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Should 2A Groups Make Opposition to Legal Immigration an Issue? A Response to David Codrea. [More] Cam Edwards gets involved in the kerfluffle and asks me to give him some answers. Nobody will still answer me throughout all this, but why not? It’ll be a few days, though, because there’s only one of me and … Continue reading "A Response to a Response to a Response"
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With only one week left in Canada’s buyback-of-banned-arms program, Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree suggests police will go door-to-door during Spring and Summer to collect guns. [More] Gary Anandasangaree… Gary Anandasangaree… Isn’t he that immigrant from Sri Lanka? And he’s now making that threat against the people who welcomed him in and gave him … Continue reading "Emperor of the North"
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed a lawsuit challenging the ban on firearms possession in federal facilities operated by the National Park Service. [More] I’m just surprised no one is demanding another environmental impact study…
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A former Massachusetts police officer has been found not guilty of attempting to shoot a brother in blue after she testified she was trying to kill herself as officers arrived at her home to serve a restraining order filed by her ex-fiancé. [More] More proof that only the police should have guns… Hey, I wonder … Continue reading "We’re the Only Ones Mental Enough"
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Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden injured in ‘negligent discharge’ at Philadelphia airport [More] Shades of Lee Paige! Did “Dr. Jill” help him? Oh, wait– she’s not that kind of doctor? This seems like a fair question: What was he doing “handling a service weapon”?
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WATCH: Liberal Hack Chris Hahn DISGUSTINGLY Blames ‘Guns’ for Illegal Alien Murder of Chicago Woman — Katie Pavlich TORCHES Him in Fiery Debate [More] Refusal to address facts and trying to redirect with a non sequitur argument reminds me of someone else’s “debating” style… OK, fine, but what’s this have to do with blueberries? [Via bondmen]
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Tennessee Capitol
On March 16, 2026, the Tennessee Legislature transmitted Bill SB0350 to Governor Bill Lee. Governor Bill Lee is expected to sign the legislation. Governor Lee signed a Constitutional Carry Bill in 2021. Bill SB0350 guarantee's renters rights to keep and bear arms will not be subject to cancellation by rental contracts. The bill does not apply to state and federal government leases or rentals of property. The bill applies to both residential and commercial renters. While Governor Lee is expected to sign SB0350, if he does not veto the bill by the 28th of March, the bill will become law without his signature.
The Tennessee Senate passed the bill on February 27, 2026 on a 27 to 5 vote. The Tennessee House followed with a 72 - 22 vote on March 9, with an amendment. The Senate concurred with the amendment on March 12, 32 -0. Governor Lee is term limited in Tennessee. His term will expire when a new governor takes office in January of 2027. From the bill:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66, Chapter 7, is amended by adding the following as a new section:
66-7-113.
(a) On and after July 1, 2025, a landlord shall not prohibit a tenant or a tenant's guest from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting, or storing a firearm, any part of a firearm, or firearm ammunition in the tenant's home, apartment, or business; in a vehicle located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants' guests by the landlord of the leased premises; or in other locations controlled by the landlord as necessary to enter or exit the tenant's home, apartment, or business, to enter or exit the leased premises, or to enter or exit a vehicle located on the leased premises or in a parking area provided by the landlord for tenants or tenants' guests.
The bill provides for remedies if the landlord insists on prohibiting firearms, Renter who have been damaged may file a civil lawsuit against a landlord for "actual damages, punitive damages, and recovery of attorney fees". New leases may be placed into effect by July 1, 2026 as long as existing lease provisions against firearms are not enforced.
Analysis: The major effect of such bills are to remove from landlords any liability for damages which could be claimed in the event of use of firearms on the landlord's property, even when rented to another person. Because those who wish the population disarmed have failed to do so legislatively and judicially, the mechanism of civil suits has been employed to create bans which would otherwise be considered ridiculous. Through zoning and the threat of lawsuit, landlords have been required to provide all sorts of services which they might otherwise not be required to do. This is part of the reason for increasing housing costs. Bills such as SB0350 do not require action on the part of landlords; they require inaction. An armed public is considered to be in the interest of the Republic. Actions making it difficult to maintain an armed public are thus against the interests of governments in the United States.
