Florida - The Goal: Open Carry of Firearms Legalized © 2020 Phillip Evans

What does Florida have in common with South Carolina, California, New York, and Illinois, along with D.C.? 

The fact that Florida will put you in jail just for peacefully carrying your holstered pistol uncovered in public, even if licensed to carry. 

You can, however, get away with it if you are hunting, fishing, camping, target shooting, or going to or from one of these activities - and ironically, during those exceptions you don't even need a license to carry, so the issue clearly isn't about trust or safety, but merely how it looks.

Republican state politicians in Florida love to give lip service about how much they support and defend Second Amendment Rights, but they continually appoint leadership in the State Senate who always block bills that legalize open carry from ever getting a floor vote. 

The gutless wonders fear it will hurt tourism. Never mind that tourism doesn't seem to suffer in the 45 states where open carry is legal, and where 30 of those states don't require a carry license to do it.

So what can one do, when nothing ever gets done to restore liberty despite years of effort? When writing emails, letters, making phone calls, and speaking with lawmakers in person gets about as much done as spitting in the wind?

Protest! And do it creatively and deliciously. 

How, you might ask? Here are a few ways to figuratively poke a thumb in the eye of hypocrites who continually deny your right to carry in the manner that you choose:

1. Openly carry ammunition. It's perfectly legal, as there's no state law  in Florida against it. And more so, there's no local laws against it - or at least any that could be legally enforced. That's because ammunition in Florida enjoys state preemption.

Don't try this on private property, but on public property where you have the right to be, and are behaving not causing any problems, carry your spare ammo magazines on your hip openly. Even wear an ammo belt with your cartridges clearly showing. 

Better yet, wear a bandoleer or two across your chest. You cannot be lawfully trespassed from public property when you are not breaking the law and are following lawful rules and regulations.

Now, it's conceivable you might be barred entry from certain public places due to some made up "it just ain't safe" rule. But record the encounter and sue them if you are able to. If it's at a Fair on public property, just tell them you don't plan to ride any rides and see what happens. They just might let you in.

But you can surely wear ammo on public beaches, walking down a public street, walking into a public library, or city hall, etc.

2. Wear a t-shirt with a pistol pic and the words, "Lawfully Armed Citizen", or "Licensed and Carrying". Download a free graphics program such as "The Gimp" or "Inkscape" and create the graphic, then print it out on transfer paper and iron it on your shirt.

3. Openly wear a pistol-shaped holster with a lid, such as for the P-38 pistol. Don't put a pistol in it, as a corrupt judge might still let an open carry charge stand against you. Instead, put a spare ammo magazine or some loose ammo in it - because remember, ammunition also enjoys state preemption along with firearms, and ammo ain't a firearm. Only firearms are barred from open carry.

If you carry it completely empty, you lose the leverage of state preemption. You gotta cover the angles whenever you can. And having a lid means no one can see inside it, so even though it might look like you are advertising you are carrying a gun, whatever is in it is still concealed, because the holster is not transparent. In any case, advertising you are carrying is not against the law. Open carry means you can SEE the firearm itself.

4. "Printing" is not illegal. You can wear a full-sized pistol on your side in an outside-the-waistband holster, with a long t-shirt pulled tight over it, and as long as the gun itself cannot be seen, it is perfectly legal, even if it is obvious it is a gun, so PRINT! Better yet, do it in groups on public property whenever you can.

5. Freedom Cover! Wear this little cloth covering over your pistol. A few have been wearing these in Florida with no reports of arrests yet. Not saying it can't happen, but you'd probably beat the charge and be in a position to sue for false arrest.

But if a little unsure about this method of protest, put a plastic training gun in a holster and put this cloth over it. It would still be a powerful First Amendment statement.

USE these FIRST AMENDMENT free speech activities to impress upon lawmakers that you are serious about restoring your liberty to carry how you wish to carry.

Who says that you must hide your rights in order to exercise them? Now you may wish to only conceal your firearm and that's fine, but if you truly love liberty you will advocate for free citizens to carry as they wish.

