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Trust-edited/added

The added in part will be marked in case you’ve already read this. But it was so applicable it just feel compelled to include it.

I’m having trust issues. I am beginning to think the government both state and federal doesn’t love U.S. or have our very best interests at heart. Since it’s Saturday night, I think some movies might be in order! Most of the clips are 2-3 minutes. The longer ones are the one about the DMED with Attorney Tom Renz testifying, it’s a hyperlink and about 7 minutes long. He so rocks. The final one by Dr. Lawrie is 4 minutes.

For example, we’ve been pounded that the experimental gene therapy injections were safe and effective and if you didn’t take them you are putting the entire planet at risk. And one MN Senator is still chirping “Safe and Effective”

I do not think those words mean what you think they mean.

For example

https://twitter.com/i/status/1638176559881416704

Or if you like data more than a point blank reason for why all the mainstream media aka #FakeNews keep pimping for them. Edward Dowd Presents Irrefutable Evidence Vaccine Mandates Killed & Disabled Countless Americans

There is this

America Had the Most COVID Deaths in the World: “It’s Hard to Understand Why Anthony Fauci Is a Hero”

What? There’s a conflict of interest with the NIH and Pfffftizer?

But apparently the death dart (developed and deployed by the DOD) is just the warm up. Demoncrats are standing at the ready. Probably waiting for the WHO pandemic treaty to be signed in a couple of months.

In addition to the data bases being fiddled with, it’s easy to claim safe and effective if you fire the people trying to report the injection adverse events. Cuts down on paperwork you see. Physician Assistant Fired for Reporting COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Events to VAERS

And they are already smacking their lips at the thought of what they can get accomplished with the next round.

Bill Gates Plots a Global Pandemic Prison State as NY Governor Kathy Hokum says “Yeah let’s do this thing!” NY Governor Demands Court Authorization to Detain Citizens in ‘Quarantine Camps’

Redfield: Gain-of-Function Research Will Cause Next Pandemic, Which Will Be ‘Much’ Worse than COVID

It’s almost like Fauxci has some other plan in place, right? I’ve tried to start this at 3:40 in so you won’t be subjected to any more Fauxci than necessary. But I found this part interesting. Also interesting that we taxpayers pay for Pravda Broadcasting System.

Edit/Add in:

If you had always wondered about how the country came to be locked down, the Brownstone institute just came out with an article on the time line and who was involved in convincing President Trump to shut U.S. down, because initially, he wasn’t going to do that. Typical bad actors like #PenceOfCrap, Fauxci and Birx, but it’s interesting. How They Convinced Trump to Lock Down

But this, this is the real reason I’m updating this column. I was happily listening to an Irish History podcast after I finished this article and had it up. Computer shut down for the night, supper finally awaiting me. This podcast was on the life of Dennis Doherty, a man who originally enlisted in the British army (he shoulda known better) to escape starvation in Ireland as many young lads did. He spent the next 45 years or so trying to escape prison. If you want to listen to the about 30 minute podcast I’m going to give the link. This podcast was done on May 12, 2013. Yes, it matters. Long before the rise of the cult Covidian. One of the prisons he wound up in was in Port Arthur in Tasmania. It’s what was known as a “model prison” with the goal of reforming the prisoners by breaking them down. Dennis had a penchant for trying to escape prison you see, what with a desire for freedom and all. But the treatment the prisoners received in the “model prison” was what dropped my jaw. This would have been somewhere between 1858-1863. No that’s not a typo, I mean well over a hundred years ago. The prisoners were kept in strict isolation. If they were allowed out of their cells they were to maintain 4.5 meters of space from everyone and they had to have their faces covered with a cloth mask at all times. Prisoners were only referred to by their prison number, not their name. The result? Many of the prisoners went insane. Isn’t that fascinating. This isn’t knew knowledge, they knew the results of these policies. This podcast is 10 years old. Not new knowledge. I hope ya’ll don’t mind this add in.

Here’s the 30 minute podcast if you’d like.

And what were some of the consequences of the seizure of citizen’s rights during the plandemic? Well, obvious one is freedom of speech. Doctors that tried to speak out and let people know there was cheap, readily available treatment that could have saved lives were muzzled and silenced.

If only Dr. Fauxci had watched Little House on the Prairie. I mean it was common enough knowledge to be in a TV show in what? The 80s?

See freedom of speech, even if it doesn’t concern health is a privilege for some, not for all.

A man may be going to jail because he made Hillary Clintoon memes. One must not make fun of Demoncrat royalty, doncha know.

Hillary Clinton Memes Test Limits of First Amendment in Online Speech Trial

Who else doesn’t have freedom of the press or the right to speak out? Today News Africa reporter Simon Ateba who was shut down when he asked a news question in the White House press briefing. How dare he. Cringe Jean-Pierre shut him down but quick.

If you are a conservative group like the Stanford Law School’s chapter of the Federalist Society and you invite a federal judge to speak, the spoiled children who don’t allow opinions other than their own will shout him down. Then the snowflakes can take over the room, wait for their diversity, equity and inclusion (who really don’t include much of anyone) dean to come in an harangue an invited guest. These are law school students. Defiant Stanford DEI dean doubles down, BRAGS about harassment of federal judge. So help me, if I ever need a lawyer again I’m asking them where they went to school. If it’s Stanford? Forget it.

What kind of “free speech” do the leftist loons that run our schools of higher education allow?

‘Diversity Day’ Speaker at Public School Shocks Students With Anti-Israel Rhetoric

Oh that kind.

So what’s the result of a poor quality legal education?

So what is a Brady motion? If only Xiden’s box checking candidate had gone to school with Vinny, right? Seems Xiden’s most diverse ever nominees and cabinet have an under represented demographic. The Competent. His SCOTUS nominee is so stupid she doesn’t even know what a woman is, and she is one. Of course the left are trying to get rid of women now, just like they’ve been trying to get rid of masculine men for ages now. But I digress.

Now knowing what a Brady motion is, “they have to tell you”. I think we can begin to see that there must be many Stanford graduates already in the legal system.

Judge denies Jan. 6 defendant access to Capitol security tapes made available by McCarthy

JUDGE DENIES Non-Violent January 6th Defendant Time to Review New Evidence Obtained by Speaker McCarthy – Trial For NYPD Retired Policewoman Starts Today DESPITE HER PUBLIC DEFENDER’S PLEA FOR MORE TIME

And this “Judge” says he’s never dealt with a Brady motion. Wow. As all those poor political prisoners are being held and denied their rights.

