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— Amy Gomez (@amy_gomez10659) October 25, 2023
New York City Gun Restrictions Ruled Unconstitutional
Local laws allowing New York City officials to subjectively deny gun possession permits violate the Second Amendment, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge John P. Cronan struck down portions of a New York City law governing when licensing officials may deny permits to own rifles, shotguns, and handguns. Cronan determined that allowing the City to deny licenses to applicants who are ânot of good moral characterâ or when they feel âother good causeâ exists allows too much discretion and does not fit with how America historically regulated guns. He found that makes them unconstitutional under the Supreme Courtâs latest Second Amendment test.
âThis case is not about the ability of a state or municipality to impose appropriate and constitutionally valid regulations governing the issuance of firearm licenses and permits,â Judge Cronan wrote in Srour v. NYC. âThe constitutional infirmities identified herein lie not in the Cityâs decision to impose requirements for the possession of handguns, rifles, and shotguns. Rather, the provisions fail to pass constitutional muster because of the magnitude of discretion afforded to City officials in denying an individual their constitutional right to keep and bear firearms, and because of Defendantsâ failure to show that such unabridged discretion has any grounding in our Nationâs historical tradition of firearm regulation.â
The decision, which is likely to be appealed by city officials, may result in more residents of the nationâs largest city being able to legally arm themselves. It also represents the continuing fallout from a landmark gun case ruling handed down by the Supreme Court last year.
The people who tell us we need to cut down on emissions
-fly around in planes.
The people who tell us we are in a climate change emergency
-live in oceanfront properties.
The people who tell us to eat bugs
-eat steak.
The people who told us to stay home, stay safe and get vaccinated
-travelled the world and partied.
The people who told us we are all in this together
-shut down our businesses, increased our taxes and gave themselves pay raises.
The people who tell us we don’t need guns
-have private armed security.
The people who try to censor us, saying we’re spreading misinformation
-spread malinformation.
The people who tell us we’ll own nothing and be happy
-control more than half the worlds assets.
âGet in under the covers, Abba (daddy) will protect you, there will be some noise but everything will be OK.â
That’s what Alon said to his three daughters who took shelter with him in a safe room when Hamas terrorists began to set fire to their home.
Heroic dad, Alon, opened the door, fired his rifle, killing one of barbaric terrorists, the other two fled, allowing Alon to return and guard his daughters during the invasion.
Apart from his role as a father Alon is also a farmer and security volunteer at Kibbutz Nirim.
O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England
That do no work to-day!
What’s he that wishes so?
My cousin, Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin;
If we are mark’d to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God’s peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more methinks would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland , through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man’s company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call’d the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say “To-morrow is Saint Crispian.”
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say “These wounds I had on Crispin’s day.”
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household wordsâ
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucesterâ
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb’red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèdâ
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day!
Translations from Leftspeakâ˘
âInvestmentâ:
Spending money on our favorite constituency groups
October 25
285 â Crispin and Crispinian are martyred by Governor Rictus Varus of Gaul on order of Emperor Diocletian
1147 â During the Reconquista, crusader knights retake Lisbon after a 4 month long siege.
1415 â The army of Henry V of England, mostly light armored infantry and archers, defeats the heavily armored French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt, during the Hundred Years War.
1760 â George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather, George II.
1812 â The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian commanded by John Surman Carden, south of the Azores islands.
1854 â At Balaklava in the Crimea, after an ineffective cavalry charge of the British Heavy Brigade, the British Light Brigade is ordered to charge but is pointed in the wrong direction, suffering heavy casualties after heading down a valley defended by massed Russian artillery.
1921 â Bartholemew ‘Bat’ Masterson dies at his desk from a massive heart attack after writing what became his final column for the New York Morning Telegraph
1940 â Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is promoted the first African American General Officer in the U.S. Army.
1944 â The main force of the U.S. Navy sights and re-engages the main force of the Japanese Navy in the Surigao Straight and off Samar Island in the Phillipines
1962 â U.S Ambassador Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba.
1968 â Northeast Airlines Flight 946, a Fairchild F-27, crashes into Moose Mountain while on approach to Lebanon Municipal Airport in Lebanon, New Hampshire, killing 30 of the 39 passengers and 2 of the 3 crew members aboard.
1973 â Egypt and Israel accept a United Nations Security Council Resolution calling for a ceasefire of the Yom Kippur War.
