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Daily Kos super Fudd goes off on Twitter about why it’s bad that you notice what’s going on in the world

Mar 30, 2021 J. Kb 19 comments

Mark Sumner writes for the ultra-Left wing site, Daily Kos.  He thought he, as a gun owner, would enlighten the internet how any gun owner with a gun made since the 1970s is a bloodthirsty wannabe-killer who as drunk the NRA’s Kool-aid.

 

 

First of all, two pistols, two rifles, and three shotguns is not a lot of guns to own.  That’s not even a busy day at the range.

From the fact that he mentions all of his guns are at least 40 years old and that he’s a hunter, you know exactly what sort of Fudd he is.

The thesis of his thread is that gun ownership was some sort of pastoral, outdoorsy, sportsman-related venture, where guys who liked to bag a deer or a couple of ducks every year would guy a new gun every now and again.

Then, suddenly, in 2008 something happened that made all these people decide to start buying murder weapons for “hunting people.”

He’s wrong.  Several things happened that he failed to take into account.

The first big awakening of the modern gun community was the 1992 LA riots.  There had been riots in the past, but this was the first time they were covered on a 24-hour news cycle, live in color, on people’s TVs.

Americans watched as the police totally failed to contain the violence.  They watched as stores were looted and a trucker was nearly beat to death as a news helicopter circled above broadcasting that into people’s homes.

They watched as Korean shopkeepers defended their property as the police fell back and were nowhere to be seen.

Then, two years later, the Brady Bill and Clinton Assault Weapon Ban were passed into law.  This was the next big awakening.  For the first time, many gun owners discovered that yes, the government really could take guns away from people.  It took 10 years for that ban to sunset, and when it did people start to stock up.

The demand for AR-15 style rifles, as much as by people who wanted to get ahead of any future bans as actual performance, drove the economy of scale to do what it does.  In 1994, if you wanted an AR-15 your choice was Colt, and maybe Colt, and if you looked really hard, you might find a Bushmaster, but probably Colt.

By the late 2000s, every gun guy with a machine shop capable of holding tolerance in billet aluminum was making AR-15s.  The price on an AR came down so much that it being the most popular rifle in America was driven as much by cost and the availability of accessories.  There are only so many ways to build a Remington 700 or Savage 110.  There are infinite ways to deck out an AR-15.

By the late 2000s, if you wanted a casual rifle, buying a 30-30 lever gun was going to cost you a lot more than a DMPS or Double Star AR.  Same for ammo (boy those were the days, $5 boxes of 223).

Near the end of the ABW sunset, another thing happened, 9/11.  On the heels of that were several other high-profile terrorist mass shootings.

The 24-hour news cycle made it crystal clear that when the shit hit the fan, the police were nowhere to be seen and only showed up after it was all over to draw chalk around the bodies.

In 2005, Americans witnessed the first large natural disaster that caused civil unrest with Hurricane Katrina.  Looting, violence, total failure of the police to maintain order, and then the gun confiscations.

Then there were the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Lots of veterans came home, having never shot before or maybe having come from hunting families, and they liked the rifles they were issued.  As they left the service or simply were rotated home, they wanted AR-15s for personal use.  This, with a large dose of patriotism, kicked off the tacticool culture that helped make the AR-15 even more popular.

As for handguns, the mid-1990s through to the early 2000s saw an explosion in concealed carry.  Before 1987, shall issue was limited to mostly rural states, Alabama, Indiana, Maine, the Dakotas.  When Florida went shall issue in 1987, that started the ball rolling on most states going shall issue, and quite a number going Constitutional carry.

Concealed carry did more for handgun sales than anything else.  An entire market for more compact firearms for personal protection exploded during that period of the early 1990s to the late 2000s.

This went along with the suburbanization of American society.  Suburban Americans weren’t as interested in hunting, especially younger Americans.  The dramatic rise in gun ownership was driven by a desire for personal protection in a world of Islamic terrorism, riots, mass looting, and the utter failures of law enforcement in a face of a crisis.

All of these individual trends coalesced into Gun Culture 2.0.

We own guns for personal defense and for sport.  We own lots of guns because we want to have a lifetime supply in case of another AWB.  We also like to accessorize, so we have different models in different calibers with different barrel lengths and optics for different reasons.  Gun Culture 2.0 owns AR-15s like a golfer owns clubs.  One for long-range, one for short-range, one in a subsonic caliber for a can, one in 9mm for USPSA PCC, one just because you had an extra scope lying around after a late night on eBay and a few too many beers and you just can’t have a homeless scope dammit, you need a rifle to mount it on.

Where there is fear, it’s not unjustified.

In just the last couple of years, there have been attacks on Synagogues and churches.  Right now there is a spike in anti-Asian violence.  People getting slashed and shoved in front of trains left-and-right in NYC.

Don’t forget about the 2020 summer of violence, a year’s worth of Antifa violence, billions of dollars in looting damage, and a crime wave facilitated by Progressive anti-Policing anti-Bail, COVID-get-out-of-jail-free, and prosecutorial discretion that has brought us back to the worst days of the 1990s.

