What if the average gun owner could sidle up to a SilencerCo kiosk at their local gun store, fill out the Form 4, submit their fingerprints right there, and pay only $5 on top of the cost of the can? And what if they could pick up their silencer the same week?
Remember, though…correlation doesn’t equal causation. Far be it from us to claim that the removal of artificial barriers to armed self-defense in Ohio resulted in significantly safer urban streets and fewer violent crime victims.
We need a Supreme Court that is willing to actively police the hostile circuits and summarily reverse them frequently. We also need Judge VanDyke to become Justice VanDyke.
Anti-gun governments are willing to take any means necessary – including violating someone’s First Amendment rights – to discourage the exercise of Second Amendment rights.
To say a committed and involved DOJ could be a force multiplier in the project to uphold the 2A would be an understatement. It could be a gamechanger and could give recalcitrant anti-gun states – used to acting with virtual impunity – a reason to curb their prohibitionist ambitions.
Jaquan Bridges, who pleaded guilty to the offense after a 2023 shootout with police, was arrested with a Glock .40 caliber pistol with an attachment that converted the handgun into a machine gun, but fought to dismiss the charge on constitutional grounds.
The most flagrant attack on the due process rights of American gun owners has come in the form of “red flag” gun confiscation order legislation.
The bill is simple in principle: Texans have the right to defend themselves. If a business takes that right away, it better ensure their safety—or face the legal consequences.
This defensive gun use, which, from the very brief description in the report, sounds justified, presents a number of issues given Illinois’ overbearing gun laws.
