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Category Archives: Gun Rights
Vote No on #I1639
Quote of the day—Defens
The real result if I-1639 passes:
Tim wants to by Bob’s used 10-22.
Bob is the local sheriff’s deputy
Rifle – $200
Unconstitutional taxes and fees – ignored
State background check – ignored, since Tim and Bob have known each other for 20 years. (Remember when you could buy a gun from a dealer without all the paperwork if “known to dealer?”)
Tim becomes a law-breaker
Tim doesn’t fvckin’; care – nor does Bob, since his boss told him not to bother enforcing this POS law.
Since Tim ignored this stupid law, he wonders about other stupid firearms laws
Tim heads out to his shop and builds a suppressor
Bob stops by for a visit
Tim and Bob step out side the shop and pop off a few rounds into the shooting stump.
“Cool silencer!” says Bob.. “Have a nice day!”
“Stay safe, my friend!” says Tim
Liberal assholes in Seattle think they’ve made a major dent in crime.
Defens
October 22, 2018
Comment to Vote No on #I1639
[I mostly agree with this. But it’s a little more complicated than that.
Most of the progressive assholes in Seattle don’t know or care about making “a major dent in crime”. We know this because it turns out that in 2017 Washington had one murder attributed to the use of a rifle, the type of weapon targeted by this law This fact is from the 2017 FBI Uniform Crime Report. If they were concerned about “crime” the would know this can’t possibly make a measurable change. It would appear their primary and desired accomplishment is to “poke a stick in the eyes” of people they don’t like. Probably secondary is that they will now be able to more easily control these “deplorables”. As Ayn Rand pointed out decades ago:
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
I believe this is about achieving control over people they find deplorable.—Joe]
Vote No on #I1639
Quote of the day—Gideon Joubert
Claims that firearm regulation and gun control laws have any meaningful impact on public safety are dubious at best, and fraudulent at worst. It is simply beyond the scope of legislation to effect the required change in societal norms to have the advertised impact. If that were truly the case, then the prohibition of drugs and prostitution would have stopped the prevalence of those vices. Attempting to change behaviour through the regulation of objects is foolhardy – the causal factors of crime and violence are infinitely more complex than can be addressed by strict gun control. Instead gun control merely succeeds in creating more defenceless victims, and infringes on the civil rights of an entire population. If we can learn anything from Australia, it is that expensive and ever-stricter gun control is doomed to failure.
Gideon Joubert
October 9, 2018
Australia and the NFA – the Truth About Gun Control Down Under
[My experience is that such claims are almost always fraudulent. It’s part of their culture..—Joe]
Vote No on #I1639
Quote of the day—TriggerFinger
Democrats do it and Republicans do it. But they do it differently.
Democrats lie to hide their unpopular positions, like gun control (and more gun control). They lie to the people and then vote more towards their base once elected.
Republicans, on the other hand, lie in the opposite direction. They lie to their base, and then when elected, vote more like Democrats.
This tells us that the true “center” of political opinion lies to the right of how elected officials of both parties vote. They lie in the same direction.
TriggerFinger
October 19, 2018
Lying to get elected…
[I have nothing to add.—Joe]
Vote No on #I1639
Quote of the day—Tirno
Why exactly would gun control implemented by progressives in this country not look like gun control implemented by progressives in Cambodia, USSR, China, etc? You don’t get to different destinations using the same beaten-up “treasure” map.
Tirno
October 19, 2018
Comment to Quote of the day—Ann
[I have nothing to add.—Joe]
Never give up your guns
Deserae Morin, a Vermont state house candidate, received the letter shown below:
It says:
Cunt,
We are hunting you.
My comrades will kill you and the Constitution.
First, we will rape you for days.
You will scream and know that agonizing horror.
No equal rights for republicans.
Socialism is here.
Open season for Republican death in Vermont.
Fear our revolution.
AA. It’s time
See also here and related stuff here.
In preparation for the election I would like to suggest people have their concealed weapon license, have a good holster for concealed carry, long guns in good working order for home defense, and go to the range and practice.
And, never, never, give up your guns.
The Second Amendment is about protecting us from liberals (see also here).
Search rankings for #I1639
I checked to see where my blog posts rank when you do a search for #I1639. I found the results interesting:
- DuckDuckGo puts one of my blog posts at 1.
- Bing puts one of my blog posts at 1 (after an advertisement).
- Google puts one of my blog posts at 11.
- Twitter puts one of my tweets at 16.
- Yahoo puts one my blogs posts at 87.
- Facebook doesn’t list it or any of my Facebook posts (even from accounts other than mine).
Make of that whatever you want.
Vote No on #I1639
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You can’t be forced to give up one right to exercise another.
