Octopus Overlords

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 4:58 pm Sounds like a good start.

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 5:06 pm "William Garfield Bilbrough IV." It's like the Mayflower landed at The Shire.

Holman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:14 pm The measures being protested by armed "militias" seem utterly sane and reasonable.

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:24 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:14 pm The measures being protested by armed "militias" seem utterly sane and reasonable.

Those are the laws that passed the VA Senate. There are several other proposed bills that are being protested.

Fireball wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:01 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:24 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:14 pm The measures being protested by armed "militias" seem utterly sane and reasonable.

Those are the laws that passed the VA Senate. There are several other proposed bills that are being protested.

None of the other bills are going anywhere. These are the only three that will pass.

noxiousdog wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 11:09 am Isn't there an assault weapons ban too?

Earlier this week, the Senate Judiciary Committee made waves by killing controversial Senate Bill 16, which would have re-defined and banned assault bills [sic], while passing several other gun bills.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:42 pm I think a gun owners biggest fear is by banning one thing you start down a road of banning it all.

The Supreme Court left in place on Monday President Donald Trump's ban on bump stocks, turning away an appeal from owners of the device and gun rights groups.
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"Justice Gorsuch's separate opinion isn't about the merits of the bump stocks rule, but rather whether the lower court applied the correct standard of review in considering those merits. The court's denial here suggests that the justices are willing to let lower court litigation over the controversial Trump administration rule run its course before deciding if -- and how -- to intervene," said Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law.
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Last spring, the justices denied a request to temporarily block the administration's rule -- which took effect in April 2019 -- while the issue played out in lower courts. It was the third time the court was asked to issue such an order.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 7:29 pm The .22 I had as a kid held 18 shots. I miss that gun. Pawned it when I was 18 and lost it.

I have just one message for Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke, if you want to take everyone’s AR-15s, why don’t you swing by my office in Washington, D.C. and start with this one?

Come and take it. #2A

House Democrats are looking to roll back a little-known, five-decade-old Capitol Hill regulation that allows members of Congress to keep guns in their offices and carry them around the Capitol grounds.

The effort has been spearheaded by Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), who has pressed Capitol Hill authorities to revisit the 1967 regulation for months, and he now has the support of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has been nominated by her party to become House speaker early next year.
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It is unclear how common it is for lawmakers to keep guns in their offices. Multiple Republican lawmakers said this week that they are aware of colleagues who keep guns in the Capitol complex but do not know how widespread the practice is. Bringing firearms legally to Capitol Hill involves complying with strict D.C. gun laws, which include a registration requirement.

Huffman said he has heard rumors about colleagues keeping weapons and carrying them on campus but did not have firsthand knowledge about any particular instance. The House Sergeant at Arms, he said, informed him in a briefing that Capitol authorities do not keep records or track which civilians might be in possession of firearms on the grounds.

YellowKing wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:35 am How many people think Ken Buck would actually shoot and murder Joe Biden or Beto O'Rourke if they came into his office and grabbed that gun?

These guys talk a big game but in the end they're a bunch of pussies. That's why they have to have giant guns hanging on their wall.

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:37 pm I see California's law requiring a background check to buy ammo was struck down.

A federal appeals court late Friday ruled that California could continue requiring background checks of ammunition buyers as a challenge to the voter-approved rule makes its way through the justice system.
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The California Attorney General's office said in an email Saturday that "California's laws and regulations concerning ammunition transactions and background checks are in effect and will be enforced until further notice while the appellate court considers whether to stay the preliminary injunction for the duration of the appeal."
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Attorney General Xavier Bacerra said in his late Friday emergency filing that retailers immediately offered ammo for sale without background checks after Thursday's ruling.

He argued there was a "near certainty that prohibited persons—convicted felons, violent misdemeanants, and others prohibited by law from possessing firearms and ammunition—will have easy access to ammunition" unless the San Diego ruling was paused.

Holman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:48 pm Way to sweep the room with a gun you haven't determined to be unloaded.

Also, it might actually be illegal to have an AR-15 on government property like your Congressional office, asshole.

UsulofDoom wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:16 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:48 pm Way to sweep the room with a gun you haven't determined to be unloaded.

Also, it might actually be illegal to have an AR-15 on government property like your Congressional office, asshole.

It defiantly has a trigger lock on it. It's grey. If you go full screen you get a nice high res picture you can make it out. Also it may be a replica or firing pin removed. If it's a replica that would be defiantly be ok to have there.

1. All guns are always loaded [and functional].

2. Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.

3. Keep your finger off the trigger till your sights are on the target.

4. Identify your target, and what is behind it.

UsulofDoom wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:16 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:48 pm Way to sweep the room with a gun you haven't determined to be unloaded.

Also, it might actually be illegal to have an AR-15 on government property like your Congressional office, asshole.

It defiantly has a trigger lock on it. It's grey. If you go full screen you get a nice high res picture you can make it out. Also it may be a replica or firing pin removed. If it's a replica that would be defiantly be ok to have there.

UsulofDoom wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:16 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:48 pm Way to sweep the room with a gun you haven't determined to be unloaded.

Also, it might actually be illegal to have an AR-15 on government property like your Congressional office, asshole.

It defiantly has a trigger lock on it. It's grey. If you go full screen you get a nice high res picture you can make it out. Also it may be a replica or firing pin removed. If it's a replica that would be defiantly be ok to have there.

The Trump admin has lifted a ban on sales of silencers to private overseas buyers that was intended to protect U.S. troops from ambushes.

The change was championed by a lawyer for the president who had worked for a firearms trade group.

Attorney General Letitia James claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday that she found financial misconduct in the millions of dollars, and that it contributed to a loss of more than $64 million over a three year period.

The suit alleges that top NRA executives misused charitable funds for personal gain, awarded contracts to friends and family members, and provided contracts to former employees to ensure loyalty.

Seeking to dissolve the NRA is the most aggressive sanction James could have sought against the not-for-profit organization, which James has jurisdiction over because it is registered in New York. James has a wide range of authorities relating to nonprofits in the state, including the authority to force organizations to cease operations or dissolve. The NRA is all but certain to contest it.

malchior wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:25 pm This is going to be stupid. The NY AG just served Trump up a huge favor. Maybe this could have waited a few months.

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:40 pm I dunno. I don't think we can sit around an argue "this will embolden Trumpaloos" anymore, particularly with the way everything is going right now. You do something, it encourages them. You do nothing, it encourages them. Time to just take your shot when you have the goods - which apparently she does.