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More People are Packin
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Increased from 9 million in 2015 to 16 million in 2019
6 million carried a loaded handgun daily, up from 3 million
Personal protection against people was by far the most significant reason to carry, 71.8%
Individuals carrying were more often young, male, and from the South, owners of both handguns and long guns.
There was no significant difference in carrying owners based on race, educational attainment, income, urbanicity, the presence of children in the household, or status as a veteran.

Are we slouching toward fascism?
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During the past few months, we have learned that the major credit card companies have begun to record transactions at gun shops so as to enable the feds to learn the identity of patrons. These are lawful gun shops selling lawful products to lawful purchasers. The credit card records do not reflect precisely what was purchased it might have been $2,000 for a gun safe or for gun safety lessons but they do record the purchase amount and the contact information of the purchaser.

CA: Identity Of Man Killed In Dublin Released
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The deceased has been identified as Kenneth Krainski, who was 38 years old. Krainski was killed the afternoon of Sunday, Nov. 20 during a domestic dispute with the current husband of his estranged ex-wife, police said. Police say that based on an initial investigation and eyewitness testimony, they still believe that the shooter acted in self-defense. The names of the shooter and the other resident are not being released at this time.

The investigation is ongoing and has been forwarded to the District Attorneys Office for final deposition.

MN: Minnesota DFL to reintroduce gun control legislation in January
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When the Minnesota Legislature convenes in January, House Democrats plan to reintroduce a Red Flag bill and a separate bill that would require criminal background checks for all firearm transfers and sales.

Rep. Dave Pinto, (DFL) St. Paul, told our sister station, KSTP in St. Paul that his background check bill would require anyone purchasing a gun to have a criminal background check done by the local law enforcement agency where the sale is taking place, but it would also have exceptions for the transfer of guns between immediate family members.

PA: Confiscating guns is not the answer
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Now that the midterm elections are over, and Democrats are in some positions previously occupied by Republicans, here are some thoughts for your consideration:

No politician has ever explained how inconveniencing law-abiding citizens removes guns from the hands of criminals.

No politician has ever explained why habitual lawbreakers would surrender their guns to some kind of buy back program.

Confiscating guns in this country, as some have suggested, would not only be unconstitutional, but would entail searching every enclosed space in every structure, and you still would not get all the guns in criminal hands nor prevent them from acquiring new ones.

OR: New Oregon Magazine Ban Challenged in Court
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"As we immediately explain in our lawsuit, the State of Oregon has criminalized one of the most common and important means by which its citizens can exercise their fundamental right of self-defense," explained Adam Kraut, the executive director of the Second Amendment Foundation, one of the plaintiffs in the case. "By banning the manufacture, importation, possession, use, purchase, sale, or transfer of standard-capacity magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds the State has barred law-abiding, peaceable residents from legally acquiring or possessing common ammunition magazines and deprived them of an effective means of self-defense."

IN: Man in critical condition after reported self defense shooting on Brooklyn Ave.
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Fort Wayne police are investigating a shooting on Brooklyn Ave. that left a man with life-threatening injuries.

Shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday, a man called 911 and claimed another man attacked him. The caller said he shot the man in self defense.

Officers responded to the 2300 block of Brooklyn and found the victim with an apparent gunshot wound. Medics took him to a hospital, where doctors determined his injuries were life-threatening.

The man who called 911 remained at the scene and is cooperating with police.

IA: Carroll police chief says early morning shooting likely a case of self-defense
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Carrolls police chief says his departments initial investigation indicates a man who was critically wounded early this morning was shot in self-defense. Carroll Police Chief Brad Burke says residents in an apartment building started calling 911 around 1 a.m.

The first one that came in was that a subject was up at Fairview Apartmentsbanging on doors, trying to get into apartments, Burke says. The second call came in within just seconds of that one and he said that someone tried to kill him, there was a gun was involved and that he was currently hiding in a different apartment in a different building.

ID: Armed to The Teeth: University of Idaho Students Packing Heat Following Murder of Four Classmates
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Terrified University of Idaho students returned to school this week armed to the teeth as bumbling investigators continue their manhunt for the butcher who slaughtered four classmates, RadarOnline.com has learned.

Guns, knives, pepper spray, and kick-ass self-defense classes are the new norm for the roughly 8,000 students returning to the rural 810-acre campus after their Thanksgiving break.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, and their friend Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, 20 were each stabbed to death inside the home at about 3 AM on November 13 with a Rambo-style combat knife.

NY: Bragg Moves To Dismiss Murder Charge Against Upper West Side Mom
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appeared in court Monday to file a motion to dismiss the murder indictment against Tracy McCarter, who was arrested just before the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020, his office announced.

Supreme Court Judge Diane Kiesel said she would issue her decision on Bragg's request in writing by the end of the week.

The delay and Bragg's continued efforts not to drop the case in entirety, but present lesser charges came as a disappointment to her family.

Save Your Family From Democrats Homicide-Plagued Hellholes, Buy A Gun
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I can think of at least one redeeming reason to keep semi-automatic firearms on the shelves. A gun could save you and your familys lives from the crime wave that is quickly overtaking some of the nations most beloved cities.

Simply put, the U.S. is in the midst of a crime crisis.

Even corrupt corporate media outlets such as The Washington Post, which taunted Republicans for trying to turn the nations attention to violence in Democrat cities ahead of the midterms and ran articles claiming violent crime is not soaring, now readily admit that crime is transforming American cities into hurting, homicide-plagued hellholes.

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Theres less training conducted with the defensive shotgun than with any other defensive firearm. This is partly because shotguns recoil the hardest, and recoil is not something shooters typically enjoy. Its also partly because shotgunsat least compared with handguns and carbinesare a bit expensive to shoot, especially if youre training with 00 buckshot. And finally, its also partly because that for all but a cult-like few who find shotguns the equivalent of Harry Potters wand, shotgun practice is considered a waste of time: you just point it and shoot, right?

