NEWINGTON, N.H., (March 16, 2023) – SIG SAUER is extremely excited to announce the acquisition of General Robotics, one of the world’s premier manufacturers of lightweight remote weapon stations and tactical robotics for manned and unmanned platforms and anti-drone applications.

Ron Cohen, President and CEO, SIG SAUER, Inc. began, “This acquisition will greatly enhance SIG SAUER’s growing portfolio of advanced weapon systems. The team at General Robotics is leading the way in the development of intuitive, lightweight remote weapon stations with their battle-proven solution.”

SIG SAUER Acquires General Robotics

And, of course, the memes must flourish.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A bill that would significantly expand access to guns in Tennessee is one step closer to becoming law.

This week House Bill 1005 by Rep. Rusty Grills (R—Newbern) would allow Tennesseans with an enhanced or a concealed carry permit to carry long guns, including AR-15 rifles or shotguns. Currently, state law prohibits people with those permits from carrying anything more than handguns. The proposed bill would replace all instances of “handguns” in the code to “firearms.”

The bill would also recognize the carry permits, including “handgun permit, firearms permit, weapons permit, or license” from another state as valid “as if it is a firearm carry permit issued in this state.”

During a House committee meeting Wednesday, the bill was further amended to also lower the permissive age from 21 to 18.

Tennessee gun bill that allows for long gun carrying, lowers permit age to 18 passes House committee (wkrn.com)

Here is the bill: Tennessee General Assembly Legislation HB 1005 (tn.gov). And even though a minor is still prohibited from carrying, it lists a long list of exceptions including being in a competition, protecting livestock, carrying with a guardian and carrying on private property with the permission of the parent or guardian.

No time-wasting Chest-Thumping theatrics, but getting shit done one piece at the time. Amazing how that works!

Where do the guns used in violent crime come from? It’s mostly one of two ways, ATF says

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday to strengthen gun background checks in the United States.

The order requires more background checks before you can buy guns. It also bolsters “Red-Flag Laws,” addresses the loss or theft of guns during shipping, asks the federal trade commission to analyze gun marketing and increases federal support for gun violence survivors.

So where are the people who pull the trigger getting their weapons? Will background checks really stop criminals?

Daryl McCormick, an agent with the Ohio Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, traces the origins of guns used in crimes and he said it happens in two ways.

“Number one, through a licensed dealer,” McCormick said. “And number two, from a theft. Which, right away, that’s illegal.”

Let me take a moment to remind you to lock up your gun.

Get a safe orva strong box and anchor it to the wall or floor.

Oceans 11 are not coming for your precious gun collection.

It’s Sucko, Fucko, and Doc breaking into your house to steal shit to sell for drug money. Guns have a high street resale value.  You need to secure your guns against a couple of well motivated junkies who want to make a quick buck.

According to the ATF, between 2017 to 2021, nearly 79,000 firearms were recovered from crimes across the state.

Around 1,100 of them had been stolen from a homeowner or gun store, but McCormick said what’s troubling is that the vast majority were legally purchased and then given to a criminal.

“Most of the time it’s going to be where a criminal obtains a firearm from someone they know,” he said. “Maybe a family member or somebody like that, who pretty much knows it’s unlawful and pretty much knows they shouldn’t have a firearm, but for some reason does it anyway.”

McCormick said around 2,000 guns were seized in the greater Toledo area in 2022 and about 200 of them were used in a crime within 90 days or less of purchase.

“So that’s a strong indicator to us that almost all of those firearms were purchased just for the sole purchase of providing them to criminals,” McCormick said.

Those are straw purchases.

That’s easy to fix.

Prosecute the fuck out of straw purchasers.

That almost never happens.  Do it.  Send those people to prison.

And I will admit there are a few dealers who are known as bad dealers who knowingly sell to straw purchasers because of the money.  Send them to prison too.

Theft and strawman.

Lock up your guns and prosecute criminals, it’s not that hard.

