In Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council I discussed a little about Chevron deference. This is the case law that allows the federal government to say “We are the experts, our interpretation of the law is always correct.”

I am not qualified to know whether the original decision was a good decision or not, I believe it was not. Regardless, it has been abused for decades at this point.

Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc v. Gina Raimondo, 21-5166 (D.C. Cir. 2022). This case has nothing to do with the Second Amendment directly, but it holds a great deal of potential for reigning in the ATF and other federal agencies.

The gist of the case is that congress passed the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) in 1976. The MSA extended the regulatory reach of the “National Marine Fisheries Service”. It was passed to to conserve and manage the fishery resources…of the United States — 16 U.S.C. § 1801 (b)(1).

This is the law that is designed to stop overfishing of territorial waters of the US.

In September 2018, the NMFS submitted the Omnibus Amendment to the Service. This opened a commenting period. The commenting period ended and the Omnibus Amendment to the Service was approved. The Final Rule was published in February 2020.

Sort of like the ATF did bump stocks and pistol braces. They publish the proposed rule. Open for comments, then do whatever they wanted to do in the first place.

At issue in the Omnibus Amendment is that the NMFS decided that they were going to make the fishing boats pay to have an inspector on board and to force the fishing boats to accept an inspector. Space is at a premium aboard ships, so having a deadhead onboard worsens it for everyone. In addition, the government man isn’t actually doing any work. All he does is run his clipboard looking for ways to ding the boat.

This inspector is paid a percentage of the value of the catch.

In other words, the government gets to force a fishing boat to take an inspector onboard and the fishing boat has the pleasure of paying that inspector to eat their food, take up space, and in general to be a government busybody.

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Seek no further than Portland.

This is their normal.

It won’t be mine if I can help it.

NEW YORK (WPIX) – A new mental health survey out Monday from The Trevor Project shows 41% of LGBTQ young people seriously contemplated attempting suicide in the last year.

The organization surveyed more than 28,000 LGBTQ people aged 13-24 nationwide.

The survey also found that 81% of LGBTQ young people wanted mental health care in the past year, but of those, 56% did not receive any.

“I know so many people who have attempted, who have suicidal thoughts,” said Alex Carroll, a member of the nonprofit NYC Youth 4 Trans Rights. “I think it’s shocking, but I think it’s the hard truth that everyone needs to know.”

“I’m in that 41%, and once you’re in it, it’s really hard to get out of it, even if you have a super great support system,” said Kat Garcia, a member of NYC Youth for Trans Rights.

41% of LGBTQ young people contemplated suicide in the last year: survey
As with any cult, this new LGBTQ movement where everybody is whatever they want to be because they are told it is the whole absolute immutable (irony?) truth, eventually comes crashing hard against reality. When people with little self-respect adopt a mental sickness as normal behavior and build their lives around it, it is not hard to realize they are mentally playing with fire and that comes with consequences.

I would love to see if in ten years, we will be given the suicide numbers of all those who actually went through surgical modifications not because they needed it but because of faux sexual identity politics. And a couple of murder/suicides where the “transitioned” takes out whomever got them in that shape is probably an outcome we will see.

Case in point:

Graphic video from Oakland, Calif. at a street occupation on April 30 shows a mob beating a victim on the ground until he is unconscious. The man’s car was hit & he got out of the vehicle before being jumped. The mob then continue performing street stunts. https://t.co/5Iif2aU36O

— Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) May 1, 2023

I understand the normal, middle-class urge to do the right thing and address the person who hot your car and exchange insurance information.

The problem is, that makes you exit the relative safety of your vehicle and makes you more vulnerable to attack.

Read the situation.

If you must, stay in your car and call 9-1-1.  Wait in your vehicle until police arrive.

Don’t get out and expose yourself.

Don’t break your perimeter.

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Yup.

I grew up Watchung Tales of the Gun, Modern Marvels, Wings, and the great classic military shows of the Discovery Channel.

It’s why I am the way I am.

I’ve been listening for songs with a connection to firearms. I’ve noticed that there are far too many songs that imply that somebody is going to get shot for disrespecting somebody else.

Today, I signed legislation that will:
– Makes child rapists eligible for the death penalty with the minimum sentence of life in prison without parole  
– Impose additional penalties on fentanyl and drug-related crimes targeted at children
– Protect Floridians from disastrous… pic.twitter.com/sO1mkcfm0a

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) May 1, 2023

Death to pedos.

I hope they bring Ol’ Sparky out of retirement.