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Sort of. Bruen was pretty substantial in that established a new rule by which to weigh all cases. A historical precedent for restriction. And it it set the historical timeline basically all the way back to the founding and before. It was a huge win. However, and the name of the case escapes me right now, but it was followed up by a case that had a very ambiguous allowance for reasonable restrictions, without much of a definition. So it was very much a two steps forward one step back type of deal. While it's still more substantial firearms case law than we've had in decades, it has been incomplete. I think it's just a matter of time now, with all of the changes a foot and what seems to be a pretty dramatic increase in gun and accessory sales over the last few years. Suppressors are a perfect example. You didn't see many of them in the past and now they are being sold by the millions each year. Forced reset triggers are another interesting one. The bump stock ruling certainly made FRTs more defensible, but at the end of the day, bump stocks and bump firing were were a workaround to simulate an automatic weapon. It was never going to be a widely practiced or consumed technique. FRTs on the other hand require no technique or understanding, and effectively bypass the entire NFA restriction on automatic weapons. I think that's going to end up at the supreme Court sooner rather than later.
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I don’t follow this stuff as closely as many of you do and as closely as I should.. but it seems to me they are still hiding from 2A issues. Isn’t Bruen summarized as: “send all these 2A cases back to the lower courts so we don’t have to deal with them.. by the way, here’s a vague ruling to assist”
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I'm in favor of these laws only because they are forcing the issue to SCOTUS faster. SCOTUS has been hiding from the 2nd amendment my whole life, and only recently have they finally given it some respect. But not enough, and obviously "high capacity" magazines, assault weapons, NFA, CCW, and FRTs all need to be addressed definitively. But Roberts is a coward. 🤷🏻♂️
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This could probably be discussed in more than one thread given current events. New Assault Weapons Ban & Magazine Ban Is Coming! Rhode Island made it a Felony in 2022 to even possess a magazine over 10 rounds no matter when it was acquired and SCOTUS has denied cert so far on the subject in the relevant cases. Fortunately, Rhode Island is way outside of my normal area of travel, but we could all find ourselves one day with our trusty Glock 19 and its 15-rd. supplied magazine as newly minted felons. Would we meekly submit to handcuffs and fight it out in court since that what the "Law and Order" crowd would espouse? From what I've seen it doesn't appear the courts are going to be any help at all on this particular subject at least for the foreseeable future. Honestly it appears what constitutes law and order depends greatly on a person's world view. Truly interested in the BO community take on this.
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Lighten Up Francis!
Yep, that should account for about 1 trillion in infrastructure spending 🤣😂
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Lighten Up Francis!
AI but funny "Can of biscuits"
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Iran has gone completely sideways
Inshallah
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If the aforementioned Gulfstreams are certified in the US and EU, expect some posturing from Canada followed by quiet but swift certification of the planes. That's my bet
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This is going to be wild, walked back very quickly, or includes large exceptions to the point it’s not really a big deal/he gets what he wants. The FAA right now:
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Lawman started following Iran has gone completely sideways- CBM Ex-Lax in Donuts
At least 2-3 years ago. The story was the dudes wife did it as a prank, she also worked on base. I believe she was terminated. No idea what happened to him. FWIW, I had no first hand knowledge, was not in my squadron. I left for greener pastures shortly after the incident.- China & Chinese Shenanigans
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I feel sorry for the illegals who are taken advantage when they come here, but they shouldn't be here. We can't let in millions of unskilled people and expect our society to remain stable and prosperous. My wife had a friend who overstayed a tourist visa to secure work in restaurant. Her friend worked for that restaurant for a year without pay (was provided food from the restaurant and lived onsite) and when she demanded her back pay, the employer threatened to turn her into ICE (and to another employee they did the same thing to). She ended up going back to her home country without having gotten paid for a year's labor. We put her in touch with some NGOs that help illegals get their pay (illegal or not, nobody deserves to be taken advantage of like that) but none were able to help and so she went back home (she wanted to work in the US to earn money for her daughter's cancer treatment but wasn't able to find a job in her home country due to being past retirement age). At any rate, illegal immigration and fraudulent asylum migration will continue until the incentives are removed.- CBM Ex-Lax in Donuts
China's test run. Or some SNAP got a callsign they really didn't like.- CBM Ex-Lax in Donuts
Shit Break in real life.- CBM Ex-Lax in Donuts
CBM folks, I caught wind of a recent incident where Ex-Lax was put into the donuts/cookies at the Ops Desk by some pilot... with expected results. YGBSM. What's the rest of the story? Pretty shitty situation!!- Border crisis
Yup. I'm not privy to what the White House has planned for illegal immigration through the rest of Trump's term. I'd like to think that this current wave of ICE enforcement is just the first step, and that the items @pbar highlighted above are coming next. But I doubt it. My limited understanding of the matter is that there are already a lot of good laws on the books for dealing with businesses that knowingly employ illegal immigrants. Unfortunately, I suspect it'll be status quo. Some nibbling around the edges, and that's it. I'd love to be proven incorrect, though.- Border crisis
Is police bodycam AI clickbait now days? I've personally never had a interaction above a speeding ticket with the po po. I agree they are a fraction of daily encounters. They are enough. Do you have to personally witness it to call it 'stupid'? Do I need to point you to the video of the 'dumb fuck' disarming a guy and shooting him in the leg? "Dumb fuck" status well earned.