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MI: Prosecutor holds off on charges in deadly Portage stabbing amid self-defense questions
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Kalamazoo County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Getting is holding off on filing charges against a Portage homeowner who police say stabbed a man to death who was trying to break into his car.
The homeowner, who was held at the Kalamazoo County Jail on an open murder charge, is being released while Portage Public Safety continues investigating, according to Getting.
Getting tells News Channel 3 his office is declining to make an immediate charging decision as investigators review whether the stabbing was legally justified as self-defense. |
Bruen’s Footnote 9 Not a Carve-Out from Text and History
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It then inserted footnote 9 to that statement, explaining that “nothing in our analysis should be interpreted to suggest the unconstitutionality of the 43 States’ ‘shall-issue’ licensing regimes, under which “a general desire for self-defense is sufficient to obtain a [permit].” However, the Court warned that “because any permitting scheme can be put toward abusive ends, we do not rule out constitutional challenges to shall-issue regimes where, for example, lengthy wait times in processing license applications or exorbitant fees deny ordinary citizens their right to public carry.” |
Bear shooting in Granby renews debate over Connecticut regulations
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A Granby man has been charged with killing a black bear that he says was going after his chickens, reigniting a debate in Connecticut over bear encounters and what homeowners should be allowed to do to protect livestock and property.
The man said the bear had a history of going after his livestock and had become more aggressive. He was charged with the illegal harvesting of a bear under a law passed in 2023.
People who live in Granby said they have watched the bear population grow, and conflicts with humans increase. The state also noted an increase in human-bear conflicts in its State of the Bears report this year, with unsecured trash and bird feeders among the factors driving encounters. Backyard chickens remain another concern. |
SAF Urges Supreme Court To Reject Lifetime Gun Bans For Nonviolent Felons
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) joined the National Rifle Association in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Johnson v. United States, urging the Court to review the Tenth Circuit’s decision upholding a lifetime federal firearms ban for nonviolent felons.
Joseph Frederick Johnson is challenging 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) as applied to a peaceable person. The Tenth Circuit treated Heller’s reference to “presumptively lawful” felon prohibitions as conclusive and foreclosed an as-applied challenge. The brief argues that Bruen and Rahimi require every arms regulation – including those Heller called “presumptively lawful” – to be justified by historical tradition. |
NRA Files Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Hear Challenge to Ban on Firearms Possession by Nonviolent Felons
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Today, the National Rifle Association, joined by the Firearms Policy Coalition and Second Amendment Foundation, filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to the federal lifetime prohibition on firearms possession by nonviolent felons.
A firearm regulation is unconstitutional under the Supreme Court's Second Amendment test unless the government proves that it is consistent with America's historical tradition of firearm regulation. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, however, has never applied the Supreme Court's test to the federal prohibition on firearm possession by felons and precludes any challenge to the law—regardless of the nature of the offense or how long ago it occurred. |
FL: Byron Donalds faces FAMU students over gun safety
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“As governor, would you support legislation that allows firearms on Florida’s colleges and universities, campuses, and what is your overall strategy for student safety?” asked a student.
Donalds who used to attend the university, said campus safety is best achieved through law enforcement and security measures.
“You’re told a 19-year-old in our state that you can go to jail as an adult, you can go to war in our military, but in Florida you’re not allowed to buy a rifle or a shotgun. That’s the law in Florida today. I voted against that because the Second Amendment is non-negotiable.”
The event was led by FAMU students and at times turned tense, so much so that the fire alarm even went off. |
Gun Rights Groups Ask Supreme Court to End Lifetime Gun Bans for Nonviolent Felons
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Joseph Frederick Johnson has never been convicted of a violent offense. According to Firearms Policy Coalition, his sole predicate conviction is a 2015 state marijuana-cultivation offense. Yet federal law permanently bars him from possessing firearms or ammunition.
Now the National Rifle Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, and Second Amendment Foundation are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his challenge, and confront whether a nonviolent conviction can justify stripping a peaceable American of his Second Amendment rights for life. |
Why women victimized by domestic violence are unable to exercise Second Amendment rights
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What is particularly perplexing about the emphasis that Addimando should have left her apartment to escape abuse is that this conflicts directly with the longstanding Castle Doctrine defense, which allows someone to use lethal force when faced with a criminal threat inside their home without first attempting to flee. Second Amendment rights advocates have frequently used the historical Castle Doctrine or the more contemporary Stand Your Ground principle to champion the argument that an individual should be allowed to defend themselves with lethal force if they are legally in a location and have reasonable fear for their safety. |
CO: FPC Files New Lawsuit Against Colorado, City Of Denver Over Nonresident Carry Restrictions
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According to an FPC news release announcing the court action, Colorado generally limits its concealed handgun permits to state residents and recognizes out-of-state permits only when the holder is a resident of a state that recognizes Colorado permits. And while Colorado generally allows open carry, Denver prohibits it. Together, those laws leave otherwise qualified residents of states without Colorado reciprocity unable to carry, either openly or concealed, while in Denver. |
CT: Connecticut Handgun Ban Blocked as Federal Judge Rules It's Likely Unconstitutional
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NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, welcomes the decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut to grant a preliminary injunction preventing Connecticut from enforcing a recently-enacted law that would ban the most popular handguns that are commonly used for self-defense. NSSF filed a challenge to the law and immediately asked the Court for a preliminary injunction, or in the alternative, a temporary restraining order, in NSSF v. Griffin.
“Today’s decision by the Court recognizes there are serious constitutional questions with the law Governor Ned Lamont wants to enforce to deny Second Amendment rights to citizens of his state,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President & General Counsel. |
Second Amendment Foundation Wants To Protect Firearms Advertising
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is out there in the trenches every day, scrapping with the anti-firearm lobbyists in court. One of their latest battlegrounds is Daniel Defense v. Lowy in the U.S. Supreme Court, where the SAF says that firearms advertising should be free to use martial and tactical themes.
