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FL: DeSantis warns potential rioters in Florida: Drivers can hit you if surrounded by a mob
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With dozens of protests planned across Florida this weekend, Gov. Ron DeSantis made clear that drivers who feel threatened by a mob surrounding their vehicles have a legal right to protect themselves—even if it means driving through a crowd.
“If you drive off and you hit one of these people, that’s their fault for impinging on you,” DeSantis said. “You don’t have to sit there and just be a sitting duck.”
DeSantis made the statement during an appearance on The Rubin Report. |
WY: Friends Of Gillette Woman Killed By Half-Brother Protest His Self-Defense Claim
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The shooting follows an argument between the siblings that happened at the home in downtown Gillette that Hackett shared with his mother, Jennifer Hackett, along with Martinez’s three children.
The siblings and their mother had been drinking that day when Martinez and Hackett began arguing, prompting Hackett to physically remove her from the home by pushing her out the front door and locking it behind her.
Martinez is then described as breaking down the door to get back inside, at which point Martinez shot her as she entered, according to court documents. |
FL: Coconut Creek Murder Was Self Defense, No Prosecution
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A shooting death investigated as a homicide in Coconut Creek was actually a drug deal gone bad, and the suspect is now cleared of killing the victim. It turns out, according to prosecutors, that the suspect drug-seller was acting in self-defense when he shot a drug buyer in the head. The Coconut Creek Police Department issued this statement to BocaNewsNow.com Wednesday afternoon: |
FL: Prosecutors Rule Fatal Coco Parc Shooting in 2024 Was Self-Defense During Drug Deal Attempted Robbery
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Prosecutors have ruled that the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Bryce McFadden at Coco Parc Condominiums last November was a justified act of self-defense during a failed drug deal, according to an update Wednesday from the Coconut Creek Police Department.
McFadden was found shot in the head in the parking lot of 801 Lyons Road around 5:45 p.m. on Nov. 5.
Detectives determined McFadden had arranged through social media to buy narcotics from someone he didn’t know, and then attempted to rob that person using a stolen firearm, according to the information the department released on social media. |
How Do I Stay Out of Bar Fights?
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An old friend of mine is one of the foremost authorities on self-defense in America. His name is Phil Elmore (he would confirm my claims). Phil was talking to me on a radio show 20 years ago. He explained there’s an old joke about how you avoid bar fights. You stay out of bars.
Trouble is often about the choices we make. If you go looking for a battle, you can probably find one.
Which brings me to a point I want to share with many good friends. Liberals are planning anti-Trump rallies in a dozen or so Idaho cities on Saturday. Thanks to our friend, social media, this has turned into some sort of insurrection and communist revolution. |
TX: HPD: Man shoots, kills man who tried to rob him near downtown
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A man claimed he shot and killed another man in self-defense Wednesday near downtown Houston, according to police.
The incident unfolded at a Midtown gas station parking lot along Main Street between Hadley Street and Webster Street around 5:30 p.m.
Investigators said the shooter told them the man he shot approached him and tried to rob him.
That's when he said he pulled out a gun and shot the man.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene. It's unclear if he was armed. |
Nonviolent Felons Have Second Amendment Rights, 2A Groups Argue in SCOTUS Brief
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Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an important Supreme Court brief in the case of Melynda Vincent v. Attorney General Pam Bondi, a challenge to the federal lifetime ban on the exercise of the right to keep and bear arms for nonviolent felons. FPC is joined by FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF), the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) as parties to the brief, authored by attorneys Joseph G.S. Greenlee and Erin M. Erhardt of NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action. |
The Supreme Court’s Guns Cases Got Thousands of Children Killed
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In response to McDonald, Republican lawmakers began passing new and more permissive gun laws, seeking to empower their constituents to arm themselves as freely as Scalia and Alito imagined the founders would have wanted. Now, a team of researchers at Harvard, Yale, Brown, the University of Pittsburgh, and UCSF has an estimate on the real-world impact of the Court’s decision: Between 2010 and 2023, in states that enacted the “most permissive” gun laws, there were 6,029 more pediatric firearms deaths than expected, including 3,399 deaths by suicide. |
IL: Second Amendment Foundation weighs in on Illinois assault weapons ban lawsuit
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners are weighing in on a case out of Illinois being considered by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
The case, which SAF filed a briefing on, concerns a challenge to Illinois’ assault weapons and magazine capacity bans.
In 2023, Illinois passed the Protect Illinois Communities Act, which banned the sale or purchase of high-capacity magazines and “assault weapons.” PICA also requires owners of assault weapons to register them with Illinois State Police.
An email sent to The Center Square by SAF indicates they are “joined in Harrel v. Raoul by the Illinois State Rifle Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, C4 Gun Store, Marengo Guns and Dane Harrel, for whom the lawsuit is named. |
NJ: Gun Groups Sue NJ Over Age-Based Handgun Ban
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A federal legal storm is brewing in the Garden State, where gun rights advocates and a young would-be handgun owner are suing New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and other state law enforcement officials. Their charge: that New Jersey’s and federal law’s age-based bans on handgun ownership violate the U.S. Constitution.
