Notes from the Resistance
While going through some old stuff, I came across a post about some hysterical hand-wringing by an “Authorized Journalist/real reporter” over Ohio’s permitless carry bill:
A Republican permitless carry gun law will bring Ohio more death
Reality, of course, has shown that to be utter nonsense.
I challenged the claim and the methodology behind it at the time, and invited the author to respond. Lo and behold:
I’ve learned everything I need to about you, Craig Calcaterra.
Despite these facts, the Lucas County Sherriff’s Office and the Sylvania Prosecutor’s Office have refused to drop the charges and are deliberately ignoring Ohio law. Worse, and perhaps most egregiously, according to court filings, the Sylvania Prosecutor’s Office has taken the extraordinary position that anyone — even those holding a valid concealed handgun license — may be arrested and charged simply for having a loaded firearm in their car. [More]
We touched on this here, and my concerns still apply.
It’s up to the majority Republicans to fix this, and I note years later I’m still slapping my forehead over how over a decade after being put on notice DeWine refuses to ensure the “Only Ones” know the damn law.
Forget Lucas County Sherriff’s Office and Sylvania Prosecutor’s Office. It’s Michael Navarre and Heather Pentycofe. The bucks stop there.
Huge Win! GOA Secures True Constitutional Carry in Tennessee [More]
I can bear my arm of choice wherever I may go…?
First, court held that Tennessee’s “intent to go armed” statute violates the Tennessee Constitution and the Second Amendment. Second, the ruling declared unconstitutional Tennessee’s statute which makes it a criminal offense to merely carry certain weapons in parks and recreational areas even if for self-defense. [More]
Fine. A three-judge panel. What will the full court say, and how long will this intolerable nonsense go on?
I’m imagining what David Crockett would have had to say about this.
[Via Jess]
They say that like it’s a bad thing. [More]
North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed his first bills on Friday, blocking for now Republican legislation that would let adults carry concealed handguns without a permit and make state agencies and local sheriffs more active in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. [More]
The party that screams “DEMOCRACY!” once again rejects what the people’s representatives voted for.
Oh, look, another North Carolina Democrat politician!
Two GOP Reps Trying to Block Constitutional Carry in North Carolina [More]
How can you tell Ted Davis and Bill Brisson are lying?
[Via bondmen]
Today, Pennsylvania Gun Rights (PAGR), Firearms Owners Against Crime (FOAC), and Gun Owners of America–Pennsylvania (GOA-PA) are jointly calling for State Representative Frank Burns (D-Cambria) to immediately resign from the Pennsylvania House Second Amendment Caucus following his decisive vote to kill a Constitutional Carry amendment. [More]
Vs.
Let Me Be Absolutely Clear: I Have NEVER Voted Against Constitutional Carry. The claim that I voted against constitutional carry is 100% FALSE. I have never—and will never—vote against your Second Amendment rights. [More]
They can’t both be right.
What would the significance of overturning procedural rules be on overall 2A progress, and why does everything in politics have to be so damn laden with twists, turns, and pitfalls instead of just being straightforward and unambigouous?
That’s a rhetorical question.
And I wonder if this, this, this, and this had any bearing on his decision to make a choice on a rule that had an effect on permtiless carry…
Then again, there’s this to consider (scroll down in comments):
The PA House of Representatives’s single subject rule, as stated in the Pennsylvania Constitution, requires that bills passed by the House must only contain one subject, which is clearly expressed in the title. This rule, found in Article III, Section 3, aims to ensure legislative clarity and prevent “logrolling” or the inclusion of unrelated provisions in a single bill… The Pennsylvania Constitution’s “single subject rule” is found in Article III, Section 3. Here’s the full text:
Article III, Section 3 – Passage of Laws
“No bill shall be passed containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, except a general appropriation bill or a bill codifying or compiling the law or a part thereof.”
From Marc Erickson, Director, GRNC, via email:
On March 20th, the NC Senate passed SB50, the Concealed Carry Bill 26 to 18. Next week our House will likely be moving H5 (the complementary bill) to the House Floor for a vote.
Ammoland embeds my video from GRNC:
We have an alert active requesting that citizens contact our 100 County Sheriffs in support of the bills. This will be necessary in order to help pass the bill in the House of Representatives and then override an anticipated veto from Leftist Democrat governor Josh Stein.
Seems like the thing just wrote itself…:-)
Pass Constitutional Carry Now in North Carolina [More]
You’re not gonna let some Yankee from Ohio care more about it than you do, are you?
Funny thing about Google, and I don’t mean “ha ha” funny: Search for “Grassroots North Carolina” and good luck finding the gun group’s website. I noticed a similar phenomenon the other day when I put in the title of a recent AmmoLand article.
By suppressing our work, they suppress our political action.
Their sucking up to Trump has to do more than just stoke the guy’s ego. A “Second Amendment President” would be calling them out on algorithms that discriminate against one of his core constituencies.
But back to the resason for this post: Sign GRNC’s petition.
Show NC legislators you are serious about NC Concealed Carry ! [More]
NC gun owners: Are you?
UPDATE
Go to link to see “STOP ALAMANCE SCHEME TO END SHOOTING RANGES!”
I hate to be Eeyore, but with all the hyperbole and excitement I’m seeing about national Constitutional Carry reciprocity, it doesn’t seem out of line to ask the gushers and the click baiters to provide a realistic estimate of whose votes we can count on, and which “Republicans” will join with the slim Democrat minority to keep the bill from getting to the president’s desk.
No one would like my caution to be proven unfounded more than me. The last thing I want to see with such great expectations is the wind taken out of everyone’s sails.
Anyone care to help me jump on the bandwagon?
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act’’. [More]
Well, it beats Cornyn’s.
When I posted on this the other day, the linked bill text talked permits. What am I reading wrong?
Now that he’s apparently changed that, I’m not sure why he didn’t just support Massie’s. Is the GOP squeezing him out in revenge for opposing Mike Johnson on principle?
And still no prognosis.
Who wants to bet against me and how much?
The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to Hawaii’s gun-licensing law, though three justices expressed a willingness to hear arguments over the issue later [More]
With “shall not be infringed” being the metric, that this is even an allowed to be an issue is one of the greatest frauds of our time.
“I understand constitutional carry and why it would be okay in some parts of Louisiana, but you can’t say that is true for New Orleans,” Kirkpatrick said. I’m a person who appreciates constitutional carry but not in every location. New Orleans is unique. We have no business with guns at a parade or in our entertainment areas at all.” [More]
Bringing the same results to New Orleans she did to Oakland, I see…
Only in government is suing your previous employer not a red flag for hiring managers…
[Via Jess]
Justified Homicides in Indianapolis Double after Constitutional Carry [More]
And every one of the thwarted perps ends up mourned and memorialized alongside past victims.
