Notes from the Resistance
NSSF®, the Firearm Industry Trade Association, welcomed the introduction of S. 137, the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act, in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.). The bill has 21 original co-sponsors. This vital legislation will end the ability of corporate entities from profiting from taxpayer-funded federal contracts while discriminating against a Constitutionally-protected industry at the same time. [More]
Prognosis 4% chance of being enacted
[Via Jess]
“The purpose of these weapons, they were designed for military use,” said Helmer. “They are designed to put sustained aimed fire as quickly as possible on an enemy. I don’t believe our neighbors, our kids, are enemies. [More]
Just those of us claiming our birthrights, eh, Dan, and the kids that live in our houses? And on us you’re willing to unleash a standing army equipped with every terrible implement to destroy us or bend us to your will.
And we know you know what real military weaponry is, which means you know you’re lying.
Benedict Arnold was once considered a patriotic military hero, too.
[Via Dan Gifford]
President Donald Trump has pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including people convicted of assaulting police officers…[More]
As Stewart Rhodes recalls, when advocating the same:
Most of the men I met were, as President Trump said, coerced into accepting a guilty plea “bargain” to avoid decades in prison. Others had a Soviet-style show trial in DC, where, of course, they were found “guilty” after being denied the right to even argue self-defense or defense of others (imagine if Daniel Penny had been precluded from making that argument in his trial). They weren’t allowed to show the jury video of police using excessive force just seconds before their own actions. The prosecution cut that out of the video, and the defense couldn’t even discuss it.
In the meantime, their lives have been upended and their livelihoods destroyed, some beyond repair. Many questions will unfold. For now, this is a major victory and a major indicator of hope for this administration.
Let’s hope that extends to 2A, because I was concerned he didn’t mention it once during his speech and it doesn’t appear under “Issues” on his new White House website.
UPDATE
UPDATE
D.C. Gulag Holds J6 Prisoners Hostage Despite Trump’s Pardons [More]
Too bad there’s no Militia Trump could call into service with orders to put down the insurrection and liberate the hostages:
[Via Michael G]
UPDATE
Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes were both free from prison on Tuesday. [More]
Because Trump’s convictions involved crimes that were notionally punishable by more than a year of incarceration, they made him subject to a federal law that bars him from possessing firearms. [More]
But not the nuclear football…
I do wonder– if he challenged this – would his AG defend the law and fight him…?
[Via Dan Gifford]
Great. Well heeled Vichycons and Fudds are on board with throwing the rest of us under the bus. So, what’s new? [More]
The string pulling violence monopolists can always count on useful idiots, “real reporters,” and gunkapos (but I repeat myself) to do their bidding.
Ron DeSantis picks Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat [More]
I’ll take any gift that p!$$e$ off Gabby’s handlers.
And it won’t be hard to be an improvement.
[Via Jess]
Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today introduced the Second Amendment Guarantee Act (SAGA) to ensure that states are prohibited from banning the manufacture, sale, importation, or possession of any rifle or shotgun that is lawfully permitted under federal law. [More]
Looks like they’ve been trying to get traction on this since at least 2017…
[Via Jess]
The Second Amendment Foundation has won a victory for young adults in Pennsylvania, where a panel of the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to remand the case back to the District Court with instructions to enter an injunction forbidding the state police from arresting law-abiding 18-20-year-olds for openly carrying firearms during a declared state of emergency. [More]
At this point, what other choice do the court and those backing disarmament have?
And will we see a simlar conflict demanding SCOTUS resolution as we’ve just seen with felons?
I watched it. [More]
Did you?
Guess what no Republican asked her about.
Two anti-gun Democrats did, and I’ll be writing that exchange up for Firearms News.
The Nomination of the Honorable Pamela Jo Bondi to be Attorney General of the United States
Type:Nomination Hearing
Date: Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
Time: 09:30am
Location: Hart Senate Office Building Room 216
Presiding: Chairman Grassley [Watch]
Think they’ll ask her anything relevant?
“What are you going to do about it, President Trump?” [More]
First, we neeed to realistically look at what he CAN do. Then we need to realistically look at what he WILL do and use every means at our disposal to get his ear and try to keep him on course.
Based on the above four cases, the cert conflict could not be more dramatic. Range and Williams allow as-applied challenges to the felon ban. Jackson and Hunt categorically allow no challenge to the ban. Since felons are the overwhelming majority of persons prosecuted under § 922(g), resolution by the Supreme Court is direly needed. [More]
The fiction, of course, being that truly dangerous felons require any court’s sanction, and that a higher law they won’t acknowledge doesn’t nonetheless hold true…
[Via Michael G]
What Trump Says He Will Do on Day One [More]
I could have sworn he created a very public expectation about guns:
“Every single Biden attack on gun owners and manufacturers will be terminated on my very first week back in office, perhaps my first day.”
“[S]tarting the minute that Crooked Joe shuffles his way out of the White House at noon on Inauguration Day, we will sack the anti-gun fanatic Steve Dettelbach … and replace him with an ATF director who respects the sacred rights to keep and bear arms.”
OK, Dettelbach sacked himself, but we’ll have to see if his replacement is a priority, and what difference he will make.
“Under a Trump Administration, all of those Biden disasters get ripped up and torn out my first week, but maybe my first day in office,” the president declared “Okay maybe my first.”
Joe Rogan: America Has ‘Unique Freedom’ Because 1st Amendment Protected By 2nd Amendment [More]
So, why did he use his oversized influence to stump for gun-grabbing communist Bernie?
I don’t get the “conervative” and “gunfluencer” fascination with this guy. He’s every bit the phony carnival barker Michael Savage was.
[Via Jess]
I believe in asking political candidates and nominees specific questions that demand unequivocal answers… [More]
Or they could just give her a pass for “I believe in the Second Amendment BUT…”
This document articulates a global vision for the unrestricted right to keep and bear arms, framing it not as a legal entitlement but as a fundamental human right transcending national boundaries. It establishes a universal principle meant to resist regulation, encouraging builders to adopt a mindset of perpetual innovation and resilience against regulatory and societal constraints. Moreover, the Urutau release also includes two additional guides, detailed tips and strategies for maintaining operational security (OpSec) and employing obfuscation techniques, equipping builders with both practical know-how to construct the firearm and tactical knowledge to avoid detection. [More]
They say that like it’s a bad thing…
[Via Michael G]