In reality, such bans are extremely difficult to enforce. They are primarily used to allow landlords to remove unwanted tenants. Failure to pay rent or damage to property should remain the primary reason to remove unwanted tenants.
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Jesse Ventura Claims Trump Staged Assassination Attempt With Wrestling ‘Blade Job’ On His Own Ear [More] So much for a beautiful friendship… [Via bondmen]
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‘The Era of Deportations Has Begun’: EU Parliament Approves Member Countries Setting up Return Hubs Outside the EU To Send Failed ‘Asylum Seekers’ [More] Good thing they don’t have a Second Amendment there… [Via bondmen]
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Received via email: Or as my critics are wont to say: “F___ mission creep… Holy s___ shut the f___ up. These issues are completely seperate… This has nothing to do with guns. Shut up and stay in your lane… F___. Off… No they aren’t, shut up.” Wine club, anyone…?
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Uh… point of order… Socialism IS fascism. They can’t get this Singham character on RICO charges or Logan Act violations?
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Former Dolton, Illinois ‘super mayor’ pushes for federal troops in Chicago after father shot in neck – ‘Yes, it is true, my family has been directly affected by the senseless gun violence that continues to plague Illinois,’ Tiffany Henyard wrote [More] If that’s her plague diagnosis, she hasn’t learned a thing, but anything that causes … Continue reading "A Mugged Liberal"
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This is the same Indian imigrant who fantasizes I’m a proponent of forced “reeducation camps” for “Indians already here.” The contortions some people will put themselves through, to where he’s ready to shoot people like me, “incl” the “Top Voice of the Second Amendment” over his loopy inferences rather than just addressing objective observations, is … Continue reading "For When I Turn Tyrannical"
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Democrats against ICE being there would rather this boy had died than been saved by that agent, just like Democrats who want to ban guns would rather those who have successfully defended themselves with one had been murdered instead of armed.
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Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Carrying Isn’t Enough: What Our Data Reveals About the Gap Between Carry and Capability I don’t think the problem is unique to the women who answered this survey. Training with a gun is great. […]On March 27, 196 BC, the Rosetta Stone and others like it were ordered to be inscribed with the Decree of Memphis proclaiming the rule of the King of Ptolemaic Egypt, Ptolemy V. — March 27, 1513: Spaniard Juan Ponce de León and his expedition first sighted the coast of Florida. — And on March 27, 1855 Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner patented kerosene. — Today’s feature post is a re-post from the SurvivalBlog archives. — Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest ends in just a few days. Get your entries in soon! More than $981,000 worth of prizes …
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Editor’s Note: This is a re-post of a SurvivalBlog article from May, 2008. Given the recent fuel price spikes and the many e-mails that I’ve recently received asking about fuel storage, I thought that it was apropos to dig up this practical article from the blog’s early archives. Given that liquid fuel costs are climbing dramatically, and likely to continue rising, I would like to share some of the practices for fuel storage we employ. For our homestead, liquid fuel equates to four items, namely: Propane, diesel fuel, kerosene and last but not least gasoline. For each fuel, there are …
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In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. Economics & Investing Links of Interest Several readers sent this: The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it. Newly released IRS data shows Red States GAINED $39 BILLION in net income in 2023 compared to Blue States LOSING $43 BILLION. The Private Credit Collapse Accelerates. Germany’s Economy At The Point Of No Return. Economics & Investing Media Tips: Please send your economics and investing links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact …
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“I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English―it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don’t let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don’t mean utterly, but kill most of them―then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get rid of as any …
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It's time for Texas State, and I'm remembering a song sung by Part Time at the 2015 Texas State
I'm going to leave it here so that I can find it tomorrow.
By Dave Workman The Louisville, Ky. Metro Council is “urging” the State Assembly to “address common-sense gun regulation,” which translates to carving out Jefferson County and allowing it to set up its own gun control laws, which is currently not allowed under the sate’s preemption law. According to WAVE News, Louisville Councilman Ken Herndon has […]
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All the critics need to do to prove this wrong is to come up with numbers that credibly refute those given. [More] You can’t rebut contentions by avoiding them. It’s past time this argument was more widely noticed in the “pro-gun community.”
