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The First Circuit employs what we @TheReloadSite have taken to calling the "one weird trick" argument for avoiding having to do the Bruen test. thereload.com/analysis-feder…

Personnel is policy in the Trump Administration, at least when it comes to guns. On the one hand, DOJ is arguing it's unconstitutional to ban the sale of AR-15s. On the other, it's arguing it can ban literally all knives.

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Trump DOJ Doubles Down on Claim it Can Ban All Knives [Member Exclusive]

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Hegseth Moves to Make it Easier to Carry Guns on Military Bases

Bill Sack on @TheReloadSite Podcast this week talking about Red Flag Laws. From The Reload: "To help understand the ins and outs of why gun-rights activists object to the temporary gun seizure orders, we have the director of legal operations for the group challenging Maryland's version of the law. The Second Amendment Foundation's Bill Sack joins the show to discuss the latest ruling in the case, which actually went against the group. Sack said their Maryland case centered around a dispute between a county zoning official and a resident that saw the man's guns taken from him over what he said were false claims of a threat. Sack said the incident is an example of the flaws in Maryland's system that allow for abuse of a fundamental right. He also said the case shows the difficulty of making a Second Amendment case against red flag laws in the wake of the Supreme Court's US v. Rahimi decision. Instead, Sack said the group is relying more heavily on Fourth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment claims against the lower evidentiary standards the laws use. He said the judge's point about similar procedures utilized in other contexts being blessed by the Supreme Court and others wasn't persuasive, and should be reversed--even in circumstances that don't involve firearm seizures. Sack said the Second Amendment Foundation hasn't yet decided what to do in the Maryland case, but they plan to keep fighting red flag policies that don't meet their constitutional standards. Link to full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=HHaPTq…

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USPS Moves to Allow Mailing of Handguns

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Podcast: Gun Politics in the Era of Guntuber Candidates (Ft. NYT's Charles Homans) youtu.be/8VwIYJoZyTU?si…

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Analysis: People Transporting Guns Have Long Enjoyed Broad Protection Under the Law (By Alan Beck)

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Canadian Mandatory Buyback Nets Few Turn-Ins Despite Spending Tens of Thousands Per Firearm