Notes from the Resistance
NSSF is especially thankful to U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-La.) and U.S. Reps. Steve Scalise (R-La.), Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Blake Moore (R-Utah) for their leadership in guiding this vitally important legislation to passage. [More]
I’d be a lot more thankful if Everytown hadn’t called Manchin “a guiding light,” and if Heinrich wasn’t a prohibitionist.
[Via Jess]
Compare to GOA’s and be guided accordingly.
I’d throw in NRA’s, but those have always been problematic.
Almost daily, legislators propose new gun laws aimed at reducing crime rates. However, both new and existing laws are unlikely to impact crime significantly. With over 90 years of gun control legislation and crime data, it’s clear that these laws do little to curb criminality or save lives. [More]
“Gun Control” doesn’t work, at least for its stated justification.
Surprising no one, I trust…?
See, there are two different missions here that only occasionally converge when it’s convenient for them. Think Wallace on the field while the Lairds strike their own deals with Longshanks.
[Via Andy M]
“Commonly owned,” “typically possessed” and “ordinary” are key words here. [More]
And “commonly owned,” “typically possessed” and “ordinary” by and for whom is the key question here.
Last I looked, it wasn’t “the right of the people to keep and bear commonly owned, typically possessed and ordinary arms shall not be infringed.” That attitude will result in 2A being rendered a moot point.
You’d think our NSSF “leaders” would know that.
President Ronald Reagan Gave Us The Answer For Rejecting Gun Control [More]
Are you people out of your f***ing minds?
Never mind, the numbers are in.
Patriots Beware Of New Scam ‘No Compromise’ 2A Group In Hoosier State [More]
With all the cases that need funding and political battles that need to be fought, it’s crucial not to squander precious resources. When a “group’s” headquarters is a PO Box at a UPS Store, it pays to investigate further to see what donations really pay for.
If this were untrue it would be actionable.
Supreme Court Review Sought to Challenge Firearm and Magazine Bans Citing Second Amendment [More]
With all the actions being filed, how can SCOTUS continue to leave what we all know the truth to be in legal limbo?
We’ll find our just as sure as we live
Something’s gotta give, something’s gotta give, something’s gotta give.
NSSF REPORT REVEALS FIREARM MAGAZINES WITH CAPACITY OVER 10 ROUNDS IS NATIONAL STANDARD [More]
I see some “gunfluencers” breathlessly celebrating the end of magazine bans, as if we’re dealing with an enemy that gives up, and as if Democrat judges won’t just ignore what they all know anyway.
And once more we’re seeing “in common use at the time” accepted as a popularity contest for “allowed” guns.
Anyone recall seeing that qualifier included in the wording of the Second Amendment?
[Via Jess]
One of those illegally-trafficked firearms was used to murder U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. That was exposed when ATF Agent Peter Forcelli blew the whistle that cases he was making to charge and lock up criminals for trafficking guns were being ignored by the U.S. Attorney’s office. [More]
No, that’s not how it got exposed.
Forcelli was definitely instrumental and heroic in exposing things, but ignoring the timeline of bringing information to the media, to the Congress, and to the public is wrong. If I didn’t know better, I’d think NSSF had a reason for ignoring that.
Simply put, “gun control” doesn’t work, and it’s astounding that the head of the firearms manufacturer trade association is publicly insisting that it does. [More]
Industry CYA at the expense of our rights is unacceptable.
As the NRA struggles, the gun lobby has a new leader in D.C. [More]
Not to be confused with the RIGHTS lobby…
Which is what NBC News is trying to do.
[Via Jess]
NSSF, ATF, DOJ Emphasize ‘Don’t Lie for the Other GuyTM’ [More]
Just like the Founders intended!
I wonder how many SHOT attendees drooling over hardware are loudly taking these rope-selling Quislings to task and protesting it’s not about guns, it’s about freedom…?
About as many as manufacturers refusing to sell to or service the confiscators…?
That last bit goes to this:
“It has bipartisan support. There should be reporting of mental health issues. I don’t think there’s too much disagreement about that.”
So you know that they can’t be trusted without a custodian, and you know most criminals get their guns “illegally,” and this is your “solution”?
Way to read the room, Lar’. Every time I see NSSF bragging about licking jackboots, kapos and drivers come to mind.
[Via Jess]
Gun Control Advocates Mystified that New Yorkers Would Turn To The Second Amendment [More]
I’m mystified that a “gun rights leader” would come to this conclusion without some hard evidence that they’re ready to stop being Democrats.
NICS CHECKS TOP 680,000 FOR ‘BLACK FRIDAY’ WEEK [More]
Wake me when somebody tabulates changed votes. (NSFW!)
