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A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has just ruled for the plaintiffs in Duncan v. Becerra, striking down the state’s “large capacity” magazine ban. As the opinion notes: The Ninth Circuit employs a two-prong inquiry to determine whether firearm regulations violate the Second Amendment: (1) whether the law burdens conduct protected by the Second Amendment; and (2) if so, what level of scrutiny to apply to the regulation. United states v. Chovan, 735 F.3d 1127, 1136 (9th Cir. 2013) The panel held that under the first prong of the test, Cal. Penal Code § 32310 burdened...

Move over Hillary Clinton, you’re not radical enough for the foaming-at-the-mouth Leftists who currently have the Democratic Party in their grip. Not even Hillary advocated for outright gun confiscation. Biden has voiced support for stronger gun-control measures than Hillary – including a ban on any gun that doesn’t have ‘smart’ features. But the NWO shill has never called for an end of our Second Amendment. He once told Anderson Cooper that there is “no legal way” to take guns away from U.S. citizens.

Montanans cherish their freedoms. It would be ironic if Montanans provide the deciding votes that kill the Second Amendment and Americans’ right to defend themselves and their families.

A Rasmussen Reports survey shows likely voter support for gun control has dropped double digits since this time last year. According to the survey, 52 percent of likely voters support stricter gun control now versus the 64 percent who supported it a year ago, and the 56 percent who supported it in years prior to that. Forty-seven percent of likely voters “say they or someone in their household now owns a gun,” and among those likely voters in gun-owning households 27 percent “say they or someone in their family has purchased one within the last six months.”

For years, gun-control advocates told us that it is the job of police to protect them. But now, the same people who want to ban gun ownership also want to defund police, replacing them with social workers who won’t do anything to stop violent crime.

For those of you in the firearms world, we recently lost a good friend in Jeff Quinn. His brother Boge gives a heartfelt message in this video. For the main Gunblast site, go here: https://gunblast.com/ Jeff used to make hot sauce, and we occasionally had some in our break room - it would find its way there after SHOT show.

Letitia James called the National Rifle Association a 'terrorist organization' and promised to investigate it before she was even elected New York's Attorney General two years ago. She listed the gun-supporting group as one of her priorities during a magazine interview. 'The NRA holds (itself) out as a charitable organization, but in fact, (it) really (is) a terrorist organization,' James told Ebony shortly before she won the 2018 vote. Now, less than two years later, James, 61, is trying to bring down the gun-toting organization claiming corruption and misspending by top officials mean it is beyond redemption, and it should...

A Florida homeowner shot and killed an armed man who broke into his home on Saturday, according to Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco. Ronald Fleet, 55, was apparently angry that the homeowner and his family were helping his estranged wife as the two went through a divorce, Nocco said. The wife was related to the homeowner’s family, Nocco said, and was trying to get out of a “horrific marriage.” The incident took place just after noon on Saturday, police said, when Fleet came to the Land O’Lakes house and began trying to kick in the front door. The homeowner grabbed...

Well, I'm sure I've got your attention now, with that provocative title! But I'm not kidding. I think President Donald Trump will win by an electoral landslide on Nov. 3 because of guns, black voters and the NFL. Let me explain this winning formula. First, guns. It's hard to believe Democrats are this clueless, blind, deaf and dumb. And I stress dumb. They've made the 2020 election about guns. What a huge mistake in a country dominated by gun owners. First, a Soros-funded St Louis circuit attorney made the PR mistake of a lifetime: indicting Mark and Patricia McCloskey for...

Christine Byers of KSDK in Missouri has uncovered evidence of prosecutorial misconduct by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's office. Kim is one of the radical prosecutors who has been elected with money from George Soros linked radical leftist “Justice & Public Safety” political action committee. Gardner has drawn national attention with her decision to prosecute a St Louis couple for defending their home against an angry mob of Black Lives Matter agitators.The document obtained by 5 On Your Side (KDSK) show pressure was applied by Gardner's office to structure the police report, so as to alter the evidence to...

Elections have consequences. Whether voting for president or senator, Americans should be wary of those who avoid discussing their stands on the issues. When Joe Biden and Mark Kelly do talk about the issues, it is obvious that their views are in line with the leftists. Just because Mark Kelly's name has the astronaut title, that does not mean that it should change to the title of senator. Those who might think of voting for him should look at his stance or non-stance on the issues. American Thinker interviewed some Arizonans who spoke about how Kelly is not right for...