Guns at playgrounds. Guns in bars. Guns in hospitals. Guns in your home without even having to ask you for permission.

That’s what opponents of our concealed carry laws want.

Plain and simple, these laws keep us safe. That’s why we are fighting for them. pic.twitter.com/fmzTjRbcoX

— Attorney General Matt Platkin (@NewJerseyOAG) March 15, 2023

This is dishonest bullshit.

Camden, New Jersey, is notorious for being a murder capital of thr US.

Newark, fucking Newark, is were people go to get shot.

None of the people doing the killing in Camden, Newark, or Trenton are licensed permit holders.

New Jersey has some of the most violent cities in America, but this fuck can say with a straight face that New Jersey has low rates of gun crime.

New Jersey politicians hate guns and will hold any position that allows them to continue to ban them.

AG Foreskin mentioned a Rand study.

I looked it up.

Effects of Concealed-Carry Laws on Violent Crime

Summary: There is supportive evidence that shall-issue concealed-carry laws may increase total and firearm homicides. Evidence for the effect of permitless-carry laws on total homicides is inconclusive. Evidence that shall-issue concealed-carry laws may increase violent crime is limited.

I read the study.

It’s runny dog shit, and I will probably go into greater detail of just how much of a runny, carpet staining, dog shit study it is in a later post.

But suffice it to say, it’s a meta study that shows no correlation between permit holders and shootings.

That is the key takeaway that gets ignored.

Many states have gone shall issue in the last 20 years.

Millions of guns have been sold over the last 20 years.  It’s obvious some of those guns have ended up in the hands of criminals.

A state going shall issue doesn’t increase crime. It’s not an effect.  It’s not as though people get carry permits so they can rib liquor stores with licensed guns.

It’s that crime is going up and concealed carry doesn’t much tamp it down.

Considering that violent crime is spiking I’m major urban areas that are becoming more and more concentrated Blue, and people that vote Blue are less likely to carry permits, you can end up with this correlating.

Think of Illinois.  Illinois went shall issue.

Gun crime is going up in Chicago because the mayor and prosecutor refuse to punish gang and gun crimes.

The Red counties of the rest of the state are where most of the carry permits are possessed.

So you can simultaneously have an increase in shall issue permits and crime that have nothing to do with one another.

But that level of analysis doesn’t matter to the lying political shit-stains who hate guns.

I hope SCOTUS comes back around and fucking hammers these states for not complying with the intention of the Bruen decision.

It leads to terminal lead poisoning. From 1860.

I had to look it up:

Snuff is a generic term for fine-ground, smokeless tobacco products. Originally, the term referred only to dry snuff – a fine tan dust popular in the eighteenth century. This is often called ‘Scotch Snuff’, a folk-etymology derivation of the scorching process used to dry the cured tobacco by the factory.

What is Snuff? | Wilsons & Co (sharrowmills.com)

I almost gave myself a heart attack today. Somehow, I managed to lose about a third of 111 files worth three years of research from the original folder and one of the back-ups. Thankfully the second back-up was intact, and I was able to recoup everything.

Two is one and one is none.

And now I have the original and three back-ups.

Welcome to another episode of Hagar ranting about something that affects Left and Right equally. I’m talking about our women folk. I realize it’s not PC to use that term, but FTITCTAJ.

Most of the women I know are afraid. They’re afraid to walk at night. They’re afraid to walk in public spaces. They’re afraid to go to their car after dark. They’re afraid that big, scary men might do bad things to them.

This leads to women walking like prey. Yes, you read that right. The vast majority of women walk like prey, like something that is bred to be preyed upon.

What does that mean? It means that women walk hunched over. They walk with their head ducked down. They don’t make eye contact. They actively attempt to make themselves look small. They avoid interactions in public spaces. They clutch their bags to their bodies. They shuffle their feet, look at the ground, and are both hyper-fixated and horridly unaware of their surroundings. It’s awful.

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