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An RNC Without Guns
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On Thursday, Former President Donald Trump gave his first speech since being shot in a failed assassination attempt. The nomination acceptance went on for over an hour and a half, but it didnt touch on gun rights even once.

That was the theme of the entire RNC. It began with Republicans stripping all gun policy promises from their platform, as we first reported. Then it extended to the speaking slots, which didnt feature the NRA or any other gun-rights group. It ended with Trump snubbing the issue in his speech.

MN: Minnesota Law Barring Handgun Permits for 18-20 Year Olds Struck Down
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A federal appeals court has ruled that Minnesotas ban on 18- to 20-year-olds obtaining a permit to publicly carry a handgun is unconstitutional, violating both the Second and 14th Amendments.

The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals unanimous decision stated that the state failed to prove that individuals aged 18 to 20 should be excluded from carrying handguns for self-defense. This decision comes after gun rights groups challenged the 2003 law.

The ruling follows a recent assassination attempt against Donald Trump by a 20-year-old, which has reignited debate over age-specific gun laws. The AR-style rifle used in the incident was legally purchased by the shooters father.

MI: Man With Axe, Gun and Restraining Order Fatally Shot While Trying To Kill Ex-Girlfriend
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A 67-year-old man was fatally shot after breaking into a residence on Elkhorn Lake Road in Orion Township, Michigan, on Wednesday morning to attack his ex-girlfriend. The incident occurred around 10 a.m. when the ex-girlfriends stepson defended her by using his firearm.

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard reported that the woman and her stepson had retreated to an upstairs bedroom after the suspect, identified as Galen Gavitt, forced his way into the home with an ax. The stepson, a 36-year-old man, had his own firearm and barricaded the bedroom door while the woman hid in an attached bathroom.

LA: The Second Amendment spells out where the limits to gun rights are
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Unless one is a pacifist, one should concede a right of armed self-defense and also a right to cooperate with others for this purpose. Why should we not also agree that the Second Amendment indeed protects this right, but that it is subject to reasonable regulation? Why should not federal and local governments set limits on weapons, as to what are and are not reasonable means of self-defense and which individuals are responsible holders of weapons?

As far as I have heard, even passionate gun-rights advocates are not yet ready to send their children to kindergarten with firearms.

Trump Gunman Left Message Prior To Assassination Attempt
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Federal investigators disclosed to U.S. senators that Crooks posted a threatening message on the gaming platform Steam a few days before the incident.

The message read: July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds.

Steam, widely used by millions of gamers for purchasing and communicating about games, became a focal point as investigators reviewed Crooks technological devices, including his cell phones and laptop.

MA: Massachusetts Lawmakers Reach Compromise Deal on Gun Bill
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Massachusetts House and Senate negotiators have released a compromise version of a sweeping gun bill that supporters say builds on the states existing gun laws, including a crackdown on difficult to trace ghost guns, while safeguarding the rights of gun owners.

The bill which must be given final approval by both chambers before being sent to Gov. Maura Healey for her signature is part of an effort by the state to respond to a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that citizens have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.

On ghost guns, the bill would toughen oversight for those who own privately made, unserialized firearms that are largely untraceable.

UK: How to watch Kyle: The Gunman Who Divided America in the US on BBC iPlayer
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The documentary Kyle: The Gunman Who Divided America delves into the highly controversial figure of Kyle Rittenhouse. Amidst the chaos in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of a Black man, Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old armed with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, arrives at the Black Lives Matter protests. That night, he shoots three people, killing two.

Ed.: Premieres on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at 9:00 PM on BBC Three, and online shortly after. It'll be geo-blocked, so you'll need a VPN with a UK-endpoint to watch it.

IN: Watch What Stupid Looks Like: Man Shot And Killed While Approaching Car With Gun
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A tragic confrontation on Indianapolis southeast side Tuesday night ended in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Gavin Dasaur. Officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) responded to a call about a person shot around 8:15 p.m. at the intersection of E. Thompson Road and S. Emerson Avenue.

When police arrived, they found Dasaur lying in the middle of the road with gunshot wounds and a firearm nearby. Despite efforts, Dasaur was pronounced dead at the scene.

Gun rights advocates at convention spell out plans if GOP gains control in November
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That is a missed opportunity for us as 2A advocates to make sure that we are actually doing the work to secure that victory, because we cannot turn the corner into January and start talking about how were going to do national reciprocity, if we dont have the votes, Cammack said.

A nationwide concealed carry reciprocity law would likely require a state with stricter concealed carry laws to recognize an out-of-state concealed carry permit.

VA Officials Tell Congress They Are They are Above the Law, U.S. Constitution
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The official said the Department of Veterans Affairs would ignore the law and continue to send the names of veterans who require a representative to manage their financial affairs to the FBIs National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to be listed as prohibited individuals. The official said unelected and unaccountable government bureaucrats would defy Congress to deny veterans their Second Amendment rights all without judicial review or adequate Due Process.

The DOJ Claims Medical Marijuana Patients Who Own Guns 'Endanger the Public in Multiple Ways'
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That passage seems like a blow to the Biden administration's defense of Section 922(g)(3). But in an 11th Circuit brief filed last week, the government's lawyers argue that the appearance is deceptive, citing another comment in Rahimi. "While we do not suggest that the Second Amendment prohibits the enactment of laws banning the possession of guns by categories of persons thought by a legislature to present a special danger of misuse," Roberts wrote, "we note that Section 922(g)(8) applies only once a court has found that the defendant 'represents a credible threat to the physical safety' of another."

