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The APX: Beretta's 21st Century Service Sidearm
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Beretta’s venerable M9 pistol—a version of its still-popular Model 92 FS—served the United States military with distinction for roughly three decades. It thrived in the varied climates and rigorous conditions demanded by the Global War on Terror, evolved when needed and, to the dismay of many, brought 9 mm cartridges to our front lines instead of .45 ACP.
When the Army began searching for a replacement for its aging fleet of M9s, Beretta offered a several clever solutions, but ultimately submitted a version for consideration as part of the new Modular Handgun System. |
CA: 8 Problems With San Jose’s Gun Insurance Mandate and Gun Ownership Tax
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Beginning later this year, San Jose’s lawful gun owners will be required to maintain “a homeowner’s, renter’s, or gun liability insurance policy … specifically covering losses or damages resulting from any negligent or accidental use” of their firearms.
Gun owners also must pay an annual “Gun Harm Reduction Fee”—an as-yet undetermined amount that officials suggest will be roughly $25 a year.
City officials claim these are necessary steps that will save lives by incentivizing responsible gun ownership practices while making gun owners foot the bill for the financial costs of gun violence. |
Constitutional Carry and Letting Our Neighbors Go Armed
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It is more dangerous when honest men and women face criminals barehanded, and safer when the good guys are armed. That isn’t hard to understand. It is easy to calculate the additional lives we’d save each year if a state allows honest people to carry guns in public. I can explain it in a minute. I will, but the real mystery is why we’re still talking about fantasy problems while violent criminals are killing our neighbors. |
Ukraine: Arming Ukraine Protects Its Women
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The question: fight, flee, or freeze – is one that countless women have confronted when faced with sexualized violence. If a Russian invasion does happen, many women in the Russian militant occupied regions will most probably face sexualized violence. This likely fact is very real for Ukrainian women, but it is simply being ignored by many Western politicians – even by those who represent feminist parties, such as the German Greens. |
CA: Thinking of buying a gun for self-defense? Don’t do it
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During my more than 25 years as an emergency medicine physician, I treated hundreds of patients with gunshot wounds. I treated criminals who shot each other. I treated gun owners who killed their family members in drunken rages. I pronounced dead suicide victims who shot themselves with an easily accessible handgun in their home.
Yet in all those years of emergency medicine, I never treated a single patient who was shot by a law-abiding citizen in self-protection. Not one.
Multiple reputable studies and surveys bolster what I observed: Choosing to have a gun in your home, because it will keep you safe, is a myth. And a deadly one at that. |
MO: Missouri Republican lawmaker pushes gun bill that would ‘make murder legal,’ prosecutors say
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Under current state law, citizens have the right to use physical force on another person to protect themselves, in instances including, but not limited to, when someone unlawfully enters private property or someone’s home. Yet the person bears the legal burden to prove he or she “reasonably believed physical or deadly force was necessary to protect him or herself or a third person.”
The proposed Senate Bill 666 would shift that burden of proof onto prosecutors, who would now need to present “clear and convincing evidence” during a pretrial hearing that the defendant was acting on motives other than self-defense before they can press charges. |
MO: Self-Defense Law Debated in Mo. Senate Committee
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Tuesday morning, the Missouri Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee heard nearly two hours’ worth of testimony on Senate Bill 666. Supporters of this bill see it as an extension of Missouri’s Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground laws, allowing Missouri law to closely mirror the self-defense laws of Wisconsin. |
KY: Breonna Taylor case delayed again; inclement weather cited
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Brett Hankison, a former Kentucky police officer, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of wanton endangerment for allegedly firing wildly into the apartments of Taylor’s neighbors during the March 2020 raid. Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who worked as an emergency medical technician, was shot multiple times. No drugs were found in her apartment, and the warrant was later found to be flawed.
The questioning of potential jurors was originally delayed until Thursday because Hankison was recovering from minor surgery. Angela Bilewicz, Jefferson Circuit Court Administrator, confirmed in an email that because of the imminent storm, jury selection will now be postponed until next Tuesday. |
AL: State Sen. Gerald Allen’s ‘Second Amendment Preservation Act,’ permitless carry earn Senate committee approval
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Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced two bills sponsored by State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) aimed at further strengthening Second Amendment protections in the state of Alabama.
According to the Senate GOP Caucus, Allen’s Senate Bill 1 would repeal certain restrictions on citizens’ rights to possess a firearm on certain property or in a vehicle. The law would apply to all citizens regardless of their possession of a concealed carry permit. Most widely known as “constitutional carry,” the effort has long been championed by pro-Second Amendment advocates. |
AL: Lawmakers advance bill on permitless carry
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Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday advanced legislation to end the requirement to get a permit to carry a concealed handgun in public.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-4 for the legislation. The bill now moves to the full Alabama Senate. House Republicans have named the bill a priority for the year, but the committee approval came over the objections of law enforcement officials who spoke against it. |
OH: Ohio bill to keep gun sales legal during emergency to get a 4th hearing
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An Ohio House committee plans to take a fourth look Thursday at a bill that would keep gun shops open during emergency declarations and allow communities to cordon off areas during a riot.
