In Fraser v. BATFaE the plaintiffs (good guys) said that 18, 19, and 20 year-olds are part of The People and that the government was infringing.
On May 10, 2023, the court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. The court then ordered the winning party, the good guys, to submit their costs for payment by the losing side, the government.
This case as only made it to the district court level. The lawyers involved are at the good but not great level.
The lawyers are reporting: $900+ in expenses, 230+ hours of billable time at $495/hour for a total billable of $107,368.50
The final order in the case was entered on Aug. 24, 2023. In general, the losing side has 30 days to appeal. The state has requested a stay pending appeal, which has been granted. It does not look like the state has appealed this case.
It would be good for us if they did appeal. While it would hurt 18, 19, and 20 year-olds, having a Circuit Court find in our favor has more impact than just a district court.
I will be taking some extremely valuable items with me on this trip and I don’t want them to get stolen and I can’t take them into the facilities I’m going into.
(Trust me, you will read all about this soon enough.)
So what to do.
When you watch the video, you will notice two things:
They moved very fast.
The only tool they used was something to break the window, and it was small. Maybe a center punch or something.
That’s good news.
It means defeating these people can be done with anything that slows them down and requires tools.
Again, nothing is perfect, it it doesn’t look like these assholes are willing to start fucking around with bolt cutters and grinders.
My most valuable items will be in a Pelican case with padlocks.
Of course, that alone is not enough. The box needs to be secured to the vehicle.
That is where a security cable with loops on each end comes in. Those are cheap. You can buy them at a hardware store or on Amazon for $10.
Now you have to know what to secure it to.
SUVs generally have cargo tie-down spots in the trunk. Cars don’t. You can secure it to the spare under the trunk floor cover. In my car, there is a steel loop. Welded to the car body that held the jack in place. I got my car used so the jack was missing. I can key lock to that.
In the cabin or behind the seat, there is also a LATCH system attachment point for car seats. That is very strong and can accommodate a padlock.
Many cars have a pass through from the trunk to the cabin. Usually the center armrest in the rear seat. A four foot security cable can reach from the trunk to a rear seat LATCH point.
A good padlock, a cable lock, and a Pelican case will defeat these guys.
Police determined this week that a fatal northwest Las Vegas hit-and-run crash was intentional.
On Aug. 14, Andreas Probst, a 64-year-old retired Bell, California, police chief was struck by a 2016 Hyundai Elantra near Tenaya Way and Centennial Parkway while riding a mountain bike in the bike lane around 6 a.m.
Probst died at University Medical Center.
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested the 17-year-old driver of the Hyundai who fled the scene of the crash on suspicion of hit-and-run
These were thrill attacks and a murder. There is a growing segment of the population that has deeply embedded in their minds that Life should not be given respect or consideration… unless it is theirs.
And pretty much nothing we could carry can counter several tons of metal aimed at you at a rate of speed.
The killers will be given all kinds of benefits according to the law and lot of us begrudgingly, still accept that is the way it should be.
But the “tank” of Good Faith And Trust in the Judicial System is running dangerously low and the expectation of refilling it is pretty much nil.
We should all be aware of 18 U.S.C. 922(g). This is the definition of prohibited person.
(g) It shall be unlawful for any person
(1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
(2) who is a fugitive from justice;
(3) who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802));
(4) who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution;
(5) who, being an alien
(A) is illegally or unlawfully in the United States; or
(B) except as provided in subsection (y)(2), has been admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa (as that term is defined in section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26)));
(6) who has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions;
(7) who, having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced his citizenship;
(8) who is subject to a court order that
(A) was issued after a hearing of which such person received actual notice, and at which such person had an opportunity to participate;
(B) restrains such person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of such person or child of such intimate partner or person, or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child; and
(C)(i) includes a finding that such person represents a credible threat to the physical safety of such intimate partner or child; or
(ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against such intimate partner or child that would reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury; or
(9) who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence,
—Unlawful Acts, 18 U.S.C. § 922 (U.S. 1968)
Hunter is charged under §922(g)(3) which is unlawful user of any controlled substance. This is being challenged at the district and circuit levels and is likely to end up at the Supreme Court. This is a Second Amendment challenge. If this challenge is made, I hope that Hunter wins.
