Quote of the Day
Cooling-off periods do not fit into any historically grounded exceptions to the right to keep and bear arms, and burden conduct within the Second Amendment’s scope. We conclude that New Mexico’s Waiting Period Act is likely an unconstitutional burden on the Second Amendment rights of its citizens.
Timothy Tymkovich
US federal appellate judge for the 10th Circuit
August 19, 2025
Federal Appeals Court blocks New Mexico’s 7-Day gun purchase waiting period
It is a small step. But the steps add up.
The anti-gun people have to be getting very depressed. Not just because of the lost ground but because this is going to reduce donations. Why donate money when progress toward a full gun ban is completely blocked?
On the other hand, our side should be donating money to the groups most effective in the courts. The momentum is on our side. Let’s push this as fast as we practically can.
“Cooling-off periods do not fit into any historically grounded exceptions to the right to keep and bear arms, and burden conduct within the Second Amendment’s scope.”
This whole notion that if some legislative act was tolerated before the constitution, that it should be tolerated today, is pure unrefined horseshit.
The “bill of rights” (personal and individual),- restriction of government power. Such as the 2A is. Were established as the law of the land. Pure and simple.
There is no “workaround” for government. The words were accepted as they were wrote. Restricting forever infringements from any and all government levels. Changing forever that which was already wrote, and that which future tyrant would want to write.
For government is tyranny. Always.
And the only reason we are dealing with this today is because of the level of government abuses that have been heaped on us by tyrants. That don’t want us to be able to repel their tyranny.
95% of the problems in this country caused and maintained by government.
Our problem is we have forgotten what was common knowledge during our forefather day.
Lest we forget again. Kash Patel just gave the hitmen at the FBI that gunned down Lavoy Finnicum metals for bravery the other day.
“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
We shall see if the carpetbagger in Santa Fe ABIDES by this, though.
My guess is “no.” I will be shocked if she does NOT take punitive action against any FFL who dares to follow the injunction/block and hands a firearm to the buyer on the same day.
This is the same woman who violated state and federal constitutions blatantly and openly during COVID, counting on making it too expensive to defy her, versus following the LAW, and who rigged the elections in ’22 to keep her office in the face of massive discontent and disapproval.
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“I will be shocked if she does NOT take punitive action against any FFL who dares to follow the injunction/block and hands a firearm to the buyer on the same day.”
Would that not be “deprivation of civil rights under color of law”? (18 U.S.C. 242) which, IIRC, “…shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both;…”
Now, THAT is a particular statute of which I – and a great many others – would like to see well-publicized enforcement; I’d guess it wouldn’t take more than 1 or 2 convictions to get the point across.