Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> attacked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> Republicans on Wednesday, calling them “extremists” for passing a bill that allows public school teachers to be armed in classrooms after meeting certain conditions, such as firearm training and approval from administrators. 
Harris, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-harris-to-visit-2-democrats-expelled-from-tennessee-state-house-push-for-gun-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">visited</a> the Volunteer State last year to push for gun control, called for lawmakers to pass an “assault weapons ban” and “red flag laws.” 
“Arming teachers is not the solution,” Harris posted on X. “We know what actually works: universal background checks, red flag laws, safe storage, and an assault weapons ban. Shame on extremists in the Tennessee legislature for failing to protect our children.”
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Arming teachers is not the solution. 
We know what actually works: universal background checks, red flag laws, safe storage, and an assault weapons ban.
Shame on extremists in the Tennessee legislature for failing to protect our children.<a href="https://t.co/vqpbfmkAC0">https://t.co/vqpbfmkAC0</a>
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The Republican-backed bill passed the Tennessee House 68-28 on Tuesday amid raucous protests at the Capitol building in Nashville after previously passing the Senate 27-5. The bill now heads to Republican Governor Bill Lee’s desk where he has 10 days to either sign or veto the message before it would automatically become law. 
If signed, the <a href="https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1325" target="_blank" rel="noopener">measure</a> would authorize school faculty and staff to carry a concealed handgun if they possess an enhanced carry license, pass a background check, obtain certification by a healthcare professional as mentally sound, and complete 40 hours of training. The local school board and the school’s principal would also have to authorize teachers who request to be armed. 
Advocates of the measure say that it will help to protect schools, especially in rural areas that might not be able to afford full-time security on campus. 
“Have you read the bill, Madam Vice President? It is permissive, allowing a teacher to carry with the approval of the principal, sheriff, and head of school,” Rep Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonZacharyTN/status/1783328319707943313" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a> to Harris on X. “Requires 40 hours of tactical training, mental health check, and enhanced carry permit, to name a few.”
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“TN teachers in distressed counties have been able to carry since 2016 without incident. We will take every step necessary to protect children in rural communities,” he added. “Please focus on the significant national challenges like open borders, crushing inflation, rising energy costs and failed foreign policy. We’ll handle TN.”
In April 2023, Harris met with two Tennessee Democrats, Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, after the leftist lawmakers were expelled from the chamber after disrupting a floor session by sneaking a bullhorn onto the House floor and leading a gun control protest with protesters chanting from the chamber&#8217;s balcony gallery. 
The protest came after a transgender-identifying shooter murdered six people, including three children, at a Christian school in Nashville.

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A Chinese immigrant who is running for U.S. Congress slammed far-left gun control activist David Hogg this week at gun control debate, telling him that he needed to go to communist China to see what the impacts of total <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gun control</a> are.
Lily Tang Williams, who is running as a Republican in New Hampshire&#8217;s 2nd Congressional District, confronted Hogg on Wednesday at Dartmouth University.
&#8220;I am a Chinese immigrant who survived communism,&#8221; she began. &#8220;And under Mao, 40 million people were starving to death after he sold the communism to them. And 20 million people died, murdered, during his cultural revolution.&#8221;
&#8220;So my question to you, David, is that can you guarantee me, a gun owner, tonight, our government in the U.S., in D.C., will never, never become a tyrannical government?&#8221; she asked. &#8220;Can you guarantee that to me?&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s no way I can ever guarantee that any government will not be tyrannical,&#8221; Hogg admitted.
&#8220;Well, then the debate on gun control is over because I will never give up my guns,&#8221; she responded. &#8220;Never. Never. And you should go to China to see how gun control works for dictatorship of the CCP.&#8221;
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WATCH: Gun control advocate David Hogg schooled by Chinese immigrant 
“I will never give up my guns. Never. Never!”🔥
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Another Chinese immigrant who has spoken out against communists, Xi Van Fleet, responded to the viral clip on social media by writing: &#8220;David Hogg you need to learn some real history from survivors of Communism.&#8221;
Williams later responded to the clip, writing on X: &#8220;I love to see more open discussions &amp; debates on our college campuses. Even though I disagree with David, but we shook hands at the end respectfully. I urge him to do some research on Mao&#8217;s Red Guards. I am hoping someday, he will get it.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-embarrassing-march-for-our-lives-co-founder-shreds-david-hogg-for-pillow-grift-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘This Is Embarrassing’: March For Our Lives Co-Founder Shreds David Hogg For ‘Pillow Grift’ Company</a>

