<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California’s</a> Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/22/california-gun-control-office-violence-prevention/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the Office of Gun Violence Prevention (OGVP) on Wednesday, making California the first state to establish such a group.
“This moment of crisis demands more than thoughts and prayers — we need action now,” Bonta <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-launches-office-gun-violence-prevention" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a press release. “That is why as California Attorney General, I am doubling down on California’s gun safety efforts: I am defending our commonsense gun safety laws in court and cracking down on the surge of untraceable ghost guns. I am proud to lead a team of special agents that remove firearms from the hands of dangerous individuals.”
“And today, I am establishing the Office of Gun Violence Prevention to advance a strong, statewide, public health-focused effort as we continue working together to put an end to this crisis once and for all,” he added.
In a vague description of the new office, the press release said the group will be “dedicated to developing strategies and working with stakeholders statewide to address the gun violence epidemic.”
The office will reportedly assist the Department of Justice’s continuing attempts to decrease gun violence, “including the Department’s seizure of firearms from dangerous individuals using the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS), prosecution of firearms trafficking cases, and defense of California’s commonsense gun laws.&#8221;
Specifically, the release noted that Bonta supports those in California who will keep trying to reduce gun violence by taking guns from banned individuals in the <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/california-department-justice-releases-2021-armed-and-prohibited-persons-system" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Armed and Prohibited Persons System</a>, as well as carrying out multiagency sweeps in Los Angeles County and the San Francisco region.
The goal of the OGVP will be to “reduce and prevent gun violence, firearm injury, and related trauma,” according to a government <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/ogvp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">site</a> for the office. The office will also look at various factors “from firearm availability to effective resources for crisis prevention” in order to cut down on the pain allegedly caused by guns.
Sam Paredes, executive director of <a href="https://www.gunownersca.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gun Owners of California</a>, told The Daily Wire that “all the gun violence that they&#8217;re talking about is being committed by people that they either don&#8217;t want to put in prison or have let out of prison, and then they use all of the numbers to argue their case, not by using the numbers honestly, but by mixing them together in order to present a false narrative that achieves their goal.”
“This is Attorney General Bonta putting his quest to destroy the Second Amendment on steroids in the state of California and just making official the commentary of every group and organization that wants to destroy the Second Amendment, period,” he said.

