Notes from the Resistance
So, why not ask him what he told NRA to get them to mobilize their members on his behalf? [More]
Or to paraphrase Sir Wilfrid in Witness for the Prosecution, “The question is, Mr. Jolly, were you lying then, are you lying now, or are you not in fact a chronic and habitual LIAR?”
The text of the Second Amendment encompasses the purchase of firearms by 18-to20-year-olds, as the en banc majority below did not dispute, Pet.App.43a–44a, and as the majority was also forced to acknowledge, “the Founding era lacked express prohibitions on the purchase of firearms” by 18-to-20-year-olds. Id. at 30a. Indeed, the eighteenth century laws that come closest to reflecting a “Founding-era policy on age and firearms”—militia laws throughout the Nation obliging eighteen-year-olds to muster for militia service bearing firearms they were legally obligated to acquire for themselves—in fact “reflect the policy that eighteen- to twenty-one-year-olds should be armed.” Id. at 159a (Brasher, J., dissenting). That should have been the beginning and the end of any suggestion that Florida’s age ban “is consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.” New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 17 (2022). [More]
With DeSantis backing NRA, what leg is Mark Glass still standing on?
[Via Jess]
“This insanely offensive brief should never have been filed in any court, let alone at the Fifth Circuit. It should be immediately withdrawn and thrown into the trash, along with Mr. Lemon’s ability to make these filings in the future. This is a prime example of why President Trump should appoint a competent Second Amendment czar to coordinate the administration’s agenda across the government and with stakeholders in Second Amendment litigation. Our rights must be protected at all costs and the American people are counting on President Trump and Attorney General Bondi to fulfill their promise to do just that.” [More]
This came out before my piece on gun group silence. I missed noting it in my AmmoLand piece because I was looking for reactions from national groups to include a more recent case where DOJ argued “Machine guns are atypical weapons not protected by the Second Amendment because a reasonable person would not expect them to be used in militia service,” and was specifically looking at the Big Three 501(c)(3)s that have political clout.
My major beef with FPC’s plan: I’ve explained it before: I don’t like “czar,” and anyone in that position would be feeding from the same hand. Gun owner advocates are owed a place at the table as members– we’re not dogs who should be grateful for scraps thrown down to us. It’s our table.
Marion Hammer Sues NRA for Breach of Contract & Misusing Her Name [More]
Who do I root for?
Oh Boy! a new head fudd. [More]
Anybody see anything vital to the core purpose of the Second Amendment under the new NRA president’s leadership?
At least Grover-lover Ted Nugent thinks he’s swell.
And even discussions about reopening the machine gun amnesty for old NFA firearms [More]
Sorry, not sorry, but I find the entire presumption behind this revolting.
As much as I criticize the guy and believe he specializes in self-aggrandizement over sincerity, I can’t argue that he has initiated unprecedented actions and more are on the way. All those actions will ultimately prove temporary and reversible if the Republicans can’t get their act together, and part of that problem is on us as gun owners, and how involved we’re willing to get pressing them to do the right thing.
And I gotta ask: Bob Barr?
What are your thoughts on this link found on a site I frequent with significantly more credibilty (at least in my mind) than anything the NRA posts… [More]
Let’s hope it fares better than it did here.
NRA legislative expert says gun rights could see ‘most monumental’ win in Congress since 2005 [More]
Anybody tell this guy about Vanderstok?
Or the 5% prognosis on “Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity”?
How about 1% for NICS screw-ups…?
But what do I know? I neither present myself as an “expert” nor an Authorized Journalist.
After a violent year marked by multiple mass shootings in Alabama, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey and many lawmakers from both parties are backing a proposed ban on so-called Glock switches and other conversion devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns. [More]
Are she and the Vichycons really that stupid? Let’s ask.
Good thing her “commitment to the Second Amendment has never been in question.”
[Via Steve T]
LaPierre Pays Up $, Lawyer Brewer Resigns, Our Causes Advance : NRA Board After Action Report [More]
Jeff Knox updates us on Association happenings and some positive developments.
Oscar Mayer taking applications to drive ‘Wienermobile’ around U.S. [More]
Have I got a candidate for them.
[Via Michael G]
Trump Has ‘Lost Faith’ in N.R.A., Says Gun Group Official – In a new letter, an N.R.A. vice president said the troubled group needed to rebuild trust with Donald J. Trump and his inner circle. [More]
While I agree with him on William Brewer, there’s a saying about people in glass houses.
And speaking of rebuilding trust…
Are his expectations for Gun Owners for Trump that they will be a valued sounding board and advisory group to keep him from going off half-cocked and saying/doing more stupid sh!+, or will he expect to just summon a few to publicly kiss his ring once in a while and then brag about their access to the president?
Will we see leadership on this?
I just checked the Twitter/X feeds for them and nada…
I wonder what they have to say about Bondi’s role in railroading George Zimmerman…
After confidently predicting Trump was ‘toast,’ Michael Moore lashes out at Americans: ‘Not a good people’ [More]
Biden’s executive order targets modern manufacturing processes in ways that implicate the First Amendment. [More]
So if Democrats want to ban “misinformation” and now real information, what kind of information will still be “legal”?
The good thing is, the First Amendment says “Congress shall make no law…”
They’re not making it. The executive is!
One murder with @ 5M members at the time? Is there a more peaceable population on the planet?
Compare to GOA’s and be guided accordingly.
I’d throw in NRA’s, but those have always been problematic.
