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This Week In Gun Rights: August 15, 2020
Federal appeals court overturns California magazine capacity ban; four indicted in Santa Clara carry permit scandal; Missouri age bans; NYPD commissioner doesn't get carry; the American Bar Association hates gun owners; study links gun purchases to fear of gun laws; man charged for gun possession without a permit because he called an ambulance.
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Ninth Circuit Affirms California Magazine Ban Is Unconstitutional
Earlier today, the Ninth Circuit released its highly anticipated opinion in Duncan v. Becerra, holding California’s ban on “large-capacity magazines” (“LCMs”) unconstitutional.
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Ninth Circuit Panel Ruling Adopts FPC/FPF Argument, Holds California Magazine Ban Unconstitutional
Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held California’s “large-capacity magazine” ban unconstitutional in Duncan v. Becerra, in which Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF) filed an important brief, authored by FPC’s Director of Research Joseph Greenlee.
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BREAKING: 9th Circuit Holds "Large Capacity" Firearm Magazines Protected by 2nd Amendment, Affirms District Court Ruling
The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs challenging California Government Code § 31310, which bans possession of large-capacity magazines (“LCMs”) that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition; and held that the ban violated the Second Amendment.
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The Official 2020 DNC Platform is Out, and it’s Unsurprising
It’s finally here. The thing you’ve all been waiting for. The DNC’s platform for this election cycle, and boy does it look bad.
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FPC Brief: Background Checks for Ammunition Purchases Violate the Second Amendment
While the background check system has prevented a great number of lawful purchasers from acquiring ammunition, it has prevented prohibited purchasers from acquiring ammunition in only 0.1% of checks. The system, therefore, has imposed a tremendous burden on every Californian while providing virtually no benefit.
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This Week In Gun Rights: August 8, 2020
Virginia takes guns in first exercise of new red flag law; Sheriff and County Commissioners falsely claim they won’t enforce anti-2A laws; Court says gun stores have standing to sue; Wyoming Supreme Court refuses to hear university student’s case; Police officer responds to call, steals dead man’s firearms (and the call to end qualified immunity); Lifelong marijuana user goes to jail.
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FPC Response to Attorney Generals' Call for Facebook Censorship
The year is 2020, not 1984. If we as a society permit the government to bully private businesses into acting as lackeys of the state; to suppress speech; to ban individuals from freely engaging in ideas, no matter how controversial, we will fail as a modern republic.
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This Week In Gun Rights: August 1, 2020
The official 2020 DNC platform is out, and it’s unsurprising; Red Flag law buried in NDAA; Revelations regarding Justice Roberts; New York bans “Ghost Guns”; British Police raid home and arrest a 12-year old over a toy gun, while British press fearmonger over shotgun ownership.
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FPC Brief: Washington State’s Ban on Semiautomatic Rifles is Unconstitutional
Washington State’s 2018 ballot initiative, I-1639, imposed three severe restrictions on semiautomatic rifles: (1) It prohibits adults ages 18-to-21 from purchasing a semiautomatic rifle; (2) It requires law enforcement to conduct an extensive background check and records search on all purchasers of semiautomatic rifles; and (3) It forbids in-person sales of semiautomatic rifles to non-Washington residents.
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This Week In Gun Rights: July 25, 2020
Gun and ammo sales surge, more diverse gun buyers; Senate refuses to stop flow of military gear to police departments; Virginia sheriff taking steps to deputize thousands of residents; Canadian Human Rights Commission rejects complaint regarding Trudeau’s racist gun grab; D.C. messing with Heller again; and Biden hates the poors.
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State of Nebraska Gun Ban Based on Conviction Without a Jury Trial is Unconstitutional, FPC Supreme Court Brief Argues
“The Supreme Court has unequivocally held that the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right,” said FPC’s Greenlee. “For a state to deprive someone of Second Amendment protections based on a nonviolent crime and without even a jury trial contradicts the fundamental nature of the right and violates the Constitution. We’re hopeful that the Supreme Court will take this case and hold unconstitutional Nebraska’s historically unsupported ban.”
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This Week In Gun Rights: July 18, 2020
New assault-weapon-hungry grabbers backing candidates; Bloomberg pricing out the Pennsylvania Legislature, and why you can’t trust politicians; Judge issues ruling expanding the scope of evidentiary search into Remington case; Victory in Virginia for young adults.
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This Week In Gun Rights: July 11, 2020
Check out the writeup for links to all the stories we discussed in the video! https://www.firearmspolicy.org/this_week_in_gun_rights_july_11_2020 Gun grabbers introduce bill banning “ghost gun machinery”; Northam hosts ceremonial signing away of Virginians’ gun rights; Did Subway cave to anti-gun zealots?; Hawaii passes new gun control law restricting interstate commerce; Boogaloo and BLM protestors joining forces?
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This Week In Gun Rights: July 4, 2020
Universal background checks don’t work, Lisa Dunn; Colorado Supreme Court gets it wrong, upholds gun magazine capacity limit; Facebook ambushes Boogaloo groups, banning over 500 groups and pages; Nuts write to Subway to complain about their gun allergy; Iowa expands the right to carry in public buildings; New Hampshire passes red flag law.
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This Week In Gun Rights: June 27, 2020
D.C. sues Polymer80; Maryland’s background check system fails; 16 Attorneys General support background checks for ammunition purchases; Permit applications soar exponentially in Illinois as Chicagoans buy guns; Albuquerque parks declared “school premises” to ban firearms; The spin never stops: gun grabbers say lawful gun ownership to blame for police brutality; Rhode Island ghost gun ban carries a ten year prison sentence.
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This Week In Gun Rights: June 20, 2020
Matt Gaetz and the gun community call out ATF for possible brace ban. Federal judge strikes down Jackson, MS open carry ban. Grandma takes Northam to court in her first challenge to Virginia’s new gun laws. Information request yields documentation of Bloomberg’s exploitation of Sandy Hook. Are Chicago police no longer responding to shootings? Safety or security? Florida gun shop bans the wearing of masks.
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FPC Statement on Possible ATF Action to Ban More Legal Products
And so, today, we remind the ATF and President Trump that they, too, are accountable for whatever actions they take regarding further bans. And neither we, nor the voters, will forget.
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This Week In Gun Rights: June 13, 2020
Floyd family files request for United Nations to disarm the police; Federal court orders Connecticut to resume firearms licensing; Maryland County school district considers dismantling school resource officer program; New York politicians want doctors to decide whether or not you can have a gun; Wild, Wild Washington: Seattle warlord and Spokane militia guarding downtown businesses; Can’t stop the signal, eh?
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This Week In Gun Rights: June 6, 2020 FL Supreme Court, CA cops and the “Boog Bois”, Seattle gun tax failed.
Florida Supreme Court puts brakes assault weapons ban initiative, California police stirring fear of “Boog Bois”, Buffalo Bills’ Jake Fromm: Only “Elite White People” Should Own Guns, Dangerous past of Biden’s potential gun-grabbing running mate, Biden thinks police should shoot suspects in the leg, Chicago Mayor says don’t use your gun, call police instead, Cities in Florida under hardcore gun restrictions,Seattle gun tax is generally unsuccessful at generating revenue, Canadian politician considers legal action against gun ban.
