September 20, 2024

"I'm a gun owner... and if somebody breaks in my house, they're getting shot... Probably should not have said that, but my staff will deal with that later."

Said Kamala Harris, at last night's Oprah event:

1. Where does her prosecutor persona come into play here? She knows it's not good legal advice to encourage people to go ahead and shoot a person who has broken into the house but not yet physically threatened you.

2. That's why she said "probably should not have said that." She knows it's bad, but she almost seems to want to display herself as somewhat bad. She been trying to come across as one of us, a "middle class" American, fond of our guns and adamant about protecting our family inside the home. She needs to replace the image that she's that person who said — in 2007 video that went viral yesterday — "Just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn't mean that we're not going to walk into that home and check to see if you're being responsible and safe in the way you conduct your affairs."

3. Which Kamala is she — the one who walks into your house to check to see if you're being responsible or the one that shoots the person who walks into her home? I suspect she isn't really either person, but is simply saying what seemed worth saying at the time.

4. Don't get me started on the distinction between "breaking" into the home and "walking" into the home. I see it, and you can do your own legal research. I read her first comment to create an image of finding someone in her house and shooting him because he's there, and I read her second statement to read that she would use the authority of the state to gain access to the homes of people who are not opening the door and inviting her in.

5. She's portraying herself as the lone armed protector of her home, but we all know she has the Secret Service protecting her. 

6. My favorite part of the quote is "but my staff will deal with that later." The staff will clean up after me. I'd like to see the Harris impersonators do a scene where Kamala is President, making wild, impulsive decisions, then laughing, and saying lightheartedly — as World War III begins — "my staff will deal with that later."

136 comments:

Jeff Vader said...

She comes across as super duper authentic

Carol said...

If someone breaks in through these stupid casement windows of mine, he's going to get shot just for startling me. I think as women we have a *little* more reason to "overreact" than some big ol man would.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

How Dare we Speak Merry Christmas.

PB said...

i'm calling BS on that.

mccullough said...

Idiot wind

tim in vermont said...

my staff will deal with that later.

"I know nothing!"

Tom T. said...

"I shot some guy in my living room. My staff will deal with that later."

Todd said...

It would be "enlightening" if she were asked (a) what is the specific make/model/cal of the gun you have, (b) why did you select that one and (c) how often do you shoot it/when was the last time you shot it?

Enquiring minds want to know...

Gusty Winds said...

Pukefest last night. The word salad. They Hollywood endorsements. Meryl Streep's bullshit question about "what if Trump doesn't accept the results of the election." EVERYTHING was scripted. Nothing was organic except Kamala dingbat ramblings. Ozempic Oprah makes me want to puke. Nothing but empty feel good platitudes.

Is this was the suffragettes and feminists really envisioned delivering to the country??

Dixcus said...

I doubt she owns a gun. There are at least 2 reasons why she might claim to own one, but not own one:

1) Trump getting shot twice makes her a serious target for those who will seek revenge once the Democrats do finally manage to murder Donald Trump.

2) She wants to make herself seem less scary to gun owners. As if she's "one of us." But since she said it, that's how I know she's lying through her teeth.

Notice how nobody every asks any follow up questions: what kind of gun is it, has ANY HUMAN BEING ever seen her at a practice range (the answer is no). Where did she buy the gun ... at a gun show? Private sale? Some other venue that Democrats are trying to get gun sales banned at?

Kamala Harris is lying. She doesn't own a gun.

Iman said...

Who's the black DA chick that gave Willie Brown’s dick a lick?
(Kam)
You're damn right
Who is the lady whose past actions are kinda shady?
(Kam)
Can you dig it?
Who's the cat lady fave who’ll put our nation in a grave?
(Kam)
Right on
They say this cat Kam is a bad step-mother
(Shut your mouth)
But I'm talkin' 'bout Kam!
(Then we can dig it)

h/t Isaac Hayes

Dixcus said...

That this event is being taken seriously as a newsmaking event tells you WHY the fix is in. The media is perfectly happy allowing one of Kamala's donors and a Democrat Party lifelong stalwart "interview" her to get some news cycle out of her.

