Category: Second Amendment

A Frostback’s Case for Disarming YOU

In any case, in what follows, I argue (I strongly believe, soundly) that not only (i) owning, carrying, and/or using guns, but also (ii) The 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution, and (iii) their necessary consequence, gun violence, are all rationally unjustified and immoral on broadly Kantian ethical grounds, and that therefore, (iv) Gun Abolitionism is rationally justified, morally right, and what we ought to do, by means of (iva) repealing The 2 nd Amendment, and then (ivb) universally banning owning, carrying, and/or using guns. [More]

Thank you! I was afraid not enough gun owners would take this seriously.

Funny, he should represent himself as an ideogical follower of Kant:

Kant called for the gradual abolition of standing armies (professional armies maintained in peacetime) and for their replacement by citizen militias.

What a hoser, eh?

Oh, and look at this:

Just send money. I have to laugh at juxtaposing these “serious” academic citations against the memory of the letter from the dean telling me to shape up or ship out.

[Via Alan Chwick]

‘No More Important Issue to 2A Than Immigrants Voting for Democrats’

Been saying exactly that for years– right down to repeatedly citing that New York Times paragraph, only to be ignored by the gun groups and flat out insulted or just put down by louder voices, none of whom have the integrity to take my challenge and all of whom deflect, run away, and even block when pressed on fights they started.

Once more:

I extend that invitation to the leaders of all the national gun groups, NRA, SAF, GOA, FPC, NAGR, and others. Take the challenge. Otherwise, you’re playing into the hands of the Democrats, and worse, by avoiding and ignoring this, you and they know it.

I’ve been beating this drum– pretty much alone among nationally-published Second Amendment writers– since Examiner.com days, and have been unsuccessful at getting it to be heard outside of my niche within a niche. If it takes a more prominent and accepted voice to get the majors to take notice, so be it.

[Via Andy M]

The Better Choice

Vivek: “The idea of a heritage American is about as loony as anything the woke left has actually put up”; Casey Putsch is the real deal on guns; and in re Democrat/media/Vichycon Alliance allegations of racism… [More]

The post I’m replying to merits your attention, particularly if you’re an Ohio gun owner only influenced so far by Donald Trump, NRA, and Buckeye Firearms.

On This We Can Agree

Rep. Clyde Leads Coalition Urging Trump to Pick an A-G Who Will ‘Immediately’ Wipe Away Biden Gun Control [More]

Good ideas, especially the part saying ” The DOJ should not be in the business of defending plainly unconstitutional firearms restrictions.”

Too bad we rarely see such leadership when elections aren’t forthcoming, with sustaining momentum afterward for lasting solutions always being the problem.

[Via bondmen]

The We’re Going to Keep Being Communist Traitors Until Somebody Stops Us Act of 2026

Warner and Kaine Introduce Legislation to Safeguard Americans from the Scourge of Gun Violence [More]

Here it is.

2% chance of being enacted — for now.

Don’t worry– Mr. Trump and the Republicans are doing everything in their power to blow their majorities. And when the Democrats finally get the power to ram these into “law,” they’ll be back for more.

No one seriously thinks any of this is about “public safety,” do they?

[Via Jess]

Nationwide Concealed Carry for ‘Elite’ Veterans Will Create a New Class of ‘Only Ones’

It’s the right of the people, not the right of special operators. [More]

What may at first sound like a good idea is not one the Framers would have approved.

Fight Could Have Been Avoided

DOJ Surrenders its Appeal in Fight Over ATF “Engaged in the Business” Rule… After the enormous pressure brought to bear by gun owners, DOJ is seeking a dismissal allowing the case to return to district court.  [More]

Why was “enormous pressure” needed? What kind of resources had to be expended that now aren’t available to fight other infringements and advance the ball?

Why couldn’t it have been a tick box for the task force?

There I go “blackpilling” again.

What, there’s no room for that in the dialog…?

And what happens after Republicans blow things?

Now Hiring

Although you might not think so, but this is a huge deal, folks. The United States Department of Justice, including the Office of Civil Rights that fights for our right to keep and bear arms just announced that they’re going to start to hire people that do not live inside the beltway. [Watch]

So… they’re going to be employees, beholden to the hand that feeds them…? They’re going to do what they’re told they can do, and no more…? And not be able to share their disagreements if they want to stay on…? Say, will those eligible include lawyers currently suing ATF and DOJ, or would that be a conflict?

Meanwhile, the people whose lives and freedoms are being decided are still locked out, ears pressed against the door…?

While there are multiple options to include them…?

Now, something like that would be a huge deal.

[Via Jess]

The Big Day is Finally Here!

The Second Amendment’s Big Day at the Supreme Court [Watch]

We’re told to be on the lookout for Duncan v. Bonta, Gators Custom Guns v. Washington, Viramontes v. Cook County, NAGR v. Lamont, Grant v. Higgins, Gardner v. Maryland, Peterson v. United States, and Hunter v. S.F.

I see none granted cert and the rest ignored ot denied. Double-check me in case I missed something.

I’m gonna start calling SCOTUS the Ruala.

[Via Jess]

Dear Infringers,

Accordingly, we urge you to: 1) Issue a public statement that the ATF will not take further enforcement action regarding the classification of braced pistols as short-barrel rifles under the NFA; 2) Issue an interpretive rule clarifying that firearms equipped with stabilizing braces do not qualify as short-barreled rifles under the NFA; and 3) Through ongoing litigation, enter into a judicially-enforceable consent agreement, which would 1) permanently enjoin the ATF from attempting to revive the Biden-era Rule through new rulemaking and 2) permanently enjoin the ATF from taking any further enforcement action related to the classification of braced pistols as short-barreled rifles under the NFA. [More]

Must be primaries and midterms coming up…

Sorry, don’t mean to sound so cynical and distrusting. It’s just that I’m cynical and distrusting.

[Via Jess]

Supreme Court ‘Conservatives’ Throw Gun Owners Under the Bus, Again

On April 6, the Supreme Court demonstrated once again that the “landmark” Bruen decision isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, and neither are the paper tigers that President Trump appointed to the bench in his previous administration. [More]

The list just keeps growing.

As noted before:

Think of one job you’ve ever applied for where you’d have gotten it if you decided to play coy with the hiring managers. While it may be “inappropriate” for a judge to weigh in on a specific case before confirmation, there’s no reason why general principles of understanding should be off-limits.

Such a Deal!

NRA’s partnership with @LoxandLoadedLlc is helping expand access to training, education, and community-based self-defense. [More]

That’s terrific. I approve.

Now detail the plane and resources you and your partners are effecting and expending to out-influence the bagel brains, counter the dominant influencers, and reverse that 79% ratio.

Because we know what ADL is telling them.

Maybe in a generation or two…?

[Via Andy M]

The Gold Standard of Politicians

Trump and his trolls trying to primary this informed patriot are being destructive asses.

Tangentially-Related UPDATE

At a Senate Homeland Security hearing on the Second Amendment, Senators Rand Paul, Ron Johnson, and Josh Hawley question witnesses over concerns about efforts to weaken constitutional gun rights. The exchange highlights sharp divisions over how far federal policy should go in regulating firearms. Watch the three most talked-about moments from the hearing right here. [Watch]

But we always come back to what are they gonna do about it, don’t we?

[Via 1Gat]