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?
Tag: prohibited persons
Killing You Softly with His Song
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]
A Gun Sense Politician

I wanted to update you on the situation involving Senator Nicole Mitchell, who is facing felony burglary charges after breaking into her stepmother’s home last year. On March 13, the Senate Ethics Committee met to review two complaints against Senator Nicole Mitchell tied to these charges and her behavior. Despite clear evidence of wrongdoing, the committee failed to take meaningful action. [More]
Felonies…? So, she could end up a “prohibited person”…?
What is it about these people who don’t trust us with guns…?
[Via Jess]
Good Riddance
Meet the family renouncing their US citizenship because of Trump…and it doesn’t come cheap [More]
I guess these herbivores don’t care that makes them “prohibited persons,” but I wonder if they even know it’s no longer their choice.
[Via bondmen]
Limited Use
About that “restoration” project…
Tangentially Related UPDATE
Will Bondi snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? Because she’s dancing in a minefield.
[Via Jess]
And What Are We Gonna Do About It?
We Caught FBI Using “Minority Report Style” Secret Form Pressuring Gun Owners To Forfeit Their Rights [More]
Here’s the thing: They refuse to identify where they get the authority to create an unlegislated class of prohibited person and if we pursue a lawsuit they will fight paying attorney fees if we win.
[Via bondmen]
Restoration Project
About two weeks ago, Ms. Oyer was put on a working group to restore gun rights to people convicted of crimes, she said. [More]
Four Boxes Diner explains the significance.
See, it’s not “prickly” at all, Mel.
Well, maybe for NRA President “Lautenberg Bob” Barr…
[Via Jess]
Setting the Stage for Trump v. Bondi?
Because Trump’s convictions involved crimes that were notionally punishable by more than a year of incarceration, they made him subject to a federal law that bars him from possessing firearms. [More]
But not the nuclear football…
I do wonder– if he challenged this – would his AG defend the law and fight him…?
[Via Dan Gifford]
When Courts Collide
Based on the above four cases, the cert conflict could not be more dramatic. Range and Williams allow as-applied challenges to the felon ban. Jackson and Hunt categorically allow no challenge to the ban. Since felons are the overwhelming majority of persons prosecuted under § 922(g), resolution by the Supreme Court is direly needed. [More]
The fiction, of course, being that truly dangerous felons require any court’s sanction, and that a higher law they won’t acknowledge doesn’t nonetheless hold true…
[Via Michael G]
Pot Shots
The Felon in Chief?
Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan sentenced Trump to “unconditional discharge,” meaning no jail, no probation and no fine. But the sentence will still formally make Trump the first criminal convict ever to occupy the Oval Office. [More]
We’ll see what happens with an appeal.
In the meantime, is a “prohibited person” in charge of ATF?
Saved from More Low-Hanging Fruit
Man Sentenced for Firearms, Ammunition, and Explosives Possession [More]
Me, I’m wondering how a guy named Pedro got a Kryptonian last name…
UPDATE: My bad. I guess he’s really Kryptonian, which makes me wonder why he needs a gun…
[Via Edmund M]
Unsecuring the Blessings of Liberty
Because alleged domestic abusers pose a clear threat of violence, the measure is constitutional under the high court’s United States v. Rahimi ruling, Judge Jerry E. Smith said for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. [More]
If they’re “alleged,” that hasn’t been proven and depriving them of their rights is tyranny.
If it has been proven that they pose a clear threat, leaving them free to victimize is unconscionable.
Any government that would do this to its citizens has delegitimized itself.
[Via Jess]