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NY: NRA pays fine for selling gun insurance that is disallowed in NYS
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The National Rifle Association has agreed to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty for violating state insurance laws when it promoted policies to protect gun owners from the legal consequences stemming from shooting a person in self-defense.

�The NRA operated as an unlicensed insurance producer and broke the New York Insurance Law by soliciting insurance products and receiving compensation,� Department of Financial Services Superintendent Linda Lacewell said Wednesday in a prepared statement.

FL: Black Woman Who Shot Unannounced Cop Serving Warrant Stood Her Ground, Lawyer Says
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A Black woman in Florida is fighting to clear her name after she shot a police officer she suspected to be an intruder after he didn�t immediately identify himself while serving a warrant at her home.

Diamonds Ford was ultimately charged with attempted murder in the September shooting of a Jacksonville Sheriff�s Office SWAT team member. But she and her lawyer claim her 911 call during the incident will prove her innocence and show she did not intend to shoot a police officer. Instead, they argue, she was simply standing her ground, which is acceptable under Florida law.

CA: AG contests assigning new gun law case to same federal court judge
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Lawyers for Attorney General Xavier Becerra, facing another lawsuit from gun rights groups in San Diego federal court over firearms laws, are formally objecting to the case being heard by the same judge who twice before struck down state gun regulations.

In a document filed on Thursday, state lawyers opposed assigning the lawsuit to U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez. The suit was filed by more than a dozen individuals and groups including the San Diego County Gun Owners PAC, Firearms Policy Coalition, and the Second Amendment Foundation.

Is This The Ultimate Lever Gun for Self Defense? Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The default answer to a long gun for home or self-defense has become the AR-15. For that service it may have even surpassed the shotgun in popularity. But there�s another long gun that deserves serious consideration for personal protection. It�s the gun that won the west�the lever-action rifle.

WI: Kenosha: How two men�s paths crossed in an encounter that has divided the nation Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Rittenhouse was arrested and charged with multiple counts of homicide and weapons offenses, but right-wing groups have rallied to his cause, celebrating him as a hero who sought to protect Kenosha from destructive rioting and who fired in self-defense. The events have become a litmus test for a deeply divided nation.

OH: Controversial Gun Bill To Be Considered During Ohio's Lame Duck Session
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Amendments have been added to an existing bill that deals with antique gun sales. Toby Hoover with the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence says the changes allow more guns to be carried into more places and includes a so-called �stand your ground� provision when firing in self-defense.

"This one has got a little bit of everything in it. And there�s some pretty dangerous stuff in there," Hoover says.

FL: Florida Democrat arrested after threatening to kill Republican governor, senators Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A registered Democrat in Florida was arrested Saturday for allegedly threatening on social media to shoot Republican politicians Gov. Ron DeSantis and U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott. �DeSantis, Rick Scott and Marco Rubio are looting my state. Imma shot them,� Karen Jones, 55, reportedly wrote on Twitter last week, Miami Herald reported.

IL: FOID card applications still backlogged
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Illinois is one of only four states that require a license to own a firearm, but the state is routinely failing to process applications and renewals in a timely manner.
�I have constituents who have waited more than a year to get a FOID card. That is denying them a basic constitutional right,� state Rep. Tim Butler, R-Springfield, said.
Twelve years ago, in Heller vs. District of Columbia the U.S. Supreme Court interpreted the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as a right to own firearms.

GA: GA Supreme Court rules against immunity for deputies charged with murder
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The deputies were responding to a 911 call regarding a suspicious man walking along a rural road who had wandered into a man's yard. Authorities have said the deputies had no knowledge of Martin's history of mental health issues when he ignored the deputies requests to stop. The deputies tased him to get him to the ground, but video shows Martin was able to get up and walk away from the deputies.

Attorneys for the 58-year-old man said Martin died in the grass after he was tased 15 times in 5 minutes. All three deputies were immediately fired and subsequently indicted on murder charges. But a judge granted immunity from prosecution--siting self-defense. Attorneys said Martin was unarmed, mentally unstable and never posed a threat.

AK: Gun range ordinance passes Assembly Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Mat-Su Borough Assembly passed Ordinance 20-025 after a long process over the course of two calendar years. Ordinance 20-025 provided regulations for commercial, nonprofit and educational shooting ranges and was amended three times on Tuesday before passing.

AZ: A disgrace Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Congratulations, Zonies! You just elected Beijing�s delegate, Mark Kelly, to represent Arizona in the US Senate. Start kissing your Second Amendment rights away, because Kelly and his wife will militate for total civilian disarmament (like Red China�s, maybe?). Shame on you!

MA: Pandemic prompts Nantucket police to hit pause on some gun permit applications Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Nantucket Police Department says it will not be processing gun permit applications requiring fingerprinting until further notice due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In a tweet on Wednesday that was later taken down, officials wrote, �Our permit office will not be doing firearms permit applications, fingerprints, or photos until further notice due to COVID-19.�

GA: The Battle For Georgia Is The Battle For Our Country
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The battle for the soul of our country runs through Georgia. We must assure Republicans maintain control of the Senate by making sure David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler wins their runoff elections against their anti-gun opponents.

Trump has not conceded the election, and legal challenges persist. No matter our feelings about this past election�s legitimacy, we must prepare for the most anti-gun presidential administration in our country�s history. If Trump pulls out the win, I will celebrate, but I am a realist, and I know it is a long shot. In all honesty, Trump doesn�t have the support of the Washington elite, mainstream media, or the Republican party, and that makes the battle hard to win.

MT: Montana Elected a Republican Governor. Expect Constitutional Carry in 2021
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Montana is on track to become the 17th state to restore Constitutional Carry. It will probably do so in 2021. Constitutional Carry means most people can carry, concealed or openly, most of the time in most public places, without any special governmental permission or permit. It was the state of affairs in the young United States when the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791.

In 2020, Republican Greg Gianforte won the race for Governor in Montana. Greg is the first Montanan Republican governor since 2005.

ID: Washington County declared Second Amendment sanctuary Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Washington County Board of Commissioners have, through a unanimous vote, declared the county a Second Amendment Sanctuary. Sheriff Doug Mullendore also signed the resolution on Tuesday, saying in a phone interview afterward that he views the move as "symbolic," but that "we would certainly testify against any bill that would try to take away the Second Amendment."

IL: FOID card delay cuts off constitutional right
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Illinois is one of only four states that require a license to own a firearm, but the state is routinely failing to process applications and renewals in a timely manner.

�I have constituents who have waited more than a year to get a FOID card. That is denying them a basic constitutional right,� state Rep. Tim Butler, R-Springfield, said.

Twelve years ago, in Heller vs. District of Columbia the U.S. Supreme Court interpreted the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as a right to own firearms.

Was That A Toy Gun In Your Living Room? Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
How bad has the anti-gun hysteria gotten among some in our educational system? So bad that a grade-school student from Colorado Springs, Colo., was recently suspended for having a toy gun�in his own home!

VA: Lawsuit filed to allow gun show in Dulles over the weekend Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
There has been a lawsuit filed in Fairfax Circuit Court by a "gun-show promoter, a firearms dealer, and a prospective gun-show attendee" to allow a gun show in Dulles this Friday through Sunday. It seeks an exemption from Governor Ralph Northam's new restrictions to allow for 25,000 to attend by saying that gathering limits are a violation of Second Amendment rights.

TX: Texas church hero speaks at luncheon Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Members of the Ector County Republican Women�s Club on Wednesday heard from the first ever Governor�s Medal of Courage honoree about his hero status following last December�s church shooting near Fort Worth.