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Michael Bloomberg has plenty of reasons to hide his true intentions and plans. They are opaque by design for many reasons, one of which is that it gives him multiple options, depending on how things play out. Is Bloomberg, the possible Presidential candidate, the reason he is “the greatest threat to Trump’s re-election?” Uh, no. Is Bloomberg’s money “the greatest threat to Trump’s re-election?” Again, no. The greatest threat to Trump’s re-election is Bloomberg’s data project, or as I call it, Bloomberg’s big data machine. Why is it big? According to media reports, he has spent untold tens of millions...

You know what the problem is with toys these days? They're just too much fun. But don't you worry, because Senator Bob Menendez (D-Somehow Acquitted) is all over it. The New Jersey Democrat, along with fellow busybodies Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are "urging action" from the Consumer Product Safety Commission on the vital issue of toy guns that look cool. They demand that federal regulators "issue new, stricter controls on toy, imitation, air and BB guns" because the existing regulations allow for toy guns that don't look totally dorky. Except... they already do look totally dorky. As...

Gun maker Stag Arms has announced on November 18, 2019, it is moving all its operations from Connecticut to Wyoming. Connecticut passed stricter gun laws after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The AR-15 rifle maker had announced in June that it would be leaving Connecticut for somewhere else that is more business friendly. It plans to be relocated to Cheyenne by the end of the year. The company said in a statement on November 18th, "Not only is Wyoming an incredibly hospitable place to do business, it is also a top destination for outdoor recreation,...

Read more: https://www.ammoland.com/2019/11/virginia-is-now-in-the-path-of-second-amendment-sanctuary-tsunami/#ixzz65vaoVqEU Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Follow us: @Ammoland on Twitter | Ammoland on Facebook 1. Patrick, Pittsylvania, Dinwiddie, and Appomattox Counties are now 2A Sanctuaries! 2. Huge turnouts at Board of Supervisors meetings! 3. ACTION ITEM: Amelia County to consider 2A Sanctuary resolution TONIGHT, November 20th 2019! 1. Patrick, Pittsylvania, Dinwiddie, and Appomattox Counties are now 2A Sanctuaries! So far we have at least 7 brand new Sanctuary Counties in Virginia that we are aware of: Charlotte County, Campbell County, Carroll County, Appomattox County, Patrick County, Pittsylvania County, and Dinwiddie County. All so far have passed unanimously!...

For the last 50 years, I have been hearing or reading versions of this argument:The Second Amendment is clear. All we have to do is bring a case before the court(s) and we win. Why doesn't the NRA, local lawyer, local defendant or whoever, just push a case forward? The law is clear!When I was young and naive, I wondered the same thing. Why wasn't the NRA bringing a Second Amendment case before the courts, and specifically, to the Supreme Court? A more general question is: How do judges routinely escape consequences when violating their oaths of office; when implementing...

On 12 November 2019, the Tacoma City Council passed its controversial tax on guns and ammunition. The tax is based on a similar tax in Seattle.  The vote was unanimous, 8-0. 112 people were reported to have spoken on the issue. To an ordinary reader, the tax would seem to violate the Washington State preemption law. The Washington Supreme Court held differently in 2017. It voted that a tax was not a regulation. One judge dissented, writing it was obvious the tax was aimed specifically at firearms. From the opinion: That different inquiry centers on the language of the preemption...

A state senator from Luzerne County said Tuesday he is changing his party registration from the Democratic Party to become an Independent, and will start attending caucus meeting in Harrisburg with the majority Republicans. John Yudichak said in a statement that he is leaving his old party because he is weary of “'purist' politicians who demand that you choose a battle camp. You must pass their litmus test, and declare if you support ‘us,’ or ‘them.’"

In an insightful segment during Monday’s NBC Nightly News, the network actually seemed to approach protecting schools from shooters with an open mind. Correspondent Gadi Schwartz joined a group of school teachers in Spanish Fort, Utah as they underwent firearms training with the local sheriff’s department, a new program they were running. “Just days after yet another school shooting in America, tonight we want to show you teachers training for a life or death confrontation in the classroom,” anchor Lester Holt declared as the video portion on the segment began. “NBC's Gadi Schwartz on the internal struggle the teachers face.”...

<p>A shooting incident occurred in a Walmart parking lot this morning where a man and woman were shot and killed as they sat inside a vehicle.</p> <p>Immediately after, it is reported that an armed citizen, who was in the immediate area, drew his gun and put it to the head of the suspect and told him to stop shooting.</p>

The 300 Blackout AR-15 Build GuideI've had questions come through from a builder or two about 300 Blackout and its compatibility with existing build kits, parts, and the AR-15 platform. This is a dual-purpose round originally developed for the U.S Military's M4 platform by request of overseas operators. Advanced Armament Corp. (AAC) developed the round for approval by SAAMI in 2011. 300 BLK provides ballistic performance similar to 7.62x39mm and affords a shooter the ability to fire supersonic or subsonic cartridges (suppressed or un-suppressed) without any modifications made to the rifle or pistol. This quick little guide explains the 300...

