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WV: Campus Self-Defense Act to take effect July 1
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On July 1, Senate Bill 10, the W.Va. Campus Self-Defense Act, will take effect in West Virginia. Passed by the West Virginia Legislature in 2023, the Campus Self-Defense Act allows a person to carry a concealed pistol or revolver on the grounds of an institution of higher education, with some exceptions, if that person has a current and valid license to carry a concealed deadly weapon.
The West Virginia University Campus Safety Steering Group has been working for many months in coordination with several sub-groups, including one focused solely on what is commonly known as campus carry, on how the law will be implemented across the WVU System. |
CA: Steven Markoff, Author on the Second Amendment and Entrepreneur, Backs California’s Fairground Firearm Ban
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As reported by the Los Angeles Times, this decision in coming has been contentious. Judge Richard R. Clifton wrote for a unanimous three-judge panel, dismissing claims by firearm sellers and gun advocacy groups that the laws violated their First and Second Amendment rights. Markoff's view is that the Constitution, despite a 2008 Supreme Court decision to the contrary (District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570), should not cover an individual right to arms generally or in the home and that belief, before and after the Heller decision is a widely believed misconception. |
CA: CRPA Files for Re-Hearing In Gun Show Ban Case
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Courts across the country continue slithering their way around the Bruen standard. One of the most incredulous examples was the ruling passed down a couple weeks back in B&L Productions v. Newsom, CRPA’s case challenging California’s ban on gun shows on state property. Tuesday, CRPA filed a motion to have the case re-heard en banc.
Because our case asserts that the ban violates both the First and Second Amendments, the ruling upholding the ban was doubly perplexing- especially considering our multiple wins already in this matter. |
SCOTUS Gives Trump's Anti-Gun-Rights Record an Inconvenient Election-Year Bump
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On June 14, the US Supreme Court overturned former US president Donald Trump’s 2018 “bump stock ban.”
Like many SCOTUS rulings, this outcome turned on neither the plain text and meaning of the US Constitution (under which the ban was clearly illegal) nor common sense (under which the ban was clearly idiotic — everyday objects as mundane as belt loops and rubber bands can be used as “bump stocks”).
Instead, the court ruled (in the negative) on the question of whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has the power to magically change the definition of the term “machine gun” on the whim of the president. |
MI: Gun safety laws help to reduce gun violence, advocates say
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Last week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer created a Gun Violence Prevention Task Force with the goal of decreasing gun-related incidents in Michigan. But what are the limitations groups like this face when it comes to gun violence?
Just this month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling prohibiting the ban on bump stocks, attachments that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire bullets at rates similar to fully automatic machine guns. It’s the latest example of how the court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment can have a chilling effect on state and local governments. |
FL: ‘We will not comply’ DeSantis says of U.S. surgeon general’s advisory on gun violence
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“During COVID, unelected bureaucrats used ‘public health’ as a pretext to deprive citizens of their rights — and I signed legislation to protect Floridians from government overreach,” the governor posted on X on Wednesday afternoon. “Now, Biden’s Surgeon General is attempting to violate the Second Amendment through the ‘public health’ bureaucracy. “
“We will not comply,” DeSantis added. “Florida will always reject the Biden Administration’s unconstitutional power-grabs.” |
The Supreme Court Hasn’t Actually Fixed the Mess Clarence Thomas Created on Guns
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With an 8–1 majority, it upholds a federal statute that makes it a crime for a person to possess a gun when he is the subject of a domestic protection-from-abuse order, but it does not give up on the Bruen test. Instead, the opinion concludes that founding-era laws that restrained individuals who posed a credible threat to another person are an adequate historical analog for the law that Rahimi challenged. This is a bit of a logical leap, given the narrow way that Thomas explained the test in Bruen, but an immense relief for those Americans who believe that domestic abusers should not have guns.
But no one should be too relieved, because in refusing to cast aside Bruen’s framework, the court does not fix the mess that Bruen has created. |
CNN Should Question Biden’s Gun Ban Agenda During Debate
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One day after Biden administration Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy used his bully pulpit to push gun control as a “public health” issue, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is calling on CNN to question President Joe Biden about his gun ban agenda during Thursday’s presidential debate.
“Since Joe Biden first acknowledged during a CNN Townhall appearance in July 2021 that he wants to ban the sale of the most popular rifles in America and commonly-owned 9mm pistols,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “it would be appropriate for CNN debate moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash to quiz the president about his gun prohibition agenda.” |
IL: FPC Files Brief In Cook County, Illinois, AWB Lawsuit
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As the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals prepares to hear the case Viramontes v. Cook County, the Firearms Policy Coalition has filed a court brief detailing why the ban on so-called “assault weapons” runs afoul of the Second Amendment and is, therefore, unconstitutional.
The brief, filed on Tuesday, is direct and to the point, presenting a convincing argument.
“The question presented by this case is whether the Second Amendment permits the government to ban the best-selling rifle in America and similar semiautomatic firearms,” the FPC brief states. |
RI: Pawtucket liquor store owner acquitted of assault on customer
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A Superior Court judge on Wednesday cleared the owner of a Pawtucket liquor store of assault, finding that he acted in self-defense after a customer reached toward his waistband.
