Court Rules Federal Machinegun Law Cannot Be Justified under Bruen [More]
It can’t be justified under the Second Amendment.
It can’t be justified under delegated Constitutional powers.
It can’t be justified.
Category: Second Amendment
Just Like the Framers Intended
For places that are newer, Defendants must point to regulations that are analogous to the regulations cited by the Supreme Court, taking into account that it is illogical to expect a government to regulate a place before it existed in its modern form. [More]
So, any building, parcel, street, city, territory, or state developed after ratification…?
What other articles in the Bill of Rights does this apply to?
Harder Questions
David Codrea on the RKBA and Illegal Immigrants [More]
Herschel comments on a recent Firearms News piece.
Forced Reset
From Len Savage via email:
A forced reset trigger does exactly what it sounds. It forces the trigger to reset.
So when you pull the trigger, there is a cam (compared to traditional AR triggers) that pushes your trigger forward, back to the ‘start’ position which allows you to fire your subsequent shots much quicker. The cam also will not let you pull the trigger until a fresh round of ammo is chambered and ready to fire. Once it chambers a fresh round the cam then drops away and you can only then pull the trigger.
With a forced reset trigger you have essentially taken semi automatic method of fire to near 100% efficiency (not unlike a bump stock in that regard). By forcing the reset and limiting the trigger travel there is an economy of time and movement that allows for a rate of fire near that of the host firearm cyclic rate.
It’s not a machine gun because you are pulling the trigger once for every shot fired. You are doing it. You are doing it with incredible speed because there is no waste of time or movement.
Incredible fire rate sound like fun? It certainly is!
Reason for me blasting it out is I keep getting asked about them.
I have hands on technical experience with them.
Currently they are ALL legal (and have been since July 24th) unless Judge Reed O’Connor gets overruled.
Gun Controlling Brazil’s Ban on X and Free Speech Not Only Predictable but Inevitable
Freedom is interconnected. If a government is not afraid to take your guns, why would it hesitate to suppress your speech? [More]
Who do these people think they are? Democrats?
A Correct Conclusion
Illegals Don’t Have Second Amendment Rights [More]
Anyone who says they do is distracting with a red herring.
Going with What Works
Both the White House and ATF have turned down multiple House Oversight inquiries into charges of ‘collusion’ with Chicago’s lawsuit against Glock [More]
Gee, when have we seen a Democrat administration stonewall House Oversight on gun-related scandals before…?
[Via Jess]
Weapons of Law
Buffalo Tops Friendly Market Shooting Survivors and Family Members Sue Manufacturer of Gun Lock, Gun Store, Manufacturer of Combat-Style Body Armor, Social Media Companies, and Shooter’s Parents [More]
Go with what works, right?
These people understand something “our side,” always playing defense, has yet to embrace.
[Via Jess]
A Good First Step
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that Federal District Court Judge Iain D. Johnston has declared the State of Illinois’ ban on carrying firearms on public transportation and in public transportation facilities unconstitutional as applied to the named plaintiffs in the FPC-supported lawsuit Schoenthal v. Raoul. [More]
Good. But don’t overlook “The State is expected to appeal the decision.”
[Via Jess]
I Thought This Had Nothing to Do with That ‘Single Issue’…
Is Hispanic Support for Gun Control A Cause for Concern? [More]
You have to ask?
The “pathway to citizenship” is the existential threat.
As for existing ones, care to try for some NRA ratings?
No shortage of sellouts here, too…
Sure, outreach is- a fine and necessary idea. All gun groups should have been doing it. Just don’t forget to compare grassroots fundraising to what’s needed to compete for eyes and ears with this…
[Via Andy M]
The Games People Play
The Court should not grant certiorari to review at this stage but should permit the ordinary percolation process to continue and reserve its intervention for the point at which, if it comes at all, the courts of appeals are actually divided.” [More]
I understand what they’re doing and why.
It’s not them, it’s a fraudulent power-usurping system that allowed the first infringement to take place and has done nothing since but entrench and assail.
