Notes from the Resistance
Today, Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises (RIFLE) Act. Under current law, there is a $200 tax on the transfer and purchase of firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act. This legislation would remove the existing $200 tax on firearms sold to law-abiding gun owners. [More]
The issue isn’t $200.
“0% chance of being enacted,” anyway…
[Via Jess]
Ron DeSantis Mocks State GOP’s Lack of Support for Open Carry: ‘Are We Florida or Are We San Francisco?’ [More]
That’s what years of supporting “the lesser of two evils” vs. taking a hit now and sending an unequivocal message to the party for who they’d better put up next time gets us.
Then again, what the hell do I know?
[Via bondmen]
Idaho Gun Owner Found Not Guilty in Self-Defense Case – An Idaho gun owner from Kuna was found not guilty by a jury of his peers recently in a case that some are questioning why the gun owner was charged in the first place. [More]
Meet the prosecutor. Evidently, she takes her oath as seriously as she takes a dog’s.
She was endorsed by a self-described “staunch defender of the 2nd Amendment.”
Think he might reconsider…? We could ask…
[Via bondmen]
How a Small State Made Big Strides on Election Integrity Laws [More]
And, of course, Democrats are what’s keepng this from passing at the federal level. The people Liz Cheney threw her lot in with.
[Via Michael G]
That fact that they were taken off today’s schedule and postponed for a day or two is not really the interesting part. The interesting part is that the anti-gunners all seemed to know while people coming to testify against them did not. [More]
You can tell a lot about people by how they treat those they feel more powerful than.
Is anyone dumb enough to believe they have “friends across the aisle”? Or in Oregon, true friends on either side?
In a disappointing turn for California gun owners, Assembly Bill 1092 – a proposed reform that would have extended the lifespan of concealed carry permits (CCWs) from two to four years – failed to pass through the Assembly Public Safety Committee. [More]
Seven Democrats and two Republicans, with one of them a Vichycon squish on guns… what did they think was going to happen? Pass pro-gun bills in California: Good one.
And they’re not even close to talking about the actual right.
Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue.” And I have that on good authority.
[Via Dan Gifford]
Privacy in Arms Should be a Second Amendment Norm [More]
We’ve seen what can happen when it’s not.
FBI #2 Dan Bongino’s Bold Stance on 2nd Amendment Rights & the Future of Firearms Policy ~ VIDEO [More]
‘Go Ask the KKK’: Democrat Cuts Parents Out of the Discussion on Transgender Custody Bill [More]
It’s like the belive they’ll forever be immune to personal consequences.
This country’s too “repressive” for her. Any guesses what they’d do with her in the Iran her parents fled?
[Via Michael G]
90 shell casings found outside home after shooting… A Midtown man said it took too long for officers to arrive as his home was being used for cover in an exchange of gunfire. The shooting took place at an Airbnb moments after an argument during a large gathering early Saturday morning. [More]
When seconds count…
Don’t the damn perps know the damn rules?
Or were they counting on them?
[Via Steve T]
What do you do if you’re an innocent person, you’re not doing anything wrong and somebody OC sprays you…? [Watch]
For starters, develop the situational awareness of a clam colony…
No way would I let that sketchy guy be that close to me, let alone turn my back on him and then go into phone drone mode…
And two can keep their attack hand hidden.
[Via Matthew L]
DOJ and ATF Repeal Zero Tolerance Policy, Major Second Amendment Win for the Trump Administration [More]
I want to see what still triggers revocations — and consistency of decisons– before I get too excited, which I won’t do anyway because there will still be an ATF with the power to destroy Americans’ lives over exercising their right in a way the government, with no legitimate delegated authority, doesn’t want to allow.
That’s right. In one vote, this bill went from targeting .50 caliber rifles to banning all semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines, adding new definitions like “assault shotgun” and “fixed magazine,” restricting magazine capacity, and even creating new criminal penalties. [More]
And this crap will continue to happen because SCOTUS allows it and keeps sending mixed signals.
The US Supreme Court refused to question New York’s 2022 gun restrictions, including the state’s limits on concealed-carry licenses and its ban on weapons in buses, parks and crowded venues. The justices without comment turned away an appeal by six New York residents who said the restrictions infringe the Constitution’s Second Amendment and fly in the face of recent Supreme Court rulings bolstering gun rights. [More]
As noted many times before over the years, all the Supreme Court has to do to allow blatant infringements of our fundamental rights to prevail is… nothing.
People in power don’t give it up unless there’s a credible “or else” behind demands.
[Via Dan Gifford]
But what if it’s true? Is it really pride to note ignorant dwarfs are making claims against what’s yours?
I’m reminded of a recurring line from Walter Brennan’s character in The Guns of Will Sonnet.
“If you had just told me that that night, I never would have arrested you.” [Watch]
So he says. But cops are allowed to lie. But say the lead investigator was a “good” one- you have no way of knowing that or if he’s a typical “Only One” trying to find something to hang you with. A couple days in jail is nothing compared to what you could get railroaded into. And don’t even try and pull “a few bad apples” around here.
The best advice is still “Don’t talk to the police.” But do tell your attorney EVERYTHING.
Sounds like this kid had a crappy one, because if the DGU really was that cut and dried, a competent lawyer would have gotten his client absolved without gambling with risks…
[Via WiscoDave]
The Chicago Police Department has used gun buybacks to get thousands of guns off the street, but at least two of them have resurfaced at crime scenes, a joint investigation between the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Sun-TImes found. [Watch]
The cops don’t keep a documented cha9n of custody>
Forget it, Jake, it’s Chi-Town.
[Via 1Gat]
