Notes from the Resistance
The Texas suppressor ruling is a major win for gun owners, but legal limits, political spin, and unanswered questions mean the fight is far from over. [More]
Or as Mr. Wolfe cautioned… (NSFW!)
Gun nuts froth as Todd Blanche goes back on his word to keep 92-year ban in place [More]
Now there’s some fair and balanced journalism for ya.
Careful, David Edwards, you get any more worked up you’re gonna pop your Rapex.
We don’t hate the DSM enough.
Just like that? You’re sure? No pre-conditions or memberships needed? FFLs are all sure of what they need to do? Got all those questions for DOJ answered?
I’d hate to think people who had nothing to do with it and don’t know what they’re talking about are spreading bad legal advice.
And when are you going to do something about oath-breaking Republican power players like Ben Albritton?
Ohio’s Unfinished Suppressor Reform Leaves a State-Law Trap for Gun Owners [More]
Fresh on the heels of killing the Freedom to Carry Act. And not correcting state and county fair citizen disarmament edicts.
And they wonder why it looks like Sherrod Brown is polling ahead of 2A squish Jon Husted and Vivek isn’t running over Amy Acton.
“Hudson Antifa” is not an anomaly. The state is in danger of going blue– I think it will. And clueless Vichycons are doing nothing to put fire in gun owner bellies.
Ohio Gun Owners names names. And while it’s easy for some to dismiss them based hostility against the Dorr brothers, resist ad hominem dismissal for a moment and see for yourself if A ratings and endorsements are deserved.
“The Department of Justice had the opportunity to act to protect our safety, but it failed to do so,” Kris Brown, the president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said in a statement, noting the campaign from Republican lawmakers. “Our elected officials are supposed to serve the American people, not the gun industry’s bottom line. Today, the gun industry and silencer dealers are celebrating, while Americans are left less safe.” [More]
Couldn’t find anyone to refute that unmitigated horses#!+, could you, “real reporter” Chris Cameron?
They show their cards in the first sentence, about what you’d expect from “The newsraper of record.”
Randy Weaver called. He wants his wife and son back.
Related UPDATE
Will the administration pass it?
And we’re talking time-honored American tradition here…
Well, not by everyone…
Multiple admin sources tell me the DOJ official pushing to appeal the case to the 5th Circuit is attorney Brett Shumate, who oversees the civil division at DOJ. Sources expressed shock at the extent to which Shumate seems to be controlled by anti-2A and anti-gun career bureaucrats within DOJ. [More]
Seeing as how all hands received a clear 2A directive with instructions to comply, where are the insubordination terminations?
Let’s find out.
I’d have copied Todd Blanche but his old account no longer exists and I can’t find a new one yet.
[Via Jess]
TELL THE WHITE HOUSE: DON’T LET DOJ APPEAL OUR WIN! [More]
I was gonna say it took me less than five minutes to read the appeal, complete the petition, and post this announcement, but I can’t get the damn “Contact the White House Here!” link to work.
If you have better success, educate me in “Comments.”
Therefore, any photos of silencer parts that someone submits to ATF can be legally seen as pictures of silencers—for which the applicant does not yet have authorization to possess. [More]
That’s why I use Chore Boy–the most trusted name in unregistered NFA firearms!
I do not understand why these lawyers are not being babysat by the Second Amendment unit of the Department of Justice because I cannot believe that people like Harmeet Dhillon would have signed off on the brief that was just filed by the Department of Justice in the Chris Brown versus BATF case… [Watch]
I understand why. I can believe it.
I don’t blame embedded subversives any more than the frog should blame the scorpion. I blame those they report to who have let them stay on and get away with it.
[Via Jess]
Suppressors removed from the Munitions List will instead be placed on the Commerce Control List and regulated under the Export Administration Regulations. [More]
And the delegated authority for either…?
…Congress’ taxing power cannot be used to support the NFA since the tax for suppressors and short-barreled firearms was eliminated in the One Big Beautiful Bill. Eliminating that tax, therefore, no longer justifying Congress’ taxing power under the NFA. [More]
As if the Framers would have considered any part of the NFA to be a legitimate power of Congress, so yeah, deck chairs on the Titanic, but I you gotta start somewhere.
Democrats’ HEAR Act Would Turn Millions of Lawful Suppressor Owners Into Felons [More]
But…but…but it was dead…
The pulse is weak but all it needs is more power.
How Loud is a Gunshot? [More]
And why do people who bill themselves as “commonsense gun safety advocates” so rabidly oppose hearing protection?
DOJ targets DC firearm suppressor ban in amended complaint [More]
Not that they’re going to do anything about rescinding the entire NFA registration infringement… although you’d never know it from this.
“Assistant US attorney Charles Strauss Jr,” Peterson said. “He was actually on site for the raid. He actually orchestrated and coordinated the raid. It wasn’t done with law enforcement. It was done through the prosecution. So, the prosecution actually was the ones who did the raid, orchestrated it, and it was because of the bipartisan Safer Communities Act…the US assistant US attorney, actually told my attorney that Peterson will never traffic firearms again. That was one of his statements.” [More]
His LinkedIn page says he’s still employed…
Attorneys for George Peterson have filed a petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court in Peterson v. United States, a Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC)-backed challenge to the federal government’s unconstitutional National Firearms Act (NFA) tax and registration requirements for suppressors. [More]
Now all SCOTUS has to do to let bad law stand is…nothing.
[Via Jess]
South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden signed a bill Tuesday that deregulates gun silencers by removing them from the state’s definition of a controlled weapon. [More]
And significantly:
The bill passed through both chambers of the Legislature without any “no” votes.
A spokesperson for Everytown shared the group’s reaction.
[Via Jess]
On the very first day that suppressors and short-barreled shotguns became tax-free, the ATF’s eForms system crashed for hours under overwhelming demand. For the first time in nearly a century, Americans were able to exercise this right without paying a $200 federal tax—yet the system meant to process those applications couldn’t handle the volume. [More]
For some reason I’m recalling the old Panasonic slogan and imagining a modification:
[Via Jess]