Politics

[YancyW]

The sort of nonsense that confirms to the left that the right is truly batshit crazy.

It was filed by a democrat.

 

[Doubleplay]

100 years of precedent or 100 years of non enforcement?

The 14th amendment was meant to protect the voting rights of freed slaves; not enshrine cheap labor.

Did you hear the Reagan appointed judge?
BTW Your argument has been tested before.
I don’t like the amendment but the only place to amend it should be the congress.
What’s next 22nd amendment with XO?

 

[Doubleplay]

Yes sir, it’s amazing how fast Saudi went front not taking presidential calls to investing in our economy.

As for Bank Of America - I noticed that too, and glad to see it, BOA has been screwing with gun companies for years.

I remember reading over a decade ago an article by the owner of McMillan stocks/guns talking about the day his BOA manger met with him to say…

“We’ll be parting ways with you as a customer as your company no longer aligns with BOA’s image”

Meaning you build guns so we don’t want your business.

Ironically though BOA was the first bank to open accounts for people without SS#’s.

Last time I looked we are free market economy. Government should not interfere with who does business with whom or punish them because of it.
I was importing shotguns and was very happy with the service I got from BOA and never told to take my business anywhere.

If there’s one area to interfere it’s the insurance industry. They are either pulling out of certain areas or increasing premiums by 10 fold in some cases.

 

[Red Leg]

$600 BILLION.

typo

 

[Altitude sickness]

The main offense Bank of America is accused of committing is tracking firearm purchases and sending that information to bad actors inside the government.

 

[Red Leg]

Did you hear the Reagan appointed judge?
BTW Your argument has been tested before.
I don’t like the amendment but the only place to amend it should be the congress.
What’s next 22nd amendment with XO?

Jonathan Turley, who actually knows a bit about constitutional law, is worth reading on the subject. No one knows how the court will eventually rule, but SCOTUS will get an opportunity to review this decision. I would expect it may be coming to a head somewhere around the mid-terms - something team Trump likely carefully considered.

No, It Is Not Racist To Oppose Birthright Citizenship

Below is my column in The Hill on the recent controversy over President Donald Trump’s comments on ending birthright citizenship. The most notable criticism came from Professor Lawrence Tribe…

jonathanturley.org

 

[deewayne2003]

Last time I looked we are free market economy. Government should not interfere with who does business with whom or punish them because of it.
I was importing shotguns and was very happy with the service I got from BOA and never told to take my business anywhere.

If there’s one area to interfere it’s the insurance industry. They are either pulling out of certain areas or increasing premiums by 10 fold in some cases.

Were a free market economy, until you consider the monopolies in place - just look at the food industry and as you stated insurance. However in a free market economy like ours that is obsessed with equality you can't be a publicly traded company and discriminate against lawful commerce while at the same time facilitating banking for people in the country illegally; while sending banking information of legal US citizens to government agencies.... Without a warrant which I believe is a 4th amendment violation.

Reagan appointed judge..... Yes I heard and couldn't care less who appointed him, there are lots of people who are convinced that Reagan is the messiah, but I'm not one of them. Just look at how disastrous his 1986 Amnesty turned out.

Reagan also banned the manufacture and import of machine guns that were regulated by the NFA of 1934..... I do not agree with that either.

 

[rookhawk]

Jonathan Turley, who actually knows a bit about constitutional law, is worth reading on the subject. No one knows how the court will eventually rule, but SCOTUS will get an opportunity to review this decision. I would expect it may be coming to a head somewhere around the mid-terms - something team Trump likely carefully considered.

No, It Is Not Racist To Oppose Birthright Citizenship

Below is my column in The Hill on the recent controversy over President Donald Trump’s comments on ending birthright citizenship. The most notable criticism came from Professor Lawrence Tribe…

jonathanturley.org

I'm a big fan of native americans, but I'm as hostile a person as you'll ever meet regarding reservations. Corrupt, Marxist, Filthy, Hopeless, hellholes. (*with at least one exception, a capitalist tribe in the Carolinas that is filthy rich)

This birthright citizenship debate actually gets tangled up with native americans too. It is conceivable based on prior law that native americans may be citizens of their nations, but not of their states.

