Dean Weingarten.

Red-flag laws do not appear to produce measurable results. They can be very effective at undercutting fundamental Constitutional rights.  The wording used in this reporting, does not bode well:

will allow law enforcement to temporarily take dangerous weapons away from people 

Once taken, it can be complicated to regain possession of firearms from “law enforcement.” All weapons are “dangerous.” All people are potentially dangerous.

Temporarily often becomes indefinite, which often becomes permanent.

What is a “boyfriend loophole”?  It is not a legal term but rather Orwellian propaganda meant to deceive. There is no “boyfriend loophole” in federal law.

The term is meant as a way to expand the prohibited status of people who commit domestic violence to people who are in casual relationships. It is a way of expanding the list of people prohibited from exercising their Second Amendment rights.

Misdemeanors are inherently less serious than felonies. The details here are important and unspecified so far.

Prohibition against a person buying guns for others.

There is already a prohibition against people purchasing guns for others in federal law. Watch for this to be expanded so than no one is allowed to buy a firearm for anyone else. This may be a way to push for a ban on private sales.

Enhanced background checks for those under 21. Almost certainly unconstitutional, this appears to be a waiting period measure. Watch for this to be used as justification to ban private sales.

Clarification of who is a gun dealer.  This is a double edged sword. A clear definition of what constitutes “doing business” has been sought for decades. It seems unlikely a good definition can come from this administration. Watch for a definition where it is hard to obtain a Federal Firearms License, but easy to be prosecuted for not having one.

As usual, I think Dean is right.  And as usual, the republican senators and congressmen are too stupid to see through the smoke, or too collectivist to care.

Wait for the details to come out.  No, I’m not saying wait for the details like some pols are saying wait for the details to decide whether to support this (like the fools at NRO).  I’m saying wait for the details and you will see just how bad this is and just how much trouble this causes to the gun community.

And then never forget the men and women who did this.

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Mark Burns in South Carolina, for example, was an early Trump supporter in 2016. He’s an evangelical minister, a conspiracy theorist and pastor at the Harvest Praise & Worship Center. He’s running for Congress in the state’s 4th congressional district, and his platform reads like a grab bag of right-wing ideas:

• Our right to bear arms is INHERENT, given to us by God almighty — NOT by any man;
• If we don’t fix these elections NOW, America will be lost. Without open, honest, transparent elections, no other issue matters;
• Life begins at conception;
• Marriage is defined as between one man and one woman;
• Critical Race Theory is Communist, anti-white Racism;
• Vaccine and mask mandates are medical tyranny, and have no place in America;
• The Pelosi budget opens the door wide open to full-blown communism.

A “grab bag” of right-wing ideas, you say?  It sounds like a reasonable list of things to run on to me.

The Salon writer is aghast at all of this.  Wonder what he would say if he found out I’m a Christian Reconstructionist and read R. J. Rushdoony?

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Illinois deer hunters will soon have more tools available to them during the hunting season after the signing of a recent law.

House Bill 4386, signed by Gov. Pritzker on May 27, allows for the use of centerfire, single-shot rifles for deer hunting in the firearm set as set by the director of natural resources every year.

These lighter rifles join the list of legal hunting firearms, which includes slug-ammunition shotguns, muzzleloading rifles and centerfire handguns.

The newly-approved firearms must still abide by site-specific regulations and use legal ammunition.

Additionally, the law makes it illegal, during deer hunting season, to possess or be in proximity of a non-centerfire rifle or a magazine capable of making a rifle not a single shot.

The bill goes into effect on January 1, 2023. You can read the text of the bill here.

Have y’all ever been to Ilinois?  I have.  Only to visit on a work assignment.

What most people don’t understand is that the corn belt runs through Illinois.  Miles upon miles upon miles upon miles of nothing but corn fields as far as the eye can see.

Here the controllers are “giving up” something for the deer hunters by giving them a rifle to hunt.  Single shot only.  I might have understood it a bit more if they had limited it to straight walled cartridges as they do in some states, but in this case, they want no semiautomatics, or at least, no magazine to be found near the hunter.

I’m glad I don’t live there.

Read John 6:43-47

“44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.” – John 6:44-45

In verse 44 above, Jesus declares that the Father calls those as He will to the Son for an inheritance in the resurrection. As to verse 45, see Isaiah 54:13, and some consider Jeremiah 31:34 along with Micah 4:2, but many don’t regard the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) as the work of God that verse 45 speaks to, but we do.

Jesus goes on to say: “Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. – John 6:46

Starting with John 6:46 and considering John 1:18, 14:9 (Below), an understanding of these three verses is unknowable but by those receiving the earnest of the promise for life everlasting by salvation in Christ.

