Reid Baker

software engineer, godfather, hunter:
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[Reid Baker @ReidBaker]

@LucasBotkin Deer hide leather gloves. They don't melt. Are thin enough to shoot with but have enough durability for barbed wire and porcupines and sharp steel targets. Also they are not expensive so you can leave them everywhere you want to use them.

[Rob Romano @2Aupdates]

@MorosKostas If they didn't pay the tax, they don't have standing because they didn't pay it

If they did pay the tax, they don't have standing because the tax didn't stop them from owning a gun

[Kostas Moros @MorosKostas]

Turns out ignorance of the law IS an excuse....but only if you are enforcing said law, not if you are accidentally violating it.

Cool!

[Kostas Moros @MorosKostas]

Every red state should pass waiting periods on voter registration. You show up and register, go through a ten-day waiting period, then show up again to complete the registration. After all, voter registration rules merely "regulate conduct that occurs before a person" gets to vote.

So sick of this bad-faith bullshit they'd never allow for any other right.

[Reid Baker @ReidBaker]

@HowardMSklar @GreyGhostVolvo The definition I use when talking to people is that if your police department has them then it is common. That is not strictly required to meet the definition but I think it helps people start to see the shape of common.

[Pete Patterson @ppatterson85]

I am pleased to be representing Eva Gardner before the United States Supreme Court along with my colleague John Ohlendorf. Here is an excerpt from the intro to the reply brief we have filed in support of the Court taking the case:

While Petitioner was traveling through Maryland from her home in Virginia to visit her mother in Pennsylvania, she was forced off the road by what she believed was a police-type maneuver. When the other driver got out of his car and approached Petitioner in a way she perceived as threatening, she “was terrified” and responded by engaging in a common, effective, and non-lethal self-defense measure: simply displaying the firearm that she was licensed by Virginia to carry and that she had brought with her on her journey for self-protection. It is difficult to imagine conduct that falls more squarely within both the Second Amendment’s “plain text” and America’s tradition of legitimate “armed self-defense.” New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 24, 29 (2022). Yet Maryland responded to this incident by convicting Petitioner—not for behaving inappropriately in any way during the encounter, but solely for bringing her firearm with her for her protection as she traveled along Maryland’s interstate highways.

[Reid Baker @ReidBaker]

AI cant hurt you ... The AI "The document currently reads more like a stream-of-consciousness brainstorm than a formal technical proposal."

[Kostas Moros @MorosKostas]

Excellent speech from Judge VanDyke, recorded on March 14 just after the dissent that made such a buzz last week.

He (unofficially) titles his speech, “How judges should behave, and why I don’t.”

https://t.co/FSipDJSZDj

[Kostas Moros @MorosKostas]

Everyone really should be enraged about what they are doing to Matt and the other defendants. It's essentially persecution for daring to defy the worst state government in the country. California is basically trying to federalize its insane state laws.

They haven't been able to criminalize digital gun files on a federal level like they want. So instead, they are suing Florida residents under California law to try to bankrupt them, and thereby send a chilling message: if you host these files, and a Californian can download them, you are next.

That's an attempt at national censorship. It supplants congress, as it de facto results in our tyrannical one-party state setting national policy.

This is one of the most evil things California has ever done, and that's saying something.

It must be defeated. And even those uneasy about 3D printing of guns should be outraged by California's end-run around Congress. As should the leadership of other states, particularly Florida.

[Kostas Moros @MorosKostas]

This sort of hypocrisy is not acceptable.

If the Fraternal Order of Police thinks the current reciprocity bill has issues, it should state what form of reciprocity it would support.

And "none, we want special privileges just for us" is not an acceptable answer. Police should not continue to get some sort of 2A premium package where they get reciprocity while the rest of us suckers have to apply for permits whenever a state chooses to require them (or to not honor the permits of other states).

[Kostas Moros @MorosKostas]

This was one of the more fun threads tearing down an article I've done, probably because the contempt for the Second Amendment just oozes from it (even by the Trace's standards).

Tl;Dr:

"The civil rights division exists to protect the rights of Americans when state or local government violate them!"

"Perfect! Well, they're now going to do the first-ever Second Amendment lawsuit to protect the right to carry of people in Los Angeles facing two year wait times."

"NO NOT LIKE THAT!"

[Kostas Moros @MorosKostas]

This article is misleading and also a masterclass in how to lie by omission. Let's break it down.

[Reid Baker @ReidBaker]

@DHSgov Viewpoint discrimination by the government is bad, was bad and will be bad when the next government does it.

[SAF @2AFDN]

All Second Amendment cases we file involve governments going too far and violating the constitution. But the facts of this particular case in New Jersey shock the conscience. A thread on what Mr. Aliaj has had to deal with in trying to correct a seizure of his firearms.

[Reid Baker @ReidBaker]

@charlescwcooke @sarahcbedford Wouldn't the standard be based on the amount of money? If he settled for $1000 then I am not sure that counts as enrichment. If the amount was 2x all his costs and he kept it then that definitely feels like taking advantage of tax payers.

[Reid Baker @ReidBaker]

"I am still a hacker" I mutter to myself, as I read 4 different API implementations of age verification APIs and multiple state laws passed in the last couple of months. In an effort to come to my own conclusion about how urgently and what number of apps are going to be impacted.

[Reid Baker @ReidBaker]

@MorosKostas @hannahhill_sc Did y'all talk about this on a podcast? If so which one?

[Kostas Moros @MorosKostas]

I respect a lot of what NAGR does, but I do not agree with this take at all. Especially given this most recent news they cite as "the last straw" was due to a judge going further than what the DOJ even asked for.

While there are absolutely things I wish the DOJ would shift its stance on, Bondi's DOJ has been the most pro-2A we have ever seen. There are tons of examples to cite in support of that.

On a basic level, I think my expectations were also just different than many of my friends in the 2A space. Perhaps more realistic (though many may say I am expecting too little). I never really expected the DOJ to not defend federal gun laws. If anything, that they've shifted some longstanding positions on federal laws, like agreeing suppressors are protected by the 2A on some level, is significant. They are also about to do the biggest rights restoration in history. Thousands or millions of people with nonviolent convictions will have their rights finally restored.

And this doesn't get into their expansive state work like:

1. The recent lawsuit against LASD for its permit delays.

2. The amicus brief in Wolford which is probably the whole reason that case even got cert, and was the first time the federal government ever submitted a pro-2A amicus brief. (I don't count the wishy-washy Heller brief)

3. Amicus briefs opposing AWBs and mag laws in Illinois and New Jersey, which even cited the common defense and anti-tyranny purposes as part of the historical tradition against such bans. That's an argument even many 2A lawyers have not wanted to make, fearing it can spook judges. Harmeet Dhillon even showed up to argue against the ban in the 7th Circuit.

That's just a few examples.

So no, I don't think Pam Bondi should be fired. For the most part, I am pleased with her work on the 2A front, though I'd certainly love to argue with her about a handful of federal laws they are defending 🤣

[Reid Baker @ReidBaker]

Good boy is ready for a river float

[Reid Baker @ReidBaker]

@FirepowerUnited I guess the real answer is "the best they can" and to be able to judge if the shot they are about to take will miss. So less about accuracy and more about understanding if they can hit the target size they have.