as an american journalist you never expect:
1. mom's face to disappear when playing peekaboo
2. where did it go
3. wait now she's back again— leon (@leyawn) May 8, 2021
And just to make it clear.
She must believe that we’re stupid and that the internet isn’t forever.
Yes, that her; Paddling the canoe in ankle deep water.
Well; you can’t have them.
TBS’s Sam Bee Just Says It: I ‘Want to Take your Guns’
Samantha Bee recently admitted she lets politics invade her “comedy.”
It’s the worst kept secret in Hollywood, a rule that virtually every mainstream comic follows in our deeply divided culture.
It’s why Saturday Night Live won’t lay a glove on President Joe Biden and Stephen Colbert would rather take on the MyPillow guy than a president holding “kids in cages.” Now, Bee wants us to trust her on one of the more divisive topics of the modern era.
“Full Frontal Wants to Take Your Guns,” to air at 10:30 p.m. EST May 12, will allegedly explore ways to reduce gun violence now.
Glock wins (and Biden loses) in major liability suit
God didn’t deliver for President Joe Biden, who recently begged “the Lord” to help him erase the congressionally approved immunity that gun-makers have from lawsuits.
In a little-noticed decision with a major impact on the firearms industry, a federal judge in Arizona has ruled in favor of pistol manufacturer Glock and dismissed a suit brought by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence on behalf of a man who was accidentally shot and paralyzed.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Brnovich upheld liability immunity granted in the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act passed in 2005 to block gun-makers from a potential wave of industry-killing lawsuits.
Brnovich, nominated by former President Donald Trump and the wife of Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, dismissed multiple claims in the suit that the act’s protections were illegal, writing, “The statute is constitutional.”
While she made her decision in mid-March, it is just now winning attention as Biden and top congressional Democrats begin a campaign to impose new gun control restrictions and end liability immunity for gun-makers.
“The dismissal of this case is welcome news and demonstrates the importance of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act,” said Mark Oliva, the spokesman for the industry trade group National Shooting Sports Foundation.
Teen shoots man who tried to break into house
A domestic disturbance ended when a man was shot in the leg in the front yard of a mid-town Billings neighborhood on Thursday morning.
According to Billings Police Chief Rich St. John, a teenage boy shot a man in the leg after the man reportedly tried to punch his way into the residence at 1438 Avenue B.
St John said the incident began at a nearby restaurant as a disturbance involving a man and a woman. The woman retreated to the house on Avenue B where the man followed her. The man then punched through the glass window of the screen door.
St. John said after the man punched the window, the teen confronted the man outside and shot several rounds from a handgun into the ground.
The man then retreated to his car but came back a second time, and the teen once again shot several rounds toward the ground, hitting the man in the leg.
The man was taken to a hospital for treatment of his injury.
Wife shoots man with knife running toward husband in Madera parking lot
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Madera Police investigators say surveillance video taken outside the Walmart on Cleveland Avenue is helping them make sense of the moments that led to a woman firing a gun for protection.
“In this case, the surveillance video really helps tell the story,” says Madera Police Commander Gino Chiaramonte.
It happened in a matter of seconds.
You can see a man approaching a couple in a dark sedan, which quickly leads to a confrontation.
The woman’s unarmed husband gets out of the car and the man begins to charge at him with a sharp object.
The husband backs up several yards, trying to get away.
“The wife stepped out of the vehicle and shot one round, striking the suspect/victim in the throat,” Chiaramonte said.
The man was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
“I don’t know what the arguing was about,” says AJ.
AJ saw it all happen and tells Action News he was just a couple of parking spots away when he heard the gunfire.
“It all happened pretty quick,” he said. “It was really scary because the shot was really loud. It was just one shot. It was one shot. That’s it.”
Madera police say the couple has been cooperative with the investigation.
They were released last night after going to the police station for questioning. Officials say there are no plans to pursue charges for the shooting.
“It’s not a defense of her but it’s in defense of her husband,” Chiaramonte said. “There was a lethal threat and the aggressive nature of him trying to swing and stab, and you’ll see that in the video.”
