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California's Anti-Gun AG Wants to Dictate Law to Rest of Nation
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (564+ words) California Attorney General Rob Bonta is a piece of work. We thought Kamala Harris was bad in that role, but the truth is that Harris was always going to be held back by her inability to form actual sentences. Bonta,…...
Even the Anti-Gunners Agree About SCOTUS and the Hemani Case
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (379+ words) Jake Charles, the Pepperdine University law professor who used to head up the Duke Center for Firearms Law, posted a lengthy piece on the Center's blog this week where he concluded that he has "trouble readily locating'at least from the…...
Twenty-Four States Led by Oregon File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Section 122 Tariffs
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (476+ words) The massive new tariffs are illegal, just like the IEEPA tariffs previously invalidated by the Supreme Court. Ilya Somin | 3.5.2026 1:08 PM Today, 24 states led by the state of Oregon filed the first lawsuit challenging Donald Trump's massive new Section 122 tariffs, which…...
Not Just Media in Minnesota Trying to Play Games with Gun Rights
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (747+ words) Last week, Cam wrote about the media in Minnesota trying to play anti-gun activists with their reporting of testimony regarding the slate of gun control bills being discussed. It's a VIP piece, but there's a link down below with a…...
Virginia House Passes Amended Version of Senate's 'Assault Weapons' Ban
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (461+ words) Virginia Democrats continue to advance a number of gun control bills, with the House of Delegates approving an amended version of the Senate's ban on so-called assault weapons and large capacity magazines on Wednesday." The Senate's vote on HB 217 could…...
My New Dispatch Article on "Why Donald Trump's Iran War is Unconstitutional"
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (250+ words) The article explains why the war requires congressional authorization,and why this requirement is important. Ilya Somin | 3.5.2026 10:45 AM Today, The Dispatch published my article "Why Donald Trump's Iran War is Unconstitutional." Here is an excerpt: The large-scale U.S. military attack on…...
What a Rational Immigration System Actually Looks Like by Chip J
5+ hour, 21+ min ago (755+ words) by Chip J | Mar 5, 2026 The immigration debate has two poles and no center. On the left: open borders, moral universalism, the claim that national membership is an arbitrary construct that free people should ignore. On the right: restriction as identity,…...
Virginia Gun Sales Spike Amid Nationwide Increase in February
6+ hour, 27+ min ago (334+ words) The firearms industry got some good news this week with the National Shooting Sports Foundation reporting a 3.5% increase in firearm transfers compared to February, 2025. The 1,265,320 NICS checks on gun transfers is a notable increase from the 1,222,980 adjusted NICS checks the…...
Trade wars, meet actual wars
6+ hour, 27+ min ago (643+ words) No Spain, no gain? It was probably inevitable that President Donald Trump's trade war would eventually get mixed up in his actual war." On Tuesday, Trump declared that he intended to "cut off all trade with Spain."" Trump just does…...
What PAC Donations Following Mass Killings Do in Following Election
7+ hour, 29+ min ago (421+ words) In the aftermath of a mass killing, the rhetoric fires up. This is especially true after something like a Uvalde or Parkland. Various groups, both pro- and anti-gun, flood the field with money in the next election, all trying to…...