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More than 100 House Republicans are demanding answers from major credit card companies over the controversial decision to categorize <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/guns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gun</a> sales.
In <a href="https://stefanik.house.gov/_cache/files/3/2/327afb2a-664b-41dc-ba6c-ce0f93af68ad/B339C19813330E1FBB3AD3B51FA773F2.rep.-stefanik-letter-to-visa.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letters</a> to the CEOs of Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and House Republicans demanded the companies answer questions about their decision to adopt new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/visa-to-categorize-sales-at-gun-stores-in-win-for-gun-control-advocates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Merchant Category Codes</a> (MCCs) set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that would categorize gun purchases separately from other purchases. The Republican members asked the creditors to provide their prospective standards to the public, and questioned whether categorizing gun purchases and flagging law enforcement was an attempt to skirt federal law by effectively creating a gun registry.
&#8220;As you know, the ISO uses four-digit codes known as MCCs to classify merchants and businesses by the type of goods or services provided,&#8221; the members began. &#8220;There were already two MCCs that captured legal firearm sales, 5999 for Miscellaneous Retail Stores and 5941 for Sporting Goods Stores.&#8221;
In July 2021, the left-wing activist banking firm Amalgamated Bank applied for the ISO to adopt a separate Category Code for firearm dealers. The ISO rejected the application in October, along with an appeal filed in November 2021, the Republican members noted. The ISO said at the time that such a narrow category would fail to capture gun sales at sporting goods stores and would place an undue burden on small firearm retailers.
Both Visa and American Express raised concerns about the effort to establish a firearm-specific MCC. &#8220;Specific MCC [codes] in narrow [retail] areas are challenging,&#8221; an employee from American Express told <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/credit-card-companies-gun-sales-congress-letters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News</a> in September. &#8220;Managing long lists of narrowly defined MCCs can become burdensome if there isn&#8217;t a compelling reason for the long list.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/credit-card-sales-of-guns-and-ammo-merchant-codes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visa</a> also urged caution, warning against financial institutions acting as moral arbiters. &#8220;We believe that asking payment networks to serve as a moral authority by deciding which legal goods can or cannot be purchased sets a dangerous precedent,&#8221; the company wrote in a letter to Congressional Democrats who pushed for the credit card companies to adopt the new standard, via CBS.
Amalgamated Bank reapplied for the new MCC in June of this year. This time, the ISO relented, adopting the new MCC. Amalgamated Bank subsequently &#8220;stated its intent to utilize software to flag allegedly suspicious purchases made by Americans exercising their Second Amendment rights and file these red flags with law enforcement,&#8221; the lawmakers noted. &#8220;Of course, there is no accepted, consistent, scientific, or legitimate way to determine from this data what is and what is not a &#8216;suspicious&#8217; purchase. A gun control advocate could view any desire to own or obtain a firearm as per se suspicious. Instead, this is a transparent attempt to chill the exercise of constitutionally protected rights and to circumvent existing legal restrictions on the creation of firearm registries by the government.&#8221;
The lawmakers then asked the credit card giants to answer questions about their intentions in adopting the new standards:
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<li>Whether the companies actually support the ISO&#8217;s decision to create the new MCC, and if so, why the companies changed their view.</li>
<li>What criteria the companies will use to flag transactions for suspicious activity; how these criteria were devised, and what evidence there is to show that they will only focus on criminal intent and not on lawful purchases; and whether the companies will make these criteria public and share them with their cardholders.</li>
<li>How the companies will inform users about the impacts of implementing the policy; and whether they will notify and solicit feedback from customers.</li>
<li>Whether the companies will notify customers when their lawful transactions have been flagged and sent to law enforcement; if not, why they believe that it is not important to notify the customer.</li>
<li>Whether the companies have considered the &#8220;reputational risks and the possible implications for your 
fiduciary duties to shareholders&#8221; of potentially alienating a sizable number of the 100 million gun owners in the United States and the millions of prospective and potential gun buyers.</li>
<li>If the companies are aware this move could be perceived as an attempt to circumvent federal law by effectively creating a national firearm registry.</li>
<li>Whether the companies solicited input from the firearm industry before making this decision.</li>
<li>Whether the companies did their due diligence, including considering DOJ statistics, which show that a very small percentage of those who commit crimes with guns purchase them at gun stores subject to the new rules.</li>
