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NC: Defending your rights and celebrating our nation
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Earlier this year, President Joe Biden�s ATF established a new pistol brace ban which turned millions of combat wounded veterans and law-abiding citizens into felons overnight. These braces were first designed to help wounded veterans continue to exercise their Second Amendment rights. Following the Biden administration�s latest regulation, I took to the House floor to sponsor the legislation to block it and am proud my bill passed the House with bipartisan support.
The ATF�s brace rule illustrates the dangers of an unchecked federal agency that is willing to go around Congress and the millions of constituents we represent. |
Some more �facts� supported by MAGA
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� Talking about common sense gun control measures in the immediate aftermath of a mass shooting is a shameful politicization of a tragedy; the only respectful and appropriate response is to wait at least a week, after the funerals have been conducted. And since we average more than one mass shooting per day in America, there will never be an appropriate time to talk about gun control.
� The founders clearly anticipated AR-15s, bump stocks, and high capacity magazines when drafting the Second Amendment, but they were just kidding around when they included that prefatory clause about �well-regulated militias.� |
Henry Repeating Arms Donates Over $1 Million for Silver Anniversary
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Last year, Henry Repeating Arms Founder & CEO Anthony Imperato pledged to donate $1 million through its Guns for Great Causes charitable arm to celebrate the company's twenty-fifth year in business. Today, Henry Repeating Arms, one of the country's leading firearms manufacturers and a world leader in the lever action category, is proud to announce its fully honored pledge, with over 30 different organizations receiving donations totaling $1,037,500 since June 2022. |
PA: Deadly Shooting At Allentown AutoZone Was 'Justified,' DA Says
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Twenty-two-year-old Edgar Gonzalez was fatally shot in the parking lot at 1871 South 5th St. on June 4, in what prosecutors are now calling an act of self-defense.
A second victim was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at an area hospital, authorities said then.
Now, the DA's Office says the gunfight followed an "altercation and confrontation" between two groups of people that began at the nearby Taco Bell parking lot on South 4th Street. |
CA: Man acquitted in Oxnard killing freed after judge rejects life sentence for gun violations
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Villarreal was acquitted by a jury last month of both second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 40-year-old Raymond Delval in August 2019 in Oxnard, but still faced sentencing Thursday for three associated firearm convictions.
Worley sentenced him to a total of four years and four months in prison for those crimes: possession of the illegal short-barreled rifle he used to kill Delval, being a felon in possession of a firearm and being a felon in possession of ammunition. But he does not have to serve a day in prison because the sentence is less than the credits awarded for the nearly four years he spent in local jail. |
MI: Woman claims self defense in fatal shooting at Warren motel
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A 32-year-old Detroit woman is being held in police custody after she was accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend in a Warren hotel early Thursday, according to police.
The suspect, whose name is not being released, is claiming the shooting was a case of self defense, said Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer.
�She made several admissions in her statement to that effect to our investigators,� Dwyer said.
It was the city�s first reported homicide of 2023. |
WI: Time to get a gun
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Pullan decided that if she couldn�t beat America�s gun culture, she would join it. So last year, she took a free class with the Liberal Gun Club�s Wisconsin chapter. And late last year, she purchased an AR-15-style rifle made in Wisconsin by Bravo Company MFG. She isn�t the only left-leaning person to arm themselves.
According to the Pew Research Center, 40% of Americans live in a home with a gun. Despite the stereotype of gun owners being white conservative men, gun owners are a diverse group: 20% of Democrats own guns, 22% of women, 24% of Black people, 18% of Hispanics and 10% of Asians, according to Pew. |
Two Mass Shootings by Trans Shooters, or None? What We Know
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onservatives are promoting a false narrative that the suspect charged in a mass shooting in Philadelphia is transgender�after similar claims about a school shooting in Nashville.
Kimbrady Carriker, 40, was arraigned on Wednesday morning on five counts of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons counts of possession without a license and carrying firearms in public, prosecutors said. He is accused of killing a man in a house and then gunning down four others on the streets on Monday, before surrendering to police.
