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  • Op-Ed: Why I Don’t Plan to Raise My Black Children in the US

    03/16/2024 3:26:05 PM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 157 replies
    21 Ninety ^ | Nov 2023 | Aysia Morton
    As a Black woman living in the United States, the prospect of becoming a parent one day is both exciting and terrifying. The world offers endless possibilities and opportunities, but ignoring the challenges and harsh realities that disproportionately affect Black and Brown communities is impossible. Unfortunately, there’s no escaping the pigment of your skin and the pervasive sting of systemic racism and racial discrimination. This reality exists across the globe. Altogether, every country is affected, as countries of color are taken hold by colorism. Comparatively, there’s something sinister about American racism. Even European countries, the OG colonizers, look at us...
  • Hunter Biden trial on federal gun charges set for June 3

    03/13/2024 5:13:14 PM PDT · by CaptainK · 12 replies
    www can.com ^ | 3/14/23 | Holmes Kybrand
    Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, will go on trial for gun-related charges on June 3, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. If it holds, the early-June trial date could pit the president’s son in back-to-back trials in the two cases brought by Weiss. In addition to the gun case, Hunter Biden faces nine tax-related charges in California over an alleged conspiracy across several years to avoid paying over $1 million in taxes and is set to go to trial in the case on June 20.
  • Connecticut pastor launches armed patrols 'to keep the streets clean' after deadly shootout near his church - despite condemnation from Democrat mayor

    03/12/2024 3:07:44 AM PDT · by Fai Mao · 29 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 03/11/2024 | Mitchell Goodbar
    The leader of a church in Hartford, Connecticut, has pushed for the formation of an armed citizen patrol to supervise the streets. Archbishop Dexter Burke demanded armed citizen patrols after Garden Street experienced a spate of gun-related crimes, including a double homicide near his church in February. Cornell Lewis, a local activist, spearheaded the effort and launched 'Minister Cornell Lewis' Self-Defense Brigade. ' Archbishop Burke's solution to local violence has drawn criticism from Hartford's mayor, Arunan Arulampalam.
  • If You Like The Second Amendment, You Don’t Want John Cornyn Anywhere Near Senate Leadership

    03/07/2024 10:00:22 AM PST · by chickenlips · 19 replies
    The Federalist ^ | March 7, 2024 | John R. Lott, Jr.
    If gun control is gaining steam in Congress, chances are Sen. John Cornyn is nearby, working on a ‘compromise’ with Democrats. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is the first to announce his campaign to replace Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as the Senate’s Republican leader. The race for leadership will expose a weakness of Cornyn — his lack of support for Americans’ right to self-defense. “Every time gun control gains steam in Congress, Senator John Cornyn is right there working with Democrats on a ‘compromise,'” says Aidan Johnston with Gun Owners Of America. Unfortunately, Johnston is correct. Cornyn sponsored the 2022 Bipartisan Safer...
  • Republican AGs demand Wells Fargo answer for abruptly closing gun dealer's account, other woke policies

    03/06/2024 2:01:15 PM PST · by george76 · 29 replies
    FOX Business ^ | March 6, 2024 | Joe Schoffstall
    16 Republican AGs seek answers from Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf... ... debanking ... Wells Fargo is pushing the Biden administration's anti-gun and anti-traditional energy policies and discriminating against customers who don't fall in line with their political beliefs," Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen... As attorney general, it's my job to protect Montanans from discriminatory business practices. I will continue to investigate and fight against any illegal actions that could impact Montana businesses and consumers." ... Wells Fargo unexpectedly closed the business and personal accounts of Bradon Wexler, the owner of Florida-based firearms dealer Wex Gunworks, with a vague explanation...
  • 'Mentally Incompetent' Americans Would Have Access to Guns Under New Bill

    03/04/2024 6:49:28 PM PST · by where's_the_Outrage? · 40 replies
    Newsweak ^ | March 4, 2024 | Giulia Carbonaro
    A deal made by congressional leaders to avert a partial shutdown of the U.S. government includes an attempt to ease some veterans' access to gun ownership, even when they are deemed "mentally incompetent" to handle their own finances. The $436 billion funding package agreed on by congressional lawmakers Wednesday extended the deadline for the expiration of funding for government agencies—including the military and Department of Veteran Affairs—from March 1 to March 8. It was the fourth extension painstakingly agreed on by a divided Congress during this fiscal year, but it spelled optimism that a deal for the long-term budget plan...
  • MLG holds photo op at ABQ school to sign two anti-gun bills (NM Gov)

