Should I Renew My License or Permit to Carry a Handgun [Watch]
Who has authority to issue or withhold them, and where do they get it from?
Carrying illegally in California for almost 30 years kinda soured me on the whole concept.
[Via Jess]
Category: Second Amendment
ATF Prosecutes Sheriff Over Using Department Guns at Public Machine Gun Shoot
Police designating themselves the “Only Ones” to be trusted with arms and claiming exemptions to infringements the people are subjected to invites corruption, and seeing officials “hoist with their own petard” hardly invites sympathy…So, it’s not unfair to wonder what’s in it for gun owners to come to Wendt’s defense? [More]
The greater danger is ATF subjectively assigning itself powers and having the courts agree with it.
Death from Playing It Safe
My once-solid Republican area is now solid Democrat “thanks” to “redrawing” of district borders, resulting in my gun-grabber rep’s reelection:
With all 8,878 precincts reporting, Sykes won with 51.05% of the votes.
*Emilia Sykes (D) 193,575
*Kevin Coughlin (R) 185,622
You can’t do worse than losing. I maintain a high profile in a district that attracts thousands to gun shows could have helped, and the low profile presented did nothing to mobilize them.
My only consolation: She won’t be in a position to do much damage for a few years.
#HochmanTuah
More Winning: Progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón Loses Reelection [More]
It depends upon what the meaning of the word “winning” is:
Nathan Hochman Receives Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate Distinction in his Bid to Become L.A. County’s next District Attorney
The enemy of my enemy can be a more dangerous enemy.
[Via Michael G]
Good Call
Trump Reveals Who He Will Phone on First Day in Office [More]
The President of Mexico about illegal aliens…?
What’s that got to do with the Second Amendment, “single issue” apologists might ask.
[Via bondmen]
There’s Legal and There’s Moral
How Many Illegal Gun Owners are in America [More]
If it’s someone who refused to surrender a banned gun out of principle, not knowing is how it should be.
If it’s someone who possesses a stolen gun, he’s not the owner.
An Unregulated Militia
One might reasonably ask why, with all the various shooting sports available, it is the tactical shooting sports that have grown exponentially in recent years. The answer is simple: There is a growing recognition in the United States that average citizens may, in the not-too-distant future, have to defend themselves against ungovernable crime — or tyranny. [More]
Just because Congress is deliberately indifferent to it’s mandated militia obligations under Article.1. Section. 8. doesn’t mean DIY isn’t an option… all except for the organizing part. Gun groups focused exclusively on self-defense really ought to put some energy into convincing “our beautiful Second Amendment” president-elect into promoting that and removing state “legal” barriers against…
[Via Dan Gifford]
A Walk in the Park
Canton park board formally changes laws, allows firearms in public parks [More]
Kudos to an alert citizen who educated them on state preemption. It’s inexcusable he had to.
Now the question is, can we keep Canton “Only Ones” who go berserk on lawfully armed citizens out of parks?
[Via Jess]
The More the Merrier
Rights-Free Zone Challenge
Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation and its partners in a federal court challenge of Maryland’s restrictive “sensitive places” gun control law have filed an appellants’ brief with the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. [More]
So the Founders intended “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed unless we tell them ‘Except here, here, and here…’?”
Election Day Coverage for Gun Owners
You won’t hear this discussion on the networks.
Go to the Armed American Radio website to listen/watch live or find a station near you.
In the Kapu Tradition
Instead of American history, the Hawaii court looked at the island’s pre-American history for guidance on the protections provided by its state constitution. [More]
Does this mean they’re going to start throwing gun owners into volcanoes?
Du’s and Don’ts
NEW DECISION ON FIREARMS SERIAL NUMBERS: EXTREMELY SLOPPY…We have to talk about a decision by United States District Court Judge Miranda Du an appointee to the federal bench by President Barack Obama… [Watch]
Another reason why we should stay out of the affairs of foreign countries…
[Via Jess]
Dingell’s Rant on Trump Internment Camps Highlights Evil of Citizen Disarmament
To stop a Hitler, who wouldn’t need not just the semiautomatics Democrats are trying to ban, but real “weapons of war”? Just like the Founders intended…? [More]
If you truly believed Trump was a Nazi dictator bent on setting up camps, who in their right mind wouldn’t want to be armed?
