Notes from the Resistance
“I said [at the press conference] if you shoot accurately, and you kill the guy, you save taxpayers money. And I also said that if somebody gets killed during a home invasion, the odds of them re-offending are zero. And we like those odds, which we do,” he told Fox News Digital. [More]
Still, even if you live in Santa Rosa County, the sheriff’s public sentiments notwithstanding, remember one thing when his deputies respond.
[Via Jess]
A federal appeals court upheld court orders prohibiting two criminal defendants from possessing firearms while awaiting trial. [More]
Not that such prohibitions work…
If people are going to cite Bruen to demand historical context, I’d be interested in whether or not bail for those who “would pose an unusual danger, beyond the ordinary citizen, to themselves or others” was widely practiced in the Founding era, under what conditions, and if denying it to the really heinous ones was alleviated by the right to a “speedy trial.”
Virginia’s “But if a crime be punishable by life or limb, or if it be manslaughter and there be good cause to believe the party guilty thereof, he shall not be admitted to bail” strikes me as consistent with another law I keep prattling on about, and raises another question: What was the average length of time from arrest to trial to the gallows for the bad ones?
[Via Dan Gifford]
Dem AG says he’s investigating 2 major automakers because their cars are “too easy to steal” [More]
First they came for the gun sellers…
[Via Michael G]
No jail time for former East Cleveland police chief guilty of felony charge [More]
Hey, it’s not like they wouldn’t offer you and me the same deal if we faced 24 charges of “financial crimes including collecting and failing to remit sales tax, passing bad checks, theft in office, and money laundering.”
Right?
Just what we need for the already subversive Seventh Circuit…
How this not an admission of malpractice meriting — hell, demanding — a bar complaint?
House Bill 24-1292, otherwise known as the “Assault Weapons Ban” passed the House Judiciary Committee on a vote of 7-3 early this morning, March 20th at 12:18 am. It will now go to the floor of the House for debate among the entire chamber. The battle against this horrible bill is far from over. [More]
And then the rest of the process to enactment, and then the lawsuits, and then the appeals, and…
When is SCOTUS going to put a stop to this nonsense?
Or will Republicans blow it and Democrats put a stop to SCOTUS?
[Via cydl]
Chicago Announces First-of-Its-Kind Lawsuit Seeking to Hold Glock Accountable for Manufacturing and Selling Pistols That Can Easily Be Turned into Machine Guns Using ‘Glock Switches’ [More]
They’re never gonna stop, are they?
But the city wants “machineguns” for its “Only Ones”? So is Glock going to continue selling them guns?
[Via Jess]
The school principal and teachers punished the first-grader by calling her racist, forcing her to apologize twice, and keeping her from playing at recess for two weeks. [More]
You’re never too young for struggle sessions!
[Via Michael G]
Hunter Elward, 31, was sentenced to about 20 years in prison, while Jeffrey Middleton, the leader of the so-called “Goon Squad” that abused the men, was given a 17.5-year prison sentence. Four other former law enforcement officers who admitted to torturing Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker are set to be sentenced later this week. [More]
So, then… just “a few bad apples“…?
[Via Jess]
GOA Petition to SCOTUS for Writ of Certiorari Against Illinois Categorical Ban on AR-15s… Friends of The Captain’s Journal Stephen Stamboulieh and Oliver Krawczyk wrote this brief, along with Rob Olson. A better constructed and more direct and honest one you will never find. [More]
This covers some essential points that can’t be raised enough. I intend to write an article soon explaining why.
The city of Gary, Indiana’s long-running lawsuit against major firearm manufacturers has been shot down by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, just a few days after the legislature gave its final stamp of approval to a bill that prohibits any cities or other political subdivisions from suing a firearm or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, seller, or dealer over the design, manufacture, importing or exporting, distribution, advertising, marketing, sale; or criminal, unlawful, or unintentional use of their products. [More]
Lawsuit challenging this in 3…2…1…
[Via Jess]
BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE NATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS [More]
I see they cited Silveira v. Lockyer, an effort I was proud to have a central hand in promoting despite being undermined by the “Second Amendment establishment.”
[Via Jess]
But Bellows, who was elected in 2022, cited a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that there is a “strong presumption that the Second Amendment right is exercised individually and belongs to all Americans.”… Bellows also ruled the prosecutors did not present evidence of a historical tradition of disarming felons after the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791. [More]
Bruen terrifies the Deep State Swamp. What other areas of “law” would fail its test?
[Via Jesse J]