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A total of 101 House Republicans signed the letter.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/visa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visa</a> announced Saturday that the world’s largest payment processing corporation will begin separately categorizing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/guns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">firearm</a> purchases at gun stores.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gun control</a> activists have encouraged the decision, claiming it will allow for easier tracking of gun sales and help prevent mass shootings, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-shootings-new-york-city-politics-4aae50c67e40f9683f604a8683acc391" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Second Amendment proponents, however, see the move as a dangerous encroachment on legal firearm sales.
“The (industry&#8217;s) decision to create a firearm specific code is nothing more than a capitulation to anti-gun politicians and activists bent on eroding the rights of law-abiding Americans one transaction at a time,” said National Rifle Association spokesman Lars Dalseide.
Visa’s decision will allow banks to make decisions with enhanced information on whether they will allow purchases at gun shops on their cards. The move could also cause other corporations like Mastercard and American Express to adopt a similar policy, the AP reported. The payment processing company, however, claimed that it will continue to “protect” the legal selling and purchasing of goods on its network.
“Following ISO’s decision to establish a new merchant category code, Visa will proceed with next steps, while ensuring we protect all legal commerce on the Visa network in accordance with our long-standing rules,” Visa said in a statement.
Earlier this week leftist Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said credit card companies have an obligation to work harder toward stopping mass shootings.
“Credit card companies like @Visa, @Mastercard, and @AmericanExpress can and should do more to help stop mass shootings,” Warren tweeted. “[Rep. Madeleine Dean] and I are urging these companies to step up and help identify suspicious purchases to prevent gun violence.”
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Credit card companies like <a href="https://twitter.com/Visa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Visa</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Mastercard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Mastercard</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/AmericanExpress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AmericanExpress</a> can and should do more to help stop mass shootings.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepDean?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepDean</a> and I are urging these companies to step up and help identify suspicious purchases to prevent gun violence.<a href="https://t.co/kkqsYxpmzd">https://t.co/kkqsYxpmzd</a>
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The two lawmakers authored a letter, which was signed by more than 12 other Democrats, urging credit card companies to more closely track gun sales. &#8220;The creation of a new [merchant category code] for gun and ammunition retail stores would be the first step towards facilitating the collection of valuable financial data that could help law enforcement in countering the financing of terrorism efforts,&#8221; the letter read.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jennifer-lawrence">Jennifer Lawrence</a> said she’s at war with her conservative relatives over politics. 
The 32-year-old Kentucky native commented on her family feud during a cover interview for <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/jennifer-lawrence-october-cover-2022-interview">Vogue</a>. Lawrence discussed having nightmares about Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson and recalling how the 2016 election caused a major rift between her and some relatives.
“I just worked so hard in the last five years to forgive my dad and my family and try to understand: It’s different. The information they are getting is different. Their life is different,” she said.  
“I’ve tried to get over it and I really can’t. I can’t. I’m sorry I’m just unleashing, but I can’t f*** with people who aren’t political anymore. You live in the United States of America. You have to be political. It’s too dire. Politics are killing people.”
Lawrence is an avid supporter of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion">abortion</a> and is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control">pro-gun control</a> as well. 
The “Silver Linings Playbook” star went on to profess her opinion that former President Donald Trump only got elected because he was a man. “It breaks my heart because America had the choice between a woman and a dangerous, dangerous jar of mayonnaise,” Lawrence said. “And they were like, Well, we can’t have a woman. Let’s go with the jar of mayonnaise.”
The Academy Award winner revealed more opinions about her family. “I don’t want to disparage my family, but I know that a lot of people are in a similar position with their families. How could you raise a daughter from birth and believe that she doesn’t deserve equality? How?”
Lawrence spends much of the interview describing how her newborn son, Cy, has changed her life for the better in immeasurable ways. But at the same time, she believes women should have access to abortion. The actress said she planned to have an abortion in her early 20s but then miscarried instead. 
Now, she doesn’t believe women should be “forced” to stay pregnant.
“I remember a million times thinking about it while I was pregnant,” Lawrence said. “Thinking about the things that were happening to my body. And I had a great pregnancy. I had a very fortunate pregnancy. But every single second of my life was different. And it would occur to me sometimes: What if I was forced to do this?”
Next, Lawrence shared her thoughts on gun control.
“I’m raising a little boy who is going to go to school one day. Guns are the number-one cause of death for children in the United States. And people are still voting for politicians who receive money from the NRA. It blows my mind,” Lawrence told Vogue.
“I mean if Sandy Hook didn’t change anything? We as a nation just went, Okay! We are allowing our children to lay down their lives for our right to a second amendment that was written over 200 years ago.”

