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• Oh, Ye of Undetermined Gender

  I think what is bothering me about the "woke" trend of listing your pronouns is that a lot of the people doing it are "CIS Gendered". That is they identify... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• My Pronouns Are We/our and Fuck You Peasants....

  Ok, I have come at the English language as someone who speaks it as a second language, even though technically it is my "maternal" language. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• An Opinion from 1850 on Concealed Weapons

  "The act of the 25th of March, 1813, makes it a misdemeanor to be "found with a concealed weapon, such as a dirk, dagger, knife, pistol, or any other deadly... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• More Thoughts on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett

  I'm reading Carlton Larson's Four Exceptions in Search of a Theory: District of Columbia v. Heller and Judicial Ipse Dixit from the Hastings Law Review and... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett

  Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. The petition for cert in this case says:Perhaps the single most important unresolved Second Amendment question after... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Guns, CCTV, and the Surveillance State

  

  ADT had an ad almost 30 years ago that compared a handgun to a burglar alarm. It pointed out that the alarm would call the cops while the gun was sitting in a... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Comedy is Much Better at Making Points Than Argument...

  

  I'm having a big problem right now with the accusations of racism and white privilege. For example, CNN legal analyst Areva Martin slammed David Webb for his... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Oh, Boy! SCOTUS Granted Cert to New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v....

  And the gun regulation crowd is in freak out mode. I should add that Gene Volokh is being pessimistic. Part of me wonders if he regrets not letting on someone... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Big Brutha is Watching You!

  OK, the utopians not only want to rid society of guns, they also want to get rid of the police. Crime will be solved by social programs which ensure equality... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Defund the Police is Utopian, Misinformed, and Misguided

  

  I witnessed the police beating someone resisting arrest. It was about 4-6 police officers on one small, skinny person.https://ec.europa. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• I Get Self-defence, Especially When People Talk About "defunding the Police"

  I did a couple of posts titled "Cringeworthy, But Understandable" about Patricia and Mark McCloskey, the couple who defended their home in a gated community... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Life Taking a Cue from Art

  

  In this case Nancy Pelosi doing her version of the Q A in the Black Church segment from the film Bulworth.The clip from the filmThe movie clip is actually close... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• More Thoughts on the Derek Chauvin Verdict

  OK, the popular line is that "I support the police, but Derek Chauvin was a rogue cop." I'm not sure if they watched the entire video of the arrest since... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Verdict is in

  

  And it's bad.I wonder if the people cheering that Derek Chauvin was found guilty will be happy if police forces start having problems with recruiting and... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Comment on Ukraine and Joe Biden.

  Somewhere else I made a comment about Russia's troop buildup on the Ukrainian border. I'm definitely not the family member most qualified to comment since I am... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Maybe I'm Wrong, But...

  

  This is coloured by the fact that I have practised criminal law for over 30 years now.Most of the riots, er "peaceful protests", have related to people resistin... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• "Gun Control" Isn't a Crazy Liberal Plot. But Maybe "gun Rights" Might Be an...

  I'm not going to get into the current state of "Second Amendment" jurisprudence to say anything other than it is quite friendly to what is called "reasonable... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Hey, Beth Nguyen, Was It America That Ruined Your Name, Or Was It the English...

  I just read a New Yorker article by Beth Nguyen called America Ruined my Name for Me. It seems her name is Bich Minh Nguyen. You can guess what Anglophones do... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Should Victims of Domestic Violence Received the Protection of the US Government?

  The founders would appear to have thought so if we look at US Constitution Article IV, Section 4, which says:The United States shall guarantee to every State... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Cutting the Baby in Half

  There are a lot of reasons for calling this what I am, but the main one is that the true mother showed herself when Solomon suggested cutting the baby in half. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY