Gun Free Zone

Where a Hispanic Catholic, and a Computer Geek write about Gun Rights, Self Defense and whatever else we can think about.

Month: June 2023

Explainer Legal

Why are all these cases about “self-defense”?

Jun 26, 2023 awa 6 comments


B.L.U.F. What was supposed to be a short article regarding why we see “self-defense” in so many challenges turned into a 5000-word article covering the opening statements of the NFA hearings in 1934 plus random musings on yelling fire and other historical legal stuff.

If you get anything out of this, please at least click the like button. I’m having trouble justifying to myself the effort I’m putting into these articles.

I find myself increasingly troubled that so many cases rely on self-defense, or being part of an unorganized militia, or whatever, as a justification for the right to keep and bear arms. Just as the right to free speech doesn’t (or shouldn’t, anyway) depend on what you’re intending to be talking about, the right to bear arms shouldn’t depend on to what purpose you intend, so long as it’s lawful.
—it’s just Boris, Are the courts balanced in amicus curiae?, Gun Free Zone, (last visited Jun. 25, 2023)

Boris, you are correct. I agree that it is extremely irritating to hear, over and over again, that our rights are dependent on “self-defense” or being a member of the militia or “sporting purposes” and on and on and on.

This is a stepping stone. It took us a long time to get back to this level of Second Amendment protected rights.

Consider the testimony in Congress over the National Firearms Act.
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And this is the way to do it.

Jun 26, 2023 Miguel.GFZ 3 comments

The FedBois (Wannabe or otherwise) tried to crash/photobomb a rally and the participants were not enthused by the idea.
They went to hands:

Numbers and anonymity are usually their weapon, but only because they face people not willing to use force to “dissuade” them off their behavior. This group had no qualms, pushed them out and then uncovered their hidden mugs which sent them into a panic.
This needs to be repeated over and over not only with the Fedbois but with Antifoids.

And do share their uncovered faces all over the internet.

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They always, always, always lie

Jun 26, 2023 J. Kb 1 comment

 

This is from a 1943 movie, This Is The Army.

According to this LGBT activist, it provides there is nothing more American and patriotic than drag.

Drag queens are real Americans.

Of course, he has to lie by conflating.

In the plot of the movie, the solders in the performance are a troop of soldiers that perform for units at the front to boost morale.  They get the opportunity to return stateside to perform for the President.

The soldiers in “drag” are doing so because there were no females at the front.

This is Vaudeville.

This is not the sexualized, double entendre named, fetishized drag queens that are at the center of controversy today.

That, a musical with music Irving Berlin, is not this degeneracy.

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1571544256862470145?s=19

 

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1619515430779097088?s=19

 

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1603512564628987922?s=19

 

But this degenerate needs you to believe that This Is The Army is the same as that perversion so that you are the bad guy for not wanting children exposes to it.

I will not them bullshit me.

I can tell the difference between wartime camp and perverts who engage in sexually degeneracy in front of children.

I have eyes and a functioning, rational mind.

This is evil, trying to lie to you, that two plus two doesn’t equal four, and drag is wholesome and patriotic.

Legal Rant

Are the courts balanced in amicus curiae?

Jun 25, 2023 awa 1 comment

According to one of the lawyers that speaks on Second Amendment rights, the policy of the courts on accepting amicus curiae from anybody is a rather recent policy change with the courts. It used to be that you had to show real reasons to be considered a friend of the court.

Of the hundreds of pages submitted to the Supreme Court in —it’s just Boris, Are the courts balanced in amicus curiae?, Gun Free Zone, (last visited Jun. 25, 2023) most are from amicus curiae submissions. In appeals, it is the same. There are the actual pleadings by the parties, and then there are all the amicus curia submissions.

In To be blunt, Bruen fails to adhere to even basic academic standards – P.J.C. I write about Patrick J. Charles. He submits amicus curiae briefings in many of these Second Amendment cases. The courts almost always grant him permission to submit.

He is just one guy. He doesn’t belong to any group. His claim to fame is that he has written a number of books advocating for infringing on the Second Amendment and calling anybody and everybody who thinks that the right to “keep and bear arms” gives an individual the right to keep and bear arms an idiot or worse.