1983 â United States and Caribbean coalition forces begin Operation Urgent Fury, the invasion of the island of Grenada, 6 days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d’ĂŠtat by Cuban backed communist forces.
1994 â U.S Navy F-14 pilot Lieutenant Kara Hultgreen is killed when her plane crashes on landing approach to USS Abraham Lincoln off San Diego.
1995 â A Cary-Grove High School bus driver fails to clear the tracks near Fox River Grove, Illinois, and the bus is struck by a Metra Union Pacific/ Northwest Line commuter train, enroute to Chicago, killing 7 students and injuring 24 more.
1999 â A SunJet Aviation chartered Learjet 35, enroute from Orlando, Florida, to Dallas, Texas, looses pressure shortly after takeoff, incapacitating and likely killing the 4 passengers, including Springfield, Missouri born golfer Payne Stewart, and 2 crew aboard, then crashes near Aberdeen, South Dakota, when it finally runs out of fuel nearly 4 hours later.
2001 â Microsoft releases Windows XP
2009 â Targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council building, Al Qaida suicide bombers detonate 2 car bombs, killing 155 Iraqis and wounding at least 721 more people, among which were 3 American contractors.
2013 â Actor and stuntman Hal Needham dies in Los Angeles, age 82.
Armed man scares off North Carolina supermarket shooter
A gunman was chased away by an armed bystander after he opened fire outside a supermarket in North Carolina, police said.
Mirza Zukanovic, 35, is accused of shooting at two people Saturday night following a domestic dispute at the Lowes Foods parking lot in Wake Forest Crossing, WRAL News reports.
As Zukanovic fired at the duo, a bystander who has a license to carry a weapon drew his own pistol and fired at the gunman.
Zukanovic then fled, but was impaired while driving and crashed his car just minutes later along nearby Stadium Drive.
Zukanovic was taken into custody without further incident and charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, discharging a firearm in the city limits, driving while impaired, no operatorâs license, failure to wear a seatbelt and failure to maintain lane control.
No one was injured in the shootout, and no property was reported damaged, Wake Forest police said.
Zukanovic was booked at the Wake County Detention Center and is being held without bail.
A representative for Zukanovic was not immediately available for comment.
Last month, a customer at the Zaxbyâs restaurant in Alpharetta, Georgia, shot a 57-year-old gunman attempting to rob the establishment.
The local hero, who was not publicly identified, shot the would-be robber in the leg, twice, leading the suspect to flee into the woods, where he was arrested by police.
Concealed Carry Holder Attacked by Pro-Palestinian Protestors Won’t Face Charges For Firing Shot
A rally to support Israel in Skokie, Illinois over the weekend turned chaotic and violent when about 200 pro-Palestinian protestors showed up outside the banquet hall where the rally was taking place.
Though police were on hand to keep the two sides apart, at one point a smaller group of protestors broke away from the crowd, with one of them apparently yanking an Israeli flag off of a motoristâs car. When the man got out of the car to get his flag back, he was quickly surrounded by the mob, and ended up firing a shot into the air to get them to back away.
The man was quickly taken into custody by Lincolnwood police, but was released on Monday after Cook County prosecutors determined the man was acting in self-defense.
The 39-year-old man, who prosecutors declined to name, was released from police custody. In a statement issued Monday, prosecutors said the man, a Firearm Owner Identification Card and Concealed Carry License holder, had âno criminal history.â
âAfter reviewing the evidence, which includes surveillance video and witness statements, we have determined the individual ⌠acted in self-defense upon being surrounded by a crowd and attacked by some of those individuals,â according to the statement.âŚ
Hatem Abuddayeh, the national chair of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, said the stateâs attorneyâs office was âabsolutely wrongâ in releasing the man, who he said âendangered hundreds.â
He blamed Americaâs political leaders, specifically President Joe Biden and some elected officials in Illinois who have voiced support for Israel, for stoking the attacks.
âOur leaders are responsible for the attacks,â Abuddayeh said. âThe stateâs attorneyâs office has a responsibility of keeping people safe ⌠These are the things that put us in danger.â
Câmon now. First of all, this wasnât an attack, at least not on the part of the concealed carry holder. He was defending himself against an attack from an angry mob, and honestly showed remarkable restraint (if not the smartest gun handling) by firing a warning shot into the air rather than taking aim at any of the individuals who were attacking him.
