The anti-gun groupies didn’t take long to get their hands dirty. Just days after a murder-suicide in Burlington, they’ve done precisely what I said they would. They are coming to take away your rights.
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Virginia’s Proposed “Assault Weapons” Ban Legislation Gets Tabled
It’s not just great news it’s good news. I’m not kidding. A proposed ban in Virginia on a wide range of firearms arbitrarily labeled as assault weapons is still alive, but it’s dead. For now.
Judge Tosses Towns Ban On ‘Assault Rifles’
In May of last year, we reported on a new phenomenon – certainly new to Illinois. Sanctuary counties for gun owners. Places where state-level gun grabbing laws would not be enforced. Shortly after one Illinois community in one of those counties responded by passing a town ban on assault weapons.
Data Point – Poll on an assault weapons ban
Emphasis mine:
Snapshot: Majority in U.S. Now Oppose Ban on Assault Rifles
Americans’ support for a ban on semi-automatic guns in the U.S. has dropped eight percentage points from a year ago, when opinions were more evenly divided after the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Last year’s measure was unusually high for the trend over the past several years; the current 40% is back to within a few points of where it was between 2011 and 2016.
…The current 40% support for an assault rifles ban is below the historical average of 47%. The latest data provide further evidence that public opinion typically shifts to higher support for tougher gun laws in the aftermath of a traumatic national event such as a mass shooting, but gradually reverts to prior levels as the memory of it fades.
I understand the numbers but the phrasing is AWFUL and once again, we see that folk yammering about stuff they don’t know about.
The Gun Maker’s Exodus Part II
“The number one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S.” —That “Happy Warrior”Vice-President Joseph Biden
That is what he said…and without much credibility because we know that vice president Biden is a stupid person. Alas, the “Happy Warrior.” This quote is instructive, because on the one hand, vapid lip service is given to the importance of job creation, yet a legal…constitutional activity…gun manufacturing is under siege in the nation. But Joe and his cadre soldiers on…Perhaps he can join Charlie for a visit to Candy Mountain.
Several states, also home to major manufacturers of firearms, have undertaken legislative initiatives
Australia Gun Control Report Card
Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. —Friedrich Nietzsche
I am a member of a group on LinkedIn called “Hunting, Fishing and Outdoor Professionals.” In a discussion thread the question was asked, “How do you feel about the banning of AR’s and 30 round clips?”
Nobody defended the current administration’s advocacy for their so-called “assault weapons” ban. In fact all posting are against further measures. It is also important to note that the members of this group do not come strictly from the U.S., as there
Efficacy Of High-Cap Magazine Bans
“Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.” —John McCarthy How come the demonstrator did not have any rubber scissors? or a tongue depressor?
Reason After Newtown
“Prejudice is what fools use for reason…” —Voltaire
Milwaukie County Sheriff David Clarke has made a “Public Service Announcement” that has drawn the ire of liberals everywhere. Sheriff Clarke, in the wake of Budget cuts and autere measures, isn’t whining about it. Instead, he states the sober and honest realities and asks citizens to be pro-active in helping address the crime issue. See the ad below:
Bloomberg View Columnist, and National Review Senior
Raymond Buckley on ‘Assault Weapons’
Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky. —Doug Coupland Awesome. You just cannot make this stuff up. A hat-tip goes to the Union Leader’s Tim Buckland for getting this quote from State Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley. When asked, “What is an assualt weapon, Ray said: “It’s generally a gun that’s more … Read more
New England College Will Not Defend Their Data in Assault Weapons Ban Poll
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” —Benjamin Disraeli
On Friday the Union Leader (John Distaso)reported that New England Colleges’ Dr. Ben Tafoya conducted a poll of 656 “registered voters” showing that 72 percent of Granite Staters support an assault weapons ban and 88 percent favored “universal background checks”.
According to the UL story, the poll conducted on January 21 and 22 asked two direct questions:
(Should) “assault weapons” should be banned; and “Do you support the idea of universal background checks for gun purchases?”
New Website Promoting Gun Rights: SenatorFeinstein.com!
“The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver.” —Jay Leno
When thinking of Gun Control, Assault Weapons bans and other sordid nefarious stuff crafted by the charlatan left to take our guns away, “Senator Diane Feinstein” immediately comes to mind. Yes, make no mistake about it. I really intended that title.
As reported in the Daily Caller, Feinstein failed to register her domain name, SenatorFeinstein.com. Consequently, Dimitrios Karras, CEO of the gun parts (not making this up) and accessories store Ares Armor, which will now run the site. Karas tells the Daily Caller he has also purchased Senator Boxer’s domain name as well!
Domain Name? Domain Name? We don’t need no steenking domain name!”
But here is the real irony. Feinstein hails from
You Can’t Hunt With That!
The Remington R-15…Chambered in “30 RAR(introduced in 2009)” Designed for…yes…well…”Hunting….”
No Firearms Ban Coming? Think Again.
“If I could have banned them all – ‘Mr. and Mrs. America turn in your guns’ – I would have!” —California Senator Diane Feinstein, appearing on NBC News’ 60 Minutes, February 5, 1995
When reading the above quote, which time was Senator Feinstein being sincere? When she said this in 1995? Or, when she said recently,
(This legislation) will be carefully focused on the most dangerous guns that have killed so many people over the years while protecting the rights of gun owners…”
“While protecting the rights of gun owners” says Senator Feinstein. Which is it?