TX: Dallas store customer facing murder charge for shooting unarmed robber
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A Dallas man is charged with murder for shooting and killing an unarmed robber he believed was attacking two dollar store employees.

After the shooting, the man stayed on the scene and spoke with police.

Dallas police say 47-year-old Kevin Jackson was legally carrying the gun he used to shoot and kill Phillip Betts inside a Family Dollar on South Lancaster Road in Oak Cliff Tuesday night. He told police he was worried about the safety of the two employees.

The murder charge raises questions about when it is appropriate to step in and use deadly force.

Freedom of Speech or Gun Rights: Which is more important?
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Across the country, openly carrying a gun in public is no longer just an exercise in self-defense increasingly it is a soapbox for elevating one's voice and, just as often, quieting someone else's."

In his report At Protests, Guns Are Doing the Talking, Mr. McIntire explains how there have been several incidents in which armed protesters have appeared in public places, including government buildings and college campuses. Their intentions have been straightforward: thwart public forums, especially when gun rights are the topic.

Ed.: The 1A & 2A are natural companions, best exercised concurrently.

A Signal About What the Next Congress Might Do
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Im glad that President Biden is gonna be pushing us to take a vote on an assault weapons ban, said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on CNN. The House has already passed it. Its sitting in front of the Senate. Does it have 60 votes in the Senate right now? Probably not, but lets see if we can try to get that number is close to 60 as possible.

If we dont have the votes, then well talk to [Sen. Chuck] Schumer and maybe come back next year, with maybe an additional senator, and see if we can do better, he said.

Is the Supreme Court turning the Constitution into a homicide pact?
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It looks as though there will be no end to the fallout from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomass majority opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen holding that gun control regulations are presumptively unconstitutional unless they are sufficiently analogous to a 19th century law. The Courts requirement of a close historical comparator has turned out to be almost impossible to satisfy, causing lower courts to invalidate or question otherwise reasonable laws prohibiting the obliteration of guns serial numbers and firearm possession by convicted felons or domestic abusers.

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Jeffries leftist rhetoric over the years has included saying of Kyle Rittenhouse, Lock up Kyle Rittenhouse and throw away the key, prompting Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) to fire back, If this isnt proof that the Democrat Party has largely departed from American principles of neutrally applied justice and the right of self-defense, then I dont know what is.

WI: Wife Draws Her Gun To Defend Husband During Attack, Leaving Attacker Paralyzed
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A woman will not be charged in a shooting that occurred in September. The shooting took place in the parking lot of Meijer in Greenfield. The shooting was the result of an altercation between two men.

A woman and her husband were driving through the Meijer parking lot during the morning of Sep 28. A man, later identified as Eliut Cruz-Cruz, yelled at her husband, Steven Dunlap, claiming Dunlap disregarded a crosswalk.

OR: SAF Files Federal Challenge To Oregon Measure 114
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The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon challenging provisions of Ballot Measure 114, the restrictive gun control initiative passed Nov. 8 which bans standard capacity ammunition magazines among its tenets.

Joining SAF in the legal action are G4 Archery, Grayguns, Inc., the Firearms Policy Coalition and a private citizen, Mark Fitz.

OR: Delaying Oregons gun control Measure 114 would lead to needless deaths, attorney general argues
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The Oregon Firearms Federation, along with three county sheriffs and two gun store owners in Keizer and Pendleton, last week filed an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Measure 114 from becoming law. , arguing that their requirements violate their Second Amendment right to bear arms. as well as your rights to due process.

The federations lawsuit was the first court challenge to Oregons new gun control measure. A second lawsuit was filed Wednesday by the Second Amendment Foundation, the Firearms Policy Coalition, two firearms dealers and a gun owner.

US District Judge Karin J. Immergut scheduled a hearing for Friday on the firearms federations emergency motion, six days before the measure takes effect.

MD: Montgomery Countys gun ban draws Second Amendment challenge
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Montgomery Countys new law prohibiting gun possession within 100 yards of a park, religious institution, hospital or other enumerated place of public assembly has essentially created a countywide ban in violation of the constitutional right to keep and bear arms, a gun rights group stated Tuesday in seeking a federal court order striking down the statute.

In short, it is simply impossible, as a practical matter, to possess and transport a firearm in the county in public with a wear and carry permit in compliance with (the law), Maryland Shall Issue wrote in papers filed in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.

OK: Oklahoma lawmaker seeks to lower legal age to carry firearm from 21 to 18
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Republican Oklahoma state Rep. Jim Olsen authored a bill to lower the legal age to carry a firearm from 21 to 18.

According to Olsen, the proposal, H.B. 1001, would affirm the constitutional right to bear arms.

In his view, Oklahomans old enough to join the military are old enough to carry.

"The Second Amendment is one of those core rights, given by God, that everybody has," Olsen said.

Olsen's law comes with an emergency provision, meaning it would take effect as soon as it was passed by the state legislature and signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt.

CO: SCOTUS decision on gun rights does not shield nonviolent felons from disarmament, judge finds
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Last week, U.S. District Court Judge Regina M. Rodriguez declined to dismiss the criminal charge against Joshua Willis for possessing a firearm and ammunition despite his prior felony convictions. While Willis attempted to argue the nonviolent nature of his previous offenses should not bar him from gun ownership, Rodriguez noted that other courts have examined the issue and concluded "unvirtuous citizens" have historically been subject to disarmament laws.

"While the Court need not accept this theory outright, its support among courts and scholars serves as persuasive evidence that the scope of the Second Amendment was understood to exclude more than just individually identifiable dangerous individuals," she wrote in a Nov. 23 order.