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For over 200 years, U.S. courts viewed the Second Amendment's "right to keep and bear arms" as being linked to militia service. That changed in 2008 when Justice Antonin Scalia's majority opinion in D.C. v. Heller determined that the right of the people delegated in the Second Amendment "unambiguously refers to individual rights, not 'collective' rights, or rights that may be exercised only through participation in some corporate body." |
4 myths of front sight focus
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There are a ton of myths floating around about using a front sight focus on a self-defense pistol…myths like:
You must always use a front sight focus.
You definitely won’t be able to see your front sight in a high-stress situation, so you shouldn’t waste your time practicing with your front sight.
Front-sight focus is too slow.
“I am focusing on the front sight!”
Let’s take a quick look at them. |
IA: Iowa General Assembly Adjourns Sine Die
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Last night, the General Assembly adjourned sine die from the 2021 session of the 2021-2022 General Assembly. This was a productive year, with the General Assembly passing legislation to protect and advance Second Amendment rights for law-abiding citizens while stopping all anti-gun bills. |
KY: Grand jury declines to indict man in Thanksgiving Day shooting death
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A 45-year-old McKee resident has been released from jail after more than five months after a grand jury declined to indict him in connection with a shooting death on Thanksgiving Day 2020.
According to the Jackson County Detention Center and Commonwealth Attorney Gary Gregory’s office, the grand jury returned a ‘no true bill’ against Clint Cox and he was released from jail May 5.
A ‘no true bill’ means the grand jury did not find enough evidence to support a criminal indictment on murder or some related charge. |
CO: Colorado Bill Highlights Importance of Preemption Laws
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A measure recently approved by a Colorado Senate committee would repeal Colorado’s firearm preemption law—a dangerous action that would undo the years of hard work the NRA Institute for Legislation Action (ILA) has expended shepherding such laws to implementation.
The measure is S.B. 256, which would repeal the law in Colorado that prevents localities from passing their own gun-control measures, similar to the preemption laws on the books in most states. |
Pushing back against gun control arguments
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Mr. Marcus wants assault weapons banned: “No one needs a weapon for self-defense or for amusement that spews out multi-dozens of bullets every minute. These weapons are made for mass slaughter and nothing else.” Apparently Mr. Marcus doesn’t know that “assault weapons” is a politically invented term. The “AR” in AR-15 stands for ArmaLite rifle, after the company that developed it in the 1950s. “AR” does not stand for “assault rifle” or “automatic rifle.” The AR-15, like all semiautomatic firearms, fires only one round with each pull of the trigger. |
GA: Why are more women buying guns?
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Before the summer of 2020, going to the gun range was a pastime for Valee Penn, something she did for fun with her husband. But after the wave of civil unrest prompted by violence and police brutality against Black Americans brought protests to her neighborhood, Penn decided it was time to get serious. She bought a Glock 19 and a Smith & Wesson revolver. |
Senator Marco Rubio Supports the Second Amendment, But . . .
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At 5-feet 10-inches, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is the same height as Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), but that’s not all the two have in common.
Neither Rubio nor Feinstein support the Second Amendment.
While Feinstein is open an upfront about her anti-rights passion, Rubio is riding the fence. Several bills he’s introduced clearly infringe upon the Second Amendment, but he still tries to hide his anti-rights zealotry in communications with constituents. |
MT: Montana Regents Ask State High Court to Block Campus Gun Law
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The Montana Board of Regents on Thursday asked the state Supreme Court to block a new law that would allow people to carry guns on public university campuses while the justices decide who has the constitutional authority to set such policies.
The regents voted unanimously Wednesday to challenge the parts of House Bill 102 that would allow students and staff who meet safety certifications to carry concealed firearms without a permit on campuses starting June 1. |
I Carry: Ruger LCR22 Revolver in a PHLster City Special Holster
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We’ve run a number of articles on ShootingIllustrated.com about the .22 LR for self-defense, and while we believe there are significantly more effective calibers out there, one thing that stood out in the comments to these articles is that there is a decidedly non-zero number of people that do, in fact, carry a .22 LR for defense. There’s a number of reasons for this, but most boil down to recoil aversion and hand-strength. In the case of those with hand-strength problems, often a revolver is mentioned as a better option for .22 LR. This is why we have a Ruger LCR22 for today’s kit. |
USCCA Commends Effort in Congress to Advance National Concealed Carry Reciprocity
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This week, House Democrats on the Rules Committee rejected an amendment offered by Rep. Hudson to include H.R. 38 in a bill to boost security in our nation’s capital. With America reopening from COVID-19, Rep. Hudson argued that law-abiding citizens should be able to protect themselves in Washington, D.C. and across the country. Yesterday, Hudson announced that H.R. 38 was included in the Republican Study Committee’s 2022 budget proposal, signaling that this legislation would be a top priority if control of the House changes hands again in next year’s election. This also comes as U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) led a large group of his colleagues recently in introducing similar legislation in the U.S. Senate as well. |
UT: Cox OK with resolutions on critical race theory, 2nd Amendment sanctuary
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Governor Spencer Cox said he was OK with the legislature passing resolutions exploring whether the state should ban critical race theory and declare Utah a "Second Amendment sanctuary."
"They actually did what I asked them to do," the governor said of the Utah State Legislature, later adding: "If you look at those resolutions, that’s basically what they did was say 'Hey, we want to work on this, we have some concerns.'" |
The Supreme Court Turns Harder Right
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And the potential damage won’t stop there. Next term, which begins in October, the court will pass judgment not only on Mississippi’s draconian abortion law, but also on a new and far-reaching Second Amendment appeal from New York.
Here’s a closer look at the key cases. |
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