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TN: Man shoots son in claimed self-defense, Blount County Sheriff’s Office says
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A Louisville man says he shot his son, killing him, in self-defense, according to a release from the Blount County Sheriff’s Office.
The shooting happened at a home on Scenic Hill Drive in Louisville around 5 p.m. Thursday, the release said. Sheriff’s deputies reportedly responded and spoke to James Delaney, 67, who said his son, 22-year-old Thomas Delaney, had pointed a gun at him and threatened to kill him. |
MN: Man who claimed self-defense acquitted of murder for shooting outside downtown Minneapolis bar
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Jurors have acquitted a man of murder after he argued that he acted in self-defense when he shot a man during a late-night clash involving several people outside a downtown Minneapolis bar.
A Hennepin County District Court jury on Thursday found Kevion J. Gibbs, 23, of West Point, Miss., not guilty on two counts of second-degree intentional murder in connection with the shooting of Deandre I. Smith, 33, of Minneapolis, in a parking lot after leaving Augie's Bar on Hennepin Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. on June 5, 2021. |
Pros and Cons of Outdoor and Indoor Shooting Ranges
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Shooting ranges are great places to practice shooting safely and hone your skills, whether it’s for sport or self-defense. But when it comes to choosing a shooting range, should you go for an indoor or outdoor one?
In this blog post, we'll explore the pros and cons of both outdoor and indoor shooting ranges so that you can make an informed decision about which type is right for you.
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MS: Six dead in Mississippi shooting rampage, suspect detained
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A gunman killed six people in the southern US state of Mississippi on Friday, prompting President Joe Biden to call again for tightened gun restrictions only days after he pleaded for action following a deadly university shooting.
Police in Mississippi said a man shot and killed a person at a store in the small town of Arkabutla, then went to a nearby house and killed a woman, according to local media.
CNN later reported, citing the county sheriff, that the woman was his ex-wife. |
FL: Constitutional Carry Continues to Advance
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The Senate Criminal Justice Committee will meet on Monday, February 20, 2023, to vote on Senate Bill 150, the Senate companion to House Bill 543, the constitutional carry bill. The hearing will take place in the Knott Building (room 412) at 3 p.m. Please attend in order to show your support for SB 150 and help Florida become the 26th constitutional carry state!
On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, The House Judiciary Committee will meet to vote on House Bill 543. The hearing will take place in Sumner Hall (404 HOB) at 8:00 a.m. Please attend and show your support for HB 543! |
TN: Abolish or defund ATF and Federal Dept. of Education
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I agree with Congressman Matt Gaetz (R) who introduced a bill to abolish the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also known as the ATF, after a recent controversial ruling that would turn millions of American gun owners into criminals overnight. The ATF issued a new regulation that will classify pistols with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles which require a federal firearms license to own under the National Firearms Act. Now the ATF has issued a rule demanding Americans either “register” or “surrender” their lawfully owned firearms of which there are millions in American homes.
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UT: Prosecutors decline to file charges in death of Kearns home intruder
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A Kearns homeowner who was attacked by an intruder in his home fought back and detained the man until police arrived. The intruder later died at a hospital, but prosecutors announced this week that the homeowner will not face any criminal charges in the death.
The incident occurred nearly three months ago on Nov. 23. Travis Jay Garcia, 37, was wandering around a Kearns neighborhood before entering a house at random near 6000 South and 5300 West without permission, according to Unified police. |
Wilson Combat Announces the New WCP365 9mm Pistol
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The SIG-SAUER 365 Series is among the most reliable and safest ultra compact 9mm pistols ever designed and now Wilson Combat has made it even better with a host of our proprietary custom modifications to improve handling, shooting and optics capability. These sixteen new models of Wilson Combat Custom WCP365’s produced in our Berryville, AR facility in conjunction with SIG-Sauer are among the ultimate in a production every day carry gun. |
OH: Lawsuit filed to stop Columbus’ new gun restrictions
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An Ohio policy group filed suit against the city of Columbus on Thursday to stop an ordinance that outlaws certain guns and magazines in the city limits.
The Buckeye Institute filed the lawsuit in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of five central Ohio residents who are not named. In a news release, the institute said the plaintiffs are not named because the new law has made their previously lawful possession of the prohibited magazines illegal.
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CA: San Jose asks judge to toss challenge to gun insurance law
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San Jose, California, has asked a federal judge for the second time to dismiss a gun rights group's challenge to a city ordinance requiring gun owners to purchase insurance and pay a fee to a non-profit aimed at preventing gun violence.
The city said in a motion filed Thursday that its law remained constitutional even after the U.S. Supreme Court in June issued its ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, greatly expanding gun rights. |
Political Recommendations On A Gun Control Compromise
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This is a suggested solution for gun control and mass murders that both sides might be able to agree on.
First of all, aside from the military and law enforcement, guns would be allowed only in specific circumstances (see below). Otherwise, anyone found in possession of any type of gun would be charged with a misdemeanor even if no other crime is being committed, spend one weekend in jail, and be fined $1,000. A second offender would be charged with a felony, spend one month in prison, and be fined $10,000. A third offender would be charged with a major felony, spend 20 years in prison, and be fined $100,000. No exceptions. |
NM: New Mexico lawmakers push forward with proposed 14-day wait for gun sales
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Legislation to establish a two-week waiting period for gun sales is heading to the full House of Representatives after narrowly advancing Friday through a critical committee.
Supporters of the bill — sponsored by Democratic state Reps. Andrea Romero and Linda Serrato of Santa Fe — said it would provide a cooling-off period to reduce suicide.