Police say they don’t believe the two parties had contact prior to the altercation but the investigation doesn’t stop here.
“It’s not case closed yet,” Chiaramonte said. “We are doing a lengthy investigation into the histories and trying to figure out what could’ve caused this in the beginning.”
Right now, the man who was shot is still in critical condition at CRMC.
Police are hoping speaking to him will provide more answers about the initial confrontation. It’s still unclear at this point if he could face charges in the case.
Laser Eye Protection: Protecting Your Eyes from the Emerging Domestic Laser Threat.
As if cops in the U.S. don’t have enough to worry about, 2020 came along and added laser beams to the mix. We’ve seen protesters in Portland wielding handheld lasers against police officers during nightly street clashes. The social unrest surrounding George Floyd’s death has led to more than 130 consecutive days of violent protests in Portland, with other high-intensity, shorter duration demonstrations popping off in cities around the country.
Lasers will only become more popular among street protestors, so it’s worth a few minutes to learn how they work and how to protect yourself from them.
While lasers are a new threat to American LEOs, the first notable use of handheld lasers in civil unrest was overseas in 2013. Demonstrators packed Cairo’s Tahrir Square calling for Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to step down. The crowd focused their cat toys on an Egyptian military helicopter flying over the demonstration, menacing the protestors. Images of the laser-painted helo transmitted from the scene were eye-catching, and the media coverage helped focus the world’s attention on Egyptian politics.
Later, in 2019, sophisticated protesters in Hong Kong used cheap, handheld lasers to fry the CCDs in surveillance equipment used by the state to collect evidence against agitators during anti-Chinese government protests.
Taking it a third step, South American protestors watching the Hong Kong protests realized shining $30 novelty lasers directly at riot control officers were effective tools to distract, disorient, and possibly injure them during street protests.
This brings us to America in 2020, where all three of these tactics melded into the threat facing law enforcement officers working protest details in Portland, Seattle, and other areas of unrest around the country.
Local [Texas] law enforcement preparing for impact of permitless carry
Hunt County’s law enforcement officials say they are ready to deal with the ramifications of the constitutional carry bill, which was nearing final approval in the Texas Legislature Friday morning.
But proponents of the measure say it still needs to cross the final hurdles.
“I applaud the Senate for finally passing the House’s Constitutional Carry bill yesterday, a bill that will further secure our second amendment rights,” said State Representative for District 2 Bryan Slaton. “But there is still plenty of work to be done to make sure this bill becomes law.”
Under current state law, Texans must generally be licensed to carry handguns openly or concealed. Applicants must submit fingerprints, complete four to six hours of training and pass a written exam and a shooting proficiency test. Texas does not require a license to openly carry a rifle in public.
“HB 1927 allows law-abiding citizens aged 21 who can legally own a firearm to carry it in a holster in public places without a state-issued license,” said State Senator Bob Hall, after the House bill passed the Senate Wednesday.
The bill was still being worked on in a committee Friday morning to hammer out the differences remaining in the House and Senate versions, before it is sent to Governor Greg Abbott, who has said he intends to sign the measure into law when it reaches his desk.
Greenville Police Chief Scott Smith and Hunt County Sheriff Terry Jones said they were prepared for the eventuality of the law being implemented.
“I am a firm supporter of the 2nd Amendment,” Jones said. “We will take the actions required by law and implement our policies accordingly.”
Smith was wanting to see a final version of the law, but knew it was on its way regardless.
“It will present some challenges that perhaps we haven’t had in the past,” Smith said, as he realizes the law may increase the appeal to the public of buying and wearing a handgun. But he also knows there are responsibilities involved in owning and maintaining any weapon which may eventually temper some of the enthusiasm.
“I think at some point it will settle down into a new reality for all of us,” Smith said.
Gov. Doug Burgum on April 26, signed a proclamation designating North Dakota as a “Second Amendment Sanctuary State,” reinforcing the state’s support for the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Burgum signed the proclamation during a ceremonial signing with legislators for several bills approved this session to protect the rights of North Dakotans to possess and carry firearms.
