Category: citizen disarmament

Hold That Tiger

There are some behaviors so aberrant, some crimes so vicious, and some consciences so amoral that it can never be safe to allow a congenital predator unfettered access to a potential victim pool and not expect that innocents will be attacked. [More]

My latest American Handgunner “Second Amendment” column is out.

In the Spirit of Aloha

SAF, PARTNERS FILE AMICUS BRIEF CHALLENGING HAWAII’S FIREARMS PURCHASE LAWS

When the press release gets posted you’ll be able to find it here.

To cut to the chase, go to the brief.

Tangentially Related

SAF sister organization CCRKBA has an update on wins and losses in New Jersey.

Life in the Gun-Free Zone

Villanova University said a report of a possible shooter at its law school was a “cruel hoax,” after it issued an alert warning of an active shooter on its Pennsylvania campus on Thursday… The incident, which occurred as the school was celebrating its orientation mass to welcome new students, sparked a large local and federal law enforcement response, and “panic and terror ensued,”… [More]

What, nobody drew their own gun…?

[Via Michael G]

Old Lies for New

That’s great, being lectured on 2A by a gun-grabber who thinks he’s found a “Gotcha!”

Except the National Guard is not that militia. Never was.

As the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the United States Senate Ninety-Seventh Congress observed:

These commentators contend instead that the amendment’s preamble regarding the necessity of a “well regulated militia… to a free state” means that the right to keep and bear arms applies only to a National Guard. Such a reading fails to note that the Framers used the term “militia” to relate to every citizen capable of bearing arms, and that Congress has established the present National Guard under its power to raise armies, expressly stating that it was not doing so under its power to organize and arm the militia.

He’s just counting on younger people not remembering the old lies.

[Via WiscoDave]

We’re the Only Ones Risk Averse Enough

ATF says concealed carry ‘puts everyone involved at risk’ [More]

But…but…but the memo…

They really are that tone deaf.

It doesn’t matter if they revised the statement to add “criminal.” As has been pointed out before:

We condemn any program that involves enforcing unconstitutional “laws”, even if such “laws” are enforced only against violent criminals. Unconstitutional “laws” are illegal, harmful to public safety, tyrannical, and are inevitably enforced against ordinary, non-criminal citizens.

Our Diversity is Their Strength

Democratic socialist and Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh, a Somali American, is being knocked for holding a political rally in a foreign language that appeared entirely devoid of any American flags. [More]

So… occupied territory…?

So of course they want to disarm the displaced. It’s what conquerors do.

Are you sleeping?

Carry On

After carefully reviewing the entire record in this matter, the parties’ submissions and the applicable law, and for the reasons set forth above, the Court hereby ORDERS that Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 39) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART as follows: GRANTED as to Plaintiffs’ Second Amendment claims regarding the constitutionality of N.Y. Penal Law § 400.00(3)(a) as applied to Plaintiffs Harris and Votruba; 50 Case 1:24-cv-00174-MAD-TWD Document 54 Filed 08/20/25 Page 51 of 51 DENIED as to Plaintiffs’ Full Faith and Credit claim; and DENIED as to Plaintiffs’ Privileges and Immunities claim; and the Court further ORDERS that N.Y. Penal Law § 400.00(3)(a) has been unconstitutionally applied to Plaintiffs Harris and Votruba; and the Court further ORDERS that Defendants must permit residents of other states to apply for permits to carry firearms in New York; and the Court further ORDERS that Defendants and all other officers, agents, servants, employees, and persons under the authority of the State shall not refuse to accept applications from otherwise eligible persons who are not residents or employees of the State of New York; and the Court further ORDERS that Defendant James’ cross-motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 42) is GRANTED as to standing and otherwise DENIED as moot; and the Court further ORDERS that Plaintiffs’ claims, to the extent they seek relief from Defendant James, are DISMISSED for lack of standing; and the Court further ORDERS that Plaintiff Higbie’s as-applied Second Amendment claim is DISMISSED as moot; and the Court further ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment in accordance with this Memorandum-Decision and Order and close the case; and the Court further ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Memorandum-Decision and Order on the parties in accordance with the Local Rules. IT IS SO ORDERED. [More]

GOA wins one.

Note Mr. Stamboulieh was instrumental.

Now we wait and see if it’s appealed. I’m told they have 30 days from the order.

He’s fighting for us on this, too.

Split Personalities

Will a Republican majority make a difference in creating a circuit split?

[Via Jess]

Change My Mind

Judge ATF as They Judge Us: They’re All Guilty and They All Need to Go [More]

There’s not one who wouldn’t arrest us if they knew we possessed a forbidden and/or unregistered arm, so, yeah… remember that every time some supposed Second Amendment supporter says “Enforce existing gun laws.”

I’ve actually had California Prags tell me if I don’t like the law to work to elect reps who will change it.

[Via Michael G]

Florida’s GOP State Attorney Bakkedahl Cites Anti-2A Everytown to Defend Infringements

These offensive “justifications” being argued by Florida Republicans sound like the kind of polemics to be expected from rabid Moms Demand Action zealots and ranting Democrat demagogues. That they would be made in an administration where Gov. Ron DeSantis is widely touted as being “pro-gun” and where Florida State Attorney General James Uthmeier recently refused to defend the under-21 long gun ban enacted after the Parkland shootings, goes beyond cognitive dissonance. [More]

With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats?

A Right Delayed

Yesterday, New Mexico gun owners won a huge victory at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in the case Ortega v Grisham. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of several New Mexico residents supported by the NRA, Mountain States Legal Foundation and other groups. The plaintiffs attempted to buy a gun on the first day the 7-day firearm waiting period law went into effect last year. While they passed the background check and paid for their firearms, they were not able to take their guns home with them due to the new law. [More]

We’ve already touched on this but I though it best to hear directly from the people affected.

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