Category Archives: Gun Rights

It is High Time

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It is high time for the Supreme Court to set things right and rein in biased courts that continue to misinterpret and distort the Bruen decision. The Duncan case provides the Court with an opportunity to do that emphatically.

C. D. Michel
Michel & Associates, P.C
May 20, 2025
Act Now: Duncan v. Bonta Deserves a Final Supreme Court Review

There is another magazine ban case, Ocean State Tactical v. Rhode Island, which is already before SCOTUS. What is interesting is that it has been “DISTRIBUTED for Conference” 15 times. I have to wonder if they are waiting for the Duncan v. Bonta case instead.

Ocean State Tactical is only at the preliminary injunction stage. Duncan has gone through full trials at the district and appeals courts level, twice. This makes Duncan much “riper”.

Regardless, Michel is correct it is high time this infringement was put to an end.

This is the Way

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This video brought tears to my eyes.

9th Circuit Gets One Right (for now)

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The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment for Todd Yukutake and David Kikukawa in their action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent the Attorney General of Hawaii from enforcing two provisions of Hawaii’s firearms laws on the ground that the provisions violate the Second Amendment.

First, plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of Hawaii Revised Statutes § 134-2(e), which provides a narrow time window (originally 10 days, and now 30 days) within which to acquire a handgun after obtaining the requisite permit. The permit application process includes a background check. Second, plaintiffs challenged § 134-3 to the extent that, as part of Hawaii’s firearms registration process, it requires a gun owner, within five days of acquiring a firearm, to physically bring the gun to a police station for inspection. The district court concluded that the challenged aspects of both provisions were facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment and
permanently enjoined their enforcement.

Daniel P. Collins
9th Circuit Judge
March 14, 2025
YUKUTAKE V. LOPEZ

While I am happy this outrageous law has been overturned, I don’t expect it to last. As I recall, and Copilot agrees:

So far, it seems that when the Ninth Circuit has ruled a firearms law unconstitutional, the full en banc panel has later reversed that decision.

There has been an appeal for an en banc hearing. And as outrageous as this law is, I do not have high hopes of the law being overturned.

It is important to note that it took over TWO YEARS, for them to deliver this appeals court verdict. The lawsuit was initially filed in October of 2019! A right delayed is a right denied.

It was interesting, as long as I could tolerate it, to read the dissent. The contortions to reach the desired conclusions are epic.

You Talk the Talk, But Will you Make Them Walk the Walk?

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The US Justice Department’s top civil rights official said the division is considering making gun rights a formal priority, in a significant shift from its traditional focus.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in an interview with Bloomberg that the department is reviewing whether certain state and local gun control measures infringe on citizens’ rights.“The Second Amendment is one of the constitutional rights we are committed to defending,” Dhillon said. “We’re adding that to our analysis where states are violating constitutional rights.”

She declined to name specific jurisdictions under review but added, “I think it’s all pretty obvious where people’s rights are being violated.”

 Myles Miller
May 9, 2025
Trump’s DOJ Weighs Gun Rights as a Focus for Civil Rights Division

I won’t believe it until I see some politicians being hauled away to prison in orange jumpsuits. We less talk and a lot more action.

What Color is the Sky in His Universe?

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Being armed to your toes seems unlikely to do anything but escalate the dangers for you.

Kwame Anthony Appiah
New York Times’ ethics columnist
May 8, 2025
Why Are More Democrats Becoming New Gun Owners? A New Trend?

It would be fun to watch Appiah try convincing a police officer, a surviving mass shooting victim, or a home invasion survivor of this.

What Precautions?

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Yesterday I received a text message from a friend:

There is a slight chance that someone may try to take out a contract on me. What precautions would you take?

They are as good or better than I am with a handgun. They are at least moderately skilled with rifles. They are middle aged and of middle class means living in a rural area.

Any suggestions?

Another Brick in the Wall

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Today’s ruling is yet another critical FPC win against an immoral and unconstitutional age-based gun ban. We look forward to restoring the Second Amendment rights of all peaceable adults throughout the United States.

Brandon Combs
President of the Firearms Policy Coalition
January 30, 2025
Appeals Court Strikes Down Federal Law Barring Gun Sales to Adults Under 21 – Newsweek

For some time, I have been watching the lawsuits against laws prohibiting 18 -> 20-year-olds from purchasing handguns. At first, I was a little annoyed that resources were put into this effort. Laws restricting magazine capacity and “assault weapons” affect far more people. But I have come to agree with this allocation of resources.

It should be a relatively easy win. These people are considered adults in almost all other areas of law and constitutionally protected rights. Another win will be another brick in the wall and make the entire wall stronger.

Well, Duh!

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The fact that the cutting edge of firearms technology can shoot off in directions old laws never foresaw is inevitable—so, it seems, is the predilection of gun-control types to try to ban anything new.

