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New Gun Control Bill Encourages Financial Institutions to Report 'Suspicious' Firearm Transactions Submitted by: jack burton Website: https://myhightechsecurity.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
You might want to think twice about putting that new gun on your credit card.

A Bad News Week for Socialists in the US Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
--Chinese police threaten to shoot unarmed protesters in Hong Kong while imposing mass arrests and deportations. The unarmed Chinese citizens are powerless in the face of a brutal government. --Venezuelan Death Squads kill unarmed political activists to suppress ongoing dissent. --All the Democrat presidential candidates said US citizens should be disarmed unless they are government employees.

Leftist Violence to Crush Dissent Undermines Rights
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Our Constitution established a list of �negative� rights; things government is prohibited from depriving citizens of without due process. For example, the First Amendment protects the freedoms of religion, speech, the press, peaceable assembly, and petitioning government for a redress of grievances. The Second Amendment protects our right of self-defense, the Fourth our right to personal property. And so on.

In each case, the right is protected simply by having government leave us alone. In fact, of all the rights protected by the Constitution, the only one requiring a positive action by another citizen is the right to a trial by a jury, for which jurors are compensated.

FL: Clay County may become Florida's fourth gun sanctuary county Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Clay County could soon declare itself a Second Amendment sanctuary. The idea was introduced by County Commissioner Gavin Rollins and if passed would make Clay the fourth sanctuary county in Florida. Commissioner Gavin Rollins said he wants Clay County to make a strong statement about its position on guns.

FL: Police chief wants to change Florida's open carry law Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Should you be allowed to carry a gun at the beach as long as you've got a fishing pole? It's a loophole that the Palm Beach Police Department Chief Nicholas Caristo wants to close and it has some gun owners seeing red. Right now under Florida law, if you go fishing, you can openly carry a gun to the beach or the lake or wherever the fish are.

UT: Teachers' active-shooter firearm training is so popular there�s a waiting list for sheriff's six-week course Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Active-shooter firearm training for teachers is so popular in one Utah county that there's a waiting list for the sheriff's department's six-week course, NBC News reported.

VA: Talks of 'Second Amendment sanctuary' counties on the rise in Augusta County Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Since Virginia became a blue state after this year's election, talks about Second Amendment sanctuary counties across the state has been on the rise, as it becomes more likely Governor Northam will push for gun reform and find legislative support,

VA: Virginia supervisors designate county as gun sanctuary Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A board of supervisors in Virginia has voted to designate its county as a Second Amendment sanctuary. The Danville Register & Bee reports the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday night to adopt the designation. Nearly all of the audience of 150 attending the meeting stood up to cheer and applaud the vote.

FL: NRA renews fight over Florida gun age restriction
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After dropping an attempt to keep secret the identities of two plaintiffs, the National Rifle Association has relaunched a federal court challenge to a Florida law that raised the age to purchase rifles and other long guns.

The NRA filed the lawsuit last year, immediately following the passage of a sweeping school-safety law enacted in response to the mass shooting at Parkland�s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 students and faculty members.

At Home, in Public, and at Work- More Self Defense Gun Stories Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
You didn't see this news covered by the mainstream media, but again this week, responsible gun owners defended themselves and the people they love. Self-defense instructor Amanda Suffecool joins the Self Defense Gun Stories Podcast to look at four new examples. Were these gun owners lucky, or were they well trained?

LA: Jury acquits man who shot ex-boxer Fouad Zeton's son, claimed self-defense Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
An Orleans Parish jury on Wednesday night acquitted the man who killed ex-boxer Fouad Zeton's son but claimed he did so in self-defense. The jury acquitted 22-year-old James Nero after roughly four hours of deliberation. He was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the Aug. 2, 2018, shooting of his friend Fouad Zeton Jr. in the French Quarter.

OH: Ohio senators consider bill similar to "Stand Your Ground" Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Lawmakers in the Ohio Senate will be considering another potentially controversial gun bill. Senators heard testimony on a new bill to get rid of the duty to retreat in self-defense cases. Similar legislation is often referred to as "stand your ground."

MD: Gun owners say MD conceal carry law is too restrictive
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Maryland has gotten the NRA�s attention. The National Rifle Association is backing an appeal to the Supreme Court that claims the state�s concealed carry law is too restrictive.

As is stands now the applicant needs to provide good and substantial reasoning as to why they need to conceal carry. According to Bob Arthur, owner of Arthur�s Shooters Supply in Berlin those accepted reasons can be that you�re a business owner with cash flow, you�re an assumed risk professional like a judge or security guard or that you�re a threatened or victimized individual.

Disrupting the consensus on Second Amendment doctrine would be a mistake
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But when it comes to Second Amendment doctrine and methodology, the stakes are higher than they�ve been in a decade. If the petitioners have their way, the Supreme Court could reject the mainstream approach for deciding Second Amendment questions in favor of a more radical test focused solely on �text, history, and tradition� and without consideration of contemporary realities of guns and gun violence. That would be a mistake.

Sanders Burns The 2020 Democratic Primary Gun Control Agenda
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To his credit, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has once again injected some much-needed sanity into a Democratic presidential primary. Speaking at a November 10 campaign rally in Charles City, Iowa, the candidate was asked about his opinion on a �mandatory buyback� (properly understood as confiscation) of commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms like AR-15s. Sanders responded by stating, �I don�t support, a mandatory buyback is essentially confiscation, which I think is unconstitutional.� The senator went on to add, �It means that I am going to walk into your house and take something whether you like it or not. I don�t think that stands up to constitutional scrutiny.�

CO: Gun Fight: How are children in Colorado affected by gun violence?
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In the United States, shootings were the second leading cause of death for children, according to a 2016 study by the New England Journal of Medicine. Car accidents came in at number one and cancer number three.

Colorado also had the highest increase in the teen suicide rate in our country in recent years. And in our state, one of every two suicides involved a firearm in 2017. That's according to the Colorado Health Institute.

TX: Kaufman Joins Second Amendment Counties, Collin Up Next
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After the Texas Legislature failed to act this session to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners, a growing number of Texas counties are declaring themselves Second Amendment �sanctuaries.�

In the past week, seven Texas counties, including Metroplex-area Kaufman, passed resolutions affirming citizens� right to keep and bear arms, as protected by the U.S. and Texas Constitutions. The total is now 15, and more counties are set to join the list.

TX: Stephens County adopts Second Amendment Resolution Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The County Commissioner�s Court held Tuesday, Nov. 12, found unanimously for Stephens County to be added to the list of counties in Texas to adopt the Second Amendment Resolution. This ensures the safety of the members of Stephens County against the threats made by Democratic presidential candidate Beto O�Rourke, or anyone else who may try to confiscate assault-style weapons.