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It's a funny old world where the guy who uses the words "peaceful and patriotic" multiple times during his address is Inciting to Riot but the BLM guy in the capitol-raiding mob who says "Let's burn this motherfucker down" is regarded with "He was vocal, but I wouldn’t say he was inciting violence".
And just you try and find information in the MSM, or even on this very site, about how said BLM guy says he knew about the plan to storm the capitol way in advance. You'll have your work cut out for you because that would mean Trump was completely innocent on the impeachment charges, since you cannot incite something long after it's been planned, organized, and is getting ready to be carried out.
Seal Who Killed Bin Laden Mocks “Scared” Congressmen
Seal Who Killed Bin Laden Mocks “Scared” Congressmen Who Hid Under Their Desks
The political theatrics has gone from Shakespearian to SNL
BY MISSY CRANE
JANUARY 13, 2021
The left is going off the rails with this “we were under enemy fire” theatrics they’re staging over the DC Capitol melee.
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There were actually people who were injured and an unarmed female Trump supporter who shot in cold blood.
But leave it to self-centered, filthy-rich, elitist politically motivated politicians to put all the focus on them.
It’s disgusting to watch infold, especially after over 20 people were killed during the BLM “peaceful” protests that went on all summer long, and these same people didn’t say a word.
It’s okay to burn down American businesses. and slaughter innocent people, but God forbid if you scare the political elites. There will be HELL to pay. The entire force of the federal government will come reigning down on you.
This is just more of the ‘Let Them Eat Cake” elitist attitude going on with our current government.
The peasants can get burned in the streets, but how dare you break a window and take selfies inside their sacred and holy chamber.
And no, I’m not condoning “riots,” of any kind. I’m making a valid point.
And trust me, I am not the only one watching this ghastly B-list movie unfold with contempt and disgust.
As a matter of fact, an actual American hero – the former Navy Seal who killed Osama Bin Laden – is watching this stunt and he’s even more disgusted than I am.
Here’s what Mr. O’Neill said: “I’m watching these Congressmen speak. I cannot believe they are in charge… talking about how “scared” they were. Hiding under desks… betas”
I’m watching these Congressmen speak. I cannot believe they are in charge… talking about how “scared” they were. Hiding under desks… betas
— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) January 13, 2021
President Trump didn’t incite an insurrection – that wasn’t an “insurrection” for crying out loud. It was a bunch of fed-up Americans who are sick and tired of their shitty government, along with some Antifa instigators, and touristy patriots who were invited in by the police.
That’s the lamest “insurrection” I’ve ever heard of.
Leftists won't read Wayne DuPree, but this is an appeal to stop acting like a bunch of cunts. Oh yeah, who remembers Hillary Clinton arriving in Bosnia, amidst "sniper fire"?
Too much crap to wade through
I'm skeptical of the right's narrative. And, the left's narrative is complete bullshit. I'm sifting through all the shit, trying to find some nougats of truth.
https://twitter.com/JohnDoe1284495/status/1347088136808005633
EMS worker from LeHigh Pa rejects the notion that Trump supporters broke into the capitol. He fingers the activists who busted out the windows as separate and distinct from Trump supporters.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1347032914182217728
Claims again that Trump supporters were NOT responsible for the broken windows. The video isn't much evidence of anything, it's too far away, and all you hear are a few people yelling.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1347032914182217728
Another video of "violence on the south side".
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/dc-police-identify-four-trump-americans-killed-chaos-us-capitol/
Lemme understand this: One person shot to death, and three people die of "natural causes", so we claim that 4 people are killed. That doesn't add up. Let's say that I walk past a store during an armed robbery, and suffer a fatal heart attack. The cops are going to claim that the armed robber killed me? Huh? WTF? Need more details on those "natural deaths". Sounds like someone desparately needs to inflate body counts to make their narrative work.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55577362
There are claims, and even supporting video, that capitol police ALLOWED people into the capitol. Apparently, those claims are credible enough that officials are resigning and/or being asked to resign.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/electoral-college-certification-updates-n1252864/ncrd1253112#blogHeader
Improvised explosive device found at Capitol
WASHINGTON — At least one improvised explosive device was found on the Capitol grounds, several law enforcement officials told NBC News.
The explosive device was found outside a building, the officials said.
