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@2aHistory @MorosKostas Let's not forget the Creedmoor range on Long Island in the late 1800s. Long range competitions were quite popular events at the time.

Believe it or not, there was a time when New York City was sane... Jan. 28, 1910 - New York Times Results of the high school rifle team match between Morris High School (South Bronx) and Clinton High School (Lower Manhattan). archive.org/details/sim_ne…

@AWRHawkins I have yet to see the "regulations" people explain the 143 year gap between 2A ratification in 1791 and the first federal gun law, the 1934 NFA.

People claim the "well regulated" phrase of the Second Amendment opens the door to regulations on gun owners. In fact, the "well regulated" phrase refers to the militia and means it should be well-ordered. As for the individual gun owner, his rights "shall not be infringed."

@TheDamaniFelder Gullible or products of the public education run by the same leftist cabal?

Imagine being so gullible, you let the party that founded the KKK and original Jim Crow laws convince you that requiring a free ID to vote is "Jim Crow 2.0." Just imagine how gullible you'd have to be to fall for that.

@News2ATeam Under the Illinois AWB, any part specific to so-called "assault weapons" can no longer be purchased by an individual. Upgrade your AR trigger? Nope. Put a thumbhole stock an your 10/22 and you've created a banned firearm.

If they can make you register a gun barrel they can also make you register any random part: springs, triggers, grips, sights. The slipperiest of slopes.

@ASo1omons @BudLightSadness The new flammable refrigerant gasses make a/c work even more exciting. I knew someone blinded by ammonia refrigerant at 16 working in the family dairy. The uninformed are blissfully unaware of the dangers in things they use every day.

@BudLightSadness Same reasoning with all the trades, really.. "Why do you have to be licensed to be a plumber??" Do you want shit in your drinking water? Because thats how you end up with shigella.. "Why does it cost so much to fix my ac coil? Can't I do it myself??" Do you like asphyxiation?

It’s because the magic pixies that live in the wires will kill you

@BishopDewar Excellent letter. Hopefully the King does not echo Henry II and wish to be rid of a meddlesome priest. England is nearly lost. I hope things can be turned around.

