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Trump Appeals DD v. Blanche
Last Friday, at precisely the moment you were watching those two dozen YouTube videos about The President GUTTING the NFA in a blow for American FREEDOM, the Trump Administration noticed its appeal in Defense Distributed v. Blanche, formerly known as the VanDerStok “frame or receiver” case. Why would Trump want to rescue and restore the […]
10.14.26
08.19.26
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 […]
08.12.26
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 […]