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WA: More Than 25K New CPLs Added in 2016
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Washington state has added more than 25,000 new concealed pistol licenses during the first four months of this year, according to new data this morning from the state Department of Licensing (DOL), and a story in yesterdays Kitsap Sun, said a growing number of those armed citizens are women. The DOL advised Examiner this morning that there are now 534,978 active CPLs in the state, although the Kitsap story put the number even higher, at 535,596. Either way, it amounts to a significant number of new armed citizens in a state traditionally thought of as blue politically, primarily because of the voting trends of those people in Seattle and along the I-5 corridor from Vancouver on the south to Bellingham on the north.

NY: NYPD Seizing Guns From People Who Got Them Through Shady Broker Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The NYPD has started to seize guns and suspend the permits of people who got their firearms licenses through a shady broker who was indicted for bribing cops last week, the News has learned. Shaya Lichtenstein, 44, allegedly charged $18,000 per license, and paid off cops to the tune of $6,000 a pop to secure the hard-to-get licenses, court records show.

MI: 10 Guns Stolen During Break-in at Gun Store in Monroe County
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Michigan State Police are investigating a break-in at a gun store in Frenchtown Township where 10 guns were stolen. According to police, the alarm company for Shooter's Edge on North Monroe St. notified MSP that a window was broken.

When troopers arrived, they saw two rocks thrown through the front store window. After investigating, they found 10 guns were missing.

Right now, police are asking anyone with information to call them immediately at 734-242-3500. The ATF is also offering a $3,000 reward for information. You can call them at 1-800-ATF-GUNS.

MI: Beyond the Bullet- The Cost of Gun Violence in Detroit
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What are the true costs of gun violence? Each day we report on shootings in the city that change the lives of families forever. Now, we're getting to the heart of the issue in a gripping documentary that focuses on the physical, emotional and financial toll of gun violence.

7 Action News Reporter Aaron Baskerville, Producer Lisa Gass and Photographer Johnny Sartin joined forces to bring you an insider's view of the realities some face as a result of shootings in Detroit.

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NJ: 23-Year-Old Student the Victim of Fatal Shooting in NJIT Frat House Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office identified the NJIT student shot and killed Monday morning in a fraternity house as a Freehold man. Joseph Micalizzi was 23. Micalizzi was shot at about 3:22 a.m. in the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house on the 300 block of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, the prosecutor's office said. He was pronounced dead at 5:02 a.m. at University Hospital.

CO: NJC Students Debate Gun Control Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The newly renovated Dorothy Corsberg Theatre at Northeastern Junior College has had its first concert, theatre production and now debate. Thursday evening philosophy and criminal justice students took to the stage for one of their annual debates, this time answering the question: Should more gun control laws be enacted?

NRA Foundation Banquet Sponsors Announced for 2016 NRA Annual Meetings
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The National Rifle Association's 145th NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits will have its unofficial start at the 2016 National NRA Foundation Banquet and Auction at Louisville's Kentucky International Convention Center on Thursday, May 19. Sponsored by Kimber, Henry Repeating Arms and Universal Coin & Bullion, and co-sponsored by Century Arms, Frontier Tactical, and ZEISS, funds raised at the attendee-favorite event benefit The NRA Foundation, America's leading charitable organization in support of the shooting sports.

Chuck Schumer's Cousin Performs Anti-Gun Sketch on Her 'Comedy' Show
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Any Schumer, the anti-Second Amendment activist and "comedienne," used her show "Inside Amy Schumer" on Comedy Central as a platform to further disseminate gun control lies and propaganda. On the "comedy" show, Schumer performed a sketch titled "Welcome to the Gun Show" in which she make-believed she was an infomercial host selling guns on TV. One of the items for sale was a gun that costs $39.95.

Second Amendment Rights for Me But Not for Thee
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The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Among lawyers, the buzzword we looking for in an equal protection case is strict scrutiny, because chances are that once the court has said that standard applies, the government will lose. Nevertheless, there are plenty of casesincluding last terms Obergefell decision on gay marriagein which a government action has transgressed even less rigorous levels of scrutiny.

