The old joke still stands:
Guns have 2 dates – Date of release and date of recall.

I got this sent by Sam Jacobs last week and me being me, forgot to post it till today.

Very eye-opening reading and a confirmation that we still have way too many people untrained or uncared on how to properly secure our firearms.

We need to do much better.

America’s Stolen Guns: A Silent Contributor to Gun Crimes in the U.S. (2024) (ammo.com)

The Casinator project is moving forward. Unfortunately, every step forward requires me to learn something new.

In the best of all worlds, I want to be able to send out the prints for this out to a shop to see what they quote me for parts.

Back in October, the exercise bike started acting out. It would work ok, and then decided that the resistance needed to be higher. It got to the point where I didn’t want to get on the bike.

My lady did a wonderful thing and found a free exercise bike. We got that replacement in Early December. This one has a different set of patterns. Which has taken me a bit of time to get used to. The biggest improvement, besides actually working, is that I can set the time for a session. I’m now back to doing my rides 5 days a week. Sometimes 16 minutes, when I have meetings, sometimes 40 or even 48. It is difficult to push to 40, much less to 48.

With the ability to set the levels a little lower and the time a little higher, I’ve found that I’m moving better, overall.

We are starting to see cases leave the interlocutory stage. This is great news. It means that the appeals court has to actually do work that the Supreme Court will be willing to slap down.

Unfortunately, my visibility into the filings in the 9th Circuit are limited by dollar bills. They are changing their ECF system, and CourtListener does not currently have a way to capture documents retrieved from the new system. It actually looks to me as if the new system is designed to stop CourtListener.

Speaking of which, the California has admitted in filings that ammunition are arms, as are magazines. Good news for us.

They have filed their appeal in the ammunition background check case. They claim that they must have an emergency stay because if they don’t, bad guys might order ammunition online. Gee, in 2020 100s of prohibited people ordered magazines. Never mind that they currently have an error rate greater than 20%. I.e. they falsely deny people more than 20% of the time.

The state claims that the Supreme Court has already said that these sorts of ammunition background checks are constitutional. Then they do the standard of flipping things upside down. Under US law, you are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Under California statutes, you are presumed prohibited until proven otherwise.

Have yourself a wonderful Friday. We look forward to reading your comments

A WSMV4 Investigative analysis of Metro Nashville police response times since 2018 shows it is taking officers longer each year to respond to crimes and emergencies.

Since 2018, the average response times to urgent calls, which include crimes not in progress, has nearly doubled, according to the data.

For example, in 2018, police response times to an urgent call for burglary took thirty minutes on average.

In 2023, it took 56.9 minutes.

The response times to other urgent calls, from domestic violence to rape, were similar.

For urgent calls for rape, it took MNPD 47 minutes to respond in 2018, and 78 minutes on average in 2023, according to the data.
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Aaron did point out some success in the category of responding to urgent calls for vehicles involved in a crash where there was damage.

In 2022, it took Metro Nashville police, on average, 65 minutes to respond, and in 2023, that had dropped to 63 minutes.

It’s taking Metro Nashville police longer, year after year, to respond to crimes: WSMV4 Investigates reveals

I don’t believe I need to say much more about this, do I?

INDIANAPOLIS (WEHT) – The Indiana Democratic Party has released a statement criticizing state Rep. Jim Lucas over a video that appeared to show him flashing a gun to a group of high school students during a gun rights discussion.

In the video, first posted by The Statehouse File, Lucas, a Republican from Seymour, shows a holstered gun to the students in response to a question about the right to carry a firearm.
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In discussing places where firearms are banned, Lucas said people aren’t “truly free” unless they can defend themselves.

A student off-camera asked Lucas if was referring to carrying a firearm. Just over six minutes into the 10-minute video, Lucas said, “I’m carrying right now,” and held open his suit jacket exposing a holstered handgun.

A student then remarked that “nothing about someone carrying a gun makes me feel safe.”

Lucas responded by saying, “Those are feelings. I’m talking facts.”

Indiana Rep. Jim Lucas shows gun to high school students in Statehouse (wkrn.com)

I am sure if he had on make-up and showed his willy, the Indiana Democratic Party would have cheered loudly.

Bold M’Fers, ain’t them? But have no fear, the NYC D.A. is here:

And the conclusion?

Invade a country. Receive free housing and food. AssauIt cops. Let out of jail with zero bail. Flip off the public right after the court case.

Feel enriched yet? pic.twitter.com/8awOmbjhzN

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 1, 2024

 

Bragg’s office said the five suspects released without bail face up to seven years in prison. The second degree assault charge is a felony.

Seven arrested in attack on NYPD officers near migrant shelter in Times Square – CBS New York (cbsnews.com)