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House Prepares for Vote on CCW Reciprocity, Fix NICS
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Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are planning to vote this week on a pair of issues that, perhaps unintentionally, put gun control proponents in a tight spot.

For years, theyve been demanding compromise on gun issues and now theyre faced with the uncomfortable put up or shut up scenario: legislation to tighten the National Instant Check System (NICS) which they want paired with national concealed carry reciprocity, which they absolutely despise.

IN: Prosecutors Say Weekend Stabbing May Have Been an Act of Self- Defense
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McLean County prosecutors say a weekend stabbing that took the life of a Bloomington man may have been an act of self defense. Our newspartner WJBC Radio reports that 21 year old Cullen Hedrick, who died from a stab wound to the chest Saturday, may have been trying to attack someone with a machete. During a court hearing, it was revealed that Brittney Mikesell, who is Hedrick's girlfriend, has been charged with aggravated battery.

WI: Source Says Workers Pictured with Guns on Job Site Fired; DPW Commissioner Meets With Company
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The commissioner of the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works on Tuesday, December 5th met with the company whose workers carried guns to a city job site. A photo showing the workers with guns has gone viral, and caused controversy. City policy prohibits workers from taking dangerous weapons to the workplace, and some aldermen have voiced concerns about subcontractors bringing guns to work -- something that's against city policy.

MI: Lakeview Takes Stand Against Federal, State Control of Guns in School Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Lakeview School District Board of Education has taken a stand against more federal and state control of guns in schools. Board members unanimously passed a resolution on Nov. 20 that opposes three bills currently making their way through the state Legislature that would give the federal and state governments more of a say over who can bring a firearm to school.

Program Encourages Kids to Turn in Toy Guns: Dont Make a Child Feel Comfortable With a Toy Gun Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are 2 comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
WIVB-TV in a report published Friday revealed that the annual exchange was conceived to reduce gun violence by deterring children from playing with toy guns at a young age. What we dont want to do is make a child feel comfortable with a toy gun, Leonard Lane, president of Buffalos F.A.T.H.E.R.S. organization, told WIVB about the program, which exchanges toy guns for other toys.

IL: Funeral Procession Shooting Suspects Taken into Custody After Chase; Gang Ties Suspected
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Four people suspected of firing guns from a vehicle during a funeral procession were taken into custody Tuesday in Hillside after the western suburbs police chief ran his SUV into the suspects vehicle following a brief chase. The incident began just before 2 p.m., when a 911 caller reported shots fired on the Eisenhower Expressway in Forest Park as a funeral procession was traveling west. Moments later, police were dispatched to a call of shots fired at Harrison Street and Mannheim Road in Hillside.

Gun Theft Isnt Just a Florida Problem; Its Happening in Other States, Too
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In November, the Tampa Bay Times published a 10-month investigation about the growing stolen gun epidemic in Florida.
Turns out this issue spans the entire country, according to a recent investigation by The Trace, a reporting nonprofit that covers gun violence in America. Its investigation, Missing Pieces, found that more than 237,000 guns were reported stolen in the United States last year, a 68 percent increase from 2005.

AZ: New Trial for Self Defense, School Shooting at NAU Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
On 18 October, 2015, an 18-year-old student, Steven Jones, was attacked by a drunken mob of fraternity members. One member ran up to Jones and sucker punched him. Jones two friends were on the ground defending themselves. Jones ran to his car and retrieved a legally owned pistol. At least one of the fraternity member ran at Jones, who fired, killing one and wounding two others.

IN: No Charges Against Muncie Woman In Shooting Death Of Teenage Girl Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Marilyn Wilson, 43, shot Allayzia Jackson, 17, in the chest during a fight Aug. 31. Just before the shooting, police say Jackson had punched Wilson in the head after Wilson testified against her brother. Deshaun Jackson had been sentenced to 25 years in prison after police say he broke into Wilson's home and held a gun to her head in June 2016.

