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How Are All Those Gun Laws Working Out for You?

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More than 100 rounds were fired in a shooting in West Seattle Sunday at approximately 9 p.m., spanning several blocks.

FRANK SUMRALL
March 31, 2025
More than 100 rounds fired in West Seattle shooting

Washington State has some of the most oppressive gun laws in the country. And Seattle keeps trying to make them more oppressive. This is even though the state has a firearms law preemption statute.

And yet, they have a terrible crime problem. In terms of crime, the state is number two in the nation. If the legislature was rational, they would realize they gun laws are not helping. If they were open to reason, they would remove gun laws and make it easier for people to defend themselves. That is, assuming they were attempting to make citizens safer with all the gun restrictions. One must now conclude one of these is incorrect:

  1. The safety of Washington State citizens is the objective of the oppressive gun laws.
  2. The legislature is rational.
  3. The legislature is open to reason.

I’m inclined to believe 1. is incorrect. The data is just so overwhelmingly against it.

The laws are so numerous and burdensome that I don’t even consider buying a new gun in Washington. I can legally purchase in either Idaho or Washington, so I’m just going to give any new gun money to dealers in Idaho.

What Did You Expect?

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Be careful friends, the racist homophobes with erectile dysfunction are out in force today.

David Leavitt šŸŽ²šŸŽ®šŸ§™ā€ā™‚ļøšŸŒˆ šŸ”œ #PaxEast @David_Leavitt
Posted on X, May 20, 2024

Itā€™s not only anotherĀ Markleyā€™s LawĀ Monday; it isĀ another science denierĀ (see alsoĀ here)!

Leavitt started the thread with:

Ban assault rifles not books
Ban assault rifles not voting rights
Ban assault rifles not gay marriage
Ban assault rifles not abortion
Ban assault rifles not TikTok
Ban assault rifles not trans rights
Ban assault rifles not women’s rights
Ban assault rifles not the day after pill

Don’t ever let anyone get away with telling you that no one wants to take your guns.

And in yet another example of Markley’s Law he had no choice but demonstrate the best they can do in defense of their beliefs is childish insults. What else could you expect?

Hypocrite Wants Your Guns

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Cory Booker has never met a gun control law he didnā€™t like. He has supported all kinds of gun grabbing proposals, the stricter the better. Yet, it is now revealed that Mr. Batts, described as a ā€˜special assistantā€™ to Booker, often accompanies him to events.

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Itā€™s time the senator should understand that whatā€™s good for Cory ought to be good for the entire country. Armed personal protection is a right of the people, not a privilege of political office.

Alan Gottlieb
CCRKBA Chairman
April 1, 2025
ARREST OF ARMED STAFFER SHOWS SEN. CORY BOOKER AN ANTI-GUN HYPOCRITE | Citizens Committee For The Right To Keep And Bear Arms

As many people have frequently said, “They don’t want to get rid of all guns. They just want to get rid of our guns.”

I hope he gets a chance to enjoy his trial.

Which Box?

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All this leftist blather about protecting ā€œdemocracyā€ is self serving nonsense, they care nothing about freedom or the rights of the citizens. And Europistan has absolutely no fear of their citizens or what they might want. In America, they seemed to tread a bit more gently trying lawfare more.

I wonder what the difference could be?

Give me a 2ndā€¦.Iā€™ll ponder on it.

Sheila Stokes
April 3, 2025
Killing Freedom To Save ā€œDemocracyā€ | The Zelman Partisans

The ballot box seems to have helped reverse the trend here as well. But I have to wonder if, behind the scenes, the threat of the cartridge box was shoring up the ballot box.

British Government Confirms Malign Intent

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The efforts to shut down social media are completely ridiculous and bound to fail, like people imagining in the 17th century during the pamphlet wars that they could somehow de-invent the printing press. It’s just not going to happen. But efforts to do so, government efforts to crack down on social media, just serve to confirm people’s belief that these are people who have the modus operandi of Big Brother, that there is a malign intent there.

David Betz
February 12, 2025
Column on the National Question

Via a comment by Hank Archer.

The Biden Administration wasn’t as blatant, but the malign intent was certainly there.

NICS Has Been Weaponized

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What you might not expect is an FBI agent receiving a ping that you ā€“ yes, you ā€“ just successfully bought a gun. And you might be surprised to learn that this agent has been receiving notifications of your purchases for months ā€“ or years.

Of course, such a surveillance scheme would be flatly unconstitutional ā€“ not to mention a violation of several safeguards already codified in federal law. Yet slowly but surely, the government has been building a record of the private collections of thousands of American citizens, even though federal law expressly prohibits that “any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or dispositions” be established.

Of course, even though they are being monitored, these victims remain law-abiding, meaning the government has no probable cause to justify seeking a warrant authorizing such a search in the first place.

Now, Gun Owners of America has discovered that the FBI has been using its Second Amendment surveillance program not only to enforce federal law, but also to help California target owners of newly banned “assault weapons.”

