Today In Court

For those who may not be in the know, the CCFR (Specter Arms is business member) had their day in court to challenge the OIC.

Although I am cautious about making any sweeping statements, one thing that popped out was the admission by everyone that the FRT is not law.  It was suggested that it was not law but still enforceable as such which drew a legal version of WTF from the judge.

With this in mind, I am confident that the guns banned outside of the OIC (such as the F12 Typhoon, the SLR and the Modern Hunter to name a few) will be saved.  This point alone will echo through the next round of proposed court cases as well as future government legislation.  This should also help ATRS in their lawsuit.  I’ve said it before, I will say it again: I hope Rick from ATRS crushes the government and retires to a tropical island surrounded by beautiful ladies sleeping on pillows full of cash. He deserves it.

I am on the fence about the efficacy of the arguments against the OIC itself.  I can’t find any one argument that fills me with hope or gloom.

A lot was said but I concentrated mostly on what the impact to industry was.

The Crown’s main argument is that manufacturers can make something else therefore they incur no loss.  They also argue that people can seek financial remedies through the legal system, therefore they suffer no risk to finances or livelihood.  Yes, it was brought up that the OIC planned for more bans as industry adapted.  I have always raged against the cowards who invest and develop these straight pull ‘AR-15’ rifles, those guys are the reason the crown’s arguments hold water and those guys will be indirectly responsible if the OIC stands. 

No decision yet.  I will post more when I know more.

Censorship - I Wonder How Long I Have?

 A popular American website, AR-15.com, was kicked off their hosting servers.  The excuse given to the site owners was that it violated their terms of service but would not explain what term was violated or to appeal the decision.  The same people who hosted AR-15.com also host 2 Hezbollah recruiting websites… those apparently don’t violate the terms of service.

This is just another in a long string of assaults on freedom of speech.  A day or two ago, a free speech platform hosted by Amazon was shut down after conservatives started to migrate over after years of censorship and bans.  They want to end any opinion that does not align with their narrow, dystopian view of the world.

This extends into the financial world was well.  Specter Arms has had its credit card processing revoked multiple times for selling the leftist-unfriendly firearms.  I can sell porn, gambling and children and get credit card processing but I can’t sell a shotgun.

It was pointed out to me that they can shut down any website they want but they can’t get rid of child porn.  My response?  They don’t want to.  It takes me 3 seconds to find a Joe Biden video where he is publicly feeling up an uncomfortable 7 year old girl.  This is not conspiracy shit.  Perhaps there is no connection but during the Trump presidency, arrests for human trafficking skyrocketed; would you have me believe this crime didn’t exist during Obama?

Now you have leftist techno-dictators silencing lawful commerce and elected officials.   The purpose of free speech actually serves the purpose of keeping the peace.  When people feel that they have no voice… when they are backed into a wall… they will attack.  This is basic Sun Tzu.

Expect more violence as more voices are made silent.