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  • Gun Ban for Illegal Immigrants Ruled Unconstitutional

    03/16/2024 11:05:42 AM PDT · by CFW · 52 replies
    Bearing Arms ^ | 3/16/24 | Tom Knighton
    The right to keep and bear arms is a natural right, meaning all free men and women have that right, regardless of where they are on the planet. It's part of why so many of us find other nations' gun laws so insulting. It's a repression of people's right to have weapons to defend themselves and their nation. A repression that goes out the window in the face of invasion, it should be noted. But that brings about the question of illegal immigrants. Do they forfeit their rights when they enter the United States illegally, or do they maintain their...
  • Federal Judge Strikes Down California Gun Sale Rationing Restriction

    03/12/2024 5:29:04 AM PDT · by CFW · 11 replies
    The Reload ^ | 3/11/24 | ake Fogleman
    The Golden State cannot limit how many firearms a lawful buyer can purchase in a month. That’s the ruling U.S. District Judge William Q. Hayes handed down on Monday. In his ruling, he struck down California’s one-gun-a-month (OGM) restriction. He found it fell outside the scope of the nation’s historical tradition of gun regulation and, therefore, violated the Second Amendment. “Defendants have not met their burden of producing a ‘well-established and representative historical analogue’ to the OGM law,” Judge Hayes, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote in Nguyen v. Bonta. “The Court therefore concludes that Plaintiffs are entitled to summary...
  • New Biden Rule Shuts Down Food Processing Plants Across Rural America

    03/11/2024 1:24:07 PM PDT · by george76 · 53 replies
    American Liberty News. ^ | March 11, 2024 | Donny Ferguson
    a larger campaign to drive Americans out of rural areas and centralize access to food, the Biden administration is rolling out a draconian and needless new wastewater rule that could put small and mid-size food processing facilities out of business. A large group of United States senators and representatives are demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdraw a new meat and poultry wastewater proposal, which they claim “stands to hamper rural economies and drive small- and mid-sized processing facilities out of business.” “Given the technical complexity and high costs of wastewater treatment alterations, coupled with the massive expansion of the...
  • Firearm ownership is correlated with elevated lead levels in children, study finds (Use separate clothes and shoes, wash hands, use lead-free ammo components)

    03/09/2024 4:22:38 PM PST · by ConservativeMind · 46 replies
    Childhood lead exposure, primarily from paint and water, is a significant health concern in the United States, but a new study has identified a surprising additional source of lead exposure that may disproportionately harm children: firearms. Rsearchers found an association between household firearm ownership and elevated lead levels in children's blood in 44 states, even when controlling for other major lead exposure sources. Firearm-related take-home lead occurs when an individual discharges a firearm that uses lead-based ammunition and primer, which are the most commonly used in the United States, Hoover said. The lead dust settles on clothes and personal items,...
  • Blaze News' Steve Baker released from courthouse after arrest over his Jan. 6 reporting — and notables have been reacting

    03/02/2024 6:09:21 AM PST · by Candor7 · 53 replies
    The Blaze ^ | March 01, 2024 | Dave Urbanski
    Baker — who for years has been searching for the truth about Jan. 6, 2021, and believes the U.S. government has been targeting him for it — on Friday was charged with four misdemeanors related to his Jan. 6 coverage at the U.S. Capitol after turning himself in to the FBI in Dallas. But first he was handcuffed and perp-walked: The charges are: Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority Disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds Disorderly conduct in a capitol building Parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building...
  • Biden Commerce Secretary Refuses to Answer House Chair on Firearms Export Licenses

    02/29/2024 4:27:20 AM PST · by marktwain · 13 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | February 25, 2024 | Dean Weingarten
    On October 27, 2023, the Bureau of Industry and Security announced it would stop issuing export licenses for most countries’ firearms, components, and ammunition, with some exceptions.On November 28, 2023, Jim Comer, the Republican Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability in the House, sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, asking for information and a briefing on the decision. From the letter:We write to request information on the recent decision by U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) to cease issuing new export licenses related to certain firearms, firearm components, and ammunition for approximately 90 days. This action...
  • Preview of Supreme Court bump stock case [Oral argument on Wed 2/28/24]

    02/27/2024 9:57:58 PM PST · by CFW · 29 replies
    Reason ^ | 2/27/24 | DAVID KOPEL
    Tomorrow, February 28, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Garland v. Cargill; the case challenges the administrative prohibition on bump stocks imposed by the Trump and Biden administrations, via interpretation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE). The Supreme Court docket is here. I co-authored an amicus brief in the case. The brief is on behalf on 9 U.S. Senators, led by Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), 10 law/history professors, and the Independence Institute (the Denver think tank where I work). Garland v. Cargill v. is not a Second Amendment challenge. The case is about administrative law:...
  • Judge blocks California from suing makers of 'abnormally dangerous' guns