Gun Owners for Harris Highlight Lie of ‘Second Amendment Democrats’
There is no parallel “pro-Second Amendment Democrat” movement happening. That’s because there’s no such thing as one. [More]
Yeah, I believe in unicorns, too.
Switching Around
Massachusetts strikes down a 67-year-old switchblade ban, cites landmark Supreme Court gun decision [More]
Because it’s Masssachussetts, part of me wonders “What are they up to?”
You know their personal sentiments are more in line with California’s.
[Via Jess]
It All Depends
The Wrong Question
Court upholds gun ban for migrants in US unlawfully [More]
As noted before, this is a red herring.
[Via Jess]
Just So You Know Who’s Boss
We’re the Only Ones Ignorant Enough
Forbidden Words Update
The last version made me afraid to shave my beard.
As Easy as Starting a Civil War!
How They Can Use the Rule on Unfinished Frames and Receivers to Disarm a LOT of You [Watch]
How They Can Use the Rule on Unfinished Frames and Receivers to TRY TO Disarm a LOT of You
There, I fixed it for ya.
Now I’m waiting for some genius on “our side” to say “Only Congress has that authority.”
Today’s Pre-Election Pandering
To prohibit the imposition of requirements that handguns have certain features generally absent from firearms in common use, and to restore the civil and natural rights of Americans in States hostile to liberty, and for other purposes. [More]
And when Republicans are in a position to actually roll back an infringement…?
Besides: What about arms NOT in common use by any except the standing army because the government won’t allow them to be?
[Via Jess]
Do the Right Thing
27 states urge Supreme Court to reject Biden administration’s rule defining gun parts [More]
The court’s ability and inclination to produce favorable future rulings depends on what happens in November, for those of you who believe sitting on your hands because it doesn’t make any difference is defensible.
[Via Jess]
Like a Poll Tax, Except Enforced
California Raising Background Check Fee’s 500%, Get Ready [Watch]
Hey, if $5 is “better” than $1, how much “better” would $50 be? What’s to stop it?
Guess who won’t pay a dime, chumps.
[Via Jess]
Bait and Switchblade
Gun Prohibitionist’s Ultimatum Warrants Appropriate Gun Owner Response
We’re not interested in negotiating our rights that you and your fellow travelers have no claim to. Come and take them. [More]
An impotent peacenik dolt lays down the terms of surrender.
Just Like the Founders Intended
A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld Maryland’s licensing requirements for people seeking to buy handguns, saying the law remained valid even after a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2022 that expanded gun rights. [More]
Anybody know which clause from Bruen Obama-appointee Barbara Milano Keenan cherry-picked to justify a clear prior restraint?
[Via Jess]
Trump to GOA
The promise to “listen to GOA” is what we’ll need to remind him of. And he needs to understand there are difference between them and NRA, and why.
A Bearable Opinion
Let’s hope historical analogues don’t come back to bite us. Rather than digging up what some colony did to infringe in special circumstances or older English law, put the focus on arguments put forth during ratification. We know what the founders meant, and there was nothing ambuiguous about it.
Anybody else having trouble digging up info on the defendant and his Glock switches? I’m wondering if what’s gun owners may be celebrating as a victory is actually part of an effort to turn the public against Bruen.
[Via WiscoDave]
A Binary Choice
Trump Issues Strongest Defense of Gun Rights Since Assassination Attempt to Gun Owners of America [More]
By now everyone who’s a regular here knows I’m never afraid to call the guy out for his failures. You also know it will be him or Kamala.
Act accordingly.
Best and Final Offer
“So we have a best alternative to a negotiated agreement. Our BATNA is that we are going to stop all other gun control work and focus all our resources on a campaign to repeal the Second Amendment. We have a template for that; the amendment outlawing alcoholic beverages was passed and a decade later that Amendment was repealed. We are either going to get your commitment to allow our democratically produced local and state laws honored or we will end our negotiations and begin a massive campaign to overturn the Second Amendment.” [More]
No.
I think I may have found my next article.
[Via Jess]