Of course we're not going to screw over our fellow citizens, but we might just screw over these fake indian nations where they will be required to end their marxist hellholes inside our borders, OR close their reservations because they cannot fund the full burden for "their people".

My biggest complaint: American Indians can rarely own their lands, commie-reservations own their lands. They cannot sell their land to anyone of any residency. If they improve their lands and leave town for 30 days, squatters rights kick in. It's damned the indigenous American to third world conditions and no property rights. It's how to keep someone poor and dependent on a mob for generations.

God bless the native american and damn their bullshit governments.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Jonathan Turley, who actually knows a bit about constitutional law, is worth reading on the subject. No one knows how the court will eventually rule, but SCOTUS will get an opportunity to review this decision. I would expect it may be coming to a head somewhere around the mid-terms - something team Trump likely carefully considered.

No, It Is Not Racist To Oppose Birthright Citizenship

Below is my column in The Hill on the recent controversy over President Donald Trump’s comments on ending birthright citizenship. The most notable criticism came from Professor Lawrence Tribe…

jonathanturley.org

Interestingly, the Turley article was written in 2019, during Trump's first term. Unfinished business might get taken care of this go around.

 

[Rocked and Loaded]

 

[Doubleplay]

Were a free market economy, until you consider the monopolies in place - just look at the food industry and as you stated insurance. However in a free market economy like ours that is obsessed with equality you can't be a publicly traded company and discriminate against lawful commerce while at the same time facilitating banking for people in the country illegally; while sending banking information of legal US citizens to government agencies.... Without a warrant which I believe is a 4th amendment violation.

Reagan appointed judge..... Yes I heard and couldn't care less who appointed him, there are lots of people who are convinced that Reagan is the messiah, but I'm not one of them. Just look at how disastrous his 1986 Amnesty turned out.

Reagan also banned the manufacture and import of machine guns that were regulated by the NFA of 1934..... I do not agree with that either.

So why doesn’t Trump take the machine gun issue you think?
He has the majority in both houses.
Publicly traded companies are open books. If they were caught in wrongdoing law will go after them not the executive branch!
There’s a reason we have three branches of the government.

 

[flatwater bill]

Now that free speech is coming back, I posed this question on another website, re The Presidential election:
1. total votes cast in 2020........158.4 million
2. total votes cast in 2024.........151.3 million
Where did the 7 million voters go? Did they ever exist?
This was censored 4 years ago. Not this time. And there may be a good explanation. But I can think of a bad one..............FWB

 

[rookhawk]

Now that free speech is coming back, I posed this question on another website, re The Presidential election:
1. total votes cast in 2020........158.4 million
2. total votes cast in 2024.........151.3 million
Where did the 7 million voters go? Did they ever exist?
This was censored 4 years ago. Not this time. And there may be a good explanation. But I can think of a bad one..............FWB

Just the activities pushed by the Republicans to purge voter rolls this cycle could have made up a large amount of the difference.

To cheat in an election, you don't need to centrally coordinate anything. There are enough converging interests with community activists, marxists, government low-level workers, and private citizens to cheat into the millions of votes. Purged voter rolls greatly reduces the fraud potential.

 

[deewayne2003]

So why doesn’t Trump take the machine gun issue you think?
He has the majority in both houses.
Publicly traded companies are open books. If they were caught in wrongdoing law will go after them not the executive branch!
There’s a reason we have three branches of the government.

I think Trump doesn't take up the machine gun issue because he knows damn well there are more important things to handle at present..... Like immigration, which was the #1 concern of the American voters, ergo why he won both the electoral AND popular vote.

