Notes from the Resistance
Trump administration says machine guns aren’t protected by Second Amendment [More]
Juxtapose that against this.
Either Jennifer Case didn’t get the memo or we have another inevitable embarassment that comes from leaving gun owners out of the “Task Force.”
Then again, if the position is not retracted, there’s a third possibility:
We recognize the success of this Task Force will be vital. To that end, we promise to use our own resources to support the Task Force and collaborate with this administration in whatever way possible. We will stand beside you in Second Amendment litigation. We will provide administrative expertise as you decide how best to reform federal regulations in this area. [More]
That’s great, but aren’t some key people not being included?
Bannon says Deep State is winning, and MAGA will explode if heads don’t roll soon… [More]
That may explain this, but still doesn’t answer the question.
[Via bondmen]
DOJ cancels grants for gun-violence and addiction prevention, victim advocacy [More]
You don’t even need to justify it as cutting wasteful spending. Just challenge bellyachers to point to the clause in the Constitution authorizing any branch of government to involce itself in these areas.
[Via Jess]
Will Trump fire rogue U.S. attorneys, or is this what he expects of them regarding the 2nd Amendment? [More]
So, what gives with Podolsky’s very public filing, siding with notorious New York Democrat gun prohibitionists? And will AG Bondi and her new appointees now rein him in and slap him down? [More]
We’ve seen enough disconnects to make it fair to wonder if Bondi is being undermined or if she’s just talking out of both sides of her mouth.
UPDATE
I’ve submitted an update to this piece because, per GOA, DOJ reversed itself and is withdrawing from the case. If they’da listened to me from the start and included gun owner reps in their Task Force, they’d eliminate much of the uproar and embarrassing need to backtrack.
President Donald Trump announced that conservative commentator Mark Levin, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, Florida state Sen. Joe Gruters and former NYPD detective Bo Dietl will serve on the Homeland Security Advisory Council. [More]
So, why can’t he do one for the Second Amendment?
The Department of Justice has filed a motion to dismiss a case against Taylor Taranto for violations of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA). [More]
If they’d include us in the strategizing, they wouldn’t keep stirring up resentment and need to issuing embarrassing public reversals after cluelessly provoking outrage.
[Via Jess]
As Florida attorney general, Pam Bondi publicly supported the investigation and offered her condolences to Trayvon Martin’s family. She called Travyon’s negligent parents “amazing people” and described the family attorneys, including Crump, as “friends of mine.” [More]
The left has plenty of reasons to hate her.
Let’s make sure the love from “our side” isn’t blind.
She’s let us down before and her inconstant actions now raise plenty of questions.
[Via WiscoDave]
DOJ Won’t Let Us Tell You About ATF’s Next Move [More]
The obvious question: Who’s in charge there?
This wouldn’t happen with a balanced task force.
[Via Jess]
The federal government’s main housing loan agency has referred New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime nemesis of President Donald Trump, to the U.S. Justice Department for possible prosecution over alleged mortgage fraud… [More]
Show me the Democrat and I’ll find you the crime.
Two can play the Beria game.
[Via Michael G]
Judge greenlights DOJ’s motion to drop gun case against Salvadoran, accused MS-13 leader [More]
Deportation sounds like a better solution all the way around.
That oughta p!$$ off the Democrats.
Gun rights leaders and legal scholars could be identified and nominated to analyze and prioritize bills, lawsuits, regulations, opportunities, and threats, to advise on judicial and other federal nominees, and to help educate the public. [More]
Leaving the people most affected out of the discussion means they’ll end up being told instead of asked. Or as one comment poster notes, “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.”
The Morgan case is a case where a federal judge in Kansas found that machine gun possession charges are unconstitutional in violation of the Second Amendment as it applied to this individual Mr Morgan. This Kansas Morgan decision is now being contested by the Trump administration in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. In fact, the Trump DOJ just argued to the 10th Circuit that the decision down below should be reversed. They argue that machine guns are not in common use for lawful purposes in today’s society and that they are dangerous and unusual items and as dangerous and unusual items they can be restricted by the federal government essentially however they want. [Watch]
I hate to say I told you so.
And “pro-gun” lawyers — the ones coming up with all kinds of apologetic rationales for administration betrayals, helped set it.
NAGR has come a long way since the early days of “controversy,” and is becoming a real voice for SNBIers, with whom I unapologetically identify.
[Via Jess]
We, the undersigned, urge the U.S. Department of Justice to immediately sever all ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and formally renounce its influence on federal law enforcement and public policy decisions. [More]
So… no more quasi-official symbiosis…?