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A 66-year-old Safeway employee who was killed in a shooting Sunday night at one of the chain&#8217;s supermarkets in Bend, Oregon, has been hailed as a hero after attempting to disarm the gunman, which authorities said likely prevented more deaths.
Donald Ray Surrett Jr., also of Bend, attacked the 20-year-old shooter near the rear of the store in the produce section after the gunman had fired several rounds from a rifle, police said.
&#8220;Mr. Surrett acted heroically during this terrible incident,&#8221; Bend PD Communications Manager Sheila Miller said Monday at a <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPp2QWbk5yU&amp;t=1177s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news conference</a>.
Debora Jean Surrett, Donald&#8217;s ex-wife, told The Associated Press in a phone interview that her former husband served as a combat engineer in the U.S. Army for 20 years.
Although Surrett was never deployed to active combat zones, his ex-wife said he trained with other combat engineers to be the &#8220;first ones to go into war and the last ones to come home. &#8221;
Authorities also identified the other victim during the press conference.
Glenn Edward Bennett, 84, of Bend, was shot inside the west entrance of the supermarket.
Miller said that Bend Fire authorities performed lifesaving efforts on Bennett. However, he did not survive.
Officers arrived on the scene under three minutes after receiving an initial 911 call. Miller said the first two officers &#8220;entered the store to confront the shooter&#8221; from two separate entrances in the front and back while shots were still being fired.
Heather Thompson told the <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://centraloregondaily.com/bend-safeway-big-lots-forum-shooting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Central Oregon Daily</a> that she heard multiple shots across the street.
&#8220;I heard anywhere from five to eight shots. I thought it sounded like backfire,&#8221; Thompson said.
Thompson said she heard two rounds of &#8220;10 to 20 shots&#8221; less than a minute later.
&#8220;And by that time, I went inside and told my dad to get away from the window,&#8221; she said &#8220;And people were running out of Safeway.&#8221;
Safeway customer Josh Caba told <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://ktvz.com/news/crime-courts/2022/08/28/gunman-opens-fire-at-east-bend-shopping-center-inside-safeway-3-people-dead-including-shooter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KTVZ</a> he was with his four children when he heard multiple shots.
&#8220;I immediately turned to my children and said, &#8216;Run!&#8217; People were screaming,&#8221; Caba said. &#8220;It was a horrifying experience.&#8221;
Within minutes authorities said they found the gunman near the produce section dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds with an &#8220;AR 15 style rifle and a shotgun in close proximity to the shooter.&#8221; In accordance with The Daily Wire&#8217;s policy on not naming mass shooters, this article will not include his name and photograph.
The gunman lived in a nearby apartment complex where he posted violent and threatening messages to his social media that were shared on social media after the shooting.
KTVZ <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://ktvz.com/news/crime-courts/2022/08/29/bend-police-id-safeway-gunman-and-two-victims-including-heroic-store-worker-who-died-trying-to-disarm-him/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that in one post dated the day before the shooting that he was &#8220;done waiting&#8221; and that Sunday would be &#8220;doomsday . . . I can&#8217;t stand more than one more day of absolute misery.&#8221;
Authorities served a search warrant at the shooter&#8217;s apartment and vehicle, where they found three Molotov cocktails, a sawed-off shotgun, ammunition, and digital devices currently under investigation.
Miller said that authorities along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are determining if the shooter obtained the weapons legally.
Mayor Pro-Tem Anthony Broadman, during the press conference, called Sunday&#8217;s incident a &#8220;dark night&#8221; and offered condolences to the victim&#8217;s families of those &#8220;murdered in this heinous attack.&#8221;
&#8220;We need to guard against the cynicism of thinking of these as regular, unavoidable things,&#8221; Broadman said. &#8220;I won&#8217;t accept that.&#8221;
&#8220;I know the community of Bend won&#8217;t accept that,&#8221; Broadman added.
The Associated Press <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://apnews.com/article/police-shootings-oregon-portland-d0c8d43dd52e43c4cb05c1df52f77869?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=TopNews&amp;utm_campaign=position_4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that Oregon residents have the chance to pass one of the nation&#8217;s strictest gun-control laws in November. Initiative 17 would require a permit to purchase any gun and ban large-capacity magazines over ten rounds, except for current owners, law enforcement, and the military.
Residents looking to qualify for a permit would need to pass a firearm safety course approved by the state, pay a fee, and undergo a criminal background check with personal information, fingerprints, and a photograph for the state&#8217;s firearms database.
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Even the briefest peek into history reveals an overwhelming truth. Since the beginning of civilization, the politically powerful have always sought to control and disarm their opponents, usually because of their race, religion, or social status. America is no different. Today, we just call it gun control.
While there has been a lot of discussion about the Supreme Court’s recent decision in New York State Rifle &amp; Pistol Association v. Bruen, there is an interesting fact that many don’t know. New York’s discretionary (and unconstitutional) carry law at issue in the case was originally passed in 1911 as the Sullivan Act, or the Sullivan Law. The act was named for New York State Senator Timothy Sullivan, <a href="https://nypost.com/2012/01/16/the-strange-birth-of-nys-gun-laws/">a well-known and deeply corrupt politician and Irish gangster</a>. 
Beyond the corrupt intent of making criminals’ work easier by disarming peaceable New Yorkers, the law was specifically used to target Italian immigrants. It was passed during a wave of anti-Italian sentiment from Irish and Jewish populations in the city.
But this is nothing new.
In the Supreme Court&#8217;s  <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-843_7j80.pdf">NYSRPA v. Bruen majority opinion</a>, Justice Clarence Thomas (<a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-03-30/why-clarence-thomas-rarely-speaks-from-the-supreme-court-bench">the descendant of a freed southern slave</a>) recounts how the antebellum South regularly prevented freed slaves from possessing arms, and how the Supreme Court in 1857 supported that practice:
<blockquote>&#8220;Writing for the Court in <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/60us393">Dred Scott v. Sandford</a>, Chief Justice Taney offered what he thought was a parade of horribles that would result from recognizing that free blacks were citizens of the United States. If blacks were citizens, Taney fretted, they would be entitled to the privileges and immunities of citizens, including the right “to keep and carry arms wherever they went.” Thus, even Chief Justice Taney recognized (albeit unenthusiastically in the case of blacks) that public carry was a component of the right to keep and bear arms—a right free blacks were often denied in antebellum America.&#8221;</blockquote>
Not only is Justice Thomas absolutely correct, but this practice predates even the antebellum South. In fact, the entire history of gun control in the United States has been hellbent on <a href="https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/media/29093/the-racist-origins-of-us-gun-control.pdf">depriving various minorities of their rights</a>.
