To all progressives who say “gun control” as an alternative to policing: THOSE ARE THE SAME THING. Police are the people who control the guns!!
Another name for gun control is “stop and frisk”!!
Noah Smith š @Noahpinion
Posted on X, March 6, 2025
No respect for the fourth or the second amendment. No awareness of the consequences of living in a society where those rights are not respected.
He should be careful what his wishes for.
Mexico canāt show the court how a lawfully-made and lawfully-sold gun that is illegally straw purchased, illegally smuggled across an international border, illegally possessed in Mexico and criminally misused by narco-terrorist drug cartels is the responsibility of U.S. gun makers.
Larry Keane
March 6, 2025
What SCOTUS Got Wrong About Firearms and the Gun Business During Arguments in Mexicoās Lawsuit Against US Gun Makers – Shooting News Weekly
I think what happened is that they believed their logic was irrefutable. It went like this, “Guns are bad. Companies that make and sell bad things are bad. These bad things hurt our people. Companies must make us feel good by giving us lots of money.”
How could it be any clearer?
The SCOTUS decision will reflect the soundness of their arguments.
Kash Patel has no experience fighting crime, preventing mass shootings or stopping domestic terrorism. As the only federal law enforcement agency whose sole mission is to fight violent crime, the ATF requires serious leadership. Thatās not Kash Patel.
Kash Patel talks tough on crime, but he will let the gun lobby walk all over him. He didnāt get this job because heās the most qualified, he got it because gun industry CEOs know he wonāt lift a finger to rein in gun violence. American communities will pay the price.
Emma Brown
GIFFORDS Executive Director
February 24, 2025
GIFFORDS responds as Kash Patel quietly tapped to lead ATF | GIFFORDS
For some reason I am always amazed. The depth and quantity of falsehoods anti-gun people push to the public is mind-boggling.
The “sole mission” of the ATF is not fighting violent crime. Even if you ignore the alcohol, tobacco, and explosives portion of their mission. Even if you ignore the scandal of things like Operation Fast and Furious… Writing and enforcing these types of regulations is not fighting violent crime:
And then there are all laws they enforce in which there are no victims. Machine gun laws, registration and taxation of suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, private sales across state lines, etc., etc…
Their falsehoods continue with the insinuation gun industry CEO’s desire criminal use of firearms. Who can believe that? That is totally absurd!
Brown and her associates are stupid, ignorant, delusional and/or think the public is. And/or they are just flat out evil.
Research shows that micropenis can cause a psychological cascade that results in men tormenting themselves with bullshit and then withdrawing from society to escape said bullshit.
It’s okay until they come back out for food or whatever. Should have prepped more. #copolitics
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Deputy Director, ProgressNow Colorado. All opinions are my own, Retweets ā endorsement, and my bosses know I am kind of a loose cannon already so ĀÆ_(ć)_/ĀÆ
Posted on X, September 24, 2024
Itās not only anotherĀ Markleyās LawĀ Monday; it isĀ another science denierĀ (see alsoĀ here)!
See also his more recent posts here and here.
It should come as no surprise they are high-ranking Colorado Progressive. Anyone stupid enough to subscribe to such beliefs will of course be unable to articulate an intelligent response to someone advocating for gun rights. All they have are lies and insults.
I will notify the appropriate people in Colorado to put him on their list of people to report for prosecution.
Colorado gun-banning democrats.
Prepare for the Nuremberg Trials 2.0.
@Voluptolux1984
Posted on X, February 22, 2025
I wish Free State Colorado luck with their efforts.
I hope the gun-banners get a chance to enjoy their trials.
When President Biden launched what he called the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, he adopted one of the key assertions of the gun control movement: our nation’s gun-related crime problem is an “epidemic” that must be solved by increased gun control. But if “gun violence” is an epidemic, then it is certainly not one felt by the whole population equally.
Of course, there is no doubt people of all races have been murdered with guns. Similarly, the scourge of mass shootings, while still a very statistically unlikely threat, has not discriminated in who it harms when such crimes do happen. There is also no doubt that far too many Americans succumb to suicide, a large proportion of which are completed with firearms.
But when it comes to what most people mean when they say “gun violence” – violent crimes committed by a person (or people) against another person (or people) using firearms – there is simply no way to beat around the bush: Black Americans are far and away the most affected, and it isn’t even close. Addressing the root causes of why is the riddle we must solve as a country. But to do so, we first have to identify the problem with as much specificity as possible, and reject those who try to shut down this debate.
