The
New York Times just put out a piece on May 2, 2021 and I really have to say they’ve outdone themselves on this one. The article entitled “How the A.T.F., Key to Biden’s Gun Plan, Became an N.R.A. ‘Whipping Boy’” is so outlandish that to not comment would be a crime. Cam gave a rundown on this progressive “woe is me” love letter, but he focused more on the
Times’ fawning over Biden’s ATF nominee. I want to focus on the paper’s treatment of the agency itself.
Right from the eye catching headline, we must be hooked, and feel down right bad for the BATFE, or, as Joe Biden would call it, the AFT. Isn’t that what we’re supposed to do when we hear language like “whipping boy” tossed around? Excuse me if I have to emotionally detach myself from this situation, but I can’t take what the
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Monday will consider a resolution opposing unconstitutional infringement of the rights of borough citizens under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, and urging the Governor and Legislature of the State of Alaska to oppose broad restrictions on the rights of citizens to bear arms.
Borough Mayor Rodney Dial wrote the resolution, which was co-sponsored by Assembly Member Jeremy Bynum.
Borough Attorney Glenn Brown reviewed the resolution before it was put on the agenda, though Dial and Brown both emphasized that he was not involved in drafting the resolution.
Motivation
Dial said the resolution was prompted by a series of recent actions taken by President Joe Biden to address gun violence that may infringe upon the rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms, he wrote in the sponsor statement for the resolution.
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Today, Amnesty International USA released the following statements to support President Joe Biden’s plan to announce several actions geared towards reducing gun violence. The actions include:
Increasing available federal funding for community gun violence intervention programs through the American Jobs Plan, Medicaid funding, as well as through agencies such as the Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Labor;
A proposed rule from the Department of Justice to help stop the proliferation of ghost guns;
Model red flag legislation for the states from the Department of Justice;
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An Illinois firearms owner is asking the court not to allow the federal government to file supplemental authority of two unrelated cases in a bump stock class action that “has been ready for a decision for about a year.”
The class action seeks immunity for those who legally purchased bump stock devices prior to the passing of the “Final Rule,” which classifies the device as machine guns and prohibits their possession.
John Doe filed an objection to the government’s motion for leave to file notice of supplemental authority on Feb. 22 through attorney Thomas Maag of Maag Law Firm LLC in Wood River.