Update on Dan Roberts and his kids.
When I posted this:
We need your help for a fellow Blog Reader. – Gun Free Zone
and in another couple of places like Facebook, I imagined there would be a response. I was actually floored at the amazing results.
The goal was reached within 24 hours and is still going as it should. I know Dan was reluctant to ask for help and the number probably reflects the bare he thinks could ask without feeling he is abusing people’s trust and goodness. He is silly good that way.
But kids change the equation too much. I rather he has a good cushion in case something happens or just to make sure they don’t go without the basics. It is frigging winter and apparently about to get nasty. So, if you haven’t drop coin yet, go ahead and do so. Again, only if it covers a Happy Meal would be great as that would be one meal less they have to worry about.
I know Oleg Volk is also getting (or already) got something going on. I’ll update when I find out the details.
And to all of you who gave, I thank you deeply. You helped my friend and his family and that is very humbling.
Thank you.
Racial Chemistry: Because Molecules react differently depending on race.
Reader Lawrence G sent us this delightful piece of DEI:
Rice University Course Catalog – 2023-2024 (rice.edu)
I do hope this is a classroom-only thing. I fear the results of applying this kind of political B.S. when dealing with dangerous chemicals and compounds. Although the idea of these idiots playing with sodium and chlorine to obtain “black salt for racial equity’ sounds like a worthy pay-per-view event.
Minnesota Red Flag Law: It cannot be other than willful deceiving by the Editors.
(Opinion editor’s note: Editorials represent the opinions of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom.)
The new year started with news of the tragic shootings of two children in the Twin Cities when shots were fired into their homes. In Minneapolis, an 11-year-old girl was shot in the face while in her North Side bedroom. And in St. Paul, a 10-year-old boy was hit in the stomach by gunfire directed at his Frogtown-area home.
It’s impossible to know whether the red-flag law that went into effect Jan. 1 in Minnesota could have prevented that horror. But it might have made a difference in the Minneapolis case, where the suspect randomly fired an AR-15 rifle into the air to celebrate the new year. The accused is a Fridley man who is a convicted felon barred from having a firearm. The ban wasn’t enough, but had someone close to him who knew he had the rifle sought an order under the new law, the rifle might have been taken away from him.
Public awareness is key with red-flag law (startribune.com)
Let’s review the case:
- Shooting into the air for no reason endangering the public is illegal.
- Felon in possession of a firearm also illegal.
- Felon shooting a gun is also very illegal.
Just the first one is enough to immediately call 911. After that the proper enforcement of the laws broken should be enough to send the Felon back to prison for a long time.
But the message by the Star Tribune Editorial Board is that those felonies and the blatant endangering of human life by the felon is simply not enough to call the cops and have him arrested thus possibly preventing a tragedy. No, the solution is to pass and support Red Flag laws and just like Socialism, this time we will have peace and security and not the failures we had with other laws like felon in possession or assault with a deadly weapon or even murder.
And once Red Flags fails and another Flavor Du Jour Gun Control idea pops up, we will have the editorial board once again bemoaning about how ERPOs are not enough, but this time the new law will take us to Paradise.
We need your help for a fellow Blog Reader.
Dan Roberts is an old friend, a Second Amendment defender, a shooter and a single father of two. I know it was hard for him to write and ask for help, he is a proud man just like any of us, but pride must bend a knee when it comes to the welfare of children.
I believe it is going to mortify him that I post his letter here, but I do not believe I can make a better case myself.
So,I’ve wrestled with this for the last several days. Im absolutely mortitified to be honest. I, well, the kids and I need some help and we need it QUICK. I have to somehow come up with 6 grand by next Wed or we are gonna wind up sleeping in my SUV in the middle of the Winter. The place we’ve been renting for the last two years, the guy REALLY wants to sell it since he got a job transfer to Virginia.
Anyway, Im maybe two months away from being able to actually BUY a house for the first time in my life. But with all the rain and holidays in December, I’ve fallen behind on the rent. My paycheck this week was for 157.00 bucks. That doesnt even cover groceries for the week these days. Anyway, the owner has already said he’s willing to work with me, but he also did file eviction papers ( he told me he was going to) but would withdrawl them if I got current before the hearing. Monday the 8th is the last day I have to call the Magistrate Court and request a hearing, which will only delay things by a few days.I’ve contacted literally EVERY charitable organization in the area and NONE of them are able to help. They are out of funds and or have mile long waiting lists. I check all the real estate sites every other day and there are a grand total of FIVE rentals available in the area, all MORE than what Im paying now, and of course all would want significant security deposits, which I also dont have.