It is very uncommon to see a person or entity submit a motion for leave to file an amicus brief and then to have the court reject it. When this, ORDER re: Motion for leave to file amicus brief. John Cutonilli’s motion to file an amicus brief is DENIED. [74] showed up in Celeb Barnett v. Kwame Raoul I needed to find out why.

The first question to ask is, “Who is John Cutonilli?” A quick Google search turns up “Cutonilli v. State of Maryland”. This is a reference to a case from 2015.
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Advice for anyone moving to Tennessee.

Jun 25, 2023 Miguel.GFZ 5 comments

I guess this list was missing from my Welcome package. Those from Florida will find some of the advice familiar; other advice, specially the polite-related ones will be totally new: It is OK, you will adapt soon enough.

1. Save all bacon grease. You will be instructed later how to use it.
2. If you do run your car into a ditch, don’t panic. Four men in the cab of a four wheel drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don’t try to help them. Just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.
3. Remember: “Y’all” is singular. “All y’all” is plural. “All y’all’s” is plural possessive.
4. Get used to the phrase, “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” And the collateral phrase, “You call this hot? Wait’ll August.”
5. Don’t tell us how you did it up there. Nobody cares.
6. If you think it’s too hot, don’t worry. It’ll cool down—in November.
7. A Mercedes-Benz is not a status symbol, a Chevy, Dodge, or Ford is.
8. If someone says they’re “fixin” to do something, that doesn’t mean anything’s broken.
9. The value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but the availability of shade.
10. If you are driving a slower moving vehicle, on a two lane road pull onto the shoulder. That is called “courtesy.”
11. BBQ is a food group. It does NOT mean grilling burgers and hot dogs outdoors.
12. Yes, weddings, funerals, and divorces must take into account for UT Football games.
13. Everything is better with Ranch dressing.
14. DO NOT honk your horn at us to be obnoxious. We will sit there until we die.
15. We pull over and stop for funerals and emergency vehicles to pass.
16. We respect the flag and the national anthem.
17. In most instances, “Bless your heart,” is a nice way of saying you’re an idiot.
18. No mater what kind—Sprite, Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew—it isn’t called soda or pop. It is all called “coke.”
19. We throw our hands up at random strangers passing by. It’s normal.
20. There will always be a tractor on the two lane when you are running late, so allow time for that.
21. Sweet tea is a food group.
22. Yonder IS a word.
23. If you don’t like the weather in Tennessee, wait 15 minutes, it will change.
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Divemedic’s goes deeper on people abusing claims of domestic abuse

Jun 25, 2023 Miguel.GFZ 2 comments

the law is abused. Here are the disturbing statistics:

25% of all divorces include accusations of domestic violence.
50% of all domestic violence restraining orders are issued without allegations of violence.
70% of domestic violence restraining orders are trivial or false. (PDF warning)
85% of restraining orders are against men

My Comments to Miguel: – Area Ocho

 

Go read the whole thing. It is disturbingly illuminating.

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How come this was not made more publicly? “Public” feedback on Future Gun Control laws.

Jun 24, 2023 Miguel.GFZ 5 comments

Nearly 10,000 people submitted feedback on potential gun and public safety legislation in the first two weeks after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee solicited public feedback in May when announcing his plans to call a special legislative session on Aug. 21.

A majority of the input called for changes to Tennessee gun laws, mirroring state and national polling trends indicating a bipartisan majority of Tennesseans and Americans support increased gun restrictions. In the feedback to the governor’s office, many supported safe storage laws, expanded background checks and banning assaultstyle weapons, while those opposed to new laws expressed concern about opening the door for increased regulations down the road.

Public feedback backs new gun laws

Wait, there is a portal for commenting? WTF?

I had to look it up and it was not easy to find it. just a small four letter link in the Governor website’s Newsroom. Nothing in the main page of the official page, no link easily available. It was not till today I found out it even existed, and I don’t recall having been mentioned in the news or even my local rag (Daily News Journal AKA Section F of the Tennessean”)

However, by the “results”, it seems that Opposition had no problem finding it or, more than likely, had internal help sharing the link quietly and being the “majority” in the comments.

Fellow Tennesseans (and other Gun Rights Defenders) click on this link and let the governor know how you feel about more useless gun control.