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IN: Finding common ground on guns won’t be simple
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Since the 1980s, the pro-gun camp has sought to loosen or eliminate existing gun laws while resisting any new legislation, asserting that there should be no limits on the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
Americans have a constitutional right to own firearms for self-defense and other purposes, but no right is absolute. As the founders understood, absolute freedom is anarchy. Their goal was to create a constitutional system that could balance freedom and order: Protect individual liberty while simultaneously promoting the public interest. |
AK: Armed Citizen Stops Robbery Attempt; Gets Free Breakfast
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While this story ends well with no one injured, good guys, or bad guys, there are a few takeaways from this story that can help us learn from it.
An Alaskan man was at a gas station on a recent Friday morning getting his usual breakfast and energy drink. That’s when a 17-year-old man walked in with a knife in his hand and attempted to rob the business. The man witnessing this did not have his firearm on him. It was in his car. (Mistake #1) |
NRA Opposes David Chipman for ATF Director
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It’s hard to imagine choosing a nominee who is more hostile to the rights of American gun owners than Chipman.
Chipman is a Gun Control Extremist
David Chipman’s current employer, Giffords, co-founded by United States Senator Mark Kelly, filed a brief in the landmark Second Amendment case, District of Columbia v. Heller. The brief argued that, “The Second Amendment Does Not Limit the Options Available to Cities to Address the Problem of Gun Violence.” Notably, Giffords argued that the District’s complete ban on the possession of handguns by law-abiding Americans was constitutional. Such an interpretation would have completely eviscerated the Second Amendment. |
The Threat of DRM-Infused Home Gunbuilding
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This concern has roots in a live stream where a seemingly wide-eyed and bushy-tailed Rob Pincus spoke of a possible future where gun companies could sell printable receiver files on a kind of “Apple Music of guns.” This suggestion was met with much vitriol online, where it seemed both sides were talking past one another ...
The suggested idea seemed to be a kind of watermarked, single-use, traceable file, where something like a serial number and user data would be baked into the file. This could take the form of an identifying number printed into the part physically, along with identifying user data such as initials or name, or metadata baked into the file itself. |
OH: Hamilton shooting after domestic dispute ruled self-defense, man not indicted
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A Butler County grand jury declined to indict a man who shot another man in Hamilton after he reportedly intervened during an assault on a woman in the 400 block of Seventh Street.
The grand jury determined that the shooting came in self-defense and did not indict the man, whom the Journal-News is not naming because he was not charged.
The incident stemmed from a March 29 domestic violence dispute that spilled out onto the front yard about 8 a.m., and witnesses saw Robert Allen Hill, 46, assaulting his 48-year-old girlfriend, according to Hamilton police. |
AZ: What guns do I really need?
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Finally, we get to the toughest question. Do police need AR-15s? In the past, a few selected long guns for sniper kinds of activities and shotguns for closer range incidents were adequate. It seems to me that is still the case. Also, while I can certainly see the need for large capacity magazines for military soldiers, I cannot see that same need for police.
Therefore, I must conclude that people who purchase weapons for self-defense “need” weapons like handguns, shotguns, and rifles, but not AR-15s or large capacity magazines (or fighter jets or nuclear bombs or tanks or howitzers or grenade launchers). |
Biden gun control moves spark backlash from state attorneys general
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Attorneys general from Arkansas, West Virginia and Montana appear to disagree.
"As a Christian, pro-life, gun carrying, conservative mama, you bet I’m not going to let Joe Biden take our Second Amendment rights away with just a simple stroke of the pen," Arkansas Attorney General and 2022 gubernatorial candidate Leslie Rutledge said in a video posted to Twitter Friday. "As attorney general, I will push back against Biden's gun grab." |
NH: House Passes Pro-Gun Measures
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Earlier this week, the House of Representatives held floor votes on pro-gun measures, House Bill 307 and House Bill 334. Thanks to your strong support, these measures passed and will advance to the Senate for review this session.
House Bill 307: Over recent years, numerous local governments have attempted to enact gun control ordinances in violation of the current state firearms preemption law, putting law-abiding gun owners at risk. This piece of legislation aims at strengthening New Hampshire’s preemption law to protect New Hampshire gun owners. Further, HB 307 allows anyone adversely impacted by an ordinance or regulation to file suit against the county, city, town or government entity that enacted the violation. |
SC: South Carolina House Passes Constitutional Carry
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Yesterday, the House voted to pass House Bill 3096 on third reading. It has been sent to the Senate for further consideration.
