Slow Going Ahead

I had to finish an article and also thought the NRA Board post needed to go up, but now the yard is calling and won’t wait ’til the weekend, when rain is predicted. It’s that time of year when it’s gotta be done more than once a week or it gets too long to do without going back and forth over the same path to keep the mower from clogging.

It generally takes me around four hours with a 10-minute water break, so that and a shower and maybe I’ll be back by 3. So hold off on comments and news tips, because I probably won’t be able to get to most of the ones already in my inbox.

On Guns and Immigration, Alabama Republican Shows Himself to Be ‘Enemy in the Gates’

Republican Rep. Reed Ingram “feels” the state’s 2022 permitless carry law, where “anyone over 19 years old can carry a concealed handgun without a permit, background check or training,” is a “bad bill.” Now “he intends to file a bill that would instead require someone to be 21 to conceal carry. They would also have to pass a hunter safety course or get a permit from the sheriff’s office.” [More]

With Republicans like this jackass, who needs Democrats?

COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

Plaintiffs bring this action seeking a stay of agency action, temporary restraining order, and/or a preliminary injunction to preserve the status quo, followed by a declaratory judgment and permanent injunctive relief restraining Defendants from enforcing a Final Rule issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the U.S. Department of Justice on April 19, 2024, entitled “Definition of ‘Engaged in the Business’ as a Dealer in Firearms” (“Final Rule”), 89 Fed. Reg. 28968. [More]

This is good work:

COUNT 5 Second Amendment: Right to Keep and Bear Arms 193. All foregoing allegations are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth herein. 194. The Second Amendment provides that “[a] well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” 195. The text of the Second Amendment provides no qualifications or limitations constraining who may exercise the right or for what purpose the right may be exercised. Accordingly, the Second Amendment presumptively protects all Americans and all lawful purposes. 196. ATF failed “to justify its regulation by demonstrating that it is consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.” N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 17 (2022). Nor can ATF justify its regulation because there is no early American tradition of requiring licensure of gun sellers

Plenty of pundits will be giving you their read on this. Why not read it for yourself?

[Via Len Savage]

A Rhetorical Question

Why Won’t Democrats Do What It Takes To Protect Kids From School Shooters? [More]

What, and put down their most powerful blooddancing propaganda tool?

Once you understand it’s not about safety, it’s about power, the truism that Democrats need dead children becomes self evident.

[Via Michael G]

Truth Still Buried

56% of Americans supported stricter gun control in 2023 as opposed to 78% in 1990. 12% of Americans supported relaxed gun control in 2023 compared to only 2% in 1990. [More]

Numbers have gradually moved in the right direction, but they’re still not enough to win most elections, highlighting the subversive influence of the narrative-parroting cheerleader DSM.

All the Moor Reasons

The deputy approached the vehicle and spoke with the man inside, asking him why he was in the park, yet the sheriff said he wouldn’t cooperate. “At this point, he’s resisting a law enforcement officer in the performance of their duty. He’s also violating a county ordinance,” Judd said. [More]

Stipulated, “Moorish sovereign citizens” are whackjobs, but how is the triggering situation described above fundamentally different from this one?

[Via Michael G]

We’re the Only Ones Extramarital Enough

A former school police officer from Washington state has been found, following an extensive search by authorities after he murdered his ex-wife as well as his 17-year-old girlfriend. After leading police on a chase close to Eugene on the afternoon of April 23, state troopers found the body of Elias Huizar. He died from a gunshot wound to the head, which police say was self-inflicted. [More]

Curious, who the state trusts to be armed…

[Via Jess]

Wishing in One Hand…

Black Bostonians Demand That Their Second Amendment Rights Be Respected [More]

This isn’t the same demographic that complains about being disenfranchised and then has to be pressured to put in the effort of going to the polls where they then vote for Democrats, is it?

[Via Andy M]

We’re the Only Ones Confusing Enough

“He had a high-powered, automatic rifle that, he was able to start open fire on our officers. And then, as others responded, to try to save the officers that were down. They were also hit with gunfire as well,” said Jennings. [More]

Right…

But mission accomplished:

The weapons’ menacing looks, coupled with the public’s confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons—anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun—can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons. In addition, few people can envision a practical use for these weapons.

[Via Jess]

Conference Call

Two Second Amendment Foundation cases challenging bans on so-called “assault weapons” and magazine capacity—one in Illinois and the other in Maryland—are among five cases distributed Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court for conference May 16. [More]

2A defenders are doing a full court press on behalf of all of us.

Speaking of Vigorous Efforts

US Court of Appeals for Fifth Circuit (TX, LA) has issued a ruling upholding the 2022 federal law requiring additional background checks for 18-20 year olds. [Watch]

And Mark W. Smith reminds us we can “Thank John Cornyn.

I’d suggest taking that grade down a notch or two, but last time I did that resulted in some ruffled feathers.

[Via Jess]

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