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I'm one of those Christians Satan warned you about.

[mike bski @BskiMike22802]

Let me ruin your June for a second.

Every year when National Gun Violence Awareness Month rolls around, the same people who have not read a single page of John Lott's 13,312-regression peer-reviewed study start posting pictures of children and demanding you feel responsible for deaths you did not cause and had nothing to do with.

So. Let us talk about children. Since they brought it up.

In 2006, the CDC recorded 642 accidental firearm deaths in the entire United States. For children under the age of ten — the number was 31. Thirteen under age five. Eighteen between five and nine.

Tragic? Absolutely. Every single one.

But here is the number that will not appear on a single "Orange Friday" awareness post: 80.

Eighty children under the age of five drown in bathtubs every year. Every. Single. Year.

ALMOST THREE TIMES as many children drown in bathtubs annually as die from ALL firearm accidents combined — including adults. And forty more drown in five-gallon water buckets. The kind you buy at Home Depot for $4.99.

I have given this information at talks and watched jaws drop, because people genuinely believe the number is in the thousands. They have been so thoroughly marinated in "gun violence awareness" content that their perception of actual risk is completely detached from reality. That is not an accident. That is the point of the campaign.

Where is Bathtub Awareness Month? Where is the congressional hearing on five-gallon bucket control? Where is the hashtag? Where are the orange ribbons for the children who drowned while their parents were in the next room?

There are none. Because the campaign was never about children. It was never about safety. If it were about safety, they would be equally outraged about cars — which killed 1,305 children that same year. Or fire. Or drowning. But they are not. The selective fury lands exclusively on firearms. And if you are a scientist, which I happen to be, you do not get to cherry-pick your data based on which conclusion you prefer. Quinn's Law Number Six: facts are the enemy of liberalism.

Now let us talk about what the actual data says about guns and safety, because John Lott ran 13,000-plus statistical regressions across every county in America and the results are not ambiguous.

Fifty-six percent of convicted felons surveyed in a ten-state study said they would NOT attack a target they believed was armed. Fifty-six percent. The deterrence is real, it is documented, and it functions whether or not a shot is ever fired. The firearm you carry protects your neighbor whether your neighbor knows it or not.

When states passed right-to-carry laws, multiple-victim public shootings — what the media insists on calling "mass shootings" to maximize terror — dropped by 67 percent. Deaths in those events dropped by 75 percent. Injuries by 81 percent. States that adopted these laws virtually ELIMINATED mass public shootings within four to five years. The remaining events? They happened almost exclusively in the specific locations where guns remained banned. The gun-free zones. The places we hang the sign that only the law-abiding ever read.

There were between 760,000 and 3.6 million defensive gun uses in the United States last year alone, depending on which of fifteen national polls you consult. A JAMA Network Open study from March 2025 estimated 489,000 DGUs in which a firearm was actually discharged. The Department of Justice's own National Crime Victimization Survey puts the conservative floor at 65,000 defensive uses per year against assaults, robberies, and home invasions.

No dead body. No coverage. No awareness month.

Here is one more number for you: 74. Seventy-four percent of convicted felons in a National Institute of Justice survey said they actively avoided homes they believed were occupied by armed residents. Criminals respond to incentives. That is not ideology — that is basic deterrence theory, and it is confirmed by the people who actually commit the crimes.

I also want you to think carefully about something the Supreme Court already settled. DeShaney v. Winnebago County (1989). Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales (2005). Two separate rulings establishing that the government has NO legal obligation to protect you as an individual. None. You are your own first responder. That is not my opinion — that is settled constitutional law from the highest court in this country.

So the political class that just told you the government is not required to protect you... is also the one demanding you surrender the tool you use to protect yourself.

I want fewer people dead. That is why I know the data. That is why I read the book. That is why I am furious every June when emotion and fundraising replace science and evidence in a "debate" that has actual life-or-death consequences for real people.

You want to honor the children? Honor ALL of them. The ones who drowned. The ones who died in car crashes. And the ones who will never be born because a woman alone in her house at 2 a.m. had no way to stop what was coming through her door.

But what do I know — I am only a published textbook author, a science teacher, a father of four, and a combat medic who spent his career reducing human suffering and who actually read the peer-reviewed data before forming an opinion.

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[Rod D. Martin @RodDMartin]

South Vietnam didn’t fall because it was beaten. It fell because it was betrayed.

Fifty-one years ago today, April 30, 1975, the last American helicopter lifted off the Saigon embassy roof.

We had won. Nixon and Kissinger’s Paris Peace Accords forced the North to recognize South Vietnam’s sovereignty. America promised air power and supplies if they violated it. The ARVN was finally ready to defend itself.

Then Watergate. Democrats won huge majorities in 1974. They slashed aid by over 75%, banned any U.S. response to Soviet rearmament of the North, and watched as the Communists violated every agreement.

No bullets. No gas. No tires for their Jeeps.

South Vietnam collapsed—not from lack of courage, but abandonment by the same Democrats that sent our sons to die there a decade earlier.

What followed wasn’t peace. It was hell.

The Domino Theory wasn’t wrong. Cambodia and Laos fell. Pol Pot—praised by the American left as “Cambodia’s George Washington”—murdered 1/3 of his own people.

A million sent to re-education camps in Vietnam. Half a million murdered. Two million boat people fled; nearly half a million drowned.

I was eight, standing in a church hall in Arkansas, looking up at a South Vietnamese flag on a refugee’s lapel. I just wept and said “I’m sorry” over and over.

