Biden in Nantucket:

"The idea we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick. It has no social redeeming value. Zero. None…I'm going to try to get rid of assault weapons"

– and –

"No time to walk away from Ukraine…I still believe there's enough support there" pic.twitter.com/3ZIvR0KzIs

— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) November 24, 2022

Okay… so what is hr going to do about it?

Any ban on semiautomatic guns will be declared unconstitutional in seconds.

This is an old man shouting at a cloud.

Even his handlers have to know this.

So other than being a crotchety old bastard  what’s his end game here?

Over the weekend there was a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs.

Many TV talking heads have drawn parallels to the Pulse shooting.

I remember the Pulse shooting.

I remember that it was a radical Islamist who chose a soft target to create a hostage situation and demand the US military’s withdrawal from the Middle East.

I also remember how the pop culture immediately spun it into a story of a wgute Christian anti-LGBT bigot who was motivated by Trump to kill gays.

I documented this.

At the time I supported the idea of gun rights for the gay community and things like Operation Blazing Sword.

Six years later, watching armed Antifa defend drag shows for kids, the same politicians and talking heads spin the sane bullshit story, in this case a crazy guy with apparently no rational motive is a Right wing terrorist motivated by Trump returning to Twitter, and a narrative that if I disagree with child genital mutilation, I’m as “stochastic terrorist” abetting this attack; I have come to one conclusion, these people are my enemy and I to not care about what casualties happen to them.

There is no point in trying to explain things like how this guy pulled a felony bomb hoax, was arrested but not charged, which prevented him from becoming a prohibited person or being caught by Colorado’s red flag laws.  They will push for gun control regardless.

I supported the LGBT community having the right to self defense after Pulse and these people used that event to attack my values and my rights.

I have no common nationality with these people.

The philosophical balkanization is complete.

Fuck ’em.

I do believe I found my anthem…

Some news from the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting:

Colorado Springs nightclub patron grabbed gun from shooter: mayor

The gunman who opened fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs on Saturday night was subdued by a patron who snatched a handgun from the shooter and struck him with the firearm, according to the city’s mayor.

Aldrich was wearing body armor and was equipped with an AR-15-style rifle, according to The New York Times.

More and more we see this bad guys wearing body armor.

Your concealed carry handgun probably won’t punch through that.

You need to be ready to start the fight between the top of his dick and bottom of his belly button.

Shatter the pelvis, destroy the lumbar spine, sever the sciatic nerve cluster, and lacerate the iliac arteries.  That is your goal.

Those are fight stopping hits, maybe not right away, but they will anchor the bad guy and take away his ability and desire to cause hsvoc.

From a CNN article on the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting.

Gov. Jared Polis ordered flags lowered to half-staff at all public buildings statewide to honor the victims of the mass shooting beginning Monday until Saturday, according to a news release from his office.

“Flags will be lowered for 5 days to remember each of the 5 individuals who lost their lives in this senseless tragedy,” the release read. “To further honor and remember the victims and those injured in this tragedy, the Polis-Primavera administration will also be flying the Pride flag at the Colorado state capitol for the next five days.”

After multiple Synagogue shootings, did any governor order Star of David flags flown?

Of course not.

Even if they did, the Left would sue the fuck out of them foe First Amendment violations.

Did any other group that was a victim of a tragedy get their flag flown?

Only Pride gets their flag flown.

That is a de facto state religion.

This was a Twitter engagement I had this morning.

BS!
Lake was leading in the polls. There were obvious and reported on problems. She lost after a week of counting. There is an appearance of impropriety that needs to be fixed. She may have lost fair and square, but there is no trust in the system.

— GunFreeZone Blog (@GunFreeZone) November 20, 2022

Me: "The appearance of impropriety is as bad as impropriety itself. We need a system that encourages trust that the system works fairly. If my side lost but I trust the system was fair I'll accept the loss graciously."

You: "My side won, fuck you."

You don't inspire confidence.

— GunFreeZone Blog (@GunFreeZone) November 20, 2022

You might as well have. And you are totally missing the point.

The point is the system needs to inspire trust and confidence so those who lose don't feel cheated.

The AZ system didn't inspire confidence.

Abrams lost but GA didn't have the counting problems that AZ did.

— GunFreeZone Blog (@GunFreeZone) November 20, 2022

No, YOU'RE dumb.

— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) November 20, 2022

I’m going to try and reiterate my point here:

Our democracy functions with the peaceful transition of power when both sides, the winner and loser, agree that the voting system operated fairly and the election of the winner was the will of the majority (either direct or Electoral College, depending on the race) of the people.

That is supposed to temper our politics.

Thr losing side, ideally, will anend it’s positions to appeal to the majority next time.  The winner, depending on their margin of victory, would also try and appeal to the majority so they don’t lose next time.

Fairness and moderation.

What happens when that fails?

What happens when the losing side feels that the system isn’t fair and they lost unjustly?

They are not inclined to trust the system. They feel disenfranchised.

And what about the winning side?

Are they tempted to moderation to appeal to the majority in reelection or are they tempted to go to extremes because their victory doesn’t require appealing to voters because they can manipulate the system?

What ultimately happens in this situation?

History shows us perfectly clearly: violence.

Political violence is held at bay by a properly functioning, fair and transparent political system.

Take that away and the losing side has every motivation to circumvent the system with force.

This happened in America, in the great state of Tennessee in the Battle of Athens (the McMinn County War).

Jim doesn’t understand the bear that he is poking.

“Hey, remember when I said I was concerned about the process that caused my candidate to lose and you said I was a sore loser and my concerns were stupid? Good, now get on your knees and face the ditch.”

I’d rather avoid the political violence, but I guess he doesn’t.

Miguel has written treatises on security cameras and not breaking your perimeter.

Having a security camera is great until you stop using it they way you should.

https://twitter.com/Texas_Made956/status/1593775580889194497?t=UuerqnohrtAOLfWIHk2wwQ&s=19

This guy has a security camera installed but clearly did not look at it before opening his door.

Every red flag was up that his guy was not a pizza delivery man.

The box was not held level, there was no warming bag, you can’t see both of his hands, the aggressive knocking.

The front door camera is more than just a tool to record a crime but to prevent ot by seeing who is at thr door before you open it.

Security is not just about technology but the mindset employed.