
(((Ezra Sitt)))
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(((Ezra Sitt)))
@BlowbackBuff
Car nerd, libertarian, 2A Absolutist, sabermetrics geek, diehard @Mets/@NYIslanders/@Giants/@F1 casual @NYKnicks fan•Navigating life with ADHD











Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: You can't earn a billion dollars. Ilana Glazer: That's right. AOC: You just can't earn that. Glazer: That's exactly correct. AOC: You can get market power. You can break rules. You can do all sorts of things. You can abuse labor laws. Glazer: Yup. AOC: You can pay people less than what they're worth. Glazer: Yup. AOC: But you can't earn that, right? Glazer: That's right. AOC: And so you have to create a myth that -- since you didn't earn that, you have to create a myth of earning it.






Last month, New Jersey argued that hollow-point ammo isn't protected by the Second Amendment because it is "unusually dangerous," "so lethal that it has been banned under international laws of war," and "disproportionate and unnecessary for self-defense." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…





USPS May Soon Allow People To Ship Handguns Through The Mail For The First Time In Nearly 100 Years



JVL gives Platner somewhere between a 5 and 33% chance of being the Dem nominee in 2028. And I don't think that's crazy at all. Floated similar on a pod last fall. Before you scoff - read the case! thebulwark.com/p/platner-2028



Seeing a lot of "why hasn't DOJ sued my state which has an AWB/mag ban!?". Because it would probably be pointless as there is already controlling caselaw in that circuit. There's two reasons a lawsuit of that kind makes sense: 1. There is no controlling AWB precedent in that circuit, or no case way ahead of it on the same issue that awaits a ruling. The Denver lawsuit falls into this category, as the 10th Circuit has yet to definitively rule on the issue post-Bruen. 2. There is controlling precedent, but no case is pending at SCOTUS right now from that circuit. Virginia in the 4th Circuit would fit this category. After Snope was denied last year, there is no 4th Circuit case waiting on a cert decision that I am aware of, so DOJ could quickly lose its way up to SCOTUS without getting stayed to await some other case. If DOJ filed a lawsuit against, e.g., the Washington State assault weapons ban, it would get immediately stayed pending Miller (which is awaiting a ruling in the Ninth Circuit) or pending a cert decision in Duncan. It would be pointless. Hope that helps.







SAF and its partners have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of the plaintiff-appellant in Mark Baird v. Rob Bonta, urging the Court to strike down California’s ban on the open carry of firearms. While Mr. Baird mostly prevailed before a three-judge panel, that victory has been vacated and the case will be reheard en banc. SAF is joined in the amicus filing by the California Rifle and Pistol Association (@CRPAnews), Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus (@mnguncaucus), Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (@CCRKBA) “The plain text of the Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms—openly or concealed—and open carry has been the default manner of lawful carry for most of American history,” said SAF Director of Legal Research and Education Kostas Moros. “California’s ban has no foundation in our Nation’s tradition, and this Court should reaffirm that open carry is protected just as the Founders and generations of Americans understood it to be. As our brief argues, neither open nor concealed carry may be banned today." This case presents another clear opportunity for the Ninth Circuit to faithfully apply Bruen’s historical tradition test to one of the last remaining state bans on open carry, rather than allowing the government to nullify the right through interest-balancing disguised as a “nuanced approach." Link to brief here: saf.org/wp-content/upl…













