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How Should We Defend Our Rights?
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Our legal system doesn’t work. It is time to admit it is broken. What our legal system should do in theory is not what we see in practice, and this isn’t the first time we’ve had this problem.
When will judges appoint Special Masters to monitor and enforce civil rights laws surrounding armed defense? Tomorrow is barely soon enough because bearing arms is not a trivial right. |
CO: This Colorado Bill Would Abolish the Right to Armed Self-Defense in Many 'Sensitive Places'
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After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right to bear arms in 2022, several states simultaneously made it easier to obtain carry permits and much harder to use them. Once they could no longer require a "special need" before allowing residents to carry guns in public for self-defense, politicians in those states worried that residents would start exercising that right. Deeming that outcome intolerable, legislators banned guns from long lists of "sensitive" locations, making it highly impractical for people to legally carry guns outside their homes even after obtaining the requisite license. |
DC: Homicide Defendant Who Testified to Self Defense Acquitted of All Charges
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On March 20, following a week-long trial, a homicide defendant was acquitted of all charges in DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo’s courtroom.
Tierra Posey, 24, was charged with second-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and carrying a pistol without a license outside of a home or business for her alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Tia Carey on Jan. 6, 2020, at a gas station on the 3700 block of Minnesota Avenue, NE. |
Biden Nominated Judge Supported ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban But Cannot Define Them
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During her confirmation hearing, 7th Circuit Court nominee Nancy Maldonado was questioned by Sen. John Kennedy about supporting Illinois’ “assault weapons” ban.
Maldonado had signed a brief arguing such weapons could be banned as too dangerous for self-defense.
However, when Kennedy pressed her to define “assault weapon,” Maldonado said she was “not a gun expert” and could not remember the exact definition. |
VA: 20 Gauge Beats 12 Gauge as WV Son is Forced to Defend Family Against Father
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When an enraged father elevated a domestic disturbance in his West Virginia home to attempted murder by firing a shotgun at his wife, his 15-year-old son turned the tables on him and said “Enough!” with a 20-gauge shotgun of his own.
According to The Gazette, the incident occurred last Wednesday night, March 20, when Maxwell Laham of Rock Cave, W.V., became involved in a fight with his wife that turned physical. At some point, Lahan grabbed a 12-gauge shotgun and fired a shot, but didn’t strike his wife or any other inhabitants—including his juvenile daughter and his son—in the home. |
WY: Gordon Signed Four Second Amendment Bills, Vetoed Another
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Governor Mark Gordon signed four bills today that strengthen Wyoming’s status as a Second-Amendment friendly state. The Governor signed SF0073 - Concealed firearms-permit eligibility, SF0105 - Wyoming Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, SF0109 - Prohibit Red Flag Gun Seizure Act., and SF0086 - School safety and security-funding. |
WY: Governor signs firearm bills, vetoes bill to repeal gun-free zones
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Gordon emphasized his support of firearms in Wyoming but cited Article 2 of the Wyoming Constitution in his opposition of HB0125 – Repeal gun free zones and preemption amendments. He said that the bill exceeds the separation of powers in local and state government.
“I am a fervent supporter of the Second Amendment…However, House Bill 125/Enrolled Act No. 49, erodes historic local control norms by giving sole authority to the Legislature to micromanage a constitutionally protected right,” Governor Gordon wrote in his veto letter. “Any further clarification of the law, if this bill were enacted, would augment the Legislature’s reach into local firearms regulation.” |
Retired Supreme Court Justice Believes American’s Rights Are Subject to Changing Trends
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Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer wants America to know that today’s high court isn’t pragmatic. For good measure, he declares that he is, especially when it comes to interpretating law.
That’s not just conjecture. That’s laid out in the title to his new 250-page book, “Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism.” It’s a gaslighting of the U.S. Constitution, an attempt to sway opinion that rights protected by the founding document aren’t applicable today, since society and technology have changed since 1791. |
MD: Maryland’s Gun Ban Mess: Will the Supreme Court Intervene?
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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has heard a trio of gun cases over two days, and it demonstrated a shocking failure to function and stunning ignorance about basic firearms facts. This circuit’s treatment of challenges to Second Amendment infringement has been so prejudicial to the rights of Marylanders that gun rights groups have petitioned the Supreme Court to reach down and remove the case before judgment. |
SD: Legislature’s unsung role: Protecting us from bad bills
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One of the constitutional amendments that didn’t make it onto the ballot called for boosting the right of citizens to bear arms. It went beyond the usual Second Amendment protections to outlaw taxes on arms and ammunition purchases while it also curtailed the ability of law enforcement to confiscate firearms used in the commission of a crime until after a conviction.
Usually any legislation that has to do with firearms ricochets through the Capitol without much fuss. After all, we live in the land of constitutional carry and a state government that picks up the tab for federal background checks. |
GA: Modification putting ‘instant machine guns’ on Ga. streets
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Police are finding so many shell casings at some shooting scenes, they’re running out of evidence markers. Some departments are resorting to paper cups.
The rapid spread of inexpensive gun switches is turning ordinary semi-automatic pistols into full-auto machine guns. With a single pull of the trigger, a 15- or 30-round magazine can be emptied in under two seconds.
Machine guns have been heavily regulated for decades. Possession of even parts to convert a gun to full auto requires a license from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Without that ATF license, possession is a federal offense punishable by a decade in prison. |
Why we keep trying to reject gun culture
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For over 30 years, I have been frustrated by the inevitable destruction our gun culture imposes on American life. As a state senator in Utah in the 1990s, I promoted carefully modest gun safety bills. As an ordinary contributor to Brady, Giffords, Everytown, and other gun responsibility organizations, or just as another person expressing my opinion, lost in the vastness of our media universe, the disorder of gun violence calls out for my attention as a citizen. As it is for everyone, this call is more immediate for me after a mass shooting of children, but it is always there. It is my conscience, I suppose. |
Biden Admin Sets up Federal 'Red Flag' Gun Seizure Center
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There is no federal "red flag" law but that didn't stop the U.S. Justice Department from launching the new National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center over the weekend.
The Center was announced on Saturday in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the latter of which earned its "Bloomberg" in 2001 following nearly $3 billion in donations from gun control advocate Michael Bloomberg. Funded by a DOJ grant, a public-facing website developed for the center offers an easy-to-use interface to help those curious navigate the process to obtain a "red flag" gun seizure order in 21 states and the District of Columbia, typically within two or three clicks from the homepage. |
Colt, CZ Merger Good for Business Both in U.S. and Europe
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While attending the IWA Outdoor Classics show in Germany recently, Guns.com met up with Colt to see how things are going since its recent acquisition by CZ.
The storied Czech gunmaker picked up the iconic American brand in 2021 as part of a mixed cash-and-stock transaction that left the new Colt CZ group in its wake. Since then, the group, employing some 2,000 worldwide, unsuccessfully attempted to purchase Vista Outdoor's ammo brands before opting to acquire Czech ammunition manufacturer Sellier & Bellot earlier this year. |
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| "Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that `if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' It is a very serious consideration...that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." --Samuel Adams, speech in Boston, 1771 |
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