    02/22/2024 4:34:13 AM PST · by BBQToadRibs2 · 21 replies
    Reuters ^ | 02/22/2024 | Nate Raymond
    Feb 21 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked California's attorney general from enforcing a new law that allows residents, the state and local governments to sue members of the firearms industry that manufacture or sell "abnormally dangerous" guns. U.S. District Judge Andrew Schopler in San Diego sided with, opens new tab a firearms industry trade association in finding that part of a gun control measure signed into law by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in 2022 was likely unconstitutional. It is the first ruling in a case challenging the constitutionality of California's Firearm Industry Responsibility Act. The law was...
  • Cook County dropped charges after Chicago cops saw him stealing a catalytic converter. He wasn’t so lucky in DuPage County.

    02/21/2024 3:06:53 AM PST · by CFW · 20 replies
    CWBChicago ^ | 2/20/24 | staff
    CHICAGO — Dexter Williams has been on a roll in Cook County. Since 2022, he’s been charged with misdemeanors six times, and prosecutors dropped all but one of those cases. Among the charges they dropped was a 2022 theft case that police filed against him after on-duty Chicago police officers said they saw Williams trying to steal a catalytic converter in Roscoe Village. The cops asked prosecutors to approve felony charges, but the state’s attorney’s office rejected that idea and then dropped the entire matter a few months later. Maybe Williams should have stayed in Cook County. He’s now being...
  • Explosive Testimony: Aggressive ATF Agents Raided Wyoming Man's Home For Firearms

    02/20/2024 8:14:29 PM PST · by Red Badger · 21 replies
    Cowboy State Daily ^ | February 20, 2024 | Mark Heinz
    Last November, ATF agents dragged a Wyoming man from his house in his underwear even as he was screaming that he had a certificate authorizing him to possess firearms, a gun rights advocate told legislators on Tuesday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark Jones, National Director with Gun Owners of America testifies at the Senate Agriculture Committee Meeting on Feb. 19, 2024. (Matt Idler for Cowboy State Daily) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Wyoming Legislature meant well when it decided to reinstate the firearms rights of nonviolent felons last year, but that could have led to a couple’s terrifying experience with federal agents, a gun rights advocate...
  • Finland Promotes National Security By Building Ranges and Encouraging Armed Citizens

    02/20/2024 2:00:05 PM PST · by CFW · 73 replies
    Bearing Arms ^ | 2/20/24 | Cam Edwards
    The right of the people to keep and bear arms isn't just about our individual ability to act in self-defense or defense of others. As the Founders knew, the body of the people capable of bearing arms (otherwise known as the unorganized militia) is necessary to the security of a free state as well. Second Amendment attorneys Chuck Michel and Kostas Moros have done an excellent job of laying out the arguments of the Founding Generation in their recent law review article entitled Restrictions "Our Ancestors Would Never Have Accepted": The Historical Case Against Assault Weapon Bans, but the government...
  • Massachusetts Senator’s ‘Paramilitary Bill’ Could Shut Down Wyoming Shooting Sports

    02/11/2024 11:01:17 AM PST · by CFW · 28 replies
    Cowboy State Daily ^ | 2/9/24 | Mark Heinz
    Wyomingites wanting to just grab a couple of friends and go target shooting could potentially be breaking the law if a federal bill introduced by a Massachusetts senator passes. The Preventing Private Paramilitary Act of 2024 could potentially be used to ban just about any gun-related activity, Cody firearms instructor Bill Tallen told Cowboy State Daily. “It would shut down even any three individuals going to the gun range to practice with firearms,” he said. The bill, U.S. Senate File 3589, was introduced last month by Sen. Edward Markey, D-Massachusetts. The bill’s stated intent is curb or prevent the formation...
  • Bullets Fly All Over Blue State’s Highways After It Clamped Down On Guns

    02/10/2024 5:45:37 PM PST · by CFW · 18 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 2/10/24 | BRANDON POULTER
    Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed one of the nation’s most restrictive gun laws in 2023, and now highway shootings are surging in the state. Over 50 models of guns are banned under the legislation, including popular rifles such as AR-15s and M-16s, and the Democratic Legislature wants to crack down further with several more gun control bills in the body. The state is now seeing a surge in highway shootings, with more than a dozen reported on state highways since the beginning of the year, according to KOMO News. There have been over 190 reported “shooting incidents” in the...
  • Mastermind of Mexico Lawsuit Against Gun Makers Admits It's a Backdoor Route to Gun Control

