Notes from the Resistance
Unlawfully usurping authority isn’t the only thing the government is trying to hide in this case, and by that, I mean in relation to guns. [More]
Two big questions concerning unlawful government practices allegations will remain unanswered if a stonewalling DOJ has it’s way and Republicans continue their deliberate indifference.
Justice Department Proposes New Regulation to Update Definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Firearms Dealer [More]
When they’ve got it in the Federal Register you’ll be able to find it and comment here.
Not that the tyrannical swine following orders to impose this will listen.
Which means a filing to halt this based on history, text, and tradition of gun sales at the time of the Founding will need to be filed in a jurisdiction likely to issue an injunction.
UPDATE
Today, the Biden ATF formally rolled out their plans to implement backdoor universal background checks, which was made possible by Senator John Cornyn’s “compromise” legislation passed last summer.
The complaint was filed by attorney Stephen D. Stamboulieh on behalf of this correspondent to compel the Department to produce information regarding “consent to a permanent entry in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).” [More]
Expanding the rules without lawfully delegated authority and based just on their own say-so seems to be the way with these autocratic functionaries.
Gab Stands Firm Against Censorship Demand From New Zealand Government [More]
Our own domestic enemies are seeing what they can do about that.
Nine current or former Antioch and Pittsburg police officers and one community service officer were charged Thursday in a federal corruption investigation that found evidence they committed civil rights violations and fraud in an effort to get a pay raise and lied on reports to cover up use of excessive force, U.S. authorities said. [More]
What is it about Democrat capos?
And don’t they know the underbosses and consiglieres will tell them when they can take their cut?
[Via Jess]
January 6 political prisoner Ryan Samsel has been held in prison without trial now since January 2021. [More]
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial…
Opposing a tyrannical regime that would do this is very different from being “anti-government.”
That so many social media “progressives” laugh at this and call these political prisoners “traitors” shows that with some, reconciliation is not only impossible, but who would want it?
[Via bondmen]
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
33 years = cruel and unusual punishment AND state-perpetrated domestic terrorism.
And AP = DSM.
[Via Michael G]
Was Robertson an actual deadly threat at the time an FBI agent killed him? We don’t know that because the FBI isn’t saying. [More]
In the absence of bodycam evidence they have the credibility they’ve earned.
Funny, how they’re selective about who gets taken out and who gets special considerations…
Hey, they’ve got a narrative to uphold.
[Via bondmen]
Why Proving A Lie Will Not Necessarily Secure A Conviction For Jack Smith [More]
Proving which lie?
And before getting hopes up, remember what an idiot jury did to Stewart Rhodes.
[Via bondmen]
The Department of Justice is shelling out more than $6 billion to private companies to manage its asset forfeiture investigations, raising alarm from one nonprofit law firm that accuses police of “treating ordinary Americans like ATMs” and seizing their cash. [More]
So who are the fascists again…?
And who are the CEOs profiting from this?
[Via Michael G]
UPDATE: AUSA Laura Cofer Taylor Withdraws Her Motion to Gag a Journalist Reporting on Her AutoKeyCard Prosecution [More]
Here’s the moment she decided…
[Via Jess]
Weiss is the federal prosecutor who has investigated the business dealings of Hunter Biden and brought charges against him in Delaware. [More]
So the mastermind of the sweetheart deal the judge called BS on…?
[Via Bluesgal]
Addressed to the Office of the Attorney General, the request notes a commitment by Biden to “consent to a permanent entry in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System such that he will be denied via NICS if he attempts to legally purchase another firearm.” [More]
Separation of powers? We ain’t got no separation of powers. We don’t need no separation of powers. I don’t have to show you any stinking separation of powers.
David Codrea breaks news on AAR! [Listen]
Yesterday’s program discussed the effect of the Hunter Biden plea deal implosion on my FOIA request, and a new FOIA on the FBI presuming authority to create a new class of “prohibited person.”
If the FBI won’t submit to the legislative branch’s oversight, Congress can take away its guns and its jurisdiction. [More]
I’m sorry, I know we’re being provided with unique information with past precedent that’s been dug out for us, and I agree with the sentiment, but my first thought on reading this was “If wishes were fishes we’d all cast nets.”
There’s no way totalitarian Democrats relying on an apparatchik spy and intimidation network and dolt “law and order” Republicans would ever consider such a thing.
And it’s not like the “Only Ones” have exactly established a track record of justice and trust.
[Via bondmen]
…“the FBI is not only exaggerating the threat of white supremacy, but is also embedding confidential human sources within white nationalist groups and encouraging members of these groups to engage in illegal activity.” [More]
I want to see the treasonous motherf*****s sanctioning, ordering, and executing this end up in gen pop.
That includes you, Garland, and you, Wray.
[Via Doc]
Biden loses ‘ghost gun’ case, ATF ban ‘unlawful’ [More]
This is by no means a done deal, but it does raise hopes for bump stocks and stabilizing braces, and for checks and balances.
[Via Jess]
It would be hard to convince me that this is a normal routine inspection and not an effort at retribution by the Justice Department and their henchmen at BATFE. [More]
Biden’s DOJ puts the squeeze on an FFL who’s suing over bump stocks. The tyrannical pettiness reminds me of Red’s Trading Post.
So if it’s not happenstance and it’s not a coincidence, what does that leave us?
I became aware of this soon after I announced my slowdown. I was thinking of maybe doing an article, but I couldn’t do a better job than John Richardson has done, so why not just go read what he has to say?
Jessica, a US veteran, was found guilty in November on crimes she never committed. The corrupt DC Judge would not allow Jessica or her fellow defendants to cross-examine the fraudulent fed informants who lied about her during trial. Now Jessica sits in prison for crimes she never committed. [More]
The harshness of punishment is proportional to the amount of fear corrupt rulers have of those who demand their birthright of freedom.
It’d sure be nice if noisemaking Republicans made finding out who “1%watchdog” is a priority.
[Via bondmen]
Because the DOJ has now made charges public, and because Biden’s attorney has acknowledged those charges, attorney Stephen Stamboulieh filed a new FOIA request Tuesday afternoon. [More]
The Biden administration’s enforcers want to gloss this over and are counting on the “real reporters” to let them. My sense is there’s more here to uncover and I want to keep digging and find out what they don’t want us to know.
7th Circuit reverses Northern District judgment, reinstates indictment for man for answering falsely on firearm application [More]
Fortunately, we now know that all he’ll get is a slap on the wrist, right?
[Via Jess]
They have unlimited resources to drag things out until the bitter end.
According to court documents filed Monday, Taylor made a false claim on the firearms transaction form she filled out when she bought a 9mm handgun in 2022. Section G of that form asks, “Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?” Prosecutors said Taylor lied when she answered no, and that she was actually a marijuana user. [More]
Just to be clear: Joe Biden’s Justice Department will give his son Hunter and connected Democrat Nikki Fried a pass, but put the screws to a black mother struggling to get by.
Where the hell are the so-called “black leaders”?
[Via Mack H]
