Memorial service for Jay Knox
Tomorrow, Saturday, at 11 AM Arizona (Mountain Standard, same as Pacific Daylight) time there will be a memorial service for Jay Knox, widow of Neal Knox, the first real head of NRA-ILA. You can view it online here.
"Ceasefire" advocate busted for being a felon in possession
Truth About Guns has the story.
"The arrest report lists Ceasefire/FLIP, two Chicago anti-violence programs, as his employer.
He's charged with Class X armed habitual criminal and being a felon in possession of a firearm. His previous felony convictions include being a felon in possession of a firearm in 2014 and narcotics cases in 2018, 2013, 2008, and 2007."
3rd Circuit on 18-20 yr olds, and 2nd vs. 14th Amendment
Lara v. Commissioner struck down the Pennsylvania ban on carrying by those age 18-21; the Court recently denied a motion for rehearing en banc. The dissent from the denial raises at length the question of whether a court should look primarily to the timeframe of the Second Amendment or that of the Fourteenth Amendment. Bruen dodged the issue by noting that the understanding of the right to arms, at least that relevant to the New York statute under consideration, was the same at both periods.
The importance of the choice is that around the time of the 14th (1866-68) *some* gun controls had been enacted, whereas at the time of the 2nd (1789-91) virtually none had been (even limits on concealed carry were unknown). Although this in turn begs the question: isn't something more than one or two states, or a handful of city ordinances, required to support an argument that *the entire country* accepted the form of restriction being documented? You can hardly take the actions of a few city councils as proof of how an entire generation of Americans thought.
Good news from Virginia
Virginia Citizens Defense League is reporting that Gov. Youngkin has vetoed (Oops, delete "voted") 30 anti-gun pieces of legislation! Here are his veto messages.
RIP George Young
Via 2A attorney Alan Beck:
"Sgt. Major George K. Young Jr. (Retired U.S. Army Green Beret) passed on earlier this week. He was my first client I represented on my own. Prior to meeting me, he had filed two pro se lawsuit against Hawaii's concealed carry restrictions. That means he was his own lawyer. I corresponded with him while working on my first federal case. Shortly, there after he told me he was going to file a third lawsuit. After he was dismissed a third time, I agreed to represent him on appeal. Together we took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, prevailed and compelled the counties in Hawaii to adopt the Bruen ruling which made them begin to issue concealed carry permits for the first time in Hawaiian history. My first Second Amendment case was supposed to be a one off and I had no intention of filing any subsequent cases until I met George. He convinced me to keep filing cases and often helped me research colonial history which he was an expert in. He taught me a lot during the ten years I represented him. Everything that we've accomplished in Hawaii is thanks to George. He inspired the whole movement we are a part of. He was a dear friend and he will be deeply missed."
Here is an article on Sgt. Young.