Schwartz is running as a Republican in Congress. This is what he said when he ran for governor in the primary. https://www.kunr.org/post/interview-nev-treas-dan-schwartz-bid-governor-0#stream/0 How do you feel about Nevada’s gun laws? I respect the 2nd Amendment, but I oppose assault rifles for criminals or pill-poppers -- you know, the mentally incompetent -- and I’d love to see a bill to try and move that down the pike. But I’m not going to touch guns. I’m not going to take anyone’s guns away. As I said, except assault rifles – which no one really needs. Beyond that as I’ve said it’s a constitutional amendment, it’s a constitutional right. I have other things I want to do, and as you know, and as our number show, the people in this state barely pay attention to what’s going anyway. So why not spend what limited oxygen I have on education. Let’s spend it on putting an end the corruption in Carson City. Let’s use it to reform healthcare. Let’s use it to diversify the economy. If I can get those things done, I’ll be a happy governor. Recently, LVMPD informed CCW instructors that concealed firearm permit courses cannot be done online. Their email to instructors: We have had a large number of complaints and questions about online classes. Please be advised, NV CCW classes must be taught in person. You cannot utilize “distance” technology to teach a NV CCW class. No video or teleconferencing of classes or range qualifications have been approved from either LVMPD CCW Detail, nor the Nevada Sheriffs and Chiefs Association. This was mentioned in a previous e-mail sent out by the CCW Detail on March 26, 2020; however there still seems to be confusion. The training standards and methods have not changed. Why is this so? It might be an ideal solution. The problem is that the idea behind instruction is effective education. Though we at Nevada Carry disagree with the requirement for a permit to exercise the right to bear arms, it's important that instruction and education be instructive and educate. The danger is that online education would allow students to "phone it in" and leave the computer on for eight hours. Nothing would be absorbed. Even the worst student who barely passes the written test by guessing absorbs something from the classes. It's hard to totally zone out for eight hours and the classroom material is engaging. A while back, "the largest CCW class in history" or something got in trouble because there ratio if instructors to students was too large. Again, the idea is that students are active participants and learners in the class. If government is going to be requiring training, it should at least be effective training that puts the learning abilities and attention capabilities of the students on the same level; not whether or not someone can keep their computer from going to sleep during the class video stream. But let's abolish the permit system entirely and develop a good education infrastructure to get people to take classes because good and continuing shooting education is beneficial for all of us. Of course the real answer is because it's a conspiracy between the Trilaterial Commission and the Lizard People. Our alien-reptilian overlords just don't want gun education democratized like that. Oh no, I've said too much. [drone noises, muffled screaming] Update: Please see the 5/19/2020 blog post for a correction (changes have been made to this version). As if you needed more proof the Reno Gazette-Journal is nothing more than Leftist propaganda, check out this garbage editorial from Quest Lakes. Lakes libeled some protesters (the so-called boogaloo fans) as: They’re white supremacists who sow chaos and create political tension. That's incorrect. Calling people "white supremacists" or "Nazis" is a way of discrediting conservative opposition without an argument. These protests have nothing to do with white supremacy and are all about opposing questionable government policies that infringe upon civil rights and wreak havoc upon businesses and citizens. The protests were peaceful and drawing conclusions to isolated incidents that have occurred elsewhere are disingenuous lies. But then again if you believe Lakes, you're there to consume lies. She also goes on to say: The Second Amendment isn’t a license to subvert democratic deliberation with intimidation. One goal of these armed rallies is to intimidate elected officials into following demands, but another goal is to frighten the rest of us into staying silent. The goal of the Second Amendment is to allow democratic deliberation, which restrictions against public assemblies have gone against. Should police violently seek to stop such assemblies from occurring, firearms are there to ensure it doesn't happen. Firearms at rallies are there as a symbol of the American citizen's final veto