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On with the Show!

Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners in parallel cases challenging California’s ban on gun shows held on public property have filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court asking that a Ninth Circuit Court mandate be recalled, and a stay be issued pending an appeal to the high court later this year. [More]

Having personally seen California gun show attendees ignore attempts to preserve RKBA, I have to say their apathy has brought much of their plight upon themselves. The same ones probably haven’t contributed a dime to this case.

Today’s Low-Hanging Fruit Report

Arizona man allegedly sold firearms to undercover FBI agent to ‘incite race war’ – Indictment says Mark Adams Prieto recruited people at gun show to help carry out mass shooting targeting minorities [More]

Yay, our heroes, protecting us from “greatest threat” white supremacist gun show denizens!

Anybody know this loser?

[Via 1Gat]

By Fair Means or Foul

California law prohibiting gun shows at county fairs upheld by federal appeals court in unanimous decision [More]

I trust no one is surprised.

Years ago, before the Great Western Gun Show was forced out of California, I recall being especially bitter over how it could attract tens of thousands of gun owners–yet a counter-protest against the Million Moms preceded by announcements and appeals throughout the “activist” network, only drew a few hundred. And out of all Los Angeles, we’d be lucky to get 50 to show up at an NRA Members’ Council meeting, and of those, maybe half a dozen– of the same people all the time– actually did any work.

Add the engineered demographic shift our “gun rights leaders” say doesn’t qualify for “single issue” consideration, and the traditional uselessness of California Republicans, and no other outcome was possible.

Appealing to the full Ninth Circuit won’t reverse things. That’s just a requisite step to denial, and then hoping the Supreme Court will hear it and that it still has a favorable majority.

[Via Jess]

History Lesson

“Our brief is really a look at history,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “We have detailed gun regulation in this country dating back to before the Revolutionary War, and our brief explains how the state has failed to provide a single Founding-era restriction on firearms commerce. [More]

The prohibitionist have been dodging that challenge for a long time.

Your Kind Aren’t Welcome Here

APPEAL BRIEF FILED IN CHALLENGE OF CAL. ANTI-GUN-SHOW LAW [More]

Infringing on the right to buy and sell is infringing on the right.

Also, your kind ARE welcome here:

The 38th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC 2023) will be held September 22nd – September 24th, 2023 in Phoenix, AZ. [More]

Here are the speakers.

If You’re in the Area

AzCDL will have a table at the Crossroads Gun Show at the Findlay Toyota Center, and we wanted to alert you and invite you to come and enjoy the event! Come by the table and get the latest news about your rights and the fight to keep them! By joining, you’ll get to meet all sorts of interesting people, as well as help to grow the strongest force in the RKBA movement in Arizona. [More]

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