House Bill 325, introduced last May by Rep. Scott Wiggam, R-Wayne County, was a response to Gov. Mike DeWine’s closure of businesses at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, other governors restricting gun sales during the pandemic and protests in Ohio and around the country in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. |
GA: Senate advances permitless carry, backed by Kemp and gun groups
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A bill to end the state requirement for gun carry licenses in Georgia is moving forward. On Tuesday, a Senate committee advanced the legislation, which supporters call “constitutional carry.”
Among the measure’s promoters are groups of out-of-state gun rights activists featured in the Pulitzer Prize-winning NPR investigative podcast “No Compromise.” These groups raise money across the country promoting absolutist gun laws and targeting Republican lawmakers who don’t support their efforts. |
CA: Three LA City Councilmen Propose Mandatory Firearm Liability Insurance and Fees
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Los Angeles City Councilmen Paul Koretz, Paul Krekorian, and Mitch O’Farrell introduced a motion on Wednesday that could lead to Los Angeles implementing an ordinance to require all gun owners in the city to have firearm liability insurance, as well as pay an annual fee.
The proposal would be nearly identical to San Jose’s firearm liability insurance and firearm ownership fee ordinances passed last month. Under LA’s plan, gun owners would need to purchase firearm liability insurance through their homeowner’s and renter’s insurance. |
NY: The path to safer, saner NYC streets and subways
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The first is the irrational abundance of guns on our streets. Yes, we have the Second Amendment, but, Good Lord, that right hardly seems to allow assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, rifles with vest-piercing bullets and weapons that seem to be readily available to teenagers, ex-convicts and unstable men and women.
The Catholic Church has always been an advocate of sane, reasonable gun and ammunition control, by the way, and an unflagging critic of the international arms bazaar. The Popes, our bishop’s conference and individual bishops have pointed out that sensible gun control is actually a “pro-life issue.” |
CA: New Bill To Require Parents To Report Gun Ownership To Schools
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Parents may soon be required to disclose their firearm ownership to their children’s school as part of a newly proposed bill aimed at protecting against acts of violence in schools.
“What the bill says is, when you register your kid for school, you have to notify the school that there’s a gun in your house and whether it’s adequately safely stored and whether your child has access to the gun, said La Cañada Flintridge State Senator Anthony Portantino, the author of the bill. |
NY: Biden heads to New York to meet Eric Adams on guns
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One avenue Biden intends to crack down on, according to a Thursday fact sheet, is interstate firearms trafficking and specifically the illegal flow of guns sold in the south and transported up the East Coast, known as the 'Iron Pipeline.' These firearms are found at crime scenes in cities like Baltimore and New York City and are tracked back down south.
The DOJ is also launching the National Ghost Gun Enforcement Initiative to increase investigations and prosecution of those who use 'ghost guns' to commit crimes.
Biden has long previewed a crackdown on so-called 'ghost guns', which are homemade firearms that do not possess serial numbers and are often purchased without the required background check. |
OH: Woman Acquitted of Murdering Army Veteran Boyfriend Who Put Her Head Through a Wall
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Audrey Cole, a.k.a. Audrey Branch, 34, told cops in Carroll County, Ohio, that Matthew Michael Mott, 32, attacked her during an argument on May 3, 2021. Fearful, she loaded her rifle and tried to leave the residence when she encountered him again, according to the defense. Cole said that Mott came after her again.
Mott had lost his temper during the initial argument and grabbed Cole’s head while she was sitting on the edge of her bed, defense lawyer Chasey Mallory said. He threw her, putting her head through the wall, the attorney said.
“Her head goes through the wall,” the attorney said in closing arguments. “You’re going to see it. A nice, perfectly head-sized shape through the wall.” |
Did That Concealed Carry Class Prepare You for the Streets?
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One thing for sure is that no matter how many times I hear I took a class years ago, per usual, my reply is when was the last time you made it out to the range to continue your training? Have you included speed and accuracy drills? How about a force-on-force course to test yourself? If folks would at least come to see what they were about, they would see what is needed to “have a chance” under that kind of stress. |
AL: Bill repealing permit to carry concealed pistol clears Alabama Senate committee
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A bill to repeal Alabama’s requirement for a permit to carry a concealed handgun won committee approval Wednesday at the Alabama State House after police and sheriffs urged lawmakers to oppose it.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill on a 6-4 vote after a public hearing, with most of the Republicans supporting the bill and four Democrats voting against it.
The bill by Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, moves to the Senate. Allen has proposed the legislation for years. |
NY: NYC’s Blueprint to End Gun Violence, Will Violate 2nd, 4th, & 5th Amendment Rights
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President Biden has announced that he will travel to New York City (embedded below) to meet with newly sworn-in Mayor Eric Adams to discuss the huge crime wave that is sweeping across New York and other parts of the country.
The discussions will no doubt include ideas on how to further restrict the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment rights of law-abiding New Yorkers and visitors alike. In President Biden and Mayor Adams’ view of America, guns are the problem, not criminals. In their imaginary world, anyone who owns a firearm is a potential criminal. |
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