I’ve cut expenses to the bone in every area I can as well as sold off a bunch of stuff just trying to stay above water to this point.
CJ has some pretty intense emotional issues that he’s seeing a counselor for on a weekly basis, all stemming from when his momma took off when he was little, and growing up without a Mom, and he’s struggling to pass 8th grade this year. Im desperately trying to minimize adding to his issues with even more trauma if we wind up homeless, even temporarily.Florida had finally caught up with my ex and was I actually getting regular child support payments for the month of December for the first time in almost a decade. She currently owes me over 44 grand in back support. But now through a trusted source I just found out she’s no longer working, so thats stopped as well.
Once I can go to closing on buying a place, things will be much easier. I’ve run the numbers with my realtor and broker multiple times and it always winds up being several hundred a month cheaper to own as opposed to rent. Plus by the time we actually get to closing at the end of Feb or beginning of March I will have my tax refund for the year in hand and we will be starting to ramp back up at work and I’ll get back to my normal routine of 50 to 55 hours a week and bringing home over 1k a week in my paycheck.
I even reached out to some of my old FireFighting buddies at former stations and they cant do any fundraisers for such a scenario because they are worried that it will open the flood gates of other people making similar requests. At least thats what Im being told anyway.
I havent been in this dark a place since me and the ex broke up after nearly 14 years and I suddenly found myself coming home to an empty house.
If it turns out there’s anything at all you can do, Im more than willing to look at a HELOC as soon as its feasible in order to repay.
I REALLY appreciate just being able to send you this and let you know whats going on. Im keeping this off my Facebook page because I know the ex or someone we both know stalks it and I really dont need her finding out and then trying to use it to start up fighting for where CJ will live.
You can help him with whatever you can spare (I know it is January and the expenses from last month ain’t a joke) but truthfully, anything you can send them will be a great help. At least my traditional measure of the price of one box of 9mm Winchester White Box ($25) if you can muster it.
He has CashApp (Pay $DERoberts73 on Cash App) and a GiveSendGo page. I beg you to help my dear friend and his family.
And if the young lady seems familiar to you, it is because she is Shyanne Roberts and you have either seen her competing or know about her growing up in the action shooting circles.
And to my fellow Gun Bloggers, please give us a hand sharing this fundraiser with your readers.
And thank you all for your help.
When they need to create outrage and the Media joins.
First the headline:
Dear God! The Florida Department of Education is tearing down FREEEEEDOM!!!!!!
Then the introduction:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Florida school system has banned two books that were published by an author based in Nashville.
Ann Patchett, owner of Parnassus Books in West Nashville, took to social media on Thursday, Jan. 4 to announce that two of her books were banned by the Orange County School System in Florida.
In the Facebook post, Patchett revealed that her novels “Bel Canto” and “Patron Saint of Liars” were the ones that were banned.
Nashville, TN author reacts to books being banned by Florida school system (wkrn.com)
Wait, now it is “A Florida school system”? Only one? A bit of lie misdirection there Bubba.
And then we see which school system did the deed: Orange County, the House of the Mouse, Los Angeles of the Everglades.
No! You are lying! The Most Progressive County of Florida wouldn’t dare to ban books just because… then again we find out that it is the top county in the Sunshine State for book bans: 673.
We know that in Orange County, the money flows from Disney Corp out and they have not been happy with what Governor DeSantis did to them. So, I will speculate that the leadership of the Orange County School System decided to apply a bit of Malicious Compliance and make news to make the Mouse Overlord happy.
Guns in Cars: Doing a bit better.
A total of 1,203 guns were stolen from vehicles in Nashville last year, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD).
Last year’s total is a 13.5 percent decrease from 2022 when 1,392 firearms were taken from vehicles, MNPD notes, adding that the most recent data is “still a shocking number.”
The total is in…1,203 guns were stolen from vehicles in Nashville during calendar year 2023. That’s a 13.5% decrease from 2022, but still a shocking number. Among your New Year’s resolutions, please make securing valuables, ESPECIALLY GUNS, a top priority. pic.twitter.com/EQsSwGBvZT
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) January 3, 2024
189 guns less than the year before. But we are still talking an average of 3 gun per day stolen from vehicles.
We need to get those numbers way down.
We will keep harping bout this because it simply does not make sense that people think a box with glass sides is the same as a gun safe.