At least 50  people were killed and another 53 wounded in a nightclub in Orlando in a terrorist attack.  The shooter was from Port St. Lucie and traveled nearly 150 miles to carry out his attack, indicating that this was substantially pre-planned.

The world is currently one week into Ramadan, and already the West mourning the most violent holiest month of the Islamic calendar.

Mass murder and terrorism during Ramadan is a well known phenomenon.  Hamas has called Ramadan “a month of Jihad.”  One Friday during Ramadan, June 26, 2015 to be specific, saw coordinated terrorist attacks around the world and came to be known as “Bloody Friday.”  The US State Department has warned US travelers abroad to be wary of violence during Ramadan.

The father or the Orlando shooter said that his son wasn’t motivated by religion.  It was seeing two men kiss in Miami that motivated the shooting

I am inclined not to call BS on this.  Orlando shooter claimed allegiance to ISIS.  ISIS  has been persecuting gays throughout the Middle East in really horrible ways (Warning).  ISIS has called for more violence during Ramadan, as an act of martyrdom during the holy month counts more.  I’m guessing that the shooter wanted to fast track it to some virgins.

The latest news has the Santa Monica PD stopping another man with guns and possibly bombs headed to the L.A. Pride Parade.  I’m going to believe that this is more than a coincidence. (Altered until more news is available)

President Obama’s statement on the shooting was weak tea, flavored with more anti-gun platitudes than a grasp of reality.

“Today marks the most deadly shooting in American history. The shooter was apparently armed with a handgun and a powerful assault rifle. This massacre is therefore a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school, or in a house of worship, or a movie theater, or in a nightclub. And we have to decide if that’s the kind of country we want to be. And to actively do nothing is a decision as well.”

Contrast that to a shooting carried out a few days ago in Tel Aviv, where two Palestinians decided to celebrate Ramadan by shooting up a market, killing four.  Israel responded by closing the border between Israel and Gaza and the West Bank for the remainder of Ramadan.  Israel is not the same civil society as the US and does not have a constitution with enumerated rights and limitations on the government; so Israel can get away with things like that.  Israel is also no stranger to Ramadan terrorism in previous years.

Obama was not alone in his out of touch bumblef**k response to this attack.  Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal stated:

“As we learn more in shock and horror about the deadliest mass shooting in our history, my heart breaks for the families of loved ones lost or injured – and for our nation, continuing to suffer from this unspeakable epidemic of gun violence.  The Senate’s inaction on commonsense gun violence prevention makes it complicit in this public health crisis. Prayers and platitudes are insufficient. The American public is beseeching us to act on commonsense, sensible gun violence prevention measures, and we must heed that call.”

Various politicians, celebs, pundits, and other idiots have turned to Twitter to express why this is all the fault of the NRA.

Preventing terrorism and mass murder in the US is difficult, more difficult than any other nation, because our Constitution expressly protects the civil liberties of US citizens and limits the powers of the Government.  We can do better to prevent these attacks while preserving the rights and privacy of our citizens.  We need to do better.  But a first step is to recognize the cause of this type of attack and not blame the innocent because of politics.

I am too upset to be coherent… More tomorrow.

Scumbag steals bicycle, gets lassoed by a real cowboy.

But since the name of the scumbag is Victorino Arellano-Sanchez, it shouldn’t be long before somebody starts screaming racism or some other crap like that.

Hat Tip Sean Sorrentino.

Word.

Hat Tip John B.

… and a major prick like Kevin “Ghost Gun” DeLeon and with the Perulta decision so fresh, I’d have my aides start writing legislation to bring concealed weapons permits in California under the exclusive purview of the Legislature and then make the process of getting one so complicated an onerous, people would just give up before trying.

And, of course: Upon this bill becoming a law, all permits already issued within California in any jurisdiction will only last 30 days.  After that, you must have the new permit that takes only about a year to get….if at all.

On Facebook, Mom’s Demand Action is celebrating the Ninth Circuit Court’s decision that the 2A does not protect the right of a person to carry a firearm outside the home in the Peruta v. San Diego appeal.

The Facebook post links over to this article at NBC which is complete garbage.  The article quotes the opinion of the court:

“The protection of the Second Amendment — whatever the scope of that protection may be — simply does not extend to the carrying of concealed firearms in public by members of the general public.”

What neither NBC or Mom’s note is that this is EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE conclusion that the 7th Circuit came to in Moore v. Madigan which forced Illinois to adopt concealed carry.  This was also the stance taken by DC District Court Judge Richard Leon when he struck down the “good cause” requirements for DC’s CCW permit.  Even the 4th Circuit Court came to the conclusion that “good cause” requirements were burdensome to the Constitution in Woollard v. Gallagher in a challenge against Maryland’s may issue requirements.  Although the 4th Circuit upheld the requirement because gun control passed intermediate scrutiny and a substantial government interest.

The article also fails to note that the 9th Circuit is the most reversed appeals court in the nation with nearly three-fourths of its decisions being reversed or returned on review.

According to The New York Times, the 9th Circuit is so liberal that:

“Judge Carlos T. Bea, another Bush appointee, said: “The Supreme Court is still slapping it down when the Ninth Circuit drifts too far left. And not slapping down 5 to 4, slapping it down 9 to 0’s and 8 to 1’s” — suggesting that those cases show that even the more liberal wing of the Supreme Court disagrees with his colleagues’ reasoning.”

Which says to me that when the 9th Circuit makes a decision, 75% of the time, they are at least 88.8% wrong about it.

But sure, NBC and MDA are going to cry victory in support of an ultra left wing court deciding that the Constitution doesn’t protect a right the at least two other Appeals Courts and the DC district court says it does.

How very progressively statist of them.

I have never been more disappointed that SCOTUS didn’t take up Woollard when Scalia was still alive.  With the Courts of Appeals divided on the issue of the 2A and the right to carry – 4th and 7th for, 9th and DC against – SCOUTS is going to have to set the record straight.

We need a new Scalia on the court.

I don’t have a spare half a f*ck to give about who Trump is going to pick for his VP.  If he wants me to break my vow of Never Trump, he needs to release his list of SCOTUS nominees and they better be pretty damn conservative on Constitutional rights.