“Along with our law enforcement partners, FBI Washington Field Office responded to reports of suspicious devices. The investigation is ongoing," a spokesperson for the field office said,
Fails the suck test: No officials are named, and a "suspicious device" is not necessarily a "improvised explosive device".
https://www.foxnews.com/us/capitol-hill-attacks-explosives-rnc-dnc-real-deal-sources-say
Again, fails the suck test.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/533109-dc-police-confirm-explosives-found-near-capitol
Sucks less - a statement is attributed to Chief Robert Contee, so maybe there were explosives at the RNC and DNC.
https://nypost.com/2021/01/06/multiple-explosive-devices-found-amid-washington-dc-protests/
Makes everything questionable again with
Two realistic-looking homemade bombs were found Wednesday in Washington, DC — one just outside the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and the other near the Democratic National Committee’s offices, authorities said.
Either they were real, or they were realistic looking. Stop the bullshit.
It was “successfully detonated,” the RNC said in a statement.
Well, yeah, if protocol demands that you place a bomb on the "suspicious device" and detonate your bomb, I expect that the device should be "successfully detonated". That doesn't tell us whether the "suspicious device" was really a bomb.
My REAL problem with all these claims of explosives, centers around Congress reconvening soon after protesters were cleared. Business as usual. NO ONE was afraid that a bomb might have been concealed within the Capitol, to be detonated during proceedings.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533186-1-capitol-police-officer-in-critical-condition-up-to-60-hospitalized-after
Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund defended the Capitol Police’s response to Wednesday’s riots, saying the department had a “robust plan” in place ahead of the demonstrations.
Sund is obviously an idiot, who never should have been in a police chief's position. However - I really want to know how 60 cops were "injured". I didn't see that much violence, although I'm looking for it. If 60 cops were injured by protesters, I would expect to see a lot of stories about injured protesters being treated and released, or even admitted to the hospitals within driving distance.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-coup-2649783506/
Another total idiot. How in the HELL was a little riot "worse than 9/11"? How many fatalities? Idiot. Idiot. Idiot. I need a rhetoric shovel. No, a rhetoric backhoe. Unfortunetely, an idiot general is just parroting the stupid shit he hears from congress and the media.
https://www.rawstory.com/police-accused-of-leniency-with-trumpists-severity-with-anti-racists/
The first thing that struck AFP photojournalist Saul Loeb as unusual when he arrived at the Capitol building to cover Joe Biden's election certification Wednesday was the thin police presence."It was basically like any other day on Capitol Hill for security. That was a bit surprising," recalled the 37-year-old, whose day was about to turn out unlike any other.The photographer would go on to take defining images of an unprecedented breach of the halls of Congress, from a Trump supporter with his foot on a desk in top Democrat Nancy Pelosi's office to a marauding intruder wearing a fur hat with animal horns.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/08/parliament-siege-habermas-democracy-history
A more reasonable look at the "riots" on Capitol hill. It seems to neglect that Capitol police allowed protesters inside though.
Huh. More and more links lead to Parler. I finally decided to go look at Parler. Can't see diddly unless you register. Mobile phone number required to register. Fek it. Verification process helps to keep out bots - and anyone who doesn't need, want, or use a mobile phone. Or, just doesn't want to give away personal information. Assholes.
https://www.sott.net/article/446905-Antifa-still-riot-in-Portland-on-night-Bidens-election-is-certified
All the outrage over Washington, and Multnomah County is still under seige. But, no one is supposed to be watching what the leftists are doing. Doesn't fit the narrative at all!
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/Voices/2021/01/08/Capitol-siege-is-Americas-third-day-of-infamy-Trump-must-go/8101610049646/
Another "day of infamy" article. The idiocy pervades.
EDIT:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/8/capitol-police-rejected-offers-of-federal-help-to-/
Amidst all the "trump said" "pence said" "officials blah blah blah" I find this:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents. The police turned them down both times, according to senior defense officials and two people familiar with the matter.
Despite plenty of warnings of a possible insurrection and ample resources and time to prepare, the Capitol Police planned only for a free speech demonstration.
Still stinging from the uproar over the violent response by law enforcement to protests last June near the White House, officials also were intent on avoiding any appearance that the federal government was deploying active duty or National Guard troops against Americans.
