Mike burns more cash . . . Second Wave: Anti-Gun Bloomberg And His Minions Are Mounting Another Invasion of Virginia
In 2015, Bloomberg decided to set $2.2 million on fire in an effort to flip the state Senate, hoping to flip two seats. It failed. Now, he’s coming in with the second wave. So far, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Ralph Northam, has outraised Republican Ed Gillespie, but the race is now a dead heat, with Herring leading by five points over Republican John Adams in the attorney general race. The question of course is turnout, which Democrats don’t do well in off-year races, but a Suffolk poll also had the race in a dead heat between Gillespie and Northam.
https://youtu.be/GEmsYxOZ-RY
Absolutely shameless . . . Pelosi Invokes Scalise Shooting to Blast Bill Deregulating Silencers
“We all understand that the Second Amendment exists. We respect the rights of people to have gun ownership,” Pelosi said at her weekly press briefing. “The fact, though, [is] that they’re making it more dangerous for our first responders to have to deal with armor-piercing bullets.”
“Silencers. Even in the case of Steve Scalise; if you can hear, you can run to where the tragedy is emanating from,” she added. “It’s horrible.”
Pelosi sounded resigned to its passage, saying Democrats would fight it but Republicans will “have the votes.”
Enforcing the laws already on the books . . . The ATF traced more firearms in the past 12 months than in any year on record
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives traced more firearms in the past 12 months than in any year on record.
The agency performed more than 400,000 gun traces from October of 2016 through the first three weeks of September 2017. That’s up from 364,000 the previous 12 months, and a dramatic increase from when the agency’s gun tracing operation got off the ground in the early ‘90s.
The ATF has set a new record for gun traces each year since 2014. The agency reports trace figures for fiscal years, not calendar years.
Scientific American: where anecdotes and driving through the South passes for research . . . More Guns Do Not Stop More Crimes, Evidence Shows
The belief that more guns lead to fewer crimes is founded on the idea that guns are dangerous when bad guys have them, so we should get more guns into the hands of good guys. Yet Cook, the Duke economist, says this good guy/bad guy dichotomy is a false and dangerous one. Even upstanding American citizens are only human—they can “lose their temper, or exercise poor judgment, or misinterpret a situation, or have a few drinks,” he explains, and if they’re carrying guns when they do, bad things can ensue. In 2013 in Ionia, Mich., a road rage incident led two drivers—both concealed carry permit holders—to get out of their cars, take out their guns and kill each other.
OMG! Judges! Buying tickets to a fundraiser! OMG! . . . Florida gun control coalition questions judges’ neutrality
Two judges who serve on Florida’s First District Court of Appeal were table sponsors at a recent “Friends of NRA” charity fundraiser and were both listed by the title “Judge” in the event’s program, under the heading of “sponsors and supporters.”
Judges Clay Roberts and Kemmerly Thomas both confirmed they purchased tables for the Sept. 15 event in Tallahassee. Both also said they asked the NRA that they be listed in the program by name only, not by title, and that they did not see the program beforehand.
Because this worked so well for the University of Texas profs . . . Professors ask court to overturn Georgia’s campus carry law
Six veteran Georgia professors are seeking an injunction to stop the state’s new law that allows licensed permit holders to carry concealed guns on certain areas of public college campuses, saying it’s dangerous to students and faculty and unconstitutional.
The professors hope to overturn the controversial guidelines using a legal argument that the “campus carry” law usurps the University System of Georgia’s constitutional authority over its campuses. Their complaint was filed Monday in Fulton County Superior Court against Gov. Nathan Deal and Georgia Attorney Georgia Chris Carr.
The professors, who’ve been teaching at various University System of Georgia (USG) campuses between 16 and 40 years, believe guns in the classroom stifle discussion on contentious issues, will lead to more student suicides and could create a safety hazard if a firearm is accidentally discharged in areas with hazardous materials.
But we need more gun control laws…or something . . . Antioch church shooting: All 4 guns purchased legally, Nashville police say
The continuing investigation by local and federal authorities into Sunday’s mass church shooting in Nashville shows the suspect legally purchased one of four guns found at the scene of the deadly attack.
A relative of Emanuel Samson — the man accused of opening fire at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ, killing one churchgoer and injuring seven others — legally purchased the other three firearms, Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said Wednesday.
