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Publius in Extremis
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If you’re going to outright lie and say that most people in America own a gun when by every account on either side of the argument they clearly do not, I’m not sure that it’s possible to engage in any kind of meaningful discussion.

It might have something to do with the fact that if you follow AOC’s pie in the sky plan, you’ll likely get nothing, whereas at least taking a more moderate approach will get you some of what you want. But if you’re of the opinion that it’s all or nothing or we’re all fucked, I’ve got some bad news for you: You’re

I mean, I’m not an expert on why the State Department might deny visas, but this might be a perfectly legitimate reason:

You can’t have it both ways though, either precedent is sacrosanct and never to be contradicted (which I suspect you wouldn’t like any better), or the courts are allowed to change what they feel are errors on the part of previous courts. In the case of this particular case, it probably does make sense that you

At this point I’m starting to wonder if some of these antics aren’t them simply wagging the dog. I guess my only problem with that is, as far as I can tell, there’s virtually no difference between them saying and doing blatantly dumb things just to distract and them actually being that blissfully stupid. And I

This is really the biggest part of the problem. The Executive Branch is far more powerful than it was ever meant to be, and while the obvious choice to correct things is to rein in that power, nobody actually wants to do that because they want that power for themselves when it’s their turn again. Notice, in all of

Oh I see, what the kids have to say only matters if they’re for banning guns. Otherwise, fuck their opinions, fuck their feelings, they’re just stupid kids being emotional. Got it.

If I were to hazard a guess, I’d say that the people who might are probably ones that are already doing it on the down low. They’d just maybe be louder about it. But I can’t imagine any legitimate firearms manufacturers or gunsmiths would jump on this, there’s just way too much to lose for not much gain. It isn’t like

Probably one of those break action single shot pistols chambered in some caliber you wouldn’t want to actually shoot in a pistol would be by guess.

Given that California thinks anything with a detachable magazine, flash hider, barrel shroud, bayonet lug, pistol grip, or capacity over 5 rounds is an “assault rifle”, by that definition there’s probably a couple in there.

Yes exactly. Everyone should also be registered to vote automatically upon turning 18 and absentee ballots should be available to anyone who wants them for any reason.

Missouri might decide they’re not going to enforce or help enforce the NFA and related laws anymore, but that does nothing to stop the FBI and ATF from swooping in on Federal firearms charges unless we’re making the case that Missouri is going to prevent Federal law agencies from enforcing Federal laws, which I don’t

Given that there’s no new supply of fully automatic rifles for sale in the US, even if Missouri made it perfectly legal to own any NFA weapon, it isn’t as if a whole new crop of fully automatic rifles would pop up for sale. The supply is what it is, is only getting smaller, and sanctuary state or not no firearms

I like how you taking the time to spell out what BMG stands for, without explaining that many guns are chambered in .50 BMG that are not remotely machine guns. Or that just because that particular law covers certain .50 caliber rifles as well as what California deems an assault rifle, doesn’t mean that he actually has

Highly, highly, extremely doubtful they’re talking about actual machine guns. .50 BMG is just the name of the round, like 9MM Luger or .45 ACP. These are almost definitely bolt action rifles or, even less likely, they may be semi-automatic rifles like the Barrett M82. In states that aren’t insane about their gun laws

Hmm... let’s see. Most districts will probably opt out. Most teachers and administrators will probably opt not to do it. So, all the hand wringing about teachers blasting students should roughly equal out to be the same as a wet fart. You’re talking about a fraction of teachers at a fraction of schools. You can

People are dying at the hands of a dictator. You’re right, that is pretty simple.

There is, increase the size of the House. The whole point of the Senate is to provide equal representation of the States. In this way you balance the needs of the individual people (represented by the House) with the needs of the states as separate entities (represented by the Senate).

Seems to be the case, who’s the last president who didn’t?

Real interesting how most of the commenters don’t seem to realize it’s the black lady in the header picture that’s being racist against the Chinese. Can’t wait to see how that gets spun when they figure it out.