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SCOTUS, Schools, Enemies, Wildlife, Guns Up – Crime Down
Litigation (Click or tap to expand image) SCOTUS heard oral arguments this week in the NYSRPA vs. City of NY case regarding NY’s law prohibiting most transport (not carry) of guns outside of the home. Argument preview: Justices take up battle over New York City gun ban – and the scope of the Second Amendment? [SCOTUSblog] Argument analysis: Justices focus […] Read More
Litigation, Judiciary, Safety, Speedloaders
Housekeeping There will probably be no 2A Newsletter next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Y’all enjoy and give thanks. University of Virginia update Last week we posted an item about the University of Virginia, which cited fears of “gun violence,” to explain ceasing a 21-gun salute to veterans that’s been a part of the university’s Veterans Day celebrations for […] Read More
Election, Litigation, Only Ones, Deer, Defensive Issues
Election in Virginia In Virginia, scandal-laden Gov. Ralph Northam (D) has announced he will sign all gun control bills sent to him by the General Assembly, control of which was taken by the Democrats in this month’s election. All that remains to stop them are the court system, or anarchy. FWIW, Virginia is also where Democrat Joe Morrissey, who has […] Read More
MS AG Opinion, School Attack Study, AR-15 Need
Monday is Veterans Day. Thank you, veterans. MS election Mississippi Republicans won 8 of 8 statewide offices, have majorities in Legislature, Transportation Commission and Public Service Commission. First Republican attorney general since Reconstruction. Republican supermajorities remain in the Legislature, with 3 seats added in the Senate and 1 lost in the House. The Democrats now control nothing in state government, […] Read More
MS Election, Litigation, Self Defense Insurance, Obit
MS election is Tuesday Governor’s race Tate Reeves’ (R) ad about Jim Hood’s (D) position on guns. I also thought it interesting that Hood, the “top lawyer in the state” thinks stand your ground laws and castle doctrine laws are the same thing. They aren’t. An attorney should know that. We also notice Mr. Hood has been less productive with […] Read More
Litigation, NRA, Enemies, Murderers and Massacres
MS election The NRA-PVF grades are out for the November 5 election. Check your magazine or go here. Litigation The US Supreme Court has requested that the Maryland Attorney General’s Office respond to the Second Amendment challenge (Brian Kirk Malpasso et al. v. William M. Pallozzi, Superintendent, Maryland Department of State Police, No. 19-423) brought by the Maryland State Rifle […] Read More
MS Election, Litigation, CCW, Only Ones, Shotshell Trick
NRA Article on NRA debacle and the man behind the movement to save it. Ackerman McQueen’s court-filed answer and counterclaim to NRA & Wayne LaPierre. 55 pages. MS election (Nov. 5) Mississippi gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General Jim Hood (D) said during a debate that he supports state-mandated “universal” background checks (which require gun registration), talked about closing the fictitious […] Read More
Litigation, ATF Thugs, Movie, Idiocy
Litigation FPC Supreme Court Brief: Non-Violent Felons Have Second Amendment Rights. They’re right. The US Supreme Court issued an order this week denying New York City’s 11th-hour attempt to have the NYSRPA v. City of New York case dismissed as moot. This is the case challenging NYC’s law which essentially prohibited most transport (not “carry”) of legal, locked, unloaded guns […] Read More
Fear, FBI UCR, Massacre Strategies, Gelatin, English
MS election The Tate Reeves (R) for governor campaign reminds us that his opponent, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood (D), opposed Mississippi’s Castle Doctrine law. We also noticed that he also calls himself the chief law enforcement officer in the state. But it’s ATTORNEY general, Jim. The last I heard, attorneys are officers of the courts. That’s the judicial branch. […] Read More
Litigation, F&F, Shotgun Stuff
FBI Warning Based on social media threats, the FBI and the US Army have issued a warning of possible mass shootings at theaters showing the upcoming new Batman-themed movie “Joker.” Army Criminal Investigation Division officials said it received “credible” intelligence from law enforcement in Texas about “disturbing and very specific chatter” on the dark Web regarding “the targeting of an […] Read More
