Quote of the day—Erich Pratt

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Just like we warned politicians after the Bruen decision, fall in line, or we will force you to. We are excited to see Kathy Hochul finally served a plate of humble pie, and we are fully prepared to continue the fight should she again attempt to disarm the citizens of her state at a time when her party’s policies are only escalating the danger that everyday citizens face.

Erich Pratt
Senior Vice President of Gun Owners of America
November 7, 2022
GOA DEFEATS NY “CONCEALED CARRY IMPROVEMENT ACT” IN FEDERAL COURT
[See also:

    This is happening a little faster than I expected.

    I’m anxiously awaiting some decisions on the “assault weapon” and “high capacity” magazine bans. The bans on 18 to 20 year-old gun ownership sales should show up about the same time. After that it is on to suppressors, short barreled rifles and shotguns, and, eventually, full autos. What a glorious time to be a gun rights activist!—Joe

    Quote of the day—@AmyRangel

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    It’s a micro penis thing, the bigger the gun the smaller the…

    You know

    ❤️ @AmyRangel
    Tweeted on July 17, 2022
    [It’s not only another Markley’s Law Monday, it is another science denier!

    You have to wonder about these people. Did she do her own research and come up with different results? Or is she just another bigoted science denier?

    Via a tweet from In Chains@InChainsInJail.—Joe]

    Quote of the day—Leonard Williamson

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    I don’t think you’ll find any precedent in U.S. history in which a citizen has to go through so many hoops to exercise Constitutional rights. This is the first of its kind and, if it passes, it will wind up in court.

    Leonard Williamson
    Oregon trial attorney who specializes in firearms law
    October 31, 2022
    Opponents Setting Out Unintended Consequences of Oregon’s Gun Control Measure
    [Via email from Rolf.

    I almost welcome this sort of crap. The more outrageous the restrictions on our specific enumerated rights the easier it is to establish precedence and create a slippery slope in the correct direction.

    Also, when the time comes, it will make it easier to get convictions.—Joe]

    Americans Ron Paul wants disarmed

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    Via JPFO | Jews for Preservation of Firearms Ownership @JPFO_2A:

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    After Ruby Ridge, Waco, and many other lesser known incidents, I cannot immediately think of any reason to oppose this proposal.

    Quote of the day—Kevin D. Williamson

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    Saul Cornell, who is a professor of history when he is not writing for Slate, is engaged in intellectual dishonesty. He claims, as I note below, that a 1964 study of firearms lethality says something that it does not say (and, indeed, that it could not say, given its date of publication) in the course of trying to make modern sporting rifles sound scary for cheap propaganda purposes. Saul Cornell knows that this is false, and I know that he knows this is false, because I have told him, and he has acknowledged the fact in emails to me. But the claim remains unretracted. Retracting the claim would mean admitting that the source he cites not only does not say what he says it says about AR-style rifles, but that it in fact does not say anything about those rifles at all.

    Honest mistakes happen all the time in journalism. This is not one of those. This is a fabrication.

    Kevin D. Williamson
    May 25, 2022
    A Little More Saul Cornell
    [Gun control supporters lie. It is part of their culture. It has always been this way. It will always be that way. Without lies they have no hope of winning a public debate.

    If you have the time to read it there is far more information and justification for the case of deliberate lies by Cornell.

    Respond appropriately.—Joe]

    Applied Intelligence Mentorship Program

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    I recently received this. It was paid for by my employer:

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    I already knew something about most of the material covered. But it was nice to get a refresh and some additional information.

    I keep thinking I should be able to apply this skill set to our advantage in the gun rights domain. I’ve even discussed it with people who work full time in the gun rights community. No good application is apparent to us.

    Perhaps I just haven’t been looking at the issue from the correct angle. Thoughts?

    Quote of the day—Michael Beschloss

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    A historian 50 years from now, if historians are allowed to write in this country and if there are still free publishing houses and a free press, which I’m not certain of. But if that is true, a historian will say, what was at stake tonight and this week was the fact whether we will be a democracy in the future, whether our children will be arrested and conceivably killed. We’re on the edge of a brutal authoritarian system, and it could be a week away.

