Gun Free Zone

Since our local variety of Gun Rights Activists cannot do anything but go tactical fishing and refuse to do anything unless they can carry a rifle, I figure we can ask Bass Pro Shop to install one of their humongous aquariums inside the Florida State Capitol so there is no more excuse for them not to actually do something for the Gun Rights they presume to love.

Bloomberg is spending a bunch of money and PR talent on getting the Assault Weapons Ballot Amendment passed and you will not hear a peep about what our local gun rights organizations are doing, you know the ones that would do anything better than the NRA? Yes, those people.

If you have not paid attention, the NRA internal problems have pretty much but disappeared from the News Media cycle. But if you are still seeing NRA-Bashing pop in your Social Media, it is more than likely attached to Chest-Thumpers©’ messages    And still, I keep asking those  who want to see the National Rifle Association disappear, what are they doing or will do to take over the lobby duties and I keep hearing either excuses or crickets. I find it funny that the same individuals that were quoting me chapter and verse on information provided by Bloomberg’s The Trace would suddenly develop a convenient need to change the subject when asked what will be done specifically to counter the Gun Control Carpetbaggers.

And the other thing I find rather ironic is that Chest-Thumpers© love to banter about the word “treason.” I wonder what we would have to use on them when the Florida Legislature is forced to pass an Assault Weapons Bill and other anti-gun goodies because they were too busy posing with an AR 15 in the local fishing pier.

Actually there is no big culinary science behind my recipe.

This is a 4.5 pound boneless pork roast that the missus caught at a ridiculous price ( a buck  pound) after one of the great holiday weekends and went straight to the freezer. I think we have another two like that and they make for a full weekend’s worth of meals, including Dagwood sandwiches.

The hard part of anything roasted is flavoring the inside and for that you need a no-shit good injector. Do not buy the plastic crap but a decent stainless steel with needles you can perform murder with like this one I bought three years ago.

My particular concoction for the inside? A melted stick of butter mixed with lots of granulated garlic and about a teaspoon of salt. I try to cover as much of the inside as possible without as few leaks as I can, but some will occur, don’t fret. use the spillage to cover the outside, add more salt and garlic and whatever other rub you want want to use.  I am well know for being very fond of the McCormick  Brown Sugar Bourbon rub and I go medieval on that sucker.

Oven time: First under the full roaster in high for 15 minutes, then switch to bake at 365 for an 45-50 minutes. Check temperature and follow FDA recommended cooking temperatures which I don’t  and I don’t care. 165 internal leaves the pork too dry for my taste. You are your own person, deal with it
Once the internat temp reaches the official Federally Mandated Safety Level, take it out and let it rest for 10-15 minutes before cutting into it. Slice what you want to eat and storage in its entirety to preserve juiciness as much as possible.

And this is the final product. I forgot to take a picture coming out of the oven and it only came back to me after we were done eating and putting things away.

Today it was potato rolls  and potato salad (wife’s choice).  Tomorrow we will be having black beans and fried plantains for that tropical meal swing.

I met the guys from Wilson Combat at NRAAM.  They did me a huge favor and smithed one of my 1911s for me that I tried to do myself and sort of didn’t do a great job on.

They shipped it to me on Monday via UPS 2nd Day Air.  I missed delivery on Wednesday so had it held at the UPS center on the far side of town.

I left work early to get to them in time to get my gun today.  It was ready for pickup yesterday.  I have that email.

I’ve been here at UPS for 45 minutes and they cant find it.

They are telling me now it is marked “mis-sort.”

I’m thinking somebody saw “Wilson Combat” on the return label and it walked out of here.

What they don’t seem to get is that they lost a gun belonging to the employee of an FFL.

I have the ATF on speed dial.

If this place closes and I don’t have my gun I am going to fuck thier day up with the help of The Fed Dot Gov.

I’m going to use every connection I have to make sure they go motherfucking Waco on these sons-of-bitches.

It’s going to get ugly.

Update:

They didn’t find it.  I’m going to make sure people go to jail.

This has been a crazy week. Three days with mom’s medical stuff and today a visit for a tech to “fix” my sudden slow internet speed only to end up with still a sudden slow  speed and 2 cameras out. Just because they come in a company van and have a badge and the uniform does not mean they know shit.  Then I had the research thing I am doing which I was about to get way behind the curve and I refused to do so although my goal for early delivery was frustrated.

So, I have to thank J. Kb. for going to task and keep the readers occupied. Sumbitch can write good and a lot.

OK, I need a break now. Heading for the kitchen to do a (hopefully) nice pork roast for the missus and yours truly to enjoy while relaxing over the weekend.

As usual, if anything pops, I’ll be here.

