On Friday, in a decision that exhilarated gun rights supporters and shocked gun control activists, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down California’s ban on ammunition magazines with more than ten bullets.
The 2-1 decision in Duncan v. Becerra upheld the 2017 ruling of U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, who blocked the law that banned magazines holding more than ten bullets from gun owners, as <a href="https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/08/14/9th-circuit-court-panel-ends-california-ban-high-capacity-magazines-guns/">CBS San Francisco</a> noted.
Appellate Judge Kenneth Lee, <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CalifGunMag-9CA.pdf">writing for the majority</a>, stated:
<blockquote>In the wake of heart-wrenching and highly publicized mass shootings, the state of California barred its citizens from owning so-called “large capacity magazines” (LCMs) that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. But even well-intentioned laws must pass constitutional muster. California’s near-categorical ban of LCMs strikes at the core of the Second Amendment — the right to armed self-defense. Armed self-defense is a fundamental right rooted in tradition and the text of the Second Amendment. Indeed, from pre-colonial times to today’s post-modern era, the right to defend hearth and home has remained paramount.
California’s law imposes a substantial burden on this right to self-defense. The ban makes it criminal for Californians to own magazines that come standard in Glocks, Berettas, and other handguns that are staples of self-defense. Its scope is so sweeping that half of all magazines in America are now unlawful to own in California. Even law-abiding citizens, regardless of their training and track record, must alter or turn over to the state any LCMs that they may have legally owned for years — or face up to a year in jail.</blockquote>
The ruling explained, “The Ninth Circuit employs a two-prong inquiry to determine whether firearm regulations violate the Second Amendment: (1) whether the law burdens conduct protected by the Second Amendment; and (2) if so, what level of scrutiny to apply to the regulation.”
The court then delineated further:
<blockquote>The panel held that under the first prong of the test, Cal. Penal Code § 32310 burdened protected conduct. First, the panel held that firearm magazines are protected arms under the Second Amendment. Second, the panel held that LCMs are commonly owned and typically used for lawful purposes, and are not “unusual arms” that would fall outside the scope of the Second Amendment. Third, the panel held that LCM prohibitions are not longstanding regulations and do not enjoy a presumption of lawfulness. Fourth, the panel held that there was no persuasive historical evidence in the record showing LCM possession fell outside the ambit of Second Amendment protection.
Proceeding to prong two of the inquiry, the panel held that strict scrutiny was the appropriate standard to apply. First, the panel held that Cal. Penal Code § 32310 struck at the core right of law-abiding citizens to self-defend by banning LCM possession within the home. Second, the panel held that Section 32310’s near-categorical ban of LCMs substantially burdened core Second Amendment rights. Third, the panel held that decisions in other circuits were distinguishable. Fourth, the panel held that this circuit’s decision in Fyock v. City of Sunnyvale, 779 F.3d 991 (9th Cir. 2015), did not obligate the panel to apply intermediate scrutiny.</blockquote>
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office responded to the ruling by saying, “Until further proceedings in the courts, the stay on the injunction issued by the district court remains in place. The Attorney General remains committed to using every tool possible to defend California’s gun safety laws and keep our communities safe.”
California Rifle &amp; Pistol Association attorney Chuck Michel celebrated the decision as “a huge victory” for gun owners “and the right to choose to own a firearm to defend your family.”
The ruling affects Western states under the jurisdiction of the 9th Circuit, but Michel pointed out that the decision could influence the Supreme Court, asserting, “The Supreme Court seems inclined to do away with the complicated subjective tests that many courts have wrongly applied in Second Amendment cases, in favor of a clearer, more objective ‘originalist’ approach that considers the text, history and tradition of a law to determine what infringements might be tolerated.”
Eric Tirschwell, managing director for Everytown Law, warned, “We expect an en banc panel will rehear the case and correct this erroneous, dangerous, and out-of-step decision.”
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Chicago&#8217;s Mayor Lori Lightfoot had strong words for the hundreds of rioters and looters that took to the streets of Chicago Sunday night, causing major damage to some of the city&#8217;s tourist areas and stealing thousands of dollars in merchandise from high-end shops and boutiques located in the city&#8217;s &#8220;Magnificent Mile&#8221; shopping district.
Lightfoot is now asking for President Donald Trump to send additional resources to federal agents assisting the Chicago Police Department in controlling the city&#8217;s spike in violence &#8212; but only if those resources are targeted towards &#8220;federally licensed gun dealers.&#8221;
“We are waking up in shock this morning,” Lightfoot said at a joint press conference with the city&#8217;s police superintendent, David Brown. “What happened in our city last night and this morning of course is deeply painful for every Chicagoan.”
The looting, Lightfoot said, was &#8220;brazen and extensive criminal destruction.&#8221;
She then took aim at claims the looting was in response to an officer-involved shooting on the city&#8217;s South Side, calling the prevailing narrative about the incident false, and lashing out at previous claims, made by individuals like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) that property violence in cities like Chicago is motivated by poverty.
“This is not legitimate 1st Amendment-protected speech. These were not poor people engaging in petty theft to feed themselves and their families,” Lightfoot said. “This was straight up-felony, criminal conduct.”
Lightfoot and Brown then relayed the facts about the shooting that precipitated the night of violence. Misinformation, the pair said, was pervasive, and many &#8220;protesters&#8221; believed that the Chicago Police Department had shot an unarmed 15-year-old boy as he was running down an alleyway in the city&#8217;s Englewood neighborhood.
Not so, the pair noted.
&#8220;Number one, the individual who fired on police yesterday and was taken into custody was a 20-year-old man — he was not a juvenile and he was not unarmed. Officers responded because they received a 911 call about a man with a gun with a very specific description,&#8221; Lightfoot said. &#8220;A foot chase ensued, the individual fled. He turned around, he fired upon the police, the police returned fire. He was hit in the shoulder and is recovering from the injuries. But I want to be clear this was not an unarmed individual as propagated on social media.”
At least one officer was injured in the exchange of gunfire. The offender&#8217;s weapon was recovered by police.
“This was an act of violence against our police officers and against our city,” Brown said, adding that more than 100 people had been arrested for criminal behavior Sunday evening.
Lightfoot did note that she would not call in National Guard troops to help secure the city and prevent rioting. She did, however, suggest that President Donald Trump could provide greater assistance to the city by providing more resources to agents of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms bureau assisting Chicago police violence control efforts, but only if those resources are aimed at conducting background checks on federally licensed gun dealers.
&#8220;Lightfoot urges Trump to provide adequate resources to ATF and get behind federally licensed gun dealers. &#8216;Don&#8217;t rattle the sabre. Don&#8217;t make threats,'&#8221; one local Chicago reporter noted on Twitter.
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Lightfoot has long insisted that Chicago&#8217;s gun violence problems stem from an unregulated influx of weapons from states with more lenient gun laws, like Indiana. Federal agents in Chicago are, in fact, targeting gun trafficking operations, but Sunday&#8217;s looting was likely a coordinated criminal effort unrelated to gun violence.
Chicago anti-violence activist, Fr. Michael Pfleger, told <a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-police-returned-fire-during-mag-mile-looting/30106c2b-71af-445d-bcee-c17d71b599e2">WBEZ Monday</a> that it&#8217;s clear Sunday&#8217;s riots were the result of extensive social media communication: “This was obviously very orchestrated.&#8221;
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Gun control is the narrative pushed by the mainstream media, and it appears some outlets don’t disclose that their writers are also paid by anti-gun groups, including one owned by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
John Lott, Jr. <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/22/news_outlets_turn_a_blind_eye_on_the_traces_anti-gun_bent_143767.html">wrote</a> about the issue for RealClearPolitics, explaining that various news outlets have hired people from one Bloomberg-funded gun-control organization known as The Trace.
“NPR, Politico, Time, and Scientific American are unlikely ever to pay an NRA employee to write news articles about gun control. But they have no problem hiring people who work for The Trace, a Michael Bloomberg-funded gun control organization. Even in the very hypothetical case that these publications did use an NRA-influenced article, they would undoubtedly include a disclaimer warning readers of the possible bias,” Lott wrote.
Yet The Trace is given preferential treatment. As Lott pointed out, NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/10/05/555859571/nra-backed-gun-laws-have-found-success-in-state-legislatures-across-the-u-s">described</a> The Trace as “an independent, nonprofit journalism organization dedicated to covering issues related to guns in America.”
When Lott told a senior writer at Scientific American that its contributing editor, Melinda Wenner Moyer, is also paid by The Trace to write regular articles for the outlet, the editor “insisted that none of his staff had a conflict of interest and that The Trace was a nonprofit newsroom.”
“This past week, Moyer had a piece at The Trace <a href="https://www.thetrace.org/2020/07/coronavirus-gun-sales-increased-shootings-study/">arguing</a> that the increase in gun sales over the last few months is linked to the recent surge in urban shootings. In another, she claimed that guns don’t keep one’s family safer,” Lott argued. “But Moyer fails to mention the standing down and disbandment of police units, or the release of prisoners amid the pandemic. These factors can lead to a surge in crime. She ignores that the causation with gun sales might be going the other way, with people buying guns as they see the breakdown of the legal system and having to rely on themselves for protection. Instead, she blames the <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/pr0706/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-june-2020">30% increase</a> in murders in New York City or the <a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-murders-and-shootings-up-overall-crime-down-halfway-through-2020-police-say/2298155/">78% increase</a> in Chicago in June on gun sales that increased the national supply of firearms by only a couple of percentage points.”
Lott searched The Trace’s archives and found zero articles that ever covered guns in a positive light. “Not a single one approvingly discusses research that has found a benefit from gun ownership,” he added.
Further, The Trace never says anything critical of pro-gun-control groups such as Moms Demand, The Brady Campaign or another Bloomberg-funded organization called Everytown. Meanwhile, The Trace unironically “accuses the NRA of supporting the police because of the ‘reliable’ donations that it receives from officers,” Lott wrote.
The Trace focuses a lot on the money behind organizations that support the Second Amendment, yet its own funding hypocrisy is ignored by mainstream media outlets. Those same outlets hire writers from The Trace without noting any conflict of interest.
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Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell accused Fox News host Tucker Carlson of instigating death threats against him, as well as being &#8220;a phony&#8221; who doesn&#8217;t believe the things he says on television.
&#8220;You know what kind of man [Tucker Carlson] is?&#8221; Swalwell began in a three-tweet thread. &#8220;After protestors vandalized his house a few years ago, I tweeted that was wrong. I took heat. Didn’t care — that was wrong. What did Tucker do? Just months later, Tucker repeatedly lied on his show that I’d be taking everyone’s guns. What do you think happened next? Death threats rolled in against me and my children. A Small business run by family members was harassed.&#8221;
&#8220;Did Tucker care? No,&#8221; Swalwell continued. &#8220;He lies and spreads disinformation for the worst reason: it sells. Any one who has met and talked to Tucker knows he doesn’t believe the bullsh** he’s peddling. I’ve talked to him before shows. He laughs at his own act. He’s a phony. I’m sorry he feels his family is threatened. But, when I spoke up to protect his family, he went on air to cash in on dangerous lies about me.&#8221;
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everyone’s guns. What do you think happened next? Death threats rolled in against me and my children. A Small business run by family members was harassed. Did Tucker care? No. He lies and spreads disinformation for the worst reason: it sells. Any one who has met and talked to
&mdash; Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1285427523237576706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Tucker knows he doesn’t believe the bullshit he’s peddling. I’ve talked to him before shows. He laughs at his own act. He’s a phony. I’m sorry he feels his family is threatened. But, when I spoke up to protect his family, he went on air to cash in on dangerous lies about me.
&mdash; Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1285429597912338433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In a May 2018 op-ed for USA Today, Swalwell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democratic-rep-eric-swalwell-wants-make-assault-frank-camp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">argued in favor</a> of federally banning assault weapons, instituting a mandatory buyback program, and potentially jailing those who resist. &#8220;We should ban possession of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons, we should buy back such weapons from all who choose to abide by the law, and we should criminally prosecute any who choose to defy it by keeping their weapons,&#8221; he wrote.
Swalwell reiterated his gun control position <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rep-eric-swalwell-rolls-out-gun-control-plan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">when he was a Democratic presidential candidate</a>, a topic Carlson <a href="https://video.foxnews.com/v/6026921679001#sp=show-clips" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">discussed on his show</a>.
Carlson on Monday claimed The New York Times is working on a story about the location of his family&#8217;s house to attack him because of his politics. &#8220;Last week The New York Times began working on a story about where my family and I live,&#8221; he said in part. &#8220;As a matter of journalism there is no conceivable justification for a story like that. The paper is not alleging we’ve done anything wrong and we haven’t. We pay our taxes. We like our neighbors. We’ve never had a dispute with anyone.&#8221;
Carlson continued, &#8220;So why is The New York Times doing a story on the location of my family’s house? Well, you know why. To hurt us, to injure my wife and kids so that I will shut up and stop disagreeing with them. They believe in force. We’ve learned that.&#8221; He mentioned how he and his family were forced to move after left-wing activists attacked their home in 2018 and sent them months of death threats. He alleged the NYT is trying to enable such a thing to happen again.
&#8220;Editors there know exactly what will happen to my family when it does run,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I called them today and I told them. But they didn’t care. They hate my politics. They want the show off the air.&#8221;
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Tucker responds to intrusive reporting by The New York Times. <a href="https://t.co/xj4z69G9cA">pic.twitter.com/xj4z69G9cA</a>
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The Times has since responded by claiming that they have no plan to reveal the street address of Carlson&#8217;s family home. The response from the paper has been met with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-times-hit-with-backlash-over-potentially-misleading-response-to-tucker-carlson-claiming-theyre-going-to-reveal-where-his-family-lives">backlash</a>, with critics noting that Carlson accused the paper of highlighting the home&#8217;s general &#8220;location,&#8221; not the physical address.
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On Saturday, the National Rifle Association, possibly in response to the rioting and looting across the nation during the summer, issued a tweet describing the AR-15 as &#8220;the modern day musket.&#8221;
&#8220;The AR-15 is the modern day musket. An everyday gun for everyday citizens,&#8221; the tweet reads.
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The AR-15 is the modern day musket. An everyday gun for everyday citizens.
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The tweet elicited support from gun rights advocates who felt that the necessity of protecting one’s home or business required arms strong enough to fend off possible attacks, while it engendered an incendiary response from gun control advocates, who lambasted the NRA and cited school shootings that were committed with the AR-15.
One prominent gun control activist, David Hogg, who was a student present at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, when a shooter killed 17 people and injured 17 others in February 2018, mocked the tweet.
&#8220;6 minutes 20 seconds Is all it took for the shooter at my high school to fire over 100 rounds from his AR-15 to shoot 34 people,&#8221; wrote Hogg. &#8220;In that same amount of time even the most trained person would have only been able to fire 18 rounds with a musket. Modern day musket my ass.&#8221;
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6 minutes 20 seconds Is all it took for the shooter at my high school to fire over 100 rounds from his AR-15 to shoot 34 people.
In that same amount of time even the most trained person would have only been able to fire 18 rounds with a musket. 
Modern day musket my ass <a href="https://t.co/ED2Tyxxdrc">https://t.co/ED2Tyxxdrc</a>
&mdash; David Hogg (@davidhogg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1282388067714818049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Hogg’s tweet appears to have incensed Juanita Broaddrick, who noted Hogg had made no public comment about a recent report regarding AR-15s.
&#8220;Where was your outrage when the leader of Chaz was handing out AR-15’s like candy?&#8221; she wrote.
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Where was your outrage when the leader of Chaz was handing out AR-15’s like candy? <a href="https://t.co/hwKoE3cT0y">https://t.co/hwKoE3cT0y</a>
&mdash; Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) <a href="https://twitter.com/atensnut/status/1282471587992735744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Video shows Raz Simone handing out a long rifle to another person inside the Seattle BLM “Autonomous Zone.” Guns, weapons and drugs are ubiquitous in and around the “no cop” zone. <a href="https://t.co/u9ZsS1YlZP">pic.twitter.com/u9ZsS1YlZP</a>
&mdash; Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1272640687511494658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Independent reporter Any Ngo’s report of Simone&#8217;s actions was confirmed by <a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/raz-simone-guns/">Snopes</a>.
<a href="https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/warlord-of-seattles-lawless-zone-hands-out-guns-from-his-tesla/news-story/7b749d67f83231efa16946233d8a116b">News.com.au</a> reported of the reputed leader in Seattle’s Capital Hill Autonomous Zone, Raz Simone:
<blockquote>… footage from the rapper’s live stream, which has been viewed almost 500,000 times on social media, shows Mr Simone handing out guns to strangers from the boot of his Tesla. The footage from June 10 – two days after the CHOP was established – shows him walking down the street holding one of the guns and two young masked men also holding the weapons. “We’re just being ready,” he says to the camera in the footage. “We’re not doing anything illegal.”</blockquote>
Initiative 594, passed in Washington state in 2014, <a href="https://sos.wa.gov/_assets/elections/initiatives/finaltext_483.pdf">states</a>:
<blockquote>No person shall sell or transfer a firearm unless: 
(a) The person is a licensed dealer; 
(b) The purchaser or transferee is a licensed dealer; or 
(c) The requirements of subsection (3) of this section are met. (3) Where neither party to a prospective firearms transaction is a licensed dealer, the parties to the transaction shall complete the sale or transfer through a licensed dealer as follows:
(a) The seller or transferor shall deliver the firearm to a licensed dealer to process the sale or transfer as if it is selling or transferring the firearm from its inventory to the purchaser or transferee, except that the unlicensed seller or transferor may remove the firearm from the business premises of the licensed dealer while the background check is being conducted. If the seller or transferor removes the firearm from the business premises of the licensed dealer while the background check is being conducted, the purchaser or transferee and the seller or transferor shall return to the business premises of the licensed dealer and the seller or transferor shall again deliver the firearm to the licensed dealer prior to completing the sale or transfer.</blockquote>
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Like many of her fellow celebrities, pop icon Madonna has responded publicly to the tragic death of George Floyd, the 46-year-old African American man who died on Monday while being forcefully subdued by Minneapolis police and whose death has sparked widespread outrage and violent riots throughout the city.
In a social media post, Madonna responded to the tragedy by declaring &#8220;f*** the police!&#8221; and calling for extreme gun control.
&#8220;Watching this Cop suffocate George Floyd with his knee on his neck, handcuffed and helpless, crying for his life with his face in the street is the most sickening, heartbreaking thing I&#8217;ve seen in a long time,&#8221; Madonna wrote in an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CAqck3NByaT/">Instagram post</a> Wednesday.
&#8220;This Officer knew he was being filmed and murdered him with arrogance and pride,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;This has to stop!!&#8221;
The performer then turned the tragedy into a push for radical gun control. &#8220;Until we can overcome Racism in America— no one should be allowed to carry a gun. Most of all cops,&#8221; she declared.
&#8220;God Bless you George Floyd,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;I&#8217;m so sorry for you and your family. And all the senseless killings that have gone before you. Will it ever end? I pray to GOD it does one day.&#8221;
&#8220;Until then—F*** The Police!&#8221; the iconic performer concluded. &#8220;Yea I said it. I’m not interested in being PC. I’m interested in Justice.&#8221;
Among the hashtags she included in the post was &#8220;#guncontrol.&#8221;
Other celebrities have likewise voiced their condemnation of the incident, and many have given similarly radical responses, among them former NFL player Colin Kaepernick and rapper Cardi B.
Kaepernick, who famously concluded his NFL career refusing to stand for the national anthem in protest of systemic racism and police violence and has since devoted himself to social justice activism, defended and even promoted the rioting that has left sections of Minneapolis in flames.
&#8220;When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction,” Kaepernick <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kaepernick-posts-message-cheering-violent-rioting-denouncing-civility-in-response-to-george-floyd-death">tweeted</a> Thursday. &#8220;The cries for peace will rain down, and when they do, they will land on deaf ears, because your violence has brought this resistance. We have the right to fight back! Rest in Power George Floyd.&#8221;
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When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction. 
The cries for peace will rain down, and when they do, they will land on deaf ears, because your violence has brought this resistance.
We have the right to fight back! 
Rest in Power George Floyd
&mdash; Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7/status/1266046129906552832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Cardi B posted a similar response.
&#8220;They looting in Minnesota and as much as I don’t like this type of violence it is what it is,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rapper-cardi-b-defends-looting-after-george-floyd-death-the-people-are-left-with-no-choice">tweeted</a> Thursday. &#8220;Too much peaceful marches, too much trending hashtags and NO SOLUTIONS! The people are left with NO CHOICE.&#8221;
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They looting in Minnesota and as much as I don’t like this type of violence it is what it is .Too much peaceful marches,too much trending hashtags and NO SOLUTIONS! The people are left with NO CHOICE . <a href="https://t.co/IToSr08yBG">pic.twitter.com/IToSr08yBG</a>
&mdash; iamcardib (@iamcardib) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1265831359425073153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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While some have defended the violence that has erupted in response to Floyd&#8217;s death, others are pleading with rioters to embrace peaceful protest, including Minneapolis Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins.
During a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-mn-city-council-vp-anger-justified-but-you-have-no-right-to-violence-harm-on-very-communities-you-claim-to-stand-up-fo">press conference</a> Thursday, Jenkins told protesters that while they have &#8220;every absolute right to be angry,&#8221; they have &#8220;no right to perpetrate violence and harm,&#8221; particularly &#8220;on the very communities that you say that you are standing up for.&#8221;
“We need peace and calm in our streets, and I am begging you for that calm,&#8221; said Jenkins.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/as-minneapolis-erupts-mayor-calls-for-charges-against-officer-attorney-general-offers-critical-reminder">As Minneapolis Erupts, Mayor Calls For Charges Against Officer, Attorney General Offers ‘Critical’ Reminder</a>
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last week that, in the wake of the largest mass shooting in Canada&#8217;s history, the Liberal government would be unilaterally outlawing at least 1,500 &#8220;assault-style&#8221; firearms, &#8220;effective immediately,&#8221; including, it now seems, shotguns, hunting rifles, airsoft guns, and even gun-related websites.
Assault weapons have been banned in Canada since the late 1970s, but back in late April, a Nova Scotia man, disguised as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, went on a thirty-mile rampage using &#8220;assault-style&#8221; weapons to murder at least 22 people, including his longtime girlfriend.
In a speech last week, Trudeau &#8220;announced the ban of over 1,500 models and variants of assault-style firearms, including two guns used by the gunman as well as the AR-15 and other weapons that have been used in a number of mass shootings in the United States,&#8221; according to the <a href="https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2020/05/in-the-aftermath-of-shooting-that-kills-22-canada-bans-sale-of-assault-style-weapons.html">Associated Press</a>.
Canada has no Second Amendment, so the government can ban weapons without running afoul of enumerated Constitutional rights. But it seems Canadian government officials weren&#8217;t particularly clear &#8212; or were intentionally vague &#8212; about the definition of an &#8220;assault weapon&#8221; and, according to <a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/read-the-full-list-of-military-style-guns-now-banned-in-canada#comments-area">a list published Monday</a>, the list of banned guns includes 10- and 12-gauge shotguns &#8212; a necessity for hunting in many of Canada&#8217;s more remote locales &#8212; hunting rifles, a BB gun, and even the website AR15.com.
&#8220;The Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association (CSAAA) and the Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) said their legal experts have concluded Public Safety Minister Bill Blair &#8216;banned almost every modern 12-gauge and 10-gauge shotgun in Canada with removable chokes because they exceed the maximum bore diameter of 20 mm,'&#8221; Canadian conservative website, the <a href="https://www.westernstandardonline.com/2020/05/gun-groups-warn-liberals-have-made-common-hunting-rifles-illegal/">Western Standard reported</a>.
“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister Bill Blair looked Canadian gun owners in the eye last Friday and said they would not take guns suitable for hunting away from us,” CSAAA said in a statement, adding that millions of these &#8220;common hunting firearms&#8221; are in Canadian homes, making hunters &#8212; including hunters who must kill animals to survive &#8212; criminals under Canadian law.
The group also said that &#8220;many large bore hunting rifles – some more than 100 years old and valued at more than $100,000 have become prohibited,&#8221; even none of the guns in question are &#8220;semi-automatic,&#8221; or &#8220;military style.&#8221;
The list also bans <a href="https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/Arfcom-banned-in-Canada/5-2323970/?fbclid=IwAR1Xn9Iy5sNZQCQIiPeCEryZLA23ubH8MLqSoLrqakCm2xX4Xq7Z25bnV8M">AR15.com</a>, a gun owners&#8217; forum, and airsoft rifles that bear a strong resemblance to &#8220;military style&#8221; weapons, including the <a href="https://twitter.com/donkeychucker2/status/1257493807265992707">Blackwater BW-15 Carbine, a BB gun</a>.
To be fair, the list also bans missile launchers, rocket launchers, and any military style artillery, in case those weren&#8217;t already illegal under Canadian law.
It took no more than two days for Canada&#8217;s gun laws to target the wrong person, as well. A woman, dressed up as a Stormtrooper for a Star Wars-themed &#8220;May the 4th&#8221; promotion, was tackled to the ground and arrested over her toy blaster gun after an onlooker reported a person with a &#8220;weapon&#8221; to local law enforcement. <a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/6908239/woman-in-star-wars-stormtrooper-costume-arrested-by-lethbridge-police-on-may-4th">GlobalNews.ca</a> reports that the Alberta government is looking into whether the police, in that case, used excessive force.
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As our nation takes precautions against the China-originated novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that Sunday March 15 would be a National Day of Prayer, calling on all faiths to pray for protection and strength.
&#8220;It is my great honor to declare Sunday, March 15th as a National Day of Prayer,&#8221; the president announced on Twitter. &#8220;We are a Country that, throughout our history, has looked to God for protection and strength in times like these.&#8221;
&#8220;No matter where you may be, I encourage you to turn towards prayer in an act of faith. Together, we will easily PREVAIL!&#8221; Trump optimistically added.
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&#8230;.No matter where you may be, I encourage you to turn towards prayer in an act of faith. Together, we will easily PREVAIL!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1238599373417787394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) apparently took issue with Trump&#8217;s announcement, taking to her Twitter account to promote a vulgar message denigrating the National Day of Prayer from Parkland school shooting survivor and anti-gun rights advocate David Hogg.
&#8220;Don&#8217;t let this administration address COVID-19 like our national gun violence epidemic,&#8221; wrote Hogg. &#8220;F*** a National day of prayer, we need immediate comprehensive action.&#8221;
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Don’t let this administration address COVID-19 like our national gun violence epidemic. Fuck a National day of prayer, we need immediate comprehensive action. 
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&mdash; David Hogg (@davidhogg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1239019919401984002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Tlaib retweeted the message to her nearly 1 million followers.
Seemingly addressing backlash over the re-post, Tlaib again took to Twitter to backtrack, telling followers she has &#8220;been praying through this all&#8221; and was &#8220;not&#8221; attacking prayer.
&#8220;Let me be clear as someone who has been praying through this all &amp; as someone who attended the National Prayer Breakfast,&#8221; she wrote Monday night. &#8220;My retweet was not to be an attack on prayer. It was to bring attention to the need for meaningful action to combat this public health crisis.&#8221;
The elected Democrat added that we need &#8220;economic stimulus for individuals, families and our local communities, &#8220;testing access for all,&#8221; &#8220;expanded paid sick leave and unemployment benefits,&#8221; and a &#8220;moratorium on water shutoffs, mortgage/rent payments and evictions.&#8221;
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We need: 
➡️ Economic stimulus for individuals, families and our local communities.
➡️ Testing access for all. 
➡️ Expanded paid sick leave and unemployment benefits.
➡️ Moratorium on water shutoffs, mortgage/rent payments and evictions.
&mdash; Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1239693977898692609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Tlaib has become known for her vulgar anti-Trump antics. When the Democrat was first elected to her seat in Congress, Tlaib, standing alongside her child, promised: &#8220;We&#8217;re gonna impeach the mother***er!,&#8221; referencing President Trump.
On the other hand, Tlaib is highly sensitive. The Democrat stormed out of this year&#8217;s State of the Union address because she was &#8220;triggered&#8221; by hearing the name of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
“I think, you know, even the mention of Brett Kavanaugh for me is a trigger,” Tlaib told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow following Trump&#8217;s SOTU speech.
“Just as a woman in America, the fact that he, you know, rightfully was accused, and having an incredibly strong woman come before the public and the world and tell her story of sexual assault by this person that was appointed to the Supreme Court is just — I couldn’t stand still and not do anything about it, and I needed to walk away from that,” claimed the Democrat. 
Kavanaugh, who was confirmed to the high court bench in October 2018, was accused of decades-old sexual misconduct by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. In a letter addressed to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Blasey Ford <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/51524/watch-christine-blasey-ford-attorney-admits-video-amanda-prestigiacomo">claimed</a> Kavanaugh attempted to rape her at a house party in the early 1980s, though the accuser was unable to specify exactly where or when the alleged incident took place and the witnesses she named refuted the claim.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rashida-tlaib-stormed-out-of-sotu-heres-what-she-said-triggered-her">Rashida Tlaib Stormed Out Of SOTU. Here’s What She Said ‘Triggered’ Her.</a>

