What material possession could u possibly have that would be more valuable than ur life or someone else’s life?

Self-defense is for defending your *LIFE*, not ur insured/replaceable/soon to be out-of-date flatscreen TV!

U (& the lot of people commenting here) r sick sick ppl.

— Damien Goodmon (@damienISgoodmon) May 10, 2023

How many videos have we seen of thieves shooting store clerks after the clerk has handed over all the money in the register?

The assumption that the anti-gun Left makes is that theft is transactional.  If you give the thief what he wants, you will be unharmed.

That, in and of itself of morally grotesque, but it’s also a lie.

The thief may kill you to stop you from calling the cops, or just for fun.

Every theft is a self defense situation because you cannot tell if the thief will harm you.

Because dude are robbing people with knives in the streets.

They mayor says #NewYork is a brand.

This is the brand… #nyc #bigapple #city #urban #citylife #cityliving pic.twitter.com/xQVl66l7kl

— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) May 12, 2023

Despite what anti-gun idiots say, knives are serious weapons.

The safest way to defend yourself from a criminal with a knife is to stay out of the knife danger zone and use a gun.

The Indiana Jones defense.

And move away from it a lot. She failed on both.

Uganda Police Force are investigating a case of murder by shooting that happened today at Rajja Chambers in Kampala. UTTAM BHANDARI an Indian by Nationality and the Director of TFS Financial Services was shot dead by a police officer only identified as No.67029 PC Wabwire Ivan.

Those of us who lived in “Developing” countries are not surprised by things like this because it is the local status quo. And unless the Ugandan cop had some enemies in the force, he will spend the next year “confined” to barracks and after a long investigation, nobody will care, most will have forgotten and he will return to his duties having enjoyed free pay, roof, 3 squares and the occasional visit by hookers and family.

“This will never happen here!”

Don’t bet on it, Skippy.

Brief update on the cases before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

There are a number of Second Amendment Cases that are before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. While other circuits will consolidate cases, it looks like the Second Circuit did not. This means that there are four or five different cases to track. I am only tracking one, right now.

On March 20th, 2023, the three judge panel heard oral arguments. Each case was given a limited amount of time, half for the good guys, half for the bad guys.

If more than one party on each side wanted to speak, then those parties would have to agree on how much time each got.

Over in the Seventh Circuit Court, they consolidated multiple cases, then gave each side 45 minutes to present their oral arguments. This feels like it isn’t exactly reasonable, but I do not know.

Back at the Second, there are hundreds of documents filed. Some of the these documents are short and not significant. Antonyuk v. Hochul, 22-2972, (2d Cir. Feb 16, 2023) ECF No. 269 is a two-page form letter to a lawyer on the case who used the wrong login ID when submitting a different two-page document telling the court that they would be appearing as additional counsel.

Figure that there are likely around 2000–3000 pages of documents filed in this one case. Just reading all of that takes time.

Just one document references 30 different opinions. I’ve learned that just because a lawyer or judge cites an opinion, it doesn’t mean that they have represented that opinion honestly. So figure another 2000 plus pages of reference cases to read. In some cases, they reference entire websites.

Regardless, on March 20th, the case was heard.

I’ve listened to parts of the audio. It isn’t too bad, not great, but not bad. At least one of the Judges is anti-gun.

In 2017, the 2nd circuit court had a median interval from argument to opinion of less than a month. All circuit courts had a median of 2.2 months. 2018 was 0.7, 2019 was 0.8, 2020 was 0.8, 2021 was 0.5, and in 2022 it was 0.2 months.

The second circuit court has the lowest median time to opinion of the circuit courts.

Having said that, we should expect something from them in the June time frame. I suspect that the plaintiffs (good guys) will open a new appeal to the Supreme Court in July if an opinion is not issued before then.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — From eyes in the sky to your front porch, Metro police are now using a new video program, Connect Nashville, to help fight crime.

“As of this morning, we’ve had 456 cameras that have been registered,” said Robert Weaver, community coordinator for the Hermitage precinct.

The idea behind the program is quite simple. It allows community members to voluntarily link their Ring doorbell or security cameras to the Metro Nashville Police Department.

Connect Nashville: How your security cameras could help fight crime (wkrn.com)

Hell, no! I don’t care what kind of help Nashville may need, but voluntarily giving them a chance to screw me is not something anybody with some basic knowledge of history would do.  The potential for misuse is just astronomical. Just imagine the Metro Council deciding to impose fines for a “violation” (Revenue collection) and using your camera as evidence collection to ram you a fine up your butt. Being surveilled by a former lover who happens to work for the government? Or maybe selling information of the comings and goings of a potential witness to some accused criminal waiting to be tried? And how the Fed is now behaving towards people they consider political enemies, it is not a stretch of the imagination that they would request access to the cameras to collect evidence against a mom who spoke against children being sexualized at school, or because they are anti-abortion and considered as radicalization threats.

Again: Hell, no!