We should all still be sorry.

This wasn’t inevitable. It was engineered in Washington.

Just like the fall of China in 1949. Christian anti-Communist leaders betrayed by Democrats in both cases—Chiang by Truman, Diem by JFK—then the deluge.

Nixon was right in No More Vietnams: When America fights, fight to win with overwhelming force. Never send troops without vital interests at stake. Once committed, keep your word to allies. Peace comes through strength, not weakness.

We forgot those lessons.

In 2021, Biden gave us Saigon 2.0 in Kabul. Allies abandoned. Billions in weapons to the enemy.

Desperate people clinging to aircraft. Women enslaved again. Credibility shattered. Then came Ukraine.

It’s dangerous to be an American ally when Democrats hold power.

The men who fought in Vietnam—American and South Vietnamese—were heroes. They didn’t lose. They were betrayed.

Fifty years on, remember why Saigon fell. Honor that noble cause. Resolve: No more Vietnams. No more Afghanistans. No more betrayals.

America must lead with strength, clarity, and resolve. Freedom isn’t free. The price of abandoning it is always paid in blood.

I wrote a longer essay detailing this. You should read it. Link in my bio.

Never forget.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

'This Is A Both Sides Issue,' Says Side That Shot President Trump, Assassinated Charlie Kirk, Tried To Assassinate Kavanaugh, Tried To Shoot Trump Again, Shot Steve Scalise, Firebombed Governor Shapiro, Tried To Shoot Trump A Third Time, (cont'd) https://t.co/xtK8yqxvzK

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

They don't kill you because you're a Nazi.

They call you a Nazi so they can kill you.

[On The Mark @MarkEidel]

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[Oren Barsky @orenbarsky]

Oh wow,
Hitler His/Her

Absolutely brilliant.

[Douglas Wilson @douglaswils]

As it now appears that Hillary is aware of my existence, and is not exactly a fan, I wanted to state on the record that I am feeling upbeat, and am not downcast or depressed in any way.

[Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius]

Since Democrats are once again engaged in Kristallnacht-style violence because the electorate rejected their policies, it's time once again for my periodic reminder that all Democrats are fascists.

I love the fact that whenever I point this out, some Democrat invariably claims "Derrrrr... you don't even know what fascism is!" So let's explore fascism a little, shall we?

Listed below are attributes and practices that all 20th Century fascists have in common with the Democrat Party of 2025:

1. Laws promoting the seizure of guns from law-abiding citizens and/or the denial of gun ownership rights for law-abiding citizens.
2. Censorship of free speech by pretending such censorship protects the citizenry from faulty information (i.e., so-called "disinformation").
3. Government control of industry.
4. Government control of the mass media.
5. Control of the entertainment industry as a means of propaganda. (See: Leni Riefenstahl; Walt Disney Corporation.)
6. Children belong to the State and not their parents.
7. Political dissidents and opposing political leadership are to be persecuted for fabricated "crimes" under the color of law through the courts.
8. Political dissidents are locked up for months/years without a trial.
9. Leading political opponents who are a threat to the fascist order are to be assassinated.
10. Extreme nationalism (Democrats hate the United States of America, but are extreme nationalistic zealots for the Woke States of America).
11. Purposeful division of the population along racial and ethnic lines as a means to power.
12. Leadership of the ruling fascist party is chosen by party leaders without any input from rank-and-file party members, but an illusion of democracy is perpetuated. (See: Kamala as nominee with zero votes.)
13. Certain party criminals are turned into martyrs upon their demise. (See: Horst Wessel; Saint George Floyd.)
14. Destruction of statues, symbols and art of the pre-fascist order.
15. Accuse dissidents of the very crimes you yourself commit.
16. Justify all of it for the "common good."

The Democrat Party of 2025 is a fascist party. Spread the word.

[On The Mark @MarkEidel]

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[On The Mark @MarkEidel]

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[On The Mark @MarkEidel]

@nicksortor REPORT: Racists violently upset that White hero was not punished for defeating Black villain.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Forward this video to friends & family to understand just how evil the government has been

[On The Mark @MarkEidel]

BREAKING: Alec Baldwin's Gun Loaded With One Live Round in Place of a Blank https://t.co/0TveUF7E2U

[On The Mark @MarkEidel]

TWELVE YEARS AGO!!!
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[On The Mark @MarkEidel]

Doctor Rand Paul Absolutely TORCHES HHS Secretary Becerra on Natural Immunity https://t.co/dp15wcxWE0

[On The Mark @MarkEidel]

BREAKING PART 2: @US_FDA Official: ‘Blow Darting African Americans Is Where We’re Going...Just Shoot Everyone’

'Nazi Germany Registry' of Unvaccinated Americans: “Think About It Like The Jewish Star”

'Go Door-To-Door & Stab Everyone'

#ExposeFDA

[On The Mark @MarkEidel]

BREAKING PART 1: Federal Govt @HHSgov Whistleblower Goes Public with Secret Recordings

‘Government Doesn’t Want to Show the [COVID] Vaccine is Full of Sh*t’

They ‘Shove’ Adverse Effect Reporting ‘Under the Mat’

#CovidVaxExposed https://t.co/p3sVXJcQt2

[Speak @SpeakOnFS1]

.@MarcellusWiley breaks down why the NBA’s plan to paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on courts is a bad idea.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

THE UNITED STATES LOVES ITALY!