Jeff Pittman

Litigation Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas warn that New York’s sweeping new gun control law raises serious constitutional questions despite the high court’s decision not to intercede while court challenges play out. Well, duh. The Second Amendment Foundation, joined with the Illinois State Rifle Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, C4 Gun Store LLC, Marengo Guns, Inc. and a

Litigation You’ve probably heard that the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the federal bump stock ban in a 13-3 en banc panel ruling. The court overturned a December 2021 panel ruling in favor of the ban. It found the Trump-era rule created by the ATF violates the Administrative Procedure Act because it (clearly) goes against the

Legislation Thank or spank your Senators for their vote on the federal omnibus spending/gun control bill. Of the 12 gun control items hidden in the omnibus, these are among the most egregious: Massive 14.1% ATF budget increase to facilitate Biden’s Pistol ban  50% increase for the ATF part of the budget that maintains the illegal near-billion record gun registry  $700+

Reminder: No newsletter next week and possibly the week after. A Christmas Story (Nobody shot his eye out.) Litigation The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold a judge’s order from last month that barred New York officials from enforcing part of the new law making it a felony to carry a gun on private property without the

My apologies for the extra missed newsletter last week. AT&T’s DSL internet in this area was down ALL WEEK. AT&T refused to say how widespread the outage was. Our AT&T internet goes down over 1000 times a year, every year. NOT recommended. Be sure to tell your friends. The newsletter may be intermittent over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays

Housekeeping No newsletter next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. I will be giving thanks for you good folks with whom I figuratively share a tent. Election So, did I miss all of the predicted right-wing violence following the election? Litigation More on the unconstitutional gun serial number requirement In Wade v Univ. of Michigan, the Michigan Supreme Court last

Veterans Day A very sincere Thank You. Litigation U.S. District Judge John Sinatra, Jr. has again issued a preliminary injunction against New York’s ban on guns in churches. The order in the case Hardaway v. Nigrelli is effective immediately and comes two weeks after a temporary restraining order was issued in this case. Read the judge’s comments. Another federal judge