    Michael Beschloss
    Presidential historian
    November 3, 2022
    NBC historian warns of a future where ‘our children will be arrested and conceivably killed’ if GOP wins
    [Interesting…

    Is this the same GOP which (sometimes) wants to:

    • Reduce government power
    • Require presidents to get approval of congress to change the law
    • Enable ordinary people to own and purchase weapons to protect themselves from individual criminals as well as criminal governments
    • Enable free speech on social media

    It would appear one or more of the following is true about Mr. Beschloss:

    1. He is living in an alternate reality and only makes guest appearances here
    2. He is using some military grade mind altering drugs
    3. He is deliberately engaged in a “The Big Lie” propaganda effort
    4. Hi is engaged in the projection of his and his fellow political travelers intentions toward the GOP.

    I considered adding “extreme hyperbola” to make a point, but multiplying realty by 10, 100, or 1,000 times only results in a larger vector pointing in the wrong direction from what he claims.

    This is the kind of rhetoric used to justify mass killings and even genocide.

    The election is only four days away. Prepare and respond appropriately.—Joe]

    Quote of the day—Julia Gorin

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    Sexual and psychological insecurities don’t account for ALL men against guns. Certainly there must be some whose motives are pure, who perhaps do care so much as to tirelessly look for policy solutions to teenage void and aggressiveness, and to parent and teacher negligence. But for a potentially large underlying contributor, psycho-sexual inadequacy has gone unexplored and unacknowledged. It’s one thing to not be comfortable with a firearm and therefore opt to not keep or bear one. But it’s another to impose the same handicap onto others.

    People are suspicious of what they do not know-and not only does this man not know how to use a gun, he doesn’t know the men who do, or the number of people who have successfully used one to defend themselves from injury or death. But he is better left in the dark; his life is hard enough knowing there are men out there who don’t sit cross-legged. That they’re able to handle a firearm instead of being handled by it would be too much to bear.

    Such a man is also best kept huddled in urban centers, where he feels safer than he might if thrown out on his own into a rural setting, in an isolated house on a quiet street where he would feel naked and helpless. Lacking the confidence that would permit him to be sequestered in sparseness, and lacking a gun, he finds comfort in the cloister of crowds.

    Julia Gorin
    March 8, 2002
    The anti-gun male
    [Via Don in a comment to Quote of the day—Glenn Harlan Reynolds.

    It turns out I have quoted from this article before. Read the whole thing.—Joe]

    Quote of the day—J.D. Tuccille

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    The theft of “thousands of firearms, firearm parts, and ammunition” from the federal body tasked with enforcing firearms regulations on the private sector is just further evidence that the ATF has no good excuse for existing. Like so many other government agencies, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives should be abolished, and its employees sent into the world to seek honest jobs in the private sector, if anybody will have them.

    J.D. Tuccille
    October 31, 2022
    ATF, Enforcer of Gun Laws, Lost ‘Thousands of Firearms, Firearm Parts’ to Thieves
    [I’ve met some inspectors that seem capable of honest work and could probably find a job in the private sector. I say, give them a shot at productive work which benefits society.

    Those obviously hostile to the exercise of the specific enumerated right to keep and bear arms? I hope they enjoy their trials.—Joe]

    Quote of the day—Chris Enloe

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    “As the first Mexican-born American Congresswoman, I thought the Hispanic Caucus would be open in working together,” Flores said Wednesday. “This denial once again proves a bias towards conservative Latinas that don’t fit their narrative or ideology.”

    …

    The caucus is composed entirely of Democrats, and its bylaws explicitly prohibit Republicans from membership.

    Chris Enloe
    Octotober 27, 2022
    First Mexican-born congresswoman denied membership in Hispanic caucus because she is a Republican
    [Someone has a problem with diversity.—Joe]

    The message was clear

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    Via Tracey, End of quote? @Tracey_T19:

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    And of course there was the BLM and Antifa riots, looting, killings, and arson.

