Notes from the Resistance
GOA Rallies Media Allies and Influencers to Demand Senate Action on Suppressor and SBR Reform [More]
With the focus by so many on suppressors, I’m glad to see a group getting vocal to rally the troops about not letting short barrel firearms go gentle into that good night.
GOA & GOF File for Summary Judgment to Overturn Florida’s Open Carry Ban [More]
’bout damn time. Before someone gets killed.
So, will Uthmeier and DeSantis stand down, like they did with a challenge to the under 21 long gun ban, or fight, and in any case, all the Supreme Court has to do to keep the prohibition in place is something they’ve proven very adept at: Nothing.
Today, Pennsylvania Gun Rights (PAGR), Firearms Owners Against Crime (FOAC), and Gun Owners of America–Pennsylvania (GOA-PA) are jointly calling for State Representative Frank Burns (D-Cambria) to immediately resign from the Pennsylvania House Second Amendment Caucus following his decisive vote to kill a Constitutional Carry amendment. [More]
Vs.
Let Me Be Absolutely Clear: I Have NEVER Voted Against Constitutional Carry. The claim that I voted against constitutional carry is 100% FALSE. I have never—and will never—vote against your Second Amendment rights. [More]
They can’t both be right.
What would the significance of overturning procedural rules be on overall 2A progress, and why does everything in politics have to be so damn laden with twists, turns, and pitfalls instead of just being straightforward and unambigouous?
That’s a rhetorical question.
And I wonder if this, this, this, and this had any bearing on his decision to make a choice on a rule that had an effect on permtiless carry…
Then again, there’s this to consider (scroll down in comments):
The PA House of Representatives’s single subject rule, as stated in the Pennsylvania Constitution, requires that bills passed by the House must only contain one subject, which is clearly expressed in the title. This rule, found in Article III, Section 3, aims to ensure legislative clarity and prevent “logrolling” or the inclusion of unrelated provisions in a single bill… The Pennsylvania Constitution’s “single subject rule” is found in Article III, Section 3. Here’s the full text:
Article III, Section 3 – Passage of Laws
“No bill shall be passed containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, except a general appropriation bill or a bill codifying or compiling the law or a part thereof.”
I Ask GOA Where They Stand On Machine Guns…my comment’s been given a “Medium” priority. [More]
Right. High priority is getting everyone excited about bills in committee that will never make it to the president’s desk.
I miss Larry’s leadership.
Related UPDATE
An open letter to NRA asks the same question.
Is it wrong to hope somebody badmouths me?
Stalled 2A Bills Need Your Support [More]
Say everybody floods the switchboards and the bills make it out of committee. Then what?
I see the 2A blogosphere and guntubers mobilizing on this while actual doable priorities remain ignored and mostly unknown. I’d say at least it will help flush out committee RINOs, but then have to ask what gun owners will do about it, because they all seem to flourish with impunity.
Related UPDATE
But far be it for the “no compromise gun lobby” to notice this.
I miss Larry’s leadership.
Why is an ATF bureaucrat breaking barrel extensions and testifying that pillows can be silencers? [Watch]
Because, despite doing good things, DOJ is still bipolar.
[Via Jess]
20+ Pro-Gun Wins By Trump So Far [Watch]
Yeah, about that…
It looks like comment posters aren’t buying it.
Careful, GOA. Credit where due is appropriate, but you don’t want to come across too strongly as cheerleading apologists.
[Via Andy M]
DOJ Won’t Let Us Tell You About ATF’s Next Move [More]
The obvious question: Who’s in charge there?
This wouldn’t happen with a balanced task force.
[Via Jess]
The SHORT Act would remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and other firearms from the draconian NFA. Sign the petition now to support the SHORT Act and help GOA get this legislation over the finish line! [More]
The finish line is the president’s desk.
