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MI: The Safe and Secure Project: A hands-on approach to keeping guns out of the hands of kids
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Cases and stories of kids who have been shot have people across metro Detroit outraged and ready to take action to help protect our children.

7 Action News Reporter Andrea Isom introduces us to two men with a hands-on approach to keeping guns out of the hands of kids.

To get more information and to register for the Safe and Secure Project, visit SafeandSecureProject.com. The website will be active Friday, April 23rd at Noon. You can also send an email to [email protected].

The event will take place May 12th from 6 pm to 8 pm at:

Uncoiled Firearms and Gun Range
30305 Schoolcraft Rd.
Livonia, MI 48150

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OK: Oklahoma bill signed into law to protect drivers who strike protesters Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
On Wednesday, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law that will provide more protection for drivers who unintentionally injure or kill protesters while fleeing from a riot. On April 21, Stitt signed House Bill 1674 into law, effective November 1, 2021.

MO: Capitol Report
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Senator Eslinger and I have filed an identical resolution in our respective chambers. The joint goal of this fundamental freedom resolution is simple. In Missouri we want to forever protect our individual Second Amendment rights before it is too late.
In the landmark 2008 case of District of Columbia vs. Heller, the United States Supreme Court held: �The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with [in addition to] service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.�

Right to bear arms should have limits, like any other right, right?
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Legislation that affects guaranteed rights like self-defense and free speech should be debated and carefully considered, but our hard-fought patchwork of gun laws has holes. Strict regulations in one state can be negated by lax laws in another. According to Gun Trace Report, 60% of the weapons used in Chicago�s notorious crime-ridden areas come from places like Indiana, Wisconsin and Mississippi.

Why Gun Control Is Now a Matter of National Security
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Increasingly, as militias acquire and stockpile weapons, they�re turning guns from a public-health concern into a threat to national security. And it�s possible that if proponents of reform�including advocacy groups, congressional leaders and Biden�began addressing it that way, they�d have a chance of energizing the debate against the National Rifle Association and its allies. Indeed, the shock of the insurrection has increased the political burdens of an NRA in internal disarray and offered a new perspective on the need for significant gun control legislation.

Americans Can't Agree About How Often Mass Shootings Occur, Let Alone the Right Policy Response
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Mass public shootings are horrifying, seemingly random events with high casualty counts, and for that reason they attract much more press and political attention than far more common kinds of lethal violence, even though they account for a tiny percentage of homicides and gun deaths. A new analysis by RAND Corporation economist Rosanna Smart and senior behavioral scientist Terry Schell calls attention to some of the ways in which the disproportionate emphasis on crimes like the recent massacres in Atlanta, Boulder, and Indianapolis distorts and confuses the debate about gun control.

NV: Second Amendment supporters demonstrate at Nevada Capitol
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A group of pro-Second Amendment demonstrators marched Sunday from Mills Park to the Nevada Capitol, where they lined North Carson Street waving signs and flags in support of gun ownership rights.

Demonstrators said they gathered to voice their support for the Second Amendment, one of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution known as the Bill of Rights.

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits Congress from infringing upon the people's right to keep and bear arms.

Are Second Amendment Supporters Being Dehumanized?
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Foreign Policy did promote this article on Twitter, and Saita even claims the Second Amendment didn�t fit into this. It was all part of �a global �security� system founded on colonialism & racism,� per one of her Tweets. These claims are laughable to anyone who has done elementary research on what the Founders of this country said about the Second Amendment. Antonin Scalia�s opinion in Heller vs. District of Columbia also goes into great detail on this.

Despite the laughability of these claims, this article should worry Second Amendment supporters. Next to the Holocaust, slavery is about as close as one can get to an exemplar of evil.

Silencer Shop Backs the Second Amendment Foundation in the Fight for Gun Rights
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Silencer Shop is proud to announce its Gold level corporate sponsorship with the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), a non-profit organization rooted in protecting and advocating for constitutional rights to bear arms.

�It�s a great honor for us to have Silencer Shop�s support,� said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. �The enthusiasm for our work from Silencer Shop CEO Dave Matheny is very gratifying, and I�m taking this opportunity to thank him publicly for his generous support. We look forward to working with him this year and in the years ahead.�

IL: Committee Heard Anti-Gun Bills Yesterday Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee heard House Bill 1091, to ban private transfers and make it harder to obtain a FOID, and House Bill 1092, to expand Illinois� program of suspending Second Amendment rights without due process. Please contact your state representative and ask them to OPPOSE HB 1091 and HB 1092.

NH: House Committee to Consider Legislation to Fix Handgun Purchase Process Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
On Wednesday, April 28, the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 141 which fixes the handgun purchase process in the Granite State. Please act now! Contact committee members and ask them to SUPPORT Senate Bill 141.

