Notes from the Resistance
The Democratic governor’s changes to House Bill 217/Senate Bill 749 remove the word “fixed” from part of the bill’s definition of an assault firearm, which could sharply expand the range of semi-automatic rifles and pistols swept into the ban, Republicans say. [More]
It’s good that DOJ is going to fight this, but let’s be careful not to turn “common use” into a trap.
Ultimately, it boils down to how many Virginians are committed to the Commonwealth’s motto.
FAA Greenlights Laser Sentry Guns To Combat Attack Drones In U.S. Airspace [More]
As I wrote in “Things to Come” for Guns and Ammo back in 2002:
Designed for deployment on AC-X “Son of Specter” aircraft gunships, we’re told that “advances will be made and the power plant will shrink and one day it will dominate the battlefield.” Hardly a small arm suitable for individual combatants? Just remember, not so long ago your pocket calculator would have filled a room, requiring programmers, technicians and keypunch operators; and cell phones, laptops and GPS units would have been considered no more plausible than… um… paralyzer beams and death rays.
I wish I had a link to it but it’s not on the internet and they own the copyright.
And sorry, it’s not “in common use.”
[Via bondmen]
New York City’s Prohibition on Stun Guns, Tasers Survives Appeal [More]
And here we thought the Supreme Court was pretty clear whan it ruled:
The Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding.
Until such @$$hole judges face consequences, this kind of crap will continue.
Assuming you don’t want to pay Bloomberg Law to read their spin, Four Boxes Diner breaks things down for us.
[Via Jess]
Does the 2A Die in Virginia Tonight? [Watch]
I’ve noted before why I think defeatist titles suck.
[Via Jess]
The American Founders, having studied Rome’s failure in detail, deliberately designed a better system. They created three formal branches with stricter separation of powers — but they did not stop there. They explicitly empowered a Fourth Branch: the sovereign, educated, and armed citizenry itself. [More]
Some might even call it a core purpose.
FYI, I’m almost done with Miguel Faria’s latest that includes extensive analysis of Rome during this period and will be posting a “thumbs up” review when I am. I feel bad because I’ve had it for months but it’s long and very detailed, and circumstances have forced me to just read a little at a time.
[Via Michael G]
He not only made numerous promises to Americans regarding the Second Amendment, but he also specifically referenced the pistol brace rule, going so far as to say he would tear it up immediately upon moving back into the White House. How then have we arrived at the current impasse? [More]
This is a brave article when you realize the epic fury of the MINOs (MAGA in Name Only) will be vented not at the serial breaker of campaign promises, but at the writer and the magazine. I say this as someone who has prompted more than one demand for a publisher to choose between firing me or having their subscription cancelled.
Here’s the thing before dismissing this as “blackpilling”: Find one charge made that’s not documented. Pointing out his betrayals is not a betrayal of him. To not point them out would be a betrayal of ourselves.
Those of us calling Trump and his administration to task have offered course correction after course correction to steer things right again, only to see him ignore us and order full ramming speed. And it could have all been avoided with some simple inclusion.
If the Dems take it all it won’t be because of Cassandras’ urgent warnings. It will be because those warnings were unheeded, suppressed, ignored, disparaged, denounced, and ridiculed.
IL Supreme Court Defends Removal of Traffic Court Judge for Past Conservative Comments – The Illinois Supreme Court would rather keep a heavy backlog of Cook County cases than allow a pro-Trump judge to sit on the traffic court. [More]
So the only judges will be collectivists? If a man knows a show trial gulty verdict is a predetermined outcome, why would he surrender to “have his day in court”? Because otherwise they’ll kill him?
If only the Framers had foreseen a remedy for such tyranny…
It’s pretty obvious the rulers know about it.
[Via Michael G]
As the Democrats grow bolder and seize more power at the state and federal level, they are repealing ‘Grandfather Clauses’ or passing laws that go straight to gun seizures. It seems increasingly clear that today’s Democrats are determined to literally disarm all of us — not 50 years from now, but soon. [More]
All they’ll need is our compliance.