We don't all want to carry the same way, but we should all want every free citizen the choice to carry as they will, openly or concealed. 

***This article is NOT meant to spur debate on which type of carry is best. Rather, it's a call to get the law changed, so that our rights in this area will no longer be violated.***

It's high time we take off the gloves and get in their face, figuratively speaking, to demand our liberty. If they refuse to legalize open carry, then make it as embarrassing as possible to them until they relent.

Lyin' Biden is Sunk! © 2020 Phillip Evans

Enough came out in this second debate that should have undecideds now well decided... for Trump.

Photo by Gage Skidmore

In the Presidential Debate Oct. 22nd, Biden denied ever opposing fracking. President Trump then promised on the spot that he would later show the video. And here it is:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1319466667676749824

Either Biden has dementia or is a lying sleazeball, or both. Even CNN called Biden a liar: 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/23/politics/biden-fracking-fact-check/index.html

In addition, Biden's running mate, Kamala Harris said at a CNN Town Hall in Sept. 2019, "There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking."

Along these lines of closing down critical parts of American industry, there was this exchange at the debate:

Trump: "Would you close down the oil industry?"

Biden: "I would transition from the oil industry, yes."

With Biden having his way, millions of well paying jobs would disappear. Not to mention that our military runs on oil, so it would dramatically hurt our national security. You can't fly fighter jets, cargo planes, helicopters, and bombers on windmill, solar, or battery power.

Biden advocating for the end of the oil industry finally leaves no doubt he is in the political bed with AOC and her insane "Green New Deal".

In this same debate Biden also painted the police in general as racists, stating that there is "systemic racism" such that blacks have to be taught special safety tips to keep from getting shot by the police. He said:

“I never had to tell my daughter, if she’s pulled over, make sure she puts — for a traffic stop — put both hands on top of the wheel and don’t reach for the glove box, because someone may shoot you,” he said. “But a Black parent, no matter how wealthy or how poor they are, has to teach their child: When you are walking down the street, don’t have a hoodie on when you go across the street. Making sure that you in fact, if you get pulled over, just ‘Yes sir,' ‘no sir,’ hands on top of the wheel.” (as printed in the NYTimes.com)

Hmmm, I don't know what universe Biden has been living in, but I've generally been taught and read that EVERYONE should have both hands on the wheel when stopped and approached by an officer, with your internal light on if it's at night, and to be polite to the police.

Not to mention when the BLM chant about police: "pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon", was brought up by Trump at the debate, Biden refused to condemn that hateful sentiment against them.

And the last nail in Biden's political coffin:

"Trump brought up allegations involving Joe Biden’s son Hunter, referring to the 'laptop from hell' cited in a New York Post story about the younger Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine.

'What he’s accusing me of is a Russian plant,' Biden said. 'What he’s saying is a bunch of garbage. Nobody believes it except him and his good friend Rudy Giuliani.'

Trump shot back: 'You mean the laptop is now another Russia, Russia, Russia hoax?'" (as printed at Variety.com)

The emails saved on that laptop refer to Biden as "the big man", and shows he is not only entangled in under the table deals with Ukraine but with China as well, to the tune of multiple millions of dollars. 

When Biden claimed in the past that he had no knowledge of Hunter's business dealings that was a bald-faced lie.

Even Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, stated recently that Hunter Biden’s laptop “is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign."

Biden's future is looking more like prison than the White House.

Breonna Taylor Redacted Police Report © 2020 Phillip Evans

Facebook is blocking the website where you can read an official 39 page police report on the Breonna Taylor incident. This report lists facts that apparently contradict the narrative of the leftist media.

 Creative Commons Photo by Sarahmirk

This is just another reason for Congress to call Facebook into account for their biased censorship in violation of Federal Communications law.

Let's see if they will block my short article for including a link to the report here:

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/63943132/breonna-taylor-summary-redacted1

Biden Supports Biological Males Competing in Girls' School Sports © 2020 Phillip Evans

H.R. 5 - a bill which passed the U.S. House of Representatives May 17th, 2019 does the following: 

"This bill prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in a wide variety of areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system. Specifically, the bill defines and includes sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation." (bold mine)

If this bill were to become law, it would mean that a person born a biological male would be allowed to compete in girls' high school or college sports, as long as that person identified as female, even with all birth organs intact, and could not be discriminated against (prevented from competing based on biological sex).