[Via Jess]
“The National Shooting Sports Foundation challenges a new state gun law as violating its members’ constitutional rights. But we see little evidence that enforcement is looming,” wrote Judge Stephanos Bibas, a former President Trump appointee. [More]
I rest my case. Even if “Bubba” says it’s stupid because he made a kneejerk assumption and missed the point.
[Via Sweet Babboo]
Philadelphia is suing three firearm retailers – Frank’s Gun Shop Double Tap Shooting Range and Delia’s Gun Shop in Northeast Philadelphia, and Tanner’s Sports Center in Bucks County – alleging the businesses are participating in illegal straw purchases, an illicit criminal activity where an individual lies on the background check form that they are the actual purchasers and instead sells or transfers a firearm to someone who can’t or won’t be associated with the sale of a firearm. [More]
So NSSF’s “solution” is to enforce existing Intolerable Acts?
[Via Jess]
Fawning Media’s Embarrassing Gun Control Charade [More]
That’s why I call them the DSM.
And I call Busse Judas Bob 2.0.
Incidentally, I’ve got a Firearms News piece where Busse features prominently coming out any day now.
[Via Michael G]
C’mon, everybody! Let’s suck off a confiscator today!
There’s a Reason African American Gun Ownership is Rising [More]
Words nowhere addressed in the article: “Vote.” “Republican.” “Democrat.”
If being a gun owner was all it took, we’d have no better pals than Lon Horiuchi and David Chipman.
Everybody comes all over themselves reading headlines like “WSJ poll: More Blacks and Hispanics voting Republican in midterms” and you have to get into the weeds to find “According to its findings, 17% of registered Black voters said they would vote for a Republican candidate for Congress over a Democrat on Tuesday…”
In anybody’s book, that’s still a landslide for the Citizen Disarmament Party, and anyone who believes the numbers will change enough before the Dems get a supermajority and a Bruen-reversing SCOTUS probably thinks we can offset the “pathway to citizenship” from within the imposed echo chamber.
The firearm industry wants to keep firearms out of the hands of those who cannot be trusted to responsibly possess them. That includes prohibited individuals, those suffering through a mental health crisis or suffering suicidal ideations and unsupervised children. “Red flag” laws have utility in protecting the public but must be carefully administered so these orders aren’t abused to disarm lawful gun owners. [More]
Define “unsupervised children.”
Yeah, listen to the latter-day Judenrat and collaborate with the jackboots. What could go wrong?
And continue ignoring the only thing that will work.
[Via Andy M]
“Don’t Lie” is a cooperative program between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and NSSF. [More]
So if a trusted friend or relative is a “prohibited person” because they ran afoul of some unconstitutional citizen disarmament edict, or have been “red flagged” and disenfranchised without due process, the industry “solution” is to turn your back on him? Sounds like fascism in action to me.
If someone has been proven a truly dangerous character, why would they be anyplace they could receive a gun — from any source? We all know what prior restraint “background checks” enable, and how that will be exploited once Democrats have the votes. And since when is the mantra that “gun control” works?
Every time I see NSSF bragging about licking jackboots, kapos and drivers come to mind.
ATF is proud of our partnership with @NSSF to irradicate straw purchasing activities in the St. Louis area through education using the “Don’t Lie” campaign. #DontLieForTheOtherGuy [More]
Hiring the best and the brightest, are we? Hey, if we expect them to irrase irroneous tweets, their whole account will have to go.
The firearm industry worked with Congress to update the statutory definition of “in the business”… The firearm industry was the progenitor of the point-of-sale instant background check … The firearm industry has been on the leading edge to improve the quality of FBI’s NICS … NSSF supports increasing the submission of disqualifying records to FBI NICS … NSSF welcomes the Biden administration’s renewed attention to safe storage of firearms in the home … NSSF has not opposed the use of emergency risk protection orders, or so-called “red flag” laws … President Biden’s demand to close “the dating violence restraining order loophole” … was not opposed by the firearm industry … NSSF does not oppose the reauthorization of the Undetectable Firearms Act … The Undetectable Firearms Act as it is currently written should be made permanent … [More]
Aaron Zelman had a term for such collaborators.
I just hope all the independent actions coordinate with rather than sidetrack the original effort.
As seen in Phoenix:
How does that saying about “the friend of my enemy” go again…?
Dem Senator Targets Gun Group Over Its Secret Gun Registry [More]
In other words, he’s trying to sow discord to divide and conquer by embarrassing and coercing them into surrendering industry data…?
You kinda wonder what his end game is, and why Chris Wray agrees with him on guns…
[Via Jess]
