NOIR | Episode 19: “The Tortoise and the Hare”
In NOIR Episode 19 “The Tortoise and the Hare,” Rob Pincus practices concealed draw from a vehicle with Colion, and LaSorte perseveres through his injury during the NOIR Challenge.
Watch episode 19 below. See more episodes here. Continue reading
Video: Veterans Day – Honoring All Who Served
From NRA Life of Duty
Every year on Veterans Day we celebrate those who have served in the military and armed forces. While we recognize and admire their selfless dedication and unbelievable courage, may they also see every handshake and thank you, flag and parade, tribute and acclaim as an affirmation of their nation’s faith and steadfast resolve; that “we the people” are behind them always.
Honoring Those Who Served on Veterans Day 2014
Stores and Restaurants Offer Meals and Discounts to Veterans as Tribute
Veterans Day 2014 will be next Tuesday, November 11th. This day marks a special time when we honor those who have served our country. Many of our veterans have returned home to a heroes welcome while, disgustingly, others returned home only to have their countrymen turn their backs on them. Some remain out in the field fighting to keep our country – and the world – safe while countless others made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation and did not return at all.
November 11, 1919, was first declared Armistice Day by president Woodrow Wilson, who said of the holiday that marked the anniversary of the end of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918:
To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.
Seven years later, a concurrent resolution was passed to honor the day with appropriate celebrations. Later, in 1938, Congress declared the day to be a legal holiday. Thus, the day was remembered as Armistice Day until 1954, when Congress changed the language to observe “Veterans Day” – a day on which all veterans would be honored, not just those who fought in WWI.
The tradition continues today as a day of remembrance when flags are placed on graves, parades fill city streets and businesses serve those who served our country. Below are some of the many businesses, restaurants and stores offering meals, discounts and more to our veterans. Note that, in most cases, to receive this benefit you will need to be in uniform or present a military ID or DD-214 and not all locations may be participating.
If we missed any, feel free to add them in the comments section below. Continue reading
NOIR | Episode 18: “Puncher’s Chance”
In NOIR Episode 18 “Puncher’s Chance,” professional featherweight boxer Gary Russell Jr. joins the show and creates competition between Colion and LaSorte – the loser ends up in the ring. And an injury in Stage 10 of the NOIR Challenge could be the turning point in the competition.
Watch episode 18 below. See more episodes here. Continue reading
DOJ Document Dump: 64,280 Pages of Fast and Furious Docs
Documents Released Less Than Two Weeks After DOJ Head Eric Holder Announces Resignation
After years of refusing to share Operation Fast and Furious information – even in the face of House Oversight Committee demands, a lawsuit in federal court, and contempt charges – the Justice Department released more than 64,000 pages of documents related to the botched gun running operation. The move, according to the Committee’s statement, is effectively an admission that the Justice Department never had legitimate grounds to withhold these documents in the first place.
Even given the massive scope of the documents handed over, they still only partially meets the committee’s information request. “When Eric Holder wants to know why he was the first Attorney General held in criminal contempt of Congress, he can read the judge’s order that compelled the production of 64,280 pages that he and President Obama illegitimately and illegally withheld from Congress,” said Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the committee on House Oversight and Government Reform. “Since these pages still do not represent the entire universe of the documents the House of Representatives is seeking related to the Justice Department’s cover-up of the botched gun-walking scandal that contributed to the death of a Border Patrol agent, our court case will continue.” Continue reading
NFA Lawsuit Filed – Holder, Jones Summonsed
UDATE 11/24/2014: The DOJ has filed an Entry of Appearance naming Eric J. Soskin as counsel for the defendants.
UPDATE 11/5/2014: Holder and Jones have both been officially served with their summons as of 5 November, 2014 at 5:22AM. The 60-day clock is ticking.
We recently posted about the Mississippi attorney who was seeking crowd funding for a lawsuit or lawsuits to challenge certain aspects of the gun control regulations laid out in the National Firearms Act, Gun Control Act and associated legislation, ATF rulings, etc.
The complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief in Hollis v Holder et al. was filed yesterday with the goal of either declaring the de facto ban on machine guns to be unconstitutional or finding that 922(0) does not prohibit unincorporated trusts from manufacturing or posessing a machine gun manufactured after the 1986 date created by the Hughes Amendment to FOPA. From the introductory section of the Hollis v Holder complaint:
1. This is an action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from 18 U.S.C. §922(o), 26 U.S.C. § 5801 et seq. and the implementing regulations 27 C.F.R. § 479.105(a). These statutory and regulatory provisions generally act as an unlawful de facto ban on the transfer or possession of a machine gun manufactured after May 19, 1986. By imposing such a ban on an entire class of weapons, the statutes and regulations exceed the power of the United States under Article I of the United States Constitution; violate the Second Amendment rights of the Plaintiff and all similarly situated individuals; violate the Ninth and Tenth Amendments and the United States Constitution’s principles of federalism and dual sovereignty; by arbitrarily “disapproving” an already approved Form 1, Defendants’ actions violate Plaintiff’s Fifth Amendment right to due process and is an unjust taking; and violate the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
2. Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against the unconstitutional provisions contained in 18 U.S.C. § 922(o), 26 U.S.C. § 5801 et seq. and 27 C.F.R. § 479.105(a); declaring the ban on machine guns unconstitutional under the Second, Ninth and Tenth Amendments and in violation of Article I of the United States Constitution and declaratory and injunctive relief prohibiting Defendants from unjustly taking property without Due Process.
3. In the alternative, Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief finding that 18 U.S.C. § 922(o) does not prohibit an unincorporated trust from manufacturing or possessing a machinegun manufactured after May 19, 1986 and/or that the Defendants lack the authority and are thus prohibited from revoking or denying the validity of Plaintiff’s approved tax stamp #RM34755.
The summons notifying recently-resigned Attorney General Eric Holder and BATFE directory B. Todd Jones of the lawsuit, has been issued and is available online specifying that if the defendants fail to respond within the 60 day deadline, judgment by default will be entered against them for the relief described above.
