Quote of the day—Roger T. Benitez

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The result is that any law-abiding citizen may lose his liberty, and (not ironically) his Second Amendment rights, as a result of exercising his constitutional right to keep and bear arms if the arm falls within the complicated legal definition of an “assault weapon.” If ever the existence of a state statute had a chilling effect on the exercise of a constitutional right, this is it.

Roger T. Benitez
United States District Judge
September 23, 2020
James Miller, et al., v. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, et al.
[Chilling effect!!

This is awesome! It’s an infringement upon a specific enumerated right if it causes a “chilling effect” upon the exercise of that right. This has long been the case for First Amendment infringement law but it wasn’t until 2018 in Illinois that I saw it applied to a Second Amendment case.

This is paving the highway to throwing out most of the stupid gun laws in this nation. Licensing, gun and gun owner registration, and even background checks could get eventually thrown out if we approach this incrementally.—Joe]

Grass Roots North Carolina has just made your weekend!

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John Richardson of No Lawyers – Only Guns and Money has a post  about:

a peaceful demonstration in Raleigh on Saturday starting at 10am outside the Wake County Department of Public Safety.

I won’t be attending but if you live in the area please consider contributing your time.

Update: From the comments…

It’s been cancelled because of civil unrest coupled with the NC law against being armed at a protest. We can’t defend ourselves against the mob if they show up on the first Saturday after the Breonna Taylor grand jury report.

Sean D Sorrentino

Why Carry a Gun?

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Via Bobbie Panelli but it can be found many other places as well:

Why Carry a Gun?

My old Grandpa said to me, “Son, there comes a time in every man’s life when he stops bustin’ knuckles and starts bustin’ caps and usually it’s when he becomes too old to take a whipping.

I don’t carry a gun to kill people; I carry a gun to keep from being killed.

I don’t carry a gun because I’m evil; I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the World.

I don’t carry a gun because I hate the government; I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.

I don’t carry a gun because I’m angry; I carry a gun so that I don’t have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.

I don’t carry a gun because I want to shoot someone; I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.

I don’t carry a gun to make me feel like a man; I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.

I don’t carry a gun because I feel inadequate; I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.

I don’t carry a gun because I love it; I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.

Police protection is an oxymoron: Free citizens must protect themselves because police do not protect you from crime; they just come after something has happened, investigate the crime to see what happened, and then call someone in to clean up the mess.

Personally, I carry a gun because I’m too young to die and too old to take a whoopin’!

Quote of the day—Gerry

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Any candidate who says, ”I am coming to take your (FILL IN THE BLANK)” doesn’t deserve your vote.

The job does not entitle that person to confiscate wealth or property from anyone. Does not matter if it’s guns, books, land or someone’s business.

Gerry
September 18, 2020
Comment to Quote of the day—David Harsanyi
[More that that! They probably deserve prosecution.—Joe]

Kyle Rittenhouse – The Truth in 11 minutes

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Via The Dailywire:

See also this article from yesterday.

There are only a few days left to sign the petition urging the White House to prosecute the district attorneys who charged Rittenhouse. I know it’s unlikely the DAs will prosecuted even if enough signatures are obtained. And I know 99,148 signatures in the remaining days is next to impossible. But, please, sign it anyway.

The more signatures we get the closer we are to normalizing the prosecution of those who use the power of government to implement a terrible injustice. These DAs are clearly attempting to cast a chilling effect upon the specific enumerated right to keep and bear arms. They, and others like them, must face justice. Help normalize the prosecution of these criminals. Sign the petition.

Quote of the day—Reza Aslan @rezaaslan

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Been a few days since I tweeted that if GOP try to jam a SCOTUS thru B4 election we burn the fucking thing down & since the death threats & Breitbart headlines about my tweet have now stopped let me just say that if GOP try to jam SCOTUS through we burn the fucking thing down.

Reza Aslan @rezaaslan
Aslan is a tenured Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside and serves on the board of trustees for the Chicago Theological Seminary and The Yale Humanist Community.
Tweeted on September 21, 2020
[Just one more example of the inherent violent nature of the political left.

It is also very telling about their lack of respect for the constitution and rule of law.

