Notes from the Resistance
Despite that long history and the popularity of the Pittman-Robertson Act among hunters, anglers, conservationists and the firearm industry, Clyde and other sponsors have painted the tax as an assault on the Second Amendment. [More]
It absolutely is.
Pay for your own “sporting purposes,” Fudds.
See how you like us being the ones throwing you under the bus for a change.
[Via bondmen]
The level of GOP opposition indicates the bill is unlikely to advance in the evenly split Senate, where it would require the support of at least 10 Republicans to defeat a guaranteed filibuster. It’s also not clear if the measure has the support of all 50 Senate Democrats. [More]
Forgive me for wondering what kind of new incident would be enough to make it happen.
[Via Jess]
Celebrity YouTuber cites Supreme Court gun ruling in bid to dismiss machine gun charges [More]
I’m not seeing how the most effective arguments can be considered with zero mentions of “militia.” That makes me wonder about the Second Amendment law track record the attorneys have achieved.
Don’t get me wrong: I think “shall not be infringed” and “every terrible implement of the soldier” should be all you need to win, but I wouldn’t take that into court unless I had a lot more behind it.
I’d like to see some qualified voices weigh in on the viability of the motion and the risks of establishing any precedents that could complicate future efforts if it fails.
[Via Antigone]
Democrats delay votes on police, gun control legislation Package included bills on a new assault weapons ban, to reinstate some civil liability for gun-makers and on grants for police [More]
That means there are Democrats afraid to vote for it because it won’t play in their home districts. I need to find out who those are. There could be a real left-against-left exploitable weakness here.
[Via Jess]
“The last thing I’m going to do is take a free tri-tip sandwich from a right-wing extremist group,” said one resident, who asked not to be named because she feared provoking “armed and dangerous” people. [More]
Right– because if they knew they’d come kill you, you stupid goose.
Ignorance begets bigotry begets fear begets hate begets violence.
Knowledge begets rationally understanding how to defend yourself against all that.
[Via An Hour of Wolves]
Our Entire Civilization Is Structured Around Keeping Us From Realizing We Can Do This [More]
Gosh, do you think that might have something to do with tyrants incessantly pushing citizen disarmament?
I don’t know why they think they have to, seeing as how they have nukes and everything…
I know: Let’s ask Jamie Raskin!
[Via bondmen]
So, when gun-control advocates claim that mass shootings represent a special case that the Founders never knew about or could have predicted, they’re wrong. Right now, they’re using the nation’s anger and fear over mass shootings to push for a raft of new gun-rights restrictions. But those laws will probably violate the Constitution, for reasons the Supreme Court has made crystal clear. [More]
It’s interesting how those who want to erase the Founders from the collective memory are always presuming to tell us what they understood.
[Via bondmen]
Too bad most politicians don’t get this. [More]
Actually, I think most probably do.
[Via An Hour of Wolves]
“So, to clarify, Mr. Chairman, you’re saying it is the point of the bill to ban weapons that are in common use in the United States today,” the Republican representative pressed.
“Yes,” Nadler clarified. “The problem is that they’re in common use.” [More]
The response will be no laughing matter.
[Via Michael G]
“My friend from Texas, Mr. Roy, advances the so-called insurrectionist view of the second amendment, that the second amendment’s purpose is to give the people the right to overthrow or fight our government or fight the police or threaten armed resistance if the government is somehow being unfair or unjust,” Raskin said. “This reading is totally and absolutely absurd and flies in the face of the place text of the constitution.” [More]
Don’t tell us. Tell Alexander Hamilton:
If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no resource left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government…
That and he’s not your friend, buddy…
Missouri sheriff says even under ‘threat of arrest’ he will not release gun owners’ info to FBI – ‘I will go down with the ship if need be,’ the sheriff says [More]
I’m sorry, but while everybody’s waving flags, my first thought is “What’s he doing with that information in the first place?”
[Via bondmen]
Neither the law nor the Second Amendment prevents Congress from banning such weapons. [More]
They’ve proven over the years they can do practically anything they want and mere words on paper won’t stop them.
Your move, domestic enemies.
House Democrats are trying to condition Americans to repeal the Second Amendment. pic.twitter.com/MSOdkKbTBO
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 13, 2022
Not that that would invalidate the right to keep and bear arms…
Any bets on Donald Trump ever giving Thomas Massie the public apology he owes him?
I’ll have more to say on the foolish and subversive “Active Shooter Alert” — and the foolish and subversive Republicans who appear to be doing their utmost to break up a “red wave — in an article I’m planning to write soon.
[Via Jess]
Make no mistake: His totalitarian position, and that’s exactly what it is, is “Surrender and obey or be destroyed.” His sick ego invites civil war and untold deaths unless his demands are met. [More]
As long as it’s somebody else taking the risks of enforcing the tyranny he demands…
SOME IN CONGRESS WANT TO KNOW WHY ATF IS CHOKING THE 2ND AMENDMENT SUPPLY CHAIN [More]
Mr. Pynchon has a relevant observation.
[Via Ron W]
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has seen a proliferation of snipers—equipped with a variety of rifles—on both sides. Here, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject of military sniping takes a look at the combatants, along with their arms and ammunition. [More]
Most idiot gun-grabbers have no idea what they will unleash here if they keep squeezing.
[Via Jess]