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Sales of guns, ammunition, and &#8220;survival gear&#8221; are skyrocketing this week, amid concerns that the coronavirus could lead to breakdown in civil order or even a suspension of weapons sales, <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article241164136.html">according to Business Insider</a>.
Stores specializing in the &#8220;sales of survival gear like ready-to-eat meals, guns and ammunition&#8221; are experiencing a boom, and some retailers are even struggling to keep such items in stock.
&#8220;We’re bringing pallets (of MREs) up all the time now, and even our supplier in Southern California is having trouble keeping them in stock,&#8221; one California gun retailer <a href="https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/sales-survival-gear-guns-ammo-spike-amid-coronavirus-fears/45QL4VC2CVGF3LYMEUIZRROWHU/">told a local television station</a>.
“It’s clear our customers want to be prepared in a worst-case scenario,” another retailer told the NRA&#8217;s news service, per BI. &#8220;For a lot of our families, a disaster plan includes having ammo on hand.&#8221;
In some cases, retailers say they&#8217;re selling &#8220;twice as much&#8221; or even five times as much ammunition as they were before coronavirus began making headlines. &#8220;Sales on Ammo.com, an online ammunition store, were 68 percent greater from Feb. 23 to March 4 than they were the preceding 11 days, the company said in a press release. Residents in North Carolina and Georgia had the biggest increase in sales on the website,&#8221; Business Insider, says.
“It’s an unknown, so there are people that are concerned,” a gun retailer told the outlet, referring directly to coronavirus. “In those times of uncertainty, people have a reaction to make sure they want to protect themselves and their families, and I think that’s what we’re seeing especially here in our store.”
“If you’re prepared, you’re not afraid,” he added.
Even people who never considered owning a firearm are suddenly finding themselves in the market for a gun.
“People who tell me that they don’t like guns, but they’re here to begrudgingly buy one,” a retailer told the same California TV outlet. “And if it makes somebody feel safe and they’re legal to own one, then sure.”
Among gun owners, there&#8217;s a growing concern that states may try to restrict the sale of firearms if individuals fail to heed to commands to &#8220;social distance&#8221; and remain indoors, away from crowds, in order to slow the spread of coronavirus. Although the idea sounds outlandish, some cities and towns have incorporated the ability to limit firearm and alcohol sales into their enumerated powers when those same cities and towns are under a state of emergency.
The mayor of Champaign, Illinois,  Deborah Frank Feinen, sent tempers flaring earlier this week after she &#8220;signed the executive order on Thursday declaring a state of emergency for the city,&#8221; <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/illinois-mayor-signs-executive-order-granting-power-to-ban-sale-of-guns-and-alcohol-while-addressing-coronavirus">the Washington Examiner reported</a>. &#8220;That executive order, which is in line with municipal code, comes with extraordinary powers for the mayor to enact over a short period of time as the city combats the spread of the coronavirus.&#8221;
&#8220;Among the powers Feinen gained after signing the executive order was the power to ban the sale of guns, ammunition, alcohol, and gasoline. Feinen could also cut off access to individuals&#8217; gas, water, or electricity. The city also has the ability to &#8216;take possession of private property&#8217; or order the temporary closing of all bars or liquor stores.&#8221;
Feinen says she won&#8217;t exercise the power to confiscate weapons or ban firearms sales but the edict remains on the books.

