July the Fourth, Two Thousand Twenty One Each year that I write this blog I get excited about the Fourth of July. Knowing the blog is published on a Wednesday, I typically check the calendar around the beginning of June to see what day the Fourth falls on that year. Six times a decade I...
“So ummmm… have you heard about the Supreme Court case?” “New York Rifle and Pistol v Corlett?” “Yeah… that one. Does that mean that we are all going to be able to finally get off-roster guns?” “Ummmmm… maybe a discussion is in order.” I have had numerous conversations over the last week that essentially started out like that....
On Thursday of last week, President Biden announced his “executive actions” on gun control. This is somewhat of a misnomer as he really did not issue any “executive actions”. The President… all presidents… are allowed to use executive actions when authorized by Congress during states of national emergency and when necessary to clarify executive...
The 9th Circuit issued a decision last week in the case of Young v. Hawaii. I’m not going to mince words; it is abysmally, intellectually, and philosophically devoid of any redeeming qualities. Well, that is not entirely accurate… Justice O’Scannlain’s stinging dissent makes for some interesting reading. Okay… bottom line up front: The Young case...
There is a tremendous amount of hyperbole that civil rights groups use to pursue their first and foremost mission: fundraising. This is not limited to the “gun rights groups”. We see it in literature promulgated by immigrant rights groups, business and finance groups, LGBTQ rights groups, gender equality groups, animal rights groups… and, of course,...
Over the last week I have received a ton of emails and phone calls about HR 127. This is understandable, as the bill itself is an extraordinarily egregious abrogation of a slew of our Constitutional rights. I’ll use this space to go over some of the more “interesting” aspects of it but, in the end,...
Cul-de-sac Commandos and Chipotle Warriors Oh what a week… In St. Louis a personal injury attorney and his wife became internet sensations by guarding their extremely nice home from protesters using an AR-15 and a .380 (interesting choice of weapons). Then, to raise the ante, we had an armed confrontation take place in a suburb of Detroit...
People v Yang OMFG!!!! Last week a couple of clients sent me links to a news story about a case in Northern California called People v Yang. Here are the facts of the case: Yang lives in Tulare. He is a law abiding citizen, and possess a CCW permit. He also was one of the thousands of individuals...
The French Revolution? Over the last few days, I have heard numerous references to the United States undergoing a process similar to that of the events leading up to the French Revolution. God, help us if that is true. The years following the French Revolution were anything but sanguine for the French people. Fortunately, I think the...
The Tocqueville Paradox China has been on our collective minds recently, hasn’t it? From displays of naval sea power off the coast of Taiwan, to infectious pathogens walking out of a viral disease laboratory in Wuhan, to some dude eating a boiled bat, China has caused us both fear and intrigue. One of our major concerns (or...
