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Cornyn Says No Additional Gun Control Negotiations Planned as Biden Pushes for Ban on Sporting Rifles

July 13, 2022
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the top Republican negotiator for the Senate’s newly unveiled gun control bill, has said he will not take part in a new round of gun control talks concerning proposals aimed at limiting access to certain rifles or expanding background checks. The lawmaker was asked by reporters on July 12 whether Republicans would negotiate…

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Key Part of New York Concealed-Carry Law Challenged in Court

July 12, 2022
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A key part of a newly-passed gun law in New York got its first challenge on Monday as more Republicans are expected to join similar legal efforts. Carl Paladino, a Republican, filed a lawsuit challenging Section 5 of the gun law in the federal court in Buffalo. The challenged section bans concealed carry licensees from…

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Federal Judge Blocks Arizona’s Personhood Law That Recognizes Life Begins at Conception

July 12, 2022
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A federal judge on July 11 temporarily blocked Arizona’s personhood law that recognizes human life begins at conception, preventing it from being used to take legal action against abortion providers. The legal drama came as states across the nation including Arizona are trying to adjust in light of the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision that…

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Woke California AG Tells Gun-Permitting Officials to Deny Applicants Based on Politics

July 11, 2022
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After the Supreme Court’s landmark Second Amendment ruling in June, California’s attorney general encouraged law enforcement officials in the state to deny firearm carry permits to individuals with a history of “hatred and racism”—whether expressed in social media posts or elsewhere. The problem, critics say, is that in these politically polarized times defining hatred and…

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New Arizona Law Prohibits Bystanders From Video Recording Within 8 Feet of Police Incidents

July 11, 2022
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Arizona’s Republican Gov. Doug Ducey has signed into law HB 2319, which bans the public from video recording within 8 feet of police activity. Any person who knowingly makes a video within 8 feet of police activity could be charged with a class 3 misdemeanor and would likely incur a fine without jail time. Officers…

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New Arizona Law Prohibits Bystanders From Recording Video Within 8 Feet of Police Incidents

July 11, 2022
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Arizona’s Republican Gov. Doug Ducey has signed into law HB 2319, which bans the public from recording video within 8 feet of police activity. Any person who knowingly makes a video within 8 feet of police activity could be charged with a class 3 misdemeanor and would likely incur a fine without jail time. Officers…

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Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Ushers in New Era of Gun Debate

July 10, 2022
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In modern U.S. history, you can count on one hand the number of Supreme Court cases that clarify what the Second Amendment really means. The Bruen ruling is one of them. In the recent ruling for New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, the court spoke, for the first time, that the…

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Hawaii Veteran Pleads With 9th Circuit to Comply With Supreme Court’s Second Amendment Ruling

July 10, 2022
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A 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran is asking an appeals court to speed up processing of a gun permit he first sought 11 years ago now that the Supreme Court has ruled Hawaii’s gun-permitting system is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court determined June 23 that there is a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense….

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Inflation and a Probable Recession Are Eroding American’s Freedom: Stephen Moore

July 9, 2022
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The Biden administration’s big spending and economic policies have caused massive inflation and a probable recession, eroding people’s freedom every day, said former White House economic adviser Stephen Moore. He said Americans must rise up to win back their constitutional rights. “The whole idea of the American Constitution was to really limit the spending and the…

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Gun Rights Groups Challenge California Ban on Marketing Firearms to Children

July 9, 2022
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A coalition of gun rights groups on July 8 sued California over a law that bars stores and others from marketing guns to minors. The law “violates Plaintiffs’ right to engage in free speech” and “their right to equal protection,” the Second Amendment Foundation, Junior Sports Magazines, and other groups said in the lawsuit, which…

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