Even before Carriker's name was released by the authorities, however, some Republican lawmakers were posting on social media labeling the suspect as transgender. |
PA: Following Monday Night�s Shooting, Philadelphia Sues �Ghost Gun� Suppliers
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Two days after the shooting in Philadelphia that resulted in the deaths of five people, city officials have filed lawsuits against two �ghost gun� parts suppliers.
The only link was subjective: The shooter used a firearm made up of polymer parts that didn�t have registration numbers. There was no claim that those parts came from the suppliers. There was no claim that the suppliers violated any laws. The move was political from the start. |
Are we on the Downward Slope of the Murder Spike?
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America�s multi-year spike in homicides may finally be receding.
At the midway point of 2023, the murder rate is down roughly 11 percent in 100 major U.S. cities. That�s the conclusion of a new report from Jeff Asher, a widely-cited crime analyst and AH Datalytics co-founder. He found the overall murder rate is still about 12 percent above pre-pandemic levels. But the numbers are currently on track to result in approximately 2,500 fewer murders nationally than the post-pandemic peak in 2021. |
MO: Missouri Gov. Mike Parson vetoes 'Blair's law' citing other amendments in bill
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Blair's Law, a bill passed by the Missouri legislature that would've cracked down on celebratory gunfire, was vetoed by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday.
The bill, named after Blair Shanahan Lane, was included as an amendment in Senate Bill 189, which Parson vetoed.
Blair died on July 4, 2011, after being hit by celebratory gunfire.
Since her death, Blair's mother has pushed Missouri lawmakers to pass legislation that cracks down on celebratory gunfire. |
NRA World Shooting Championship Returns In 2024
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The NRA World Shooting Championship, presented by Walther Arms, will take place at Camp Atterbury, Ind., April 4-6, 2024. The NRA World Shooting Championship, the ultimate all-encompassing tournament that crowns an undisputed "World Shooting Champion" from amateur and professional shooters, is taking place for the seventh time.
All firearms, optics, and ammunition are provided to the competitors to level the playing field for the unique competition, which was originally launched in 2014. Competitors will compete in 12 stages of fire spanning the shooting sport disciplines. |
CO: Metro company offers first commercially available �smart guns�
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At first glance, the Biofire Smart Gun is different from other firearms. The large handgun looks part Halo, part Cyberpunk in design.
It�s an appropriate look since the gun is made with new technology ripped straight from science fiction. It�s unlocked biometrically, meaning it can only be activated with an authorized user�s fingerprint or face. That, in turn, means only authorized users can shoot it.
Kai Kloepfer is the CEO of the Broomfield-based company Biofire. He said making a gun like this was impossible until very recently. |
KS: Sedgwick Co DA: Man arrested in City Nightz shooting �acted in self-defense�
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No charges will be filed against the man who was arrested and accused of firing shots inside City Nightz nightclub on July 2. He�s set to be released from jail Thursday afternoon.
Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett released information stating that it appears Brandon Young was acting in self-defense in response to shots fired by two different gunmen within the bar located in Wichita�s Old Town entertainment district. Bennett said the decision not to charge Young follows days of analyzing video surveillance from inside the club. |
FL: Florida�s New PERMITLESS Gun Laws Deter Fans From Vacationing at Walt Disney World
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In a significant development for gun owners, the Florida permitless concealed carry law, also known as constitutional carry, has recently been enacted. The law allows individuals to carry concealed weapons without the need for a permit, marking a significant shift in Florida�s stance on gun ownership. Many Disney fans are now canceling their vacations to Walt Disney World Resort in fear of the implications that this new law may bring to the state. |
NY: 'Nobody is going to come and save us.' At this Ladies Night, Black women learn to shoot guns
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The text message that flashed across Jasmine Barksdale�s cellphone a few weeks ago felt familiar.
One of the women in Barksdale's Rochester-area gun club was struggling to disassemble her new firearm. The woman's set of long, acrylic nails kept snagging in the slide, nearly ripping off every time she tried to break down the weapon. She needed advice.