So as long as we’re on the Justice/Injustice system, the two tiered justice system we are dealing with, how’s about that? Seems like there are two sets of rules.

Memories of Pre-Dawn Raids at Gunpoint Haunt Pro-Life Activists, Friends, and Family

Ex-DOJ Official Has ‘Serious Doubts’ About Manhattan DA’s Case Against Trump

Michael Cohen’s Former Legal Advisor Calls Cohen a “Convicted Perjurer” – Reveals How Grand Jurors Reacted to His Testimony

But when the “Justice” department is dealing with a member of the Xiden crime family, well then.

James Comer shows that the Biden family business is corruption

Not only that, but apparently the FIB can’t count either. Researcher Alleges FBI Seriously Undercounts Armed Citizen Responses to Active Shootings, Real Number 3x Higher

It’s good to be a leftist.

The ATF as well has a two tiered justice system.

Guns are okay, for some people. Because some animals are more equal than others, right? National Pravda Radio, we’re financing them.

And the ATF isn’t even elected. Some are calling them on the actions they’ve taken on the stabilizer braces.

I think I’ve plenty of reasons to have trust issues. The last video I will leave you with is a reading by Dr. Tess Lawrie. Mistakes Were NOT Made: An Anthem for Justice (by Margaret Anna Alice; Read by Dr. Tess Lawrie) at 4 minutes long, it’s worth every one of them. Dr. Lawrie is one of the heroes of the Covid wars.

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Hating back

Sometimes I hear something that makes me cock my head, with a huh expression. Probably like how Shimshon looks when I ask him why my package is chewed open at the gate. I’ll explain.

I’m sure many heard growing up “We love the person, but hate the behavior”. Or “Hate isn’t the opposite of love, apathy is”. I had a discussion with a girlfriend about that a couple of days ago. My opinion has changed. I can see in some situations now where apathy has been a lazy response on my part to a situation where a different emotion would have been more correct and in line. So what brought all this up? A podcast. Lenny Goldberg has a radio show, Jewish Truth Bombs, that I try to catch, he has a lot to say that makes sense to me. This one was no exception. The relevant part is only about 19 minutes or so, the last couple are commercials.

In case you don’t want to listen, I’ll give you the parts I’m pulling from it, but it’s all good. The topic was Purim, and some elements are in it that are often glossed over. Something Comrade X alluded to in the comments on my last column. Lenny points out that in Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) Chapter 3

1 Everything has an appointed season, and there is a time for every matter under the heaven.

2 A time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot that which is planted.

3 A time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break and a time to build.

4 A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time of wailing and a time of dancing.

5 A time to cast stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.

6 A time to seek and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to cast away.

7 A time to rend and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak.

8 A time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace.

It says there is a time for hate. As much as a time for love, there is a time when hate is the appropriate response. He also points out that we are commanded to kill Amelek

The Torah lists two mitzvahs regarding Amalek:

To obliterate the nation of Amalek (timcheh et zecher Amalek).

To never forget the evil deeds Amalek did (zechor al tishkach)

Had they been wiped out, Haman wouldn’t have been around.

Several centuries later, after Shaul was crowned king, the prophet Shmuel ordered him to fulfill G‑d’s commandment thus:3 “Smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that is his. And have no pity on him; slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.”

Shaul gathered the Jewish people together and waged war against the Amalekites, slaying the entire nation and destroy­ing their property. However, “he had pity on Agag, and the choicest of the sheep and cattle…,”4 and brought them back with him. Shmuel severely reproached Shaul for this: “Because you have rejected the word of G‑d, He has rejected you as king.”5 Though Shmuel then killed Agag, Agag was able to father a child in the interval between his capture by Shaul and his death. That child was the ancestor of Haman.

Lenny points out Judaism is about knowing when to have mercy, and when to flip the attribute of mercy. That at times, the correct answer is to hate, or be cruel. If you are merciful to the cruel, eventually you will be cruel to the merciful. He says accepting the yoke of heaven is knowing the time for each attribute, and being willing to carry out that task, and that no, sometimes it’s not easy. That if you can’t hate Haman, the way you love Mordachai, if you can’t hate at the proper time, then you are just a nice guy. You’re a nice person, but that has nothing to do with accepting the yoke of the mitzvot. Lenny points out that Shaul didn’t kill Agag, and when Agag saw Shmuel approach he thought the death sentence had been lifted, seeing as how Shmuel looked all sweet and innocent. Shmuel proceeded to cut him into pieces with his sword. Sometimes the appropriate answer is hate. When the first day of self-defense was completed, The King asked Queen Esther “What else would you like?” Does Ester say, oh let’s all get along. Lets go out for supper. Nope, she says let us have another day of vengeance to wipe out the people the wanted to kill them all. And she wanted the 10 sons of Haman’s hung. Publicly. I love Queen Esther.

In the podcast Lenny refers to the attacks in Huwara, in case you haven’t heard, here are some salient points, there’s more info in the article.

Some facts you need to know about the murder of Israeli Jews, Palestinian Arab terrorism and Huwara, because they seem to have escaped the attention of your Western media and the Biden Administration who just met their Palestinian Arab counterparts in Aqaba, Jordan, and arranged to give them more guns while they castigate Israel for responding to increasingly deadly Palestinian Arab violence morally supported by the current Democrat Administration.

1. Palestinian Arab terrorists in the northern Samaria terror hub of Huwara murdered two brothers, Hillel and Yagel Yaniv. The Yaniv brothers were executed in a rain of bullets after the terrorists had rammed their vehicle into them before gunning them down as they sat trapped in their car.

2. The attack was predictable. In the month leading up to their murder, Palestinian Arabs carried out an average of two-three rock and Molotov cocktail attacks a day against Israeli cars in Huwara and on the Gilad route leading through the village.

3. Following the murder of the Jewish brothers, Huwara residents celebrated by handing out sweets. They also held an official firework celebration,

4. Among the main celebrants was the owner of a car and spare parts lot named Ayed Maharab. Maharab is a paroled terrorist who spent five years in Israeli prison. His Facebook page is filled with celebrations of terrorist attacks and of himself holding an AK-47. Maharab published a post following the Yaniv brothers’ murders celebrating the attack.