Police are not releasing the relative’s identity but Aaron said the person had been interviewed by law enforcement and reported that the three guns were given to Samson “for safe keeping.”
This is great news about the outpouring of support for her, very uplifting. It’s traumatic for any sane, normal person to have to blast someone, but it sounds like she’ll be better off in the long run.
That stock …mmmm!
Yeah… Whatever.
And for the trolls in this group, I just made another donation to the NRA today. Just because I love you! ????
If it wasn’t for “dumb luck” someone would not be alive today.
Reportedly the robber was armed with a “black airsoft style toy gun that ‘could not be differentiated from a real firearm’.” (Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.) This probably explains why Ms. Wertz was able to (by her account) draw her gun, cock it, and shoot even while the robber was pointing his gun in her face. I don’t envy the woman for what she went through– but she’s lucky it wasn’t a real gun.
https://www.abqjournal.com/1069220/police-man-shot-by-circle-k-clerk-had-toy-gun.html
“…lose their temper, or exercise poor judgment, or misinterpret a situation, or have a few drinks…”
I do all those things nearly every day. Sometimes I do more than one at the same time. In fact, I’m certain that I’ve misinterpreted my wife, lost my temper because of it, exercised poor judgement in my verbal response and done so while having a few drinks and… armed.
I have yet to shoot my wife, or anyone else, because of any of it. In fact, truth be told I have yet to even unholster my gun because of any of those things.
The desired narrative is that anyone with a gun at hand can potentially get upset and start shooting. Look! Here’s a case of 2 drivers (out of some 100 or whatever million gun owners) where that happened! Clearly, if they didn’t have guns in their homes, those two lives lost in a road rage incident would have been saved. If it saves even one life, isn’t it worth it?
This makes sense to someone, somewhere, although “Scientific American” would seem a misnomer for any such person.
i thought the cylinder release was weird at first as well, till i realized its purposeful. you don’t slam the cylinder shut on revolvers, and most experienced personnel recommend using the crane to close the cylinder, even if its slightly dangerous to do so, but my point is that you shouldn’t let a cylinder slam open either, if slamming it shut can damage it, so can letting it drop open. the release is there to ensure that you take the utmost care of the crane and cylinder in a convenient and simple manner. my cylinder fits very tight and is almost hard to get it to open. you unlock it and have to push it open, which is another measure of safety for the longevity of my revolver, i believe.
The ATF has traced more guns than ever!..and…and…so what? The real big question goes unanswered: how many guns were traced to the guy who used it in a crime? I mean really, if the gun was manufactured in the US, it says so right on the gun, and the serial number (if it is new enough to have one) reveals the name of the manufacturer (Doh!) and date of manufacture–information which the ATF already has in its files, since it is the agency that assigns serial numbers in the first place. The manufacturer can tell to whom it shipped the gun, and then that entity (FFL) has, again if the gun is new enough, a record of the person to whom the gun was first sold. But if the gun was resold one or more times in a person to person transfer, or if it was stolen, the trail goes cold, and nothing but nothing is learned.
This sounds to me more like the agency is tooting its own horn rather than accomplishing anything worthwhile. the purpose of tracing is to solve crimes, right? Nothing else matters–but the ATF doesn’t say that it is helping to solve crimes, not at all. Talk about a waste of police resources. No wonder police agencies don’t bother submitting guns for a trace.
Happy to hear. Circle-K can KMA. Never will step into such a stink hell hole again. Feel bad for the GOOD folks that still suffer under the circle jerk slime that run that dangerous pile.
Huh. I guess the DC DCA finally got tired of getting smacked down by SCOTUS on this issue? Wonders never cease…
Looks like she has just admitted to possessing & selling drugs, as well as the illegal possession of a handgun. How was she able to obtain a CHL?
Every little thing is larger as well as better in TEXAS!.
No, that’s not Frank Zappa on the left in the album cover photo. Mel, Mark, Don, Craig, from left to right. And don’t let the critics tell you any different, this is a GREAT album Zappa plays on it, too.
If any one thinks thks is abkut the flag you are ignorant
those stars would go great with a cabot trigger. (*yak*)
I saw a pic of his post, the rifle wasn’t bad but I’d really want that flintlock pistol he’s posing with.
Appreciate the trigger discipline too…