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CA: 9th Circuit blocks California's law limiting gun purchases to one per month
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A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel has blocked enforcement of a longstanding California law limiting residents to one firearm purchase every 30 days.

In March, a federal district court previously struck down the law as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, but the government sought and obtained a stay on the ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals pending further legal review.

But on Thursday, a three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit reversed the stay, barring law enforcement without a court's further order.

The decision came one day after oral arguments were heard at the federal courthouse in Pasadena.

PA: Pennsylvania Attorney General joins multistate effort to support gun sale regulations
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in support of state and federal regulations that govern gun sales, arguing that these laws are critical for public safety.

The coalition, led by New York, filed an amicus brief Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in the case U.S. v. Steven Perez. The brief supports federal laws that prohibition individuals from transporting or receiving firearms from outside their state of residence, stressing that these regulations help prevent illegal gun and reduce violent crime.

FPC Files Brief With Supreme Court In VanDerStok Case Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear the ATF�s �Frame or Receiver� Final Rule case on Oct. 8, gun-rights organizations are busy filing court briefs. In the case Garland v. VanDerStok, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FOC) filed a merits-stage Response brief with the Supreme Court on Aug. 13 explaining why the government�s rule cannot survive scrutiny and must be vacated.

LA: University of Holy Cross to Hold Constitutional Carry & Self Defense Class
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The University of Holy Cross, in conjunction with Pierre Basic Guns, is hosting two gun safety and self-defense workshops on its Algiers campus on Thursday, Aug. 29 to help Louisiana residents and the greater UHC community better understand the nuances of the new constitutional carry laws in the State of Louisiana and how the new laws impact their rights and responsibilities. Sponsored by the United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA), these workshops are designed to educate the public on the legal aspects of self-defense and carrying firearms.

Supreme Court Faces New Challenges On Gun Control
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The debate over gun control and the Second Amendment continues to heat up, with recent developments stirring both support and skepticism among Americans. The backdrop of rising gun violence and mass shootings has led to renewed discussions on legislative approaches and judicial interpretations.

Recent data from Marquette University indicates significant public support for pro-gun rulings. Nearly 70% of Americans express approval of the Supreme Court's decision on gun-carry rights, highlighting its relevance as the Court prepares to weigh another significant case.

WI: How Maine's 72-hour wait period for guns and other related laws could serve as an example for Wisconsin
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Critics of the law have vowed to sue. They contend it harms only law-abiding citizens while doing nothing to stop criminals from accessing weapons illegally. They also contend people who intend to harm themselves will find another way to do so if they are unable to purchase a gun on the spot. Violating the law is a civil infraction with a fine of $200 to $500 for a first offense and $500 to $1,000 for subsequent violations.

Gun ruling shows judicial restraint
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The US v. Rahimi decision, upholding a federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by individuals against whom restraining orders have been issued, demonstrates the Supreme Court�s originalists� high regard for judicial restraint.

Rahimi, combined with the court�s prior Second Amendment decisions D.C. v. Heller, McDonald v. Chicago, and NYSRPA v. Bruen, shows the court�s willingness to only strike down legislation that constitutes a clear violation of constitutional rights by depriving law-abiding citizens from owning and carrying firearms. But when the question is close, the court exercises restraint and defers to the political process and judgment of legislatures.

Trinidad & Tobago: Constitutional reform and the right to bear arms
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In this nation, where gangs and guns are the main elements behind an unrelenting murderous rampage, it was inevitable that the right to bear arms would be one of the issues before the National Advisory Committee on Constitutional Reform.

Public safety and calls for law-abiding citizens to be granted legal access to firearms have been hot-button issues generating substantial public and political concern that intensifies with the rising murder rate.

So, it was not surprising that it came up during the public consultations conducted by the committee, led by former House Speaker Barendra Sinanan, at locations across the country.

It is addressed in the committee�s report, which was made public on Wednesday.

IL: Illinois� AG recognizes challenges in defending gun control laws
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In defending gun control laws in Illinois and other states, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul recognizes the challenges posed by recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent on the right to keep and bear arms.

Raoul�s office is defending the state�s gun ban in federal court. Illinois is not the only place Raoul is defending gun control laws. He�s filed friends of the court briefs in other federal courts supporting gun control laws in Massachusetts, Minnesota and beyond.

�I spend a lot of time with my colleagues, my attorney general colleagues in other states, both Republican and Democrat, and we try to work collectively on issues,� Raoul told The Center Square.

NY: Lawsuit Forces NYC To Allow Non-Residents to Apply for Carry Permits, GOA Heads Fight
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Yesterday, the New York City Police Department adopted an emergency rule which will allow non-residents to apply for concealed carry permits. This follows a lawsuit filed by Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) in February of this year on behalf of several non-residents (including Newsmax TV Host Carl Higbie) who have been wholly unable to secure any type of carry permit in New York, leaving them defenseless.

NY: New York Forced To Allow Non-Resident Carry After Supreme Court Ruling
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Do you ever travel to New York City? Do you concealed carry? Concerned about your safety while visiting? Great, then keep reading! The right to keep and bear arms and the city of New York go together like toasters and bathtubs. Thankfully, the landmark Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, delivered some much-needed relief to NYC residents as it struck down a law, dating back a century, which required New Yorkers to show �proper cause� in order to obtain a concealed carry permit and exercise their Constitutional right to defend themselves. It seems now the fallout from that decision could also open up a path for non-residents to apply for permits to carry in the state.

