RT @ammalusty: Ben Franklin didn't plow through dozens and dozens of French whores so that you could abide by fireworks ordinances

Maybe you wonder why I, a mere gun blog, makes a big deal about Flock and similar tech? OK here’s a real world situation that can easily happen and has likely happened. Unfortunately to drive on public roads without getting hassled by the cops, your car needs a license plate. That’s tied to you, the owner of the vehicle. Flock isn’t just a traffic camera, it’s an AI/ML enabled (wait for it) flock of cameras that transmit all their video and audio to the mothership. Not a government server somewhere but, to keep it simple, a big giant cloud computer instance owned and run by Flock, the company. Government users, as well as Flock employees here in the US and overseas, can log in and query the system based on license plate number or even vehicle description and get a full history of that vehicle’s movements throughout the Flock network over multiple jurisdictions. Someone in New York can track a car from Armonk all the way to Homestead FL if they feel like it from the comfort of their desk. On a daily level, someone can get a pretty accurate picture of someone’s life just by monitoring their movements via Flock. And I’m using this example to rattle the cage of the “back the blue unconditionally” crowd in 2A. OK - your car has license plate ABC 123 - and Flock knows this. Someone can enter your tag in Flock and see what you are doing on a daily basis. You leave your home where the neighborhood is under the Flock panopticon. Flock sees you drive to Dunkin’ on Main Street, then you drop your kid off at XYZ Daycare. Then you go to work at the local IT consulting firm in ZZZ industrial park. You go pick up a quick deli sandwich for lunch at Food Lion. You go back to work. On the way home you stop off at Bob’s Guns, and stay for 20 minutes while buying some ammo. Then you go home. Everywhere there’s a Flock camera. Now Flock knows the following about you: - You live at 123 Wisteria Lane - Your kid is in daycare (means he’s likely under 5) - You work at ZZZ - You go cheap on lunch - You own at least one gun Your license plate is tied to you so they now have your name and assumed-to-be-private details of your life, like that you are armed. On the reverse of that, the Flock camera outside of Bob’s Guns has been recording the plates of everyone going into the parking lot. No need for a firearms registry when Flock is doing the work. All of this is done without a warrant and the data is available to anyone with a certain level of access to the system, whether it’s a cop, or a Flock technician in the Philippines. FYI Flock uses overseas contractors for support and AI annotation. The 2018 Carpenter decision at SCOTUS ruled that pervasive surveillance where one can divine private details of someone’s life is a 4th Amendment violation in absence of a specific warrant. Flock is illegal, unconstitutional and immoral. And a danger to everyone, not just gun owners.

But Trumps gunna lets them build factories and buy up all the farmland around our military bases and WiFi towers…

AI is the new Nigerian Prince/grandson in jail scheme and a lot of us are the naïve grandmother. As soon as a major event happens, people get to work on the AI and put out propaganda. By the time it’s confirmed false it’s too late. It has become fact to one side. Truth is gone.

The people in New York City rarely disappoint

This guy in Vietnam was so dangerous the NVA put a $10,000 Bounty on His Head… Jerry "Mad Dog" Shriver, a member of MACV-SOG. He led operations deep behind enemy lines-running with small teams of indigenous soldiers who fought alongside MACV-SOG. They'd slip in, ambush, blow up supply routes, and vanish before the NVA even knew what was going on. Shriver had a variety of kit for missions: a sawed-off shotgun, a 44 Magnum revolver, Grease Guns, Tommy Guns, and custom knives. On missions MACV-SOG members beared no name tag, no rank and no identifiers they’re Americans. Supposedly Shriver loved two things: his Montagnards-fierce, loyal fighters who followed him into hell-and his dog Klaus; a German Shepherd who never left his side. Shriver once stayed in-country for over 1,000 days straight, refusing R&R, and taking leave to join other units just to keep fighting. This man was a unit.

Can you imagine how incredible it must have to be Lewis and Clarke, exploring (being led around) the country.. an “unknown” world. It’s what the modern males dreams are made of, minus the Syphilis.

Seattle, 1994.

“Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.” Joseph de Maistre American soldiers pray amongst the rubble of Cologne Cathedral [1945] photo by Margaret Bourke-White

French soldiers at Koblenz

Battle of Bucharest, Romania , 1989

As most know I stay far away from politics on social media. Most of the time its hate fueled propaganda spewed from people who have no idea what they are talking about or what they actually stand for. With that said, social media can be an amazing platform to share fact based information or experiences to respectfully and professionally address or correct misinformation so the public can be properly informed. Below is a video from 2010 in Afghanistan where my Special Forces team was partnered with a NATO Australian team fighting the Taliban on the front lines. I dont have the most experience but I have some with 8 deployments to Afghanistan as a Special Forces Green Beret serving with some amazing NATO partners fighting side by side against a mutual enemy. When I was wounded after stepping on an IED, in the hospital at KAF, there was a Canadian in the bed next to me who had been shot, and in the same room a British soldier who stepped on a landmine. Although these are only my experiences, I have seen first hand our NATO brothers and sisters in arms fighting side by side with us on the front lines. For those who wish to comment, be professional. Many soldiers from around the world gave their lives for freedom and they deserve respect. Be worthy of their sacrifice and be someone who was worth dying for. youtu.be/eODfGEYSyh0?si=UENb…