As a Bishop, I cannot stay silent. I have today drafted and sent an open letter to His Majesty King Charles III, the text of which reads as follows: To: His Majesty, Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and the Realms, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Bearer of the ancient title Defender of the Faith. Your Majesty, I write to you neither as a politician nor as a commentator, but as one of your loyal subjects who, as a bishop of Christ’s Church, cannot remain silent while the Christian foundations of this kingdom are steadily dismantled. Sir, there are moments in the life of a nation when silence becomes a form of betrayal. If I refused to speak to Your Majesty now, this would be such a moment. For more than a thousand years the Crown of this realm has stood in solemn covenant with the Christian faith. The laws of this land were shaped by it. The liberties of our people were nurtured by it. The conscience of our civilisation was formed by it. From the abbeys of medieval England to the parish churches of our villages, from the preaching of the Reformers to the missionary zeal that carried the Gospel to the ends of the earth, the Christian faith has not merely influenced Britain — it has defined her. Yet today that inheritance is being quietly but deliberately eroded. Across the institutions of this nation there is a growing hostility toward the faith that built them. Christian belief is mocked in the public square. Christian morality is dismissed as intolerance. Christian institutions are pressured to surrender doctrine in order to conform to the ideology of the age. Within the very Church that bears the name of England, voices have arisen that appear more eager to mirror the spirit of the age than to proclaim the eternal truth of the Gospel. Meanwhile, beyond the walls of our churches, powerful political movements openly speak of removing Christianity from its historic place within the life of this nation. What would once have been whispered is now proclaimed openly: that Britain must become a post-Christian state. It is in this context that I write to you, Your Majesty. For the British Crown does not stand apart from this crisis. The Sovereign of this realm bears a title that is not merely historic but sacred in its origin and meaning: Defender of the Faith. Those words are not decorative. They are a charge. They speak of a monarch whose duty is not merely to preside over the ceremonies of the Church, but to stand as a guardian of the Christian inheritance of the nation. Yet many among your subjects now ask, with increasing anxiety: “Who will defend that inheritance today?” They see a nation drifting from its foundations. And they ask whether the Crown will remain silent while that inheritance is dismantled. Your Majesty, may I be so bold as to observe that your coronation oath was not a poetic formality. It was a solemn vow made before Almighty God to maintain and preserve the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law. Those words bind the conscience of the sovereign. They remind the Crown that its authority is not merely constitutional but moral. The monarch is not merely a symbol of national continuity, but a custodian of the spiritual inheritance that shaped this realm. History records moments when kings and emperors were confronted by the Church and reminded that their authority was accountable before God. In the fourth century Ambrose of Milan stood before the Emperor Theodosius I and reminded him that even the ruler of an empire must bow before the moral law of Christ. That tradition of prophetic witness has never disappeared. Nor should it. For when rulers forget the foundations upon which their authority rests, the Church must speak — not with hostility, but with holy clarity. And so, I write to say this, Your Majesty: The Christian character of this nation is under profound and accelerating assault. If the Crown does not stand visibly and courageously in defence of that inheritance, history will record that the guardians of Britain’s institutions watched in silence as the foundations were removed. The issue before us is not nostalgia. It is civilisation. Remove Christianity from the story of Britain and you do not create a neutral society — you create a moral vacuum. And history teaches us that moral vacuums are never left empty for long. Your Majesty now stands at a crossroads that few monarchs in modern history have faced. For the erosion of Britain’s Christian inheritance will not ultimately be judged by speeches made in Parliament or debates in the press. It will be judged by whether those entrusted with the guardianship of our ancient institutions chose to defend them — or merely preside over their quiet surrender. You may preside over the quiet dissolution of Britain’s Christian identity. Or you may rise to the ancient responsibility entrusted to the Crown and speak with clarity about the faith that built this kingdom. The first path requires little courage. The second will require a great deal. But it is the path that history honours. Your Majesty’s subjects are not asking for religious coercion. They are asking for leadership. They are asking that the sovereign who bears the title Defender of the Faith remember what that title means. They are asking that the Crown hear the growing cry of anguish from Christians across this land who feel that the spiritual inheritance of their nation is being surrendered without resistance. And they are asking whether the Crown will stand with them. For the faith that shaped Britain is not merely a cultural ornament. It is the wellspring from which our laws, our liberties, and our moral imagination have flowed. If it is cast aside, the nation will discover — too late — that it has severed itself from the very roots that sustained it. Your Majesty, to many the Crown is a symbol of authority. But before God it is also a symbol of stewardship. And stewardship carries with it the duty to defend what has been entrusted. May Almighty God grant Your Majesty the wisdom to discern this hour, and the courage to fulfil the sacred duty entrusted to the Crown. Yours faithfully, Bishop Ceirion H. Dewar FSHC Missionary Bishop Diocese of Providence Confessing Anglican Church @PhilHs10 @RevBrettMurphy @revwickland @BishopRobert1 @GBNews @TalkTV @danwootton @Jacob_Rees_Mogg @LozzaFox @BackBrexitBen @RupertLowe10 @KemiBadenoch @JohnCleese

@ChrisMartzWX @SenSchumer @KiwiBaze If he couldn't lie, he would be speechless.

@SenSchumer @KiwiBaze The SAVE Act does not eliminate mail-in voting. Stop lying.

I will lead Senate Democrats in blocking the SAVE Act this week no matter what it takes. Why? The SAVE Act: 1. Prevents millions of American citizens from voting by requiring birth certificate or passport to vote 2. Decimates vote-by-mail 3. Forces Americans to register to vote in person 4. Let’s Trump purge whomever he wants from the voter rolls

@SenatorDurbin How about Adam Schiff? His lies don't seem to offend you. They offend me greatly.

Committing perjury and knowingly making false statements to Congress is a crime. Kristi Noem made several demonstrably false statements during her disastrous appearances earlier this month. We just made a criminal referral to the Justice Department.

@GovPritzker I just want you held accountable for the damage you've done to Illinois. Ridiculous tax and fee increases, loss of businesses, outmigration of residents being replaced by illegal immigrants, vast expenditures on these illegals, and fraud. Monumental fraud.

Greg Bovino won’t just get to walk away — he will be held accountable and responsible for the damage he's done to our nation. We won’t forget, and neither should you. No one is above the law.

@GovPritzker You've done your bloated best to make life in Illinois less affordable every year. That's why people and companies (and the Bears!) are running from this hellhole.

Donald Trump says the affordability crisis is over. Is that how you feel? He might not be focused on helping working families, but we are here in Illinois.

@Pontifex People like you are why I will contribute to my local parish but ZERO contributions to diocesan and national appeals. Lifelong Catholic, but not a communist.

