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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear oral argument in Caniglia v. Strom, a case that could have sweeping consequences for policing, due process, and mental health, with the Biden Administration and attorneys general from nine states urging the High Court to uphold warrantless gun confiscation. But what would ultimately become a major Fourth Amendment case began with an elderly couple’s spat over a coffee mug.

Happy Birthday Marines. Past, Present, and Future. Semper Fi.Message from the Commandant for 2019

Ok folks... Here's the first of the filed lawsuits coming from Stephen D. Stamboulieh (NoloContendere @ Ar15.com). Filing: http://www.scribd.com/doc/245057730/Hollis-v-Holder-Complaint Summons: http://www.scribd.com/doc/245098266/4-Summons-to-Holder-B-Todd Public thread on ARFCOM: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1681489_Hollis_v__Holder___Lawsuit_over_922_o___NFA_and_various_other_items.html Original thread I started here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3203012/posts?page=1 For the tl:dr crowd... ATF stepped in it. These lawsuits that Stephen is filiing may blow 922 out of the water completely. This is a good thing.

Ok folks... Most of us are aware of the NFA of 1934 and the raft of unConstitutional regulations that have followed in it's wake. Lots of people have gone through extraordinary lengths to comply with, rather than fight, the Federal government. Latest version of this fight is unincorporated trusts. Class III firearms can be transferred into and out of a trust easier than any other still legal method. Recently, the BATFE ruled that unincorporated trusts do not meet the legal definition of a person. Loophole generated. 922o states that People cannot manufacture new firearms post 1986. If a trust isn't...

To all my Brothers and Sisters, past, present, and future. Happy Birthday. Semper Fi.

Happy 236th Birthday to all my Brothers and Sisters.

Hughes Amendment vote on YouTube. This is archival footage of the proceedings from when the Hughes Amendment was illegally added to the FOPA of 1986. Ajax22 over at AR15.com got his hands on one of the recently released DVD's of Congressional proceedings. In the above video, we hear a voice vote (that to my ears goes to the Nays) that Rangel calls for the Ayes, a call for a recorded vote that is ignored violating the Congressional Rules at the time, and an absolute cluster-fudge over the rest of the FOPA bill including exactly which Amendments made it on and...

I labeled this a vanity as I'm not sure what else to do with it. As vanities go, I'm sure this is going to be about on par for "lameness". I'm the head tech nerd for a school district. As such I receive a ton of vendor cold calls and snail mail solicitations. Most are education related and I can normally parse through them pretty quickly. Today I got one that I feel really crosses a line for me from a personal ethics standpoint. Credo Mobile sent me a smelly little piece of SPAM emblazoned with "Is your cell phone...

FIVE MINUTES TO FREEDOM! A FIVE-MINUTE HANDBOOK FOR GUN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS INTRODUCTION I've been a gun rights activist for nearly 10 years. I wasted a lot of time for the first 5 years because no one gave me the rule book you are now reading. Maybe that's because no one had written it. This is the stuff I wish I had known starting on day one. If you've just arrived at this party, the next 5 minutes you spend reading this might save you 5 years of otherwise wasted time and energy. If you've been in the gun rights game...

Looks like the MN legislature is joining the rest of the crowd in filing 10th Amendment memorandum/legislation. This one looks pretty weak compared to others, but coming from Minnesota... they may as well have fired ICBM's at DC. The Language of HF 997, the Minnesota resolution on sovereignty: A concurrent resolution to affirm Minnesota's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and to urge the federal government to halt its practice of imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States. Whereas, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution...

Excerpt: Alarm & Muster The Modern-Day Call-Tree for Emergency Preperation Thomas Michael Fernandez, January 2009 Months before the first shots of the American Revolution were fired; colonials had devised and developed what appeared to be a modern day "call-tree." Though communication during the 18th Century was limited to pen, paper, and horseback, the network they had set up prior to the night of April 18, 1775 was almost as modern as today's communication abilities of cell phone, email, and video.

Donate a 8" block and ship it to DC and you are in. Originally Posted By axl: Donate a 8" block and ship it to DC and you are in. Do you realize how cool it would be if every person p*ssed off about this sh*t (illegal Aliens/wide open borders) actually shipped a cinderblock to the capitol? just a thought After some quick and sketchy research....it looks like it would cost around $10.00 to send one brick via USPS. A cinderblock would be cool but expensive. 1000's of bricks showing up in the capitol mailroom would be fricken awesome! More...

Sunday Shoot at the Bullet Hole in San Antonio On a recent thread dicussing the impending demise of the AWB, Ancesthntr and I discussed getting together for some shooting fun at the Bullet Hole outdoor range in San Antonio this weekend. What we came up with was meeting up on Sunday, Sept 12th around 12:00 at the range for some friendly socialising and some fun shooting. A map and details on how to get there from around the area are on the ranges website. I'm planning on bringing at least one co-worker, possibly two. Ancesthntr will be there and may...