He’s actually toned it down from last year.—Joe]

The plans of the enemy

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Attributed to various sources and it may be the true author will never been known:

You Trumpsters better pray that liberals never gain control of the WH again because we are going to pay you back so fucking hard for all of this shit. Planned Parenthoods on every damn corner. We’re going to repaint Air Force One, pussy hat pink and fly it over your beloved Bible Belt 6 days a week, tossing birth control pills, condoms, and atheist literature from the cockpit. We’re going to tax your mega churches so bad Joel Olsteen will need to get a job at Chik Fil A to pay his light bill. Speaking of Chik Fil A, we’re buying all those and giving them to any LGBTQ you sick cult leaders tortured with conversion therapy. Have fun with your new menu you bigoted fucks. Try the McPence. It’s a boiled, unseasoned chicken breast that you have to eat in the closet with your mother. ALL parks will be renamed Rosa Parks asap. We’re replacing Confederate statues with BLM leaders and Mexican immigrants. Every single public school will be renamed after a child that was kidnapped by this regime. And after we fumigate the WH, we’re repainting the whole thing rainbow. Fox News will be taken over and turned into a family refugee shelter. We’re turning Hannity’s office into a giant unisex bathroom with changing tables and free tampons. And every single time a Trumpster complains about any of the changes, we’re adding an openly gay character to a Disney movie.

It’s good to know the rules of the game as played by the enemy. The constitution is irrelevant.

Prepare accordingly.

Quote of the day—MTHead

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Japan made the same mistake in thinking we could be bullied. They got nuked.
Truth be known. Were just waiting for our wife’s to tell us it’s OK.

MTHead
September 20, 2020
Comment to Quote of the day—Jaime Huffman
[I suspect it’s a little more complicated than that. At least it is for most people. Still, I can see that being a prerequisite. And I would change “wife” to “spouse” if not even broader.—Joe]

2020 Democrats should listen to 2016 Democrats #FillThatSeat

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MTHead said:

Does it really matter what Gibbering Joe says anymore? No one on either side is really listening to him for actual content.

I say, “Yes, it matters.” When someone says something to the effect of, “The Senate should wait for the new president.” It seems to me an effective counter to that is, “Joe Biden disagrees with you.”

But, I’m willing to not push the point. How about a bunch of democrats in addition to Joe Biden? Doesn’t that matter?

Via Donald Trump Jr.:

Quote of the day—Joe Biden

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I made it absolutely clear, that I would go forward with the confirmation process as chairman. Even a few months before presidential election.

…

Just as the constitution requires.

Joe Biden
U.S. Vice President
2016
[Good to know both candidates are in agreement with this. So, this shouldn’t be an issue then.—Joe]

Defeat gun control

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Via 3Gunner @3GunCompetitor:

DefeatGunControl

And as one of my high school teachers (Andy, who old Orofino Maniacs will remember) was fond of pointing out, in sports if you score one point it takes two to beat it. In this case scoring one point requires three to beat it.

Quote of the day—F Riehl

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Hang on to your guns and ammo it is gonna be a wild ride.

F Riehl
September 18, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies, Just as President Trump Releases His List of SCOTUS Judges
[Agreed.—Joe]

Quote of the day—Jaime Huffman

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Rip RBG. Just when we thought 2020 couldn’t get more politically charged.

Jaime Huffman
September 18, 2020
Via text message.
[This is how I found out RBG died.

A few minutes later she also sent me a screen shot of Mitch McConnell’s statement on the passing of Justice Ginsburg. Here is the text (emphasis added):

The Senate and the nation mourn the sudden passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the conclusion of her extraordinary American life.

Justice Ginsburg overcame one personal challenge and professional barrier after another. She climbed from a modest Brooklyn upbringing to a seat on our nation’s highest court and into the pages of American history. Justice Ginsburg was thoroughly dedicated to the legal profession and to her 27 years of service on the Supreme Court. Her intelligence and determination earned her respect and admiration throughout the legal world, and indeed throughout the entire nation, which now grieves alongside her family, friends, and colleagues.

***

In the last midterm election before Justice Scalia’s death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president’s second term. We kept our promise. Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.

By contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise.

President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.

“Politically charged” is an understatement. I expect the police and fire departments will soon be earning overtime for the foreseeable future.

I wonder if the list of 20 names of potential Supreme Court nominees President Trump released nine days ago was based on insider knowledge of Justice Ginsburg’s health status.

All is in accordance with prophecy.—Joe]

Random thought of the day

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American cooking utilizes spices to add variety to the food.

Indian cooking utilizes food to add variety to the spices.

Quote of the day—David Harsanyi

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It’s … authoritarian looking to a lot of people when you say “I’m going to come to your house and take your gun.” 

David Harsanyi
Senior Writer, National Review
September 14, 2020
Confessions of a New Gun Owner (video starting at 4:08).
[Via email from Paul K.

It’s more than “authoritarian looking”. It’s authoritarian.—Joe]

Quote of the day—Larry Correia

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You guys know why Europeans have such ridiculous ideas about what America is like? It’s because we don’t have an American news media. We have a New York City news media, with some affiliates in LA and DC.