Before our nation’s founding, many colonies prevented freedmen, slaves, and indentured servants from possessing any form of arms. Other colonies, such as Virginia, prevented Catholics from owning guns—a tradition reflected in the <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/revolution/collections1/collections-glorious-revolution/billofrights/">English Bill of Rights of 1689</a>. Several <a href="https://scholarship.law.uwyo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1434&amp;context=wlr">colonies also prohibited</a> individuals from selling weapons or gun powder to Native Americans or ‘Indians’–including Massachusetts, which specifically prohibited gunsmiths from repairing arms for Indians.
At the time, the English viewed these minority groups as threats to the colonies and thereby threats to the Crown. So their solution to minimize these threats was to disarm them.
This continued into our early history as a nation.
While prohibitions aimed at slaves, freedmen, and Indians hung around during the Founding Era, there was a new government, and thus a new threat– England. Accordingly, disarmament laws around the Revolutionary War began to target supporters of the Crown. Several states sought to <a href="https://scholarship.law.uwyo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1434&amp;context=wlr">disarm</a> individuals that did not support the newly established government, some even going as far as requiring individuals to take an oath of allegiance.
But under our system of government, with our <a href="https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/14th-amendment#:~:text=No%20State%20shall%20make%20or,equal%20protection%20of%20the%20laws.">recognition of the equal protection of the law specifically ratified in the Fourteenth Amendment</a>, we’ve done away with such blatantly discriminatory laws. At least we thought.
Now, progressive governments are using these historical and discriminatory laws to justify their modern gun control efforts, instead of decrying them for the racist edicts that they are.
New York State, for example, in defense of its newly enacted concealed carry law (after its last one was struck down in NYSRPA v. Bruen), <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nynd.133602/gov.uscourts.nynd.133602.19.0.pdf">just argued</a>: 
<blockquote>“New York’s good moral character requirement is consistent with the long history in both England and America of disarming those whose associations, reputation, or conduct suggested they posed a danger to others or to the public order.” </blockquote>
And what does the “long history” in New York point to? The exact same laws described above.
New York has come full circle. Its discriminatory Sullivan Act was thrown out by the Supreme Court and the state is seeking to replace it by calling back to even older, more blatantly discriminatory laws.
You don’t have to look to foreign disarmament in <a href="https://www.independent.org/guncontrol/">Hitler’s Germany</a>, <a href="https://fee.org/articles/gun-control-preceded-the-tyranny-in-venezuela/">modern Venezuela</a>, or the <a href="https://mises.org/wire/brief-history-repressive-regimes-and-their-gun-laws">several other nations that disarmed minorities</a> to expose the discriminatory and dangerous realities of gun control. You can look to our own history. The difference is that our system of government was founded on the recognition of individual, natural rights. Rights that are supposed to be protected by our government equally, because “all men are created equal.”
It is important that we remember our history and the history of gun control in our nation. It wasn’t about prohibiting dangerous people from possessing arms. It was about government disarming minorities and political enemies. And the same is true today.
Cody J. Wisniewski (<a href="https://twitter.com/TheWizardofLawz">@TheWizardofLawz</a>) is a Senior Attorney for Constitutional Litigation with <a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/">Firearms Policy Coalition</a>. His work has appeared in the Washington Times, the Washington Examiner, National Review, Daily Wire, and more. He primarily focuses on Second Amendment issues but is happy so long as he is reminding the government of its enumerated powers and constitutional limitations.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Gun manufacturer Smith &amp; Wesson ripped politicians for demonizing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/guns">guns</a> and lawful gun owners to cover for failed policies that have led to surging <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crime</a> rates.
Company president and CEO Mark Smith released a 440-word statement Monday castigating “politicians and their lobbying partners in the media.” Smith accused the cabal of using his company and other gun manufacturers as scapegoats for a “crisis of violence” that has rocked the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-states">United States</a>.
“Some have had the audacity to suggest that after they have vilified, undermined and defunded law enforcement for years, supported prosecutors who refuse to hold criminals accountable for their actions, overseen the decay of our country’s mental health infrastructure, and generally promoted a culture of lawlessness, Smith &amp; Wesson and other firearm manufacturers are somehow responsible for the crime wave that has predictably resulted from these destructive policies,” Smith said. “But they are the ones to blame for the surge in violence and lawlessness, and they seek to avoid any responsibility for the crisis of violence they have created by attempting to shift the blame to Smith &amp; Wesson, other firearm manufacturers and law-abiding gun owners.”
“It is no surprise that the cities suffering most from violent crime are the very same cities that have promoted irresponsible, soft-on-crime policies that often treat criminals as victims and victims as criminals,” he continued, noting that often those cities have strict gun control policies.
Leftist prosecutors in cities such as Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia have overseen spikes of violent crime across the communities they are tasked with keeping orderly and safe. Philadelphia is particularly dangerous and at risk of <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/crime/philadelphia-gun-violence-2022-shootings-data-20220622.html">setting</a> a record for most homicides in a year, tracking closely with its previous record set just last year.
Philadelphia&#8217;s Soros-backed district attorney, Larry Krasner, is one of the most left-leaning prosecutors in the U.S. He has faced intense criticism over his city&#8217;s spate of violent crime, and has even been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/us/philadelphia-gun-violence-shootings.html">threatened</a> by Republican state lawmakers with impeachment.
President Joe Biden has made gun control one of his main priorities. He has repeated his <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-make-prime-time-address-calling-gun-reform-legislation-rcna31665">calls</a> to ban certain semi-automatic rifles and &#8220;high-capacity&#8221; magazines after mass shooting events.
In June, Democrats <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/senator-ed-markey-gun-safety-legislation-smith-wesson-headquarters/">held</a> an event outside the Smith &amp; Wesson headquarters in Springfield, Massachusetts, calling for stricter gun control. The event was led by Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey (D) targeted the gun manufacturer explicitly.
“More and more mass shooters murder more and more Americans with these assault weapons in hand,” Markey said. “The AR-15 style assault weapons made right here at Smith and Wesson were used in mass shootings.”
Smith said blame directed at guns and gun-owners is misplaced. “To be clear, a Smith &amp; Wesson firearm has never broken into a home, a Smith &amp; Wesson firearm has never assaulted a woman out for a late-night run in the city, a Smith &amp; Wesson firearm has never carjacked an unsuspecting driver stopped at a traffic light,” he wrote.
“Instead, Smith &amp; Wesson provides these citizens with the means to protect themselves and their families,” he said. Smith ended his statement pledging to “never back down in our defense of the Second Amendment.”
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Amid an unprecedented and unjustified attack on the firearm industry, Smith &amp; Wesson President &amp; CEO issues strong statement: <a href="https://t.co/6NHztbGIe4">pic.twitter.com/6NHztbGIe4</a>
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Smith & Wesson CEO Blasts Lawmakers, Activists Who Call For Gun Control While Feeding ‘Culture Of Lawlessness’

