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MI: Ypsilanti nonprofit, police host gun buyback this weekend
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A Ypsilanti non-profit chapter is buying back stolen or illegally-purchased guns this weekend — no questions asked — as part of an effort to reduce everyday gun violence.
Ypsilanti's chapter of The Cream Inc., a Michigan nonprofit focused on resources for urban communities, will host the buyback from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 24 at the Ypsilanti Community Church.
The event, in partnership with the Ypsilanti Police Department, will focus on getting illegally owned, bartered or stolen guns and rifles off the streets, according to the event's GoFundMe page.
While revolvers and hunting rifles can also be bought back, posters for the buyback note that rusty and inoperable guns will not have any buyback value. |
Does Reversal of Siwatu-Salama Brandishing Conviction Expand Self-Defense?
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The court of appeals is not saying that it’s automatically OK—an “expansion of self-defense rights”—to threaten someone with a gun if another threatens you with mere non-deadly force. They said there might be circumstances in which threatening with a gun would be justified and other circumstances in which it would not be justified. It’s up to the jury at the trial to make that call. Whatever way a jury decides—and that could be for the defender or against the defender, either way—the court of appeals would be okay with that decision.
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Sales of Bulletproof Backpacks Surge in US Amid Fears of Mass Shootings
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Despite widespread outcry about gun violence, the list of deadly U.S. mass shootings continues to grow, adding to a widespread public feeling of uncertainty and concerns about safety. After the last tragedies in El Paso, Texas, and in Dayton, Ohio, where collectively 31 people died at the hands of gunmen, businesses are trying to capitalize on the public’s anxiety, offering them a chance to feel more protected. |
NC: Durham DA affirms no charges in 2018 death of NCCU student
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Durham County District Attorney Satana Deberry has reaffirmed that there is no evidence to support a homicide charge in the 2018 death of a former North Carolina Central University student.
The former student, DeAndre Ballard was shot and killed by a security guard on Sept. 24, 2018, during an encounter at the Campus Crossing apartments where Ballard lived at the time. |
OK: Legislators, party chairs discuss new gun laws
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The right to keep and bear arms is granted under the Second Amendment of the Constitution, but over the years, it's become a hot-button issue. While some states have increased restrictions on gun owners, Oklahoma legislators loosened regulations this year.
The first bill signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt after taking office was H.B. 2597, better known as the constitutional carry bill. Oklahomans will be allowed to carry firearms without a permit or training starting Nov. 1. The legislation passed Senate with a 40-6 vote, and State Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, was among its supporters. |
Five Senators Tell the Supreme Court to Back off Gun Rights … or Else
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A “friend-of-the-court” brief from five U.S. senators, all Democrats, in a Second Amendment case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court made news for its impudence. The entire document is accusatory, especially its final paragraph, which states:
“The Supreme Court is not well. And the people know it. Perhaps the Court can heal itself before the public demands it be ‘restructured in order to reduce the influence of politics.’ Particularly on the urgent issue of gun control, a nation desperately needs it to heal.” |
MT: Gun restrictions can lead to deaths
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U.S. Sen. Steve Daines states, “Many experts believe firearm restriction proposals would be ineffective in preventing violent crimes.” Indeed!
In fact, firearm restrictions will bring more violence. Why? Because criminals will ignore the firearm restrictions while citizens will be forced to surrender their deterrent to crime (an intrinsic protection). |
Why red flag laws, background checks and an assault weapons ban won't stop mass shootings
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Congress is notorious for passing legislation without reading it, but the urge to rush legislation reached a new level in Washington this month. Some members of Congress have announced support for gun control bills that haven’t even been written yet!
What’s already clear from their vague proposals, however, is that none of these measures would have stopped any recent mass public shooting. For the safety of the general public, perhaps we should have a mandatory waiting period for lawmakers who rush to pass unconstitutional and unhelpful legislation. |
MI: For some blacks, mass shootings are a call to arms
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Kenyatta believes gun control measures are often a response to black Americans' attempts to exercise their Second Amendment rights. He points to the Michigan's adoption of gun ownership restrictions after Ossian Sweet, a black physician who bought a house in a heretofore white Detroit neighborhood in 1925, used a shotgun to protect his family against an angry white mob. Sweet was eventually acquitted of murder charges, but in 1927 the state lawmakers adopted legislation giving counties control over the issuance of gun permits, a move designed to limit black gun ownership.
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