Media and Washington Team Up To Deplatform Trump Supporters ~ VIDEO

Washington, D.C. –-(Ammoland.com)- The historic Harrington Hotel in the District of Columbia [DC] will close during a planned massive pro-Trump rally in a bid to deny access to the city by those planning to protest the election results.

On January 6th, 2021, Trump supporters plan to descend on the capital city to protest the stolen presidential election results' certification peacefully. They claim that Biden won the election due to massive widespread fraud. The protestors point investigations by James O'Keefe and Project Veritas that show left-wing ballot harvesting efforts. They also point to the mathematical discrepancy that the statisticians can't easily explain away. They also claim that states broke their election laws to help Biden win and points to big tech interfering in the election process.

The city has been hostile towards the protestors. The Mayor is an outspoken critic of Donald Trump and is an admitted leftist.

City media such as the Washington Post have attacked venues used by the pro-Trump proud boys. The post stories pressured the Harrington Hotel to shut down and cancel reservations of people planning to attend the January protest. Other media outlets in the city jumped on board in attacking the hotel.

Harry's Pub will also shut down during the protest. The bar has been a meeting point for Trump supporters in the past, and the mainstream media noticed that conservatives like to frequent the establishment. The Washington Post once again applied pressure on the business to shut down during the planned protest. There seems to be a concerted effort by the city and mainstream media against the pro-Trump protestors.

The primary protest is organized by “Women for America First,” and it is scheduled for noon to 5 PM at Freedom Plaza. The group is expecting that the rally will draw over 5000 people. President Trump said the protest would be “wild,” and left-wing pundits have insinuated that the phrasing the president used was some type of dog whistle to groups like the Proud Boys.

The Proud Boys plan on attending the protest but will be without their trademark Fred Perry polo shirts. The media have tried to tie the group to white nationalists despite the fact that the group is open to any race. The group's leader, Enrique Tarrio, is Afro-Cuban and would be an odd pick to lead a white nationalist group.

Two groups that plan on being in DC to counter the protestors are Black Lives Matter and Antifa. Antifa and left-wing violence are on an upswing across the country since the death of George Floyd. In Seattle, an Antifa member shot and killed a Trump supporter in an unprovoked attack. On December 12th, Antifa members stabbed four Trump supporters in front of Harry's Pub.

Antifa members stabbed four Trump supporters in front of Harry's Pub Washington DC

Over the summer, Antifa protestors took over parts of Portland and Seattle and demanded extortion payments from local businesses. Antifa “security” has been responsible for multiple shootings, including the death of an unarmed black teenager in Portland.

At the same time, BLM protestors have busted into restaurants and demanded patrons raise their fists in solidarity. They intimated anyone that wouldn't comply with their demands. Continuing to terrorize America BLM protestors have attacked and beaten Trump supporters and caused billions in damages across the country. The trained Marxist are using Stalin's tactics when dealing with critics.

Mainstream media totes the line that right-wing protestors instigated the attacks on them because they were present. If the journalist were to report the attacks' actual facts, left-wing groups would try to end their careers because “they are racist.” No reporters want to be called racist.

This reasoning lines up with Antifa's twisted philosophy. The group considers any idea that goes against their core beliefs as the same as a physical attack. They claim that their shootings and stabbings are “self-defense” against ideas they find objectionable.

One thing is for sure. The January 6th protest will be a “wild” affair.

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About John Crump

John is a NRA instructor and a constitutional activist. John has written about firearms, interviewed people of all walks of life, and on the Constitution. John lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and sons and can be followed on Twitter at @crumpyss, or at www.crumpy.com.

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WI: Political Prosecution, Kyle Rittenhouse Charged with Curfew Violation

Kyle Rittenhouse: Are People under the age of 18 Forbidden from Open Carry in WI?

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- On 25 August 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse was chased and attacked by multiple assailants while attempting to escape them. He shot and killed two of the attackers. He wounded a third, Gaige Grosskruetz, as Grosskruetz lunged at him at close range with a loaded semi-auto handgun Grosskruetz had drawn from concealment.

The two white men Rittenhouse killed were violent felons with long criminal histories.

Rittenhouse immediately attempted to turn himself into the police but in the chaos and confusion of the ongoing riot was told to go home instead.

He turned himself in the next day in his hometown in Illinois, 15 miles from the shooting scene in Kenosha.

The prosecutors in Kenosha have ignored all the video evidence in order to charge Kyle Rittenhouse with the most significant crimes they can imply. He is charged with intentional homicide, and faces life in prison if convicted. The prosecutor is not content with these acts of political theater. Four months after the fact, Kyle has been charged with violating the curfew on 25 August 2020.

From wisn.com:

Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old Illinois teen accused of shooting three people during a protest in Kenosha this summer with violating the curfew that night.

Kyle Rittenhouse was charged in August with multiple counts, including reckless and intentional homicide, endangerment and being a minor in possession of a firearm.

Prosecutors added violating curfew the night of the shootings to the list of charges on Monday.

The offense is a civil citation punishable by forfeiture.

In a discussion on an Internet forum, some of the responses were satirical. Satire is always difficult to do well on the Internet.

The writers suggested the prosecutor include more charges against Kyle. They suggested he be charged with jaywalking, littering (he did not police up his brass after the shooting). One commenter suggested he be charged with loitering.

No one suggested “Disturbing the peace”. Wisconsin law specifically exempts open carry from being considered as “disturbing the peace”, but, as shots were fired when Kyle was attacked, perhaps disturbing the peace could be added.

