The Second Amendment Foundation is at it again:
A circuit court judge in Lake County, Illinois has granted an injunction against the Chicago suburb of Deerfield, blocking the village from enforcing a ban on so-called assault weapons, and handing a victory to the Second Amendment Foundation.
That’s very good news.
Barack Obama weaponized the government for use against his political opponents. The IRS, Operation Chokepoint, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, etc. He was, of course, planning on handing that over to Hillary. Oops.
Apparently, weaponizing the government is just what democrats do: Unable to Ban Guns, Lawmakers Want to Weaponize the ATF Against Gun Dealers
As to their big plan:
Ostensibly, the “Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act” (a name that maintains the congressional tradition of pompous bullshit) is aimed at “gun dealers who engage in illegal sales practices,” which is to say it’s supposed to make it more illegal to do illegal stuff. This isn’t a new practiceRepresentatives Ted Deutch (D Fla), Jim Langevin (D R.I.), and Gwen Moore (D Wis.) are hardly alone among lawmakers in thinking that what the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world (although we should take a few countries’ official numbers with a grain of salt) needs is more people behind bars. And these three are also in good company in thinking that augmenting legal penalties with arbitrary harassment is the key to a better world.
Let’s make it illegaler!
New Jersey is not ground zero in the gun control debate. It’s a lost cause barring any sea-change in the electorate. But they’re passing more dumb laws that won’t accomplish anything other than jailing the otherwise law-abiding.
TN recently passed a law that allows county commissioners to carry guns at commission meetings. But not you regular people.
Feds Collect Record Individual Income Taxes Through May; Still Run $532.2B Deficit
In other news, simplifying and lowering taxes generates record revenue.
That’s a common attempt at a come back when someone is arguing with a libertarian. Seems they think that no one would want to build roads on their own and charge for their usage. Just like the free market wouldn’t figure out that planes flying in the same path is a bad idea. I’m digressing again.
Apparently, Domino’s pizza will repair potholes because they’re ruining their pizzas.
Ruger’s recalled the MARK IV. Apparently, it can get all shooty when you don’t want it to.
It’s estimated that the cost of tax compliance in the US is $24.4 billion (20 for individuals and 4.4 for businesses). And hundreds of millions of hours of time. Think of what would be done if that time and money was put into something productive. But I digress.
Since the tax code was recently simplified, the tax preparers aren’t doing so well:
The tax overhaul is expected to sharply reduce the number of Americans who tend to have more complicated returns because they itemize their deductions. Thats because the law doubles the standard deduction to $12,000 for single filers and $24,000 for couples, while also eliminating or limiting deductions. Employees can no longer deduct unreimbursed work expenses, such as union dues, travel expenses, and home offices. Deductions for state and local taxes are capped at $10,000.
Now, if we could reduce the tax code . . .
The ACRO looks different. And it looks sturdy. I have an RMR and it’s tough as nails but doesn’t look it.
From The City (My The City):
Well, OK.
Google expanding list of gun terms not allowed in adwords, including grips, scopes, and sights.
A chainsaw attachment for the AR:
I did it! I finally did it you guys!!! pic.twitter.com/UhwYEVunL3
— Antonio (@LoneStarTexian) May 31, 2018
THE STAGES OF 1911 OWNERSHIP. I just put mine in the safe because I still like shooting it on occasion.
Sure, sometimes it’s necessary but bear with me.
Basically, good guy with a gun ran off a knife attacker. But this is where it’s not good:
Police said Hill approached Reardon, who was sitting in a pickup truck in front of Supercuts hair salon, and pulled a knife on him, cutting Reardon on the hands and legs.
After I started blocking his cuts with the knife, I called her, because she was walking away; called her back, Reardon said of alerting his wife to the attack. At the time when I called her, I reached in between my glove box and my console, between my seats, reached down and got my weapon and brandished it for him. He was like, Dont shoot me. I was like, ‘Then get out of here.’
It ended OK but would have been better and quicker if he had his heater on him. And you do know how to draw from a car right? In case you don’t, go watch.
A Masters Degree in Laying Sod. I put it in a lot of sod and landscaping. I’m pretty sure my guy doesn’t have a Masters Degree.
If I see a sale on Glock magazines, its almost impossible to not reflexively throw one in the basket. You know, just in case. My hindbrain remembers when those things were scarce, and it doesnt intend to get caught short again.
I typically buy in bulk when someone has them on sale. I’ve gotten 10 P-Mags for $89 before. And if I’m in a gun shop, I’ll buy a P-Mag, if nothing else, at least so the guys behind the counter know that I will spend money. I don’t know how many is enough* but I don’t like spending range time reloading. For my collection of M&P9s, I have 31 magazines. For my AR-15s, I have roughly 75 P-Mags (I keep finding them in range bags and stuff). But those are the business guns. The fun guns, like the 22LRs, I have about 5 per gun.
* Yeah, I do. It’s more.
In the book, it was “the party” that dealt with all that doubleplusungood crimethink. Here in the future, it’s actually private corporations doing it as YouTube yanked Brownell’s channel. I guess enough people let them know that they were actually “being evil” so they restored the channel.
And Intuit stopped processing credit card payments for gun shops.
This video. In addition to losing his license, he was made to crimestop.
Under Barack Obama, handgun production went up 192%. Gun salesman of the century.
The Southern Policy Law Center basically classifies anyone they don’t like a “hate group”. So, it’s not a good thing that they help Google, Facebook, Amazon and Twitter in labeling hate groups.
In the comments to my post on the Beretta’s 1301 potential user-induced failure, a couple of you said it was a deal breaker that it did that. And I understand that. For me, this is a gamer gun and a bird gun. It’s not a self-defense gun.
Speaking of shotguns, here’s a ton of shotgun links.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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