Notes from the Resistance
Could tracking denied gun sales help prevent tragedies? Experts think so [More]
And by “experts,” “real reporter” Alison Sherry means billionaire-bankrolled citizen disarmament fanatics like Tom Sullivan.
I may write more on this, because there’s plenty to unpack.
[Via Jess]
This was a heroic action by the employee and undoubtedly saved who knows how many lives. [More]
So the position of the industry is “gun control” works but NICS needs a vigilante assist?
Doesn’t that also play into the hands of lawfaring gun-grabbers who argue dealers without psychic abilities are negligent and liable? And can they still do that if the person is the “wrong” color?
I note they’re prosecuting the guy for lying on the 4473. Guess he didn’t have the right dad.
He is wanted on the following charges: murder, carrying concealed weapons and having weapons while under disability. [More]
We keep trying it their way and ignoring the obvious.
We hold that § 5-133(b)(2) is, in substance, a law prohibiting the possession of firearms by felons and, as such, is consistent with the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. [More]
Then they should have no problem coming up with an upheld parallel from the time of ratification. Either that or they’re just robed frauds.
And it doesn’t change a basic truth, does it?
[Via Antigone]
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
New York says hold our beer. [Watch]
[Via Jess]
From the Department’s perspective, regardless of whether the Second Amendment requires an individualized restoration process for persons subject to 18 U.S.C. 922(g), 18 U.S.C. 925(c) reflects an appropriate avenue to restore firearm rights to certain individuals who no longer warrant such disability based on a combination of the nature of their past criminal activity and their subsequent and current law-abiding behavior while screening out others for whom full restoration of firearm rights would not be appropriate. [More]
The first part is fine. We need to understand how more than a select few can qualify.
As for those “others,” when are they going to learn?
Follow instructions under “ADDRESSES” to submit your comment.
[Via Jess]
Here’s the initial response to my FOIA on rights restoration.
It’s with an eye toward determining how these 10 choices were selected for DOJ’s initial offering that prompted this FOIA request. [More]
Let’s see if the new, improved “Second Amendment Task Force” DOJ will be any better at responding to these things than it was under the Biden regime.
Mel Gibson’s right to own a gun restored by Justice Department [More]
I submitted an AmmoLand article on this a few minutes ago, along with my FOIA request to determine what criteria they used.
The matter began when Philpotts, while facing rape charges, was convicted of a weapons charge in 2018. The charge, possessing weapons under disability, often means a person convicted of a violent crime cannot have a firearm. In Philpotts’ case, he was merely accused of a violent crime. The rape charges against him were later dropped, but his firearm conviction remained. [More]
That would appear to be a no-brainer. Unfortunately, we’re dealing with no gunsers.
[Via JG]
Mass. man indicted on explosives charges, allegedly had plutonium and other hazardous substances in his home [More]
And he’s a “prohibted person”…?
You know what I always say about people who can’t be trusted with plutonium…
[Via Edmund M]
Mel Gibson Got His Gun Rights Back, but Millions of Americans With No History of Violence Are Still Waiting [More]
Particularly those Americans who didn’t back away from the issue because they found it “prickly”…
But the big question: How does NRA President and Lautenberg Amendment supporter Bob Barr feel about it?
[Via Michael G]
The Justice Department is releasing plans to create a process for those with criminal convictions to restore their gun this decision sparking alarm that it will return firearms of those of convicted violent crimes… [Watch]
Make sure you take a look at the comments under the Queen City “News” video.
Sir Wilfrid has a question:
[Via Jess]
This bill would require the Department of Justice to develop and launch a system to allow a person who resides in California to voluntarily add their own name to, and subsequently remove their own name from, the California Do Not Sell List, with the purpose of preventing the sale or transfer of a firearm to the person who adds their name, as specified. [More]
So… what the hell are they doing out without a custodian?
“Voluntary,” of course, means coereced to keep from having worse charges filed. Hey, why should people who don’t respect the Second Amendment care about the Fifth?
The feds tried this crap and never did explain where they get the authority from.
[Via Jess]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued an Interim Final Rule removing the Attorney General’s delegation of authority to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to process applications for relief from federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c). [More]
Yep:
Although federal law provides a means for the relief of firearms disabilities, ATF’s annual appropriation since October 1992 has prohibited the expending of any funds to investigate or act upon applications for relief from federal firearms disabilities submitted by individuals. As long as this provision is included in current ATF appropriations, ATF cannot act upon applications for relief from federal firearms disabilities submitted by individuals.
[18 U.S.C. 925(c); 27 CFR 478.144]
Rendering Chuck Schumer’s appropriations rider against ATF restoring rights impotent by removing ATF from the equation is really smart, and I feel like this is a “Doh!” moment for those of us who never thought of it.. How come no one proposed this before, or did someone, and word of it never escaped the echo chamber?
A Dothan man was arrested again on Monday just two months after former President Joe Biden commuted his sentence. Dothan Police charged Willie Frank Peterson on Monday with possessing cocaine, hydrocodone, marijuana, and two counts of illegally possessing firearms… [More]
So… he just went around all those hoops you and I are forced to jump through…?
I wonder who was working the autopen that day…
[Via Michael G]
So, this puts a plus mark in the Bondi record. We’ll see what it really means as things develop. Case in point, how does it override the Schumer funding prohibiton on restoring rights?
Upset that the karaoke machine at a Florida bar was not working, a man pointed a Glock pistol at another patron and fired off a round, according to police who arrested the suspect, a convicted felon barred from possessing a firearm. [More]
I could swear we’ve addressed this before…
[Via Steve T]
