Notes from the Resistance
Appeal filed in Kansas machine gun case… In the original order the court dismissed the case after it found “the plain text of the Second Amendment does not cover the possession of machineguns.” [More]
So, “in common use at the time” can be a trap…?
Or in this case it sounds like that statement was just worded confusingly…
[Via Jess]
GOA Files Amicus Brief in Challenge to Maryland AWB @ SCOTUS [More]
How much longer is SCOTUS going to allow inferior courts like the Fourth Circuit to snub thier noses at Bruen?
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument today in the Reese v. ATF lawsuit involving a federal gun control law preventing young adults from purchasing handguns from FFLs. [Watch]
The ultimate absurdity is young adults being old enough to vote for the government to tell them they’re not old enough to own guns.
[Via Jess]
New Anti-Gun Group Focused on State Legislatures [More]
To quote a line from The Patriot:
Would you tell me please, Mr. Howard, why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away? An elected legislature can trample a man’s rights as easily as a king can.
This guide estimates where candidates stand on gun issues by comparing their views with those of a control group of gun owners. As noted below, a “4-STAR” candidate agrees with the control group on at least 90% of gun issues, a 3-STAR agrees on least 80%, a 2-STAR on at least 70%, a 1-STAR on at least 60%, and a 0-STAR candidate agrees on less than 60% of gun issues. [More]
It’s a place to start and will no doubt be “single issue” strong.
I’d like to see the criteria and if “the greatest threat” is considered.
This is How They’ll Just Ignore the Second Amendment [Watch]
I seem to recall somebody — an obscure bellyacher, not a recognized Second Amendment scholar — warning not to overly rely on the “common use” test…
[Via Jess]
09-17-24 David Codrea joins Mark for the latest news [Listen]
Yesterday’s conversation on Armed American Radio…
By focusing on the word “all,” propagandists can deflect from addressing the real issue: “shall not be infringed.” [More]
Prohibitonist gaslighting masks totalitarian intent.
Elon Musk now travels with up to 20 bodyguards who refer to him by the code name ‘Voyager,’ report says [More]
That explains why he still hasn’t come completely around.
Prognosis 1% chance of being enacted
Let Republican win in November and we’ll see where it goes. And Massie knows better than anyone how that works.
Chan fails, however, to show that either a short-barreled rifle or a machinegun is an “arm” within the plain text of the Second Amendment. [More]
Let me guess: He let Google Gemini write his opinion.
[Via Jess]
Of course they’re talking about taking your guns.
The psy ops is in full force, with “conservative” Frank Luntz telling lefty media that Trump’s toast. Admittedly, the guy let himself get rattled and, as in 2020, the election is his to blow, but the real focus on behavior ought to be on someone who can lie so seamlessly and with a smile, using a mask of compassion and concern to hide malevolent intent.
There’s something deeply wrong with a person who can do that.
[Via Jess]
Despite Lies Spread by Trump and the NRA, Harris and Walz Do Not Want To Take Everyone’s Guns Away [More]
True, not everyone. Loyal enforcers get to keep theirs. And you can keep your Fudd gun– for now. Provided someone with unknown motives doesn’t file unproven allegations against you.
Oh, and don’t plan on carrying what we let you have anywhere we say you can’t.
Tens of millions of the verboten ones, forget it. By focusing on the word “all,” career propagandist Nick Wilson deflects from addressing the real issue: “shall not be infringed.”
Does the Second Amendment protect New Hampshire residents from prosecution if they temporarily carry their guns across the border into Massachusetts? The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Monday heard arguments on the disagreement between the two New England states. [More]
Don’t they know that unalienable rights are subject to place, time, and political whim? It’s almost like these people think they live in a free country or something.
[Via Jess]
Pelosi says Trump a ‘threat’ to U.S. just like British were to 13 colonies [Watch]
You mean the ones who wanted to confiscate citizens’ arms and have a monopoly of violence…?
Court Rules Federal Machinegun Law Cannot Be Justified under Bruen [More]
It can’t be justified under the Second Amendment.
