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VA: Charges Certified in Gas Station Shootout in Danville
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Pictures from the surveillance camera show a young man lying in front of the door of Riverside Pawn in Danville with a blood stain on his backside. He had been shot Jan. 20 in front of the Pit Stop Mart on Piney Forest Road following a confrontation, city prosecutors said. Chief Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Petra Haskins believes the man is Ekong Ben Eshiet, 21, who faces a charge of possession of a firearm while a convicted felon in connection with a shootout at the gas station and store that night.
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NC: Gun Range Holds "Machine Gun Social"
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A gun range owner in Brevard gave people a chance to shoot fully automatic weapons Monday. Assault-style weapons have been a big topic since the mass shootings in Las Vegas and Parkland, Florida. Fully automatic means the gun fires continuously from the moment the trigger is pulled until it is released. "Today is a machine gun social," explained Bear Arms co-owner Justin Fisher. For $25, plus the price of ammunition, people got to try a fully automatic weapon, like a Vietnman-era M-60.
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NRA Supports Lawsuit Against Illinois City
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The Deerfield, Ill., City Council recently moved forward with gun control measures that almost immediately drew legal challenges. The town early this month enacted an ordinance that bans nearly all semi-automatic rifles, and even some handguns and shotguns. Soon after, Guns Save Life filed a lawsuit challenging the town’s attempt to criminalize so-called “assault weapons” and “high-capacity magazines.” In what is being termed a confiscatory move, the Deerfield City Council said residents have until June 13 to turn in all guns that fall under the parameters of the new law. Failing to turn in the affected firearms could results in a fine of $250 to $1,000 per day.
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Up to a $5,000 Reward Offered for Information in Theft of Guns from General Store
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New York State Police are seeking the public's help in identifying suspects believed to be involved in a burglary at a Willing General Store, in which 18 guns were stolen. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National Shooting Sports Foundation are offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the burglary.
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Hackers Place Gun Images in Vevo YouTube Videos “Just For Fun”
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On Tuesday, April 10, the most viewed video on YouTube temporarily vanished at the hands of hackers. Vevo, a popular music video hosting platform, later confirmed a breach that caused several of the company’s YouTube videos to be defaced and removed before returning a few hours later. Two hackers that have dubbed themselves Prosox and Kuroi’sh appeared to have gained access to Vevo accounts early April 10, making changes to several popular music videos. The hacks were all linked to Vevo videos, but across several accounts for different artists’ Vevo accounts on YouTube.
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MI: Michigan Supreme Court Should Give Schools Authority to Set Gun Policy
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In the Ann Arbor Public Schools, we have worked to ensure student, staff, and parent safety by enacting policies to prevent the disruptive and dangerous presence of guns in our schools. We believe that the possession of a gun in school, other than by sworn officers, runs counter to what we are hard-wired to do as educators: keep our students, staff, and families safe and ensure a warm, welcoming environment where our students may grow, learn and thrive at school.
Our AAPS district involvement with guns in schools began on Thursday evening, March 5, 2015, when an individual with a concealed pistol license attended a choir concert at Pioneer High School and openly carried a gun into the auditorium. |
USCCA Concealed Carry Expo to be Held in Louisville, KY April 13-15th
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The United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) will be hosting its annual expo in Louisville, Kentucky from April 13th through April 15th. The Concealed Carry Expo is a consumer show dedicated to opening a world of tactical ingenuity and training to responsible gun owners. The Expo offers safe and practical seminars from industry experts, a live-fire shooting range to test new handguns, and a huge selection of gear, services, and information from our trusted industry partners.
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Pediatricians Lobby for Gun Control As Florida Students Back 2A
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As some 350 pediatricians were scheduled to lobby Congress Tuesday for more gun control, some pro-Second Amendment students were planning to demonstrate on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) wearing empty holsters, according to WINK News.
According to NBC News, members of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) were expected on Capitol Hill to push three proposals, of which two seem at odds. The AAP agenda includes.