Joe Biden

Philadelphia

Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-IL) replied to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control">gun control</a> critic on his official Twitter account Friday night in a profanity-laced tweet after he voted to pass a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gun-grab-houses-passes-bill-banning-certain-semi-automatic-guns">gun-grabbing bill</a> in the House.
Garcia, who supported the House’s legislation that would ban certain semi-automatic firearms, tweeted his celebration of the bill’s passage. ​​&#8221;I just voted to reinstate the assault weapons ban. Now it’s the Senate’s turn to pass it and send it to President Biden’s desk,” he said.
An anonymous Twitter account wasn’t happy with the congressman’s support of the gun control legislation and replied to Garcia’s tweet, writing “Never even heard of this guy and I won’t comply even if his silly law passes.”
Instead of letting the jab go like most politicians do on social media, Garcia’s official Twitter account responded to the tweet with obscene language.
“You are borderline retarded, ya f***ing dips***,” Garcia tweeted.
The response was taken down two hours later, according to Fox News’ Joseph Wulfsohn, but not before multiple people captured screenshots of the congressman&#8217;s profanity-laced insult.
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Garcia issued a statement Saturday, explaining that the tweet was not approved by him and was written by someone on his staff.
&#8220;Last night a member of Congressman García&#8217;s staff posted an unauthorized tweet from the Congressman&#8217;s account using profanities and offensive language to individuals living with disabilities,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;The language used was absolutely inappropriate and inconsistent with Congressman Garcia&#8217;s history, values, and character. The individual responsible will be held accountable and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken.&#8221;
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&mdash; Congressman Chuy García (@RepChuyGarcia) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepChuyGarcia/status/1553373617509093377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The gun control legislation passed by the House in a 217-213 vote Friday night is not expected to survive in the Senate. The bill would reinstate the assault weapons ban that was in place from 1994 to 2004 and prohibit the sale or manufacture of certain rifles (including AR-15s), shotguns, and pistols based on the features that they have, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gun-grab-houses-passes-bill-banning-certain-semi-automatic-guns">reported</a>.
The gun-grabbing bill was also celebrated by President Joe Biden. “Today, House Democrats acted by unifying to pass an assault weapons ban to keep weapons of war off our streets, save lives in this country, and reduce crime in our communities,” Biden said in a statement. “The majority of the American people agree with this common sense action.”
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.

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Dem Rep. Calls Gun Control Critic ‘R*******’, A ‘F***ing Dips***’ On Official Twitter Account, Blames Staff Member For ‘Unauthorized’ Tweet

Rep. Chuy Garcia's Official Twitter Account Tweets Obscene Response To Gun Control Critic

Democratic Party

Illinois

U.S. House of Representatives

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives">House of Representatives</a> voted largely along partisan lines Friday to pass a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control">ban</a> on certain semi-automatic firearms, though the bill is not expected to make it through the Senate. 
The <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1808/text">bill</a>, entitled the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2022,” was passed by a vote of 217-213 and is intended “to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited.” The bill would reinstate the assault weapons ban that was in place from 1994 to 2004 and prohibit the sale or manufacture of certain rifles (including AR-15s), shotguns, and pistols based on their features.
Several Democrats, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-politics-shootings-congress-fd91c092aef91a992ee959399ba6f222">including</a> Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Jared Golden (D-ME), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Ron Kind (D-WI), and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) voted against the bill, while Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-NY) voted in favor.
“Today, House Democrats acted by unifying to pass an assault weapons ban to keep weapons of war off our streets, save lives in this country, and reduce crime in our communities,” Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/29/statement-from-president-biden-on-house-passage-of-assault-weapons-ban/">said</a> in a statement. “The majority of the American people agree with this common sense action.”
The bill is unlikely to pass the Senate since it would require the support of 10 Republican senators to get past the filibuster. 
Many House Republicans called the bill an attempt to crack down on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/second-amendment">Second Amendment</a>. 
“This is the first time in American history, I believe, that a chamber of the Congress will pass a bill openly defying the Supreme Court’s explicit declaration of the rights of the American people,” <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDanBishop">said</a> Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) on the House floor, pointing to Supreme Court rulings such as D.C. v. Heller, which held that American citizens had the right to own firearms under the Constitution. 
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said that, if signed into law, the legislation would ban millions of guns that Americans already own, while Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) pointed to the border crisis as one reason why Americans need to stay armed. 
“We shouldn&#8217;t be talking about disarming the American people, when it is my colleagues on the other side of the aisle that are leaving the American people exposed to dangerous cartels and dangerous narcotics flying to our communities, and dangerous criminal gang members, and criminals that are coming in and harming the American people, including people that are affiliated with terrorist countries and organizations,” the Texas Republican <a href="https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-roys-remarks-hr-1808">said</a>. 
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) called the legislation a “gun grab.” 
Last month, Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-signs-most-expansive-gun-control-bill-in-decades-into-law-following-republican-support">signed</a> the most expansive gun control legislation in decades following support from Republicans in the House and the Senate.

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‘Gun Grab’: House Passes Bill Banning Certain Semi-Automatic Guns

