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Easter After Action Report
My wife is committed to our children. There is nothing she will not do for them. This has been true since the day she became a mother. For her, Easter is an important day. She instilled that in our kids. But one of the other parts of Easter is the Easter Bunny coming to visit…
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The Two Step Shuffle
(1100 words) After Heller, the Courts of Appeals have coalesced around a “two-step” framework for analyzing Second Amendment challenges that combines history with means-end scrutiny. . Justice Thomas went on Today, we decline to adopt that two-part approach. In keeping with Heller, we hold that when the Second Amendment’s plain text covers an individual’s conduct,…
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Lara v. PA, Krause dissenting
B.L.U.F. Judge Krause beclowns himself in his written dissent. He should have kept his mouth shut so people only thought him a foold. Instead, he chose to write his opinion, removing all doubt. (2000 words) When they ratified the Second Amendment, our Founders did not intend to bind the nation in a straitjacket of 18th-century…
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Friday Feedback
There have been some “interesting” developments in the Circuit Courts. Out in the Ninth Circuit court, we are starting to see a game where three judge merit panels are placing 2A cases in limbo, pending the outcome of the Duncan v. Bonta en banc opinion. This is just a delay tactic. It is transparent and…
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UGLY Shoulder Referenced Trimmer
Initial impressions: So what is this thing? Well, it is a bearing holding a bushing with an endmill. When we are trimming cases to length, we use what we can measure. For some cartridges, this makes sense. For others, it is nearly impossible. Our goal is to have a cartridge correctly seated in the chamber…
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United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez
B.L.U.F. This case is quoted in Heller as the Court’s understanding of the meaning of “The People”. In reading the opinion, it becomes crystal clear that the Supreme Court has been using text, history, and tradition for a long time. (2500 words) Introduction There are numerous terms we use to describe the courts and judges…
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Tuesday Tunes
A beautiful video with details of the artists, you’ll have to click through to YouTube to watch. The short version, from TV as a child: The long version
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What’s a little power, between friend?
My lady has been off and on the book of face for the last 30 hours or so. She has been reporting on all the horrible, rotten things that have been happening to all of her friends and people of the town. Did we notice that the electricity was out? Yes, we did. What did…
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No Power, short post
I laughed when I watched this because she started her video the same way I did, but better. Liberty Doll, of you are reading our blog, thank you.