As judges hand down one absurd sentence after another, one might be inclined to laugh at the absurdity of it all except, of course, it’s not funny… [More]
They had me at Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.
[Via bondmen]
Category: Legal
The Devil in the Details
This technical change pushes “others” within the definition of “assault weapon” under Connecticut’s ban… While residents of other states are able to register these firearms with the ATF, or change the short barrels for longer ones to make them legal, the ATF has stated that it will not permit any such registrations from Connecticut residents due to Connecticut’s “assault weapon” ban. Nor will changing out the barrels avoid redesignation as banned “assault weapons” under Connecticut law. [More]
Damned if they did, damned if they didn’t.
Up in Smoke
Marijuana users have a constitutional right to own firearms, judge rules [More]
This is one of the subjects we touched on last night.
The Missing Link
During a press conference, a team of Japanese researchers led by Professor Masanori Fukushima stated their intention to sue the Japanese government if the Health Ministry continues to refuse to acknowledge the causal link between the vaccine and deaths. [More]
That’s progress, but they’re still wearing their towels wrong…
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
UK Regulator Finds Pfizer Guilty of Violating Three Sections of the British Pharmaceuticals Code of Practice
And:
Migrant students in NYC schools without proof of vaccinations
[Via Michael G]
There Goes the Boyfriend Loophole!
The question presented in this case is not whether prohibiting the
possession of firearms by someone subject to a domestic violence restraining order is a laudable policy goal. The question is whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), a specific statute that does so, is constitutional under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. In the light of N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022), it is not. [More]
If only there were a better way…
Kill the Umpire!
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Cincinnati takes a swing at gun reform with a lawsuit and new ordinances [More]
And why not? They see Columbus getting away with defying state preemption law with impunity.
[Via JG]
Who’s Your Daddy?
A Noted ‘Commonsense Gun Safety Advocate
Photo and video evidence “clearly show Baldwin, multiple times, with his finger inside of the trigger guard and on the trigger,” according to the statement of probable cause submitted by prosecutors. [More]
Besides, we know how important family phone calls are to him.
[Via Michael G]
Just Like the Founders Intended
The Second Amendment Allows States To Implement Varied Firearm Regulations To Address Their Local Needs [More]
I kept reading through this trying in vain to find something, anything reflecting Founding intent to substantiate that claim.
Then again, I’ve been waiting for over 20 years for one of the lying grabbers to be able to do that.
Curses, Foiled Again!
A federal judge on Monday extended an order preventing New Jersey officials from enforcing the state’s sweeping new concealed carry restrictions, dealing another blow to a law championed by gun control advocates, Gov. Phil Murphy and his allies in the Legislature. [More]
And he’d have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn’t been for you darned activists!
Brace Yourselves
ATF’s New Brace Rule Takes Effect TODAY
*** What You Should Know *** [More]
This one is important enough for me to interrupt today’s slowdown and share.
UPDATE
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-01-31/pdf/2023-01001.pdf
Incompetent, Irrelevant, and Immaterial
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
When a State Government Despises All Of Its Citizens [Watch]
Why would tyrants have regard for people who tolerate this?
[Via Jess]
A Piece of the Action
Kwame, How I Love Ya, How I Love Ya, My Dear Old Kwame
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul appealed to the 5th District Appellate Court in Mount Vernon Monday to overturn a temporary restraining order against the Protect Illinois Communities Act, which bans dozens of handguns and rifles, .50-caliber guns, certain attachments and accessories, and limits cartridges to 10 rounds for long guns and 15 rounds for pistols. [More]
On the plus side, it’ll end up heading to the Bruen court…
[Via Jess]
One Bite at a Time?
KILLING THE NFA: The Real World 2nd Amendment Strategy for ATTACKING the NFA [Watch]
Incrementalism. We get it. That’s the correct legal strategy.
But here’s one thing proponents of reverse incrementalism, and in fact, none of the “gun groups” will even acknowledge, let alone seriously address:
What if the clock runs out because the courts have all been taken over by politically unchallengeable majority appointments?
What does anyone with eyes think the enemy has been busy setting up?
Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue”. And I have that on good authority.
[Via Jess]
And These Guys Too
NRA challenges Illinois semiautomatic gun ban in court: ‘Blatant violation’ of Second Amendment rights [More]
So all the big dogs are in.
Welcome to the Party, Pals
Today, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) joined a federal lawsuit filed today challenging Illinois’s latest ban on so-called “assault weapons.” The Second Amendment Law Center and the Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois are also lead plaintiffs in this suit, along with others as well. [More]
The more the merrier…
Forgive me for wishing we had resolved all this decades ago…