5. Following the murder of their friends and neighbors, and after seeing the Arab celebration of their murder, a number of young Israelis from surrounding villages entered Huwara and committed acts of vigilante violence. Among other things, they burned Maharab’s car lot. The scenes you saw of burning vehicles was Maharab’s spare parts lot. No building and no individual Arab was attacked or hurt by the aggrieved and angry friends of Hillel and Yagel. The claims of a death were lies.

The appropriate response came from Bezalel Smotrich:

The United Nations today (Thursday) condemned the statement of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that he would like to see the Arab village of Huwara, where two Jewish brothers were murdered on Sunday, “wiped out.”

Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, called Smotrich’s comments “irresponsible” and “unacceptable.”

This was far from the first attack in Huwara.

An inappropriate response came from a moonbat leftist named appropriately enough, Yaya Fink.

Esti Yaniv, whose sons Hillel and Yagel were murdered by a terrorist in the Arab village of Huwara on Sunday, has expressed her horror at the launch of a campaign of support for the residents of Huwara, the initiative of left-winger and Labor Party activist Yaya Fink.

Fink is collecting donations for what he defines as the “Huwara pogrom victims.” The “pogrom” referred to occurred several hours after the murders of the Yaniv brothers, when dozens of Jews converged on Huwara and set fire to cars in scrapyards, also causing fire damage to several buildings. According to uncorroborated Palestinian-Arab accounts, one person lost his life in circumstances that are unclear.

“Every day, I look down at the murderous village of Huwara where the murderer of my sons is still walking free, where they handed out pastries and celebrated after the murder,” Esti Yaniv said. “I was horrified to hear of this dreadful campaign, [launched] a day after many of the residents of Huwara celebrated after the murder of my sons.”

And just a few days later, Terror attack in Tel Aviv: Three people shot, terrorist eliminated Lather, rinse, repeat.

And for those on the left that like to engage in moral relativism, just sit tight. We have millions of illegal aliens in our country now that came from cultures that have a very different notion of what is acceptable and what is not. I’ve noticed that leftist outrage towards Israel will frequently result in a similar situation in America that the tolerant leftist find upsetting. Those that think pastries being handed out in America following the murder of an innocent American citizen is outrageous are fooling themselves.

Lenny notes in his podcast that the arabs aren’t the least concerned about any actions the IDF may take, they view the IDF as no deterrent at all. The Jewish citizens living near by? Them they are scared of. Good.

So let’s take a look at some things in America.

America’s Reichstag Moment

The article starts out talking about the start of WWII, but then gets into January 6th.. I found this very interesting because the writer’s father lived through Kristallnacht.

Let’s fast-forward to the events of January 6th, 2021. Even with the release of 40,000 hours of video from the day, there are many things that we do not know. It has been reported that President Trump suggested that the National Guard be stationed near the Capital because of his planned rally; this request was not acted upon or may have been actively turned down by Nancy Pelosi. The Capitol police, according to the recent interview of former Capitol police officer, Lt. Tarik Johnson by Tucker Carlson, was not briefed or prepared for what was obvious to all

Jan. 6 Proud Boys Trial Paused as Defendant Attorney Alleges FBI Altered Evidence

Here Are Five Horrific and Unforgettable Videos of January 6 Police Violence That Were Not Yet Picked Up in Tucker Carlson’s January 6 Capitol Hill Coverage This Week

EXCLUSIVE: Rasmussen Poll Results – Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Believe the FBI Has Been Weaponized

Ya think? Duh.

And I haven’t even touched on the hearings going on about Covid, gain of function, the lying about cheap already available cures for it that were disregarded because if they had been put into use Tony Fauxci and his cabal of “doctors” couldn’t get the emergency use license for the experimental gene altering clot shots. The use of taxpayer money to fund gain of function, and Fauxci is still sending your money to Joe Xiden’s boss, China, I do believe. But not to be outdone, Hunter Xiden helped finance the bioweapons labs in Ukraine I think I’ve heard. Man, that would be so scary to have bioweapons labs right next door in Canada or Mexico. I mean seeing as how America handled Covid, what with putting Mom and Pop businesses out, forcing people into medical experiments they didn’t want and changing the definition of the word “vaccine”. Yeah, the way America handles that stuff would be enough to make any government a bit concerned, shall we say.

 

The perfect play swing

My point is this, the current federal government, and some state governments hate us, U.S. The federal law enforcement agencies under the misnamed DOJ, hate us. And I think if I’m intellectually honest with myself, I need to admit it. I’m not saying we can do much different at this point, unless you have a Congress Critter or Senator that is willing to listen, and then ask for the FIB, ATF to be de-funded and dis-banded. At this point to not do so is like voting to keep the brown shirts (and I don’t mean UPS) around. They offer nothing of value to the average law-abiding citizen.

I would maintain the appropriate response to these atrocities is hate. They do hate us, and they are willing to kill us. You could ask Roseanne Boyland or Ashli Babbitt…but.

Just as the idea of fighting back when attacked has been taught out of school children, the notion of appropriate hate is not really in our culture I don’t think. The things the left calls “hate” or “hateful” is usually free speech, or saying something they don’t like. Or giving evidence or showing video that destroys a leftist narrative. The left (demoncrat and RINO) is terrified by the thought of putting information out and allowing people to form their own thoughts and opinions. That is something they can’t abide.

There is a time, when hate is the appropriate response.

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Just So You Know…

Preserving the Second Amendment is unconstitutional. At least in the Eastern District of Missouri.

US judge strikes down Missouri gun law as unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes ruled the 2021 law is preempted by the federal government under the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause.

“At best, this statute causes confusion among state law enforcement officials who are deputized for federal task force operations, and at worst, is unconstitutional on its face,” Wimes wrote.

Unconstitutional federal laws take precedence over constitutional state laws.

Lessee… Yep. Wimes is an Obama appointee.

 

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Rittenhouse Being Sued

Kyle Rittenhouse is being sued by the the idiot who chased him down and pointed a gun at him.

Kyle Rittenhouse hit with lawsuit from man he shot during 2020 Kenosha clash: ‘Little bit of a shock’
Gaige Grosskreutz, who testified he pointed a firearm at Rittenhouse before the then-teenager shot Grosskreutz and two others, is seeking economic losses, “damages for emotional distress, humiliation, loss of enjoyment of life, and other pain and suffering on all claims,” and punitive damages.

I could talk about the basic stupidity of suing a person after you already testified under oath that he shot you only after you threatened to kill him by pointing an unlawfully possessed handgun at him. But that’s a little too obvious.

