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CA: Pro-gun judge targeted by Newsom might have the Supreme Court on his side
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It’s not generally prudent to criticize the umpire before the start of a ballgame, or the judge who’s expected to consider the constitutionality of the new law you’re proposing. But Gov. Gavin Newsom didn’t mince words Wednesday in referring to U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego, who is likely to have the first look at gun groups’ challenge to a bill that would restrict the carrying of concealed firearms in public. |
More Than Just A Gun Bucket: How to Choose A Good Holster
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To select an optimal, quality concealed-carry holster, it's important to remember that a holster is more than a gun bucket. It must meet specific requirements for safety and retention. Most mass-produced handguns can be used effectively for self-defense as long as the user's skill is up to par, but a poor holster can be a serious liability. Modern handgun choices have never been better, but unfortunately for every quality holster out there, it is easy to find several that have serious flaws that make them sub-optimal for everyday carry. |
Uttering the Unutterable: Repeal the Second Amendment Now
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I love life, and I love the people of my country far far far more than I value the “freedom” to bear arms. I don’t know if any “reforms” will really solve the problems of gun violence in the United States. In all actuality, I believe, therefore, that we must repeal the Second Amendment now!
There! I uttered the unutterable, the ultimate taboo in U.S. political discourse. But I am not running for public office or reelection. I am not expecting large payouts from the National Rifle Association or from the firearms manufacturers through their lobbyists. |
ID: Man Shoots, Kills Moose Mid-Attack — Authorities Determine Self-Defense
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An Idaho resident shot and killed an adult male moose after it charged him, making him fear for his safety, according to reports.
According to Idaho Fish and Game, the moose had been making himself known in residential areas around Terreton and Mud Lake for better than a week, and had apparently become “increasingly agitated.”
Before the man was forced to shoot this moose, he reportedly attempted to “haze” the moose out of the yard. This behavior is not unheard-of, according to New York State’s amusingly-named Moose Response Manual. |
FL: Alleged Intruder Attempts To Break In Through Window Shot And Killed By Florida Man
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A man attempting to force his way into a Lady Lake residence was shot and killed by the homeowner.
The incident occurred Monday, January 2nd at around 5:30 p.m., according to Villages-News.
The incident occurred at a residence on Lakeview Street. The suspect, identified as 34-year-old Ryan Michael Baldasare, entered the home by force via a window, according to the report. He was confronted by the homeowner who subsequently shot him. Baldasare was later pronounced dead. |
IA: Alleged Intruder Reportedly Attempted To Stab Victim In Throat To Avoid Being Shot
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Two men are in custody after an incident that left one of them with gunshot wounds.
The break-in and shooting occurred December 29th at an apartment in Grinnell, according to KCCI.
The suspects, identified as Cody McCall and Logan Moline, forced their way into an apartment. The two allegedly attacked the victim with McCall attempting to stab the victim in the throat. The victim then shot McCall twice, striking him in the chest. |
MO: Report: Intoxicated Intruder Shot And Killed By Missouri Homeowner
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An allegedly intoxicated and armed intruder was shot and killed by a St Louis County homeowner, according to reports.
The shooting occurred Monday, January 2nd at around 4:20 p.m., according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The incident occurred at a residence in the 900 block of Thunderhead Drive, in unincorporated St. Louis County. The suspect, identified as 43-year-old Frank Campbell, allegedly entered a residence armed with a handgun. |
NY: Why Do Some School Districts Employ Armed Resource Personnel & Others Do Not?
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There are 731 School Districts in New York. But how many of these Districts have established an effective security plan?
An effective plan incorporates armed resource personnel. The South Huntington School District (SHUFSD) knows this and has designed a plan for school security utilizing armed resource personnel.
On Wednesday, January 25, 2023, updated on January 26, 2023, two reporters, John Asbury and Craig Schneider, writing for “Newsday,” a leading news source for Long Island and New York City, discussed this plan. They said, |
Barrasso, Lummis introduce set of bills to protect Second Amendment rights
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U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-Wyo.) have introduced several bills that back Wyoming citizens’ Second Amendment rights.
Today, Barrasso and Lummis joined their colleagues in introducing the “Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act”, the “Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act” and a “Congressional Review Act (CRA)” resolution that challenges the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) recently announced federal registry for firearms with stabilizing braces.
