Jeff Pittman

Housekeeping No newsletter next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Please give thanks with your family. ************************* “Shall not be infringed“ ************************* Litigation Potential SCOTUS cases here, here, and here. Grassroots judicial report. “Dangerous and unusual.” That ain’t in the Constitution. USPS update. Grassroots legislative update. The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a ruling from Idaho District […]

Veterans Day My sincerest apologies to all the veterans out there for not mentioning Veterans Day in the last newsletter. You are not forgotten, except sometimes when I’m typing something else. Trumped FPC calls on President Trump to end defense of federal gun control laws. After all, they are unconstitutional and the president takes an oath to “preserve, protect and

Litigation & Stuff Follow-up on corner-crossing public land. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Director Christy Clark reaffirmed the agency’s position that corner crossing remains unlawful in Montana. Third Circuit steps up? The Lynchburg, Virginia Circuit Court struck down the state’s “universal background check” law and permanently halted enforcement across the Commonwealth. Special Taxes on Firearms are Unconstitutional. I’ve been saying

Litigation & Stuff Post Office case – DOJ Demands Members List of Gun Rights Groups…AGAIN. Maybe because the court’s decision erroneously limited civil rights to the plaintiffs. A Broward County circuit judge ruled last week that a Florida state law barring people under age 21 from carrying concealed weapons violates Second Amendment rights. The US Supreme Court has declined to

Housekeeping We have recently (finally) had the opportunity to switch our internet and landline phone from AT&T DSL/copper to CSpire fiber. CSpire works. AT&T doesn’t. ‘Nuff said. Shutdown We have word that – under pressure – the ATF’s National Firearms Act examiners have returned to work to resume the processing of applications for lawful transfers of suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled

Litigation US District Court Judge Robert Summerhays of the Western District of Louisiana Lafayette Division has vacated the court’s order mandating the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition provide the government with lists of their members after the groups and the US Department of Justice filed a joint motion to amend the judgment late last week. The case, Reese

A Right Denied The federal government shutdown has halted the processing of NFA firearms approvals, such as those for suppressors and short-barreled rifles, and left law-abiding gun owners across the country facing potential delays. I understand that the NICS check system for regular gun purchases is still operational, but have no firsthand experience since our CCW license circumvents that particular

Trumped The Revisions of Firearms License Requirements Final Rule posted in the Federal Register by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security rolls back the export restrictions for firearms and related ammunition and components. The BIS determined that the Interim Final Rule, published by the Biden administration, should – and will – be rescinded in its entirety. The US