Think about those born male who possess significantly more natural testosterone and muscle mass in athletic competitions against biological females, who are trying to win college scholarships, medals, and trophies.

That Joe Biden would sign this bill into law should he become President of the United States is fairly obvious, in my opinion.

As of June 2019, LGBTQ Rights was his NUMBER ONE legislative priority. The "T" in that acronym stands for "transgender". This means a biological male identifying as female, and vice-versa.

Google's online dictionary defines "transgender" as: "denoting or relating to a person whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex."

Apparently, the Democrats' claim to be the champions of women empowerment really means that biological males should unfairly compete against biological females in sports where strength and speed are essential to winning.

Is their hatred and head-in-sand denial of factual biological differences between the male and female sex so great that they are willing to do the exact opposite of what they purport to do, empower women?

Perhaps their goal is simply to break down all traditional societal norms, even if that means causing harm to the very ones they claim to support. If that's the plan, that's rather perverse.

Let's see if Facebook will censor this article because of "lack of context". Facebook needs to be called before Congress again and held accountable for its biased censoring favoring "progressives", leftists, communists, Marxists. 

Share this article widely and discover how many of your friends have seen it. 

Perversion of Justice in Kenosha, Wisconsin © 2020 Phillip Evans

Kyle Rittenhouse, a young man of 17 who has posted his support of police on social media, is being vilified by the Kenosha County Prosecutors Office which has charged him with multiple felony counts including first degree murder. 

Not to mention the "progressive" mainstream media piling on with their leftist clap trap heroizing the "victims".

The media has portrayed Kyle as being part of a "white militia". First of all, the majority of people in Wisconsin are white. Secondly, there were a few armed blacks in their group standing guard so that businesses such gasoline stations would not be set ablaze by the mostly white thugs running wild there. So much for the race card the media is desperately trying to play.

Some say he had no business traveling the 20 or so miles from his house to Kenosha, because he was just went there looking for trouble. However, we now know that is not the case at all. Here is the timetable of what really happened:

Earlier on the day of the shooting, he had worked in Kenosha as a lifeguard. After work, he then went to a high school and cleaned graffiti that was scrawled there by rioters. It was only AFTER learning about a local business owner of a car dealership calling for help, that Kyle and his friend armed themselves and decided to help prevent additional tens of thousands of dollars of damage that had already been done.

He had to be armed because it was a danger zone, but he was not afraid to help, and he carried a medic kit, which he had used to help "protesters" that were injured by the police. He was not looking to kill anyone. He only defended himself when pressed to do so by the eggs-for-brains fools that thought it a good idea to attack and try and take a rifle from someone.

The ones who attacked him were angry that Kyle and other armed citizens were preventing them from burning down the city. Had the police been able to do their job, business owners would not have needed to call for outside help.

Fortunately, the media won't be able to gaslight the masses so easily this time, as there is plenty of video evidence showing that all of this was clearly a case of self-defense:

1. When Kyle shot Joseph Rosenbaum in the head, Rosenbaum and another "peaceful protester" were chasing Kyle with Rosenbaum throwing an unknown object at him. Had they subdued Kyle, don't doubt that they would have taken his rifle and beat him unconscious with it, or worse. Rosebaum was a registered child sex offender, not the type of person to trust with your life. No doubt Kyle was in fear for his life, for right before Rosenbaum lunged at him, there was a gunman that had fired a pistol into the air.

2. After Kyle had tripped (he was running from the rioters and was trying to avoid further confrontation) and was on the ground (another rioter cowardly kicked him from behind but quickly ran away), Anthony Huber tried grabbing Kyle's rifle and hit him with his skateboard. Huber was promptly backed off with a fatal shot to the chest. Huber had been arrested several times for battery and domestic abuse. Not the type to trust giving up your gun to.

