Typically, counterinsurgency requires at least an overwhelming advantage of conventional forces over insurgents (some estimates are as high as 10 or 20 to 1).
John Robb
2007
Page 79 in Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization
Good to know. See also Boots on the Ground.
This is a great book.
Via a tweet from Chuck Petras @Chuck_Petras.
Australian tried hiding guns in a secret bunker pic.twitter.com/jB5cVIjkV7
— Nevada Memes før Liberty (@1864Memes) February 16, 2023
I wish I had a secret unground bunker complete with a shooting range. It would be tough to keep it secret though.
Via a tweet from Chuck Petras @Chuck_Petras.
Leaked ATF Docs Reveal ‘Aggressive’ Push To Shut Down Gun Stores
Under the Biden Administration, ATF has changed its focus from regulating the gun industry to destroying it by whatever means possible—eliminating access to firearms by putting as many gun dealers as possible out of business.
There was at least a 200% increase in FFL revocations since enactment of ATF’s Zero Tolerance policy. Of course, license revocations are a lengthy process, and this number almost certainly will continue to increase. Compare Biden’s Zero Tolerance policy to ATF’s prior policy:
Zero Tolerance: “ATF will revoke a federal firearms license, absent extraordinary circumstances on initial violations.”
Prior Guidance: “ATF may revoke a federal firearms license under appropriate circumstances based on an initial set of violations.
Even worse, ATF is using a history of good behavior and compliance with federal law against FFLs. Under Biden’s Zero Tolerance, now even a history of compliance, followed by a single unintentional mistake, may be used as proof of a so-called “willful” violation.
I hope they kept good records of all the people involved in this. And I hope the people responsible enjoy their trials.
Long term, I have hope the ATF will be found to be unconstitutional in regards to the regulation of firearms. Where in the history and tradition of the 2nd Amendment prior to, or at the time of, the 14th Amendment did such an agency and function exist?
There are numerous potential ways to reduce the risk of mass murders at schools. But to the best of my knowledge there is one way that, for all practical purposes, reduces the risk to zero: As I have said before, eliminate the massing of students in one place.
But, since you almost never hear this offered as a solution one must conclude the vast majority of people have something else as a higher priority that stopping these mass murders.
The political left dances in the blood at these events. So, I understand why they aren’t all that serious about stopping them. But what about those of other political persuasions?
President Joe Biden appears to have run out of time to pass a ban on so-called “assault weapons.”
Not only has he lost control of Congress, where he had focused his legislative efforts to stop the sales of modern sporting rifles, but he is losing the support of the public in his bid to take away the most popular firearm ever.
In the latest Quinnipiac University poll, 48% oppose Biden’s ban, 47% support it. While obviously the nation is split, the numbers do not show the overwhelming support that the president and liberal democrats have been banking on.
Paul Bedard
February 17, 2023
Biden misfire: Majority turns against ‘assault weapons’ ban
The courts being in our favor is a bigger short term obstacle. In the long term, it is public opinion that will allow us to hold on to our freedoms.
Continue to come out of the closet, take new shooters to the range, and be a person the public is comfortable with possessing firearms.
This doesn’t make sense to me:
Exclusive-Discover to enable tracking of purchases at gun retailers from April
Discover Financial Services, a provider of credit cards, told Reuters it will allow its network to track purchases at gun retailers come April, making it the first among its peers to move ahead with the initiative aimed at helping authorities probe gun-related crimes.
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“We remain focused on continuing to protect and support lawful purchases on our network while protecting the privacy of cardholders,” Discover said in its statement to Reuters.
How can they track purchases while protecting cardholders? My primary hypothesis is they are counting on gun owners to believe a lie.
Pay cash when you can and use Virtual Cards when you can’t.
We have been to the legislature in Idaho, we have a lot of support in legislature in Idaho for this idea. They see the benefit of bringing 400,000 like-minded people into their state. It makes Idaho stronger; it gives people the government they want and it’s a win-win for everybody involved.
Matt McCaw
Spokesman for the Greater Idaho Movement.