    03/04/2024 4:45:27 PM PST · by CedarDave · 18 replies
    The Piñon Post ^ | March 4, 2024 | Piñon Post staff
    On Monday, far-left anti-gun Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham had a photo op at Albuquerque’s West Mesa High School, where she signed two anti-gun bills and two crime-related bills. “These four bills are an incredible effort to do more,” she said at the presser, per the Santa Fe New Mexican. At the press conference, she was flanked by discredited anti-gun group “co-president” Miranda Viscoli of “New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence” and the sponsor of the extreme H.B. 129 anti-gun bill State Rep. Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe) “All four bills become effective immediately, the governor said as she prepared to sign...
  • Australian Cops Find Two Bodies After Jilted Officer Admits To Fatally Shooting Ex-Lover And Companion

    02/28/2024 5:47:22 AM PST · by george76 · 18 replies
    Daily Caller News Foundation ^ | February 27, 2024 | John Oyewale
    Police in southeastern Australia on Tuesday found two bodies after a male officer admitted to fatally shooting his male ex-lover and the ex-lover’s male companion. Homicide detectives found the remains of 26-year-old former television reporter Jesse Baird and his 29-year-old flight attendant partner Luke Davies at a property near Bungonia, a town about 124 miles southwest of Sydney, ABC News Australia reported. They found the remains after Baird’s ex-partner, NSW Senior-Constable Beau Lamarre-Condon, admitted to murdering the pair and hiding their bodies under rocks and dirt, and divulged the location of their remains, according to the report. “Today, this afternoon,...
  • Ohio Sheriff after meeting with Feds, warns of pending attacks within the U.S. (Video)

    02/09/2024 11:00:37 AM PST · by dragnet2 · 42 replies
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  • In today's gun rights cases, historians are in hot demand. Here's why

    02/05/2024 12:02:45 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 29 replies
    NPR ^ | 2/3/24 | Martin Kaste
    Historians have found themselves caught in the middle of America's debate over gun control ever since the Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that firearms laws must be consistent with American "tradition." That decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen set off a new wave of challenges to state and federal restrictions on guns. "What's happening now is a fight over what the Second Amendment ultimately means," says Chuck Michel, president and general counsel at the California Rifle & Pistol Association, which is suing the state over newly passed limits on concealed firearms. "This truly is a...
  • Video shows Indiana lawmaker showing holstered gun towards students who were advocating for gun control

    02/01/2024 12:42:45 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 33 replies
    WGN ^ | 2/1/24 | AP
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A video taken by a high school student shows an Indiana lawmaker flash a gun to students who were visiting the statehouse to talk to legislators about gun control. snip Lucas, a Republican from Seymour, and the group then conversed outside the elevator and one of the students filmed the interaction, as was first reported by the Statehouse File, a student journalism news site at Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana. In the video, Lucas told the students that people have to protect themselves and referenced failures of law enforcement to prevent mass casualties during school shootings in...
  • Joe Biden Exercises Executive Action to Promote More Gun Control

    01/25/2024 9:28:31 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 59 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/25/2024 | AWR HAWKINS
    The White House announced on Thursday that President Joe Biden is implementing executive action to promote more gun control, this time regarding gun storage. A White House press release noted that Biden’s actions are designed to “promote safe storage of firearms that implement President Biden’s Executive Order on promoting safe gun storage in order to reduce gun violence and make our communities safer.” The White House claims that “safe storage of firearms” can reduce “school shootings, youth suicides, unintentional shootings, and theft of firearms.” In response to the executive action, the Department of Justice will release a guide for firearm...
  • Biden Capitalizes On Uvalde Massacre Report With Ludicrous Gun-Control Plan

    01/24/2024 8:17:19 AM PST · by rogerantone1 · 21 replies
    The Federalist ^ | January 24, 2024 | John R. Lott Jr.
    Almost two years after a shooter murdered 21 people at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the Department of Justice released a 575-page report on Thursday. The document confirmed what we already knew from Texas’ report last July. The police made serious mistakes and shouldn’t have waited outside the classroom. There is one big difference between the two reports. The Justice Department report starts its executive summary by emphasizing that the attack used “an AR-15 style assault rifle.”
  • Georgia Credit Union Bars Customers From Purchasing Guns With Their Own Money

