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POLL: Denying gun rights to people on secret watch lists

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We’ve had years where handgun bans or machine gun bans were “the thing.” Ending free-market mail-order purchases had its day in the sun. Then came bans on ugly guns. And along with them, waiting periods. And background checks. And ammo bans. And background checks for ammo. Every time we turn around, victim disarmament has taken some new form. Some of these pushes against guns have become law; others not. But it’s funny how, decade after decade, there’s always some new way to “solve the problem” presented by guns and gun owners. (We are beginning to wonder when they’ll light on the “Final Solution.”)

The latest push — backed by both lefties and squishy or elitist righties alike — is to ban anyone who appears on certain secret watch lists from purchasing firearms.

We’d like to know your thoughts on that …


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Poll: Other Self-Defense Means

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Those who work in areas where carrying a firearm for self defense is not prohibited, or who are self-employed, are lucky. There are times many of us must go to work, or travel, or simply must live in an area where carrying our firearms is either not practical, or outright prohibited.

So what do we do?

What type of self defense tool do we carry?

Practical and commemorative. Because no one should be left defenseless!
Practical and commemorative. Because no one should be left defenseless!

There are options that should be considered. We here at the Zelman Partisans certainly are considering them. We continue to expand the products we offer to include those that might be useful, not just commemorative.

The knife above is certainly cool, but what else would you carry in lieu of a gun? What’s practical and concealable? What kind of self-defense tool do you carry if you can’t carry a firearm?

Let us know below.

 

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Poll: What’s next post-Orlando?

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If you haven’t heard, late last night, a US citizen with Islamic State sympathies murdered more than 50 people in a gay club in Orlando, Florida.

Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, armed with an AR-15 and a handgun – having passed all the necessary background checks as a security officer at G4S Secure Solutions, pledged his allegiance to ISIS in a 911 call during the attack.

Remember, this is a man who worked as a security officer. He passed all the background checks. He was born in the United States to Afghani parents – in New York. He was also a spouse abuser, according to his ex-wife, who claims he was violent and beat her.

She never pressed charges, apparently, and never reported him to the police, which means he was clean and would have and did pass every necessary background check – even though he was on the FBI’s terrorist watch list in 2013 and 2014.

Mateen is dead, but the fallout is just beginning.

The mega Broadway hit Hamilton - now without muskets. Guess they forgot Hamilton died in a duel. With firearms.
The mega Broadway hit Hamilton – now without muskets. Guess they forgot Hamilton died in a duel. With firearms.

Almost immediately, the usual suspects began calling for gun control. Celebrities such as Seth MacFarlane and Kirstie Alley immediately started screeching for a ban on automatic weapons on Twitter, while in a staggering bolt of stupid, the cast of the Broadway show Hamilton eliminated muskets from the musical.

In light of this tragedy, what do you think will happen next? Will the gun grabbers’ calls for “universal” background checks finally be successful? Will another “assault” weapons ban pass? Will those on terrorist watch lists be deprived of their right to keep and bear arms without due process? Let us know in comments.

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POLL: Will we have to resort to the “bullet box”?

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Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America stirred up controversy last week when he said he feared we might have to resort to the “bullet box,” specifically if this November’s presidential election resulted in Supreme Court justices who think that they, and not the Constitution as written, are the ultimate authority under (and over) U.S. law.

This week’s poll asks whether, and if so when, you think freedomistas in the U.S. might have to resort to that fourth box of liberty.

Although the poll asks only if and when, it would be even more interesting to hear what you think might bring us to the box of last resort — what policies, what catastrophic events, what seemingly small trigger event, what change in law or thinking could provoke armed opposition to tyranny? Or, if you think that can be averted, what would help us regain freedom while steering clear of violence? So please … comment away!

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Poll: What happens to Katie Couric now?

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If you’ve read any gun news this week, you know that “journalist” Katie Couric was caught faking part of a documentary to make gun-rights activists look stupid and ashamed of themselves. Fortunately, one of the participants had made an audiotape — a very damning tape for Couric and her methods.

Even anti-gun NPR thought what Couric and her team did was a huge, manipulative no-no.

So in this week’s poll we ask, What happens to Couric now?

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Poll: Will you vote for Donald Trump this year?

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Donald_Trump_GunIt certainly appears that my last post generated a lot of controversy.

A number of commenters think I was mistaken, and that Trump will do a lot less damage to our Second Amendment rights than Hillary. Several pointed out that we are allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good.

I have explained my rationale behind my opposition to Trump previously.  Aside from his historic anti-RKBA views, which he has now conveniently changed now that he’s pretending to be a Republican, he’s an authoritarian weasel, who has no respect for basic human rights.

So I’m wondering what our members and readers really think about Trump.

Will you vote for him now that he’s the presumptive GOP nominee? Will you enthusiastically support him? Will you vote for Hillary Clinton, or the Libertarian nominee instead of Trump? Will you stay home on Election Day?

Let us know! Poll below.

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Are they really that stupid?

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Over the years, we’ve heard a lot of ridiculousness coming from gun grabbers. Anything from calling regular ole black rifles “assault” weapons to screeching about hip-fired weapons that can “spray” bullets to cause death and mayhem.

A couple of years ago, the husband and I went to see the last GI Joe movie (don’t judge!). It was as awful and badly written and acted as one would expect. At one point a female Soldier referred to a “Kalishnikov,” which caused me to jump up in the middle of the crowded theater and yell, “It’s KALASHNIKOV, you dumb b@!ch!” No, I didn’t get tossed out of the theater, but I did get a few amused (and bemused) looks.

To this day, if my employees want to make my head explode, they simply refer to the rifle as a “Kalishnikov” and watch my eyes pop out of my head.

DERP!
DERP!

Remember the now-infamous Everytown graphic depicting an entire cartridge flying out of the muzzle of a gun?

Remember how any number of firearms or boxes of ammo found in the home of a criminal is automatically referred to as an “arsenal,” by the compliant press corps?

Yes, I’ve actually had a retired  ATF agent at a “Gun Violence Forum” in Arlington refer to a magazine as a “clip,” and when I called him on it on the sidelines, he waved me off and said, “you know what I mean.”

So using last week’s poll as a jumping point, I started to wonder what is the best/worst/most egregious gun flub you’ve heard over the years?

Tell us in comments if your choice isn’t included.

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POLL: What’s your “favorite” book and movie firearms goof?

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While back I was reading a crime novel. Lots of guns in it. But it began to itch at the back of my brain that every, single gun mentioned was a revolver. Cops had revolvers. Crooks had revolvers. Private eyes had revolvers. Little old ladies had revolvers. No calibers or makers or models mentioned. Just generic revolvers.

Very unusual in this day and age, thought I. I quickly began to wonder how much this author knew about firearms — and therefore about anything else he was writing about.

Finally, a character wandered into the story with a Glock. Yes, a Glock. A non-revolver. Whoopee.

The character prepared for action. He drew his Glock. He “flipped the safety lever.”

I closed the book.

Alas, we all know that gun goofs are all too common in both books and movies. Sometimes it’s just a small, forgivable goof. (I’ve written books myself, and if readers held every goof I ever made against me, I’d be a total disgrace.) Too often, unfortunately, goofs about guns result from a complete lack of research or caring by the creators of the works.

Sometimes we just wince and go on. Sometimes the dumbness is so dumb it ruins the whole work for us.

Which takes us to this week’s poll: What’s your “favorite” firearms goof from novels or movies?

And … if you care to elaborate, leave a comment telling about novels or movies with particularly awful gun handling or gun “facts.” Tell us which were the worst — and maybe even which were the best — when it came to guns.

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