Category: Second Amendment

Thank You, Captains Obvious

Prop 50: A Direct Threat to the Second Amendment [Watch]

Yes, Democrats mean to rule with a monopoly of power, which includes a monopoly of violence, and they’d do whatever it takes and then some. The unanswered question is how did California get this way and what have the gun groups –including CRPA — done to warn citizens and try to stop the root cause, or have they ignored it with a “single issue” excuse?

And will they keep ignoring it in places that have not yet turned because they’re afraid the communists will call them names?

[Via Jess]

No Dog in This Fight

Trump endorses Andrew Cuomo on eve of New York mayoral election: ‘You really have no choice’ [More]

Of course we do.

We will not disarm.

Curious– he’s put more energy into a congenital gun-grabber who told the Republicans he’s now pleading with to “Get out” than he has an unequivocal Second Amendment supporter.

We’re the Only Ones Infringing Enough

In keeping with the new state requirement that all would-be handgun buyers first acquire a purchase permit, the Delaware State Police have launched a portal for permit applications. Called the “Permit to Purchase Application Portal,” the webpage is used to gather personal information, including name, address, gender, date of birth, email, employment status (including employer info), and race and ethnicity information. [More]

And remember, “law-abiding” gun owners: Back the Blue!

When I think of portals, I don’t think of anything good coming out of the other side.

[Via bondmen]

The Immunity Syndrome

After Supreme Court Win, NRA Is Back Challenging ‘Qualified Immunity’ for Ex-NY Regulator [More]

In nutshell:

The plaintiff, the NRA, claimed that defendant Maria Vullo, while serving as the superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Service (DFS), encouraged insurance companies to discontinue their relationship with the NRA in an effort to retaliate against and chill the NRA’s gun rights advocacy.

Holding her accountable for her sleazy, partisan abuse of power could be the greatest lesson she teaches Fordham students.

And They Say There Are No Stupid Questions

Whether Illinois’ flat ban on ordinary citizens carrying firearms on public transportation violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments. [More]

That this is even in question shows how far the Republic has degraded from the clear intent understood by the founders as a condition for ratification.

That the big worry now is if SCOTUS will even hear it, and if so, how it will rule, tells us more.

[Via Jess]

AMAZING 3D REALISM!

DDS sends “I tried 3D printing a gun: It’s not as easy as you think,” from 2023 (and FWIW written by someone who begins with a lament about “gun violence”), and Wikipedia entries for the Urutau 3D-printable semi-automatic bullpup pistol-caliber carbine, and my favorite just for its name, the FGC-9.

I don’t normally do hardware posts but this is, at its core, about freedom.

One Step Forward and Three Steps Back

Is There a Hidden Meaning in DOJ’s Position on Mag Bans? [Watch]

Let me get this straight: The “pro-gun” DOJ will defend magazines (because they believe bans are unconstitutional or because they think SCOTUS will rule against them?) but still demands license/registration requirements to carry and possess firearms and ammunition…?

If there’s a hidden meaning, they’re not hiding it very well. That seems kind of in-your-face…

And yeah, I’m vulnerable to being sucked in just like most gun owners.

“Full might” my… eye.

Beasts of Burden

“The State bears the burden of proving that its immoral scheme to criminalize rights is consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition, and they will fail.” [More]

Actually, unless and until the Supreme Court rules in favor of the uninfringed right of the people to keep and bear arms, the burden will continue to be entirely borne by the state’s victims.

Shall Not Be Infringed UNLESS…?

Viramontes’s criticism of Bevis on this point carries little weight, given Heller’s holding that “the Second Amendment does not protect those weapons not typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes[.]” Id. at 625. Heller did not hold, as Viramontes seems to imply, that military-style weapons are protected “arms” because military action by civilians is lawful. Instead, Heller characterized self-defense as the “core lawful purpose” of firearm use. 554 U.S. at 630. [More]

I beg to differ. And have warned that ignoring the militia aspect would be used against us.

Funny, how a common prohibitionist argument is that 2A advocates ignore the first 13 words, and here it is they’re doing just that in their legal argument.