Another outlet, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal reports that 150 people were arrested for curfew violations during the 10 days of riots and protests. They report the ACLU of Wisconsin has called for all citations to be dismissed on 9 September. From jsonline.com:

The ACLU of Wisconsin on Wednesday called for Kenosha curfew violations issued during the recent unrest there to be dismissed, saying the curfew was never lawfully imposed, just announced by the sheriff.

According to the ACLU, Sheriff David Beth had no legal authority to declare a curfew on Aug. 24, the day after violence and arson broke out amidst protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake.

Online, some suggest President Trump should pardon Kyle Rittenhouse, give the obvious political nature of the charges. Others quickly noted presidential pardons only apply to federal crimes. The crimes Kyle Rittenhouse is charged with are state offenses.

President Trump could pardon Kyle Rittenhouse' friend, Dominick Black, who purchased the rifle he loaned to Kyle Rittenhouse on 25 August. Rittenhouse could legally possess the rifle in Wisconsin, but could not legally purchase it from a federal dealer.

It is theoretically possible for Black to be charged illegally purchasing the rifle under federal law, although the rifle was kept at his home in Wisconsin.

President Trump could preemptively pardon Black. Federal prosecutors have not shown any interest in charging Black at this point. It is not illegal to purchase a rifle and to hold it for someone who could legally purchase it later. Rittenhouse will turn 18 on 3 January 2021.

That complicates the charges, slightly.

A political Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) might decide to seek prosecution of Black under a Biden/Harris administration.

The latest charge, for a curfew violation, smacks of desperation by the prosecutors.

It is hard to see how a Kenosha jury could convict Kyle after viewing the abundant video evidence from multiple angles.

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About Dean Weingarten:

Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of Constitutional Carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.

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The Future Of The Second Amendment All Comes Down To Georgia

The Future Of The Second Amendment All Comes Down To Georgia

Georgia – -(AmmoLand.com)- The Second Amendment will be around in some form or another in the future. But what form will it exist in? Will it be a right that we are able to exercise in a manner close to what the Founders intended? Will it be something that is there, but regulated to be, for all intents and purposes, non-existent? What happens in the Georgia runoffs could decide that future.

You’re probably sick of hearing calls to re-elect Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. In some ways I can’t blame you. Had there not been some very serious issues regarding the process in November, Perdue would have been already re-elected alongside President Trump. But we are dealing with two runoffs and winning both is crucial.

The election of either Jon Ossoff or Raphael Warnock would be a massive disaster for our rights. Both have a clear hostility towards the Second Amendment. Just in the short term, their election would make it more likely to see anti-Second Amendment legislation enacted. But over the longer term, it would mean potentially more stuff to get rid of, making that road longer than it needs to be.

There should be no mistake about it, we are facing a much longer and harder road than many of us thought we’d be dealing with two months ago. Some of it was to be expected from Silicon Valley censorship, but a lot of it comes down to the fact that anti-Second Amendment extremists weren’t going to just roll over once Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed. In fact, they are openly talking about packing the court to neutralize the pro-Second Amendment judicial nominations President Trump has made.

If Mitch McConnell runs the Senate, court-packing never gets a vote. If Chuck Schumer ruins the Senate, then it could come down to Jon Tester and Joe Manchin, who have not been very good on the judicial nominations front. Do you really want to trust the future of the Second Amendment to those two Senators?

The logical answer to this question is, “No.” It is better to have Mitch McConnell in charge of the Senate to shorten the road needed to restore not just our Second Amendment rights, but our republic as well. That requires building a firewall, and build that firewall to protect our rights means that Second Amendment supporters need to back Loeffler and Perdue, then also support the National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund and their Institute for Legislative Action, in order to be ready for 2022 and 2024.

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About Harold Hutchison

Writer Harold Hutchison has more than a dozen years of experience covering military affairs, international events, U.S. politics and Second Amendment issues. Harold was consulting senior editor at Soldier of Fortune magazine and is the author of the novel Strike Group Reagan. He has also written for the Daily Caller, National Review, Patriot Post, Strategypage.com, and other national websites.

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Expert Testimony by Jovan Hutton Pulitzer at Georgia Ballot Hearing is Devastating

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- On 30 December 2020, Jovan Hutton Pulitzer gave a presentation to the Georgia State Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, on how he and his company can detect many types of election fraud with a simple, easy examination of the physical ballots, by running them through forensic machines designed to detect physical signatures of the ballots. Pulitzer is a pattern recognition expert holding over 200 patents. His patents are used on 12 billion handheld devices around the world.

They would not be looking at handwritten signatures. Those are not on the ballots. The would-be detecting physical signatures of folding, printing, marking and codes that exist on the paper used for the ballot.  Every physical process done to a ballot leaves marks. Those minuscule marks, often invisible to the human eye, are the physical signatures Mr. Pulitzer is talking about.

This physical forensic audit of the paper ballots completely circumvents the election software. From a comment on freerepublic.com:

Sorry if I’m repeating something…

His method is to examine the folds on the paper ballot.

These ballots were folded by machine, and each valid one
was folded identically.

He can run the ballots through a device, and it will spit out
the ballots that weren’t folded by an official machine.

If they slipped fake ballots in, his system will pick it
up at once.

