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Why women's only classes are still needed in the industry
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Realizing that I had a certain staunch viewpoint, I decided to reach out to a few women’s instructors to get their opinions on whether women’s only classes are beneficial to students and if so, how they help.
Robyn Sandoval is the Executive Director for A Girl & A Gun, a women’s only shooting group that promotes and provides female only classes and shooting events through local chapters. Sandoval acknowledged that not all women wish to engage in women’s only classes but for the ones that do, female driven courses are extremely beneficial in helping women feel comfortable and learn how to shoot. |
Top 5 Skills-Check Drills of 2018
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As we all know, even the best guns and gear don't do anyone any good if not paired with consistent practice routines. To aid our readers in developing skill-building drills, Skills Check Editor Ed Head, an instructor at Gunsite Academy, works to put together varied practice options that are designed to keep skills sharp, whether running rifles, pistols or shotguns. Here are five of his most-popular drills over the last year:
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Philippines: Anti-gun groups support Lacson’s bid to cancel PNP-issued gun permits
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Lacson, a former PNP chief during the Estrada administration, said the logic behind his proposal to cancel PTCFORs ‘’is as simple as it is rational.’’
‘’ We have to change the mindset of the public as regards their attitude towards persons brandishing guns in public places. Thus, any person seen with a firearm will be presumed to have criminal intent and therefore should be apprehended on the spot or reported to the authorities at first opportunity, instead of presuming that that person is a policeman in civvies or a person clothed with a PTCFOR,’’ he said. |
Educating Your Kids About Guns
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In the United States of America, the Second Amendment ensures your natural right to defend your family with the use of firearms. Some argue that keeping guns around children puts them at a higher risk than it protects them. This is why, for many, deciding to keep guns in the home is a big decision. Because while it allows you an incomparable defense option, it could also lead to your child’s little hands on a deadly weapon. |
NY: New York Times Proposes Controlling ‘Legal’ Gun Ownership via Banks
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“The New York Times reviewed hundreds of documents including police reports, bank records and investigator notes from a decade of mass shootings,” a Monday advocacy piece masked as investigative journalism from “the newspaper of record” claims. “Many of the killers built their stockpiles of high-powered weapons with the convenience of credit.”
That it's “The New York Times” ought to be all we need to know about where this is going. And unsurprisingly, their “No one was watching” claim is a lie. The high-profile credit card tie-ins to the maniacs responsible for massacres were for transfers that received a green light through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. |
OH: Ohio Legislature Passes Self-Defense Gun Bill Over Kasich's Objections
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The Ohio General Assembly has voted to override Gov. John Kasich’s veto on, HB 228, a bill that would revamp the way the state handles self-defense cases in court.
The law shifts the burden of proof in self-defense cases from the defense to the prosecution. It had strong support from pro-gun groups, who said this would put Ohio in step with every other state in the country.
On Thursday, the Ohio House and Ohio Senate each voted with a two-thirds majority to overturn Kasich's veto. |
TX: Experts discuss Texas state law on using deadly force
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Following Wednesday night’s shooting of a man attempting to break into cars and homes in Central Lubbock, KCBD spoke with an expert about what Texas law says when it comes to protecting your property using deadly force.
Steve Farley is a handgun instructor and owner at Cornerstone Tactical Institute. “Chapter 9 of the Texas Penal Code is the use of force in deadly force for the State of Texas... You have to explain that the conduct that you just used was immediately necessary to avoid becoming a victim of a particular type of crime.” |
Trump’s New Judges Are Everything Conservatives Hoped For And Liberals Feared
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President Donald Trump has gotten more judges confirmed to federal appeals courts in his first two years in office than any president in modern history. With 30 new circuit judges on the bench, and a dozen nominees pending in the Senate, Trump has more than made good on a campaign promise to reshape the judiciary.
These judges have lifetime appointments, but they haven’t wasted time asserting themselves on everything from gun rights and abortion to political speech and the power of federal agencies — subjects at the heart of partisan battles leading up to their confirmation. Conservatives are thrilled. Liberals are dismayed, though unsurprised. |
Pakistan: Darra Adamkhel's century-old illegal firearms industry is slowly dying
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Along the lone street that runs across the village of Darra Adamkhel, there are shops that display firearms. Shotguns, revolvers, automatic pistols, snipers and even Kalashnikovs are carefully wrapped and preserved in plastic covers; more lethal weapons like rocket launchers and such can be found in the basement.
