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MI: The 2nd Amendment meets Black Lives Matter in Howell
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About a dozen demonstrators carrying signs in support of Black Lives Matter have gathered outside a historic courthouse in Howell, the Livingston County city still haunted by a racial past.

Fifty feet away, a larger group, about 40 to 50 people, has gathered as well. Many of them are veterans or Second Amendment activists, intending, they say, to protect the city from violence threatened on social media. No one in either group is black, though an African-American man walked past to observe the scene.

Thomas LaMay, 54, belonged to the ladder group. He walked over to demonstrators with a case of bottled water, offering them a drink in the 80 degree heat. They accepted and thanked him.

The System Has Failed People of All Races�I Know From Experience
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The criminal justice system is just a system. It has failed people of all races. Amidst the riots across America, people are understandably focused on the problems faced by people of color. While it is obvious that they have faced real problems, lots of other people have felt let down by the system.

That is what I have learned over the years. It has failed people of all races. It often seems that there is not much justice to it.

ID: New civil group plans to protect Lewiston from potential riots on Saturday
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Now in addition to Saturday�s second amendment rally at Brackenbury Square, a group called Protect the LC Valley has organized to defend the city from potential rioters.

The Facebook group for the event states that the group does not plan to initiate or condone violence. They will be armed but hope to keep their weapons on safety. They plan to have three person teams at every intersection downtown, and in areas where local businesses could be affected.

IA: Senate Passes Range Protection & Preemption Bill Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Yesterday, on the first day of the Iowa Legislature reconvening, the Iowa Senate voted 32-17 to pass House File 2502. This important legislation will protect shooting ranges from being shut down by unreasonable local ordinances and ensure that Second Amendment rights remain protected across the state. It will now go to Governor Kim Reynolds for her signature.

VT: State�s Atty.: Shooting Was Self-Defense Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Windsor County State�s Attorney�s Office has finished its review of the state police investigation of an April 15 shooting in Royalton, and has issued a decision that no charges will be filed in connection with the incident. According to a release from state police, the victim, 23-year-old Nicholas Schultz of Prescott Valley, Ariz., who had been staying in the...

CA: Handgun Ownership Greatly Increases Suicide Risk, According To Major New Study Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are 2 comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Owning a handgun significantly increases one�s risk of suicide, according to a study published Thursday that tracked new gun owners in California for more than a decade. Mental health experts and researchers have long known that gun ownership suggests an increased risk of suicide, but the study published in the New England Journal of Medicine adds a new level of detail.

CA: Man acquitted of murder in deadly Delano shooting Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A Kern County jury on Thursday acquitted a man of second-degree murder in connection with a deadly shooting in Delano that occurred in May of last year. The jury deliberated for less than an hour before finding Enrique Batacan Quiniones acted in self-defense when he shot 33-year-old Alfonso Garcia Jr. in the 300 block of Balboa Drive.

TN: SWAT officers respond to report of group with guns downtown during Black Lives Matter rally Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
SWAT officers responded to a report of a group of people with guns on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge Thursday night in Nashville, resulting in a citation for unlawful weapon possession for a member of the band of "staunch Second Amendment supporters."

ID: Firearms ban spurs 2nd lawsuit
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Second Amendment proponents are suing the city and the Festival at Sandpoint over the summer concert series� ban on firearms at War Memorial Field.

North Idaho residents Scott Herndon and Jeff Avery, in addition to the Idaho Second Amendment Alliance and the Second Amendment Foundation, are seeking declaratory and injunctive relief preventing the infringement of the constitutional right to bear arms on public property. The 15-page civil complaint was filed in 1st District Court on May 29, court records show.

IL: Lincoln fire chief apologizes for Facebook post
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In the Facebook post, another person wrote �If s--- hits the fan and you decide to start robbing people...you might want to start with the houses that have Bernie/Biden 2020 signs. They don�t believe in guns. Those Trump supporters will blow your worthless head off.�

Reached Thursday, Dunovsky said he used his personal Facebook page when he shared the item.

