This is a sad story but ends in what goes ’round, comes ’round. An Iowa sheriff had denied a man a concealed carry permit because he was an activist, and had “activated” against the Sheriff spending too much money. The denial was obviously retaliatory. The case ended up in court and U.S. District Judge Mark [...]
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July 18th, 2010
Judge Orders Iowa Sheriff To Take In-Depth Course In U.S. Constitution After Deny Man Concealed Carry Permit
July 18th, 2010
Mel Gibson Has His Gun(s) Taken From Him
Open for discussion! Please do some research and know the facts of this story before commenting. Mel Gibson was ordered by a judge this week to turn over or get rid of his gun(s) and sign a sworn statement attesting to the fact. Gibson has never been convicted of any crime that would warrant his [...]
Go to Mel Gibson Has His Gun(s) Taken From HimJuly 14th, 2010
Like Washington, D.C. Chicago Thumbs Nose At SCOTUS Gun Ban Ruling
McDonald v. Chicago ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the Second Amendment and as such defines that states, counties and local municipalities must guarantee individuals their right to self protection and be allowed to own a gun(s). The ruling also makes it clear that states, counties and local municipalities cannot create gun laws that supersede [...]
Go to Like Washington, D.C. Chicago Thumbs Nose At SCOTUS Gun Ban RulingJuly 13th, 2010
NRA Continues To Anger Some On The Right
Politico takes another look at how the NRA’s actions of late has angered some on the right. It appears that the NRA still considers itself powerful enough to do as they please in what they deem to be their responsibility to protect our Second Amendment; even if it means compromising those rights in order to [...]
Go to NRA Continues To Anger Some On The RightJuly 9th, 2010
NRA Produces Video Ad To Oppose Kagan Nomination, BUT………
The following is a video that the National Rifle Association will be spreading around in opposition to the confirmation of Elana Kagan to the United States Supreme Court. While I am delighted the NRA has taken a position to contradict Elana Kagan for the Supreme Court, the NRA is stating that the Senate shouldn’t be [...]
Go to NRA Produces Video Ad To Oppose Kagan Nomination, BUT………July 7th, 2010
After McDonald v. Chicago, What Gun Law Violations Should Be Prosecuted?
It would seem that this would be a first, that law officials would actually honor a Supreme Court ruling concerning gun laws. After District of Columbia v. Heller, the District of Columbia thumbed its’ nose at the SCOTUS and continued its ban on guns until eventually allowing possession while still forcing people to jump through [...]
Go to After McDonald v. Chicago, What Gun Law Violations Should Be Prosecuted?July 5th, 2010
Activism Works!
Activism works both ways actually but isn’t it time that activism for conservatives and those looking to preserve rights and restore the United States Constitution, while shrinking the size and grasp of government, takes a front row? Ed Morrissey, Hot Air, follows up on a Glenn Reynolds’ article of how activism worked in the McDonald [...]
Go to Activism Works!July 4th, 2010
MSSA Considers Review Of Gun Laws Banning Guns On State University Campuses
Gary Marbut, President of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, told the Great Falls Tribune that he is reviewing Montana state laws and considering whether it is feasible to challenge laws on college campuses that prohibit possessing firearms. After the recent ruling in McDonald v. Chicago, Marbut wonders if such laws could be overturned. Marbut was [...]
Go to MSSA Considers Review Of Gun Laws Banning Guns On State University CampusesJuly 3rd, 2010
Montana Shooting Sports Association Opposes Elena Kagan
Editor’s Note: The following is a letter sent to U.S. Senators from Montana, Jon Tester and Max Baucus from Gary Marbut, President of Montana Shooting Sports Association. June 30, 2010 Senator Jon Tester Senator Max Baucus Oppose Kagan Dear Jon, Dear Max, During the confirmation process for Justice Sonya Sotomayor, you assured Montanans that nominee [...]