“President Biden’s unconstitutional rule threatens to turn law-abiding citizens into criminals,” said Senator Barrasso. |
DC: Vehicle Accident Leads to Altercation and Self-Defense Shooting
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Two drivers, a male, and a female were involved in a minor car crash in Southeast Washington DC on December 14, 2022. The boyfriend of the female driver showed up and started punching the male driver, who retrieved his handgun, shot, and killed the assailant.
The female driver tried to get a security guard to assist, but her request was denied. The male driver stayed on site and was charged with carrying a pistol without a license and taken into custody. He was fitted with an ankle monitor and released.
The shooter has claimed self-defense and will have a hearing towards the end of January. |
Firearms Policy Coalition Files Lawsuit Over ATF's Pistol Brace Rule
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A day after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive’s (ATF’s) new Final Rule on pistol braces was published in the Federal Register, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) on Jan. 31 filed a lawsuit challenging the new federal “law.”
The FPC lawsuit, Mock v. Garland, challenges the brace rule on the basis that it violates the Administrative Procedure Act of the U.S. Constitution. The Petition further states that even if rule doesn’t violate the APA and is allowed to stand, “the Agencies’ National Firearms Act (‘NFA’), laws, regulations, policies, and enforcement practices with respect to ‘braced pistols’ that the Agencies’ have classified as ‘short-barreled rifles’ violate the Second Amendment.” |
MO: Baby steps toward keeping guns out of children's hands
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A new restriction is now part of crime legislation introduced by state Rep. Lane Roberts, R-Joplin, after a bipartisan working group recommended inserting such a measure. Roberts was quick to acknowledge that Missourians are “pretty fanatical in our defense of the Second Amendment.” Nevertheless, he said in reference to minors with guns that “this kind of conduct is not what the Second Amendment was meant to protect.”
Though it’s been noted many times before, it’s worth repeating that the Second Amendment isn’t about an unbridled right of Americans to carry firearms. The fanatics Roberts referred to conveniently ignore the words “well regulated” in the preamble to the Second Amendment. |
Matt Gaetz urges colleagues to abolish the ATF before it strips Americans of gun rights: 'Cannot be trusted'
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Rep. Matt Gaetz is calling on his colleagues to support a bill that would abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a law enforcement agency that operates under the Department of Justice, after its latest guidance that restricts the ownership of gun components.
During a speech on the floor of the House chamber Wednesday, Gaetz, a Republican from Florida, said the bureau "cannot be trusted" and that it was ultimately seeking to strip Americans of their Second Amendment right to privately own firearms. |
OK: Legislation seeks to expand gun rights in Oklahoma
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Oklahoma lawmakers have filed nearly 50 bills this session that aim to expand gun rights, including where Oklahomans can carry firearms.
If every bill makes it through the legislative process, Oklahomans would be able to carry loaded guns into county or municipal buildings, onto college campuses, onto the Oklahoma and Tulsa fairgrounds, into nonprofits, onto public school parking lots and inside the state Capitol.
There would be only a few public places remaining where people couldn't legally carry. People would still be barred from carrying in places like jails, prisons, courtrooms, courthouses, entities that treat mental illnesses, public schools, sporting arenas and casinos. |
VT: Gun rights groups critical of Senate bill
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Among other issues, the bill includes limitations on accused offenders owning guns and an expansion of records used for background checks.
What the Second Amendment-focused groups have a problem with: The bill would make straw purchases — when a person buys a gun for someone who can’t, already a federal offense — illegal in Vermont. And it would criminalize defacing a gun’s serial number and bar people under 21 from possessing semi-automatic firearms.
With the year’s legislative session entering its third week, the Senate Judiciary Committee remains in a contentious debate about the bill, the first hearings on which took place two weeks ago. |
ND: Bill passes ND House, proposes repayment to those found not guilty of crimes by self defense
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Some legislators are hoping to add a new section of the North Dakota Century Code that would impact those who act in self-defense. Self-defense is sometimes used as a legal justification for a variety of crimes like domestic violence, kidnappings, and murders. The proposed law would allow repayment of defendants who are found not guilty because they acted in self-defense. Others aren’t sure it’s a good idea.
If enacted, House Bill 1213 would give the court the ability to order reimbursement for a defendant who’s justified in his or her actions by self-defense. That could include legal costs, loss of wages and time, and other expenses. |
CA: Fort Bragg Stabbing was Self-Defense According to the MCSO
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The 22-year-old male along with other family members, followed Lemay away from the area of his estranged spouse’s residence, trying to make sure he left her alone. They all stopped in a parking lot and Lemay began to violently assault the 22-year-old male, who was sitting in a vehicle (through an open window).