No wonder so many police officials are resigning. They had the authority and the power to order up required troops. They were offered troops, and turned the troops down.
Pelosi losing control
Pelosi Gives In, Allows Lauren Boebert To Carry A Gun In The Capitol
By John Boch via TTAG and republished with permission
Members of Congress enjoy a lot of perks. Among them is the right to carry a firearm even while they’re in the halls of Congress. But a group of Democrats set out to change that once a firebrand gun rights champion have publicly announced her intention to take advantage of that perk.
Lauren Boebert won her Congressional race in Colorado in November. She later made national headlines when she announced that she planned to take her GLOCK to work on a daily basis. That didn’t sit well with the House’s den mother and a handful of radical Democrats.
Why do Democrats want to change this generations-old policy allowing members to carry? “Ultimately, the current regulations create needless risk for Members of Congress, their staff, members of the Capitol Police, and visitors to the Capitol grounds,” they wrote in a letter.
In an effort to push back, 83 House members have signed a letter contesting Pelosi’s plans to end the concealed carry perk for Congresscritters. Planet Free Will News has the story.
The effort is being lead by Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) who says she refuses to give up her ability to carry a firearm while spending time in the crime ridden District of Columbia.
“I refuse to give up my Second Amendment rights,” Boebert said in a statement, adding:
“I’m a 5-foot tall, 100-pound mom with four children and will be walking to work and serving in one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. I choose to defend my family and my life with all of the force the Constitution provides. I will not let a bunch of gun-grabbing House Democrats take away my Constitutional right to protect myself.”
The Colorado representative’s call for allowing the continuation to pack heat has been joined by 82 other members including Louie Gohmert, Matt Gaetz, and Dan Crenshaw.
Boebert acknowledged the support of her fellow pro-gun congressmen.
Unfortunately, the majority party in the House makes the rules. So you wouldn’t expect sternly worded letters from minority members, no matter how persuasive, to slow the Democrats from enacting this change to strip the right to keep and bear arms from members.
But Boebert somehow seems to have prevailed. At least for now. As Fox News reports . . .
On Saturday, it appeared Boebert scored a victory, as new rules unveiled by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not appear to include a Democrat-proposed ban on firearms in the Capitol.
Go figure.
It probably burns Pelosi that she might have to watch her mouth, and not threaten this congresswoman. A credible threat against an armed person justifies popping a few rounds off, in almost all jurisdictions.
For that matter, all Americans have the right to carry, anywhere and everywhere. Any law to the contrary is unconstitutional. "Shall not be infringed" is not open to interpretation.
Oh yeah, Republicans have their share of good looking women. This chick would look good with or without a gun strapped to her side!
https://concealednation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/congress-gun-carry-728x381.jpg
No, they're not coming for our guns after all!
Smith & Wesson Sues New Jersey Over ‘Anti-Second Amendment Agenda’
NEWARK, N.J. (CN) — A leading firearms manufacturer alleges New Jersey is engaged in an “unconstitutional fishing expedition” to try to curtail gun rights by using a new tactic: false advertising claims.
In a federal lawsuit filed in New Jersey on Tuesday, Smith & Wesson claims New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has tried everything in his power to stymie gun sales, and that he is now sifting through decades of company advertisements and marketing materials in an extra-legal attempt to restrict the right to bear arms.
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/smith-wesson.pdf
In October, Grewal filed administrative subpoenas seeking evidence of fraudulent advertising from the gun manufacturer. The subpoenas request documentation related to advertisements that claim firearms make a home safer, an untrained homeowner could use a Smith & Wesson firearm safely and effectively to defend his home, and whether guns enhance one’s lifestyle.
“The Subpoena presents no legitimate inquiry into any purported fraud, and instead targets mere opinions and other protected statements allegedly made by Smith & Wesson,” the company claims. It seeks a court order enjoining the subpoenas and declaring them unconstitutional.
Citing 248 million results in Google searches of “do guns make you safer” as proof that many Americans believe firearms make them safer, Smith & Wesson says New Jersey’s false advertisement subpoenas should be a dead-end legal theory.
Smith & Wesson also says the subpoenas are politically motivated, noting that Grewal has partnered with several anti-Second Amendment groups, like Do Not Stand Idly By, to seek new methods to restrict gun ownership.
