I will be one of the speakers at the 2024 Firearms Research Center`s Fall Conference, this Friday, at the University of Wyoming College of Law. From @firearmsresearch : "This one-day in-person and online conference will bring together industry experts, scholars, and historians to discuss the National Firearms Act and its relationship with the Second Amendment. Follow the link in our bio [ @firearmsresearch ] to sign up and learn about the available CLE credits."

Again, you can attend in person or online. Friday, October 18 · 8:30am - 3:30pm MDT.
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"An 1871 Texas law punished a person for `carrying on or about his person…any pistol…unless he has reasonable grounds fearing an unlawful attack on his person,` with an exception for persons traveling and `carrying arms with their baggage….` In English v. State (1871), the Texas Supreme Court upheld the law under the Texas Constitution, which recognized the right to bear arms only `under such regulations as the legislature may prescribe.` Those tempted to cite this case as precedent today may not like its recognition of `the right to "keep" such "arms" as are used for purposes of war,` which included not just the musket and pistol, but also `the field piece, siege gun, and mortar.`”

From Halbrook, America`s Rifle: The Case for the AR-15, p. 140.

Photo: "well-armed Private Frank L. Schmid joined the Texas Rangers in 1886 and was in Ranger Company D..."

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[ENGLISH BELOW] "Após a guerra, procurando justificar as suas ações enquanto aguardava julgamento, [Pierre] Laval escreveu: “A violação mais escandalosa da Convenção do Armistício foi a ultrapassagem pelo exército alemão da linha de demarcação” em 1942, acrescentando que “o armistício durou quatro longos anos, e não tínhamos meios nem armas, a não ser as negociações hoje descritas como ‘inteligência com o inimigo’, para servir de barreira à crueldade e à rapacidade alemãs”. A falta de armas pode ser atribuída, em parte, ao decreto do próprio Laval, de 1935, de que as armas de fogo fossem registradas na polícia e à sua subsequente colaboração com os alemães."

De Halbrook, Desarmamento Na França Ocupada Pelos Nazistas: Tirania E Resistência, págs. 179-180. @videeditorial

Pierre Laval, o líder fantoche da França de Vichy ocupada pelos nazistas, foi executado nesta data em 1945 por traição.
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Pierre Laval, the puppet leader of Nazi occupied Vichy France, was executed on this date in 1945 for treason. While awaiting his trial after WWII, he sought to justify his actions by writing: " `The most lurid violation of the Armistice Convention was the crossing of the demarcation line by the German army` in 1942, adding that `the Armistice lasted four long years, and we had no means, no weapons, other than negotiations described to-day as "intelligence with the enemy," to serve as a barrier to German cruelty and rapacity.` The lack of weapons could be traced in part to Laval`s own 1935 decree that firearms be registered with the police and his subsequent collaboration with the Germans."

From Halbrook, Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France: Tyranny and Resistance, pgs. 161-162.

Photo: Paris, German Police Headquarters, 1 May 1943, Prime Minister of France Pierre Laval and Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer SS-Gruppenführer Carl Oberg.
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Cooler weather means deer season! I do most of my deer hunting in West Virginia and that begins next month.  Are you a deer hunter?

Photo:  Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (December 1937).
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"Pundits have tried to read the tea leaves following the argument in the Supreme Court in Garland v. VanDerStok on October 8. In its Final Rule, ATF expanded the definition of `firearm` beyond what Congress provided in the Gun Control Act (GCA), and it expanded the definition of `frame or receiver` beyond the agency`s own definition that was on the books since 1968. In the argument, serious questions were raised about the extent to which an agency may revise a criminal statute.

"That concern was expressed right at the beginning when Justice Thomas asked Solicitor General Prelogar whether the regulation `cover[s] all of Chapter 44,` which is the GCA portion of 18 U.S.C. (the federal criminal code), and whether it `appl[ies] under 924,` which is the GCA section that provides criminal penalties. Prelogar`s response was `yes` to both. So whether a person is committing a felony depends on whether the more narrow definition of `firearm` enacted by Congress, or the broader definition adopted by ATF, applies."

The above excerpts are from the beginning of my Second Amendment Roundup blog post, "The VanDerStok Argument" (10/10/24).

Read the post at reason.com/volokh or copy and paste: https://reason.com/volokh/2024/10/10/second-amendment-roundup-the-vanderstok-argument/
Link can also be accessed through the home page of my website, stephenhalbrook.com
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"America`s Founders carried firearms. And they believed that they had an inherent right to do so. If anyone suggested that some medieval English statute prohibited them from bearing arms, it remains a secret to this day.

"George Washington himself owned perhaps 50 firearms during his life, and some of his pistols (typically silver mounted), saddle holsters, and fowlers (shotguns) may be seen today at Mt. Vernon and West Point. His diaries contain numerous entries related to the acquisition of firearms and to `ducking` and other hunting activities."

From Halbrook, The Right to Bear Arms: A Constitutional Right of the People or a Privilege of the Ruling Class?, p. 155.

Photo from West Point Museum - "George Washington’s flintlock pistols given to him by Bartholomew Dandridge."
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This past Tuesday, I participated in a panel discussion where we analyzed the Garland v. VanDerStok case arguments, which had been heard at the U.S. Supreme Court that morning. The case challenged the regulatory redefinition of the term `firearm` in the Gun Control Act. I was joined by California Rifle & Pistol Association President Chuck Michel and NRA-ILA Director of Constitutional Studies Joseph Greenlee.

To watch (or read the transcript), go to the "ShootingNewsWeekly-xf7lh" YouTube channel: "Expert Legal Analysis of Supreme Court Arguments in Garland v. VanDerStock" (October 8, 2024.) The direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSLRMWt7424

The video can also be viewed at ShootingNewsWeekly.com. Direct link: https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/law/expert-panel-analysis-of-supreme-court-arguments-in-garland-v-vanderstok/
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"Common `Arms` then, as now, included firearms, edged weapons, and blunt instruments. Most firearms had to be reloaded after each shot. Muskets, which were being transitioned from matchlocks to flintlocks, were typically .75 caliber. That was a powerful, deadly weapon that could create a three-quarters-of-an-inch wound. By comparison, today’s AR-15 rifle typically fires a .223 caliber bullet, which is less than a quarter of an inch in diameter. In other words, the seventeenth-century musket fired a bullet three times larger in diameter than the bullet usually fired by the AR-15."

From Halbrook, America`s Rifle: The Case for the AR-15, p. 77.
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