Filed Monday in federal court, the complaint comes with a sharpened edge, echoing the gun debate’s national tremors. Plaintiffs Lily Hague, the Second Amendment Foundation Inc., and the New Jersey Firearms Owners Syndicate argue the law unfairly targets young adults between the ages of 18 and 20, stripping them of core constitutional rights. |
SCOTUS urged to lift lifetime ban on firearms possession by nonviolent felons
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The National Rifle Association, along with the Second Amendment Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, and FPC Action Foundation, filed an amicus brief June 11, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to the federal lifetime prohibition on firearms possession by nonviolent felons.
The case, Vincent v. Bondi, was brought by Melynda Vincent, who was convicted of a felony in 2008 for submitting a fraudulent check to a grocery store in the amount of $498.12. As a result, she is forever prohibited from possessing a firearm under 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(1). |
New Bill Stops States from Taxing Guns and Ammunition
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A new bill introduced in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives aims to block states from placing special taxes on guns, ammunition, and related components. The Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act, sponsored by Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and Representatives Darrell Issa (R-CA-48) and Richard Hudson (R-NC-9), is designed to prevent what supporters call an unconstitutional attack on the Second Amendment through financial penalties. The NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) reported the bill numbers as S.1169 in the Senate and H.R.2442 in the House. |
MI: Gun sales in 2024 drop in Michigan
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A new study from Safe Home shows gun sale statistics across the country.
Using data the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System, the numbers show a decline the gun sales in Michigan.
According to the study, there were an estimated 481,870 gun sales last year alone, a drop of 13.3% from 2023.
Michigan ranked as the state with the third steepest drop in gun sales, trailing Washington (-45.7%) and Connecticut (-13.5%).
“A gun can’t be used to harm someone if a gun isn’t in someone’s hands,” Loretta Stanaway said. |
IL: Despite Setbacks, Gun Rights Groups Continue Push to Overturn Illinois Assault Weapons Ban
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Gun rights advocates once again are asking a federal appeals court in Chicago to overturn Illinois’ ban on assault-style firearms and large-capacity magazines in a case that may be destined for the U.S. Supreme Court.
In briefs filed Friday with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, attorneys representing plaintiffs challenging the law urged the court to uphold the decision of a lower court judge in East St. Louis who said the law violates the Second Amendment because it bans weapons that are commonly used for lawful purposes like self-defense. |
UK: German student shot in Montana under self-defense law
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Diren Dede, a 17-year-old German exchange student, was fatally shot in Montana after entering a man’s garage, prompting a national conversation about self-defense laws. Markus Kaarma, a 29-year-old firefighter, faces a deliberate murder charge, asserting that the state’s “castle doctrine” permits the use of deadly force against perceived intruders.
The incident, which occurred under contentious circumstances where Kaarma had set up traps to lure potential burglars, raises serious questions about gun culture and vigilantism in the United States. Family and friends of Diren mourn his loss as his father, Celal Dede, criticizes Montana’s lenient gun laws, stating he would have prohibited his son’s stay had he known about them. |
CA: DOJ Steps-Up Pressure Over Permit Delays, Refusals to Process
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Applicants [are] being told in emails that they can expect to wait 18-22 months” for a decision, despite California law requiring that such permits be processed within 120 days. Some applicants report that the “LAPD is ‘gaming’ this statutory deadline by putting applicants on a waiting list and not treating their application as ‘accepted’ until LAPD decides to receive it,” even though the 120-day time starts running from the date the applicant submits the application. CCW renewals, also, appear to be handled less than expeditiously. |
Gun deaths among children rise in states with lax firearm laws, new study finds
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Gun deaths among children have risen over a 13-year period in states with lax firearm laws, according to a new study published this week in JAMA Pediatrics, a peer-reviewed medical journal.
Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho and Georgia were among the states that saw a jump in pediatric gun deaths after amending their firearms restrictions following a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that applied the Second Amendment to the states, researchers found.
Dr. Jeremy Faust, an emergency room doctor at Massachusetts General Brigham Hospital and the study's lead author, said he started the research after wondering why gun deaths among children were so high. |
NC: NC House passes bill to allow concealed carry without permit but pushback likely
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A bill to let adults carry concealed handguns without a permit cleared the North Carolina legislature on Wednesday; however, the path to joining the majority of U.S. states with similar laws remains uncertain.
The GOP-backed legislation faces a likely veto from Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, as well as pushback from a handful of Republicans who voted against the legislation in the state House. House Speaker Destin Hall acknowledged those concerns after Wednesday's vote.
"I would imagine that - math being math - that it's probably a low percentage relative to other bills," Hall told reporters. |
Australia: MP proposes right to bear arms for NSW constitution
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NSW upper house Libertarian MP John Ruddick wants amendment to the NSW State Constitution to add a right to own and carry firearms to the 123-year-old document.
Mr Ruddick gave formal notice of his intention to introduce the Constitution Amendment (Right to Possess and Carry Firearms) Bill 2025 to the NSW parliament.
Speaking to Sporting Shooter, Mr Ruddick said the Bill would be an unashamed copy-and-paste of the Second Amendment to the US Constitution and was part of an effort to put shooting in Australia on the front foot politically.
“We are continually on the defence, we are trying to reduce the erosion of our gun rights,” he said. |
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