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Never Mind The Suits

Good Stuff, The Gun Thing

As Combat Controller put it when he sent me this link, “While the NRA buys Wayne LaPierre’s suits and luxury junkets, the GOA does what they were supposed to be doing.”

Gun Owners of America (GOA) is proud to support the introduction of GOA-drafted legislation in West Virginia by Senators Chris Rose and Z. Maynard that would authorize the creation of a state entity to purchase and transfer machine guns to qualified law-abiding citizens pursuant to existing federal law. 

The legislation utilizes a clear statutory exception contained in 18 U.S.C. § 922(o), commonly known as the Hughes Amendment. While that provision generally restricts civilian possession of post-1986 machine guns, it expressly states that the prohibition “does not apply with respect to … a transfer to or by, or possession by or under the authority of” a State or any department or political subdivision thereof. 

Under the bill introduced in West Virginia, the State would establish state-run distribution centers authorized to acquire machine guns and conduct transfers “by” the State to qualified members of the general public. By structuring transactions within the text of the federal exemption, the legislation seeks to restore access to constitutionally protected arms while adhering to existing federal law. 

My only question then and now is:  when will Texas follow suit?

Here’s the thing:  I have no interest, zero, in owning a full-auto firearm for myself.  (Okay, I could make a exception for the wonderful WWII-era M2 Subbie*, but they just cost too damn much, as would the ammo I’d be blasting away at whatever the $$$$ price of .45 ACP is these days.)

But I do support the idea of anyone who does want to own one being allowed to do so.  (My old line:  “AK-47s in Aisle 14” applies here.)

*Yes, I’ve fired one, on several occasions, and I frigging loved it.

Not A Problem

Patriotism

I know there’s going to be some kind of uproar about this:

The gold medal-winning U.S. women’s hockey team is turning down President Trump’s invitation to attend the State of the Union (SOTU) address, citing conflicting “academic and professional commitments.”

Actually, I’m going to file this under “Whatever”, because it doesn’t matter.  I remember when Michael Jordan turned down an invitation from Bill Clinton to visit the White House, giving as a reason the fact that Clinton’s latest tax increase had severely impacted his financial state.

I didn’t care then, and I didn’t care now.  Some time ago, I think I asked the question about getting an invitation from Obama or Biden to visit the White House, and being surprised at the vitriolic response.

And yes, I know that these girls were representing the United States, and how dare they turn down an invitation from the President of the United States.

To borrow a line from the Left:  he’s not a king, and the invitation is not a Royal Summons.

Al that said, however, I do find it difficult to believe that every single member of the team has an “academic and professional commitment” which would make accepting an invitation impossible.  My question is:  who first suggested that these kids turn down the invitation as a team, rather than allowing individuals to make up their own mind?  Or do all the team members hate Trump that much?

And let’s be honest:  an invitation to attend the SOTU address would be a way for these kids to be recognized and applauded by the nation, on prime time TV.  If they want to be churlish and tun down that opportunity, well, there’s no law against bad manners.

Finally, I think it would e very wrong to think of punishing the team, its members or the USOC in some way – e.g. by cutting off their funding or something like that.  Now that would be churlish.

It’s not the end of the world.  Forget about it, and them, and let’s focus on more important matters.

All that said, I’m glad to see how the gold-winning men’s team has responded to the same Presidential invitation.  The above article makes no mention of that, but here’s one that does:

The president went on to extend an invitation to have the team at his State of the Union address on Tuesday, to which a chorus of players immediately answered, “We’re in!”

One player asked if they could have help getting to Washington, DC.

“We’ll get Kash or we’ll get the military to get you guys over,” Trump replied, garnering more cheers from the athletes.

At the end of the call, Trump said, “We love you guys. Congratulations… I’m going to shake hands with everybody, but I got to shake hands with that goalie!”

There ya go, and the hell with the chicks.

Sore Losers

Sports

Speaking of the U.S. Men’s hockey team, there’s this little reaction from our cousins to the north:

Team USA has returned to gold medal form, and the Canadians couldn’t be more upset about it. It’s an all time cope and seethe sessions from our neighbors to the north, and their rage couldn’t be more hilarious. Thankfully, our fellow Americans have done their patriotic duty and rage-baited the canucks into oblivion over the past two days.

Read the post and follow the links therein for the full flavor.

And my personal condolences to my Canuki Readers

Yeah, We Know

Marxists, Morons & Idiots, Politics

Finally, the rest of the world discovers what we conservatives have known for years:  the Brooklyn Barmaid is a vacuous Marxist with little intelligence and an astonishing ignorance of, well, just about everything.

I actually started to watch AOC’s little speech at the Munich conference and had to quit because I was embarrassed by the spectacle of her complete meltdown.  I mean, she had no idea of any of the topics she was quizzed on — she couldn’t even recall her party’s talking points, let alone formulate any cogent or reasoned responses to the simple questions put to her.

The only negative outcome I can see coming from this is that she should have been exposed during the 2028 primaries instead of now.  She wouldn’t be able to debate prospective candidates from her own party*, let alone heavy hitters like Marco Rubio or J.D. Vance.

*I’m assuming that the Social Democrat Marxists might actually have a better candidate than this fool, but I could be mistaken.