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AK: Anchorage teen is positioned to represent his home state on the Biathlon Junior Worlds stage
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There hasn�t been a male representative from Alaska at the Biathlon Junior World Championships in nearly 20 years. With the 2022 Team USA Youth and Junior Trials taking place in Anchorage for the first time in almost a decade, Service High School junior Elias Soule is on a mission to end that drought.

�I would like to be one of the first Alaskan men (in a while) to represent our state at the world stage,� he said Thursday from Kincaid Park.

After a pair of top 10 overall finishes and a top five in the youth 15-17 age range, the 16-year-old is in contention to reach his goal with one more sprint race left Saturday after a rest day Friday.

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Firearms Instructor Heather Reeves brings us four news stories of armed defense. Did these defenders use their best defense? 22 minute audio podcast. News sources and text at the episode web page.

Favorite Guns of 2022
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2022 was a very good year for the Outdoor Life shooting squad. We reviewed more firearms than ever in Outdoor Life�s 124-year history. And while getting to pull that many triggers is a blessing in itself, the fact that so many of the guns were outstanding shooters added to our collective joy.

Along with myself, Outdoor Life Editor-in-Chief Alex Robinson, OL Staff Writer Tyler Freel, and OL Gear Editor Scott Einsmann contributed to this roundup of the rifles, shotguns, handguns and air rifles that impressed us most in 2022.

MO: Dozens of bills related to gun pre-filed ahead of Missouri Legislative Session
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Representative Brian Seitz, a Republican from Branson said he does not want second amendment rights to be taken from Missourians.

�I think some of the gun bills that have been pre-filed are primarily coming from the left, and are an attempt, again to restrict our Second Amendment rights. We�re not going to do that in the State of Missouri. We are a pro-Second Amendment state,� said Rep. Seitz.

Top 5 'I Carry' Videos of 2022
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Shooting Illustrated launched its "I Carry" Video series in 2017, providing a look at a varied range of potential everyday-carry kits. Each of these kits are built around a single concealed-carry gun and feature a purpose-built holster, along with a variety of potential EDC accessories. These accessories encompass everything from belts, magazine carriers and concealed-carry shirts to knives, flashlights, lasers and more. Here are 2022's top "I Carry" videos:

2022 Closes with A Nation On the Precipice of Ruination
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As one more year draws rapidly to a close in these first three decades of the 21st Century, the United States stands precariously at the edge of an abyss.

One Branch of the Federal Government, the U.S. Supreme Court, at least recognizes the danger and has prevented the Country from falling over the precipice.

After a century of sidestepping the issue, the U.S. Supreme Court established, in three precedential case law decisions, what had been visibly plain in the language of the Second Amendment itself all along if one would only look.

HI: Concealed-carry weapon license issued on Oahu
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Honolulu Police Chief Arthur "Joe " Logan told reporters at a news conference that he expects to approve about eight more before the end of the year. There are currently 59 completed applications from 41 people, some with multiple firearms, that are being reviewed. Logan has not rejected any applications.

"We have almost 600 applicants, " Logan said. "If you think of the total population of the city and county of Honolulu, around a million people ... that's a very small number of people interested in a license to carry or at least wanting their Second Amendment right to carry a firearm."

Any application that HPD received by Nov. 20 is valid for 90 days.

OH: Ohio Supreme Court punts on challenge to state law saying Ohioans accused of felonies can�t have guns
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The Ohio Supreme Court has punted on a Cuyahoga County case over whether Ohioans indicted for felonies can possess guns, sending the case back to a lower court for review.

In a 4-3 decision, the high court�s four Republican justices voted to send State v. Phillpotts back to the Eighth District Court of Appeals for reconsideration in light of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that Americans have a right to carry guns in public.

GA: From January 1, Concealed Carry of Guns Will Be Legal in Georgia Without a Permit � Constitutional Carry Becomes Law Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
On Sunday January 1, so-called constitutional carry laws come fully into effect in Georgia. These will mean that concealed carry of handguns becomes legal in the Peach State. The laws were signed by Governor Kemp in this year's legislative season, and Georgia joins over 20 other states with constitutional carry of laws of one sort or another in place.