I want to talk about a comment on that report.

He went looking for trouble armed with a gun and found it. Have can keep dealing with the consequences.

“toatsrokinit” seems to think he’s talking about Kyle acting provocatively. But his claim very much more accurately describes the actions of plaintiff Grosskreutz.

Kyle was there cleaning up graffiti and offering medical first aid to protesters.

Grosskreutz was there to protest.

Kyle ran from threats, and only shot is self defense.

Grosskreutz chased Kyle and pointed a gun at him while Kyle was down on the ground.

And note: Grosskreutz was “armed with a gun,” and in chasing Kyle was definitely “looking for trouble.”

Also note: Kyle’s rifle possession was lawful.

Grosskreutz’s concealed pistol possession was unlawful.

And yet the morons who still insist — without any evidence beyond “cuz I said so” — that Kyle was carrying that rifle “looking for trouble,” never seem to wonder about Grosskreutz. And why he was unlawfully armed.

The guy who effed around and found out.

 

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Texas To Raise Firearm Purchase Age?

That’s what state Senator Roland Gutierrez wants to do.

Texas State Sen. Gutierrez announces ‘common sense gun safety’ bills</a
In a news release sent out Tuesday morning, Gutierrez’s office said the bills will address purchasing age requirements, a bulk ammunition database and the safekeeping of firearms.
[…]
Gutierrez started the conference by stating that he is not looking to take guns away; rather he wants the state to raise the age requirement of those who can purchase firearms from 18 to 21.

Given the BRUEN test of general historical tradition, that is likely to backfire on him. The general (federal) tradition at the time was The Militia Act of 1792, which specified:

“That each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident therein, who is or shall be of age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years (except as is herein after excepted) shall severally and respectively be enrolled in the militia”
[…]
“That every citizen, so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket or firelock

18 year-olds must be armed. So raising the age won’t fly. And federal courts are beginning to agree.

The “backfire” part lies in the current law, 10 U.S. Code § 246 – Militia: composition and classes: “able-bodied males at least 17 years of age“.

Seventeen year-old males are in the militia.

Should Gutierrez’s proposal pass and be signed into law, court challenges — under BRUEN precedent — are very likely to force lowering the minimum age to purchase a firearm.

I think his other bills — safe storage, ammunition background checks and registration, liability insurance, etc — should also be reexamined in light of BRUEN. I think you’ll find Associate Justice Thomas’s words on surety interesting, when considering the liability insurance proposal:

…the surety statutes presumed that individuals had a right to public carry that could be burdened only if another could make out a specific showing of “reasonable cause to fear an injury, or breach of the peace.

The closest thing to firearm liability insurance only began happening in the mid-19th century, and then only for those against whom a credible and specific showing of a threat had been made (take note of that for “red flag” laws, too).

In case you wondered, Gutierrez is a Dimwit-ocrat; adf the Dims are being very slow to catch on to the nuances of BRUEN, and the new original playing field.

 

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If A Tree Falls In The Forest

You know the old saying, if a tree falls in the forest and there is no one around to hear it, does it make a sound? Or something like that…

If a right exists but it is ignored or not acknowledged, is it still a right?

This is a long clip from Tucker Carlson from a few days ago, but it all applies to the Second Amendment, and almost equally as important is how it is being respected in America’s judicial system.

Or not respected would be more accurate.

Here is more on the Arizona court case Tucker referred to, the one decided by an elected swamp dweller named Emilio Velasquez, the “judge” who isn’t even a lawyer. UPDATE: The Disturbing Details in Case of Illegal Alien Allegedly Killed by Arizona Rancher they also mention the illegal alien had been deported multiple times.

Tucker talked about how “Go Fund Me” a leftist social justice site that helped bail out anti-American activists from antifa and BLM to allow them to continue to burn down private property, public property and attack remote and disinterested parties. But absolutely will not allow funds to be raised for the elderly rancher who defended his family and property. Because….wait for it….violence. Leftist hypocrisy at it’s finest. They are the same piece of crap group that stole the money raised to help the Canadian truckers. They’re the left, they steal, that’s how they roll.

Tucker didn’t mention it, but there is another, more responsible, fund raising group out there, it’s called “Give Send Go”. They have several campaigns running right now by people trying to raise money to help the man. https://www.givesendgo.com/site/search?text=George+Alan+Kelly

I’m hoping family and neighbors are helping the poor wife out. That poor poor woman, my heart hurts for her. Perhaps since illegals aren’t an issue for the “Honorable Emilio G. Velasquez” 2160 N. Congress Drive Suite 2100 Nogales, AZ 85621, may I humbly suggest to Customs and Border Patrol I’ve found a couple of new places to park illegal aliens to be processed, the other is his house as the left has shown us that people hanging out around judge’s homes these days really isn’t a “deal”. I bet the Judge would be delighted to help process a few million illegals, maybe put them up for a few nights with his family, till their paperwork is processed.

He might want to consider adding an addition to his house…

Nicaragua has freed 222 political prisoners and sent them to the U.S.

The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has released 222 political prisoners and put them on a flight to Washington, D.C., officials in both countries said Thursday.

My buddy in Nicaragua said basically they are emptying out the jails. The above report is from npr, so take it with a 50 lb block of salt, I imagine they are sending lots of other prisoners here who have no connection to opposing Ortega. But being npr, they wouldn’t speak about that.

Tip of the Stetson to my buddy Steve for the info.

A recent report from Michael Yon Heart Dump From the Frontlines speaks about the invasion force already in the US, and on it’s way courtesy of Biden and the Demoncrats.

This is an obvious invasion force. Most of them likely have no idea yet. As a former Green Beret, and having spent many years in many wars and conflicts, and an equal time with nose in history books — this all is amazingly clear.

My estimation: They will later be armed with phones. Many will be assembled in camps within USA. Most will be left to the wilds.

They will be indoctrinated to hate white folks — including Asians, and anyone else seen as ‘white’, such as blacks who are not wildly racist against whites. When Stalin did similar in Ukraine before and during the great famine, this phase of genocide was called “kulakisation.” They labeled people they wanted to exterminate as ‘kulaks.’ Jews will be familiar with the process. Historically speaking, this is common. In America, you are labeled racist.

