The headline that Missouri legalized the unlicensed carry of firearms is misleading. What the veto override did was to restore the Constitutional right to keep and bear arms to the residents of Missouri. Should have been done a long time ago.
The New Orleans law basically is the prelude of firearms confiscation, maybe not in one swoop, but rather a case by case instance of legalized theft of personal property under the color of law.
California? Well, they are a lost cause for basic civil liberties, so it is no surprise the municipal entity went this route.
Matt Vanderboegh has been trying to protect the Threeper (III) brand since his father's passing. The history between Mike Vanderboegh and several others is twisted and Byzantine, with one instance so egregious a number of trainers and others were ripped off, so it is said, in an effort to market products emblazoned with the III symbol.
Much of the information about this group, freely available over the internet, even traces back to the Bundy Ranch incident, and appears to show that the entire Bundy Ranch episode was one giant operation with the government playing both sides.
There is a ton of information, so much so that it could take several articles just to report it all.
I will begin next week.
Loads.
Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:
Prices for pistol ammunition were mostly steady. Prices for rifle ammunition were steady across the board.
Prices for used pistols were mixed. Prices for used rifles were mixed.
New Lows:
None
Pistol Ammunition
.45 Caliber, 230 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (9 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Goose Island Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Edmonson Sporting Goods, Own Brand, Brass Casing, Reloads, .22 per round (From Last week: -.01 Each)
.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (8 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ammo Mart, Buffalo Cartridge, FSFP, Brass Casing, Reloads, .20 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Own Brand, FSFP, Brass Casing, Reloads, .20 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))
9mm Parabellum, 115 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (7 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt!, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .15 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: FedArm, Own Brand, FMJ, Brass Casing, Reloads, .15 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (7 Weeks))
.357 Magnum, 158 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2Q, 2016)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt!, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .23 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 1,000 rounds: Ammunition to Go, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel cased, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2Q, 2016))
Rifle Ammunition
.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammunition Supply Company, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .22 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt!, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .21 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks))
.308 NATO 150 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Red River Reloading, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .36 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: J&G Sales, Tulammo, Steel Casing, FMJ, .34 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks))
7.62x39mm AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2Q, 2016)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Munire USA, Wolf WPA, Steel Case, FMJ, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Ammunition to Go, Wolf WPA, Steel Case, FMJ, .22 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (2 Weeks))
.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds (10 Box Limit): Ammomen, Federal, RNL, .06 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds (2 Box Limit): Ammunition Supply Company, Remington Thunderbolt, RNL, .06 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks) )
Guns for Private Sale
Rifles
.223/5.56mm (AR Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $528 Last Week Avg: $562(-) ($616 (2Q, 2015), $476 (49 Weeks))
California (234, 237): Palmetto State Armory: $469 ($650 (1Q, 2015), $400 (2Q, 2016))
Texas (239, 231): Olympic Arms: $700 ($700 (1Q, 2015), $350 (2Q, 2015))
Pennsylvania (142, 135): American Tactical Imports: $475 ($700 (2Q, 2015), $300 (3Q, 2015))
Virginia (157, 147): Mixed Build: $500 ($750 (1Q, 2015), $475 (19 Weeks))
Florida (397, 399): Les Baer: $500 ($650 (2Q, 2015), $380 (1Q, 2015))
One day, Missouri shall be as civilized as Kansas.
I kid, I kid, olde rivalry, just about everyone I have met in Mighty MO is/was great people.
I was on a paddle boat in MO way back when I was a tadpole. Up past my bedtime no doubt. Sitting next to an olde fellow who had a grandfatherly quality about him, got to talking. He said, "I was on the Wasp (or maybe Hornet, I was young and they were just bugs at the time)."
I said, "How big a boat was that?"
He said, "That was a Ship, boy."
.....ever get the look like you should be cleaning your ears out with your toe nails..from the inside out?
