NEW PEDIATRIC STUDY BLAMES SCOTUS RULING FOR MORE GUN DEATHS…ALL I CAN SAY IS BULL-HOCKEY!
A new pediatric study claiming that the SCOTUS McDonald v Chicago ruling in 2010 can be blamed for more gun deaths in “children” is total bull-hockey, despite talking points claiming the opposite.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
The just-published report by the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics investigation asks:
“Did states enacting permissive firearm laws after 2010—when McDonald v Chicago was decided by the US Supreme Court—subsequently experience higher rates of pediatric firearm mortality?”
Go figure that in the “findings” released by this bull-hocky research team, they answered their question as follows:
“Permissive firearm laws contributed to thousands of excess firearm deaths among children living in states with permissive policies.”
IN COMES DR. JOHN LOTT TO CORRECT THE RECORD
As is to be expected , the AMA researchers ignored and manipulated the real data for this report. As Professor Lott explained;
“Murder isn’t a nationwide problem. It’s a problem in a small set of urban areas, and even in those counties, murders are concentrated in small areas inside them,”Lott has shown.
It’s well past time that the American Medical Association gets to work on the high rate of death caused by medical errors. It’s the third highest cause of death annually and they should leave our Constitutional rights alone.
If you want safer streets, elect Pro-2A politicians, not those anti-gun dangerous quacks.
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Smith & Wesson and Snope cases were both addressed by the US Supreme Court this last week. One was a win and one was not granted certiorari.
SMITH & WESSON
Smith & Wesson won in a 9-0 decision by SCOTUS in its defense of a lawfare case brought by the Mexican Government. It was a rare unanimous decision, stating that Mexico can not successfully sue Smith & Wesson and six other gun companies for the misuse of their products by drug cartels in Mexico. S&W successfully argued that the United States Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) bars lawsuits against gun manufacturers for the criminal misuse of their products.
This is a major slap down to the First Circuit Court of Appeals which has never met a gun control law it didn’t like. Of course, Bloomberg funded Everytown Law in their support of the Mexican Government case, just like they do for other government agencies across the country.
Writing for the Majority, Justice Kagan makes the points about the lack of plausibility of the aiding and abetting issue:
“Because Mexico’s complaint does not plausibly allege that the defendant gun manufacturers aided and abetted gun dealers’ unlawful sales of firearms to Mexican traffickers, PLCAA bars the lawsuit…”
Justice Kagan further made the point about the intent of Congress when it passed the PLCCA:
“This conclusion aligns with PLCAA’s core purpose. Congress enacted PLCAA to halt lawsuits attempting to make gun manufacturers pay for harms resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of firearms. Mexico’s suit closely resembles those lawsuits. And while the predicate exception allows some such suits to proceed, accepting Mexico’s theory would swallow most of the rule. The Court doubts Congress intended to draft such a capacious way out of PLCAA, and in fact it did not.”
SNOPE & OCEAN STATE TACTICAL
These are essentially similar cases; Snope is an outright ban on AR-15 rifles, and Ocean State Tacticalis aban against standard-capacity magazines.SCOTUS knows it needs to address these two cases, but for some reason, they are choosing not to do so at this time.
Despite voting against it at this time, in his dissent to the denial of cert, Justice Kavanaugh wrote something very similar to what he wrote two years before the Bruen case was taken up by SCOTUS.
“In short, under this Court’s precedents, the Fourth Circuit’s decision is questionable. Although the Court today denies certiorari, a denial of certiorari does not mean that the Court agrees with a lower-court decision or that the issue is not worthy of review.The AR–15 issue was recently decided by the First Circuit and is currently being considered by several other Courts of Appeals.”…
“…Opinions from other Courts of Appeals should assist this Court’s ultimate decision-making on the AR–15 issue. Additional petitions for certiorari will likely be before this Court shortly and, in my view, this Court should and presumably will address the AR–15 issue soon, in the next Term or two.”
My best guess is that SCOTUS is looking for a Circuit split, one that most likely will come out of the Third District Court of Appeals. Currently, there is a tie of six each conservative vs liberal judges. POTUS Trump is expected to fill two vacancies on that court shortly. Hopefully, they will be good Pro 2A judges.