CA: Poll: Petalumans split on new firearm storage measures Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Responders to last week�s poll were almost evenly divided between those who oppose the Petaluma City Council�s new ordinance requiring firearms to be safely stored when not in use, and those who support it, with those against slightly outnumbering those for the new measures.

AL: Attorney says former Decatur resident accused of Huntsville slaying acted in self-defense
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"She was attacked by an armed man and she feared for her life," Cole said. "He tried to strangle her. He went for a gun. I've known her for 10 years. She's coached in the community, she's officiated games in the community and I know for a fact she's helped problem kids and kept them out of trouble."

Strong was booked into the Madison County Jail at 11:50 p.m. Thursday. Huntsville police said the shooting is still under investigation.

SD: Read Second Amendment Literally: Ban Making and Selling Guns
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The Second Amendment does not say we may make guns.

It does not say we may sell guns.

It does not say that we may box up a gun and mail it across state lines.

We could shut down every gun factory and store and dealer in America today and not violate the Second Amendment. We already have 393 million firearms, more than enough to allow every living American to carry a gun. If you have a gun, you can keep it. You just can�t buy any more or sell the ones you have.

PA: Philadelphia officials warn to not shoot guns during New Year's Eve festivities
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With New Year's Eve festivities underway in a little more than 24 hours, officials are warning of a dangerous Philadelphia tradition.

"What we don't want you to do is go outside your house recklessly and shoot your gun up in the air," said Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal. "What goes up must come down."

Bilal, surrounded by other city and state leaders like Pa. State Senator Sharif Street, said shooting guns in the air to celebrate the new year can lead to dangerous consequences.

HI: Honolulu is the last Hawaiʻi police department to process concealed carry permits
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The Honolulu Police Department was the last to begin issuing permits. Chief Joe Logan signed the first license on Wednesday. He said the City and County of Honolulu still has about 600 applications awaiting processing.

"As a police chief, it's not something I thought I would have to do when I applied for this position a year and a half ago. But the Supreme Court has stated that we in Hawaiʻi, along with six other states, will do this. And so we are there," he said.

MO: Mark McCloskey Won�t Have Guns or Money Returned, Despite Pardon, Missouri Judge Rules
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St. Louis lawyer Mark�McCloskey will not have his�guns or the fines he paid returned to him even though he received a governor�s pardon in 2021, a Missouri judge has ruled.

McCloskey and his wife, Patricia McCloskey, both personal injury lawyers,�pleaded guilty in June 2021 to misdemeanor charges for assault and harassment, respectively, over an incident in 2020 where they�wielded guns as self-defense�measures at their property while watching Black Lives Matter protesters walk through their private, gated neighborhood.

CA: Opposes some new laws
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AB 1594 allows the state attorney general, local prosecutors, and anyone who suffered harm as a result of gun violence in California to sue firearm manufacturers.� Does this mean, residents of any city in California can sue when they are shot by an unlicensed gun bought on the black market, or stolen? Do we sue auto manufacturers if someone has suffered harm because of a collision? Do we sue skateboard makers when used as a weapon, and the same for airlines and medication manufacturers if used inappropriately?

AL: Alabama to allow concealed guns without permit in 2023
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Alabama on Jan. 1 will become the latest state to allow people to carry a concealed handgun without a state permit that requires a background check. The new state law ends the requirement for a person to get a permit to legally carry a concealed handgun in public. A person can still choose to get a permit if they want to do so. The proposal had been introduced unsuccessfully for years in Montgomery, before winning approval this year. The legislation was championed by gun rights advocates who call it �constitutional carry,� in reference to the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

America needs to love its children more than its guns
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Mass shootings now average nearly two a week. They continue to happen faster than most people can keep track of how many times an anguished public cried out �Never again!� only to have it happen again and again and again.

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the slaughter of 20 first graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Next Feb. 14 marks five years since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 14 students and three educators dead and 17 students wounded.

