2024 Republican Platform Drops Gun-Rights Promises [More]
But…but…but our beautiful Second Amendment…
Lara… you got some ‘splainin’ to do…
Why do I suddenly hear trombones…?
[Via Jess]
Way to Douse the Fire
Category: Second Amendment
Let’s Start Small
The Power to Destroy
“California effectively seeks the power to destroy the exercise of a constitutional right by singling it out for special taxation,” the lawsuit alleges. “If this tax is permitted, there is nothing stopping California from imposing a 50% or even 100% tax on a constitutional right it disfavors whether it be the right to keep and bear arms, the right to free exercise of religion, or any other right.” [More]
Just like if one gun a month is good, one gun a year is better!
Or if a three-day waiting period…
[Via Jess]
Thomas Wants to Address What ‘Arms’ are Protected by Second Amendment
The question before the courts should be simple: How did people at the time of the Constitution’s ratification define “arms”? [More]
“Weapons of war” are precisely what the Founders had in mind.
An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
We’re the Only Ones Sentenced Enough
A former small-town Iowa police chief has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for lying to authorities to acquire machine guns that prosecutors say he sold for his own profit [More]
That’s less than Wayne Fincher got, and look at the different motivations.
[Via Jess]
A Foolish Consistency
The Supreme Court refused to hear any Second Amendment cases as of now. So, why did they do this and what is the future of 2A Supreme Court litigations. Mark Smith Four Boxes Diner explains. [Watch]
Paint it how you like, but when policies and procedures override the reasons articulated in the Preamble for having them, something’s broken. You know it’s “shall not be infringed,” they know it’s “shall not be infringed,” and the traitors know it’s “shall not be infringed.”
We weren’t made to be ruled by hobgoblins, robed or otherwise.
[Via Jess]
As Much Respect for the First as the Second
Liam asserted that the school’s actions in May 2023 violated his First Amendment right to freedom of expression, particularly as a form of “viewpoint discrimination.” Although his speech was censored, the speech of those expressing a different perspective on the same issue was not. [More]
You’re gonna suck it and like it.
Funny, how many rainbows I see…
[Via Michael G]
Costner Box Office Flop Should Be an Example for Hollywood Gun Hypocrites
Costner has proven to be a real life Fudd extraordinaire, winning the T. Boone Pickens Lifetime Sportsman Award – while calling for “stricter gun laws” [More]
Hey, he’s the one who said he doesn’t care what moviegoers think about his politics, which in this case appears to be what a lot of them think about his movies.
Avoiding Guns in Presidential Debates Won’t Last Forever
Influencers need to be able to prepare Trump to debate on the right to arms and to coach him on what the correct responses to questions should be. [More]
No matter who the Democrat candidate turns out to be, Trump needs to learn to talk 2A, and it’s up to “Gun Owners for Trump” to demand his ear.
(Note: This doesn’t mean I’m back.)
Shall Not Be Questioned
An Idea Whose Time Hasn’t Come
Following Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy’s push for more gun control under the guise of declaring “gun violence” a “public health crisis,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms announced its support for the proposed Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act, sponsored by U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN). [More]
Prognosis 0% chance of being enacted
Revisit this after November and see if the numbers have changed.
The Wrong Way
The Supreme Court struck the ban down, making it clear that if you wanted to ban bumpstocks you had to do it the right way, which is the way the Constitution outlines, which is actually passing a bill through Congress and having it signed into law by the president. [Watch]
“Left unsaid is where Congress derives such authority in the first place, as the power to regulate and ban arms is nowhere delegated to it in the Constitution. The only clear mandate is ‘the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.’ By any branch of government.”
Change my mind. Show the section and clause.
I expect our would-be leaders to know this stuff.
In the Kapu Tradition
Judge’s Excuse To Ignore SCOTUS Is Ridiculously DUMB [Watch]
At least he makes a spirited argument.
[Via Jess]
Mythical Beasts
Hartford Citizen Patrol Presents Dilemmas for Gun-Grabbing Democrats
The Self-Defense Brigade, organized “at the behest of Archbishop Dexter Burke of the Walk in the Light Church of God,” is reminiscent of an effort from the middle of the last century, one remembered and honored by Amendment advocates with long memories, but for the most part ignored by Democrats and self-designated “civil rights leaders,” none of whom, if they even know about him, are keeping the example set by Robert Hicks alive, to be reflected on today and passed on to the next generations. [More]
Go ahead, sic the cops on ’em, Democrats. I dare ya.
Ohio Update
Legislators to go on summer recess with 26 firearm bills still pending [More]
There’s a lot we need to keep our eyes on, and actions to be taken when we’re called on.
Fun Times in Cleveland Again
New center to help prevent gun violence coming to Cleveland [More]
Nice parroting of the government’s narrative, “real reporter” Julia Bingel.
Looking forward to the follow-up in a year on how it all came true.
