Month: April 2023

Sounds like Radio Rwanda

For better or worse, the 90s are back in the pop culture.

Here is some of the worst.

 

I remember when “extermate the cockroaches” was on the radio.

It was Radio Rwanda in the early 90s.

We all know how that live tour went.

Estimates have it at more than 600,000 Tutsis murdered by Hutus.

Maybe calling Republicans cockroaches and calling for them to be exterminated is a bad idea.

That said, the US is not Rwanda and we have a Second Amendment.

They can try and exterminate us, but I guarantee it won’t go quite like it did in Rwanda.

 

Scratch a Leftist, find a racist

Here is a Tweet:

 

Here is this guy’s bio:

 

Ah yes, a Leftist journalist from New York City.

And what does he believe?

That if black people carried guns, white conservatives would instantly ban guns.

Why?

Projection.

He doesn’t want to see black people carry guns so he assumes white conservatives are even more racist than he is and would react to seeing black people with guns the same way he would.

Racist against black people and bigoted against conservative white people.

That’s all Leftist ls have, racism and bigotry, which they try and turn into a virtue.

Scratch a Leftist, find a bigot.

Update on Rupp v. Bonta

This case was held at the Ninth Circuit court pending the Supreme Court’s opinion in Bruen. The Supreme Court then Granted certiorari to Duncan v. Bonta, vacated the opinion of the Ninth Circuit Court, then Remanded it back to the Ninth Circuit court to do the right thing. The Ninth Circuit Court, instead of making an opinion themselves vacated and remanded the District Court’s opinion (which found FOR Duncan on text, history, and tradition) with instructions to have the parties re-argue the case.

At the same time, the Ninth Circuit Court vacated and remanded Rupp v. Bonta back to the district court for for further proceedings consistent with” Bruen.Defendant’s Combined Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motions to Exclude Testimony Under Federal Rule of Evidence 702

Rupp v. Bonta is still in progress. The state submitted testimony from 12 different “expert” witnesses. The plaintiffs(good guys) have filed motions under Federal Rules Of Evidence 702 to exclude the testimony of 5 of those “experts”. Of course the state objects.

The state is manipulating the question in front of the court. In keeping with Heller, we hold that when the Second Amendment’s plain text covers an individual’s conduct, the Constitution presumptively protects that conduct.New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 – Supreme Court 2022 at 2126 The state restates this as i.e., that the challenged regulation prevents law-abiding citizens from “keep[ing]” or “bear[ing]” protected “Arms,” Id. Opposition to exclude at 10.

I don’t remember the word “protected” in the Second Amendment. The actual text of Bruen affirming and quoting Heller says that if the plain text covers the conduct, it is protected conduct. Noting about “protected arms”.

The concept of the Second Amendment only covering “protected arms” is a new argument. It is designed to allow the inferior courts to make a determination if a particular arm is protected, if it is not then the conduct is not protected.

The state continues their argument that they should be allowed a “more nuanced” approach to matching historical regulations because there is an “unprecedented societal concerns or dramatic technology changes.” Here the state is claiming that semi-automatic firearms with detachable magazines and scary looks is “dramatic technology changes”. Dramatic is something new that happened rapidly. Semi-automatic firearms, or “self loading” firearms have existed for at least a 100 years. It wasn’t dramatic. It was a simple progression.

Maybe Star Trek’s phasors would be dramatic technology change but even that is not clear. We are already working on laser weapons.

There is no “unprecedented societal concerns”. The busy-bodies have always had their noses in other peoples business for years. Murder has been around since before recorded history. Mass murder has been going on for a very long time.

And the media has told us that “mass shootings” aren’t a real concern because the media is making more of two state representatives being expelled for obstructing of an official proceeding. The President of the United States has been more upset that people might be angry with transgenders than of the shooting. So it must not be a big deal.

For those that need context, any murder is a big thing. Be it one person or a dozen or a hundred dozen, murder is wrong and the perpetrator(s) should be punished to the full extent of the law. Not all homicides are murder.