It can’t be justified under delegated Constitutional powers.
It can’t be justified.
For places that are newer, Defendants must point to regulations that are analogous to the regulations cited by the Supreme Court, taking into account that it is illogical to expect a government to regulate a place before it existed in its modern form. [More]
So, any building, parcel, street, city, territory, or state developed after ratification…?
What other articles in the Bill of Rights does this apply to?
David Codrea on the RKBA and Illegal Immigrants [More]
Herschel comments on a recent Firearms News piece.
From Len Savage via email:
A forced reset trigger does exactly what it sounds. It forces the trigger to reset.
So when you pull the trigger, there is a cam (compared to traditional AR triggers) that pushes your trigger forward, back to the ‘start’ position which allows you to fire your subsequent shots much quicker. The cam also will not let you pull the trigger until a fresh round of ammo is chambered and ready to fire. Once it chambers a fresh round the cam then drops away and you can only then pull the trigger.
With a forced reset trigger you have essentially taken semi automatic method of fire to near 100% efficiency (not unlike a bump stock in that regard). By forcing the reset and limiting the trigger travel there is an economy of time and movement that allows for a rate of fire near that of the host firearm cyclic rate.
It’s not a machine gun because you are pulling the trigger once for every shot fired. You are doing it. You are doing it with incredible speed because there is no waste of time or movement.
Incredible fire rate sound like fun? It certainly is!
Reason for me blasting it out is I keep getting asked about them.
I have hands on technical experience with them.
Currently they are ALL legal (and have been since July 24th) unless Judge Reed O’Connor gets overruled.
Freedom is interconnected. If a government is not afraid to take your guns, why would it hesitate to suppress your speech? [More]
Who do these people think they are? Democrats?
Illegals Don’t Have Second Amendment Rights [More]
Anyone who says they do is distracting with a red herring.
Both the White House and ATF have turned down multiple House Oversight inquiries into charges of ‘collusion’ with Chicago’s lawsuit against Glock [More]
Gee, when have we seen a Democrat administration stonewall House Oversight on gun-related scandals before…?
[Via Jess]
Buffalo Tops Friendly Market Shooting Survivors and Family Members Sue Manufacturer of Gun Lock, Gun Store, Manufacturer of Combat-Style Body Armor, Social Media Companies, and Shooter’s Parents [More]
Go with what works, right?
These people understand something “our side,” always playing defense, has yet to embrace.
[Via Jess]
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that Federal District Court Judge Iain D. Johnston has declared the State of Illinois’ ban on carrying firearms on public transportation and in public transportation facilities unconstitutional as applied to the named plaintiffs in the FPC-supported lawsuit Schoenthal v. Raoul. [More]
Good. But don’t overlook “The State is expected to appeal the decision.”
[Via Jess]
Is Hispanic Support for Gun Control A Cause for Concern? [More]
You have to ask?
The “pathway to citizenship” is the existential threat.
As for existing ones, care to try for some NRA ratings?
No shortage of sellouts here, too…
Sure, outreach is- a fine and necessary idea. All gun groups should have been doing it. Just don’t forget to compare grassroots fundraising to what’s needed to compete for eyes and ears with this…
[Via Andy M]
The Court should not grant certiorari to review at this stage but should permit the ordinary percolation process to continue and reserve its intervention for the point at which, if it comes at all, the courts of appeals are actually divided.” [More]
I understand what they’re doing and why.
It’s not them, it’s a fraudulent power-usurping system that allowed the first infringement to take place and has done nothing since but entrench and assail.
There is no parallel “pro-Second Amendment Democrat” movement happening. That’s because there’s no such thing as one. [More]
Yeah, I believe in unicorns, too.
Massachusetts strikes down a 67-year-old switchblade ban, cites landmark Supreme Court gun decision [More]
Because it’s Masssachussetts, part of me wonders “What are they up to?”
You know their personal sentiments are more in line with California’s.
[Via Jess]