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Abraham George is a living example of the American dream. Born in Kerala, India… [More] ,,, hes’ now chairman of the Texas GOP. Things that make you go “Hmmm”… Must be part of the 17%, right? [Via JG]
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3/26/26 Daily Caller presents an Instagram video (which is why I have not included it here:
Shocking video from a radical anti-Iran war protest in Philadelphia showed participants explicitly supporting Islamic terror groups and calling for “cheers” every time an American servicemember comes home “in a casket.”
It also calls for support for Hamas and Hamas. Remember who hates women.
An embattled lawmaker facing five decades in prison will face the congressional spotlight Thursday during an ethics trial that could result in her expulsion from the House of Representatives. [More] So… she’ll be a “prohibited person”…?
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Former NRA president allegedly tosses water, profanity at attorney during hearing [More] I remember when she was THE person credited for Florida being called “The Gunshine State,” but it looks like being Wayne’s Mama Bear has rubbed off the luster. I hope those close to her are making sure that if she needs help she … Continue reading "How the Mighty Have Fallen"
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We don’t hate the DSM enough. You guys who hate Republicans ready for this? [Via Michael G]
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The Democrat governor of Virginia just blamed ICE for the killing of Virginia resident Stephanie Minter by a criminal illegal alien. [More] Man, if you Republican fascists weren’t so racist, this would never have happened. [Via Michael G]
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Wayne Pacelle, the disgraced anti-hunting activist who previously resigned following sexual harassment allegations and a grifter who was once head of the anti-hunting group Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), is at it again. He’s now camouflaging himself as a hunting supporter, which couldn’t be farther from the truth. And he’s doing it to … Continue reading "Getting the Lead Out"
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Arizona Senate Bill 1424 has passed the Senate 17 -2, and has passed in the House Education Committee and the House Rules Committee. The bill creates a requirement for school districts and charter schools to provide age-appropriate firearm safety awareness training in all grades kindergarten - 12 grade.
The instruction is to be objective, and not promote firearms ownership or any political position. The instruction is to be limited to accident prevention and personal safety awareness. It is to include guidance on safe firearms storage in homes and vehicles. The instruction is to give guidance on what to do if a firearm is encountered, to include not touching the firearm and to notify an adult. Inside the bill there is a long list of restrictions about six things which may not be included in the instruction:
3. NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
(a) A LIVE FIREARM.
(b) AMMUNITION OR SIMULATED AMMUNITION.
(c) A DEMONSTRATION THAT INVOLVES HANDLING, OPERATING, LOADING, UNLOADING OR FIRING A FIREARM.
(d) INSTRUCTION THAT IS INTENDED TO TRAIN STUDENTS IN THE USE OF FIREARMS.
(e) A MORAL JUDGMENT REGARDING LAWFUL FIREARM POSSESSION.
(f) AN INQUIRY, SURVEY OR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER A STUDENT, STUDENT'S PARENT OR MEMBER OF THE STUDENT'S HOUSEHOLD OWNS, POSSESSES OR MAY POSSESS A FIREARM OR ABOUT THE FIREARMS STORAGE PRACTICES OF A STUDENT, STUDENT'S PARENT OR MEMBER OF THE STUDENT'S HOUSEHOLD.
The Arizona Citizens Defense League (AZCDL) (this correspondent is a member), supports the legislation. This correspondent did not find a formal statement of opposition against the bill. An advocate for gun storage legislation made the argument the legislature should pass a bill requiring safe storage of guns instead. The bill is considered a partisan bill, supported mostly by Republicans, according to Legiscan. Fatal firearms accidents have declined by over 94% since 1933. The number of firearms per person has increased about 3X during that period. On average, about 61 children die each year in firearms accidents. About 168 children die each year in accidents involving glass tabletops. About as many children die from accidents involving 5 gallon buckets as die in fatal firearms accidents. More children are killed in accidents involving bicycles than are killed in accidents involving firearms. Firearms are one of many hazards children encounter while they grow up.
