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Contact Chairman Willis Now: SB1071 Could Restore Access to Modern Machine Guns, If It Gets a Hearing
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (210+ words) Contact Chairman Tom Willis today: Sample script: "Chairman Willis, I am a law-abiding gun owner. SB1071 is a common-sense, constitutionally sound bill that uses existing federal law to restore access to modern firearms for qualified citizens. Please schedule a hearing immediately…...
The ACLU, long leery of the Second Amendment, joins the NRA in urging SCOTUS to uphold pot users' gun rights
5+ hour ago (578+ words) The ACLU's position puts it on the same side as the National Rifle Association (NRA). Although this is not the first time that has happened, it is the first time it has happened in a Second Amendment case. The confluence…...
Democrats Win Three Big Elections During Trump’s State of the Union
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (1749+ words) While President Trump ranted about tariffs, immigration, and hockey at his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Democrats were celebrating three local election victories in crucial swing states. Ana Tiburcio of Alleghany County and Jennifer Mazzocco of Lehigh County…...
Anti-"Queer" Speech Is Constitutionally Protected—but Not Parked in Multiple Spaces
5+ hour, 39+ min ago (272+ words) Eugene Volokh | 2.25.2026 3:36 PM From Judge Waverly Crenshaw (M.D. Tenn.) Monday in Wattenbarger v. City of Crossville (M.D. Tenn.): "Queers stay away from our children. You're ruining America." That was one of several messages Wattenbarger displayed on banners affixed to his truck and horse…...
Popular sex toy company admits hacker stole sensitive customer information
5+ hour, 59+ min ago (186+ words) These sex toy shoppers are f'ked. X-rated accessories maker Tenga informed customers earlier this month of a data breach that likely included their names, email addresses and past order details, TechCrunch has reported. "An unauthorized party gained access to the…...
Iran ‘ready to spill American blood — even at a huge cost’
5+ hour, 59+ min ago (963+ words) From his secret bunker last June, as Israeli missiles rained down on Tehran, Iran's supreme leader issued an instruction he had never given before: to prepare for his succession. With the threat of decapitation strikes hanging over him, Ayatollah Khamenei…...
2011 Takeover: Staccato, SIG P211, PSA Sabre-11 & More
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (1131+ words) This year's SHOT Show could have just been called SHOT 2011, given how many new double-stack, two-piece grip-and-frame 1911-like designs were made. Much like Champagne has to come from the Champagne region in France, 2011s come from Staccato. They own the name,…...
Cuban coastguard shoots dead four on board US speedboat off coast, Havana says
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (530+ words) FOUR people have been shot dead and seven others injured in a gun battle off the Cuban coast, according to authorities. Havana claims the Florida-registered boat fired shots at the coastguard just one nautical mile from the coast of Falcones…...
"The New Global Tariffs Are Also Unlawful," by Philip Zelikow
6+ hour, 45+ min ago (296+ words) Eugene Volokh | 2.25.2026 2:30 PM A very interesting article by my Hoover Institution colleague Philip Zelikow, who is an emeritus history professor (mostly specializing in the history of American foreign affairs) at the University of Virginia, but also a lawyer; here are…...
Anthropic, the Pentagon, and the Defense Production Act
6+ hour, 55+ min ago (276+ words) Eugene Volokh | 2.25.2026 2:20 PM Prof. Alan Rozenshtein (Minnesota) has a very interesting item on this today at Lawfare; I'm not an expert on the subject, so I can't offer an independent evaluation, but I thought it was worth passing along. (Let…...