COVIDaphobia Mania Running Wild Again?!

Today (Tuesday, 19 July 2022) I saw this post on Facebook highlighting the heroic actions of one Elisjsha Dicken, who neutralized the Greenwood Park Mall shooter in Indiana as a benefit of exercising his individual, human, Constitutional right to own and carry weapons.

H/T "100% Anti-Democrat" Facebook page — Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 7:46 PM MST

OK, so the top part of the post is good to go —

Ison explained to WRTV, Dicken's first shot at the gunman was from 40-50 yards away and it appeared the very first shot hit the gunman.

Dicken was able to hit the gunman with additional rounds.

And more still —

Not the Bee
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 6:08 PM MST

22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken neutralized the Greenwood Park Mall shooter within 15 seconds. He engaged the bad guy from 40-50 yards away and 8 of the 10 rounds he fired found their target. He has no CPL and was carrying a pistol under Constitutional Carry. He is not ex-military or police, and has no formal training. His grandfather taught him how to shoot. Raise a glass this evening to American hero Elisjsha Dicken.

OK, folks, this is the bizarre part —

NOWHERE in the text posted by the "Not The Bee" page's admin(s) is there ANY mention of the Beer Bug.

So did Facebook's "fact checkers" mistakenly attach a warning about Koof misinformation to this post?

Or maybe Facebook is trying to smear a story supporting the Second Amendment narrative by hook or by crook, using the approach of "throw your underwear against the wall and see if it sticks" ?

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Lindsey Graham's 30 Pieces of Silver, v. 2022?

It seems that Lindsey Graham, the "senior" Republican U.S. Senator from South Carolina, is getting his just rewards for supporting "common sense gun safety" legislation, namely "an agreement on principle for gun safety legislation Sunday, which includes 'needed mental health resources, improves school safety and support for students, and helps ensure dangerous criminals and those who are adjudicated as mentally ill can't purchase weapons.'"

Aside from the fact that Graham won't be up for re-election until 2026 (four years is almost an eternity where electoral politics is concerned), it seems that his recent "move to the center" in his quest to appease the hoplophobes and victim disarmers isn't quite reaping the rewards he wants (the hoplophobes and victim disarmers saying good things about him) —

H/T Steven Barnes — Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 1:33 PM MST

You see, instead of congratulating Graham for "moving to the center" and "meeting them halfway," the hoplophobes and victim disarmers are pissed at him for only giving them half a loaf, instead of the whole loaf and then some, such as outlawing civilian ownership of "assault weapons" such as AR-15-, M4- and AK-47-pattern rifles, and legalizing third-party litigation against gun manufacturers and retailers

So while Graham may get some accolades from the Necrotic Republican Association National Rifle Association for his pro-gun-when-it's-convenient rhetoric, I suspect that he won't get much traction with the rest of the right-to-own-and-carry-weapons crowd [GOA, FPC, etc.].

Ain't that a cryin' shame, now?

As they say in the South, "Bless your heart, Lindsey Graham."

Let's not forget that this isn't the first time that Graham has sided with the GOP's Invertebrate Caucus when it comes to defending the Second Amendment — he tried this sort of thing nine years ago.

Never mind that the proposed "universal" background check is the State demanding prior restraint on the exercise of a natural right — "How do we know that you're not an axe-murdering child rapist?!" — in other words, "prove your innocence first."

And, of course, the victim disarmers have included a plan for the federal Political Classholes to use your money tax dollars to bribe state-level Political Classholes to set up "red flag laws" (laws allowing someone to file a complaint against you and have your firearms taken away) in their states.

So what's their plan to take away the knives, axes, power tools, baseball bats, and anything else that can be used as a weapon from those alleged to be inclined towards criminal violence?

Oh, that's right, they don't have one. That's because their intent isn't to stop criminal violence, or to protect people.

