There is safety in numbers and this couple is a good example of that.  They`re both well-armed with their lever action rifles and holstered handguns.  He is wearing a hunting vest with cartridges in all the pockets.  Peeking out from under her jacket is a belt filled with cartridges.  Now that`s good fashion.
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#leveractionrifle #leveraction #leveractionhuntingrifle #armedandready #huntingvest #huntingvests #vintagehunting #cartridgebelt #oldgunphoto #coololdphoto #1800sphoto #1800sphotos #oldwestphoto #oldwestphotos #vintagephotos #vintagecouplephoto #armedcouple #armedcouples #thecouplethatshootstogether #thecouplethatshootstogetherstaystogether ...

"On April 19, 1769, a British impressment gang boarded the American brig Pitt Packet as she neared her home port of Marblehead, Massachusetts. In the course of attacking the seamen on board, a British officer fired his pistol at, but missed, Michael Corbet, the sailors` leader. Corbet harpooned the officer in the throat, killing him.

"Charged with murder, Corbet and three mates were defended by John Adams and James Otis, two of the colony`s ablest lawyers. Adams argued that the attempted impressment was illegal and that the crew had a right to defend themselves from attack: `Self Preservation is first Law of Nature .... This Right and Duty, are both confirmed by the municipal Laws of every civilised Society.`"

In the end, the court declared "the killing was justifiable homicide in self-defense."

Halbrook, The Founders` Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms, p. 22.

Illustration: "British Sailors Boarding a Man of War" by John Augustus Atkinson (1815)
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#johnadams #johnadamsquote #johnadamsquotes #jamesotis #PittPacket #MichaelCorbet #RexvCorbet #2ahistory #foundingfathers #thefounderssecondamendment #2amendmentlife #righttobeararms #foundingfathersquote #americanfounders #colonialamerica #individualrights #greatmeninhistory #armedcitizen #keepandbeararms #selfdefense #selfdefence #selfpreservationisfirstlawofnature #firstlawofnature #firstlawofnatureisselfpreservation #rightandduty #justifiablehomicide #JohnAugustusAtkinson ...

"An essential starting point for understanding Switzerland`s politico-military stance during World War II is to see how it was analyzed by contemporary agents of the Third Reich. For this study, exhaustive searches were made in the German military archives for documents pertaining to Switzerland during the time of the Hitler regime. The military, diplomatic, and intelligence documents found reveal the intentions and attitudes of both the Germans and the Swiss during these years.

"German intelligence kept a close eye on Switzerland during the entire period of the Third Reich. The Nazi hierarchy saw Switzerland as a land in which the ideals of freedom and federalism posed a threat to their New Order. At various times, operations specialists from the German armed forces made detailed plans for blitzkrieg attacks against Switzerland. Administrators were likewise put to work preparing a new civil organization for the country once it had been overrun."

From Halbrook, The Swiss and The Nazis: How the Alpine Republic Survived in the Shadow of the Third Reich, p. 11.
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“We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden. A good reminder to teach children how to safely shoot a gun.

This is a nice illustration but an example of how artists don`t always get it right. They are waterfowl hunting, but the boy has a .22 instead of a shotgun.
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"The Supreme Court has granted the Attorney General’s petition for a writ of certiorari in a case concerning agency authority to adopt regulations that expand the definitions found in the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 921 et seq. (`the GCA`). In VanDerStok v. Garland, the Fifth Circuit decided that the regulations unlawfully expanded the reach of the GCA’s criminal provisions and exceeded the powers that Congress delegated to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (`the ATF`). The Supreme Court will review the Fifth Circuit’s decision during its 2024 Term."
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"The definition at issue in VanDerStok lies at the very heart of the GCA: what is a firearm? Numerous crimes are predicated on whether something is a “firearm.” Under the auspices of the Department of Justice, the ATF enforces the GCA. In 2022, the ATF promulgated a Final Rule that expanded the list of items that are considered a “firearm.” The VanDerStok challenge presents two questions. First, may the statutory definition of `firearm` be expanded by regulation to include `a weapon parts kit that is designed to or may readily be completed, assembled, restored, or otherwise converted` to fire a projectile? Second, may the longstanding regulatory definition of a firearm’s `frame or receiver` be expanded by a regulation to `include a partially complete, disassembled, or nonfunctional frame or receiver` that may be readily converted into a frame or receiver?"

“Textualism, the Gun Control Act, and ATF’s Redefinition of ‘Firearm’,” Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy: Per Curiam No. 32, (Summer 2024).

The article link is on my website homepage (stephenhalbrook.com), under "Scholarly Articles."
Or copy and paste the direct link: https://journals.law.harvard.edu/jlpp/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2024/08/Halbrook-Textualism-the-GCA-vf3.pdf

#VanDerStokvGarland #Textualism #guncontrolact #atf #batfe #SCOTUS #2acase #whatisafirearm #definitionoffirearm #firearmdefinition #firearmframe #firearmreceiver #frameorreceiver #atffinalrule #weaponspartskit #firearmslaw #bureauofalcoholtobaccofirearmsandexplosives #atfregulations #firearmownersprotectionact #federalfirearmsact #harvardjournaloflaw ...

"The Civilian Marksmanship Program was halted when war came in 1941 and was reinstated in 1946. However, the NRA continued to train civilians in rifle marksmanship before they became soldiers to be shipped overseas. When, in 1967, proponents of more firearm restrictions criticized both the CMP and NRA, they would be reminded of the words of presidents and generals who knew better. President Harry S. Truman wrote:

" `During the war just ended, the contribution of the National Rifle Association in the matter of small-arms training aids, the nation-wide pre-induction training program, the recruiting of experienced small-arms instructors for all branches of the armed services and technical advice and assistance to Government civilian agencies aiding in the prosecution of the war—all contributed freely and without expense to the Government—have materially aided our war effort.` "

From Halbrook, America`s Rifle: The Case for the AR-15, p. 197.
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English legal history "reflects a recurring political struggle between the commoner, who insisted that his rights be recognized from time immemorial, and the king, who sought to consolidate his power through royal decree supported by a Parliament under his control. Not surprisingly, the issue of whether the individual possessed any right to have and use arms for defense of person and property figured prominently in the conflict between commoner and king."

From Halbrook, That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right, p. 37.
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"Some advocates have attempted to invoke the experience of the so-called Wild West to cast doubt on the constitutional right to bear arms. This effort is misguided for a variety of reasons. The small smattering of laws to which they point were enacted almost a century after the Second Amendment was adopted. Given how far removed they are from the time of the Founding, they tell us precisely nothing about the public meaning of the Second Amendment when it was adopted.

"In addition, these laws were outliers--`needles in a legal haystack`--in the words of one federal judge, even when they were adopted. They were not widespread. They were often enacted as tools of political oppression. Several were struck down as unconstitutional. And all were subsequently repealed.

"Territorial legislatures and local towns in the Old West had no state constitutional guarantees to constrain their enactments. Some passed laws prohibiting the carrying of pistols on the person in settlements and towns. Such bans would be precluded by constitutional protection accorded to the right to bear arms after the territories became states."

From Halbrook, The Right to Bear Arms: A Constitutional Right of the People or a Privilege of the Ruling Class?, pgs. 256. For more on "`Wild West`" Carry Bans" see this chapter.
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