Gusty Winds said...

There's not much difference between last night's Ozempic Oprah rally and a 1970's Tupperware or Mary Kay party.

tim in vermont said...

As a former prosecutor, I don't doubt that she owns a hand gun.

AlbertAnonymous said...

If someone breaks into her house they’re getting shot by the secret service. Not by her. Certainly not by her soy boy husband.

And who believes for one second that she’s a gun owner? Did the press ever ask “what kind of gun?” I’d love to hear the word salad she spews trying to think of a correct answer…

Dixcus said...

"She's portraying herself as the lone armed protector of her home, but we all know she has the Secret Service protecting her."

Doesn't she allegedly have a husband?

Or is he off banging the babysitter?

Dixcus said...

If I was Kamala Harris I certainly wouldn't be putting my safety in the hands of the United States Secret Service Keystone Kop brigade.

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

She's portraying herself as the lone armed protector of her home...

Maybe she is. Wouldn't surprise me if Doug was hiding behind the sofa when all of this went on.

Levi Starks said...

Well, the police can accidentally walk into the wrong (your) home and shoot you, so there is that.

Sebastian said...

"Where does her prosecutor persona come into play here?"

Well, it was strictly persona. Could she even explain what she did, what sorts of laws she applied, how she argued cases, often she herself appeared in court, etc.?

"one of us, a "middle class" American, fond of our guns"

She may not be able to fake the sincerity, but her campaign is doing a good job, and Trump a bad job in calling BS.

"I suspect she isn't really either person, but is simply saying what seemed worth saying at the time."

Correct. Phonier than the big O himself. But at least there was control and purpose behind his manipulations. On second thought, was that better--installing a prog at the head of the deep-state apparatus rather than creating a prog puppet for the deep state to use?

"She's portraying herself as the lone armed protector of her home"

Wouldn't her nervous cackle suffice to scare intruders away?

Paul Zrimsek said...

Which Kamala is she — the one who walks into your house to check to see if you're being responsible or the one that shoots the person who walks into her home?

Both. As Kamala, she has the power to do the first and get away with the second. Putting up with home invasions, whether of the legal or extra-legal kind, is for the little people.

Mr. D said...

What a maroon.

Dixcus said...

Has anybody else noticed that she never actually claimed to own a gun?

"If somebody comes into my house, they're getting shot" is not the same as "I would shoot them with the gun I own."

She's very cleverly in the way she has been told to put this to suggest but not say she owns a weapon and would use it without actually saying that.

Dixcus said...

Kamala Harris has tried exactly ZERO cases. She wasn't a courtroom attorney, like you see in the movies. She's never been the lead attorney in a trial. She was a paper pusher.

Firehand said...

There is a line from politicians I call the Fatal Phrase: "I'm a gun owner myself, BUT-" 'Fatal' because when you hear that you know they're full of crap and want to ban/restrict/make it as difficult and expensive as possible to own arms.

She hasn't said the Phrase, but she might as well have, especially with the "I don't want to ban your guns, but it won't violate the 2nd Amendment if I ban your assault weapons(if she can even define what she means with those words)."

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

There is an assumption in Common Law (Castle Doctrine) that a stranger who enters one's home uninvited means to do harm and self-defense is justified. That is not a belief I ever heard Kamala utter before, in fact a video surfaced this week of her as AG in California saying "even if you lawfully possess a gun we have the right to come into your home and see that it is safely stored.

And that is kind of the opposite of the spirit of her flippant remark to Oprah, which IMO she only made because she said in the debate that she is a gun owner. For now she will maintain that artifice.

Michael K said...

Questions that will never be asked or answered.

Original Mike said...

Poser.

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

The staff will clean up after me.

Aha! Now we know why she picked Tim Walz as a running mate. He's a real Midwestern Dad and used to cleaning up other people's messes!

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

That's an unsubstantiated generality. Bid ol' men also deserve the right to self-defense. A lot of big ol' men are in poor physical condition.

Lazarus said...

Harris actually has claimed to be a gunowner. It's probably Doug's gun, but close enough.

She been trying to come across as one of us, a "middle class" American ...