As the infamous Senator Howard Metzenbaum said in 1989 —

"No, we're not looking at how to control criminals . . . we're talking about banning the AK-47 and semi-automatic guns."
— Constitution Subcommittee, 2 February, 1989

It’s interesting that in the places where the gun prohibitionist hold sway over the levers of power, it's not only firearms that are proscibed from possession by the Great Unwashed. They also prohibit private citizens who aren’t Political Classholes or in the employ of same to own or carry pepper spray, stunguns, tasers, switchblade knives, fixed-blade knives they don’t like, nunchuks, and batons. Now in New York State and California, they’re going after body armor.

Their intent is to render you and yours totally defenseless, dependent on your cell phone and ability to dial 9-1-1, and thus dependent upon them for protection, while regulating every aspect of your life.

Because they really do know better than you do how you should live.

For the Republicans who are on board, to whatever degree, with the hoplophobes and victim disarmers in the hopes of getting favorable media coverage, all I can say is "Don't need any support from me."

Bless your heart, Lindsey Graham. Bless your heart.

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NOTES

1. Published at The Libertarian Enterprise [TLE] — # 1,163 – Sunday, 3 July 2022 [v.1, v.2, Facebook group, Facebook page]
   
   
2. Approximate reading level — 25.5
   
   
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   1. Personal blogs and micro-blogs — Bastyon / Diaspora* / Ello / Facebook / Gab / Gettr / gorf.pub / Minds / Spreely / Truth Social / Twitter / VK / Wimkin / Wordpress
      
      
   2. Absurdist Discordian Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page / Wimkin page
      
      
   3. Albuquerque Liberty Forum — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   4. Discordian Absurdist Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   5. Egg McMuffin for President — Facebook page
      
      
   6. Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   7. New Mexico Dissent and Expose — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   8. New Mexico Libertarians — Facebook group / Facebook page / Minds group / Spreely group / Spreely page / Wimkin group / Wimkin page
      
      
   9. "No One Wants to Take Your Guns" — Facebook page / Wimkin page
      
      
   10. Resist Marxism New Mexico — Facebook page
       
       
   11. Stupor Bowl Sundae Feetball Shoot — Facebook page / Spreely page
       
       
   12. The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents — Facebook page / Spreely page
       
       
   13. The Weekly Sedition — Diaspora* / Facebook / Gab / Gettr / gorf.pub / gorf.space / Minds / Spreely / Truth Social / Twitter / Wimkin / Wordpress
       
       
   14. Vote Dumpster Fire — Facebook page
       
       
   15. Vote the Air — Facebook page
       
       
   16. Wood Chipper — Facebook page

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19 April -- ATF is America's Schutzstaffel

H/T GhostGuns.com — Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 6:28 PM MST

Naturally, we can't forget Mike McNulty's Waco: The Rules of Engagement^[1] —

— and McNulty's follow-up film, Waco: A New Revelation^[2] —

Today we remember that on Monday, 19 April 1993, the Clinton Administration was so concerned about child welfare that they were willing to kill 27 kids by asphyxiation, incineration, and automatic-weapons fire to get at three adults accused of tax and paperwork violations.

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FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

1. Waco: The Rules of Engagement — Bing, DuckDuckGo, Google, IMDb, Infogalactic, Presearch, Searx, Startpage, Wikipedia
   
   
2. Waco: A New Revelation — Bing, DuckDuckGo, Google, IMDb, Infogalactic, Presearch, Searx, Startpage

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One-sided Shootout at Coronado Mall!

More "gun violence" at an Albuquerque mall on Thursday, 31 March 2022, as reported by the Albuquerque Journal, and reposted by the Journal to Facebook^[1] —

Five teens accused of beating at Coronado Center, by Matthew Reisen, Journal Staff Writer by Matthew Reisen, Journal Staff Writer

At least this time, no one seems to have been injured or killed as a result of shots fired.

Meanwhile, there have been several firearm-related homicides (involving shots fired at the victims) at other locations around Albuquerque — in the Downtown area, for example.

