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| NEWS SECOND AMENDMENT Disaffected Gun Control Activist Exposes Bloomberg’s “Top-down Bureaucracy” | |
| In a post titled, “As a Gun Violence Survivor, I Feel Betrayed by Everytown,” former Everytown and Moms Demand Action member Kate Ranta shed some much-needed light on Bloomberg’s bureaucratic operation. Despite Everytown portraying itself as a grassroots movement, Ranta explained that this representation is a façade, writing, | |
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| LEGAL & LEGISLATION California: In Response to NRA/CRPA Demands, Los Angeles Repeals Ordinances Prohibiting Sale of “Ultracompact” Firearms and Possession of Standard Capacity Magazines | |
| In response to pre-litigation demands from the NRA and CRPA, the Los Angeles City Council has voted to repeal a city ordinance prohibiting the sale or transfer of “ultracompact firearms” in Los Angeles. The city ordinance defined “ultracompact firearms” as handguns with “an overall length of six and three quarter inches (6.75”) or less or an overall height of four and one half inches (4.5”) or less, as measured with the magazine detached.” | |
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| NEWS SECOND AMENDMENT “Social Justice Collective” Calls for Four-Year Universities to Ban Veterans, Cites NRA Ties | |
| It’s admittedly getting more and more difficult to separate fact from fiction these days, especially when it comes to the increasingly bizarre world of anti-gun social justice crusaders. But it is apparently true that a publication recently appeared on the campus of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) arguing that “we must ban veterans from four-year universities.” Among the reasons the author of the essay cites is that “veterans usually are associated with extremist right-wing groups such as the tea party and the NRA.” | |
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| LEGAL & LEGISLATION SECOND AMENDMENT NEWS More Drama on Campus as Another College Professor Resorts to Theatrics to Protest Campus Carry | |
| Prof. Willmott, in other words, is so rigidly wedded to typical antigun orthodoxy that he cannot recognize the irony of his own arguments. His stunt, which merely copies that of a different professor at another institution who was recently in the news, is neither original nor persuasive. | |
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| LEGAL & LEGISLATION NEWS SECOND AMENDMENT Americans for Responsible Solutions Claims NFA Isn’t Burdensome | |
| Earlier this week, gun control group Americans for Responsible Solutions continued their confused campaign against the Hearing Protection Act (S. 59 and H.R. 367) with a new line of attack. This vital legislation would remove firearm suppressors from regulation under the National Firearms Act, which requires suppressor purchasers to pay a $200 tax stamp and for the devices to be registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. According to the group’s latest perverse logic, the rapid growth of the suppressor industry in recent years somehow proves that the current regulatory scheme is not burdensome and that legislation to improve access to these important safety devices is unnecessary. | |
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| NEWS Australia’s Pro and Anti-gun Researchers Agree, Gun Turn-ins Don’t Work | |
| Australia is in the midst of a National Firearms Amnesty that runs through September 30. During the campaign, Australians may turn-in illegally held firearms without fear of prosecution, or in some cases register or sell unlawfully possessed firearms if the guns are eligible for civilian ownership. | |
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| FOX NEWS Embracing the Roosevelt model, Secretary Zinke will protect our wildlife resources by supporting hunters and anglers | |
| Hunting and fishing have long been at the cornerstone of America’s outdoor heritage, with countless men and women participating in these cherished activities since our nation’s founding. | |
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California California: Gun Owners Score a Win on One Gun a Month Bill |
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Wisconsin Wisconsin: Support Mentored Hunting Bills As Written |
