At least 30 county sheriffs are refusing to enforce the newly-passed assault weapons ban because they contend it violates the Second Amendment. [More]
I hear it’s up to “67 and counting”…
[Via Jess]
Notes from the Resistance
The Assault on Our 2nd Amendment Rights [More]
I could spend time quibbling with that characterization, but the priority here is understanding the areas of attack:
- HB-1240 has a long list of weapons that will be banned under this legislation.
- HB-1178 – Concerning local government authority to regulate firearms.
- HB-1143 – Concerning requirements for the purchase or transfer of firearms.
- HB-1144 – Enhancing requirements for the purchase or transfer of firearms.
- HB – 1240 – Establishing firearms-related safety measures to increase public safety.
They’re all over at the above link, plus Washington Gun Law details them out and points out the urgency for action. [Watch]
[Via Jess]

It looks like Roxanne Persaud is trying to resurrect her bill to limit ammunition for “assault weapons.” (There’s nothing I could find about this yet on her website or social media feeds, or the NY State Senate’s legislative search feature.)
Remember when she tried in 2015 for “rational ammunition control”– with Tucker pal Eric Adams at her side raving about “blood-soaked carnage” and “When terrorists seek – and succeed – to take advantage of our loose laws to murder innocent people”? And how, after attempting to pass an edict so enforcers could use up to lethal force to eviscerate the right to arms that she played the victim and called NRA’s announcement picture (above) a threat proving NRA is dangerous and violent?
That’s just what Americans who won’t surrender their birthright need– a refugee from Guyana dictating to them what they may and may not own. I wonder how her native land’s prohibition on homosexuals acts would play with her current constituents — and if she’s so damn “progressive,” why she’s not leading the charge for reforms there?
UPDATE
Senate Bill S929
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Relates to the sale of ammunition for assault weapons [More]
[Via Jess]
With the stroke of his pen, Governor JB Pritzker made Illinois the ninth state to ban assault-style weapons. [More]
So how soon until we see that challenge we’re told groups are “gearing up for“?
UPDATE (Via President Non_Fudd)
IL State Police sent this out to all IL FFL’s last night

And if you disobey, they’ll be happy to bring up to lethal force to bear to ensure that you comply.
Not all agree:

More at Mom-At-Arms.
Today, January 9th, the Colorado Legislature begins the 2023 legislative session. As in 2022, the Legislature can expect to see both pro and anti-gun bills introduced this year. Anti-gun lawmakers have drafted their gun control package bill, falsely titled the “Mass Shooting Prevention Act of 2023.” The draft bans many commonly used firearms Americans choose to defend themselves and their families with. Proponents, however, fail to explain how disarming law-abiding citizens will keep them safe from criminals who do not obey the law. Please use the link below to contact your legislators asking them to please vote NO on gun control. [More]
Yeah, that’ll be persuasive with subversive totalitarians who want to completely disarm and enslave you. Why not send them a picture of a limp d!ck so they really respect an alternative point of view?
Looks like this came out a couple of days too soon, but then again, adding more demands and restrictions is what the freedom haters are all about.
UPDATE
The bill defines assault weapons so broadly that it would ban almost all semi-automatic weapons. It would ban almost every handgun used in self-defense and concealed carry. It would ban almost every rifle used for home protection or competition shooting. No more Glocks, AR-15s, or shotguns with a magazine and those are just a few of the many guns this bill could ban. [More]
Yeah, I’ll be saying “please” to those evil m***********s.
UPDATE
Colorado Democrats aim to ban entire class of semi-automatic weapons [More]
It includes an embed of the bill.
[Via cydl]

Blue states are attempting to circumvent the U.S. Constitution and federal law to go after “assault weapons.” [More]
My latest piece…
But don’t worry. No one is trying to take your guns.
Illinois House Executive Committee passes assault weapons ban [More]
Now we see if they can ram the whole thing through, at which point I’m sure challenges requesting an injunction are already set to go.
A federal lawsuit supported by the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition has been filed in New York, challenging that state’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.” [More]
I’ve been arguing not to forget “core purpose” in 2A actions, so I find this a good add:
The firearms at issue in this case are the sorts of bearable arms in common use for lawful purposes that law-abiding people possess at home by the millions. And they are, moreover, exactly what they would bring to service in militia duty, should such be necessary.
Will Phobias About AR-15s Keep Schools From Adopting This Innovative Product? [More]
Seeing that it’s about citizen disarmament and not about “commonsense gun safety,” I think it’s more like the antis would rather see children die than have to give up a successful weaponized narrative.
[Via Michael G]
Did the assault weapons ban of 1994 bring down mass shootings? Here’s what the data tells us [More]
There IS no reliable data, you agenda-driven junk science dope, which doesn’t stop you from getting everybody stirred up when you know full well most will never read your screed down far enough to see this admission:
It is also important to note that our analysis cannot definitively say that the assault weapons ban of 1994 caused a decrease in mass shootings, nor that its expiration in 2004 resulted in the growth of deadly incidents in the years since.
The only “compelling state interest” here is a disarmed citizenry enabling a totalitarian monopoly of violence.
Democrat Gov. Ned Lamont: AR-15s ‘Should Not Be Allowed in the State of Connecticut’- Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) is weighing a push to end or repeal a grandfathering clause in a gun control bill in order to force residents to hand over any AR-15s. [More]
Now ask me how sorry I feel for those who registered theirs via obtaining a certificate of possession.
[Via bondmen]
Who Wants to Tell California AG Bonta that Access to ‘Weapons of War’ as a Check Against Tyranny is a Core Tenet of the Second Amendment? [More]
Why do you think he and his masters are so bent on destroying it?
I just wish more 2A lawsuits would focus more on the Militia, and how ignoring that facilitates more infringements.
Karine Jean-Pierre walked back Biden’s statement. “No, he was talking about assault weapons,” KJP said. [More]
And once they have those…?
[Via bondmen]
The federal lawsuit was filed Monday by Everytown Law on behalf of Sandra Torres, the mother of Eliahna Torres, who was fatally shot on May 24 at Robb Elementary along with 18 other children and two teachers. The lawsuit also includes the gun store that transferred the rifle to the shooter as well as police officers and agencies that were on site that day. [More]
Why would those who get away with eviscerating the Second Amendment with impunity give a damn about the First?
There’s no one’s grief these evil, blood-dancing bastards won’t exploit.
Doesn’t Everytown filing this when they know PLCAA is in play constitute a frivolous action designed to extort a settlement for which they could be countersued? It almost seems like a form of insurrection…
[Via Jess]
“The idea we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick. Just sick,” Biden said on Thanksgiving Day. [More]
As the DSM helps him redefine “assault weapon.”
But nobody’s talking about taking your guns.
What an evil bastard.
I’m seeing an increase in commentators warning about this, what with Biden trolling for headlines.
Back when Rhode Island Red David Cicilline introduced it, the prognosis was a 6% chance of passing.
In its HB 1808 reincarnation, it’s 12%.
Note all 212 cosponsors are Democrats.
Anyone who says that’s not an issue is giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
[Via Jess]