“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.” – John 1:18

“Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?” – John 14:9

Rife with seeming contradictions, except that the Spirit of God explains, these verses cause the blind to cast off His word as mere poorly constructed mysticism or fables. But unto those drawn by the Father (verse 44), born anew by the Spirit, having come to Christ in contrite desire to learn of the Father, saved by faith in Jesus Christ, we know well and true that the three are one God. If you’ve seen the Father, you’ve seen the Son (John 10:30). Having seen the Son, you’ve seen the Father. Being drawn to the knowledge (faith) of the Father or the Son, that comes through the functioning of the Spirit. If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen God altogether.

Put down your doubt of forgiveness from sin, by the cross of Jesus Christ, and take up salvation from death and hell through the resurrection, by faith unto life everlasting, that you may learn of God, drawn and called into a new life, a better life to know God. We know Him not by the vain imaginings of our mind, the explanations of self-proclaimed gurus and new age “prophets,” or the false teachers of the New Religion. We know Him, having our eyes opened by faith. It’s so rare as to prove the rule; in the Gospel age, those coming to faith don’t see Christ then believe; they hear the truth of the Gospel (Hebrews 11:6), make a profession of faith in their heart before the throne of God (Romans 10:9-10), that faith brings the surety of God by His Spirit. God teaches (reveals) of Himself to bring faith.

Nor could verse 45 mean only that academic study or classroom instruction is the means of knowing God, for many have religion, learning about God, and perhaps trying to keep a law to get to heaven. For these, the law is unto death, a schoolmaster (Galatians 3:24) from which you both realize your sin and seek Christ’s forgiveness or be determined guilty of God by the law (Romans 2:12) that you could never keep, for if you break one point, you’ve broken them all (James 2:10).

As the Father has mercy on His sons, He is not less the Master for showing His love; drawn by the Father, salvation is a gift by His grace, but Jesus Christ is also the Lord upon whom you must believe.

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.” – John 6:47

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After days of negotiations that worried Second Amendment advocates and law-abiding firearm owners due to talk of sweeping new restrictions, it seems like — for now at least — the Republican members of the bipartisan working group held the line on the strictest proposals, though they didn’t stop Democrats on all fronts in the talks that made many conservatives scratch their heads.

The bipartisan group of Senators — led by Chris Murphy (D-CT) and John Cornyn (R-TX) — announced their proposal for legislation they seem to think has a chance of making it through their evenly-divided chamber.

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The proposal includes providing “resources” — likely grant incentives — to states if they implement so-called “red flag laws.” It also includes investing taxpayer dollars in mental health services for families and in schools along with school safety resources to “to help institute safety measures in and around primary and secondary schools, support school violence prevention efforts and provide training to school personnel and students.” The proposal announcement also says legislators will seek to include an “enhanced review period” for firearm purchasers under 21 years old.

Rather than passing a federal red flag law, they’re trying to buy off the states to do it for them using money we don’t have.

Here are a few predictions.  First, you can expect the usual suspects to go along with it (e.g., Cornyn, Collins, Graham, Romney, Thune, etc.).  Second, the red flag laws will be abused by taking away firearms from peaceable men without due process.  Angry wives or girlfriends divorcing or breaking up with their husbands or boyfriends will use this to their advantage.  Men, be careful with whom you cavort, search for godly women, be godly yourselves, and manage your households well.  Be a good leader and keep your home in proper order.

Third, nothing in this will amount to a hill of beans when it comes to actually making schools safer.  But that’s never the point of gun control, is it?  Fourth – and besides red flag laws this is the most significant change – you can bet your bottom dollar on one thing.  Any money that flows to public schools will have strings attached.  You can count on it.

So parents who were (justly) angry over critical race theory or gender confusion being taught to their children can get prepared to be angry all over again.  The strings may involve something like the requirement to teach CRT in order to get the funding for security.

Remember.  The senators and congressmen don’t write the laws.  They just vote on them.  The bottomless pit of money gets attached and spent, and the strings all get attached, as lawyers and congressional aids work through the details and create the resultant monster.  And it will end up being a monster that infringes on constitutional rights.  Mark my words and hold me to it.

You’ll have to pass the bill before you know what’s in it.

I have one final recommendation.  Home school your children.

I think it’s fairly common knowledge that you cannot grip a revolver the same way you do a semi-automatic pistol.  You cannot put your finger near the gap between the cylinder and the forcing cone.

But some newer gun owners may not be aware of this.  If you cannot get some one to teach you to do it the right way, read articles and watch videos to teach yourself.

Wheel guns are awesome and every man should have one or more.  But like any firearm, they come with warnings on their usage.

I would rather never be in a position like this.  That bear closed fast and had ill intentions.

“Shall not be infringed” should have limits. Politicians getting paid by the @NRA need to realize this too. What does the NRA do again? Nothing.

— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) June 2, 2022

I knew I didn’t like the guy.  A little too attention-seeking for my tastes.  There was also some controversy when the deed was done about who did it and how it went down.

Anyway, this is all the reason I need to dislike him.