He claims his process can tell you, with 100% accuracy:

• How many ballots were printed by what machine.
• How many ballots were mailed.
• How many ballots were filled out by machine.
• How many ballots were counted more than once.
• How many ballots were scanned more than once.
• What candidates were marked on all the ballots in the categories above.
• What ballots went through adjudication

One of the slides in Mr. Pulitzer's presentation shows a quote from a Fulton County Election official, saying 106,000 of 113,130  votes were adjudicated, an astounding 93.67% adjudication rate. Pulitzer says that the high adjudication rate shows the machines were not working as they should. This shows similarities with high adjudication rates in Michigan and Nevada, and potentially in Arizona and Wisconsin.

He claims his process can do the forensic analysis quickly and cheaply, for all paper ballots.

Mr. Pulitizer has volunteered to do the forensic evaluation of the paper ballots for free. He has donated his time, expertise, equipment, and company assets.

He says he does not care who wins. He simply wants to ensure an accurate count is made, so this never happens again.

He says, without faith in the election process, we do not have a country.

While Jovan Hutton Pulitzer was giving his testimony to the subcommittee, more information came in. Voting was ongoing in the runoff elections for Senators in Georgia. There is a Twitter video of what Pulitzer had to report.

Twitter link about ability to hack into the Georgia machines live.

Here is a partial transcript of what Pulitzer reported at that time:

“At this very moment, at a polling locating in the County, not only do we now have access to the devices, to the poll pad, the system, but we are in.  And it is not supposed to have wifi, and that is not supposed to be able to happen, So we've documented now, its communicating two ways, in real time,  mean it is receiving data and sending data, should never happen, shouldn't be wifi, we've now documented it in real time, so we can shut down the data. But that is going on right there where everyone is voting. And, I just wanted to get it into the record.”

The subcommittee was impressed with Mr. Pulitzer's testimony. They voted to request that the Fulton County Board of elections allow examination of the paper ballots. This is a transcript of the request/resolution of the subcommittee:

“That the Fulton County Board of Elections would make the absentee ballots cast in Fulton County, on the November 3 election, before the November 3rd election, be made available to be inspected by the Chealy Group, through the process that Mr. Pulitzer outlined earlier today.”

The vote was unanimous and affirmative.

HUGE Breaking: Georgia State Senate Judiciary Subcommittee unanimously pass motion to audit Fulton County’s absentee ballots pic.twitter.com/8cQkrMN4cO

— USG (@rusttt34) December 30, 2020

The Georgia State Senate Judiciary Subcommittee does not control any police. It is not clear if more votes by the full committee or the Senate are required. It is not clear if the Fulton County Board of Elections will allow the forensic examination to be conducted.

The methods portrayed by Mr. Pulitzer are convincing. They offer a simple way to detect several different kinds of election tampering. They are not absolute. They would not detect, for example, double voting with fraudulently obtained ballots, phantom voting, or voting by illegal voters. However, they would do much to restore confidence in the election process.

Will the Fulton County Board of Elections fight this attempt to show transparency in the election process?

If past history is any indicator, they will lawyer up create legal excuses not to allow the examination. Not allowing the examination makes them appear to be guilty. They do not seem to care.

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About Dean Weingarten:

Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of Constitutional Carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.

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It is On! WildProtest For January 6th, 2021 in DC is ON ~ VIDEO

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- The WILDPROTEST is on to Stop the Steal, the theft of the 2020 presidential election.  The massive rally is being coordinated and is on for January 6th, 2021 on the Capitol steps in D.C. starting at 10 am, scheduled to go to 5 p.m. More info at www.wildprotest.com

On Monday, I heard it mentioned on the Rush Limbaugh Show. Today, Tuesday, it was highlighted on the Hannity show. The tech oligarchs and Media may censor Constitutionalists, but the American equivalent of the Samizdat find ways to get the word out.

This event is designed to protest the destruction of our Constitutional system, with the stolen election and attempted coup, designed and manipulated by domestic traitors and foreign actors, especially through control of the Tech Oligarchs and Fake News Media.

Second Amendment rights in particular, and the entire Bill of Rights in general, are under direct assault.

The First Amendment, while in force, did not anticipate the take over of the dominant media by forces inimical to the existence of the United States of America under Constitutional government.

I have been to these sort of events numerous times, starting in the 1970s, even a couple in Panama during the Civilista protests against Noriega.

Be prepared to go longer than 5 p.m. These events almost always go longer than planned. Speakers are often interrupted by applause. It takes time to get through the list. The speakers have been invited. They have passion. They have important things to say.

You will want to hear them.

I have seldom seen serious violence at similar events.

In the University riots in the 1970's a bit of tear gas, rocks were thrown, buildings taken over, some building fires, a couple of shots by police when they were trapped by the mob. Worst personal experience: trapped in ground floor/common areas of multi-story dormitory (Ogg Hall) when teargas had saturated that floor. Managed to bumble-stumble, crawl out, blind, from memory. It is torture to attempt to breathe in heavy, concentrated tear gas. A good friend, Bob Terry, with a gas mask, helped me the last few feet.  A Goodman. Tear gas training in the Army, later, was mild in comparison.

I do not expect any violence, with President Trump as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. However, the DC local government is firmly in the hand of Deep-State types.

Always have an escape route planned. I recommend two: over the bridges to Virginia and the Mt. Vernon bike trail. The north one is past the Lincoln Memorial, over the memorial bridge to Arlington Cemetery. The south one is past the Jefferson Monument, north side of 395 bridge. Mt. Vernon bike trail goes directly to Reagan National Airport, turn left after crossing the Potomac. It may not be clearly marked. If you are willing to hike a few miles, you can use the reverse route to get to the Capitol.

