Notes from the Resistance
In Gun Owners of America’s (GOA) ongoing case challenging the Biden administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, which implemented stringent standards for federal firearms dealers that enabled licenses to be revoked over paperwork errors, the government does not intend to change its position, according to GOA’s Tuesday filing exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. [More]
[Via Jess]
Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) have filed their opening brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, challenging California’s sweeping surveillance mandate on firearm dealers. This appeal is part of the ongoing case against Cal. Penal Code Section 26806, which forces all FFLs—including home-based dealers—to install 24/7 video and audio recording systems to surveil customers, and then retain that data for warrantless inspection by the state. [More]
Democrats to Orwell: Hold our beer.
Hey… any law against putting that poster next to the cameras?
Reeves & Dola, LLP outlines what’s been said and calls our attention to an upcoming compliance conference where what it means for the industry/FFLs will be elaborated. [More]
DOJ and ATF Repeal Zero Tolerance Policy, Major Second Amendment Win for the Trump Administration [More]
I want to see what still triggers revocations — and consistency of decisons– before I get too excited, which I won’t do anyway because there will still be an ATF with the power to destroy Americans’ lives over exercising their right in a way the government, with no legitimate delegated authority, doesn’t want to allow.
The bill could put every gun store in New Mexico out of business by amending New Mexico’s Unfair Trade Practices Act to make it easier to sue a gun store than any other type of business and imposing harsher penalties on gun stores than any other type of business. [More]
And when they pass that, Democrats have plenty more waiting in the wings.
Gun Owners of America endorsed Representative Tracey Mann’s “Reining In Federal Licensing Enforcement Act” …The RIFLE Act would protect Federal Firearm Licensees (FFLs) from being forced out of business by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) overreaching directives. [More]
I thought ATF announced they were ending zero tolerance voluntarily, but this would make it mandatory and besides, who believes them?
I don’t see it on GovTrack yet, but they give his recently introduced “H.R. 624: To reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives” a “1% chance of being enacted.”
There’s still one question no one evidently thinks we’re ready to ask:
Licensing…?
ATF Revoked More Licenses in Fiscal Year 2024 Than in Any of the Past 20 Years [More]
The “independent journalists” at The Trace can’t help but gloat. Good thing they promise Bloomberg “seed money” has no influence on their “reporting.”
While reviewing this for history, text, and tradition, the most relevant Founding era viewpoint I could find says “He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.”
And here’s the most relevant contemporary article I could find about the character of such officers, in all their “glory.”
[Via Jess]
[H]e was found out, I say found out because someone reported him to the ATF that he was selling firearms by a couple of Karens. Now we know who those Karens are and those Karens happen to be FFLs themselves. They are both gun shops in the Sterling Alaska area, so these FFLs turned in a fellow gun enthusiast because they wanted his business. [Watch]
I won’t have time to do this for a while, so if any of you can locate these gun stores’ social media accounts, it would be helpful to link to any related posting and commenting going on.
[Via Jess]
This lengthy lawsuit by the Maryland and D.C. attorneys general, as well as Everytown Law, accuses Engage Armament, LLC, United Gun Shop and Atlantic Guns, Inc. of ignoring clear signs of illegal gun sales. The lawsuit claims the purchases happened in Montgomery County, but led to gun violence across the area. [More]
Of course “background checks” aren’t enough — they were never intended to be.
I’m just surprised NSSF hasn’t joined in the pile-on.
[Via Jess]
Twin Falls Gun Shops, Police at Odds Over Alleged ‘Gun Registration’ Program… The Corsinis noted that not all interactions with law enforcement were negative, but one detective, who was not named, allegedly told them they had to comply or face misdemeanor charges. [More]
So name him. And let’s see if he might face any charges. I know there are penalties for unauthorized used of NICS. Anybody know about rules for unauthorized accessing of hard copy records kept by the FFL?
[Via WiscoDave]
Pursuant to Rule 29 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, the States of New York, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai‘i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia submit this brief as amici curiae in support of the appellee, the United States of America, and ask this Court to reaffirm the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(3), which makes it unlawful to transfer or receive a firearm from out of state, except through a federally licensed firearms dealer, importer, or manufacturer. [More]
What “infringemwent”? This is “commnonsense safety.”
So, just the Second Amendment or does the rest of the Bill of Rights threaten “exercis[ing] their police power,” too…?
[Via Antigone]
Injunction granted against ATF’s ‘firearms dealer’ rule for 4 states, 4 groups … The injunction applies to residents of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Utah along with members of Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Tennessee Firearms Association and Virginia Citizens Defense League. [More]
Yo, Texas gun owners: The new infringements were brought to you in part by Tony Gonzales, and a number of you couldn’t be bothered to do anything about that.
[Via Jess]
There were two major admissions Fincher would have to make if he took the plea. The first required he confess to selling firearms and ammunition without a Federal Firearm License, even though he had a valid FFL during the dates specified. [More]
It doesn’t matter. Surrender or be destroyed.
It’s the ATF way. As for “Why?”
To cow everyone else into submission. And because they can.
[Via Jess]
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.
How the ATF traced guns at crime scenes to St. Charles man [More]
But it’s not as fun as going after collectors and FFLs, as you can tell by the “five years probation” sentence.
As for his untrustworthy customers…
[Via bondmen]