Well, she can't pretend to be The One who's come here from another country or continent or galaxy or universe to solve all our problems (even though she sort of is from another country), so it's the "jus' folks" strategy.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

The look on Oprah's face which I interpret as "what the hell is she saying?" was priceless. Very much like the black journalists' faces when Kamala rudely turned heel and ran off the other day without shaking hands or any pleasantries. Kamala doesn't have any respect for others only interest in what they can do for her.

Original Mike said...

"She wants to make herself seem less scary to gun owners. As if she's "one of us."

Has there been a recent democrat presidential candidate who hasn't tried this? Maybe Obama.

Lazarus said...

I'd like to see the Harris impersonators do a scene where Kamala is President, making wild, impulsive decisions, then laughing, and saying lightheartedly — as World War III begins — "my staff will deal with that later."

Not very likely. Not on Saturday Night Live anyway.

s'opihjerdt said...

Did she believe that her staff, would get Oprah's staff to delete the statement, like they did in her first interview? Will Oprah or her staff be investigated by the FBI?

PM said...

Ann's staff will deal with that right now.

Michael K said...

The DA in Los Angeles was a black woman. During the BLM riots, A group of BLM rioters tried to attack her home. Her husband opened the front door with a gun in his hand and said, "Get off my porch!" They left and she lost the next election to the present DA who won't send anyone to prison.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

Regarding Althouse's points:
1. California has a history of prosecuting this type of thing, and if this is what she truly believed she could have advocated for lawful self-defense instead of being part of that regime.
2. Yes this is damning.
3. Neither this is all an act, as was her stint as an alleged "prosecutor." She is an actress playing these parts, hence the stupid exaggerated gestures and facial machinations.
4. She is at least cognizant of the fact the State gets away with unreasonable break-ins all the time. She has expressed a wide range of views on the subject, most of them detestable. None I believe.
5. Oprah should have said this out loud. We all know everyone there was thinking it.
6. This would require an entity like SNL to actually appreciate comedy more than they do politics. Hell will freeze over first as long as Lorne is still alive.

MartyH said...

Which side is she on if it’s a no knock raid?

Kate said...

She admitted owning a gun back in 2019. An aide called it a purse-sized pistol. She may have shot it once during Cali's mandatory training for a permit. I doubt it's come out of the gun safe since then.

If all that's true, I'd like to see her take it to the gun range and shoot. Then I want her to shoot an AR, which she intends to ban. It won't fit in your purse, but otherwise an AR is so much easier for a woman to use than a pistol. It has little kick and is easier to hold and aim. I'm very tired of all the posturing about "assault rifles".

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

Revision to #5: This might be the reason Kamala uses the passes construction here, "They're getting shot" instead of "I will shoot them."

john mosby said...

Iman, that adaptation of Shaft is pure genius!

JSM

cfs said...

Here is a good article explaining Kamala and the donors. She likes a high dollar lifestyle but doesn't have the intelligence to attain it. So, starting with Willie Brown, she began living that lifestyle on OPM.

"Kamala’s Money Machine"

https://www.frontpagemag.com/kamalas-money-machine/

David53 said...

Maybe Dick Cheney gave her a gun, he's known for shooting at least one person.

Original Mike said...

Last night's Opera event (kudos, Althouse, for not calling it an interview):

"A married couple asked Kamala a critical question, and her response was insanely bad.

“We really would love to know what your plan is to help lower the cost of living,” the wife said to Kamala.

“Yeah, first of all, thank you both for being here. And yours is a story I hear around the country as I travel and, ummm, in terms of both rightly having the right to have aspirations and dreams and ambitions for your family and working hard and finding that the American Dream is—for this generation and so many recently—far more elusive than it's been, and we need to deal with that. And there are a number of ways. One is bringing down the cost of everyday necessities, including groceries.”"

Ann Althouse said...

"6. This would require an entity like SNL to actually appreciate comedy more than they do politics. Hell will freeze over first as long as Lorne is still alive."

Nope. It only requires one of the Kamala impersonator comedians to do a one-woman, one-minute long performance on TikTok.

