Notes from the Resistance
Anti-Gun Rhetoric Doesn’t Help With Domestic Violence Tragedies [More]
There’s violence in criminal households where “prohibited persons” ignore gun laws? Who knew?
Any room for “Be a better woman so you can chose a better man” in there? How about keeping people who can’t be trusted away from access to guns and to those who can be?
[Via bondmen]
A combination of ideology, social media, mental health disorders, and medication may be influencing recent trends in violence and radicalization among those who identify as transgender, according to experts. [More]
Sorry, can’t look into that. Those who assured us the COVID-19 shots were safe and claims of election fraud were baseless will say — with final authority — that there’s absolutely no connection and that testing a hypothesis speculating otherwise would only pander to delusional haters.
We can’t even look into it, and if you disagree, you’re a Nazi.
[Via bondmen]
NFA approvals are paused until the shutdown ends. This means no new tax stamps will be issued until ATF staff return to work. [More]
I wonder what text, history, and tradition have to say about that…
AI Overview
Due to the 2025 federal government shutdown, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) has halted the processing of NFA firearms approvals, such as those for suppressors and short-barreled rifles. The ATF eForms system remains online for submissions, but applications will not be reviewed or approved until the shutdown ends and staff return to work.
Here is what you need to know about the current situation:
Approvals are paused: While you can still submit NFA paperwork, no new tax stamps will be issued during the government shutdown. This applies to all National Firearms Act (NFA) items.
Submissions are still possible: You can continue to file and certify NFA paperwork electronically through the eForms portal or other platforms. Submitting your application now will secure your place in the processing queue once the government reopens.
Delays are expected: When the shutdown ends, a backlog of applications will likely cause a delay in processing times.
Status of NFA regulations: Recent legislation, “H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill,” was signed in July 2025 and eliminated the $200 NFA tax for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns, effective January 1, 2026.
However, registration and compliance requirements remain. The tax repeal does not change the requirement to submit all necessary forms (Form 1 or Form 4, fingerprints, photos) and maintain records.
Harvard Law Professor, a Founding Member of Think Tank That Drove Gun Control in Brazil, On Leave After Firing Pellet Gun Near Synagogue During Yom Kippur [More]
If it weren’t for double standards, gun-grabbing collectivists would have no standards at all.
Sharpe is now asking the vice president to make a change. “Something has to be done, and I would beg him please, please do something, anything,” she said. “And one thing that can be done is banning these weapons.” [More]
Right, that would solve everything. Just ask the bleating hearts with signs in the photo.
Short on anything approaching logic, Kacie is, however, a master (mistress?) of emotional manipulation in her “artistic” musings.
[Via Antigone]
Colt Canada Denies Involvement in Confiscation Scheme [More]
I’ll bet he gets a lot more reads than the source. I suppose a link would have killed him. You know, kind of like the same courtesy that gets regularly extended here…
And for the record, they denied involvement in the buyback scheme and said nothing about confiscation. Whether the claim is valid or invalid has not been definitively established.
When American patriots rose against the Crown, they didn’t just inherit English rights, they inherited Leveller principles: consent of the governed, liberty of conscience, and resistance to tyranny. They fought to make those ideas real on a new continent. [More]
An Isaac Newton quote comes to mind.
[Via WiscoDave]
On Friday we celebrated DOJ Civil Rights filing an amicus brief with SCOTUS on Wolford v Lopez, the case out of Hawaii where there is a circuit split on “whether private property no carry default violates the Second Amendment.”
That’s the case where Alan Beck is one of the attorneys for petitioners.
Stephen Stamboulieh, who has worked with Alan on numerous efforts, as well as represented me, shares his thoughts:
In an interview, Gottlieb noted that the organization has “been obviously working very closely with the Trump Administration.” However, he stipulated that “we don’t like to get into details talking about who we’re working with and how we’re accomplishing it.” [More]
Why not? Those are our rights being talked about in the back room, and if we have no input, who knows what kind of “deal” will be worked out by our betters, and if we’ll find the cost/benefit trade-off acceptable?