The 22-year-old male attempted to protect himself and create distance from Lemay, without success. After being drug from the vehicle and punched multiple times by Lemay, the 22-year-old male produced and knife and used it to stop Lemay from violently assaulting him further.
The 22-year-old was transported to the Sheriff’s Office Fort Bragg Substation, where he was interviewed and subsequently released. |
WI: Kyle Rittenhouse Lawsuit Raises Questions About Kenosha Police
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A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of one of the two men killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020 has been allowed to proceed against Rittenhouse, Kenosha police officers and others, a Wisconsin federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
The lawsuit, initially filed by Anthony Huber's father John Huber in 2021, draws a link between Rittenhouse's actions and those of law enforcement present at the scene of the protests. Rittenhouse, who was 17 years old at the time, fatally shot two men and injured another. |
CA: California Democrats try again to rewrite concealed-carry gun law
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Five months after a high-profile gun-control bill died amid Democratic infighting in Sacramento, California lawmakers are trying to revive the legislation to strengthen the state’s restrictions on who can carry loaded firearms in public.
The legislation was filed in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down restrictive concealed-carry laws as unconstitutional. The 6-3 decision by the court’s conservative majority in June sent New York, California and a handful of other blue states scrambling to rewrite their laws governing how people get licensed to carry concealed weapons. |
CA: San Francisco Approves First Concealed Carry Permit Application Following Favorable Supreme Court Ruling
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The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office recently approved a concealed carry weapon (CCW) permit application, which allows individuals to carry concealed weapons, months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the right is protected under the U.S. Constitution.
“We can confirm we did approve our first CCW permit Friday,” said Tara Moriarty, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The applicant, Benjamin Zhang, is employed at an automobile shop in Tenderloin, a neighborhood plagued with drug dealings, which made him file for the permit. |
U.S. Sen. Johnson Introduces concealed-carry reciprocity bill
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On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and 42 of their Republican colleagues in introducing the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. The legislation would allow Wisconsin concealed carry permit holders to exercise those rights in any other state that allows concealed carry, while abiding by that state’s laws. The legislation protects states’ rights while allowing law-abiding citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights away from home. |
MN: Gun Control Bills Committee Hearing on Friday!
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Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. the Public Safety Finance and Policy committee will meet in Capitol Room 120 to vote on numerous gun control bills. Please contact the committee members today asking them to oppose the "red flag" proposal, universal background checks, criminalizing the failure to report a lost or stolen firearm, and unreasonable firearm and ammunition storage requirements. |
NE: Gun debate after shooting at Omaha Target falls along familiar lines
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While only the gunman was killed during the shooting at a Target in west Omaha on Tuesday, some are saying the entire thing could have been prevented.
Advocates of bills like LB 77, the permitless concealed carry bill, say the shooting proves the need for more people to carry weapons.
Opponents say that more guns will only lead to more shootings and that police can already handle the threat.
They say it’s not illegal for people to be armed and walk into a public place with a gun, so shootings like Tuesday’s will become even more common if the amount of training and background checks are reduced. |
Bipartisan lawmakers launch uphill battle to expand background checks
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A bipartisan pair of lawmakers introduced legislation on Wednesday designed to keep firearms from the hands of violent people — a wildly popular idea that has virtually no chance of moving in the GOP-controlled House.
Sponsored by Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), the bill would require background checks for essentially all gun purchases, marking a broad expansion of a screening system that currently exempts an array of private sellers.
“This bill is very straight-forward; it’s not complicated. And it just closes the loopholes,” Fitzpatrick told reporters just outside the Capitol. “Eighty-five percent of the public supports this, it should be easy.” |
Man Uses “Stand-Your-Ground” and Has Manslaughter Charges Dismissed
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In the summer of 2021, an altercation outside of a bar in St. Augustine, FL escalated to the point that a man became fearful for his life, drew his handgun, and shot and killed his attacker.
Surveillance video of the incident shows two men engaged in an argument, when one man, along with a third man, began slapping the other. The victim’s glasses were knocked off and he was forced into a corner by one of the men.
No longer able to see and fearful for his life, the victim pulled his handgun and shot one of the attackers several times. |
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