The complaint notes that at a conference at New York University earlier this month, participants allegedly observed how consumer protection and false advertising laws were fertile ground for new anti-gun initiatives.
https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/civiljustice/firearms-litigation
The complaint also claims New Jersey’s purported “name and shame” policy, in which the attorney general has tried to connect Smith & Wesson with “crime guns,” is an extra-legal attempt to branch the company as a bad actor.
Smith & Wesson firearms have been used in several high-profile mass shootings over the last decade, including the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, in which a 19-year-old killed 17 students and faculty, and the mass shooting at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater during a 2012 showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” that killed 12 people.
In 2018, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced that gun manufacturers would be listed in monthly reports showing the source for every “crime gun” recovered by police in the state.
Murphy said months after signing the executive order that he hoped “bringing light to this topic” would spur gun manufacturers to “act responsibly and work with us to stop weapons they make from ending up in the hands of dangerous criminals.”
https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-21.pdf
State data show that more than 80% of the guns used in crimes in New Jersey came from outside of the state, with Smith & Wesson firearms among the heaviest-trafficked firearms into the state. According to the latest report, 48 Smith & Wesson-brand firearms were used in crimes in the state, the leader among all gun manufacturers.
Gun manufacturers have called the “Name and Shame” program unreasonable and purely agenda-driven, likening it to announcing which car was used in a drunk driving fatality.
“The intentional overreach of the facially invalid Subpoena and punitive intent of the Attorney General’s ‘name and shame’ initiative makes no sense as an exercise of prosecutorial authority, but they make perfect sense when seen for what they really are – the latest chapter in efforts by anti-Second Amendment Activists, hostile to the private ownership of firearms, to impose, through coercion, a gun control agenda which they largely have been unable to impose through federal or state legislative process or through the courts,” the 57-page complaint alleges.
Smith & Wesson has clashed with politicians before. In 2000, the company signed an agreement with President Clinton – which Smith & Wesson claims nearly bankrupted the company due to a decline in sales – to accept gun control measures.
While the company is most well-known for its pistols and handguns, which stem back to the 1800s, it also manufactures semi-automatic assault rifles and shotguns.
Smith & Wesson is represented by Christopher Strongosky of DLA Piper.
An email seeking comment from Grewal’s office was not immediately returned.
https://www.courthousenews.com/smith-wesson-sues-new-jersey-over-anti-second-amendment-agenda/
Black Lives matter - less than loot
Prosecutors: No charges in pawnshop killing during George Floyd unrest
County Attorney says state can't refute owner's claim of self-defense.
When police responded they were met by a hostile crowd that yelled and threatened officers, forcing them to move Horton to a nearby business while they waited for an ambulance, according to prosecutors. He died a short time later at HCMC.
Because of the chaos, officers arrested Rieple, but didn't stay to process the scene. As a result, the shotgun that was used was never recovered. Looters also ransacked the pawnshop, taking everything, including its security cameras and the DVR that would have recorded the fatal shooting and the moments leading up to it, prosecutors said.
Two more witnesses, one of whom was a close friend of Horton, were identified when detectives reviewed officers' body camera footage from the scene. But the female friend, who was not identified, later hired a lawyer, who told prosecutors that she would not talk to police, nor would she identify another woman she was with, prosecutors said.
The County Attorney's Office later put out a plea urging any other witnesses to come forward to no avail.
"When the Hennepin County Attorney's Office deferred the case on June 2, prosecutors asked police to canvass the neighborhood for additional witnesses to the shooting and any other surveillance cameras which might have captured the shooting. No other cameras were found," the statement read. "Some people had posted video and they were tracked down and interviewed. Their video showed Horton and the pawnshop after the shooting and the witnesses could only testify to the chaos at the time, but not the actual shooting."
So, lemme think about this. Rioting in the streets, people breaking into your business, active looting going on, and people are actually rushing at you - and it's STILL against the law to use a weapon to defend yourself? Hmmmmmm . . .
The fact that the looters took away the cameras and the DVR with all the evidence seems like evidence, in and of itself. The video evidence would have exonerated the business owner, so the rioters couldn't leave it behind.
And, no witness is willing to testify on behalf of the deceased.