Letitia James filed the lawsuit in New York on Thursday alleging fraud She claims Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's Executive Vice President, and three others misused funds for years LaPierre allegedly used company money to fly his family around on private jets More than half a million dollars was spent getting them to and from the Bahamas, the lawsuit claims James is a vocal Trump critic and is also opposed to firearms She said on Thursday the lawsuit had nothing to do with her political beliefs and was down to fraud, but she said she was still probing NRA political donations...

New York AG seeks to dissolve NRA in lawsuit accusing leaders of self-dealing, causing $64 million in losses New York Attorney General Letitia James was set to announce that the state is seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association through a lawsuit. According to the suit, the senior leadership of the NRA squandered millions in donations on personal trips, private jets and expensive meals. The suit argues that the four executives, including CEO Wayne LaPierre, shouldn’t be permitted to ever again serve on the board of a New York charity. New York Attorney General Letitia James was set to announce...

If police determined that at least one person in the mob on Mark and Patricia McCloskey’s property was armed, another labeled “Human Shield,” and several issued threats against the couple … then why were they charged at all? Local NBC affiliate KSDK reported last week that documents and a voicemail show that Kimberly Gardner’s office pressured the lead detective on the case to “quickly reassess this evidence,” and when that didn’t work, threatened his supervisor with bad publicity unless the detective relented. That puts the prosecution of the McCloskeys in an even more questionable light — and likely makes it...

OAKLAND – In an indictment partially unsealed today, a federal grand jury charged Dashawn Talifario Taylor, Anthony Lamar Craft, Jr., and Tyronza Hampton, Jr., for stealing 27 firearms from a Hayward gun shop on the night of May 31, 2020, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman. The grand jury also charged Taylor with possession of a stolen firearm and Craft with being a felon in a possession of a firearm.According to the indictment and an affidavit by an ATF agent in connection with...

Portland Democrat Mayor Ted Wheeler announced in June that he was authorizing radical changes to how policing was done in his city, including disbanding the city’s gun violence reduction team. Now the city is grappling with a surge in violent crime. “Portland police are scrambling to respond to 15 homicides in the city so far in July. That’s the most killings in one month in more than three decades,” The Oregonian reported. “So far this year, 24 people have died in homicides in Portland.” While the city has been in the national spotlight for violent riots that have occurred for...

US Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) made another clumsy television appearance today. On "Fox News Sunday," Duckworth struggled to speak grammatical English and made several more bizarre statements. Duckworth continues to insist that Russia is paying bounties to members of the Taliban to kill US troops in Afghanistan despite the fact that numerous US intelligence agencies have dismissed the claims as being uncorroborated. Duckworth also alleged that the Department of Homeland Security is kidnapping ("mostly peaceful") protesters off the streets of Portland, Oregon where the US Court House is under attack. Duckworth doubled down on stupid by stating that universal background...

Austin Texas Police Chief Brian Manley 26 July, 2020    Link to video A little before 10 p.m. in Austin Texas, on 25 July, 2020,  a crowd of activists/protestors/agitators were apparently illegally walking/marching in the street in Austin, Texas. One of the participants, Garrett Foster, 28 was carrying an AK47 style rifle.  At least one other person in the mob was armed. While there are many lights on in the city, it is at night, not daylight. A vehicle turned the corner onto Congress Avenue, encountering the street blocked by numerous persons. The vehicle horn was honked. Multiple people...

On the first day of this month a mild mannered poet from Jakarta and I created a bilingual declaration of peace. Here is the English language half of it: "A DECLARATION OF PEACE WE LOVE & RESPECT PEACE. SO WE DECLARE THAT FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY AND CIVILISED HUMANITY ARE THE PRINCIPAL FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE." As General Douglas MacArthur said "Men since the beginning of time have sought peace." Liberals talk of themselves as peace makers but the Quaker Richard Nixon changed the world by talking with Cold War adversaries. Ronald Reagan ended and won the Cold War. It has been written...

In Utah, members of a militia claim their presence deters protesters from becoming violent and destroying the state Nicolle Okoren in Provo Published on Mon 27 Jul 2020 05.00 EDT 1,754 The Utah Citizens’ Alarm is only a month old, and yet it already boasts 15,000-plus members. The citizen militia’s recruits wear military fatigues and carry assault rifles. Their short-term goal, they say, is to act as a physical presence of intimidation to deter protesters from becoming violent and destroying the state of Utah. Their long-term goal: to arm and prepare the state of Utah against underground movements they believe...