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On February 4, Alabama state Representative Proncey Robertson (R-District 7) introduced H.B. 39, which pertains to the issuance of “carry permits,” and to the creation of a “standardized statewide process to issue concealed carry permits for terms of 1 year, 5 years, or permit holder&#8217;s lifetime.”
The bill was read and “referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security,” according to <a href="https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB39/2020">LegiScan</a>.
“Under current law, concealed carry permits are issued by the sheriffs of each county. Each sheriff may have different fees, forms, and processes for the issuance of a concealed carry permit,” the synopsis of the bill reads. “Further, each county may maintain separate databases of individuals authorized to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person within this state.”
The synopsis continues, proposing a standardized, statewide process instead:
<blockquote>This bill would standardize a process by which concealed carry permits may be issued statewide and would create a state concealed carry permit information system by which relevant data may be maintained and provided to law enforcement. This bill would also integrate into that state information system existing data relating to concealed carry permits issued by county sheriffs.</blockquote>
Later, the <a href="http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020RS/PrintFiles/HB39-int.pdf">text of the bill</a> goes into more detail:
<blockquote>Upon receiving notice from a sheriff of an approved application for a concealed carry permit, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall immediately enter the information into the state concealed carry permit information system and ensure that a concealed carry permit endorsement is viewable by law enforcement officers and other authorized persons through the individual&#8217;s driver license&#8230;</blockquote>
Further, it details how one’s license could be revoked under the proposed system:
<blockquote>Upon receiving notice of a denial of an application for a concealed carry permit or a court disposition which would prohibit that individual from purchasing or possessing a pistol or firearm under state or federal law or render that individual ineligible for a permit based upon the factors provided in paragraph [a] of subsection (b), the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall enter the information into the state concealed carry permit information system and ensure that a &#8220;Concealed Carry Prohibited&#8221; restriction is viewable by law enforcement officers and other authorized persons through an individual&#8217;s driver license.</blockquote>
On Thursday, the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) <a href="https://www.nraila.org/articles/20200220/alabama-senate-committee-hearing-on-lifetime-carry-permit-bill">stated in a release</a> pertaining to a <a href="http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020RS/PrintFiles/SB47-int.pdf">parallel bill</a> in Alabama’s state Senate, “contact committee members and ask them to support S.B. 47.”
Despite the NRA-ILA’s seeming endorsement of the legislation, Alabama gun rights organization BamaCarry has a different perspective.
Speaking with Fox affiliate <a href="https://www.wbrc.com/2020/02/22/state-lawmaker-proposes-statewide-database-gun-permit-holders/">WBRC</a>, BamaCarry president Eddie Fulmer said: “They need to back off of trying to regulate people who lawfully carry weapons.”
After stating that “permit holders in Alabama are some of the most law-abiding citizens there are,” Fulmer added, “What they are worried about here is a very insignificant amount of people when it comes to revoking a permit.”
The Daily Wire reached out to Rep. Proncey Robertson, and he answered several questions pertaining to the proposed law.
Robertson first noted how information pertaining to gun licenses in the state of Alabama is quite disparate: “Most people may not even realize this, but the concealed carry permit process in the state of Alabama is done in 67 different counties, by 67 different sheriffs. The 67 different processes and 67 different databases or local systems that hold your information – some of them, very insecure to say the least – they’re just on a standalone server under the front desk, for instance.”
The lawmaker added: “When an officer stops you in one end of the state and you have a permit from the other end of the state, he has very little confidence that that permit is valid, or that the Sheriff used the same background process or even maintained the records correctly.”
Robertson said that his proposed H.B. 39 would “standardize” all these various processes under the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) or the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC), giving law enforcement the ability to access it.
As for the accountability of law enforcement as it pertains to information searching, Robertson stated: “As a police officer, if I want access to that information, I am passworded into it, and you would know what I looked at, every key stroke, what I obtained, what I learned, what I did with it, and I have to have a law enforcement purpose for accessing that information.”
In response to BamaCarry president Eddie Fulmer’s comments, Robertson said: “I have no interest in regulating people who carry legally. What the system would do is it would begin to keep records of those who are prohibited to carry firearms.”
He added:
<blockquote>If we just do away with the permits in the state of Alabama, you still have to have one if you&#8217;re going to cross the state lines. So, this is just a way to secure that information. Number two, currently ACJIC and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), it keeps arrest records, but that is much different than conviction records or disposition records.</blockquote>
Robertson then noted that if he, as a police officer, were to stop someone he didn’t know personally, who had a history of arrests for “robbery or domestic violence, something what would prevent them from carrying a concealed weapon or obtaining a concealed weapons permit,” NCIC or state records can tell him if they had been arrested, but not if they were convicted, which, he said, “is what I need in order to make an arrest.”
According to Robertson, H.B. 39 would connect the courts to the permit database. “The day that the court convicts you, they would enter into the system that you are now prohibited, and it would revoke your permit if you have one in the system,” he stated.
When probed as to how his bill isn’t a centralized firearm registry, Robertson replied: “It has nothing to do with your gun. I&#8217;m not registering your guns. It never asks you one single question about your gun.”
He continued:
<blockquote>It&#8217;s about your concealed carry permit. It&#8217;s you coming in, taking a background check that says you&#8217;re not someone convicted of anything that would prohibit you, and it says it&#8217;s your license to carry concealed. They never ask you what gun you have or own or possess.</blockquote>
Robertson said that nothing in H.B. 39 requires new information from citizens, rather, it would simply standardize and centralize the current data from all the numerous hubs in which they currently reside.
The lawmaker also made sure to state that “the ATF, every time you purchase a gun, they do a background check at the gun dealer. They collect the make, model, and serial number of the gun you bought, and your name, address, and all your personal information.”
<blockquote>The federal government and the state of Alabama already has that information. This has nothing to do with your guns. This is just about, do you have the right to carry concealed, have you been convicted of something that would prohibit you from carrying a concealed weapon – and that&#8217;s any violent crime, it&#8217;s domestic violence, and it&#8217;s being ruled by a probate judge with a mental defect and involuntarily committed.</blockquote>
Lastly, Robertson explained why he believes Constitutional Carry or Permitless Carry isn’t an option in Alabama as things currently stand:
<blockquote>If you do that, here&#8217;s what happens – because many of these other states that have done it have very good record-keeping systems of criminal convictions, so an officer can look when he stops someone, and tell what they have been convicted of. In Alabama, we do not have that record keeping on the bad guys. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m trying to do with this bill.
Right now in Alabama, if we went Permitless Carry, I could literally stop someone who is a convicted felon carrying a gun, and I have no way to prove that he is a felon carrying a gun there on the side of the road. So, I would have to let him drive away or walk away with that gun.</blockquote>
“That&#8217;s what people don&#8217;t understand about the way the system works currently,” Robertson added. “We do not have a good enough records management system of convictions in the state of Alabama to go with Constitutional Carry.”
“H.B. 39 requires the courts to report any conviction, misdemeanor, or felony that would make you a prohibited person to carry a firearm. So this improves things for the citizens, it improves the safety for our officers, and it begins to organize this so if there was ever a dream of going to Constitutional Carry in the state of Alabama, the first thing that we have to do is begin to maintain proper criminal conviction records,” Robertson concluded.

