Category: citizen disarmament

We’re the Only Ones Unreasonable Enough

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“The police must have reasonable suspicion that the person is possessing the gun illegally or otherwise engaged in criminal activity,” wrote Judge Kathryn Grill Graeff. “Because the officers here stopped appellant based solely on his possession of a gun, without reasonable suspicion that he was possessing the gun illegally or otherwise involved in criminal activity, they did not have reasonable suspicion to stop him. The stop, therefore, violated appellant’s Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable seizures.” [More]

Baltimore police are d_s when it comes to guns? Who knew?

Do You Come from a Land Down Under?

When we compare these broader estimates, Australia’s rape and sexual assault rate is roughly three times higher than that of the United States. Australia’s assault rate is about twice as high, and its burglary rate is about 2.5 times higher. [More]

The factor in that 52% of U.S. counties where Americans can be armed to the teeth are as peaceable — or more so — than countries where government enforce a monopoly of violence.

[Via Jess]

Voting with Their Feet

$22 Million Gun Factory Relocates From Virginia to Georgia Over ‘Anti-Gun’ Legislation [More]

Good for them.

But in the grand scheme of things, it’s a drop in the bucket just compared to what the state spends on illegal immigrants, and then factor in how much money the state has to “work” with on other collectivist wealth extortion/redistribution schemes, and this won’t give anyone in power pause.

[Via bondmen]

When Life Gives You Lemons

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Boy, 14, arrested for armed robbery of kids’ lemonade stand in Southie – Boston police are still searching for a second suspect in connection with the incident. [More]

And naturally, half the money raise in the reopening will be donated to groups demanding even more predator empowerment. That the victims’ parents went along with that tells me all I need to know about them.

[Via Edmund M]

Can’t These People Read Rules?

Multiple people wounded in shooting at South Carolina’s largest mall, authorities detain suspects [More]

Who thinks they’ll be surprised when the suspects are ID’d?

Haywood Mall, eh? A Simon Mall…

At some point, some ambulance chaser’s gonna figure out “knew or should have known”and claim his client wouldn’t have been damaged if the code of conduct would have allowed him the means of self defense…

Circular Reasoning

6 Kindergartners Dead After Knife Attack in School…While violent crime is rare in China due to strict gun laws and tight security… [More]

Is that the only reason it’s “rare”…?

And isn’t ubiquitous fear to not conform to behavioral mandates because you live in an “obey or else” extortionist police state really its own form of mass violence?

And here’s a shocker:

Knives are considered weapons and are subject to strict regulations. Possession of a knife with a blade longer than 15 centimeters is illegal and punishable by law. Carrying knives in public places is also prohibited.

[Via Jess]

Because They’re So Racist, No Doubt

Justice Department Opens Investigation of Philadelphia Police Department’s Allegedly Unconstitutional Permit Revocation Practices [More]

Glad to see I’m in good company…

From a strictly political point of view, this is a really good move for disarming accusations that the administration is racist. Who is it that wants to ban their guns and who is it saying they have a right to them until and unless they abuse it?

[Via Lane]

Holloway v. Katz: Virginia Gun Ban Lawsuit Argues Banned Arms Are Militia Arms

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Simply put, as noted in the Statement of Facts, “The weapons banned by the act are the arms of the citizen militia.” [More]

While the other challenges are on hold, this unique complaint is still scheduled to be heard.

Important record correction

The Crump case also notes:

Plaintiffs do not bring any claim or seek any relief under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Rather, they proceed only under Article I, Section 13 of the Constitution of Virginia. 

Virginia Prosecutors Defy New ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

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The ban “is striking at the core of the militia system that existed in Virginia,” Mehaffey informed Fox News, showing he is one of the few public officials who “gets it,” or is at least willing to publicly acknowledge that reality. [More]

I know of some federal prosecutors who could follow suit — and are running out of excuses not to.

Silent on the Details

According to sources, the US Postal Service has stated that they are no longer going to permit the shipping of suppressors through the US mails. If true, this would be an unlawful prohibition as Mark Smith, Four Boxes Diner, explains here [Watch]

How have they stated it? Did an FFL get a letter? An email? A phone call? From whom?

He must really trust his source. That they’re so reluctant to come forward and provide proof gives me pause.

A Right Delayed

Why?

But the judge issued an order stopping everything. And here’s the kicker. He did it because of a move pulled by the anti-gun Attorney General Jay Jones. The state is using a rule called the Multiple Claimant Litigation Act. Because gun owners are fighting back in four different counties across Virginia, the attorney general petitioned the Virginia State Supreme Court to clump all four of those lawsuits together and move them to one single court. Most likely a court where they think a judge will side with the state. A la Richmond.

[Via Jess]

Of Course You Realize This Means War

Osborn proposed a preemptive “red flag” law targeting owners of “assault-style rifles,” which would require gun owners to undergo a mental health evaluation every five years to re-register those weapons. [More]

How many divisions does Osborn have?

What an @$$hole.

[Via Edmund M]

The NeverEnding Story

At least 16 states have now put 3D gun laws on the books, with seven states adding major legislation this year. [More]

And, of course, it’s not just 3D guns they want to ban.

So… how many lawsuits must rights advocates pay for, in how many districts and circuits, with no clear resolve on the part of the Supreme Court to order “shall not be infringed,” on Congress to pass sanctions, and on DOJ to enforce rights? Bits and pieces are offered and bits and pieces are taken back. But it will never happen unless and until there is a clear “or else” promise behind our demands.

Anybody seeing a groundswell that can’t be ignored for that?

And Not a Violent Christian Nationalist White Supremacist to Be Found…

Nigerian Christians Face Legal Battle for the Right to Defend Themselves [More]

You don’t say.

I wonder how our anti-gun domestic “progressive faith leaders,” not in danger of being slaughtered and eradicated at any moment by bloodthirsty Marxist savages, feel about that…

[Via bondmen]