“Both the U.S. Constitution and North Dakota Constitution recognize our citizens’ inalienable right to keep and bear arms, and designating North Dakota as a Second Amendment Sanctuary State sends a strong message to Congress and the White House that we will firmly resist any attempts to infringe on those rights,” Burgum said. “We are deeply grateful to all of the legislators who sponsored and supported these bills and worked to strengthen North Dakota’s commitment to the Second Amendment.”
Paper carrier acted in self-defense in Waterfront Vancouver shooting
The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has declined to file criminal charges against a contract newspaper carrier who fatally shot a man last month at The Waterfront Vancouver.
The man who was killed, identified as 29-year-old Kin K. Bossy, had been attempting to steal the carrier’s car April 17 when he was shot multiple times, according to investigative documents related to the case.
The independent contractor newspaper carrier for The Columbian, identified by police as 35-year-old Justyn Vallandingham, fired at Bossy after finding him inside his vehicle.
In a letter Thursday to a Vancouver police detective, Senior Deputy Prosecutor Jeff McCarty wrote that Bossy appeared to be committing a felony offense against Vallandingham, who feared imminent danger or death.
Unwritten firearm policies under the gun as Gov. DeSantis signs preemption bill
Republicans hope local governments think twice about abridging gun rights.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a measure to crack down on local governments creating gun control measures.
Lawmakers last week passed a bill (SB 1884) clarifying that existing preemptions on local firearm and ammunition laws also apply to unwritten rules and policies. The proposal, which the Legislature formally sent to the Governor earlier in the day, will also make clear local governments can’t bypass court cases simply by scrapping gun laws.
State law expressly prohibits a local government from creating an “ordinance, regulation, measure, directive, rule, enactment, order or policy” relating to guns that is more restrictive than state law. The broad list was intended to show it includes unwritten policies, but some courts have sided with cities and counties on unwritten rules.
Rep. Cord Byrd, a Neptune Beach Republican who has carried the issue in the House, said the Legislature needs to shore up the law because of defiant local officials. He cited multiple examples just this year of local governments passing ordinances despite preemption laws in place since 1987. It’s the same reason in 2011 that the Legislature put in penalties for local officials who vote for local ordinances regardless of state law.
leftist tyrants gotta tyrant.
Biden Supports Suppressing Online “Misinformation” Press Secretary Says
President Joe Biden supports efforts to crack down on “misinformation” on Big Tech platforms, the White House said.
“The president’s view is that the major platforms have a responsibility related to the health and safety of all Americans to stop amplifying untrustworthy content, disinformation, and misinformation, especially related to COVID-19, vaccinations, and elections. And we’ve seen that over the past several months, broadly speaking. I’m not placing any blame on any individual or group; we’ve seen it from a number of sources,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington……..
Senator Klobuchar Says Facebook’s Trump Ban Doesn’t Go Far Enough
The recent decision by the Oversight Board to uphold Facebook’s decision to indefinitely suspend President Trump reignited calls for antitrust laws against Big Tech companies. But Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), who is leading a team that could reshape the country’s antitrust laws, says the ban was not punishment enough.
In an interview with Yahoo Finance, Klobuchar called her political opponent the “ultimate conveyor of misinformation,” adding he should be permanently banned from social media platforms…….
So, either they were working on a big firecracker for the 4th, or, they were working on an IED. Just to point out that more than a few people doing one or the other have occasionally missed a step and detonated the thing a leeeetle too early.
3 Dead After Black Powder Device Explodes Near Illinois Park
The three died from injuries they received in the explosion, LaSalle County Coroner Rich Ploch said. Autopsies were planned.
Three people have died after a black powder device exploded along a bank of the Illinois River in the northern part of the state, authorities said.
First responders were called to an area west of the Starved Rock State Park boat ramp where they they discovered three dead males around 7:20 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.
“With assistance from the (Illinois) State Police, the Kane County Bomb Squad Unit & the FBI, it was determined that the individuals appeared to have ignited a type of black powder substance along an area near the river bank,” LaSalle County Coroner Rich Ploch said…
I wonder if these people even have the level of self awareness to realize their hypocrisy.