    The message was clear. Violence and threats of violence were the political currency necessary and fully justified to get your way…. As long as it was the political left committing the crimes.

    Prepare and respond appropriately.

    Quote of the day—Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin

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    What’s interesting is that the people complaining about @elonmusk taking over Twitter have absolutely no reason to fear censorship, bans or shadowbanning. Their complaint is that other people won’t be censored.

    Says a lot.

    Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin
    Tweeted on October 28, 2022
    [It’s not quite that simple. Those people will tell you they fear “hate speech” and “bullying” will intimidate people from having their say.

    The thing is that what they think of as “hate speech” and “bullying” are frequently verifiable facts which they refuse to acknowledge.—Joe]

    Quote of the day—Ketchup dripping down the wall + Pink Lemonade @PinkLemonadePie

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    Yours is tiny too? I’m sorry. Did you two form a special small boys club?

    Ketchup dripping down the wall + Pink Lemonade @PinkLemonadePie
    Tweeted on July 6, 2022
    [It’s not only another Markley’s Law Monday, it is another science denier!

    Scott Adams could have been referring to Markley’s Law:

    AdHominenAttacks

    When they find out they have a losing hand they just double down with another childish insult against a full house of SCOTUS decisions.—Joe]

    Quote of the day—Glenn Harlan Reynolds

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    Guns, and their use, on the other hand, are pretty darn real. You can’t fire a shot now for “future use.” You can’t correct a mistake in a future edition. You can’t do a write-through on a bullet.

    What’s more, you can’t spin your way out of a mugging or a rape. Guns, simply by existing, are a reminder that there is another, more concrete world out there, one where reality is more fixed, and where actions have inescapable consequences, consequences that can’t be talked out of existence. I suspect that most journalists are threatened by this world, and perhaps by the sense that they wouldn’t do very well in such situations. Their hostility to guns is a way of dealing with insecurity and a form of denial fueled by performance anxiety: If you’re afraid you’re not up to protecting yourself or your family, you compensate by deriding the means of such protection. And, given that it’s a defense mechanism and journalists are herd animals, any colleague who disagrees is a threat who must be shouted down. (Unsurprisingly, of all the journalists I’ve dealt with, the folks at Popular Mechanics—where they write about real things with concrete consequences all the time— were the most comfortable with guns).

    If I’m right, then there’s not a lot gun enthusiasts can do to win over journalists in large numbers. You may change a mind or two, but most of them hold their opinions because doing so is less threatening to their self-esteem than agreeing with you. Those who wield a pen have a vested interest in believing that the pen is mightier than the sword. And apparently they’ve been that way at least since Mark Twain’s time.

    Glenn Harlan Reynolds
    August 2020
    Why So Many Media Members Are Opposed to Your Freedom
    [See also yesterday’s QOTD about insecurity and performance anxiety.

    I’ve read enough insider stories by fed up journalists and seen disconnected from reality reporting of gun events where I was there to know the national mainstream media is, almost without exception, delusional and/or evil. The primary exception is the Newsweek writer who attended Boomershoot (pictures here). But she had Stephanie Sailor “holding her hand” for a couple days and I’m sure that made a big difference.—Joe]

    Quote of the day—Sarah DiMuccio and Eric Knowles

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    The present research illuminates the impact of manhood threat on male aggression in the political domain—specifically, men’s adoption of political views that communicate toughness, forcefulness, and strength. Contrary to our original expectations, our data suggest that it is liberal —not conservative—men who engage in increased political aggression after experiencing threats to their masculinity. This finding has crucial implications for the future of gendered politics in the United States, as it suggests that right-wing candidates might benefit from media strategies designed to induce masculine insecurity among liberal men.

    Sarah DiMuccio and Eric Knowles
    October 21, 2022
    Something to Prove? Manhood Threats Increase Political Aggression Among Liberal Men
    [Via a tweet from Rolf Degen @DegenRolf.

    Interesting!

    This appears to be applicable to Markley’s Law. Liberals attack the masculinity of their political opponents because they view that as an extremely potent attack—as it would be against themselves. They are insecure about their manhood and they imagine the same of their political opponents.