    02/09/2024 4:43:28 PM PST · by CFW · 19 replies
    Bearing Arms ^ | 2/9/24 | Cam Edwards
    Gun control activists are thrilled that a federal appeals court has allowed the government of Mexico's lawsuit against several major U.S. gun makers to proceed, at least for the time being, because they're hoping that the litigation will lead to the obliteration of the firearms industry. A new op-ed in Newsweek from Jonathan Lowy, head of Global Action Against Violence, makes that clear. Lowy, who was formerly the general counsel and vice president of Brady's legal team, is the architect of Mexico's lawsuit, though you have scroll all the way to the bottom of his op-ed to discover his role...
  • After Several Days of Freedom, Ninth Circuit Resurrects California Ammo Law

    02/06/2024 2:29:51 PM PST · by CFW · 33 replies
    Bearing Arms ^ | 2/6/24 | Cam Edwards
    California gun owners didn’t get to enjoy a full week of freedom as they did when Judge Roger Benitez enjoined the state’s ban on “large capacity” magazines a few years ago, but as attorney Kostas Moros wrote on X, the Ninth Circuit’s delayed stay in Rhode v. Bonta allowed them to experience what purchasing ammunition is like in the rest of the country for a short period of time. [embedded court ruling] Unfortunately, that brief taste of freedom came to an end, at least temporarily, on Monday evening as a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit granted Attorney General Rob...
  • Murders Rarely Committed by Legal Firearm Owners: Statistics Canada

    02/03/2024 10:11:15 AM PST · by CFW · 6 replies
    The Epoch Times ^ | 2/3/24 | Chandra Philip
    While the rate of homicides involving a firearm has increased in Canada, those crimes are not usually committed by people who have a licence for the weapon, according to a Statistics Canada report. “The firearms used in homicides were rarely legal firearms used by their legal owners who were in good standing,” said the report, titled Firearms and Violent Crime in Canada 2022. Looking at data from 2022, the report found that around half of the firearm-related murders were carried out by those who had obtained the gun legally (58 out of 113 homicides). “In most firearm-related homicides, the accused...
  • Waste of the Day: The EPA Spent $620,000 On Guns And Ammo (RealClear Investigations)

    01/29/2024 3:24:14 PM PST · by DogByte6RER · 24 replies
    RealClear Investigations ^ | January 29, 2024 | Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Investigations
    Topline: The Environmental Protection Agency isn’t traditionally associated with ranged weaponry, but the federal government has spent almost $620,000 since 2018 to buy guns, ammunition, and more for EPA employees. Key facts: Auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found that between 2018 and 2022, the EPA spent close to $400,000 of federal funds just on ammunition. That came after the EPA purchased 500,000 rounds of ammo and 600 guns from 2010-2017. Over $100,000 went to buying armor for EPA employees. Funds were also used for “optical sighting and ranging equipment,” for “night vision equipment” and “security vehicles.” Background: The EPA has a Criminal...
  • Judge rules federal law banning gun possession in post offices unconstitutional

    01/13/2024 6:41:35 PM PST · by CFW · 23 replies
    Just the News ^ | 1/13/24 | John Solomon
    Afederal judge has declared that a law banning Americans from possessing guns in postal offices is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Florida ruled Friday that a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling from 2022 made the postal office gun ban illegal. As part of the decision, she dismissed part of an indictment charging postal worker Emmanuel Ayala with illegally possessing a gun in a federal building. She said the criminal charge violated Ayala’s 2nd Amendment rights. [link to judge's opinion included in article]
  • Louisiana sporting goods store employees terminated after chasing thief who stole firearm: report

    12/29/2023 4:10:41 PM PST · by CFW · 32 replies
    Fox Business ^ | 12/29/23 | Sarah Rumpf-Whitten
    Three employees at a sporting goods store in Louisiana were terminated from their jobs after attempting to stop a shoplifter who allegedly stole a pistol. Michelle Sutton, along with two other unidentified workers at the Academy Sports + Outdoors in Metairie, Louisiana, said that the shoplifting incident happened Dec. 16. The sales associates said that they thought they were about to make a sale and were showing a customer a pistol, when he took off with the firearm. Sutton, who was working as a team lead at the store, said once she received word on her radio, she immediately dropped...
  • Report: Prague Mass Shooter ‘Legally Owned Multiple Firearms’

    12/22/2023 10:50:48 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 16 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/22/2023 | AWR HAWKINS
    A report from the Guardian notes that police indicated that the Prague mass shooter “legally owned multiple firearms.” This means he complied with the Czech Republic’s myriad gun controls, including the acquisition of a gun license, which requires passage of a mental and criminal history background check and a demonstration of good cause for owning a gun. Other gun controls pertinent to legal gun ownership in the Czech Republic include passing a gun safety test, storing the gun according to regulations, and registering the weapon with the “regulating authority,” according to the University of Sydney’s Gun Policy Center.