Publicly traded companies being held accountable..... You mean like face book censuring factual data during Covid and Hunter's lap top, at the behest of the executive branch? - Yeah the justice department really got ahold of that one! LOLOL

 

[Brent in Az]

Now that free speech is coming back, I posed this question on another website, re The Presidential election:
1. total votes cast in 2020........158.4 million
2. total votes cast in 2024.........151.3 million
Where did the 7 million voters go? Did they ever exist?
This was censored 4 years ago. Not this time. And there may be a good explanation. But I can think of a bad one..............FWB

The big covid year cheat with ballot harvesting, mail ins, drop boxes

Biden also won the popular vote by 7 million, so the math and methods add up. Methods that they didn't get away with this time around

 

[rookhawk]

The problem with the 1986 machine gun issue is the law will probably nullify it if its pressed. That would be bad for gun owners because the PR from that would potentially result in a constitutional amendment. We'd be treading on dangerous grounds if we get to revise the 2nd amendment.

I think the best path is the erosion of bad administrative rules at BATF through good appointments plus the incessant litigation we continue to win on smaller things (pistol braces are SBRs) that keep getting thrown out by the courts.

 

[Lone Star Bluegrass]

The problem with the 1986 machine gun issue is the law will probably nullify it if its pressed. That would be bad for gun owners because the PR from that would potentially result in a constitutional amendment. We'd be treading on dangerous grounds if we get to revise the 2nd amendment.

I think the best path is the erosion of bad administrative rules at BATF through good appointments plus the incessant litigation we continue to win on smaller things (pistol braces are SBRs) that keep getting thrown out by the courts.

I agree but the desire to get standing to challenge a federal gun charge is uninviting to most anyone, especially if they have the means to litigate it.

 

[rookhawk]

I agree but the desire to get standing to challenge a federal gun charge is uninviting to most anyone, especially if they have the means to litigate it.

True. Sadly, those that run afoul of machine gun laws fall into two camps: 1.) The law abiding being strung out on a technicality, 2.) The disgusting criminal that had nefarious intentions.

The odds of us finding a true "choir boy" that has recommendations from the rotary club and a character statement from a governor that can serve as the litigant is low-odds. If he loses, he's in prison the rest of his life and probably detained for 10 years awaiting appeals up to the SCOTUS.

 

[YancyW]

The problem with the 1986 machine gun issue is the law will probably nullify it if its pressed. That would be bad for gun owners because the PR from that would potentially result in a constitutional amendment. We'd be treading on dangerous grounds if we get to revise the 2nd amendment.

I think the best path is the erosion of bad administrative rules at BATF through good appointments plus the incessant litigation we continue to win on smaller things (pistol braces are SBRs) that keep getting thrown out by the courts.

You think 3/4th of states would support a change to the 2nd Amendment? I have worked in state legislatures for close to 25 years now, on the whole they are significantly more right of center than ever before and orders of magnitude more pro-gun. There are only 21 states that now even require a concealed carry permit, you are going to need 38 of them to support a change to the Constitution.

 

[rookhawk]

You think 3/4th of states would support a change to the 2nd Amendment? I have worked in state legislatures for close to 25 years now, on the whole they are significantly more right of center than ever before and orders of magnitude more pro-gun. There are only 21 states that now even require a concealed carry permit, you are going to need 38 of them to support a change to the Constitution.

Respectfully, all it would take is a couple of dumb states to believe that the law would be liberalized (lessened) to open up a constitutional convention. All it would take is mainstream media to showcase some false flag or gay nightclub + school shooting and the public's perception of the 2nd amendment would shatter overnight.

Let us fight the long game with prudence and wisdom, never feeling cocky to bite off more than we can chew at once. We are winning, we will continue to win battles. If we take on everything at once we will lose the war.

Wasn't it a critique of Hannibal's generals? "Hannibal you are the best general to win a battle, but you're terrible at winning wars?"

Lets be Scipio, not Hannibal.