Jeff Pittman

Litigation A three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit this week reissued a significant ruling in the case of United States v. George Peterson, affirming the conviction of George Peterson, a Louisiana firearms dealer, for possessing an unregistered suppressor in violation of the National Firearms Act (NFA), and therefore upholding the NFA’s alleged constitutionality.  A […]

Rights A short history of the Second Amendment. Your Moral Right To Keep & Bear Firearms In The United States. Litigation U.S. v. Miller. 1939. The Second Amendment protects your right to military weapons, including but not limited to the M1903 Springfield bolt-action rifle and the M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle, both chambered for .30-06; the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, also

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