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I am not. But these prices? You have to be a fool not to get one.
If the assembly process freaks you out, don’t worry as there are many videos that show you how to build your AR using specialized tools or just simply what you already have.
You are out of excuses. Go buy yourself an AR15.
After taking a week long break, The Paramount Network aired episode four of Rest in Power.
I managed to make it though half of the episode before I needed a break.
The episode dove right into the trial. The very first thing covered was the judge ruing the term “racial profiling” could not be used at trial.
Because Zimmerman was charged with second degree murder, the court had to prove that Zimmerman acted with enmity towards the victim. That by taking out racial profiling the prosecution couldn’t prove enmity.
So by the logic of the episode:
George was guilty of second degree murder because he hated Trayvon. He hated Trayvon because Trayvon was black. No evidence was presented at trial that Zimmerman was a racist but we are presented with the idea that when a white man shoots a black man, the motivation is ALWAYS racism.
Therefore: George Zimmerman is guilty because he shot Trayvon and that in-and-of itself is proof of racism.
That’s circular reasoning and is not evidence sufficient for proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
In regards to getting “racial profiling” excluded from the trial, Joy Ann Reid said “this shows you just how far Zimmerman’s lawyers were willing to go to defend him.”
WHAT!?!
That is the whole job of the defense. The phrase used is “zealous representation.” Watching this, you get the opinion that what Reid and others wanted was for Zimmerman’s lawyers to say “for the sake of social justice, we’re not going to defend George Zimmerman because he’s a bad guy.”
If the attorneys for the defense don’t do their best for their client, that is statutorily a mistrial. I know Reid is not a lawyer, but I hope they still teach that in law school. God help our judicial system if defense attorneys get bit by the social justice bug and decide that they won’t defend their clients.
The next attack on the case was that the prosecution was off their game. Particularly in calling Detective Chris Serino to the stand. One of the big issues what that Serino had amended his charges six times. Serino also hired himself a lawyer, which made it appear as though he only interested in covering his own ass.
The show glossed over that Serino claimed that he was pressured from both the mayor and the chief of police to alter his charges and statements to get an indictment for second degree murder. He thought at best the state could get a conviction for manslaughter.
The prosecution had to tap dance around the issue that they pressured the detective to up the charges.
It never occurred to the pro-Trayvon side, including the writers of this show, that the problem with the trial was all their fault. They needed to prove to a jury, beyond a reasonable doubt, that George Zimmerman acted with a depraved mind and enmity towards Trayvon Martin and killed him.
There just wasn’t enough evidence for that. They could probably have gotten a conviction for manslaughter because George got out of his car and followed Trayvon in defiance of the dispatcher’s request.
Rather than try Zimmerman for what they could prove, they turned the Zimmerman trial into a shit show. It’s wasn’t just about Zimmerman and Trayvon. It was every white man who ever shot a black man.
the show admitted that. One person interviewed said “it’s impossible to convict a cop, but we thought we could get [Zimmerman] because he was a civilian.” Proving it was little to do about the actual shooting and everything to do with big picture social justice.
It was a polar reversal of the OJ Simpson trial – which the show compares it to – in that what the media and activists wanted was “every white person vs. every black person for all the crimes of American history” and not the facts of this particular case.
This case was a tragedy of Shakespearean or perhaps Greek Epic proportion. The loss of the trial by the prosecution was entirely due to the hubris of the pro-Trayvon side.
At this point I have up at a commercial break. The next part of the episode will cover Trayvon’s character wittiness. I can’t wait to see how they will cover that.
If you want an idea of just how biased all of this is, this is the Rotten Tomatoes score.
Look at that ratio of processional critics to watchers. If that doesn’t prove how out of touch it is, nothing will.
This article was left in the comments of one of my posts.
Jacksonville gaming tournament shooter had been hospitalized for mental illness, documents show
The gunman who opened fire on a “Madden NFL 19” tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday was hospitalized previously for mental illness, according to court records.
Divorce filings from the parents of 24-year-old David Katz of Baltimore showed that as a teenager he was hospitalized twice in psychiatric facilities and was prescribed anti-psychotic and anti-depressant medications, The Associated Press first reported Monday…
Katz legally purchased his firearms — .45 caliber and 9mm handguns — in Baltimore, Maryland, Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams told reporters. He bought them within the past month from a licensed dealer, officials said.
Turning to the ATF form 4473, question 11.f.:
“Have you ever been adjudicated as a mental defective OR have you ever been committed to a mental institution?”
As per the instructions:
I’m not a lawyer, but it seems to me that Katz here was in violation of 11.f. big time.
So how did he not get flagged by NICS, not once but twice?
Who in the great anti-gun state of Maryland dropped that particular ball.
Once again, it seems we have ourselves a mass shooting that was partially facilitated by bureaucratic incompetence.
I have been following the Twitter feeds of David Hogg, March for our Lives, and 50 Miles More.
Yesterday was the final day of their 50 mile march to Springfield, Massachusetts to have their rally at the Smith & Wesson factory.
For a march that they have been hyping for weeks I have seen only three pictures of it.
David Hogg had exactly one Tweet from yesterday from the march, and it didn’t include a picture.
While @50milesmore , @MFOLBoston and I were marching against gun violence in front of Smith and Wesson another shooting occurred in Jacksonville, FL in yet #AnotherFLshooting . We know change will not come until we demand it this November and after.
— David Hogg ? (@davidhogg111) August 26, 2018
March for our Lives has zero. 50 Miles more had four Tweets.
This one was the most telling.
“We, the students of this great nation, DEMAND for Smith and Wesson to cease the production and sale of all weapons banned under the Massachusetts assault weapons ban and Maura Healey’s CopyCat weapons enforcwment.” -@JackTorres00 pic.twitter.com/y2Am46oaYR
— 50 Miles More (@50milesmore) August 26, 2018
That seems to be a lot of media and not a lot of kids.
Yes, the Jacksonville shooting happened yesterday but… that’s seeming to putter out fast.
For something that has been hyped for days and scored several kids prime time TV interviews, it seems to have ended with a weak fart noise.
I have a feeling that for middle class kids activism may be a fun alternative to a job during the summer but once class is back in session, there’s no time for nation wide marches and rallies.
I wonder if this is a sign that this “the young people will win” thing is dying off.
I feel like I should make a joke here at David’s expense:
Teenage activism is like teenage sex. He built it up in his mind to be the greatest thing ever, then it ended really quickly and with a lot of disappointment. *Rimshot*
There aren’t 6 million @nra members. There aren’t even 5 million members: https://t.co/nAbwzGVWmg
Only 1 in 10 gun owners even belongs to the NRA. And 74% of NRA members support stronger gun laws like a background check on every gun sale. https://t.co/ts2T3B295T
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 27, 2018
So Shannon Watts claims that there are less than six million NRA members and that represents 1 in 10 gun owners, therefore according to her there are only 60 million gun owners.
Keep in mind that this is from the same Wonkblog that said gun ownership is at record lows.
Personally I think her numbers are way off, but what is really scary is her message.
“These people are just a minority of the population, we can strip them of their rights if we want.”
That is the very reason that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights exists, to prevent that attitude from manifesting into law.
Consider if someone said “blacks are only 13% of the population, we can strip them of their rights if we want.” It’s exactly the same idea, just targeting a different group, especially if focus on gun ownership as a culture and not just an act.
Nothing warms the cockles of the Leftist heart like targeting a minority for scapegoating and oppression. The only thing that changes is the minority.