We are on our own.  The cops have either abandoned us, have sided with the criminals, or have been hamstrung by the politicians who side with the criminals.  Of course, we want to defend ourselves.

This is not unreasonable.

Except in the mind of an extremist Fudd who thinks a “new gun” is one that was made before my grandfather was born and has nothing but seething condescension and contempt for a gun culture he thinks he’s better than.

Fuck this guy.

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60 Minutes achieves record high level of media bullsh*t

Mar 30, 2021 J. Kb 4 comments

Hu?

His parents were found guilty of felony murder for being the getaway drivers in an armored car robbery that killed two police officers and a security guard.  Boudin’s father was driving the U-Haul that was stopped at a police roadblock when his fellow conspirators got into a shootout with police.

Two police officers and a security guard died that day but we should feel bad for Boudin because he had to visit his parents behind bars.

And how has Boudin taken this experience to heart?

By handing San Francisco over to criminals.

This is how the Stanford Review describes him:

You see, Chesa Boudin is a Pro-Crime Prosecutor. If you think this is a contradiction in terms, you haven’t met Chesa. His policies embolden criminals, demoralize the police, inflict violence on citizens, and promote the theft and destruction of as much property as possible.

The San Francisco Chronicle asks this question:

Is public safety a priority for D.A. Chesa Boudin? S.F. crime survivors say survey suggests it isn’t

The Pacific Research Institute says this about him:

Chesa Boudin Invites Crime To San Francisco. So It’s No Surprise When Crime Rises

The California Globe ran this headline about him:

Lawlessness in San Francisco Blamed on District Attorney Chesa Boudin
Meth-addicted burglar released by Boudin traumatizes young girl

The San Fransisco Business Times interviewed business owners hit by recidivists that Boudin has refused to prosecute, who said this:

“Everyone’s blaming Boudin, or the police, or the judges. As merchants, we don’t really care. All we know is we’re not getting what we need,” one owner said.

Boudin is the son of criminals who prefers criminals to law and order and has accelerated San Francisco turning into a third-world shit-hole of crime and violence where no property is safe and repeat offenders are free to offend “prolifically.”

But 60 Minutes says you should have sympathy for Boudin.

This reaches new heights of bullshit and is downright evil.

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Tennessee is going Constitutional Carry

Mar 30, 2021 Miguel.GFZ 4 comments

Via Of Arms and the Law:

The Tennessee General Assembly has approved Gov. Bill Lee’s legislation to allow most adults to carry handguns without obtaining a permit, a measure some Republicans sought for years to pass.

The permitless carry bill, which supporters have dubbed “constitutional carry,” passed the House of Representatives 64-29 on Monday night. Just five House Republicans voted against it. The bill was approved in the Senate on March 18 and can now be signed into law by the governor.

The law, which will take effect July 1, allows for both open and concealed carrying of handguns for people 21 and older without a permit as well as for military members ages 18 to 20.

Tennessee legislature passes permitless handgun carry bill, which now heads to Gov. Bill Lee

Congratulations to the citizens of the Volunteer State!  I am sure my relatives up there will take advantage of this.  Let’s see if we can make this contagious soon for the Sunshine State.

But, Alas! I see that there are always the idiots bound and determined to screw up a good thing:

The particular bill championed by Lee and the NRA does not apply to other types of firearms besides handguns, a point that has drawn fierce criticism from other gun rights groups, including the Tennessee Firearms Association and the National Association for Gun Rights.
Both of the latter groups have recently attacked Republicans in the legislature for not supporting wider-ranging permitless carry proposals, including removing permit requirements for all types of firearms or allowing 18- to 20-year-olds to also carry freely.

Gov. Bill Lee to NRA: Tennessee permitless handgun carry part of ‘public safety agenda’

Our friends of NAGR once again! How come I am not surprised? And if I am not mistaken, my Dear shooting brother Jim K warned me about TFA rubberstamping what NAGR does.  Colorado is still stuck with a 15 round magazine capacity after Dudley Brown and his minions gummed up the works for a bill regressing most of the Hi Cap ban and back to 30 round magazines so seeing that they got their asses ignored, makes me feel good for the future Pro-Gun bills in Tennessee.

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Looking for a blog

Mar 29, 2021 J. Kb 4 comments

I remember reading a blog by a Holywood film guy.  He was at a theater for a premiere when the Rodney King Riots started.

The post, in three parts, was him trying to get his family out of the theater, into a car, and through LA to his home.

If you know the blog I’m talking about, leave the link in the comments, please.

Thank you

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One reason why there is more violent attacks on innocents in NY

Mar 29, 2021 J. Kb 14 comments

 

In Alabama I went to the sheriff’s office, showed my ID, the deputy ran my background check while I waited, paid $50 ($10 per year up to 5 years), and got my permit printed right there in then.

Indiana and South Dakota were about the same.

Nebraska took a weekend for training and a hour at the police station for fingerprints.  Florida was about the same.  Even Illinois was a weekend and a day, but the class time was the longest (16 hours for IL, 8 for NE, and 4 for FL).

None of these states required written letters to a judge.

Shall issue is a vital right.

May issue just makes people vulnerable.

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