Screenshot from Googlemaps, Bike paths to use as escape routes, cropped, scaled and red lettering by Dean Weingarten

I don't expect to use them. I expect the Metro to work properly.

You will have to wait to use restrooms/portapotties. This may become the biggest rally/protest/petition of the government ever seen in D.C.

Wear clothes appropriate to an outdoor event, boots you can hike in, comfortable clothes in layers. It will be cool to cold. Have personal property secured with lanyards or straps. Don't take things you cannot afford to lose.  There is a possibility of rain/snow. Average rain days in January, in DC, are ten, three snow days in January on average. My parka is fairly waterproof and very warm.  Prepare for the possibility of rain with some protective gear. Take some snacks and some water. The more you drink, the more you will need the restrooms. [The D.C Mayor is doing everything possible to make it as difficult as it can be for protestors, so come prepared.]

Be prepared to video/record, if at all possible. I will have a camera and a backup camera, as well as a phone and audio recorders.

Consider a bellyband or money belt or similar for ID/cash. At a minimum, use a zipped pocket, or better, an interior zipped pocket.

If the Metro goes down or is overwhelmed, it is about five miles to Reagan National, three miles to Arlington Cemetery over the Memorial bridge, from the Capitol. It is about a mile shorter going past the Jefferson monument over the north side of the 395 bridge over the Potomac to Reagan.

If you need resources, a ride, or are willing to help others, caravans and carpools are being arranged.  From WILDPROTEST.COM:

Groups of patriots are setting up carpools and caravans across the US to join us in DC. Groups will be traveling through and Michigan, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Alabama, and more. Join the group to find routes and rides.

In a way, this is our version of Dunkirk, in the reverse. We will not be under attack, artillery fire, or bombardment from the air. We are going to the fight, instead of evacuating from it. It will take a massive movement mostly self-organized by the people, to get it done.

There is not a lot of time. People need to act now to get this done. People who cannot go can support people who can. If a patriot cannot spare the time, support someone who has the time to spare. I will see you there.

For the nay-sayers and defeatists.

WildProtest To Stop The Steal January 6th, 2021

If you are not willing to spend a few days to protest this usurpation now, you will not be willing to fight later.

This protest takes little courage. It takes few resources. It takes little time. Saying this protest will not be effective is an excuse to do nothing. At the minimum, the protest will put the plotters on notice.

The People see what you are doing. We will not be apathetic, compliant, and give up easily.

It is a bit like the Doolittle raid. Doing something to show we can. It may be more effective than that.

From Thomas Paine:

“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”

From Winston Churchill:

“If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may. come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival.

This protest is at the early stages of the fight. We have been infiltrated. There are quislings in most institutions. Our children are being trained to hate the USA and the Constitution. The fight now is for hearts and minds, and to show we see the treachery.

Half of our countrymen are with us. A quarter of our countrymen are against us. A few of those against us control the dominant media and the tech empires. Much of the online support is for their side is from robots and bot farms. A quarter of citizens have no understanding of what is happening.

More resistance now means less, little, or no bloodshed later.

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About Dean Weingarten:

Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of Constitutional Carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering and retired from the Department of Defense after a 30-year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.

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Firearms to be Claimed in Michigan Crime Lab by January, 2021

Firearms to be Claimed in Michigan Crime Lab by January, 2021

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Every month, the Michigan State Police (MSP) are required to publish a list of firearms the state intends to dispose of. These are firearms that have not been claimed. The publication is a notice to any owners of the firearms so they may be claimed. Here is the notice from the site. Public Notice of Intent to Dispose of Firearms site:

Public Notice of Intent to Dispose of Firearms

The information below identifies firearm(s) confiscated by a Michigan law enforcement agency and turned over to the Michigan State Police (MSP) pursuant to MCL 28.434 and MCL 750.239.

List of Weapons To Be Destroyed After 12/1/2020 (public notice date: 11/2/2020)

List of Weapons To Be Destroyed After 1/1/2021 (public notice date:  12/1/2020)

If you are claiming ownership of any firearm(s) listed, please write or call within thirty (30) days of the date of public notice. In addition to your ownership claim, you must be authorized to possess firearms.

If no valid ownership claim is received by MSP within thirty (30) days of the date of public notice, the firearm(s) listed above will be destroyed.

Firearm(s) listed above are not for sale.

Contact information is listed below:

Michigan State Police
Training Division
Forfeited Weapons Unit
7426 N. Canal Road
Lansing, MI 48913
517-449-5118

Image screenshot from Michigan State Police, cropped, and scaled by Dean Weingarten

Under Michigan law, the State Police could choose to sell the firearms. They are protected from any liability by Michigan law. From the Michigan code 750.239:

 750.239 Forfeiture of weapons; disposal; immunity from civil liability.
Sec. 239.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and subject to section 239a, all pistols, weapons, or devices carried, possessed, or used contrary to this chapter are forfeited to the state and shall be turned over to the department of state police for disposition as determined appropriate by the director of the department of state police or his or her designated representative.

(2) The director of the department of state police shall dispose of firearms under this section by 1 of the following methods:

(a) By conducting a public auction in which firearms received under this section may be purchased at a sale conducted in compliance with section 4708 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.4708, by individuals authorized by law to possess those firearms.

