Qualified immunity and other sorts of immunity. The BLM at least have it right to get rid of that. Note that if the ATF literally steals your guns, they can use qualified immunity at least once, and if you don't wast money appealing it to the supreme court, they can do it once per jurisdiction.Can't the ATF be sued over shit like this? Posting vaguely worded rules that allow them to abuse the system?
If the Supreme Court rules against the government in this case, I think people trying to FOIA the ATF to get info on how they make their rulings will be able to get more documents and possibly build a case to prosecute the ATF for malfeasance.On Monday, Nov. 2, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club — a case that will define the bounds of the deliberative process privilege under the Freedom of Information Act. More broadly, the case implicates how to balance the public interest in transparency and accountability in government decision-making with the public policy of facilitating federal agencies’ ability to deliberate candidly. It will be the first case argued with Justice Amy Coney Barrett on the court.
FOIA provides the public with a statutory right to access federal government records. Its purpose is to promote an informed citizenry and government accountability, both vital to the functioning of a democratic society. However, FOIA exempts from disclosure certain records, including those that are “inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters that would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency.” The Supreme Court has interpreted that exemption – known as exemption 5 – as allowing the government to withhold records that would be privileged against discovery in civil litigation, including those that fall under the deliberative process privilege. This privilege protects “documents reflecting advisory opinions, recommendations and deliberations comprising part of a process by which governmental decisions and policies are formulated.” That is, for the privilege to apply, a document must be “predecisional” and “deliberative.”
In this case, the Supreme Court will address whether exemption 5, through incorporation of the deliberative process privilege, protects the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (collectively, “the services”) from disclosing certain documents prepared as part of a statutorily required interagency consultation process with the Environmental Protection Agency.
Multiple trusted sources close to the transaction report that [Remington CEO Ken] D’Arcy was the man behind the Roundhill Group and used another individual as the group’s public face until the asset purchase was completed. Once Roundhill closed on the asset purchase, that person parted ways with Roundhill and D’Arcy’s involvement was made public.
The heart of the pending investigation has to do with Remington’s termination of 585 Ilion, New York employees last week, refusing to honor union contracts which I am told required Remington to pay severance, vacation pay, and other employee benefits to terminated workers including health care. The benefits will be cut off as of October 31.
Because the banned assault weapons and large-capacity magazines are ‘like’ ‘M-16 rifles’—‘weapons that are most useful in military service’—they are among those arms that the Second Amendment does not shield.
Holy shit, Becerra went full retard trying to win Miller v Becerra while Saint Benetiz is involved:
This directly opposes US v. Miller which says military weapons are useful for militia purpose under the Second Amendment.
New lawsuit Renna v Becerra (S.D. CA):
@gunpolicy, @SDCGO2A, @CCRKBArms, and @2AFDN file lawsuit challenging California’s recently expanded handgun roster law.
"AmmoLand News' anonymous source said Lombardo told those on the call that her priorities would be pistol braces and 80% lower receivers."
So just saw this, more ATF regs fuckery:
They are clearly banking on a Biden win.
Own a rifle? Got a scope to go with it? The U.S. government might soon know who you are, where you live and how to reach you.
That’s because the government wants Apple and Google to hand over names, phone numbers and other identifying data of at least 10,000 users of a single gun scope app, Forbes has discovered. It’s an unprecedented move: Never before has a case been disclosed in which American investigators demanded personal data of users of a single app from Apple and Google. And never has an order been made public where the feds have asked the Silicon Valley giants for info on so many thousands of people in one go.
Yeah but Californian company probably doesn’t care much for gun owners.They can deny it simple as that. They don't have to comply. The reason that the NSA hates them.
They will eventually. Everyone always doesYeah but Californian company probably doesn’t care much for gun owners.
Here's something that should be entertaining and potentially very interesting to see if it gets to a higher court:
Rapper Lil Wayne charged with federal gun offense in Florida
Rapper Lil Wayne was charged Tuesday in Florida with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, a federal offense that carries a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison.www.ky3.com
Here's what his original felony is:
Basically, a BS charge that he should've probably fought, but could be very legally interesting if he had the balls to push this case to the Supreme Court.
My problem with Marijuana legislation is that congress has asserted a fact via legislative fiat that should be settled by expert testimony and a jury.And Marijuana shouldn't be criminal, not saying it should be legal, I am saying it should be decriminalized. At most he should be a slap on the wrist for public intoxication and taking drugs in public if both are illegal. But either way the most the cop should do is say, "Hey man, could you take that in private? I don't think this is appropriate." And that is iffy.
My problem with Marijuana legislation is that congress has asserted a fact via legislative fiat that should be settled by expert testimony and a jury.