These terms generally are fuzzy and made to velcro onto anyone for anything. People who were weaponized against kulaks, Jews, and so many others in history, are made to hate the target group. And they are armed and without rules. After they are ready and armed, their food will be cut off.

I doubt it’s just me that thinks Mr. Kelly in Arizona had darn good reason to shoot the many times deported illegal alien. And if the Biden crime regime had done their work, he’d be alive as he wouldn’t have been back in the U.S. I won’t even get into (at least in this column) what else is coming in. But I’ll just give one word, Haitians. The ones the Dominicans build walls against.

Meanwhile in Israel, with the election of more candidates from the right, the country might take a turn for the more logical, survivable pathway. Police Chief Rabbi: Rabbis should advise congregants to carry legal firearms on Shabbat

The Chief Rabbi of the Israel Police penned an open letter on Tuesday addressed to rabbis throughout Israel urging them to advise their congregants to carry legal and licensed firearms on Shabbat.

In his letter, Rabbi Rami Brachyahu said that this measure was necessary in the wake of the recent terrorist attack in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Neve Yaakov in which seven people were murdered outside of a synagogue where most did not carry arms because of the Shabbat..

5 suspects tied to Jerusalem synagogue massacre

Jerusalem terrorist’s mother, uncle, and three others arrested after deadly shooting suspected of being involved in the attack.

Deport them, to Jordan the day after they are convicted. They do not go home, they do not collect their $200 and they do not pass go. Their home is destroyed and their entire families (extended) are deported with them. Do this for a couple years, just give it a shot, then we’ll see how things are, shall we?

I think National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is the best thing since chocolate and peanut butter mixed.

Ben Gvir after attack: I ordered Operation Defensive Shield 2 in eastern Jerusalem

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Friday afternoon said he had instructed the Commissioner of Israel Police and senior officials in the Jerusalem District to prepare for “Operation Defensive Shield 2 in eastern Jerusalem” starting on Sunday.

“The purpose of the operation is to fight and root out terrorism, to reach the terrorists’ homes and to stop terrorism before it comes to carry out attacks,” said a statement issued by Ben Gvir’s office.

The statement, which was published just before the start of Shabbat in Israel, followed the deadly terrorist attack in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem, in which two people were murdered and five were injured.

Not backing down: Ben-Gvir determined to launch operation in eastern Jerusalem

National Security Minister Itamar repeated his intentions on Saturday evening to launch a significant operation in eastern Jerusalem to quell terrorism.

“I am determined to launch ‘Operation Defensive Sheild 2’ in Jerusalem. To those officials who are speaking against me: the police have the authority to demolish illegal houses, arrest over 150 suspected terrorists, raid houses, stop the incitement in the mosques, detain those who owe taxes, and more. The security cabinet is important, and I will request additional things there, but governance is crucially important, and I will make sure it stays that way,” Ben-Gvir wrote on social media.

Ben Gvir reprimands police district commander after violent Jerusalem protest

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Thursday evening summoned the commander of the Jerusalem District of the Israel Police to reprimand him in the wake of what he described as “the loss of control of the police in the capital city to a group of anarchists”, during a protest of left-wing activists led by the Crime Minister movement.

“The Jerusalem Police lost control over the anarchists. An incident in which burning tires were set on fire near the Prime Minister’s Residence, Highway 1 was blocked, and light rail traffic was blocked – these are all extremely serious incidents in which police and security forces were on the scene, but were explicitly instructed not to enforce the law and not to confront the rioters,” said Ben Gvir.

Sic ‘em Itamar!! The left is having hissy fits over Ben Gvir. I think I’m in love.

For too long decent men and women in law-enforcement, and yes I think there are some, have been told to yield the rights and safety of law-abiding citizens to the mob. The people just trying to get to work and home are made to suffer so the left can virtue signal, threaten and intimidate. The people paying taxes are made into a slave class. They finance the very government that turns against them, their safety and their rights.

What were those law enforcement officers standing against the wall thinking as elderly Mr. Kelly asks to be able to speak to his wife? Why are there so many of them in the room? Why aren’t they out rounding up illegals so the landowners don’t need to worry about the safety of themselves, their families and their livestock? Nope, those young men are safe inside a nice building watching a elderly man they failed who used his G-d given rights, his rights acknowledged by Arizona. His rights ignored by a piece of crap named Emilio Velasquez. But here’s the thing Emmy, I can call you Emmy right? Life has a way of making things right, sometimes, not always, but sometimes.

Our Parsha yesterday was Yitro, Exodus 18:1-20:23. Yitro is Jethro, Moshe’s father in law, who was a very learned man. There is a teaching that says when Pharaoh decided he wanted to thin out and kill off part of the Jews he was unsure of which course of action to take. Pfizer didn’t have a shot available yet, so he turned to his trusted advisers. Three of them actually. Balaam, Job, and Yitro. Balaam recommended genocide, said he could put in a call to Fauxci for him if Pharaoh liked? A very evil man. Job was silent, he remained silent in the face of evil. Yitro said “No only NO, but HELL NO!! This here is flat evil and I’m not having any part of it!” And he fled to Midian. Balaam is later killed in a war with Israel. Job, was punished for his silence with his many trials and tribulations later. Yitro later became Moshe’s father-in-law and was a very righteous man who’s search for G-d ended when he found the G-d of his son-in-law. Great Midrash (teaching) isn’t it??

Are you following this Emmy? Life has a way….

But Yitro was more than a man in search of the one true G-d in our history. Yitro had a huge impact on the future legal system. From the Second reading of the Parsha for last week:

13It came about on the next day that Moses sat down to judge the people, and the people stood before Moses from the morning until the evening.

14When Moses’ father in law saw what he was doing to the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing to the people? Why do you sit by yourself, while all the people stand before you from morning till evening?”

15Moses said to his father in law, “For the people come to me to seek God.

16If any of them has a case, he comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make known the statutes of God and His teachings.”

17Moses’ father in law said to him, “The thing you are doing is not good.

18You will surely wear yourself out both you and these people who are with you for the matter is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone.

19Now listen to me. I will advise you, and may the Lord be with you. [You] represent the people before God, and you shall bring the matters to God.

20And you shall admonish them concerning the statutes and the teachings, and you shall make known to them the way they shall go and the deed[s] they shall do.

21But you shall choose out of the entire nation men of substance, God fearers, men of truth, who hate monetary gain, and you shall appoint over them [Israel] leaders over thousands, leaders over hundreds, leaders over fifties, and leaders over tens.