WA: Wash. Citizens Carrying Guns Spikes Above 700K Over Public Safety Concern
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The revelation that Washington State, for the first time in history, has more than 700,000 active concealed pistol licenses is proof the public is concerned about personal and community safety and will be an issue in this year�s statewide elections, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is predicting.

Last week, the State Department of Licensing reported 701,020 active Concealed Pistol Licenses (CPL).

TX: More guns won't make Texas State Fair safer
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton demanding that Dallas rescind its new Texas State Fair gun ban defies all logic.

Last year, three people were injured by guns at the fair. By Paxton�s logic, the number of people injured by guns would be less if more people would carry guns.

There is no evidence that untrained people shooting guns in a very crowded area would make it safer for anyone, much less innocent bystanders.

NY: Guns to Gardens Coming to Westchester to Help Turn Unwanted Guns Into Garden Tools
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Are you tired of hearing of gun tragedies? A group called �Guns to Gardens� is coming to Westchester this fall to try and get unwanted guns off the streets and turn them into Garden tools.

�Guns to Gardens� is a national movement, which works to reduce gun violence by reducing the number of guns in homes and communities. Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender events are offered regularly across the nation, but none yet in New York. At these events, unwanted guns are dismantled, and the leftover parts are later forged into garden tools by trained blacksmiths.

CA: Appeals court ruling in San Diego case lifts ban on frequent gun purchases, for now
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California residents can purchase firearms as frequently as they want for the time being while a federal appeals court considers the constitutionality of state laws that had limited residents to no more than one gun purchase every 30 days, a federal appellate panel ruled Thursday.

A U.S. district judge in San Diego had previously overturned California�s �one-gun-a-month� laws in March, ruling that such restrictions were unconstitutional. But the laws had remained in effect while the state appealed the district judge�s ruling.

CA: Jury clears AMPM employee in self-defense case, attorney criticizes DA's actions
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Shannon Rawlins was an AMPM employee when Miguel Padilla walked into the North Redding convenience store in January 2023.

�This is an incident where someone was over-served at a bar, came in was aggressive, went after tried to attack someone half his size, got into an argument with Mr. Rawlins, wouldn�t listen, wouldn�t leave at the time that he was asked to leave and then attacked Mr. Rawlins and then Mr. Rawlins defended himself and unfortunately someone lost their life in this,� said Scott McMillan criminal defense attorney.

By June 2024, a jury found Rawlins not guilty.

DC: DC man who said he shot 13-year-old boy in self-defense convicted of manslaughter Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The D.C. man who said he shot a 13-year-old boy in self-defense after encountering the teen in his neighborhood last year has been convicted of manslaughter. The jury acquitted Jason Lewis of a more serious second-degree murder charge. The verdict came after the jury in D.C. Superior Court spent several hours over two days deliberating the case.

KY: London stepfather�s murder charge dismissed based on self-defense
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A judge dismissed a murder charge against a stepfather in Laurel County on Thursday.

The judge dismissed the first-degree murder charge against 60-year-old James Thomas Morgan based on self-defense, according to court documents.

FOX 56 News previously reported that in August 2020 Morgan was arrested after his stepson Matthew Tosh was shot in the chest. Tosh was pronounced dead at the scene.

Court documents show that Morgan and his wife had an argument the night of Tosh�s death. Tosh, who heard his mother trying to get into her bedroom where her husband had locked the door, broke down the door.

Morgan argued he became scared for his well-being when Tosh broke through the locked door, resulting in him shooting Tosh.

MA: NRA, SAF File Brief In Case Concerning Carry Across State Lines
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Massachusetts restrictive gun laws continue to come under well-deserved fire because of their failure to respect the Second Amendment.

We reported over the past week how gun owners have started an initiative petition to put a repeal of the new sweeping gun law on the statewide ballot and about the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) donating $100,000 to the Gun Owners� Action League (GOAL) to help fund that group�s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law. Now two gun-rights groups have filed an amicus brief in another Massachusetts case challenging the state�s permit law that restricts lawful gun owners from carrying a firearm in the state.

CA: 9th Circuit Judges Pushing Back Against Cali One-Gun-A-Month Law
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Attorney�s with the State of California are meeting with some pushback over their recent testimony before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on the state�s one-gun-a-month law.

On Wednesday, Deputy Attorney General Jerry T. Yen attempted to make his case in Nguyen v. Bonta, but some justices on the court seemed skeptical about his claims. In fact, in defending the law, Yen tried to make the case that it was intended to stop straw buyers, but at least one of the judges didn�t find that assertion credible.

Ed.: The law was enjoined the day after the oral arguments described in this story.

CA: Ninth Circuit Court Shuts Down California�s One-Gun-A-Month Law
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A panel of three judges in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the stay against the injunction on California�s one-gun-a-month law. The injunction is now wholly in place, blocking California from enforcing its gun control scheme to bottleneck the process of acquiring firearms.

In 2020, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), the Second Amendment Foundation, and several others filed Nguyen v. Bonta (then known as Nguyen v. Becerra), challenging California�s �1-IN-30� law in the United States District Court for The Southern District of California.

TX: AG Paxton Directs City of Dallas to End Gun Ban at State Fair
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This week, Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the city, directing it to end this policy, which violates state law prohibiting restrictions on the carrying of firearms on property owned or leased by a governmental entity unless those premises are specifically enumerated as prohibited locations under Texas Penal Code Section 46.03 (note that the Texas State Fair does not meet the criteria for an �amusement park�, which is one of the prohibited locations in 46.03.) Paxton also warned the city that unless the wrongful exclusion of LTC holders is corrected within 15 days, he will file suit to seek injunctive relief and civil penalties under Texas Government Code Section 411.209.