Arms and the Law

That's NSSF's estimate. Of course that doesn't mean five million new activists, but it might just mean one million, partway thru an election year.

Press release and link to complaint here. On a quick read:

1) Venue is in NY since Everytown is located there? Federal venue, proper location of a suit, generally keys upon location of the defendant, not the plaintiff.

2) They tend to confute the definition of a firearm (which includes firearms that may readily be converted to fire a cartridge) with receiver (which has no such inclusion). The readily converted language is there because in 1968, some juveniles were making guns by converting starter pistols to fire .22s.

3) They don't to be able to define, any better than ATF has, the point at which an item becomes a "receiver" on its trip between a block of metal or a piece of sheet metal and a finished receiver ready to receive all the other parts.

4) This "ghost gun" stuff is a continuation of a trend dating back to the early 1970s: invent a cute name for a type of gun, and move to ban it. First it was "Saturday Night Specials," then "Snubbies" (snub nosed revolvers), now "Ghost Guns."

In the spirit of social responsibility, I would encourage everyone to ask "will this make the world a better place" before pulling the trigger. In the case of these shootings, the answer seems to be "yes."

An armed citizen stopped the robbery of a South Carolina Waffle House by drawing his firearm. Later reports indicate the perps were caught.

It's pretty dramatic. Majority are a Bush and a Trump appointee, dissent is a district court judge sitting by designation. Look for the motion for en banc rehearing.

Zoie H. v. Nebraska poses the question of whether Second Amemdment rights can be lost/suspended due to a conviction for which there is no right to a jury trial. In this case, it was a juvenile conviction, but I can also see it arising in the context of misdemeanor domestic violence convictions.

A summary here. Present law provides that if a background check is delayed more than three days, the FFL can (but doesn't have to) make the transfer. This bill would remove that provision; no transfer until the background check comes back.

I think the present rule (1) accords with the reality that the vast majority of background checks (99+% as I recall) come back with "proceed with the sale" and most of the remainder prove to be mistakes or involving ancient offenses; (2) give the government an incentive to process them at least moderately quickly, whereas if there was no time limit there would be no agency inhibition against understaffing the project and delaying the sales.

Story here. The issue is the city's order that its police force not use tear gas or pepper spray.

Case in point, and another likely new gun owner.

accompanied by the message that the 2A guarantees against tyranny such as was exhibited at the Tienanmen Square massacre.

Or even a machete. Story doesn't say how he lost the blade, or why the employee returned it.

An article by my friend Dan Gifford. I have somewhere in my files records of Wyatt Earp and Johnny Behan being hailed into court in Prescott, Arizona Territory, for assault with a deadly weapon. They were separate incidents, not a fight between them.

Not the best marksmanship, but the best jam-clearing you're likely ever to see. 11 shots before the crazed perp goes down, with the memorable last words of "ow." Sure, no one needs large magazines....

Black Guns Matter!

For real First Amendment fun, someone should ask fora permit to paint that on a street or something like that....

Gun Control Myths: How politicians, the media, and botched "studies" have twisted the facts on gun control. Excellent concept for a book.

In June firearm background checks hit nearly four million. The true number of firearms sold probably was greater. A person can buy without a background check if he has a CCW permit.

I can remember a time (late 1970s) when total American gun production and importation was three million per year. We just exceeded that in one month.

Barak Obama and Bill Clinton have just fallen to 2nd and 3rd great gun salesmen in history. Antifa is leaving them in the dust.

"More than 6.5 million gun-sale background checks were conducted from January 1 through April 30, according to the latest NSSF research, which showed a 48% year-over-year rise from the same period in 2019. Firearms retailers surveyed by NSSF in May estimated that 40% of their sales came from first-time gun buyers."

When I started writing on the gun issue in the late 1970's, the US was producing 3 million firearms a year. In the last few years, it was six million per year. Now, its six million in four months.

Story here. It's a form of bankruptcy that lets the company stay intact and keep its assets, holding the creditors off until it can stabilize things.

In Michigan, 22 year concealed carry license holders shoots man who was firing his gun and pointing it at motorists.

The National African American Gun Association announces it has 34,000 members and 75 chapters,