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Savage Claims Self-Defense and LE Cover-Up in Dismissed Shooting Case
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Criminal aggravated assault firearm charges against Historic Arms LLC president Len Savage have been dismissed after the lead investigator and the District Attorney’s office agreed that a “conviction [was] unlikely,” The News and Banner reported Jan. 10.
The District Attorney had previously dismissed charges against Savage in 2022, and had not notified him of that determination, and the sheriff’s office did not do so until the following March. Savage was told the December 28, 2023, warrant hearing was going to be held to determine if the person who tried to run him down with a pickup truck should be held accountable for his actions. |
Nigeria: Insecurity: Nigerians Divided as Senator Ned Nwoko Introduces Bill for Citizens to Carry Firearms
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Ned Nwoko, the lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial District, elaborated on his proposed bill for Nigerians to bear arms for self-defense, addressing the rising insecurity in the country.
The bill outlines strict criteria, including mental fitness certification from two medical doctors, endorsement from the local government chairman, validation by a traditional leader, and confirmation by the Divisional Police Officer regarding the individual's criminal record.
Nwoko emphasized the need for gun shooting schools in every local government area, run by former military officers, where citizens can receive proper training before obtaining arms. |
Nigeria: Daniel Regha Kicks Against Ned Nwoko’s Firearms Bill, Reveals Why It Should Not Be Encouraged
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Twitter personality, Daniel Regha has kicked against billionaire senator, Ned Nwoko‘s proposed bill to allow Nigerians to bear arms for self-defense.
It was reported earlier that following a wave of insecurity around the nation, Ned Nwoko claimed to have proposed the bill allowing Nigerians to bear arms for self-defense.
In reaction, Daniel Regha stated that support for his proposed gun legislation should be discouraged since it will just make the insecurity problems worse.
He asked what assurance there would be that it wouldn’t be abused or end up in the hands of criminals. |
MD: Civil Rights Group to To Maryland: STOP Blaming Gun Owners for Crimes Committed By Criminals
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The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said Maryland gun owners have every right to oppose new gun control legislation, MD Senate Bill 488, being pushed as the new solution to violent crime, because all it does is penalize the wrong people.
“The claims by proponents of the Gun Industry Accountability Act, including Gov. Wes Moore, that this legislation will prevent criminals from committing crimes border on the preposterous,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Also, the notion that creating a Center for Firearm Violence Prevention will do anything besides build another bureaucracy is, at best, wishful thinking.” |
MI: City of Flint to offer cash for guns at buyback event while state police work on destruction solution
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The City of Flint Police Department will offer residents cash for guns turned in during a gun bounty event on Feb. 3, 2024.
The buyback, which will take place from 12 to 5 p.m. at Cathedral of Faith Church, is the first the city will host since a New York Times investigation found that some companies contracted to destroy guns after such events end up destroying just the regulated segments of the firearms and selling the remainder for reuse.
Formerly, the city’s process was to turn over collected guns to Michigan State Police (MSP) after its bounty events for destruction. |
IL: Criminals with 3D home printers easily ginning up machine guns by making a 'switch'
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Handguns in the wrong hands can be dangerous enough, but there is a new threat underway with lethal weapons even more easily available because some are concocted right at home.
Some criminals rely on 3D printers to alter pistols and transform them into fully automatic weapons.
In Lake County, Illinois, crime scenes covered with dozens and dozens of shell casings reveal that modified guns are becoming a regular threat for police and the public.
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TX: Jury finds man not guilty in 2021 fatal shooting
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A jury on Thursday found a man not guilty in the 2021 fatal shooting of another man.
Roger McCracken’s attorneys argued that their client shot Ronnie Riddle, 34, on Sept. 11, 2021, in self-defense.
“Today, we got our not guilty. Roger McCracken is acquitted because he did the right thing in protecting his family,” said Joseph Hoelscher, McCracken’s defense attorney. |
DE: November Fatal Shooting Ruled Self-Defense
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The Wilmington Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, in conjunction with the Delaware Department of Justice, has ruled a November fatal shooting as self-defense.
Authorities have concluded that the shooting, resulting in the death of 36-year-old Samuel Teah from Philadelphia, was an act of self-defense and had domestic origins. |
Diamondback is Now Making a .357 Snubbie (and a Tommy Gun)
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Florida's Diamondback Firearms arrived in Las Vegas last week for SHOT Show with a very lucky new snub-nosed six-shooter as well as an AR with a 1920s Chicago kinda feel.
