Notes from the Resistance
GOA Petition to SCOTUS for Writ of Certiorari Against Illinois Categorical Ban on AR-15s… Friends of The Captain’s Journal Stephen Stamboulieh and Oliver Krawczyk wrote this brief, along with Rob Olson. A better constructed and more direct and honest one you will never find. [More] This covers some essential points that can’t be raised enough. … Continue reading “News in Brief”
Ninth Circuit to rehear Hawaii butterfly knife ban… In its en banc petition, the state only briefly touched on historical arms regulations in its pre-territorial days. However, the state Supreme Court recently harkened back to the Kingdom of Hawaii — which historically levied heavy regulations on weapons — while pushing back on the Second Amendment. … Continue reading “The Butterfly Effect”
NFA Denial Appeals Are Back On The Menu! [More] Guns & Gadgets interviews Stephen Stamboulieh about the resolved lovers spat… [Via Jess]
…the lawyers for the plaintiff, specifically attorney Stephen Stamboulieh, an excellent lawyer — we’ve talked a lot about him before — uh, Stephen has done a great job in a lot of cases including the Antonyuk case, and he wrote a very powerful opposition to this making a whole host of arguments as to why … Continue reading “2A Desperation”
US Court of Appeal for Ninth Circuit declared Hawaii’s butterfly knife ban to be unconstitutional under the 2nd Amendment. Hawaii hires $2400 per hour attorney to try to save the BAN but 2nd Amendment briefs are terrific and should prevail. [Watch] Major props for Alan Beck and Stephen Stamboulieh who routinely take to the field … Continue reading “The Butterfly Effect”
GOA, GOF FILE SUIT AGAINST NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR’S TYRANNICAL GUN BAN VIA “PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER” [More] Stephen Stamboulieh is one of the attorneys on this.
ATF Inspector Seizes Gun Store Customer Records Without A Warrant [More] Once more Stephen Stamboulieh is at the center of righting wrongs. What’s it say that this is being addressed civilly but not criminally? [Via Jess]
9th Circuit overturns Hawaii butterfly knife ban, citing Supreme Court ‘history’ standard on guns [More] Here ’tis… More fine work from Alan Beck and Stephen Stamboulieh… I notice Adam Winkler whining about Bruen creating an “impossible position.” Why they ever invited this guy to GRPC is beyond me– it’s not like he’s a pal. Can … Continue reading “The Butterfly Effect”
Because the DOJ has now made charges public, and because Biden’s attorney has acknowledged those charges, attorney Stephen Stamboulieh filed a new FOIA request Tuesday afternoon. [More] The Biden administration’s enforcers want to gloss this over and are counting on the “real reporters” to let them. My sense is there’s more here to uncover and … Continue reading “New FOIA Request Filed on Hunter Biden Gun Investigation Now That Privacy Excuse is Gone”
As I said on Monday, the gloves have come off and the powers that be at the NRA have created an implacable enemy in former 1st VP Willes Lee. Now that he is free from the constraints of being both an officer and a member of the Special Litigation Committee, Lee is feeling no remorse … Continue reading “And There Was War in Heaven”
The State of New York is Still Fighting the Bruen Decision [More] Herschel brings us up to date on Antonyuk v Satan’s Minions, including New York’s insulting brief and Stephen Stamboulieh’s authoritative response. I have to find out what SCOTUS’s options are for slapping inferiors defying hierarchical precedent down.
GOA DEFEATS NY “CONCEALED CARRY IMPROVEMENT ACT” IN FEDERAL COURT [More] And as David Kopel properly recognizes over at The Volokh Conspiracy: Today’s 184-page preliminary injunction opinion in Antonyuk v. Hochul is the latest step in a challenge by Gun Owners of America, represented by Stephen Stamboulieh and Robert J. Olson.
At the time of the ruling, attorney Stephen Stamboulieh advised that no appeal would be filed due to time, expense, and the unlikelihood of it succeeding. This could change that. A motion for reconsideration may now be feasible since Biden’s attorney Clark publicly acknowledged the investigation. [More] With his lawyer publicly acknowledging an investigation, ATF’s … Continue reading “New Development in Biden Gun Case May Open Complaint for Reconsideration”
Between going out of town over the weekend for an NRA Second Amendment legal seminar in Pittsburgh (where I finally got to meet Stephen Stamboulieh in person), having to pick my wife up this afternoon at the airport, and my wireless mouse suddenly deciding to ignore driver updates and make me troubleshoot for an hour, … Continue reading “I’m with Popeye”
In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on July 1 signed a law that criminalizes the concealed carry of guns in airports, houses of worship, Times Square and other sensitive places, prompting a swift legal challenge. Gun Owners of America is one of several plaintiffs who are urging a federal … Continue reading “Sensitive, Aren’t We?”
Lawyer Jim Trusty, former chief of the DOJ’s Organized Crime Section, said reports that the investigation is coming to an end suggests that Hunter will be hit with minor tax charges and for making false statements when purchasing a handgun in 2018. [More] Purchasing two handguns, actually, if anyone in authority is interested in, you … Continue reading “It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Word ‘Minor’ Is”
The complaint was filed by attorney Stephen D. Stamboulieh on behalf of this correspondent to compel the Department to produce information regarding “consent to a permanent entry in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).” [More] Expanding the rules without lawfully delegated authority and based just on their own say-so seems to be the … Continue reading “Complaint Against DOJ Seeks Documents on NICS Permanent Entry Consent”
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs request that judgment be entered in their favor and against Defendants as follows: 1. An order preliminarily and permanently enjoining Defendants, their officers, agents, servants, employees, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of the injunction, from enforcing 720 ILCS 5/24-1(a)(6) and any other applicable law … Continue reading “Unsuppressing Suppressors”