I’m sure some will balk with the requirement to provide a phone number. If the goal is to get ‘er done, it would help if we knew which reps and senators we needed to work on who wouldn’t be a complete waste of time, and who could be publicly pressured via their X.com accounts.
Maybe let ’em know the ban was the excuse the government used to justify executing Vicki and Sammy Weaver.
ATF Facial Recognition Scandal Deepens: Chairman Biggs Demands Records as Gun Owners Sound the Alarm [More]
Y’know, if the administration would just set up that Office of Second Amendment Protection I keep harping on, there wouldn’t be all this clamoring coming at them from all pro-2A quarters because they’d already have them on the agenda to address.
GOA and GOF have officially submitted our petition for a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in Antonyuk v. James! This case began as a direct challenge to New York’s unconstitutional attempt to ban concealed carry by declaring nearly every location a “sensitive place.” But now, it’s become a battle over lower courts defying SCOTUS rulings. [Watch]
Note the first name on the petition…
[Via Jess]
GOA & GOF have been GAGGED from printing the news (uncovered in a FOIA) for 18 months. Despite a recent ruling by the D.C. Circuit prohibiting such gag orders, Biden holdovers in @TheJusticeDept are asking the court to extend this First Amendment violation. [More]
Those “holdovers” report to someone…
UPDATE
Here’s the Motion to Lift Protective Order.
Guess whose name is at the end:
PA Supreme Court to Hear GOA’s, GOF’s Challenge to Philadelphia’s Unconstitutional Private Firearm Manufacturing Ban [More]
So, the antis are saying the Founders would have been against the Pennsylvania Rifle…?
President Trump issued an Executive Order to “assess any ongoing infringements on the Second Amendment rights of our citizens and present a proposed plan of action…to protect the [rights] of all Americans.” Now, GOA is surveying gun owners to help set that plan of action to protect your God-given rights. [More]
It’s good to show him priorities– assuming he sees this. I wish I had time now to analyze it in terms of stuff I agree with, stuff I question, and additions I’d make. I’ll probably weigh in later.
ATF Is Using Facial Recognition AI To ID Gun Owners [More]
Channeling Jojo Krako, “Who’s creatin’ a database? We’re buildin’ a gallery!”
Is this something else Pam means by “such as”?
President Trump promised gun-owning voters that Biden’s unconstitutional anti-gun disasters would “get ripped up and torn out” during the first week of his Administration. We just officially passed that milestone in the Trump-Vance Administration – and Biden’s anti-gun policies are still in effect. [More]
With so many “gunfluencers” gushing over and kissing up to the guy with unearned credit, it’s comforting to see I’m not only not alone, and that “the no compromise gun lobby” sees the need to point this out as well.
I went ahead and sent their letter, but also recommend further steps: He has accounts on X.com and Truth Social, and posts there will be noted by his team and your followers.
It’s past time to start posting some executive actions.
The Gun Owners of America were denied in their efforts to collect a $400,000 attorney fee in their successful work in challenging ATF’s bumpstock case. [More]
When writing an update on my case, I made a mistake on the title of my piece that is misleading. The judge’s order, as the text of the article states, was that “the plaintiffs shall file any motion for attorney’s fees.”
I signed a declaration for that last week to allow for the attorneys to submit their claim. We’ll now see if the ATF/DOJ under Trump still intends to fight gun owners tooth and nail.
[Via Jess]
It’d be interesting to audit how much this brought in and how much of it was spent for the purpose being represented.
[Via Jess]
Gun Owners of America (GOA), Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), and Gun Owners of California (GOC) joined forces with the California Rifle & Pistol Association and the Second Amendment Foundation to achieve a significant victory. Together, they secured an order implementing a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, compelling the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the La Verne Police Department, and state of California to allow their non-resident members to apply for concealed carry permits. [More]
I could have applied before. Will this require them to grant one?
Then again, I got by from 1981 through to 2007 (when we moved) without one, which I admit made things more dangerous since I didn’t dare file a police report…
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…?