Thus, contemporary public-safety concerns remain relevant to determining whether a challenged law warrants a “more nuanced” historical analysis and is comparably justified.Id. at 13 The state so wants a multi-step process back. Means-end is the only way they can continue to infringe.

Mr. Busse provides expert testimony about semiautomatic, centerfire rifles and the features and accessories that can qualify them as assault weapons under the AWCA. Busse Report ¶¶ 11–21. Mr. Busse explains that none of the prohibited features, parts, or accessories—including a pistol grip on a rifle, a thumbhole stock, a flash suppressor on the muzzle of a rifle, a forward pistol grip, or a shortened barrel that would render the rifle less than 30 inches in length—is necessary to operate a semiautomatic, centerfire rifle for self-defense. Id. ¶¶ 12–15, 17–18, 21, 24. Plaintiffs do not argue that Mr. Busse’s testimony should be excluded due to inadequate qualifications. Instead, they argue that his expert opinions are not relevant under Bruen. They are wrong.
Id. at 14

The state is saying that as long as you get a barrel and the ability to load and fire it you don’t need any of those fancy things like a pistol grip. There is NOTHING in this guys testimony that has anything to do with whether or not this is conduct protected by the plain text of the Second Amendment. There is nothing in his testimony that has anything to do with historical regulation.

What this all comes down to is that the state recognizes that there are no historical regulations that match an AWB or a magazine ban or a “unsafe” handgun ban. Since they haven’t been able to find those historical regulations, they have to attack the question of “is it an arm?” and “is there something that allows us to bring up things other than historical regulations to support our infringement.”

David Hogg finally figured the math. New (Old) strategies coming.

Don’t be fooled: They want to, but that is like wishing for the Easter Bunny to be real. But if I know my Left Wingers, they will follow the strategies used in other countries which have worked damn well: You make Self Defense illegal.

Somebody aims a gun at you anywhere else in Texas and you cap him, you are not only going home that night but you are hailed as a hero. In a Democrat-run city with a Soros-backed prosecutor? You are found guilty of murder.

And that is the next step in their strategy.

You can have all the tools you need, but you will pay dearly if you use them, thus making gun useless and even a risk to own.

Of course, police and military can still shoot the shit of anybody, you included. Some exceptions are already in place also, pushed the hard way into their minds (George Floyd Trial and Instructional to LEOs).

Make notes: You will see this again.

 

Lock up your guns

There was a triple homicide last week in Orlando.

Three teenagers involved in petty crimes got killed by two other teenagers and a 12-year-old during a botched illegal gun sale and robbery.

This clip from the Sheriff’s press conference has been going around because the Sheriff made the point that no new gun laws would have prevented this homicide.

 

He may be right, but note what he said in the very beginning.

The gun used in the murders was stolen out of a car.

This is a point Miguel and I try to drive home constantly, lock up your guns and putting them in a glove compartment doesn’t count.

A little less than two years ago I posted about how my truck was broken into in a hotel parking lot, but my 9mm was locked in a Liberty pistol box tethered to the front sear frame with a steel cable and didn’t disappear.

At the time my right (dominant) hand was broken and in a splint. We got to the hotel around midnight, and I was too tired and in pain to do anything more than help get the kids into the hotel room, which is why I didn’t take my gun into the hotel room with me.

I now have Liberty cable boxes in all of my cars and a Hornady cable box that I’ll put in my wife’s car if we’re road tripping and I need a place to lock up my gun.  If I don’t teather it to a seat frame, I’ll lock it to the spare tire anchor point in the trunk.  Hell, I’ve seen cable lock boxes on sale at Harbor Freight for under $20.  I might but one and do a review, because $20 for gun safety seem like a great deal if it works.

There are plenty of reasons why you might have to leave a gun in a car, but if you do, lock it up.

For the cost of a cheap cable lock box, someone lost their gun and now there are three bodies on it.

Lock up your guns.