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Sacramento Bee: Obama Urges Mayors to Back Gun Control
In his second call for tighter gun restrictions since nine people were killed Wednesday inside a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., Obama told about 300 mayors that gun regulations could save lives.
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CNN: Clinton, Obama Seek Gun Control in Wake of Charleston Massacre
President Barack Obama and other top Democrats -- including Hillary Clinton -- find themselves in a familiar place following the mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday: Pleading for gun control while knowing it's unlikely to happen.
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Several Anti-Gun Bills Under Consideration in Rhode Island General Assembly
Twenty-nine firearms-related bills were introduced in this session of the [Rhode Island] General Assembly. Two of these can be termed gun friendly and one, having to do with poaching elephants, has nothing to do with firearms. The rest of the measures are usually described as “common-sense solutions to gun violence." All were held in committee “for further study."
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The Hill: Congress Pursues Misguided Legislation to Mandate Smart Gun Technology
What is particularly confounding is why this bill was introduced in the first place, let alone, re-introduced. While there are some aspects worth salvaging (such as R&D grants), the positive aspects are sadly undermined by the continual and misguided venture into mandates that has had the net effect of retarding tech development, subverting the markets and dissuading investment.
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Coinbase: No Bitcoins for Gun-Related Retailers
Then several months ago, without warning we stopped receiving any Bitcoin payments. We thought it was a problem with our website and spent quite a bit of time trying to figure what was wrong. Coinbase support initially indicated that they did not know what the problem was. Everything looked normal on our account. Then today, we received the email below stating “due to recent changes in the regulatory environment we are unable to provide services to firearms dealers.”
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Dear President Obama: You could be a leader. But we know better.
Your support of victim disarmament policies and “gun free zones”–spaces shielded by nothing more than invisible lines and wishful thinking–is not simply irrational, it is outright dangerous.
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Washington Post: President Obama Calls Charleston Shooting ‘Senseless,’ Criticizes Gun Laws
"....I say that recognizing the politics in this town foreclose a lot of those avenues right now," he said. "But it would be wrong for us not to acknowledge it. And at some point it’s going to be important for the American people to come to grips with it, and for us to be able to shift how we think about the issue of gun violence collectively."
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Can Concealed Gun Laws Vary by County?
If the lawyers arguing both sides of a controversial concealed weapons case agreed on one thing Tuesday, it was that the constitutional right to bear arms extends outside the home.
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CT Post: Bridgeport, CT launches New Gun Buyback Program
It’s interesting that politicians are more concerned with removing guns from their cities, than they are with illegal guns to be turned in with no questions asked.
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The Bulletin, Letter: New Oregon Gun Law will Be Useless
But wait. How can felons have firearms? Federal and state law prohibits felons from having firearms. So why do they have them? How can they get them? Why doesn’t the law prohibiting them from having a firearm prevent them from having a firearm?
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Guns.com: Showdown for Bill to Curtail Gun Speech in California Schools
“We certainly don’t oppose the criminal prosecution of people who make true threats against innocent students, teachers, and school staff,” Brandon Combs, president of the Firearms Policy Coalition, told Guns.com. “Our concern is that the measure, as it stands, is overly-broad and could chill or criminalize First Amendment protected speech.”
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Rasmussen Reports: Americans Prefer Living in Neighborhoods With Guns
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 22% of Likely U.S. Voters would feel safer living in a neighborhood where nobody was allowed to own a gun over one where they could have a gun for their own protection. Sixty-eight percent (68%) would feel safer in a neighborhood where guns are allowed, while 10% are not sure.
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Bloomberg Funded Journalism Site to “Change the Conversation about Guns”
A new “journalism startup” funded by anti-gun advocate Michael Bloomberg debuts this week promising to change the debate on guns in America — though the direction is a secret.
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Oregon Legislature Considering Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill
The state Senate is considering a bill, House Bill 3093, sponsored by Rep. Bill Post, R-Keizer, that would allow concealed handgun licensees from other states to also carry in Oregon.
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AP: Abbott Signs Open Carry, Campus Carry into Law
Gov. Greg Abbott stopped at a gun range to sign into law bills letting Texans carry concealed handguns on college campuses and openly carry them virtually everywhere else.
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Bearing Arms: Radical Democrats Push Restrictive Federal Handgun Licensing
For every essential freedom, there is an equal and opposite Democrat reaction. The Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act of 2015, introduced yesterday, is a perfect example of their insatiable desire to constrict your liberties.
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FPC Backs Bill to Protect Second Amendment Civil Rights, Limit Executive Over-Reach
“The Second Amendment was not enacted to simply protect the ‘sporting purposes’ of firearms,” explained Combs. “It enshrined the pre-existing right of self defense and guarantees the People of the United State an opportunity to defend themselves against unjust force.
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FPC Announces Support for Second Amendment Rights Restoration Appropriation
When the program is funded, “the Attorney General may grant such relief if it is established to his satisfaction that the circumstances regarding the disability, and the applicant’s record and reputation, are such that the applicant will not be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety and that the granting of the relief would not be contrary to the public interest.” If their application is denied, applicants can “petition with the United States district court for the district in which he resides for a judicial review of such denial,” where the court “may in its discretion admit additional evidence where failure to do so would result in a miscarriage of justice.” (18 U.S.C. § 925(c).)
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FPC Files Opposition to California Senate Bill 456
Your FPC submitted this opposition letter explaining how SB 456, in its current form, likely violates the First Amendment protections against government infringement of the right to free speech.
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Firearms Policy Coalition Urges Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to Sign Bill Eliminating Mandatory Handgun Waiting Period
“By signing SB 35 into law, Governor Walker would help bring Wisconsin’s background check and waiting period regulations into conformance with the Second Amendment’s constitutional standards,” said FPC President Brandon Combs.
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The Hill: Dems Move to Ban Plastic Guns
Congressional Democrats are proposing to ban plastic guns, following reports of major security lapses at the nation’s airports
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Supreme Court Deals Blow to Gun Rights While Justice Thomas Delivers a Silver Lining
Earlier today, Justice Clarence Thomas (joined by Justice Antonin Scalia) issued a pointed dissent to the Supreme Court’s order denying review in the Jackson v. San Francisco Second Amendment gun rights case.
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BREAKING: Federal Judge Kicks Another Brady Campaign Lawsuit to the Curb (re: Kansas’ Second Amendment Protection Act)
In another not-very-surprising court decision released today, Federal District Court Judge Julie A. Robinson granted Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt by the gun prohibitionists at the Brady Campaign.
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North Carolina HB 562 is Reported Out of Rules Committee and I’m Not Happy
The devil is in the details as they say. Yesterday, the NC House’s Rules Committee reported out a committee substitute version of HB 56[2], the Second Amendment Affirmation Act, and I’m not exactly happy. Yes, there are good things in the bill and yes, it goes to the floor of the House. However, the way the Rules Committee has so mangled up the elimination of the pistol purchase permit irks me no end.