Over the past few years, marketing has been one of the flashpoints of legal battles in the firearms world. In 2022, Bushmaster’s militaristic advertising was one of the sticking points in the Sandy Hook lawsuits that saw Remington forced to pay $73M in a lawsuit. |
FL: DCPS opens up 2nd Amendment debate over guns in school parking lots
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The Duval School Board took up a Second Amendment debate during a workshop meeting Thursday, as it considers whether to allow parents, teachers, and school staff to have guns in their cars while parked on school campuses.
Under current district policy, you could be charged with a misdemeanor if you have a gun in your car in the parking lot of any school campus.
And some board members like Anthony Ricardo (District 1) said they feel like that policy has stripped away parents’ and teachers’ right to self-defense.
“It’s a constitutional right that we’re trampling on with our policy,” said Ricardo. |
CA: DOJ Expands San Jose Lawsuit to Challenge Mandatory Gun Insurance
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The Justice Department has expanded its lawsuit against San Jose to challenge the city’s mandatory gun-owner liability insurance, asking a federal court to reconsider the reasoning that previously upheld the requirement.
The September 29 first amended complaint adds an express attack on the insurance mandate to DOJ’s challenge against San Jose’s $1,591 concealed-carry application fee and mandatory psychological testing. The federal government argues that enforcing these restrictions constitutes a pattern or practice of violating Americans’ Second Amendment rights. |
Trump DOJ Confirms It Will Not Appeal Historic Ruling Ending Red Tape For Gun Suppressors
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) formally notified Congress Thursday that it will not appeal a ruling that ended paperwork and registration requirements for suppressors.
United States District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas, a Trump appointee, handed down a ruling striking down the National Firearms Act requirements on Aug. 5 on the grounds that reducing the transfer tax to $0 rendered the registration and processing requirements of the NFA unconstitutional. In a Thursday letter to Congress, Solicitor General D. John Sauer told lawmakers the DOJ would let the ruling stand. |
CA: DOJ Turns Up Heat On California After Judge Blocks Glock Ban
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Attorneys with the Justice Department filed a notice Wednesday with a federal judge in California citing a ruling that blocked a Glock ban in Connecticut.
The DOJ filed suit in federal court to invalidate California’s “Unsafe Handgun Act” and Glock ban in July after Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta refused to discuss a possible settlement with Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, arguing the measures violated the state’s residents’ Second Amendment rights. After a federal judge in Connecticut placed a similar ban on Glocks on ice, attorneys with the Civil Rights Division’s Second Amendment Section updated United States District Judge Monica Ramirez Almadani, ... , about the situation. |
NM: NM’s 7-day gun wait takes another major court hit — but it isn’t dead yet
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New Mexico’s controversial seven-day waiting period for firearm purchases has suffered another major legal defeat, and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Attorney General Raúl Torrez are now appealing — extending a constitutional fight that has followed the law almost from the day it took effect.
The important wrinkle: despite the federal court ruling against the law, most New Mexicans are still subject to the seven-day waiting period for now. |
Can A Nonviolent Crime Cost You Your Gun Rights Forever? Gun Advocates Take Fight To Supreme Court
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Two major gun rights organizations have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a legal challenge against a federal law that bars anyone convicted of a felony from ever owning a firearm again, even if their crime involved no violence.
The Second Amendment Foundation teamed up with the National Rifle Association to file a friend-of-the-court brief in Johnson v. United States. The petition asks the high court to review a ruling from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the lifetime federal firearm ban against Joseph Frederick Johnson. |
Gun Rights Groups Want Supreme Court To Shoot Down Suit Against AR-15 Manufacturer Over Ads
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“That theory mistakes a centuries-old form of firearms advertising for a causal connection to a particular crime,” the groups said in the brief. “Military themes have long accompanied civilian firearms commerce appropriately so, since the Second Amendment itself declares the necessity of the militia.”
“The exercise of the right to keep and bear arms has always had a synergistic relationship with military use of arms,” the groups continued. “In the colonial and Founding eras, militiamen had to provide their own arms, suitable for military use.” |
Federal Judge Blocks Connecticut’s Glock Ban Before It Takes Effect
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The state offered two historical analogues: Founding-era “proving” and inspection laws (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts) and the tradition of restricting machine guns. Dooley rejected that combination on this record. Proving laws were meant to ensure a gun was safe before sale, not to block later criminal conversion. Unconverted cruciform-trigger handguns are popular self-defense arms. Machine gun conversion devices (MCDs) and already-converted guns are already illegal. The court also noted the state’s inability to explain why a gun made September 30 needs no extra regulation, but the same gun made October 1 is too dangerous to sell. |
Women Are Better Armed Than Ever
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At least as far back as the 16th century, the powers that be fretted that firearms grant those of lesser physical strength and lacking martial training the ability to defend themselves—even against the state's professional enforcers. Women have particularly benefited from weapons that work independent of muscle mass. Despite that equalizing power, gun ownership long remained a largely masculine pursuit for cultural reasons that might be worthy of research. But women have been catching up. These days, the ranks of new gun owners break down almost evenly between the sexes. |
FL: Fort Lauderdale- Armed Renter Stops Two Armed Burglars
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At around six in the evening, an hour before sunset, two armed men broke into a Fort Lauderdale home. The home was rented as a bed and breakfast.
How does that news story apply to us? Suppose you keep your self-defense firearm in your bedroom. If you're in the back of your home and you hear your front door being broken down, then you start your home defense with a fistfight.
That isn't how we practice. |
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