Rare Breed Triggers is suing the ATF over a cease and desist order. The company claims that their forced reset trigger is not legally a machine gun. The owner of the company says “It’s not how fast the gun shoots, it’s how the gun shoots fast.” Judge for yourself:
Presidency
What if?
Trump had used a racially derogatory term during a FEMA briefing?
- Biden has lost his mind
- The press is largely ignoring it.
Power Grab
Breaking- Rittenhouse attorney missing
The attorney who represented Kyle Rittenhouse and currently representing seventeen people charged in the Jan 6 investigation is missing with conflicting information on his whereabouts.
Has he been Epsteined?
economics
Inflation coming
Every indicator is saying inflation is coming even worse than it already has. Protect your assets.
Gold, silver.
Arts and Crafts
Tactical coordination
Imagine using these thermal imaging scopes and their ATN radar mode to track Antifa rioters peaceful protesters and sharing that information real time between team members.
This would be an incredible force multiplier. However, if things went hot it would also allow you to be tracked. Even so, I’m sure there are some great uses for it, as long as you are careful.
Power Grab
Reconciliation can do anything
The Democrats are using reconciliation to make 12 weeks of paid family leave a requirement under Federal law.
Will it be used next for gun control?
fun
Navy sound effects
For those of you who want to have Navy flashbacks, there are all kinds of sound effects.
Uncategorized
Sweepstakes
Faxon firearms is having a sweepstakes. One lucky person will win:
- Faxon Firearms Sentry 16″ 5.56 Modern Sporting Rifle (1) with custom Cerakote & Laser work completed by One Off Coating LLC
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- TOPS Knives Operator 7 Knife (1), TOPS Trucker Hat (1), Operator 7 T-Shirt (1), TOPS Shot Glass (1)
- INFORCE WMLx Light (1)
- OTIS Technology 5.56 Defender Series Cleaning Kit (1)
- Action Target PT Scout Complete Kit with 12″ AR500 Circle (1)
- Weber Tactical AR Mag Pouches (2), Trifecta Holster (1)
- DoubleTap Ammunition 223 Rem 62GR DT Lead Free SC-HP 20rds (6)
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Communism
Why is it my responsibility?
Amanda Rinehart is a mother in Pennsylvania who left her job to care for her 8 year old child. She complains that her child is too young to receive a vaccine, so she has to keep her child out of school until there is a vaccine for children. For that reason, the US taxpayer should continue to pay for her to not go to work, according to her. In all, she has received more than $37,000 from the government since she quit working, if you only count unemployment, the free money for having a kid, and the COVID stimulus money.
On the other hand, only 39 percent of the US public paid Federal taxes last year. I was one of them. While a large part of the US population was sitting at home for the past year, not doing anything, I was working, investing, and providing the money for her to sit on her ass and complain that she isn’t getting enough of MY money.
I would argue that Ms. Reinhart isn’t losing HER unemployment. She is merely losing her ability to suck even more of my money out of my wallet, and the wallets of my fellow taxpayers.
You will note that there is absolutely no mention of a Mr. Rinehart. Where is the father of this child? How am I responsible to provide for his child, yet he is not?
The people on the left will say that I am greedy because I don’t want to help her. I have no problem helping the poor, as long as they are attempting to help themselves. I don’t see how it is greedy for me to want to keep my money for my own use, yet not greedy for this woman to demand access to my money with the only claim to it being that she couldn’t keep her legs closed.
Military
Disturbing escalation
From Miguel, I learned today that the US military is threatening to expand the application of the UCMJ with regards to retired military saying disparaging things about the President. The Article to be used is Article 88. One thing that strikes me as odd is that Article 88 only applies to commissioned officers. I am sure that they will find another article to go after enlisted retirees.
Most obviously, the UCMJ applies to those who are currently serving on active duty in the armed forces, students enrolled in a federal service academy, and prisoners of war. After an amendment in the 2010s, the UCMJ also applies with equal force to contractors or other individuals “serving with or accompanying an armed force in the field.”
Now it is not unheard of for the UCMJ to be applied to those who are no longer in the military, but the use has been very narrow and specific before now.
The UCMJ does not apply to veterans who were discharged before reaching 20 years of service. The UCMJ also does not apply to retired reservists. However, it does apply to service members who retired from active-duty service, especially the Navy or Marines. This is because marines and sailors who leave active duty after more than 20 years in uniform but less than 30 and who want to collect retiree pay move into the Fleet Reserve, or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve. That’s right- retirees from the military are actually reservists.
Before 2021, I could not find any case of a retiree being prosecuted for a minor offence. Each incident I found involved serious offenses like kidnapping, sexual assault, or murder.
The problem here is that using the UCMJ changes everything. The application of UCMJ jurisdiction to retirees is significant because courts-martial are not Article III courts and are therefore not subject to some of the basic protections contained within the Bill of Rights. For instance, court-martialed defendants do not have the right to a jury trial; instead, an eight-person “member panel” selected by a high-ranking officer serves as the trier of fact.
That all changed after January 6. That was when the US military began using the UCMJ to go after military retirees for participating in the protest. This is a major expansion of military authority. This administration truly HAS declared war on the right. In unequivocal terms, they have said that no one can criticize this President without risking jail time.