No one is saying to lay out all details of the legal strategy so the enemy knows your battle plans, but existing briefs and arguments mean they’re already pretty much known anyway. And if the “gun lobby” doesn’t have political/legal goals announced and prioritized by now, then what the hell?
I call bull$#!+ on “Rest assured we know best” attitudes. My feel is this has more to do with walking on eggshells and being able to jockey for credit. But when you have a longer reach, and a louder voice, you can ignore solutions that don’t provide for that.
The harsh truth is that violent crime suits the leftist agenda. [More]
If only they’d disarm you and me…
In Iowa, a sleepy city is moved to protest for a beloved superintendent detained by ICE [More]
“Beloved“:
You know, the illegal alien who, in addition to that and all those current weapons charges has a past that includes “criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell, criminal possession of narcotics, criminal possession of a forgery instrument and possession of a forged instrument in New York dating back to 1996 and charges of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and fourth-degree weapon charges.”
That and, surprise, he lied about his academic qualifications.
F_in’ useful idiot Democrats.
And great headline, there, “real reporter” Tyler Kingkade/NBC News/AOL!
Trump’s ‘war-ravaged Portland’ National Guard deployment halted by federal judge over authority concerns – Judge Karin Immergut, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2019, granted the TRO blocking the federal action. [More]
Crappy, disloyal appointments are what screwed him — and us — in his first administration. Who got her on the president’s radar and then championed her for nomination, especially since Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley were OK with her? And does that person still have the president’s ear?
In this exclusive interview, Taylor Rhodes, Director of Communications for NAGR, sits down with Rod Giltaca, CEO of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights (CCFR), to unpack the sweeping nationwide gun confiscation policies unfolding in Canada. [Watch]
Tell me leftists aren’t fascists, exemplified by Robert “I’m Not Your Buddy, Friend” Walsh and his imported Sri Lankan enforcer. This is what our Neighbors to the North must endure.
Good interview. That said, I’d like fact check on this claim at @ 20:35:
One of the things we’re proudest of with our organization is passing constitutional carry. Constitutional carry is a is a kind of really a bold idea that really wasn’t popular 15, 20 years ago. Vermont was the first state to ever have it. It was in their constitution that said you if you were legally able to own a firearm, you’re legally able to carry that firearm open or concealed. National Association for Gun Rights has led the charge. There’s 29 states. I think we’re directly responsible for about 24 of those states. The others were were led by other groups or state level organizations.
If so, they deserve to be hailed as the Number One Gun Group in America. I do seem to remember other groups worked to get these passed, too, and think it would be appropriate to quantify comparative efforts and contributions so appropriate gratitude could be expressed.
As for Vermont, that’s not exactly what Article 16 says, but I won’t split hairs.
[Via Jess]
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission announced Friday night that a death near a campground in Newton County was the result of an animal mauling. A 60-year-old Missouri man was found dead yards from his campsite at Sam’s Throne after a possible bear attack in Ozark National Forest near the town of Mount Judea. [More]
Thing is, you can have a gun there, you just can’t be a d!ck with it.
Tell me the old boy wasn’t a “prohibited person.”
And I love the notice at the top of the USDA page:
Amy Schumer displays ‘legs for days’ as comedian continues her weight-loss journey [More]
Been a minute since I heard any snorting from that wallow.
What’s with “conservative Fox News” continually profiling the latest attention-seeking antics of leftist woman celebrities?
Bondi’s DOJ Defends Unconstitutional Handgun Sales Ban — Another Betrayal of Trump’s Pro-Gun Agenda [More]
Maybe they need to up the lithium…
This is where I gotta address an administration apologist, attorney, author, and YouTube “gunfluencer Mark W. Smith of Four Boxes Diner fame, who seems to always find excuses for such disappointments and who doesn’t much like those of us who dare point out disconnects. But before I elaborate, I’ll stipulate he’s got me outmatched with academic and legal credentials, and that I’ll never win a Gundie (or for that matter, a bathing suit contest). And don’t get me wrong– I really do appreciate much of what he does. Just not all.
