Notes from the Resistance
As David Codrea noted in AmmoLand News, the bump stock case—and by extension, the FRT battle—has become a symbolic fight. “The Cargill ruling… saved the day. Kudos to those tyranny challengers—we all owe them.” [More]
I don’t know what surprises me more: seeing people quote me or seeing those who do not use it to smear.
To amend sections 2923.13 and 2923.14 and to enact section 2923.133 of the Revised Code to prohibit certain conduct regarding trigger cranks, bumpfire devices, and other items that accelerate a semi-automatic firearm’s rate of fire but do not convert it into an automatic firearm. [More]
I didn’t just get mine back to surrender it to these two @$$holes.
[Via Jess]
If he hadn’t turned it in like little biotch he wouldn’t have had to claim it… [More]
I’d rather be a little biotch than a bigfelipe.
Another reason why I don’t do forums…
The ATF has begun the embarrassing process of returning bump stocks to their original owners after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the agency wrongfully determined they were machineguns, but only if the owners act within 90 days. The ATF sent letters titled “Notice of Opportunity to Request Return of Bump Stock(s) in ATF Custody” last week. They include an address in Washington, D.C. and an email that the former owners can contact to arrange for the return of their property. Once the requests are processed, the letter states, “you will be contacted by someone from the local ATF field office to arrange retrieval of your bump stock(s).” [More]
Just a few days ago agents I spoke with told me they were forfeited.
Left hand/right hand?
[Via Jess]
ATF Returns Bump Stock After Five Years [More]
Glad to see more noticing. I do have one as yet unsatisfied concern with an assumption:
Oh, I get the rationale for doing it that way. Congress was in the process of passing a much more restrictive measure and a lot of Republicans were signing on in the wake of Las Vegas. This minimized the damage.
Prove that’s what [Trump] did. Show us the contemporaneous evidence that was always his intent, and he could predict the outcome, so it was OK to put so many at risk without their knowledge or consent.
I’m not going to make excuses for the inexcusable.
[Via Herschel]
Related
Supreme Court Decision Forces ATF To Return Bump Stock After 5 Years! [Watch]
[Via Jess]
This is a small but concrete example that we still have at our disposal the remarkable system bequeathed to us by the Founders and that we can still use the courts to our advantage, as frustratingly drawn out as that process can be. We won’t be able to do that anymore if apathy and cynicism turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy that cedes the power to appoint the federal judiciary to the Democrats, who will then be able to have the Bruen opinion reversed and any citizen disarmament edict they pass upheld. [More]
As long as we can still score wins by peaceable means you can’t legitimately say voting is useless. Don’t let a self-fulfilling prophecy make this the election that changes that.
Specifically, I’m going to explain how the legal theories they are advancing before the United States Supreme Court in the VanDerStok case dealing with quote unquote ghost guns, which are unserialized firearms and gun gun parts. how theATF’s position with the Biden/Harris Administrations arguments are exactly that they’re setting the precedent for declaring that AR-15s are machine guns and can be banned because they cannot be added to the NFA register… [Watch]
Exactly what some of us have been arguing the bump stock ban opened the door for, which makes it curious that he’s one of the ones arguing — without contemporaneous documentation — that Trump’s ban was a brilliant 3D chess move.
[Via Jess]
I also may have a big announcement (for me, anyway) to make tomorrow afternoon. [More]
I submitted a draft to AmmoLand a few hours ago with the story. I’ll post a link when it’s up.
Strategic Retreats for Long-Term Gains:
Smith compared the temporary concessions in the gun rights battle to strategic retreats in warfare. For instance, the controversial bump stock ban by Trump was a tactical move to prevent a broader legislative redefinition of machine guns, which could have had far-reaching negative consequences for gun owners. [More]
Prove that’s what he did. Show us the contemporaneous evidence he was giving a master class in 3D chess, that was always his intent, and he could predict the outcome so it was OK to put so many at risk without their knowledge or consent.
I’m getting my bump stock, which they’ve had since April 2019, back from ATF. [More]
And now the games begin. I just copied my attorney on my email to ATF asking why they haven’t responded yet to my July 25 inquiry on when I can retrieve my property.
The Supreme Court struck the ban down, making it clear that if you wanted to ban bumpstocks you had to do it the right way, which is the way the Constitution outlines, which is actually passing a bill through Congress and having it signed into law by the president. [Watch]
“Left unsaid is where Congress derives such authority in the first place, as the power to regulate and ban arms is nowhere delegated to it in the Constitution. The only clear mandate is ‘the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.’ By any branch of government.”
