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MN: Stand Your Ground Passes House Public Safety Committee
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The full Minnesota House may soon vote on a bill expanding the right to use firearms to protect yourself. Often called a Stand Your Ground law, HF 238 would legalize the use of deadly force if a person feels their life is threatened, or in the defense of a crime in one's home.
The bill had a hearing earlier this month in the House Public Safety Committee and was re-introduced Tuesday with no testimony. The bill passed on a 9-6 vote. |
MI: State Senate Votes to Repeal Law Requiring Gun Records
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The Republican-led Michigan Senate has voted to repeal a law that makes it a misdemeanor if gun sellers don’t keep a registry of firearm purchases.
The provision is included in legislation approved 27-10 Thursday and send to the House. The bill would largely make what supporters say are technical changes to a law that eliminated gun boards for issuing concealed handgun licenses.
Democrats opposed the legislation, calling the elimination of criminal penalties for not keeping gun records “unpalatable.” The 1931 law requires gun businesses to keep a registry of each buyer’s name, age, occupation and residence along with information about firearms purchased. |
MI: Right to Carry Legislation Introduced in Michigan House of Representatives
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Legislation introduced today in the Michigan House of Representatives enables law-abiding citizens to carry concealed pistols without obtaining a government-issued permit.
The four-bill package is sponsored by Reps. Michele Hoitenga of Manton, Triston Cole of Mancelona, Sue Allor of Wolverine and Pamela Hornberger of Chesterfield Township.
The legislation is a step toward reforming Michigan firearm law to stop law-abiding citizens from being punished for exercising their Second Amendment right to bear arms. |
The DL With Dana Loesch Armed In An Age Of Terrorism
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The right to bear arms is more than a safeguard against criminals; it ensures preparedness to face any threat posed by radical Islamist terrorists. In this episode of The DL , "Armed In An Age Of Terrorism," host Dana Loesch, pro-Second Amendment advocates, and industry experts examine how the Second Amendment makes America uniquely suited to deal with modern threats. |
FL: 'Black Guns Matter' Gun Safety Event Coming to Jacksonville
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Maj Toure is on a quest to make a difference. As a hip hop artist, he’s traveled the country and seen a lot – so, in 2015, he started a movement called “Black Guns Matter.” Action News Jax Erica Bennett spoke to him via Skype on Tuesday from Philadelphia, where he’s based. “Misinformation in any area, especially with something as powerful as a firearm, can lead you going to jail, and lead to you hurting someone, hurting yourself, so that’s definitely a problem,” he explained. |
KS: Guns Don’t Belong on Campus, Say Faculty Members at Universities
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Faculty at all six Kansas Board of Regents universities oppose the concealed carry of firearms on campus and approved resolutions basically saying: Handguns have no place on college campuses. A statement released Tuesday by Kansas faculty leaders said the campuses agree in their opposition of legislation that, starting July 1, would allow qualifying students, faculty, administrators and visitors to carry a concealed handgun into campus buildings.
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CA: Gun Seizures Go Way Up in Two Years
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In the last two years, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office seizures of firearms associated with crimes have increased from 153 to 252. These guns have recently been connected to drug dealers, detectives say, and the type of firearm runs the gamut from handguns to rifles. |
TX: Bar Where UT Students Dodged Campus Carry Changes Gun Policies
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Some University of Texas at Austin graduate students have been holding office hours in a campus bar called the Cactus Café since August, when the state’s campus carry law allowed concealed handguns to be carried nearly everywhere on Texas university campuses. It was a way to hold academic meetings in a gun-free space, because it's illegal to bring a concealed handgun into a venue that primarily serves alcohol. |
MI: Switchblades Would be Legal in Michigan Under Bill OK'd by Senate Panel
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Switchblade knives would be legal in Michigan under legislation approved unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, is the sponsor of SB 245. It would repeal the part of the Michigan Penal Code that outlaws knives that open with mechanical assistance, such as switch-blades.
Jones said that it's often said old black and white films featuring gangs and knives were the reason knives like switchblades were outlawed in the first place.
Tim Fitzgerald, a legislative Liaison for the Michigan State Police, said right now only about half of the state's local prosecutors are charging for switchblades. The current ban "is something that we have absolutely no problem with the repeal of,"
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Why Carry a .44 Special Revolver?
