Notes from the Resistance
Even more alarming are reports that the suspect in this case has had nine felony convictions over the past ten years, and that he also has misdemeanor convictions on his record, and at the time of the stabbing incidents, he was the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant. [More]
Let’s see if the map tells us anything useful…
Defendants Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and Brendan F. Kelly, Director of the Illinois State Police (“State Defendants”), hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from the Court’s order and final judgment dated November 8, 2024, in this case (Doc. 55), as well as three related cases (Barnett, et al. v. Raoul, et al., 3:23-cv209 Doc. 259; Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois, et al. v. Pritzker, et al., 3:23-cv-215 Doc. 86; Langley, et al. v. Kelly, et al., 3:23-cv-192 Doc. 46). [More]
Of course they did. Tyrants don’t cede power unless there’s a credible “or else” attached to the demand, and besides, it’s not their money.
Once again, we have seen that the biggest threat to committed, constitutional, Republican candidates is…the Oregon Republican Establishment. [More]
Today, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) secured a permanent injunction against the State of Illinois’ poorly named Protect Illinois Communities Act. This law violates the Second Amendment and unconstitutionally bans many semi-automatic rifles, standard capacity magazines, and bump stocks, while instituting new registration requirements for gun owners. [More]
And there’s no link for this yet, but it just came in from SAF:
Am I reading these wrong?
We’ve done this before. Let’s not do it any more.
However, state legislatures have the authority and prerogative, rooted in the Tenth Amendment, to set and adjust the age of majority as they see fit “for the public good”… [More]
This:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
does not override this:
This Constitution…shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
It’s so weird– young people in Marx for Our Lives demanding that the government curtail their rights because they’re not mature and responsible enough to claim them.
[Via Antigone]
More Winning: Progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón Loses Reelection [More]
It depends upon what the meaning of the word “winning” is:
Nathan Hochman Receives Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate Distinction in his Bid to Become L.A. County’s next District Attorney
The enemy of my enemy can be a more dangerous enemy.
[Via Michael G]
How Many Illegal Gun Owners are in America [More]
If it’s someone who refused to surrender a banned gun out of principle, not knowing is how it should be.
If it’s someone who possesses a stolen gun, he’s not the owner.
Our society is violent, and people who commit ‘‘violent acts’’ are oppressed human beings who are reacting to their reality
and their context. [More]
Myopic eggheadette thinks the way to “shift the dialogue” on disarming you is to start with a generality lie and sympathize with predators…?
Canton park board formally changes laws, allows firearms in public parks [More]
Kudos to an alert citizen who educated them on state preemption. It’s inexcusable he had to.
Now the question is, can we keep Canton “Only Ones” who go berserk on lawfully armed citizens out of parks?
[Via Jess]
Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation and its partners in a federal court challenge of Maryland’s restrictive “sensitive places” gun control law have filed an appellants’ brief with the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. [More]
So the Founders intended “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed unless we tell them ‘Except here, here, and here…’?”
Extreme-Risk Protection Orders Fail To Deliver: Analysis of Red Flag Laws & Their Consequences [More]
More Rand Corporation inconclusiveness…
You know, the same studies Democrat Dr. Quacky McQuackquack cites to demand eviscerating the Second Amendment.
[H/T Wirecutter]
Instead of American history, the Hawaii court looked at the island’s pre-American history for guidance on the protections provided by its state constitution. [More]
Does this mean they’re going to start throwing gun owners into volcanoes?