Analysis: The bill is likely to pass the Arizona legislature, which is narrowly controlled by Republicans. Republicans have a 17 to 13 advantage in the Senate and a 31 to 29 advantage in the House. SB 1424 might avoid Governor Hobbs (D) veto, but it seems unlikely. Governor Katie Hobbs has earned a reputation for the number of vetoes she has given. Governor Hobbs is facing serious re-election challenges. She might sign SB 1424 to claim she is not against rights protected by the Second Amendment.
SB 1424 severely restricts what may be taught to students. This may be necessary to obtain passage in a legislature with a very small majority of Republicans.
The bill is a step toward more comprehensive knowledge about firearms safety. It makes students more aware of firearms. It has the advantage of not being overtly against the ownership or use of firearms. As "age appropriate" instruction about firearms safety, later grade levels might be able to include information about the legal status of firearms in Arizona. It is difficult for people to obey the law if they do not know what the law is. Firearms are one of many potentially hazardous items children encounter while they grow up.
It is far better to gun proof the child than to attempt to create a gun free environment.
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According to the criminal complaint, the victim was sleeping in her bed when she woke up to someone beating on her door and ringing the doorbell. This happened on 18th Street in Brownsville.
The criminal complaint said Rosiek broke a window with a brick and came in through the front door.
Police say he went to the victim's bedroom and started yelling at her.
They say he blocked her doorway, and that's when the victim fired several shots, hitting him in the leg and side of the head.
The complaint says he chased her — and they started fighting — until she was able to run outside to police.
The incredable story of a WWII pilot surviving as a POW and his many escapes. William Ash is the Cooler King.The homeowner told police he was sleeping when he heard noises from the back of his home, then saw an unknown woman inside.
The homeowner stated that when the woman said she wanted to buy his residence, that’s when he shot her.
The woman told police she was shot after she entered the residence through the unlocked back door.
MPD states that the woman is experiencing mental health issues.
The woman was transported to the hospital in non-critical condition and subsequently taken into custody.
On March 26, 1636, the University of Utrecht had its opening ceremony. Pictured is the university’s Academiegebouw Rectory. — March 26, 1790: The US Congress passed the Naturalization Act, requiring two-year residency. — March 26th, 1812: An earthquake now estimated at 7.7 on the Richter scale destroyed 90% of Caracas, Venezuela, and killed an estimated 15,000–20,000 people. — Today’s feature article is an essay by SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, James Wesley, Rawles (JWR). — There are just a few days left to get your Writing Contest article in for the current round of judging.
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Like a lot of teenagers of my generation, I played a Role-Playing Game (RPG) called Dungeons and Dragons (“D&D“.) The majority of the players in our smallish-town D&D group were Christians, so we downplayed the wizardry aspect, and concentrated on adventure and combat. We also shunned most cosplay and Live-Action Roleplaying. (“LARPing”.) This was in the late 1970s, so we had access to just the small-format Chainmail book and the first three D&D boxed-set rulebooks developed by Gary Gygax, et al. This was long before the more popular large-format Advanced D&D books were published. One key aspect of characters in …
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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, more about drone warfare. How to Survive Drone Warfare A very useful new video from Garand Thumb: How To Survive Drone Warfare In Ukraine (Ukraine Veteran). AI-Powered Lawsuits …
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“Neutrality is generally used as a mask to hide unusual bitterness. Sometimes it hides what it is – nothing. It always stands for hollowness of head or bitterness of heart, sometimes for both.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
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In March of 2016, Belle and I went to our first state championship, the Texas State Championship of Cowboy Fast Draw in Fort Worth, TX, We were green as grass, brand new to the Fast Draw game, and we wandered around the Stock Yards, wide-eyed and having fun.
Tomorrow morning, we are leaving for our 11th Texas State. This one is in Burnet, TX, just south of Austin. These championships move around, just as they should. We've been to Fort Worth, Amarillo, Odessa, Silsbee, Houston, and this is our second trip to Burnet. We really enjoy the Texas State Championship.
Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website. You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day. These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer. Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a free […]If you wander through YouTube, you will videos offering many explanations for why Americans are obese today, when they were not in the 1950s. Certainly, my recollection is that in my elementary school classes (1963-1968) it was usually one kid in each class who was fat. (By junior high, that was me.) Pictures of 1950s and 1960s American seem healthily skinny. But did fat people not get photographed?
