Despite the hysteria from the gun control industry, relief under restoration of gun rights was available from 1968 to 1992, so restarting the program under the DOJ isn’t breaking any new ground.
This bipartisan legislation would provide nationwide reciprocity for concealed carry license holders and for residents of Constitutional Carry states. This legislation currently has 177 cosponsors in the U.S. House.
Considering VPC supports banning the possession of all handguns by any civilian, it isn’t surprising to see the organization look to blame and punish law-abiding gun owners for the actions of a few violent criminals in an effort to advance its gun ban agenda.
The scheme the professors contemplate in their op-ed shifts that burden to the individual who was unconstitutionally deprived of his or her gun rights. That’s a violation of due process, something law professors used to believe was important.
Red flag laws have been presented as prudent solutions to the problem of violent crime, but any benefits come at the cost of individual due process protections, using an inherently speculative process that punishes individuals for harm that may never occur.
When Democrats have been rebuffed at their attempts to undermine our rights by the legislature, they have sought to use courts and administrative procedures to instead cripple the firearms industry, and this is yet another example of that.
New York continues to thumb its nose at the 2A. A recent article from Spectrum News NY1, summarized the woeful state of affairs at the notorious New York City Police Department License Division and the New Yorkers victim to their rule.
A few weeks ago, we noted that anti-gun activist David Hogg wanted to be a Democratic National Committee vice chair. We suggested
What the complaint failed to acknowledge is the oversized role that one of the plaintiff governments played in these “illegal sales,” a fact later highlighted by the court in dismissing the case.
ATF’s authority over such items pistol stabilizing braces arises purely from ATF’s own extrapolations, memorialized in its rule, and found invalid by multiple courts.
