I suggest people follow Charles Nichols because he pays attention to details most people overlook. If you want to know what’s happening at the Supreme Court before the media starts talking about it, he’s one of the few people consistently tracking those developments. Whether you agree with all of his views is beside the point;
Read MoreThe Second Amendment is being fought on two fronts: the legal front and the cultural front. For decades, gun-rights organizations have invested heavily in courts, legislation, and elections. Those battles matter. But culture is what determines whether future generations value liberty enough to defend it. If we want a strong Second Amendment twenty years from
Read MoreRossmann is spot on here. People need to realize this isn’t just about the Second Amendment; it’s about control over the technology we own. Once they set the precedent that manufacturing devices need state-approved algorithms to function, there’s no limit to where that control ends. Louis Rossmann has made a name for himself online by
Read MoreThe federal government wants to retain firearm transaction records for decades. Submit your comment before August 4 and tell ATF to destroy the records — not preserve them. A Message From Jews Can Shoot Throughout history, governments seeking greater control over civilian populations have often begun with recordkeeping. Lists become databases. Databases become tools for
Read MoreATF Director Robert Cekada: Second Amendment Created to Allow Citizens to ‘Protect Themselves from a Tyrannical Government’
Crane then asked, “Why do you believe the Founders wanted to give the citizens the right to defend themselves?” Cekada responded, “I think, at that time in particular, the citizenry did not have a guarantee that the government would protect them and they wanted to have the opportunity to protect themselves against a tyrannical government.”
Read MoreWhat the ATF calls efficiency, critics call infrastructure — quietly expanding the depth and richness of data retained on every lawful gun buyer in America. A transcribed license number is one thing; a retained photocopy of your government-issued ID — complete with your photo, address, physical description, and signature — is something else entirely. That’s
Read More“So-called ghost gun bans are increasingly being used to justify broader restrictions on digital files, 3D printers, CNC machines, and lawful gun owners.” Once again, in a story about guns and crime—in this case a story about why police worry that a ban on so-called “ghost guns” won’t prevent criminals from using them—the quiet part,
Read MoreMost active shootings stopped by armed private individuals are likely prevented before they become mass shootings, so they are rarely counted in mass shooting statistics. In many cases, visible armed resistance may deter or redirect an attacker entirely, making such events nearly impossible to measure — a longstanding problem in statistics involving events that never
Read MoreIf something needs to be officially designated “popular” by government in order to be “legal,” we may as well start calling each other “Comrade.” – David Codrea “Denver defies Trump administration order to repeal longstanding assault weapons ban.” Denverite reports. The rhetoric is a response to the Department of Justice’s challenge to the city’s 1989
Read MoreThe real question now is timing and which case the Court wants to use. The justices have passed on several assault-weapons-ban cert petitions already, which may mean they’re waiting for a cleaner vehicle or a more obvious circuit split. If the Virginia law survives intact through the lower courts, it could end up being that
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