Cargill - The War on Guns

Sobering Thoughts

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

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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.

Follow Mark W. Smith’s running commentary on X.

SCOTUS Oral arguments: MP3 and Transcript

Spooks Run Wild

Gun Control Activists Claim to Have the ‘Spirit of the Law’ on Their Side in Bump Stock Case [More]

Is that anything like the Spirit of Aloha?

Or the Talking Dead?

No wonder they’re so obsessed with “ghost guns”!

[Via Jess]

Bigger Than Bruen?

We’ll see. [Watch]

I’m still hoping my fanatasy of ATF surrendering my property back to me comes true.

[Via Jess]

Allies Through Action

Washington Gun Law President, William Kirk, discusses all the Amicus Briefs filed in Cargill v. Garland, a challenge to ATF’s bump stock ban. This case involves a lot more than just bump stocks, rather it is a challenge to ATF’s entire playbook. Now is the time for the Amicus to fly in and today we noticed a new player in the game, Palmetto State Armory. They, along with the Firearms Regulatory and Accountability Coalition have filed an outstanding brief in support of Garland, but this marks the first time since we had this channel that a major firearms manufacturer has thrown in on something like this. So today we give them an “Atta-Boy” so that you can arm yourself with education. [Watch]

Support those who support us.

[Via Jess]

Bumped Up

With Only Minutes To Spare Biden Administration Appeals Bump Stock Case to SCOTUS [More]

Let’s hope they take it before Bragg finds a way to charge Thomas…

A point of order– if they can win on these arguments, the next case should challenge Congress having the authority to infringe.

‘Small Cadre’ Had Big Impact on Fifth Circuit Bump Stock Ruling

The Fifth Circuit judges who ruled favorably were influenced by arguments formulated and advanced by two of its principals, firearms designer Len Savage and attorney Stamboulieh. [More]

Untangling the web, one sticky thread at a time…

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