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VT: Young Gun Activist Uses First Amendment to Defend Second Amendment
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In just a few months, young people — some who can’t yet vote – have led the U.S. and Vermont on a dizzying pace of change around gun control legislation. Far less visible are the students who favor gun rights. Propelled by victims of a February school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the gun control movement turned out hundreds of thousands of protesters last month under the banner "March For Our Lives."
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LA: First Attempt at Gun Control Shot Down
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One of the first bills to test the Louisiana Legislature's appetite for increasing restrictions on gun ownership was shot down in the Senate here Tuesday. Senators voted overwhelming against Senate Bill 274 by Sen. Troy Carter, D-New Orleans, that would require someone to be 21 to buy an assault rifle. The vote was 26-9 to kill the bill.
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FL: Gov. Scott Feels Backlash a Day Before Signing Unprecedented Gun Reforms
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Gov. Phil Scott plans to sign three gun reform bills into law Wednesday afternoon, convinced he must act to reduce the risk of gun violence spreading to Vermont. But it remained unclear Tuesday whether Scott would hold the signing ceremony outdoors on the Statehouse lawn as planned. The location is a concern for law enforcement officials because of tensions surrounding the occasion. |
FL: County Commissioners Approve Gun Law
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After a more than four and a half hour, at times emotional public hearing, Leon County commissioners signed off on an ordinance that will impose a three-day waiting period and background checks for private gun sales on publicly accessible property. Commissioners voted 6-1 in favor of the ordinance, with Bryan Desloge, the lone Republican on the board, casting the only no vote.
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VT: Business is Busy at Local Gun Shops, but It's Not All Good News
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Local gun shops say they've seen a rise in sales, including Dattilio's Guns & Tackle in South Burlington. But the owner told Local 22 & Local 44 News, it's not all good news. Business has picked up in the wake of the Parkland, Florida massacre and foiled school shooting plot at Fair Haven Union High School, in February. On Wednesday, Governor Phil Scott will sign three gun safety bills into law. Some in the rifle community say they have big problems with the legislation.
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Bank of America Will Stop Financing Military-Style Gun Makers, Exec Says
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Bank of America will stop lending money to companies that manufacture military-style guns, according to one of its top executives. "We want to contribute in any way we can to reduce these mass shootings," co-vice chairman Anne Finucane said in an interview with Bloomberg TV Tuesday. Finucane said the bank has been in talks with a "handful" of companies that make such weapons for civilian use.
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WI: Student Sues School District Over Ban on His Gun T-Shirts
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A Wisconsin student is suing his school over his gun T-shirt. The teen said the principal banned him from wearing it, which he says is violating his right to free speech. "I didn't think it would get this big, this bad," Matthew Schoenecker said. Matthew is a Markesan High School freshman and has run head-on into the principal, over his shirts depicting guns and other weapons.
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Anti-gun Hysteria Drives Rise in Gun Sales, Concealed-carry Permits
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The Left’s push against the Second Amendment is having the opposite effect, as more Americans are signing up for training to carry concealed weapons and gun sales in general are on the rise. There has been a significant surge in sales following the Parkland school shooting in Florida, despite the Left’s and media’s calls for more gun control, the Washington Times reports.
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An Open Letter to David Hogg
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Let me begin by expressing my condolences for the losses that you and the members of your school community suffered on that infamous day. My heart goes out to you also for the sheer terror that you personally must have experienced in that situation. No one, least of all a young school student, should be made to endure the agony that you and your peers doubtless endured.
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Gun Sales Spike After Florida School Shooting
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The FBI last week said it conducted 2,767,699 gun sale background checks in March under the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). That sets a new record for March checks, representing nearly a 10 percent increase from the previous March high of 2,523,265 checks in 2016. “These statistics represent the number of firearm background checks initiated through the NICS. They do not represent the number of firearms sold.
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As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight. And it is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness. — Justice William O. Douglas, US Supreme Court (1939-75) |
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