Of all the statements I’ve every hear made my a jurist, this is perhaps the worst.

“Do not bring the Second Amendment into this courtroom. It doesn’t exist here. So you can’t argue Second Amendment. This is New York.”

I am pretty sure the Second Amendment exists in New York.

There was recently, an entire Supreme Court decision explicitly stating that the Second Amendment applied in New York.

For background:

NYC Man Convicted Over Gunsmithing Hobby After Judge Says 2nd Amendment ‘Doesn’t Exist in This Courtroom’

A Brooklyn man has been convicted of 13 weapons charges after having been arrested and charged in 2022 for building his own firearms. 

Taylor, a 52-year-old New York native and a software engineer, discovered the world of gunsmithing years ago. He decided to take it up as a hobby and possibly turn it into a business later. However, when a joint ATF/NYPD task force discovered he was legally buying parts from various companies, they opened up an investigation that led to a SWAT raid and arrest.

During an interview with Vinoo Varghese, Taylor’s defense lawyer, he detailed how Taylor’s trial proceeded and highlighted a distinct bias in favor of the prosecution.

Varghese described how Taylor became fascinated by weapon science during the COVID-19 lockdowns, which inspired him to take up his gunsmithing hobby. “He ended up building, I believe it was eight pistols and five rifles or six rifles, AR-style rifles, and then eight or nine Glock pistols that he built,” Varghese said.

From the beginning of Taylor’s trial, it was evident that the court would be biased against the defendant, according to Varghese, who explained that two judges presided over his case before the current official, Judge Abena Darkeh, took over.

The judge disrupted Varghese’s opening statement multiple times as he tried to set the stage for Taylor’s defense. Even further, she admonished the defense to refrain from mentioning the Second Amendment during the trial. Varghese told RedState:

She told us, ‘Do not bring the Second Amendment into this courtroom. It doesn’t exist here. So you can’t argue Second Amendment. This is New York.’

I would suspect that such a statement would be grounds for appeal.

A judge outright denying a Constitutional right in court as the basis for a defense is not something that should not be allowed to stand.

I’m sure she shouldn’t be allowed to be a judge anymore for saying something so egregious.

This does go to show you that New Yorkers do not think of themselves as Americans, but something superior to the rest of the country.

It would indeed be fun to watch.

Horrific – a student at @CUNY, Nerdeen Kiswani, threatens to set on fire a man wearing an #IDF sweatshirt.

"I hate your shirt, Ima setting it on fire. I'm serious" she can be heard saying.

We demand this is immediately looked into and the Ms. Kiswani face disciplinary actions! pic.twitter.com/TL1J4JrI63

— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) September 22, 2020

Not in New York, where both concealed-carry and self-defense are illegal.

But in any Red state, pulling out a lighter, holding it up to someone’s chest, and threatening to light them on fire is sufficient justification to shoot them in self-defense.

Today, this song would never get air play. Yes, the south lost. That didn’t mean that the army was dishonorable, nor did it mean the people were.

President Lincoln, famously said:

Later, after the surrender, he stated I have always thought ‘Dixie’ one of the best tunes I have ever heard. Our adversaries over the way attempted to appropriate it, but I insisted yesterday that we fairly captured it. It is good to show the rebels that, with us, they will be free to hear it again.

There are so many things that are now labeled “racist” because somebody is offended.

Some things change because they should. Some things are removed from history, to allow the past to repeat itself.

NEW: Pro-Palestine protester harasses actor Alec Baldwin and demands that he say ‘Free Palestine’ or else she will keep harassing him.

“Alec, can you please stay free Palestine one time? Why did you kill that lady? You killed that lady and got no jail time.”

“Free Palestine… pic.twitter.com/3ULPTx5ojR

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 23, 2024

They eat their own and puke it right back.

“Never forget the 7th of October. That will happen not one more time, not five more times, not 10…100…1000…10,000…The 7th of October is going to be every day for you.”

Protestors screamed this at two Jewish @Columbia students right outside campus gates tonight. pic.twitter.com/VYp0tFudGj

— Jonas Du (@jonasydu) April 19, 2024

Unfortunately, that is in NYC where you are not only not allowed to carry the proper tools for self-defense but you will face “Justice” if you actually have to take action.

Time to migrate to places where the response to that is:

And then hope they are stupid enough to follow you.

So after taking in all the advice from the faithful readers, I think I am going to go with getting an upper that will work with the Spikes’ Tactical lower and move the barrel and the rest of the stuff from the Kaw Valley upper to this one.

9mm Upper Receiver (spikestactical.com)

I consulted with Spike’s and confirmed that comes with the necessary relief for the lower.  Next thing, raise the funds.

Anybody interested in a Kaw Valley Precision stripped upper?

The things I do for the missus.