Interesting Investments: Firearms
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As I write this, the United States is reeling from its most recent terror attack, in New York. Unlike most attacks on US soil, it wasnt carried out by guns, but by a truck. But, within the past couple months, a shooting in Las Vegas saw scores dead and hundreds injured, and a shooting at a church in Texas led to 26 deaths, both incidents due to firearms. After any major gun related incident, legislators bring up gun control issues. Gun sales spike, and prices often go up to take advantage of the rush. Enter our next investment: guns.

Hawkins: National Reciprocity Would Be Greatest Gun Rights Boost
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Since Ratification of 2nd Amendment National reciprocity for concealed carry would be the greatest guns rights boost since the ratification of the Second Amendment in 1791. This is because the rights enshrined in the Second Amendment would recover their fullest expression to date via national reciprocity. The Second Amendment did not create a right or any particular body of rights. Rather, it was put in place to protect rights that pre-existed in nature, rights that were given by God rather than created by government.

Hudsons Concealed Carry Gun Bill to Receive House Vote
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U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) released the following statement Monday, Dec. 4, after his bipartisan bill, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, was scheduled for a House vote next week: An overwhelming majority of Americans support concealed carry reciprocity, Hudson said. Momentum, common sense and the facts are on our side. I want to thank Speaker Paul Ryan for his strong support of the Second Amendment, and I urge my colleagues to support this common-sense bill to protect law-abiding citizens.

FL: Gun Bills Silenced in Senate Committee
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With the 2018 legislative session still more than a month away, gun-related measures might have died Tuesday in the Senate. The Senate Judiciary Committee, which has been a stumbling block in recent years for Second Amendment-related bills, narrowly rejected proposals that sought to allow Floridians with concealed-weapons licenses to carry firearms up to the entrances of courthouses (SB 134); inadvertently display handguns (SB 148); and pack heat at religious institutions that include private schools or day-care facilities (SB 274).

MA: States High Court Could Rule on Stun Guns for Personal Use Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Should Massachusetts put the zap back in stun guns? Thats the question the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will ponder Tuesday in the case Commonwealth v. Jorge Ramirez. Defense attorneys are asking the court to reverse a 2015 ruling that upheld a state ban on personal ownership of stun guns They say the ban violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

MO: State Could Ban Bump Stocks Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The national debate on bump stocks is now playing out in Missouri as one lawmaker is looking to further restrict the types of gun accessories that can be sold. "There is really no reason to have such an apparatus except to shoot a large number of bullets in a short amount of time, or in other words, to kill a lot of people in a short amount of time," state Rep. Richard Brown said.

PA: AG, Philly Police Commissioner Criticize Conceal-Carry Bill in Congress
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Philadelphia authorities and anti-gun violence groups are concerned about a federal measure backed by the National Rifle Association that would expand the right to carry concealed weapons. The bill would allow anyone with a permit from any state to carry a concealed weapon anywhere in the United States. Shira Goodman with the group Ceasefire PA said that would be harmful Pennsylvania and other states that have stricter standards.

Political Reaction to Texas Shooting Offers the Problem as the Solution
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The fact that a bystander armed with his own rifle chased and shot the perpetrator in Sutherland Springs crucially transforms the terrain of the political interpretation of the shootings. The presence of an armed citizen "shooting in the opposite direction," as President Donald Trump put it in the hours after the killings, activates partisan attitudes about guns in Texas that advocates and political leaders can use to stifle discussion of adding even the mildest restrictions to guns. Thats because the thought that the best antidote to gun violence is good people with guns resonates sufficiently with the right audience of Republicans.

Conway: A Vote Against Moore is a Vote Against Trump's 'Shared Agenda'
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Kellyanne Conway, President Donald Trump's senior counselor, said that voting against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore would be a vote against Trump's agenda. "The president has made clear that he does not want (Moore's Democratic opponent) Doug Jones in the Senate. It would be a sneak attack of a liberal vote, a vote against the shared agenda of tax cuts, and the Second Amendment," Conway said Tuesday on Fox News' "America's Newsroom."