22And they shall judge the people at all times, and it shall be that any major matter they shall bring to you, and they themselves shall judge every minor matter, thereby making it easier for you, and they shall bear [the burden] with you.

23If you do this thing, and the Lord commands you, you will be able to survive, and also, all this people will come upon their place in peace.”

G-d gave us a beautiful world, he gave a contract, that if followed, we could live in harmony with each other and he will dwell among us. The left hates that, they want the worship due to G-d and they want to push him as far out of his world as possible.

But these rights? They still come from G-d, they left may act as though they give and take them, but that’s not how it will end up. They can ignore our rights, they can act as though they don’t exist. But G-d gave them to us, their opinion does not nullify his gifts.

Even if I had a crystal ball, it would probably look more like a shaken snow globe right now, things are so crazy, but here, here is one thing I know. There are elements within the legal system in Israel that are starting to stand for the rule of law, there are elements of the legal system within America and I think the good people of both have about had their fill of being used and abused by a corrupt legal system. Emmy the non-lawyer is an elected official. I hope the people of Arizona can do better. I’d like to see Emmy removed from office, tomorrow. You know, in the Second reading above, God fearers, men of truth, who hate monetary gain, I’m very curious, who paid for Emmy’s campaign? Does Emmy have any other source of income? See, there is a reason Yitro said that. We already know Emmy isn’t worried about G-d. So, monetary gain?

But no matter what, corrupt legal system or no, rights come from G-d. אין עוד מלבדו

There is none but him.

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Possibly The Marines Need to Work On Their Marksmanship

Because, after reading this “expert report” by retired Marine Colonel Craig Tucker, I’m wondering how many of those “9 assassination attempts” were failed, not-so-friendly-fire fragging attempts.

Tucker’s report is a court filing in support of California’s assault weapon ban et al. Go ahead and read it. It’ll infuriate and amuse you:

Stabilizing devices (for more accurate shooting) are bad. (Pistol grips.)

Destabilizing devices are bad, because shooting is less accurate. (That refers to unlocked(!?) folding stocks on M4s. Do the Marines issue M4s with folding — not adjustable — stocks?)

Flash hiders hide the flash from the enemy.

Swapping magazines is the most important thing Marines are taught. (See title re:marksmanship)

The M16/M4 is specifically rifled to make bullets tumble.

“A single round [of .223!] is capable of severing the upper body from the lower body”

The semi-auto AR-15 is functionally identical to the full-auto M4.

And apparently the Marines are now buying M4s specifically chambered for .223 Remington, not 5.56 NATO.

This guy must have been a joy to serve under, and I’d like to hear from anyone who had that… privilege. Well, I guess there was a Captain who served under him and presumably enjoyed it, even if it got Tucker relieved of command (and apparently driven into retirement).

There’s another court filing in rebuttal to Tucker’s not-very-expert opinion. J. Buford Boone all but says outright that Tucker is full of s**t. He might as well.

His claim that a single small arms projectile is capable of “severing the upper body from the lower body, or decapitation” is so ridiculous that it should, and actually does, cast doubt on his qualifications as an expert in the field of firearms, particularly as it relates to wound ballistics.

California must be pretty darned desperate if the’re having to bring in Tucker as an expert.

Hat tip to Wisco Dave and Kenny.

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Raising The Cane

I saw this article recently about a feral 13 year old attacking a teacher in Georgia and breaking her leg. This really is unbelievable to someone like me who was raised with “If you get in trouble at school? You’re in way more trouble when you get home!” And they weren’t kidding. My parents weren’t cruel, if something happened they would give a chance to explain your side of what happened, but they were not the parents that showed up to school saying “My little Princess would never….so fire the teacher”. Not them.

Today’s schools are the biggest hot mess of chaos, there are almost no words. This is one of two videos with the feral 13 year old

Apparently the teacher’s leg is broken. The whole story can be found at

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/bh-not-gonna-talk-like-deranged-ninth-grade-female-student-georgia-viciously-assaults-teacher-video/

Who let a child grow up to be like that? The feral animal obviously has no moral compass, no intellectual curiosity for learning and is going to be nothing but a drain on society at this point. It will continue on to a career of smash and grab probably culminating in murder before too long, because what will be done to change the trajectory?

Another very disturbing part of that video, among many disturbing parts, is the rest of the “students” in the class sit there and laugh, or film it, not on of them goes up and tries to help the teacher. I realize, not a kids job, but in the past decency would have required one step in to help someone in authority who is currently getting beaten to a pulp.

Schools are no longer readin’, writin’ and rythmatic. Who’s got time for that when there is CRT and sexual grooming to be done? Not to mention many of the teachers must live in a liberal lack of knowledge bubble considering some of their actions. Take for example the vice- principal, no mere teacher, but the assistant principal at Mount Pleasant High School in Providence, Rhode Island who likes to also volunteer in illegal child trafficking. Her explanation of a coyote is just adorable.

We have a student who came to America with ‘Coyote,’ which is a group that helps people. This group gives you a time frame to make a payment of $5,000 to those, who bring them to the states. Our student needs our urgent support to raise another $2,000 to reach his goal of $5,000 by February 1, 2023.

Please consider helping if you can by donating on Friday. Melanea will be around to collect money”

Sounds like no one has yet disturbed vice-principal Stefani Harvey’s leftist bubble with explanations of “rape tree” yet.

Now imagine you have kids that go to school there, now imagine the coyote that “helps people” comes to repossess the illegal aliens that didn’t make the payment and your kid goes with them as an “late fee”. Or maybe a little gang war, as obviously there is money to be made by collecting at schools.

I guess that’s one way to learn world geography.

What I believe we’re seeing is another manifestation of the breakdown of society that Barry Sotero was trying to bring about when he talked about a national police force better trained and equipped than the local police. And shortly after that began the attacks on policing, the police acting stupidly, and calls to de-fund the police. I think I did a column pointing out if you run all the decent candidates out of policing, all you’re going to be left with are the jackboots that you are accusing them all of being. And that is what we saw play out in Memphis. The black police chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis,

Memphis police chief previously fired by Atlanta police for covering up child sex crime

According to the report, two detectives claimed Davis instructed them to not investigate the suspected predator, Terrill Marion “TC” Crane, after police discovered sexually explicit images of him with minor girls.

