Category: citizen disarmament

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.

Chips Off the Old Block

March for Our Lives has been rocked by divisions, layoffs, and — most recently — a lawsuit alleging racism and retaliation. [More]

That’s pretty rich, considering the views of the racist their funding comes from:

“Bloomberg claimed that 95 percent of murders fall into a specific category: male, minority and between the ages of 15 and 25. Cities need to get guns out of this group’s hands and keep them alive, he said.”

Let’s see if Facebook lets this stay up:

[Via Jess]

Meet the New Boss…

In Gun Owners of America’s (GOA) ongoing case challenging the Biden administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, which implemented stringent standards for federal firearms dealers that enabled licenses to be revoked over paperwork errors, the government does not intend to change its position, according to GOA’s Tuesday filing exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. [More]

But…but…but…

Anyone surprised?

Besides the gun groups?

[Via Jess]

Here Come the Judge

We agree with the District Court that the Plaintiffs’ individual-capacity claims are barred by absolute judicial immunity. We further conclude that Article III’s case-or-controversy requirement bars official-capacity claims under § 1983 against state court judges who rule on firearms license applications under New York state law. Affirmed. [More]

Your options…

Sing it, Pigmeat!

[Via Jess]

Survey SAYS…

A 2025 nationally representative survey conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions found wide support for gun violence prevention policies across political lines and among both gun owners and non-owners. [More]

And if you can’t believe Bloomberg-funded gunquacks, who can you believe?

What can I say but Johns Hopkins…?

Told ya they’d be back for more.

We’re the Only Ones Just Kidding Enough

An Illinois State Police trooper from Deerfield has been arrested for allegedly possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material … the agents found evidence of deleted child porn on the cellphone he was holding at the time, and some of the images were reportedly of children whose ages were around four years old. [More]

Just think– when I went to Chicago for a family memorial service a month back, he could have arrested me if I had defied their citizen disarmament edicts.

[Via bondmen]