It’s hard not to smile or even giggle a little bit when you see how badly President Donald Trump is scaring the country’s paid anti-gun community, especially when you combine the President’s efforts with those of the United States Supreme Court.
No one is feeling this pro-gun heat more than the youngsters working at the Trace, the propaganda arm of former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control empire, who want the public to believe it’s an actual newsroom comprised of actual journalists—a fiction they’ll go to great lengths to maintain.
The Trace kids are extremely busy trying to stop this Second Amendment tidal wave that’s washing across the entire country. They realize that they’re losing, so they’re rabidly coming up with new ideas to counter our coming freedom—and some of their ideas are absolutely crazy.
The story’s last line is bedeviling. It’s not a quote or taken from any report. It’s completely attributable to the story’s two anti-gun authors:
“If the Supreme Court strikes down assault weapons bans nationwide next year, states could try other strategies, including putting semiautomatic rifles behind a permitting process,” they actually wrote.
Can you actually imagine that?
The highest court in the country says you can legally possess ARs in every state and U.S. Territory, but then some blue state suddenly requires you to obtain a state permit—regardless of the Supreme Court decision?
Do they think that might actually work?
It’s a Second Amendment right, right?
It would be like requiring state permits before allowing someone to read a book or scour the internet, which are rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.
The Trace is redefining desperation.
I’m picturing five-gallon pails of Zoloft, Prozac and Xanax scattered throughout their newsroom, each with a “help yourself” label.
To be fair, yes, I do believe there will be states who try to use a permitting process for firearms. Some states are and have been for many years, requiring permits to purchase handguns and many require permits to purchase any firearm. Some examples which already have permit requirements for AR-15s: Minnesota, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and D.C. (yes, I know, not a state).
Although it is far from a sure thing it could be that SCOTUS will address the permitting issue in the “assault weapon” ban cases next year, they might. However, I suspect it will be 2028 before we get rid of the permit to purchase requirements.
“Doubles all around,” said Tradition. “New Jersey is paying.”
A little knowledge of 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 helps with the punchline.
I’ve been putting time and money into this cause for over 30 years now. It is incredibly satisfying to be able to make jokes like this instead of thinking about to make my last stand at my underground bunker in Idaho as costly as possible for the forces of tyranny.
The Russian military’s “meat-grinder” tactics in Ukraine, where troops suffer ruinous losses for barely any gain, are creating a backlash.
In fact, the average life expectancy of a new recruit is about 10 days to three weeks, and once on the battlefield, their survival averages just 20-35 minutes, according to Russian military bloggers.
If true*, that would cause a significant reduction in moral and make recruitment “challenging.”
Think about it. Promises of free medical care for life and a large pension at retirement just won’t have the same draw as it might have had a few years ago.
— Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) June 25, 2026
I like the Firearms Policy Coalition. They get things done in the courts and they are extremely entertaining.
For a more scholarly take see:
And for the DOJ take on the case:
In Wolford v. Lopez today, SCOTUS rejected HI’s “spirit of aloha” “vampire” property-based efforts to “hobble” 2A rights, which under Bruen allow law-abiding citizens the lawful use of their firearms. @CivilRights says “mahalo” to SCOTUS! This @TheJusticeDept fights for you! pic.twitter.com/1FePvVMYK4
One of the things I love about this administration’s politics is that I can absolutely never tell when they are trolling, when somebody just made up some nonsense and attributed it to them, or when they are being deadly serious.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and UFC CEO Dana White have reached an agreement to use cage fights for diplomacy, the State Department said Monday — as Iran peace talks remain in flux.
While I can certainly see the humor and respect her opinion, I’m of the opinion it does contribute to more than a little political friction that isn’t really necessary. But a case can be made that it serves a useful purpose which outweighs the frictional costs.
The Italian – throws the cup, breaks it, and walks away in a fit of rage.
The German – carefully washes the cup, sterilizes it and makes a new cup of coffee.
The Frenchman – takes out the fly, and drinks the coffee.
The Chinese – eats the fly and throws away the coffee.
The Russian – Drinks the coffee with the fly, since it was extra with no charge.
The Israeli – sells the coffee to the Frenchman, sells the fly to the Chinese, sells the cup to the Italian, drinks a cup of tea, and uses the extra money to invent a device that prevents flies from falling into coffee.
The Palestinian – blames the Israeli for the fly falling into his coffee, protests the act of aggression to the UN, takes a loan from the European Union to buy a new cup of coffee, uses the money to purchase explosives and then blows up the coffee house where the Italian, the Frenchman, the Chinese, the German and the Russian are all trying to explain to the Israeli that he should give away his cup of coffee to the Palestinian so there will be peace.
Per capita is a term used by racist white people who are trying to hide the crimes of white people. Can’t wait till you learn the same characteristics you hate in blackmen are the ones you claim white men should have
Some people are so stupid I have no common ground upon which I can even communicate with them.
While barely qualified to convert O2 into CO2, these same people are encouraged to vote. I just want to retreat to my underground bunker in Idaho and prepare for when his type does an imitation of the zombie apocalypse.
At first, I thought it was serious post. As I started writing up my comments, I looked a little deeper. Her bio says:
Dr. with a PhD in gender studies, global climate crisis advocate. Trans Rights are human rights. R word.
Why am I not surprised… Wait a minute. Here are some more posts:
School is coming back, this semester I am teaching the kids about their gender identity and how they don’t need to be bullied into accepting binary lies.
If you have any ideas for activities, please let me know. It’s for years 2-5.
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White people make me sick. You’re all so damn racist.
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Why is MAGA so mad at a gay couple having a baby?
The baby needs to be taught not to be so bigoted and just accept the world has changed.
Okay. That settles it. It is a parody account. You got me. Poe’s Law strikes again.
Less than 30 years later, they’re being arrested for Facebook posts.
That’s not “safety.” That’s the speed of tyranny once a government knows its citizens can’t push back.
When people are disarmed, the state no longer fears the people. And when governments have zero fear of the people, they do whatever the hell they want.
Maybe. It is plausible. Especially so, since this joke has more than a little truth to it:
A man had three beautiful girlfriends but didn’t know which one to marry. As a test, he decided to give each woman $5,000 to see how they would spend it. The first girlfriend went out and got herself a complete makeover, She told him, “I spent the money so I could look pretty for you because I love you so much.”
The second went shopping and bought the man new golf clubs, an iPad and an 80-inch flatscreen television. She said, “I bought these gifts for you because I love you so much.
The third woman took the $5,000 and invested it in the stock market, doubled her investment, returned $5,000 to the man and reinvested the rest. She said,”I am investing the rest of the money for our future because I love you so much,
The man thought long and hard about how each of his girlfriends had spent the money, and then he decided to marry the one with the biggest tits.
I wonder what it means for penis size if someone is both a white nationalist and a gun owner. Of course, these sorts of things really tell us more about the idiots claiming there is a correlation between the two and the target of their insults.
A few weeks ago, Barb and I were in Paris to meet the boyfriend (and probable fiancée) of my stepdaughter Maddy. We stumbled upon this strange structure:
I don’t really know what is for. But it is cool looking.