(b) By destroying them.

(c) By any other lawful manner prescribed by the director of the department of state police.

(3) Before disposing of a firearm under this section, the director of the department of state police shall do both of the following:

(a) Determine through the law enforcement information network whether the firearm has been reported lost or stolen. If the firearm has been reported lost or stolen and the name and address of the owner can be determined, the director of the department of state police shall provide 30 days' written notice of his or her intent to dispose of the firearm under this section to the owner, and allow the owner to claim the firearm within that 30-day period if he or she is authorized to possess the firearm.

(b) Provide 30 days' notice to the public on the department of state police website of his or her intent to dispose of the firearm under this section. The notice shall include a description of the firearm and shall state the firearm's serial number, if the serial number can be determined. The department of state police shall allow the owner of the firearm to claim the firearm within that 30-day period if he or she is authorized to possess the firearm. The 30-day period required under this subdivision is in addition to the 30-day period required under subdivision (a).

(4) The department of state police is immune from civil liability for disposing of a firearm in compliance with this section.

The Michigan State Police destroy about $500,000 of firearms each year. It is bizarre they pay to have this done. Many companies would pay the police to do it, just for the parts which could be salvaged.

It is done strictly for propaganda purposes.

Readers might want to check the list each month. Perhaps you have lost or had stolen a firearm that did not have a serial number. Many are on the list. Check to see if the model you lost is there. It might belong to you. Consider the Marlin Model 81 .22 rifle. They are nice little .22 bolt guns. Many never had a serial number.

With a little effort, you can decode the firearm type. P is a pistol, R is a rifle, S is shotgun.   B is a bolt action, D is derringer,  I is semi-auto, P is a pump, L is a lever-action, S is a single shot, R is a revolver.  The code is in two letters, with the Pistol, Rifle, or Shotgun designation first.  For example, PI is a semi-automatic pistol, SS is a single-shot shotgun, and PR is a pistol which is a revolver.

It is the height of irresponsibility to destroy these guns for the sole reason of destroying them.

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About Dean Weingarten:

Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of Constitutional Carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.

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Battle for Georgia & America, Grassroots in Action, Get Involved ~ VIDEO

By Dianna Muller, Founder of the DC Project.

Georgia – -(AmmoLand.com)- All eyes are on Georgia!  As we mush our way through this election season that is dragging on with so much uncertainty remaining, many of us have probably asked ourselves the burning question of ‘what can I do’?

It was that burning question and a witty video of Rep. Dan Crenshaw stating “bring everyone” to a rally for the GA Senators in a run-off that led me to step outside my comfort zone and ‘knock doors’ in Georgia for the pro 2A candidates.

December 20th, 2020, was my inaugural door-knocking experience helping to get the vote out.

I teamed up with one of my local DC Project gals, Karon Peters, and set off to make a difference! I will share the process that got me started and the top five things we learned that day to help encourage you to get engaged!

Where do you even start?  It can be a little intimidating doing something for the first time.  I started by contacting the NRA and getting plugged in with the grassroots Frontline Activist Leader. Here’s the link: www.nraila.org/grassroots/find-your-frontlines-activist-leader/  They will have you upload an app and it becomes very self-explanatory from there.  We also got NRA door hangers with information about the candidates.

When you open the app, i360walk, it detects your location and gives you ‘books’ that contain the specific information on each of the houses.  The app sends you to specific doors based on the information they have mined. That made us feel better about knocking on doors with a high probability of support.  Our goal was to ask them to actually vote!  Once you finish a visit, there are questions in the app that seem to be updating the information they have.  Like “Did they indicate they were supportive” type intelligence.

Now that we have covered how we got started, let me share the top five things we learned that day.

1.  How many people is ideal?  I enlisted the help of a couple of friends since there is safety in numbers, but you don’t want to waste time or talent with too many.  Three is a good number.  Two to knock and one to manage the app and document your effort for your own social media.  The more folks realized how easy it is, the likelier we are to get people to help!
2. Respect personal space.  Knock on the door and take a step back.   Being a retired police officer, I didn’t even think about this at first.  Usually, people called me to their house or my uniform would let them know I’m the good guy.  But if there is a stranger at your door, the resident doesn’t have that information, and stepping away from the door gives them a little comfort knowing that if they crack the door, someone isn’t going to force their way in.  We did see a door that had ‘no solicitation’ on it and we respected the sign and went on our way.
3. Ladies are important. Women can be less intimidating.  I don’t want to discourage the guys from door knocking, but if you can mix a woman in there, it will likely help!  Dressing professionally and with a smile are no brainers to make you look warm and inviting!
4. When is best? Saturdays are best as there is a greater chance of someone being at home.  NRA suggests 10 am to 5 pm time frame, but there are no rules. We went on a weekday and there were a lot of folks not home, so we left a door hanger.  Some houses already had door hangers on them, so you know these folks are getting satiated with election information.
5. It’s great exercise!  Wear comfortable shoes and dress in layers. We had a very mild weather day which I’m sure that enhanced our experience!

Dianna Muller with Karon Peters Get the Vote Out

All in all, we are chalking our first experience was a smashing success.

We were able to make contact with several folks and had some good conversations with some like-minded people.  If you say ‘I don’t like politics’, then you are allowing others to have rule over you. So, what can YOU do?   It’s imperative that gun owners and conservatives get engaged.  Local politics matter.  From school board to federal legislator, it’s up to constitutionally sound people to take back the reins.  And if that sounds too scary, you can always volunteer to door knock!!

