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Bastille Day
In the days leading to July 14th, 1789, their municipal government called on Parisians to arm themselves and form militia units to resist the professional troops ordered by Louis XVI to surround their city and Versailles. Said one elector: “in a well-constituted state, every citizen is obliged to bear arms in defense of the fatherland.” The Parisian […]
07.14.26
06.17.26
Gatalogia
On June 5 the San Francisco court overseeing the California v. Gatalog case ordered a special round of jurisdictional discovery. The court said that while it agreed with The People of California that The Gatalog should be sent to the shadow realm, it didn’t want to do so without a “complete record.” So, from now […]
04.29.26
Defense Distributed v. Blanche
Relying almost entirely on a rumor of better rules to come, Jennifer VanDerStok and friends have dismissed their multi-year case against the Biden frame or receiver rule in the Northern District of Texas. This leaves Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation as the only remaining parties in the litigation. Last week we moved for […]
03.24.26
DD v YouTube to be Decided in Texas
Last week, the Fifth Circuit entered an order denying YouTube’s petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to compel transfer of our case to the Northern District of California. This denial followed comprehensive adversarial proceedings. Both sides fully briefed the merits and submitted Rule 28(j) supplemental authorities. Even the State of Texas intervened as amicus […]
03.12.26
3D2A History and Value
Zé Carioca has been arrested in Rio das Pedras, a municipality in São Paulo, Brazil. His investigators, part of an operation called “Shadowgun,” said Zé was an engineer who used a false name on an online forum that disclosed tests and guidelines for how to manufacture ghost guns at home. According to these investigators, Zé […]