On behalf of the Christians of the #MiddleEast, and of all women and men of good will, I appeal to those responsible for this conflict: cease fire! May paths of dialogue be reopened! Violence can never lead to the justice, stability and peace for which the peoples are waiting.

@SenatorBaldwin Democrats f'ed up health care with Obamacare, no Republicans involved. You broke it, you fix it.

Two headlines published within 24 hours of each other. The president’s priorities could not be any clearer.

@RealCynicalFox The British got all kinds of pissed when the Colonials shot from behind trees instead of forming ranks and pretty much asking to be targets. Same mentality here.

I’m not a Navy guy, so someone may have to help me here. When did attacking from ambush and destroying the enemy while incurring minimal risk to our own personnel become a suboptimal choice?

@RobProvince Illinois AWB refers to large capacity ammunition feeding devices. They are getting more clever with their infringements.

Dear Virginia…. technically not a magazine.

@tricia_310 @ShirleyJwriter Hellenois, most likely.

@ShirleyJwriter ??? What state are you in? I don't even know what FOID card is? I go to the range all the time.

Lately we have had a huge influx of middle age libs coming to the range, demanding to rent guns and buy ammo without a FOID card which is the commie card the Dems have made us have since the 60s. They all act shocked and appalled when I don't let them shootw/out it.

@LouisvilleGun Those scope rings look quite weird.

For those who do not know what's wrong, here is a close up of the rifle & scope. What he's done is known as "bridging" where he's mounted the forward ring on the handguard instead of both on the receiver itself. Since the handguards can flex or work their way loose, this is a bad thing - you want your mount on the receiver itself. He's also using low rise scope rings, unfortunately those are intended for a traditional rifle stock which has a drop, as opposed to an AR pattern rifle which has the stock in-line with the shoulder. For an AR style rifle you typically want scope rings that are 1.5" - 1.93" from rail to scope center. I typically use 1.93" cantilever mounts from Badger Ordnance because I prefer a higher head position when using night vision.

@GovPritzker YOU raised the gas tax more than 100%. DEMOCRATS are the reason my property taxes are more than 10% of my retirement income. Your priorities DO NOT lie with the citizens of Illinois.

Thanks to Donald Trump, American seniors will go hungry while the rich get tax breaks. It’s clear where his priorities lie, and they aren’t with you. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/…

@maziehirono To whom did you sell your soul, and for what promised gain?

First, Trump wanted to redraw districts to favor Republicans. Then he wanted to cancel mail-in ballots. Now, he wants to pass the SAVE Trump Act — a bill that makes it HARDER for you to register to vote. Are you noticing a pattern? They want to steal our upcoming elections.

@TheThiccyBlicky @tspooky They do not have the same chamber and leade dimensions. Your point about measurement methods is correct but 5.56 ammo in a .223 chamber is a problem. Hence the 223 Wylde.

@tspooky .223 and 5.56 are the same cartridge. The pressure differences are due to differences in methodology for measuring pressure between SAAMI and CIP rather than any actual pressure difference. If you measure them both with the same methods they produce the same pressure readings

This guy is a Soviet nut... No - in fact, the AR-15 was designed to use the Remington .223 cartridge (55K PSI) versus the M-16 and M4 that uses the NATO 5.56 (58K to 62K PSI) cartridge - most modern AR-15s can use either the the Remington .223 or NATO 5.56...so this guy is either brain damaged or being paid to lie in his testimony...at best the AR-15 and M4 have the same basic "power" because the cartridge that can be used are the same.

@theshellbelle Marriage annulled right after honeymoon, marriage certificate never filed, but she kept his surname. Sounds like a story directly from CNN.

I have questions. This story about the SAVE Act doesn’t add up. I left my first marriage because of brutal domestic violence. My ex had the marriage license when I left. That did not stop anything. I went to Dallas County myself and requested a certified copy. That is why this story does not make sense. If the marriage license was truly never filed, she would not have been able to go to the Social Security Administration or the Texas Department of Public Safety and change her name. Both require a certified marriage certificate, which only exists after the signed license is returned and recorded by the county clerk. So if her name was actually changed, that means the marriage was filed and recorded. And if it was recorded, she can request a certified copy from the county clerk at any time. Just as I did. One person walking off with a piece of paper does not erase the record or make it impossible to prove who you are. People can debate the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act if they want. But claiming a woman would never be able to vote again because a marriage license disappeared, I’m sorry, simply is not factual.