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About DC Project

The DC Project raises awareness that firearms safety and violence prevention are achieved through education, not legislation; encourages the preservation of America’s gun culture; and highlights the diversity and rising demographic of female gun owners through ongoing advocacy because gun rights are women’s rights. www.dcproject.info

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NRA-Backed Stand Your Ground Legislation Introduced in Arkansas

The NRA-ILA reports on new legislation in Arkansas. IMG NRA-ILA

U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action is pleased to announce the filing of NRA-backed legislation, Senate Bill 24, in Arkansas. This important piece of legislation would eliminate the duty to retreat for victims of a crime — if passed, a victim who is attacked will no longer be required by law to try and run away.

“Laws should favor victims — not criminals, as they do now. When crimes occur, victims have little time to decide the best course of action for survival. They should not be required to run away or face prosecution for defending themselves,” said Matt Herriman, NRA Arkansas state director. “This measure is common sense. Anyone who opposes it puts the interests of the criminal above the interests of the victim.”

SB 24, introduced by Sen. Bob Ballinger, was filed Dec. 23 and will come before the Senate Judiciary in the second week of January. Rep. Aaron Pilkington will sponsor the legislation on the House side.

“The ability for residents in rural areas, like Johnson and Pope County, where response times may be longer because of less law enforcement officers covering a larger area, is pivotal,” said Rep. Pilkington. “By the time the police or sheriff department can arrive, it could be too late for the crime victims living out in the more remote areas of our state.” 

Laws in at least 25 states provide that there is no duty to retreat in any place in which one is lawfully present. (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.) At least 10 of those states include language stating one may “stand his or her ground.” (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.)

“It is time that Arkansas move past the politics and provide clarity for good citizens who just wish to protect themselves and others,” said Sen. Ballinger of Ozark. “Over the last few years, a group of legislators went to work with prosecutors, self-defense advocacy groups, and law enforcement to craft the right stand your ground legislation for Arkansas. We look forward to it passing during this upcoming session and I will be relieved when law-abiding Arkansans get to share the protections provided in so many other states,” Ballinger concluded.

Herriman concluded, “Crime victims should not have to worry that defending themselves or their families could result in legal trouble. This is such an important measure and the NRA looks forward to working with lawmakers to score a big win in the name of self-defense for all law-abiding Arkansans.” 

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About NRA-ILA:

Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the “lobbying” arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess, and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Visit: www.nra.org

 

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NJ Legalization Caution! Marijuana Still Precludes Gun Ownership Under Federal Law

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New Jersey – -(AmmoLand.com)- Despite the imminent legalization of marijuana use in New Jersey on January 1 (pursuant to a November 3, 2020, ballot question amending NJ's constitution), marijuana use is still unlawful under federal law and marijuana users are still disqualified from owning firearms under federal law.

Gun law guru Evan Nappen breaks the issue down online in a just-released new chapter of his book on NJ gun law and in a new podcast of his Gun Lawyer show.

“I’m Evan Nappen, and welcome to Gun Lawyer. Hey, today I want to talk to you about marijuana and guns. That’s right, marijuana and guns. What about weed and those things we love so much that go bang? Well, I’ll tell you. There’s a phrase that I actually coined. Honestly, it was me. I coined this a number of years ago. When talking about marijuana and guns, what I said was, “bang or bong, you can’t have both”.

That’s exactly what the story still is today.”

The bottom line is, until federal law changes, marijuana use still disqualifies users from gun ownership under federal law regardless of any changes in state or local law.

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About Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs: The Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, Inc. is the official NRA State Association in New Jersey. Our mission is to implement all of the programs and activities at the state level that the NRA does at the national level. This mission includes the following: To support and defend the constitutional rights of the people to keep and bear arms. To take immediate action against any legislation at the local, state, and federal level that would infringe upon these rights. Visit: www.anjrpc.org

 

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Florida Woman Accused of Shooting Officer Serving Warrant

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- On 28 September 2020, a warrant was served in Jacksonville Florida, just before 8 a.m. The warrant was not a no-knock warrant. There is evidence the officers serving the warrant attempted to announce themselves with loudspeakers and by knocking. The warrant was served by a Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team and the DEA. When they did not get an answer, they started to break in. They were not wearing body cameras.

Diamonds Ford started shooting at them. She hit one officer in his vest, which saved him from a bullet wound. She called 911 and told the operator her home was being attacked.

Operator: “Ma'am give me the name of the street.'

Ford: “7232 Rutledge. Please Hurry.

 Operator: “What's happening?”

Ford: Someone is shooting.

Ford: “We gonna die.”

Operator: “7232 Rutledge Pearson Drive, do you know who is shooting?”

JSO: “Open the front door.”

Ford:  “Oh wait, what, wait, that's the sheriff's office. Okay hey hey hey, hold on, wait wait wait, hold on wait, whoa.”

There is more on the video. This partial transcript gives you the flavor.

It is hard to deceive convincingly, on the spur of the moment. Diamonds Ford sounds very convincing.

Ford says she and her fiancee were sleeping, awoke to the sound of breaking glass, and she fired at the presumed home invaders.

In the United States, people prize their Second Amendment rights. Their home is their castle. People serving warrants need to take special care.

A warrant announcement that is not heard, is equivalent in effect to a no-knock warrant. One troubling aspect of the raid – no officers wore body cameras. Some neighbors say they were sleeping as well and did not hear the announcement.