Two-eyed Jack said...

My immediate question both times I heard her claim was "What kind of gun?" Her whole life story lacks convincing detail. She keeps showing up to introduce herself, but she never shares a single anecdote, just vague assertions about having done this or that as a middle-class prosecutor of color. Everything is repeated again and again in the same words, Manchurian style.

Iman said...

Why thanx, JSM!

wildswan said...

Based on my extensive legal studies with the Nero Wolfe home study program, the police do NOt have the right to come in to your home for any reason whatsoever without a warrant. If you say: No, you can't come in," they can't.

BUMBLE BEE said...

She still has staff? Substantiate that first!

deepelemblues said...

It is 100% reasonable and should be 100% legal without question to shoot someone who has broken into your home. Not physically threatening me? They broke into my home. They aren't there to be nice to me.

Sally327 said...

It's a little bit like when John Kerry bought a hunting license and was shown geese hunting in Ohio during the 2004 presidential election. Phony pandering that fooled no one and accomplished nothing except to give the Bush campaign material for mockery and derision.

It should be easy enough to find out if Kamala Harris has a gun permit, especially in CA, right? I thought that was all public information.

Wince said...

Watch, in front of black audiences she'll say "I'll pop a cap in his ass."

john mosby said...

Could use some whistleblowers to look up the CA and DC gun registries to see if she has ever gotten a permit in either place. It’s possible she was fast-tracked thru the process because of her position. (maybe CA even considers prosecutors to be LEOs and no process was needed?). More likely she was relying on the connected-person exemption and/or getting a staffer or her husband to take the rap if the gun was ever found.

JSM

ron winkleheimer said...

I did a (very little) research and it looks like Massachusetts is somewhat more friendly towards shooting an intruder than Alabama. Massachusetts only requires a "reasonable belief" that the intruder intends to cause serious bodily harm while Alabama requires the defendant to prove that they were in immediate fear for their life and that they believed they had to use deadly force.

wendybar said...

It's so embarrassing to be a woman when THAT is what may pass as Presidential, setting back women for decades.

rehajm said...

Yah, you aren’t always in the free in clear shooting an intruder…Consult your local laws and the lawyer you should have on speed dial…

Wa St Blogger said...

Isn't this just one step away from shooting someone on 5th avenue. Her people (Deep state, MSM, etc.) will clean up later.

Butkus51 said...

amazing what people buy

deepelemblues said...

They have one chance to surrender and wait for the police to arrive, or to get out, at my command. One. I live in an area not overwhelmingly populated by morons either in law enforcement or the general populace. So if they squander their one chance, I'm not hesitating.

Leland said...

Late to the party, and not much else to say beyond endorsing the hostess comments.
I'll note that in Houston, there is a major criminal trial going on in which 2 people were killed after the opened fire on police conducting a no-knock raid. The defendant is an officer that filed allegedly false affidavit to gain the no-knock warrant and was one of the officers that shot and killed one of the residents. This was a big deal at the time (and now as the trial is occurring) because several officers were injured by the residents opening fire, but as the residents hadn't really committed the crime suggested by the warrant and had reason to believe whoever was busting down their down and yelling could be anyone wishing to cause them harm, their actions to protect their home and lives seemed justified.

CJinPA said...

This was good comment for her. It's not uncommon limousine liberals to get a few photos at the shooting range, or mimic the language of the Normals.

Controversial? She benefits from it. The wasn't exactly Machiavellian, but it was sharp.

Michael Fitzgerald said...

Soooo presidential.

Dixcus said...

You mean when she started sexually servicing Willie Brown - who was married at the time. You mean that, right?

Dixcus said...

Which would get more viewers than anything SNL has produced in the past 25 years.

They’re eating the cats — They’re eating the dogs said...

If they can get past the dogs.….

As a convicted felon, who isn’t allowed to possess guns, Trump can’t say the same thing.

BUMBLE BEE said...

Silly me, she meant the network news staff.

Darkisland said...

That was my thought the other night in the debate. She mentioned she was a gun owner and I immediately thought "bullshit" I thought our President Emeritus should have asked here "What kind?"