enshrined in the Second Amendment. The thought of having to shoot to allow us to protest is a horrifying thought for even the most ardent support of civil rights, but the founding fathers intended to have an armed populace to preserve their rights against tyranny. Armed protests are exactly to intimidate elected officials away from tyranny. Except when you are a tyrant or a sycophant of tyranny, that's exactly a bad thing (except when Antifa on your side of politics does it). As far as the First Amendment goes, corporate America embodies by tech giants and consolidated media like the Gannett/USA Today corporation (of which the RGJ is a part) stifles public discourse. Conservatives and independent thinkers have been stifled and silenced in the mass media world. These forces have sewn division and widened the divide. The paper doesn't even have a token conservative viewpoint. Instead the leading publication in Northwest Nevada acts as if everyone there is a braindead liberal transplant from California. There has been little to no critical analysis of the shutdown orders. I guess there wasn't a press release to regurgitate. Does anyone feel bad that newspapers are dying? Fox 5 May 7, 2020 Two guys are involved in a road-rage incident where someone cut the other off. The article isn't clear why they stopped. Perhaps their was an accident. One of the parties got out of his car and drew a gun from his waistband. The guy still in his car shot the gunman and killed him. Police are investigating the shooting as self-defense. Discretion is the better part of honor. Don't engage in road rage. Let it go and get away from the idiot. Never stop to yell or fight with them. That could make you the aggressor and diminish your ability to argue self-defense. Always call 911 and leave the area. Make sure you have an attorney before you talk to the police. Concerned about what will happen if you are involved in a self-defense shooting? Can you afford a defense attorney? Join the US Concealed Carry Association today for knowledge, training, and legal protection. Review Journal Read the article. Interesting that the DA himself went public to discuss the shooting. Why? Was there some sort of outcry that I didn't hear about? Or was it because BJ Baldwin is a public figure and his father is connected to the "gaming" industry? Wolfson might be from the old school of cops and prosecutors that aren't all that comfortable with citizens defending themselves, but at least he calls it right when he sees it. I'd rather have that guy as DA and hate his stance on gun control than have a San Francisco style DA who lets criminals go free and prosecutes cops. Also, bad things happen fast. Dead criminal was pissed off he couldn't buy a gun and was wandering around in a bad mood. For whatever reason, Baldwin became the target. Notice that he took cover and returned accurate fire, killing the aggressor. The Clark County Shooting Complex has plans for Phase 1 re-opening. Plans are pending approval. From Facebook Shooting Complex Reopening Plan- Phase 1 Target Date- Wednesday, May 20, 2020 (pending approval) Phase 1 Availability- • Online RV Reservations • Registered User Groups; Education Center, Range Use Only; Wed-Sun, 7am-4pm, No Classrooms • Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays Wed-Sun, 7am-11am Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays will be available only as follows- • Patrons must have a yellow Range Safety Card for Shotgun in their possession from prior visit • Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays will be by RFID card use only o Shotgun Center building will open at 6:30 am o Existing RFID cards accepted • 5-Stand, shotgun rental and new Range Safety Cards unavailable during Phase 1 The Public Rifle/Pistol Range will remain closed during Phase 1 until properly re-staffed Fox News article with quotes. Read the quotes. The Second Amendment is about killing tyrants, their soldiers, and their police. Hannity doesn't get that and a lot of Americans have forgotten that. Disclaimer: Armed protests at capitol buildings have great potential to backfire. Exhibit A are the Black Panthers and California Mulford Act that banned open carry. So armed protester beware. You might just push scared pols into banning whatever you've just done legally. Yet I believe we are rapidly approaching the point where we have to throw tea in to the harbor. Firearms at these rallies remind politicians that the citizenry has the ultimate veto over unconstitutional and tyrannical governance. This guy carried his handgun loosely in a mesh vest. There may have been a Velcro retention strap, but the observer could not tell. We are unable to tell if the gun is in a cross-draw style or if the carrier is carrying it on his left (whatever his dominant hand is).
