Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog 5/21/2024

A few tidbits of gun news, so let’s do a roundup.

•  “Texas, Gun Owners of America Secure Court Order Against ATF.”

After the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed a new rule expanding federal firearm license (FFL) requirements, the Office of the Texas Attorney General and Gun Owners of America filed a joint lawsuit challenging the rule, and on Sunday secured a federal court order blocking the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing the rule against certain plaintiffs.

The DOJ claimed the rule was to help implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) authored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), but critics, including Cornyn, say the Biden administration violated the law and the Constitution in proposing the rule.

The rule has prompted Cornyn to file a resolution of disapproval in the U.S. Senate seeking to strike it down legislatively.

Under the rule, gun owners would be forced to obtain an FFL and perform background checks before selling firearms in a wide range of new circumstances, including if they rented a table at a local gun show.-----

And speaking of Cornyn gun legislation, he filed a bill to undo the Biden Administration’s attempts to ensnare ordinary Americans in ATF regulations:

    en. John Cornyn (R-Texas) took up two pieces of Second Amendment-related legislation last week, filing a resolution of disapproval aiming to shoot down a proposed rule by the Biden administration to require federal firearms licenses (FFL) for most private gun sales, and a separate bill seeking to relax taxes imposed on firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act (NFA).

    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) proposed a rule that greatly expands the circumstances in which someone is required to hold an FFL in order to sell a firearm, and when someone must conduct a background check on a potential buyer.

    In proposing the rule, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said its purpose was to finalize the implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), legislation authored by Cornyn that passed in 2022. However, Cornyn says the rule violates congressional intent.-----

•  The NRA has some new officers, and there are a few surprises.

Bob Barr representing the Old Guard did win the Presidency. The vote was 37-30. Then the surprises began. Bill Bachenberg from the reform slate went head to head with Blaine Wade for 1st VP and won 36-31. Following that, reformer Mark Vaughan, president of the Oklahoma Rifle Association, beat Tom King 35-31. King really represented the Old Guard and his defeat was a sea change in attitude on the Board.

Second, and what I consider the biggest surprise, Doug Hamlin, Executive Director of Publications and the reformer’s choice for EVP, beat Ronnie Barrett for EVP/CEO. There is some talk that Hamlin is intended as an interim choice while a nationwide search is conducted.

The excessive power that Wayne LaPierre gathered to the Executive Vice President position is part of the problem with the office, and is what let LaPierre turn the NRA into his own personal fiefdom. A lot of that should be stripped away and returned to the board.

•  More NRA news: The move to Texas resolution failed. Short term, there’s no question that move to Texas was planned as a Hail Mary to extract LaPierre from the legal troubles his corruption had ensnared the NRA in, and in that it failed. Long term, it probably is in the best interest of the NRA to move to Texas, as the state is a lot more friendly to gun rights, both politically and culturally, than either New York or Virginia.

•  And speaking of NRA news, I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that Dwight covered his trip to the convention, so if you’re interested in that, head over there and just keep scrolling.

More: https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=58146

   I chastise the few Customers I have still running it constantly, for clinging on to that RELIC~Windows 7, @mountaineer, it's a bi1ch to support

I know. They keep reminding me it isn't supported and I must upgrade. For our purposes, though, and for the time being, here we'll stay.

Texas Scorecard by  Will Biagini   | May 21, 2024

The lawsuit marks Paxton’s 75th legal action against the Biden administration.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against multiple agencies and individuals in the Biden administration to curb their ploy to redefine the word “sex” in the workplace.

In late April of this year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a guidance that would effectively redefine the meaning of “sex” in Title XII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

This would effectively prohibit employers from regulating bathroom usage and dress codes based on biological sex and would instead require them to make accommodations based on “gender identity,” according to a press release by the Texas attorney general.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/federal/texas-sues-biden-administration-to-stop-redefinition-of-sex/

Thanks, Pookie.

Any first responder employment should require staff to maintain peak physical fitness or look for another job.

Tired of these out-of-shape lazy people being unable to perform the very basic, fundamentals of their job due to weight problems.

Also, they deserve some jail time for doing this!

https://conservativeus.com/video-this-is-criminal-look-at-these-lazy-emt-wokies-in-new-york-helping-a-stroke-victim/