There are two other charges, §922(a)(6) and §924(a)(2), lying on a form 4473, and §924(a)(1)(A), lying to an FFL about information placed on a 4473.
General Flynn was charged with making false statements to the FBI. That is what got him in so much hot water. It wasn’t what he was accused of doing, but instead of lying to the FBI.
At this point, the Hunter case is under extreme scrutiny. The Judge in the case is already upset about the games played to give Hunter a “get out of jail free” card.
Even if Hunter wins against the §922(g)(3), there is every reason to believe that he will be found guilty on the other two counts.
Clearly, this will not be a fair trial. It isn’t like Hunter is going to get 22 years for three counts of felonious conduct. It isn’t like he was in a different city while the mob walked through the capitol. That was worth 22 years of a man’s life.
I have heard from J.Kb. that the patches are not yet in his hands. It will be a couple of days still. I’ve marked the product as being on backorder.
I’ve reached out to a supplier for shirts, hats and such. It is possible, but the cost might be higher than we want to pay.
So far, we have “Don’t Break The Perimeter” and “The Second Amendment Applies to Everyone”.
For something larger:
Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk;
the bud shall yield no meal:
if so be it yield,
the strangers shall swallow it up
Hagar has a couple of shirt designs in the works. We just need to be able to source them at reasonable cost.
When Roe vs. Wade was struck down, the Right cheered, the libertarians nodded thoughtfully, and the Left went into a full on panic.
The Right said that abortions were originally meant to be safe, but infrequent. The exception and never the rule. An abortion takes a life, even if it is a “potential” life, and that should be thought through very seriously before going forward. With the advent of “abortion on demand,” things got out of control and there was so much push that we had some people advocating for “post birth abortions.”
The Left said that abortions belonged to all women, that it should never be questioned, and that a woman is not a walking incubator. Abortion gives power to a woman, so she can’t be trapped in a relationship, can’t be forced into child care that she’s either unable or unwilling to provide. When and how abortions are done should be the discussion of women, and men ought be excluded.
I’m left enough to say that I believe it’s important to have a certain level of abortion available to women. There are simply too many situations where pregnancy is used as a cudgel to beat women down, even today, that I’m unwilling to even contemplate taking it away entirely. There are also just too many times when extenuating circumstances get in the way.
We opened up the shop to the world, and this might actually work.
J.Kb. has some items to ship, and I have one to ship. We’ll get them out shortly.
The patches are estimated to be delivered from the embroiderer September 29. Shipping will begin the first week of October.
We had a request for PayPal. I got rid of my PayPal account years ago when they became extremely anti-gun. For you, I’ll look into it.
The New Mexico Governor’s “I get to say when the Constitution applies” Emergency order with attending Public Health Order was stopped in its tracks.
It is so bad over there that the New Mexico Attorney General refused to provide a lawyer for the case. In all the cases I’ve been following, this is the first one where the state had filed no paperwork before the first hearing.
Instead, the Governor sent his office’s lawyer.
The governor named Holly Agajanian, an attorney most recently with the firm Hinkle Shanor LLP, as general counsel of her office. Agajanian has extensive trial and courtroom experience representing public entities, corporations and individuals in a wide range of matters. Having earned an undergraduate degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and her law degree from American University, Agajanian holds an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale Hubbell, the highest peer rating for professional excellence in attorneys.
I have not seen a transcript nor an audio recording of the hearing. I do not know what was said. I did read the clerk’s notes on the hearing. It doesn’t sound like the state put up much of a fight.
On the fun side of things, I got to actually help on the case. The NAGR v. Grisham case had a new filing today by the plaintiffs (good guys). The lawyer who filed it had a finger slip. He was asking for a preliminary injunction and accidentally wrote a Temporary Restraining Order.
I noticed and fired off a short email to him asking if he had made a mistake. He replied almost instantly with a “Thank You”. I expect a new corrected filing tomorrow.
Yes, my arm hurts from patting myself on the back.
Miguel suggests “Don’t Break The Perimeter” for swag.
Hagar is putting together some images for the different donation products.
Any suggestions you might have, please let us know.
If you are interested in shirts, what size? Polo or T-shirt? Polo with or without pockets?