On 12 November, 2019, another semi-retired District Judge, in the Western District of Washington (Seattle), continued the judicial resistance against the Trump administration and the rule of law.  Senior Judge Lasnik was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1998. The Judge, Robert S. Lasnik, ruled the Department of State violated administrative procedure by deciding the ability of individuals to make simple small arms, already widely available, was not a “critical defense item” in the expansive International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) regulations.The Department of State had reached this decision as part of a long running lawsuit brought by Defense Distributed...

In a blatant attempt to exploit the Santa Clarita school shooting the very next day, Friday’s NBC Nightly News conveniently queued up their ‘What Matters’ segment to push the Democratic Party’s desire to do away with gun rights in America. While the segment dealt with what mattered to Democratic voters it didn’t deal with the facts that mattered. “Just a day after another deadly school shooting, tonight we are talking to one of the 2020 candidates about something that Democratic voters told us is important to them: gun control,” anchor Lester Holt announced, clearly flaunting the fact they were exploiting...

THE BACKGROUND The modern American gun debate began on May 2, 1967, when 30 protesting members of the Black Panther Party marched into the California Capitol with loaded handguns, shotguns and rifles. As photos of gun-toting radicals from Oakland hit front pages across the country, many Americans were shocked to see who was embracing the Second Amendment. In California, as in most states at the time, there were few restrictions on carrying loaded weapons in public. That soon changed. The Panthers' efforts to "police the police" already had led Republican Assemblyman Don Mulford to propose legislation to ban the "open...

Another school shooting, this time by a 15-year-old at Saugus High School in California, another quest for answers. Yet, 20 years after Columbine, the United States is still looking for how to stop mass public shootings. The rest of the world, where mass public shootings are actually much more common, is also looking for solutions.

FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — "Several" people are dead and multiple others injured after a shooting in South Fresno. The shooting happened around 7 o'clock Sunday evening on Lamona Avenue, near Sandau Avenue. That is in the area of Peach and Olive Avenues. Police say that a family gathering was taking place at the home and multiple people were in the backyard watching a football game. An unknown suspect came into the backyard of the home and began firing...

**SNIP** Although none of the Democratic candidates explicitly rebuked Mr Obama's comments, Mr Sanders mounted the strongest defence of his policy platform. Answering questions on a forum aired by Univision , a Spanish-language TV network, he was asked whether Mr Obama was "right" to say voters didn't want systemic change. Mr Sanders, who describes himself as a democratic socialist and progressive, laughed and said: "Well, it depends on what you mean by tear down the system." "The agenda that we have is an agenda supported by the vast majority of working people," he said. "When I talk about raising the...

Pope Compares Conservatives to Nazis Francis condemns capitalism as criminal at Int'l Association of Penal Law meeting VATICAN (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis is attacking politicians who oppose the homosexual agenda as evidence of "Nazism," while launching his strongest attack yet on capitalism and repeating his call for the abolition of the death penalty. “It is no coincidence that in these times, emblems and actions typical of Nazism reappear, which, with its persecutions against Jews, gypsies and people of homosexual orientation, represents the negative model par excellence of a culture of waste and hatred,” he said in his address to the International Association of Penal...

Republicans who lead the Wisconsin Assembly voted Tuesday to call the state Capitol evergreen a Christmas tree and formally recognize National Bible Week, moves they said were necessary to ensure Christianity isn’t marginalized as the holidays approach. The 64-30 vote on naming the tree was a direct response to Gov. Tony Evers’ declaration last week that it would be called a “holiday tree.” Evers’ Republican predecessor Scott Walker, the son of a Baptist minister, declared the evergreen was a Christmas tree during his first term in 2011. “It seems like the only religion we’re willing to take shots at is...

I overheard two men, young white guys in their 20s at Shop Rite this morning in New Jersey, rambling about how food costs are rising there, and they blamed rich Americans. I said to myself, "wow". Is that is what America is coming to? Class envy?

Just a coincidence, no doubt. – So, with their corrupt media cohorts struggling to spin their disastrous first day of impeachment circus hearings to their advantage, the Democrats were desperate all Thursday morning to change the narrative. There were no bombshells in the testimony of either Bill Taylor or the dapper dandy George Kent, no revelations of anything resembling impeachable behavior by President Donald Trump, nothing for anyone in the Democrat/media/deep state Axis of Disinformation to hang their rhetorical hats on. As a result, it was a very slow news morning for America for once. And then it all magically...