The Gospel of Failure
Our ruling classes just keep insisting on the same bad ideas.
Let me say, first, that I take no joy in Bill and Melinda Gates’s divorce. The union of two souls in one flesh is a deep-set spiritual reality, whether the participants know that or not. Things fuse so naturally in marriage that you hardly notice: bank accounts, social networks, families. Untwining two lives means tearing all that asunder. It can devastate even adult children, of which the Gateses have three. I grieve for them.
But because I take this so seriously, I cannot help remarking that these two people have expressed no intention to reflect, even for a second, on what divorce implies about their qualifications as global lifestyle coaches. Absent from all their public statements thus far has been any indication that this represents a significant personal breakdown for both of them, or that such breakdowns should give pause to people who wish to tell us all, every one of us, how to live.
BLUF:
“The disappointing jobs report makes it clear that paying people not to work is dampening what should be a stronger jobs market,” said Neil Bradley, executive vice president and chief policy officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “One step policymakers should take now is ending the $300 weekly supplemental unemployment benefit. Based on the Chamber’s analysis, the $300 benefit results in approximately one in four recipients taking home more in unemployment than they earned working.”
Well, this may actually simply be a sort of ‘unintended consequences’, but to accept that, one must also accept the notion that the leftists controlling goobermint right now don’t want the economic destruction of our country so they can raise their Marxist idealistic Utopia from the ashes.
New Jobs Report Shows the Government Gets the Unemployment It’s Paying For
High unemployment benefits are getting the blame for disappointing job growth in the midst of a worker shortage
A disappointing new jobs report shows that hiring is down and the unemployment is rate is up, even as wages climb and employers complain about a shortage of workers. That apparent paradox has some policy wonks pinning the blame on expanded jobless benefits that pay workers more than what they could expect to earn working.
The economy added 266,000 jobs in April according to today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), while the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 6.1 percent, from 6 percent.
These numbers are well below forecasts from economists who predicted that April would see the addition of around 1 million jobs, and the unemployment rate falling to 5.8 percent. The BLS report notes that we’re still far away from a pre-pandemic labor market, when the jobless rate sat at 3.5 percent.
Despite persistent levels of high joblessness, other metrics show signs of a labor market that’s increasingly tight.
All Indianapolis ‘red flag’ cases must come before judge after FedEx shooting
A judge this week issued new guidance requiring all “red flag” cases filed by Indianapolis police to be brought before her after a prosecutor was criticized for not pursuing a measure that could have prevented the suspect in the recent FedEx mass shooting from obtaining a weapon.
The Associated Press reports that Judge Amy Jones, who oversees red flag cases in Marion County, issued the new guidance this week with Indianapolis police now having 48 hours to submit their filings, after which two judges will decide in two weeks whether to hold a hearing.
In April, Brandon Scott Hole, a 19-year-old former FedEx employee, allegedly shot and killed eight people at a facility in Indianapolis. It was reported shortly after the shooting that Hole had used two assault rifles he had legally purchased.
“Unfortunately, the lack of action by the Marion County prosecutor prevented a court hearing, which could have … prohibited the suspect from owning … any other firearms,” Snyder said. “Why didn’t the prosecutor seek the hearing that the statute requires? Why didn’t the prosecutor use all the legal tools available? Why didn’t the prosecutor try?”
Under Indiana’s red flag law, police may confiscate guns from a person deemed dangerous to themselves and others, the AP notes. Prosecutors can then request that a court ban that person from buying other firearms.
The FBI stated in April that it had removed a shotgun from Hole’s bedroom in 2020 after his mother warned authorities that he may attempt to commit “suicide by cop.”
Indianapolis police have filed 45 red flag referrals to the prosecutor’s office this year, the AP reports. All are awaiting rulings.
DOJ Unveils Proposed Rule Targeting “Ghost Guns” And More
The Biden administration released a new proposed rule late Friday afternoon imposing new restrictions on home-built firearms and attempting to redefine what a “receiver” is; delivering the first salvo in what is expected to be a barrage of regulations aimed at the firearms industry and gun owners in the months ahead.
