This one is actually hilarious. They did this for every state of the Union, but Florida’s is special:

First, Florida has always been used by Gun Control groups as example of BAD CWP requirements. Floridians are the bogeyman of the good-standing, God-fearing people of NY that worry we Crackers and Imported Poeples from south of Key West would engage in Scarface-Type shoot outs in the middle of Times Square.

But probably thanks to an underpaid/overworked, who by the way made a glaring mistake stating that violent criminals would be allowed to carry under Federal Reciprocity Bill (and had to change it later, but the published damage was done) and a cookie-cutter mentality we have the impression that Florida is now the target of Evil CWP carriers from other states, something that never has happened before…except for those states which already are into reciprocity agreements with us, 33 so far.

Also notice that Senator Marco Rubio is missing, wait, you didn’t think that Florida only has one senator, right? Bill Nelson is a sure vote against Federal Reciprocity. He loves any Gun Control bill you can put in front of him by sheer reflex. So what we have here is the standard Everytown/Moms Demand tactic to later say” “Senator Nelson heard us and voted against Congress Imposed Carry. We have the power, yay!”

Which they don’t.

Gardening Astroturf is not easy.

Rep. Steube’s House Bill 19 is the most high profile and the prickliest. The bill allows current or former military members or law-enforcement officers in good standing to carry a concealed weapon at elementary, middle and high schools. Each “school safety designee” would have to pass a background check and receive training from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

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No doubt, the measure reveals a real societal fear Americans harbor living in an armed country. However, turning public schools into armed camps is not the answer. The proliferation of firearms, their availability, is part of the problem.

Assign more officers to protect schools and use technological devices such as cameras. We have said it time and again: Schools need more pencils and computers for their students. Schools need more resources, but not guns.

via Schoolbooks, not bullets | Miami Herald Miami Herald.

This is a perfect example of Double-Speak as you can get.  You heard them before saying that they are not against Concealed Carry or even owning guns, but they are bothered by the fact that people are not properly trained and that only police and the military should have guns. This bill proposes exactly that: Military (active or retired) and Police (active or retired) having to undergo training (again) and more training (Active Shooter) even a psych evaluation are not good enough and the concept is awful-evil-horrendous and must be snipped at the bud right this minute.

And I bet they don’t even realize the contradiction or even what they wrote.

It is never about the guns, it is about control. (Yeah, I know you heard it before.)

Note: Last year’s version of this bill included the possibility of non-LEO or Non-Mil but with a CWP to be a part of the School Security. That was removed and STILL they think it is a bad idea.

Mark S. was kind enough to send me this Twitchy post about a tweet by Everytown:

Does it sound familiar? You are right. I fisked the original Washington Post article the day after it came out and it has been one of, if not the most, visited post so far this year.

I know I am known to the Everytown/Moms Demand machine (not a big letter of commendation there) So I guess they were busy that day and forgot to check the blog or simply thought “Meh, that is like his opinion, man. Nobody else will think the same. Gimme another White Russian.”

I guess they were wrong.

And to quote somebody else in that same vein: I’m sorry, Smokey. You were over the line, that’s a foul.

In case you live in some cave in Bora Bora, this is another picture of Dakota Meyer.

When I saw the CSGV bit pop in my timeline, I went: “Oh dear God, you didn’t. Nothing good is gonna come out of this.” The issues seems to be the 1911 with the hammer down, on the night table.

I was not disappointed at the reaction from the Laddites:

I really do not want to be in the shoes of the CSGV intern when Marines (and I am sure others in different uniform too) discover this absolute display of disrespect to Sgt. Meyers.

I will get me a huge bag of popcorn though.

So there is some sort of viral malady affecting the household. I have a couple of posts that are not quite well cooked, so they go back to the Draft folder till my brain regains processing power.

In the meantime, I leave you with monster kitty destroying a house.

PS: Best advice I ever got about house buying: Bathrooms, always more than one.

Gun Control groups must be wondering what the hell has happened. There is a definitive smell of confusion permeating in their social media with a big dash of desperation. Legislatures everywhere are chock-full of pro-gun bills and they are not only being proposed but advancing, What was supposed to be their secured battlefield with a Congress firmly in the hands of Republicans, they made no bones about gong after the State Legislatures for this year’s fight, but it seems we were already occupying the high ground.

Even the all-but-deceased Open Carry bill in Texas is back in motion (no thanks to the OCTarados), Campus carry is being debated in several states, some with a decent chance of passing while other states are on the road to Constitutional Carry.

Even at the Federal Executive level, part and parcel under control of an administration not fond of the Second Amendment, took a hit when the ATF had moonwalk its ban om M855 ammunition.  And even though Senate Democrats want to introduce a bill that bans any and all ammo that defeats body armor, the chances of passing that are somewhere the same of reciting the Declaration of Independence in space without a suit and helmet and remain alive.

Maybe the people are waking up to the Opposition’s tactics. And certainly they do not like being insulted. I had the chance to catch the tail end of the testimonies on Campus Carry at the Texas Legislature (Thanks Rachel Malone) and one that stayed with me was a Chemistry professor who wasted about a third of his time reciting his accolades (I am smarter than you) and about his work with 20 graduate students in some project or something, and then he proceeded to tell the members of the committee how bad the law would be because college students were /drunk/druggies/stupid/immature/depressive/etc. This guy on the record, insulted his students without giving it a thought. If they are supposed to be so dangerous, how come you are teaching them chemistry? Anybody with a basic knowledge of chemistry can produce explosives far more deadly than an Evil Black Rifle with a 30 rounds per second Assault Magazine Clip.

Will we get all the bills passed & signed into law? Nopers. If we pass 50% it will be a triumph and even those bills that did not make it, we will probably see again next year. Ours is a war of attrition and we have the numbers and the patience…plus we are sneaky shits.

A handgun may have saved Harold Williams’ life, but it could also send him to prison.

“I feel justified,” Williams said. “If I had it to do over again, I would do it the same way”.

Williams, who is a convicted felon, is now charged with possessing a firearm. He said he used it against a couple of armed robbers who stormed in through the front door of his home last week and kicked open the bedroom door.

“They kicked in my bedroom door,” said Williams. “One took a low stance. One took a high stance. Both were armed and wearing masks. I grabbed the gun and did what I can do.”

…Williams says his felony charge was for possessing stolen property in 1989.

via Fayetteville man faces charges for protecting himself during home invasion | abc11.com.

I touched on this before and will continue to do so.  Specially with the decriminalization of pot, it feels dumb that non-violent felons should be subjected to such a harsh refusal of rights. If you commuted a non-violent felony, served your time and have been a good member of society, we cannot in good conscience support that he remains unarmed. Restore his/her rights.