Just her with issues of having problems in the past? Why hire her then? Oh, because it wasn’t just her. Officers With Troubling Backgrounds Hired After Memphis Police Department Lowered Standards

According to the report, two of the officers, Tadarrius Bean and Demetrius Haley, both joined in August 2020, which was over two years after the department loosened education qualifications to become an officer. Among such loosened requirements included no longer needing an associate’s degree or 54 college credit hours to join the force. Officers could also get hired with five years of work experience.

Predictably, experts believe that this led to “less desirable” candidates. “They’re desperate. They want police officers,” Mike Alcazar, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a retired NYPD detective, told The Post. “They’re going through it, they check off some boxes, saying, ‘Ok, they’re good enough, get them on.'”

When you don’t back good officers, and they have to deal with things like the rabid animal that’s thirteen at the start of the story, you’ve got to figure that law-enforcement at a time when good officers are desperately needed are going to be in shorter supply than a good eHarmony match.

So many positions, not just law-enforcement, are now based on skin color, gender, and gender perceived (by them), and a host of things other than job qualifications and experience that we now understand why there are things like baby formula shortages, unexplained food supply chain attacks with apparently no interest from the federal government and a pharmaceutical industry that now controls the Mainstream media (propaganda wing of the demoncrat party). Because performance, quality and result don’t matter, only equity does.

In addition to dealing with feral unwanted 13 year olds, and antifa the spawn of rich white demoncrat parents, the police also have to deal with Joe Biden’s (I’m sorry, I didn’t have a chance to see what stock in Biden is going for today before I started this column, but keep an eye on his stock value, it may be changing) millions of illegal aliens.

Illegals Housed at Taxpayer Expense Refuse to Leave NYC Hell’s Kitchen Hotel for New Shelter

Yes, the illegal aliens that broke into the country who demoncrats assure us just want a job and to work and pay their own way are refusing to the leave one of the taxpayer funded hotels. Some hotels they’ve already ruined, they throw out the free taxpayer supplied food, have sex in the halls, assault women, etc etc. They get free transport cards, free obamaphones and somehow they all seem to have really nice clothes and shoes. Really nice. I guess the NGOs are taking really good care of them, and we’re of course paying for it. And when the peaceful criminal illegal aliens who aren’t working don’t want to move? The poor over-worked and understaffed cops get sent.

Law enforcement is far from the only branch of the law that suffers from low standards due to poor quality in education. Remember the part about “wise judges?” Well, Joe BidenTM hasn’t met a stupid judge he doesn’t love and want to nominate to a position where they can further destroy some part of America. This nominee for “Judge” can’t say what Article V and Article II of the Constitution are. Yep, this is who Joe BidenTM nominated this time. It’s like a game to them. G-d bless Senator John Kennedy, he didn’t laugh or cry, which I see as pretty commendable at this point. The comments under the video are a bit of a bright spot though.

This is actually not so much a pro-law-enforcement column as it is column on the state of the legal system really. So let’s take a look at what happens when you have crappy cogs in the wheel. Do you remember this from August 2021, a 15 year old in Venice Kalifornia stole a car, was driving down an ally the wrong way and intentionally ran over a young mother out walking her baby in a stroller, and then drove off. Mercifully he was caught but only because an absolute knight in a pickup truck saw the whole thing, realized what was happening an in a sweet spot of timing, put the stolen car into a light pole an then pinned it, so they caught the criminal.

And so, George Gascon, a Soros bought DA rather than sending him to prison, even kiddy prison, sent him to juvenile camp, for 3-5 months. No word if George kissed him on his widdle head or packed his socks for him before he sent him off to camp for his “soft on crime” sentence.

But you know, sometimes, some things are just so outrageous that forces beyond the norm intervene. I realize I should probably try to sound sad about this, but we’d all know I was being dishonest. The kid tried to kill that woman and that innocent little baby.

‘The Universe Delivered The Justice’: Teenager Who Ran Over Mom And Baby In 2021 Found Murdered

Rachel had hoped for a harsher initial sentence for Baca, who had no driver’s license and was already on probation for felony poisoning after he allegedly spiked a high school girl’s drink. She had expected that any hearing for the teenager would come near the end of his probation in early November.

Had Gascon done his job, sent the kid to prison, he’d probably be alive. But, he didn’t, and he’s not.

Baca had been seen at a fast food restaurant attempting to “get with a girl,” then walked toward home. As he walked home alone, a car stopped by him and an argument ensued before someone in the vehicle fired at Baca before fleeing.

Apparently another one it’s parents didn’t want, as nothing changed since summer camp.

Oh, why am I using “it” on some of these? Because I know we can’t assume gender.

But we can’t rely on divine justice to make everything right. I mean G-d did give us a pattern to live good, productive lives in harmony with him and each other and we just keep ignoring those patterns and demoncrats keep trying to keep kids from even learning about them.

A friend of mine in Nicaragua sent me a delightful little article this evening. A tip of the Stetson to Steve for these next couple…

Gallup: 800 Million People Want to Migrate to U.S. or Europe

It’s reminding me of that part in the movie The Mummy II where the special warriors that were to keep the Mummy from coming back to life now have to fight the army of the un-dead and they are completely outnumbered. Side note, did you know Oded Fehr that played Ardeth Bay in the movie is Israeli? Yup.

Anyway, the illegals just keep coming and coming and bleeding U.S. dry.

Extra and unexpected freebies for New York City migrants include free haircuts, ferry tickets, games, and snacks

The welcome wagon for New York City migrants is reported to include free food, free cell phones, free transportation as well as free healthcare.

According to an article in the New York Post, thousands of migrants who illegally crossed the US and are seeking asylum have been given freebies.

Free lodging includes $300 to $500 a night rooms in New York City hotels located in the heart of Manhattan. Some of the rooms come with private bathrooms and showers.

There’s more than that listed in the article. Also what I’ve been unable to find listed anywhere is where veterans go to avail themselves of these services they’ve actually earned.

So, what to do?

Professor Yitzhak has mentioned to me some of the best students he had for History were the English as Second language type, they really wanted to learn. Ok. So one possible solution is for U.S. to begin right now, to keep contained somewhere every antifa caught looting a store, attacking people at a political rally or public meeting they’re disrupting. Every feral animal that is keeping an actual class from learning also goes into the holding area. Every illegal immigrant caught committing a crime, into the holding area. Every illegal immigrant when they apply for free public benefits, into the holding area. Every week, we look at which countries have sent U.S. the largest number of illegals we have to educate, we have to feed, house and provide healthcare for and that country wins the lotto for that period. We’re flying low and dropping that weeks worth batch into their country. No, they didn’t ask us before their citizens came, we returning the party favors. Seems fair.

