Notes from the Resistance
Expert testifies that a single round from an AR-15 can sever the upper body from the lower body [More]
Benedict Arnold was a “war hero,” too.
[Via several of you]
UPDATES
Could Chicago be about to elect a pro-life, pro-cop Democratic mayor? [More]
Don’t worry, progs. He’s still anti-gun.
[Via bondmen]
Poll: ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Support Falters, Majority Now Oppose [More]
That’s nice, but some of us aren’t influenced by popularity contests.
And there are those whose agenda would benefit from a Beslan redux here in terms of flipping the numbers and weakening Republican resolve.
[Via bondmen]
Why Some Members of Congress Are Wearing AR-15 Assault Rifle Pins [More]
Because theatrical gestures are accepted by shallow thinkers as substitutes for meaningful actions?
Forgive me if I read the name “George Santos” and wonder if self-serving motives trump sincerity and why anyone should believe a chronic and habitual liar.
And forgive me if I wonder why Rep. Anna Paulina Luna didn’t see fit to even mention the right to keep and bear arms in her campaign platform.
[Via Jim S]
“Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a fourth degree felony.” [More]
“Any person” would seem to include any person traversing the state on these interstates.
But don’t worry. Any person will be protected as a traverser. Maybe.
For this and other “concessions” on illegitimate claims against our birthrights “we” accepted the “voice vote” Hughes Amendment…?
Does any person doubt it will pass?
[H/T Henry]
UPDATE
Gun and Magazine Ban Bills Scheduled for Committee Hearings [More]
NMSSA says “It is absolutely imperative that gun owners speak out on these bills.”
Fact-Check: Mass Shootings Actually Increased During Federal ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban [More]
Unlike the grabbers, they’re not:
Rivera, a gun owner, was illustrating that the Second Amendment didn’t cover modern firearms capable of mass killings when the amendment was ratified in 1791. And that AR-15-style rifles go far beyond self-defense. [More]
Ah, the long-debunked “The Founders could have never imagined” bullsh!+.
Figures this moron would be spreading it.
I recall writing an Examiner article years back where a guy was prosecuted for having a muzzleloader in New York City. I can’t find it now and don’t recall the details, but it would be funny if Geraldo incriminated himself.
How he got it in the studio is another question.
And figures, HuffPo would think he won the argument.
[Via Jess]
“…a submachine gun-style semi-automatic weapon…” [More]
That’s for when “assault pistol” just isn’t scary enough.
When a State Government Despises All Of Its Citizens [Watch]
Why would tyrants have regard for people who tolerate this?
[Via Jess]
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul appealed to the 5th District Appellate Court in Mount Vernon Monday to overturn a temporary restraining order against the Protect Illinois Communities Act, which bans dozens of handguns and rifles, .50-caliber guns, certain attachments and accessories, and limits cartridges to 10 rounds for long guns and 15 rounds for pistols. [More]
On the plus side, it’ll end up heading to the Bruen court…
[Via Jess]
NRA challenges Illinois semiautomatic gun ban in court: ‘Blatant violation’ of Second Amendment rights [More]
So all the big dogs are in.
Today, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) joined a federal lawsuit filed today challenging Illinois’s latest ban on so-called “assault weapons.” The Second Amendment Law Center and the Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois are also lead plaintiffs in this suit, along with others as well. [More]
The more the merrier…
Forgive me for wishing we had resolved all this decades ago…
Dianne Feinstein and fellow domestic enemies make another noisy play to start a civil war. [More]
Here’s the bill, that supposedly has no chance of passing the Republican house.
Let’s have a Beslan redux here and we’ll see about that.
[Via Jess]
“Is he going to enforce our automatic weapons ban if that’s an unregistered weapon?” Stava-Murray said. “He said no, he’s not going to. That seems very dangerous.” [More]
Who does she think she is? Kenny Akers?
Do you think she’s really that ignorant, or is she calculating enough to assist with the lie?
And any bets on if the sheriff will stick to his guns?
[Via Lane]
A judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the new Illinois law banning assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines [More]
Related, just to show how worlds apart we are:
“They took an oath of office to enforce the laws of the state of Illinois, and they will do so,” Pritzker said of the sheriffs Friday in Chicago after signing a law protecting abortion and gender-affirming care.
That’s not what the oath is to, but funny how this disgusting pig of a privileged elite domestic enemy now demands his enforcers be “oath keepers”…
That’s not without precedent.
[Via several of you]
Where ‘Military-Style’ Weapons Are Banned In The US [More]
Think of them as Constitution-Free Zones.
[Via bondmen]
While I am a believer in our Constitution and our 2nd Amendment, I firmly support the ban on assault-style rifles and I truly hope our federal government follows to ban them nationwide. Since our Constitution and the 2nd Amendment were formed, firearms have become much more sophisticated and much more deadly. Our Founding Fathers were not loading .223 rounds into their muskets. They were not using firearms designed to disintegrate human bodies. As I said following the Highland Park mass shooting, these weapons of war do not belong on our streets. They’re used to kill our police, used to kill innocent people, and used to inflict maximum carnage on their victims. [More]
The hand on the Bible is always a good clue.
Some of the cud-chewers in “Comments” certainly have the government they deserve.
UPDATE:
Never mind that this is illegal under current federal law. But who cares, right? [More]
[Via President Non_Fudd]
Why Illinois’ new assault weapons ban might not hold up in court [More]
True, but it’s not like it costs the subversives anything, and those they’re persecuting will need to spend big bucks to fight it.
We at the Colorado State Shooting Association (the NRA’s state association) have obtained a draft copy of the transparently tyrannical “Assault Weapons Ban” that politicians are preparing to introduce in the Colorado State House… It’s as bad as you could possibly imagine. [More]
I dunno… I can imagine pretty bad, and with the lessons of history, who needs to?
But as long as we’re invited to imagine, I’d like to fantasize about how deliberately undermining that which is “necessary to the security of a free State” could be a capital offense.
David Cardenas, a gun owner who was headed to the target range at Shore Galleries, said he supports the assault weapons ban, although it won’t affect him because he doesn’t own them. “I’m glad they did it,” said Cardenas, a Chicago-based artist. He said the ban would prevent people with mental illness from purchasing the weapons. “So I think it’s a step in the right direction.”[More]
If I owned Shore Galleries, I’d tell him to get the hell out.
[Via Andy M]
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.
