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LCC Torch: Assault Weapons Caught in the Crosshairs
Oregon voters may have the opportunity to vote on a reduction on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines this November. Initiative petition 43, IP43, proposes an end to the sale, transfer or possession of certain weapons and magazines in order to “promote the public health and safety of the residents.”
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WSOCTV: Gun-Control Advocates Target Bank of America After Santa Fe Shooting
Following the Santa Fe shooting, gun-control advocacy group Guns Down America is circling BofA’s uptown headquarters in a truck with a billboard in tow. The billboard, expected to be around through Saturday, urges onlookers to “tell BoA to StopFundingGuns.org.”
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Breitbart: Jimmy Kimmel Tweets CNN's Inflated School Shooting Stats
Late-night Jimmy Kimmel tweeted CNN’s inflated school shooting stats on Monday, which claim school shootings occur “57 times” more often in the U.S. than other “industrialized nations combined.”
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Columbus Dispatch: John Kasich Called 'Radical Gun Control Militant' During Gun Bill Hearing
Those testifying against what Kasich calls “common sense” reform, sponsored by Rep. Mike Henne, R-Clayton, say the bill violates due process and infringes on their Second Amendment rights. Both Kasich and Henne were the subjects of harsh criticism throughout and name calling at times.
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Fox: Seattle Plan Would Fine Gun Owners for Not Properly Storing Weapons
Seattle’s mayor on Thursday unveiled a proposal to fine gun owners $500 to $10,000 for failing to lock up their firearms. The legislation, drafted by Mayor Jenny Durkan and Councilmember M. Lorena González, follows recent deadly school shootings in Florida, Texas and other locations.
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Bearing Arms: Jim Carrey Forgot How to Be Funny with Attack on Kent State Student
Recent Kent State graduate Kailin Bennett knew her graduation photos would ruffle some feathers. That was kind of the point, to show the absolute stupidity of the law that said one day she couldn’t carry a firearm on campus, but the next day she was suddenly good to go. Nothing really changed except she graduated from college.
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Oregon Live: Blazers Owner Paul Allen Donates $1 Million to Washington Gun Initiative
Microsoft co-founder and Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen has donated $1 million to a campaign seeking to raise the age to purchase semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 in Washington state.
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BREAKING: Gun Rights Groups Serve Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Department of Justice with Petition Telling Them to Stop Breaking the Law
This morning, we served on California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and his DOJ a petition challenging their illegal underground regulation. Their stunning and troubling disregard for lawful court orders is contrary to the rule of law.
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Bill Expanding Gun Violence Restraining Orders Passes CA Assembly
A bill that expands who can request a Gun Violence Restraining Order passed the CA State Assembly on Monday. AB 2888 is the brainchild of Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco). It adds employers, co-workers, and school employees to the list of people who can petition a judge to have a person’s guns taken away without due process.
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Liberty Nation: Gun Control Myths Exposed in FBI Report
The latest Federal Bureau of Investigation report on ‘active shooters’ contradicts some of the most popular talking points disseminated by gun-control advocates. The first and most common argument for increased gun control is that stricter gun laws lead to less gun violence.
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Reason: Boulder Legislators Spray-Fire From the Hip at 'Assault Weapons'
The ban covers semi-automatic rifles that accept detachable magazines and have one or more of those features. Anyone who already possesses a newly prohibited firearm has until the end of the year to register it, surrender it, destroy it, or move it outside the city limits.
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UK Tries to Ban "Assault Rifle-Style" Crossbows
MPs have backed the Daily Express campaign and urged the Government to ban the deadly "sporting devices" saying there was "no reason" for them to be on sale to the general public.
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Ammoland: School Shooting Stopped by Good Guy with a Gun in Illinois
Matt Milby, 19-year-old, entered the Dixon High School gym where the seniors were practicing for graduation on Wednesday morning around 8 AM. The recently expelled student opened fire on school resource officer Mark Dallas. Dallas returned fire causing Milby to retreat from the gym.
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Pantagraph: Illinois Lawmakers Trying Again with New Version of Gun Dealer Bill
The legislation -- attached as an amendment to Senate Bill 337 -- would require gun dealers to certify their federal license with the state police, calls for a study of gun trafficking data and imposes a penalty on private dealers who fail to keep adequate records of private sales.
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The Hill: California High Schoolers Write Gun Control Legislation, Will Introduce It to Local Government
The students told the newspaper they had to modify the original version of the legislation, which did away with the Second Amendment entirely, in order to gain more support from the community.
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Politics USA: Nancy Pelosi Demands Vote on Gun Legislation After Santa Fe Shooting
Pelosi calls for vote on gun legislation. “Congress must show as much courage as they have, and act now to ensure that no other community or family must endure the unthinkable horror of gun violence. Our children deserve real leadership: a vote to prevent gun violence now.”
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NY Times: Please, Please Buy This Company
Remington Outdoor, one of the country’s oldest and largest gun makers, is getting ready to emerge from bankruptcy. The question is whether somebody — anybody — will buy the company, especially at such a politically and emotionally polarized time for the gun industry.
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Denton Record-Chronicle: Santa Fe Shooting Suspect's Choice of Guns Complicates Debate Over Assault Rifles
The reality that weapons not included in proposed assault-rifle bans can still exact a double-digit death toll further complicates a wrenching national debate about how to prevent future tragedies.
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Times-Standard: Arcata Moves Toward Drafting Locked Gun Storage Law
“The practices of keeping firearms locked, unloaded and storing ammunition in a locked location separate from firearms serves as protective measures that reduce youth suicide and unintentional injury in homes of children and teenagers where guns are stored,” Swartz said.
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Tampa Bay Times: Kelly Clarkson, a Gun Owner, Urges Action at Billboard Music Awards
She didn’t mention exactly what action she meant, nor did she specify that she was in favor of limiting access to guns. But it was a notable statement. Clarkson is a gun owner herself and has spoken publicly about it several times. She told NPR in 2012 that she owned nine guns and that she slept with a Colt .45.
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Independent: Houston Police Chief Urges Texans to Vote for Gun Control After Shooting
“We need to start using the ballot box and ballot initiatives to take the matters out of the hands of people that are doing nothing that are elected into the hands of the people to see that the will of the people in this country is actually carried out”, he added.
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Nobody Turned In Their Bump Stocks, Say New Jersey State Police
It’s hard to know for sure, but Americans could own as many as 520,000 bump stocks, according to estimates from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Many of the devices are untraceable, in part because they don’t have serial numbers.
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Eden Prairie News: Eden Prairie City Council Drops Resolution About Assault-Style Weapons, Gun Sales
The City Council recognizes that it has no legal authority to limit the sale of guns and ammunition in Eden Prairie.
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FPC Statement Following Tragic Santa Fe High School Shooting in Texas
Yet again we see the disastrous consequences of reliance on magical thinking and mystical “gun-free” zones. Yet again we see that evil and insane people intent on causing death, injury, and chaos simply ignore the thousands of federal, state, and local criminal laws that criminalize conduct including murder, terrorism, assault, and illegally carrying guns onto school grounds. Yet again our news outlets show us proof that the evil and insane will find a way to hurt or kill the innocent in so-called “gun free” zones until they voluntarily end their attack, commit suicide, or are stopped by a hero – often one who is armed.
