Category: Second Amendment

House of Cards

COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF 1. The Illinois Firearm Owners Identification Act (“FOID Card Act”), 430 ILCS 65/0.01 et seq., entirely deprives everyone of the right to keep and bear arms— including the basic right to possess a firearm for self-defense in the home—unless and until they seek and receive the State’s permission. 2. To possess any type of firearm or ammunition in Illinois—anywhere, for any length of time—one must first obtain a Firearm Owners Identification (“FOID”) card from the Illinois State Police. This requires one to initiate and prevail in an administrative proceeding—in which the burden of proof is on the individual at every step, and which may take 30 days, 90 days, or even longer. Any violation of this requirement is a crime. [More]

Just like the Framers intended when they penned “shall not be infringed,” no doubt.

Washington Gun Law analyzes the complaint.

[Via Jess]

Gimme Five!

The question is this. Since September of 2025, how many federal government lawsuits from Trump’s Department of Justice have been filed in support of the Second Amendment against gun control jurisdictions across the country? Five times. [Watch]

I’m in a mood today. I see stuff like this and my first thought is it’s a way to turn the heat down for a bit to keep the frog from jumping.

[Via Jess]

Collateral Damage

The governor’s acknowledgment that the law covers common hunting models will likely be cited in Second Amendment challenges. If the law is not amended, she could prove the main witness against her own signed legislation. [More]

Yeah, I know… any chair in a bar fight.

Thing is, 2A isn’t about hunting and “common use” will come back to bite us.

So will special exemptions for Fudds.

[Via Michael G]

‘Common Use’ Challenge to Denver Semi-Auto Ban Misses Important Point

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“The City has banned an arm in common use for lawful purposes by law-abiding citizens. Therefore, the Ordinance violates the Second Amendment.”

That’s not why the ban violates it. [More]

If something needs to be officially designated “popular” by government in order to be “legal,” we may as well start calling each other “Comrade.”

Inconstant Heart

The Trump Administration Is a Powerful but Unreliable Ally of Second Amendment Advocates – Even as the Justice Department files lawsuits aimed at vindicating gun rights, it undermines them in other cases. [More]

I’d use a different word than “unreliable”…

I wonder what it would take to fix that…

[Via Michael G]

It’s ‘Gun Rights Leader’-Approved!

A Florida gun owner says he spent two weeks in jail because the government’s background-check machinery treated an old Kentucky misdemeanor as if it were a felony. [More]

NICS… isn’t that the prior restraint infringement hailed by NSSF as a “real solution,” and “applauded” by NRA…?

And endorsed by Bloomberg’s The Trace…?

A Decree from On High

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed… And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

See, that’s why tyrants used to do it.

The Founders’ Republic added representation.

So I just got an order from the Census Bureau with the unequivocal mandate:

YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW

It does quite a bit more than count us, and for purposes those who conceived it would never have approved.

That said, I see the same executive action that will change the 4473 is across the board. I wonder if the No Kings crowd will decide to mass defy compliance.

Aside from the general intrusiveness and tedium of completing the rest of the online form, two questions make me wonder about a Fifth Amendment conflict:

Seeing how a Democrat-ruled VA tried to disarm veterans who needed help managing their finances, I’m wondering if this information on file about “difficulties” from “mental and emotional conditions “could be abused by a later administration to try and disqualify a citizen from gun ownership. Could completing this section be considered self-incrimination?

An Inconvenient Truth

“Real loser $#!+,” right, Stephen?

Don’t tell me. Tell him:

I still have my differences with Smith, particularly over his unwavering defense of Trump/DOJ bipolarities and his not acknowledging that “in common use” is a two-edged sword, but his voice here, because it is louder and more far-reaching than mine, is essential and should be encouraged.

[Via Allan Wall]

A Good First Step

Top DOJ official predicts Supreme Court will declare AR-15 rifles legal everywhere in America [More]

Great, as it should be.

I don’t mean to be the party pooper, but heeding Mr. Wolf (NSFW) for a second, two concerns remain:

  • What’s going to happen when Democrat states and Democrat judges ignore it?
  • What’s going to happen when Democrats take the majority?

Assuming we can get it to stick, how does the administration sound on ending NFA and GCA mg registration and the post-’86 ban? ?

Yeah, I know, there I go blackpilling again. Just ignore me and have some rainbow stew.

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Tate Adamiak to receive 50 days of ‘Diesel Therapy’ punishment – He will be kept completely out of touch in the back of a DOC van. [More]

As long as we’re in a new paradigm of text, history, and tradition, what’s the Founding Era parallel where they would have kept an inmate captive in a wagon for a month-and-a-half because he claimed a right the government was mandated not to infringe?

Harmeet knows the Constitution– maybe she can tell us:

Bending the Truth

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said Monday the city will not bend the knee to a legal threat from the U.S. Department of Justice over the city’s longstanding assault weapons ban. [More]

That’s some industrial-strength gaslighting right there.

Anybody else getting an Iran vibe out of the administration offering a deal and having it rejected out of hand by people who think they can hold out until the clock runs out?

The Bear Necessities

Bear attack in Yellowstone National Park leaves 2 hikers injured [More]

The good news is:

Yes, you can carry a gun in Yellowstone.

The bad news is:

But it’s illegal to fire it – even in self defense.

Just think, the people who enacted and enforce that edict all swore an oath to the Constitution. I wonder what the Framers would have thought about that.