WV Gun Licenses Recognized in Indiana
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West Virginia gun permits will now be recognized in other states. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced on Monday that a recent agreement means concealed carry hand gun permits issued by West Virginia or Indiana will be accepted in both states. West Virginia license holders have long been able to carry hand guns in Indiana, but now they will be afforded that same courtesy in the mountain state.

NC: Will Fewer Deer Be the New Norm? Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The reported white-tailed deer harvest in Wilkes County increased 15 percent from 2014 to 2015, but still remained below annual levels in the decade before an outbreak of hemorrhagic disease in 2012 caused heavy deer mortality. Wilkes typically leads western North Carolina in annual deer harvests and is usually around one of the top six or seven counties statewide.

Making Fun Funner With Guns- Just Not Smart Guns
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The gun lobbys refrain is almost mantra-like whenever anyone dares suggest a smarter approach to selling weapons that can kill indiscriminately, whether the person pulling the trigger is a responsible adult or a 2-year-old toddler. The gun lobby insists that we Americans are under constant threat of attack, and guns are the only thing that can keep us safe. Here in the real world, the vast majority of us manage to walk the streets, shop, and make it to our front doorsteps without requiring protection against vast hordes of killers. Rare are the times when armed would-be killers actually enter American homes. Rarer still are such intruders killed or sent fleeing because the home occupant is packing heat.

FL: Man shoots Sword-Wielding Son With a Shotgun Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the 9200 block of Quail Roost Drive in Navarre around 12 p.m. The victim told deputies that he shot William McClanahan-Spenler with a shotgun in self defense after the suspect attacked him with a sword. The sheriff's office said this is not the agency's first encounter with a sword attack.

WI: Police Shooting Seems Justified Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Wausau Mayor Robert Mielke released a statement by email Monday saying he fully supports the Police Department, two days after an officer shot and killed a man on the northeast side. "While very sad and tragic, it completely appears that this was self-defense and justified," Mielke said. "Sadly, this is now the world that we live in."

Clintons Attempt to Change the Gun Culture is Misleading
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In the latest round of primaries, liberal candidates seem to be competing in a race to the bottom when it comes to the Second Amendment, and currently Hillary Clinton is leading the charge. Clinton, the lead Democratic candidate, has been adamant about changing the gun culture in the United States. Unfortunately, Senator Bernie Sanders has significantly shifted his stance on the issue to favor more gun control in order to compete.

TN: Campus Carry Becomes Law Without Haslam Signature
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A bill allowing staff and faculty at Tennessee's public colleges and universities to be armed on campus became law Monday without the Republican governor's signature. Gov. Bill Haslam said in a statement that he disagreed with the bill for not allowing institutions "to make their own decisions regarding security issues on campus." But the governor acknowledged that the final version of the measure had addressed concerns raised by college administrators during the legislative process by including provisions protecting schools from liability and a requirement to notify law enforcement about who is armed on campus.

VA: Former Police Officer Sentenced for Stealing Guns, Drugs, Money From Evidence Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A former Vermont police officer convicted of stealing guns, drugs and money from his department's evidence locker has been sentenced to serve prison time. Tyler Kinney, who served as a Colchester police officer, was sentenced to four years in federal prison and three years probation on Monday. He pleaded guilty to heroin distribution, firearms trafficking and theft back in May 2015.

CT: Bill Requiring Restraining Order Subjects to Surrender Guns Passes State Legislature Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are 2 comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A law aimed at taking guns away from domestic violence abusers has officially passed both houses of the state Legislature, and Gov. Dan Malloy has already committed to singing it into law once it hits his desk in the coming days.