The people who present our image to the world are the most vapid, sheltered, narcissistic, pseudo-intellectual, snoots in the entire country. They seldom venture outside of their neighborhoods and their entire understanding of the rest of their nation is nothing but a big bag or stereotypes and projected neuroses.

Of course other countries have dumb ideas about what America is like. The Americans telling them about America don’t know what America is like either.

Larry Correia
September 15, 2020
Posted on Facebook
[Another contributing factor is that, at least from my personal observation, those who picked a career in journalism are far from the sharpest knives in the drawer.—Joe]

Quote of the day—Mollie @MZHemingway

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The terrifying mob has moved to the book burning phase.

Mollie @MZHemingway
Tweeted on June 6, 2020
[This was in reference The “decolonize your bookshelf” stuff in the QOTD from yesterday.

Also related is the QOTD of Christian Johann Heinrich Heine

Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.

Read the previous link for more thoughts on why this conclusion is more than a coincidence.—Joe]

Quote of the day—Juan Vidal

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You may have seen the phrase “decolonize your bookshelf” floating around. In essence, it is about actively resisting and casting aside the colonialist ideas of narrative, storytelling, and literature that have pervaded the American psyche for so long.

If you are white, take a moment to examine your bookshelf. What do you see? What books and authors have you allowed to influence your worldview, and how you process the issues of racism and prejudice toward the disenfranchised? Have you considered that, if you identify as white and read only the work of white authors, you are in some ways listening to an extension of your own voice on repeat? While the details and depth of experience may differ, white voices have dominated what has been considered canon for eons.

Juan Vidal
June 6, 2020
Your Bookshelf May Be Part Of The Problem
[I think nearly all of “the problem” is that too many people see issues in terms of skin color, ethnic origin, or some other “tribal identity”. Issues should be addressed at an individual level.

For example, if the police are illegally using lethal force then prosecute them on the basis of each individual illegal act. If (and I’m not conceding the truth or falsity of this) the evidence says the police do have a bias toward using the illegal use of lethal force against a particular skin color, it just doesn’t matter. Treat each case on it’s merits. The law is color/”tribal identity” blind and the application of it should, nay, must be blind as well.—Joe]

Quote of the day—Benjamin Crump

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But when a young white supremacist shot and killed two peaceful protestors, local law enforcement and National Guardsmen allowed him to walk down the street with his assault weapon.

Benjamin Crump
Attorney for Jacob Blake
August 27, 2020
‘Jacob Blake didn’t pose any threat:’ Attorney releases statement after DOJ said knife found after shooting
[How many lies can you find in just this one sentence? With so much evidence of an untruthful character packed into just one sentence how could anyone believe anything else he said?

Also, it would appear, Kyle Rittenhouse has the opportunity for another libel suit here.—Joe]

Quote of the day—Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays

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What is the plan for eliminating Antifa once our elected leaders give up? We should have a backup plan for the ground game.

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays
Tweeted on September 6, 2020
[There are lots of suggestions in response.

My favorite:

Simple. Unrestricted law enforcement. Let LEOs do their job, and force Prosecuters to mandate jail time. The legal system is a great deterrent when applied properly.

ruco @ruco_mon
Tweeted on September 6, 2020

My nomination for best troll:

Killer two part plan, Scott:

1. Get the cops to stop murdering unarmed people.
2. Get white supremacists to stop holding rallies.

I promise you, you would never get a whiff of antifa again.

a foog @FoogInc
Tweeted on September 6, 2020

My nomination for most innovative:

Marshall law, shutting down the democratic communist party, letting the military run former democratic cities and states whilst teaching their population what Democracy is. Just like they did very successfully in post war Germany and Japan.

Yonatan Yahav @YahavYonatan
Tweeted on September 6, 2020

My nomination for most impractical but made me laugh:

Wall them off, and record the aftermath via drones. Make it required study material for future generations.

Mark Zigzag Chapman @ZigzagChapman20
Tweeted on September 6, 2020

My nomination for best sound bite:

Hollow points win over talking points any day of the week.

Shemtov @Shemtov10
Tweeted on September 6, 2020

My nomination for most oxymoronic:

Extinction Rebellion and antifa losers that get arrested for minor crimes should be forced to volunteer in 3rd world countries like South Africa…

Christopher Gaska @ChristopherTodd
Tweeted on September 6, 2020

My nomination for the longest range:

LongrangeAntifaPlan

Make California Red Again ????  @6lackelonmusk
Tweeted on September 6, 2020

Any better ideas?—Joe]