Notes from the Resistance
This is where citizens could really use some of those pledges of Second Amendment protection we heard along the campaign trail from Donald Trump, and from every Republican in Congress who won their seat because of gun owner support. [More]
The new administration, through orders to subordinates, and the Republican-controlled Congress, with the power to subpoena and investigate, could do much to stop citizen abuse — if they want to.
The new guy needs to understand all this and have the AG and the president‘s ear to make sure they do, and to restrain their past-demonstrated impulses to ignore the words “shall not be infringed.” [More]
My latest Firearms News article assesses the best we can make out of a no-win scenario.
A coalition of gun-rights groups is arguing that a federal appeals court should overturn a conviction of a Billings man who appeared to be menacing an elementary school from across the street as he walked around his property, often with gun in hand. [More]
“Appeared to be” is very different from “was,” and the case could be made that hoplophobic snitches should not be the arbiters.
Once this is over, it would be interesting to see everything it took to get ATF’s Dustin Stroble to insert his snout into this. It appears Metcalf initiating contact with the FBI broke a cardinal rule.
[Via Jess]
I see comments are turned off and it didn’t record my “Down” vote.
Think I’ll get my question answered?
What a nasty little bitch Matt Platkin is.
[Via Bob S]
Today, Gun Owners of America announced its support for a lawsuit brought forth by Slide Fire Solutions against the U.S. government, which challenges the 2018 ban and unconstitutional confiscation of bump stocks under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. [More]
If any others want to come forward and file complaints, I’ll attest to this, with signatures to prove who I met with:
I asked if anyone else had come to reclaim their property and was told I was the only one, that others had forfeited theirs, and that one business that had made stocks wrote the loss off on taxes.
[Via Jess]
FOIA Shows the Extent of ATF Monitoring Americans Through FBI’s NICS System [More]
If all they wanted was a background check before an FFL sale can be completed, there is no reason why they couldn’t do that with BIDS.
So, if the FBI and DOJ don’t have authority to do ammunition checks, where do they get authority to allow New York State to use NICS for that purpose? [More]
Made possible by GOP Quislings, so will Republicans do anything to clean up their mess after they assume power in January?
With Hunter Biden’s court record and the pardon, the government cannot credibly evade a responsive production of documents with claims it has used in the past. [More]
My prediction: They’ll try to stall. Then we get to see what Bondi is really made of.
Abolish the ATF?: Rep. Burlison wants to eliminate ‘disaster agency’ he says has been violating 2nd Amendment- Rep. Eric Burlison plans to introduce a measure that then-Rep. Matt Gaetz previously put forward in 2023 [More]
Without abolishing the “laws” it enforces, we’d just be kicking the can down the road and into potentially worse hands.
Besides, thanks to Vichycon gun-grabbers, it’ll never even make it out of the House. And what do you think Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins will have to say about it in the Senate?
[Via Jess]
As Trump Heads to White House Rep. Burlison Pushes Plan to Abolish ATF [More]
Yeah, sure. And who’s got the juice to get rid of the laws that “someone” will still enforce?
The most this will do is prompt more “convenience store” comments.
“Any reasonable officer arriving at the scene would have simply confirmed Agent Burk’s credentials, then offered him assistance or cleared from the scene,” attorneys from the firm Cooper Elliot wrote. “Instead, the officers who did arrive immediately drew their weapons on Agent Burk, berated him, manhandled him, repeatedly tased him, cuffed him and locked him in the back of a police cruiser.” [More]
So she was trusted without a custodian and they stopped him from infringing on her RKBA?
Unless the “illegal” shotgun was stolen, what’s unreasonable about that?
[Via Andy M]
“The devil you know,” he remarked, may be preferable to sprawling bureaucracies with even more power to interfere with lawful gun ownership. [More]
Couldn’t have said it better myself…
As for “ATF, when properly managed, serves a legitimate purpose—targeting violent offenders and assisting the firearms industry in compliance,” first, compliance with what that doesn’t run afoul of “shall not be infringed”?
As for “violent offenders,” there are three crimes the feds are Constitutionally delegated power to combat, and unless the baddies are committing treason, counterfeiting, or engaged in piracy, stopping them is a power ceded to the states by the Tenth Amendment.
Everything else is usurpation compounded with corrupt stare decisis.
What You Need to Know Before Gifting a Gun [Watch]
Do it in a way that won’t let the grinches steal your freedom.
If you’re a famous gun-grabber, you get a pass.
[Via Jess]
How is it possible to do any part of the job without infringing on someone’s rights?
There’s no such thing as a good overseer. Some are just less cruel with their illegitimate power than others.
Police designating themselves the “Only Ones” to be trusted with arms and claiming exemptions to infringements the people are subjected to invites corruption, and seeing officials “hoist with their own petard” hardly invites sympathy…So, it’s not unfair to wonder what’s in it for gun owners to come to Wendt’s defense? [More]
The greater danger is ATF subjectively assigning itself powers and having the courts agree with it.
A North Carolina man whose alias is “AK Guru” has been charged with making and selling hundreds of machine guns built from existing and deconstructed weapons, federal authorities said. [More]
Who’s the snitch?
ATF Raid 3-D Printed Firearms Maker on Machinegun Charges [More]
Not to blame the victim, but if you’re going to engage in high law enforcement interdiction incentive activities, being judicious about who you share such knowledge with and circumspect in public commentary may lessen your risks of being caught.
Just sayin’.
None of which takes away his absolute right to have and say those things.
[Via Jess]
ATF Revoked More Licenses in Fiscal Year 2024 Than in Any of the Past 20 Years [More]
The “independent journalists” at The Trace can’t help but gloat. Good thing they promise Bloomberg “seed money” has no influence on their “reporting.”
While reviewing this for history, text, and tradition, the most relevant Founding era viewpoint I could find says “He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.”
And here’s the most relevant contemporary article I could find about the character of such officers, in all their “glory.”
[Via Jess]
[H]e was found out, I say found out because someone reported him to the ATF that he was selling firearms by a couple of Karens. Now we know who those Karens are and those Karens happen to be FFLs themselves. They are both gun shops in the Sterling Alaska area, so these FFLs turned in a fellow gun enthusiast because they wanted his business. [Watch]
I won’t have time to do this for a while, so if any of you can locate these gun stores’ social media accounts, it would be helpful to link to any related posting and commenting going on.
[Via Jess]
Children of an Amish farmer who sold thousands of guns despite not having the required federal firearms dealer license dropped their ownership claims to several dozen guns seized by the government. [More]
I see my questions still haven’t been answered.
[Via Jess]
Based on results, ATF can’t, either.
She’s just wondering if “ghost guns” can also fire 800 rounds a second.
It’s OK to say “she,” isn’t it?
FULL TEXT: ATF Lahaina Fire Report [More]
Considering means, motive, and opportunity, I have my own theory…
Comer Issues Subpoenas to Biden-Harris Administration for Possible Collusion with Anti-Second Amendment Groups on Litigation Against Firearm Manufacturer [More]
I still haven’t heard back from him on my own adventure in collusion and stonewalling.
[Via Jess]
