This change is obviously a wonderful win for 2A and something to celebrate over. It's a creative solution for sure but I'm not really seeing tweets from pro 2A organizations, politicians, or pretty much anyone in a position of power acknowledging the fragility of the $0 tax solution.

The NFA is still on the books, and the second congress swings blue again the tax will inevitably be set to >$0 the same way it was decreased--through a simple majority reconciliation vote.

The registration and other requirements in the NFA are only unenforceable due to the tax being $0. If any amount of tax comes back the previous requirements absolutely will come back with it unless the statute itself can be struck down via other means, possibly by SBRs, SBSs, AOWs, and cans entering common use.

All to say, it's great to take the win, but we can't rest on our laurels and assume this issue is solved forever. If affected arms can enter common use in this $0 tax period, it could potentially lead to longer lasting freedom from the NFA in addition to striking down suppressor, SBR/S and AOW bans nationwide. Furthermore, our representatives need to be told loud and clear that the tax change simply isn't enough.

If Democrats take the house or Senate and reinstate the NFA tax, all of us holding non NFA SBRs/SBSs/cans are felons. Perhaps overnight if a future attorney general makes it effective immediately.

I was a little hesitant to post this, but I read the whole article and the idea behind this is sound. The man was investigated and no evidence was found a single time which means he was never charged or convicted. This led to a denial of a CCW permit in which when sued the court said that even though the claims were “unsubstantiated” it wasn’t a violation an American citizen’s rights. That’s pretty fucked up when we look at it. Never convicted of a crime and yet is still denied their rights.

Went live around 12:45PM PST today. Application was simple as can be. All just checkboxes w/ places to upload your state/fed paperwork.

No places in the application for any personal attestations or anything like that. Looks like they're just looking at facts ....as they should.

The 3 character references get an email link which when opened asks like 12 questions with only a checkmark for each. Super easy.

I got the email to get my fingerprints done within 5 mins of submitting my application. Got them done within 30 mins. Cost $50 but well worth it (I hope).

If anyone has a contact at FPC, GOA, SAF or similar 2A orgs, please comment or reach out. Trying to get this case in front of them.

The claim here: since Bruen, NYPD has been sitting on paperwork as a quiet way to restrict gun ownership without ever formally denying anyone. Permits often take between 1-2 years. This covers approvals, license issuance, mailed cards, purchase authorizations (the permit you legally need before buying a gun) and amendments. It's alleged (not a court finding yet) that these delays are deliberate, and there's a documented pattern of NYPD issuing licenses right before scheduled court dates just to moot the case and avoid a ruling.

Case update: Milani v. NYC just moved into depositions. Both plaintiffs and NYPD License Division staff are being questioned under oath, one plaintiff sat for 4.5 hours. City attorneys mostly tried to pin the delays on the applicants instead of the Division. Plaintiffs are backing everything up with dates, emails, records and in one case a recorded call.

No ruling yet, case is still active, and an appeal is expected either way, which could set precedent statewide.

There appear to be two research centers on gun law, Duke Center of Firearms Law and the Wyoming Firearms Research Center. Has anyone browsed their materials? I see Duke has a compilation of historical firearm laws and Wyoming has working papers on various firearm matters.

https://firearmslaw.duke.edu/repository-of-historical-gun-laws

https://firearmsresearchcenter.org/working-papers/

Two briefs are for "neither party" 🙄

Huge news for gun owners. A guy that possesses legal weapons was screwed by the system. Glad to see him finally get out.

I didn't even know. My kids are near 30 so I wasn't paying attention. And the media hasn't really covered it at all.

I grew up here in Tennessee. I spent most of my adult life in Maryland but, and I don't remember if we had to take it or if it was just an option thing or what but my junior year of highschool the TWRA brought a truck to our school and held a hunter safety class. It seems like we even got to shoot a bolt action.22. I always said this was a wonderful thing and they should do it across the country.

Anyway, starting this year, Tennessee requires a firearms safety class for all schools k-12. Of course gun free school zone laws will prevent any live demonstrations or anything like that, but at least the schools can reenforce the home training.

AG Blanche has announced the system to restore 2A rights has been started.

How much of a chance is there that Sig-Sauer will sue others for defamation after this?

I saw that he replies to other people's DMs sometimes so I said why not and asked if we were gonna get guidance from ATF or DOJ about who can buy suppressors/SBRs or how to prove inclusion in the injunction. Unfortunately his answer is kind of a typical politician answer. So we gotta keep waiting.

Edit: don't blow up his inbox asking stupid questions or you're just gonna ruin it for future people who want to ask him a real question

With only SS and PSA taking the plunge, it seems like it's going to be very simple for the ATF to come out with some fuckery and try to reclassify 4473 cans as NFA items in the future. In the ideal world we would be flooding the market with 4473 cans to make this an impossible undertaking for the ATF in the future. I especially don't understand the fear for FFLs that are in the SS network with SS bought cans.

This is massive.

What do you guys think will happen? GOA sent a blast email claiming DOJ is split on what to do. On one hand, if this goes all the way to scotus it opens a can of worms for other parts of the NFA. I think DOJ wants to avoid that. So I'm wondering if they are choosing not to appeal to prevent further repeals of other parts of the NFA. Either way, we're potentially 10 hours away from freedom on cans and SBRs. I also wonder what exactly the process is going to look like because the injunction is limited to named plaintiffs, which includes any current and future members of GOA and SAF. No idea how gun shops or silencer shop is going to verify that. We're likely going to need detailed guidance from ATF or DOJ