Louis Klarevas

There are probably few photos that are more reflective of America’s gun violence problem than this one #RampageNation

Isn’t government trying to affect the price of goods an example of textbook socialism?

New video of Salt Lake City protest shooting appears to contradict police Video of Saturday’s No Kings protest in Salt Lake City appears to show a suspect with his rifle aimed down and not running until a volunteer begins shooting.

If the armed volunteer recklessly opened fire on a person legally carrying a firearm, he should be charged, perhaps with Murder Two. I guess it is possible for bad guys who think they’re good guys to shoot good guys they think are bad guys…and kill innocents too. 2/2 www.fox13now.com/news/fox-13-...

A bystander was killed by an armed “peacekeeper” who opened fire on another man carrying an AR-15 rifle during the Salt Lake City No Kings March. Initially, they said the rifle holder was pointing his gun at the crowd. New video contradicts this, suggesting he was legally openly carrying his gun. 1/

Colin discusses those precise attacks in his piece

Opinion | How Iran Might Strike Back

Very proud of my former student @colinpclarke.bsky.social for his opinion piece in the @nytimes.com identifying what Iran is likely to do after being bombed by the US. One option: attacking US bases in Middle East, which is underway right now.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...

Justice Dept. to Cut Two-Thirds of Inspectors Monitoring Gun Sales

At this point, I am posting nearly every single day about administration decisions that will cost lives. This is yet another one of them. Don’t turn away.

This White House seems particularly determined to help rogue gun dealers flood our communities with guns, and make our country less safe.

Oh the many metaphors….

Trump administration: vandalizing a Tesla is terrorism.

Also Trump administration: assassinating an elected official is not terrorism.

Photo of Vance Boelter, the man suspected of shooting two Minnesota legislators and their spouses, being taken into custody by law enforcement

The gunman who shot two Minnesota legislators has been reportedly captured by police

We’ve updated the FSS proxy for household gun ownership to include 2020–2023. The dataset now spans 1949–2023 and includes state-level estimates of gun ownership, homicide, firearm homicide, and suicide rates.
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Imagine if, instead of teaching kids how to deal with active shootings, we made a serious effort to prevent them

The challenge to Washington DC’s ban on large-capacity magazines (LCMs), which the Supreme Court rebuffed, was the last pending cert. petition pertaining to firearms-related “hardware.” To date, SCOTUS has refused to strike down bans on LCMs and assault weapons. #SecondAmendment #2A

I saw that. Because it’s dicta, it doesn’t amount to a judicial finding of fact. At some point, maybe some appellate court will provide guidance on how to determine what is the most popular type of rifle and what the timeframe should be. In past year? In past decade? In past century? Ever?

Aren’t you conflating “common use” with popularity? Hasn’t practically every federal appellate court said these are two distinct concepts? Also, is the AR-15 “the single most popular type of rifle” in America?

Yesterday, not only did the Supreme Court decide not to hear a challenge to Maryland’s assault weapons ban (AWB), the Seventh Circuit also upheld Cook County’s AWB in Viramontes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

With SCOTUS denying certiorari in Snope and Ocean Tactical today, the only pending cert. petition pertaining to a firearm “hardware” case is Hanson, which involves a challenge to DC’s ban on large-capacity magazines. Distributed for conference this Thursday (June 5), I suspect cert. will be denied.

The suspect in the Boulder attack has been charged with a hate crime. I would be curious to hear from the US Attorney as to why he has not (yet?) been charged with terrorism (18 USC 2331-2339)

I think Thomas and Kavanaugh teed up an insightful question for the lower courts to consider. In Heller, SCOTUS prohibited a ban on an entire class of firearms in common use: handguns. Does that mean the other classes are shotguns and rifles? Or can a subset of those, like AR-15 rifles, be a class?

The lack of a guaranteed fifth vote makes logical sense.

I returned to social media after a one-month hiatus just to weigh in on today’s decision to deny certiorari in Snope. My two cents here:

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One final thought: Kavanaugh and Thomas address AR-15s in their filings. But bans on assault weapons restrict more than just certain AR-15s. They apply to other types of rifles as well as certain shotguns and pistols. The fixation on AR-15 rifles seems to affect all levels of the judiciary. 5/END

Kavanaugh predicts that SCOTUS “should and presumably will address the AR-15 issue soon, in the next Term or two.” The key word here is “address.” It should not be read as meaning SCOTUS will resolve the question of bans on assault weapons for once and for all. Only time will tell. 4/

First, perhaps SCOTUS is so overwhelmed with Trump administration challenges that it currently lacks the bandwidth to take on these cases. Second, perhaps he sensed in conference that there weren’t 5 votes to reverse these cases and he didn’t want to risk setting a precedent he disagreed with. 3/

A few quick thoughts. Justice Kavanaugh did not vote to grant certiorari (review) and he filed a statement respecting the denial of certiorari. He referred to decision in the Maryland case as “questionable.” That he didn’t vote to grant review could mean at least one of two things. 2/

This morning, after months of deliberation, the Supreme Court refused to hear challenges to Maryland’s ban on assault weapons and Rhode Island’s ban on large-capacity magazines. Justices Gorsuch, Alito, and Thomas wanted to hear the cases. Thomas filed a dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

It’s hard to break my old school mentality. Lead off with someone who is patient, draws walks, and is a base stealing threat. Have another patient batter with great bunting skills hit second. And place your best hitter in the third slot.

Tesla Profits Drop 71% Amid Backlash to Elon Musk’s Role Under Trump The carmaker reported the sharp decline in quarterly earnings after Tesla’s brand suffered because of its chief executive’s role in the Trump administration.

A 71% drop in profits in the past three months ain’t that bad, is it?

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...

In the past hour. Multiple victims have been reported.