I'd be surprised if she does own a gun. Unless her husband does and she considers that this makes her the owner as well.

John Henry

Darkisland said...

++

BUMBLE BEE said...

Trump likely has Mossad on loan from Bibi by now.

wildswan said...

A new category forms, the LLG or Life Long Gunowner. We used to have a commenter who began his statements advancing Dem talking points by saying: "I am a Life long Republican but..." Then would follow a standard Dem argument which the LLR sadly had to admit was justified in the light of recent Republican failures. This went on for years. For LLR, the Republicans never stopped their outrageous behavior all of which showed how right the Dems were. So now we have the life long gun owner, the LLG, who is going to justify Dem positions. Kamala is an example of the type. Listen to how irresponsible she is as she claims to represent gun owners. She imagines them saying: "somebody breaks in and I shoot." Somebody breaks in and I have a reasonable fear and I shoot is the law. Did she take the gun safety course that DC requires? It doesn't sound that and she probably didn't take an NRA safety course. So how did she train? And what is Kamala's weapon of choice - a handgun, shotgun or rifle? Does she have California permits? Does she carry guns back and forth with her between DC and California? on planes? Why doesn't she explain all this so other gun owners have an idea of what will be legal if she is President?

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

Why not Dixcus? They are on her side. They're only hiring patsies to go after people that threaten their schemes.

Darkisland said...

From the Trump Harris debate.

And then this business about taking everyone's guns away. Tim Walz and I are both gun owners.

She also said "I'm a gun owner too" in the clip at about 32 seconds.

So she is definitely claiming to be a gun owner. I'm dubious.

John Henry

tommyesq said...

"My staff will deal with that later" - just like the White House staff has been overruling Biden for the last 3-plus years. Sounds like an admission that whoever is presently running the country will continue to do so should she get "elected."

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

Ach. I meant "passive construction" there.

Darkisland said...

https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/02/03/white-house-releases-photo-of-obama-firing-a-gun/

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

Dennis Prager has had a lady on his radio show that does a killer Kamala impersonation. You're right. She could do this.

tim in vermont said...

I am really interested in hearing what you think that Trump did that Hillary Clinton was not also guilty of. She paid an outfit in the UK to make up shit about Donald Trump and Russia, misreported the expenses on her forms, calling them "legal expenses," and pushed the lies she bought and paid for, in order to affect an election, while living in New York State.

It's almost as if the Democrats are abusing their single-party control of the NYS legal system. Nah!

Breezy said...

"My staff will deal with that later"

Well, there's a solid, capable leader for you....not. I'd be shocked if any of my bosses didn't take responsibility for something she or he regretted saying. It would never be up to someone else to cover for them. They'd lose all sorts of boss capital if they did that. After all, they're a role model....

Gerda Sprinchorn said...

Dixcus: do we actually know one way or the other if Harris has ever tried a case in court?

She says she has proecuted this and that, but never said she was in court.

On the other hand, she seems to have the mannerisms of an in-court prosecutor down cold.

Jersey Fled said...

Wait a minute. Didn’t she say recently that government has the right to enter your home to see if your gun is properly stored? Is it OK to shoot them then?

They’re eating the cats — They’re eating the dogs said...

So today we learn that Trump’s Health Care Czar had his 1,374th extramarital affair and his pick for Governor of NC is a Black Nazi with a trans porn fetish.

rhhardin said...

Kamala is smart, for a woman.

Gerda Sprinchorn said...

More importantly: Is it properly registered? Does she have the proper documents to personally own a gun? Is it stored lawfully? Has she ever carried it unlawfully? How did she buy it? Has she ever transported it unlawfully? How did she transport it to DC? Has she ever brandished it?

Michael K said...

Bich, is that you?

Darkisland said...

I think technically he is not yet a convicted felon. It only becomes official on sentencing.

John Henry

Darkisland said...

Allegedly

Breezy said...

The glass half full side of me thinks these recent so-called interviews are so obviously horrifically bad that people will stop admitting that they plan to vote for her. She is so obviously not what we need in our President right now, or ever, actually.

Lazarus said...