IL: Looking ahead: Illinois politics in 2023
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Meanwhile, Illinois Democrats are just days away from passing the proposed ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. This plan could make it unlawful to manufacture, deliver, buy or sell assault weapons or high-capacity attachments.

The bill would allow anyone who already owns assault weapons to register their guns and pay a $25 fee to the Illinois State Police.

Survivors of gun violence believe this is common sense legislation that gains bipartisan support.

�Skip the aisle,� said Jaquie Algee. �Don�t worry about the aisle, because the aisle doesn�t exist when it comes to human loss, hurt and pain.�

CA: San Jose Gun Insurance Law to Take Effect at Start of New Year
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The new ordinance goes into effect Jan. 1.

"This is simply about ensuring that gun ownership is safer," Mayor Sam Liccardo said.

Liccardo compared the gun ordinance to auto insurance, suggesting that insured gun owners would be more likely to have and use trigger locks or gun safes in their homes, cutting down on accidental shootings.

"We think that insurance is a particularly effective tool to reduce the harm that results from negligent or reckless use of guns in the same way that we've seen insurance be very effective in reducing auto-related deaths," Liccardo said.

ATF Shifting Goalposts Again on Firearm Receivers
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This new letter moves the goalposts yet again. Now they are claiming that, with regard to �unfinished receivers� for striker-fired handguns, they consider these �partially completed receivers� to be �readily convertible� into functional receivers, and therefore they must be treated exactly the same as completed receivers. This means the manufacturers are now required to be licensed by the government to manufacture and sell guns and that each receiver be marked with a serial number and manufacturer information, sold only through licensed firearm dealers. Now purchasers will be subjected to identification and background checks.

NY: Federal Lawsuit Challenges Semi-Auto Ban In New York State
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A federal lawsuit supported by the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition has been filed in New York, challenging that state�s ban on so-called �assault weapons.� Plaintiffs are represented by SAF and FPC attorneys.

The complaint was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of New York residents J. Mark Lane of Larchmont and James Sears of Irving. They are represented by attorneys Cody Wisniewski, Adam Kraut, who is also SAF executive director, and Nicolas J. Rotsko.

Named as defendants are New York State Attorney General Letitia James, State Police Supt. Steven A. Nigrelli and Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah, in their official capacities.

NY: Judge: NY Ban on Guns in Places of Worship Unconstitutional
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A federal judge this week ruled that New York's ban on firearms inside places of worship is unconstitutional, though the ruling is on hold while the state appeals, Gothamist reports.

Judge John L. Sinatra�Jr. of the Western District of New York ruled on Thursday that the law against concealed carrying guns inside places of worship violated the Second Amendment. The ruling follows a previous ruling challenging the state's Concealed Carry Improvement Act, but both rulings are on hold until the appeals process is completed.

NY: The City in New York Where the Most Guns Are Linked to Crime
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While not all firearms used in criminal acts are traced, ATF data reveals that in every state, there is at least one city that appears to account for a disproportionate share of crimes involving a firearm.

The ATF traced a total of 10,305 firearms in New York in 2021. Of those, 5,150, or 50.0%, of all guns traced in the state were linked to crimes in New York City. Meanwhile, New York City accounts for only 43.4% of the state's total population, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2021 American Community Survey.

Ed.: There are a plethora of similar articles for many states. Juts google "The City in Where the Most Guns Are Linked to Crime"

VA: Virginia lawmakers could consider repeals to state gun laws
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Virginia lawmakers could soon consider legislation seeking to repeal prohibitions on where firearms can be carried in the Commonwealth under proposals pre-filed by Republican legislators earlier this month.

House Bill 1428, pre-filed by Republican Del. Dave LaRock and state Sens. Amanda Chase and Frank M. Ruff, seeks to repeal an existing Virginia law that makes it unlawful for individuals to carry certain loaded semi-automatic center-fire rifles, pistols or shotguns on public streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks, public right-of-ways, public parks or �any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public� in certain parts of the state.