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Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden made extreme remarks during a CNN town hall event on Thursday night where he called for banning semi-automatic firearms and &#8220;clips that have multiple bullets in them,&#8221; which would effectively ban nearly all firearms.
&#8220;I&#8217;m going to do everything in my power in office or out of office to get those assault weapons off the street, which I have done once already,&#8221; Biden claimed. &#8220;And to get those clips that have multiple bullets in them not for sale, not be able to sell silencers, all those things.&#8221;
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Joe Biden ratcheted up the Democrat Party&#39;s attacks on the Second Amendment:
Biden: ban &quot;assault weapons&quot; &amp; &quot;get those clips that have multiple bullets in them not for sale, not be able to sell silencers, all those things.&quot;
This is a broadside on every law abiding American. <a href="https://t.co/NDA0YYVlQv">pic.twitter.com/NDA0YYVlQv</a>
&mdash; Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1230662788688699392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Biden made similar remarks last September, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-compromise-biden-goes-extreme-guns-calls-ban-ryan-saavedra">saying</a>, “The idea that we don’t have elimination of assault-type weapons, magazines that can hold multiple bullets in them, it’s absolutely mindless.”
“It’s no violation of the Second Amendment,” Biden falsely claimed.
Biden, who made the remarks while talking to reporters, later said that there should be no compromise with the Republicans when it came to his extreme anti-Second Amendment proposals.
“None,” Biden. “None on this. I think this is no compromise. This is one we have to just push, and push, and push, and push, and push.”
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-joe-biden-stand-issues-heres-everything-josh-hammer">highlighted</a> Biden’s views on the Second Amendment in a profile piece last September:
<blockquote>Biden was a leading proponent and sponsor of the federal “assault weapons” ban, a subset of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Throughout his career, he has generally been supportive of curtailing Second Amendment rights. Biden has also supported mandating five-day waiting periods for gun purchases, as well as closing the alleged “gun show loophole.” Biden supports a ban on the undefinable sub-class of firearms referred to as so-called “assault weapons” — a line of thought that, if taken to its logical conclusion, could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42837/hammer-kamala-harriss-flirtation-banning-all-semi-josh-hammer">lead to the banning of all semi-automatic firearms in America</a>.</blockquote>
Biden&#8217;s extreme proposal of banning semi-automatic firearms would do little to reduce mass shootings in the United States, according to a new study released this month by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, named after notorious anti-Second Amendment activist billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who is also running for president as a Democrat.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bloomberg-school-of-public-health-no-evidence-assault-weapon-bans-reduce-mass-shootings">study</a> “did not find an independent association between assault weapon bans and the incidence of fatal mass shootings after controlling for the effects of bans on large-capacity magazines.”
Statistician Leah Libresco reported in <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-used-to-think-gun-control-was-the-answer-my-research-told-me-otherwise/2017/10/03/d33edca6-a851-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html">The Washington Post</a> in 2017 that she used to wish that “the National Rifle Association would stop blocking common-sense gun-control reforms such as banning assault weapons, restricting silencers, shrinking magazine sizes and all the other measures that could make guns less deadly.”
“Then, my colleagues and I at FiveThirtyEight spent three months analyzing all 33,000 lives ended by guns each year in the United States, and I wound up frustrated in a whole new way,” Libresco wrote. “We looked at what interventions might have saved those people, and the case for the policies I’d lobbied for crumbled when I examined the evidence.”
In response to several horrific school shootings in the U.S., Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-announces-war-guns-education-plan-wants-far-ryan-saavedra">said</a> that he did not want to protect kids at schools by arming school faculty.
Biden also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-attacked-texas-governor-for-signing-law-letting-churchgoers-carry-guns-totally-irrational">attacked</a> Texas Governor Greg Abbott last September for signing a bill into law that allowed Texans to carry lawfully owned firearms into places of worship, saying that it was &#8220;totally irrational.&#8221;
Three months after his remarks, a hero at a church in Texas stopped an attacker within a matter of seconds after the attacker opened fire on the congregation.

