Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried on Tuesday suspended concealed carry weapons permits for Floridians arrested for involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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“The deeply disturbing events that occurred at our nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6 were sedition, treason and domestic terrorism — and those individuals involved in the insurrection must be held accountable for attempting to subvert our democratic process,” Fried said.

“Since charges began being filed, we are using our lawful authority to immediately suspend the licenses of 22 individuals involved in the storming of the U.S. Capitol. This is an ongoing effort, and as charges and sentences continue in the wake of this despicable attack, we will further suspend and revoke any additional licenses granted to insurrectionists.”

Nikki Fried suspends concealed carry permits for alleged insurrectionists (floridapolitics.com)

And legally yes, she can suspend licenses but she cannot revoke them just yet, no matter how much she would love to. For that, she needs a conviction and we are not even close to that.

Florida Statutes 790.06 (3)

The department shall, upon notification by a law enforcement agency, a court, or the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and subsequent written verification, suspend a license or the processing of an application for a license if the licensee or applicant is arrested or formally charged with a crime that would disqualify such person from having a license under this section, until final disposition of the case.

There is no doubt that the FBI contacted FDLE regarding pressing charges against Florida “Insurrectos” so it is their duty follow the law and notify the Queen of Tropical Botox about them.

There is no doubt she is too gleeful about finally striking once against Florida’s CWL after all this time in office. And it is disturbing but not unexpected that she hitched her little red wagon to this imbecilic insurrection joke as a way to prop her failing chances to run as Democratic Candidate for Florida’s Governorship.

But I want to remind everyone that she is where she is because she was allowed to be voted in. She ran with the hint of a promise of legalizing pot while the rest ignored her.

Elections have consequences.

…but not without one last moment.

The driver came to pick up the empty container and the engine that runs the hydraulics and mechanicals of the lifter ran out of gas in mid lift.

And, of course, she had no gas left so I gave her a quick lift to a gas station not far from the house.

After that, all went well and she parted with the container.

I officially declare the move successful… till I find out if something broke during the trip.

You can tell we are close to Music City and deep in the Free America.

I need to drop by and check the ammo prices.

“This is how I’m going to die, defending this entrance,” Capitol Police Officer Aquilino Gonell told House investigators he could feel himself losing oxygen as he was crushed by rioters as he was defending the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection.

‘This is how I’m going to die’: Police who defended US Capitol testify at riot probe’s first hearing | WKRN News 2

I know, he has to push the insurrection theme for this Kangaroo Kongressional  “Investigation.” But please, the fake tears and the overly-dramatic statement? Too much and I hope you retire there because other than Portland, I do not believe any decent LEO agency would hire a pussy who says lost his bowel containment  at the sight of unruly and loud unscheduled visitors.

Can we actually defund the Congressional Police and substitute them with Kindergarten teachers? I believe they would e more effective controlling the crowds like the one  that visited the Capitol on Jan 6.

“Put that podium down right this minute! And you! Is that your laptop?

I can see that happening.

The U.S. women’s soccer team turned in another lackluster performance at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, but its 0-0 tie with Australia still advanced the top-ranked Americans into the quarterfinals as a second-place squad in group play.

U.S. Women’s Soccer Ties Australia At Olympics To Advance To Quarterfinals, Ruffling Fans | HuffPost

They are not only win-less but score-less. That is an indicator of a team that sucks the big one and has a huge probability to be massacred by better teams down the road.

The U.S. will play the Netherlands or Brazil in Yokohama on Friday, AP noted.

Both Netherlands and Brazil male soccer teams have a long history of outstanding soccer and if anything got transplanted to women’s soccer, it will be a murder for the US Team. A well deserved one because they disrespected their country and the game with their politics.

And then there are some front pages even coffee can’t deal with.

“Decades separate them, but some say the men of Easy Company – 506 PIR aren’t dissimilar to Chuck’s Chicken Airsoft Squad.”

I will freely admit I am not very well versed on all the dangers that Freedom Riders faced and the true misery they had to endure, but sure as hell the spoiled child of BLM got near the same treatment nor had the lack of resources they had but just the opposite.

Any comparison of BLM to the Civil Rights Movement will always be wrong and a simple cheap attempt to validate this crop of socialist idiots as some sort of racial champions.  And possibly even worse: BLM is equating the ultimate sacrifice of three young men trying to get Black people to vote to the death of Saint George of Fentanyl.

To be clear, George Floyd would have probably held them a gun point, rob them and taken away their station wagon to feed his addiction.

I am bone and brain tired. If you think moving to an empty house is hard, try move to a house that is already occupied by your elderly Mother In Law and need some TLC and arranging things around.

I unloaded the moving container in the garage and we are waiting for a rented 20 foot shipping container so we can store some of our stuff without having to climb all over boxes in the garage. This is where a detailed cataloging is paying off: we know what boxes (or what items in them) to leave out of the container, what goes all the way to the bottom and what can stay close to the doors for future use.

Let me give you some advice: If you are going to move, use moving boxes and do not go collecting refuse from the back of stores. We got mostly boxes from Home Depot and it was a breeze to pack the container and they fit so tight, pretty much nothing shifted during the trip and only a few items were strapped or secured with line.  The items that broke my balls were boxes I reclaimed from other sources because of size and strength, but I could not fit squat around them.

Shooting? Some done, about 10-15 rounds with a suppressed .22 LR lever action belonging to Oleg Volk who is possibly the sweetest human being with a camera and a literal boatload of guns. And the answer is yes, I met him thanks to the good graces of my gun mentor Carl Weeks who was responsible for introducing me to the Gun Culture back in the 80s when I was an International Student in Nashville. As for Oleg, you cannot help but like him and envy his art a little bit: who among us do not wish we had a bit of his talented eye for photography?

And I met the famous Small Person who was accompanied by Michael Williamson, AKA Mr. Sharp Pointy Things himself. That Artillery Luger I posted last week? Mad Mike’s as well as a bunch of Japanese swords and strange and exotic guns.  And  I will  leave  you  guessing  as if  Mike’s online persona is the same as in real life.   

But probably the best part was the conversation. The level of knowledge being traded was amazing and I just sat there trying to absorb as much as possible and trying to keep my mouth shut and avoid spouting stupid stuff. I probably failed more than once on that last one.

I am going to try and see if I can do some shooting on my own this weekend. I have been told by relatives there is a property I can use to send some lead downrange  and I desperately need to remove the rust from my pistolcraft. I also located a nearby IDPA club which I plan to visit and shoot at their match next month. I will do a write up about it.

And one last thing:  Even though I lived in Miami-Dade County, I spent a lot of time in Broward which can be considered enemy territory for gun rights and Conservatives. And yesterday I realized that I am so much more at ease carrying here than I ever was back in South Florida which in great part comes from not giving a damn if I accidentally expose my gun because OC is legal and pretty much nobody cares. I still have not seen a GFZ sign other than in government buildings which are mandated by the law and I do not plan to visit much anyway: Driver’s license and other vehicular paperwork is already taken care and about the only thing left is the carry permit.

OK, that is all for now.