United States Long-Term Trends in Adult BMI (1959–2018): Unraveling the Roots of the Obesity Epidemic
“Allowing the open carry of firearms in densely populated counties creates unnecessary anxiety, terrorizes children, and instills fear throughout our communities."
New Osight SE Enclosed Green Micro Dot! Take a closer look at the multi-reticle RMSc green dot from Osight!The post Austrian Sniper Prototype: SSG-1917A4 (M1917 and 03A4 Springfield Hybrid) first appeared on Forgotten Weapons.
Baird v. Bonta (9th Cir. 2026):
For most of American history, open carry has been the default manner of lawful carry for firearms. It remains the norm across the country—more than thirty states generally allow open carry to this day, including states with significant urban populations. 1 Indeed, several of our Nation’s largest cities and states recently returned to unlicensed open carry by explicitly authorizing it. For example, Texas reauthorized open carry without a license in 2021. 2 Kansas likewise transitioned back to allowing open carry without a permit in 2015. 3 And other states that placed restrictions on open carry in recent decades have also removed those burdens.4 Similarly, for the first 162 years of its history open carry was a largely unremarkable part of daily life in California. From 1850, when California first became a state, until the Mulford Act of 1967, public carry of firearms in California (open or concealed) was entirely unregulated. And when California first deviated (or considered deviating) from this practice, its reasons for doing so were less than morally exemplary. The first restriction on public carry that California contemplated was a concealed-carry ban in 1856—which was intended to apply only to “Mexicans,” who were considered dangerous. See The Rise and Fall of California’s First Concealed-Carry Law, NRA Institute for Legislative Action (Jan. 1, 2013) (citing John David Borthwick, “THREE YEARS IN CALIFORNIA” (1857); Roger D. McGrath, GUNFIGHTERS, HIGHWAYMEN, & VIGILANTES: VIOLENCE ON THE FRONTIER (1984)), https://www.nraila.org/articles/20130101/the-rise-and-fallof-californias-first-concealed-carry-law.
Eventually, in 1967 California first criminalized the peaceful open carrying of a loaded handgun in the Mulford Act—legislation that was also tainted with racial animus. See Mulford Act, 1967 Cal. Stat. 2459 (codified as amended at various sections of Cal. Penal Code); Cal. Penal Code § 25850 (2024). Passed during a period of significant racial unrest, the Mulford Act was a legislative response to the Black Panther Party’s activities, which included openly carrying firearms to protest police behavior in AfricanAmerican communities. See Thaddeus Morgan, The NRA Supported Gun Control When the Black Panthers Had the Weapons, HISTORY (last updated May 28, 2025), https://www.history.com/articles/black-panthers-guncontrol-nra-support-mulford-act. The catalyzing event occurred when “30 members of the Black Panthers protested on the steps of the California statehouse armed with .357 Magnums, 12-gauge shotguns and .45-caliber pistols and announced, ‘The time has come for Black people to arm themselves.’” Id. The California legislature disagreed and responded by passing the Mulford Act. Id. Yet even then, it remained legal in California to openly carry a handgun, so long as it was unloaded. See Mulford Act, 1967 Cal. Stat. 2459.
Count on an appeal to an en banc panel by California but this is then likely to end up before the Supreme Coiurt.
En banc petition filed. No word on action yet
When the word came recently that Chuck Norris had died, almost everyone said in one way or another, “There was a man!” Amen. Norris’ fighting skills weren’t all that made him someone to emulate. He was said to be humble, kind, and charitable. There are some martial arts movies stars who were accused of being arrogant, […]
The Los Angeles County Superior Court has revealed 147,000 cases of felony convictions were not successfully reported to the California Department of Justice. The public notice of the backlog of errors was posted on February 24, 2026. Because they were not reported, they were not included in the National Instant background Check System (NICS) criminal history records. It is possible some convicted felons were able to obtain firearms through licensed dealers because of this oversight. From lacourt.org:
Of the approximately 464,000 impacted cases, the Court has identified approximately 380,000 instances with convictions where the case’s ADR was not successfully reported to the DOJ. Of those, roughly 147,000 involved cases with felony convictions, and roughly 233,000 were cases with misdemeanor convictions. Approximately 84,000 cases were dismissals in which ADRs were not successfully reported to the DOJ. Of those, roughly 61,000 involved felony dismissals, and roughly 23,000 involved misdemeanor dismissals.
