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MI: 'My heart is heavy for Detroit': City Rallies Against Gun Violence
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Backed by a brigade of orange-clad supporters and activists, Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Mary Sheffield led a rally against gun violence on Friday morning, sparking it off with cries of “We’re fired up! We’re fed up!”
The rally started at the Spirit of Detroit statue outside City Hall and lasted more than an hour. It featured a performance from the Detroit Youth Choir, which covered the Black Eyed Peas’ “Where is the Love?” and appearances from a range of faith leaders, gun safety advocates, and law enforcement representatives.
The rally, Sheffield told the audience of perhaps 40, was meant both to commemorate the national kickoff of Gun Violence Awareness Month and to recognize Detroit’s own struggle with firearms.
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TX: Gun Rights Supporters Rally at City Hall
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Demonstrators gathered across the country Saturday to show their support for the second amendment including at Austin City Hall. Organizers called the event "June 2nd for the Second Amendment" and invited those who have the proper documentation to bear arms in a peaceful demonstration. Police were on scene to monitor the event and ensure violence did not break out. |
American Values Prove Stubbornly Resistant to Gun Control Opportunism
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Social justice busybodies obsessed with how other people live their lives often portray the success of their causes as a matter of destiny. “The young people will win,” insists one youthful gun control advocate, falsely portraying his personal crusade as a generational mandate. Yet recent events have demonstrated that bedrock American values – including support for the Second Amendment – tend to outlast moments of high emotion that are increasingly relied upon by political opportunists to advance their agenda. |
CA: Call for Cow Palace Gun Show Ban Getting Louder
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In an effort to take a stand against gun violence, San Mateo County officials will consider Tuesday adding their voices in support of a state Senate bill aimed at banning gun shows at the Cow Palace in Daly City. Introduced by state Sen. Scott Wiener in May, Senate Bill 221 will ban sales of guns and ammunition at the Cow Palace after a vendor contract expires in 2020. The bill also includes an exemption for gun buyback programs organized by law enforcement. Because the Daly City facility is owned by the California Department of Agriculture’s Division of Fairs and Expositions, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors cannot restrict gun shows there, according to a staff report.
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OH: Sycamore School Employees Undergo Active Shooter Training
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A lesson at Blue Ash Elementary is something school employees hope they never have to use. Police put Sycamore school employees through active shooter training Friday. The ALICE program stands for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate. It focuses on the actions you can take to survive or escape a shooting or violent attack. This session focused on the role custodial staff can play in an emergency.
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“Don’t Buy Expensive Defense Guns?” Revisited
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Recently, Sheriff Jim Wilson posted his thoughts regarding the practice of purchasing and carrying “pricey” firearms for personal defense, and I’d like to offer my perspective to the conversation. In particular, I’d like to address the pervasive sentiment—on anonymous Internet forums, at least—that it is foolish to buy or use expensive firearms because it may need to be used in a defensive shooting, and would subsequently be held as evidence by the police. |
Despite Renewed Calls, Funding for Research on Gun Violence Continues to Stall
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The names of the schools, churches, nightclubs and cities have become synonymous with some of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings. Columbine, Sandy Hook and Parkland; Sutherland Springs and AME Baptist Church; and Pulse and Vegas. In the aftermath of each massacre, a familiar pattern takes hold: thoughts and prayers are offered, the candles at vigils burn out, and politicians promise action, with some making changes at the state level or proposing a new set of safety guidelines to help protect students from other students. |
Hunters and Gun Owners Must Speak out For Common Sense
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These days it’s impossible for an American citizen fortunate enough to have been born with a functioning mind not to worry about guns and the men who love them, and the innocent victims some of those gun-lovers kill. National Rifle Association spokesman Wayne LaPierre, who tends to blame school shootings on rap music, has accused the government, aided by the media, of attempting to discredit firearms enthusiasts by issuing propaganda worthy of the Nazis.
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FL: Gun Show Organizers Say Sales Remain Steady
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At the Florida Gun Show in Tampa, attendees browsed the guns, knives, and Tasers but this time around, a few things have changed. Now, you must be 21 to purchase a gun in Florida and in Hillsborough County, the waiting period on gun purchases is now five days, up from three. The show’s manager says it hasn’t hurt interest in firearms.
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MA: Gun Activists Protest Proposed ‘Red Flag’ Legislation
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It was a showdown at high noon outside the State House yesterday as gun rights advocates faced off with counterprotesters. Army combat veteran Mark Sahady, 42, of Boston said he and other members of the Resist Marxism group want to make sure gun control bills before the Legislature are not arbitrary. “We know that there was March for Our Lives, so we just want to show that there’s people in Massachusetts that are interested in defending the Second Amendment and we want people to know that we’re here,” Sahady said.
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TN: Tennessee Man Shoots, Kills Would-be Burglars at His Home, Police Say
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A Tennessee man grabbed his gun and opened fire on two burglary suspects who broke into his home Friday night, killing both of them, police said.
The homeowner, who asked to not be named, told FOX13 he was walking into his home in Memphis when he encountered the two alleged burglars, identified as 28-year-old Azell Witherspoon and 17-year-old Demond Robinson. He was returning home from the barber shop and found the door pried open.
“[The suspect] picked up his weapon, turned around and points them at me…two pistols,” the homeowner recalled.
The suspects allegedly began shooting when the man’s friend ran outside. When the suspects dashed out of the house, the homeowner grabbed his gun and began firing.
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Washington CPLs Climbing Back as Cal. Gun Control Advances
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For the second straight month in Washington State, the number of active concealed pistol licenses has once again climbed, recovering from a four-month decline that began in December and sent some alarm bells through the firearms community.
This news comes as lawmakers in Sacramento just passed more restrictive gun control measures to ratchet down on the rights of California gun owners. |
FL: Man Shot in Self-defense After Threatening 2 People with Gun, Police Say
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A 29-year-old man was shot in self-defense and charged with aggravated assault Friday at a roofing company in Cape Coral, according to the police department. Police said Kevin Bruzos is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. He threatened two people with a gun at Campbell Roofing located at 911 SE 15th Ave., police said.
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IN: Moms Demand Action Urges Change Outside Vigo County Courthouse
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June first served as national gun violence awareness day. Even though it only lasted one day, a national group decided to make it into a full weekend event. Connie Miller was one of many concerned citizens standing outside the Vigo courthouse Saturday. She was raising awareness of gun violence in the U.S. An act that tragically took the life of her son, Shane Miller.
"He died March 26th 1991. It was during spring break he got shot in the back. And he died a few hours later," said Miller. |
NY: 'Youth Over Guns' Rally Paints Brooklyn Bridge Orange
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Thousands of gun-control advocates crossed the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday in the "Youth Over Guns" march to protest recent school shootings in Texas, Florida and in other states. Demonstrators called on legislators to stand up to gun violence and urged other young people to join their cause. |
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| Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. — Noah Webster in "An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution," 1787, in Paul Ford, ed., Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, at p. 56 (New York, 1888). |
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