This situation can happen to people of any race or religion. We saw a similar event in Houston. The Breonna Taylor case has similarities. The important difference, in this case, is no one was killed. The officer who was hit was protected by his vest. The officers did not fire blindly into the home when they were fired upon.

Diamonds Ford and Anthony Gantt were charged with armed possession of marijuana with intent to sell and attempted murder of a police officer. From news4jax.com:

Although, the judge did acknowledge that some neighbors who were interviewed by police said they were asleep and didn’t hear anything at all before or during the raid.

Charbula also left the door open for a possible bond reduction down the road.

“If, during the discovery process, the Defendant discovers evidence that weakens the State’s claim that the Defendant knew that it was JSO outside her window before she fired and shot a SWAT detective multiple times, this Court will allow the Defendant to file a subsequent motion to reduce bond,” Charbula wrote.

Local attorney Gene Nichols, not affiliated with the case, believes this is promising for the defense.

There have been several cases where, when officers were fired upon, the people doing the shooting were acquitted or the charges were dropped. They include people who are black, white, and Asian.

It helps if the home defender has a sterling record. In the Diamonds Ford case, the couple had some minor criminal history.  From jacksonville.com:

A check of Duval County jail records shows both suspects have only a few past local arrests. Gantt was arrested in 2013 for auto burglary and this past May for driving with a suspended license, drug possession and fleeing the scene of an accident. Ford's arrests included one in 2014 for child abuse, and another in 2010 for fighting.

Minor criminal history is not enough to deny someone their Second Amendment rights.

You cannot have both Second Amendment rights, the right to defend your home as your castle, accepted and widespread in society; and not expect startled homeowners to occasionally shoot police officers who, by some combination of circumstances, do not announce sufficiently to make their presence clearly and unequivocally known.

These types of raids are becoming well known. The public response is not in the favor of the police.  Americans love their Second Amendment rights and prize their ability to defend their homes with lethal force.

More and better announcements are happening before breaking down doors.

More police will wear body cameras on the raids. Everyone is going to be held to more accountability through ubiquitous digital recording devices.

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About Dean Weingarten:

Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of Constitutional Carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.

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Peaceably Assemble and to Petition the Government, January 6th in D.C. ~ VIDEO

Peaceably Assemble and to Petition the Government, January 6th in D.C.

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- President Trump has called the People to peaceably assemble in Washington, D.C. on 6 January 2020. The People will petition the Government to redress grievances, particularly the fraudulent election of 2020.

Half the country believes the election was stolen from President Trump. Half of the rest are uninformed or misinformed. The evidence is accumulating, day after day. It is creeping through the censorship of big media and the tech oligarchs. More and more people are becoming informed. More and more people are becoming angry.

The report by Peter Navarro lays out the election fraud in the six swing states for all to see.

The Immaculate Deception 12.15.20

The peaceable assembly in DC is a way to redress the people's grievances. There are many grievances.

Those who have seen their jobs shipped overseas to China, as the Chinese Communist Party steals the Western world blind, with the assistance of our ruling class/media/and tech giants, are likely to show up.

The veterans, who risked life and limb, and saw buddies die as they fought to preserve the Constitution, and now see it being shredded, are likely to show up.

Those whose businesses have been destroyed, fortunes lost, dreams imploded by state governors determined to destroy the economy to get rid of President Trump, are likely to show up.

Those who lost loved ones to lawless illegal immigrants, who flout our laws and disrespect our culture, egged on by politicians who wish to replace their current constituents, are likely to show up.

Those who see their children indoctrinated in government-run schools to disrespect their parents, hate themselves and their country, are likely to show up.

Those who are tired of being told people can change their sex as they change their clothes, who see children deliberately being sexualized under the age of eight, and who are threatened if they oppose such indoctrination, are likely to show up.

Those who have been told, they have to hate themselves because of the color of their skin, that discrimination is the only reason for inequality of result, and, if they will not repeat the lie themselves, they will no longer have a job, are likely to show up.

Those who see a corrupt ruling class who claim citizenship of the world rather than allegiance to the United State; a ruling class which sees military power of the USA as a problem, rather than prudence in a dangerous world; a ruling class which sees American patriots as deplorables, instead of creators of solutions; those who see the reality of the rulers, are likely to show up.

Those who see the United States as the greatest nation which has ever existed on the face of the earth, a nation which has achieved the greatest prosperity, the greatest freedom, the greatest technology, the greatest military strength, the wealthiest and fattest poor people on the planet, are likely to show up, to oppose those who want to destroy the United States as it exists.

All who want to show up will not be able to. The hour is late. There are only a few days to make it to DC by the morning of January 6th.

Americans are problem solvers. We instinctively form committees, organize church groups, and learn to rely on each other when the defense of the nation requires it. The commercial planes to DC are filling fast. Buses are being organized. Caravans are being created from as far as California.

If you do not have the means to go, several friends can pool resources to send a representative.  People who cannot spare time can sponsor those who have time to spare.

People can support those who are able and willing to go in many ways. The People will need shelter and support on the way. Volunteers will need to organize parking and shuttles closer to D.C.  If you cannot go, there are many ways to contribute.

With President Trump as the Commander in Chief, patriots need not worry about being machine-gunned in the streets, as a dictator might in a nation without the Constitutional guarantee of a peaceable assembly to petition the government.