If you are going to carry cross-draw, do not do it as an inexperienced carrier using poor gear. A cross-draw from a loose vest/holster will tend to pull the material of the vest with the gun as the carrier draws it. Cross-draw requires practice and (particularly by amateurs) bringing the gun on target will sweep everything to the side. A strong-side draw keeps the muzzle down, or in the general direction of the target prior to proper aim being taken. A holster that is snug to the body makes it more difficult for it to be snatched, easier to feel if someone is trying to grab your weapon, and makes retention easier. Don't: carry losely; don't carry on your weak side, use better retention The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) closed the popular Sloan shooting area south of Las Vegas due to a fire that began late Saturday. Entrances to the general area several miles south of Henderson along Las Vegas Blvd. were closed on Sunday while mop-up efforts were on-going. Much of the area had to be closed due to the danger of firefighters being injured by stray bullets, some of which can travel over a mile. Firefighters reported that the fire started in the back country area late Saturday, beyond where the dirt road on the left in the above photo is. The cause is unknown and it has not yet been attributed to shooters. Displaced shooters moved about half a mile down the road and were visible from I-15. The Sloan area is frequently the site of shooting-related incidents, including deaths, injuries, and illegal dumping. Many casual shooters use this over-trafficked area with little regard to safety. Many shoot without safe backstops and it is common for shooters to go downrange with someone still firing next to them. Shooters need to be extremely careful as we are now in the dry season. Shooters on public lands need to refrain from shooting at steel targets, Tannerite, or using tracers. Always carry a shovel and a fire extinguisher. Do not shoot at targets in thick brush or grass. Clean up your brass and trash. Don't illegally dump. Abuse of public lands gets them closed. Many former Californians are familiar with fire restrictions that curtain public land shooting for much of the year. Business are shuttered across the company effected under force of loss a business license, fines, and jails. State and local governments are coercing small and large businesses to stay closed under the threat of force. The lower, or proletariat class, is being bought off with unemployment checks and federal stimulus money. The bourgeois are the ones suffering most, which Nevada's governor and many politicians across the country are okay with. President Trump was roundly criticized for thinking of these people and the harm lockdowns are doing. Gov. Sisolak has devastated the middle class in Nevada with his unending lockdown, that he hinted at may continue through May. The Strip might not open until June. Gaming revenue, the heart and soul of this state, will be down. The collateral damage is not just to government budgets, but to small businesses, their owners, and their employees. Hard economic times result in desperation. Desperation leads people to make decision and choices they wouldn't make before. Nevadan's will have a choice at the primaries and in November to vote out members of Sisolak's Democratic Party in the state legislature. Next election (2022) we can vote the governor himself out. As the pain continues without a plan, I expect increasingly everyday to see the average person begin to revolt. That may be at the ballot box, like we saw in 2017 when the Republican majority was ousted from the statehouse for failing to live up to their promises and for voting in new taxes. If the Democrats are really serious about screwing up Nevada, they'll vote for an individual state income tax to cover the shortfalls. More and more people are questioning the lockdowns and the extreme measures being taken. The curve has been flattened, hospitals have gotten ready. Do we need to keep totally strangling our world under a childish form of grounding? Government ineptitude is what is to blame for these measures being necessary. As the doom and gloom predictions don't pan out, people will only ask more questions. In history, we have lived with the risk of pandemics. We took sensible precautions, but we did not close down our lives for months or years because of it. What government has done across the country has reached a level that can only be called retarded. Closing parks, beaches, filling in skate parks with sand, etc. At some point, people stop complying with government orders. Desperate businesses will re-open. Closed gates will be cut open. Police arresting protesters will be resisted. Politicians will face recall and no re-election. And should the government keep pushing back, or push people in ruin back further, they'll revolt. We've done it before. Government now is sewing the seeds of its own demise and feeding kindling into the nascent fire of civil war. When Thomas Jefferson recounted the abuses of the tyrant-king George III, he was describing a situation not unlike those of today. We will look back at the pandemic as a period where prudent measures went too far for too long. The emergency is passing yet no plan exists to end the emergency measures. Government does not like to relinquish power voluntarily. Our governor owes us his part in the civil contract in that we accept risk in order for less government oversight. We're calling for it and soon people may be demanding it. |
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