The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches
Colorado, USA
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One of the greatest pieces of wisdom ever offered by the Supreme Court, came in a 1928 dissent by Justice Brandeis:
“Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.”
A portion of this passage is inscribed in the Cox Corridor at the US Capitol below a painting of Washington’s Farewell Address.
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One bit of low-hanging fruit I'd love to see the new class of red state Dems back is carry permit reciprocity. Permits should be honored the way driver's licenses are, especially given that the data proves those with permits (from any state) almost never commit crime.
@scott_colom @MaryPeltola @Hamilton4Kansas @turek4iowa @SamForstag
Just completed my renewal application for my Arizona nonresident CCW (AZ is a constitutional carry state, but I mostly maintain a permit so I can carry in Nevada, as I am there a couple times a year and NV honors AZ permits, but not CA permits).
It took about 5 or 10 minutes to complete the renewal, and cost about $50. Permit is good for five years. No need to do a new training course and fingerprinting on renewals either, that is just for the first time you get your permit.
Absurd that it is so much easier than my home state of California, which costs me hundreds of dollars each time, plus a training course, and now I'll also have to pay for livescan every renewal as if my fingerprints change. And it's only good for 3 years (and that's an improvement; until this year it was 2 year cycles).
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A pair of studies analysing more than 4,700 ancient human genomes has identified the possible origins of Celtic and Germanic languages
go.nature.com/3WvQxX9
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Progressive democrats have passed 45 gun laws over the last 13 years in Colorado.
US News and World Report lists Colorado as the 2nd most dangerous state.
Yet the ignorant electorate just can't get enough of piss poor governance.
#copolitics #coleg
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Concealed carry reciprocity is lame because permits suck.
But the license should be respected from state to state the same way as gay marriage.
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There’s already a bill—the Bivens Act—tailor-made to create a constitutional cause of action against federal officials and nothing more (or less).
It adds 5 words to Section 1983.
Congress should pass it.
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They claim to be against "gun violence" while donating to Everytown, an organization which backs laws that help mass shooters.
That recent school shooting stopped by an armed bystander? He had to break an Everytown-backed law to do so. Thank God he ignored it.
Everytown and the other antigun orgs have pushed for tons of gun free zone laws, even though they have zero data to suggest people with carry permits are responsible for crime. (The data actually suggests the opposite)
I’ve Had It podcast issues smug “apology” as show sponsors flee after hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan couldn’t stop giggling at the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk’s corpse and killing him a 2nd time.
Cash App, Chewy, and others have stopped sponsoring the show.
Pathetic “apology” and it’s a shame companies are still supporting this show.
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One way likely senator-elect @scott_colom can immediately prove he is for real upon taking office: be a Dem co-sponsor on a carry reciprocity bill.
It is absurd that someone in, e.g., California can pay $500 to $2000 for a carry permit, then it isn't even valid in Illinois or New York. States should, at minimum, honor the permits of other states if they are not willing to go all the way on constitutional carry.
And I'm sure his constituents in Mississippi would appreciate not needing more than one permit too when they travel.
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Everytown/Moms Demand Action endorsed “gun sense” Missouri politician who won his race was just arrested for………threatening to shoot someone during an argument
mom-at-arms.com/post/everyto…
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So crazy that in Sardinia there are THOUSANDS of bronze age ruins like this across the landscape.
The Bronze Age temple of Malchittu, northern Sardinia. Built by the Nuragic civilisation at the top of a rocky hill!
#bronzeage #ancient #AncientHistory
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Good morning, Heritage Americans.
How many of you recognize this old tune from 1868?
Can someone on the left explain why you want people like this living in our society?
WANTED: ICE issued a detainer for Eduardo Chacon Moreno a criminal alien from Mex. to the Denver Co. Jail. He has arrests for assault, dom. Battery, ID theft, dangerous drugs & trespassing. Denver did not honor the detainer and he is at large. If seen: ice.gov/tipline
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We just dropped an all new T.REX ARMS project. 4,200 military manuals, stored as PDFs and EPUBs, all downloadable for free, readable and searchable on the site, with all references indexed and tracable.
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Pre-modern Germanic historian 1500 years ago were able to more accurately describe movements of his people than 20th century historians who instead worked hard to deny it until ancient genomes made it impossible.
Many such cases.
science.org/content/article/…
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A couple of days ago, a federal district court denied a preliminary injunction to CSSA and others challenging their new "assault weapon" licensing law.
The implementation has been plagued with delays, confusion, and other issues. It also costs about $600 according to one plaintiff.
Let's take a look at the ruling, a short thread.
What does “final Kalshi markets” mean? In the end, don’t all the markets resolve to the actual results?
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Interesting that she views the hatchet as a weapon and not a tool. An important scene in the book is Brian trying to use the hatchet as a weapon in a situation that doesn’t call for it, failing spectacularly and being injured, but discovering he can use it to make fire.
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Recchia v. Campbell (#SCOTUS, 26-541): Response Requested. (Due December 7, 2026) supremecourt.gov/docket/dock…