3. Gaige Grosskreutz, a member of the People's Revolution Movement of Milwaukee (communist sounding to me), came at Kyle with a pistol, and did a false surrender causing Kyle to lower his rifle. Grosskreutz then came at him again and pointed the pistol at him. The arm holding the pistol was nearly shot off by Kyle, ending that thug's plans. Grosskreutz has a petty criminal record, and one Internet archive showed that he was charged with felony burglary in 2013, but no info is out there on any conviction that I can find.

In addition to the bogus felony charges against Kyle, he is also charged with unlawful possession of a dangerous weapon, apparently, because he is under the age of 18.

However, it is clear that District Atty. Graveley (a Democrat) can't read, because the law spells out a very narrow case where a person could be in violation of that statue, and Kyle's possession of a rifle did not fall within the scope of that. The rifle was also not brought across states lines, but was lawfully in Wisconsin borrowed from a friend.

Here is an analysis of the Wisconsin law by Georgia Carry Gun Rights Attorney John R. Monroe (he has also represented clients in other states and knows his stuff):

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Wisconsin Statutes 948.60(2)(a):

Any person under 18 years of age who possesses or goes armed with a dangerous weapon is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

[Dangerous weapon is defined to include firearms]

But, Wisconsin Statutes 948.60(2)(c):

This section applies only to a person under 18 years of age who possesses or is armed with a rifle or a shotgun if the person is in violation of s. 941.28 or is not in compliance with ss. 29.304 and 29.593.

[941.28 is possession of a SBR or SBS, and 29.304 and 29.593 are hunting regulations -- i.e., not applicable if you're not hunting]

It's somewhat awkwardly worded, but the distilled meaning is, "It's a crime for under 18 to possess a firearm, unless the firearm is a rifle or shotgun except if the rifle or shotgun is an SBR or SBS."

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Instead of prosecuting the numerous arsonists, looters, rioters, and beaters of innocent citizens, their "justice" system goes after a young man was there to help stop innocent business owners from having their businesses burned to the ground. 

Fortunately, legal help is on the way. Atty. L. Lin Wood will be representing him. You can have an active part in helping this young man by donating to his legal team. In addition, Gun Owners of America has offered their assistance.

Donate at: https://fightback.law/products/donations. I personally donated $50, and challenge you who love the truth to do the same.

We all know why the Democrats are going after this citizen defender rather than these criminals. It's because they want to virtue signal to their far left / communist base. They also want anarchy. They want to use it as a tool to seize power by disrupting our rule of law and order. In the midst of all this they are calling for defunding of the police.

While I support defunding the police, it is not in a vacuum. I want that money to instead go toward increasing the numbers of sheriffs and their deputies so that we will have greater accountability, as sheriff's are elected officials.

The Democrats just want the police gone, with no one to take their place. Let the local police keep their jobs and badges, but as sheriff's deputies. Too many mayors and county commissioners misuse the police, or tie their hands so they can't do the job they are hired for, like we've seen in every Democrat controlled area. 

Final thoughts:

Kyle will need at least one sane jury member who will see through this bogus prosecution of an innocent man for political purposes, who will state "Not Guilty" and hold to that firm no matter if everyone else is screaming to convict him.

The "victims" mentioned above who took their well earned bullets are going to be poster boys for the antifa anarchist crowd who are co-opting the BLM movement, apparently with permission, as I've seen nothing to indicate any displeasure from BLM leaders.

I predict these "youths" won't ease up on their criminal activity due to taking some casualties, because that would make them look weak, and to them, appearance matters. In their stupidity they will ramp up their attacks. But that will bring out even more American heroes like Kyle who will eventually put a stop to it. When will it all end? When the communists know that they cannot stand against American Patriot Resolve, that's when.

If you think things are froggy now, just wait until President Trump wins reelection and further melts down the snowflakes. So be vigilant, be armed at all times, and be prepared to protect yourself and your loved ones from evil.  

Amazon Now Requiring Face Masks For Online Purchases (Satire) © 2020 Phillip Evans

Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, recently learned that Walmart would be requiring face masks in all its stores starting Monday, July 20th, even in states where Covid-19 cases are low.

