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FL: ‘Classic self-defense:’ Woman accused in fatal road-rage shooting awaits bond decision
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Defense Attorney Mark O’Mara said the incident involving Allgeo hitting her car was over when she shot Tsvetkov, whom she claimed was beating her after he opened her car door.
“He gets out of the car, and that 15 or 20s, I think, is enough of an interlude where he cannot suggest that she was an aggressor at that point, and he became the aggressor when he goes in there and starts pummeling her and in her car,” O’Mara told News 6. “That is classic self-defense. When you shoot yourself to protect yourself from further great bodily injury. I’m a bit surprised, having seen the video, that the state’s going forward with a second-degree murder charge.” |
CA: California's self-defense bill: What to know
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A new bill aimed at tightening self-defense laws in California has sparked confusion and criticism from various groups, who argue it could limit individuals' right to protect themselves.
Assembly Bill 1333, introduced two weeks ago, seeks to address what some view as a growing problem with vigilantism and public gun use. The bill was designed to close loopholes following a 2022 Supreme Court ruling expanding the right to carry handguns in public for self-defense. However, certain provisions in the bill have raised concerns about the potential impact on individuals' right to defend themselves. |
CA: New Bill Could Make Self-Defense Illegal in California
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Craig DeLuz, Dir. of Communications for CRA appears on ABC10 as they delve into Assembly Bill 1333 introduced by California Assemblyman Rick Zbur, a bill that poses a significant threat to our foundational right to self-defense.
The bill, disguised as a measure for “gun safety,” attempts to redefine self-defense, placing law-abiding citizens in a precarious position where even the rightful use of force to protect oneself or one’s family may lead to criminal charges. |
NY: Second Amendment Concerns Raised After Long Island Village Bans All Gun and Ammo Sales
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A small community on Long Island, NY, has enacted a controversial law that completely bans the sale of guns and ammunition within its limits. Babylon Village, home to about 12,000 residents, passed the measure at a village board meeting last month.
Mayor Mary Adams defended the decision as a matter of public safety, stating, “Good people carry guns and so do bad people, and I’m not going to take that chance. I’ve got to protect the kids and the families here.”
The move has been met with mixed reactions, with gun rights advocates calling it an unnecessary restriction on Second Amendment rights. |
Canada: Second amendment rights wouldn't be so bad...
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One of the good things about seeing the end of the Liberals — yes, I remain a believer — will be the departure of people with no sense of irony.
For here we are setting forth on a confrontation with the United States, a trade war that may be a cover for something vastly more sinister, even the end of Canadian sovereignty. A feckless Liberal prime minister, one who once delighted in calling Canada a post-national state with no core identity, now summons up all the nationalist imagery he once mocked and struts around with a maple leaf flag in one hand and a manifesto in the other, promising to defend Canada and urging Canadians to stand firm and fight Donald Trump. |
Gun Advocates Demand Results After Second Amendment Executive Order
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On February 7, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Protecting Second Amendment Rights” – his first major move to fulfill campaign promises of rolling back gun control measures.
The executive order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to conduct a comprehensive review of firearm-related regulations, policies, and agency actions implemented between January 2021 and January 2025. The order also mandates a plan of action to protect gun rights moving forward. |
CA: CA bill addressing armed vigilantism draws swift GOP backlash
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Los Angeles Assemblymember Rick Zbur says he wants to narrow the standards for justifiable homicide. Critics say he wants to make self-defense illegal.
Assembly Bill 1333 has provoked a great deal of debate since its introduction in late February.
In response to several states’ “stand-your-ground laws,” which permit people in certain cases to use deadly force in self-defense, Zbur’s bill seeks to codify certain circumstances when homicide “is not justifiable.” Those circumstances would include when the person was:
Outside their home and knew that using deadly force could have been avoided by safely retreating;
Engaging in mutual combat or knowingly provoking a person (though this provision has some exceptions). |
NY: NYPD gun license delays challenged as unconstitutional
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A new federal lawsuit claims the NYPD License Division’s “excessive, unreasonable, and unjustifiable delays” in handling firearm permit applications are a violation of New Yorkers’ Second Amendment right to bear arms.