Kostas Moros @MorosKostas
December 8, 2024
The racial disparity in gun-related homicide: a problem that must be discussed so it can be solved.
It is a long article. But if you don’t want to read the whole thing, at least read the Solutions section.
I’m not surprised this happens. I’m a little surprised they got caught.
Via Ari Hoffman š@thehoffather who had this to say:
WA is spending your $ to attack your 2A rights
WA DOGE volunteers discovered that WA Dept of Commerce put out a six-figure request for proposals for vendors to run an anti 2nd Amendment event June 4 or 5 at the Lumen Field Event Center in Seattle
WA is facing a $12-16 billion budget deficit. Rather than cut our of control spending or keeping prolific offenders in jail, Democrats are releasing criminals, working to reduce sentences and working against your ability to protect yourself
Chuck Petras @Chuck_Petras referred me to Hoffman.
I can tell countless stories demonstrating how there are no grassroots organizations for the anti-gun movement. It appeared to me that it was a few big donors. I frequent suspected there were government funds filtering into too. But it was not particularly obvious until recently when people went looking for this type of thing.
Here is another example out of Washington State:
WA State gives 7M to @CascadeBicycle club who then donates money to the No on 2117 campaign to keep voters from repealing the climate act gas tax. Nothing to see hereā¦please move along!
And at the national level see here.
Men like Californiaās governor and attorney generalāGavin Newsom and Rob Bontaāare evil.
Anyone who fights as hard as they do to disarm you hates you.
They hate their own residents owning guns, and make it hell to exercise your rights freely. They hate non-residents even more, making it impossible to defend yourself while in the state.
These men and their fellow scum are the enemy. Never forget that.
Firearms Policy Coalition @gunpolicy
Posted on X, February 17, 2025
Plan and respond appropriately.
The only surprises here are how well Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Hawaii ranked. These are particularly oppressive states for gun owners.
Some jurisdictions, like Chicago, do not supply complete numbers to the FBI UCR. I wonder if this is why the oppressive states show up in this table.
Related–Map shows most dangerous US states – and where’s best to raise a family:
Of particular interest to me:
Eight categories of crime, including homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, arson, burglary, larceny theft, and motor vehicle theft, were considered in the analysis.
Washington and Colorado were identified as the second and third most dangerous states, respectively.
New Hampshire emerged as the safest state, boasting a violent crime rate of just one-third of the national average and significantly lower crime rates than other US states.
Idaho also has the lowest rate of motor vehicle theft and the second-lowest rate of aggravated assault.
Idaho was ranked the second safest state for families, followed closely by Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
The permanent bureaucracy built their administrative state over decades, brick by bureaucratic brick. They thought it would last forever. They thought it was too big to map, too complex to understand, too entrenched to change.
They were wrong.
Four young coders with laptops proved that. One thousand pre-positioned personnel proved that. A president counting weeks proved that.
The sun continues rising over Washington. Classical columns still cast their shadows. But inside those buildings, everything has changed. The administrative state finally met its match: preparation plus presidential will plus technological precision.
This isn’t the end of the story. This is just the beginning.
The revolution isn’t just continuing. It’s becoming the new normal.
And for those who thought the D E E P S T A T E would rule forever?
They’re about to learn what happens when smart strategic minds meet determination. When preparation meets opportunity. When a new generation decides it’s time for change.
The storm isn’t just gathering. It’s here to stay.
The sun continues rising over Washington. But now, for the first time in generations, it illuminates something new:
A government that works.
A bureaucracy that serves.
A system that delivers.
The revolution isn’t just beginning.
It’s already won.
EKO
February 5, 2025
OVERRIDE – EKO LOVES YOU
If you are a little bit of a geek, read the whole thing. It is absolutely AWESOME!
The following was pointed out to me by Chuck Petras @Chuck_Petras. Almost for certain this is what the “mapping” referred to in the article is talking about.
History is being made.
Iām convinced that woke strategy is to create more racists by the continual name calling and aggravating of white people.
Then they can point to them and say, āLook at all those racists! We told you they were all racists!ā
Donāt capitulate to racism.
Alice Smith @TheAliceSmith
Tweeted on March 29, 2022
Good advice.