You don't get to be the richest man in the world without being smart, so he immediately realized that Walmart would be losing some customers and their dollars to Amazon. Being a man of the world community, he didn't want to be responsible for a politically correct company losing money, least of all to him, as he has all he needs.

So he teamed up with WWTMWY.commie (We Want To Meet With You) to provide a free service to Amazon shoppers that would validate them as customers who are honestly coming to Amazon, in order to weed out customers who are coming there because they refuse to wear a mask and shop at Walmart.

In an interview with CNN, Bezos explained that once an Amazon shopping cart is activated for checkout, it would email the customer a meeting invite link, whereby the customer must join and have their webcam on showing that their face is covered by a mask while completing their order.

After the customer's purchase, they are invited to remain online and help monitor the purchases of other customers to ensure they are in compliance as well. "This is a win-win, because it reduces the number of staff at Amazon required to operate our new service, and it gives customers a feeling of real power and control over others, which helps to alleviate their initial feeling of being controlled", said Bezos with a wink and a chuckle.

In related news, WWTMWY recently acquired technology that would allow them to remotely scan a special mark on a person's forehead or right hand for when that requirement is put in place for buying or selling, either online or in person.

Masked Little Tyrants in Georgia © 2020 Phillip Evans

It almost sounds like a movie title, and probably a comedy at that, but this is no laughing matter.

Mayors of Atlanta, Athens, Augusta, Brookhaven, Doraville, Savannah, and others have had the unmitigated gall to exceed their authority and threaten free Georgia citizens with fines if they don't cover their faces in public places via mandatory mask orders. Almost sounds like Sharia Law, no?

Is it a coincidence that all these Mayors are Democrats? 

Better late than never:

Governor Kemp finally stepped up to the plate and stated that these local ordinances and orders are not worth the paper they are written on. Well, the exact word he used was "unenforceable". 

Sure enough, you can read it on page 39 of his executive order where state preemption in this matter is clearly documented:

https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2020-executive-order/06292002/download

So do these mayors and city commissioners believe that Gov. Kemp's orders are merely suggestions? If so, theirs are too, one could reason. Otherwise local officials are a higher authority than the Governor.

Just look at their raw hubris:

“If Governor Kemp won’t defend his executive orders against local governments enacting stronger pandemic protections,” said Russell Edwards, Athen-Clarke County District 7 Commissioner, “then what purpose do his orders serve?”

If mayors can defy a Governor's lawful orders, then where is the rule of law?

So what else could Kemp do? There are two solutions. One is for the state to file lawsuits against these tyrants, but that would cost the taxpayers money. 

The other is the solution I prefer. Kemp goes on TV and states:

"My fellow Georgia citizens, the Democrat local officials who want to fine you for choosing to not wear a mask in public, and jail you if you refuse to pay, are just blowing hot air. I know I've already stated their orders are unenforceable, but it looks like we need to show them. Just like they've admitted to defying my orders, you defy them. Tear up any ticket you receive and post a picture of it on their city's Facebook page. These little tyrants do not have the authority to penalize your choice as a free citizen to wear or not wear a mask. I'm ordering law enforcement to not enforce any local ordinance that goes further than my executive orders."

Will we see citizens getting into confrontations with police that turn violent? That is a possibility, and all the more reason Gov. Kemp needs to nip this in the bud sooner rather than later.

In Georgia, a citizen has the right to physically resist an unlawful arrest using the least amount of force necessary: 

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca11/12-12562/12-12562-2013-02-01.html

Blood shed over this, either that of a citizen or police officer, would be a tragic shame. But that is sometimes what happens when those in charge of police use them in an unlawful fashion.

These mayors are using the point of a gun (theirs) in your face if you show your face in public. They dress nice for TV and are all smiles, spouting their feel-good, gobbledygook  rhetoric, but they are more dangerous than they look. 

We need Gov. Kemp to forcefully defend his executive orders and shut this down now. This circus has gone on long enough.

