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  1. Doug_Nightmare

    Does Having a Gun Make a Person Suspicious? Courts Aren’t Sure Now. NYT H/T John Wesley Hall

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/16/nyregion/bruen-guns-robert-homer.html A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could allow more New Yorkers to carry guns is raising thorny questions and has jeopardized at least one case so far. The case is now in jeopardy after a federal judge in Brooklyn ruled on...
  2. Doug_Nightmare

    Make Finland the Land of Shooting Badassery Again

    https://reason.com/volokh/2024/02/19/make-finland-the-land-of-shooting-badassery-again/ In December I will cruise the Norwegian coast Kystruten. We have agreed to four excursions; my two are, to Nidaros Cathedral home of my Patrol Saint, and to the Finnish border.
  3. Doug_Nightmare

    May I come ARMED to Mass and Communion. Magisterium AI Limited Language Model AI Bot

    According to the Catholic Church, it is not permitted to come armed to Mass and Communion unless there is a pastoral necessity and the diocesan bishop's prescripts are observed [^3]. The Code of Canon Law states that no one is allowed to keep the Eucharist on their person or carry it around...
  4. Doug_Nightmare

    Texas Rep. Bryan Slaton, HCR 54 informs the Feds that the people have lost all of their guns in boating accidents, fortunately with no loss of life.

    https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/pdf/HC00054I.pdf#navpanes=0 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1 WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature respectfully notifies the 2 federal government of a series of alleged boating accidents that 3 occurred across Hunt, Hopkins, Van Zandt, and possibly other 4...
  5. Doug_Nightmare

    At the Volokh Conspiracy, Dave Kopel posts an extensive correction of bullet terminal ballistics.

    Unfortunately for OCDO in the context of a prohibited topic. https://reason.com/volokh/
  6. Doug_Nightmare

    W.D.Okla.: MJ user not barred from handgun possession under § 922(g)(3). John Wesley Hall’s FourthAmendment.com

    fourthamendment.com/?p=54224 “A marijuana user is not barred from possessing a handgun under Heller and Bruen under § 922(g)(3). The case makes passing reference to the Fourth and Second Amendments reflecting current rights in 1789. (It’s only here because it’s really interesting.) United...
  7. Doug_Nightmare

    NY Monroe Co.: Parts of NY red flag law may violate 2A and 4A. John Wesley Hall’s Fourthamendment.com

    http://fourthamendment.com/?p=53922#more-53922 Another section of CPLR 63-a which troubles this Court concerns the possibility that, based upon the opinion of a non-physician, a court may be permitted to issue a search warrant to confiscate a respondent’s guns, but which also may result in...
  8. Doug_Nightmare

    When the Second Amendment's plain text covers conduct, it is presumptively protected. STEPHEN HALBROOK @ Volokh Conspiracy

    https://reason.com/volokh/2022/12/13/plain-text/?comments=true#comment-9835591 [Excerpted] Fortunately, the plain text analysis is not difficult because the Supreme Court has already defined the key terms of the guarantee that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be...
  9. Doug_Nightmare

    N.Y. Law Banning Gun Carrying in Churches (Including by People Authorized by the Church) Struck Down

    https://reason.com/volokh/2022/10/21/n-y-law-banning-gun-carrying-in-churches-including-by-people-authorized-by-the-church-struck-down/#more-8208167 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nywd.142913/gov.uscourts.nywd.142913.35.0.pdf
  10. Doug_Nightmare

    Requirement of Serial Numbers on Guns Violates 2A. US v. Price, by Judge Joseph R. Goodwin (S.D. W. Va.)

    https://reason.com/volokh/2022/10/13/requirement-of-serial-numbers-on-guns-violates-second-amendment/#more-8206957
  11. Doug_Nightmare

    Armed woman shot by officer at Dallas Love Field airport after firing gun in airport

    https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/dallas/article263802788.html https://www.foxnews.com/us/dallas-police-investigate-shots-fired-at-airport-crowds-evacuate
  12. Doug_Nightmare

    Indiana Greenwood Park Mall shooter shot dead by armed 'good Samaritan,'

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/indiana-shopping-mall-shooting-police Permitless open and concealed carry took affect on July 1, 2022, for residents and non-residents 18 or older. There is no informaton yet released under what condition the good guy was carrying.
  13. Doug_Nightmare

    Spatiotemporal patterns of firearm acquisition in the United States in different presidential terms. Open Source, full text

    https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0096773 Interesting on its own. More interesting reading in the citations.
  14. Doug_Nightmare

    Hawaii AG instructs chiefs of police to broadly grant concealed carry licenses but not open carry. Volokh Conspiracy

    https://reason.com/volokh/2022/07/11/hawaii-ag-instructs-chiefs-of-police-to-broadly-grant-concealed-carry-licenses-but-not-unconcealed-carry/ Don’t miss the comments. dwshelf July.11.2022 at 10:36 pm Flag Comment Mute User Open carry is a bit intimidating to the audience, and seldom the...
  15. Doug_Nightmare

    Uvalde, Texas, Robb Elementary School Attack Response Assessment and Recommendations

    https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22080543/texas-alerrt-report-on-uvalde-response.pdf. 26 pages
  16. Doug_Nightmare

    Gun Rights Champion Dick Heller Sues D.C. Again, This Time Over Ammo Limits

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/gun-rights-champion-dick-heller-sues-d-c-again-this-time-over-ammo-limits_4579528.html https://www.scribd.com/book/581356259 23 pages
  17. Doug_Nightmare

    Robert Crimo, poster boi for Red Flag Laws ineffectiveness!

    Robert Crimo, poster boi for Red Flag Laws ineffectiveness!
  18. Doug_Nightmare

    Recent books on the US Constitution. Randy Barnette’s course reading assignment through the years.

    https://reason.com/volokh/2022/06/14/recent-books-on-the-constitution-2/ Every year, I teach a seminar called Recent Books on the Constitution. I initially designed this course when I visited Georgetown in 2005. Because I tend to read what relates directly to my current projects, I felt that I...
  19. Doug_Nightmare

    G unsafely. Humor

  20. Doug_Nightmare

    Slippery Slope Arguments in History: The Supreme Court in the Flag Salute Case. Eugene Volokh’s Conspiracy

    https://reason.com/volokh/2022/06/10/slippery-slope-arguments-in-history-the-supreme-court-in-the-flag-salute-case/ EUGENE VOLOKH | 6.10.2022 8:52 AM From Justice Jackson's majority opinion in W. Va. State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette (1943):
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