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it is most likely a Corp thing due to the ghost gun stuff or the ability to turn it into a prohibited item under the parts ban in the PICA.
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NY to end (possibly) NRA qualification for instructors
Tvandermyde replied to Euler's topic in National Politics
they did this in California goal is to minimize the number of instructors to make it harder and more expensive to get a carry permit -
US v Prince - Felon-in-possession
Tvandermyde replied to Euler's topic in Judicial Second Amendment Case Discussion
1 The same district court applied the same reasoning to reach the same conclusion in six other matters, in which the government has filed notices of appeal. See United States v. Kevin Delaney, No. 23-3156; United States v. Malik Daniel, No. 23-3173; United States v. Devon Freeman, No. 23-3186; United States v. Christopher SalmeNegrete, No. 23-3212; United States v. Johnny Anderson, No. 23-3217; and United States v. Jose Diaz, No. 23-3259. In each of these matters, the government will soon file unopposed motions to stay the appeal pending a decision by this Court in Prince. -
Caulkins v Prizker Case Discussion
Tvandermyde replied to jcable2's topic in Judicial Second Amendment Case Discussion
it's a good question. What do you want for your money? NRA is not getting another dime from me until Wayne is gone and they come up with a plan. Right now they are riding on NSSF coattails. I understand the other two as well. SAF I'm told has a big money funder underwriting lots of their expenses. Second Amendment Law center has a donation page with ear marks for Illinois and Second Amendment Defense and Education Coalition, is Illinois based founded by some of the people, including me from ASC. Those are my two recommendations as we have a more direct input on how things are handled Donate — SADEC Contribute — Second Amendment Law Center (2alc.org) -
Caulkins v Prizker Case Discussion
Tvandermyde replied to jcable2's topic in Judicial Second Amendment Case Discussion
I get all the frustration, our problem is two fold 1. Chest beating 2. Money NRA was way cautious in taking things to court as their experience was that courts would rule against them because of their name. If O'Connor had not stepped down prior to Heller we would have lost that case. NRA was against taking it up at the time. Heller which started off in 2003. Two years before O'Connor would announce her retirement. in 2005 when she announced her retirement Robers was nominated. The Chief Justice died anmd Roberts was renominated for the top spot in october of 2005. In January of 2006 Alito was confirmed to her spot on the Court. Alito has since been one of the staunchest defenders of the RKBA. without those two events, had the original Heller case not been delayed, we would be in a very different posture today. Once the Court changed, the jury was still out on Roberts, but looked close for us and the SAF gamble payed off. Right after Heller, McDonald was filed as was an NRA case for incorporation and the race was one. McDonald is the lead case as it was filed just ahead of the NRA case. Much like what happened in Moore and Shepard. SAF found a niche in tapping into gun owners ire about the pace of change and was willing to roll the dice on more than NRA was and GOA was still a small group. NRA had a very different strategy on how to approach the Court, I worked on a lot of it for my small part but there were other forces at work. SAF was free wheeling and using every case to fundraise and built a large following for it. And it has been a dog show ever since and even more so with the demise of NRA. NSSF has stepped in for part of the glory. GOA has gotten larger and plays in the arena as does FPC. then you have a lot of the two bit players with local counsels and people trying to make a name for themselves. So lots of groups are trying to be the next big case to make their bones at SCOTUS and beat their chest about it. And we have to fund this ourselves, so some groups have landed a whale to fund all kinds of stuff and some have become adept at fundraising off the suits. and what slows us down is the ability to front a lot of this money up front. While at thew same time groups are looking to be the chest beating PR flaks for bragging rights to be the hear apparent to the big bad NRA on the national scene. When to often not many look to a three Demensional game in the area. and are looking for the quick headline.