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SAF, Alan Gura, sue over Maryland carry permit denial

Story here. Again, a careful choice of plaintiff, facts, and law. Plaintiff had a permit to carry after his house was broken into; then renewal was denied for lack of demonstrated cause, even though the perp is now out of…

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Lott takes apart antis’ claims about CCW permittees

Article here. As always he does a serious job of refutation, find their figures (tiny though they are) include a large proportion of self-defense shooting, and even suicides, which don’t have a lot to do with CCW permits. Hat tip…

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New AZ law in effect

As of today, Arizona’s ban on CCW without a permit has expired. Not that it makes much difference to us 1911 lovers. Sorta hard to conceal one — in AZ, it wasn’t concealed if any part of the firearm was…

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CalGuns, others, sue against Calif. ammunition law

Complaint here, in pdf. The new California statute requires handgun ammunition to be sold face-to-face, with ID from the purchaser, and delivered at his address to himself and no one else. Plaintiffs challenge this as violating the Federal Aviation Admin….

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Interview with plaintiffs in Westchester County case

Interesting interviews over at Only Guns and Money….

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90 days incarceration

They don’t tolerate arachnid rustling in Carroll County, MD….

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I think we need a new organization

Perhaps call it Sheriffs for Civil Liberties. Add to this fellow Sheriff Printz, of the NRA Board, Sheriff Mack, my former client, and I’m sure we could round up quite a few more….

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Demos becoming more pro 2A

Story here. And I’m glad to see it cataloged under “Civil Liberties.”…

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Handgun ownership in Chicago

Daley’s attempt to make registration onerous, rather than impossible, isn’t succeeding very well. hat tip to sixgun sarah…. UPDATE: I verified the url, using the very link that was emailed to me — and suddenly it doesn’t work. On a…

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Online discussion of 14th Amendment and Chicago

Online video here at 7 PM Pacific, 10 PM Eastern, tonight. Speaking will be Steve Halbrook (who was bringing out books on the 14th Amendment and the right to arms 20+ years before Chicago, and got I think six citations…

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Richmond Times-Dispatch covers the Thomas concurrence

It’s not often one sees a newspaper article that reproduces large portions of a Supreme Court opinion. It’s a far cut above the usual “the decision will have these policy effects,” or “these people cheered it and those people don’t…

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Richmond Times-Dispatch covers the Thomas concurrence

It’s not often one sees a newspaper article that reproduces large portions of a Supreme Court opinion. It’s a far cut above the usual “the decision will have these policy effects,” or “these people cheered it and those people don’t…

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A commentary on McDonald v. Chicago

Right here. “I purchased a gun several years ago, when I became concerned for the safety of my young family after receiving a verbal racial assault in our 21st century Northern California neighborhood. Perhaps I am the only Stanford Law…

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Update in Nordyke

Yesterday the 9th Circuit panel issued an order: Before: ALARCÓN, O’SCANNLAIN and GOULD, Circuit Judges. The parties are ordered to file supplemental briefs addressing: (1) the impact of McDonald v. City of Chicago, No. 08-1521, 2010 WL 2555188 (U.S. June…

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Update on Bellesiles’ recent affair

The Chronicle of Higher Ed has added an editor’s note to the end of the article. Their investigation led to the conclusion that the student whose brother had supposedly been killed in Iraq made the story up, and fed it…

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Target: New York

Alan Gura and the Second Amendment Foundation have challenged New York’s “good cause” requirement for a carry license. As usual, good targeting. It moves from “keep” to “carry,” and aims at a system that requires exercise of a constitutional right…

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LCAV dinner tonight in San Francisco

Legal Community Against Violence, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Joyce Foundation, is having a fancy dinner tonight, and CalGuns is planning some mischief. Read about 2/3 of the way down to see the plans beginning….

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Political donations

US News: progun groups donate 116 times as much to candidates as do antigun groups….

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More on Bellesiles’ latest

James Lindgren reports on his more extensive investigation. He submits that Chronicles of Higher Education, which published B’s article, at this point must ask him for proof, because every indicator is that his article is fiction. Update: last night Chronicles…

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Another Chicago suit

Complaint here, and here’s the take at No Lawyers, Just Guns and Money. Claims include an FFL’s argument that the continuing ban on sale of handguns is unconstitutional, attacks on one gun a month and other provisions of the replacement…

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Development in Nordyke v. King

Nordyke is the incredibly long-lived challenge to a California ban on gun shows at a county facility. A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel had ruled that the Second Amendment applies to the States via the 14th, but that the ban was…

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Federal judge rips sheriff over permit denial

Story here. “U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett also ordered Weber to successfully complete a court-approved course on the U.S. Constitution within five months.”…

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Thought for the day

In Heller, the dissent took the view that the Second Amendment was adopted in order to ensure that Americans could participate in State-mustered forces that could resist the Federal government with armed force. Combined with McDonald…. the “liberal” wing embraces…

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Bellesiles writes again … and gets pounded again

He publishes a story in the Chronicles of Higher Education about a student of his in Central Connecticut State University, whose brother enlisted in the Army, served in Iraq and was fatally shot in the head. He was too badly…

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Suit over new Chicago restrictions

NRA Press release here. Update: NRA appears to be supporting the suit, brought by the Illinois Assn of Firearms Retailers, the State affiliate of National Shooting Sports Foundation. Press release here….

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Pro-arms article … at Daily Kos?

Right here. The comments (1,400+ of them) are equally interesting. Hat tip to reader Matthew Carmel……

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This settles one thing

I have long felt that Second Amendment legal thinking is guided, not by any “liberal vs. conservative” division, but by “comfortable around guns vs. guns are foreign, strange, and dangerous: division. I have a number of friends and 2A advocates…

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Reaction to McDonald v. Chicago

In the wake of the decision, the Jackson County (WI) prosecutor has announced he’s no longer taking CCW and similar gun cases. “Prior to this historic ruling, our state Supreme Court placed the state’s interests first, and would only create…

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Dave Kopel’s testimony on the Kagan nomination

Video on Youtube, here….

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The Empire Strikes Back

Mayor Daley proposes to replace the handgun ban with onerous regulation. Well, that’s one reason for the attorneys’ fees provisions of 42 U.S.C. §1988. If he wants to play, he has to pay. Hat tip to reader Nick Lidakis…….

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