Go to Montana Shooting Sports Association Opposes Elena KaganJuly 3rd, 2010
A Vote For Kagan Is A Vote To Take Away Your Guns
The Left is screaming for victory in the McDonald v. Chicago case claiming that with this ruling gun rights supporters can no longer claim that the left has any power to “take away your guns”. Don’t swallow that crap! It will forever be an ongoing battle. So long as there are liberals who live and [...]
Go to A Vote For Kagan Is A Vote To Take Away Your GunsJuly 2nd, 2010
NRA Opposes Kagan Nomination
Finally, the NRA has posted an official statement in opposition to the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. The NRA states that after “carefully examin[ing]” aspects of Kagan they have found nothing that indicates she supports the Second Amendment. I am still puzzled as to why the NRA waited so [...]
Go to NRA Opposes Kagan NominationJune 29th, 2010
Thomas Sowell On McDonald v. Chicago
How dare a thinker like Sowell offer sense and sensibility to the Constitutional structure of this country? I’m being sarcastic of course. Sowell puts it this way in reference to those judges who feel compelled to alter the laws of this land in order to fit their own perceptions or impressions. If the public doesn’t [...]
Go to Thomas Sowell On McDonald v. ChicagoJune 29th, 2010
With McDonald v. Chicago Victory, NRA’s Reactions To Kagan Nomination Puzzling
Perhaps what we are witness to is the trouble groups such as the NRA get into when they place politics above principle, carving out exemptions for themselves in restrictive Legislative laws in what appears to be an exchange for backing off on opposition to Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court. This of course is [...]
Go to With McDonald v. Chicago Victory, NRA’s Reactions To Kagan Nomination PuzzlingJune 28th, 2010
McDonald v. Chicago – 5-4 Court Rules “Reversed And Remanded”
Justice Alito announced this morning that the Fourteenth Amendment does incorporate the Second Amendment in the Heller case to keep and bear arms in self defense. Therefore McDonald v. Chicago is deemed a victory for gun rights. Justices in dessent: Stevens, Breyer, Ginsburg and Sotomayer. It appears all of the majority Justices agree that the [...]
Go to McDonald v. Chicago – 5-4 Court Rules “Reversed And Remanded”June 17th, 2010
Scottish Grandma Jailed For Possessing Dead Dad’s WWII Pistol
The absurdity of life will never cease to amaze……except to the ignorant. “A GRAN was jailed for five years yesterday for having her dad’s World War II pistol. Gail Cochrane’s family were stunned as she was taken down and her son John shouted: “You’re having a “f***ing laugh.” Cochrane, 53, had kept the “heirloom” for [...]
Go to Scottish Grandma Jailed For Possessing Dead Dad’s WWII PistolJune 1st, 2010
Oral Arguments On Motion To Dismiss MSSA v. Holder Scheduled
Oral argument has been scheduled in MSSA v. Holder (Montana Shooting Sports Association v. Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General) concerning the U.S. Motion to Dismiss., for Thursday, July 15th, at 9 AM, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch.
You should remember that MSSA v. Holder is our lawsuit to validate the principles of the Montana Firearms [...]
May 27th, 2010
Armed Chicago Man Stops Intruder
How long before the left has this man, who broke the ridiculous laws in Chicago and saved he and his family’s lives, booked and brought to jail. Think it will happen? This IS Chicago, where the mayor threatened to shove a gun up a reporter’s butt to show him how effective a gun could be [...]
Go to Armed Chicago Man Stops IntruderMay 21st, 2010
Mayor Daley: Shoving A Gun Up Someone’s Butt Saves Lives
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May 19th, 2010
Briefs Filed In Opposition To MSSA v. Holder
Two briefs have just been submitted in our lawsuit, MSSA v. Holder, to validate the Montana Firearms Freedom Act. Both briefs are from entities opposing the MFFA validation, and both concerning the pending U.S. Motion to Dismiss.
The first brief is from the U.S. (Department of Justice on behalf of Defendant U.S. Attorney General Eric [...]
