{"id":88300,"date":"2024-09-12T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88300"},"modified":"2024-09-12T11:20:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T16:20:26","slug":"pretense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88300","title":{"rendered":"Pretense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It may be a symptom of how complete the &#8220;Great Sort&#8221; has been &#8211; but the safer a Democrat is, the more comfortable they feel &#8220;saying the quiet part out loud&#8221;, as the kids say these days:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ban assault weapons for civilians.<br><br>Mandate universal background checks.<br><br>Raise the age to purchase a gun to 21.<br><br>Create a mandatory waiting period to purchase a gun.<\/p>&mdash; Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1832806406451548448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, Governor Newsom:\u00a0 No.\u00a0 Denied.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now what?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, Warnock feeling safe?  Well, he is, for another couple years anyway:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8New: Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock says the US needs mandatory gun confiscation. <br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yhEq4cFWsq\">pic.twitter.com\/yhEq4cFWsq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCalvinCooli1\/status\/1832848637501603915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand&#8230;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The right to bear arms is there to protect free speech and stop a tyrannical government from taking your rights away!<br><br>That\u2019s why the first thing that all tyrants do is disarm the people, just like Chavez did when he was first elected. After that, no more real elections in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p3Wrk2GMHr\">https:\/\/t.co\/p3Wrk2GMHr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1832805912945496432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway &#8211; if you are a Democrat, you need to make <em>absolutely certain <\/em>your candidates accept nothing less than completely confiscation, publicly, and <em>immediately<\/em>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may be a symptom of how complete the &#8220;Great Sort&#8221; has been &#8211; but the safer a Democrat is, the more comfortable they feel &#8220;saying the quiet part out loud&#8221;, as the kids say these days: By the way, Governor Newsom:\u00a0 No.\u00a0 Denied.\u00a0 Now what? Now, Warnock feeling safe? 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