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A Right Delayed

Honolulu agrees to 4-month window to grant or deny gun carrying licenses after lawsuit over delays [More]

“It’s better than a year” is no damn excuse.

[Via Jess]

The Spirit of Aloha

DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RELEASES ANNUAL FIREARM REGISTRATION STATISTICS [More]

I can’t tell if the numbers mean people are waking up or not enough give a damn.

Catch-22

Under its new policy, the LA County Sheriff’s Department says people like Turner must apply through their local police chiefs and receive a letter denying them before asking for permission from the sheriff’s department. [More]

Who then comes up with excuses why he can’t do it.

After a death threat and on the advice of an investigating cop who told me they could not do anything unless it was acted on, I carried illegally in California from @ 1981 to 2007 (when I moved back to Ohio), because I literally could not get a permit to save my life (which I did on one occasion simply by presenting).

Start @ 3:27 for my recollection.

The criminals who deserve to be imprisoned and have their lives destroyed are the goddam bastards who forced me to risk my family, freedom, and career.

[Via Dan Gifford]

Beria Trap*

Someone does not need a license to carry, according to the law, “in his place of abode or fixed place of business.” Yakaitis owned the home Powanda attempted to burglarize. The catch: He didn’t live there—it reportedly had no tenants at the time of the crime—opening a window for law enforcement to charge him essentially on a technicality. [More]

It’s awful hard to make the swine harassing him live in infamy if we’re not told his name.

[Via Michael G]

* Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime.

Trouble in Paradise

Honolulu Police Department Declares No Second Ammenemnt In Hawaii

It has been brought to our attention from multiple sources that the Honolulu Police Department, under the guidance of Police Chief Logan, is no longer processing ANY firearms permit applications or concealed… pic.twitter.com/bvnREcaBEL
— hawaii firearms coalition (@hificoorg) December 27, 2023

Kill it by doing nothing…

I wonder if a deliberate indifference lawsuit would work…

[Via Jess]

Stalling Tactics

Maryland AG asks entire 4th Circuit to re-hear handgun licensing case [More]

Mark W. Smith explains.

[Via Jess]

What’s in Store

NYC bodega owners, grocers arming themselves with guns amid violent thefts plaguing Big Apple [More]

Somebody wanna tell Rahdames Rodriguez and J.C. Rice about that photo?

[Via bondmen]

Going About Things the Wrong Way

Is It Really Impossible To Get A Gun License in NYC? (Part XV — Returning to the Court of Appeals) … Total Time Spent So Far: 142 hours – Total Money Spent So Far: $4,102 [More]

I think I see what his mistake has been.

Two from SAF

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