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The .44 Mag. and its .44 Spl. forebear have deep roots in American shooting culture, stretching back through top-break antecedents in .44 Russian all the way back to antebellum blackpowder Colt percussion revolvers. The .44 Spl. is exactly as old as Smith & Wesson’s big, N-frame revolvers, being the debut cartridge in the New Century revolver, known to collectors and Smith buffs as the “Triple Lock.” |
How The Fourth Circuit’s Support For ‘Assault Weapon’ Bans May End Them
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In February, the Fourth Circuit upheld Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” in Kolbe v. Hogan. The law targeted firearms by name and by reference to cosmetic features (pistol grips, flash suppressors, etc.), and the ability to accept magazines that hold more than 10 cartridges. The broad proscription outlawed many of America’s most popular sporting arms, including AR-pattern rifles. |
MI: Right to Carry Legislation Introduced in House of Representatives
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Legislation introduced today in the Michigan House of Representatives enables law-abiding citizens to carry concealed pistols without obtaining a government-issued permit. The four-bill package is sponsored by Reps. Michele Hoitenga of Manton, Triston Cole of Mancelona, Sue Allor of Wolverine and Pamela Hornberger of Chesterfield Township. The legislation is a step toward reforming Michigan firearm law to stop law-abiding citizens from being punished for exercising their Second Amendment right to bear arms. |
TX: Texans Could Carry Guns Without Permits Under Bill House Panel is Debating
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Two years after approving open carry and campus carry bills during the 2015 legislative session, Texas lawmakers are debating proposals that would give the state some of the laxest gun laws in the country. The House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety heard hours of public testimony Tuesday on two bills that would allow Texans to carry a handgun (open or concealed) without obtaining a gun license and completing the required safety training. Any Texan who would ordinarily be denied a gun license would not be allowed to carry a gun. |
FL: 'Black Guns Matter' Gun Safety Event Coming to Jacksonville
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Maj Toure is on a quest to make a difference. As a hip hop artist, he’s traveled the country and seen a lot – so, in 2015, he started a movement called “Black Guns Matter.” Action News Jax Erica Bennett spoke to him via Skype on Tuesday from Philadelphia, where he’s based. “Misinformation in any area, especially with something as powerful as a firearm, can lead you going to jail, and lead to you hurting someone, hurting yourself, so that’s definitely a problem,” he explained. |
VA: McAuliffe Tries To Restore Virginia’s One-Handgun-A-Month Law
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Governor Terry McAuliffe is hoping to restore Virginia’s One-Handgun-a-Month law, saying it will “counter Virginia’s shameful reputation as the gun-running capital of the East Coast.” “Today I have sent down an amendment to a bill on my desk which will restore Virginia’s One-Handgun-a-Month law. The law, enacted in 1993 by then-Governor L. Douglas Wilder, was repealed by the Republican-controlled House and Senate in 2012 and signed by Governor Bob McDonnell,” McAuliffe said in a prepared statement. “The amendment will once again make it illegal to purchase more than one handgun in a 30-day period by Virginia residents and out-of-state purchasers.”
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TN: Teen Tries to Steal Handgun from Gun Show
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An Antioch teen found himself behind bars on Sunday after allegedly trying to steal a handgun from a gun show at the Middle Tennessee Expo Center. According to the arrest report, Murfreesboro Police arrived to the R.K. Gun Show and found 19-year-old Shenoda Riad being held on the floor by several good Samaritans and the owner of the stolen gun. According to witnesses, Riad was walking around with a black and silver Springfield XD-S holstered on his hip at the show when he took the vendor's revolver, and tried to conceal it while exiting the premises. |
NY: Binghamton Police Train on New Immersive Simulator
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Binghamton Police can brush up on their skills with a new training simulator. BPD unveiled its new Vir-Tra V-180 simulator this morning. The 3-screen, 180-degree immersive training simulator includes over 70 scenarios where officers respond to calls ranging from noise complaints to active
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WA: Suspect’s Wife Says She was Shooter Outside UW Event for Milo Yiannopoulos
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The wife of the man initially suspected of shooting and wounding a protester during a January demonstration at the University of Washington has told police and prosecutors that she was the person who fired, her attorney said Tuesday. In an interview with The Seattle Times, the attorney, Steve Wells, said his client, Elizabeth Hokoana, shot the protester because she believed her husband, Marc Hokoana, was in imminent danger of death or serious injury during the Jan. 20 incident in Red Square. |
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| "There's no legitimate use for a gun like this." --Chicago Police Superintendent Philip Cline, brandishing a 9mm semiautomatic handgun at a news conference (Chicago Tribune, "Special unit hauling in guns, drugs" by Glenn Jeffers, January 29, 2004) |
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