Notes from the Resistance
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [More]
Translation: We’ll put on a show and throw you some short-lived scraps once in a while to make it look like we haven’t been completely lying to you about the right to keep and bear arms, but when it comes down to actually obeying the “shall not be infringed” mandate, well, f_ you.
Keep stokin’ that fire in our bellies, boys!
[Via Jess]
TELL PRESIDENT TRUMP: PARDON TATE ADAMIAK! [More]
You can call or do what I do to ask others to join in.
And point of order, I think an acknowledgment link for the work most responsible for bringing this to our attention would have been appropriate.
DOJ moves to erase seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers, Proud Boys in Jan. 6 cases [More]
I don’t really know anything about Proud Boys but I can say if Oath Keepers had wanted to engage in sedition they had the capability to go in armed and tactically coordinated, and based on the LE performance we all saw, take over the place.
[Via Michael G]
The question is this. Since September of 2025, how many federal government lawsuits from Trump’s Department of Justice have been filed in support of the Second Amendment against gun control jurisdictions across the country? Five times. [Watch]
I’m in a mood today. I see stuff like this and my first thought is it’s a way to turn the heat down for a bit to keep the frog from jumping.
[Via Jess]
THIRTEEN CHARGED AS FEDS CRACK INTERNATIONAL GUN SMUGGLING RING EXPLOITING THE U.S. AND CANADA BORDER… Straw-Purchased Firearms Sourced from New Hampshire Gun Dealers Were Recovered at Canadian Crime Scenes [More]
This reminds me of something. But what…?
I wonder how many CIs they had embedded in the Akwesasne ring, and if guns could have been intercepted before “walking” across the border– or it being Canada, would it be “gunsledding”?
[Via GKD]
DOJ targets DC firearm suppressor ban in amended complaint [More]
Not that they’re going to do anything about rescinding the entire NFA registration infringement… although you’d never know it from this.
DOJ Tells Virginia ‘See You in Court’ After Latest Gun Ban – Virginia defined those guns as “assault firearms.” [More]
It doesn’t strike ruling Democrats that the official seal of the Commonwealth shows armed Virtue standing over a slain corpse, with the motto “Thus always to tyrants,” or that the fallen crown shows what the Founders had in mind by “No Kings”…?
[Via Michael G]
“The City has banned an arm in common use for lawful purposes by law-abiding citizens. Therefore, the Ordinance violates the Second Amendment.”
That’s not why the ban violates it. [More]
If something needs to be officially designated “popular” by government in order to be “legal,” we may as well start calling each other “Comrade.”
The Trump Administration Is a Powerful but Unreliable Ally of Second Amendment Advocates – Even as the Justice Department files lawsuits aimed at vindicating gun rights, it undermines them in other cases. [More]
I’d use a different word than “unreliable”…
I wonder what it would take to fix that…
[Via Michael G]
“Assistant US attorney Charles Strauss Jr,” Peterson said. “He was actually on site for the raid. He actually orchestrated and coordinated the raid. It wasn’t done with law enforcement. It was done through the prosecution. So, the prosecution actually was the ones who did the raid, orchestrated it, and it was because of the bipartisan Safer Communities Act…the US assistant US attorney, actually told my attorney that Peterson will never traffic firearms again. That was one of his statements.” [More]
His LinkedIn page says he’s still employed…
Tate Adamiak’s upcoming ‘Diesel Therapy’ cancelled—he won
Adamiak will not spend the next 50 days in the back of a prison van. [More]
Hopefully, some administration higher-ups are starting to realize this isn’t a good look for them or the man they represent.
Top DOJ official predicts Supreme Court will declare AR-15 rifles legal everywhere in America [More]
Great, as it should be.
I don’t mean to be the party pooper, but heeding Mr. Wolf (NSFW) for a second, two concerns remain:
Assuming we can get it to stick, how does the administration sound on ending NFA and GCA mg registration and the post-’86 ban? ?
Yeah, I know, there I go blackpilling again. Just ignore me and have some rainbow stew.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said Monday the city will not bend the knee to a legal threat from the U.S. Department of Justice over the city’s longstanding assault weapons ban. [More]
That’s some industrial-strength gaslighting right there.
Anybody else getting an Iran vibe out of the administration offering a deal and having it rejected out of hand by people who think they can hold out until the clock runs out?
Civil Rights Division Sues Cloudera for Excluding U.S. Workers from Applying to High-Paying Technology Jobs [More]
Meet the rope-selling capitalists.
OK, but what’s this got to do with the Second Amendment?
No worries– Vivek will save us!
[Via Michael G]
DOJ Adds Firing Squad Option to Death Penalty Cases [More]
Hey, text, history, and tradition, right?
As long as we’re doing that, how ’bout we get back to piracy, counterfeiting, and treason…?
[Via bondmen]
Plaintiffs have filed a motion for summary judgment in Roberts v. ATF, one of the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) three supported lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act’s (NFA) registration requirements for short-barreled firearms and silencers. [More]
I just keep coming back to “shall not be infringed” and wonder what evil madness has gripped what was supposed to be the exemplar of Liberty, and, noticing who’s fighting us on this and where the buck stops, what all those high-sounding promises really meant.
DOJ Surrenders its Appeal in Fight Over ATF “Engaged in the Business” Rule… After the enormous pressure brought to bear by gun owners, DOJ is seeking a dismissal allowing the case to return to district court. [More]
Why was “enormous pressure” needed? What kind of resources had to be expended that now aren’t available to fight other infringements and advance the ball?
Why couldn’t it have been a tick box for the task force?
There I go “blackpilling” again.
What, there’s no room for that in the dialog…?
And what happens after Republicans blow things?
Although you might not think so, but this is a huge deal, folks. The United States Department of Justice, including the Office of Civil Rights that fights for our right to keep and bear arms just announced that they’re going to start to hire people that do not live inside the beltway. [Watch]
So… they’re going to be employees, beholden to the hand that feeds them…? They’re going to do what they’re told they can do, and no more…? And not be able to share their disagreements if they want to stay on…? Say, will those eligible include lawyers currently suing ATF and DOJ, or would that be a conflict?
Meanwhile, the people whose lives and freedoms are being decided are still locked out, ears pressed against the door…?
While there are multiple options to include them…?
Now, something like that would be a huge deal.
[Via Jess]
Trump’s DOJ Is Still Fighting Us — And It’s Time to Call It What It Is [More]
And when the grumbling gets too loud, he launches a tee-shirt and the crowd goes wild.
[Via bondmen]
The Democratic governor’s changes to House Bill 217/Senate Bill 749 remove the word “fixed” from part of the bill’s definition of an assault firearm, which could sharply expand the range of semi-automatic rifles and pistols swept into the ban, Republicans say. [More]
It’s good that DOJ is going to fight this, but let’s be careful not to turn “common use” into a trap.
Ultimately, it boils down to how many Virginians are committed to the Commonwealth’s motto.