MD: Sheriff Ron Bateman Checked in Hunted Turkey After Guns Were Confiscated
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Anne Arundel County Sheriff Ron Bateman checked in a hunted turkey with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources on April 21, a spokeswoman confirmed Monday. This came about a week and a half after county police confiscated a number of guns from Bateman's home following his April 10 arrest in a domestic dispute with his wife, as required by police protocol. Bateman was charged with second-degree assault in the incident.

NYC Art Activists Tackle Guns & the Guggenheim: Last Week in Art Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A lot went down this week in the weird and wild world of Art. Some things were more scandalous than others, some were just plain wackybut all of them are worth knowing about. Without further ado.

CA: Lt. Gov. Newsom, Lawmakers on Collision Course Over Gun Control
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Californias Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Democratic lawmakers appear to be on a collision course over a new round of gun control measures. Newsom, claiming lawmakers are dragging their feet, is collecting thousands of signatures in pursuit of a gun initiative ballot measure in November. But lawmakers say theyre planning to address these issues via legislation, and the initiative could hurt what theyre doing.

'Gunning Of America' Traces Role Of New Haven's Winchester Gun Makers
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The legend of Sarah Winchester, the troubled heiress to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company of New Haven, intrigued Pamela Haag. She learned of this mysterious tale while earning her doctorate in history from Yale in 1995. Sarah was the daughter-in-law of Oliver Winchester, a shirt manufacturer who transitioned into making firearms, building an immense factory in New Haven in 1866. She would remain a major stockholder in the company until 1921, when it passed out of family hands.

Did Schumer Just Explain a Great Concern About Smart Guns? Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Yesterday, while masked protesters were preparing for trouble in Seattle, New York Sen. Charles Schumer was in the Big Apple complaining about billboards that allegedly track shoppers cell phone data, inadvertently touching in an issue that at least some gun owners fear may be part of the push for so-called smart guns.

Join NRA's Wayne LaPierre for Town Hall on Newsmax TV
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There has "never been a more important election" than the 2016 presidential battle, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre says in a special town hall meeting airing on Newsmax TV Monday night. LaPierre is taking to the airwaves to encourage Americans to vote and protect their Second Amendment rights as President Obama moves aggressively with Executive Orders and actions to limit gun freedom.

CA: The Gun Problem at Miramar College
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A part-time professor at Miramar College is suing the school for retaliating against him after he complained that several guns used for police training courses were unregistered, not stored properly, and in some cases turned up missing. Adjunct professor Jim Soeten, who taught courses in the Administration of Justice Department since 2002, says problems began in October 2014 when his colleague Jordan Omens brought a loaded gun to a faculty meeting.

MS: Stokes Wants Gun Discharges in City to Bring Increased Jail Time, Larger Fines
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Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes will introduce an ordinance to make discharging a weapon within the city limits punishable by jail time and mandatory fines tomorrow during the regular meeting of the Jackson City Council.
The ordinance is an adjustment to the current city code that currently makes discharging a firearm in the city a misdemeanor. The Jackson Free Press reported two weeks ago that Jackson Police Department Chief Lee Vance is frustrated that Mississippi law prohibits his officers from charging people who discharge firearms into the air inside the city limits with a felony.

Michael Bloomberg Booed at University of Michigan for Saying Safe Spaces Are Dangerous
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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg assailed safe-space culture during his address to the University of Michigan's graduating class on Saturday. "The fact that some university boards and administrations now bow to pressure and shield students from these ideas through safe spaces, code words and trigger warnings is, in my view, a terrible mistake," said Bloomberg. "The whole purpose of college is to learn how to deal with difficult situations -- not run away from them. A microaggression is exactly that: micro. And one of the most dangerous places on a college campus is a safe space, because it creates the false impression that we can insulate ourselves from those who hold different views.

Rifleman Q&A: Patchwork S&W Victory Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Q: Can you identify the revolver in the enclosed photos? I believe it is made on the Smith & Wesson N frame. It must be pre-1958 since it does not have a model number. The barrel is 2ź" long. I believe that the nickel plating is factory-applied. Any information you can provide is greatly appreciated.