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Tag: Mark W. Smith
3D Bump Chess?
Very important to understand that strategic decision by Donald Trump and the NRA to basically sign off if you will on doing a bump stock ban through executive order, I didn’t like it, I was not happy about it, but I understood the strategy sometimes one has to lose battles to win the war, that is how the real world works… [Watch]
Really? A plan comes together? That’s what you’re going with?
So, I guess, “Take the guns first, due process later” was another genius move they just couldn’t tell us about?
And envisioning Inspector Clouseau pretending his screwup was intentional to save face is just me not being smart enough to understand what the grownups are doing?
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An Open Book
Israel Disarmed: What the October 7 Attack Teaches Americans About the Right to Bear Arms [More]
I haven’t read it but I agree with him on a lot, so it’ll no doubt be worth it.
Here’s a little experiment you can do for yourself: Check your local library and the larger system it is part of, and see if it stocks items by authors who are advancing Second Amendment information, as opposed to hosting drag queen story hours and screaming about right wing censorship of groomer lit.
Seeing as how these hotbeds of Marxism are wholly funded by tax plunder and the chances of shuttering them are nil, I’m wondering if there’s a good first step legislative remedy against such discrimination that’s feasible.
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Save It for the Judge
Trump classified docs judge expands hearing to consider ‘unlawful’ appointment of special counsel Jack Smith – Judge Aileen Cannon will allow amici to make arguments [More]
You’d better believe she’s a target and the Democrats are furiously digging for something … anything to destroy her with.
Catty CNN is planting the “incompetence” seed.
I’ll take Mark W. Smith’s read on this over Tierney Sneed’s and Hannah Rabinowitz’s, any day…
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Common Cause
Let me also respond to your “in common use” argument. There is no “in common use” tradition. [More]
The Second Amendment does not say “the right of the people to keep and bear arms in common use at the time shall not be infringed.” If it had, the Anti-Federalists would have told the Framers to go to hell.
Dangerous and Unusual? It’s a lie and does not exist. [More]
Interesting reading that also links to “The Historical Tradition and Analogue Lie in Bruen“…
As for this charge, I’d need to see links, specifics and context. What citizen disarmament edicts has Mark W. Smith endorsed? My biggest disgreement with him — and other prominent 2A attorneys — so far has been when they say stuff like ATF doesn’t have the authority but Congress does. Huge deferring to stare decisis vs. “shall not be infringed” hole, that one, but even there that doesn’t mean he’d be for a ban, and for the most part I think he’s been among the best, especially with his insights into SCOTUS.
Scalia on Heller
The Price of Admission
ANTI-GUN WASHINGTON POST MAKES HUGE PRO-2A ADMISSION [Watch]
Perhaps. But tying “in common use at the time” to commercial popularity can be a trap.
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Speaking of Vigorous Efforts
US Court of Appeals for Fifth Circuit (TX, LA) has issued a ruling upholding the 2022 federal law requiring additional background checks for 18-20 year olds. [Watch]
And Mark W. Smith reminds us we can “Thank John Cornyn.
I’d suggest taking that grade down a notch or two, but last time I did that resulted in some ruffled feathers.
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The Indirect Approach
JUSTICE SCALIA TEACHES: HOW TO SAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS WITHOUT THE 2ND AMENDMENT [Watch]
It gets a bit too far into the weeds for my poor thinking, which can’t overlook the concessions he made trying to save it WITH the 2nd Amendment.
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That is the Question
HUGE SCOTUS ARGUMENT: WILL THE SUPREME COURT DISMISS ALL ANTI-TRUMP FEDERAL CHARGES? [Watch]
And will they overturn convictions that arise from corrupt state lawfare…?
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Related UPDATE
NEW: Thanks to order by Judge Cannon, key evidence related to classified docs case is now unredacted. On the left: What DOJ/Jack Smith wanted to conceal. On the right: Now we know why. More proof of collaboration btw Biden White House and NARA to concoct a case. [More]
More like “collusion”…
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Ghost of a Chance
Supreme Court to decide if Biden administration can regulate ‘ghost guns’ [More]
Now we get to see how all those “pro-gun” Trump justices pan out on “shall not be infringed.”
Mark W. Smith sounds optimistic.
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Hopeful Signs?
Justice Neil Gorsuch Blows Up Department of Injustice’s Case Against J6 Protesters While Dunking on Biden Solicitor General During Questioning [More]
And Mark W. Smith says “SUPREME COURT STANDS READY TO REJECT DOJ’S OVERREACHING.”
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The Panel from Hell
Youth Must Be Served
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuot denied a request for rehearing En Banc in the Lara v. Pennsylvania case involving young adults and the second amendment. Mark Smith Four Boxes Diner explains the big 2A win! [Watch]
Of COURSE RKBA applies to 18-10-year-olds. Try 17.
Of COURSE 1791 is the relevant time period. Some of us have been arguing that for decades. But it’s no surprise lying prohibitionists once more favor applying the racist Black Codes of their Democrat forbears to all.
And of COURSE Judge Krause, with her “In today’s America, by contrast—where firearms include automatic assault rifles” line of “reasoning” is a propaganda-spewing idiot apparatchik.
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Related UPDATE
A Common Preconception
Meritless First Circuit Abets RI Magazine Ban
We need go no further. Plaintiffs’ failure to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits of their claims sinks their attempt to require the district court to issue a preliminary injunction… We therefore affirm the judgment of the district court, denying the request for a preliminary injunction. [More]
Snotty, arrogant, and imperious in their denial of fundamental rights, just like the Founders intended.
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Related UPDATE
Circuit Courts could not give less of a shit that the Supreme Court said interest balancing analysis is not appropriate. They are doing it anyway, and blatantly. Will SCOTUS do anything about it? [More]
That they haven’t already speaks volumes.
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Delay of Game
History Defeats Itself
What’s in a Title?
WANTED: CEO for America’s Oldest & Largest Civil Rights Organization. Only Qualified Applicants Need Apply [More]
I couldn’t find a royalty-free photo of a street hooker in a tube top and leopard print hotpants to include with this post. But smart @$$ery aside, what’s with “CEO”?
I’ve been seeing it for years and it’s always confused me.
It’s not just how others refer to him, it’s how NRA refers to him, case in point, on official tax documents they file with the government.
The reason I’m confused is because per the Bylaws, Article V, Section 1 (a):
“The officers of the Association shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, an Executive Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, an Executive Director of the National Rifle Association General Operations, and an Executive Director of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action.”
Then you get to (b) and it says (in boldface type):
“The Board may not abolish said offices nor create any other offices.”
That seems pretty specific and there for a reason. Anybody who knows what the deal is, please feel free to educate via comments.
Order in Illinois Gun/Magazine Ban Case
You can see that Stephen McGlynn is implicitly saying that he totally, totally disagrees with the ruling of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and while he’s not calling those judges morons, he’s basically saying, shall we say, they’re clearly wrong on the law. [Watch]
Nothing to stop the rest of us from calling them what they deserve…
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