House Bill 3096 allows a law-abiding adult to carry a handgun without first having to obtain government permission. This ensures that citizens have the right to self-defense without government red tape or delays. Additionally, this legislation maintains the existing Concealed Weapon Permit (CWP) system, so citizens who still wish to obtain a permit may do so. Currently, 20 other states have constitutional/permitless carry. |
SC: Gun sales surge in the Lowcountry
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Edward Soto is the owner of Palmetto Indoor Range in Hardeeville, South Carolina. He has been teaching the public how to use guns for 17 years.
“The average citizen understands it’s a (heck) of a responsibility owning a gun,” Soto said.
Over the past year, Soto has noticed a rise in gun sales and concealed carry permits.
“People buying firearms and first-time buyers have gone up at least tenfold,” Soto said.
Classes usually have an average of 10 to 12 students a month, now it is 40. |
RI: Senate Judiciary Committee Will Conduct Remote “Gun Bill Day” Monday
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Calling all Rhode Island gun owners! A month ago, the House Judiciary Committee had an all-night hearing on gun bills, and this time it is the Senate’s turn. Undeterred by COVID closures, anti-gun politicians refuse to take a day off when it comes to trampling on your Second Amendment rights. It is extremely important that NRA members sign up to testify and make their voices heard. Even if you participated in the House hearing, we need your support once again. Testimony need not include anything more than your short statement of opposition to these infringements. |
TX: What is a 'Second Amendment Sanctuary' State, and what would happen if Texas became one?
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Texas could soon join the ranks of a small, but growing, club of states that have passed laws that designate them as second amendment “sanctuaries.”
On Tuesday, the State Affairs Committee in the Texas House approved House Bill 2622, which would prevent state resources to enforce any new federal restrictions on firearms and ammunition. The bill, titled the Second Amendment Sanctuary State Act, would prevent state officials from enforcing new federal gun ownership rules, such as firearm registries, licensing requirements and confiscation programs.
It mirrors legislation that previously passed in Alaska, Kansas, Idaho, Wyoming, and, most recently, Arizona. |
Abusers and oppressors will rejoice the death of the Second Amendment
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The situation in Nigeria is a perfect example of what happens when innocent civilians are unable to defend themselves. And why our founding fathers made a point to secure the right to bear arms second only to the freedom of speech and religion. Because you cannot have one without the other.
I have seen this happen elsewhere. When ISIS militants stormed into northern Iraq, within hours they decimated and took control of entire villages. The police fled and the people could not defend themselves. And as a result, hundreds of thousands of families were forcibly displaced overnight. Yezidi men were taken and shot to death, lining mass graves with their bodies. |
Biden orders trigger renewed debate on gun control
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Tom Rinehart, manager of Precision Shooting, an Austintown gun store, says President Joe Biden’s gun-control executive orders are an “overreach” by the government and won’t stop violence.
“The bad guy doesn’t buy a gun at a gun store,” he said. “You could put all sorts of restrictions in place, but it still isn’t going to stop the guy bound and determined to commit a crime.”
Biden issued executive orders Thursday that include requiring “ghost guns,” which are homemade guns built from a kit, to be treated as firearms that mandate serial numbers and background checks on buyers. |
ND: 'Stand-your-ground' bill passes in North Dakota Legislature, moves to governor's desk
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North Dakota lawmakers have approved a bill that would significantly lower the legal bar for using deadly force in self-defense.
The so-called "stand-your-ground" legislation would expand the existing "castle" law that permits the use of deadly force at one's home or workplace but requires an effort to escape the attacker in public places unless one's life is in danger. The bill would eliminate the "duty to retreat" and allow the use of deadly force to prevent a violent felony anywhere a person is legally permitted to be. |
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| As I have stood in the crosshairs of those who target Second Amendment freedoms, I've realized that firearms are not the only issue. No, it's much, much bigger than that. I've come to understand that a cultural war is raging across our land, in which, with Orwellian fervor, certain acceptable thoughts and speech are mandated. — Charlton Heston |
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