The War on Guns

Down for the Count

2022-06-09T14:05:00.000-04:00

What are people still doing coming here? And no, I don't see the majority coming from links at the new site.

Success of Sorts

2022-05-06T12:39:00.002-04:00

It's not pretty. It's not sophisticated. There's plenty of room for improvement and helpful features.

But by God, after several days of inventing new cuss words and letting my inner ADD make me no fun to be around, I threw out the "new improved" block Word Press, installed the Classic template and I have myself a new online journal independent of the censorship that drove me from this place, where I've been since 2005.

Barring any disasters that make me come running back here with my tail between my legs, future posts will happen at the new digs: HERE.

'I Find Myself to be Exorbitantly Superannuated for This Feculence'

2022-05-05T12:05:00.000-04:00

Trying to set up the new site has been an exercise in pure frustration. It sure adds a whole new dimension to "A man's gotta know his limitations."

Nothing about it is intuitive. You'd think if you pressed an "Edit" icon you'd be able to edit, or if you tried to delete something it would delete.

I want the simplest site in the world-- a home page, an about page with info and contact, both of which will remain static, and a blog that lets me do regular updates like I do here. They've got so many different things to choose from, none of which explain what they're talking about or define terms they just assume you know. And my personal favorite -- tutorials that tell you to select options that appear nowhere on the page I've accessed.

Word Press has discarded the classic interface and replaced it with a block thingy they say is simpler and has me ready to scream-- I have a few times already. Forget trying to chat or call "tech support"-- they only do tech stuff and I miss half of what they're saying just through accents alone. I think I'm going to need to hire a local to come in for a day to set me up -- I know some of you have kindly offered to advise but that's something I can't do long distance because there's too much I just don't get.

Blog Update Sitrep

2022-05-03T11:38:00.004-04:00

I'm workin' on it. I should be able to do a test post at the new place by the end of the week.

It's been nice having less hectic days at the keyboard, especially with Spring yard work demands, but I do miss posting on a whim. For instance, did everybody catch Hillary flashing a racist hand sign at the Met Gala?

‘Be a Victim’ is No Way to Run the Republic

2022-05-02T17:40:00.000-04:00

No doubt, there are reasons why citizens should think twice about confronting those committing criminal acts, but prominent among those is that the same “law” that fails to “secure the Blessings of Liberty” will turn on them should they try. [More]

Citizens using armed force to protect what is theirs have more than the perps to fear.

Silence from Black Leaders on Biden ATF Nomination is Deafening

2022-04-30T11:23:00.000-04:00

You’d think with all their talk about “equity,” more angrily outspoken members of the Congressional Black Caucus, representatives like Maxine Waters and Sheila Jackson Lee, would be demanding full firearms enfranchisement for their constituents. Ditto for Black Lives Matter. [More]

Trying to start a little internecine squabble here...

Armed American Radio Redux

2022-04-30T11:04:00.001-04:00

David Codrea explores Ukraine disarming citizens for weapons storage? WAT? [Listen]

Thursday's Hour 2 program, where we discussed the (thus far unreported by anyone else) Ukraine gun storage order...

Donald Trump Jr’s 2A Task Force Needs Closer Scrutiny by Gun Owners

2022-04-29T10:01:00.000-04:00

Fleshing out the details of the “group,” its organization and specific efforts it intends to make is important because getting visitors to register and donate seems to be the purpose of the 2A Task Force home page. [More]

Money well spent or something else...?

I'll Be On Hour 2

2022-04-28T15:57:00.005-04:00

TODAY on #AAR Hour 1, 4-5p ET (1-2p PT)

@HT_GunWriter

Lee Williams, Hour 2, 5-6p ET, (2-3p PT)

@dcodrea

. Good hard-hitting talk radio! Make sure to tune in or watch live at armedamericanradio.org/watch-live/ Remember, we don't talk TO the other side, we talk ABOUT the other side!

