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Reporter Hits Gavin Newsom With Reality Check After Dangerous 2A Comments

We’ve seen it all too often where after a mass shooting the media and Democrats immediately begin calling for more restrictions on gun rights, and demonizing the Second Amendment and those who support it.

Like clockwork, that exact scenario played out over the weekend and into Monday in the aftermath of the tragic mass shooting that happened during a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park, California Saturday night which saw the Asian-American gunman kill eleven and injure nine.

But in a pretty surprising and rare display of actual journalism, CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell pushed back on an anti-2A claim made by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who she interviewed on Monday to get his thoughts on the Monterey Park tragedy:

“Nothing about this is surprising. Everything about this is infuriating,” he told “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell on Monday. “The Second Amendment is becoming a suicide pact.”

Newsom clarified that he has “no ideological opposition” against people who “responsibly” own guns and get background checks and training on how to use them.

The reason Newsom “clarified” his comments to O’Donnell was because right after he called the Second Amendment a “suicide pact,” something he’s said before, she informed him that there are “many people in this country that support the Second Amendment and are lawful gun owners.”

I was so shocked to see this come from the mouth of someone in the mainstream media that I had to do a double take at first to make sure the clip was real and not something that was being misinterpreted. But sure enough, that’s exactly what she said.

O’Donnell was, of course, exactly right. If we didn’t have such an activist media when it comes to issues like gun rights we’d see a lot more step in like she did and point out for the record that the vast majority of Second Amendment proponents are law-abiding citizens who support having the Constitutional right so they can protect themselves and their families – and others, potentially, depending on the situation – from someone who could try to harm them.

O’Donnell also hit back at Newsom over the report that the gunman “used a modified pistol with a high-capacity magazine illegal in California.” Newsom didn’t have any good answer for it:

When asked how the gunman was able to get the weapon, Newsom responded “we will figure it out,” adding, “That’s going to happen. You got to enforce laws. Things fall through the cracks, but it doesn’t mean you give up.”

Newsom mentioned the role of mental health in mass shootings, but he singled out gun access as a factor exacerbating the problem.

Not surprisingly, what he left out was that a bad guy who wants a gun doesn’t care about gun laws obviously and will go about getting their guns and ammo regardless of how strict a state’s gun laws are. This is exactly why defenders of the Second Amendment say the government shouldn’t make it harder for law-abiding citizens to obtain one, because in the end it’s the people who follow the law who ultimately end up paying the price.

Biden Admin Considers Nationwide Ban on Racist Gas Stoves

The Biden administration is exploring the possibility of a nationwide ban on gas stoves because some studies say that emissions from these appliances are toxic, according to a new report.

About 40% of American households use gas stoves, despite the fact that the EPA and WHO say they emit dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and fine particulate matter. These emissions are reportedly associated with a variety of adverse health outcomes, including sickness, cardiovascular issues, cancer, childhood asthma, and others.

“This is a hidden hazard,” Richard Trumka Jr., the commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, told Bloomberg News. “Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned.”

Apparently, the problem is not just that the emissions from gas stoves are allegedly toxic. According to some Democrats, gas stoves are also racist.

Last month, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) wrote a letter to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, claiming that gas stove emissions are a “cumulative burden” on black, Latino, and low-income households, which, they claim, disproportionately experience air pollution.

“These emissions can create a cumulative burden to households that are already more likely to face higher exposure to both indoor and outdoor air pollution,” the letter reads. “Statistics show that Black, Latino, and low-income households are more likely to experience disproportionate air pollution, either from being more likely to be located near a waste incinerator or coal ash site, or living in smaller homes with poor ventilation, malfunctioning appliances, mold, dust mites, secondhand smoke, lead dust, pests, and other maintenance deficiencies.”

In the past, natural gas has been promoted as a cleaner energy source than alternative fuel sources. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, natural gas “has many qualities that make it an efficient, relatively clean burning, and economical energy source.” So, is this really about gas stoves being harmful, or is this just another scam to push electric, which is widely misconstrued to be environmentally friendly?

This winter, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission will solicit public input on the dangers of gas stoves. The commission could potentially establish pollution guidelines for the stoves or even ban them from being imported and manufactured.

Others say the problem is not gas stoves.

“Ventilation is really where this discussion should be, rather than banning one particular type of technology,” says Jill Notini, a vice president with the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers. “Banning one type of a cooking appliance is not going to address the concerns about overall indoor air quality… We may need some behavior change, we may need [people] to turn on their hoods when cooking.”

Elon Musk Wrecks John Brennan With Just Four Words

Grab the popcorn, it’s getting hot between former CIA head John Brennan and Twitter owner Elon Musk.

As we reported, Brennan was infuriated that Musk dared to criticize Dr. Anthony Fauci, saying that his “pronouns” were “Prosecute/Fauci.” But he continued that meltdown with a new tweet saying there needed to be a way to “prevent” people like Musk from being “politically destructive.”

How much this latest tweet tells you about Brennan — his natural inclination to deal with someone he disagrees with politically is to “prevent” that person from speaking. That likely explains a lot of what we have seen over the past few years. It also sounds like a threat. What does he mean by “prevent”? The reason we don’t have such a thing in our republic is that we operate under a Constitution and believe in the freedom of speech. We don’t believe that the government or a political party colluding with social media should be shutting down people’s speech.

But as we’re learning about Elon Musk, he doesn’t take anything lying down and he doesn’t seem afraid of these characters, which is a marvelous thing.

First, Musk tweeted that the “Branch Covidians are upset, lol” — a recognition of the furor he’d created from the left over his remarks about Fauci.

But then a few minutes later, he specifically responded to Brennan.

I have to say that this is bravery and it sounds like Musk is willing to throw it all out there to expose these characters. That takes a lot of guts. He’s right on the money about Brennan — there’s so much there for which Brennan has never been held accountable. But it sounds like there’s a lot more to drop in Twitter files and Musk is going to have a lot of fun taking them down.

 

 

The next installment of the Twitter Files

Matt Taibbi
1. THREAD: The Twitter Files
THE REMOVAL OF DONALD TRUMP
Part One: October 2020-January 6th

2. The world knows much of the story of what happened between riots at the Capitol on January 6th, and the removal of President Donald Trump from Twitter on January 8th… 

3. We’ll show you what hasn’t been revealed: the erosion of standards within the company in months before J6, decisions by high-ranking executives to violate their own policies, and more, against the backdrop of ongoing, documented interaction with federal agencies. 

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