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"Statute and judicial precedence redefine constitutionality, whether we like it or not. But that verity does not obviate the need to be well versed on what the founders envisioned for this land of liberty, as codified in our Constitution. If we are to preserve our land of liberty, a return to our founding principles is requisite. That's why September 17th was declared Constitution Day, and September 17-23 of each year was designated Constitution Week, by joint Congressional Resolution, and the signature of then President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953. September 17, 1787 marks the historic signing of the Constitution of the United States of America, which was then ratified and put into effect two years later."
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A day? We get entire ethnic months but only one day for the very reason we're here. Guess which will get more time of indoctrination in the 'school' systems? /rhet question
With Hillary collapsing, both in real life and the polls, the media frantically tried to steer the ship of state around. The topic they picked was a tired one. Obama's birthplace.
The agenda was obvious. Blunt any gains Trump was making with black voters and change the national focus from Hillary's lies.
We often talk about not letting the media set the agenda. And that's what the Trump campaign tried to do. First it refused to discuss the issue because it was a distraction from the economy and the War on Terror. The media spun that as "Trump refuses to etc...". A release pinning the blame for the story on Team Clinton also came under fire from the media. Eventually the media got what it wanted.
Or not quite what it wanted, which was to drag out the story indefinitely, but they did change the conversation.
And the past few days have been an object lesson in how hard it is to avoid letting the media set the agenda. It's easy to say it, but when the election is seen through the lens of the media, and the media coordinates an attack, refusing to play is difficult.
Perhaps the best available option is not forcibly change the conversation. It's the media's own favorite trick and it ought to be used more often against them.
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Trump outsmarts them every time. Best to wait after his remarks are delivered. He knows how this game is played and how these people think. Knowing this alone he can outmaneuver them. The playbook they use is well known and so predictable. It always is based on no one being able to parry their thrusts. So words like cross the isle or compromise are a losers gambit.
[Ynet] Analysis: Following Sen. Lindsey Graham's objection to the Memo of Understanding (MOU) signed between US and Israel, the prime minister was forced to write a letter in which Israel pledges not to request any additional aid from the two Houses of Congress
The memorandum of understanding on a military aid package, which was signed in Washington on Wednesday between the American administration and Israel, is a generous move, which points to the B.O. regime's dedication to Israel's security and to its devotion to the commitments he gave Democratic senators during the battle over the nuclear agreement with Iran.
A bribe to Israel to shut up about Iran, and it mollifies those Democrats who still stand with Israel.
Thirty-eight billion dollars is a huge sum, which no other country has received, regardless of how good its relationship with the United States is. This was done by President Barack Obama I bowled a 129. It’s like — it was like Special Olympics, or something... , no one else. He deserves gratitude.
That's certainly one perspective...
Nonetheless, the tensions between Jerusalem, the Republican Congress and the White House left their mark on the agreement. Obama sought to put an end, once and for all, to Congress' involvement in the administration's relations with Israel.
He is only a president, not a king. Constitutionally speaking, Congress is required to advise and consent to all arrangements with foreign countries. It is also only Congress that has the power of the purse, not the president. But the package at issue -- $38 billion over ten years starting after the current package ends in 2018 -- would be executed by the next president and the next Congress, so President Obama's little executive plan is not binding on any of the parties after he leaves office. It's vaporware.
He achieved it in the current agreement.
...such a lovely bit of Kabuki theater...
Israel will allegedly not be able to play with the different authorities in Washington, receive something at the White House and then send the Jewish lobby to the senators in an effort to receive more.
After Republican Senator Lindsey Graham ... the endangered South Carolina RINO... , chairman of the Appropriations Committee, announced that he was not bound by the MOU,
..and so he isn't...
and that he would provide Israel with aid in addition to what it receives in the agreement, the White House threatened to cancel the agreement. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to write a letter which has yet to be published. In this letter, Israel pledges not to request any additional aid from the two Houses of Congress. It provides another commitment: If it receives any aid from Congress without asking for it, it will return the money to the administration.
This is an unusual commitment. On the positive side, it indicates that the two most important political institutions in the world are competing against each other over who will give Israel more; on the negative side, it points to the administration's suspiciousness towards the Israeli government and Israel's friends in Congress.