In any case, the amendment says “arms.” And as for the contention that its ban “finds support in this nation’s history and tradition,” tell that to Tench Coxe.

F-n’ lying Illinois Democrats…

[Via Jess]

Our Last, Best Hope

“MAGA Friends…Imagine Who Gets Killed When President AOC Says it Doesn’t Matter What the Law Says” – WHOA! Democrat Rep. Implies Future Leftist President Could KILL GOP Voters [More]

There are still people this is a revelation to? That’s why when they talk about taking our guns, some of us say “I will not comply.”

[Via bondmen]

How Can We Be Expected to Know Who NOT to Persecute?

This Court enjoined Defendant from enforcing the challenged federal criminal and regulatory provisions as to the organizational Plaintiffs, but Defendant does not know to whom the injunction applies because membership information is exclusively within the possession and control of the organizational Plaintiffs, who do not want to share it with the federal government. [More]

Mean old gun rights groups!

What part of “the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” does AG Bondi not understand?

[Via Jess]

A Matter of Degree?

Critics accuse Cornyn of capitulating to Democrats’ gun control demands — even though the bill largely did not restrict gun owner’s existing rights. [More]

Is “not largely” restricting rights like being a little bit pregnant?

The current is either on or off. How much current there is does not alter that.

Nor does equivocation. Because once you flip that switch, you allow for turning the dial.

[Via Michael G]

Not Just a Celebrity Opinion, a NEPO-Celebrity Opinion!

“I mean, I disagreed with him on almost every point I ever heard him say,” Curtis said… [More]

How many points were those?

What did you hear him say?

What was your disagreement?

Homina…Homina…

But why would I say that about someone who “fully supports the Second Amendment“…?

“I am vocal about common-sense gun safety and gun law … For instance, I fully support an assault weapon ban, I fully support a bump stock ban …. I fully support the Bill of Rights. And fully support the Second Amendment. And have absolutely no problem with people owning firearms if they have been trained, licensed, a background check has been conducted, a pause button has been pushed to give time for that process to take place. And they have to renew their license just like we do with automobiles – which are weapons also.”

Does she listen to herself when she talks?

None Dare Call It Fraud Upon the Court

Amici the States of Michigan California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia (“Amici States”) submit this brief in support of the State of Hawai‘i…. The Second Amendment permits the States to enact a variety of regulations to combat the misuse of firearms and enables “solutions to social problems that suit local needs and values.”[More]

See, shall not be infringed” means the ratifiers would have been cool with “firearm purchase permit and firearm registration.” Just look at the text, history, and tradi… uh, on second thought, just listen to us Democrat apparatchiks.

[Via Antigone]

The Clock is Ticking…

…on Second Amendment rights in Oregon. [More]

They’ll still have them. It’s just that the courts, the state and its enforcers won’t recognize them.

This is what happens when Democrats rule and the Republicans are neutered.

This is what happens when citizens by and large succumb to bias and intellectual laziness, and have been indoctrinated into hating an outnumbered minority that still values the truth.

This is what will happen everywhere, in Everytown, should that prevail where we are.

Speaking of ‘Destructive to These Ends’…

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” DNC Chair Ken Martin stated that the Democratic Party’s job right now is to win elections, and if “we are truly in a dictatorship and an authoritarian regime here has completely shredded the Constitution, then party doesn’t matter, and then elections don’t matter and then the resistance looks completely different” “and we may be nearing” that moment, but for now, their job is winning elections. [More]

Sounds like the commies are making veiled threats of going kinetic.

Once we get used to the concept, Ken, those of us with natural inhibitions against starting things will have to get used to finishing them, but I have a feeling some of us, maybe three percent, will adapt.

Like Dr. Banner always used to say…

[Via bondmen]

Quacks Like a Democrat…

Supposed ‘Independent’ Nebraska Senate Candidate is Bankrolled by National Democrats [More]

Yeah, we know.

What are “reasonable gun safety measures,” what does “I am fundamentally in favor of the Second Amendment… We can combat school shootings while protecting the Second Amendment” mean, and how does it fundamentally differ from “I support the Second Amendment BUT we can all agree on commonsense gun safety laws…”?

[Via Michael G]

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