The pro-Palestinian protesters had a First Amendment right to be there, but no one had the right to take his property off his car, and they certainly didnât have the right to attack him when he tried to get his flag back.
âI donât think [pro-Palestinian protesters] are gonna be dissuaded from wanting to do more and being public in their support for their people and their demands of our government,â Abuddayeh said. âBut itâs a message to our community that the people in charge donât care that weâre being attacked.â
Alison Pure-Slovin, the Midwest regional director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which organized the Israeli solidarity event, said prosecutors likely decided not to press charges because the man âdidnât feel safe.â
âHe was afraid because he was accosted by other people,â Pure-Slovin said. âThe United States of America guarantees free speech. You should not be accosted because of your beliefs.â
Pure-Slotkin is absolutely right, and itâs true for both sides. If the concealed carry holder had been driving by and decided to accost the people protesting the pro-Israel event by threatening them with a gun, he should and would have faced charges. But thatâs not what happened here, and it sounds like Abuddayeh is grossly twisting the facts to suit his own cause.
Fed up people leaving crime-ridden cities, blame Biden.
A majority of people have had it with the surge in crime and are leaving and avoiding dangerous cities, trying to cope with the wave of shootings and carjackings or simply giving up on their situation, according to a new law enforcement survey.
The National Sheriffsâ Association/TIPP survey shared with Secrets shows that many blame President Joe Biden and his open borders agenda for the surge.
âAmericans are experiencing an increase in crime in their neighborhoods over the past year,â said Sheriff Jim Skinner of Collin County, Texas, and the chairman of the associationâs government affairs committee.
âMost Americans are dissatisfied with President Biden’s crime control policies, notably Republicans and independents. Weak immigration policies contribute to an increase in crime. Dissatisfaction spans ideological lines, with conservatives, moderates, and liberals all expressing concerns about these policies,â he added in an analysis of the new survey.
While government reports are conflicting on whether crime has surged beyond city limits, inside cities such as Washington, D.C., the rise in carjackings, holdups, and theft has risen dramatically and often the attacks are filmed and posted online.
As a result, many believe crime is up and some people are deciding to leave dangerous cities.
Skinner said, âAs a result of increased crime, many American families have been impacted, with some feeling helpless and even considering relocating. Others have reported coping with the changes. Communities facing rising crime rates have witnessed reduced visitation or abandonment, highlighting the tangible consequences of increased crime on people’s behaviors and choices.â
Whatâs more, people are avoiding crime areas. According to the analysis, âCommunities with increased crime are being abandoned. For example, nearly two-thirds (63%) of respondents have either reduced or stopped visiting communities with increased crime. While a third (34%) have reduced, another 29% have stopped altogether.â
Law enforcement, and especially the National Sheriffsâ Association, had a good relationship with the Trump administration but not with the Biden White House. Skinner said that the group has reached out to the White House with some ideas to cut crime, but they have not heard back.
Skinner listed the groupâs ideas for curbing crime. They include:
- Increasing border security and doing more to stop the illegal importation of drugs.
- Prosecuting gun crime. âArmed criminals committing murder with guns will not simply put down their weapons because the law bans the weapon. Violent criminals will always find a way to obtain a gun,â the agenda said.
- Reevaluating no bail laws.
- Doing more for mental health.
The new, and dangerous, ‘greatest possible threat to our Republic’
It’s not Hamas, it’s not ISIS, it’s not China and it’s not Russia.
It’s not even the fact that Americans now have widely divergent views on the direction the nation should be going.
It’s that the trust in the Constitution is gone, and now an “increasing number of citizens ⌠view violence as warranted to silence those with opposing views.”
That is, in fact, the “greatest possible threat to our Republic,” according to George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, who has not only testified on the Constitution before Congress but has represented members in court.
He cited a recent University of Virginia Center for Politics poll that delivered astounding results: “Fifty-two percent of Biden supporters say Republicans are now a threat to American life while 47 percent of Trump supporters say the same about Democrats. Among Biden supporters, 41 percent now believe violence is justified ‘to stop [Republicans] from achieving their goals.’ An almost identical percentage, 38 percent, of Trump supporters now embrace violence to stop Democrats. ⌠Some 31 percent of Trump supporters believe that the nation should explore alternative forms of government. Roughly a quarter (24 percent) of Biden supporters also question the viability of democracy.”