I'm thinking (without evidence) that the gun was Doug Emhoff's.

Kamala was too busy to be bothered with all those registration forms, and Doug got tired of fighting off the nannies with just his bare hands.

gilbar said...

Kamala is President, making wild, impulsive decisions, then laughing, and saying lightheartedly — as World War III begins..

meanwhile..
Israel Targets Hezbollah Commander as Militants Scramble to Respond to Brutal Week
The strike targeted Ibrahim Aqil, believed to be a top Hezbollah military commander, an official familiar with the matter said. The outcome of the strike wasn’t immediately clear.
Friday’s strike sent a plume of gray smoke up from a residential area in the southern suburbs where Hezbollah maintains a heavy presence. Initial images from the scene showed damage to several buildings and rubble in the street, including burnt-out cars and motorbikes. Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported at least eight dead and 59 wounded.

Must Kinda SUCK these days, to be at war with Israel .. Also;
U.S. Officials Concede Gaza Cease-Fire Out of Reach for Biden
Biden administration is still pushing talks, but a breakthrough appears unlikely

DARN those Israeli's! and there refuse to just accept their fate!

Breezy said...

Hardly... she's a bs artist, like yes-we-had-an-open-process-Pelosi, and she's really really bad at it.

Lazarus said...

Prosecutorial and judicial discretion might make up for that discrepancy in state laws.

Marcus Bressler said...

If some unknown is found in my house (assuming I live alone), they do not have to threaten me for me to shoot them dead. Their mere presence is threatening.

gilbar said...

i was wondering about that too!
IF she owns a piece; what make? what model? has she EVER fired it?
or.. does she mean: she owns security guards, and THEY carry her guns?

stlcdr said...

She's in favor of the second amendment, but says straight afterwards that she wants to take (our) guns away ('assault weapons' using the leftist definition, this is all weapons).

stlcdr said...

As an aside, I believe it was posted earlier, a comment about her sounding drunk. She sounds drunk, here, at the start of the clip...I cannot un-hear it.

gilbar said...

i was thinking the same thing. It's almost Oct.. time for Kamela to walk into an grocery store, and say “Can I get me a hunting license here?”

Darkisland said...

With Tampon Timmy we do know that he is qualified to handle firearms by virtue of his time in the Army. I think. Does every soldier have to be proficient with firearms? If nothing else, he can blow your house down with a howitzer. (Even a nuclear howitzer if he can get the manual back from the Chinese)

But we also know that he is a sniper, capable of hitting a living target from hundreds of yards away. Oops. Did I say sniper? I meant hunter. I don't want to demean the tens of millions of snipers in the US.

Crap. There I go again. I mean the tens of millions of hunters. They are definitely NOT snipers. Could never be snipers. Hunting rifles are no good for sniping anyway. They can only kill deer at 300 yards. Not colonels or sargeants.

OT but a great meme I saw the other day. An old phart (like me) pottering down the street with a cane. He was wearing a Marine Recon hat with unit# etc.

Caption, "Back in the day this old guy was more badass than you can even hope to be"

He may not move quick anymore and may need a support for his rifle. I'll bet he could still shoot a pretty small group at an impressive distance.

John Henry

gilbar said...

Why doesn't she explain all this so other gun owners have an idea of what will be legal if she is President?

because what will be legal WHEN she becomes President totally depends on two things:
control of the House
control of the Senate

Ralph L said...

ran off the other day without shaking hands or any pleasantries
She did shake their hands but that was it.

Original Mike said...

Obama too, then.
Thanks, John Henry.

Ralph L said...

Some people probably like that she said something that appears to be forthright. But then she used her hands to try to shove it away.

n.n said...

Karma-la needs to learn the fine right acknowledged in the Second Amendment. Stat.

Darkisland said...

Lee Harvey Oswald got off 3 well aimed shots at a moving target in a second or two. From a fair distance and big change in elevation

He had a pre-wwii Italian army bolt action rifle that he bought for $19.95. (Never fired, dropped once)

I'd forgotten about Charles Whitman who killed 12 people from up to 400 yards with a bolt action rifle.

https://youtu.be/liusEeP1QcE?si=o04ShROP8zHKYzOK

R Lee Ermey, may he rest in peace.