Frank Miniter
May 6, 2025
How Innovations from Firearms-Related Companies Impact Our Freedom | An Official Journal Of The NRA

Well, of course anything new. Because they want to ban everything. Everything old, everything now, and everything new.

Fake, But Accurate

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Attributed to the Brady Campaign
2013

This meme was falsely attributed to The Brady Campaign. It is still accurate. This is a valid conclusion of the result of their desired gun policies.

It makes you realize there is some seriously sick thinking going on in the anti-self-defense organizations.

See also this analysis. It explains why we can conclude it is not a creation of the Brady Campaign. It is also not from another anti-gun organization.

Bring Them to Justice

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Attorneys general from Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming are joining forces to support the creation of a Second Amendment task force. This initiative is led by West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McClusky.

Idaho Attorney General Raul Garcia emphasized the importance of the Second Amendment. “The Second Amendment is not aspirational. It is a binding contract written by the founders to secure individual liberty,” he said.

The task force aims to use litigation to challenge gun control laws. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi supports the creation of this task force. Earlier this month, Bondi highlighted the task force’s role in using legal means to combat gun control legislation.

NonStop Local
April 24, 2025
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming AGs join push for Second Amendment task force | Billings News | kulr8.com

All the better to bring the anti-civil rights people to justice.

Mostly True

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Throughout history, many theories have been propounded as to the black robes worn by judges. Some say they provide a symbol of the authority and power conferred by the state, while others suggest they foster uniformity and promote the concept that justice remains blind. Judges like Katzmann and his First Circuit cohorts, however, bring modern clarity to the garb, as it seems the real symbolism behind the black robe is the death and mourning of our Constitution.

Darwin Nercesian
April 24, 2025
Court Upholds MA AR-15 Ban, Sparks Outrage

While he has a point, this is not true of all the judges. I could agree even if he said most judges. But not all.

Non-resident California Carry Permits

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Thanks to a preliminary injunction in the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) case CRPA v. LASD, starting Tuesday, April 22, non-resident SAF members can apply for a California carry permit.

Second Amendment Foundation
April 22, 2025
CA NON-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR CARRY PERMIT STARTING APRIL 22

For complete instructions on how to apply, you can view the order here.

The requirements are burdensome, but it is a way to legally carry in California. Here are some of the requirements:

  • You must identify the make, model and serial number of the handgun(s) you plan to carry in California.
  • All guns must be California legal.
  • You must complete an approved training course.
  • You must pass a live fire test for each gun you plan to carry.
  • You must be interviewed.
  • The Local Issuing Authority may require a psychological examination.
  • You must be fingerprinted.

As said by SAF Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb, “It is one more step in our crusade to win firearms freedom one lawsuit at a time.”

Hiding Their Childish Insults

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Nobody is asking you to do that and nobody is coming for your guns.

We just want you nuts to stop murdering children in schools with your phallic overcompensation guns.

RealRegularAmerican🇺🇸 @RealRegAmerican
Posted on X, August 27, 2024

It’s not only another Markley’s Law Monday; it is another science denier (see also here and here)!

But, as you might expect, with someone unable to defend their position, they resort to childish insults. Their posts are “protected” from being viewed by anyone he does not allow.

And, only if he has his head in the sand can he believe no one is coming for your guns.

Taxpay Money Was Used to Infringe Upon Our Rights

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The revelation that USAID likely financed efforts to undermine the Second Amendment, even if indirectly, is yet another example of taxpayer money being weaponized against American citizens. Rather than focusing on its intended mission of foreign aid and development, the agency instead became a conduit for far-Left political activism.

Susanne Edward
 April 24, 2025
How The Federal Government Secretly Funded Gun-Control Groups | An Official Journal Of The NRA

People need to go to jail over this.

Petition to Bondi for 2A Task Force Action

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From CCRKBA on April 23, 2025:

CCRKBA ONLINE PETITION TO BONDI CALLS FOR 2A TASK FORCE ACTION

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has launched an online petition calling on Attorney General Pamela Bondi to launch investigations into restrictive gun control laws in a dozen states, and “to ultimately seek injunctions and/or restraining orders against any and all state laws and local regulations which are determined to infringe and/or impair the exercise of rights protected by the Second Amendment.”

CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb said the petition will underscore the widespread public interest in the Committee’s request that Bondi direct the attention of her recently-announced “Second Amendment Task Force” at restrictive laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Washington.

“Response to our original request to Attorney General Bondi for 2A Task Force investigations in the states we suggested has been stunning,” Gottlieb said. “Hundreds of people from various states reacted to a report at Washington Gun Law, which has been viewed by more than 54,000 people. Similar coverage of our request at Guns & Gadgets has been viewed by more than 56,000 people and garnered almost 1,500 comments.

“Clearly,” Gottlieb continued, “embattled gun owners in the ‘Dirty Dozen’ states are crying out for relief from a pattern of penalization by state governments for crimes they didn’t commit. They are encouraged by the creation of AG Bondi’s 2A Task Force, and our online petition provides a platform by which they can make their case with the loudest, unified voice.”