They also highlighted research from the Rand Corp., a nonprofit think tank, finding “moderate evidence” that waiting-period laws reduce homicides. |
MN: Sheriffs Weigh in on MN House of Representatives overreaching with Firearms and Ammunition Storage Requirements.
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District 3 Sheriffs have recently shared their thoughts on the MN House of Representatives overreaching with Firearms and Ammunition Storage Requirements.
Minnesota state representatives have recently been working on a bill, House File 396, Firearm and Ammunition Storage Requirements.
Recently authorities from District 3 have voiced their opinions on the manner and how they believe the bill infringes on the rights of lawful gun owners, and how the bill is a clear overreach of government and the rights of each person to be secure in their home.
It is the opinion of Sheriffs in district 3, “The bill will have no positive effect on the public.”
Currently there is a statute that addresses negligent storage of Firearms MN 609.666. |
WA: Man who drove into crowd and shot Seattle protester won’t be charged with assault
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A man who was charged with first-degree assault after driving into a crowd and shooting a man during protests on Seattle’s Capitol Hill in 2020 had his case resolved with a plea to reckless driving, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
On June 7, 2020, Nikolas Fernandez sped in his car toward a crowd of protesters on Capitol Hill. As he approached a makeshift barricade, with people yelling at him to stop, protester Dan Gregory reached through the open window, grabbed the steering wheel and punched Fernandez. |
16 Attorneys General Call Out Biden
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If truth is still the basis of a sound defense, then a letter from 16 state attorneys general to President Joe Biden (D) should—if it gets deserved media attention—help to dispel Biden’s anti-Second Amendment ambitions.
The letter is a reaction to Biden’s comments on our Second Amendment rights in his State of the Union address.
“We write to address your irresponsible and unconstitutional demand that Congress ban firearms commonly used by law-abiding Americans for self-defense. |
MI: Anti-Gun Bill Packages Introduced
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Yesterday, anti-gun lawmakers filed bill packages to criminalize private transfers, require firearms be made unavailable for self-defense, and allow Second Amendment rights to be suspended without due process. Please contact your lawmakers and ask them to OPPOSE these gun control schemes. |
VT: Senate passes bill prohibiting paramilitary training camps
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A bill that would make it a crime to operate a paramilitary training camp in Vermont overwhelmingly passed the state Senate on Friday.
The bill would shut down organizations in Vermont that provide military-style training without government approval, such as the controversial Slate Ridge Inc. in West Pawlet, where Daniel Banyai had been running a firearms training facility without permits from 2017 until last year. Banyai has been at odds with frightened neighbors and the town of Pawlet, which recently shut down his operation, with the help of state courts.
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MO: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Files Suit to Defend Second Amendment
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In an effort to defend the Constitution, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that he filed suit with a coalition of 25 attorneys general against the Biden Administration’s U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for their unconstitutional, recently implemented rule attempting to outlaw pistol braces.
“As Attorney General, I will defend the Constitution, which includes holding the Biden Administration accountable for blatantly violating the Second Amendment,” said Attorney General Bailey. “I have long held that the Constitution was meant to be a floor, not a ceiling, and the Second Amendment is the amendment that makes all of the others possible. |
OR: Radical Oregon Ruling Declares Defense of Second Amendment Racist and Antisemitic
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“Local governments in Oregon can’t declare themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries and ban police from enforcing certain gun laws, a state appeals court decided Wednesday, in the first court case filed over a concept that hundreds of U.S. counties have adopted in recent years,” the San Diego Union Tribune reports.
“The state Court of Appeals ruled that it violates a law giving the state the power to regulate firearms.,” the report elaborates. “The ordinance would effectively, it found, ‘create a “patchwork quilt” of firearms laws in Oregon, where firearms regulations that applied in some counties would not apply in Columbia County,’ something lawmakers specifically wanted to avoid.” |
WY: $10 Million Wyoming Shooting Complex Would Be Huge Draw For ‘Most Second Amendment-Friendly State’
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Wyoming’s love of guns could pay off big, say supporters of a proposed $10 million shooting sports complex.
“We could say, ‘Hey, we’re the most Second Amendment-friendly state around here. Come to us, we’ll show you how we work,’” said Rep. Dalton Banks, R-Cowley.
“I look forward to submitting my application to get this (shooting complex) up in the Big Horn Basin,” he added.
Dalton made his remarks Friday during discussion about Senate File 169 before the Wyoming House Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee. |
IL: Federal judge denies TRO against Illinois assault weapons ban for Naperville gun store owner
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A federal judge in Chicago denied a Naperville gun store owner and other plaintiffs a temporary restraining order against the Illinois assault weapons ban.
The ruling, issued by the Seventh Circuit Court, rejected the lawsuit partially on Second Amendment grounds, writing, "Because assault weapons are particularly dangerous weapons and high-capacity magazines are particularly dangerous weapon accessories, their regulation accords with history and tradition. Naperville and Illinois lawfully exercised their authority to control their possession, transfer, sale and manufacture by enacting a ban on commercial sales. That decision comports with the Second Amendment." |
SD: Pro-2A Bill Sent to the Governor’s Desk!
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Yesterday, Thursday February 16th, the House of Representatives voted 64-5 to pass Senate Bill 98, a bill that removes the requirement to be re-fingerprinted for the renewal of the enhanced permit. SB 98 has been sent to Governor Kristi Noem's desk to be signed into law.
NRA-ILA thanks Senator Jim Stalzer, who introduced SB 98, Representative Brandei Schaefbauer, and the legislators who voted to support it. Further, NRA-ILA thanks the members and Second Amendment supporters who contacted their lawmakers to support SB 98. |
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