Notes from the Resistance
Critics accuse Cornyn of capitulating to Democrats’ gun control demands — even though the bill largely did not restrict gun owner’s existing rights. [More]
Is “not largely” restricting rights like being a little bit pregnant?
The current is either on or off. How much current there is does not alter that.
Nor does equivocation. Because once you flip that switch, you allow for turning the dial.
[Via Michael G]
“I mean, I disagreed with him on almost every point I ever heard him say,” Curtis said… [More]
How many points were those?
What did you hear him say?
What was your disagreement?
But why would I say that about someone who “fully supports the Second Amendment“…?
“I am vocal about common-sense gun safety and gun law … For instance, I fully support an assault weapon ban, I fully support a bump stock ban …. I fully support the Bill of Rights. And fully support the Second Amendment. And have absolutely no problem with people owning firearms if they have been trained, licensed, a background check has been conducted, a pause button has been pushed to give time for that process to take place. And they have to renew their license just like we do with automobiles – which are weapons also.”
Does she listen to herself when she talks?
Amici the States of Michigan California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia (“Amici States”) submit this brief in support of the State of Hawai‘i…. The Second Amendment permits the States to enact a variety of regulations to combat the misuse of firearms and enables “solutions to social problems that suit local needs and values.”[More]
See, shall not be infringed” means the ratifiers would have been cool with “firearm purchase permit and firearm registration.” Just look at the text, history, and tradi… uh, on second thought, just listen to us Democrat apparatchiks.
[Via Antigone]
…on Second Amendment rights in Oregon. [More]
They’ll still have them. It’s just that the courts, the state and its enforcers won’t recognize them.
This is what happens when Democrats rule and the Republicans are neutered.
This is what happens when citizens by and large succumb to bias and intellectual laziness, and have been indoctrinated into hating an outnumbered minority that still values the truth.
This is what will happen everywhere, in Everytown, should that prevail where we are.
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” DNC Chair Ken Martin stated that the Democratic Party’s job right now is to win elections, and if “we are truly in a dictatorship and an authoritarian regime here has completely shredded the Constitution, then party doesn’t matter, and then elections don’t matter and then the resistance looks completely different” “and we may be nearing” that moment, but for now, their job is winning elections. [More]
Sounds like the commies are making veiled threats of going kinetic.
Once we get used to the concept, Ken, those of us with natural inhibitions against starting things will have to get used to finishing them, but I have a feeling some of us, maybe three percent, will adapt.
Like Dr. Banner always used to say…
[Via bondmen]
Supposed ‘Independent’ Nebraska Senate Candidate is Bankrolled by National Democrats [More]
What are “reasonable gun safety measures,” what does “I am fundamentally in favor of the Second Amendment… We can combat school shootings while protecting the Second Amendment” mean, and how does it fundamentally differ from “I support the Second Amendment BUT we can all agree on commonsense gun safety laws…”?
[Via Michael G]
Pam Bondi Defends Warrantless Home Invasion By Police Where Gun Owner Was Shot [Watch]
I’ll suspend judgment until I hear how this is a good thing.
[Via Jess]
President Trump: “Well as you know, they have been talking about that for a long time. Its an interesting question. A lot of people feel strongly both ways. We are talking about that.” [More]
That wasn’t a firm “I’m for it!” was it?
Things that make you go “Hmmm“…
Funny how we don’t limit the enforcers to “in common use”…
[Via Jess]
In response to a question of whether the people decide subjectively what they deem appropriate for self-defense, New Jersey argued that “the people” through their representatives decide what is unusually dangerous based on their perception of “objective characteristics.” As one judge suggested, since all firearms are dangerous under the alleged dangerous-or-unusual test, no limit would exist on what the legislature may choose to ban, despite what the people choose. [More]
Look at all the contortions these robed Democrats go through to obfuscate the unambiguous clarity of “shall not be infringed.”
How many horses and hounds may I keep, again…?
[Via Michael G]
Today, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation and the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) secured a permanent injunction against the State of Virginia’s universal background check law (Virginia Code Section 18.2-308.2:5) in the case of Wilson v. Hanley. [More]
I mean, yeah, take the win. But I think we have different definitions “major.”
[Via Jess]
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in support of a proposed rights restoration rule. [More]
They raise a good point:
However, there are some aspects of the Proposed Rule which do not go far enough. As courts have confirmed, the main requirement for disarming Americans—what must be present before they may be disenfranchised from their Second Amendment rights—is ongoing dangerousness.
You know how I feel about ongoing dangerousness.
Justices agree to review federal law banning drug users from possessing guns [More]
I see the Trump/Bondi DOJ is selectively defending infringements again.
Could there be a less sympathetic defendant than “a dual citizen of the United States and Pakistan, who was indicted in 2023 on a single count of violating the guns-and-drugs law after the FBI found a 9mm pistol, 60 grams of marijuana, and 4.7 grams of cocaine at his family home” ?
Am I wrong to suspect a way to erode the text, history, and tradition standard and guarantee bad precedent with a case centered on what would have been pretty much an anachronism at the time of the founding?
[Via Jess]
Bondi DOJ Backs Warrantless Invasion Of Gun Owners’ Homes [More]
So, what do you do when bipolarity turns into sociopathy?
And how do you spin that into a good thing?
[Via Ron W]
Today, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation and the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) secured a permanent injunction against the State of Virginia’s universal background check law (Virginia Code Section 18.2-308.2:5) in the case of Wilson v. Hanley. [More]
So it won’t be appealed to the State Supreme Court, and no petition to SCOTUS if they lose there?
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed a new lawsuit in New Hampshire challenging the unconstitutional search of an 18-year-old high school senior’s vehicle, based solely on the knowledge that he is a legal gun owner. [More]
I see the cowardly bullies and would-be tyrants have limited who can post Facebook comments.
I wouldn’t have picked that title, because it’s not really. And yeah, it’s a great way to burn through ammo, but better to know how to place shots than when not being able to do so has real world consequences.
His response to comment posters suffering the vapors:
Except I laid out the exact reason they’re compliant with the law. They would literally have to rewrite a nearly 100 year old law, which have never done and don’t have anywhere near the will or the votes to do.
But say the worst somehow happens and these things are outlawed and subject to confiscation.
In case you haven’t heard, because the rice bowl gun groups don’t want it advertised, there’s a new paradigm.
[Via Len Savage]
With complete republican control in Ohio, there is no excuse for the lack of pro-gun wins in 2025, so let your elected officials know you are displeased with their lack of support for the Second Amendment. [More]
I see it made quite the impression:
Gee, who would’a suspected he’d turn out to be a Vichycon weasel?
Thing is, it looks like the GOA email tool automatically sent a state bill inquiry to a U.S. senator.
Dimon did not denigrate President Donald Trump. Dimon was not complimentary of President Donald Trump. The JP Morgan CEO believes the U.S. Federal Reserve was doing a good job. In the past, Dimon has skirted questions about JP Morgan Chase Bank’s stance on gun control. It appears he has tried to avoid the issue while pleasing and provoking both Second Amendment supporters and those who want a disarmed population. [More]
I’m an “Apologize, repent, and make things right first” kinda guy.