Darra's economy is driven by only one business – the manufacture and sale of illegal arms.
A mere stone’s throw away from Peshawar, South Asia’s largest black market for hand-made replicas of deadly weapons — dubbed the 'Disneyland for Gun Lovers' by international media — has been operational for the last 150 years. |
Do Some Courts Underenforce the Second Amendment?
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All of the response articles, including mine, praised the Ruben & Blocher article, and deservedly so. It is a major contribution to the scholarly literature.
My article, Data Indicate Second Amendment Underenforcement, did take issue with Ruben & Blocher's claim that their data prove that the Second Amendment is not underenforced in the lower courts. First of all, Ruben & Blocher have a broad definition of "success," which includes winning on a preliminary motion. |
NY: Guns or nunchuks, the Second Amendment stands
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I was arrested for having nunchucks in New York. I’m glad the law was overturned.
When news broke last week that a federal judge had ruled a New York law banning possession of nunchucks unconstitutional, I felt vindicated. You see, as a teenager growing up in New York City in the 1980s, I was arrested and thrown in jail for illegal possession of nunchucks. Really. |
Red Flag Laws — A Way Around Repealing the 2nd Amendment
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One of the many issues is the ease in getting an emergency protective order. Firearms have been confiscated for many unrelated problems, such as a DWI which resulted in weapon confiscations. Weapons have also been confiscated from people exercising their First Amendment (free speech) rights only to have their Second Amendment rights arguably violated. Depending on the state, the laws vary and some allow employers, roommates, family, teachers, and of course law enforcement to request the protective orders. |
PA: Valley moms champion 'sensible' gun laws
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Pennsylvania’s adoption of a gun law targeting domestic abusers was the result of a bipartisan effort in Harrisburg sown in communities across the Commonwealth by a sizable lobby: Moms.
Members of Moms Demand Action, a grassroots network formed in the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut, rallied in towns large and small — towns like Bloomsburg, Sunbury and Lewisburg. |
PA: Even with divided Congress, opportunities exist for bipartisan legislation
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Law-abiding citizens have a constitutional right to own and use firearms. I’m a gun owner and take my son shooting. A brief background check to prevent the purchase of a gun by someone who has forfeited their right to own a gun, such as a convicted felon or dangerously mentally ill person, does not violate anyone’s Second Amendment rights.
A silver lining of Democratic control of the House is that they may pass background check legislation. This could boost momentum for Senate passage of my bill, which I wrote with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), to extend background checks to cover all commercial sales, including those made at gun shows and online. Congress should finally come together and enact our bill. |
Pelosi won't easily shoot down gun rights
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However, Hammond pointed out that there is a real danger with "Red Flag" gun confiscation orders, which, as a result of a government complaint – or just an angry "ex" – a "secret court" can be convened to determine whether a United States citizen can be stripped of his or her constitutional right to bear arms.
"A lot of conservatives have been duped into [believing] that this is the sort of gun control that conservatives can support,” the Second Amendment advocate explained. “And so that – I think – is going to be a central battleground." |
MT: Bump Stock Ban – Cutting Through The Chatter
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There's lots of chatter out there about the legal problems with the bump stock ban, including conflict with the Second Amendment, taking of private property without compensation, and more. Gun Owners of America announces that it will soon file suit to challenge the bump stock ban. The NRA first encouraged President Trump and the BATFE to come up with a ruling about bump stocks, but now says it is “disappointed” in the ruling. |
FPC Challenges Trump Admin. Bump-Stock Ban in Federal Lawsuit
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Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that attorneys Thomas C. Goldstein and Daniel Woofter of Goldstein & Russell, P.C., have filed a new federal lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s “bump-stock” ban, and Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker directly. A copy of the court filings can be viewed at www.whitakercase.com. Goldstein, widely known as one of the nation’s foremost appellate and Supreme Court practitioners, is lead counsel in the matter. |
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