Divemedic

Children

When I was a kid, I had a scoutmaster that had escaped from the Soviet Union when his parents hid him in the trunk of a car that was driving from East to West Berlin. I grew up hearing stories of what life under communism was like.

My parents were good friends with Greg and his wife. Their sons, Mark and Andy, were friends of mine. Mark became a UPS driver. Andy, a homicide detective. I learned to hate communism and its adherents. The kids today haven’t grown up with those stories. That’s why they don’t understand that it isn’t a flex when the leader of the country jails his political opponents.

She doesn’t have the life experience or knowledge to even comprehend why Trump being prosecuted is a bad thing.

  • When the Afghanistan war began, her birth was 5 years in the future.
  • She has never lived in a world where the WTC existed.
  • When Trump was elected in 2016, she was 10.
  • She was 14 when the 2020 election happened.
  • She can’t wrap her brain around it because she is clueless about life. The adults in her life didn’t teach her, didn’t warn her about evil governments.

and that is our fault. We let the communists take over education, and those commies spent decades telling her how communism is good, and Republicans are bad.

That’s how we got here. Now it’s going to be extremely hard to fix.

By Divemedic, ago

Another Win

Yesterday, a Federal judge in the district court for the Southern District of California struck down the state law that limited people to purchasing one gun in any 30 day period, stating that such a law is unconstitutional. The lawsuit was brought buy the Forearms policy coalition.

The FPC is doing a great job as a no nonsense gun rights organization. They and the Second Amendment Foundation are kicking ass and taking names.

The FPC is truly doing the heavy lifting that the NRA should have been doing for decades, but were busy paying for Wayne LaPierre’s wardrobe and NetJet account. Just last week, I got another email asking me to join the NRA, even though I have been a life member for more than 20 years.

Right now, they are arguing in a Delaware case, with the state trying to set the stage for a complete semi-auto ban.

I have set up a recurring monthly donation. I would like to point out that it is cheaper to fight now in the courts than it is to fight later in the streets. I get nothing for this post, and am not in any way associated with them, other than being a member and a donor. I am just a gun owner who wants to be left alone. If you are too, maybe you can toss them a few bucks.

By Divemedic, ago

Not Rape

The next time some idiot tells you that Trump has been found guilty of a rape, you can counter with these facts:

  • It was a civil trial. Civil trials determine liability, not guilt.
  • The standard for a civil trial is preponderance of evidence
  • the standard for a criminal trial is beyond a reasonable doubt, a much higher standard
  • Even under the looser standard of preponderance of evidence, as well as a left leaning NY jury, the prosecution still couldn’t meet that standard:

By Divemedic, ago

Safe Review

If you will remember, I modified my gun safe last summer from a digital combination to a mechanical one. I also moved and was contemplating a dual safe system. So here is what I wound up doing:

My main safe is on the other side of the house and has a mechanical combination. The upside here is that this safe is resistant to someone having a backdoor, and it is also resistant to EMP events. Still, the mechanical lock is slower to operate, meaning in an emergency, it will take more time to access firearms. The lock is also less convenient, and for access to EDC, it isn’t ideal.

Still, I may need to access guns frequently or in a hurry, so I wanted a safe that had stuff in it that I may need. So I settled on a Vaultek RS 800i as my “hot safe.” This safe has a fingerprint lock for rapid access, with a PIN keypad as backup. There is also a key override if the electronics are somehow not working. It also alerts my phone of its status, entries, and any attempts at messing with or breaking into the safe. The safe is large enough for an AR, a shotgun, some ammo, a couple of handguns, and some miscellaneous stuff like my car keys, some cash, etc.

The safe works well. It allows me to keep my EDC locked up. It gives me secure, rapid, ready access to firearms right there in my bedroom. I like the safe, and it works well.

By Divemedic, ago

Blame the IRS

Posting is delayed this morning because I am in the middle of doing my least favorite chore of the year- closing the books on 2023, and preparing my taxes.

Feel free to curse the IRS during this most difficult time.

By Divemedic, ago

It’s Official

I have seen more than enough of these incidents. Cops only being badasses when they know they can’t lose.

To those who say that this man was interfering- what does the law say? What is the definition of interfering? It looks like he is far enough away to not be interfering, except for the imagination of the cop thinking that he is going to be attacked from 100 feet away.

The sentence that says it all: “Jesus, I thought you guys were supposed to be good.” When you have Joe Sixpack and Suzie Soccermom thinking that you aren’t the good guys, you have lost America.

As I have said before, all settlements and lawsuits for cop misbehavior should be paid directly from the police pension fund. If that means cop pensions get cut, then maybe the cops will clear out the ones who do shit like this. Make them have skin in the game.

By Divemedic, ago

That’s Funny Right There

Michelle Obama as President Camacho.

This reminds me of what it feels like to argue with most people, especially on the Internet.

The only difference is that, in real life, someone ends the discussion with one or more of the four following responses:

  • You are a racist/fascist
  • All you MAGAts are evil
  • You just wait until we start arresting your types
  • I am reporting you for saying mean things
By Divemedic, ago

Secondary Stops

A proposal to ban police officers from pulling over drivers for minor traffic violations, known as “secondary stops,”

Wait, so the cops in Connecticut won’t be able to use stops for your license plate light being out as an excuse to search you and your entire car? Republicans are opposed to it, of course. They can’t wait to lick the boot.

I was with the article until I got to this:

Data on traffic stops in 2023 also showed that Black and Hispanic drivers were more likely to be stopped for an “administrative offense” or a license plate display issue, were stopped for longer periods of time, and more likely to have their vehicles searched when compared to White drivers.

That’s because most of the police are sent to black neighborhoods, due to those neighborhoods being where most of the crime is located. They should have stuck to showing how these stops don’t really do anything to prevent crime and left the race card out of it.

By Divemedic, ago

Don’t Criticize the Dear Leader

A man sent Joe Biden a box containing hundreds of sex toys on Valentine’s Day, along with a note telling the President to go f*ck himself.

He was arrested by the Secret Service, and is being held incommunicado in an undisclosed location.

He has been vzyali. That’s what you get for speaking out against the most popular President ever.

EDIT: So it appears that the above link is a satire site. They got me. The best satire is that which is indistinguishable from reality.

By Divemedic, ago