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Delivers His Plan To Curb Gun Violence While Campaigning In Las Vegas

Joe Biden Essentially Calls For Banning Nearly All Firearms

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Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden made extreme remarks during a CNN town hall event on Thursday night where he called for banning semi-automatic

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A new study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found that there is no evidence that &#8220;assault weapon bans&#8221; have any impact on &#8220;the incidence of fatal mass shootings.&#8221;
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, named after notorious anti-Second Amendment activist billionaire Michael Bloomberg, released the results of its study last week.
The study &#8220;did not find an independent association between assault weapon bans and the incidence of fatal mass shootings after controlling for the effects of bans on large-capacity magazines.&#8221;
The study, which analyzed fatal mass shootings in 45 states between 1984 and 2017, did find that &#8220;firearm purchaser licensing laws that require an in-person application or fingerprinting are associated with an estimated 56 percent fewer fatal mass shootings in states that have them.&#8221;
Bloomberg, who is running for president as a Democrat, has a history of trying to destroy Second Amendment rights. His anti-gun organization, Everytown for Gun Safety, has a history of using misleading or outright false statistics manufactured by gun control groups that he has financially backs to assist in his efforts.
The most recent example happened during the Super Bowl when Bloomberg aired a one-minute commercial that was full of false information.
The emotional ad claimed in writing: “2,900 CHILDREN DIE FROM GUN VIOLENCE EVERY YEAR.”
The claim from Bloomberg was categorically false at the cited number included adults and counted suicides as examples of gun violence.
Reason Magazine <a href="https://reason.com/2020/02/02/michael-bloombergs-claim-about-children-killed-by-gun-violence-is-off-by-73/">reported</a>:
<blockquote>According to to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FactCheck.org notes, the average number of firearm-related deaths involving Americans 17 or younger from 2013 through 2017 (the period used by Everytown for Gun Safety) was about 1,500, roughly half the number cited by Bloomberg. Furthermore, nearly two-fifths of those deaths were suicides, meaning the number of minors killed each year by &#8220;gun violence,&#8221; as that term is usually understood, is about 73 percent smaller than the figure cited in Bloomberg&#8217;s ad.</blockquote>
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-michael-bloomberg-stand-on-the-issues-heres-everything-you-need-to-know">highlighted</a> Bloomberg&#8217;s views on guns in an extensive profile piece on him last September:
<blockquote>Bloomberg’s anti-gun advocacy is perhaps the single most defining issue of his recent private citizen activism — and perhaps the single most defining issue of his 2020 presidential bid. He is very closely affiliated with and has <a href="https://everytown.org/press/new-gun-violence-prevention-group-everytown-for-gun-safety-unites-mayors-moms-and-millions-of-americans-on-new-paths-to-victory-state-capitols-corporate-responsibility-voter-activation/">helped</a> <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/bloomberg-gun-violence-moms-demand-action-volunteers">fund</a> Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action, which are both groups deeply hostile to Second Amendment rights. He also co-founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns while he was mayor of New York City. Bloomberg supports <a href="https://www.mikebloomberg.com/policies/gun-safety">“universal” background checks</a>, which often serve as a rhetorical euphemism for the government serving as an intermediary in all private firearms transfers. Bloomberg believes that every gun owner should need a permit before making a gun purchase. He <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cory-booker-wants-a-ban-on-assault-weapons-and-yes-it-means-putting-gun-owners-in-jail" data-reader-unique-id="49">supports a ban</a> on the undefinable sub-class of firearms referred to as so-called “assault weapons” — a line of thought that, if taken to its logical conclusion, could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42837/hammer-kamala-harriss-flirtation-banning-all-semi-josh-hammer" data-reader-unique-id="50">lead to the banning of all semi-automatic firearms in America</a>.</blockquote>
In addition to promulgating false information about guns, Bloomberg has also repeatedly displayed ignorance on the issue, both on how guns operate and on what gun laws exist.
Bloomberg told Rolling Stone in 2014 that he did not know whether a minor was allowed to own a rifle, and later claimed that anyone who owns a gun is &#8220;pretty stupid.&#8221;
In a 2012 interview with ABC News, Bloomberg demonstrated that he does not know basics when it comes to guns, including what the difference between a semi-automatic and fully-automatic firearm is.
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&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1192572237670281216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Bloomberg School of Public Health: No Evidence ‘Assault Weapon’ Bans Reduce Mass Shootings

A new study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found that there is no evidence that &quot;assault weapon bans&quot; have any impact on &quot;the