Wow.
Loot matters more than any black life, in this city!
Cooper & Kirk, FPC File Supreme Court Petition
GunBanCase.com - BREAKING: Cooper & Kirk, FPC File Supreme Court Petition for Review in Folajtar v. Barr Second Amendment Challenge
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 11, 2020) — Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a petition seeking a writ of certiorari asking the United States Supreme Court to review the Third Circuit’s decision in Lisa Folajtar v. Attorney General Barr. A copy of the petition can be viewed at gunbancase.com.
Ms. Folajtar is represented by David H. Thompson, Pete Patterson, and Steven Lindsay of Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Joshua Prince of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., FPC Director of Legal Strategy Adam Kraut, and FPC Director of Research Joseph Greenlee, who authored the authoritative article on the history of arms prohibitions based upon his original research, also available at gunbancase.com. The Foljatar case was recently discussed in multiple major news outlets, including an article by New York Times Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak, “Justice Barrett’s Vote Could Tilt the Supreme Court on Gun Rights,” and a Fox News editorial by law professor Jonathan Turley, “Gun-rights case tailor made for Justice Barrett, Supreme Court. Here's why.”
“The courts would never countenance an attempt by the government to permanently bar Ms. Folajtar from exercising her fundamental rights to free speech and free exercise of religion merely because she at one time was convicted of a nonviolent felony,” explained Supreme Court counsel of record, David H. Thompson of Cooper & Kirk, who recently argued before the High Court for the petitioners in Collins v. Mnuchin. “Yet the Third Circuit held that the government can forever strip Ms. Folajtar of her fundamental right to possess firearms for self-defense based on a one-time conviction of a tax offense. As Judge Bibas explained in dissent—and as Justice Barrett explained in a similar case when on the Seventh Circuit—such a punishment has no connection whatsoever to the historical justification for limiting the Second Amendment rights of certain individuals: dangerousness. It therefore is unconstitutional, and we hope the Supreme Court agrees to hear this case and confirm that the government has no basis for depriving nondangerous individuals of their Second Amendment rights.”
“The Government’s argument that a person’s inalienable right to keep and bear arms can be denied in perpetuity as a result of a single non-violent felony conviction is neither supported by the text of the Constitution nor the history and original public meaning of the Second Amendment,” said attorney Joshua Prince. “As Judge Bibas makes clear in his dissent, the lifetime, total ban imposed upon Ms. Folajtar, and others like her, is not longstanding and has no connection to any governmental interest.”
“Ms. Folajtar is a law-abiding woman who simply wishes to exercise her natural and fundamental right to self-defense in her home,” commented Adam Kraut. “The Government’s lifetime ban applied to her cannot withstand constitutional scrutiny. And more, there exists a certain irony that the Government strips an individual of their Second Amendment rights for making a false statement on a tax return when our Founders took up arms against the King after refusing to pay taxes.”
“There is no historical precedent in American history for disarming nonviolent persons like Ms. Folajtar,” noted FPC’s Joseph Greenlee. “In fact, some founding-era laws expressly allowed people who mishandled or withheld money owed for taxes to keep their firearms. As Judge Bibas explained in his Third Circuit dissent, historically, individuals were disarmed only if they were dangerous. We hope that the Supreme Court will hear this case and put an end to the unjust and ahistorical prohibitions on nonviolent felons.”
“The Supreme Court should grant review in this case to right an outrageous injustice that affects millions of non-violent individuals and clearly establish the proper test for lower courts to apply in Second Amendment challenges,” said FPC President Brandon Combs. “Ms. Folajtar’s petition, lead by the outstanding counsel of Cooper & Kirk, presents an ideal vehicle for the Court to address these important issues in 2021, including many other cert. petitions already filed and that will be submitted this term.”
FPC recently filed another petition for cert. in a similar case, Holloway v. Barr. The petitioner, Raymond Holloway, is represented by FPC Director of Research Joseph Greenlee, Supreme Court counsel Erik Jaffe, Joshua Prince of Prince Law Offices, and FPC Director of Legal Strategy Adam Kraut.