January 15, 2023
Oregon state senator introduces bill to give 65% of Beaver State to Idaho, after conservative residents of 11 counties voted to join its GOP-voting neighbor
With the extreme anti-gun climate in Western Oregon I am certain the movement will continue to be an attractive solution to the eastern Oregon counties.
CSPOA claims to eschew racist ideology, but in fact its leaders embrace racist and white nationalist ideologies. The growing “constitutional sheriffs” movement intends to increase the risk of conflict between local law enforcement and federal authorities. The movement is animated by the deeply flawed and ahistorical view that county sheriffs hold ultimate law-enforcement authority in each individual county outranking federal and state authority. This deeply flawed and legally incorrect analysis holds that the superiority of county authority is deeply rooted in Anglo-American law. The anti-democratic ideas and quasi-legal theories propounded by the CSPOA and embedded in Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinances have their origins in the writings of William Potter Gale, who founded the posse comitatus movement in the 1960s. They also have their origins in the writings of the Aryan Nation, an antisemitic, white supremist group.
The premise of such writings is the antisemitic and racist conspiracy theory that Jews are at the heart of America’s problems, that people of color are unwitting pawns to be manipulated by one side or the other, and that zealots must prepare for a final battle in the last days. The proponents of these ideas claim that a cabal of elites or globalists (code words for Jews) in the UN, or the fictional New World Order or Zionist Occupational Government, manipulate our federal government and, by extension, state governments.
James C Egan
Judge Oregon Court of Appeals
February 15, 2023
Concurring opinion to Board of Cty. Comm. of Columbia Cty. v. Rosenblum
Via email from Mike B. See also OREGON JUDGED CALLS SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY RACIST, ANTI-Semitic – Oregon Firearms Federation
I find it very telling that the judge believes that if the proponent of a concept was a racist, white supremist, then anyone who also believes the concept is also a racist, white supremist. Does that mean that all people who believe women should have the right to vote are also women? Or all people who believe interracial marriage should be legal are also in an interracial relationship? Or if the originators of the hypothesis that the earth is a sphere, instead of flat, was homosexual all people who currently believe the earth is a sphere are also homosexual?
The judge is not only is the judges opinion “a lie and defamatory” as stated by OFF, it is a indicator of irrational thought. The belief he can read the minds of others.
Now it seems Biden and his anti-gun handlers are trying to expand the “confusion” to include any semi-automatic, not just popular rifles that happen to look like the fully automatic rifles used in the military. This apparent intent to expand “confusion” is supported by Biden’s desire to ban 9mm semi-autos, arguably the most popular type of handgun purchased by law-abiding citizens for self-defense. It is also supported by Biden implying that anyone who owns a semi-auto—the vast majority whom are law-abiding gun owners—is “sick.”
NRA-ILA
February 13, 2023
Biden’s Meandering, Sometimes Incoherent, SOTU Inevitably Includes Attack on 2A
This is what they think of you. They think you are easily confused by firearm technology and that if you own a semi-auto you are sick.
Ironic, huh?
How to know you triggered your critic into cognitive dissonance:
- Changes topic
- Goes ad hominem
- Mind-reading
- Word salad
- Uses analogy in place of reason
- Insists it is “complicated” and can’t be summarized
- The “So….” tell (indicates a straw man coming)
As soon as you detect one of the seven tells for cognitive dissonance, excuse yourself from the conversation. You can’t deprogram someone via reason.
Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays
Tweeted (and here) on February 7, 2023
Does this sound familiar?
It’s impossible to talk about your dick because words don’t exist at the Planck level
Grandma Canada @Grandma_Canada
Tweeted on December 10, 2022
It’s not only another Markley’s Law Monday, it is another science denier!
I’d give her some bonus points for originality and knowledge of what a Planck length is. But one doesn’t need word length to match the size of the object being discussed.
Baltimore City’s math scores were the lowest in the state. Just 7 percent of third through eighth graders tested proficient in math, which means 93 percent could not do math at grade level.
But that’s not all; Project Baltimore combed through the scores at all 150 City Schools where the state math test was given.
Project Baltimore found, in 23 Baltimore City schools, there were zero students who tested proficient in math. Not a single student.
Chris Papst
February 6, 2023
23 Baltimore schools have zero students proficient in math, per state test results
This is so bizarre to me.
