Ding, Dong, Chevron Deference is Gone

SCOTUS' overturn of "Chevron Deference" is  a wonderful way to start my weekend!  This decision reaffirms a separation between the Judicial and Executive branches, and removes from federal agencies like the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) the legal authority to create the regulations they enforce. 

It is the purpose of the Legislative Branch to write the laws, the Executive Branch to enforce those laws, and the Judicial Branch to interpret those laws. We do not allow police officers to write and interpret the laws they enforce, but that is exactly what the precedent of Chevron Deference has done over the past 40 years.

I am certain that the Federal Leviathan will be reluctant to give up this power and that change will not occur overnight. Indeed, it will take many years and many lawsuits to reduce the Regulatory State to a government closer to what the Founding Fathers envisioned. However, this was the critical first step along that path and I am eager to see what the future holds.

Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 304: The Supreme Court and the Round Table

  

In This Episode

Due to a massive number of Second Amendment news stories, we're having an ACP  Round Table to discuss them! Join Erin, Weer'd, David, and Oddball as we analyze:

• SCOTUS' ruling against the Bump Stock Ban,  and not only is the decision amazing but so is the dissent (but for entirely different reasons);
• North Texas' District Court vacating the Pistol Brace Ban;
• YouTube's new and draconian gun policy;
• Hunter Biden's conviction of lying on a Form 4473, and the ironic possibility that his appeal will make him a champion for gun rights;
• President Biden speaking at the "Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund’s Gun Sense University Conference" while his son was being convicted (the speech was as boring as you'd expect);
• and an alleged attack thwarted by law enforcement which Weer'd finds fishy.

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Show Notes

• Supreme Court strikes down federal ban on bump stocks
• Garland v. Cargill Decision (PDF)
• Mock v. Garland ATF Pistol Brace Rule Lawsuit Vacated
• Youtube Firearms Policy
• Hunter Biden, the son of the president, found guilty on federal gun charges after a trial that laid bare his addiction struggles
  • Erin’s statement on Hunter Biden
• Biden speaks at Everytown's gun violence prevention conference
• How This White Man's Racially Fueled Mass Shooting at an Atlanta Rap Concert Was Thwarted
• This link added by Oddball

Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 303: News Callbacks

  

In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • the Uvalde families have issued another outlandish lawsuit,  this time against UPS and FedEx;
  • Bank of America walking back their ban on lending to gun manufacturers;
  • the McCloskeys of Missouri have had their convictions expunged, and now they are suing to get their guns back;
  • and a Maine "Gun Safety" group shows they don't understand the meaning of those words... or the word "unloaded", either.
• David talks about shooting in low light with flashlights;
• and Myles talks about raising pigs.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• UPS and FedEx acted as illegal gun runners to a juvenile’: Uvalde families file another lawsuit
• Bank of America Walks Back Gun Lending Ban
• Judge expunges convictions of couple who waved guns at protesters in St. Louis
• Maine ‘Gun Safety’ Coalition Oversees Negligent Firearm Discharge at Gun-Giveback

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Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 302: Proud to be Gun Curious

  

In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • the Trump Conviction and how it might not be very significant for the Second Amendment;
  • families from Uvalde are suing Activision, blaming Call of Duty for the Robb Elementary School shooting rather than the people who were actually at fault;
  • Brandon Herrera losing his first Congressional Primary, but nevertheless it was a remarkable showing with close results;
  • the NRA winning a 9-0 SCOTUS Ruling on First Amendment grounds;
  • an interview with the new NRA Executive Vice President and what it means for the organization.
• Weer'd sits down with Dr. David Yamane to talk about his new book, Gun Curious;
• and David tells us the difference between Range Safety Officers and Firearms Instructors.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• Trump Loses Gun Rights as Jury Finds Him Guilty of 34 Felonies
• Families of Uvalde shooting victims sue Activision over Call of Duty’s role
  • Supreme Court strikes down video game law on first amendment grounds
  • APA warns against linking violent video games to real-world violence
• Brandon Herrera: First statement since the election
• US Supreme Court boosts NRA in free speech fight with New York official
• An Interview With New National Rifle Association EVP and CEO Doug Hamlin

David Yamane Interview

• ICYMI NRA Members Meeting Debate Resolution Abt Move to Texas
• Eye on the Target Radio
• Women for Gun Rights
• Gun Mishap At Rally For NRA Lawmaker
• Not Willing To Be The Fall Guy For Barr

Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 301: Walking and Talking and Reforming the NRA

  

In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
• a gold heist in Canada with ties to gun smuggling;
• proposed Federal legislation from New York Representatives to ban ownership of level III and IV body armor.
• Weer'd sits down with NRA Board of Directors member Amanda Suffecool to talk about the NRA Board meeting;
• and Weer'd also talks with Michael Sodini of Walk the Talk America about the educational programs they offer.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• 'How gold becomes guns': heist spotlights illegal US-Canada gun trade
• Gang member who stole guns from Chicago train gets 10 years
• Meng And Kennedy Introduce Legislation To Keep Enhanced Body Armor Out Of The Hands Of Mass Shooters
• (2022) New York to Ban Body Armor

 Amanda Suffecool Interview

• ICYMI NRA Members Meeting Debate Resolution Abt Move to Texas
• Eye on the Target Radio
• Women for Gun Rights
• Gun Mishap At Rally For NRA Lawmaker
• Not Willing To Be The Fall Guy For Barr

Walk the Talk America

• Walk the Talk America
• Kids to Kings

Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 300: THIS! IS! ACP!!!