"Rbj Benjamin" posted a comment —

Where’s our concealed carriers when you need them?

To which I replied —

Concealed carry is not permitted on the property, per Coronado Center policy.

Blame Coronado for this one with their "No weapons allowed on site" policy, not concealed-carriers for their "failure" to be first responders to this incident.

And then there's my follow-up comment —

So when Ross and Morales were allegedly pistol-whipping the Fuddruckers employees, should that be considered "gun violence" (firearm(s) were involved) or "blunt-object violence" (no shots were fired at that time) ?

ONCE AGAIN, we see just how "effective" this sort of "No weapons allowed" policy is (it is NOT effective, for those too dense to understand sarcasm) in stopping firearm-related crime.

As for the "gun free" status of Coronado (and Winrock, Cottonwood, etc.), if someone is injured or killed by a criminal there, and that injury or death could have been prevented had the victim been armed, I hope the victim or their survivor(s) sue the property owners into non-existence.

Something not yet brought up: Ross and Morales are both under the age of 21. This means their mere possession of handguns was a federal offense. ANOTHER failure of the victim disarmament statutes.

Apparently, I made a mistake — per 18 U.S.C. § 922(x)(2)^[2], Ross was legal in possessing a handgun.

Still, Ross' alleged pistol-whipping of the Fuddruckers staff was definitely NOT legal, and would probably constitute battery, if not aggravated battery —

30-3-4. Battery.

Battery is the unlawful, intentional touching or application of force to the person of another, when done in a rude, insolent or angry manner.

Whoever commits battery is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

30-3-5. Aggravated battery.

1. Aggravated battery consists of the unlawful touching or application of force to the person of another with intent to injure that person or another.
   
   
2. Whoever commits aggravated battery, inflicting an injury to the person which is not likely to cause death or great bodily harm, but does cause painful temporary disfigurement or temporary loss or impairment of the functions of any member or organ of the body, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   
   
3. Whoever commits aggravated battery inflicting great bodily harm or does so with a deadly weapon or does so in any manner whereby great bodily harm or death can be inflicted is guilty of a third degree felony.

What's the takeaway here?

The lessons to be learned from this incident are as follows:

FIRST, victim disarmament edicts, whether they are in the form of public-sector statutes and regulations, or a private-sector "NO WEAPONS ALLOWED" policy, don't do much of anything to deter violent criminals from committing crimes.

If anything, they do the exact opposite — they make it easier for the criminals to victimize others.

Think of them as a sort of "workplace safety" code for the bad guys, making what are supposed to be "safe spaces" for shoppers and tourists into a  happy hunting ground for the crooks.

As the saying goes, "When seconds count, the cops are minutes away."

But . . . but . . . what about the "NO WEAPONS ALLOWED" sign? Surely, those intent on committing assault, battery, robbery, burglary, and possibly murder will see that sign, and then leave their guns in the car, right?

Well, you see, the criminal element always seems to find that massive loophole in all of the various victim-disarmament schemes called "breaking the law."

If they're willing to kill you over pocket change, what makes you think that they're going to obey your hoplophobic prohibitionary edicts?

As the saying goes, "When seconds count, the cops are minutes away."

And the reality of it all is this: You are your own best defender. Sure, you can contract the task out to someone else, but that person wants to go home to their family, too. That person will put their own personal safety above yours, if it comes down to it.