Many MAGA “conservatives” are now IN FAVOR of the very SAME things that TRUE conservatives, myself included were TERRIFIED of and were consistently WARNING about 15 years ago. 🚨🚨🚨⚠️⚠️⚠️ Case in point…Putting the military on the streets of America for ANY reason. It would have been an UNTHINKABLE scenario back in like 2009, after Obama had just taken power… Fast forward to 2026, and we are facing the same reality with Trump, but MAGA is quite literally on its knees BEGGING for extreme government overreach. Not only is this EXTREMELY HYPOCRITICAL, but it is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. Now, you are berated as “low IQ” “communist” “traitor” “retard” etc for NOT wanting said government overreach or protesting in opposition of it, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS OUR OWN GOVERNMENT WHICH CREATED THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. It is completely PREPOSTEROUS & INSANE. It doesn’t matter which side of the aisle you are on, THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER to create said hostile conditions, which then require a “hero”, in this case Trump, to then “clean up the mess”. “If the public needs a hero, we shall supply one”. - Albert Pike, 33rd Degree Freemason It’s the Hegelian Dialectic. “Order out of Chaos” PROBLEM…Let 20 Million illegal immigrants into the country. REACTION…Create specific outrage from the public. SOLUTION…Put the military on the streets of America (Martial Law/Insurrection Act). Use Palantir tech to target citizens and non-citizens, “justification” for the police state apparatus. Normalize ICE harassing AMERICAN CITIZENS for proof of immigration and or citizenship (papers). Normalize the usage of robots and drones to police ALL Americans. Normalize military presence on ALL of our streets prompting intentional pushback from the public at large and creating a purposefully hostile environment leading to civil war… I could go on and on… Are you getting the picture yet? This isn’t simply about deporting illegals and criminals, WHICH YOUR GOVERNMENT ALLOWED HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE…That is why the actual deportation numbers are garbage, and at this rate would never satisfy the mandate. This is about establishing a PERMANENT POLICE/SURVEILLANCE STATE powered by AI, robots, and drones for ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS. A FULLY DIGITAL PRISON, which will soon be attached to your “social credit score” which ICE, the police, and the military will have access to, and it will be far from only illegals they are looking for. I think you can see the very dark trajectory from there… If you are calling FOR government overreach and intervention, then you are COMPLICIT in allowing this to happen. This isn’t left vs right, it is WE THE PEOPLE vs EXTREME GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. PLEASE WAKE UP!!!

Shared today by Bev Perry in the Expand Dem Values in the House and Senate Facebook group. I need to say something that's been bothering me for a while, and I'm saying it as a Marine Corps veteran who leans center-right. This isn't partisan. This is observation. We've slow-faded into accepting militarized police as normal, and nobody seems to notice or care. Even as a USMC pilot, I went through six months of infantry training as an officer before flight school. I've worn the gear. The helmet, the tactical vest, the whole kit. And I can tell you from experience, it changes you. There's a psychological shift that happens when you strap that stuff on. You feel different. You carry yourself different. You start seeing the environment differently. In the Marine Corps, that shift was appropriate because it's a combat culture and organization. But these are American streets. American citizens. And we've got law enforcement dressed like they're kicking down doors in Fallujah to serve warrants in suburbia. What happend to high standards and real policing tactics? Think Adam-12...Officers Reed and Malloy. Crisp uniforms. A revolver. A baton. High standards and professionalism. They looked like public servants because they were public servants. They de-escalated. They talked to people. They were part of the community. Now? Tactical gear, beards, ball caps, Oakley sunglasses, sleeve tattoos, and a tactical kit that would make special operators jealous. And we've turned it into a fetish. We celebrate it. We assume that because someone looks hard, they must be a professional. They're not. I loved the Marine Corps. But I'll be honest, I was also blinded by it for a while. Mission first. Unit over everything. And that mentality made sense in that context. But law enforcement doesn't get that critical examination. "Back the Blue" has become a shield against accountability. A blanket assumption that a badge plus gun equals hero. That tactical gear equals competence. It doesn't. Most people who join law enforcement aren't special operators. They're average people who desperately want to belong to something bigger than themselves. I understand that impulse deeply, it's why I joined the Marines. But wanting to belong doesn't make you qualified. Looking the part doesn't mean you can perform under pressure. And wrapping yourself in warrior aesthetics doesn't make you a warrior. Old school law enforcement represented something. Standards. Bearing. Discipline. Professionalism that was demonstrated, not costumed. A revolver and a baton meant you had to rely on your training, your words, your judgment, not overwhelming firepower. What I see now in law enforcement is the costume without the culture. The gear without the training. The authority without the accountability. Are there good people in law enforcement? Of course. I know some personally. But this reflexive "law enforcement can do no wrong" mentality is lazy, dangerous, and intellectually dishonest. A woman is dead. And before we sort ourselves into teams and start assigning blame, maybe we should ask harder questions: Why do we accept a militarized police force as normal? Why do we assume tactical gear equals tactical competence? Why have we let "Back the Blue" become a substitute for actual standards? I wore the uniform. I went through the training. I know what that gear does to your head. It shouldn't be normalized on American streets against American citizens. And we shouldn't pretend everyone wearing it is qualified to carry it. The fact that he called her a “fucking bitch” after he shot her three times should be a huge red flag for all of us.

They’re building a police state right before our eyes—which will ultimately be deployed against conservative Christians and gun owners and those who refuse the jab—and a lot of “Republicans” with Gadsden flags in their bios are like, “Yeah, FAFO!”