JamesWill

Former Chef. Inconsistent Capitalizer. Emergency Admistration/public policy. Current political nomad. Dislike tribalism, prefer honesty. Lean right.

[JamesWill @JWCripp]

@Ally_Sammarco Why didn't the ones in Maine work?

[JamesWill @JWCripp]

This whole thread dismantles AWB arguments.

[Firearms Policy Coalition @gunpolicy]

"The problem is that the alternatives-remain argument has no limiting principle and would justify incremental firearm bans until there is only a single-shot derringer remaining for lawful self-defense. Heller demolished that argument."

[Firearms Policy Coalition @gunpolicy]

Hmm that's not exactly what anti-gunners predicted would happen after the Bruen decision

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

LOL, “monitor” away dude. You hobbled the House with no “goals” either. You weakened the country and your party for purely selfish reasons.
The biggest favor you could do everyone is just stfu for a little while and let the grown ups clean up your mess.

[JamesWill @JWCripp]

@RGIII The ball didn't move you dumb blind bitch.

[JamesWill @JWCripp]

@nick_underhill Hopefully this shuts all the "Winston > Carr" idiots up

[Kostas Moros @MorosKostas]

Alright, a highlights thread of Benitez's ruling in Duncan.

He comes out swinging against the Newsoms of the world, correctly noting his job is to enforce the law, not to fear public criticism.

[Capt. Andrew Luck @CaptAndrewLuck]

Dearest mother —
I hope my appearance on the magical, moving picture box filled you with joy. As you could see, my resolve has never been more robust. Squirrel oil and your peppered chipmunk feet have kept me sturdy. Life is splendid. Give the cows my best. I love you.
— Andrew

[Kostas Moros @MorosKostas]

I've thought about this one for a while and think it speaks to something greater than the simple comparison I posted about two months ago.

John Adams had written that our country, with its expansive view of individual liberty, only works if people are fundamentally good and moral. “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” (Don't get hung up on the "religious" part. People can be atheists and still have a strong moral code. Adams himself, while a Christian, wasn't particularly devout).

Apply that logic to the comparison below. Arguing that we need to restrict the right to bear arms because it is a problem in the Richmonds of the country, when it isn't a problem in the Boises of the country, is a surrender to the lowest common denominator. It's a concession that proclaims: "certain cities just can't be made moral, so we'll have to treat the whole country like children and curtail everyone's rights".

I reject that completely. There is no reason that blighted high-crime cities can't change without cracking down on fundamental freedoms. Criminals need to be dealt with promptly, and "soft on crime" policies need to end (I do not include victimless crimes in this, which was our mistake in the past). Youth need to be provided better options than just gangs and drug dealing. Culture needs to improve such that loser mentalities are not tolerated.

I don't think anyone would argue that Boise is as safe as it is because of gun control, not even the gun control groups (which give Idaho failing grades in their report cards). That city and others like it are safe because liberty is not a threat when criminality and failure are not tolerated by the people of a city or state.

In contrast, many places have just given up. Cities like Richmond, Baltimore, St. Louis, and Chicago just treat sky-high homicide rates as a fact of life. Chicago had one politician recently asking gangs to limit their gunfights to nighttime hours, as if it's the purge.

Here in Los Angeles, while homicide isn't very high, other crime is. There's videos almost daily of large groups of masked young people busting into department stores and stealing everything they can. In San Francisco where things are even worse, stores put their entire inventory behind plexiglass. These are not inevitable circumstances, they are choices made by misguided voters and the fools they elect.

Restricting gun rights is, at best, an ineffective bandaid on a gaping wound. The actual wound is caused by the tragedy of modern urban mismanagement in certain cities, as well as a culture that has grown too tolerant of amorality.

[JamesWill @JWCripp]

@GV_Pedia @DruStevenson Kostos response makes this look pretty hack-y.

[alexandriabrown @alexthechick]

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[Three Year Letterman @3YearLetterman]

America: July 4, 1776 - July 4, 2023

[Mark W. Smith/#2A Scholar @fourboxesdiner]

#2A MAJOR 2A LEGAL ALERT: MUST READ for all 2A lawyers/scholars. New 2A Scholarship from Professor Mark Smith @fourboxesdiner Rebutting Arguments that Bruen's "societal concerns/technological change" sentence allows lower courts to avoid applying HELLER's "in common use" test in AR-15/Magazine Ban cases. @MorosKostas @StephenGutowski @gunpolicy @2AFDN @NRA @NSSF @ArmedAttorneys @Guntalk @guntruth Link to article here.
https://t.co/EeICACqrhk

[JamesWill @JWCripp]

@MeganWalshGVP Going to voice your opinion on it or nah because you aren't smart enough to figure out how to argue against it without pissing off the people wanting justice reform.

This would be easier if you had principles.

[JamesWill @JWCripp]

@MorosKostas @2Aupdates @MeganWalshGVP We know why she won't comment on it.

[JamesWill @JWCripp]

@Food_2_Die_4 Because again, you have never explained why you think the new laws will be enforced when the ones we have now aren't.

[JamesWill @JWCripp]

Impossible.

I have it on good authority from people like @Food_2_Die_4 that more guns = more crime.
Since guns sales have skyrocketed and more states have passed constitutional carry, this has to be impossible.

[JamesWill @JWCripp]

@Food_2_Die_4 So then why don't you put your drive for new laws that aren't going to be enforced and instead drive for the enforcement of existing laws?
Since that would have stopped all the examples you have posted so far, that seems like a logical place to start.

[JamesWill @JWCripp]

@Food_2_Die_4 @BK_McCallum @JamesAtCCRKBA @pyle_gordon @MLeeBaxter1 @JazdzykMark @gsd7373 @weeniedogsunite @PA_Daddoo @mom_at_arms @STVASTG @STVASTGC @MomsDemand @VelocityVixen @MrColionNoir Yes I would say that Rittenhouse made a mistake there.

But you just said that you would have behaved exactly as Rittenhouse did.