I wonder if Kamala could do this?

John Henry

Darkisland said...

Oprah said that as she was walking through the airport a black man came up to her and said he was voting for the president emeritus.

There were three facts in the statement 1) She was in an airport, as if she flew commercial. 2) Someone came up to her. 3) A black man supports PEDJT

I believe 3. I doubt 2. I suspect she has staff to prevent that. I really doubt #1

Darkisland said...

You mean like former Marine officer, Sec Navy and Senator James Webb? Author of Born Fighting?

Democrat?

Who let an aide spend a Saturday night in a DC jail for carrying his (Webb's) pistol?

Why would Harris be any different?

JOhn Henry

Darkisland said...

Twas ever thus:

From Numbers 31

7 They attacked Midian as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they killed all the men. 8 All five of the Midianite kings—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—died in the battle. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

9 Then the Israelite army captured the Midianite women and children and seized their cattle and flocks and all their wealth as plunder. 10 They burned all the towns and villages where the Midianites had lived. 11 After they had gathered the plunder and captives, both people and animals, 12 they brought them all to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the whole community of Israel, which was camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho. 13 Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp. 14 But Moses was furious with all the generals and captains[a] who had returned from the battle.

15 “Why have you let all the women live?” he demanded. 16 “These are the very ones who followed Balaam’s advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the Lord at Mount Peor. They are the ones who caused the plague to strike the Lord’s people. 17 So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man. 18 Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.


John Henry

Ralph L said...

It might have been an airport employee in the private terminal. The first person I heard announce for Trump in 2016 was a hospital parking shuttle driver, an older black man. After my surprise, I thought it a bit daring to say in Chapel Hill--as if they could fire him.

Darkisland said...

The pistol incident occurred while Webb was a sitting senator

Will Cate said...

She's trying to be "acceptably bad" but it comes off as fake-bad, which just makes her look dumber.

JaimeRoberto said...

If she were a Republican, SNL would do it.

JaimeRoberto said...

I'm picturing a version of the Disaster Girl meme. "Just started WW3, but my staff will deal with that later."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_Girl

The Middle Coast said...

So I go home and there’s someone there and I don’t know whether they walked or broke in and I shoot them and whether that is a crime depends upon whether or not they had a badge and were, unknown to me, checking the combination on my gun safe and my head hurts. Salads have consequences.

Aggie said...

She probably has a gun, and probably has had some training in concealed carry. She is unpopular enough to have had threats, I'm sure. It only takes one close call from a nut to terrify a person into realizing that carrying is the sensible thing to do.

As far as the rest of it goes: The tough grrl talk about being street canny is bullsh*t, but not like you might think. She would shoot somebody coming into the house, and she would have her staff clean up after her, and she will feel entitled to walk away form the encounter without baggage, charges, or convictions. Yes....let's not get carried away - don't confuse equinanimous thoughts with egalitarian thoughts. Don't try this at your home, kids.

Hassayamper said...

In this situation, regardless of how the law is worded, I'd rather face an Alabama jury than one in Massachusetts. Especially if the intruder were of a race, religion, gender or class for which white leftists advocate unequally favorable treatment relative to middle-class white Christian men. In fact, if I shot an armed black man breaking into my house, I'd much sooner be tried by a jury comprised of rural black Alabamians than a jury full of white Harvard professors.

Lance said...

She owns or co-owns homes and condos in Los Angeles, San Francisco D.C. Does she keep weapons at each of those homes? What about the Vice-President's Residence, does she keep a weapon there? Does she have permits for those weapons? How long did she have to wait for those permits? Does she personally carry weapons outside her homes and does she have the necessary concealed carry permits?

Is there any chance she'll answer any of these questions?

Bruce Hayden said...

“1) Trump getting shot twice makes her a serious target for those who will seek revenge once the Democrats do finally manage to murder Donald Trump”

Not going to help her, unless she practices a bit. And she doesn’t look the type. Her primary protection is Secret Service, and anyone who comes after her will know that they will have to get through them. And that won’t be easy - she’s the Deep State’s Presidential nominee. They won’t have rookie DHS agents with a 2 hour zoom call under their belts, but fully competent Secret Service agents.

mikee said...

