Arms and the Law
New Third Circuit case that might be headed for the Supremes
Jonathan Turley has thoughts. It involves an as-applied challenge to the GCA ban on convicted felons, in the context of a person convicted of tax evasion.
Santa Clara, CA, sheriff's officials, and Apple's chief security officer indicted for gun permit bribery
Press release here. Very clumsy, these people. The standard is to give to the sheriff's re-election fund, then discover that that somehow means you are a reliable person with a sufficient personal need to carry a firearm.
Steve Halbrook's latest, on second amendment sanctuaries.
"VIRGINIA'S SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARIES: DO THEY HAVE LEGAL EFFECT?" A good piece, and timely.
Record-breaking gun sales continue
According to NSSF, October saw 1.76 million background checks, bringing the year-to-date figures to 17.2 million. The previous yearly record was a little over 15 million, and that's already broken, with two months to go.
I can remember in the 1970s, when annual sales were three million....
Dumbest article on guns ever?
This CBS piece was nominated for that dishonor by Don Kilmer. If not the dumbest, it will certainly reach the finals.
Wyoming has the greatest gun density... with one gun per five residents? Washington DC comes in second? The answer is that they'd using number of registered NFA/Title II firearms (including those registered to law enforcement agencies) and thinking that's a measure of gun ownership.
Did Hunter Biden commit multiple gun felonies, and was it covered up?
David Codrea asks the question. I think both answers fairly obvious. Especially since the Gun Control Act not only makes it illegal to receive a firearm while "an unlawful user of, or addicted to, any controlled substance," but also to simply possess it at any time after receipt. 18 USC §922(g)(3).
SHOT Show 2021 cancelled
Just got word. Not unexpected... this isn't the time for a 60,000 person gathering of people from all over the world.
Kimber Arms moving from NY to Alabama
Good! Why any America arms manufacturer would based themselves in the traditional locations in the NE -- chiefly CT and MA -- is beyond me.
Thinking Justice Barrett over....
1. Of course, the pro-2A vote is now 6-3.
2. Certiorari is governed by the "Rule of Four," it takes four votes. There were two reliable ones going in, now it becomes three. It just takes one more, and if any pro-2A hold-outs were worried before about the outcome of a case, they can now stop worrying. It only takes one more vote to grant cert. now.
3. CJ Roberts is no longer swing Justice. At 6-3, there is no swing Justice.
4. If Roberts is in the majority, he can keep an opinion or assign to whoever in the majority he chooses. If he dissents, that power goes to the senior Justice in the majority. Justice Thomas.
I believe it is a whole new ball game....
The tears of your enemies....
"Everytown for Gun Safety
Republicans in the Senate have voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. As her confirmation hearings demonstrated, she is a threat to gun safety laws across the country and could be a dream come true for the NRA."
ACB confirmed!
One of the bigger constitutional events of my lifetime....
List of Supreme Court 2A cases awaiting cert
Right here. And to that we will soon be able to add Young v. Hawaii, my choice for Supreme Court review.
Interesting Suit over Seattle Protests/Riot/Takeover
Story here. A number of Seattle businesses sued the city over its allowing the blackshirts to take over a part of downtown for a month, and in fact providing city aid (city-provided barriers to block vehicular traffic, etc.) to the efforts. I'd expect the city to plead the doctrine that a government has no legally-enforcable duty to protect its citizens (so much for the idea that police will be there to protect you).
The federal judge dismissed the businesses' equal protection claim, but allowed their other three to proceed, and they are interesting, someone put serious thought into this:
"The plaintiffs' three other claims allege that by allowing CHOP to operate for a month before police eventually shut it down, the city unlawfully took their private property for public use with no compensation, restricted their ability to fully use their property to conduct business and failed to protect the businesses from a danger of the city's own making."
Everytown for Gun Control, I mean Safety, on the Barrett nomination
"Everytown Statement: During Questioning, Judge Amy Coney Barrett Confirms Extreme and Dangerous Second Amendment Beliefs". But you say that like it was a bad thing!
""This morning, Judge Barrett confirmed what we already suspected: she is a gun rights extremist who has no place on the Supreme Court."
""Judge Barrett confirmed this morning that she's a dream come true for the NRA and a nightmare for the safety of the American people."
"A more detailed analysis can be found in this memo detailing Judge Barrett's extreme positions on the Second Amendment, this memo on how this Supreme Court confirmation could impact gun safety in the U.S, and this chart showing which states' gun safety laws are at risk." I needed a cold shower after reading them....
The Future Justice Barrett
Yes, she is a gun-owning Superwoman.
Then, as someone said, these confirmation hearings are a breeze for her. She has seven kids, so answering stupid questions all day is something she's done for years.