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Visalia Times: AG Sends Reminder to Gun Dealers, No Bump Stocks
Firearms Policy Coalition is firing back at California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. Becerra recently issued a reminder stating bump stocks are illegal and anyone in the "state who possesses, manufactures, imports into the state, offers for sale, or who gives or lends one of the devices has committed a crime."
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Pew Research Center: After Las Vegas Attack, Democrats in Congress Were Far More Likely to Mention Guns on Facebook
Of the 181 posts about Las Vegas that discussed guns, 98% were posted by Democratic lawmakers and 96% advocated stricter gun policies. Because Democrats favoring stricter gun policies were most likely to mention guns overall, only 1% of all posts – two posts total – were against such policies.
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IL Firearms Accessories Ban on the Move
HB 4117, the Illinois bump stock ban, has passed the Judiciary Committee in the Illinois House and is now on the floor ready to be voted on. The bill has commonalities with other so called “bump stock” bans in the fact that it outlaws any device that could “accelerate the rate of fire.” What this actually means is that any sort of aftermarket triggers, springs, and many other parts could be banned and illegal to own.
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A 2A Update from Oregon
Governor Brown recently renewed her call to close an alleged “loophole” in the law.
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Washington Free Beacon: Critics Dispute Government-Funded UC Berkeley Gun Show Study
A new study purporting to show Nevada gun shows are responsible for an increase in firearm-related deaths and injuries in nearby California was criticized as "poorly done" on Tuesday.
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Cuomo Vetoes Knife Reform Bill
Thousands of people have been prosecuted for basic folding knives that can be bought in any hardware or sporting goods store. And most of those arrested have come from minority and low income backgrounds.
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Washington Free Beacon: Former NPR CEO Says He Changed His Mind About Supporting Gun Control
The former CEO of National Public Radio came back from a reporting trip on conservative America having changed his mind about the efficacy of gun control measures, he said on Tuesday.
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PBS: Democratic State Prosecutors Unite Against Concealed-Carry Gun Law
Democratic attorneys general from 17 states are calling on Congress to abandon legislation backed by the National Rifle Association that would allow concealed-carry gun permits issued in one state to be valid in all states.
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FPC: Calif. Attorney General Becerra’s ‘bump stock’ press release “disingenuous at best and probably illegal”
“Not only is Attorney General Becerra’s so-called ‘news release’ inaccurate and misleading,” said FPC President Brandon Combs, “it is almost certainly an illegal underground regulation....This appears to be one more example of the Attorney General and his anti-gun DOJ banning guns and gun parts by executive fiat rather than following the rule of law and the constitutions he swore an oath to uphold.”
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Slate Magazine: The Second Amendment Limits Firearms to Two Guns Per Person
The 27 words of the Second Amendment don’t say anything about how many guns someone can own in America. Neither do the other 7,564 words in the Constitution.
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CalMatters: Just a Few New Gun Laws This Year, But One’s a Puzzler
Last year, California’s Legislature and voters enacted a veritable blizzard of legislation making private gun ownership more difficult and expensive, including new restrictions on magazine capacity and ammunition sales.
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LA Daily News: California’s Gun Safety Sham
At the very same time that Sacramento politicians want to punish legal gun owners, these same lawmakers just passed Senate Bill 620 — which would strip mandatory sentencing enhancements for criminals convicted of committing a felony with a gun.
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The Daily Caller: Julianne Moore Says Gun Control Is Not A Second Amendment Issue
Actress Julianne Moore argued Thursday on “The View” that gun control and gun rights are not “a Second Amendment issue.”
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The Press-Enterprise: The Supreme Court Needs to Provide Clarity on the Second Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court may be asked to decide whether the Second Amendment protects the right of a commercial establishment to sell firearms, following the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ latest ruling that it does not.
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Guns.com: San Jose Passes Mandatory Gun Lock Ordinance
The San Jose City Council approved a measure by a one-vote margin Tuesday that requires gun owners to secure their firearms when they are not at home.
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Guns.com: Giffords Group Rebrands, Refocuses Efforts at Gun Control
Ditching the Americans for Responsible Solutions banner they have held for the past five years, former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords’ gun control group has a simpler name, but the same message.
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Fox News: Background Check Laws Having Little Effect, Gun Violence Researchers Discover
A new study has determined that background check laws have had little effect on curbing gun violence.
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Hartford Courant: Sen. Murphy Gets 'Three Pinocchios' For Gun Control Claim
Sen. Murphy claimed states that keep "those dangerous AR-15s out of the hands of civilians" have lower rates of gun violence.
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FPC Interviews Maj Toure at Gun Rights Policy Conference 2017
Craig DeLuz sits down with Black Guns Matter founder, Maj Toure, to discuss gun rights in urban communities.
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Michelle Malkin: We Need Fallacy Control Now!
In the aftermath of the horrific massacre in Las Vegas, America needs fallacy control. Yes, we must declare war on fallaciousness. Now more than ever, the nation is suffering from an outbreak of illogical thinking.
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BREAKING: Republican-Backed Anti-Gun Bill Signed by Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown
This is the second firearms-related anti-business bill that Brown has addressed this signing period. Friday, Brown vetoed Senate Bill 464, a bill that would have “crushed licensed firearms retailers and increased costs for law-abiding gun owners.”
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California Governor Jerry Brown Signs AB 424, Further Restricting Handgun Carry on School Grounds
“Governor Brown's signing of AB 424 will not improve public safety, but it does further support the basis of our lawsuit that challenges special handgun carry privileges for retired government employees,” said Combs. “The Legislature and Governor Brown have made sure that no good people with guns will be close enough to stop an evil or insane person in the event of a serious attack.”
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Gov. Jerry Brown Vetoes Gun Store Bill, Signs Ban on Open Carry
Late this afternoon, California Governor Jerry Brown announced his actions on two important firearms-related bills.
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Scott Rasmussen: The Gun Control Debate is Not About Guns
The fact is that the gun control debate is not really about guns. It's about who you trust.
