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WA: Gun control advocates score major victory in Washington
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Washington voters approved much stricter gun laws in Tuesday’s midterm elections, which supporters hope will help reduce gun violence.
The initiative, approved by 60 percent of residents, raises the minimum age to purchase semiautomatic rifles (or assault rifles) to 21, from 18. It calls for enhanced background checks for these purchases and proof that the buyer has taken a training course. Washingtonians looking to buy the gun will also need to wait 10 days before obtaining it. |
Hands-on With Altamont Handgun Grips
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It does seem like polymer-frame pistols have taken over the self-defense market, with Glock, Smith & Wesson, SIG Sauer and others offering utilitarian variants for concealed carry. However, there’s still a stronghold of DA/SA handguns out there, joined most recently by the Springfield Armory XD-E, and many of these have replaceable grips. While polymer panels are prevalent, there’s a number of upgrades available that are quite easy to make. |
FL: NRA Congratulates Spano in Florida's 15th Congressional District Race
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National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund Chairman Chris W. Cox issued the following statement congratulating Ross Spano on his hard fought victory. The men and women of the National Rifle Association played a critical role in this effort.
"On behalf of our nearly six million members, the National Rifle Association congratulates Ross Spano on his re-election to Congress. Congressman Ross Spano is a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, and he will work hard to protect our constitutional freedoms. |
Romania: Romanian senator wants to change self-defense law after being robbed
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Romanian senator Niculae Badalau, of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), wants to change the law on self-defense, after thieves robbed his mansion last weekend.
Badalau and his wife and daughter were at home sleeping when the robbery took place.
“I think that when someone breaks into your home, your family is threatened. You should be able to take extreme measures. I think this is normal,” Badalau said on Tuesday, November 6, according to local Digi24. |
5 Best New Guns of 2018 (Glock 19X and Ruger Make the Cut)
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Held annually in Las Vegas, the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s SHOT Show is known as the industry event where new firearms of all kinds are introduced to the public. From self-defense revolvers to precision rifles, SHOT is the place to see the latest innovations in the world of guns. Let’s take a look at five weapons introduced at SHOT 2018 that might be among the best this year. |
Italy: Italy Loosens Gun Laws as Matteo Salvini Polishes His Tough Guy Image
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“It’s tradition,” Mr. Salvini said of hunting and responsible gun ownership when he signed the pledge. “It’s culture.”
Italian culture, linked in the popular imagination with fine art, fashion and good food, does not typically conjure up the image of assault weapons. But in September, the government loosened gun laws, making it possible to own more guns like the AR-15, an assault rifle that has been used in numerous mass shootings in the United States, most recently a Pennsylvania synagogue where 11 were killed. |
WA: Dori’s listeners react to I-1639 and I-940 passage
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With Tuesday’s midterm election stirring up emotions, Dori opened up the phone lines to take reactions from listeners. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the issues that drew the most concern from listeners were gun control measure I-1639 and police oversight measure I-940, both of which are passing by a margin of about 20 percentage points in early voting results. |
OR: Union County passes Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance
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Union County became one of eight counties in Oregon to pass a controversial Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance on Tuesday.
The ballot measure passed with 58.73 percent of the vote.
The ordinance expands the definition of firearms and prohibits the enforcement of laws that regulate the manufacture, sale and possession in Union County. It will require the sheriff to review any state or federal laws affecting firearms or firearms accessories and determine whether or not they are constitutional. |
Lessons Learned from the 2018 Midterm Elections
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Well, the 2018 midterm elections are in the books. In some ways, they went very well – the GOP took out four Democrats who voted against Donald Trump’s pro-Second Amendment judicial nominees, while confirming anti-Second Amendment judges selected by Barack Obama. In governor’s races, some previously pro-Second Amendment governorships went the other way due to retirements, and the loss of Scott Walker is a devastating blow in the Badger State. |
What Firearms Law and Regulatory Scholarship Can Learn from Each Other
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It would be an understatement to say that gun debate partisans have different views about the proper relationship between gun rights and regulation. From a scholarly perspective, those differences are typically refracted through the lenses of constitutional law, public health, political science, and—with increasing precision and clarity—history and sociology. When it comes to regulatory law, however, the interdisciplinary conversation has barely begun. |
NY: NRA Speech Claims Against New York Ushered Forward
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Advancing a suit by the National Rifle Association, a federal judge refused Tuesday to toss claims that New York banks and insurers are using selective enforcement to harm the group’s longstanding corporate relationships.
Citing the multiple critical statements against the NRA that have been made over the last year by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state’s Department of Financial Services, U.S. District Judge Thomas McAvoy ruled that the NRA has enough to bring its free-speech claims to trial. |
WA: Washington passes controversial gun control initiative
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Gun control initiative widely opposed in Stevens County but passes statewide…
A Washington state initiative has passed with 60 percent of the vote statewide that will make sweeping changes to gun laws. Initiative 1639 requires increased background checks, training, age limitations, and waiting periods for sales or delivery of semiautomatic assault rifles; criminalize non compliant storage upon unauthorized use; allow fees; and enact other provisions. |
OR: Voters back gun rights ordinance for county
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Columbia County residents seem to have approved a gun rights ordinance that appeared in some version in 10 Oregon counties this year. Seven other counties also passed ordinances, according to early voting results.
Organizers and supporters of Measure 5-270, the Columbia County Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance, said it was created to stop lawmakers from targeting constitutional rights. Preliminary numbers showed the measure passing 12,699 to 10,438. |
Parkland Activists Took On the N.R.A. Here’s How It Turned Out.
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After the shooting massacre at a high school in Parkland, Fla., survivors found themselves taking on the National Rifle Association as they crisscrossed the country rallying young adults to register and vote against candidates opposed to gun control.
On Tuesday, the Parkland students got a dose of political reality.
While their registration drives enrolled thousands of younger votes, the students were unable to turn key races in their home state. Ron DeSantis was elected governor and Rick Scott was leading the vote for United States senator. Both Republicans were endorsed by the National Rifle Association. |
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