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Posted on 09/22/2025 4:34:58 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Those who wish to disarm us shouldn’t have armed guards.
Sundance over at The Conservative Treehouse brought to my attention an effort by some House Republicans to increase private security for members of Congress. The Treehouse links to an article from Politico that describes one budgeting option that would grant as much as $25,000 each month to individual lawmakers so that they may “have access to around-the-clock personal security.” These security guarantees would be in addition to current levels of federal spending for lawmakers’ safety — including those funds that assist Capitol Police in partnering with state and local law enforcement.
Over a haunting still image that shows defenseless Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutska sitting on a North Carolina train just before a black man brutally stabbed her from behind and murdered her last month, Sundance poses this question: “What incentive exists to make sure American society is safe from domestic regional violence, if the representatives of the regions don’t ever have to concern themselves with such matters?”
It is an excellent question. It is astounding to me that Democrats (and squishy RINOs) can get up in front of television cameras and demand gun confiscation while insisting on taxpayer-funded security details for themselves. Ordinary people can’t afford private security. That’s precisely why they have a natural right to defend their lives in the best ways that they can — and why the Second Amendment explicitly protects that right in the Constitution. Lawmakers who walk around with armed guards have no business disarming citizens.
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The 2A was also meant to give citizens a way to protect themselves from their government.
Bkmk
remember the wood cutout prints of tarring and feathering? Those make me smile
Incentive? They ain't got no incentive. They don't need no incentive. They don't have to show us any stinking incentive!
Working to destroy the people’s protection while always increasing their own.
How about..
For them to have a gun.. Or, a security detail when Not working in an official capacity.
they have to apply for a CCW in their home state. And if that state does not have reciptocity with their 2d residence, they also must apply for and get a permit in that state, NoVa, Md.. Then ALSO in DC.
Any and federally prohibited persons, would not be eligible for a CCW OR armed security when not in an official capacity?
That would be a tremendous waste of $200 million per year.
We could have the same conversation about healthcare.
The people making decisions “on our behalf” should live with those decisions.
That should be a law, but it’d never pass.
No. Why? Taxpayers are tired of this crap! Our Congress doesn’t do their jobs most of the time so why should we spend what.... millions a year when they can protect them if they did their jobs and change some of the laws in order to protect themselves like the rest of us have to.
Don't think my tagline has ever been more relevant.
“Those who wish to disarm us shouldn’t have armed guards. “
Agreed-
a very simple, clear statement that’s easy to defend and promote.
(We could have the same conversation about healthcare.
The people making decisions “on our behalf” should live with those decisions.
That should be a law, but it’d never pass.)
Know what we should do? Never accept that it won’t pass. That’s what Charlie’s murder changed: we no longer talk ourselves out of holding our elected officials feet to the fire. Things are different now. No longer will we accept them not having skin in the game. If you make a law, it must affect you in the same way. We’ve allowed this for far too long. That sh!t stops now.
“healthcare”
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“In 2023 and 2024, 80 percent of marketplace enrollees could find a plan for $10 or less per month on HealthCare.gov, the federal marketplace that operates in 31 states (19 states and the District of Columbia run their own marketplaces).”
“The enhanced subsidies have translated into higher enrollment in ACA marketplace plans and fewer uninsured people. They helped increase enrollment in the marketplaces from 12 million in 2021 to a record 24.2 million in 2025.”
That $10/month is currently the #1 issue in Congress.
My American dentist pays $1,600/month for his ‘coverage’.
Is it a bird? a plane? a fiber optic Russian drone?
Our black market is bigger and better than Russian weapons black market. Our post-sale distribution systems are better too.
Not every consumable gets used against Russian bastards.
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