We sat down with @realammonbundy , and this one pleasantly surprised us! Most people know him from the 2014 Bundy Ranch standoff and the 2016 Malheur occupation in Oregon. He was acquitted of all federal charges, spent two years locked up, and has refused to align with MAGA or any party since, which has left him on a bit of a political island.
What got our attention is that this guy publicly condemned the killing of George Floyd, backed aspects of BLM, and has made a Christian case for open borders. A conservative rancher saying that stuff out loud. We had to talk to him.
We got into the Finicum shooting and selective outrage, the Alex Pretti case and Second Amendment hypocrisy, how the prison system runs on racial division (and why that's a mirror for the whole country), the lawfare that cost him his home and businesses, federal land control in the West, immigration, and his core belief that our duty is to convince each other, never to use force.
Whether you agree with him or not, this is a guy who has actually bled for what he believes. We think you're gonna get a lot out of this one.
If you want to support the show, head to our Patreon for exclusive merch, extra content, and to help us build a more inclusive gun community.
Preparing for the world that currently exists does not mean you have to stop fighting for the one that you want. Yes, we should absolutely be teaching our boys about consent, body language, respect and emotional vulnerability so they don't grow up to be r@pists . That does not mean that you shouldn't also protect yourself against the ones that are already out there, are the ones that will be out there in the future.
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For those who don't feel comfortable buying a firearm, there are tons of resources available today to help you become comfortable including women's only classes, trauma-informed instructors and more. There are also specific devices out there like @venusguardofficial as a last resort.
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The bottom line is that we can create the culture we want while ensuring that women are not powerless against the one that currently exists.
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OP and quilt by @needle.lore
The 1985 MOVE bombing: Most Americans never learn about this in history class, which makes you wonder why.
On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a satchel of C-4 and Tovex from a helicopter onto a row house at 6221 Osage Avenue. The target was MOVE, a small Black liberation and back-to-nature group founded in the early 1970s by John Africa, born Vincent Leaphart. Members took the surname Africa, wore their hair in dreadlocks, rejected technology and modern medicine, composted on their property, and broadcast political sermons through bullhorns at all hours. Their politics blended Black radicalism, animal rights, and anti-government anarchism. They wanted to be left alone to live by their own code, and they wanted their imprisoned members released.
Neighbors had complained for years about the noise, the compost smell, and confrontations with MOVE members. A 1978 standoff had already ended with one officer dead and nine MOVE members imprisoned. By 1985, the city wanted them out of the Osage Avenue house.
After a daylong gun battle, officials authorized the bomb. The resulting fire was allowed to burn. Eleven people died, including John Africa and five children. Sixty-one homes were destroyed and roughly 250 people, almost all Black residents of a working-class neighborhood, were left homeless.
A 1986 commission appointed by Mayor Wilson Goode concluded the decision to drop the bomb was unconscionable and that letting the fire burn was reckless. No official was ever criminally charged. The city paid civil settlements. Goode formally apologized in 2020. In 2021, it emerged that the Penn Museum had retained remains believed to belong to MOVE children for decades without family consent.
What you make of MOVE’s beliefs is one question. Why an American city bombing a residential block and killing children rarely makes it into a textbook is another.
On Monday afternoon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a man identified as 46-year-old Tyler Brown of Boston opened fire along Memorial Drive near the River Street Bridge, shooting randomly at cars . Roughly 50 to 60 rounds were fired, and two drivers were struck and hospitalized in critical condition, including an MBTA bus driver. A responding State Police trooper and a civilian, a former Marine licensed to carry, advanced toward the shooter while he was still firing and ended the attack.
Cases like this draw national attention, but most defensive gun uses look nothing like Memorial Drive. Estimates vary widely by methodology: the National Crime Victimization Survey puts the figure at roughly 61,000 to 65,000 incidents per year , while the 2021 National Firearms Survey by Georgetown’s William English estimated about 1.67 million per year . The typical incident involves a gun shown, not fired, and rarely makes the news. That doesn’t make these cases less real for the people involved.
What happened in Cambridge is a reminder that armed self-defense is a legitimate reason to carry. A trained civilian standing next to a trooper helped end a mass shooting in progress. Policies that strip law-abiding citizens of the ability to protect themselves and others should be opposed through every lawful means available: voting, organizing, court challenges, and direct engagement with legislators. Whether a defensive gun use ends up on the news or stays private between the carrier and a would-be attacker, the underlying right is the same.
The Ammon posting will continue until morale improves!
We sat down with @realammonbundy , and this one surprised us. Most people know him from the 2014 Bundy Ranch standoff and the 2016 Malheur occupation in Oregon. He was acquitted of all federal charges, spent two years locked up, and has refused to align with MAGA or any party since, which has left him on a bit of a political island.
What got our attention is that this guy publicly condemned the killing of George Floyd, backed aspects of BLM, and has made a Christian case for open borders. A conservative rancher saying that stuff out loud. We had to talk to him.
We got into the Finicum shooting and selective outrage, the Alex Pretti case and Second Amendment hypocrisy, how the prison system runs on racial division (and why that's a mirror for the whole country), the lawfare that cost him his home and businesses, federal land control in the West, immigration, and his core belief that our duty is to convince each other, never to use force.
Whether you agree with him or not, this is a guy who has actually bled for what he believes. We think you're gonna get a lot out of this one.
If you want to support the show, head to our Patreon for exclusive merch, extra content, and to help us build a more inclusive gun community.
We sat down with @realammonbundy , and this one pleasantly surprised us! Most people know him from the 2014 Bundy Ranch standoff and the 2016 Malheur occupation in Oregon. He was acquitted of all federal charges, spent two years locked up, and has refused to align with MAGA or any party since, which has left him on a bit of a political island.
What got our attention is that this guy publicly condemned the killing of George Floyd, backed aspects of BLM, and has made a Christian case for open borders. A conservative rancher saying that stuff out loud. We had to talk to him.
We got into the Finicum shooting and selective outrage, the Alex Pretti case and Second Amendment hypocrisy, how the prison system runs on racial division (and why that's a mirror for the whole country), the lawfare that cost him his home and businesses, federal land control in the West, immigration, and his core belief that our duty is to convince each other, never to use force.
Whether you agree with him or not, this is a guy who has actually bled for what he believes. We think you're gonna get a lot out of this one.
If you want to support the show, head to our Patreon for exclusive merch, extra content, and to help us build a more inclusive gun community.
Politics can be boring but this is how democracy works.
Link to forum in Story / Queer News & Got Rights Highlight.
You say you stand with trans? You say arm the dolls? We better see your comments on this forum.
Full send.
#2a #gunrightsaretransrights #constitution #democracy #atf
