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Armed Self-Defense Stories Underscore New Defensive Gun Use Data

https://pjmedia.com/amy-swearer/2026/09/04/armed-self-defense-stories-underscore-new-defensive-gun-use-data-n4956889

... And now, we can thank Georgetown professor Bill English for dealing a devastating blow to the gun control narrative — with hard data.

English’s 2026 National Firearms Survey (now available online) is a massive, comprehensive analysis of gun ownership and gun use trends in the United States. And the numbers tell a remarkable tale about the importance of the right to keep and bear arms.

Among other key findings, the survey estimates that, on average, American civilians defend themselves or others with firearms a staggering 2.2 million times every year. Just over 37% of American gun owners are estimated to have used a firearm to protect themselves, their families, or their property at least once, and a majority of those have done so on multiple occasions.

Most of these defensive gun uses will never even make it into a police report, much less national headlines. Gun owners report having to fire their gun in fewer than one-in-four defensive scenarios. The survey also found that 70% of the time, the defensive gun use was so successful that “no crime remained to be reported to police.”

Taking out the thugling may end his/her crime career permanently, but "persuading" one to run also ends a crime attempt.

They cannot accept that they are despised and hated by the majority of the people .

The above sentence describes democrats and modern leftists far more aptly and accurately than it describes Trump or conservatives.

This DUmbass wants to talk about Trump and 'every poll across America', but seems to be ignoring the fact that democrats are polling at or near historic lows in those very same left slanted polls. On nearly every 80/20 issue, the dems are on the 20 side...and they're loud and proud about it.

I think DUmb**** and his ilk are not going to like how things unfold in november, and rather than exercising some introspection, they'll point their fingers outward blaming racism, white supremacy, misogyny, xenophobia, and every other leftist buzzword they can come up with, because in their reality averse, collectivism addled little minds, they can do no wrong. Problems are never their fault, always someone elses fault.

It's "cruel" of me to point this out, but MedicalAdmin and wife had spent however many years wandering the world and then finishing their graduate degrees. They could, instead, have settled down with their BAs and gotten jobs in their career fields that included health plans, but chose not to. The utterly unexpected (but not utterly unforeseeable) outcomes of their choices are not the responsibility of insurance companies, beyond the terms of any applicable contracts.

As Sarge pointed out, unlicensed and uninsured, even 2012, suggests at least one driver may not have been present in the US legally (during a Presidential MalAdministration that enforced immigration law perfunctorily at best).

Why this 14 year old thread is relevant now, . As an argument for universal "healthcare" - my guess as to the purpose of the thread - it's much less than weak.

9th Circuit Shoots Down Rogue Judge’s Bid To ‘Defy’ Dobbs Decision

https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/04/9th-circuit-shoots-down-rogue-judges-bid-to-defy-dobbs-decision/

A federal appellate court shot down on Thursday a rogue judge’s bid to “defy” the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision permitting lawmakers to regulate abortion policy.

In a newly released order, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily paused an August ruling by Idaho-based Senior District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. The Clinton appointee seemingly infringed on Idaho’s pro-life law by holding that the 14th Amendment’s due process and equal protection clauses “establish a narrow but fundamental right to abortion when a pregnancy threatens the woman’s life or health.”
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Idaho law allows exceptions for abortion in rare circumstances such as rape, incest, and danger to a mother’s life. According to the Family Research Council, however, Winmill’s ruling seemingly expands that last exception by adding a woman’s “mental health (not just her life, as the law stipulates).”

Backed by Alliance Defending Freedom, Labrador filed an emergency application for stay last week asking the 9th Circuit to temporarily pause Winmill’s decision. The Republican attorney general argued that the Clinton appointee’s injunctions “defy” the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and “prevent Idaho from enforcing its democratically enacted laws to protect unborn babies and their mothers.”
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In its two-page order, the 9th Circuit said that Winmill’s decision is momentarily stayed “pending briefing and oral argument on Appellants’ Emergency Motions for a Stay Pending Appeal.” The temporary pause “does not reflect the Court’s views on the Emergency Motions for a Stay Pending Appeal,” the court added.

Defiantly ignoring USSC decisions seems to be SOP for Dem-appointed judges, lately.

U.S. Interdicts Drug Traffickers’ Floating Refueling Station

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/07/us-interdicts-drug-traffickers-floating-refueling-station-n4956983

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) continues to eradicate maritime drug trafficking as part of a massive crackdown on cartel crime in the Western Hemisphere.

The Los Choneros narco-terrorists were using the maritime refueling station as part of their network to carry out their deadly criminal activities, according to SOUTHCOM on Monday. While U.S. Central Command attracts most of the attention and glory right now because of the Iranian conflict, the U.S. military in this half of the world is also engaged in important operations. Criminal cartels and their drug trafficking operations have been responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans.
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The SOUTHCOM post said that Ecuadorian authorities will be taking charge of the individuals whom U.S. forces removed from the refueling station.

The official post from Southern Command ended, “After clearing the vessel and disembarking the crew, U.S. forces sank it. JTF-WHEM continues to conduct precise and professional operations to dismantle the logistical networks fueling narco-trafficking in the Western Hemisphere.”

Time for Proggies to add Ecuador to their list of Latin American countries they hate.