As Americans Flee Blue Counties, Immigrants Move In [More]
Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue.” And I have that on good authority.
[Via bondmen]
Category: Second Amendment
Point/Counterpoint
The Panel from Hell
Challenge to Illinois Assault Weapon Ban Includes Militia Considerations in Right to Arms
“If courts continue to operate under the misimpression that the right to keep and bear arms protects only neutered firearms like break-barrel shotguns and bolt-action hunting rifles, the Second Amendment will offer little but a parchment barrier against tyranny,” the GOA petition correctly observes. [More]
It’s a necesary legal hurdle to clear if gun owners ever hope to challenge the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act.
A Presumption of Innocence
Essentially, the district court concluded that a significant increase in lawfully possessed guns in New York City has altered the probable cause equation in these cases. [More]
What does it tell us of people who are upset with this?
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A U.S. judge on Monday ruled that the Mexican government could move forward with a lawsuit accusing five Arizona gun dealers of participating in the trafficking of weapons and ammunition to drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico border. [More]
I see plenty of Republican “Yea” votes…
[Via bondmen]
RFK Jr. Would Put Gun Banner-Supporting VP Pick a Heartbeat from Presidency
She has described herself as a “progressive through and through” … She has donated to Democratic politicians such as Hillary Clinton in 2016, Joe Biden in 2020, Pete Buttigieg in 2020, and her local Congressman Democrat Ro Khanna, along with a slew of Democratic politicians across the country. In 2020, Shanahan co-hosted a fundraiser for Buttigieg. And she also supported Marianne Williamson’s long-shot 2020 bid. She donated $25,000 to the Biden Victory Fund in 2020. [More]
It’s tempting to think he’ll only be a spoiler hurting Biden, but some “conservatives” enamored of his Covid “vaccine” warnings, and some gun owners uninformed enough to believe his qualified 2A “assurances,” could make that sword cut both ways.
Dix: Representatives of People Who Resist Infringements Have a Lot of Gall Complaining About Crime
In addition to nullifying existing firearm regulations, the bill makes it even more difficult for officials to enforce gun laws. [More]
He says that like it’s a bad thing.
A loaded chamber indicator on a Beretta 92 Compact L did not stop 14-year-old Michael Soe from feloniously killing 15-year-old Kenzo Dix during a practical joke. The fact is, Soe’s father left a loaded gun where an untrained, impulsive and judgmentally-challenged adolescent could find it. In their lawsuit, backed by CPHV, Dix’s parents maintained, among other charges, that the chamber indicator was inadequate because the gun was not inscribed with a warning as well. Presumably, were Beretta to do so, they would still be deemed negligent for not including such warnings in Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese and Tagalog.
We can sympathise with his loss. That does not give him a pass to attack our rights, and when he does, his motives shouldn’t lessen our response.
[Via Michael G]
Max Frost Nipping at Your Rights
The Prevent Illegal Gun Resales Act would add common sense structural reform to the gun sale industry by boosting license application requirements for gun retailers, proportionally increasing the cost of licensing fees, and adding a new definition for “high-risk dealers” that would include sellers who:
Had a known violation or warning in the past three years; Had firearms either lost or stolen from them within the preceding year; or, Were the source of two or more guns with a time-to-crime of three years or less. [More]
In other words, close them all down.
Yes, Bob, exactly like Democrats.
Yes, this is political posturing for the media, and no, it won’t pass — yet — but it’s instructive to see what the plans are for when previous impediments are removed through “compromise.”
The only reason to let the enemy get closer to the target is to draw him into a trap.
[Via Jess]
The Wrong Question
The Road to Damascus
“I Was Wrong”: Tulsi Gabbard Addresses Second Amendment Concerns [More]
I wonder if this is a first step toward grooming her for her close-up.
[Via Dan Gifford]
Right to Arms for Illegal Aliens a Red Herring to Distract from Real Issue
But again, it’s the wrong question. What should be asked is “Why is a known illegal alien allowed to remain in the United States instead of being deported?” [More]
“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.” (Thomas Pynchon/”Gravity’s Rainbow”)
Rejecting the Kapu Tradition
SAF SUBMITS AMICUS SUPPORTING HAWAII KNIFE BAN CHALLENGE [More]
Imposing “the Spirit of Aloha” violates the first two amendments.
Savage Oration
The Civil War is Already Here [More]
And the obnoxious, carnival barking fraud doesn’t think we should be allowed to have the tools to fight it?
[Via bondmen]
Not the Only Ones
Rocky Mountain Low
Earlier today, the deceptively named “Sensitive Spaces” bill, which would prohibit concealed carry in almost every public space, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on a vote of 3-2. [More]
It’s not just keeping arms that “shall not be infringed.” It’s bearing them.
Of course, treasonous Democrats know that.
But they also know that once it’s passed, they can drag this on for years through court challenges with virtually unlimited tax plunder.
[Via cydl]
None Dare Call It Treason
That national and state gun groups refuse to recognize this greatest threat to RKBA with a bull$h!+ “single issue” excuse and not assess political grades with this as a factor is a conscious betrayal of every one of their members.
Youth Must Be Served
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuot denied a request for rehearing En Banc in the Lara v. Pennsylvania case involving young adults and the second amendment. Mark Smith Four Boxes Diner explains the big 2A win! [Watch]
Of COURSE RKBA applies to 18-10-year-olds. Try 17.
Of COURSE 1791 is the relevant time period. Some of us have been arguing that for decades. But it’s no surprise lying prohibitionists once more favor applying the racist Black Codes of their Democrat forbears to all.
And of COURSE Judge Krause, with her “In today’s America, by contrast—where firearms include automatic assault rifles” line of “reasoning” is a propaganda-spewing idiot apparatchik.
[Via Jess]
Related UPDATE
Not the Only One?
“I said [at the press conference] if you shoot accurately, and you kill the guy, you save taxpayers money. And I also said that if somebody gets killed during a home invasion, the odds of them re-offending are zero. And we like those odds, which we do,” he told Fox News Digital. [More]
Still, even if you live in Santa Rosa County, the sheriff’s public sentiments notwithstanding, remember one thing when his deputies respond.
[Via Jess]
Speaking of Text, History, and Tradition…
A federal appeals court upheld court orders prohibiting two criminal defendants from possessing firearms while awaiting trial. [More]
Not that such prohibitions work…
If people are going to cite Bruen to demand historical context, I’d be interested in whether or not bail for those who “would pose an unusual danger, beyond the ordinary citizen, to themselves or others” was widely practiced in the Founding era, under what conditions, and if denying it to the really heinous ones was alleviated by the right to a “speedy trial.”
Virginia’s “But if a crime be punishable by life or limb, or if it be manslaughter and there be good cause to believe the party guilty thereof, he shall not be admitted to bail” strikes me as consistent with another law I keep prattling on about, and raises another question: What was the average length of time from arrest to trial to the gallows for the bad ones?
[Via Dan Gifford]
