Tag: David Codrea

As America Turns 250, Remember What “Shall Not Be Infringed” Means

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Have a contemplative Semiquincentennial Independence Day. If you’re not armed, you’ll be doing it wrong. [More]

I turned this one in in May and forgot it was due out, so I guess I lied when I said I’d be back Monday. And as long as I have your attention, check out another day-relevant piece from Firearms News: “It’s not just ‘The Fourth’ or ‘The Fourth of July,’ it’s Independence Day!”

Facing Legal Obstacles To Gun Bans, Prohibitionists Shift The Narrative

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It’s good, a victory actually, that people who would like to ban guns – and that, of course, is their ultimate goal – have a sense that it’s not going to happen politically, at least in the near term. But just because they talk about “progress” without prohibitions doesn’t mean they’ve given up on the idea. [More]

Just because “progressive” policies have enabled a subset of violent and resentful morons with a sense of unearned entitlement, anger management issues, and poor impulse control is no reason to make demands against the rest of us being able to repel them.

Injunction Blocks Enforcement of Virginia’s “Assault Weapon” Ban

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Lancaster County Circuit Court Judge John Martin issued a preliminary injunction on June 25 in the Crump v. Katz complaint against Senate Bill 749, Virginia’s “assault weapon” and magazine ban, blocking statewide enforcement until Dec. 31. The law was set to go into effect July 1. [More]

This summary was submitted before the news broke that NRA won a second injunction.

DOJ Withholds Rights Restoration Records Citing Privacy Concerns

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The need to apply consistent criteria is not only a matter of basic fairness, but of law. [More]

The very first comment needs to be addressed. With an initial estimate of 50 FTEs processing applications, the need to minimize subjectivity and establish consistency should be self-evident, especially noting how DOJ has shown it can still be all over the board on 2A, even under a “pro-gun administration.”

Further noting this is a rule and not a law, it’s not hard to see how lack of clear criteria could allow all kinds of negative dispositions under a new administration for those applicatons already in the pipeline before it terminates the program altogether.

Curtis v. Katz Media Update

The question on everyone’s mind: Will the case be appealed? They have 15 days. He would like to and will give the matter serious consideration. [More]

I’ve updated “Judge Rules Against Injunction in Militia Challenge to VA Gun Ban” with a synopsis and transcript of yesterday’s Zoom meeting.

Hearing Scheduled for Militia-Based Challenge to VA ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban

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“Plaintiffs challenge these prohibitions solely under the militia clause of Article I, Section 13 of the Constitution of Virginia. They do not rest their case on the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, nor on the individual right to keep and bear arms also embodied in Article I, Section 13,” the complaint declares. “Their argument is simpler and more fundamental: the militia clause guarantees the existence of a ‘well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms.’” [More]

My Firearms News column elaborates on some case details not included in my Saturday AmmoLand exclusive.

Try, Try Again

GOA and GOF Petition the Virginia Supreme Court for a Preliminary Ruling on Virginia’s Looming “Assault Firearms” Ban [More]

In related news, SAF is throwing financial support behind another case first reported on by yours truly.

Holloway v. Katz: Virginia Gun Ban Lawsuit Argues Banned Arms Are Militia Arms

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Simply put, as noted in the Statement of Facts, “The weapons banned by the act are the arms of the citizen militia.” [More]

While the other challenges are on hold, this unique complaint is still scheduled to be heard.

Important record correction

The Crump case also notes:

Plaintiffs do not bring any claim or seek any relief under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Rather, they proceed only under Article I, Section 13 of the Constitution of Virginia. 

Virginia Prosecutors Defy New ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

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The ban “is striking at the core of the militia system that existed in Virginia,” Mehaffey informed Fox News, showing he is one of the few public officials who “gets it,” or is at least willing to publicly acknowledge that reality. [More]

I know of some federal prosecutors who could follow suit — and are running out of excuses not to.

SCOTUS Refusal to Address School Ban on Gun Imagery Puts Freedom 250 Art Contestants at Risk

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Teachers have been known to report students over perceived off-campus gun concerns before, even when no cause for them existed. [More]

Submitting a historically accurate entry could run afoul of “zero tolerance” intolerance.

ATF Director Cekada’s Concern for Adamiak Misses Larger Point

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“Cekada promised neither he nor the ATF will be ‘offended by the outcome of the courts,’ because he wants to make sure that Adamiak was ‘appropriately sentenced’,” Williams recounted. That’s mighty big of him. However, Second Amendment advocates should be offended by such a presumptuous response. [More]

Focusing on the punishment being too harsh ignores the intolerable injustice of there being any punishment at all.

Shameless Plug

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The June 2026 issue of Firearms News is now available at diverse, equitable, and inclusive newsstands throughout the Republic (of course you could just take advantage of lower subscription prices).

I have two pieces in this month’s mag:

  • Department of War Memorandum on Private Guns on Military Bases a Step in the Right Direction (p.14)
  • Dismissal of Immigration Threat What the Gun Prohibitionists Want (p. 24)

A comment on that last one: Several “top men” in the RKBA “firmament” called me out on the issue and have gone silent instead of addressed my documented and sourced rebuttals, meaning the readerships they influenced will likely not see how they’ve been — and are still being — misled by them.

Great American State Fair to Celebrate Freedom by Suspending Second Amendment

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This is citizen disarmament, just as certainly and just as seriously as if this were being imposed by extreme gun prohibitionist Democrats in New York City or Chicago. [More]

Musical B-listers shouldn’t be the only ones “getting the yips.”