The same way that watching porn will not transform you into a rapist or watching Top Chef will not make you open a restaurant, watching videos of killings will not make regular people become the next super murderer. We have shown many graphic videos because I have always felt 99% of people do not understand how quick and how violent true criminals can be. The concept of violence by most people is the tailored and choregraphed pablum we see on TV where the 125-pound rookie female cop tackles a 250-pound Roid Raging male single-handedly and in 10 seconds flat.

Paraphrasing John Ross: It is not the reason but the excuse. We have grown accustomed to desiring the quick/easy/understandable answer expressed with authority because we seek going back to our normal lives ASAP and we need to be reassured we can. But by now we should know better and prepare accordingly or we will fail miserably and possibly deadly when the time comes.

About Mass Killers: Eventually we hear the phrase “He was known to Law Enforcement,” “He was reported to the FBI a year ago” or some similar variation. And yet, nothing was done to prevent his actions, how come? Because it was politically profitable to allow him to kill.

That is all.

And then there is that namesake that gives you a bad reputation.
October 1970.

Listened to this week’s Michael Bane podcast and he mentions that we are engaged in a Low-Level Cold War inside the US.

I unfortunately have to agree.

Spot on.

And the news that two illegal aliens planned to commit a mass murder event in Virginia but was foiled by a tipster should rapidly disappear from the news cycle. It is very inconvenient to the Administration, especially when one of them has been deported several times and keeps coming back apparently unimpeded. But what should worry you is that you have Illegals emboldened enough to play under the Cartel rules of their country of origin: Guatemala.

Suddenly, the concept of a truck/vehicular gun has achieved a new urgency in my book.

PS: How come most of the Media has failed to report on the multiple deportations is a mystery. OK, not really.

From Righteous to Inmate in a blink of stupid.

The Richmond Police Department reports the situation started when a male panhandler asked a woman for money on Thursday. When the woman declined, the man picked up a chair and hit her with it.

Police said the woman pulled out a gun and started shooting as he ran away, as reported by WWBT.

According to the department, the woman took off from the scene but was later pulled over by a Virginia Commonwealth University police officer.

Panhandler shot at after asking woman for money, hitting her with chair, police say (wsmv.com)

And the sad news that James Cann has departed this world.

Long Live Jonathan E.

It appears that the “like” button has stopped working as well as the ability to post comments. We are looking into the issue.

UPDATE:

The issue was related to a plugin we use for comment control. We’ve disabled the plugin for the time being so people can comment again.

UPDATE 2:

We have identified the root cause. We will have the site back to normal later today.

UPDATE 3:

We think we have everything back to normal. We should see pretty commenting forms again.

Massachusetts is not a gun friendly state. It has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation.

A few years ago a man was sent to prison because he picked up a musket ball from a civil war battle field. Somebody saw it on his desk and asked what it was. When told it was a musket ball, a bullet the Karen reported it to campus police/security. He was arrested and charged. The judge ruled it was an “Ammunition Component” and sent him to jail.

The AG of Mass. took it on herself to change the definition of “assault weapon” and banned a number of guns. The state has an approved gun list. The list is by model.

It is the case that a SIG P938 is both legal and illegal in Mass. If it has gray grips it is legal. If it has red white and blue, from the factory, in a flag motif, it is illegal.

When Bruen dropped the AG said that only the “may issue” part was dropping but the good character clause would remain. That the reason given for wanting a permit could be used to judge good character. In other words, mostly business as usual.

Well the Gun Owners’ Action Legal (GOAL) of Massachusetts has issued a demand letter to the state. The letter demands

…to void all restrictions currently placed on any lawfully licensed gun owner, clarify where firearms may be carried, to explain the attorney general’s guidance that license applicants may still be asked why they need a license, and to void any extra application hurdles instituted by the various police chiefs.
— Boston Herald: Massachusetts gun rights group demands Maura Healey retract firearms guidance

The state has a limited amount of time to respond.

Just another day in NYC.pic.twitter.com/iyXILAsTs3

— Leftism (@LeftismForU) July 6, 2022

This occurred because the women were charged $1.75 for extra sauce.

It also happened at 4:10 am, reinforcing the adage that nothing good happens after midnight.

This is what happens when a society stops enforcing the law and develops a culture that tells criminals they are victims of the system.

The chips are still falling everywhere. Some of the process is making demands of the state government in light of the Bruen decision and others.

In this case, the Gun Owners of America has sued the ATF over its proposed ruling regarding home manufactured firearms. It is an extensive suit and covers multiple different aspects.

Most people know that if you deposit more than $10,000 cash into the bank (or remove it) the bank is required to report it to the government. The reason is that you could be laundering money. What many people don’t know is that if you make many deposits that are less than $10,000 the IRS considers that “structuring” in order to get around the $10k reporting limits.

People have had their banking accounts seized for just making regular deposits of less than $10k.

The new ATF ruling works the same way. If you buy an 80% lower or frame from one company and then buy a parts kit from another the ATF can consider that a structured purchase to “get around the law(regulation)”.

Other regulations include requirements of FFLs to serialize frames and receivers they posses if they are not marked. This means that companies or individuals that do gunsmithing or Cerakoting might be required to serialize items they receive. It looks nasty.

The opinion of SCOTUS in Bruen and in West Virginia v. The EPA mean that this suit has a better chance than it did a month ago. It looks like there were a number of actions sitting in the queue waiting for Thomas to drop the gavel.
AmmoLand GOA Sues ATF Over Final Rule on Privately Manufactured Firearms

Make Rifles Great Again ??

?https://t.co/J7lHnodhku#JeroneForCongress#2A #SelfDefense pic.twitter.com/Gs6iAHVVAP

— Jerone Davison for Congress #AZCD4 (@Jerone4Congress) July 6, 2022