Chambered in .357 Magnum, the new handgun is dubbed the Self Defense Revolver, or SDR, and is Diamondback's first centerfire wheel gun. The MSRP of the new Diamondback SDR is $777, which compares nicely to other six-shot all-stainless .357 snubs such as the Kimber K6S DASA (with an ask of $1,195), the $919 Ruger SP101, or the Colt King Cobra Carry's $999 catalog price. |
MA: Mass. Senate approves gun bill, sets up talks with House
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The Senate on Thursday night approved a sweeping overhaul of state firearms laws, setting up talks with the House that could lead to a major new law later this spring or summer.
The Senate bill seeks to rein in untraceable ghost guns, bans carrying firearms in government administrative buildings, gives firearm licensing authorities access to some of an applicant's mental health hospitalization history, and expands the list of people who can petition the court to take away someone's guns if they are deemed dangerous. It passed the Senate on a 37-3 vote shortly after 8 p.m. |
MA: Sweeping gun reforms pass Bay State Senate, more work to do
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The chances of Massachusetts updating its already strict gun laws to reflect concerns over emerging firearms technologies went up significantly when the state Senate approved its version of a controversial gun control proposal over the objections of Second Amendment advocates.
The upper chamber passed their omnibus piece of gun legislation on Thursday night after dispensing with 79 proposed amendments. Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr opened discussion of the bill by pointing out that it hadn’t been heard by a committee or given a public hearing. He suggested the bill might best be seen by the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security but was overridden by 31 of his 39 colleagues. |
KY: Kentucky Attorney General: Gun Control Advocates are Firing Blanks
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Attorney General Russell Coleman called on President Biden to stand for Kentuckians’ Second Amendment rights by rejecting a heavy-handed federal investigation into the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Missouri. In a letter to the President, General Coleman and 26 other Republican attorneys general wrote that an ideologically driven investigation would infringe on Americans’ fundamental rights while also undermining military readiness. |
WA: Oops. Anti-gun lawmaker accidentally argued against her own bill
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Senate Bill 5963 is meant to protect against accidental gun violence by incentivizing the proper storage of firearms. But under the Bruen decision by the Supreme Court in 2022, which establishes the framework of judging the constitutionality of gun restrictions, Kuderer’s bill wouldn’t pass survive judicial scrutiny. Watching “My Cousin Vinny” would arm one with the necessary knowledge to apply the majority decision to the law to know it’s unconstitutional. But the state senator, who is an attorney, cited Bruen and the Second Amendment to argue in favor of the bill.
As you can imagine, Kuderer’s arguments weren’t very compelling. She repeatedly made claims about Bruen that reflect the exact opposite of the majority decision. |
CA: California background checks for ammunition have ‘no historical’ basis: Judge
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A U.S. federal district court judge ruled Wednesday that California cannot enforce a law requiring people to undergo background checks to purchase ammunition, holding that the law has “no historical pedigree” and violates the Second Amendment.
“A sweeping background check requirement imposed every time a citizen needs to buy ammunition is an outlier that our ancestors would have never accepted for a citizen,” wrote U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, an appointee of former President George W. Bush. |
PA: Investigation determines Nov. fatal shooting was self-defense
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The shooting death of a Philadelphia boxer who also drove a bus for SEPTA was self-defense, according to an investigation conducted by Wilmington Police and the Delaware Department of Justice.
36-year-old Samuel Teah died after being shot last November on Read Street. Teah resided in Philadelphia.
According to police, the investigation determined that the shooting was an act of self-defense, and that the incident was domestic in nature. |
NH: Wife stabbed NH lawyer to death in self-defense, prosecutors find
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The deadly stabbing of a New Hampshire lawyer and political activist by his wife at their Durham home this August was justified, as she did it in self-defense, prosecutors said Thursday.
Few details about the Aug. 26 death of Alexander Talcott had been publicly available before the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office announced the completion of their investigation. The woman won't face any charges in her husband's killing, in which she was also injured, officials said Thursday. |
KS: Gun bill proposed in Kansas House contradicts policies supported by state's residents
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A vast majority of Kansans support restrictions beyond the state’s current regulations.
In fall 2022, the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University asked Kansans about 10 gun regulation policies in its annual Kansas Speaks public opinion survey.
More than 70% of those surveyed favored six of the 10 policies: requiring universal background checks, requiring a person to be 21 or older, mandatory three-day waiting period, preventing sales to people who have been reported as dangerous by mental health providers, preventing sales to people who have been convicted of violent misdemeanors and allowing family members to ask the court to temporarily remove guns from people at risk of harming themselves or others. |
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