It’s not showing up on Google yet and I have no corroboration or further details at this time.
[Via Jess]
UPDATE
See comments for confirmation links from AmmoLand, YouTube and Red State.
Tag: Virginia
A Monumental Decision
Virginia Democrats Earmark $100,000 for Statue Honoring Late Judge Accused of Trading Sex With Convicted Killer’s Mother for Legal Advice [More]
I understand some space for it has cleared up in Richmond…
[Via Michael G]
UPDATE to Militia-Based Challenge to VA ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban Article
Revised to update case name, defendants and plaintiffs, and added notice at start about injunction being denied/current case status. [More]
Getting Warmer…
The US Supreme Court decision in Hemani offers great support to the 2A challenges to Virginia gun ban laws. [Watch]
He’s right when he observes “shall not be infringed” must be viewed and argued in the context of what The Framers would have considered to be infringements when it comes to “dangerous and unusual.”
I’d like to see him acknowledge that “in common use at the time” needs to include arms that standing army soldiers deploy with, not just what’s commercially popular, because otherwise, the machinegun ban will continue and any new developments in arms technology will be withheld from We the People.
And the bottom line is, prohibition does not work in a society that has rights, and you need to amp up the totalitarianism to where it does. If someone can’t be trusted with a gun…
[Via Jess]
Curtis v. Katz Media Update
The question on everyone’s mind: Will the case be appealed? They have 15 days. He would like to and will give the matter serious consideration. [More]
I’ve updated “Judge Rules Against Injunction in Militia Challenge to VA Gun Ban” with a synopsis and transcript of yesterday’s Zoom meeting.
Judge Rules Against Injunction in Militia Challenge to VA Gun Ban
In a ruling issued Thursday, the Spotsylvania Circuit Court denied a request for preliminary injunction in the Curtis v. Katz challenge to Virginia’s semiautomatic firearm/magazine ban. [More]
Even though the judge acknowledges “irreparable harm” to the Plaintiffs, he thinks more damage will be done if gun-banning Democrats don’t get their way.
The Case We’re Waiting For
The hearing has been held on Curtis v. Katz, the Virginia Constitution Article I, Section 13-based militia challenge to the “assault weapon” ban.
I’m not finding results yet on Google News search, but have been able to find case progress by going to VA Courts, selecting the Circuit Court Case Information link, picking Spotsylvania Circuit Court from the drop down menu, and entering CL26002454-00 in the Case Number field.
That really doesn’t tell us anything I haven’t written about, but there is a link for Case Documents that shows all the filings from May 19 through to today, which unfortunately don’t open up to show us the details.
There’s also a Reddit discussion that seems as up to date as anything.
I’ll keep looking and if you know anything please inform us via Comments, below.
I should know more for sure tomorrow, as I’ve been invited to a Zoom press call with the counsel of record and others at 1 Eastern.
Curtis v. Katz Update
IMPORTANT CORRECTION: THE COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED AS CURTIS V. KATZ (PREVIOUSLY SAID “HOLLOWAY.”) AMMOLAND HAS UPDATED MY REPORT AND I HAVE SENT NOTICE TO FIREARMS NEWS WITH AN ARTICLE UPDATE REQUEST.
I’m told there is the perception the hearing with Judge Glover, Spotsylvania County Circuit Court, went well and the expectation is he will issue a ruling tomorrow.
See:
Hearing Scheduled for Militia-Based Challenge to VA ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban
“Plaintiffs challenge these prohibitions solely under the militia clause of Article I, Section 13 of the Constitution of Virginia. They do not rest their case on the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, nor on the individual right to keep and bear arms also embodied in Article I, Section 13,” the complaint declares. “Their argument is simpler and more fundamental: the militia clause guarantees the existence of a ‘well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms.’” [More]
My Firearms News column elaborates on some case details not included in my Saturday AmmoLand exclusive.
Try, Try Again
GOA and GOF Petition the Virginia Supreme Court for a Preliminary Ruling on Virginia’s Looming “Assault Firearms” Ban [More]
In related news, SAF is throwing financial support behind another case first reported on by yours truly.
Voting with Their Feet
$22 Million Gun Factory Relocates From Virginia to Georgia Over ‘Anti-Gun’ Legislation [More]
Good for them.
But in the grand scheme of things, it’s a drop in the bucket just compared to what the state spends on illegal immigrants, and then factor in how much money the state has to “work” with on other collectivist wealth extortion/redistribution schemes, and this won’t give anyone in power pause.
[Via bondmen]
Virginia Prosecutors Defy New ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
The ban “is striking at the core of the militia system that existed in Virginia,” Mehaffey informed Fox News, showing he is one of the few public officials who “gets it,” or is at least willing to publicly acknowledge that reality. [More]
I know of some federal prosecutors who could follow suit — and are running out of excuses not to.
Ecclesiastes 1:9
Virginia’s central argument is that Article I, Section 13 of the Virginia Constitution is not an individual Second Amendment-style right at all. According to the Commonwealth, Section 13 is a “collective, militia-tethered right,” meaning the right to keep and bear arms is tied to militia service rather than individual self-defense. [More]
There is no new thing under the sun.
And Opposite Day “progressives” keep coming back with the same tired, old, debunked revisionist lies.
Enemy Foreign and Domestic
That would be this Third World collectivist ingrate bent on turning the Founder’s Republic into the hellhole he escaped from…
Gold Hat Gun Control
So, the state ran checks they had no authority to run yet based on an emergency that didn’t clear the bar to be an emergency while ignoring an injunction that’s still sitting on the judge’s desk. [Watch]
Checks and balances? We ain’t got no checks and balances. We don’t need no checks and balances. I don’t have to show you any stinking checks and balances!
If they don’t have to obey the law, why should we have to obey their lawlessness?
[Via Jess]
Immigrant Orders Militia to Surrender Arms, Or Else
Virginia state Sen. Saddam Azlan Salim (D) is telling prosecutors who say they will not enforce his “assault weapons” ban to quit “tough guy posturing.” [More]
What was I just talking about…?
What idiots some of our “gun rights leaders” are.
[Via bondmen]
The Rebellion Spreads
What did I say about if more took a stand?
And why am I thinking “Alice’s Restaurant“?
You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he’s really sick, and they won’t take him. And if two people, two people do it—in harmony—they may think they’re both faggots and they won’t take either of ’em. And three people do it—three, can you imagine?—three people walking in, singing a bar of Alice’s Restaurant and walking out?—they may think it’s an organization. And can you—can you imagine fifty people a day—I said fifty people a day!—walkin’ in, singin’ a bar of Alice’s Restaurant and walking out. And friends, they may think it’s a movement!
[Via WiscoDave]
A Line in the Sand
Marine vet prosecutor refuses to cross constitutional line on Spanberger ‘assault weapon’ ban – Commonwealth Attorney Ryan Mehaffey said the new Virginia gun ban ‘is striking at the core of the militia system’ [More]
What’s a Law repugnant to the Constitution, again…?
No Ted Olson, he…
This is a major beef I have with apologists for the administration making excuses that they have to defend the law. No, they don’t.
Now all we need is an actual militia system with a core. Anybody see any bills proposing that?
If more took this stand it would galvanize and spread.
With Support Like This…
Collateral Damage
The governor’s acknowledgment that the law covers common hunting models will likely be cited in Second Amendment challenges. If the law is not amended, she could prove the main witness against her own signed legislation. [More]
Yeah, I know… any chair in a bar fight.
Thing is, 2A isn’t about hunting and “common use” will come back to bite us.
So will special exemptions for Fudds.
[Via Michael G]