Notes from the Resistance
The Democratic governor’s changes to House Bill 217/Senate Bill 749 remove the word “fixed” from part of the bill’s definition of an assault firearm, which could sharply expand the range of semi-automatic rifles and pistols swept into the ban, Republicans say. [More]
It’s good that DOJ is going to fight this, but let’s be careful not to turn “common use” into a trap.
Ultimately, it boils down to how many Virginians are committed to the Commonwealth’s motto.
According to reports from multiple news sources and independently verified by AmmoLand News, Harmeet Dhillon is set to be nominated by President Donald Trump as United States Associate Attorney General. [More]
At least she’ll come into the job with clean hands…
Trump DOJ official Harmeet Dhillon is tracking Virginia’s dystopian anti-gun crackdown. [Watch]
She posted an emoticon on X.
[Via Jess]
The top Justice Department prosecutor for civil liberties and voting rights tells Just the News that her ongoing review of state voter rolls has proven tens of thousands of noncitizens made it into a position to cast ballots and that hundreds of thousands of dead or departed residents were not properly removed from state election systems. [More]
What could possibly motivate “state election offices and federal judges [to block] her office from her historic effort to obtain and review every state’s voter roll ahead of the 2026 midterm elections”…?
Especially if suspicions about voter fraud are “baseless” conspiracy theories promoted by white supremacist Nazi fascists intent on disenfranchising minority voters by requiring proof of citizenship/ID…?
[Via Michael G]
Now, Dhillon has made no mention of being an experienced shooter. She’s not pretending that she’s an expert shot or anything like that. She’s learning. However, people criticizing her for not being an expert was troubling, to say the least. [More]
That there’s no shortage of d!ck gun owners feeds another meme.
The first time I shot a 1911, I missed a Foster’s Lager can.
If that makes you feel superior to me, I’m sure glad it’s not your life I’m living.
[Via CP]
* It makes me feel old to have to explain I’m talking about the character, not the actor.
US Justice Department plans gun rights office within civil rights unit [More]
Are they going to show the same deliberate indifference to gun owner representation the Second Amendment Task Force has?
[Via Andy M]
So DOJ is just following orders?
Precedent says that’s no excuse:
In the case of the US v. Josef Altstötter, et al., an American military tribunal tried members of the Reich Ministry of Justice as well as jurists and prosecutors of the People’s Court [Volksgericht] and Special Court [Sondergericht].
As for voting to change the law, what they’re saying is individual citizens in solid blue states are f_d by a tyranny of the majority. What they’re saying the Bill of Rights isn’t worth the parchment it’s printed on.
A Queens senior citizen who shot dead a man who tried to rob him will spend four years in prison after admitting to toting an unlicensed revolver — as his lawyer ripped the city’s “draconian” gun laws. [More]
Good morning, Ms. Dhillon. Your mission, should you choose to accept it…
[Via Andy M]
In a filing in the DC Court of Appeals last month in a criminal matter, the United States moved to vacate the appellant’s conviction under D.C. Code § 7-2506.01(b) for possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, because “[i]t is the United States’s position that § 7-2506.01(b) is unconstitutional.” The DOJ also says they would not charge a similarly situated defendant today. [More]
I’d say it’s about time, but that’s on previous administrations.
We should let this one know it’s done good.
[Via Jess]
It’s all part of that bipolarity we’ve been talking about.
Fortunately, there’s a cure. We’ve even got the legal wrangles and alternatives figured out.
Except none of the rice bowl groups want to play. They say they have their own contacts, and apparently perceived exclusivity if their priority. Except that means things get done in secret with our rights that we may not agree with– as has happened before and will happen again — and the bipolar disappointments and flat-out reneging and betrayals will continue, the groups will continue to walk on eggshells so no administration feathers are ruffled, and popular 2A cheerleaders will convince a critical mass that it’s not only a good thing, but masterful 3D chess.
Assistant A.G.: Everyone Working on Behalf of U.S. to Improve It ‘Has a Target on Their Back’, I’ve Urged Them to Carry [More]
As the “pro-Second Amendment” administration’s top civil rights lawyer, I’m wondering how she justifies requiring government permission — with the power to say “No”– for a non-incarcerated citizen to exercise a fundamental right.
[Via Edmund M]
Still, refile the complaint with fresh evidence; new priorities may prompt a §242 probe into Rochford’s bias. [More]
Scroll up in the thread to follow. Essentially, after reviewing evidentiary documentation reported here, Grok has concluded allowing anti-gun activist judge with real conflicts of interest to decide 2A cases means deprivation of rights under color of authority has occurred and there’s no good reason for the DOJ Civil Rights Division not to act.
Let’s see if we can finally put those fine words to the test this time.
Still, the brief adds some important points that an ultimate Supreme Court decision will need to consider: Among recognized “uses by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes” are “self-defense, target shooting, and public defense,” that last category touching on the core purpose the Framers had in mind as articulated in the first 13 words of the Second Amendment. [More]
My latest from Firearms News looks at a long called for DOJ action in support of the Second Amendment that matches its new words.
…he can file a complaint here… [More]
Who gets your attention tells us a lot about your priorities.
Second Amendment issues are civil rights issues. [More]
Some of us have been telling Justice that for going on 25 years.
Nice to finally get a response…
Let’s hope we see fine actions.
I’d feel better if the “Task Force” wasn’t all being fed by the same hand.
