I support commonsense gun laws that are compatible with the traditions and rights granted to bear firearms, including universal background checks [More]
Just listen to him.
That and the raised right hand is a dead giveaway.
Category: Second Amendment
What Other Rights Can States Ignore?
This is the last stop for Ballot Measure 114 on a state level. Given the makeup and history of the Oregon courts, it would be wise to not be too optimistic about the outcome. As usual, we hope we are wrong on this issue. And, keep in mind, that, irrespective of the outcome, the Oregon Legislature will continue to enact every possible impediment to gun ownership in Oregon even as it seeks to protect criminals and the violently mentally ill. [More]
If only we had a Justice Department committed to protecting unalienable rights from state and local abuses…
In the Spirit of Aloha
Hawaii Sensitive Places Defense Fund… The fact the State of Hawaii hired these big shots is proof they are scared we can win. Please donate what you can. [More]
I trust readers here need no introduction to Alan Beck…?
Here’s just one way costs accumulate.
And this is what the state can afford to bolster rights denial because it has comparatively unlimited tax plunder to draw from.
[Via Tacticool Memes]
A Perfect Understanding
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has upheld a ban on possessing guns in parks, while completely misunderstanding basic principles of law. [Watch]
So their decision “contradicts SCOTUS”? And we’re sure it’s because they “misunderstand”?
I know what would happen if I went against a judge’s orders.
What will happen to them?
[Via Jess]
Stock Answers
Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an article entitled, “Six Words Every Killer Should Know: ‘I Feared for My Life, Officer.” Using a mis-mash of half-baked statistics, legal misinformation, and cherry-picked anecdotes, it tried to make a case that there is just too much darned self-defense going on in America. [More]
Just what do rope-selling capitalists think that rope will ultimately be used for?
[Via Michael G]
Shutting Down Freedom
[T]he Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act was introduced by U.S. Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho), as S. 3085, and by U.S. Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.), as H.R. 5874. The Act would guarantee law-abiding Americans can continue to exercise their Second Amendment rights during a government shutdown, requiring federal agencies to continue processing firearm applications and licenses during a government shutdown. [More]
1% chance of being enacted
Report brought to you by the “Don’t Lie for the Other Guy” people…
We don’t need any bills to ensure continued recognition of the other amendments in the Bill of Rights because the presumption is there is nothing government is authorized to do in terms of prior restraint infringements.
Why is this one different, and why do “we” unquestioningly tolerate it?
Damned If We Do, Damned If We Don’t
Meanwhile, Over at the Second Amendment Task Force…
How Adamiak received 20 years in prison for semi-auto Uzis and other legal guns, gun parts [More]
Who knew that “full might” also meant “full might not”?
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]
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]
Time-Out Called
AG Bondi gets extended deadline to recommend killing gun control policies: DOJ [More]
You know what would help things along and ensure fewer “missteps”?
[Via Andy M]
