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Why Self Defense Training Matters Submitted by: Robert Morse Website: http://slowfacts.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
What happens when we face a lethal threat? Fortunately, we remember how to act even though we forget how to think. That is why firearms and self-defense training is critically important. Here are two recent examples of planning and training done right.

NH: Dover shooting death ruled self-defense Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The person who shot and killed Raymond Eldridge II outside Castaways Boathouse restaurant in December acted in self-defense and no charges will be filed against him, the attorney general and Dover police chief announced Wednesday.

AZ: Legislature Adjourned Sine Die for 2019 Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
On May 28th, 2019, the Arizona Legislature adjourned sine die from the 2019 legislative session. During this session, the House passed House Bill 2693 to improve the ability of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves and their families by reducing arbitrary boundaries that leave them defenseless. Unfortunately, the Senate failed to pass this legislation when it reached the floor.

Top 4 Picks for Single Stack Pistols Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The single stack pistol genre brings subcompact, concealable styles to gun owners looking to easily stash their weapon on the go. With a stockpile full of great concealed carry options, we pulled four solid single stack options out of the Guns.com Vault to take a closer look at what these models offer concealed carriers.

NRA Subpoenas Oliver North, Its Ex-President Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The National Rifle Association�s already-toxic legal fight has gotten nastier, somehow, as the powerful gun-rights group has subpoenaed its ex-president. Previously unreported court documents show the group served a subpoena to Oliver North late last month. It also subpoenaed Lance Olson and Daniel Boren, according to the documents; all three men are members of the NRA�s own board.

Shannon Watts�s Work Diary: The Demanding Job of Running �Moms Demand Action�
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Today, Moms Demand Action is among the most prominent gun-control organizations in the country, a nonprofit with nearly six million supporters, more than the N.R.A. Ms. Watts now crisscrosses the country to meet with allies, organize volunteers and pressure elected officials. Those efforts have led to gun safety legislation passed in 20 states, with nine of those bills signed into law by Republican governors.

CA: Democrat Governor Newsom Makes News by Not Making Sense Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Recently, the governor of California managed to use the tragic incident in Virginia Beach to score cheap political points. Here are the facts, as reported: The shooter legally purchased both handguns he used in this criminal attack. Newsom�s take: �We just don�t need background checks on guns, we need background checks on every single ammunition purchase��

PA: Court Reaffirms 2A and 4A Rights
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In Commonwealth v. Hicks, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed with a defendant who argued that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated by law enforcement due to his legal exercise of his Second Amendment rights. Essentially, the court recognized that lawful possession of a firearm does not revoke a citizen�s other rights � specifically in this case an individual�s rights against unreasonable search and seizure.

Desert Tech HTI � The Most Compact Hard Target Rifle in the World
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The Hard Target Interdiction rifle was designed and built for a specific military request to provide extreme long-range accuracy and penetration. Easily convertible between multiple big-bore calibers, the HTI is accurate well beyond 2,000 yards in all of its chamberings. Whether a military sniper is stopping a vehicle or a marksman is looking to shoot an 18-inch group at 3,000 yards, the HTI provides extreme distance capability in the most compact, accurate and convertible package on Earth.

AR: Moms Demand Action set sights on gun safety
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Moms Demand Action of Garland County will host Hot Springs' first Wear Orange Hullabaloo community event from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Family Park, 215 Family Park Road, in observance of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, which is Friday.

"Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence," according to the organization's website.

�We must act now� is not a gun control policy
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If you are the sort of person who feels compelled to demand new gun control laws after a mass shooting, you have several options. You can keep your recommendations vague, letting your audience fill in the blanks; push the policies you always push, regardless of whether they have anything to do with the latest outrage; or latch onto a detail of that crime, inflating its importance to support a seemingly germane solution.

MD: Second amendment
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What Mr. Johnson doesn't understand is that the Second Amendment was really adopted as a defense against tyranny whether it be imposed through the force of a standing army or otherwise. The Second Amendment was not about protecting militias as he asserts, it was (and is) more properly about protecting the People (the militias are the People).

If the existence of standing armies was feared then, is it not logical to conclude that the Second Amendment is now all the more important with today's standing army being the instrument of the federal government?

Ed.: Second letter.

NE: Nebraska party leaders scrap at Boys State, Girls State; big winner is 2nd Amendment Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Republican and Democratic leaders sparred Thursday over policy and politics at a joint session of Boys State and Girls State and the biggest winner in terms of cheers and applause probably was the Second Amendment. "It's the key safeguard for our constitutional freedom," Nebraska Republican Party Executive Director Ryan Hamilton told the high school juniors.

VA: US Army combat doctrine calls for smaller combat handgun magazines than civilians can purchase on the open market for �individual self-defense�
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Think about this: US Army combat doctrine calls for smaller combat handgun magazines than civilians can purchase on the open market for �individual self-defense.�

It seems to me then that a non-standard thirty-round magazine for a .45 caliber pistol like the one used by the gunman in Virginia Beach on Friday has only one use: to maximize effectiveness for a mass shooter who wants to kill as many people as possible. Their sale and possession should be prohibited.

NY: �I Can�t Sit Still. I Can�t Not Do Anything.�
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Gregory Gibson�s son was killed in 1992 during a shooting at Bard College at Simon�s Rock in Great Barrington, Mass. In 2014, after decades of work with gun violence prevention groups, Mr. Gibson bought a 9-millimeter Sig Sauer P320 and began learning to shoot. In the essay �A Gun Killed My Son. So Why Do I Want to Own One?� Mr. Gibson walks readers down his path to becoming a gun owner and his quest for clarity in the debate around guns in America.

On the Invention of �Assault Weapons� and Their Subsequent Ban
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While many voices spoke out against the 1986 restrictions of fully automatic or select fire weapons, hostility toward that legislation paled in comparison to the ire evoked by the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB; the full official name of the legislation is the �Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act�). For me, this is the most personal of these laws; I came of age as a shooter under the AWB and was fully an adult when it sunset. More on that, later.

OH: Cincinnati mayor files lawsuit, saying NRA-backed law violates city's right of self-governance Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
It's a legal maneuver fully supported by Ethan Nichols, with Ohio Students for Gun Legislation. "We are pro-Second Amendment," Nichols said. "We are just pro-gun safety. We do support background checks, red flag laws, banning certain assault weapons; really, the things that actually endanger people." Ed.: Sorry Ethan, those two things are mutually exclusive.

PA: Pittsburgh�s Mayor Wants to Divest City Pension Funds from Gun Companies Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Using a financial bullying tactic, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto renewed his efforts to push his gun-control agenda by targeting firearms manufacturers. In a letter dated May 31, Peduto asked the Board Members of the Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust fund to divest from firearms and ammunitions companies in the city�s investment fund valued at about $463 million.

CO: 30 sheriffs, firearm training group oppose Colorado's gun magazine ban in amicus brief
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A lawsuit challenging Colorado�s gun magazine ban that�s headed to the state Supreme Court has the support of 30 sheriffs across the state, a firearm training group, and a conservative think tank.

An amicus curiae filed by the Denver-based Independence Institute, which was joined by 30 sheriffs and the Colorado Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors Association, was filed with the court this week.