A. Dwight Pettit: Civil Rights Champion Says Maryland Concealed Weapon Law Discriminates Against Blacks
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Its no secret that crime rates in Baltimore are at all-time highs. With more that 320 murders this year and luckless tourists being beaten in the streets, the illusion of safety conjured with the whimsical moniker Charm City has given way to Murdermore. City residents are mortified as they consider the almost nightly bloodbath, and a beleaguered police department is in no position to assuage their fears. The streets and in many cases even the family homes are simply not safe. But try to obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon for personal protection in Baltimore and youll wonder whose side Maryland lawmakers are on.

TX: Buy A Raffle Ticket for a Chance to Win up to 50 Long Rifles and Shotguns
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The San Angelo Home Builder's Association and Operation Finally Home are offering raffle tickets to win any of 50 guns in 50 minutes. The raffle will happen at the HBA Christmas pre-party on Dec. 8 from 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. The raffle is to benefit an organization called Operation Finally Home. That means 100 percent of the money paid for raffle tickets go towards the cost of completing building a custom home for a well vetted and deserving veteran of any U.S. Military branch and their family who will be located in San Angelo.

Should Educators Be Armed? Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
If there's a shooting at a school, should educators be prepared to shoot back? Across the country, 15 states already allow concealed carry of some kind in schools, with lawmakers in many more states considering or having recently debated the idea. But all major teacher- and school-employee groups oppose the idea. Special correspondent Kavitha Cardoza of Education Week reports.

MD: Baltimore City Council President to Lobby DC on Gun Control
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Baltimore's City Council president is headed to the nation's capital to lobby for a change in gun laws. The city is in the midst of a surge of violent crime and has recorded more than 300 homicides this year. Baltimore City Council President Bernard "Jack" Young said in a statement Tuesday that he'll meet with members of Congress and legislative staffers. He said he'll push for new laws but also stronger enforcement of current ones.

FL: Senate Committee Shoots Down Church Carry, Open Carry Bills Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://libertyparkpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A series of bills designed to expand gun owners rights in Florida are headed towards the legislative boneyard after the Senate Judiciary Committee sent them packing Tuesday, shooting them down with a bipartisan vote. The Senate Judiciary Committee considered three proposals in Tallahassee Tuesday afternoon to expand either the presence of guns or the rights of gun owners in the Sunshine State.

Navy to Scrap $500mn Next-Generation Railgun
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The US Navy is turning its attention away from a decade-long, electromagnetic railgun program, opting instead, for a less expensive alternative that uses the projectiles as ammunition in existing guns, rather than a next-generation weapon. Last week, the Congressional Research Service released a report, which said the Pentagon is looking to divert from a decade-long electromagnetic railgun (EMRG) program, but are planning to use the projectiles developed in the program, which are compatible with its current powder artillery gun systems.

Legends: The Perfect Gun For A New World
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Nearly 400 years ago, 20-year-old John Alden embarked on the journey of a lifetime. Alden was a cooper who made barrels and casks, and he was a crew member on the historic voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower. As they were traveling to the unknown, the European explorers packed all the firearms they could muster, knowing they would be needed both for protection and for hunting. Alden kept this modified .66-caliber Italian wheellock carbine close by his side.

MN: Deer Harvest Rises 15 Percent, Boosted by Larger Herd and More Opportunity
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Greater deer abundance and wider permission to shoot antlerless deer led to a 15 percent increase in Minnesotas deer harvest through all seasons as of Sunday, the Department of Natural Resources announced Tuesday. Deer hunters have taken 190,000 deer statewide starting with the archery season, continuing through the regular firearms season and now into the muzzleloader season. The muzzleloader harvest, up 4 percent over a year ago, continues through Sunday. Scopes are allowed on the guns this year for the first time. Archery season runs through New Years Eve.

IL: 3 Dead, 15 Wounded In Chicago Weekend Shootings
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Three people were killed and at least 15 others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening, police said. The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday afternoon in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood. A 19-year-old man was in the 5000 block of South Winchester at 2:10 p.m. when someone walked up and fired multiple times, according to Chicago Police. He was shot in the neck and head and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.