House Passes Bill Banning Certain Semi-Automatic Rifles, Pistols

Chip Roy

President Joe Biden said Monday that Republicans who voted against banning assault rifles are not on the side of police in America.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhWp1nE7PO0">Speaking virtually</a> to attendees at the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives conference in Orlando, Florida, Biden said that Republicans who refused to ban so-called &#8220;weapons of war&#8221; are not telling the truth when they claim to support law enforcement. In particular, Biden called out Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott (R-FL) for refusing to support Democrats&#8217; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control">gun control</a> efforts.
“Being a cop today is a hell of a lot harder than it’s ever been,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Biden</a> said during his speech. &#8220;We expect everything of you. We expect you to be drug counselors to people overdosing at a scene; therapists to couples during a violent confrontation; social workers to kids who have been abandoned. Maybe worst of all, we send you out to do your job on the streets flooded with weapons of war.&#8221;
“You hear a lot of politicians say about how much they love you, how much they care about you, they’ll do anything for you,&#8221; Biden continued. &#8220;In the state you’re in today, Governor [Ron] DeSantis, Sen. [Marco] Rubio, Sen. Rick Scott all opposed banning assault weapons, and Senators Scott and Rubio voted against the bipartisan gun safety law that I signed, the first meaningful gun legislation in nearly thirty years, that you supported. To me, it’s simple. If you can’t support banning weapons of war on American streets, you’re not on the side of police.”
Biden also credited NOBLE for backing his efforts to pass the 1994 assault weapons ban. &#8220;I&#8217;m determined to do it again,&#8221; Biden said of renewed efforts to ban assault weapons. “On the ballot this year will be whether or not this nation bans assault weapons.” Biden then repeated the line that, while he owns guns and &#8220;believe[s] in the Second Amendment,&#8221; the right to keep and bear arms &#8220;[is] not a right that is absolute.&#8221;
&#8220;When it comes to assault weapons, too many politicians are bowing down to the NRA. I believe that we should protect you, protect you.&#8221; Biden then repeated the claim that he supports more funding for police. &#8220;And I&#8217;ll keep saying it: when it comes to public safety, the answer isn&#8217;t to defund the police, the answer is to fund the police, fund the police.&#8221;
Biden closed his speech by invoking January 6, claiming that police officers were &#8220;speared, sprayed, stomped on, brutalized&#8221; and &#8220;dripping with blood, surrounded by carnage.&#8221; Biden attacked former President Donald Trump, saying that Trump could not claim to support law enforcement because of January 6, and insinuating that law enforcement officers shouldn&#8217;t support Trump. &#8220;You can&#8217;t be pro-insurrection and pro-cop,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;You can&#8217;t be pro-insurrection and pro-democracy. You can&#8217;t be pro-insurrection and pro-America.&#8221;
Last month, Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-signs-most-expansive-gun-control-bill-in-decades-into-law-following-republican-support">signed</a> the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act&#8221; into law. The law was considered the most expansive gun control legislation passed in decades, as the Daily Wire reported. A White House statement said at the time that the law “enhances certain restrictions and penalties on firearms purchases; promotes evidence-based best practices for school safety; authorizes grants to expand access to mental health services; and appropriates emergency funding for mental health resources and school safety measures.”

Biden: If You Don’t Support Banning Assault Weapons, ‘You’re Not On The Side Of Police’

Biden: 'You're Not On The Side Of Police' If You Don't Support Banning Assault Weapons

Florida

Marco Rubio

Police

Rick Scott

Ron DeSantis

Democratic Governor of California Gavin Newsom <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/22/politics/california-newsom-gun-bill-texas-abortion-law/index.html">signed</a> a gun bill into law on Friday based off of Texas’ abortion ban, which would allow citizens to sue those who violate gun laws in the state.
The bill, <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1327">SB-1327</a>, states that “[a]ny person, other than an officer or employee of a state or local governmental entity in this state, may bring a civil action against any person” who knowingly violates California gun law banning assault weapons or firearm parts.
A person can also be sued who “[k]nowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets” a violation of the law, “regardless of whether the person knew or should have known that the person aided or abetted would be violating [it],” or “[k]nowingly commits an act with the intent to engage in the conduct described…”
Lawsuits can be brought for at least $10,000 for each weapon or gun part. A licensed gun dealer can also be sued for selling a gun to someone under 21 years old.
“It&#8217;s ludicrous. I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s a prayer of a chance that this will stand judicial scrutiny,” Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California, told The Daily Wire.
Newsom <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/22/politics/california-newsom-gun-bill-texas-abortion-law/index.html">said</a> he expects the law to be challenged in court, saying on Friday, &#8220;We believe this will be litigated in the Supreme Court and we believe the Supreme Court will be challenged. Because if there&#8217;s any principle left whatsoever &#8212; and that&#8217;s an open ended question &#8212; with this Supreme Court, there is no way they can deny us the right to move in this direction.”
Newsom is also running ads in newspapers in Texas against Republican Governor of Texas Greg Abbott, which he stated on Friday was “for refusing to protect human life and take action against gun violence.”
Newsom <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1550492948269129728">tweeted</a>, “If Texas can ban abortion and endanger lives, California can ban deadly weapons of war and save lives,” claiming that Abbott “should follow California’s lead” if he “truly wants to protect the right to life.”
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The ads were first <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/california-gov-gavin-newsom-running-full-page-ads-texas-rcna39475">reported</a> by NBC News and will be seen in the Austin American-Statesman, Houston Chronicle, and El Paso Times. Newsom similarly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsom-buys-ad-space-in-florida-desantis-campaign-responds">ran</a> television ads in Florida targeting Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’ policies, leading many to speculate that the California governor is gearing up for a 2024 presidential bid.
Texas’ heartbeat abortion bill prohibits abortions after fetal cardiac activity can be detected, which is typically around six weeks of pregnancy. Private citizens are able to sue those who aid and abet an abortion, or perform one. The law was challenged and the Supreme Court allowed it to remain in effect as it went through state court battles.
Abbott spokesperson Renae Eze told outlet <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/california-gov-gavin-newsom-targets-gov-greg-abbott-on-guns-abortion-in-texas-ads/">KXAN</a> in an email, “Governor Newsom should focus on all the jobs and businesses that are leaving California and coming to Texas.”
&#8220;We think [the new California gun law] is a visceral knee-jerk reaction to what the Supreme Court did in Texas with the abortion law,” Paredes told The Daily Wire. “Even though the Supreme Court just said they were not going to issue a stay on the implementation of the law while it was going through a legal process, Governor Newsom got mad and said, ‘Okay, fine. We&#8217;re going to do the same thing with guns.’”
“This law opens up the ability for anybody to sue anyone in the lawful firearms commerce chain — from dealers, distributors, all the way to manufacturers — when someone misuses a firearm that they manufactured or sold in a criminal manner, and that is clearly unconstitutional,” he added.
He pointed to the “Protection of Lawful Commerce Act,” which he said “prevents people from filing these types of frivolous lawsuits where they&#8217;re looking for nothing more than a deep pocket.”
The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/397/text">became</a> law in 2005 and doesn’t allow people in the gun industry to be sued when someone misuses their products.
“If they&#8217;re really looking to reduce crime in California, why aren&#8217;t they going after knives or fists where more people are killed annually nationwide with knives and fists and other, other things than they are with firearms?” Paredes pointed out.
“But they hate guns. They hate the Second Amendment, and that&#8217;s why they chose this subject matter,” he said, adding that his group is prepared to join with a group of other organizations to challenge the law in court.
“This kind of law will have absolutely no impact on criminal acts with firearms or gun-related deaths in any way, shape, or form. The only thing that this will allow is for anyone who is a victim of gun crimes will be able to sue the manufacturers of the firearms that were used in their victimization,” Paredes said. “That’s like saying you get involved in an accident with a drunk driver, and because the drunk driver was driving a Ford, the victim has the opportunity to sue Ford…”
Those who are in favor of Second Amendment rights aren’t the only ones criticizing Newsom’s bill. The American Civil Liberties Union was <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/california-gov-gavin-newsom-running-full-page-ads-texas-rcna39475">reportedly</a> against Newsom&#8217;s bill, saying it could “escalate an ‘arms race’ &#8230; by setting up bounty-hunting schemes on politically sensitive issues.”