EXCLUSIVE: Ukrainian Territorial Defense Ordered to Turn in Arms 'for Storage' Purposes

2022-04-26T12:39:00.000-04:00

The disarming of citizen soldier volunteers (especially when a war is still in full swing) is a good indicator that if and when the situation in Ukraine “normalizes,” the plan is to return to restrictive gun laws Firearms News was decrying before the Russian invasion when it urged President Zelnskyy to “Open up Ukrainian gun ownership.” [More]

For a while there it looked like they had learned a valuable lesson that the whole world could observe and learn from -- one which they now seemed bound and determined to forget.

Gun Owners Should Object More to Upton’s ‘Element’ than Greene’s

2022-04-22T15:12:00.000-04:00

By inviting Republicans like Upton on to the show, NBC News can pretend its coverage is unbiased. That feeds the created perception that those to the right of (acceptable) “moderates” are “extremists.” Come time for manipulating the electorate, the moderates are then presented as “uncompromising,” and “right-wing.” And the goalposts move again. [More]

With Republicans like Upton, who needs Democrats?

Airport Gun Thefts Show Government Has No ‘Answers’ Outside of Total Disarmament

2022-04-19T09:53:00.003-04:00

For its part, Cleveland Hopkins has turned to its professional wordsmiths to come up with a statement that pledges a totally noncommittal “commitment,” admits no liability, and without coming right out and saying so, tells travelers they need to make the trip to and from the airport unarmed... [More]

So what do you do when "commonsense gun safety laws" directly encourage and enable "gun violence"? And since when have they ever not...?

Left AND Right Showing Cognitive Dissonance on Ukraine and U.S. Gun Rights

2022-04-18T15:45:00.002-04:00

To conclude because “our side” lies must mean the Russians are telling the truth is more than a logical fallacy, it is suicidal and insane. [More]

So Democrats are suddenly all for an armed citizenry while Republicans are siding with the people who call them Nazis...

WarOnGuns Situation Report

2022-04-18T09:39:00.001-04:00

The Blogspot censorship issue is still unresolved and I still get the "Under Review" message with no way to find out what the "community guidelines" issue is. By going through a process of elimination, my guess would be "Misleading content related to civic and democratic processes."

Talk about people who live in glass houses... that whole section reads like an excuse to eliminate wrongthink on whatever topic they like, from elections to COVID, with Big Techtators doing the dirty work the First Amendment says their government partners can't get away with -- yet. And in keeping with the way totalitarians roll, that's heavily reliant on cultivating an anonymous snitch culture:

We rely on blog readers to report content that they find inconsistent with Blogger's Community Guidelines. If you encounter a post that you believe violates Community Guidelines, please report it using the 'Report' link located in the navigation of most blogs. If you are unable to find the link on the blog, you can still report suspected violations here.

Clearly, it makes no sense to spend time doing work that enemy trolls can have arbitrarily undone at the push of a button. So until such time as I am set up in a safer harbor, putting in work makes no sense. That's why, until I do that, I'm going to continue to limit posts to pure self-promotion: announcements for my new articles, radio appearances, and the like.

And speaking of that new venue, I tried several different options that for one reason or another didn't strike me as a right fit, but finally identified a new host I'm going to try. The holdup now is getting GoDaddy (another self-appointed arbiter of "acceptable" speech) to release my WarOnGuns.com domain name, and it looks like that process can take anywhere from seven to 10 days.

That means I'm probably looking at up to two more weeks before the rollout, and I still haven't decided if I'm going to try to migrate this existing blog to the new home. I'm leaning towards "not" since there will be formatting compatibility and search engine issues, I don't want to lose existing comments, technically I'm a child with no interest or time to change, plus the new place may not work out.

So: Keep holding the tips. I'll be back when I can. My own announcements will continue (a new Firearms News piece is out I'll be linking to after they fix a glaring typo I made in the first paragraph that also eluded spell check and Grammarly 😖).

Ask Dettelbach Tough Questions about ‘AFT’ Abuses During Confirmation Hearings

2022-04-15T10:20:00.001-04:00

Will Republicans ask him? How about Ranking Member Chuck Grassley? [More]

I'm going to end up sending questions about infringements by "AFT" to Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans to put to the nominee while he's under oath, so feel free to leave your own in the article's "Comments" section.