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In a surprise defeat for pro-gun control Virginia Democrats, including Gov. Ralph Northam, the judiciary committee of the Democrat-majority senate voted to shelve a controversial &#8220;assault firearms&#8221; and high-capacity magazine ban on Monday. The reaction in the Senate chamber to the bill&#8217;s failure — particularly that of the sponsor of the bill, Democratic Del. Mark Levine — has gained some attention online.
As its first item of business on Monday, Virgina&#8217;s Senate Judiciary Committee took up the bill (<a href="https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB961">HB961</a>), which &#8220;expands the definition of &#8216;assault firearm&#8217; and prohibits any person from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, purchasing, or transporting an assault firearm.&#8221; After questioning Del. Levine about some of the problematic aspects of the bill, the committee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-gun-ban-fails-in-senate-committee-marking-legislative-blow-for-gov-northam">voted</a> to send it to the Virginia Crime Commission for further study, which effectively shelves the bill until next year.
The committee rejected the bill by a vote of 10 to 5 after having &#8220;grilled bill sponsor Del. Mark Levine over his definition of an &#8216;assault weapon,&#8217; the arbitrary ban on ammunition magazines that can hold more than twelve rounds, and other aspects of the legislation,&#8221; Bearing Arms&#8217; <a href="https://bearingarms.com/cam-e/2020/02/17/northams-gun-ban-bill-rejected/">Cam Edwards</a> notes.
Video of the moment the bill is rejected, with Levine standing before the committee while cheers and applause erupt behind him, is <a href="https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/02/17/tfw-you-failed-to-criminalize-law-abiding-gun-owners-look-on-va-dem-mark-levines-face-when-assault-weapons-ban-failed-to-move-forward-is-priceless-watch/">circulating online</a>. &#8220;Cheers erupted when the Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee voted to not move forward on HB961, the the &#8216;assault weapons&#8217; ban and magazine confiscation bill, for the year,&#8221; tweeted Townhall Senior Writer Julio Rosas along with a clip of the moment. &#8220;[Del. Levine], who had been pushing for the bill, has a priceless reaction.&#8221;
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Cheers erupted when the Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee voted to not move forward on HB961, the the &quot;assault weapons&quot; ban and magazine confiscation bill, for the year.<a href="https://twitter.com/DelegateMark?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DelegateMark</a>, who had been pushing for the bill, has a priceless reaction. <a href="https://t.co/rvvF8JiWcO">pic.twitter.com/rvvF8JiWcO</a>
&mdash; Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href="https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1229418227656282113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Below is the summary of the bill, which narrowly passed in the Virginia House:
<blockquote>HB 961 Assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, etc.; prohibiting sale, transport, etc., penalties.
Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, silencers, and trigger activators; penalties. Expands the definition of &#8220;assault firearm&#8221; and prohibits any person from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, purchasing, or transporting an assault firearm. A violation is a Class 6 felony. The bill prohibits a dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory an assault firearm to any person. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, possess, or transport silencers, and trigger activators, all defined in the bill. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, or transport a large-capacity firearm magazine, as defined in the bill, and a Class 1 misdemeanor to possess such large-capacity firearm magazine. Any person who legally owns a large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator on July 1, 2020, may retain possession until January 1, 2021. During that time, such person shall (i) render the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator inoperable; (ii) remove the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator from the Commonwealth; (iii) transfer the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a person outside the Commonwealth who is not prohibited from possessing it; or (iv) surrender the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a state or local law-enforcement agency.</blockquote>
As The Daily Wire&#8217;s Ashe Schow <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-pistol-grips-a-weapons-of-war-feature-virginia-democrat-trying-to-ban-guns-gives-6-minute-speech-gets-everything-wrong-about-guns">reported</a>, Levine&#8217;s appearance at a town hall a couple of weeks before the committee&#8217;s vote featured the lawmaker repeating a series of debunked talking points about &#8220;assault weapons,&#8221; including that the 1994 assault weapons ban significantly reduced gun crimes — &#8220;The Department of Justice produced <a href="https://www.urban.org/research/publication/impact-evaluation-public-safety-and-recreational-firearms-use-protection-act-1994/view/full_report">two</a> <a href="https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/204431.pdf">studies</a> on the ban to measure its effectiveness and concluded in both that it had little to no effect,&#8221; Schow notes — and suggesting semi-automatic weapons are virtually the same as fully automatic weapons.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-pistol-grips-a-weapons-of-war-feature-virginia-democrat-trying-to-ban-guns-gives-6-minute-speech-gets-everything-wrong-about-guns">WATCH: Pistol Grips A ‘Weapons Of War’ Feature? Virginia Democrat Trying To Ban Guns Gives 6-Minute Speech, Gets EVERYTHING Wrong About Guns</a>

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WATCH: Virginia Democrat Who Pushed Gun Bill Endures Cheers, Applause When It Unexpectedly Fails

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In a surprise defeat for pro-gun control Virginia Democrats, including Gov. Ralph Northam, the judiciary committee of the Democrat-majority senate voted

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The gun bill backed by Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) that included sweeping bans of guns, magazines, and suppressors – turning gun owners in the state into criminals overnight – was rejected by a senate committee.
Cam Edwards of Bearing Arms <a href="https://bearingarms.com/cam-e/2020/02/17/northams-gun-ban-bill-rejected/">reported</a> that four Democrats joined every Republican on the committee to send the bill to the Virginia Crime Commission for further study, which means it won’t be reconsidered before this legislative session expires.
“The gun ban bill was the first on the docket for the Judiciary Committee, and GOP members grilled bill sponsor Del. Mark Levine over his definition of an ‘assault weapon,’ the arbitrary ban on ammunition magazines that can hold more than twelve rounds, and other aspects of the legislation,” Edwards wrote.
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-pistol-grips-a-weapons-of-war-feature-virginia-democrat-trying-to-ban-guns-gives-6-minute-speech-gets-everything-wrong-about-guns">reported</a>, Levine failed to get even one fact about guns correct during a previous explanation of his definition of “assault weapon.” During his six-minute explanation earlier, Levine “mimicked what he claimed mass shooters like to use. His body language suggested he was using a fully automatic weapon (he twisted at the hips like he was in some old gangster movie). Fully automatic weapons are not used in mass shootings because they’ve been banned since 1986. Democrats and their media allies like to claim “semi-automatic” is virtually the same as fully automatic, but they’re not. A fully automatic weapon means it reloads and fires repeatedly with one trigger pull. Semi-automatic weapons fire one round per trigger pull.”
“‘This weapons restriction is clearly constitutional,’ claimed Levine, noting that in a challenge to a similar ban in Maryland, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals declared that so-called assault weapons are not protected by the Second Amendment. What Levine didn’t say is that the U.S. Supreme Court hasn’t taken up a case dealing with semi-automatic long guns,” Edwards continued.
Levine insisted that the bill narrowly passed by the Virginia House of Delegates would not “infringe on anyone’s rights,” even though it absolutely would, banning Americans from purchasing certain firearms, magazines, and suppressors that had been previously legal to purchase and turning lawful gun owners into criminals overnight if they continued to keep any newly banned magazines they had previously purchased legally. More from Edwards:
<blockquote>While the gun, magazine, and suppressor bill is dead for this legislative session, it will almost surely be back again next year, and in the meantime Gov. Northam will likely get a chance to sign several gun control bills, including measures that would roll back the state’s firearm preemption law, change training requirements for concealed carry licensees, and more.
Still, Virginia gun owners can rightfully be pleased and proud that their activism and engagement helped to defeat HB961, which was the centerpiece of Gov. Northam’s anti-gun agenda. Even as the bill was watered down to attract the support of House Democrats, four Democrats in the state Senate (the three mentioned above as well as Sen. Lywood Lewis) continued to voice their concern or reservations about the legislation.</blockquote>
Republicans won’t have a chance to vote gun-grabbing Democrats out of office until 2021, but their activism won’t likely dissipate if the bill is brought up again next year.

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Virginia Gun Ban Fails in Senate Committee, Marking Legislative Blow For Gov. Northam

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Early Tuesday morning, President Trump tweeted then deleted newly uncovered audio that features Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defending his stop-and-frisk policies during an appearance at the Aspen Institute in 2015. In the audio, released by podcast host Benjamin Dixon, Bloomberg appears to advocate for targeting minorities.
&#8220;WOW, BLOOMBERG IS A TOTAL RACIST!&#8221; Trump <a href="http://www.trumptwitterarchive.com">tweeted</a> along with the audio, before deciding to pull <a href="https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1227225975064276992">the tweet</a>.
&#8220;95% of your murders – murderers and murder victims fit one M.O.,&#8221; Bloomberg allegedly states in the audio. &#8220;You can just take the description, Xerox it and pass it out to all the cops. They are male, minorities, 16-25. That’s true in New York, that’s true in virtually every city and that’s where the real crime is.”
&#8220;You’ve got to get the guns out of the hands of the people that are getting killed,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;You want to spend the money on a lot of cops in the streets. Put those cops where the crime is, which means in minority neighborhoods.&#8221;
&#8220;So, one of the unintended consequences is people say, ‘oh my God, you are arresting kids for marijuana that are all minorities.’ Yes, that’s true. Why? Because we put all the cops in the minority neighborhoods,&#8221; he stated. &#8220;Yes, that’s true. Why do we do it? Because that’s where all the crime is. And the way you get the guns out of the kids’ hands is to throw them up against the walls and frisk them. And then they start say[ing], ‘Oh I don’t want to get caught.’ So they don’t bring the gun. They still have a gun, but they leave it at home.&#8221;
&#8220;Share this far and wide,&#8221; Dixon captioned the video in a tweet Monday. &#8220;Unless the mainstream media picks it up, it will be isolated to twitter.&#8221;
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Share this far and wide. Unless the mainstream media picks it up, it will be isolated to twitter. <a href="https://t.co/Fm0YCi4ZRy">pic.twitter.com/Fm0YCi4ZRy</a>
&mdash; Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenjaminPDixon/status/1227067093692055553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/technocratic-racism-bloomberg-allegedly-advocates-for-targeting-minorities-in-explosive-audio">The Daily Wire</a> reported, Dixon followed up his post by tweeting out a 2015 article from The Aspen Times, noting that &#8220;Bloomberg requested the video not be released.&#8221;
&#8220;Michael Bloomberg representatives have asked the Aspen Institute not to distribute footage of his recent appearance in Aspen, where the three-term New York City mayor made pointed comments concerning minorities and gun control,&#8221; <a href="https://www.aspentimes.com/news/michael-bloomberg-blocks-footage-of-aspen-institute-appearance/">The Aspen Times</a> reported. &#8220;Both the Institute and GrassRoots TV, the organization that filmed the event, confirmed Thursday that they will not broadcast the footage online or on television as planned.&#8221;
&#8220;We basically honor the wishes of our speakers, and Mayor Bloomberg preferred that we not use the video for broadcast,&#8221; the Aspen Institute’s Jim Spiegelman told the outlet in an email. &#8220;He did not give a reason nor did we have any reason to ask for one. We often feature speakers who prefer that their presentations not be videotaped.&#8221;
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Bloomberg requested the video not be released. 
Perhaps because of his explanation for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/stopandfrisk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#stopandfrisk</a>, admitting that all the cops are sent to minority neighborhoods and, “yes we’re arresting minorities for marijuana” but “that’s where the crime is,” <a href="https://t.co/MptDeupSbi">https://t.co/MptDeupSbi</a>
&mdash; Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenjaminPDixon/status/1226974664280375297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In its report on the event, The Aspen Times provides a summary of his remarks. &#8220;Appearing before nearly 400 people in Aspen on Feb. 5, the billionaire founder of Bloomberg L.P. argued that in order to save lives, police should seize guns from male minorities between ages 15 and 25,&#8221; the outlet reports.
&#8220;These kids think they’re going to get killed anyway because all their friends are getting killed,&#8221; the outlet quotes Bloomberg as saying. &#8220;So they just don’t have any longterm focus or anything. It’s a joke to have a gun. It’s a joke to pull a trigger.&#8221;
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Early Tuesday morning, President Trump tweeted then deleted newly uncovered audio that features Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City

