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Mark Small's Blog – January 2025 Archive (3)

Lebanon free seminar on concealed carry: know the rules to end-run homicide charges

As we near Jan 20 & w/it the possible ends of our republic, free speech, etc, various media have news items, op-eds and even online ads of special interest. A “Free Event” in Boone County is a “Constitutional Carry and Self-defense Workshop” sponsored by “USCCA.” [FN1] 1/6

Folks at USCCA, & vendors (e.g., holster makers) have gr8 SEO. [FN2] Rand Corp summary of States w/concealed carry reported of 59 methodologically stronger studies; most found uncertain effects, while 5…

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Added by Mark Small on January 4, 2025 at 9:56pm — No Comments

Using "wedge issues" as strategy is in the magaGOP playbook of nihilism

The GOP is not the “party of Lincoln,” but the party of Lee Atwater. For 120 years, the GOP’s values were equality, democracy, & regulation of big business. Atwater saw strategic value in “wedge issues.” One of several wedge issues in the last election [FN1] was Gaza’s 1/7

occupation by Israeli military. [FN2] Middle East crises are not black-and-white. Nearly two millennia of anti-semitism was capped by The Holocaust. Jews who sought to escape were turned away by other countries… Continue

Added by Mark Small on January 4, 2025 at 9:44am — No Comments

There should be no talk of "civil war"

Since 11/05, maga people are giddy. For years they have yearned to grab 2A stockpiles & settle old scores. Their green light will turn “on” if trump takes office & declares “civil war.” But civil war is neither “civil” nor “war.” U.S. statute defines war: 1/10

“armed conflict, whether or not war has been declared, between two or more nations; or armed conflict between military forces of any origin.” [FN1] The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. [FN2] The U.S.…

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Added by Mark Small on January 1, 2025 at 2:14pm — No Comments