Pro-gun rights

The Illinois Courts Commission has removed a St. Clair County judge after concluding he lied to police during a 2016 murder investigation. [More]
That's it?

[Via bondmen]

How Do We Explain Homicide? How on earth is any of this possible? It certainly doesn’t fit the “it’s the guns” narrative. If it were “the guns,” then these hot spots would mostly overlap. There are a few overlaps ... but most of the country exhibits the exact opposite behavior than we would expect from the “it’s the guns” hypothesis. [More]Maybe it's not the guns?[Via Keith B]

FISA Court Appoints Former Obama Official To Assess FBI FISA Reforms [More]
What's the big deal? The Presiding Judge was first appointed to the court by "conservative" GW Bush and appointed to the top slot by "conservative" John Roberts.

[Via Michael G]

“One of the reasons I’m reasonably confident I could beat Trump is I would be acceptable to the moderate Republicans you have to have”... [More]I have more contempt for those f***ers than I do for Democrats.

Monday morning the state Senate Judiciary Committee meets for the first time, and the agenda is chock full of gun control bills. Here’s a brief rundown. [More] 
I see separate NRA and VCDL contingencies. Color me cynical, but I'd like to see a rundown of where Fairfax is doing a bit of behind-the-scenes horsetrading.

The Raids Have Begun & I Was the First; All for a .22 Bunny Gun [More] That'll teach him to express his opinion!

See how that works?

[Via Kid Sister]

Texas Becomes First State to Close Doors to New Refugees [More] 
All of them?

[Via Michael G]

Mark Zuckerberg has an unconventional hobby: hunting wild boars with a bow and arrow [More]
So I guess he's not Observant?  Say, does this make him "one of us" now?

And why isn't PETA all over him?

[Via Jess]

Do you want it? [More]

What do you think a survey of purchasers for political affiliation and support for "gun laws" would reveal? [More]

And why can't I get an irritating voice out of my head?

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg claims he is ready to spend more than $1 billion in an effort to oust President Trump, but money may not be bringing supporters to his campaign. Just 45 people showed up to Bloomberg's latest rally with TV star Judge Judy Sheindlin in Texas on Saturday, according to the New York Post. [More]Now that's gra$$root$ in action!

US to expel over a dozen Saudi trainees after review of Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting [More]Rigorous!

Thank goodness we have background checks to ferret out disqualifiers in advance!

An NYPD Cop Was Sentenced to a Day in Jail for a Lie That Nearly Doomed a Man to 15 Years in Prison The judge said six months in jail for the cop's perjury would be "unduly harsh." [More]You lie in a police investigation and welcome to being a prohibited person for life. This swine and his "unnamed" accomplice have no doubt been perjuring themselves and covering it up for others for years inside a rotten department where it's systemic. And lenient-for-"Only Ones" Judge Danny Chun looks like he deserves to be carted off in the tumbril right along with 'em.

Due to the steadfast support of Firearm Owners Against Crime (FOAC) and Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), Chief Counsel Joshua Prince of the Firearms Industry Consulting Group (FICG) was successful, pursuant to an Order issued on January 9, 2020, in enjoining the enforcement of the City of Philadelphia's lost and stolen firearm ordinance, until a final … Continue reading City of Philadelphia ENJOINED from enforcing lost and stolen firearm ordinance →

NY Times Slapped With $5M Lawsuit For Citing SPLC, Branding Immigration Hawk a 'White Nationalist' [More] Actually, it's the association with hate that's objectionable.

I'm (nominally) "white" -- as much as someone whose ancestral lands were invaded by Mongols and Ottomans can be -- and I view the Constitutional Republic bequeathed by the Founders to be the best viable alternative from what's been developed to date for providing an approximation of liberty and justice for all.ALL.

Can it get better? Sure.  I'd just rather continue the climb from halfway up the well than in a heap at the bottom.

[Via Michael G]

The boy's mother insisted her son was really a girl because he liked the movie Frozen and asked for a girl toy at McDonald's. A jury awarded her custody even though she intended to place the boy on puberty-blocking drugs that would result in chemical castration. She also admitted her intention to remove his genitals. [More]The way the UK is going, it's not like he'll be needing them.

[Via Michael G]

The leader of the Ohio House had pointed to a bill that would change gun and mental health laws as an alternative to Gov. Mike DeWine’s anti-gun violence package. [More] Where have I heard "We've GOT to give them SOMETHING" before?
After Sandy Hook, there was a cadre of insiders discussing appeasement measures to help quell the gun ban feeding frenzy, operating on the assumption that “we have to give them something—we can’t offer nothing!” Some colleagues and I were privy to those discussions, and we did our best to make it clear that any sign of weakness or surrender would be loudly condemned. Instead, our unequivocal warning to politicians was: WE WON’T STAND FOR SCAPEGOATING NO NEW GUN LAWS DENY SUCCESS TO MASS MURDERERS BY ABOLISHING PHONY ‘GUN-FREE’ VICTIM / KILLER-ENABLING ZONES NOW WORK WITH US OR WE WILL WORK TO RETIRE YOUAs for DeSwine, he'll never get my vote no matter what.

A gun-control event at the Virginia state capitol drew 200 activists on Wednesday, a turnout dwarfed by the tens of thousands who have attended Second Amendment sanctuary meetings all over the state. [More] 
Hey, who needs people when you have "gra$$root$"?

[Via Mack H]

House Democrats’ new rules: Feminine pronouns, labor first and (maybe) a Capitol gun ban [More]Death by snu-snu!

[Via Mack H]

[More]I've said "No" to bosses several times in my career.  Assuming the linked graphic hasn't been fabricated (and we can't tell because it ultimately tracks to a closed forum), this creature has chosen his side.

[Via Wynn A]