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Ron Holmes retired from Marine Special Operations Command after serving over 20 years in the U.S. Marines. During his time at MARSOC as the Communications Operations Chief he was the senior enlisted responsible for the creation of the first Marine Special Operations Communications School called MNOC (Marine Network Operators Course). Prior to this he served with Force Reconnaissance commands for much of his time in service. His primary job was Reconnaissance Communications. Post retirement, he worked in support of the Global War on Terror for the Joint Special Operations Command. Shortly thereafter serving as a Sensor Operator on an Intelligence Reconnaissance Surveillance platform. This led him to working as an Independent Diplomatic Security Consultant. In 2014 he was diagnosed with cancer and could no longer deploy. As of today, he is cancer free. For the last 15 years He has run his own firearms training that has provided over 7000 hours of marksmanship instruction for all skill levels on multiple weapons platforms. RYKER USA was created in 2014. He holds a patent for the RYKER Grip that he invented. He is a principal owner of RYKER USA. He has a bachelor’s degree in Homeland Security and Emergency Management, with honors. The summer of 2023 he created the Life SKillZ Academy. A summer Camp for boys and girls ages 6-15. The camp works to create assets in the home and the community starting at the age of 6. Their motto is God-Family-Country. He is married to Traceylynn Holmes together they have their son Ryker Jeffrey Holmes, who the company and grip were named after. His son is also named after fallen Force Recon Communicator, Jeffrey “Corky” Starling. He lives by the 5 F’s and a B. Faith, Family, Fitness, Fighting, Firearms, and a BOW. The goal with their company, products and training is the same. Make a positive impact and leave yourself better than when you started.
Before taking on oversight of the NRA Museums, Jim Supica was an antique gun dealer, peddling old iron through his mail order catalog, website and auction business. He holds Juris Doctorate and Bachelor degrees from the University of Kansas. Jim is author or co-author of six books on firearms.
He’s written numerous articles on gun collecting, including regular columns for American Rifleman and Shotgun News; is a contributing editor for the major firearms price guides; and appears on television, radio and webcasts.
Supica served eight years on the NRA Board of Directors, including stints as chairman of the Publications Policy Committee and Vice Chairman of the Gun Collectors Committee. He is a past president of the Smith & Wesson Collectors Association and Missouri Valley Arms Collectors Association, a former board member of the Colt Collectors Association, and a member of American Society of Arms Collectors and other collecting and shooting clubs. Jim collects 19th century big frame S&W revolvers and serial number one guns, and his favorite gun in the museum is Theodore Roosevelt’s S&W New Model No. 3.
We will gather today on hallowed ground, both literally and figuratively, to observe Memorial Day. This is not a day for barbecues and sales, although those have become part of our tradition. This is a day for solemn remembrance, a day to bow our heads in gratitude for the profound selflessness of those who gave their last full measure of sacrifice in service to this nation. They fought for a vision of liberty, of self-governance, and of fundamental rights. They fought to secure a future where the promises enshrined in our founding documents would remain unbroken.
Among those promises, among those bedrock principles that define us as a free people, is the right to keep and bear arms. The Second Amendment, often debated and frequently misunderstood, stands as a testament to the wisdom of our Founders. They recognized that a truly free people, capable of defending their homes, communities, and indeed, their very liberty, must retain the means to do so. They understood that a government deriving its powers from the consent of the governed would remain so only if the people themselves held ultimate sovereignty.
The soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines we honor today did not die for a specific clause in the Constitution; they died for the entirety of the liberties it guarantees. They died so that we might continue to live in a nation where our rights, including the right to self-preservation and the right to participate in the common defense, are not merely privileges granted by the state, but inherent, God-given freedoms.
As we reflect on their sacrifice, let us remember that the freedoms they secured are not guaranteed. They require our ongoing vigilance, our steadfast commitment, and our responsible stewardship. The Second Amendment, like all our rights, is a sacred trust passed down through generations. It serves as a reminder that ultimate power rests not with the government, but with the people.
So let us honor the fallen not just with words but with our actions. Let us uphold the principles they died to defend, including the fundamental right to keep and bear arms responsibly and with respect for the law. By doing so, we ensure that their sacrifice was not in vain and that the torch of liberty, passed to us at such a terrible cost, continues to burn brightly for generations to come.
God bless our fallen heroes, and God bless the United States of America.
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