May 13th, 2010
Elena Kagan: “Not Sympathetic” About Second Amendment
Hard core? Elena Kagan, Obama’s pick to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, in a memo to former Justice Thurgood Marshall, wrote: “[The man’s] sole contention is that the District of Columbia’s firearms statutes violate his constitutional right to ‘keep and bear arms,’. I’m not sympathetic.” This in reference to an appeal from [...]
Go to Elena Kagan: “Not Sympathetic” About Second AmendmentMay 7th, 2010
Charlton Heston: A Torch With No Flame
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Go to Charlton Heston: A Torch With No FlameMay 2nd, 2010
MSSA v. Holder: “A Modest Proposal”
Gary Marbut, President of the Montana Shooting Sports Association and key petitioner of the courts to rule according to the Montana Firearms Freedom at, informed me that he had been thinking more and more about the monopolistic federal regulation of the entire supply chain for new firearms, one issue addressed in MSSA v. Holder, the [...]
Go to MSSA v. Holder: “A Modest Proposal”April 28th, 2010
Oklahoma Governor Vetoes Firearms Freedom Act Bill
Claiming the Oklahoma Firearms Freedom Act Bill, SB1685, would make it too easy for criminals to get guns, Governor Brad Henry has vetoed the bill. State Sen. Randy Brogdon calls the governor’s assertion “absurd”.
“The governor claimed this bill would have given criminals ‘easy access’ to guns. That argument is absurd,” Brogdon said. “Oklahoma law addresses [...]
April 25th, 2010
Jury-Rigging The Federal Commerce Clause
Many of you know that Gary Marbut, President of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, is heavily involved in the creation and legal battles, past and future, of the Montana Firearms Freedom Act. In brief, the MFFA, passed by the Montana Legislature and signed by the governor, states that guns and accessories manufactured in Montana, are [...]
Go to Jury-Rigging The Federal Commerce ClauseApril 21st, 2010
Oklahoma Firearms Freedom Act Bill Passes Legislature
The Oklahoma Firearms Freedom Act, SB 1685, has passed the legislature and gone to the desk of Governor Brad Henry. Sponsored by Senator Randy Brogdon, SB 1685 passed the Oklahoma Senate by 39-3 and the House by 81-14. It is expected that Governor Henry will sign the bill, making Oklahoma the ninth state [...]
Go to Oklahoma Firearms Freedom Act Bill Passes LegislatureApril 17th, 2010
Alaska Firearms Freedom Act Clears Legislature
The Alaska Firearms Freedom Act, HB 186, has passed the Alaska Senate by 18-1 and is now on it’s way to the desk of Governor Sean Parnell for signature.
Once the AFFA is signed, Alaska will be the eighth state to enact an FFA, following Montana, Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, Arizona and Idaho.
Gary Marbut, president
Montana [...]
April 15th, 2010
Montana Firearms Freedom Act Briefs Posted Online
In Montana Shooting Sports Association’s lawsuit to validate the principles of the Montana Firearms Freedom Act, MSSA v. Holder, briefs in response to the U.S. Motion to Dismiss have now been submitted and posted at:
http://firearmsfreedomact.com/montana-lawsuit-updates/
by the following entities:
Plaintiffs: MSSA, Second Amendment Foundation and myself [Gary Marbut]
The Attorney General of Montana
The Attorney General of Utah (on [...]
April 8th, 2010
Idaho’s Gov. Otter Signs Firearms Freedom Act
Idaho Governor Butch Otter signed HB 589, the Idaho Firearms Freedom Act, this morning (Thursday), making Idaho the seventh state to enact an Firearms Freedom Act bill.
Gary Marbut, president
Montana Shooting Sports Association
http://www.mtssa.org
author, Gun Laws of Montana
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April 7th, 2010
Montana Firearms Freedom Act And The Ninth Amendment
In Montana Shooting Sports Association’s litigation to validate the Montana Firearms Freedom Act (MFFA), there are several serious legal points to be made. These include various flavors of states’ right arguments, reexamination of federal Commerce Clause power, the effect of the Second and Tenth Amendments, and others.
One argument that has been simmering in the [...]