    As frequently suspected, projection is strong with these people.—Joe]

    Quote of the day—Miranda Devine

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    That letter from the Dirty 51 had “all the classic earmarks” of a disinformation operation, all right — one designed to ensure Joe Biden won the presidency. And it was essentially a CIA operation, considering 43 of the 51 signatories were former CIA.

    In the two years since, not one of them has admitted they are wrong.

    David Priess at least gets marks for subjecting himself to a cross-examination on Fox News one recent afternoon. He tried to defend the letter by saying people were too stupid to understand it. The letter was “still true” because it did not use the words “Russian disinformation,” but concocted the weasel phrase “earmarks of a Russian information operation.”

    He knows perfectly well that Biden and the media drew no distinction, that the letter he signed was used to censor and deride The Post’s accurate story and deny the American people the truth about one of the two candidates for president.

    “It’s not my fault if people don’t look up definitions,” Priess said, smirking. “Those words are still true. It has all the classic earmarks.”

    He has all the classic earmarks of a psychopath.

    Miranda Devine
    October 19, 2022
    It’s been two years since 51 intelligence agents interfered with an election — they still won’t apologize
    [Why should they apologize for accomplishing their mission without suffering any consequences for their deliberate deception? I’m certain they are quite proud of their accomplishment. They changed the course of history with a single letter. That is rather remarkable.

    I think they deserve 20 years at hard labor followed by forced donation of their organs to be put up for auction for donation to Donald Trump’s favorite charity. But there is no guarantee of justice.—Joe]

    Quote of the day—Thomas Coffin

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    The practice of marketing weaponry designed to inflict mass casualties in combat toward our own people must end if the nation is ever going to end this cycle of repetitive mass murders. There is no legitimate basis for the civilian version of the MCX-SPEAR, marketing JR-15s “to Wee 1s,” or facilitating arms industry profiteering by obliterating the line between military weapons and those appropriate for the legitimate use by civilians.

    Thomas Coffin
    October 20, 2022
    This new military-grade rifle should not be owned by civilians. So why is it being sold?
    [Assuming the opinion piece is sincere… Mr. Coffin, SCOTUS disagrees with you. Thanks for the tip.

    Reading between the lines a little bit… Starting with the author’s name, the article is a little odd. It’s as if this was actually a stealth marketing gimmick for the new rifle and The San Diego Union-Tribune fell for the fake opinion piece.—Joe]

    Quote of the day—Scott Bach

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    The right to carry is here, and it’s here to stay, and everybody’s got to get used to that. This angry fist-shaking by various states like New York and New Jersey is going to blow up in their faces. They can pretend that Bruen doesn’t say what it says, but it’s only going to come back to bite them.

    Scott Bach
    October 25, 2022
    New York court rulings against gun law may signal trouble for similar New Jersey bill
    [I suspect the “bite” will be in the form of being held in contempt of court. But I fantasize about their criminal prosecution and compensation of their victims.—Joe]

    Quote of the day—Curtis L. Spackleton

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    My life was unbearable before I ordered high-quality merchandise from 2ndAmendmentShirts.com. My wife recently left me, I had just gotten fired from my job, I was losing my hair, and I lived in a cardboard box in a sewer. That all began to change just minutes after ordering one T-shirt and one flag. My new wife is much prettier than my previous one. I make $3 million a year despite working only 10 minutes a day from my new home on my own private island. My hair has even grown back thicker than it was before. Thank you, 2ndAmendmentShirts.com – you have saved my life!

    Curtis L. Spackleton
    Pine Nut, Alabama
    A Humorous Introduction to 2AS
    [I suspect this may be hyperbola..

    After all, who thinks the primary criteria to judge a wife by is how pretty they are?—Joe]

    Quote of the day—I am the Dan in the box @JakesForLuck

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    I also assume they have tiny peckers.

    I am the Dan in the box @JakesForLuck
    Tweeted on July 6, 2022
    [It’s not only another Markley’s Law Monday, it is another science denier!—Joe]