David C. Fraley

USAF Retired. Gun owner. Harley rider. Hotrod driver. Libertarian because I don't know what is best for you. Eternal Optimist. I bleed Orange. #GoVols #GoPackGo

[David C. Fraley @Diggman]

TLDR; More Guns, Less Crime.

[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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[Karen Hamilton @KarenHamiltonVA]

Virginia Democrats gave teachers an 8% raise over the next two years. They gave themselves an 184% raise.

WOW.

[David C. Fraley @Diggman]

Not only NO, but Hell, NO!!

[Karen Hamilton @KarenHamiltonVA]

We’re voting on the budget tomorrow in VA. The budget is a simple Yes or No vote. 605 pages were posted late on Friday and this thing is riddled with deal breakers. Democrats are…

-increasing your electric bills
-spending with racial bias
-increasing AG budget so they can strip away your 2A
-using your $ to pay for transgender surgeries
-extending tax breaks to data centers

[Brandon Fugal @BrandonFugal]

I find it interesting that there appears to be a total media blackout & suppression pattern regarding Fauci & the recent official Tulsi Gabbard ODNI releases with new communications, emails, and notes (NOT fringe claims) challenging Fauci's sworn statements, raising serious questions on funding, COVID origins & transparency. CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, NYT, & Washington Post: No prime-time segments, front-page treatments, or in-depth reporting in available searches & transcripts.

[David C. Fraley @Diggman]

@KarenHamiltonVA @NickJFreitas Are any endorsements forth coming for the Senate race?

[Sen. Marsha Blackburn @MarshaBlackburn]

Democrats are fine with requiring photo ID to enter the Obama Presidential Center, but not to vote in U.S. elections.

You can’t make this up.

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

We appear to be winning the hearts and minds of Europeans visiting for the World Cup with free refills and bbq ribs.

Wait till we take them to a gun range.

[ROOZ @ROOZVA]

Abigail Spanberger has officially signed the bill rendering Virginians’ vote in presidential elections null and void if it conflicts with the national popular vote.

And before Democrats get too excited, just remember that this would’ve meant that all 13 of Virginia’s electoral votes would’ve gone to Pres. Trump in 2024.

Our Founding Fathers specifically designed the Electoral College so that it wasn’t just a popular vote for President to protect the interests of ALL Americans, not just people in a few big cities.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Sending American tax dollars to other countries is like watering the neighbor’s yard while your house is on fire. 🔥

[Emily Zanotti 🦝 @emzanotti]

Contributions are capped because benefits are capped. Social Security isn't a welfare-style program; it's pay in-get out. Musk pays that in, but he's capped at what he can get out. If you really want to help future recipients, let us take that money to private investment.

[David C. Fraley @Diggman]

Biscuits are basically milk and flour. Gravy is basically milk and flour. Turning those ingredients into an amazing meal proves that it's not what's in it that counts. It's what you do with them (and the pork sausage) that makes a masterpiece.

[David C. Fraley @Diggman]

And the congregation said Amen!!

[Cathlina King 🇺🇸 @AmeraucanaLover]

I KNEW IT

As soon as I heard that voice, I knew it was Cole Hauser, but I couldn’t confirm it because his name wasn’t on it anywhere and it took me forever to confirm it.

I think it’s cool that they used his voice because @colehauser has kinda become a representation of what a good decent man should be, in real life and on TV as Rip Wheeler.

“What makes a good man” being a good father, a good husband, and someone who unabashedly loves their country for what it stands for.
🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸

#UFCWhiteHouse #America

[David C. Fraley @Diggman]

USA USA USA USA

[The DC MD VA Live @TheDMVLive]

WATCH: The Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy Blue Angels conduct a flyover of the White House ahead of this weekend’s UFC Freedom 250 card 🇺🇸

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

She doesn't know what to do…well…Im here to help.

[Arthur Boreman (yes, that Arthur Boreman) @ArthurBoreman]

Brits in England: “This is the worst world cup ever!”

Germans driving a Mustang through Georgia with the top down to a game: “🎶AND I’M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN, WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I’M FREE!!!🎶”

[Mike Solana @micsolana]

zoomers will not remember this, but we used to hold elections in this country and learn the results of those elections in the evening — on election day. the overwhelming majority of people simply assumed these results were legitimate.

[Andrew Kolvet @AndrewKolvet]

So let’s me get this straight…

California, the home of hospice fraud, SNAP fraud, immigration fraud, and homelessness NGO fraud…

Is also a state with ZERO voter fraud.

Everything is fine. Nothing to see here, folks.

🤡

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Dear @WhiteHouse, my name is Rodney Smith Jr., founder of Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service in Huntsville, Alabama. Through our 50 Yard Challenge, over 6,000 kids across the country have signed up to mow free lawns for the elderly, disabled, veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and single parents. With America celebrating its 250th birthday this year and me also being born on July 4th, I wanted to humbly ask if a few kids from our program and myself could travel to Washington, D.C. to help mow the White House lawn for this historic celebration.

More than anything, I want these kids to see how a simple act of service something as ordinary as mowing a lawn for someone in need can lead to extraordinary places. What better lesson in community service than showing them that helping others can take them all the way to our nation’s capital? I’d also love to bring my American flag-themed mower in hopes that the President might sign it, so I can later auction it off and donate 100% of the proceeds to a nonprofit supporting veterans. It would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to highlight the importance of service, patriotism, and the impact young people can have when they choose to make a difference. 🇺🇸

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

Well it's June…and you know what that means…