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Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Sunday that he believes that having a &#8220;rational policy&#8221; on guns means making sure that people can&#8217;t have &#8220;50 clips in a weapon,&#8221; which is gibberish, and said that a person would need a lot more than an AK-47 to take on a tyrannical government.
Biden made the remarks on the campaign trail in New Hampshire while talking about why kids learn active shooter drills in school, saying, &#8220;because we&#8217;re unwilling to have a rational policy that says you cannot have 20, 30, 40, 50 clips in a weapon.&#8221;
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Biden also claimed: “I now have over 58% of the NRA members acknowledging that you cannot own an assault weapon. There is no need for it. You can’t have a magazine that is more than 10 rounds in it.”
The Daily Wire contacted The National Rifle Association (NRA) to inquire about which poll Biden got his statistics from and was informed that Biden’s claims are false because the NRA is a private organization that does not give out information on its members, let alone for polling purposes.
At a different point in his town hall, Biden said, &#8220;Those who say, &#8216;The tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots&#8217; – a great line, well, guess what: The fact is, if you’re going to take on the government, you need an F-15 with Hellfire Missiles. There is no way an AK-47 is going to take care of you if you’re worried about the government knocking down your door.&#8221;
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Biden: &quot;Those who say &#39;the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots&#39; &#8212; a great line, well, guess what: The fact is, if you’re going to take on the government you need an F-15 with Hellfire Missiles. There is no way an AK-47 is going to take care of you.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/npmW40DHS2">pic.twitter.com/npmW40DHS2</a>
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Biden’s remarks drew instant mockery online from critics who attacked his lack of knowledge on the subject.
Federalist co-founder Sean Davis wrote: “Joe Biden is so dain-bramaged that he thinks ‘The government will bomb your house if you get out of line’ is an A+ argument against the 2A in the state whose motto—&#8217;Live Free or Die’—was coined by a militiaman who personally defeated the British Empire.”
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Joe Biden is so dain-bramaged that he thinks “The government will bomb your house if you get out of line” is an A+ argument against the 2A in the state whose motto—“Live Free or Die”—was coined by a militiaman who personally defeated the British Empire. <a href="https://t.co/j4t8f1wdBB">https://t.co/j4t8f1wdBB</a>
&mdash; Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href="https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1226632412081348609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Biden&#8217;s extremist gun control policies includes banning semi-automatic firearms and &#8220;magazines that can hold multiple bullets in them,&#8221; which effectively would ban the overwhelming majority of firearms.
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Joe Biden makes the most extreme gun-control push of all the 2020 Democrat presidential candidates:
Biden calls for banning &quot;magazines that can hold multiple bullets in them&quot;
All magazines hold &quot;multiple bullets,&quot; that&#39;s the point
This call from Biden would ban most handguns <a href="https://t.co/4iQkalBxVa">pic.twitter.com/4iQkalBxVa</a>
&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1168615170395922432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Not only do Biden&#8217;s views on guns go against the U.S. Constitution, they are also non-nonsensical and do not work.
For example, last September Biden attacked Texas Governor Greg Abbott for signing a bill into law that made it easier for Texas to carry firearms into their places of worship.
“Dealing with firearms, it is irrational, with all due respect to the governor of Texas, irrational what they are doing,” Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-attacked-texas-governor-for-signing-law-letting-churchgoers-carry-guns-totally-irrational">told</a> reporters on September 2. “On the very day you see a mass shooting … and we’re talking about loosening access to have guns, to be able to take them into places of worship, it’s just absolutely irrational. It’s totally irrational.”
A couple of months later, a man named Jack Wilson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-footage-emerges-of-good-guy-with-gun-taking-down-attacker-in-seconds">stopped</a> a mass shooting attack at his church in Texas by engaging the attacker with a firearm and neutralizing the threat in approximately 6 seconds, thus significantly reducing the amount of life that was lost in the attack.
This report has been updated to include additional information.
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Biden: ‘Rational’ Gun ‘Policy’ Is Banning ‘50 Clips In A Weapon’; AK-47 Won’t Protect You From Government

Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Sunday that he believes that having a &quot;rational policy&quot; on guns means making sure that people can&#039;t have

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Anti-gun rights activist and the father of a Parkland school shooting victim, Fred Guttenberg, was asked to leave President Donald Trump&#8217;s annual State of the Union (SOTU) address on Tuesday night after the activist heckled the president for vowing to protect Americans&#8217; Second Amendment rights.
Mr. Guttenberg shouted about gun control when Trump vowed that he would “always protect your Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.”
The father attended the SOTU address as a guest of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
According to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/02/04/state-of-the-union-address-pelosi-guest-a-father-of-parkland-shooting-victim-booted/">New York Post</a>, the speaker &#8220;turned to the gallery with a stern look after the disruption and muttered something under her breath&#8221; after Guttenberg&#8217;s outburst.
The father, who tragically lost his 14-year-old daughter Jaime during the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, is a constant activist against gun rights.
In September, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) met with both actress/left-wing activist Alyssa Milano and Guttenberg to discuss the Second Amendment.
&#8220;I am always grateful for the opportunity to engage in positive, civil discussion on the substantive issues of the day — especially with those with whom I disagree. Today&#8217;s meeting was productive and respectful, and I appreciate Alyssa and Fred&#8217;s willingness to come here with an open mind. I believe more conversations like this will go a long way in helping unite and heal our divided country,&#8221; Sen. Cruz said in a <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&amp;id=4647">statement</a> following the meeting.
&#8220;We all agree we have far too many of these mass shootings, and they need to stop. It is long past time for everyone to put away the partisan talking points so we can work together to solve this problem. We need to act,&#8221; he added.
Though Pelosi was seemingly displeased with Guttenberg&#8217;s outburst, the speaker offered some disobedience herself on Tuesday night. The leading Democrat refused to properly announce President Trump at the start of the evening, and ripped up her copy of Trump’s speech following the event.
As reported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-violates-protocol-by-refusing-to-announce-trump-properly-at-sotu-rips-up-speech">The Daily Wire</a>, <a href="https://www.c-span.org/search/?sdate=&amp;edate=&amp;searchtype=Videos&amp;sort=Least+Recent+Event&amp;text=0&amp;tagid%5B%5D=2109&amp;show100=">decades of past SOTU addresses show</a> that is protocol for the House Speaker to announce the president by noting that it is their “high privilege and distinct honor” to do so: “Members of Congress, I have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the President of the United States.”
Instead, Pelosi merely <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdU4MGyOmLA">announced</a> Trump as follows: “Members of Congress, the President of the United States.”
Pelosi was unapologetic about ripping up Trump&#8217;s speech, too.
In a statement reported by <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-shreds-trumps-speech-reflecting-a-tumultuous-year-in-washington/2020/02/04/c378856c-4771-11ea-ab15-b5df3261b710_story.html">The Washington Post</a> on Tuesday, the speaker called the speech from the president a “manifesto of mistruths.&#8221;
“The manifesto of mistruths presented in page after page of the address tonight should be a call to action for everyone who expects truth from the President and policies worthy of his office and the American people,” a statement from Pelosi said.
“Nancy Pelosi says ripping up Donald Trump’s speech was ‘was the courteous thing to do considering the alternative,'&#8221; Jim Roberts reported.
Eight House Democrats (listed below) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) all skipped the president&#8217;s speech:
<blockquote>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)</blockquote>
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WATCH: Parkland Dad Booted From SOTU After Heckling Trump, Second Amendment

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Anti-gun rights activist and the father of a Parkland school shooting victim, Fred Guttenberg, was asked to leave President Donald Trump&#039;s annual State of

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Two Virginia state Democrats joined Republicans to block a gun-control bill proposed by Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA).
The bill would have made it a felony for gun owners to “recklessly leave a loaded, unsecured firearm” around that could endanger a minor, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-senate-blocks-another-gun-bill.amp">reported</a>. Two Democrats on Virginia’s Senate Judiciary Committee joined Republicans to vote against the bill, citing concerns of increased punishments for lawful gun owners. The bill was one of eight proposed by Northam.
“This bill will keep children safe from loaded, unsecured firearms. Like Gov. Northam’s other commonsense gun safety measures, it is something that everyone &#8212; including responsible gun owners &#8212; should support,” said Alena Yarmosky, spokeswoman for Northam.
Fox also reported:
<blockquote>Another measure that would ban so-called assault weapons like AR-15 rifles is also in danger of falling short. Some of Northam&#8217;s gun control measures have passed in the state&#8217;s Democratic-controlled General Assembly and lawmakers will hash out the differences between both chambers in the coming weeks.
Some of the bills include limiting handgun purchases to once a month; universal background checks on gun purchases; and a red flag bill that would allow authorities to temporarily take guns away from anyone deemed to be dangerous to themselves or others.</blockquote>
The defeat of this bill comes just a week after the Virginia senate narrowly voted to pass a bill that would make it more difficult for residents to get a concealed-carry permit by eliminating the ability for them to take courses online. As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-legislature-removes-restrictions-on-abortions-but-they-impose-restrictions-on-guns">reported</a>, “Democrat state Sen. John Bell claimed the online courses were about speed rather than safety,” though there is no indication whether Bell, like other Virginia Democrats, knows anything about guns or gun safety training.
Northam has tried to make gun control a priority since Democrats took control of the Virginia legislature in 2018 and a mass shooting at Virginia Beach last year claimed the lives of a dozen people. Northam’s call to ban the sale of modern sporting rifles, which he and gun-control activists call “assault weapons,” did not go over well in the state. More than 90 counties declared themselves Second Amendment Sanctuaries in response, prompting Northam to offer a “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-governor-offers-veiled-threat-against-states-second-amendment-sanctuary-cities">veiled threat</a>” to punish those counties.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring also said the resolutions passed by these counties would have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-dems-pushing-gun-control-91-of-virginia-counties-tell-them-to-stick-it">no effect</a> on Northam’s plan to implement gun-control measures. As The Daily Wire previously reported:
<blockquote>At virtually the same time, Democratic Virginia Rep. Donald McEachin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dems-warn-virginia-sheriffs-refusing-to-enforce-gun-control-laws-well-send-in-the-national-guard">threatened</a> to cut off state funds to the sanctuary counties, asserting, “They certainly risk funding, because if the sheriff’s department is not going to enforce the law, they’re going to lose money. The counties attorneys’ offices are not going to have the money to prosecute because their prosecutions are going to go down.”
McEachin then suggested even more Draconian measures: “And ultimately, I’m not the governor, but the governor may have to nationalize the National Guard to enforce the law. That’s his call, because I don’t know how serious these counties are and how severe the violations of law will be. But that’s obviously an option he has.”</blockquote>
The clash between the administration and gun-rights activists culminated in a rally on January 20, which, despite media fearmongering, ended peacefully.

