If anyone can explain the pixelated sun glasses overlay (with “come and take it” in the background, that I do know about) I’d appreciate it. Pops up about 40 seconds for a few. Bongino uses the same sun glasses as a Schtick some times too. It’s clearly a reference to something common but a part of the culture I don’t connect with. Given the digital look, I’m thinking some kind of retro game character maybe?
Hopefully her pointing out “150 MILLION” gun owners AND saying she will not comply with an “assault weapons ban” (ALWAYS used in error. You MUST get a several hundred dollar license to have a machine gun to get a real assault weapon, which is a light machine gun. They really mean “semi-auto self loader single shot per trigger pull” ban. But only the ones with cosmetics they don’t like first.) will get their attention. When the cops are not going to comply, it ought to be clear it’s not a good law.
Here in Kalifornia, we are already “living the dream” (nightmare) and it has done nothing to improve things. Any removable magazine over 10 rounds makes you a criminal. Buying a box of ammo in another State and driving home afterwards without some (unknown mechanism) declaration of the purchase to the State (and some implied “background check”) makes you a criminal. Using ANY lead bullets or shot in hunting makes you a criminal. The result? Just as much or more real crimes than ever…
Oh, and there is some kind of fee attached to buying ammunition that goes into a slush fund that is used to fight any lawsuits brought against the law, so you get to fund your own opposition… I’ve not bought any ammo since that law passed. I can reload all the 9mm & .357 I want and that’s my preferred target round; then I’ve probably got a lifetime supply of the odd ducks and 12 gauge. I had the good sense to “lay in a big supply” about a decade back, including a lot of primers. IF I buy anything in Kalifornia, it will be a nice Black Powder “Six Shooter”. Still just as effective as they were in the 1800s….
Thug life is when you have nothing yet still succeed (when you have overcome everything to reach your desire. The glasses are an icon of that state.
@EM: The ‘Thug Life’ glasses (also called ‘Deal With it’) is another way to locate it on the web.
“Thug Life” Eh? OK….
(And off he goes to DuckDuck up some culture… ;-)
Well, of course Amazon has them:
https://www.amazon.com/thug-life-glasses/s?k=thug+life+glasses
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/deal-with-it
So now I know… It’s all a Meme Culture creation thing…
So, OK, now I know I need to get some of those glasses to wear as part of my Street Theatre Persona… Wide Brim “Indiana Jones” hat from Disney (sold in the Millions…), those glasses, and some kind of scarf or respirator mask to cover the nose / mouth.
Add some ear muff cover things (as “ear prints” are a thing…) and “good to go”.
The “deal with it meaning” adding a certain something for the person(s) monitoring all the CCTV cameras popping up every where…
Oh, and it seems there is also a (short lived) Rap Group named Thug Life with songs et. al. that likely contributes to that side of the awareness.
OK, now I’m no longer a cultural outcast ;-)
I thought about ordering a pair of these glasses…
https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Censorship-One-Piece-Novelty-Sunglasses/dp/B009Z6IUO8/ref=sr_1_29?dchild=1&keywords=thug+life+glasses&qid=1570318744&sr=8-29
Combustion Light Gas Gun (CLGG): A technology supplanted by the Rail Gun for Naval heavy long range bombardment. The CLGG suffered from erratic ignition issues which affected targeting accuracy at 100 mile shots. Was initially produced in a 15 mm bore, then subsequently scaled to 45 mm, then 155 mm for evaluation.
AFAIK this was not pursued for smaller projectiles other than NASA mimicking hypervelocity meteorite impacts on space equipment. At a range of several miles, the trajectory is flat, what with a muzzle velocity of up to 12,000 FPS. The next big thing in small firearms development might be under wrap in some enthusiast’s garage.
@MarcusZ:
Those are just the ticket! Makes it look like someone has blacked out the eyes when it’s really your glasses. I like it!
Here’s your hand held Combustion Light Gas Gun!
More on the CLGG:
http://www.spudfiles.com/hybrid-cannon-database/topic21873.html
Watching a demonstration in Chicago from 6 mos. ago … seems the citizens are getting grumpy about gun grabbers. The motto they shouted seems to be catching on. They said they will not comply and “Come And Take It!”
I think maybe we’ve reached a limit point…
Rep. Darren Bailey (R) said “I will never give up my AR-15”