I find it difficult to believe any of the following hypothesis to explain these results:
I’m left with, “This is deliberate.” Could it be some sort of “Math is racist” thing is going on? What could be the motivation? Creating an “army” of non-thinking drones for welfare and votes?
Being the most talkative person in the room may be a good way to get people’s attention, but it doesn’t necessarily mean you have the best ideas.As a neuroscientist, I’ve worked with large companies like Google and Deloitte on how to attract and retain top talent, and I’ve found that employers tend to favor extroverts.
But there are some surprising strengths that introverts bring to the table, and they shouldn’t be overlooked.
Friederike Fabritius
February 7, 2023
A neuroscientist shares the 4 ‘highly coveted’ skills that set introverts apart: ‘Their brains work differently’
This could be the theme of my entire career. I clean up the messes of the incompetent extroverts who then get the promotions.
A couple of years ago someone who is not an engineer, never been an engineer, and never will be an engineer (lacking in math ability as well as some other things that are beyond them) was given a position as Principal Engineer that I also applied for. I asked HR, “How did they even get past the resume screening? They didn’t meet any of the ‘required qualifications’ and only partially meet two of the ‘qualifications’.” At my manager’s request, I had WRITTEN most of those qualifications around my skill set. HR assured me that the best candidate had received the promotion because, “This position requires someone who is well known.”
A Principal Engineer requires someone who is, “Well known”? But they are not required to have any engineering skills or do any engineering?” Being “well known” was not even hinted at in the qualifications for the job.
I was so upset at this I terminated the conversation. There was no point in further discussion with someone like this and I was not in any state of mind to talk without high risk of saying something which was “career limiting”.
Today I received notification of my yearly salary, bonus, and other compensation changes. No promotion. I’ve been in the same position for almost eight years with nothing but high verbal praise but not a single promotion. Being constantly called the team’s ‘Q’ (as in the James Bond movies) is nice, but I would rather be promoted. I’ve seen interns promoted to my job title in half that time. They were decent engineers, female, young, and, of course, extroverts.
In the end, we will be okay. The economy might crash, but in fundamentals we’re okay. Even manufacturing is reviving, even if it’s doing so in American fashion: fewer workers needed, less expense, more production, more profit.
We will be okay. Might “crash” in externals and structure for a while, before coming back, though. Same with the rest of our symptoms.
But we’re the majority. And we’ve already won.
The mop up is going to hurt like a b*tch.
But be not afraid. We got this.
In the end we win, they lose.
Because 2+2=4.
Sarah Hoyt
February 8, 2023
DOING THE ARITHMETIC
The post is about socialism and communism. I think she has things figured out as well as anyone.
A federal law prohibiting marijuana users from possessing firearms is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Oklahoma has concluded, citing last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that significantly expanded gun rights.
Nate Raymond
February 6, 2023
Ban on marijuana users owning guns is unconstitutional, U.S. judge rules
If one gun law were to bite the dust every day we would be down to the number where we should have always been in about 55 years. That’s slower than I would like but the up side is the slow torture for the anti-gun people.
Quote of the day:
Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
There is overwhelming evidence to support this assertion.
It is willful ignorance. They are stupid on purpose. By not knowing how things work, they can propose the silliest things and still pat themselves on the back for “doing something.” Gun laws don’t care about history, reality, or even basic physics. Usually the stuff they propose will actually be backwards and make the problem they supposedly want to fix worse. That’s a feature to them, not a bug. Because as long as the problem keeps getting worse they can keep voting themselves more power and authority.
Larry Correia
January 21, 2023
Gun Wars: An Interview with Larry Correia
This interview is about Correia’s book, .
I have a copy. This is a book to read, loan out, and give to others.
Dr. Nicole Prause (@nicoleprause@qoto.org) @NicoleRPrause
Tweeted on December 5, 2022
[It’s not only another Markley’s Law Monday, it is another science denier! Well, that is a little bit of an exaggeration in this case. There wasn’t actually a debate on gun ownership in the context of this post.
You would think that, as a penis size preference researcher, she would know penises have nothing to do with gun ownership.—Joe]