Two posts from Legal Insurrection:

Op-Ed: Campus Insanity Is Migrating To Society

Instead, what’s becoming increasingly clear is that academic leftism is metastasizing off-campus, spreading into some of the world’s largest corporations as well as institutions of culture, with graduated millennial employees as its carriers.

True. From the economic attacks to the NRA to the generalized elimination of Non-Liberal voices in Social Media, we are seeing a full fledged inquisition of not only the Conservative USA but also Middle America. It is not a wide-based army of people behind the Liberal Huns rolling down our country, but a dedicated and untouched minority who is getting away with it because they have not received real negative feedback.

On the other hand…

Punitive damage verdict against Oberlin College “was like a seismic wave moving quickly through the courtroom

When the punitive damage jury verdict was read in court yesterday in Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College, it was like a seismic wave moving quickly through the courtroom.

It was that big, bigger than anyone had expected. The added punitive damages was $33,223,500, charged to Oberlin College. That was $33 million in damages added on to the $11.2 million they had already awarded the small business family and its owners as compensatory damages.

Oberlin College personnel thought they were immune from playing SJW and inciting the students from falsely accusing a bakery of racism. This was not a shot across the bow, this was aimed amidships, detonated fully and left nasty gash on its side. It is also notice that people are tired of their stupidity and if they can, they will make them pay dearly.

And that is what i see will happen ion the near future. I am just wondering what will be the currency the SJWs will be shedding as it may not be monetary.

From the Orlando Sentinel:

Florida assault weapons ban amendment heads to Supreme Court for review — could be on 2020 ballot

Gun-control advocates say they’ve collected more than 103,000 signatures, enough to trigger the next critical step before a proposed ban on the sale of assault weapons could go before Florida voters in 2020.

Leaders of the political committee Ban Assault Weapons Now gathered in Orlando on Monday to announce that its draft constitutional amendment met the signature threshold to go before the state Supreme Court for review. The event came just days before the third anniversary of the shooting at Pulse night club where 49 people died in a hail of gunfire from a shooter armed with an assault-style rifle.

An Islamic terrorist and self-proclaimed solder of ISIS, who was under investigation by the FBI.  Little details like that matter.

“Right now, we can do something to prevent the next mass shooting,” said Gail Schwartz, chairwoman of the committee that goes by the acronym BAWN and the aunt of Alex Schachter, one of 17 people killed at the Parkland high school shooting last year. “We’re here today to offer you a chance to do something to create a positive change for our state.”

After the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Schwartz partnered with families touched by the Pulse shooting to try to prohibit the sale semiautomatic rifles and shotguns capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition — either in a fixed or detachable magazine. The amendment, if approved, would also require people who legally owned assault-style weapons before the ban to register them with the state.

As other states and the Brady Bill have shown, a new gun ban would be totally useless to prevent crimes.  The registration of existing guns would have virtually no compliance.

“We have a gun Autobahn right now,” said Christine Leinonen, whose son, Drew, was killed at Pulse. She was joined at the announcement by Mayra Alvear, whose daughter, Amanda, was also killed, and by Ricardo Negron-Almodovar, who survived the 2016 shooting at the club just south of downtown Orlando.

“The Second Amendment says guns should be well regulated. And we know that by banning assault weapons, that’s not going to solve every gun problem in America, but it’s a piece of the puzzle,” Leinonen said.

Somebody’s high school failed them in both civics and reading comprehension.  I’m pretty sure the Second Amendment says a militia needs to be “well regulated” meaning “squared away,” and that the right to keep and bear arms “shall not be infringed.”  So pretty much the opposite of what he said.

The group still faces an uphill climb if the amendment is to make it on the ballot. It needs an additional 600,000-plus signatures to reach the required 766,200 statewide by Feb. 1, 2020. Signatures must come form 14 of 27 congressional districts. They also face a series of new hurdles for proposed constitutional amendments brought by a law (HB 5) signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last week.

More winning for DeSantis.

State records show the organization has raised $430,000 toward the effort. Schwartz said her group must raise more money to overcome the new regulations on ballot initiatives.

The new law requires those collecting petitions to have a Florida address and register with the state. It also would impose fines ranging from $50 to $250 for petitions submitted 30 days after they were signed. The assault weapons ban drive will be among the first tested by the new regulations.

This is a direct rebuke of the cheating fuckery that occurred in Washington State to get gun control on the ballot up there.

State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, sponsored an assault weapon ban each of the last three years, but never got a single hearing on his bill. He said the new law that makes it harder and potentially more costly for proposed amendments to reach the ballot is rooted in fear among his fellow lawmakers in a heavily Republican House and Senate.

