Notes from the Resistance
House GOP Rep Doug LaMalfa dead at 65 – House Republicans’ majority is now 218 to 213 [More]
He evidently was good on guns.
As I understand it, Newsom will now need to announce a special election. What I don’t know is what effect redistricting will have and what any likely GOP contender is prepared to do for RKBA.
S. 3544: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require licenses to acquire or receive firearms, and for other purposes. [More]
The same old treasonous tyrants who want it all…
I see some hyperventilating. Keep in mind:
2% chance of being enacted
And 0% chance at least 3% of gun owners will not comply if it ever is.
It’s not the first time they’ve tried it. It won’t be the last.
[Via Jess]
…by Jude Folly [More]
I think I’ve found a “male” counterpart to Sallie Tisdale.
Lee Williams distills things so we don’t have to immerse ourselves in muck.
Feel free to stop in and say “Hello.“
The Court selects what it will hear. It grants or denies petitions for writs of certiorari at its discretion. And although Supreme Court Rule 10 pretends to supply a neutral architecture for that discretion, the reality is that Rule 10 functions as a judicial escape hatch—a convenient justification for declining the very cases that demand intervention. In no domain is this more destructive than in Second Amendment litigation. [More]
Good article.
W appointee John Roberts is the biggest impediment, and it’s calculated.
Jeez, it’s almost like my concerns 20 years ago were legit.
As we’ve noted many times before, real recognition of the right to keep and bear arms won’t happen unless there’s a credible “or else” backing up the demand.
Hawaii’s Officials Explain Why They Think They Can Overrule the Second Amendment [More]
Because they haven’t been arrested…?
Don’t look for Hawaii Republicans to be anything but useless.
New Jersey Senators Push Nationwide Licensing System for Firearm Ownership [More]
Right now there’s no chance this will pass.
Blow the midterms and it could.
But Trump won’t sign it.
But blow the midterms and who knows who the next president will be?
We know what the real goal is, and Democrats will not stop with this infringement. Which means the only thing left could be “I will not comply.”
Remember when “gun rights leaders” used to disparage that? Anybody know if they’ve changed their minds?
Addendum: I don’t know how this happened, but the article IDs Schiff, Padilla and Hirono as Republicans. José Niño typically does excellent work, so perhaps a correction and explanation will be forthcoming.
Jews, get your guns; no one is coming to save the chosen people [More]
That kind of self-reference sounds a bit… supremacist, especially since they punted on the prime directive that came with the Covenant.
It’s the kind of cognitive dissonance you’d expect from people who vote Democrat and follow bagel brains.
Maybe I’m reading too much into this article and just got triggered by its tribal exclusivity. I’ll be happy to truly support anyone who truly supports me, regardless of race, color, or creed.
DOJ, despite publicizing its championing of rights restoration, officially disagrees. [More]
“What do we have to do to be considered?” seems a simple enough question gun owners who put this administration in office deserve an answer to.
41 Members Of Congress Demand DOJ Halt Gun Control Defense In Fiery Letter [More]
Why so few?
And will Trump now call them “lowlifes”?
[Via bondmen]
“‘Workers of the world unite’ — unless it affects our bottom line?” [More]
Do union members labor under the illusion that career leftists are interested in championing them? What about gun owning union members?
DOJ to Illinois Gun Owners: Write Your Democrat Legislators to Repeal Infringements
Points brought to the DOJ’s attention in the FOID card complaint:
And, of course, the government punted.
Well, now that DOJ has announced it’s new Second Amendment Rights Section, the complaint has been resubmitted to see if it gets different results this time around.
My prediction is they’re still using the same soft soap.
This is a long-overdue correction to a policy of harassment that had no legal basis. [More]
Not so much a step forward as a halt on the slippage backward, but considering this is Oregon, that’s good news.
I like this guy’s style and outlook. He’s got a good handle on just about everything.
I’d feel better if his platform actually mentioned what I consider to be the most important indicator for freedom– yeah, I see the photo when you scroll to the bottom of him with a Fudd gun, but some of us need more than that.
Like more of this.
I included an overview of Vivek’s 2A position here. It’s unproven how serious he would be about matching the rhetoric with actions.
I wonder if Casey Putchz would be willing to answer some questions.
[Via Matthew L]
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It would have helped if they’d posted the winning 2025 papers so we’d see just how thoughtful, perceptive, and promising the up-and-comers appear to be.
I wonder if there is fear to participate because of what Marxist academics can do to your grades if you dare diverge from their agenda.
[Via Antigone]
FEDERAL COURT RULES THAT ILLEGALS DON’T HAVE 2A RIGHTS [Watch]
That argument is a distraction from the real issue.
Why is a known illegal alien allowed to remain in the United States instead of being deported?
[Via Jess]
Hunter Biden disbarred in Connecticut after gun, tax conviction complaints [More]
First the paintings and now this. That boy needs a stress reliever.
Maybe Harmeet can get his rights restored to void out the gun-based disqualifier. That is, if we can ever figure out what the criteria are…
This is a heck of a case. Watch this, because he does a good job explaining Gardner v Maryland, where a traveler forced to defend herself got hosed by Maryland violence monopolists..
I want to know why my A-rated Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost did not join in with the other state AGs, and why my two A-rated Republican Senators, John Husted and Bernie Moreno, didn’t join in with Ted Cruz and all those other senators. I think I’ll ask them.
Also, in the briefs I’ve seen so far, there’s one case that’s not cited, and not being a lawyer that seems more than curious to me as it has direct bearing because it was decided by the Supreme Court.
In the infamous Dred Scott decision, SCOTUS made one admission that showed what the court’s thinking was on this exact issue when it rationalized:
“It would give to persons of the negro race, who were recognised as citizens in any one State of the Union, the right to enter every other State whenever they pleased, singly or in companies, without pass or passport, and without obstruction, to sojourn there as long as they pleased, to go where they pleased at every hour of the day or night without molestation, unless they committed some violation of law for which a white man would be punished; and it would give them the full liberty of speech in public and in private upon all subjects upon which its own citizens might speak; to hold public meetings upon political affairs, AND TO KEEP AND CARRY ARMS WHEREVER THEY WENT. [Emphasis added]
Educate a poor non-mouthpiece layman here who holds the simple notion that “shall not be infringed” means what it says and is jaded enough to believe the gun-grabbers understand that, too. Why isn’t anyone bringing up a part of Scott v Sandford that would survive where the rest of the decision would fall?
[Via Jess]
Jelly Roll says lifelong gun ban as a felon should have ‘path to redemption,’ wants his right to hunt back [More]
My first question was “Why has anyone heard of this person and why does he get major headlines?” and my second question was “Hunting?“
My third question is “How does he vote?” and I guess he can’t and he won’t take a political stance.
Hey, as long as he can be trusted without a custodian we ought to be cool with him being armed, but if the feds green-light rights restoration, I think the rest of us deserve to know the criteria they expect us to meet.
Why does our “pro-gun Justice Department” fight us on that?
[Via Jess]
And everything else is left hanging until whenever, with no rush there either.
As noted many times before, those who have it won’t cede real power unless there’s a credible “or else” attached to the demand. And they’re counting on most of us having too much to lose to jump out of the heating pot.
[Via Jess]
