And when in the hands of the “Only Ones,” they identify as “patrol rifles.”
And everyone who believes in the Second Amendment should identify as a “commonsense gun safety law advocate.”
[Via LB]
Category: Second Amendment
SCOTUS Refusal to Address School Ban on Gun Imagery Puts Freedom 250 Art Contestants at Risk
Teachers have been known to report students over perceived off-campus gun concerns before, even when no cause for them existed. [More]
Submitting a historically accurate entry could run afoul of “zero tolerance” intolerance.
Meanwhile, Over in the Birthplace of the Second Amendment…
Massachusetts Public School District Permits Sikh Students to Carry Knives While Banning Weapons for All Other Students [More]
Well, Vivek did tell us “The idea of a heritage American is … loony.”
Heritage Sikhs, not so much.
[Via bondmen]
Shameless Plug Redux
June 2026 Firearms News:
I highlighted my part here.
Now, as Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story…
The Answer May Also Be ‘Yes’
Do Trans People Have “Stand Your Ground” Rights? Wyoming’s Answer May Be “No.” [More]
“May be” or “is”?
That’s what we have trials for.
Why do I have the feeling we’re not getting the whole story here?
Maybe because phrases like “people disproportionately targeted for harassment and violence” misdirect on who’s doing the abuse, something the gun prohibitionists don’t seem to want to point out.
[Via Michael G]
Curses! Foiled Again!
Although the Maryland appellate courts have, for decades, upheld police stops based on reasonable suspicion that a person is in possession of a gun, after Bruen, carrying a handgun publicly for self-defense is presumptively lawful, and therefore, mere possession of a concealed firearm, by itself, is not indicative of criminal activity. The mere possibility that a person with a gun might not have a valid license or otherwise may be restricted from possessing a gun is not enough to establish reasonable suspicion for a seizure. The police must have reasonable suspicion that the person is possessing the gun illegally or otherwise engaged in criminal activity. [More]
“Only Ones” constrained by rights? Oh, go on…
[Via Jess]
Tsunami Warning
What’s in the Trump administration’s ‘tsunami’ of gun deregulation [More]
Oh, no! Infringing on infringements! Head for higher ground!
Because we all know how ATF rules affect predator decision-making.
“Real reporter” Avery Lotz carries the prohibitionists’ water for them.
She probably also believes repeating talking points can’t ultimately be done a lot cheaper by AI.
[Via Michael G]
Straight Outta Charlottesville
Hegseth Uses D-Day Anniversary Speech to Attack European Immigration Policies [More]
Any self-styled “gun rights leader” who is deliberately indifferent to the implications of current immigration policies to RKBA, or overtly hostile to warnings about them, is either a willfully blind useful idiot, or an embedded asset.
ATF Director Cekada’s Concern for Adamiak Misses Larger Point
“Cekada promised neither he nor the ATF will be ‘offended by the outcome of the courts,’ because he wants to make sure that Adamiak was ‘appropriately sentenced’,” Williams recounted. That’s mighty big of him. However, Second Amendment advocates should be offended by such a presumptuous response. [More]
Focusing on the punishment being too harsh ignores the intolerable injustice of there being any punishment at all.
Tyranny 250
As one social-media wag responded, “The fact that we are having a hard time throwing America a 250th birthday party because leftists are threatening to kill everyone involved is the most zeitgeist s–t I’ve ever seen in my life.” [More]
And the “Team Freedom” response…?
[Via Michael G]
For it’s ‘Hi! Hi! Hee!’ for Gender Identity!
[The] DC Court of Appeals in a 2 to1 decision said, indeed, that … President Trump’s policies of excluding transgenders from the military and not allowing them to serve, that this was unconstitutional and illegal. [Watch]
I’m wondering how soon someone’s gonna file a complaint about how getting rid of “non-binary” on the 4473 is an unconstitutional attack on freedom of expression requiring prospective buyers to choose between rights…
Hey, any chair in a bar fight…
[Via Jess]
We’re the Only Ones Engaging Enough
A first-of-its-kind effort describes police sniper use of force engagements in U.S. [More]
Is that where they use those weapons of war only suitable for killing as many people as possible in as short a time or possible, or am I thinking “patrol rifles“…?
I can never keep that “standing army” vs. “Militia of the several States” clear as to who’s supposed to do what.
[Via bondmen]
Immigrant Orders Militia to Surrender Arms, Or Else
Virginia state Sen. Saddam Azlan Salim (D) is telling prosecutors who say they will not enforce his “assault weapons” ban to quit “tough guy posturing.” [More]
What was I just talking about…?
What idiots some of our “gun rights leaders” are.
[Via bondmen]
They Did It! They Missed the Barn!
What Makes Him Different?
Trump taps BFA-backed Ohio Judge Matthew Byrne for federal district court [More]
I don’t see much about 2A in the testimonial.
I wonder if anyone will ask him some questions.
Great American State Fair to Celebrate Freedom by Suspending Second Amendment
This is citizen disarmament, just as certainly and just as seriously as if this were being imposed by extreme gun prohibitionist Democrats in New York City or Chicago. [More]
Musical B-listers shouldn’t be the only ones “getting the yips.”
Demographics is Destiny
Of course, our 2024 figures are not written in the stars. After all, immigrant voters could well reverse recent electoral trends and vote for more Republican candidates. However, this is unlikely without Republicans embracing more inclusive rhetoric and championing the kind of sensible immigration reforms that are supported by the majority of Americans. [More]
Any self-styled “gun rights leader” who is deliberately indifferent to the implications or overtly hostile to warnings is either a useful idiot or an embedded asset.
About That ‘Beautiful Second Amendment’
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [More]
Translation: We’ll put on a show and throw you some short-lived scraps once in a while to make it look like we haven’t been completely lying to you about the right to keep and bear arms, but when it comes down to actually obeying the “shall not be infringed” mandate, well, f_ you.
Keep stokin’ that fire in our bellies, boys!
[Via Jess]
That’s What Happens When You Ask Permission
8th Circuit rejected Second Amendment challenge to Minnesota gun permit reciprocity law. Truck drivers argued Minnesota’s permit requirements burdened interstate travel and self-defense rights. Court ruled the reciprocity statute expands rather than restricts firearm carry rights. Panel found the Constitution does not require states to recognize all out-of-state gun permits. [More]
Hasn’t the Supreme Court weighed in on this already?
It would give to persons… the right to enter every other State whenever they pleased… and to keep and carry arms wherever they went.”
Aside from the “give” part, what’s the issue?
[Via Jess]
1-2-3
New York’s ban on 3D-printed guns sparks First Amendment concerns [More]
And the Second…?
“Sold in the state”…?
How far is it to the nearest free state?