{"id":173022,"date":"2025-08-21T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=173022"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:43:00","slug":"thursday-gun-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=173022","title":{"rendered":"Thursday gun notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Coupla minor things today.<\/p>\n

First off – People say the Trump administration is pro-gun. Well, maybe by comparison with Biden’s, but that’s like saying you’ll stay dryer outdoors in a tropical storm than you will by jumping in a pond. A few degrees of separation, maybe. AG Bondi supported red-flag laws and assault weapons laws when she was in Florida, and you notice that her demand that BATFE supply a list all the\u00a0 2nd-ingringing regulation changes has drawn… nothing.\u00a0 Bump stock ban? Trump signed it, and back before he was running as a politician, as a private citizen was a Democrat supporting assault weapon ban advocate. Not saying he might not perform for us… but not betting the farm on it, either. Guns are low on his priority list.<\/p>\n

Latest – the Department of Justice is making sure pot is still a disqualifying item on the form 4473.<\/p>\n

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The government\u2019s lawyers want the Supreme Court to make clear that regular pot smokers \u2013 and other drug users ? shouldn\u2019t be allowed to own firearms.<\/p>\n

An appeals court has said a federal law making it a crime for drug users to have a gun can\u2019t be used against someone based solely on their past drug use.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The case in question comes from the 5th Circuit, a relatively conservative court, who ruled that a drug user could not be excluded from firearms use unless he was actually under the influence at the time.<\/p>\n

While history and tradition support \u201csome limits on a presently<\/em> intoxicated person\u2019s right to carry a weapon,\u201d the appeals court said, \u201cthey do not support disarming a sober person based solely on past substance usage.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0USA Today<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Factoid – the article says that the drug use question on the 4473 has stopped more gun purchases than any other.<\/p>\n

So if you are a weed indulger… don’t expect that particular gun law to ease up. You can legally have the pot or the gun – not both.<\/p>\n

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But out West, the 10th Circuit has stepped up and slapped New Mexico. As folks know, New Mexico is dominated by a few blue cities despite most of the state running solidly red – a not uncommon situation. So they passed a 7 day “waiting period” law.<\/p>\n

New Mexico\u2019s law requires purchasers of firearms to \u201ccool off\u201d for seven days before taking possession of a newly purchased firearm \u2014 even after passing a background check and demonstrating that they are not prohibited from owning firearms.<\/p>\n

The Tenth Circuit held that New Mexico\u2019s law violates the Second Amendment. Judge Tymkovich, writing for the court, determined that the right to keep and bear arms necessarily includes the lawful acquisition of firearms. Therefore, \u201ccooling off\u201d waiting periods infringe on Second Amendment-protected conduct. Next, the court concluded that waiting periods are a modern invention that are unsupported by our nation\u2019s historical tradition of firearm regulation.\u00a0\u00a0BFA<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Blue pols in NM are upset… but I’d say the 10th got it right.<\/p>\n

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And in closing, guess who says they are going to teach gun safety courses? Gonna love this: Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown For Gun Safety.<\/p>\n

Everytown is the same group that wants to ban guns, require firearm registries, permits to purchase a firearm, prohibit young adults from legally purchasing a firearm, enact waiting periods to take possession of legally purchased firearms, keep guns under constant lock-and-key, restrict their use to designated areas and slap exorbitant taxes and fees just to purchase one.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrain Smart\u201d is rolling out several segmented lessons, including \u201cThe Smart Guide to Buying a Gun,\u201d which features a one-hour course for prospective gun buyers who \u201cwant the facts about gun ownership without a sales pitch.\u201d Everytown will teach those gun buyers about why people own guns, facts surrounding gun ownership, secure storage, protecting a home, \u201cuniversal\u201d guns safety rule and what to look for in a gun.BFA II<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Without a sales pitch – didn’t know you were being pressured to buy those gunz, huh? Slick Marvin the Used Car Hustler working at your local store? Luckily the gun ban folks can teach you all about guns, better than even the NRA. This is a good one to read the original article.<\/p>\n

Looking at the included pic – looks like they have no idea of who needs a background check and 4473… a great start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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