The Firearms Policy Coalition and Cato Institute have filed an amicus brief in Gun Owners of America v. Barr, the GOA’s bump-fire stock case in the 6th Circuit. Read it. It’s only 17 pages in full, and the brief proper is just 11 pages (the remainder being the standard legal paperwork administrivia). Yes, read it; … Continue reading “Political Expediency, Not Statutory Ambiguity”
Last weekend was Shavuot. In the diaspora it is a two day holiday. I admit it is an emotional holiday for me. I love Shavuot. The holiday of Shavuot is the day on which we celebrate the great revelation of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, more than 3,300 years ago. You stood … Continue reading Signing On The Dotted Line
Just for the record, as President, Trump has now: 1. Signed Fix NICS, to ensure more people are added to the fatally flawed system. 2. Supported no-due process ex parte firearms confiscation. 3. Banned bump-fire stocks, and set the stage for a semi-auto ban. 4. Endorsed raising the age to possess a firearm to 21. … Continue reading A 2A President
See update below. If this lawyer lost any gun cases, his clients may have grounds for appeal due to ineffective counsel. I just hope he didn’t convince a client to cop a plea to unlawful possession of paper weights. It started with this news report. Indiana teen built ‘ghost gun’ from online parts In February … Continue reading [UPDATE] If you’re shopping for a gun law attorney, keep looking.
There are days when I wonder if Harold Hutchison gets a check from the Vichy NRA. Or maybe Bloomberg. When All You Can Do Is Limit the Damage The other benefit damage control can have is that it could prompt anti-Second Amendment extremists to kill a bill. This happened 20 years ago in the wake … Continue reading A Challenge
I have come to the conclusion that Eric Swalwell actually is insane. I don’t mean that as hyberbole, or in a gratuitously insulting way. I think he is crazy. Frankly, I thought it was rather odd when he noted that “The government has nukes,” then said he was sure he and the people he threatens … Continue reading “Weapons of war will be no more.”
A reporter whined at me for publicly shaming her. All I’d done was note several factual errors in an article and offer to help her with details in the future (which she hasn’t taken me up on). That wasn’t public shaming. THIS is public shaming. … Continue reading Gun Goofs In the News
Victim disarmers have invented or misidentified many items in attempts to terrify voters and politicians into supporting their pro-criminal goals. Some are funny, for the full-on alternate universe ridiculousness. Some are infuriating, for the damage done to uninformed minds. This list is presented so 1) those interested in learning something can educate themselves, 2) reporters … Continue reading Imaginary Stuff: Things Gun Controllers Think Exist
I wrote last week about the seemingly virtually nonexistent bump-fire ban compliance rate. A commenter spoke at some length on why people aren’t complying. I think he is overly optimistic. “…99.997% who are well aware of the blatant abuse this nonsense is and will continue to be, not to mention its wholesale uncontsitutionality, and putting … Continue reading Misplaced Optimism
Last year, van Nieuwenhuyzen v. Sniff set up the Ninth Circus for the dilemma of upholding a gun control law or shooting down sanctuary cities. Now federal Southern District of California Judge Roger T. Benitez has made a ruling in Duncan et al vs. Becerra that, once appealed by the state of California, likewise presents … Continue reading More Ninth Circuit Trouble: California Magazine Limit Tossed