As it should be.  Restricting Constitutional rights by ballot initiatives should be hard if not impossible.

“They are scared of this ballot initiative to ban assault weapons in the state of Florida,” he said. “The reality is that citizens are frustrated with a Legislature that is not listening to them. That is why they have gone to a citizen-led constitutional ballot initiative time after time in this state.”

Democracy is great and all, but frankly, I don’t want the people that voted to reelect disgraced Sheriff Israel anywhere near a ballot on gun control.

Charles Hart, Chairman of the Orange County Republican Executive Committee, said he opposes the proposed ban, calling it a move to take away rights from law-abiding citizens.

“My heart goes out to them, but there are other ways to deal with gun violence without taking away the fundamental right of millions of law-abiding Americans,” Hart said, adding he favors harsher sentences for those who commit gun violence.

Yes, this 100%.

Republican State Rep. David Smith, R-Winter Springs, said he fears an assault weapons ban would create a false sense of security, and criminalize gun owners. The focus, he said, should be on mental health.

“I think they’re well-meaning, but I believe their efforts are greatly misguided,” said Smith, a former U.S. Marine. “I wish this groundswell of support was focused on addressing mental health.”

Big Government loves security theater.  It’s much easier to make law-abiding people suffer because they want to obey the law than it is to stop criminals from engaging in crime.  Security theater inconveniences the law-abiding while doing little to hinder real crime.

The ultimate security theater is the Gun Free Zone, and we’ve seen just how well those work.

State Rep. Anna Eskamani, a Democrat whose district includes Pulse, said she’s optimistic the ban will make it on the ballot.

“I feel pretty good that we’re going to collect enough signatures,” Eskamani said, noting her office collects petitions throughout the year. “I feel pretty confident that the motivation, the passion and the right people are leading the cause.”

Give some people the option to vote to stamp the boot in another person’s face and they will check the box with alacrity.

The Florida Supreme Court will do what it does.  Some amicus briefs may or may not make a difference there.

There are two things Florida gun owners interested in retaining their freedoms need to do if this makes it to the ballot.

First is explain why this initiative will do nothing positive.  Ignore that there will always be anti-gun people and reach to the moderates.

The good news here is that the Parkland Report has been released.  Hammer home that the death toll was the cause of the disgraced Sheriff Israel, the chicken shit Scot Peterson, and the ineptitude of the BSO.  Restricting the rights of thousands if not millions of law-abiding people will do nothing when a grifting Sheriff bumble-fucks a response to one criminal act.

Likewise, the Orlando response to Pulse Shooting was less than Johnny-on-the-spot and the FBI failed to capture the threat the shooter posed when they investigated him and made his father an informant.

The government can’t guarantee your safety, they admitted that and use that as their defense in lawsuits.  Florida gun owners shouldn’t have to pay for the price of government failure.

Second, and this is the big one: go to the polls and election day and vote against that ballot initiative.  I don’t care if you do or don’t vote for a single politician, do not stay home.  Go and at least check the “no” next the assault weapon ban question.

This can be defeated, you just have to work for it.

A buddy of mine sent this to me.  I cannot confirm that it is real, but I will take it at face value.

It was posted to the Instagram account of Fenix Ammo.

This is what the disclaimer says:

ALTHOUGH WEAPONS ARE BANNED FROM THIS MUNICIPAL FACILITY, THE CITY OF RACINE CANNOT ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF VISITORS OR ITS EMPLOYEES FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO UNLAWFULLY ENTER WITH WEAPONS AND DOES NOT OFFER PROTECTION AGAINST THE ACTIONS OF VIOLATORS.

Translation: if a bad guy chooses to ignore this sign, you’re pretty much dead and it’s not our fault.

That is… honest, and a gun free zone in a nutshell.

I wonder how many employees who walk past that sign every day really understand what it is saying.

If anybody lives in the Racine area and has reason to stop by a municipal building, confirm that this is real.  I’d love to know.

Update

Thanks to a reader, this warning was confirmed real and is worse than I thought.

From the Journal Times:

Weapons ban signs go up on some city buildings

The sign includes a disclaimer at the bottom: “Although weapons are banned from this municipal facility, the City of Racine cannot ensure the protection of visitors or its employees from individuals who unlawfully enter with weapons and does not offer protection against the actions of violators.”

Letteney said the disclaimer was in part based upon advice from the city’s liability insurer.

“We’re just trying to protect (the city) to the extent we can,” he said.

So the disclaimer has nothing to do with warning people that being in a Gun Free Zone doesn’t make them safe, it is all to protect the city from any litigation that might stem from a resident being killed in a city Gun Free Zone.