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FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

1. Albuquerque Journal — Five teens accused of beating at Coronado Center, by Matthew Reisen, Journal Staff Writer by Matthew Reisen, Journal Staff Writer
   Published: Friday, April 1st, 2022 at 10:05 PM, Updated: Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 at 12:05 AM
   Facebook — Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 7:31 AM MST
   Retrieved Friday, 1 April 2022 and Monday, 4 April 2022
   
   
2. H/T United States Concealed Carry Association [USCCA] — Federal Minimum Age to Purchase and Possess Handguns. Retrieved Monday, 4 April 2022

NOTES

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2. Approximate reading level — 12.9
   
   
3. Reposted —
   
   
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   2. Absurdist Discordian Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page / Wimkin page
      
      
   3. Albuquerque Liberty Forum — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   4. Discordian Absurdist Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   5. Egg McMuffin for President — Facebook page
      
      
   6. KCUF Media — Facebook / Spreely
      
      
   7. Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   8. New Mexico Dissent and Expose — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   9. New Mexico Libertarians — Facebook group / Facebook page / Minds group / Spreely group / Spreely page / Wimkin group / Wimkin page
      
      
   10. "No One Wants to Take Your Guns" — Facebook page / Wimkin page
       
       
   11. Resist Marxism New Mexico — Facebook page
       
       
   12. Stupor Bowl Sundae Feetball Shoot — Facebook page / Spreely page
       
       
   13. The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents — Facebook page / Spreely page
       
       
   14. The Weekly Sedition — Diaspora* / Facebook / Gab / Gettr / gorf.pub / gorf.space / Minds / Spreely / Twitter / Wimkin / WordPress
       
       
   15. Vote Dumpster Fire — Facebook page
       
       
   16. Vote the Air — Facebook page
       
       
   17. Wood Chipper — Facebook page

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'No One Wants To Take Your Guns,' v. 06-24-2019

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This one is an oldie (dated Monday, 24 June 2019) but a good one, as it puts the victim disarmer attitude up front, where we can see it (and ridicule it!) —

H/T "Gun Talk, how not to be a moron 2" Facebook page — Friday, December 4, 2020 at 12:00 PM

YEP. I'M COMING FOR YOUR AR15

You heard me. No apologies. The same reason you don't need a lion to protect your home, is why you don't need a rifle that shoots at 3X the speed of sound and splits concrete like ice. It's an unreasonable risk.

End the mass shooter era in America

11:29 PM ⋅ Jun 24, 2019 ⋅ Twitter for iPhone

But wait, there's more!

Just about every time one of the DNC-affiliated victim disarmers spouts off with this sort of nonsense, there's a "conservative" Republican who chimes in to offer support —

Replying to @Nate_McMurray

As unpopular as it may be with my fellow conservative Republicans, I'm kind of with you on this.

I want us to always have the right to bear arms, has to be some limitations. I don't want people to own hand grenades, or AR15's with a bump stock and 100 round magazine.

10:54 AM ⋅ Jun 25, 2019 ⋅ Twitter for Android

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   2. KCUF Media — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   3. Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   4. "No one wants to take your guns" — Facebook page / Wimkin page
      
      
   5. Stupor Bowl Sundae Feetball Shoot — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   6. The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   7. The Weekly Sedition — Facebook page / Spreely page / Twitter / Wimkin page / Wordpress
      
      
   8. Vote Dumpster Fire — Facebook page
      
      
   9. Vote the Air — Facebook page
      
      
   10. Wood Chipper — Facebook page

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All In This Together, Right?

H/T Libertarian Party Mises Caucus [Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 10:38 AM] by way of The Pholosopher [Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 7:04 PM]

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   2. Absurdist Discordian Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page / Wimkin page
      
      
   3. Albuquerque Liberty Forum — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   4. Discordian Absurdist Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   5. Egg McMuffin for President — Facebook page
      
      
   6. Extropy Unbound — Facebook page / Spreely page / Wimkin page
      
      
   7. KCUF Media — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   8. New Mexico Dissent and Expose — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   9. New Mexico Libertarians — Facebook group / Facebook page / Spreely group / Spreely page / Wimkin group / Wimkin page
      
      
   10. Resist Marxism New Mexico — Facebook page
       
       
   11. Split the State New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page
       
       
   12. The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents — Facebook page / Spreely page
       
       
   13. The Weekly Sedition — Facebook page / Spreely page / Twitter / Wimkin page / Wordpress
       
       
   14. Vote Dumpster Fire — Facebook page
       
       
   15. Vote the Air — Facebook page
       
       
   16. Vote the Air NM — Facebook page
       
       
   17. Wood Chipper — Facebook page

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Dominion's - Buy 1, Get 10 Free (4 AM Only)