Firearms Policy Coalition and its FPC Law team are the nation’s next-generation advocates for the right to keep and bear arms and adjacent issues, having recently filed several major federal Second Amendment lawsuits including challenges to the State of Maryland’s ban on “assault weapons” (Bianchi v. Frosh), the State of Pennsylvania’s and Allegheny County’s carry restrictions (Cowey v. Mullen), Philadelphia’s Gun Permit Unit policies and practices (Fetsurka v. Outlaw), Pennsylvania’s ban on carry by adults under 21 years of age (Lara v. Evanchick), California’s Handgun Ban and “Roster” laws (Renna v. Becerra), Maryland’s carry ban (Call v. Jones), New Jersey’s carry ban (Bennett v. Davis), New York City’s carry ban (Greco v. New York City), the federal ban on the sale of handguns and handgun ammunition by federal firearm licensees (FFLs) to adults under 21 years of age (Reese v. BATFE), and others, with many more cases being prepared today. To follow these and other legal cases FPC is actively working on, visit the Legal Action section of FPC’s website or follow FPC on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube.
Firearms Policy Coalition (firearmspolicy.org) is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization. FPC’s mission is to protect and defend constitutional rights—especially the right to keep and bear arms—advance individual liberty, and restore freedom through litigation and legal action, legislative and regulatory action, education, outreach, grassroots activism, and other programs. FPC Law is the nation’s largest public interest legal team focused on Second Amendment and adjacent fundamental rights including freedom of speech and due process, conducting litigation, research, scholarly publications, and amicus briefing, among other efforts.
The Folajtar case is another important lawsuit that is part of FPC’s comprehensive strategy to defend freedom, advance individual liberty, and restore the Constitution and its guarantees for individuals throughout the United States. Individuals who wish to support the lawsuit can do so at JoinFPC.org and www.firearmspolicy.org/folajtar.
FPC is urgently seeking individual and FFL plaintiffs for a number of lawsuits that are being prepared to challenge laws and policies that infringe on fundamental rights, including (but not limited to):
Laws and policies that prevent individuals from purchasing and/or possessing so-called “assault weapons” (semi-automatic firearms with standard characteristics) and “high-capacity” magazines (standard magazines that hold more than 10 rounds)
Laws and policies that prevent 18-20-year-old young adults (under age 21) from obtaining handguns from FFLs and carry loaded, operable arms in public for self-defense
Laws and policies that prevent individual adults (over the age of 18) from carrying loaded handguns and other arms outside of their home
Laws and policies that prevent individuals from acquiring and/or possessing handguns and other arms without first acquiring a “purchase permit”
Laws and policies that prevent individuals from acquiring or possessing firearms due to a conviction for a non-violent crime, or mental health adjudication that did not involve an involuntary commitment
Laws that prevent honorably discharged veterans from acquiring or possessing firearms because they have been classified as “a mental defective” due to the agency’s determination that they “lack the mental capacity to contract or manage his or her own affairs” because they need assistance managing VA benefits and have a fiduciary
If someone you know meets the criteria above, or if you would be interested in participating in litigation as a supporting FFL, please contact us:
On the web at www.firearmspolicy.org/hotline
By email at potentialplaintiffs[at]fpchq.org
By phone at (855) 252-4510 (FPC Legal Action Hotline available 24/7/365)
If you would like to support FPC’s Folajtar case and many other pro-Second Amendment lawsuits, legal action, and research, please chip in $5, $10, $25, or whatever you can at https://www.firearmspolicy.org/donate or Join the FPC Grassroots Army at JoinFPC.org.
I fully expect a LOT of gun control laws to be overturned with the current makeup of the Supreme Court. As you can see above, people like Firearms Policy Coalition have just been waiting for this opportunity.
Welcome, again, Justice Barrett!
Sorry folks, I'm not linking all the links - if you're really interested, click on the FPC link, where all the links are easily clickable.
media wars?
As has been noted, much of the world has declared war on right, Republican, or conservative viewpoints. We've followed GAB's evolution off and on, here on SN. It would appear that, having overcome multiple obstacles in the past, GAB is under attack from a new angle.
This is the email from GAB:
At 8:38pm on Wednesday December 9th Gab received an email from Walden Macht & Haran LLP notifying us of a Gab account, @EnemiesOfThePeople, that was in breach of our Terms of Service.
