Tag: “assault weapons”

And the Benedict Arnold Award Goes To…

Veterans advocating for gun safety push for assault weapon ban in Hawaii [More]

Lie much, Captain Chris Marvin? And once again we see the false authority logical fallacy, as if your military experience qualifies you to second-guess the Founders. Besides, the militia needs “weapons of war.” If you weren’t an oath-breaker, you’d be demanding full-auto.

And what’s with throwing unserialized firearms under the bus as your “rebuttal,” Tom Tomimbang of 808 Gun Club?

[Via Andy M]

Supreme Court Watch

We’re awaiting word on Snope/Ocean State tactical, and if SCOTUS is going to make a decisoin or once more kick the can down the road. Meanwhile, here are some sobering thoughts:

This is especially frustrating to watch after feeling like I’m the lone voice in the wilderness warning that relying solely on “self defense” while ignoring the militia aspect makes 2A more vulnerable to infringements, and how putting all faith in the “in common use at the time” argument can be a trap.

[Via Jess]

‘Shall Not Be Infringed’? Good One!

Colorado governor signs into law major gun control bill targeting semi-automatic rifles, pistols – Senate Bill 3 was among the most bitter legislative fights this session and represents the furthest expansion yet of gun control in the state [More]

I don’t suppose SCOTUS would like to get off its @$$ and rule on Snope or Ocean State Tactical…?

[Via cydl]

Related UPDATE

POLIS: “This law is not a ban, and I have been clear that I oppose banning types of firearms…” [More]

Who’s bannin’? We’re educatin’.

In the Kapu Tradition

That’s right. In one vote, this bill went from targeting .50 caliber rifles to banning all semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines, adding new definitions like “assault shotgun” and “fixed magazine,” restricting magazine capacity, and even creating new criminal penalties. [More]

And this crap will continue to happen because SCOTUS allows it and keeps sending mixed signals.

Friends of the Court vs. Friends of the Devil

Attorney General McCuskey leads SCOTUS amicus brief challenging D.C.’s high-capacity magazine and assault weapons ban [More]

This…

And significantly better than and different from a case we discussed yesterday:

III.Courts Are Incorrectly Analogizing …11

A.The Second Amendment Goes Beyond The Individual Right To Self-Defense … 12

B.Narrowing Heller To Only Self-Defense Leads To Poor Analogical Reasoning … 15

Ignoring Core Purpose Makes 2nd Amendment More Vulnerable to Infringements: The Militia Aspect, Part 1 and Part 2.

The only question left: Why can’t Pam Bondi file an amicus brief supporting this?

[Via Jess]

Life in the Gynocracy

Colorado lawmakers pass 3 gun-control measures including bill limiting sale of semiautomatic weapons – The measures, which also address ammunition and gun shows, now go to Gov. Jared Polis for passage into law [More]

That photo tells us everything we need to know about what colleges are doing to young white women.

[Via Jess]

And She’s Getting Away With It, Too

Yet again MORE financial conflicts of interest with IL Supreme Court Justice Rochford [More]

Not that the new and improved DOJ cares…

Abusive Discretion picked it up, but none of the “gun groups” are incentivized to mention it.

[Via Non_Fudd’s Ghost]

Justice Department Punts on Complaint against Compromised Anti-Gun Judge

Yet despite clear evidence of bias, thanks to a U.S. Department of Justice official policy of deliberate indifference, such judges will remain on the bench. [More]

What’s that John F. Kennedy quote about making peaceful revolution impossible…?

Will Present Legal Arguments Undermine Future Efforts to Restore Second Amendment?

It’s taking care of our immediate needs. However, the Founders bequeathed us a constitution intended “to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” If this is all we concern ourselves with, what are we bequeathing to them? Semiautomatic firearm technology that’s already 140 years old…? In a world where technological developments and breakthroughs are being introduced seemingly exponentially, what new “terrible implements” will become standard issue in the next 140 years? [More]

In avoiding legal traps today, care must be taken not to catch ourselves in a more dangerous one tomorrow.

Same Old Schiff

Prognosis 5% chance of being enacted

[Via Jess]

What Do You Need an ‘Assault Weapon’ For?

Chilling surveillance footage showed one of the club’s security guards – who appeared to be wearing body armor – calmly raising his weapon as he steps in front of cowering clubgoers diving to the ground below. [More]

“Commonsense gun safety advocates” would rather he and the sheep he protected had been slaughtered.

[Via bondmen]

CO Democrats Dictate Terms of Surrender

Like something out of the Gremlins movies, Senate Bill 25-003 was amended well past midnight to transform from a near all-encompassing semi-automatic ban into a permit-to-purchase scheme reminiscent of Illinois’ FOID cards. [More]

From a Rocky Mountain Gun Owners email:

Without any public testimony or stakeholders, radical anti-gun Senators changed SB-003 from an “Assault Weapons” Ban to the implementation of an Illinois-style Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) card! … Under this rebirthed version of SB-003, the weapons previously banned under this measure could only be purchased if gun purchasers, like you or I, voluntarily enter themselves into a statewide gun owner registry (fingerprints and all) maintained by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation!! … And worst of all the only way to obtain this permission slip is to pay out of pocket and spend hours at an anti-gun propaganda course from the government!

You know, just like the Founders intended.

And, of course, you’ll not need ammo for those guns we won’t let you have…

Colorado Democrats intend to bring you to heel.

[Via cydl]

Related UPDATE

EXPOSED: Outside the floor debate of SB25-003, bill sponsor Sen Tom Sullivan, harassed an individual from a Colorado gun rights organization who had left a box of petitions in his office from Sullivan’s own constituents, and he repeatedly called the petitions “trash”. [More]

It’s not just petitions Democrats call “garbage.”

[Via Jess]

Time to Call in the Big Guns

Although the sponsors have attempted to sell this legislation as a bill that would “close a loophole in Colorado’s magazine capacity limit laws“, it took all of 90 seconds for gun owners and activists to realize this had nothing to do with magazines at all, but was instead a sweeping gun ban cloaked in lies, and once the complex and technical language was broken down, it became apparent how severe it was: worse than anything we have ever seen before. [More]

And when they get that, they’ll go after something else, because of course they’re talking about taking your guns.

C’mon, Pam, be a hero.

[Via cydl]