Chicago Woman Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Man in Morgan Park
A woman fatally shot a knife-wielding man early Sunday in Morgan Park on the Far South Side.
The shooting happened around 12:45 a.m. when a 41-year-old man who the woman knew approached her with a knife inside her home in the 11500 block of South Vincennes Avenue, Chicago police said.
The woman then pulled out a gun and shot the man four times in his torso, police said.
He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, officials said.
The woman wasnât injured and a handgun was recovered at the scene, officials said.
Area detectives were investigating.
Squad of female IDF combat troops eliminated nearly 100 Hamas terrorists.
Only a few have had the chance to witness the extraordinary actions of the Caracal Battalion during their battle against Hamas terrorists.
Lt.-Col. Or Ben-Yehuda, the commander of this unit, now recounts her experiences in the southern Gaza Strip, where her battalion eliminated approximately 100 terrorists. She also has a clear message for those who question the capabilities of female fighters in the Caracal (Desert Lynx) and Tank Battalion.
As the assault on the Gaza border area began, Ben-Yehuda swiftly moved from the battalion headquarters in Nahal Raviv to a post on the Egyptian border with armored personnel carriers. Rockets were raining down, and warnings arrived regarding potential terrorist infiltration in the Shlomit and Bnei Netzer towns.
In the midst of this chaos, she received a message from Lt.-Col. Yonatan Tzur, the commander of the Nahal Brigade’s patrol battalion, who was later tragically killed in an encounter with terrorists. He reported an infiltration near Sufa and Nirim, saying, “There are several terrorists there… They’re heavily armed!”
Ben-Yehuda summoned troops from the mixed-gender, infantry combat Caracal Battalion and made her intentions clear: “We are going out to eliminate terrorists. Infiltration into Israel is happening, and it’s spreading. Stay alert. We might cross paths. We are a strong squad.”
During the fast-paced journey, Ben-Yehuda began to understand the scale of the terrorist incidents in the region. Arriving at Sufa, she received a report from a sergeant from the guards at the entrance to the military base, indicating that terrorists were inside with at least three wounded.
Information revealed that the military post contained around 40 combat soldiers from the Nahal patrol, a mix of Nahal, mortar soldiers from the 50th battalion, other soldiers, military drivers operating in high-risk areas, and numerous terrorists. It was apparent that most of the combatants were in the dining room, armed with anti-tank missiles. It became clear that this was not a typical terrorist infiltration.
Approaching the base from all angles, they identified at least seven terrorists, and more from the nearby dirt embankment were starting to climb up. Suddenly, a convoy with almost 50 terrorists and snipers charged toward the squad of 12 at breakneck speed. They responded with gunfire. Terrorists were eliminated, and the others dispersed.
In a harrowing moment, a terrorist advanced on Ben-Yehuda at point-blank range, but her quick reaction saved her from harm.
Lt.-Col. A from the Magic Touch Squadron (190) arrived and identified the terrorists inside the base. He suggested taking action but Ben-Yehuda insisted on avoiding harm to the soldiers inside. Instead, bursts of fire were directed at the surrounding earthen embankments, killing terrorists and preventing further attacks on the squad.
For nearly four hours, terrorists attempted to outflank Ben-Yehuda and her team, engaging them in firefights. More vans arrived, but the Caracal Battalion commander effectively thwarted them. Additional Light Anti-Armor Weapon (LAW) missiles were launched, further eliminating terrorists: Some were killed, and others retreated.
Despite wounds to some of her soldiers, they persevered.
After hours of intense combat, soldiers from the Shayetet (flotilla) 13 Navy Special Forces unit arrived to clear the base of terrorists. Drones were launched to assist them. The firefights continued, and wounded soldiers were evacuated. They remained at the base for a total of 14 hours until it was fully secured.
Ben-Yehuda emphasized the significant contributions of the female soldiers under her command, who saved many lives through medical care and even daring helicopter landings under fire. Their remarkable performance under the extreme pressure of war highlighted their capabilities.
She also acknowledged the tank soldiers under her command, who played a vital role in defending towns and decisively impacting the battle in Holit, a kibbutz near the southwestern-most border of the Gaza Strip where at least 11 of its members were killed along with two migrant workers.
In total, her battalion eliminated around 100 terrorists. She hopes this serves as proof that there should be no more doubts about female combat soldiers. “Their training and performance on the battlefield have erased any doubts. They fought bravely, saved lives, and emerged as heroes,” she said.
