I received my ballot issue of TAR today, and these are my thoughts. Chime in with your own.

I personally am very impressed by Curtis Jenkins (just look at his bio for an idea of how committed he is to the cause), and Steven Schreiner (he’s committed as well, and holds the Silver Star and Bronze Star with “v”).

Others that do especially good service are Tom Arvas, Bill Carter, Charles Cotton, Walt Walter, Patrica Clark (in the competitions and shooting areas), and Amanda Suffecool sounds like she will be a useful addition.

As always, I’ll be voting for the…
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Both FPC and the state have agreed to an order forbidding the state to enforce a new law forbidding handgun carry by, and issuance of concealed carry permits to, 18-20 year olds.
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At PJ Media, Kevin Downey has a post on the issue. 33 in 22 days, that made the press, and at 3+ million per year, a few hundred thousand that did not.
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“EVERYTOWN STATEMENT ON TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST THE PROTECT ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES ACT

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Everytown for Gun Safety and the Illinois chapter of Moms Demand Action, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released the following statement regarding the temporary restraining order issued by a state court judge against the Protect Illinois Communities Act, a critical gun violence prevention legislative package signed into law by Governor J.B. Pritzker earlier this month.

“We strongly disagree with the court’s decision which focused on meritless claims of procedural defects in the passage of the law and included a gross misreading…
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Story here. The charges will involve involuntary (negligent rather than intentional) manslaughter. I wonder that they didn’t charge second degree murder, a killing that can include gross negligence: “if in performing the acts which cause the death he knows that such acts create a strong probability of death or great bodily harm to that individual or another.”
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Opinion here. The local officials challenging the law argued that they had some mysterious “immunity” against state law because they were legislators. It doesn’t work like that…
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Story here. The four cases will be argued on March 20. As the article notes, the Alito-Thomas concurrences in the earlier motion to stay may be functioning as a shot off the Second Circuit’s bow. “Treat these matters with care, we’re willing, even eager, to grant cert. on them.”
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Online here. As a guy who did admin law for ten years, I like it! It raises a novel point. It argues that, in the rule making process, notice and comment and final rule, ATF should be required to consider the Bruen standards. In most rule makings, nobody worries about constitutionality, but rule makings about firearms are arguably different. I know that when, eons ago, my friends at Interior promulgated a rule about protests on the White House sidewalk, the entire rule making centered on the First Amendment.
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Unsigned ruling here. Justices Alito and Thomas add their opinion:

“I understand the Court’s denial today to reflect respect for the Second Circuit’s procedures in managing its own docket, rather than expressing any view on the merits of the case. Applicants should not be deterred by today’s order from again seeking relief if the Second Circuit does not, within a reasonable time, provide an explanation for its stay order or expedite consideration of the appeal.”
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Nation Devastated As Congress Resumes Functioning. Well, we had a few days of peace.
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Houston police ask customer who shot robber to come forward. I’m sure the victims who saw him will be unable to describe him well, so why volunteer?
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Its response in the Supreme Court, in that case where the Court may be looking to rebuke both New York and the Second Circuit. It’d be a good response if this were the ordinary appeal, which it is not.
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Mark Smith makes an interesting point, worth any 2A litigator’s memorizing.

One of the tests mentioned in Heller, which took it from Miller, is whether the firearm at issue is one that is in “common use.” (I disagree with this test, BTW. Miller just mentioned in passing that the early militia was expected to turn out with the firearms in common use at the time. That’s a statement of historical fact, not a legal test. As a test, it turns circular — if an arm is tightly restricted from its early history, it’ll never be in common use).

Smith…
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