Despite Gains, California’s Handgun Roster is an Assault on Citizens’ Second Amendment Rights
The state’s liberal establishment knows an armed populace is harder to control, so they’ve weaponized bureaucracy to achieve what outright bans cannot.
Law and the Courts
DOJ Finally Drops Braced Pistol NFA Charge Against Pardoned January 6 Protester
Ironically, although the dropped federal NFA charge had required the government to argue the braced CZ Scorpion was a rifle, the charge Taranto is still facing under D.C. law required it to argue the same firearm is a handgun.
MN Gun Owners Caucus Asks DOJ & DOE to Investigate U of Minnesota Law School Over Its ‘Gun Violence Prevention Clinic’
This “clinic” is led by a former litigator from Everytown Law, a gun control group. It operates in partnership with MN AG Keith Ellison’s office as a political and legal arm of the Walz/Ellison Administration’s gun control strategy.
Good News: SCOTUS Denies Cert in Worth, Minnesota Ban on Carry by Adults Under 21 Goes Down
Some good Second Amendment news from the Supreme Court today. The Justices have denied cert in Worth v. Jacobson, a
NJ AG Matt Platkin Can’t Reconcile His False Narrative That the Bruen Ruling Resulted in More ‘Gun Violence’
“You come in here telling us that shooting stats are down, yet 60,000 more people have carry permits than they did in the two and a half years preceding Bruen.”
250 Years: Gun Confiscation, the Shot Heard Round the World, and Snope
Lots of things had gone into the pressure cooker that eventually exploded into the American Revolution, but the ultimate intolerable act, the spark that made the patriots decide it was time to start shooting was the British attempt to disarm them.
It Looks Like the DOJ’s Second Amendment Enforcement Task Force Is Getting Off to a Good Start
As the person at DOJ who would be primarily responsible for taking action against those who violate individuals’ gun rights as established by the Supreme Court, Assistant AG for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon certainly seems to have the right attitude.
Colorado’s New May-Issue Permit Scheme for Purchasing Commonly Owned Firearms Clearly Violates Bruen
“Polis might think he’s scoring points with the anti-gun crowd, but as far as we’re concerned, he has just handed us a rallying cry. … This fight is far from over, and we’re playing for keeps.”
Federal Prosecutors Tried to Add Another 10 Years to Patrick Adamiak’s Sentence Over His Legal ‘MAC Flats’
The two prosecutors and the ATF’s Bodell tried to penalize Adamiak for the flats, despite a 15-year-old ruling that says the flats are not firearms. The judge in that case even ruled, “The court finds that…selling flats is not illegal conduct.”
Trump’s Revenge Campaign Against Big Law May Also Reduce Lawfare Against the Gun Industry
The modern gun control industry relies on the free or reduced cost legal labor, called pro bono work, that firms provide to advocacy groups and individual plaintiffs. Trump’s actions against Big Law are threatening that pipeline.