Barksdale, 32, knew the frustration all too well. It�s what led her to take firearm safety into her own hands ― literally ― by becoming a certified instructor through the National Rifle Association last fall. |
Winchester Updates Defender Ammunition Line
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Ammunition built specifically for personal defense needs continues to be a high priority among first-time firearms buyers. The Winchester Defender line of ammunition is the most comprehensive lineup of technology-driven products in the industry, with more than 20 offerings combined in the pistol, shotgun, and rifle categories.
The diverse lineup within the Winchester Defender family provides many innovative options to keep you and your family safe in any situation. Winchester Defender products provide leading performance through premium materials and manufacturing processes to create the ultimate self-defense products. |
Key gun control measure in the crosshairs at US Supreme Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court, which last year expanded gun rights in a landmark ruling, is set to return to the issue in a major case testing whether a law that keeps firearms away from people under domestic-violence restraining orders violates the Constitution.
It is one of the biggest cases that the court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, has agreed to hear during its next term, which begins in October. The justices wrapped up their latest nine-month term last week with important rulings rejecting affirmative action in collegiate admissions, undermining LGBT rights and invalidating President Joe Biden's student debt relief after a year earlier overturning abortion rights. |
AR: Arkansas AG Griffin chimes in on lawsuit over California gun control law
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Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is continuing his predecessor�s tradition of hopping on board friend-of-the-court briefs in politically charged cases involving other states. But then, he�s got a lot of company.
�I�ve joined 23 AGs asking the 9th Circuit to affirm a lower court�s ruling tossing out a California law that would make handgun ownership nearly impossible,� Griffin announced today in a tweet. �The Second Amendment still applies�even in California.� |
TX: Paxton won�t testify at impeachment trial, attorney says
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�Ken Paxton is America�s most conservative and most successful Attorney General. He has won landmark cases in the Supreme Court to stop [President] Joe Biden�s lawlessness and willful disregard of our constitution. But his success in defending religious liberty, the right to life, the Second Amendment, and individual freedoms have made him a target of Democrats and the establishment Republicans who enable them. That is why Attorney General Paxton was impeached by the kangaroo court in the Texas House,� Buzbee said a statement. |
VA: A novel approach to defeating an enemy nation
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Let�s say we as a nation have a horrible enemy. Let�s say we want and need to cause them great harm, but without being blamed.
How could we do that? Bombs? Na. Missiles? Nope. Too obvious. So what could we do? Simple. Get them to pass a Second Amendment just like ours.
Soon, the enemy nation will experience a surge in mass murders everywhere, childhood school shootings, thousands of gun homicides, and a massive number of gun suicides. Eventually, just like America, more and more people will die from guns with every passing year. The enemy won�t feel safe mall shopping, in church, at a movie, concert, or sending their children to school. Imagine how horrible it will make their lives. |
MA: Massachusetts Proposes Unprecedented Sweeping Gun Control
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This week, Massachusetts politicians put forth HD 4420, �an act modernizing firearm laws.� This massive piece of legislation re-writes gun laws in the Commonwealth and imposes unprecedented gun-control. Every NRA member and gun rights supporter in Massachusetts is urged to contact lawmakers now and tell them to oppose HD 4420.
HD 4420 leaves no stone unturned when it comes to restricting your Second Amendment rights. Below are just some of the numerous anti-gun policies in this massive bill. |
PA: Gun Don�t Kill People � Bullets Do?
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Which brings us back to bullets. Why is it easier to buy bullets than a prescription at CVS? �In much of the country, you can walk into a store and buy a box of ammunition, no questions asked,� writes Jennifer Mascia in The Trace. �Federal law is next to nonexistent, and few states fill the gap.�
Turns out, Chris Rock is a policy genius. Bullets, after all, enjoy no Second Amendment protection. In a 2014 ruling, the 9th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals found that �The Second Amendment protects �arms,� �weapons,� and �firearms;�� it does not explicitly protect ammunition.� |
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