Until yesterday, a federal law prohibited people under felony indictment from buying guns. But that public safety protection is now gone, thanks to a ruling by an Obama-nominated, Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas (see his bio here). I’m not sure it’s his fault. In striking down the[...]
Posts Tagged ‘guns’
September 21st, 2022 - 1:12 am § in Law and Courts
The guy who raped your sister can now legally carry a gun while stalking you
September 2nd, 2022 - 8:26 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Kids with guns
“School had just started for the year on Monday,” the CNN story begins (here). “A suspect approached the victim, 17, during dismissal. The encounter became heated, and the suspect … also 17, shot at the victim multiple times …. School police performed CPR on the studen[...]
August 30th, 2022 - 7:06 pm § in Law and Courts
What America can do about guns right now
I’m not talking about overcoming the very difficult hurdles of the Supreme Court and Senate filibuster to pass new laws. I’m saying enforce the laws we already have. “The number of shootings involving automatic weapons in the US has skyrocketed,” CNN says. “Inci[...]
August 2nd, 2022 - 12:24 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Only 60 days in jail for threatening to kill kids wearing BLM tee-shirts
Steven L. Cibotti, 57, of San Francisco was intoxicated when he did it, but that doesn’t excuse him. In June 2020, during the height of the George Floyd protests, he was at a restaurant when he spotted a family with young kids wearing BLM tee-shirts. Without any prompting or provocation, Cibot[...]
June 14th, 2022 - 2:13 am § in Schools & Colleges
“I was almost a school shooter” (video)
Is there insight to be gained by listening to someone who almost did the unthinkable? Is this man’s confession worth 7-1/2 minutes of your time? It should be, because he has a solution for school shootings. It comes at 5:45 into the video, although you should listen to what comes first. He als[...]
June 5th, 2022 - 4:27 pm § in Misc.
Why do you need an AR-15?
You don’t. The AR-15 is a civilian version of the M-16 rifle lacking the selector switch to fire automatically (unless it’s been illegally modified with a readily-available kit) and a bayonet lug. I trained on both the M-14 and M-16 in basic, and was married to an M-16 for 13 months in V[...]
May 28th, 2022 - 12:49 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Texas school shooting response manual (nsfw)
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May 27th, 2022 - 11:57 pm § in Misc.
How did Uvalde shooter get guns?
According to media reports, he entered the school with an AR-15 style rifle and a handgun, and another AR-15 style rifle was found at the vehicle he crashed near the school. The murder weapon was identified as a Daniel Defense DDM4 V7 (upper left in this page of the company’s website), which l[...]
Why you’ve gotta read candidate biographies
“Trucker Randy” Bishop is well-known in northern Michigan politics. The ex-felon hosts a rightwing radio show, is an outspoken promoter of gun rights (for ex-felons, too?), and was kicked off Facebook, a badge of honor in his circles (details here). Now he’s running for state sena[...]
What happens when Democrats behave like Republicans
California’s Democratic governor has “directed his staff to collaborate with the legislature and attorney general to draft a bill” to offer cash bounties to citizen legal vigilantes who sue “anyone who manufactures, distributes, or sells an assault weapon or ghost gun kit or part[...]