“The NYPD was not ready for the volume,” Jason Tsulis, a gun license holder and plaintiff in the suit, said. “They did not have the proper training.” |
TX: Gun Owners of America Texas Announces Gun Owners Lobby Day at the Texas Capitol
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Gun Owners of America (GOA) Texas, in partnership with Patriot Mobile and coalition partners, proudly announces Gun Owners Lobby Day on March 11, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. This high-impact day of grassroots activism will unite gun rights advocates, legislators, and key voices in the Second Amendment community to stand strong in defense of constitutional freedoms during the 89th Texas Legislative Session. |
IL: Chuck's Gun Shop, linked to hundreds of Chicago gun crimes, closes "forever"
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A controversial gun shop in Chicago's south suburbs has closed after decades in business.
Chuck's Gun Shop in Riverdale has faced harsh criticism and protests for decades, with gun control advocates saying it was a significant source of guns used in violent crimes in Chicago, and Second Amendment supporters standing by its owners.
The shop's owners could not be reached for comment on the closure, announced only by a sign on the front door indicating they are "going fishing forever."
Father Mike Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Church on Chicago's South Side, has railed against the gun shop for years, and has organized protest rallies in front of the business. |
Understanding Armslist: Reasons Why This Is The Marketplace
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The first time I laid eyes on Armslist (Armslist.com), I was hooked. Even if I couldn’t buy anything at the time, I still had the pleasure to browse tons of firearms and accessories and see how so many others were setting up their guns. It’s a rabbit hole from which you could look up and realize you’re in the next calendar day. Over the years, I have utilized this unique Second Amendment marketplace to buy, sell, and trade firearms and gear and have never had a single issue. But there are some misconceptions out there, and I figured we should talk about them. |
NJ: New Jersey Governor Wants To Price Americans Out Of Their Second Amendment
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With leftist states in a frenzy, introducing new measures to infringe on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans, it should come as no surprise that New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is throwing his state’s hat in the ring in the race to become the country’s biggest dumpster fire. Murphy’s new proposal to tax a Constitutional right by imposing increased taxes and fees on firearms and ammunition is further igniting controversy over gun rights, and critics are already calling it an assault on the Second Amendment. |
Animal and gun rights groups back pro-life pregnancy centers' First Amendment rights at SCOTUS
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SCOTUS unanimously reinstated the National Rifle Association's First Amendment lawsuit against New York's former financial services superintendent for pressuring regulated insurers to drop NRA-endorsed plans, which pro-life centers then used against Democratic AGs trying to stop their promotion of so-called abortion pill reversal.
The Washington state-based Second Amendment Foundation's brief in favor of First Choice seeks to build on that progress against blue-state jawboning, noting its routine legal fights with the Evergreen State, which elected its aggressive AG Bob Ferguson governor last fall. |
GOP Lawmakers Ask Trump to Remove Ridiculous Biden-Era Anti-Gunner Rule
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Republican lawmakers are asking the Trump administration to end a Biden-era rule restricting the sale of American-made firearms overseas.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), an agency under the Department of Commerce, issued an interim final rule (IFR) titled “Revision of Firearms License Requirements” in April 2024 to place more restrictions on the sale of firearms to individuals and organizations in foreign nations.
The rule imposes stricter licensing requirements and policies, including a presumption of denial for firearms sales to non-government clients in 36 “high-risk” regions, according to Reuters. |
ATF Too Busy Harassing Legitimate Gun Dealers to Investigate Rifle Theft
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When Paul Szabo purchased the Shooter’s Emporium in 2020, which is located just a short 45-minute drive north of Indianapolis, he got some “bad vibes” from an employee whom he later terminated.
Szabo’s fears were quickly confirmed. An in-house audit revealed that a brand-new Ruger American Rimfire rifle worth about $350 was missing, and evidence led directly to the former employee. |
CO: Colorado Rep Exposed for Citing Racist Gun Control Laws to Justify Anti-Gun Vote
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One of the more ironic facets of modern gun control advocacy is how the majority of gun control boosters fancy themselves as liberals and progressives. However, most proponents of gun control of the political Left have a historical blind spot when it comes to gun control’s checkered history with respect to race. Namely, how gun control has been historically used to infringe on the rights of the very minorities liberals and their leftist bedfellows claim to champion. |
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