Dean Weingarten has a good find at Ammoland.
Judge Eduardo Ramos, the U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, has issued an Opinion & Order that a ban on stun guns is constitutional. A New York State law prohibits the private possession of stun guns and tasers; a New York City law prohibits the possession and selling of stun guns. Judge Ramos has ruled these laws do not infringe on rights protected by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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Of course, I agree with one fellow in the comments. Firearms are only as good as the person who owns them. If they’re never intended to be used as a guarantee against tyranny, you may as well not have them.
ARFCOM: He missed the boat on N.C. pistol repeal bill, which has already been vetoed by the Goober of N.C., Roy Cooper.
The man selling me the pistol puts his finger on a number in a box in the top upper left corner. That number is 2,657. It is 12:30 PM on a Tuesday.
“That’s the number of pistols sold and sent for background checks so far today in California.”
“Two thousand six hundred and fifty-seven guns sold today in California? Really?”
“It’ll be at least 5,000 by midnight tonight.”
“Really?”
“Really. We’ve been seeing between 5,000 and 6,000 a day since January. In California. Seven days a week.”
Ponder that one again. 5000 guns per day in California. Tens or hundreds of thousands more across this land. The gun control horse left the barn a very long time ago. They’ll never get it back in.
In the planned departure of American troops from Kabul, not only did they leave Americans behind, they left dogs as well. I say planned because this was all carefully orchestrated to turn over weapons to the Taliban and AQ and demoralize American troops. It covers their tracks, you see, from weapons trafficking, opium trade and other nefarious activities.
On August 31st, 1992 Randy Weaver surrendered to the Federal Authorities, ending the 10-day siege on Ruby Ridge. This is the incident that preceded the Waco siege and is known for the unconstitutional rules of engagement and overzealous actions by the jackbooted thugs of the federal authorities that resulted in the death of two innocent people– Sammy and Vicki Weaver, Randy’s son and wife. It is notable that Randy was acquitted of all charges except missing a court date and violating bail conditions on an ATF sting operation where it is suspected that Mr. Weaver did nothing wrong but that the ATF informant altered the shotguns sold to him by Weaver resulting in Weaver’s arrest. In addition, the missed court date was due to clerical errors on behalf of the court. All involved Federal agencies were publicly reprimanded, and the state of Idaho attempted to press charges against some individuals for their actions but were stymied due to federal interference.
And William Barr defended the actions of Lon Horiuchi. Trump nominated Barr to be U.S. AG.
COL US ARMY to Rick Clay and to me in final hours. Rick had three jets on ground in Kabul. I had arranged Taliban bringing American mother and three American children all the way to gate. Turned away by American Army.
We had Americans at the gate in plenty of time. U.S. Army abandoned Americans to Taliban. I was personally involved in the rescue as was Rick Clay, David Eubank, Taliban helped us, until Colonel Matt Rogers from US Army said he cannot take them in.
Others were involved who cannot be named.
Taliban actually delivered the American mother and children for us and stayed with them for hours until she told Taliban to go home.
This isn’t an accident. It’s not incompetence. I suppose you could say it’s malfeasance (but for it to be malfeasance it is normally considered as shirking your responsibility), but for sure, it’s intentional. I think they carried out the orders given from above.
As I think about it, the only thing I ever thought it might do to consistently shoot 5.56mm in a rifle chambered for .223 is throat erosion. I think they confirm that.
You are doubtless all aware of the courage on display by Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller. I embedded the video. There is a follow up to this, but before we get there I should mention a few things.
First, as to the individual he mentions in the video who questioned his honor. My first impression was “What sort of prick would do that?” It was answered in the video. Lt. Col. Scheller was very respectful, but it appears that it’s some staff officer still bitching about race relations.
If you’re a staff or flag officer bitching about race relations, listen up. What you should have been doing is getting on your knees every night and begging God for mercy – mercy on you, and mercy on your Marines. You should be praying nightly that you are an inspiration to them, that you are faithful to your wife (unlike some of the drama queens in the flag ranks recently), that God helps you to meet His demands for leadership, for the spiritual and physical well-being of your boys, and that they would return home safely after accomplishing your mission. And just like Stu Scheller, you should be questioning your command structure for accountability.
If you cannot do that, resign, today. I would do everything in my power to keep my son from following a man who is bitching about race relations in the military (or anywhere else), and I don’t consider that individual any man at all. You can tell him that a Marine father said these words. I stand by them, and I would meet him face to face and tell him he’s no man at all. What – you didn’t think the Marine Corps makes Marines, did you? Marines are made at home. They’re just refined in the Corps.
Speaking of which, I reminded my son a couple of days ago as we watched the debacle unfold in Kabul that I talked him out of reenlisting in the Marine Corps by saying to him, “If you reenlist, chances are that you will lose your legs or arms or hearing or brain function in some forgotten mission that some corrupt CiC sent you on, and then forgotten by the VA and ignored and disrespected by the rest of the world.”
He told me a few days ago he appreciated my words. But if he was still in the Marine Corps, I would be proud and honored for him to serve under Stuart Scheller.
Finally, a true leader doesn’t say “go.” A true leader says “follow me.”
