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CA: Gun-Rights Group Sues California Over Non-Resident Carry Rights
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The [FPC] suit alleges that the state’s residency requirement for gun carry permit applicants, along with its refusal to recognize the validity of permits issued by other states, acts as an unconstitutional total ban on the right to bear arms for non-residents.
“Individuals like Plaintiffs do not lose protection of their rights under the First Amendment’s speech or religion clauses when they cross state lines,” the complaint in Hoffman v. Bonta reads. “Nor do they lose their protections under the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. They likewise do not surrender their Second Amendment protected rights when they travel outside their home state.” |
David Hogg Gets Lesson About Gun Control From Chinese Immigrant
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Gun-control advocate David Hogg got a crash course on the purpose of the Second Amendment from a Chinese immigrant in a video posted to social media Thursday.
Hogg, a gun control activist who came to prominence after the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was debating former Libertarian vice-presidential candidate Spike Cohen on Second Amendment issues at Dartmouth on Wednesday. Lily Tang Williams, who is running for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire, approached the microphone about an hour and a half into the two-hour event. |
CA: Ninth Circuit takes on challenge to California firearms ban in ‘sensitive places’
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Gun rights groups and concealed-carry permit holders filed two lawsuits against California, challenging most of the no gun zones set up by SB 2. In December, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney preliminarily blocked the challenged provisions of the new law, writing, "SB 2’s coverage is sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court... [it] turns nearly every public place in California into a 'sensitive place,' effectively abolishing the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding and exceptionally qualified citizens to be armed and to defend themselves in public." |
CA: Ninth Circuit Weighs Split Over ‘Sensitive Place’ Gun Bans
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A panel of Ninth Circuit judges appeared reluctant Thursday to create a circuit split over gun restrictions in California and Hawaii that ban guns in “sensitive places” following a decision that left part of a similar ban in place in New York.
“Why should we part company with the Second Circuit?” Judge Susan P. Graber said during the arguments. “In other words, why wouldn’t we predict that our court would not choose to come to come to a different conclusion and create a circuit split?”
The judges are grappling with an unsettled area of Second Amendment law in the wake ...
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WY: Wyoming State Building Commission looking into ending some 'gun-free zones'
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Wyoming’s State Building Commission is drafting rules to allow people to carry firearms in state-owned buildings and facilities.
The consideration comes after Gov. Mark Gordon outlined the plan in his March 22 veto letter to Secretary of State Chuck Gray regarding House Bill 125, which would have repealed gun free zones and preemption amendments.
Ed.: Hopefully Wyoming's next governor will actually be pro-2A. |
ME: Maine Red-Flag Bill Advanced For Floor Vote
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A legislative committee in Maine has approved the restrictive “red-flag” measure, sending the bill to both the House and Senate floors for an upcoming vote.
Despite testimony by many against the measure, including an impassioned plea to kill the bill by the sister of a victim of last fall’s mass murder in Lewiston, the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee on Tuesday passed LD 2283 on a 6-to-5 vote, with three members absent. |
Biden Administration Announces New Gun Control Measures - Republicans Slam as 'Unconstitutional'
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While the White House and other gun rights opponents often portray gun shows as forums in which people can simply walk in and buy whatever they want anonymously, that is not the case.
Some gun sellers at these shows are selling firearms that they purchased wholesale with the intent to sell them to new customers.
Those sellers are required to obtain and maintain FFLs.
The people being targeted by Garland’s new directive are largely private individuals engaging in private transactions with used guns.
Private transfers of firearms among individuals are not illegal. However, there are some restrictions on how those transfers must be conducted in some states, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives notes. |
NY: FDNY EMTs to get body armor, regular self-defense training under NYC Council bills
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EMTs working for the FDNY must receive body armor and regular self-defense training courses thanks to a pair of bills passed by the City Council on Thursday.
The legislation, which now heads to Mayor Eric Adams’ desk for his signature, comes amid an uptick in attacks on EMTs in the city in recent years. In 2022, there were 363 attacks on emergency medical service workers, a fourfold surge compared to 2018, according to the most recent FDNY data. |
AL: Colbert Co. man accused of killing Sheffield man found not guilty of murder
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A Colbert County man accused of killing a Sheffield man was found not guilty after claiming self defense in court.
Andre Horrison was accused of killing K’Vion Lamont Ruffin in a shooting in April 2022. He turned himself into the Colbert County Jail days later.
Horrison’s lawyers claimed self-defense in court on Wednesday, claiming Ruffin appeared to reach for a gun before he was shot. Investigators on the case said Horrison did admit to the murder.
The defense team, lead by Tony Hughes, also claimed too much evidence was missing to charge Horrison with murder. |
Citing Constitutional Concerns, Yost Urges DOJ to Scrap ‘Red Flag’ Gun-Confiscation Program
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 18 other state attorneys general are opposing a new federal program that promotes aggressive enforcement of “red flag” gun-confiscation laws.
Yost and his counterparts argue in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland that the National Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Resource Center, launched in March by the Department of Justice, undermines the Second Amendment and other fundamental rights in a flawed attempt to reduce gun violence.