�Even though I am a city official, I am a Second Amendment person,� he said. �Things that get posted on my Facebook page are pro-Second Amendment.�

Tomi Lahren spoke to Black Lives Matter leader calling for armed patrols to counter police brutality
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Hawk Newsome, the chairman of the Black Lives Matter chapter of New York, said his organization is developing armed patrols of "peace officers" to safeguard communities from police brutality, following the death of George Floyd.

"We're talking about self-defense. We're talking about defending our communities," Newsome told the Daily Mail on Wednesday, "We have black Special Forces officers advising us, and we will teach and train people in our communities..."

FL: Florida Supreme Court rules against assault weapons ban amendment Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday knocked a proposed constitutional amendment to ban possession of �assault-style weapons� from a prospective berth on the 2022 ballot. In a 4-1 decision, the court ruled Ban Assault Weapons NOW�s 75-word ballot summary �affirmatively misleads voters� by contradicting broader text in the proposed amendment.

More than 2 million Americans became first-time gun owners this year, trade association says
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During a record number of firearm sales in the first part of the year, more than 2 million Americans became first-time gun owners, a firearms trade association said Monday.

Firearms retailers estimated that 40 percent of their gun sales during the first four months of 2020 were to first-time buyers, according to a survey by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), an American national trade association for the firearms industry.

IL: 1st, 2nd amendment rights on display at St. John police brutality protest
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Two groups with distinctly different objectives appeared to find common ground Thursday afternoon and joined each other in solidarity out front of the St. John Public Safety building.

Who crossed the driveway leading back to the St. John Firehouse to talk to the other group first wasn�t immediately clear. But soon after, men carrying assault rifles walked with the young people wearing face masks chanting for justice and racial equality with ease and apparent solidarity as cars driving by on 93rd Avenue honked and Lake County Sheriff�s aerial units circled overhead.

NY: State Assembly Candidate Claims She�s Receiving Threats
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Christina Cardinale, D-Jamestown, wants the voters of Chautauqua County to know she is an advocate of responsible gun ownership.

�I am also pro-Second Amendment. I grew up in a pro-gun household, with a parent who is an avid hunter. I was taught the necessary skills and knowledge for gun ownership at a very young age,� she said.

Cardinale said she wants people to know she is pro-Second Amendment after receiving threats of violence because it�s assumed she is pro-gun control because she is a Democrat.

IN: Floyd Protesters Met With Armed Bystanders During Indiana March
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KY: Kentucky congressman calls protesters 'violent looters and lawless criminals'
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Massie said he supports peoples' right to peacefully assemble, "but there is no right to break other peoples' stuff or take their things."

The congressman, whose district stretches across much of Northern Kentucky, also said he does not think racism is prevalent in police forces across the nation. Instead, there are "a few bad apples here and there," he said

"The vast, vast majority of (police officers) are patriotic," Massie said. "Some of them are the most pro-Second Amendment people I've ever met, and pro-Constitution."

Gun sales up in 2020 amid pandemic, police brutality, protests
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It might be the Second Amendment to the Constitution, but it�s first in the hearts of many Americans.

Gun sales in 2020 have skyrocketed compared to 2019, particularly in the months of March, April and May as the U.S. deals with the coronavirus pandemic.

Correlation doesn�t equal causation, but experts believe the two are connected.

�Firearms unit sales boomed in March 2020 largely due to the COVID-19 health crisis,� Jurgen Brauer, chief economist at Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting, said in a press release.

VA: Bedford County Supervisors OK militia resolution Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Bedford County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution at its Tuesday, May 26, meeting recognizing a militia within Bedford County, pursuant to the Second Amendment. When questioned who was over the Bedford County militia, Chairmen John Sharp of District 4 said that the board was not over it. He also said that it�s a formal recognition that they have a right to exist.

MT: Police: Trouble makers not welcome at George Floyd protest in Billings Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
St. John said he anticipates Second Amendment counter protesters could show up, possibly armed as they were during a recent Missoula protest. He said he�s spoken with local representatives of those groups, and he does not expect problems.