    01/17/2024 12:57:36 PM PST · by Tench_Coxe · 56 replies
    Georgia United Credit Union recently updated their User Agreement — you know, that wall of text that your financial institution flashes at you from time to time and which few people bother to read. The catch: If you rely on Georgia United Credit Union for your purchasing tool, like, say, a debit card, you may no longer use that to purchase firearms, ammunition, firearms parts, or accessories, along with a host of other items.
  • Packing Services: Federal Judge Rules Ban on Guns in Post Offices is Unconstitutional

    01/14/2024 11:38:40 AM PST · by zeugma · 22 replies
    Jonathan Turley blog ^ | 01/14/24 | Jonathan Turley
    In Florida, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has ruled that the federal law prohibiting people from possessing firearms inside post offices is unconstitutional. The ruling is based on the 2022 Supreme Court ruling New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen recognized a person’s right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense.The case concerned Emmanuel Ayala, a U.S. Postal Service truck driver, who had a concealed weapons permit and held a Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun in a fanny pack for self-defense. When police tried to stop him, he ran and struggled with officers. While dismissing the...
  • Concealed Carry Decreases Crime [semi-satire]

    01/14/2024 9:58:13 AM PST · by John Semmens · 5 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 14 January 2024 | John Semmens
    In 2022 Ohio became one of the 23 states that allow law-abiding individuals to to carry a firearm without a permit. Michael Weinman, of the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police, predicted that "allowing people without firearm training or a background check to go around carrying guns can only lead to more shootings." Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost asked the Center for Justice Research to do a before-and-after study to see if Weinman's fears were warranted. According to the study results, Parma, saw a 22% decrease in crimes involving firearms, Toledo and Akron saw an 18% decrease, and Columbus saw a...
  • Biden References Iowa Shooting Then Pushes Gun Control That Wouldn’t Have Stopped It

    01/08/2024 5:45:18 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 7 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/08/2023 | Awr Hawkins
    While giving a speech Monday at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, President Biden referenced Thursday’s shooting at Iowa’s Perry High School then pushed gun control that would not have prevented the shooting from taking place. Breitbart News reported the Iowa shooting was carried out by a 17-year-old armed with a pump shotgun and a small caliber handgun.
  • Ohio sees drop in gun crimes across major cities after permitless carry law, study shows

    01/04/2024 1:43:03 PM PST · by george76 · 24 replies
    WOIO ^ | Jan. 3, 2024 | Gabby Hart
    CLEVELAND, Ohio - Contrary to concerns from some local leaders, a new study shows a decrease in gun crimes across six of Ohio’s eight largest cities following the implementation of the state’s “constitutional carry” law. The research, conducted by the Center for Justice Research (CJR) in partnership with Bowling Green State University, analyzed data from June 2021 to June 2023, covering a year before and after the law went into effect in June 2022. It focused on crimes involving firearms, verified gunshot-detection alerts, and the number of officers struck by gunfire. The findings revealed: Overall Decline: Across all eight cities,...
  • Prosecutor says people who rob stores ‘should expect to be shot’

    12/29/2023 8:40:14 AM PST · by george76 · 51 replies
    New York Post ^ | Dec. 27, 2023 | Yaron Steinbuch
    An Ohio prosecutor has indicted a smoke shop manager for allegedly shooting to death a 16-year-old boy during a robbery attempt — but warned that people “should expect to be shot” if they target stores. Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers filed the charges against the manager, Tony Thacker, 29, for allegedly shooting at would-be robbers as they fled VIP Smoke Shop in Delhi Township on Oct. 20.. “There is simply no justification for shooting at someone as they are running away,” Powers said .. “However, I want to make perfectly clear — these retail thefts will not be tolerated. If...
  • Awkward: Hunter Biden’s Defense Invokes Gun Rights Ruling 19 Times After Joe Called It Unconstitutional

    12/17/2023 12:02:30 PM PST · by george76 · 12 replies
    The Federalist ^ | DECEMBER 14, 2023 | Tristan Justice
    Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, is relying on Second Amendment arguments that his father once slammed as “deeply” troubling to escape conviction on gun crimes. On Monday, attorneys for the president’s son filed a series of motions to dismiss federal charges handed down by Special Counsel David Weiss. Among the charges Biden’s attorneys want thrown out are firearm charges that were filed on the basis of Hunter Biden purchasing a gun as a drug addict. Hunter Biden’s initial sweetheart plea agreement — which was derailed this summer after it fell apart in court — would have forgiven the felony firearm conviction...