Category: RKBA

Why Are Progressives So Violent?

According to Fox News, the murder of three Muslims may have been over a parking space instead of theology.

The murder of three North Carolina college students was motivated by an ongoing dispute over a parking space, despite widespread speculation the victims were targeted by an avowed atheist because of their Muslim faith, police said.

First off, this guy was batshit insane. Using him to paint all atheists and/or progressives as violent murderers is just as wrong as when they accuse Second Amendment supporters of being at fault when there’s a mass shooting.

Here’s the takeaway – the anti-gunners do view everyone, including themselves, as being similar to this asshole. We’re all just a dispute away from pulling a gun and murdering someone(s). They have no concept that those of us who own and carry guns actually try to avoid or de-escalate fights because we understand that we are carrying lethal instruments.

When they call for new restrictions on our rights, remember – this is how they see us.

Florida Carry Not Allowed At Suncoast Gun Shows?

In additions to allegations of acting like asses to their vendors, it’s being reported that the Ohio-based promotion company is refusing to rent space to Florida Carry.

Florida Carry? The organization that’s gotten us preemption with teeth, better concealed carry laws, and will probably get us campus carry. That Florida Carry.

And a gun show won’t let them set up? Seriously, WTF?

This company runs the big gun shows around me. I haven’t gone in a couple of years for two reasons: 1) they’re crowded as all hell, and 2) I can rarely get out of there without spending at least fifty bucks. I’ve purchased four guns from vendors there, and assisted the purchase of at least three more. And I’m a small consumer!

Suncoast Gun Shows, consider this my declaration: I will not attend – and will actively campaign against your shows – unless you either a) prove that Florida Carry was acting in an unreasonable manner (doubtful) or b) allow Florida Carry to rent space in your shows.

By myself, it’s probably not much, but gunnies have this nasty habit with word of mouth.

FDIC Shuts Down Operation Choke Point

The FDIC is now telling banks that they don’t have to close accounts of legitimate businesses the .gov doesn’t like.

And it’s writing new rules to stop it from happening again!

To address concerns raised about Operation Choke Point, the FDIC will now require bank examiners to put in writing any recommendation or requirement for an account termination.

The examiner will also be required to indicate what law or regulation they believe the bank or the customer of the bank is violating.

Problem 1: Someone’s rung the bell. We are going to have to watch to ensure that subsequent administrations don’t pull the same trick.

Problem 2: Banks are, by and large, conservative organizations. Having been stung once for dealing with gun and gun-related industries, they may decide the risk is not worth the reward.

Make no mistake, this is a win for liberty and RKBA. The question is whether the damage can be repaired.

Laws Are For Little People

Legal Insurrection managed to get a hold of the arrest affidavit for David Gregory. Metro PD wanted him charged, but the DA declined.

David Gregory’s a prick, but he shouldn’t have been charged for the crime. It’s a bullshit law and he was doing no physical harm. (Arguing against our rights, but not threatening anyone with physical harm). The issue is that the same DA’s office that declined to prosecute Gregory has been notorious for its vigorous prosecution of people who aren’t on the televisions. (See link in the story)

What makes him so different than the others? What made his breaking the law different than the others?

I don’t want David Gregory in jail. (Okay, I would laugh my ass off if he was, but it would still be wrong.) What I want is for the DC DA’s office to treat everyone who is caught under the District’s onerous laws to be given the same deference as to their intentions and character before making them felons.

DOJ Won’t File Charges Against Wilson

Justice Department officials have let leak that they won’t be bringing civil rights charges against Darren Wilson.

I don’t expect the “hands up” community to be happy about this, but they haven’t let little things like facts and the law sway them from their narrative anyway. They’re kind of like anti-vaxxers and young earth creationists in that way.

Why throw all those resources at this case? More importantly, why wasn’t the same level of resources devoted to John Crawford’s murder? Oh yeah, because CNN and MSNBC weren’t blaring his murder 24-7.

This is not helping my trust in the .gov.

Barbarians At the Gate

Barbarian thugs attacked a French newspaper and killed 12 because the newspaper published “offensive” satirical cartoons of Muhammad.

Over the past twenty-four hours, I’ve heard a lot of varying commenting. Many going off on Islam. I’m not going to repeat that most Muslims are peaceful. It really comes down to whether you are a civilized person or a barbarian. Currently, many – maybe most – of the barbarian cultures in the world today worship their magic sky-daddy as Allah.

Worse, the powers that be seem to have two responses to the barbarians: cower or emulate the barbarians.

Proving once again that we are on our own. The barbarians are inside the gates. Be prepared.

Friday Quote – Stewart Rhodes

…in Ferguson, what they’re being told is you only have two choices: 1) a hyper-militarized police state to stop violence, including arson, or 2) let it go and burn the town down. Twenty different buildings have burned to the ground. That’s a false choice.

For Ferguson in particular if…they don’t believe that the police department is legitimate, they should be protecting themselves and secure themselves because the more they secure themselves, the less reason there is for the police to be in their neighborhoods and communities. So they should take care of themselves for both reasons—to be secure, but also to be more free.

Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oathkeepers

Emphasis added.

H/t Reason