Gun Owners of America
April 1, 2025
FBI Weaponizes Background Checks To Enforce California Gun Ban | ZeroHedge

Ultimately, the NICS checks need to be done away with. They are unconstitutional, and, at best, of no value in enhancing public safety. And a strong case can be made that they are counterproductive to public safety (see also JPFO on GCA68).

Interesting Conclusion

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Thereā€™s a decent chance this shit comes down to the bullet box in the next few years. Liberals need to get over their aversion to guns and arm up.

T
March 31, 2025
Comment to Albuquerque GOP Headquarters Torched in Early Morning Fire, Feds and Local Authorities Investigate – ABQ RAW

So… The Republication Headquarters is destroyed by an arsonist, and someone in support of the criminal behavior concludes more opponents of Republicans need to “arm up”. That is a little weird. Apparently, they are not a fan of democracy. They are not getting their way via the ballet box and are ready to go to the cartridge box.

That sounds like we have ourselves a suspect in the arson case. And if that doesn’t work out there is the terrorist watch list.

Make Tyranny at Scale Costly

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Remember:

A well-armed people make tyranny at scale significantly more costly.

Firearms Policy Coalition @gunpolicy
Posted on X, February 22, 2025

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Overwhelmed by Facts and Logic

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I get it now. Sorry.

A whole bunch of tiny-dicked guys NEED to compensate by owning big boom sticks. But big boom sticks hurt your delicate little ears. Makes perfect sense now.

Allen Butler @ButlerStuff
Posted on X, May 9, 2024

Itā€™s not only anotherĀ Markleyā€™s LawĀ Monday; it isĀ another science denierĀ (see alsoĀ here)!

This was in response to Senator Seeks to Remove Suppressors from NFA Regulation – The Truth About Guns. Initially Butler said, “No civilian has any need for a damn silencer!” Then, a few hours later after getting completely ratioed in the responses, he came up with today’s QOTD.

Childish insults. It is what you do when are overwhelmed by facts and logic.

The Three Pillars of Communism

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The three Pillars of Communism are lying, stealing, and murdering.

pkoning
March 22, 2025
Comment to Violence is Standard Practice

I have nothing to add.

I Wonder…

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March For Our Lives is slashing its employees and appointing a new leader.

The gun-control group announced it would cut ties with 13 of its 16 full-time staffers last week.

Stephen Gutowski
March 27, 2025
National Gun-Control Group Lays Off Most Staff | The Reload

I wonder, do they have a building which would be suitable for an indoor shooting range or at least a gun shop? I think it would be poetic justice.

Real justice would be their prosecution.

Stopping Active Shooters Better than the Police

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Youā€™d never know it from watching television, but civilians stop more active shooters than police and do so with fewer mistakes, according to new research from the Crime Prevention Research Center, where I serve as president. In non-gun-free zones, where civilians are legally able to carry guns, concealed carry permit holders stopped 51.5 percent of active shootings, compared to 44.6 percent stopped by police, CPRC found in a deep dive into active shooter scenarios between 2014 and 2023.

Not only do permit holders succeed in stopping active shooters at a higher rate, but law enforcement officers face significantly greater risks when intervening. Our research found police were nearly six times more likely to be killed and 17 percent more likely to be wounded than armed civilians.

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If we truly care about public safety, we should acknowledge the proven role that responsible gun owners play in stopping violent attacks ā€” rather than avoiding the truth for the sake of an anti-gun agenda.

John R. Lott, Jr.
March 11, 2025
Study: Concealed Carriers Stop Active Shooters Better Than Police

Of course. What else did you expect?

How Did This Happen?

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People need to learn to protect themselves instead of giving up their liberties to the government in exchange for a “sense of security.” Everyone dreams of a world without killing or murder, but there are those out there that wish harm on their fellow human beings. Disarming everyone on a college campus, or anywhere for that matter, only turns people into targets for a murderer like Cho.

Robert G. Ridgell
September 11, 2007
Letter: Gun control may not be the answer | Opinions | collegiatetimes.com

I don’t have anything to say about the content of today’s QOTD.

What I find most interesting is the date. This letter to the editor did not show up in my Google alerts until March 25, 2025.

How did this happen?

When I’m wearing my tin-foil hat, I can believe Google deliberately blocked pro-gun content from their indices. Then, recently, as the political winds changed direction, they decided to remove the restrictions, and the pro-gun content was indexed. The alert then fired.

When I take off the hat and look for other instances of old pro-gun articles showing up, I can’t readily find any.

Nuclear Escalation

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US intelligence has concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin may resort to nuclear escalation in the event of failures in the war, Bloomberg reports.

According to the media outlet, the warning about the possibility of Putin using nuclear weapons is included in the recent report from the Director of the US National Intelligence, published on March 25.

Kateryna Shkarlat
March 25, 2025
US intelligence suggests that Putin may use nuclear weapons: What is known

Progress on my underground bunker in Idaho is far too slow.

Democratic Party Favorability Rating at a New Low

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Former Clinton pollster Mark Penn said Friday on Fox News that crucial voter groups are fleeing the Democratic Party.