Other than wanting, and expressing openly, a very strong desire to disarm everyone else, she's fine with herself having and using firearms for her own self defense. That her head can contain that contradiction speaks volumes about the volumes of unused head space she must have available for containing such contradictions.

Bruce Hayden said...

Yes. Price controls. What you would expect from the daughter of a Marxist Econ professor.

Iman said...

Eat teh cat, eat eat teh cat, rich.

Rabel said...

A century after we gave women the right to vote we finally got two female major party candidates for President.

The first has no soul and the second has no brain.

You've come a long way, Baby.

Narayanan said...

what if SS has been her coaching to shoot from 10feet

Narayanan said...

f she was issued one when DA/prosecutor would she have any input in selection?

Narayanan said...

I understand even vampires obey Castle Doctrine

Narayanan said...

does there have to be a response to knock before busting door or raiders walk away?

Narayanan said...

so high maintenance trophy/woman president ...
Projections are that she will raise $1 billion between the donor coup and Election Day. But Kamala has already burned through about half of the half a billion dollars she raised

stlcdr said...

German Leaders in the mid 20th century " look, I'm all for people owning guns, I have one myself, but a certain segment of the population shouldn't own dangerous weapons"

Michael K said...

Did you count them, Bich?

Big Mike said...

Tsk, tsk. And her (allegedly) a lawyer. There are so many laws and regulations, and so much case law surrounding defensive firearms use that saying you’d shoot anyone who invaded your home is pretty much tantmountbto saying that you hope to end your days behind prison walls.

Leland said...

I'm with Tim on this item. Every DA I've met carries. I haven't met AGs, but I'd assume they would carry as well. Right now? No. I don't believe that the Secret Service would even allow her to carry and that goes for the President, I don't care who technically out ranks who. Secret Service would explain, as Bruce notes, that without routine training, either POTUS or VPOTUS carrying would just cause problems. I think we've all seen that temporary DHS agents serving as Secret Service detail without routine training just get in the way.

Leland said...

There are already videos popping up, not deep fakes, of then AG Kamala Harris saying, “Just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn't mean that we're not going to walk into that home and check to see if you're being responsible.”
That video expands on her "shouldn't have said that" and the otherwise vacuum in why she shouldn't to the average viewer. To those that care about gun rights, they already know the ATF under AG Garland has harassed enough legal gun owners with "responsibility" checks.

rehajm said...

You’d be surprised at the attitude towards firearms Mass citizens have outside of Cambridge and a few other places…

rehajm said...

You’d be surprised at the attitude towards firearms Mass citizens have outside of Cambridge and a few other places…

rsbsail said...

Ann, I may be wrong, but I think in Texas, if someone breaks into your home, you can shoot them.

John henry said...

Am I the only one that noticed at about 26 seconds into the clip?

the 50ish guy sitting in the audience that they got a shot of he obviously didn't want to be there. He obviously had been sent to that interview and he was sitting there with his arms crossed and just very negative looking. When I got to that line about banning guns or you know pretending she wasn't going to ban the guns everybody started clapping. He kept his arms folded. Thee woman sitting next to him started signaling to him, snapping her fingers in his face to get him to applaud. awhen he finally applauded and then the woman next to to that woman high-fived her for getting the guy to clap because he sure didn't want to.

It cracked me up.

John Henry

John henry said...

Am I the only one that noticed at about 26 seconds into the clip?

the 50ish guy sitting in the audience that they got a shot of he obviously didn't want to be there. He obviously had been sent to that interview and he was sitting there with his arms crossed and just very negative looking. When I got to that line about banning guns or you know pretending she wasn't going to ban the guns everybody started clapping. He kept his arms folded. Thee woman sitting next to him started signaling to him, snapping her fingers in his face to get him to applaud. awhen he finally applauded and then the woman next to to that woman high-fived her for getting the guy to clap because he sure didn't want to.

It cracked me up.

John Henry