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GA: Gun sales are rising among Warner Robins women. Now, Warner Robins police are hosting a firearm safety class
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After local gun shops say they�ve seen an increase in the number of women buying guns, the Warner Robins Police Department is offering a training program to ensure women know how and when to use their weapons safely.

The Women�s Firearm Safety Class, led by Captain John Clay, will be held in three sessions from August 20 to August 24. Each session will cover different aspects of firearm safety, including Georgia firearm laws, self-defense and situational awareness.

The first two classes will be classroom-based, while the last session will take place at a shooting range, providing hands-on practice. The course filled up within the first hour of the announcement, highlighting its popularity and the demand for the training.

The Surgeon General�Not the Supreme Court�Understands the Founders� Vision for the Second Amendment
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There is something cruelly ironic about reading the recent Surgeon General�s report on gun violence and the Supreme Court�s June decision on the Second Amendment in United States v. Rahimi.

Even though Rahimi upheld a ban on those with domestic-violence restraining orders against them possessing firearms, two of the conservative justices used concurrences to attack the notion that judges ought to pay attention to the consequences when deciding on the constitutionality of gun laws. But judges, lawyers, and legislators at the time the Second Amendment was enacted were keenly aware that consequences mattered and were necessary to evaluate the constitutionality of laws.

PA: 2nd Amendment Foundation Wins, Takes Out 2 Pennsylvania Gun Permit Schemes
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District Judge Christopher C. Conner with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued an order granting summary judgment to SAF and its partners, finding the state�s law banning the carry of a firearm in a vehicle without a license unconstitutional.

He further declared that a ban on firearms possession without a license during a state of emergency is facially unconstitutional and enjoined Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Col. Christopher Paris from enforcing those provisions.

DC: Former CNN Anchor Leads Major Challenge In Defense of the Second Amendment
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For years, former CNN Anchor Lynne Russell was the familiar face of Headline News for the country. She may soon be making headlines again as the lead plaintiff in what could prove a major Second Amendment challenge in Washington, D.C. Russell is challenging the city�s prohibition on �off-body� carrying of weapons, including keeping a handgun in a purse. That type of off-body carry is precisely what may have saved Russell�s life in a shootout with an armed assailant in 2015. Russell�s nightmare began when the armed assailant grabbed her outside of their motel in Albuquerque, New Mexico and forced her into her room.

WI: Wisconsin Anglers Will Soon Be Able To Carry Guns While Fishing
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Anglers are now off the hook if they carry a firearm while fishing after the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has agreed to repeal a regulation preventing them from doing so.

The move follows a lawsuit filed by the conservative law firm Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, or WILL, on behalf of Sheboygan Falls resident Travis Kobs. The legal group sued Acting DNR Secretary Steven Little last month over the 25-year-old rule that bars firearms and guns on waters and shores used for fishing.

WI: 'Nobody really knew it was a rule': DNR updates law on carrying firearms while fishing
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will soon allow fishermen to carry firearms while on the water, a change some in the Madison fishing community say they didn't even know was necessary.

�I don't think people care much, mostly because nobody really knew it was a rule in the first place,� said owner of D&S Bait and Tackle, Pat Hasburgh. �So people that wanted to carry their gun already did.�

�I just figured open carry you could open carry in your boat or wherever you were, but obviously that wasn't the case, at least at that time,� said fisherman Robert Conners.

CA: SAF Seeks Summary Judgment Against California�s 10-Day Firearm Waiting Period
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has submitted a memorandum of points and authorities to support their motion for summary judgment in the federal court challenge against California�s 10-day waiting period for firearm purchases. This case is titled Curtin v. Bonta.

The memorandum was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. SAF is joined in this challenge by the North County Shooting Center, San Diego County Gun Owners PAC, California Gun Rights Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, PWGG, L.P., and five private citizens.

They are represented by attorneys Bradley A. Benbrook and Stephen M. Duvernay of the Benbrook Law Group in Sacramento.

WI: Wisconsin DNR Agrees To Repeal Unconstitutional Gun Ban Near Water
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The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has secured repeal of the unconstitutional law banning possession of firearms near almost all waters in Wisconsin.

In 1999, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) created a rule banning the possession of firearms near �waters, banks or shores that might be used for the purpose of fishing.� The regulation was created with virtually no oversight shortly after Wisconsin passed Section 25, Wisconsin�s constitutional protection for the right to keep and bear arms. The regulation was seldom, if ever, enforced.

VA: Daniel Defense Wins Important Gun Rights Case in Virginia
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A senior U.S. District Court judge in Virginia has dismissed a federal lawsuit filed by two victims of a 2022 school shooting against Daniel Defense and more than a dozen other defendants, saying their allegations essentially did not pass legal muster under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA).

The 11-page ruling by U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton, a Ronald Reagan appointee, said plaintiffs Karen Lowy and Antonio Harris, who were wounded in the April 22, 2022 shooting at Edmund Burke School in Washington, D.C., �fail the proximate causation prong of the PLCAA�s predicate exception, and their claims of negligence and negligence per se far no better.�

We're talking about Secret Service after Trump shooting. Why aren't we talking about guns?
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And yet, I have seen very few elected officials actually talk about gun violence and the need for more legal intervention despite the weapon used at the Trump rally being a favorite among mass shooters. You would think an assassination attempt would force the country to take gun violence seriously. You'd be wrong.

So I decided to talk to David Hogg, 24, who has spent the past six years fighting for better gun laws after surviving one of the country's most notorious mass school shootings.

NY: New York City turns to AI-powered scanners in push to keep guns out of the subway system
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New York City is turning to AI-powered scanners in a new bid to keep guns out of its subway system, but the pilot program launched Friday is already being met with skepticism from riders and the threat of a lawsuit from civil liberties advocates who say the searches are unconstitutional.

The Evolv scanner � a sleek-looking weapons detector using artificial intelligence to search riders for guns and knives � was on display at a lower Manhattan subway station where Mayor Eric Adams announced the 30-day trial.

MA: Gov. Healey signs new Mass. gun law, cracking down on �ghost guns�
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed major gun safety legislation this week, bringing a range of protections to the Bay State.

House bill 4885, or an act �modernizing firearms laws� aims for a wide-ranging approach to gun safety, with everything from red flag laws to 3D printing.

�There�s no one solution to gun violence, so when we talk about it at the coalition is we remove the needle on this issue through policy change, sustained investment in community-based solutions, and making sure we are listening to data and research,� said CEO of Massachusetts Coalition to End Gun Violence, Ruth Zakarin.

FL: Computers For Guns
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The Miami-Dade Police Department will be conducting a Computers for Guns Exchange on July 27, 2024 from 10:00am -3:00pm in Oak Grove Park � 690 NE 159 Street, Miami, FL 33162 (Intracoastal District).

The program is designed to decrease gun violence and remove guns from the streets. Computers for Guns is a community-based initiative focused on reducing gun violence, providing positive alternatives and opportunities through technology, and setting the stage for peaceful and purposeful dialogue among all members of the community.

Most Americans who own guns say they got them for protection, survey shows
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More Americans own guns for personal protection than ever before, a new survey shows.

Gun sales surged during the Covid-19 pandemic, as did gun-related deaths. In 2021, 48,830 people died from gun-related injuries in the US, the highest number on record. Roughly 7.5 million American adults became new gun owners during the pandemic, and most of them had previously lived in a home without a gun, according to data from the 2021 National Firearms Survey.

In the new survey, which was published Thursday in the journal Injury Prevention, researchers queried a nationally representative sample of nearly 2,500 American adults who reported owning guns between May and June 2023.