The Democratic Partyā€™s favorability rating plummeted to a new low of 29%, according to a CNN/SSRS poll conducted from March 6-9. During an appearance on ā€œHannity,ā€ Penn said he was shocked at the current state of the Democratic Party and said heā€™s never seen its rating this low in decades.

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Democrats have formed a resistance to oppose President Donald Trumpā€™s policies, specifically targeting the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, which has reduced federal agency workforces.

The creation of DOGE, which aims to cut government expenditures, has ignited fierce Democratic Party resistance, but it has also garnered significant support from the American populace.

Mariane Angela
March 22, 2025
Former Clinton Pollster Stunned as People Flee Democratic Party: ‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’

I have to wonder if these people are joining the Republican or Libertarian Parties, or the one of the Communist/Socialist/Marxist parties or just dropping out.

We live in interesting times.

Pathetic

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Iā€™m sorry about the micropeen, bud.

SoundsLegit @BBludau130
Posted on X, October 26, 2023

Itā€™s not only anotherĀ Markleyā€™s LawĀ Monday; it isĀ another science denierĀ (see alsoĀ here)!

This is just pathetic. We need a higher quality of troll to make things interesting. Give me a minute. I will probably make another post that is more interesting.

What Type of Sand?

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Reacting to a call by 14 perennially anti-gun House Democrats that President Donald Trump remove Kash Patel as acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms suggested the group ā€œpound sand.ā€

Ā Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
March 20, 2025
CCRKBA TO DEMS WANTING KASH PATEL REMOVED AS ATF DIRECTOR: POUND SAND

Preferably, sand that is an ore for one or more of the metals, copper, zinc, or lead. We need more ammunition.

Violence is Standard Practice

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Violence is standard practice for losing communists.

MTHead
March 20, 2025
Comment to Violence is Not Speech

I believe this is true. I also believe that you can strike out the word “losing” and be just as truthful.

Another Progressive with a Clue?

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Progressive-led cities like Seattle, Smith argues, are killing Democratsā€™ brand with fringe rhetoric and well-publicized failures on crime, drugs and homelessness.

And yet, Smith says, heā€™s seen ā€œa fierce resistance on the left side of the political spectrum to even consider the possibility that they should adjust some of their approaches.ā€

Smithā€™s crusade ā€” which has upset some local elected officials and activists ā€” is attracting national attention as Democrats debate why they lost and their best route out of the political wilderness.

After Trump defeated Kamala Harris in November, Smith told The Wall Street Journal ā€œthe extreme left is leading us into a ditch.ā€

In a recent New Yorker profile, Smith blamed his partyā€™s woes on the ā€œnew left,ā€ whose policies ā€œhave utterly and completely failed.ā€ He singled out King County for funding programs with a leftist bent, including one that describes its work as fighting ā€œcis-hetero patriarchyā€ and a move toward ā€œgetting rid of the criminal justice system.ā€

Jim Brunner and Daniel Beekman
March 19, 2025
Rep. Smithā€™s crusade against Democratsā€™ left wing gets attention, flak | The Seattle Times

Smith is my representative in the U.S. House. It appears he has a clue on at least a few topics. However, I don’t expect him to make a meaningful difference in their political direction. I’m seeing him and his colleagues in a future “ditch” of their own making. They just can’t help themselves.

Daily Ice Baths

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Rutgers Health researchers have made discoveries about brown fat that could pave the way for helping people stay physically fit as they age.

A team from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School found that mice lacking a specific gene developed an unusually potent form of brown fat tissue, which extended lifespan and increased exercise capacity by approximately 30%. The team is now working on a drug that could replicate these effects in humans.

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In the meantime, techniques such as deliberate cold exposure can increase brown fat naturally. Studies have found such efforts to produce short-term benefits that range from enhanced immune system function to improved metabolic health, but Vatner said none of the studies have run long enough to find any effect on healthful aging.

He added that most people would prefer to increase brown fat levels by taking pills rather than ice baths and is optimistic about translating the newest finding into an effective medication.

Rutgers University
March 17, 2025
Exercise in a Pill? Brown Fat Discovery May Extend Lifespan and Boost Fitness

Hmmm… I don’t think taxpayers should be subsidizing healthcare. But there doesn’t seem to be a good way out of it at this point. But this gives me an idea.

In order to receive taxpayer subsidized healthcare, I think people should engage in a healthy lifestyle. This would help to minimize their burden on taxpayers. No recreation drugs (this includes tobacco and alcohol). Healthy foods. At least moderate exercise. Wearing seat belts when traveling. Fire extinguishers in your home. Maintaining a healthy weight. No high-risk recreational activities. Etc., etc.

And now, there is another item we can add to the list of requirements!

One of the qualifications for subsidizes should be wearing no more clothes than that needed to prevent frostbite. Of course, this would require repealing all laws against public nudity. I don’t have a problem with that.

The alternative would be verification of their daily ice baths. I don’t have a problem with that either.