The CCRKBA petition reminds the attorney general that “legislative attacks on our Second Amendment rights will continue unabated unless and until they are legally challenged.”

“A Task Force investigation of even one of the states on the ‘Dirty Dozen’ list would send a legal shot across the bow of lawmakers in all of those states to cool their jets where restrictive gun control is concerned,” Gottlieb said. “After years of incremental gun rights erosion by anti-gun politicians, the time has come to put them on the defensive and reveal just how constitutionally repugnant their gun prohibition crusade has become.”

I signed the petition. I encourage you to sign it as well. It may aid in taking another step closer to the day we get to enjoy their trials.

Holding Our Rights Hostage

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Our rights should not be held hostage by the failure of Democrats to control crime in the cities they run. Baltimore, one of the cities suing Glock, is a perfect example. That city represents 9% of Maryland’s population, but 38% of the state’s gun-related homicide. Ya guys, sure, Glock did this to you.

Kostas Moros @MorosKostas
Posted on X, April 24, 2025

This type of thing happens so often. You might think they let crime run rampant on purpose, so they have an excuse to ban guns.

Okay. Sure. That is one of the leading hypotheses as to why the crime rates are so high. The other promising hypothesis is the culture in Democrat run cities is defective.

Evidence for their Trials

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It is as if they are unaware of both the Washington State constitution and the Bill of Rights: Permit-to-purchase bill for gun buyers headed to Washington state governor’s desk. I really hope there will be trials for these evil SOBs.

I Don’t Wonder

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Invading the privacy of law-abiding firearms owners and tracking their purchases is Orwellian and is unlikely to accomplish anything other than multiple daily violations of the Fourth Amendment. The very nature of this legislation automatically suspects every gun owner in the state of planning a violent crime and allows their privacy to be violated. This is 2025, not 1984, and ‘Big Brother’ should not be watching anybody.

The irony here is stunning. Democrats are constantly harping about things they say are a threat to democracy. Shredding the Constitution is the ultimate attack on our democracy.

The legislation presumes criminals will buy their guns and ammunition using credit cards. It is yet another manifestation of the anti-gun liberal mindset that most criminals get their guns and ammunition through traditional retail outlets, which underscores how detached from reality these people are. This will only further drive the real criminal market for guns and ammunition further underground.

Contrary to what gun prohibitionists must believe, New York firearms owners enjoy all constitutional protections, not just rights protected by the Second Amendment. By signing this legislation, Gov. Hochul has reinforced the belief that she and other Democrats consider gun owners to be second-class citizens whose every move, and every purchase, must be monitored and regulated by a government that treats them with fear and disdain. We are left to wonder which constitutional right Hochul and her colleagues will erode next.

Alan Gottlieb
April 7, 2025
NY GOV. HOCHUL’S ANSWER TO VIOLENT CRIME: INVADE GUN OWNER PRIVACY | Citizens Committee For The Right To Keep And Bear Arms

Gottlieb wonders what right is next? I don’t wonder and I don’t think he does either. It is all of them. It is very clear freedom of speech has been under attack for years. Freedom of association and freedom of religion? Check. Right to a speedy trial? Check. Right to free and fair elections? Check. I could go on about taxes and many other things, but you get the drift.

Republicans have their faults as well with their insistence on infringements of social freedom.

I just want the government to leave me and my family alone in my underground bunker in Idaho.

I Never Imagined This

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Today’s repeal of the Zero Tolerance Policy and the comprehensive review of stabilizing brace regulations and the definition of ‘engaged in the business’ marks a pivotal step toward restoring fairness and clarity in firearms regulation. We are committed to working with all stakeholders to ensure our policies are balanced, constitutional and protective of Americans’ Second Amendment rights.

Kash Patel
Acting ATF Director
April 7, 2025
DOJ, ATF Repeal FFL Inspection Policy and Begin Review of Two Final Rules | ATF

I’ve been active in the pro-gun owner rights movement for over 30 years. I never imagined I would see such a statement from an ATF Director.

Abuse of NICS

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NICS needs to be eliminated:

Rand Paul Probes ATF Secret Surveillance Program

Concerned over reports of secret surveillance of American gun owners by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is asking for answers.

On April 10, Sen. Paul, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, wrote a letter to ATF Director Daniel Driscoll requesting information on a secretive program that appears to allow the federal government to monitor law-abiding Americans attempting to exercise their Second Amendment rights.

According to Sen. Paul, based on limited public information, the NICS Audit Log Review (Monitoring) system appears to allow ATF agents to request monitoring of a target for time frames ranging from 30 to 180 days after providing identifying information and applicable or potential violations of statute. Upon approval, the ATF would receive an alert(s) from the FBI using the information in its National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

People should go to jail over this. I hope they enjoy their trials.