“The solution to gun violence is not more bureaucracy, and it is certainly not parting otherwise law-abiding men and women from their right to self-defense,” Yost said.
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TN: 'This will backfire:' Self-defense instructor warns about teachers carrying guns
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"So here you are in a classroom they’re going to get 40 hours of enhanced concealed carry," Michael ‘Moose’ Moore said. “It’s a joke. They’re going to get eight hours of that in firearms training. I did it for 10 years, and I was learning all the time."
The Vigilance Group's Moose Moore is a retired fighter pilot and Air Marshal. Now, he teaches self-defense classes at places like schools and churches. He thinks the bill is bogus. |
AK: Biden dismantles Second Amendment with ‘rule’ based on an anti-gun bill Murkowski voted for
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Firearm dealers will be required by the Biden Administration to run background checks on buyers who purchase firearms from gun shows or other places that are not actual stores. The rule also applies to online sales and even between private persons.
The Biden Administration says it has the authority to expand this curtailment of constitutional rights because of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which was supported and voted for by Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Sen. Dan Sullivan voted against it. |
Canada: Circle K customers raise $12k for employee facing 14 years after self-defense in “brutal robbery”
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Kalia is now facing 14 years in prison, as Handel was induced into a coma and lost both his taste and smell.
However, Circle K customers want justice for Kalia. In support of the store clerk, many people donated to his GoFundMe, resulting in over $12,000 raised.
But, Kalia now has to give the money back to those who donated, as GoFundMe emailed him saying his campaign “violated” their terms of service.
Customers who donated to Kalia, who claimed self-defense in the robbery, have since responded to their refund from GoFundMe with confusion.
“I saw your article on the weekend and made a donation, but today the entire page has been taken down and monies refunded. Any idea what happened?” one supporter wrote to the Toronto Sun. |
WY: Governor Gordon Directs State Construction Department to Draft Rules Protecting Second Amendment Rights in State Facilities
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This week Governor Mark Gordon followed through on his promise to take action on concealed carry rules for state executive branch facilities and begin a transparent, thoughtful, and thorough approach to repealing gun-free zones.
Acting at the direction of the Governor, the State Building Commission (SBC), at its April 10 meeting, began the process for the State Construction Department to draft rules allowing for the public and state employees to exercise their Second Amendment and concealed carry rights in state-owned buildings and facilities that are operated by the executive branch. The State Construction Department serves as the Secretary for the SBC. |
Kamala Harris Announces Gun Sales Crackdown
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The Biden administration has pushed for universal background checks throughout his time in office.
As it stands, gun stores are required by law to conduct a background check for every gun sale. But dealers who sell weapons elsewhere, like through social media or via gun shows, have been able to sell guns without checking the details of those who purchase them.
Ed.: No, FFLs are, and have been, required to run background checks regardless of where or how they sell their guns. This new rule makes it a crime for a private person to sell even a single gun without becoming an FFL and conducting a background check.
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TN: Senate GOP advances amendments protecting right to bear arms in TN
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Senate Republicans are proceeding with two proposals from Senator John Stevens (R-Huntington) to amend the Tennessee Constitution to strengthen Tennesseans’ Second Amendment rights.
Senate Joint Resolution 904 advanced to protect citizens’ right to bear arms in the Tennessee Constitution and limit the legislature’s ability to pass restrictive gun laws. The measure proposes to replace the current constitutional provision that authorizes the legislature to “regulate the wearing of arms with a view to prevent crime” and instead state that “citizens have a right to keep, bear and wear arms.” |
AR: Arkansas lawmakers react to proposed ‘gun show loophole’ closure
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After the Department of Justice announced a plan Thursday to close the so-called gun show loophole, Arkansas lawmakers reacted.
The proposal would tighten the requirements on those who sell guns. If anyone sells guns for profit, they must have a federal firearms license under the proposed rule. Those who have an FFL are required to do background checks on all buyers. |
ATF Casts Shadow Over Used Gun Sales
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President Joe Biden’s newest executive action on guns was finalized this week. The ATF submitted its rule on who needs to get a license to sell used guns. The standard seems likely to confuse many people and cause them to doubt whether they can legally sell their guns. The Biden administration celebrated it as a huge change and a promise kept as he heads into his re-election campaign.
But, as I explain in a members piece, the new rule repeats a lot of positions the ATF has held for a long time.
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IA: Iowans could buy 'Don't Tread on Me' license plates to fund NRA under House-passed bill
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The money from the fees would go to the Department of Public Safety, which would distribute it as grants to nonprofits to provide training on "the right to keep and bear arms." The department would have to give first preference for the grants to the National Rifle Association "and similar nonprofit organizations."
Democrats proposed a number of amendments that would instead send the money raised to other organizations and causes, including LGBTQ advocacy groups, the NAACP, funds to buy school supplies for public school classrooms, Area Education Agency support services, lung cancer awareness, mental health services, organized labor, and to pay down school lunch debt for low-income families. |
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