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Defense Distributed v. Blanche (Pt. 2)
A quick note and word of thanks regarding yesterday’s decision in the Northern District of Texas. Judge O’Connor decided what was left of the VanDerStok case, granting DD and SAF summary judgment on our Second and Fifth Amendment claims. The decision, Defense Distributed v. Blanche, No. 4:22-cv-00691-O, 2026 WL 2413200 (N.D. Tex. Aug. 17, 2026), upholds the […]
08.19.26
08.12.26
3D2A Litigation in Review
As we wait out this final day for Trump’s ex-lawyer Todd Blanche to file an appeal in Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF, I’ll write a post for the sake of its last sentence. There are good pieces on the unfolding consequences of this NFA decision. Let me add that on this timeline 80% silencer kits […]
07.14.26
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 […]
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 (Pt. 1)
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 […]