Edit: Just learned (July 15th) that earlier today the Governor issued a new executive order which spells out that local governments cannot mandate face masks. We'll see if this finally shuts the door on the mayors' shenanigans. If you do get a ticket, comment below with the details of your story.

Georgia Carry Letter to Governor To Suspend Weapons License Enforcement During Declared Emergency © 2020 Phillip Evans

Atty. John R. Monroe, Vice President of Georgia Carry, sent a letter to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp titled: 

"Request of GeorgiaCarry.Org, Inc. to Suspend Enforcement of O.C.G.A. § 16-11-126 During COVID-19 Emergency"

Were the Governor to issue the order to suspend enforcement, it would allow citizens who qualify for a weapons license, to legally carry their pistols for protection as if they possessed a license.

2019 Yuen Long Station Attack in Hong Kong: Photo from Wikipedia

The reason for this request is that probate courts in Georgia have stopped processing weapons carry licenses (new or renewals), and are not even accepting applications, due to Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton's order to shut down "non-essential" court services, statewide.

I suppose not being able to get a license to carry a self-defense firearm is not "essential", until you're face to face with a deadly threat in a public place, and wish you had been carrying. But we're only talking about the basic human right to keep yourself from not being maimed or killed by violent thieves, mobs of thugs (like ones in the photo), rapists, and murderers. Right?

It wouldn't quite be "Constitutional Carry", since all off-limits locations would still be in place, but at least it would be permit-less carry for those who have applied for but not yet received their license, or those who would like to apply now but cannot.

The spread of the Corona Virus has made these uncertain times, and many folks who have procrastinated to obtain a firearm or carry license are now regretting that decision. Some anti-gun people have changed their minds over this, and are now buying firearms for personal protection.

Tyrant turds like Samuel Theodore Liccardo, Mayor of San Jose, California, has shut down all the city's gun stores. He has his armed detail, so to hell with the citizens needing protection, is his elitist attitude.

On the flip-side, Gov. Kemp ran for Georgia partly on a platform of strongly supporting the Second Amendment, and signaled or at least hinted that he would also serve as a pro-gun rights Governor. Yet, for both 2019 and 2020, he made no peep about it further, and did not set the agenda for a good gun bill, so none passed.

As was confirmed by three lawmakers, who shall remain nameless, the Governor needs to set the agenda in order for one to pass.

Gov. Kemp, on the other hand in a Jan. 6, 2020 AJC article blamed the lawmakers, complaining that there were not enough votes under the Gold Dome to make his campaign promises come true:

"My commitments are the same. My campaign promises are the same. Nothing has changed. But you have to have a certain amount of votes to be able to get something passed, and people's agendas are different."

With the Governor and the lawmakers pointing fingers at each other, nothing got done. Well, actually plenty got done. Time was spent on frivolous resolutions and recognition for this or that, and bills to tweak and regulate the myriad of red tape out there, but when it came to our safety and furthering our rights, well, that's just politics, you know?  Better luck next time, I suppose.

So with this background information, will he sign the order to allow law-abiding citizens to carry a pistol without a license, at least until this declared state of emergency has passed?

Why not? Under the order all prohibited persons such as felons, would still be prohibited and subject to arrest for violating the law against them possessing or carrying firearms. 

Besides, 30 other states allow the open carry of pistols in public without a license at all, and about 15 states allow the carry of concealed pistols without a license.

Georgia allows neither without a license, unless you're in a special class, like court clerks who take in our weapons carry license applications.

They have true Constitutional Carry. They carry without a license AND they carry legally in school zones, which are off-limits to us "regular" licensed-to-carry citizens, unless we're picking up or dropping off a student. They also carry in polling places when voting, as well as courthouses that don't have screening, which we peons cannot do. Now is there a school or court that can teach us the fairness of that?

Bottom Line: Will Governor Kemp make nice with freedom loving citizens in these dangerous times? Not to mention he has stated we have a growing criminal gang problem. All the more reason to let people have the ability to defend themselves and their loved ones from harm. The Governor certainly has plenty of armed personnel and resources to keep him and his safe from brutes and violent hordes.