A Team Effort
Don’t Forget About Candidates in Local and State Elections! [More]
My editor at the magazine, Vincent DeNiro, has some thoughts about the crucial importance of “lesser” candidates. Hopefully, everyone here has consulted with their state gun rights groups and done their own due diligence.
I learned something new: I did not realize Kathy Hochul once had an NRA A-rating.
A Fair Question
It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Word ‘Arms’ and the Phrase ‘Shall Not Be Infringed’ Is
10th Circuit Dismisses NM ‘Sensitive Places’ Appeal
The appeal challenging the district court’s order denying Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is therefore DISMISSED. [More]
There was a mootness factor because of a state court injunction. Mark W. Smith explains what it all means.
[Via Jess]
The Last Stand
No Place to Hide. No Place to Run. The USA is the Last Best Hope [More]
This is another reason why a substantial “conservative” following of the late “Coach Red Pill” YouTuber Gonzalo Lira baffled me:
This is a guy many claiming to be “on the right” listen to and ardently defend, which is curious when you consider five months ago he advised “If you live in any of the democracies of the West, you should leave now while you still can.” … Leftist totalitarians will “take over and crush all opposition.” Forget the Second Amendment, he asserts. “The American military will crush any…kind of armed resistance in the United States.”
Joe Biden couldn’t have said that last bit any better.
Mz 114 Appeals Court ReCap
Tony Aiello, the lawyer who argued on behalf of gun owners, once again, did a spectacular job. [More]
Will it matter?
A Learning Experience
ATF Raid 3-D Printed Firearms Maker on Machinegun Charges [More]
Not to blame the victim, but if you’re going to engage in high law enforcement interdiction incentive activities, being judicious about who you share such knowledge with and circumspect in public commentary may lessen your risks of being caught.
Just sayin’.
None of which takes away his absolute right to have and say those things.
[Via Jess]
None Dare Call It Treason
An Infringement Whose Time Has Come?
Gun Owners Call For Common-Sense Democrat Control [More]
There is text, history, and tradition precedent.
What percentage do you figure violent crime would drop?
[Via bondmen]
ER Doctor’s Disarmament Diagnosis a Prescription for Tyranny
These infringements, as they always do, will only burden “law-abiding” people. Criminals will still get all the guns they want the old-fashioned way as they keep sending doctors more patients. [More]
If it walks like a gunquack and quacks like a gunquack…
Punt, Pass and Kick
Instead of taking on the next frontier of firearms regulations, the justices tossed a highly anticipated review of prohibitions on gun ownership for felons. [More]
The distancing from Bruen continues.
As noted before, the only thing the Supreme Court has to do to let infringements stand is… nothing.
[Via Antigone]
Democrats Ditching Biden/Harris is Politics, Not Principles
What we’re seeing is a cynical Democrat admission that their radical platform doesn’t play well in the heartland, so they need to hide who they are and put on a mask of moderation. [More]
Anyone who falls for a change in their agenda is the type of dupe the Democrats rely on.
No Constitutional Reason Justifies Not Recognizing 2A Rights of Young Adults
Anyone who tells you 18-to-20-year-olds are not fully enfranchised citizens entitled to exercise their rights under the Second Amendment is a liar and an enabler of tyranny. [More]
Sending back what should have been a no-brainer makes me wonder which SCOTUS members we’ve been told are 2A-friendly are getting ready to disappoint…
Illinois Semiauto Ban Challenge
PLAINTIFFS’ PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW [More]
Mark W. Smith says they’re “GREAT 2A ARGUMENTS.”
I’d feel better if they cited the word “militia” more than once, and that just to quote the amendment.
[Via Jess]
The Danger List
GOA, GOF Coalition Urge Judge to Make Final Ruling on Universal Registration Check Rule [More]
Here’s how you can prove it’s not just about “background checks.”
By the Numbers
There are an average of 1,820,000 defensive gun uses per year compared to 1,100,000 reported crimes. Only 2.07 million civilians regularly carry a firearm for defense. Civilians are 85% more likely to use a firearm for defense than to be murdered by one. [More]
[Insert name of gungrabber here] would rather you be murdered than armed. Preferably by someone with a gun, to bolster their numbers.