H/T Tom Barnes at Thursday, November 26, 2020 at 12:12 PM

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   2. "Darth Mike" — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   3. Egg McMuffin for President — Facebook page
      
      
   4. KCUF Media — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   5. The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   6. The Weekly Sedition — Facebook page / Spreely page / Twitter / Wimkin page / Wordpress
      
      
   7. Vote Dumpster Fire — Facebook page
      
      
   8. Vote the Air — Facebook page
      
      
   9. Wood Chipper — Facebook page

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What is "Spaceport America" but a Political Classhole Slush-Fund?

Facebook always yields instances of the Political Classholes getting caught with their pants down and their hands in the cookie jar —

Peter St. Cyr
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 10:32 AM

An Independent audit confirms serious operational and management problems at Spaceport America. I repeatedly told embattled Director Dan Hicks he could not write his own public records law. This facility was constructed with taxpayer money and needs to be transparent to avoid these kinds of problems in the future. Click to read the report here: https://osa-app.org/uploads/2020/66dacc30-9870-49f4-874a-f4b26d09aaa6/Spaceport Authority - Investigation of Complaint Final Report.pdf

And what exactly has been launched from "Spaceport America" besides a few suborbital flights?

Wasn't Virgin Galactic the "anchor tenant" for whom Reichsgovernor Richardson built this particular elephante blanco?

From SpaceNews — Virgin Galactic declares Spaceport America ready for SpaceShipTwo, by Jeff Foust, 15 August 2019 —

Virgin Galactic didn't give a date for when it expects SpaceShipTwo to arrive at the spaceport — WhiteKnightTwo will return to Mojave to fly it to New Mexico — but that when it arrives the company will start with a couple of glide flights to test those upgraded flight controls and to get familiar with the airspace.

Once those are done, "we'll be ready for rocket-powered flights," he said. While there is no set number of powered test flights planned before SpaceShipTwo is ready for commercial operations, Moses noted there are currently eight hybrid rocket motors stockpiled at the spaceport.

Two other SpaceShipTwo vehicles are under construction in Mojave. Moses said the first of those two should be ready to begin flight tests in 2020.

At this rate, will Virgin Galactic be ready to launch anything by 2120?

Considering Virgin Galactic's pre-COVID glacial pace of operations where "Spaceport America" is concerned, on top of the Beer Bug-inspired shutdown mania, it's probably safe to say that 2020 is a write-off at this point.

But there's always 2021, right?

Go ahead and feel free to make that bet.

But hey, at least "Spaceport America" has a nice new lounge that Governess Chipmunk can use to host one of her COVID-non-compliant parties —

For what it's worth, that State Auditor's report that St. Cyr linked to above is great fun, if you get your kicks by reading about some of the ways that the Political Classholes have fun at our expense.

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   2. Absurdist Discordian Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page / Wimkin page
      
      
   3. Albuquerque Liberty Forum — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   4. Discordian Absurdist Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   5. Egg McMuffin for President — Facebook page
      
      
   6. KCUF Media — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   7. New Mexico Dissent and Expose — Facebook page / Spreely page
      
      
   8. New Mexico Libertarians — Facebook group / Facebook page / Minds group / Spreely group / Spreely page / Wimkin group / Wimkin page
      
      
   9. Resist Marxism New Mexico — Facebook page
      
      
   10. Split the State New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page
       
       
   11. The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents — Facebook page / Spreely page
       
       
   12. Vote Dumpster Fire — Facebook page
       
       
   13. Vote the Air — Facebook page
       
       
   14. Vote the Air NM — Facebook page
       
       
   15. Wood Chipper — Facebook page

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