Including defunding the pistol brace rule and the background check expansion EO, blocking red flag funds, and prohibiting funds to be used for “buybacks,” among other things…
[Via Jess]
Category: Second Amendment
The Enemies Within
“Understand that if active duty military actually get deployed within the United States, that weapon is not just going to be pointed at other people, other countries, it’s pointed at you.” [More]
And those will be real “weapons of war.”
Noting the differences in sheer numbers and the impossibility of containing them, I’d say there’s a meme in there somewhere, but I’m actually more concerned with how China and Russia would be taking advantage of Democrat-initiated hostilities, with no small amount of reliance on another group that outnumbers the military.
[Via Michael G]
Because What Could Be Smarter Politics Than Laughing at Your Core Constituency Before the Primary?
The Poll Tax Workaround
Maryland is among the states looking to follow California in taxing the gun industry to support hospitals, violence intervention programs, and services for victims of gun violence. [More]
All the best totalitarian regimes do it!
It’s not like Democrats are going to penalize the real cuprits: Their constituents and themselves.
Here’s the video of the hearing. Too bad it doesn’t have a transcript to allow homing in on specific “data” lies, and exposing those at the committee level is something funded “gun groups” ought to be putting resources into.
I did get one laugh out of this:
Chip is a reporter at The Trace…
Good one!
[Via Antigone]
Assisted Suicide
Bogus “Suicide” Bill Passes. Republicans Help. [More]
Now look at how the Democrats portray “Christine Drazan, who did more to damage the House Republican Caucus than anyone in recent memory”:
A new report released today exposes Christine Drazan for accepting a $10,000 campaign contribution from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) — an extreme and powerful pro-gun lobby group, where the CEO of “Daniel Defense — which made the gun used in the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in May” sits on the board of directors.
How desperate and stupid would you have to be to believe that compromising with totalitarians will earn you any more gratitude and respect from them than they would give to a toilet?
Related UPDATE
As you would expect, today’s “informational hearing” on Extreme Risk Protection Orders was actually a far left, gun grabbing, propaganda festival. [More]
Don’t forget to thank turncoat Brian Boquist.
The Nothing Will Happen But Maybe Gun Owners Will Forget My Previous Treachery Act
Ernst Works to Protect Lawful Gun Dealers from ATF [More]
1% chance of being enacted
Let’s see what the odds will be should election dreams come true. And if anyone’s still interested.
Sorry not sorry to be so cynical, but this is the same “solidly pro-gun candidate” who voted with Chuck Schumer on that “bipartisan” infringement bill the administration is now trying to sodomize us with,
Besides, all this really does is “legitimize” the whole power usurpation scheme. We all have the right to be “lawful gun dealers.”
[Via Jess]
SAF Legal Updates
Downhill Racer
“Mental health is already downhill,” said student Loran Jackson. “Why would you even try to put a gun in their hands when they’re mentally not thinking all right?” [More]
The only one in this story mentally not thinking all right appears to be you, Loran.
And the “goal would not be to take another human life,” Virginia, and if you decide to carry, take that language out of your vocabulary lest it come back to haunt you. The goal is to stop an attack, to live.
[Via Jess]
His Name was Duncan Lemp
…Duncan Lemp was wrongly killed in his own bedroom thanks to the same policies that President Biden champions for the nation. [More]
I’m not often left with nothing to add, but the brilliant writer James Bovard has pretty much said it all here.
This is the evil we face at the personal level from “our own” government.
Be outraged, be horrified, and be warned. This could have been me, this could have been you. And the DSM would have parroted the state’s narrative as the prohibitionists high-fived themselves on X and made small d!ck jokes.
Today’s Five-Minute Activism project after reading this: Share the link with everyone within your sphere of influence and urge them to do the same.
A Sternly-Worded Letter
Maybe one of these days such letters will include “Who the hell do you think you are and under what legitimate Constitutionasl authority do you dare to even insert your subversive @$$ into private sales of arms between American citizens?” followed with an order to immediately surrender himself for trial.
[Via Jess]
‘The Good Seaman Weathers the Storm He Cannot Avoid and Avoids the Storm He Cannot Weather’
A comment left under my latest AmmoLand piece on the couple victimized by latter-day “pirates of the Caribbean”:
In an effort to travel to Puerto Rico with my weapon, I have thought of boating there. That is why I contacted my state:
Keith Davis
Deputy Commissioner, Operations
Department of Public Safety
Jackson, MississippiI did this to secure weapon reciprocity between Puerto Rico and the State of Mississippi, as per the law of each entity.