If you think this presents some legal challenges, I would just refer to to Judge Brown-Jackson for a ruling. I hear she is almost done with her See Dick and Jane book on biology.

But let me take you back to the 90s. Does the name Michael Fay ring a bell? Does the term “caning”? I was listening to an episode of Human Events and Jack Posobiec was talking about the case from the 90s. He said the guy now owns a successful food service company so he went on to make something of himself.

The story in a nutshell:

Fay was living with his Mom and Step-father in Singapore when he stole some street signs and either did or didn’t vandalize eighteen cars. Eighteen. And he got caught, Singapore has laws against vandalism and theft. Fay knew that, he just didn’t think they applied to him apparently. He was sentenced to some jail time and 6 cane swats. The media in America became outraged that a country was going to actually execute the prescribed sentence that their law calls for. Bill Clinton got involved, Singapore who must have been being polite to the draft-dodging serial sex-crime president as they dropped the caning sentence by two. After Fay came back he didn’t exactly straighten up and fly right, so they probably should have given him the whole six, who knows? But eventually he did get his act together. Now not everyone in the media was on the kids side, back then there were even people in Chicago that thought citizens had a right to own property safe from thugs. MICHAEL FAY GOT WHAT HE DESERVED

If you want the wiki story on it, it’s here.

And maybe that is the answer. Raising the cane. But we can’t continue like this. These feral animals are not safe for law-abiding citizens to have to deal with. If they will assault armed police officers like antifa, if they have no fear of teachers, then they have no fear of Aunt Chaya walking home with groceries for Shabbat. Joe BidenTM is going to keep importing them as fast as the crime regime can, so I’m guessing the states need to be coming up with some pretty strong state sovereignty legislation and ways of deporting them, or dealing with them, because ordinary American citizens are going to be facing enough trouble as it is.

You know, come to think of it…to sweeten the deal when we get ready to drop the first batch into the first country, we should thrown in Tony Fauxci, the entire NIH, CDC, FDA, ATF, FIB, CNN and MSNBC, heads of all the Pharmaceutical companies and the entire board of directors, Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta censors, Google and their censors and old Twitter and their censors. Yep, the first country? Ukraine, I’ve heard they’ve got a help wanted sign out for their tank unit. We throw them in for free. Literally.

Ok, so I can see where this might work. The other option is we deploy the entire ATF, FIB and all of DOJ to the border to back up customs and border patrol. All the FIB, ATF and DOJ already have guns, we know they have lots of guns. CNN shows us every time they go after some poor law abiding family that was just praying in public, at a school board meeting or some such Merrick Garland didn’t like because it threatens his son in law’s income. So the agents are lined up and told “No migrant gets past YOU” Simple rule, not one migrant gets in. The first migrant that gets past you? You’re in the next airdrop to the Ukraine. I mean our federal debt will never recover from what Joe BidenTM and the demoncrats have spent the last few years, we’ve got to cut expenses somewhere. Maybe some of these creative ideas can help trim the budget, lower crime and help undo some of the illegal alien invasion were enduring. Next week maybe I’ll cover coupon clipping!

But I’m pretty sure the answer involves raising cane, one way or another.

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Baldwin Charging Affidavit

The probable cause statement for Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter charges is available.

For those with an unfortunate interest in law, it’s very interesting. For those convinced that Baldwin shouldn’t have been charged because he’s just a stupid actor, and you can’t expect actors to show any sense, and the Four Rules aren’t law…

…it will be infuriating.

In Baldwin’s case: They have video and photos of him fingering the trigger. He skipped safety training. When the armorer roped him into training, he spent the whole time on the phone.

A forensic report that says the handgun was functioning correctly. The trigger had to be pulled.

Baldwin changing his story.

The document describes film industry standards and protocols, and describes how Baldwin — as the primary producer — actively and willfully blew them off.

The Four Rules? I had said

Aesop might as well claim that Baldwin shouldn’t be charged because § 30-2-3 doesn’t specifically say not to point a load gun at people and pull the trigger when you don’t even know if it’s loaded. Those words aren’t there either.

“Without due caution and circumspection” are, and the Rules illustrate what due caution and circumspection look like.

The probable cause statement — using different phrasing — says precisely that. Because…

One more time; if I were the prosecutor, I’d present clips from interviews, and social media post of Baldwin telling everyone else how to do it right, and ask him, “Mr. Baldwin, for years you’ve claimed you know better on firearm safety than everyone else. Why are you now claiming to be dumber than a six year-old in need of constant adult supervision?”

And that’s exactly what the prosecution has done in the probable cause statement: You know this stuff. Why didn’t you do it?

Negligence is when you know better, but do it anyway. This document establishes that Baldwin did it, should have known better, and has repeatedly claimed to know better.

On the armorer front, Gutierrez-Reed will need to do some serious explaining. Per the statement, law enforcement found — this is addition to the expended round used to kill Hutchins — six live rounds on set. Including a live round on Baldwin’s holster.

And forensics indicates those live rounds did not come from the movie’s supplier as she had once tried to imply.

So, little miss armorer, why were live rounds on set at all, and where did they come from? Why did you never notice live rounds mixed in with your equipment?

I recall early claims that she had been letting people use prop guns for recreational plinking. I think those claims just became a lot more credible.

 

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Pistol Brace Rule

It’s probably worth noting that the ATF’s pistol brace rule was formally published in the Federal Register today, making it official.

The countdown has started. If you have a braced pistol, you have 120 days to decide how to proceed.

You may have heard that those attempting to register braced firearms as short-barrel rifles, may have an issue. Some claimed that if the form isn’t processed in 88 days, then it’s automatically denied. A more cogent explanation clarifies that.

When you apply for your tax stamp, the ATF goes to the FBI’s NICS for a background check. Unlike a firearm sale, which can proceed if the NICS check doesn’t come back in three days, at 88 days without a NICS response, the application is denied. It’s then up to you to go to the FBI and ask “What the heck’s going on with my background check?” and resubmit your stamp application.

Meanwhile, the Firearms Policy Coalition has already filed its lawsuit challenging the rule. I’m not sure if they were the first, because it looks like it was a dead heat with the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty’s lawsuit.

Good luck, folks.

 

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