On a related note…
You know that the Executive Order to remove all DEI in the Federal Government is actually behind private industry, right? Politics follow culture.
That is why it is important to keep improving and expanding our gun culture. Take someone to the range and teach them to shoot. Bring a newbie or even a non-gun person to Boomershoot this year.
This executive order could be a really big deal:
Trump Signs Executive Order To Protect Second Amendment Rights
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at safeguarding the Second Amendment rights of American citizens. The order, titled Protecting Second Amendment Rights, directs the Attorney General to review and address potential infringements on the right to keep and bear arms that may have occurred during the Biden administration.
In the order, President Trump emphasized the foundational importance of the Second Amendment, calling it āan indispensable safeguard of security and liberty.ā
He stated that the right to bear arms is essential for protecting families, preserving freedoms, and maintaining all other rights enshrined in the Constitution.
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The Attorney General is tasked with examining all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions taken by federal agencies from January 2021 through January 2025. The review will assess whether these actions infringed on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens under the guise of promoting safety.
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The Attorney Generalās office is expected to begin its review immediately, with a proposed plan of action due within 30 days. Once finalized, the plan will outline specific steps to ensure that federal policies align with the protection of Second Amendment rights.
The order is a monumental win for gun rights in America and a clear statement from President Trump that he intends to uphold his promise to protect Constitutional freedoms.
āJoe Biden and Kamala Harris waged war on American gun owners and the Second Amendment for four long years,ā Gottlieb recalled, ātreating the right to keep and bear arms like a government-regulated privilege. That ended January 20, and we are looking ahead to actions by the Trump administration which will reverse Bidenās policies and correct the harm he has done.ā
Mark Smith of the Four Boxes Diner:
I will celebrate when prison cell doors slam shut behind politicians who have been violating our rights for decades. They need to enjoy their trials before I really believe things have permanently changed.
A federal judge in Mississippi has just dismissed a machine gun possession charge, marking the second time in recent history that such a case has been thrown out. Chris Eger of Guns.com first reported on the case, U.S. vs. Justin Bryce Brown, explaining that Judge Carlton W. Reeves ruled the federal charge was inconsistent with American history and tradition regarding firearm regulations.
The case is yet another test of the 2022 Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which established that gun laws must align with the nationās historical precedent.
Lisa Greene
February 6, 2025
Another Machine Gun Case Gets Tossed Out of Federal CourtāWhat This Means for Gun Owners
Another step toward my vision of machine gun competitions in high school by 2032.
And, as I predicted back in November of 2022, this is the expected result of the Bruen decision.
To imagine a world with no guns is to imagine a world in which the strong rule the weak, in which women are dominated by men, and in which minorities are easily abused or mass-murdered by majorities. Practically speaking, a firearm is the only weapon that allows a weaker person to defend himself from a larger, stronger group of attackers, and to do so at a distance. As George Orwell observed, a weapon like a rifle “gives claws to the weak.”
The failure of imagination among people who yearn for a gun-free world is their naive assumption that getting rid of claws will get rid of the desire to dominate and kill. They fail to acknowledge the undeniable fact that when the weak are deprived of claws (or firearms), the strong will have access to other weapons, including sheer muscle power. A gun-free world would be much more dangerous for women, and much safer for brutes and tyrants.
Dave Kopel, Paul Gallant, and Joanne Eisen
Independence Institute
December 5, 2001
A World Without Guns
I believe the people active in the anti-gun movement know this. I believe they try to tell the truth as much as they can to create the illusion of morality.
Read and or listen carefully to their words. They speak of reducing “gun violence”. They do not speak of reducing violent crime. This is because they know eliminating private gun ownership does not reduce violent crime.
They know the death by gun numbers they offer as evidence for gun control include legitimate self-defense and police shootings. Some of them act from a belief in moral superiority tied to passivism. They may think that “all lives have value.” But the majority engage in the distortions, deceptions and lies to preserve and/or enhance their power and/or bank account.
These people are evil. They don’t rank as high on the evil scale as comrade gun controllers Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot. But they are evil and fully deserve the prosecutions, convictions, and sentences of other common criminals.
I don’t think there are any “good guys” with AR-15s. It’s only used to massacre people. I think every civilian owner of an AR-15 is unhinged, can’t wait to use it and is a danger to everyone around them. And are almost certainly insecure in their manhood.
Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur)
Tweeted on May 28, 2022
Itās not only anotherĀ Markleyās LawĀ Monday; it isĀ another science denierĀ (see alsoĀ here)!
Odd. If they are only used to massacre people, I have a problem to report. I have owned one or more AR-15s for nearly 30 years now. I’ve fired thousands of rounds in them without massacring even one person. They must be malfunctioning. I wonder if they are still under warranty.
Millions of people own AR-15s. Tens of millions of these guns are in civilian hands. You would think there would be evidence of Uygur’s concern. However, in the U.S., there are only about five to six hundred rifles used in murders per year. These rifles are a superset of the AR-15s. Hence, those “unhinged” gun owners who “can’t wait to use it and are a danger to everyone around them” don’t exist outside Uygur’s imagination.
Furthermore, constitutionally protected rights are evaluated based the text of the law. They are not judged on how they are or may be misused by criminals.
Uygur view of reality is faulty. There is not a problem with the gun owners. Tell the Uygur’s of the world to seek counseling and leave the rest of us alone.
Via Firearms Policy Coalition @gunpolicy:
I can see pragmatic consideration being advantageous in certain circumstances. One could argue that is what happened with the bump stock ban. I’m not convinced that was the best route, but I heard that argument.
But as the bedrock principal, yes. Gun control is evil. Do not compromise with evil.
It is nice to have others working to move the Overton Window in the same direction. I’ve been working on this for a long time. Someday I hope to achieve critical mass and some real action. We need to end this gun owner nightmare.
I hope then enjoy their trials.
Ultimately, the text of the Second Amendment includes eighteen-to twenty-year-old individuals among āthe peopleā whose right to keep and bear arms is protected. The federal government has presented scant evidence that eighteen-to-twenty-year-oldsā firearm rights during the founding-era were restricted in a similar manner to the contemporary federal handgun purchase ban, and its 19th century evidence ācannot provide much insight into the meaning of the Second Amendment when it contradicts earlier evidence.ā … In sum, 18 U.S.C. Ā§Ā§ 992(b)(1), (c)(1) and their attendant regulations are unconstitutional in light of our Nationās historic tradition of firearm regulation.
Edith Hollan Jones
U.S. Circuit Judge
January 30, 2025
Reese v. ATF.
Still another brick in the wall regarding the right of 18- to 20-year-old people to keep and bear arms. It also helps protect the path to even more laws from GCA68 being declared unconstitutional.
Turning lawfare on its creators is not about revenge. It will serve as a deterrent to prevent future abuse and will restore public confidence that justice is even-handed. Individuals who have carried out lawfare have not only destroyed faith in our legal system but also may have violated the law. A federal statute, 18 U.S.C. 241, prohibits conspiring to āinjure, oppress, threaten, or intimidateā a person exercising constitutional rights or privileges. Clearly President Donald J. Trump had constitutional rights and privileges to run for office and govern, not to be imprisoned for contrived crimes, and not to be deprived of property based on abuse of federal and state justice systems. According to the Biden administrationās own theory, preventing a candidate from running and assuming office also deprives supporters of their rights to vote.
Victoria Toensing and John Yoo
January 27, 2025
Prosecute The Architects Of Trump Lawfare
Via email from Defens, who also said:
If the Trump administration could potentially use this, perhaps the time is actually ripe to go after folks like Ferguson, Pritsker, and other 2A infringing politicians?
It certainly seems to me they could prosecute a lot of politicians. Whether they will or not is another question. I would like to see it. And, as always, I hope they enjoy their trials.
In times of crisis, self-reliance is not just a virtue ā it is a necessity. The ability to protect yourself, your family, and your community is a right worth defending.
Bradley Larson
January 24, 2025
Wildfires in California Reinforce the Importance of Gun Rights ā California Globe
Politicians who ban guns get the same response from me as if they were banning fire extinguishers, seat belts, and life insurance. You never want to be in the situation where you must have a firearm to save an innocent life. And you don’t want to be in a position to use a fire extinguisher, seat belts, or life insurance. But banning them does not reduce the likelihood you will need them or the value when you do use them. It only makes the situation worse.
Hence, they must be mind-boggling stupid or incredibly evil.
Such politicians should be fired and reemployed in a field more to their mental capacity. I’m thinking coloring book tester, pharmaceutical research test subject, or organ donor.