.

Yet another reason why Gun Owners for Trump needs to be more than just an election prop and actually have his ear as an advisory group before he commits to more stupid $h!+…

[Via bondmen]

Sowing the Wind

Shouldn’t Trump Voters Be Viewed as Traitors? The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether voters should be held accountable for their chosen candidate’s behavior. [More]

Kwame Anthony Appiah of The Newsraper of Record evidently wants Republicans tried and either imprisoned or executed as the tribunals see fit.

If we’re talking accountability, Bill Clinton’s Rules of Engagement seem a pretty good place to start.

[Via Michael G]

Up to Standards

In the series of profane videos posted to Facebook, the suspect claimed that Trump kidnapped and sex-trafficked his kids, though it’s unclear whether Tamayo-Torres has children, according to the outlet. “[Y]ou’re gonna die,” he allegedly said in a video posted Thursday, referring to Trump. “[Y]our son’s gonna die. Your whole family is going to die … I’m going to put a hole in your face.” [More]

Hey, at least he’s not Smith & Wesson or Firearms News…

It’s kind of interesting, what complies with Facebook community standards and what doesn’t…

[Via bondmen]

Round 2 Redux

Today on Armed American Radio Mark continues the conversation started yesterday with David Codrea on Pam Bondi and her 2A chops or lack thereof. Is she right for gun owners as head of DOJ after her support for Florida’s post Parkland gun control bill? [Listen]

In case you missed it live and want to hear it.

Here’s Round 1.

And my elaborated thoughts on what Donald Trump’s election means for the Second Amendment are here.

Daily Defense Redux

Today on AAR Daily Defense, Mark chats with long-time AAR contributor, blogger, and citizen journalist, David Codrea. Topics include the makeup of the Trump cabinet from a gun rights perspective. Mark and David discuss bills likely to move quickly…or not…and then turn attention to Pam Bondi for AG. David is no fan and eloquently articulates the reasons why, including her past support for anti-gun measures in Florida as state AG. Mark counters with analogies and gives her the benefit of waiting out the hearings. She will no doubt be put on the spot during the confirmation process and allowed to articulate her 2A positions moving forward as AG. A lively discussion, so good in fact, that David returns on Wednesday to wrap up his legitimate concerns. [Listen]

My latest Firearms News piece, “Donald Trump and Republicans Owe Gun Owners, and It’s Time to Collect,” elaborates on my position.

A Clean Bill of Health?

Jay Bhattacharya, prominent physician and economist, nominated by Trump for NIH director [More]

The influential NIH is a big proponent of “A Public Health Approach to Reducing Firearm Violence,” a favorite tactic of rabid gun prohibitionists.

The (anti-gun) New England Journal of Medicine concludes “Handgun ownership is associated with a greatly elevated and enduring risk of suicide by firearm,” and in its end “Notes” thanks “Jay Bhattacharya, Philip Cook, John Donohue, Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, Daniel Ho, and Michelle Mello for helpful comments on an earlier draft of the manuscript.”

Is he the same Jay Bhattacharya, and if he is, will Senate advise and consent hearings find out what comments he provided and how they will affect/inform the policies and public advocacy he will direct if confirmed to this position?

Have Donald Trump and those who advanced his name considered it, and the implications/potential for this appointee exploiting the position in contradiction to campaign promises made to gun owners?

All I can do is ask.

Donald Trump and Republicans Owe Gun Owners, and It’s Time to Collect

There’s much Donald Trump won’t be able to do, but a lot that he can if he means to keep his pledge to the gun owners he could not have won without. Rein in ATF, Mr. President. Do what you can with your bully pulpit to influence American citizens and your unique power to influence your party and the Congress. Make informed judicial appointments. Listen to gun rights leaders. And task the Justice Department with the Constitutional imperative to “secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” [More]

Now is not the time to rest on laurels and trust that everything is going to start going our way. If we don’t stay on top of him — and them — Pam Bondi won’t be the only disappointment.

Stallone Cozying Up to Trump is Pragmatism, Not Principle

“Until America, door to door, takes every handgun, this is what you’re gonna have,” Stallone declared… [More]

What kind of phony stays out of the fight and then shows up to share in the glory of the win?

Of Everything That Stands, the End

Because he spoke before he was inaugurated, giving him the power to act, Trump alerted the Deep State that he represented an existential threat to its survival. The bottom line is that the Deep State cannot afford for Trump to become president on January 20, 2025. [More]

You might want to play this in the background, just to set the mood for how insane it all is.

All that talk from Democrats about the peaceful transition of power and Joe Biden greeting him cordially is more than them just poking him for Jan. 6, it’s for plausible deniability. Add in domestic enemies embedded in the Secret Service, an assasination attempt where they left vulnerabilities anyone could exploit, and leaking his golf schedule for a second attempt, and there is nothing they won’t stop at.

Then follow that up with their manufactured external existential threat.

These are the most dangerous times we’ve ever lived through — so far.

Maybe we’ll get a chance to see just how smart the Founders were with the Second Amendment.

[Via bondmen]

The Expendable

…Stallone has stayed pretty quiet about his personal politics over the years and admitted to not voting in the 2016 and 2020 elections [and] did not publicly endorse Trump during the 2024 election cycle… [More]

But now that he sees which way the wind is blowing, and instead of cancellation sees opportunity, he’s hopped on the train the rest of us boarded, stoked, and rode into the station…

I wonder if he still wants police to go door-to-door to confiscate all the guns while he headlines Brady fundraisers.

What a phony. He always has been.

Lest Ye Be Judged

AZ Judge Recuses Himself From ‘Fake Electors’ Case After Emails Surface Demanding Judges Defend Kamala [More]

The real scandal here is that emails had to “surface.”

I will say that bit about Kamala being “promiscuous with generals in the Situation Room” would probably make for a pretty lucrative porno movie.

[Via Michael G]

Getting Down to Brass Tacks

After years of feminizing the US military through DEI initiatives, a new executive order under consideration by the Trump transition team would establish a “warrior board” of retired senior military personnel which would be granted the power to review three- and four-star officers and recommend any removals of those deemed unfit for leadership. [More]

Start with these “advisors.”

[Via bondmen]

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