Change my mind. Show the section and clause.
I expect our would-be leaders to know this stuff.
TRUTH ABOUT BUMPSTOCKS MEDIA COVERAGE … But it’s presented in a news article for general population consumption, thus gaining credibility from those who trust the honest transmission of information based on the publication’s reputation. [More]
At this point, anyone who trusts USA Today/Gannet Publications and the DSM for any of that basically wants to be a manipulated idiot.
Three Rules enacted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were thwarted by court orders in recent weeks. [More]
Still to be determined: Will “laws” trump rights?
Who Is Really To Blame For The ATF Bump Stock Ban Rule? [More]
Donald Trump and the NRA.
There’s a totally fabricated after the fact face-save ploy that it was really brilliant 3D chess designed to save us meme that’s suddenly circulating is utterly without corroborating evidence.
You don’t gamble with someone else’s stakes.
Get back to me when you have memos and emails from the decision makers proving me wrong and I’ll apologize.
Schumer will ask senators to ban bump stocks through unanimous consent—where all senators would have to agree to the measure… [More]
In other words, this is pure politics done in order to point fingers at Republicans bwefore the election.
UPDATE
And Susan Collins is still a worthless Republic***
Stop the U.S. Senate from Banning Bump Stocks – According to The Hill, Senator Chuck Schumer plans to bring a ban on bump stocks to a vote in the Senate this week! [More]
What, he’s taking a break from showing us he doesn’t have the first idea how to grill while pretending he’s a normal American?
The Senate can’t by themselves, and the House isn’t likely to pass anything unless a Reichstag shooting makes the “moderates” run for the hills.
Still, if your Senator(s) is/are the approachable kind, it won’t hurt to let them know you care.
In my case, Sherrod Brown’s a waste of time as well as oxygen, but JD Vance has been making the right noises (of late).
Sen. Murphy says Supreme Court is readying to ‘fundamentally rewrite’ Second Amendment after bump stock ruling [More]
Says the rewriter. Says the side of serial infringers who, with a practiced straight face, contradict themselves every time they declare “We can respect the Second Amendment but…”
These aren’t my words. These are theirs:
What am I saying, that bump stocks weren’t used?
Don’t kill the messenger, I’m just posting what ATF has said.
Very important to understand that strategic decision by Donald Trump and the NRA to basically sign off if you will on doing a bump stock ban through executive order, I didn’t like it, I was not happy about it, but I understood the strategy sometimes one has to lose battles to win the war, that is how the real world works… [Watch]
Really? A plan comes together? That’s what you’re going with?
So, I guess, “Take the guns first, due process later” was another genius move they just couldn’t tell us about?
And envisioning Inspector Clouseau pretending his screwup was intentional to save face is just me not being smart enough to understand what the grownups are doing?
[Via Jess]
57 F. 4th 447, affirmed. [More]
Bump Stocks Now Legal Again As Supreme Court Strikes Down Gun Device Ban
Looks like ATF will have to surrender my bump stock back to me when I come to confiscate it from them.
UPDATE
Herschel points out a concern with “Alito’s “Machinegun Sammy’s” response.
I agree. Congress has no Constitutional authority to “act,” either.
This pretty much defined the day. Those expecting a Second Amendment defense decrying Chevron deference overreach instead heard the justices trying to grasp competing definitions of “function of a trigger” along with scenarios unlikely to persuade judges who equate “common use” with widespread commercial popularity. [More]
You were expecting a slam dunk…?
Prediction: They will issue a ruling addressing the minutia of the procedural rules and punt this back down to the lower courts. They will avoid the issue entirely and thus free and exonerate themselves of holding anyone in the FedGov accountable. [More]
With all the video “gunfluencers” out there getting our hopes up that Cargill will be the beginning of the end for ATF’s “rulemaking” shenanigans, Herschel gives his reasons for believing we could end up disappointed.
Man, I sure hope he’s wrong.
But he’s never not thoughtful.
UPDATES
Looks like I’ll use this post as today’s aggregator:
CHECK THIS LINK FOR NEWS UPDATES
Supreme Court appears torn over challenge to gun ‘bump stocks’ [More]
Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson we expected. This is what worries me:
Chief Justice John Roberts, like Kavanaugh a potential key vote if the court is divided, said little to indicate which way he was leaning.
