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Via Facebook and Tam, comes the site HANDWAVING FREAKOUTERY, which I have been perusing. Good stuff. For example: Gun Laws Have Basically No Impact on Mass Shooter Rate
Via Facebook and Tam, comes the site HANDWAVING FREAKOUTERY, which I have been perusing. Good stuff. For example: Gun Laws Have Basically No Impact on Mass Shooter Rate
This guy gets it. It’s from 2017 but worth the read.
TLDR version: Oh, people may not like him but they like that he pisses off people they hate.
So, the hobby of falconry is subject to some pretty onerous violations of civil rights, similar to gun dealers. And those have been challenged in court.
This article lead to a whole internet wandering session about the hobby. If you want to get into it
, the process is very exhaustive.
The shocking feature of the Glock is that it fires when the trigger is pulled. Not just any gun!
Those who say ‘the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots’ — a great line, well, guess what: The fact is, if youre going to take on the government you need an F-15 with Hellfire Missiles. There is no way an AK-47 is going to take care of you.
So, you’re willing to bomb your own citizens? Good to know.
Former Knoxville News Sentinel journalist and an early adopter of blogs and social media, Michael Silence has passed. I have no details as to why. He was a good man and will be missed.
A mass shooting in Thailand that was streamed on FB. With all of these gun laws, how is that possible?
From unlicensed contractors: Undercover Cops Hired 118 Handymen, Then Arrested Them All for Not Having Licenses
Finally finished the upper half:
Initially, the slide wouldn’t go on. Seems I installed the firing pin safety incorrectly and it could get caught on the firing pin. Just took it apart and re-assembled, paying more attention this time.
More details later.
An article from someone you may know on EDC with the intent to keep you or someone else alive.
Speaking of, Tourniquet Vs. Packing Vs. Seal
A Republican senator in my state wants to ban grocery store bags. This is a stupid idea.
John Kerry, who by the way served in Vietnam, endorses Biden because he will ban the AR-16 with the long clips.
Those pesky Russians are interfering with an election again.
Seen on Facebook: What the organizers lacked in competence, they made up for in diversity.
The tolerant left: Woman freaks out after finding out Mayor Pete is gay. Asks for vote back.
This is the funniest thing to watch in all of American politics. Can a political party be reduced to nothing in 3 years? The Dems seem to be trying to find out.
Good:
Eighteen state attorneys general have joined in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a Second Amendment Foundation petition for writ of certiorari seeking high court review in the case of Culp v. Raoul, which challenges the refusal by Illinois to take applications from non-residents for an Illinois carry license.
Plaintiffs are asking the Court to determine Whether the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms requires that the State of Illinois allow qualified non-residents to apply for an Illinois concealed carry license. SAF is joined by the Illinois State Rifle Association, Illinois Carry and several private citizens. They are represented by attorney David G. Sigale of Wheaton.
Andrew Gottlieb is launching 2A Gaming as a way of reaching the millions upon millions of people who are steeped in firearm-based video gaming but non-committal when time comes to vote for pro-gun candidates.
This could be interesting. On the one hand, gamers might get irate at turning their hobby into a political issue. On the other hand, it might actually work.
CNN is butthurt at the lack of diversity of Trump’s coronavirus task force. Sorry, CNN, but the adults care only about the competence of the team and not its gender or racial make up.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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