Benjamin M. Blatt, Attorney at Law

07/25/2024

You may have noticed I haven't posted in some time.

My bad. I will try to post a bit more often, but I pivoted more or less completely away from family law and accepted a position with the county Public Defender's office last year.

So, some changes. I am not taking family law cases. Please do not message me about them. I am not taking criminal cases. 100% of my criminal cases are as a public defender. Please do not message me about those either.

If you need a firearm trust, feel free to message. I will try and check messages on this page at least a few times a month.

And so, let us bid farewell to family law:

08/01/2023

"Home for sale, cat included" is, technically, an accurate seller disclosure.
Always exercise your right to a home inspection before closing.

07/19/2023

A short story in 3 parts

07/16/2023

Long time, no post

01/27/2023

No OnE eVeR gEtS aRrEsTeD fOr ThIs

Baltimore, Maryland – On January 12, 2023, Malachi Carter-Bey, age 38, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to federal charges of illegally possessing a loaded firearm within 1,000 feet of a school, specifically Curtis Bay Elementary-Middle School. The guilty plea was announced by United States ...

12/28/2022

I'm shocked, shocked, that ATF is interpreting and enforcing the receiver rule in this wa......it, no. I expressly opined that ATF would be doing exactly this back when the rule draft was in its earliest stages.

Duh.

Tyrants gonna tyrant.

An open letter quietly released by federal gun regulators after the government had largely gone home for the rest of the year has big implications for "80 percent" pistol frames.

12/12/2022

10/12/2022

That seems about right.

06/30/2022

Constitutional Carry (as Indiana is implementing it) takes effect tomorrow. Don't rely on news articles and local law enforcement social media posts to figure out what the changes mean. Contact competent counsel if you have questions.