Yes! The Anti-gun left in America is speaking out and their talking points go something like this:
Home Invasion Stopped With Scary Black Gun…By A 15-Year-Old
Res Ipsa Loquitur!
What The Heck Is An “Assault Weapon?”
“Hoplophobia is a mental disturbance characterized by irrational aversion to weapons, as opposed to justified apprehension about those who may wield them.”—Col. Jeff Cooper.
Gun Grabbers are seeking an, “Assault weapons” ban in knee jerk response to the heinous and dreadful Newtown Massacre. There is little discussion about Adam Lanza or the victims from whom he lawlessly and barbarically snatched life.
Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly likes to refer to these black scary guns as, “Heavy weapons” (and still we have no clear and articulate definition on what heavy weapons are) So exactly what is the anatomy of a black scary gun these gun banners seek to vanquish from our hands?
The term, “Assault Weapon” is a redundancy created to assist an anti-gun pathos. The definition of Assault in its simplest form is, “a physical attack.” A weapon defined in simple terms is, “any device used to injure, defeat, or destroy.”
Marko Kloos: The Gun “Is” Civilization
perspective…presently needed…alas, I repost this magnificent piece by Marko Kloos.
Marko Kloos wrote this piece in March of 2007. It is worth sharing over and over. Please enjoy….
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that’s it.
In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
Portsmouth Herald Editorial Board Has An Integrity Deficit
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” —Mark Twain
Hoplophobia —n. Irrational, morbid fear of guns (c. 1966, coined by Col. Jeff Cooper, from the Greekhoplites, weapon; see his book Principles of Personal Defense). May cause sweating, faintness, discomfort, rapid pulse, nausea, sleeplessness, nondescript fears, more, at mere thought of guns. Presence of working firearms may cause panic attack. Hoplophobe, hoplophobic.
Hoplophobes. The Editorial Staff of the Portsmouth Herald/Seacoast Online epitomizes the very notion of that word. With each sticky-sweet glass of Kool-Aid they drink, the self-convincing liberal pandering drunkenness sets ever deeper into their psyche of intellectual dishonesty. Moral Bankruptcy is the standard-bearer for their
An Assault Weapon or Not An Assault Weapon…That is the Question
I’m no expert on firearms but do a fair job of knowing how government works and this “we need to do something” thing plays right into my wheelhouse.
That “something” is the desire of legislators to appear to be capable of managing our lives in every meaningful way, so when a nut plotted, planned and then literally executed his massacre, the people who always feel the need to act like what they do matters got to work.
Long story short, the professional left sees the Newtown killings as a way to re-enact the Clinton Assault weapons ban.
We here at the Grok have already thrown down a mountain of text on the event and the reaction, but we’ve not yet (to my knowledge) actually remarked on the ban itself, and more specifically, on how it would not have changed anything.
Jeanne Shaheen Wants to Ban Guns
Tragedy always attracts a parade of progressive mountebanks, anxious to peddle their faulty wares as cures for what ails us, and US Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D- Utopia) is no different. In response to the heinous criminal acts perpetrated in Newtown, Connecticut she observed that…
“We need a comprehensive approach that includes improving access to mental health services, better enforcement of our current laws, and we need to get deadly assault weapons off our streets.”
Whatever you do, do not ask Senator Shaheen to describe an ‘Assault weapon’ because I am reasonably certain her talking points palm card did not include that.
When It Comes to the Second Amendment, Guiliani’s The Man!
“I love New York City; I’ve got a gun.”~Charles Barkley
As I often do in the morning, I settled in with a hot cup of Joe to read today’s edition of the New Hampshire Union Leader. Turning to page A3, Dan Tuohy’s headline read, “Giuliani takes stand on firearms rights“. Now, given Mayor Guiliani’s high public profile and his history on the second Amendment, I just had to read this story before anything else. I mean, why pass up a chance to be amused first thing in the morning? This might even be funnier than one of Raymond Buckley’s quotes.
Manchester Harley-Davidson dealership owner Steve Talarico introduced Mayor Guiliani, wanting to “help clear the air” of any misconceptions about the former New York Mayor’s record on gun issues. “The mayor seems to be probably one of the most misinterpreted politicians on the Second Amendment,” Talarico tells his audience. Really Steve? Damn! sorry about that…Guess the Mayor really is a gun guy when he told the St. Louis Post in December of 1993, “…a uniform licensing system with real teeth in it, and a period where you’d have to demonstrate your capability of using a gun, and then every two years you’d have to go back and once again show that you’re stable, your healthy, you’re able to handle a gun and you know what to do with it…”Now, that doesn’t much resemble a gun control measure, does it? how ignorant of me.
Or how about this little gem as recently as February 2007 while making an appearance on Larry King Live? King asks, “Favor Gun Control? Favor Brady?” Guiliani responds, “For Handguns, And I did…” Silly me, I took that to mean Rudy told Larry King that he supported the Brady Bill. I must have been in doofus-mode that day.