The truth is that ATF has never been about stopping crime, it’s been about harassing gun owners, revoking FFLs, and expanding gun control. If politicians were serious about public safety, they’d be prosecuting criminals, not disarming law-abiding Americans.
The ruling from the high court said any firearms kit that is “capable of being readily….converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive” is covered under the Gun Control Act.
“Imagine walking to your local park or to your school or around a town fair and not knowing who is carrying a firearm in the crowd. It’s no surprise that states that have passed these mandates see higher rates of gun violence.”
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham infamously declared, “If there’s an emergency … I can invoke additional powers. No constitutional right, in my view … is intended to be absolute.”
The Iranian hack of Israeli gun owner data demonstrates the dangers of keeping private information on those seeking to exercise the right to self-defense. But Israel is far from the only jurisdiction where private gun owner data has been made public.
VanDyke is in a unique position here. As a judge rather than a party to the case, he can do pretty much whatever he wants. And he’s using that power to say the majority is using the rule against judges bringing outside facts to cover up their real goal.
The Colorado House rule, it seems, was being enforced to infringe on one constitutionally-protected right, free speech, to attack another, the legislation to ban the sale of an entire class of firearms without express permission from the state.
Despite recent pushback against ATF, gun owners remember how Cornyn backed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act giving ATF new authority to crack down on gun sellers and pave the way for backdoor universal background checks.
If Duncan were to be denied cert, that would mean the terrible Ninth Circuit ruling would go into effect. Thousands of Californians would have to give up millions of their Freedom Week magazines. Inevitably, many of them would refuse.
Gov. Ivey said she believes that creating a new law banning GLOCK switches at the state level will “empower” Alabama law enforcement to go after the problem directly and make arrests, but that may not work as she expected.