Initially he did respond, but has not returned my last email and did not follow through on his promise.So far, I have not traveled to Puerto Rico. I will not travel with out my weapon.
Until we change things in the minds of others who run these affairs, I am land locked.
With the passage of the Weapons Acts of 2020, Puerto Rico will now honor all state concealed carry permits once the NPPR Commissioner establishes memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with states and/or territories of the United States…
Here’s the Puerto Rico Concealed Carry Reciprocity Map. Mississippi being yellow means “Yes with restrictions,” which under States That Have Restricted Reciprocity with Puerto Rico” says “(permitless carry, at least 21 years old).”
You might want to tell Keith Davis and MS DPS “Thanks for nothing.”
As my shameless CYA disclaimer, I guess I have to add that I’m the last person in the world you want to take legal advice from, because when I don’t like gun laws, I’ve been known to endorse breaking them. Just publicly admitting that, where LE can (and does) read it, should be warning enough.
Item last, and tangentially related, I wish I’d remembered this when I wrote my article, but it’s been years and I didn’t, I call your attention to “How Gun Control ‘Worked’ in Jamaica” by longtime colleague Tina Iwalani Terry.
Supreme Court Back-and-Forth on Bump Stocks Creates Nail-Biter Anticipation
This pretty much defined the day. Those expecting a Second Amendment defense decrying Chevron deference overreach instead heard the justices trying to grasp competing definitions of “function of a trigger” along with scenarios unlikely to persuade judges who equate “common use” with widespread commercial popularity. [More]
You were expecting a slam dunk…?
The Road to Damascus?
There’s a lot of rhetoric but not much in the way of specifics.
I’d feel better if the first words out of her mouth had not been “I’ve always supported the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms.”
[Via DDS]
eTyranny
Earlier this week, the firearms community was rocked by news of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) eForms system shutdown, raising alarms among gun shops and National Firearms Act (NFA) applicants alike. The system, crucial for processing applications for silencers, short-barrel rifles, and other NFA items, reportedly closed due to Congressional budgeting concerns, leaving many to question the timing and reasoning behind the decision. [More]
So, it was a revenge move…?
I have an immediate, cost-free solution, but the government won’t allow it.
[Via Jess]
Yeah, Gun Safety, That’s the Ticket…
Each of the plaintiffs had their conviction vacated, set aside, or dismissed, and their right to possess firearms restored, by the jurisdiction in which they were convicted … Even so, California has acted to permanently deny Linton, Stewart, and Jones the right to possess or own firearms, solely on the basis of their original convictions… Summary judgment is granted in favor of plaintiffs on the Second Amendment claim. [More]
They meet all MY criteria.
What a d!ck Rob Bonta is.
[Via Jess]
The Good Fists People
The latest attempt by ruling Democrats at the Legislature to curb Colorado gun owners comes with crocodile tears. It’s a bill requiring liability insurance for law-abiding citizens exercising their right to keep arms. HB24-1270’s mandate applies even if firearms are under lock and key in the safety of one’s home — and even if kept to protect that home. [More]
And it won’t, of course, apply to the very people who are the problem, that is, Democrat constituents.
Hey, how come when it’s voluntary and market based the bedwetting commies call it “murder insurance“?
[Via Jess]
28 and Counting
That Nasty ‘C’ Word
Both the House and the Senate have passed a bill that would enact what is known as “permitless carry” or “constitutional carry” across South Carolina. But their versions of the legislation are different, so they need to settle on a compromise before they can send this bill to the governor. [More]
So someone else mandating a compromise on your entitlement isn’t an infringement?
Who Will Judge the Judge?
This puts journalists in an interesting position. If I reach out to the neighbor for her side of the story, a judge can jail Jeremy. In essence, a judge in Florida is restricting the right of the press to get to the heart of a story through threats of removing the liberty of the subject of the story… One of the worst things the judge has done to Jeremy and his girlfriend is to restrict Jeremy’s movements on his own property without hearing the facts of the case…Worse, his Second Amendment rights have been removed with no evidentiary hearing to decide if he is actually a threat. Meanwhile, he says he’s been threatened by the neighbor and her associates with all manner of bodily harm. He is also prohibited from hiring security due to the injunction, as he cannot be around anyone with guns. [More]
That would be Judge Craig C. DeThomasis, a DeSantis appointee.
At least we know where to turn up the heat.
[Via WiscoDave]
It’s a Big Club and You Can’t Have It
Attorney General Bonta Appeals District Court Decision Overturning a 100-Year-Old Law and Allowing “Billy Clubs” [More]
It’s not his money and there’s always plenty more.
Democrats don’t even want you to have a stick.
[Via Antigone]