Mark G

Old, cranky Marine (73-77 - MOS 4063/4034). Conservative. Constitution is the Law Of The Land. NO "RANDOM" DMs PLEASE.

[Mark G @thegoldy]

@mcoy_john46256 @BradenLOA Well, if they don't have teeth, there's no danger of being bitten. Just sayin'. 😉🤣

[Mark G @thegoldy]

Well, they’re losing people due to their other issues, so they’ve got to replace them somehow. I suppose that increasing the population by bringing in more prostitutes is one way to get the numbers up. And then the other shoe drops when the socialists tax the crap out of them.

[Mark G @thegoldy]

The bigger problem is that almost every gun rights group appears to be more concerned with getting “wins” so they can keep their fundraising alive, even if those “wins” are extremely narrow and don’t really move the needle noticeably, particularly when the narrowness allows anti-gun legislatures to make even more infringing laws.

What is it going to take before one or more of these groups are forced (and it *will* require being forced) to swing for the fences and go after the big infringements?

Examples of what I’m talking about are right here in California. Permits for CCW have ZERO historical analogs. They turn an enumerated right into a privilege. And what do the gun rights groups go after? A single county taking too long to process permits or another single county charging too much. And, yes, they get some “wins” in those suits. But every other jurisdiction doing the exact same things gets nothing more than a strongly worded letter and the “threat” of a possible lawsuit. Which is, of course, ignored.

Go after the permits themselves! Again, there is NO historical tradition AT ALL for them. Start actually doing what you claim to be doing. At the rate the “wins” are coming, my grandchildren will be senior citizens and still having to live under this garbage.

[Mark G @thegoldy]

That horse came nowhere near to trampling anyone. He barely lifted his feet off the ground and was hitting the protester with his knees. What you're looking at right there is piss poor acting by a pussy boy who finally got some consequences for his actions. Not nearly what he should have, of course, but enough for now.

[Mark G @thegoldy]

@Guns_Gadgets @Robert50211 Were you carrying a P320 by any chance? 😂😂😂

I hope it’s nothing major and that they can fix whatever it is.

[Mark G @thegoldy]

@BradenLOA I just checked and it's still $5.25 for regular at Costco right now. I guess to get an "average", there has to be a high end, too, right? Just think what the "average" would be if Kommiefornia didn't hate its citizens.

[Mark G @thegoldy]

@Appalachiabees
If you're gonna put a body through a wood chipper, make sure to freeze it first for less mess and zero splatter.

Follow me for more life hacks….

[Mark G @thegoldy]

@trumplicans2024 No idea what Mr. Ranger is going to do. Maybe look for Yogi Bear?

Now, if that was an EGA on the campaign hat, there would be some real hell to pay for some people.

[Mark G @thegoldy]

@AntiLeftMemes GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

[Mark G @thegoldy]

@Guns_Gadgets Just how ridiculous does it have to get before one of the big gun rights groups finally goes after permits themselves as being unconstitutional? If I lived in that county (and it’s bad enough in Los Angeles), I *might* be able to get a CCW, but nothing I own could be carried.

[Mark G @thegoldy]

My personal hope is that they are held over for next term. Particularly Duncan v. Bonta. Nothing I saw in Hemani really gives a lot of solid guidance to the hardware cases, at least IMO. And I can't see Wolford doing much, either.

We've waited this long (almost 10 years for Duncan), another few months is nothing.

[Mark G @thegoldy]

@FarmGirlCarrie @Sassafrass_84 No wait staff is worth 40%. Hell, even adding in a “happy ending” wouldn’t make it worth that. They don’t like it, the6 can go get a real job that pays an actual salary.

[Mark G @thegoldy]

@matthi8240 @LenaMiculek @Smith_WessonInc Then they’re not citizens. They’re subjects/slaves.

[Mark G @thegoldy]

I can’t speak for anyone else, but all of the people like you who complain about tips - the amount, the form, etc - are making it that much less likely that ANY service worker will be getting tips unless the service is absolutely stellar. Average or just adequate service? Go cry to your boss!

[Mark G @thegoldy]

That’s impossible! In a gun free zone. A minor illegally possessing a firearm. Shooting at people. All things that we’ve been assured by the “common sense” anti-gun groups are prevented by the laws they hold dear. Surely someone must be lying to us.

Absolutely correct! The anti-gun groups are nothing but liars. Everything they espouse does absolutely nothing to prevent this type of event.

[Mark G @thegoldy]

From a non-lawyer perspective, I didn't see much, if anything, in Hemani that would have any kind of bearing on the hardware cases. It's possible (probable?) that Wolford will be similarly lacking in that regard.

Am I missing something or does that apparent lack bode well for the hardware cases, or at least some of them, to be held over for next term?

[Mark G @thegoldy]

If you ignore the politics, California's pretty nice. Even Twentynine Palms. I was stationed there for a couple of years. Yeah, it gets hot. It also gets COLD. And there's nothing like getting caught in a mudstorm (a sandstorm during a rainstorm). I'd do it all again in a heartbeat.

[Mark G @thegoldy]

You know what all of those have in common? They’re all very narrow rulings, the only type, it seems, that the courts like to take.

You know what most of the rest of the anti-2A laws have in common? They’re mostly written very broadly so that they not only infringe on as much as possible, but also ensure that a court will never take them up due to their broadness.

We are so screwed!!

[Mark G @thegoldy]

You’re starting from a flawed premise, that some government entity needs to grant permission to exercise a right.

A permit (or permission in general) is something that is used to give permission to exercise a PRIVILEGE, not a right. And a permit is something that, unlike a right, can be revoked by that same government entity.

We, as citizens, have the RIGHT to carry arms. The government is prohibited from infringing on that right.

EVERY law or regulation that prevents the free exercise of our right to keep and bear arms is INVALID.