A ruling that reaches beyond one case The U.S. Fourth Circuit has upheld Hatchet Speed’s conviction tied to three solvent-trap devices, and it went a step further by saying the Second Amendment does not cover possession of silencers. That matters because the court covers Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, which means one appellate decision can ripple across a large chunk of the map. Federal law loves a broad reading when it points toward prison time, and this one could affect people who bought parts they thought were only for cleaning guns. How the case got built According to the source, the case began after Speed entered the Capitol on January 6, then later drew an FBI undercover agent who recorded him talking about future collapse and possible conversions of solvent traps into silencers. A 2022 search of his Virginia property found the three items still boxed and labeled as gun-cleaning accessories. The whole thing sounds less like a classic weapons ring and more like the kind of bureaucratic puzzle that only gets worse after lawyers, agents, and prosecutors take turns adding their favorite layer of certainty. January 6 and the unfinished pardon fight Speed’s situation is…

Federal agents deport woman after prison release The Department of Homeland Security says ICE deported Soili Xiomara Aparicio-Santos, a Honduran national, from New York in April after she finished eight years of a state prison sentence tied to the attempted killing of her newborn son on Long Island. DHS said she entered the United States illegally in 2014 under the Obama administration and had a final order of removal that same year. The case drew fresh attention because the removal happened only after her prison term ended, which is a tidy reminder that federal law still depends on someone, somewhere, actually following through. Conviction followed a 2017 arrest on Long Island Authorities said Aparicio-Santos was convicted in 2018 of second-degree attempted murder, first- and second-degree attempted assault, and endangering the welfare of a child. She was originally sentenced to 16 years in prison, but that was later cut to 10 years, and she served eight. According to local reporting cited by DHS, the 41-year-old lived in Centereach, Suffolk County, and police arrested her after a family member saw what was happening and called for help. The child reportedly avoided serious injuries and was placed in foster care, which is the…