The FBI’s Gestapo Tactics: Hallmarks of an Authoritarian Regime

September 2, 2022September 3, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

August 22, 2022 – By John & Nisha Whitehead

“We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. FBI is tending in that direction.”—Harry Truman

With every passing day, the United States government borrows yet another leaf from Nazi Germany’s playbook: Secret police. Secret courts. Secret government agencies. Surveillance. Censorship. Intimidation. Harassment. Torture. Brutality. Widespread corruption. Entrapment. Indoctrination. Indefinite detention.
The FBI’s Gestapo Tactics: Hallmarks of an Authoritarian Regime

No, SCOTUS ruling does not overturn all state restrictions on concealed carry

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The court struck down a New York law that required people have a specific reason to obtain a concealed carry permit. But other types of requirements can stay.
No, SCOTUS ruling does not overturn all state restrictions on concealed carry

Highlights of bipartisan gun violence bill signed by Biden

June 25, 2022June 25, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The bipartisan bill signed by President Joe Biden that aims to address gun violence will incrementally toughen requirements for young people to buy guns, deny firearms from more domestic abusers and help local authorities temporarily take weapons away from people judged to be dangerous
Highlights of bipartisan gun violence bill signed by Biden

House GOP scorns bipartisan Senate guns deal

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Republican members said to expect “15 or 20” of them to support the legislation, a far lower ratio of support than the bill has garnered across the Capitol.
House GOP scorns bipartisan Senate guns deal

The Flaw in the Progressive Stance on Guns + AOC Suggests Checking Juvenile Criminal Records To Be Able To Buy A Gun Could Be Racist

June 19, 2022June 19, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The flaw in the progressive stance on guns

Fulminating at congressional inaction in the face of spree killers may be satisfying and even necessary. But it is unlikely to persuade them to change the law. Continuing to insist on new rules while shying away from enforcing existing ones, meanwhile, burns credibility with conservative voters, who see a left that’s eager to penalize their hobby and reluctant to punish criminals.
Considerable progress against gun violence is politically and logistically feasible with more quality-of-life policing and vigorous prosecution of illegal gun possession — and the increased levels of incarceration both would require. If progressives want to make guns harder to get but don’t want to prosecute those who have guns illegally, then … it’s almost as if they’re inviting a future in which only outlaws will have guns.

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May Was the 34th Consecutive Month With 1 Million or More Guns Sold

June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

Innumerate media types will look at the NSSF’s graph of adjusted background check data and thrill to the fact that May, 2022’s total was down significantly from the 2020 spike and the 2021 total.
But if you look at the May, 2022 bar on the graph in relation to The Time Before years, you’ll see that last month’s adjusted NICS total was about 20% higher than it’s been in any previous May. Let that sink in for a minute. Americans are still buying guns a relatively blistering pace and with the current push in Washington to take advantage of the Buffalo and Uvalde shootings, that isn’t likely to change any time soon.
May Was the 34th Consecutive Month With 1 Million or More Guns Sold