VP In Waiting: J.D. Vance Has Loads of 2A Cred, Will Drive Antis Crazy
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Freshman U.S. Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, nominated to run as Donald Trumps vice president this fall, has solid credentials as a Second Amendment stalwart, giving American gun owners all the reason necessary to vote in November and be done with the vehemently anti-gun Biden-Harris administration.

Long story short, Vance as a U.S. Senator already makes anti-gunners grimace. As vice president, he just might drive them crazy.

'Arm yourself accordingly': What the GOP is saying about gun control after Trump shooting Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Speaking at an event near the convention on Tuesday morning, gun advocates and a top Trump surrogate showed no sign of changing their tune on gun rights. In fact they doubled-down on the idea that more guns can prevent similar tragedies. "The insinuation that we're going to just eradicate this country of guns is a ridiculous one. So you better arm yourself accordingly, Hunt said.

MN: Eighth Circuit panel rules Minnesota young-adult carry ban unconstitutional
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A three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has handed down a unanimous 27-page ruling that Minnesotas ban on concealed carry by young adults is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, giving a victory to the Second Amendment Foundation and its partners.

SAF is joined in the lawsuit, known as Worth v. Jacobson, by the Firearms Policy Coalition, Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, and four citizens Austin Dye, Alex Anderson, Joe Knudsen, and Kristin Worth, for whom the case is known.

What the Trump Assassination Attempt Says About Gun Violence
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To trace hesitancy around discussing gun violence, we have to go back to a critical 1993 studyopens in a new tab or window by Arthur Kellermann, MD, MPH, funded by the CDC, which showed that the presence of a firearm in a home increases homicide risk, contrary to the deeply-held belief that firearms necessarily confer protection. This is not a political statement; it is a statistically significant epidemiological association between an exposure and adverse outcome. We should welcome findings like this in medicine because they help us assess risk objectively.

"Gun extremists have a dream ticket": JD Vance brags about "Mamaw's" huge gun stash in RNC speech
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Sen. JD Vance Trumps pick for vice-president who once mused about getting rid of the ATF and called Democrats efforts to ban bump stocks a huge distraction is getting rave reviews from firearm groups as he debuts at the RNC.

Vance, a Republican junior senator from Ohio and author of "Hillbilly Elegy," delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday in which he highlighted his grandmother's secret gun stash as an example of "American spirit."

Trump Snubs Gun Rights in Longest Acceptance Speech on Record
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The 2024 Republican National Convention (RNC) came to a close Thursday night. From start to finish, gun policy was entirely left off of the main stageeven during Donald Trumps hour-and-a-half keynote.

Former President Trump officially accepted the partys nomination to attempt to retake the White House. He took the stage for his first speech since a would-be assassin nearly took his life at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last weekend. His remarks began with an uncharacteristically stayed recounting of his harrowing near-death experience and paid tribute to the man who was killed in the attack before pivoting to accepting the nomination.

Can Trump Unite by Going Light on Policy?
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For Trump, this was a feature, not a bug. The new platform was "very short compared to the long, boring, meaningless agendas of the past," he said from the podium.

Tucker Carlson hit the nail on the head when he said during his Thursday speech that he's "never been toa convention with better vibes." Hulk Hogan then smashed the nail through the board by ripping up his shirt to reveal a Trump-Vance singlet during his segment.

NRA Applauds President Trumps Selection of Senator J.D. Vance as His Running Mate
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Following President Donald J. Trumps announcement of his selection of U.S. Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate, the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) released the below statements:

Now, more than ever, freedom and liberty need courageous and virtuous defenders, said Doug Hamlin, NRA Executive Vice President & CEO.

President Trump and Senator Vance have the guts and the grit to stand steadfast for the Second Amendment. On behalf of millions of NRA members, I wish them Godspeed as we head toward this historic election in November.

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Following Donald Trumps announcement this week in choosing one-time critic J.D. Vance as his vice presidential nominee and Vances own speech at the Republican National Convention last night, while some serious Trumpers may still have their doubts, Vances record has for now won the support of some of our countrys biggest gun rights organizations. Here is what they are saying:

Why It Took Seven Years to Get One Statistic About Guns
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It took seven long years to pry one staggering number from the hands of the federal government: that 52,529 weapons once owned by police were recovered at crime scenes across the country from 2006 to 2021. In that period, an average of nine cop guns were recovered each day. The public didnt know it.

This statistic was the missing piece in a yearslong reporting effort by Reveal, the Trace, and CBS News into how weapons sold by police departments were getting into the hands of criminals. Reveal first sought this information through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)the keystone law centered on government transparency. But it wouldnt be that easy. As Reveals court battles demonstrate, there is resistance to such transparency.

FL: New Florida laws allow guns to be returned sooner after arrest
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Bishop said the new law makes sense.

If its not evidence in a case and its not been seized, thats the key legal word, then in fact theres no reason why the weapon can not be returned, Bishop said.

If youre in lawful possession of a wallet, your rings, your jewelry, your watch, youre able to acquire that as soon as you bond out of jail. Its your property, Touchberry said.

Touchberry said the old way could have potentially contradicted the Second Amendment.

This could be a persons only firearm. They might need it for occupational purposes or just exercising their liberty and freedom and be able to carry a firearm, Touchberry said.