Cats, Guns, and National Security

The first thing to understand about RKBA and a person's age is that there is no constitutional provision guaranteeing ANYTHING other than voting specifically at the age of 18. 26A did not set 18 as the be-all/end-all date of majority. And neither does some aspects of our past. Indeed 14A set a "maximum minimum" voting age of 21. And so, a very brief history of ages of majority in Western civilization is called for: Going back, in ancient Rome 21 was commonly the age of majority. In the Bible--specifically the Book of Numbers--20 is given for some purposes, including military service. And of course, the "age of consent" for sexual purposes has varied and does vary by jurisdiction today. It is only by the converging of various factors that 18 has become the focal it has. One can vote, enlist in the military of their own accord, smoke tobacco, live on their own of their own accord (more on that later), and buy a long gun at age 18 per federal law. People generally ...

Is this how "supply and demand" is supposed to work? The things in supply cost MORE than the things NOT in supply. "Just tell me how much fuel and ammo are gonna cost, and I'm done with economic matters." -- Me We should take the money going to drug treatment and use it to subsidize military-grade ammo production for civilians. Not just in the current crunch, but, like, forever. https://www.targetsportsusa.com/762x51mm-nato-ammo-c-2720.aspx TDF INDEX:  Cats, Guns, and National Security: THE DAILY FUDD index.    https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-index.html

The Supreme Court can Three permutations possible from a baseline 2A interpretation: KEEP: The original 1688/89 English Bill of Rights "blunderbuss," modern style. BEAR: Handgun, added in American experience. LOW : Manual action: Shotgun and CCW. MIDDLE : Pistol-caliber with higher-than-ten-round magazines. HIGH : Featureless military-grade rifles (expanded from blunderbusses by American experience) with 10-round magazines; 20-round magazines for pistol-caliber arms.

Americans have become a spoiled people. Between our prosperity and our freedom--or should I say, "freedom"--we have come to expect what we want when we want it the way we want it, AND for some magical power in the form of constitutional provisions or senses of "rights" and "freedoms" to automatically provide for the sustainment of all of that. The Left manipulated this in the 1960s by demanding certain things like "free speech," which they promptly used to run down American heritage and then convert into a club called "Political Correctness" to squash the free speech of anyone opposing their anti-American/White/Western agenda. In the process, they cast a double blow against our heritage: First, the aforementioned destruction, but second, they drove those on the Right--perhaps a bit surprisingly, many in the 2A community--into that exact same approach. What those on the Right didn't realize is that unlike themselves, the Left didn...

 Please read TDF 68 for the background of this prediction. PREDICTION: SCOTUS will use the facts laid out in TDF 68  (below) to say that "bear" (off property) in 2A refers to long journeys and certain specific circumstances in Common Law--e.g., process serving, following hue and cry, etc., but not toodling around town. Back in the day, even going to the next town was a "long journey," so in terms of geography, city travel was the exception. In TDF 68 , I laid out argumentation to save local CCW. It is unknown whether such ideas will impact SCOTUS before or after packing, but it seems likely that libertarians and purists will block it from being pushed by the good guys. THE DAILY FUDD: E68: "'Shut up, libertarians & purists. We can actually win on CCW permits,' or 'Why I don't use the term "constitutional carry."'" FOLKS, TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. CALLING FOR POLICIES THAT WILL NEVER BE ADOPTED DOES NOTHING TO HELP THE SITUATIO...

So they're saying police need to buy more ammo. That's bad, given the shortage. They're saying Black folks are so devoted to flavored coffin nails they'll break the law for them. That's bad, considering what it says about them. They're saying there will be more encounters with police. that could lead to violence and death of Blacks. That's... interesting. https://reason.com/2021/04/26/a-ban-on-menthol-cigarettes-will-lead-to-more-confrontations-between-black-people-and-police/?fbclid=IwAR2nw1lXwo4IN8ZcfyjDnrnnBJHe6n3yIA4ZSF7EixSnUZea-S0c7l4qRLY

https://www.conservativehq.org/post/the-murder-of-ashli-babbitt-precedent The Murder Of Ashli Babbitt Precedent In an act truly unprecedented in American law and history, after a secret process in which no public testimony was taken and no media were allowed in to report on the proceedings, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced the government will not pursue criminal charges against the U.S. Capitol Police officer involved in the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Air Force veteran and Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt. We say unprecedented because over the long course of American history – from the pre-Revolution Boston Massacre in 1770 to the Kent State shootings in 1970 – the armed authorities deployed in this country have always had their actions publicly reviewed and been held accountable for shooting into unarmed crowds But today, we know more about the participants and defendants in the Boston M...