Judge Daniel A. Procaccini found Hector Lopez, 50, owner of Dexter Warehouse Liquor Store, not guilty of felony assault and disorderly conduct charges after a bench trial. The judge concluded that the state failed to prove that Lopez had not acted in self-defense, as required to convict someone after self-defense arguments are raised. |
WA: No charges for suspected shooter in Renton homicide, ‘self-defense’ cited
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Court documents show that King County prosecutors are not planning to file charges against the suspect accused of shooting and killing a man in a Renton parking lot last month, citing self-defense.
Renton Police were called to the El Muchacho Alegre restaurant on May 18 in response to a shooting incident.
Upon arrival, officers discovered the victim, Elmer Salazar-Rojas, in his vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds. Unfortunately, Salazar-Rojas died of his injuries at the scene. |
FL: Gov. DeSantis Signs Bill Allowing Floridians to Shoot Bears in Self Defense
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 87 (HB 87) into law on June 21, 2024. The bill, which allows Floridians to protect their homes, pets and their persons from aggressive black bears, was passed by a whopping 83-28 vote in the House, and would have gone into law on June 22nd regardless. While Floridians always had the right to claim self-defense when shooting an attacking bear, the bill give citizens back the undisputed right to do so without first alerting the Florida Wildlife Commission (FWC). |
Clarence Thomas and John Roberts are at a fork in the road
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Two years ago, when the Supreme Court decided New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, it created a jurisprudential mess that scrambled American gun laws. On Friday not only did the cleanup begin, but the Supreme Court also cleared the way for one of the most promising legal innovations for preventing gun violence: red flag laws.
The Bruen ruling did two things. First, it rendered a sensible and, in my view, correct decision that the “right of the people to keep and bear arms,” as articulated in the Second Amendment, includes a right to bear arms outside the home for self-defense. But the right isn’t unlimited. |
WY: Man Fatally Shoots Neighbor’s Son in Self-Defense Incident
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The Laramie County District Attorney announced Monday that there will be no prosecution of a man who fatally shot his downstairs neighbor’s son in an incident deemed to be self-defense. The shooting occurred on the night of March 30 in the 1700 block of Oxford Drive, Cheyenne.
According to the DA Sylvia Hackl, the incident unfolded after the upstairs neighbor heard a woman screaming from the apartment below. Acting out of concern, he armed himself with a handgun and instructed his wife to call 911 before going downstairs. |
LA: 3 Big 2A Wins In Louisiana
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While lawmakers in states like California, New Jersey and Colorado push an onslaught of anti-gun measures each session, legislators in other states are working hard to pass laws that enhance the right of their citizens to keep and bear arms. An excellent example of that is Louisiana, where lawmakers passed and Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed three such bills over the past few weeks. |
IN: Unexpected Intruder: Family Member Shot During Indianapolis Home Invasion
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At 4 a.m. on Sunday, Darrell Gibbs woke to gunfire outside his home on Denison Street, Indianapolis. Three masked men tried to break in by kicking his back door, but it held long enough to delay them.
His son engaged in a gunfire exchange with the intruders, wounding one.
Gibbs found the wounded man in the backyard, who turned out to be his nephew’s son, Matthew Kinniard II. Kinniard, 24, couldn’t feel his legs and asked Gibbs to call his relatives and 911. |
Justice Department urges Supreme Court to decide if felons can be barred from having a gun
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Now that the Supreme Court has offered some clarification on testing the constitutionality of a gun restriction, the Justice Department wants the high court to decide if people convicted of both violent and non-violent felonies can be barred from having a firearm.
The government told the high court this week their intervention is needed because a disagreement among lower courts has had “widespread and disruptive effects” that are threatening public safety. |
Supreme Court Upholds Domestic Violence Gun Ban: Implications for the Second Amendment and Survivors of Domestic Violence
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In United States v. Rahimi, the U.S. Supreme Court in an 8-1 decision upheld a federal statute prohibiting individuals subject to domestic violence protective orders (DVPOs) from possessing firearms. The case had significant implications for gun safety regulations and the protection of domestic violence survivors who we know are at greater risk of injury and death from armed abusers.
“This decision is a crucial first step in continuing to safeguard the lives of domestic violence survivors and public health at-large. It reaffirms policymakers’ ability to impose necessary restrictions on gun possession for those who pose a danger,” says Kelly Roskam, JD, Law and Policy Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. |
Gun Control After Rahimi
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The Supreme Court recently decided United States v. Rahimi, June 21, 2024 (herein Rahimi).
This case has “fine-tuned” the precedent of New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. Inc. v. Bruen, 2022 (herein Bruen), which took a decidedly originalist approach to the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. Bruen was confused regarding a legislator’s ability to regulate the possession and use of guns. |
TN: GOP AG warns credit card companies to comply with new state law banning tracking of gun purchases
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But Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti says recent discussions with American Express Inc., Mastercard Inc. and Visa Inc. "have raised concerns that [those] institutions may not be taking appropriate measures to comply with the act."
"The credit card companies have known this is coming and need to be prepared to comply with Tennessee’s new Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act the day it goes into effect," said Skrmetti. "If they are not able to do that, I will not hesitate to enforce the law duly enacted by the elected representatives of the people of Tennessee." |
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