See also this post from yesterday.
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Quote of the day—Ann
I’ve always pictured a gun ban looking like this in the United States.
It would be so great. No more violence. Just peace and trees.
Ann
February 19, 2018
Comment of February 19, 2018 at 10:11 AM.
[Delusions are often functional. In this case, however, it’s just a delusion.—Joe]
League of Women Voters #I1639 event
Via email from Mike C. we have notice of another League of Women Voters event which includes I-1639. Here is what Mike sent me:
There is also the event notification on their website:
| Saturday, October 20, 2018 10:00 am |
Tacoma Public Library Downtown 1102 Tacoma Ave. S. Tacoma, WA 98402 |
Ballot Issue Forum. This public forum features explanations and speakers pro and con on the main ballot issues for the November ballot. This includes three Pierce County Charter amendments, four statewide Initiatives, City of Tacoma Proposition 1 and Pierce County Rural Libraries Proposition. No charge. |
I have a previous commitment and will not be attending.
Deception is the only way
I found this very interesting:
Gun control was supposed to be the issue of 2018.
Yet it has receded so far into the background of the midterm congressional elections that Everytown for Gun Safety, a major player in gun control, is spending its money on ads covering abortion, health care and the Republican tax bill — but nary a mention of assault rifles or bump stocks.
Apparently Everytown for Gun Safety recognizes that advocating for gun control is a losing strategy. So their response is to achieve their goals indirectly by helping politicians who hide their position on guns but will vote against gun owners when they get a chance.
When the only way people can get their way is through deception you know their intentions are evil.
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Quote of the day—Stephen Paolini
The big thrust is making sure it is at least as hard to purchase a semi-automatic assault rifle as it already to purchase a handgun.
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The reality is, initiative 1639 will not end gun violence. It will not stop all gun violence, but it will cut at some of the really big components of it.
Stephen Paolini
Campaign Manager of the ‘Yes on 1639’ campaign
October 17, 2018
Voters to decide fate of Washington’s gun control initiative this Nov.
[Read the article. Notice the complete lack of mention by Paolini for the right of the people to keep and bear arms? That is because he doesn’t care about your rights.
The “big thrust” is against “semi-automatic assault rifles”? Suppose this law were wildly successful and there were no more murders in Washington state committed with rifles of any type. How many lives would be saved compared to the murders committed with other weapons?
It turns out that in 2017 Washington had one murder attributed to the use of a rifle, 75 to the use of handguns, 36 to the use of a knife or cutting instrument, and 18 to hands, fists, feet, etc. This fact is from the 2017 FBI Uniform Crime Report.
So, how can Paolini believe restricting access to a subset of the rifles can “cut at some of the really big components” of “gun violence”? The only way this can be true is if he believes one is a “really big component” of 76. It is true that these type of people have serious problems with comprehending numbers, but is much more likely an alternate hypothesis is true.
Stephen Paolini is a liar and has complete disregard for the rights of others.
So, you have to ask yourself, what is his true motivation?
Do not trust anything to do with this scumbag.—Joe]
Trust your government
From Electronic Frontier Foundation Newly Released Surveillance Orders Show That Even with Individualized Court Oversight, Spying Powers Are Misused:
Rather than notifying the court that it had destroyed the communications it obtained without authorization, the NSA made an absurd argument in a bid to retain the communications: because the surveillance was unauthorized, the agency’s internal procedures that require officials to delete non-relevant communications should not apply. Essentially, because the surveillance was unlawful, the law shouldn’t apply and the NSA should get to keep what it had obtained.
And these are the people we supposedly should trust with our freedom?
Maybe someone else has some perspective on this…
I almost support the Brady Campaign
…the families sought to hold the FBI accountable for its failed background check on Dylann Roof, which allowed Roof to legally buy the handgun used in the Emanuel shooting.
In Tuesday’s filing, the Brady Campaign says U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel incorrectly interpreted federal gun law when he dismissed the Emanuel families’ lawsuit in June 2018.
I’m firmly opposed to mandatory background checks so I am not in agreement with the basic premise of their position but I am fully in support of the Brady Campaign suing the FBI. This diverts both Brady and FBI resources from attacking gun owners.
If Brady wins it means the FBI will increase expenditures on NICS to decrease the likelihood of being successfully sued in the future. Increasing the costs of NICS checks means the value of these checks will be more likely to be examined. Does our society “get it’s money’s worth” from this expenditure or would those resources be better spent elsewhere. For example, should that money be spent on keeping violent criminals in prison rather than in a futile attempt to prevent them from acquiring guns in a free society? Or, should that money be spent in police efforts to put into finding and convicting criminals quickly before they can commit multiple crimes?
Thank you Brady Campaign.
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