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Newsom Signs Gun Bill Based On Texas Abortion Ban

California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Gun Law Allowing Private Citizen Lawsuits

Texas

Far-left anti-gun activist David Hogg erupted during a congressional hearing Wednesday on gun control and was physically removed by security.
Hogg&#8217;s outburst came as the Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee debated legislation to ban semi-automatic long guns.
&#8220;You are reiterating the points of mass shooters in your manifesto, the shooter in my high school, anti-Semitic, anti-black, and racist,&#8221; Hogg fumed at one of the lawmakers. &#8220;The shooter in El Paso described it as an invasion. Guess what? Those guns are coming from the United States of America.&#8221;
&#8220;They aren&#8217;t coming from Mexico, they are not coming from Mexico, you are reiterating the points of a mass shooter, sir,&#8221; Hogg claimed. &#8220;Sir, you are perpetuating violence, you need to &#8230; stop these things now.&#8221;
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David Hogg, a gun control activist and survivor of the 2018 Parkland school shooting, confronted Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona during a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Wednesday, July 20. <a href="https://t.co/aQi03ooLbq">pic.twitter.com/aQi03ooLbq</a>
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Hogg was one of the students attending Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, during the Valentine&#8217;s Day shooting at the school in 2018.
The lawmaker who Hogg interrupted, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), responded to Hogg&#8217;s outburst later Monday night during an appearance on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight.&#8221;
&#8220;So I found it interesting that &#8230; you were making, you know, people could disagree with the point you&#8217;re making, but it was kind of a logical one,&#8221; Carlson said. &#8220;He didn&#8217;t respond to a single point and just started screaming about racism.&#8221;
&#8220;Am I missing something?&#8221; Carlson asked. &#8220;Is that what it was?&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, that&#8217;s exactly what it was,&#8221; Biggs responded. &#8220;I mean, he&#8217;s, he&#8217;s saying that I&#8217;m a terrorist manifesto totin&#8217; conspiracy nut. And the reality is, he&#8217;s, all he wants is he wants to get on TV and he wanted to advocate for a nutty position.&#8221;
&#8220;As a number of us raised, he interrupted our proceeding,&#8221; Biggs continued. &#8220;And Democrats have said, if you interrupt a congressional proceeding, that&#8217;s the definition of insurrection. And so the police had to take him out. He was invited there by the Democrats, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m informed, and so he&#8217;s trying to grift on this whole thing, it looks like, and he should probably be brought up on charges. Where is that [January 6] committee when you need them?&#8221;
Carlson responded by taking shots at the fact that Hogg somehow got into Harvard, saying that it was evidence that the school was a &#8220;mediocre joke.&#8221;
&#8220;Harvard has gone the way of all the woke post-secondary institutions in the country,&#8221; Biggs replied. &#8220;There&#8217;s very few of them that aren&#8217;t going to turn out somebody who&#8217;s as radical is that and, you know, stoking the fire like that is what the Democrats did. That&#8217;s why they wanted him there. They were they were hoping for that kind of incident.&#8221;
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David Hogg is a woke, radical activist who interrupted a congressional proceeding today by shouting incoherent slurs at me. 
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&mdash; Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1549930422267777027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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