Shameless Plug: Firearms News

2022-04-14T11:50:00.001-04:00

I have two articles in this month's issue, on sale now at discerning newsstands throughout the Republic. [More]

I'm not resuming regular blogging because of the unresolved censorship issue but will continue to promote my work here as I prepare a new landing site.

Radio Redux

2022-04-14T11:44:00.005-04:00

Two recent appearances:

The Michael Dukes Show, April 8.
Armed American Radio's Daily Defense, April 12.

I'm not resuming regular blogging because of the unresolved censorship issue but will continue to promote my work here as I prepare a new landing site.

Daily Defense

2022-04-12T15:59:00.000-04:00

I'll be joining host Mark Walters at 4 pm Eastern to talk Biden and more. Listen, watch or find a station near you at the Armed American Radio website.

Oz Endorsement Says as Much about PA Republicans as It Does about Trump

2022-04-12T13:40:00.001-04:00

Perhaps if he was better at picking them in the first place, he wouldn’t need to end up angrily attacking so many he had nothing but high praise for in the beginning. [More]

What does "winning" mean if you end up losing?

ultimate revenge

2022-04-12T07:21:00.002-04:00

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-airs-its-ultimate-revenge-plan-for-america/ar-AAW5HB1

Macron’s Self-Defense Dismissal Says All We Need to Know about Violence Monopolists

2022-04-08T13:09:00.001-04:00

In other words, police should be “Les Seules” armed and authorized to use force to stop criminal attacks, even in the home. [More]

You have to wonder at what point some of these people will get tired of surrendering and start rolling out the tumbrels again...

Firearms Friday

2022-04-08T09:20:00.001-04:00

I'll be joining up with Michael Dukes this morning to talk about the Google leviathan "unpublishing" my work. Hopefully, this notice won't be taken down as a "community standards" violation before then.

Go to the show website to find an Alaska station or to listen online. They'll be calling me at 10:24 Eastern.

And no, this post doesn't mean the blog is back for business as usual. It means I'll continue using it for announcements promoting my stuff until I can settle in a new home, something I should have some time to seriously look into over the weekend.

Amicus Brief Supports Gun Owners of America’s Bump Stock Case

2022-04-07T14:59:00.001-04:00

“As such, they have an interest in the outcome of this case because a positive ruling in the instant matter will assist them in their efforts to have their lawful property returned to them in the future and will help guide other courts in reaching the correct conclusion which is that bumpstocks are not machineguns,” the brief elaborates. [More]

I'm not resuming this blog per normal practices-- as I said in the last post, I will still use it to promote my articles, assuming this one doesn't get "unpublished" as well. In the meantime, I will be using this weekend to scout out a new home.

Community Standards Strike Again

2022-04-06T10:50:00.003-04:00

It linked to "blue check" correspondent Paul Bedard's Washington Examiner report on a peer-reviewed study by John Lott published in the journal Public Choice.

Incidentally, its link appears on a general Google search including on Google Cache, but is suppressed in a "News" search, with an article attacking Lott's work appearing at the top of the page by two "researchers" of undisclosed political affinity that my money says will turn out to be sympathetic to Democrats.

My suspicion is an algorithm went searching to erase it from existence. If this is all it takes to get booted from a personal opinion and commentary blog, everything I post here is subject to being undone and Blogger is no longer a viable platform to publish on. Either that or some troll saboteur complained, and the same applies. Until I see if I can get this reversed, I'm going to need to limit activity here to promoting my articles as I search for a reliable repository for my work.

Remember when Facebook booted a post for wishing everyone a contemplative Bill of Rights Day?

UPDATE:

Fox News

2022-04-06T10:14:00.001-04:00

Democratic Rep. Ami Bera of California says he was attacked by a rogue fox outside the US Capitol. [More]

Maybe if he wasn't an anti-gun fanatic he could have done something about that.

The thought strikes: That fox ended up being a bigger danger to a member of Congress than every one of the Jan. 6 "insurrectionists."

Then again, so did this Democrat.