  

In This Episode

To celebrate our 300th episode, we're having an ACP Round Table!  (Sadly, no one is dressed as a Spartan.) Join Queen Erinidas alongside Weer'd Beard, Oddball, Xander, and David as they take a stroll to the Hot Gates of the NRA Annual Meeting and discuss:

• signs at the NRA Annual Meeting that the corruption is still around, but the members are clearly wising up and taking the NRA to task for it;;
• Donald Trump's speech at NRAAM, which was more of the usual and with minimal talk of gun rights;
• the possibility of Ronnie Barrett of Barrett Firearms becoming the next NRA Executive Vice President (but the day after recording this we discovered that Barrett didn't win);
• more tourists arrested in the Turks and Caicos Islands for having a few pieces of ammunition in their luggage;.
• the 9th Circuit Court striking down Hawaii's butterfly knife ban;
• firearm prohibitionist politicians turning on the dubious Shot Spotter technology, citing racism;
• a Federal court issuing a temporary restraining order against the ATF's change in the "Engaging in the Business of Selling Firearms" law;
• legislation introduced in Congress to remove the $200 tax stamp requirement for SBRs, SBSs, and suppressors;
• another NFA challenge regarding suppressors that are made in Texas and stay in Texas;
• another surprising rule by the 9th Circuit, where one judge in three ruled that felons aren't part of "The People";
• plus the usual silliness and side-tracking that happens with Round Tables.

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Show Notes

• ICYMI NRA Members Meeting Debate Resolution About Move to Texas
  • The NRA Meeting Of Members – Part 1
  • The NRA Meeting Of Members – Part 2
  • An Apology Demanded Of Charles Cotton
• NRA Members Meeting, 2024
• Donald Trump speaks at NRA Convention: Full Speech
• Ronnie Barrett For EVP?
• GOA Convention
• GunCon
• 5th American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage
• The Confused Ninth Circuit Decision Striking Down Hawaii’s Butterfly Knife Ban
• Hawaii legalizes butterfly knives and switchblades
• KnifeRights fundraiser raffle
• Woodsman’s Pal 284
• Shot Spotter Racist
• A Temporary Restraining Order has been granted to VCDL and GOA in our lawsuit against BATFE’s new “engaged in the business” rule
• Republicans Introduce ‘RIFLE Act’ To Remove NFA $200 Tax
• NFA Challenge Advances with Made in Texas Suppressors
• The 9th Circuit Actually Overturns a Federal Gun Law?
  • Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 299: a Dirty Shoot and More Machine Guns

  

In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • the senseless death of Senior Airman Roger Fortson in Florida by the Acorn Cop Sheriff's Department;
  • New York's proposed ban on striker-fired pistols;
  • the new machine guns that the ATF has allowed to enter the NFA registry;
  • the Washington Post winning a Pulitzer Prize for their propagandic hit pieces against the AR-15.
• David talks about FOPA, the Firearms Owner Protection Act, and its dreaded Hughes Amendment;
• and Weer'd interviews Michael Sodini of Walk the Talk America to talk about the history and scope of the organization.

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Show Notes

 

Main Topic

• Florida sheriff's office releases bodycam video of fatal shooting of Air Force airman by deputy
  • WATCH: Bodycam footage released in shooting of US Airman
  • 'It's OK Not to Be OK': Special Operations Wing Orders Stand-Down After Roger Fortson's Police Killing
  • Air Force Times: Experts say gun alone doesn’t justify deadly force in airman shooting
• New York Seeks to Block Pistols That Can Be Modified to Fire Like Machine Guns
• ATF Update: More Transferrable MGs and One-Week NFA Transfers
• Hollis v Holder
• The Pulitzer for Propaganda Goes to …
  • New York Times Statement About 1932 Pulitzer Prize Awarded to Walter Duranty

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• FOPA Hughes Amendment VOTE APRIL 10 1986 ***Video Warning***
• Public Law 99-308 ***PDF Warning***
• 18 U.S. Code § 921
• Small Arms Review: Machine Gun Prices, What Happened?
• Operation Blazing Sword
• Pink Pistols
• Ronald Reagan On Guns ***Video Warning***
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