I’ll also stipulate that Donald Trump has done more to advance 2A than any president in my lifetime. We can help him do better, but not if we ignore infringements pushed by “our side.”
Here’s a direct quote, noting commentary like this is peppered throughout this presentation and increasingly showing up in others:
And it reiterates my point on this channel that a lot of those people in the Second Amendment community, and you know exactly who you are. You anti-Trumpers in the Second Amendment community whining and complaining about nonsensical things, about Amy Coney Barrett on one day, Pam Bond on another day, Donald Trump on another day, and you know exactly who you are .
Yeah, I know exactly who I am. Does he? Because if he thinks that’s why “we” do this, it makes me wonder what else he’s not factoring in, and how much of that is deliberate. To dismiss pointing out differences between promises and actions as “whining” is obnoxious and candidly, not an honest take.
Somebody’s got to point out when the emperor has no clothes, and our ideological leaders, of which he is one, shouldn’t be discouraging that.
As for Texas Gun Rights, which brought us the above-linked story, instead of dismissing them as “anti-Trump,” maybe we should talk with Brandon Hererra and Lt. Col. Allen West first.
And as long as I’m pointing out disagreements, as essential as “in common use” has proven to be in moving the ball this far, going forward it can and will be used to deny arms that are not. He’s had the opportunity to refute me and show me where I’m wrong, and truthfully, I wish he could.
As for criticisms earned by the Trump administration, and there are many in the mix, I keep coming back to how this could be easily avoided and we could live happily ever after singing his praises.
But not presuming to be “the smartest person in the room,” what the hell do I know?
[Via WiscoDave]
Trust your gut [More]
Although I’m not sure I’d clear my own house. I did it once, years ago, there was nothing there, but I felt foolhardy afterward considering it might have resulted in running into more than I could handle — and over what that can’t be replaced — just so I could “feel” …what?
It’s not just a matter of deferring to the “Only Ones”– they have the manpower and tactical capabilities to maximize flushing out and minimize return risks, the biggest danger being they might trash the place or go into a neighbor’s house…
[Via WiscoDave]
Others were receiving similar word but were also noting the denial was for involvement in the buyback and said nothing about the destruction of current or future seized assets. [More]
No word back yet on my last question, and this is very hot button for them, so it’s not unreasonable to wonder if the response was a redirect. If I’m wrong I’ll make sure to issue an update.
First there were the allegations that CZ/Colt Canada is the government’s go-to for destruction of confiscated firearms.
Then there was this scouring of limited information, noting the company is not saying anything or responding to social media inquiries, itself something that speaks volumes about its management, with this important takeaway:
Government secrecy: The government has indicated it would apply measures to protect the identity of vendors to “ensure vendors do not face reprisals or retaliation”. This means any contract awarded, particularly for a controversial initiative like the gun buyback program, may not be publicly announced in a prominent way.
Well, it’s prominent now.
Don’t count on the government ratting out its own gunkapo.
If it IS CZ/Colt, the company needs to be working overtime on coming up with damage control excuses — even if they backed out, it’s already done, and further delays on being forthcoming will only dig it in deeper. If it’s NOT, why no strong denial? Either way it looks like management is hiding.
So, in the face of silence, what options do interested gun owners who won’t do business with sellouts have? Three, that I can see:
Simpler than that would be if gun owners would just contact the company and urge it to clear this matter up while it can still control some of the narrative, as opposed to being dragged into the light with the worst look possible.
UPDATE
My email to the address provided on their website, info@coltczgroup.com, has produced an official company response!
These people have their heads up their…
We’ll see what Katerina has to say.
UPDATE