Ben-Yehuda also highlighted the dedication of the commanders who rushed from home to join the fight.
She concluded: “There are no more doubts about female combat soldiers, who have triumphed in every encounter with terrorists. At present, we are responsible for 11 towns and are preparing for any potential ground maneuvers to ensure the safety of the southern Gaza border area and the Egyptian border.”
A lot of people woke up on October 7 as progressives and went to bed that night feeling like conservatives. What changed?
When Hamas terrorists crossed over the border with Israel and murdered 1,400 innocent people, they destroyed families and entire communities. They also shattered long-held delusions in the West.
A friend of mine joked that she woke up on October 7 as a liberal and went to bed that evening as a 65-year-old conservative. But it wasnât really a joke and she wasnât the only one. What changed?
The best way to answer that question is with the help of Thomas Sowell, one of the most brilliant public intellectuals alive today. In 1987, Sowell published A Conflict of Visions. In this now-classic, he offers a simple and powerful explanation of why people disagree about politics. We disagree about politics, Sowell argues, because we disagree about human nature. We see the world through one of two competing visions, each of which tells a radically different story about human nature.
Those with âunconstrained visionâ think that humans are malleable and can be perfected. They believe that social ills and evils can be overcome through collective action that encourages humans to behave better. To subscribers of this view, poverty, crime, inequality, and war are not inevitable. Rather, they are puzzles that can be solved. We need only to say the right things, enact the right policies, and spend enough money, and we will suffer these social ills no more. This worldview is the foundation of the progressive mindset.
By contrast, those who see the world through a âconstrained visionâ lens believe that human nature is a universal constant. No amount of social engineering can change the sober reality of human self-interest, or the fact that human empathy and social resources are necessarily scarce. People who see things this way believe that most political and social problems will never be âsolvedâ; they can only be managed. This approach is the bedrock of the conservative worldview.
Hamasâs barbarismâand the explanations and celebrations throughout the West that followed their orgy of violenceâhave forced an overnight exodus from the âunconstrainedâ camp into the âconstrainedâ one.
Translations from Leftspeakâ˘
“Extremist”:
Any centrist or conservative who disagrees with The Leftist Narrativeâ˘
October 24
1590 â John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the “lost” colonists.
1596 â The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre, off the northwest coast of the Iberian peninsula, forcing a retreat to port.
1861 â Western Union, a combined partnership of the Pacific Telegraph Company and Overland Telegraph Company, completes construction of the first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States.
1900 â The U.S. government announces plans to buy the Danish West Indies islands of St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix and later Water- now called the Virgin Islands – for $7 million
1901 â Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1911 â Orville Wright remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds flying a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1912 â During the First Balkan War, Bulgarian forces near modern KÄąrklareli, Turkey and Serbians near modern Kumanovo, North Macedonia, are victorious against those of the Ottoman Empire.
1929 â The Dow Jones Industrial Average on the New York Stock Exchange crashes  12.82% (38.33 points) marking the beginning of a world wide economic crisis.
1930 â A coup d’ĂŠtat in Brazil ousts President Washington Luis, ending the First Republic
1931 â The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.
1944 â Off Leyte Gulf, the Japanese naval force attacked earlier by U.S. submarines is engaged and repulsed by U.S. naval surface forces in the Sibuyan Sea
1945 â The United Nations Charter comes into effect.
Vidkun Quisling is executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress, Oslo, Norway for high treason against the Norwegian state
1946 â A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket, launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1947 â United Airlines Flight 608, a Douglas DC-6, crashes over the Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, killing all 52 passengers and crew onboard.
1954 â President Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
1960 â A prototype of the R-16 ICBM ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Soviet Union, killing over 100 people.
1963 â An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills 7 people.
1992 â The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
1998 â NASA’s probe, Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
2002 â Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, D.C.
2003 â The AĂŠrospatiale/BAC Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
2005 â After earlier crossing the Yucatan peninsula at category 5 power, Hurricane Wilma, at category 3 power, strikes Cape Romano, Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing over $20 billion in damage.
2008 â Many of the world’s stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices while the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the New York Stock Exchange drops 3.6%. (312 points)
2015 â A driver intentionally crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing 4 people and injuring 34. The murderer is later convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.