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Virginia Senate Blocks Gun-Control Bill Supported By Northam

Two Virginia state Democrats joined Republicans to block a gun-control bill proposed by Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA). The bill would have made it a felony

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The National Rifle Association (NRA) fired back at Democrat presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg on Sunday after Bloomberg aired a wildly misleading ad during the Super Bowl attacking the Second Amendment.
The NRA&#8217;s ad came in response to a misleading $10 million ad that Bloomberg ran during the Super Bowl that made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-mike-bloombergs-anti-gun-super-bowl-ad-makes-wildly-misleading-claims-on-child-gun-deaths">wildly falsely claims</a> about the number of children killed by firearms every year.
The digital advertisement features the following quotes:
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<li>A man named Rehn: “Mike Bloomberg suggests that disarming minority males like myself will keep us alive. But I have news for you: Mike Bloomberg is a white billionaire who has no place in telling me how I can defend myself or my loved one. And Mike, as an African American male that you want to disarm, I promise you will never take away my Second Amendment. I am not afraid of Michael Bloomberg.&#8221;</li>
<li>A woman named Ashley: &#8220;As the mother of a three-year-old little boy, my family means everything to me. As a woman, I believe that the best way to protect my family is with a firearm. And Michael Bloomberg will never take that right away from me. I&#8217;m the gun lobby and I am not afraid of Michael Bloomberg. Mike, come and take it.&#8221;</li>
<li>A woman named Mikaela: &#8220;It&#8217;s very important to me to keep my home secure and that is why there is a gun on the left side of my bed and the right side. Mr. Bloomberg, your home is protected by armed guards at all times. Why can&#8217;t I exercise my Second Amendment rights to protect mine? I am not afraid of Michael Bloomberg.&#8221;</li>
<li>A woman named Olivia: &#8220;As a woman, it&#8217;s important that I&#8217;m able to defend myself. As a mother, I would like to pass that on to my daughter so that she knows she never has to be defenseless. Mike Bloomberg, think about the women in your life, are you okay with the fact that your policies could leave them defenseless? Michael Bloomberg will never take that right away my right to defend myself. I am not afraid of Michael Bloomberg.&#8221;</li>
<li>A man named Deon: &#8220;I&#8217;m a proud father and if anyone messes with my daughter, they gonna learn today. Mike thinks it&#8217;s stupid for us to own guns in our own home. Mike, what part of shall not be infringed don&#8217;t you understand? Michael Bloomberg will never take away my right to defend my family. I am not afraid of Michael Bloomberg.&#8221;</li>
<li>A man named Joe: &#8220;As a former SWAT officer, I have been in many scary situations before. But Mike Bloomberg, I&#8217;m not afraid.&#8221;</li>
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NRA members don&#39;t like hypocritical NYC billionaires. You want to know how real Americans feel, Bloomberg? Watch this!
Your $10M <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperBowl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SuperBowl</a> ad won&#39;t beat the American spirit. You want to take our guns, go ahead and try. We will fight for our freedom. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperBowlLIV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SuperBowlLIV</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GAOS2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GAOS2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/Bq8bNUqpCn">pic.twitter.com/Bq8bNUqpCn</a>
&mdash; NRA (@NRA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1224143195073929217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Fox News&#8217; Gregg Re <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bloomberg-10-million-dollar-super-bowl-ad-gun-violence">reported</a> on Saturday that Bloomberg&#8217;s Super Bowl ad was wildly inaccurate:
<blockquote>However, a recent report from the Bloomberg-founded group Everytown for Gun Safety came up with that same number – but only when it included teenagers ages 18 and 19 in the calculation. Bloomberg’s advertisement makes no mention of older teenagers and suggests that the statistic is referring to younger children only. Washington Free Beacon reporter Stephen Gutowski <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenGutowski/status/1223662192848973824" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">found</a> that once adults were removed from the calculation, the number dropped by nearly half.
Additionally, court documents from a Texas state appellate court reviewed by Fox News show that the victim referenced in the advertisement, George Kemp, was 20 years old at the time of his death.</blockquote>
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When you look at the same data but remove the adults you get 1,499 gun deaths per year among children between 2013 and 2017. That&#39;s about 51% of the number shown in Bloomberg&#39;s Super Bowl ad. <a href="https://t.co/P6xyHp1QVt">https://t.co/P6xyHp1QVt</a>
&mdash; Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenGutowski/status/1223662192848973824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Reason Magazine <a href="https://reason.com/2020/02/02/michael-bloombergs-claim-about-children-killed-by-gun-violence-is-off-by-73/">reported</a>: &#8220;According to to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FactCheck.org notes, the average number of firearm-related deaths involving Americans 17 or younger from 2013 through 2017 (the period used by Everytown for Gun Safety) was about 1,500, roughly half the number cited by Bloomberg. Furthermore, nearly two-fifths of those deaths were suicides, meaning the number of minors killed each year by &#8216;gun violence,&#8217; as that term is usually understood, is about 73 percent smaller than the figure cited in Bloomberg&#8217;s ad.&#8221;
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WATCH: NRA Torches Bloomberg After He Runs Misleading Super Bowl Ad

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The National Rifle Association (NRA) fired back at Democrat presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg on Sunday after Bloomberg aired a wildly misleading ad

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Democrat presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg&#8217;s $10 million anti-gun ad that is set to air during the Super Bowl tomorrow makes false claims about child gun deaths and falsely suggests that the victim highlighted in the commercial was a child when he was tragically killed.
The one minute ad features Calandrian Simpson Kemp talking about the loss of her son, George Kemp, who was killed in a shooting in 2013.
The emotional ad then states, &#8220;2,900 CHILDREN DIE FROM GUN VIOLENCE EVERY YEAR.” However, the claim is not attributable to any source.
Fox News&#8217; Gregg Re <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bloomberg-10-million-dollar-super-bowl-ad-gun-violence">reports</a>:
<blockquote>However, a recent report from the Bloomberg-founded group Everytown for Gun Safety came up with that same number – but only when it included teenagers ages 18 and 19 in the calculation. Bloomberg&#8217;s advertisement makes no mention of older teenagers and suggests that the statistic is referring to younger children only. Washington Free Beacon reporter Stephen Gutowski <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenGutowski/status/1223662192848973824" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">found</a> that once adults were removed from the calculation, the number dropped by nearly half.
Additionally, court documents from a Texas state appellate court reviewed by Fox News show that the victim referenced in the advertisement, George Kemp, was 20 years old at the time of his death.</blockquote>
Everytown for Gun Safety is a leftist anti-freedom group bent on decimating the Second Amendment rights of law abiding citizens and that recently <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michael-bloombergs-gun-safety-group-announces-60-million-spending-plan-for-2020-elections/2020/01/27/fcedb218-412c-11ea-aa6a-083d01b3ed18_story.html">announced</a> it would spend $60 million to defeat pro-freedom Second Amendment advocates in the 2020 election.
Fox News&#8217; report also noted that &#8220;the court said the case arose from a &#8216;gang-related shooting,&#8217; writing that &#8216;two groups of young men&#8217; had met that night &#8216;for a fight,&#8217; including a group led by &#8216;B. Dilworth, which included &#8230; Kemp.'&#8221;
None of these facts were mentioned in Bloomberg&#8217;s misleading ad, which will be seen by tens of millions of people.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) hammered Bloomberg for exploiting Kemp&#8217;s loss of her son to promote his anti-freedom political agenda, which the NRA noted would not have prevented the tragedy from occurring.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not surprising that salient facts were left out of Bloomberg&#8217;s ad,&#8221; Amy Hunter, director of media relations at the National Rifle Association (NRA), told The Daily Wire. &#8220;It&#8217;s also not surprising the billionaire exploited the emotional story of a mother losing her son to push his gun control agenda without addressing whether his policies would have prevented the crime in the first place. Bloomberg enjoys 24/7 armed security, yet he wants to disarm law-abiding Americans who can&#8217;t afford their own personal security detail. He sees America as his kingdom, and American citizens as his subjects.&#8221;​
Bloomberg, for all his disdain for the Second Amendment, knows little to nothing about firearms or existing firearm laws.
In a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, Bloomberg said he did not know if a minor was legally permitted to purchase and possess a firearm, saying, “I don’t know what the law is today on a 14-year-old owning a .22-caliber rifle.”
Bloomberg also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bloomberg-unveils-radical-anti-freedom-plan-attacking-second-amendment-rights">said</a> during the interview that he believes that anyone who owns a firearm is &#8220;pretty stupid.&#8221;
During a 2012 interview on ABC News, Bloomberg demonstrated that he does not know the difference between semi-automatic and fully automatic firearms, the latter of which is effectively banned in the United States.
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Democrat presidential candidate billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who spends tens of millions of dollars pushing for extreme gun control laws, demonstrates that he knows literally nothing about firearms.<a href="https://t.co/SCjpNdQm6h">pic.twitter.com/SCjpNdQm6h</a>
&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1192572237670281216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Democrat Mike Bloomberg’s Anti-Gun Super Bowl Ad Makes Wildly Misleading Claims On Child Gun Deaths

Democrat presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg&#039;s $10 million anti-gun ad that is set to air during the Super Bowl tomorrow makes false claims about child

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