Notes from the Resistance
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) introduced the Second Amendment Restoration Act on November 12, 2025, launching a direct assault on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act signed by President Joe Biden in June 2022. [More]
“Prognosis 1% chance of being enacted“
Methinks this is just a backdoor way to remind gunvoters of Cornyn’s treason and give boost to Ken Paxton’s challenge next year.
Critics accuse Cornyn of capitulating to Democrats’ gun control demands — even though the bill largely did not restrict gun owner’s existing rights. [More]
Is “not largely” restricting rights like being a little bit pregnant?
The current is either on or off. How much current there is does not alter that.
Nor does equivocation. Because once you flip that switch, you allow for turning the dial.
[Via Michael G]
Cornyn and senators tell ATF director no new policies before Trump takes over [More]
They know any new rule will require a comment period extending into the new administration, which can kill it, but it’s a way to make gun owners think they’re doing something for them.
But enforce existing Intolerable Acts, right, Mr. Bipartisan Safer Communities Act?
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
Cassidy, Cornyn, Hagerty, Colleagues Introduce Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Bill [More]
[Via Jess]
Yesterday’s school shooting was devastating. But remember, because we organized and acted, we passed legislation in 2022 making major changes to American gun laws. And this year, mass shootings have dropped by a whopping 20% from last year. That’s a big deal, and reason for hope. [More]
Now flesh that out for us. Show your work, your data, and the equations used to reach that conclusion.
You know, prove it.
Can anyone truly be ignorant enough to believe an in-your-face logical fallacy like this without even looking at, let alone understanding the evidence? And if they know he’s lying about this and voted for him anyway, what does that say about them?
What an @$$hole Chris Murphy is.
[Via Jess]
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Is Cause for Optimism [More]
With a special assist from The Weasel Whisperer.
[Via Jess]
So, if the FBI and DOJ don’t have authority to do ammunition checks, where do they get authority to allow New York State to use NICS for that purpose? [More]
Made possible by GOP Quislings, so will Republicans do anything to clean up their mess after they assume power in January?
“Our administration will also continue to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and take additional executive action to support states, cities, and local communities in their efforts to reduce gun violence,” Harris said, hinting at executive orders to come before the Biden-Harris Administration ends in January. [More]
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act…?
The one voted for by these guys?
[Via Jess]
Either that or more “Only Ones”…
And speakling of Murphy’s Lies… uh… law, here he is talking to the head of the White House Office of Gun Violence prevention, who shows is seasoned grasp of what’s going on with this bit of inanity:
“There was no federal law that actually made it a crime to straw purchase or to engage in firearms trafficking…”
Liars and emasculated dolts presume to define your rights.
Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Biden’s ATF Rule Expanding Gun Background Checks [More]
That’s the second one, right?
Texas, eh? Has everybody thanked John Cornyn yet?
[Via bondmen]
GOA, GOF HELP SECURE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST BIDEN’S UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECK RULE [More]
You know, the one John Cornyn enabled.
It’s a game Republicans play all the time, stirring up hope when they know they won’t have to make good on things and nothing will change. [More]
Much ado about nothing…
OffTopic/
David, What’s with the Ohio AG not joining the other States in the lawsuit challenging the new rule against private sales? [More]
I won’t respond there, because a big thing with me is keeping things on topic (see “Comment H0use Rules” in sidebar). That’s why comment threads hijacked away from the conversation I’m inviting, or worse, devolving into childish squabbling, really grind my gears.
But it’s a good question, and Dave Yost hasn’t shied away from those before.
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]
Contorting, lol. And I never said, or even suggested, any of that. The 3% just objectively proves you were wrong about A+ meaning you always have to be right–it doesn’t imply anything about subjective weights of infringements. [More]
I’m moving the “debate” here because it’s bad form to hijack another man’s post with an argument, because it doesn’t limit me to 280 characters, and because I basically use “advocacy media” to promote my work, so as long as I’m doing it, why limit eyeballs?
The thread with the back-and-forths starts here. My response to this latest:
Not “wrong,” just not expecting you to argue a formal academic scale instead of one of principle. My assumption was you were saying helping Gonzales return to power only counted 3% against a grade of 100. I just didn’t realize what you were talking about because it struck me as so off-topic.
My mistake was accepting your distracting from the real issue with non sequiturs about 3% and age and four terms. It’s simple: Abbot is enabling a Quisling who sold us out to Biden’s tyranny and will predictably do so again. And you’re excusing him and doing so helps the establishment GOP exclude new and principled contenders, with no disincentives. So from my point of view, the one who “always has to be right” is the one evading that reality to instead try and score an irrelevant “gotcha.”
To me, real 2A fidelity means 100%, kind of like the reverse of you can’t be a little bit pregnant. Maybe it means something different to you.
And the “Bipartisan bill” did more than create new opportunities for ATF to destroy lives and kill your fellow gun owners on private sales. They’re extending the net for all it’s worth.
LOL, no. You are welcome to write what you want wherever you want, but I’m under no obligation to obey your unilateral dictates. Have fun with that, though.
Flipping a gun for a price higher than one paid now may turn anyone into a dealer, making any such sale unlawful if it does not involve all the licensing and paperwork that govern gun dealers. [More]
Brought to you by every Republican who joined with Democrats on Biden’s “bipartisan” tyranny.
[Via bondmen]
Curious how much less “gun violence” there was in this country before Democrats started imposing all this “progress.” [More]
Once more we’re being lied to, and the biggest ally would-be totalitarians have in imposing their treachery are complicit Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists.
Proposed ATF Rule on Background Checks Stirs Controversy Over Private Gun Sales … This proposal follows the trajectory of the Biden administration’s gun control initiatives, including the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), signed in 2022. [More]