The United States is not Venezuela… yet.

Whatever happens on 6 January 2020, will be history-making, and significant for the future of the United States.

Years, decades, in the future, people will be asking: Where were you on that fateful day?

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About Dean Weingarten:

Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of Constitutional Carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering and retired from the Department of Defense after a 30-year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.

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ATF Makes Moves Against the Solvent Trap Industry ~ VIDEO

Cautionary Note: All silencers require a $200 tax stamp from the BATFE in the USA.  We caution U.S. readers not to begin building a silencer unless you first pay the tax and acquire the proper paperwork (form 1) in advance, before purchasing parts or building a silencer.

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U.S.A. -(Ammoland.com)- News broke recently concerning the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) raid at the Diversified Machine facility.

Diversified Machine is one of a handful of companies that make solvent traps. Gun owners file form ones with the ATF and then convert solvent traps to homemade suppressors. The ATF has long taken the stand that solvent traps and converting a device to a silencer are legal.

The ATF’s new, and yet to be announced, departmental-slogan for 2021 is “ATF Reimagined.”

It looks like they are reimaging our gun laws!?

Many gun owners think the ATF’s new offensive against the Second Amendment started with the raid on the Polymer80 facility, then moved to pistol braces, and finally focusing on solvent traps. Information that was obtained by AmmoLand News and confirmed with the company’s owners shows that the ATF has been moving against solvent trap manufacturers since early this year.

AmmoLand has confirmed at least five ATF raids in the past few months for one of two reasons. The ATF’s motivations for intimidating solvent trap manufacturers seem to be related to the crackdown on pistol braces and 80% frames. The ATF believes people are using these devices as loopholes to current gun laws, and/or want to discourage retailers from selling legal parts.

The first raid took place at Aegis Products in March of this year. Customs noticed a package shipped from China to the company looked suspicious and notified the ATF. The federal law enforcement agency made a controlled delivery before raiding the small manufacture. Federal Agents seized the company’s inventory. The ATF did not make any arrest but claims that the company illegally imported suppressor parts even though the parts could not be used in a suppressor unless modified by the end-user.

The ATF also executed a search warrant at another company. A man was arrested for selling machine guns and drugs. When law enforcement arrested him, they found that he owned that companies products that he illegally converted into a working suppressor. The ATF used this bust to look into the company. The company had no connection to the man that authorities arrested. Again, in this case, the ATF did not arrest anyone at the company because no one at that company broke any laws. That company requires a completed and approved form one to purchase their product. The company engraves the device before shipping.

The ATF contacted the third company because their center caps had dimples, that indicate where to drill? The ATF took screenshots of their website that showed the dimples in the end caps. Dimple marks on the end caps seem to be a common theme for the cause of a lot of the ATF raids.

ATF Solvent Trap Raid screenshot (https://ift.tt/3hrCyZJ)

The ATF says that these dimples show “intent.”

The ATF also raided another solvent trap company for selling products with parts from China. Once again, they were tipped off by Customs. The ATF is claiming that the companies are violating import rules on importation suppressor parts. The parts the company imported could not be used in a suppressor without modification.

Solvent trap companies that sell products with parts from China are clearly on the ATF’s radar. It appears that the ATF is working hand-in-hand with Customs to track parts from China. The tracking of the importation of parts would explain the visit by the ATF to the owner of the“Truck Master” YouTube channel. The host of the channel works on trucks and ordered fuel filters from China. ATF agents showed up at his residents and demanded he turn over his “suppressors.” He was confused at first until agents showed him his order. He had to take them into his massive garage to show him he was working on many diesel trucks, and sometimes fuel filters are just fuel filters.

That brings us to the latest raid on Diversified Machine. Agents once again seized everything, but this time the ATF also took customer records a tactic we saw ATF use against Polymer80. This move seems to be the federal agency escalating enforcement of confusing and contradictory regulations. They are creating a minefield for small business owners. When the ATF are asked about solvent traps, all they say is that “solvent traps” are legal but do not give any further guidance to the industry? Then we find ATF posting the opposite on their own field-division website (https://ift.tt/3hrCyZJ).

The ATF seems to be liberally using “intent” to initiate these raids.

Suppose a company adds terms like “suppressor” or “silencer” to their website's search engine optimization (SEO). In that case, the ATF will use that as proof that the company is knowingly selling suppressor parts. All solvent trap companies should assume that the ATF is monitoring their sites.

While pistol braces and 80% frame are getting all the press, the solvent trap industry is also under constant ATF attack. The industry is a small niche market but does have the potential to be a massive multi-million dollar industry. Because of the small size of the market, the ATF has been able to attack these companies without considerable pushback.

Most of the companies are small mom-and-pop shops with only a few employees. They don’t have the money for the necessary massive legal defense. AmmoLand spoke to an owner of one solvent trap company who fixes metal working equipment as his day job. He went into the business of making legal solvent traps to keep his door open and keep his machines running. These machining companies have been hit hard since the COVID-19 outbreak, and the ATF is just making it worse.

Many believe the goal of the ATF is to destroy a legal industry through intimidation. With the spotlight on braces and 80% frame, they just might be able to do it. As of this writing, the ATF has yet to charge any company or person in the industry with a crime.

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About John Crump

John is a NRA instructor and a constitutional activist. John has written about firearms, interviewed people of all walks of life, and on the Constitution. John lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and sons and can be followed on Twitter at @crumpyss, or at www.crumpy.com.

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