The agreement also determines that two bonuses that were given to Israel in the previous MOU will be canceled: The allotment of $400 million a year for fuel purchases will be canceled as soon as the agreement takes effect, on October 1, 2018. The allotment of $850 million a year for the IDF's purchases from Israel's defense industries will be canceled gradually. The fuel budget was a nice gift at the time, but is unnecessary now that Israel has become a gas power. The budget for purchases in Israel harmed the American defense industries, so its cancellation is justified.
The Americans should be given credit for not cutting those sums from the total military aid. That means, on a practical level, that Israel will be able to purchase another group of F-35 stealth fighter jets as part of the aid. The aid packages secures Israel's qualitative advantage in the purchase area in the next 12 years. That also applies to the anti-missile defense systems: The agreement puts Congress's allotments for the development of missile plans at the basis of the budget. The sum is identical.
In total, the aid will grow by $200-300 million a year, which is a nice sum but much lower than the sum discussed before Netanyahu's Congress speech. When inflation is taken into account, the sum gets close to the reality today.
In a conversation I had with White House officials Wednesday evening, they stressed that the agreement was flexible. If Israel faces a state of emergency, a war or a serious intifada, discussing an increase in the aid will be possible. The following sentence is my interpretation: All options are on the table, apart from a game between the White House and Congress.
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This [agreement] was done by President Barack Obama, no one else. He deserves gratitude.
It reads like there is a bidding war is going on for taxpayer money between Congress and the Executive Branch to provide aid.
I’ll reserve my gratitude for Obama the day he steps down.
[Miami Herald] FORT WORTH, TEXAS It’s still hard for Kris "Tanto" Paronto to share all of what happened in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012.
Some parts are easier than others. But the 13 hours he and other private military contractors spent fighting, trying to defend the U.S. compound in Libya from a terrorist attack, are etched in his memory forever.
"Parts are still hard for me to talk about," Paronto, a former Army Ranger, told a crowd of around 200 gathered at The Fort Worth Club on Thursday. "Politics had a lot to do with what went on that night.
"The State Department failed us."
That has been an issue of so much debate that a special House committee studied the Islamic militant attack on the U.S. State Department Special Mission Compound in Libya -- and the response from Paronto and others on the CIA annex security team -- that occurred on the 11th anniversary of 9/11.
Four Americans -- including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens -- were killed.
The committee issued an 800-page report spreading blame through several governmental agencies for failing to better respond.
[PJ] WASHINGTON -- CIA Director John Brennan said this week that terrorist groups "have been unfortunately successful in attracting individuals to their distorted ideology and distorted interpretation of various religious faiths" largely due to lacking political and economic reforms in many countries.
"There are a lot, a lot of opportunities for these terrorist groups to capitalize on those problems and issues. To me, I'd like to think that, you know, the United States has demonstrated, through the course of time, that we take very seriously the obligation and responsibilities that go along with what I refer to as American exceptionalism," Brennan said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies forum Wednesday marking the 10th anniversary of the Justice Department's National Security Division.
"My definition of American exceptionalism may be different than others," he added. "I don't think that we as people are better than others. I think that we as a country, though, have been tremendously fortunate and blessed to have the resources, the people, we're the world's melting pot. We are, without a doubt, the world's superpower."
Brennan said he wished the U.S. had "that magic wand" to resolve issues like the Syrian war.
"And despite the challenges that we still face there, good on the United States for trying... Unfortunately, there are individuals who opt for violence and militarism as a way to push forward their agendas and to try to achieve their aims, again, which are perversions of religious faiths."
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....distorted ideology and distorted interpretation of various religious faiths" largely due to lacking political and economic reforms in many countries.
It's the poverty and lack! Why can't you deplorables get this through your thick heads ?
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No mention of sovereignty or grand strategic goal. He doesn't give a damn about Americans or the USA. Mind is mush, heart is hard, hands are horrible. Should be: mind is hard, heart is soft, hands are skilled.
John is the terrorist -- and he means to frighten Christians with his equivalency language. Rumor he converted or went admire Moslem years ago. What he is about, really: sex and money: http://theological-geography.net/?p=27139, same as all globalists.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Lindsey Graham