[Via PAG]
Beshear vetoes bills lowering concealed carry age, protecting gun sellers from liability [More]
Andy has other priorities, like protecting criminal illegal aliens.
Gun control and cultural terraforming go together like peas and carrots.
Besides, Kentucky Fudds are happy.
Related UPDATE
Andy needs to get to church more often.
[Via Michael G]
What have we been saying all along…?
Now… what do they have to do to get that right recognized?
[Via Jess]
It’s been four long years since ATF arrested Patrick ‘Tate’ Adamiak [More]
So, what’s it take to get the “pro-gun” administration’s attention?
Maybe if Thomas Massie or Rand Paul set the wheels and political pressure in motion to apply for a furlough so he could be their guest at the next State of the Union speech…? Even having it denied, which it probably would be, would attract wider media attention outside of the contained 2A echo chamber, making his plight a lot more difficult to just ignore.
Cops Arrest Man on His Own Property After Karen Neighbor Hears Gunshots [Watch]
I hope he gets a lawyer and that lying sow and her co-conspirators get what’s coming to them. I also suggest he file a complaint with the Tennessee Attorney General’s Civil Rights Enforcement Division and demand an investigation into falsifying a police report.
That said, he should have just said “I’ll speak to you through my attorney” and shut up.
And point of order: I don’t like using “Karen” any more than I do “Boomer” for reasons stated at each link.
The Sheriff’s Office is getting its @$$ handed to it over on Facebook.
[Via Andy M]
While this is a welcome and much needed announcement, and while Hegseth’s acknowledgement that the Second Amendment is a “God-given right” is consistent with the clear intent of the Framers of the Constitution, it needs to be recognized for what it is—a good first step but not the journey’s end. [More]
Appreciate the progress. Take it, but then demand more. After all, we’re not asking for anything that isn’t ours and owed to us.
A Second Amendment Roadmap For The Next Attorney General [More]
So, naturally, we need a “Second Amendment leader” to tell us why we’re expecting too much and it just can’t be done.
[Via bondmen]
Many Republican States Are Failing Gun Owners, 2026 FPC State Freedom Index Shows [More]
How are YOUR Republiweasels doing?
What have you done to remind them that they need your vote more than you need theirs?
[Via Jess]
Vivek says ““The idea of a heritage American is about as loony as anything the woke left has actually put up.”
Heather Hill endorsed Kasich. (Then again, so did PVF.)
And that they don’t have Amy as an “F” makes me wonder just how lazy these PVF “researchers” are. Then again, I learned a long time ago how “reliable” their grades are.
If you’re a 2A voter, Casey’s the real deal.
Of course, it should be noted that the full-auto sears are already illegal under federal law. Possession and the manufacturing of them is also illegal under New York law. There are already plenty of laws about those, and yet, they do nothing. [More]
Which, if you think about it, is the right thing to (not) do until they’re repealed.
[Via bondmen]
So… sneak in universal background checks/end private sales.
And then ban semiautomatics.
And so on and so forth.
I have a simple question too, Senator Koons: If I say “No” and mean it, what are you prepared to have enforcers do to me?
[Via Keith B]
Appellate court says Maine’s 3-day waiting period on guns is likely constitutional [More]
Who’s infringin’? We’re burdenin’.
Conspiracy to deprive of civil rights should be a capital crime applied to judges.
I don’t have time to check all the confirmation roll call votes for Biden appointees Lara Montecalvo and Seth Aframem and Obama appointee O. Rogeriee Thompson, but a spot check on just one shows traitors Collins and Murkowski were the sole Republican “Ayes” and seven of the 11 senators who did not vote were Republicans.
That’s the kind of crap that needs to be factored into NRA ratings instead of the “staunch supporter” crap they always get away with.
[Via Jess]
2026 BFA-PAC Grades and Endorsements for the Ohio Primary [More]
Nothing to say about the main event?
In a way, the silence is a positive– it may show the leadership is aware of member sentiment, that not all are kneejerk swallowing the establishment line, and that they want to keep their options open.