The Gab account was created just a few days ago and featured the personal addresses, photos, and more of election and government officials, which is against our terms of service. The account also made direct threats of violence towards these individuals, which is against the law as well as our terms of service.
This type of content has no place on Gab and we have a longstanding history of zero tolerance for illegal behavior. At Gab we believe that free speech and open discussion are the best ways to solve problems and disagreements, not violence.
Within minutes of receiving the email alerting us to the existence of this account we took immediate action by backing up the account information for law enforcement and then terminating the account from our service.
We took it one step further by alerting the Gab community to this behavior and noted that our community members should report this type of illegal activity to our moderation team immediately if they come across it.
At 9:34pm, less than an hour after being alerted to the existence of this account, our attorney replied to Walden Macht & Haran LLP to let them know that we took immediate action to terminate the account.
At 3:49pm Thursday afternoon Reuters published an article covering this story and neglected to reach out to Gab for comment before publication. In the story Reuters falsely claimed that the account remained active on Gab even though it had been suspended within minutes of it being brought to our attention the night before.
We have since sent the following retraction request to the editor of Reuters as well as the three “journalists” on the story. We believe it’s important to transparently lay out the order of events here to highlight how “journalists” recklessly print whatever they want without fact checking or asking the subject of a story for comment on the matter at hand.
Click here to read our full email exchange with Reuters.
Please also share it so other people can learn how the legacy media vipers operate.
Reuter's article on the "enemies of the people" "enemies of the nation" and associated accounts.
https://news.gab.com/2020/12/10/gabs-statement-on-the-website-targeting-u-s-election-officials/
That link reiterates most of the contents of the email I received, along with a chain of emails with Reuters.
https://gab.com/a/posts/105353449973018161
An appeal from Torba for GAB members to be on the lookout for other accounts that violate the law, and violate TOS.
https://gab.com/enemiesofthenation
It appears that the account "enemiesofthenation" still exists on the servers, but the content is obscured. I have little idea what that means for legal purposes.
Having missed the opportunity to view the content published by "enemies of the people", I can't make a judgement on how bad it is. Obviously, it was bad enough that Torba felt he was obligated to take it down.
Waiting to see who, besides Reuters, goes on the attack over this incident.
Santa is a gay ass hoplophobic incel
Since this is 2020, tis the season for breaking little kids’ hearts and telling them they can’t have the toys they really want for Christmas. That seems to be the M.O. of a politically correct Santa at a suburban Chicago mall who told a tyke he wouldn’t bring him a Nerf gun this year. Because violence, or something.
That kind of thing may make Shannon Watts grin like the Grinch, but the confused little boy broke into tears. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUUdW2bTa3Y
In a Facebook post, the kid’s mom wrote . . .
My poor baby. This was the first year Michael was excited to go see Santa. It was supposed to be magical but instead I had to watch my sweet little boy fight back tears because Santa told him No because of his own personal beliefs. I had to think fast and explain to him that this Santa was just a helper and not the real guy. I just wanted to console my baby and get him out of there, flipping out on Santa would have only made it worse. His Elfie is going to bring him a Nerf gun directly from the North Pole, from the real Santa, tonight.
The video - https://www.facebook.com/bellasabella/posts/10164251332880328 or https://twitter.com/WhiteHovse/status/1335855946405437440
Fortunately, the mall quickly canned Woke Scold Santa and sent the real Kris Kringle over to the kid’s house with an apology and a Nerf gun almost as big as he is.
Jolly Justice! The mall got rid of #WokeSanta & took the little boy the nerf gun. Worth a watch! #MerryChristmas & #StandUpForAmerica!
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) December 8, 2020
Let’s hope the PC jerk who made little Michael cry ends up boiled in his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. Humbug.
Better get those Nerf guns before the next Sandy Hook!
Apparently, there was a video hosted on Twitter, showing the real Santa delivering the Nerf gun - but all I get is a "not found" message.
Misguided ideals vs. Thanksgiving
For those of you who figure us indian types sit around bemoaning our terrible fate every November, I offer you a message from Bill Annoatubby, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation (Since 1987. We dig him that much.). Yup, we get our family and too much food on and spend our day off appreciating what we have to be thankful for too. If you're being a contrarian asshat, you're not just doing it alone, you're doing it in direct opposition to the folks you think you're supporting.