More spin from the DOJ:
- To help keep guns from being sold to convicted felons and other prohibited purchasers, the rule would make clear that retailers must run background checks before selling kits that contain the parts necessary for someone to readily make a gun at home.
- To help law enforcement trace guns used in a crime, the rule would require that manufacturers include a serial number on the firearm “frame or receiver” in easy-to-build firearm kits.
- To help reduce the number of “ghost guns” on our streets, the rule would set out requirements for federally licensed firearms dealers to have a serial number added to 3D printed guns or other un-serialized firearms they take into inventory.
In other words, even unfinished frames and receivers would have to be serialized if they’re sold as part of a kit, though the summary from the Department of Justice is silent about whether or not the unfinished gun parts would need to be serialized if they were sold by themselves.
Gun control groups won’t be thrilled that the Biden administration waited until late on a Friday afternoon to release its new proposed rules on home-built firearms, but they’re going to be happy with the text of the proposal. Gun owners, on the other hand, won’t care much about the timing, but the actual text is going to be of great concern.
A copy of the proposed rule can be found here, and at first glance it appears substantially similar to the draft proposal that was first published by Stephen Gutowski at The Reload. The proposed rule would redefine what constitutes a frame or receiver to not only include those components that are uncompleted when they’re sold to the public, but also gun parts that don’t currently meet the federal definition of either a frame or a receiver. As Gutowski explained when he posted the draft proposal:
I’m not the only one wonder if all these anti-gun politicians who supposedly have all their assets in ‘blind trusts’ actually do. Every time they utter one word about gun control, it cause more guns to be sold and manufacturer’s stick prices to rise.
Ruger Reports 50% Sales Boost As Biden Plans More Gun Control
Sturm, Ruger RGR +1.3%, a leading gun manufacturer, reported a 50% spike in quarterly sales and more than doubled its profit, continuing its frenetic sales surge during the coronavirus pandemic.
Sturm, Ruger, reported $183.60 million in net firearms sales for the quarter ended April 3, compared to $122.76 million in the year-ago quarter. The gunmaker also reported quarterly net income of $38.19 million, compared to $15.33 million in the year-ago quarter.
“I could not be more proud of how well our folks rose to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and capitalized on the opportunities presented by the historic surge in demand during the past year,” said Chief Executive Officer Christopher J. Killoy, in a prepared statement.
Nearly Half of All U.S. Counties Are Now Second Amendment Sanctuaries
Do Everything?
These look to be a good compromise for most people who carry concealed.
Enough Gun: Are Modern Micro 9s the Do Everything Pistol?
For the past decade, the hottest sector of the firearms market has been the concealed carry market and an obvious trend has been the invention and mass manufacture of handguns that are ever-smaller and friendlier to concealed carry. While many dedicated enthusiasts do carry compact or full-size double-stack autoloaders, the vast majority of concealed carriers who are more casual in their approach do not find carrying such guns on a daily basis practical, or even achievable.
Until recently, carrying a gun usually involved the choice between carrying a substantially sized auto-loading pistol or full-size revolver, or carrying a smaller pistol in the pocket auto or snub revolver category. While small-frame revolvers and tiny pocket autos have long been, and remain popular carry choices, people have generally agreed that such weapons are compromise guns that are easy to carry but not as capable as full-size pistols. For civilian self-defense, however, even such small carry options generally suffice.
The new crop of micro auto pistols chambered in 9mm and capable of holding 10+ rounds has significantly changed the game. Several years ago Sig Sauer released the Sig P365 which was smaller than even the well-established Smith and Wesson Shield pistol which had reigned supreme among the “single stack” 9mm options. The Sig P365, of course, also crammed 10 rounds of 9mm into the same flush-fitting magazine profile that the competition was only offering in 6 or 7 rounds. This was, indeed, a game-changer, as 10+ rounds has long been the unofficial difference between small gun and duty gun capacity.