The convictions are being transmitted to the DOJ at the present time. Most of the records occurred from the 1980's to 2006. Some of the records are as late as 2023.
About 18% of the records are of cases being dismissed. These could have consequences for things such as criminal history checks. Such checks often include arrests. Without the record of a dismissal of charges, it would become more difficult for an individual to show he was not convicted of a crime.
This correspondent has not found any indication if the California Department of Justice will be doing checks to see if any firearms were transferred to people with felony convictions.
Analysis: Los Angeles County Superior Court handles court cases for a bit less than 10 million people. These cases are mostly from a period of over 20 years, more than 20 years ago. The average number of felony convictions in the United States over that period was about 500 per 100,000 adults per year. The average is probably higher in California, but assuming the national average, we would expect about 50,000 felony convictions per year, or about 1.15 million convictions over the 23 year period. Given these back of the envelope estimates, roughly 1 in 8 felony convictions in the period, in Los Angeles County were not input properly. This does not engender faith in the criminal justice system. Bad record keeping is what one expects in third world countries. This shows, in spite of platitudes about how important it is to keep guns away from those who should not have them, the actual performance of doing so was not a very high priority.
This correspondent does not believe it should be the highest priority, because such laws are of marginal use against violent criminals. They are primarily used to convince those who desire to follow the law they should not acquire firearms. Such an attempt does not work well. In Australia, when extreme gun control measures were put into effect, the population followed the arcane and difficult rules, but increased the number of firearms owned, per capita, anyway. People will go to considerable trouble to obtain legal firearms when they have the desire to have them. Australian bureaucracy followed the rules. The number of firearms owned increased. Those who hate an armed population were outraged. Now they are proposing even more restrictions. Rule-following is not what those who want the people disarmed desire. They want the people disarmed.
It is good to see proper record keeping. Bad record keeping undermines faith in government. Given the allegations of corrupt politics in California, and especially in Los Angeles, this correspondent has to wonder if any of the "mistakes" were "helped" by a "helpful" clerical staff. This correspondent has not seen any evidence of such "help". The more people see the state as corrupt or even bumbling, the more they see the value of an armed population.
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The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said the man attempted to force his way inside a residence in the 2900 block of Hunt Drive around 9:15 p.m. and threatened to kill one of the people inside. The homeowner called 911 after repeatedly asking that person to leave.
According to the sheriff's office, the homeowner shot the suspect after he broke a window to gain entry into the home. Deputies responded to the scene, and the man was taken to a nearby hospital and then booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on Friday morning.
On March 25, 1306, Robert the Bruce was crowned Robert I, King of Scots, soon after he had killed his rival John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch. — March 25, 1863: The first US Army Medals of Honor were awarded to six Union Army soldiers by US Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in Washington. National Medal of Honor Day is now officially observed on March 25th of each year. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three-Day Course Certificate. …
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I’m sure most everyone is familiar now with the seemingly sudden change in the Food Pyramid. The Food Pyramid has essentially been flipped on its head. Whereas, grains were considered a “foundational” food, meats (proteins), vegetables, and dairy are now considered to be foundational. I am very pleased to see this change at the federal government level because it’s going to impact all federal programs for the better, in my opinion, such as feeding children, the less fortunate, healthcare, and nutrition guidelines. Have you ever (unkindly) thought “they could afford to lose some weight” when witnessing someone purchasing groceries with …
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Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Michigan Republicans Introduce Bill To Become 30th Constitutional Carry State. (A hat tip to blog reader D.S.V. for the link.) o o o ‘Mike Lee unveils national constitutional carry bill to override ‘hostile’ state gun laws. o o o Your Step-by-Step Guide to Growing Sprouts at Home. o o o A great …
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“Saying you don’t want to enter every potential war in the Middle East doesn’t make you an isolationist; it makes you wise.” – Nigel Farage
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