AR: Self-Defense Clarification Legislation Heads Back to the Senate for Concurrence Vote Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Yesterday, the Arkansas House passed pro-gun legislation, Senate Bill 573. After receiving an amendment in the House, the measure will be sent back to the Senate for a concurrence vote sometime early next week. Please contact your State Senator and ask them to concur on Senate Bill 573.

Mass shootings can�t all be put off on mental illness, experts say
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The recent proliferation of violent shootings and mass murders in cities and towns around the nation have spurred many people to ask, �What is going on?�

Puzzled, America�s backbone is being challenged by myriad developments converging at one time, say social scientists around Virginia.

�People are stressed out, grieving the loss of loved ones, the loss of freedoms due to the pandemic and being at home all day long,� said Dr. Cynthia Ellison, a licensed psychologist and director of the counseling center at Virginia State University.

VA: Virginia police lieutenant fired after donating to Kyle Rittenhouse defense fund
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A police lieutenant in Virginia who donated money to support Kyle Rittenhouse was fired, authorities said Tuesday.

Rittenhouse is charged with shooting two men during protests against the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He has become a cause c�l�bre among conservative activists who believe the teen was within his rights to open fire in self-defense on Aug. 25, NBC News reported.

IN: General Assembly Recesses
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Yesterday, the General Assembly recessed from its 2021 legislative session. During this session, the House passed House Bill 1369, to ensure that law-abiding adults can exercise their right to self-defense without first having to obtain government permission. Unfortunately, the Senate did not even give this critical bill a committee hearing, resulting in it failing to pass this session.

As a small victory for law-abiding citizens, Senate Bill 64, to make schools less safe by imposing onerous, one-size-fits-all requirements on school security, did not progress in the legislative process.

TX: San Antonio religious leaders weigh in on permitless gun legislation Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are 2 comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Wednesday bishops, priests and preachers from across Texas held a virtual conference to voice their opposition for the permitless gun carry legislation. Some of San Antonio's religious leaders and gun advocates are weighing in on the legislation.

ME: Maine urged to ban firearms in polling stations
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State lawmakers are weighing a proposal that would ban Mainers from packing firearms in polling stations, but gun rights groups say the changes are unnecessary.

LD 805 would authorize municipal officials to prohibit firearms in polling stations on Election Day.

Under the proposal, firearms would be prohibited from being within 250 feet of a polling station, though law-enforcement officers would be exempt from the ban.

NC: Fatal Brier Creek shooting in March was self-defense, police say Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Wake County District Attorney's Office will not pursue charges following a shooting outside of the Barnes and Noble at Brier Creek shopping center that killed a 32-year-old man back in March, saying the case was one of self-defense.

Duty to Retreat and Duty to Comply with Demands Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The so-called "duty to retreat" has long been in the news. Today, 12 states recognize such a duty�which is to say, outlaw deadly force in self-defense (even against threat of death or serious bodily injury) if one could safely avoid the necessity of self-defense by retreating�but until recent decades there used to be more.

MI: Charges won't be filed in the March stabbing death of a Battle Creek man Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
No charges will be brought against an 18-year-old man in the stabbing death of his mother's boyfriend. Calhoun County Prosecutor David Gilbert has decided Jose Serbantez was acting in self defense when he stabbed Christopher Dykstra on March 17. Dykstra, 43, died in the driveway of the home he shared with his girlfriend, Amber Correnti, Serbantez and his 12-year-old brother.

ME: Stand Your Ground Legislation Scheduled for Public Hearing Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
On Monday, April 26, the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will hold a public hearing on Legislative Document 1138, which strengthens Mainers� fundamental right to self-defense. Please act now! Contact members of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee and ask them to SUPPORT LD 1138.

NC: Free Women�s Handgun and Self-Defense Fundamentals Training Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Francene Marie interviews USCCA and NRA certified instructor � Nate Powell with Firearm-Icon. They�re giving back to the Charlotte, North Carolina community by offering Free Women�s Handgun and Self-Defense Fundamentals Training. Visit Firearm-icon.com to sign up for the free 6pm Wednesday classes.

FL: Port St. Lucie man arrested after fender-bender grows into self-defense stabbing near NSB Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A man claiming he was in a hurry to get to his child�s birth was stabbed by another man after an accident near New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County sheriff�s investigators said. The driver of a Chevy Malibu was rear-ended by Javier Bolanos on Wednesday night at the intersection of County Road 415 and State Road 44.

MO: Missouri man acquitted of murder charge in 2019 killing Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A Grandview man who sat behind bars for 17 months awaiting trial on a second-degree murder charge has been acquitted by a jury. A jury took less than an hour earlier this month to find Terrance Wright, 25, not guilty of the charge in the death of 49-year-old Benson Lewis on Nov. 23, 2019, the Kansas City Star reported.