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On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/04/11/press-call-by-vice-president-harris-on-reducing-gun-violence-and-expanding-background-checks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that all gun dealers now must conduct background checks no matter where or how they sell their merchandise.
The rule was expected to be submitted to the Federal Register by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on Thursday. It will be implemented in 30 days, Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/11/biden-gun-show-firearms-rule-00151655">reported</a>.
“It’s a false choice to suggest that you’re either in favor of the Second Amendment or you want to take everyone’s guns away,” Harris insisted. “I’m in favor of the Second Amendment, and I am in favor of reasonable gun safety laws — for example, background checks.”
“Currently, gun stores are required by law to conduct a background check for every gun sale.  But, for decades, many dealers who sell weapons someplace other than the traditional gun store — say, for example, a gun show or a flea market or even through social media — have gotten away without conducting background checks.  This is the so-called ‘gun show loophole,’” she stated.
Harris then added more items to her gun control checklist: “President Joe Biden and I will continue to call on the United States Congress to have the courage to pass universal background checks, red-flag laws, and an assault weapons ban.”
The idea of implementing red-flag laws — which permit confiscation of forearms if the owner is deemed a threat to themselves or others —  on a federal level has been criticized for giving the government too much power.
The Rand Institute <a href="https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/ban-assault-weapons/mass-shootings.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> in January 2023, “Evidence for the effect of assault weapon bans on mass shootings is inconclusive. Evidence that high-capacity magazine bans may decrease mass shootings is limited.”
“The new rule, the most sweeping expansion of firearms background checks in decades, will apply to more than 20,000 individuals engaged in unlicensed gun dealing and affect ‘tens and tens of thousands of gun sales’ each year, an administration official told reporters during a call previewing the announcement,” Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/11/biden-gun-show-firearms-rule-00151655" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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“Today’s Final Rule is about ensuring compliance with an important area of the existing law where we all know, the data show, and we can clearly see that a whole group of folks are openly flouting that law. That leads to not just unfair but, in this case, dangerous consequences,” ATF director Steven Dettelbach stated.
The rule was made possible because of the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which was passed after the shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The Act broadened the definition of licensed gun dealers and established enhanced background checks for buyers under the age of 21.

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A judge in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington</a> ruled that the state’s ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds is unconstitutional, but the state Supreme Court granted an emergency appeal to pause the judge’s decision, meaning the restriction stays in effect for now.
On Monday, Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge Gary Bashor <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24536660-state-of-washington-v-gators-custom-guns-inc-ruling-and-orders-23-2-00897-08" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> in favor of a Washington gun shop that sued the state after lawmakers banned magazines holding more than 10 rounds in 2022. Bashor rejected the state&#8217;s arguments that the magazines were not suitable for self-defense and that the legislation was common sense. 
“This Court must find there exists no set of facts where the Court can find such a generalized ban or restriction on an am (or an instrument that facilitates self-defense) as constitutional under the Washington Constitution,” Bashor <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24536660-state-of-washington-v-gators-custom-guns-inc-ruling-and-orders-23-2-00897-08">wrote</a> in his 55-page decision. “The United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights exist to define the outer limits of what Legislatures and Courts are allowed to do. Amending the Constitution and Bill of Rights cannot be done simply by enacting a law, or by a pronouncement from a Court.&#8221;
Bashor added that he found that large capacity magazines (LCMS) are classified as arms under the State Constitution and that members of the public commonly owned them for lawful purposes. 
“The State has not provided evidence that LCMs are NOT commonly and lawfully owned or possessed by civilians for lawful purposes, including self-defense. The State: instead chose to provide expert opinions concluding only that LCMs are not commonly ‘fired for self-defense purposes’, or are not the best choice for self-defense, neither of which are relevant metrics,” he wrote. 
Bashor, who has been a judge in the rural county since 2011, also pointed to the Founding Fathers in his decision. 
“There was no appetite to limit gun rights by the Founders. Though the specific technology available today may not have been envisioned, the Founders expected technological advancements,” Bashor wrote. “The result is few, if any, historical analogue laws by which a state can justify a modern firearms regulation.”
After Bashor&#8217;s ruling, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/was-ban-on-high-capacity-gun-magazines-ruled-unconstitutional/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> an emergency appeal before the state’s high court, arguing magazine capacity limits are constitutional. 
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“Every court in Washington and across the country to consider challenges to a ban on the sale of high-capacity magazines under the U.S. or Washington Constitution has either rejected that challenge or been overruled. This law is constitutional,” Ferguson said. 
Washington State Supreme Court Commissioner Michael Johnston sided with Ferguson, keeping the law in effect while the appeal continued. 
The magazine restriction was one of the many gun control policies adopted in recent years by Washington’s Democratic-controlled legislature and Democratic Governor Jay Inslee, including a ban on the sale of AR-15s and similar rifles.

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There’s a reason some of the biggest streaming hits are often ten or more years old.
The Hollywood that produced “Friends,” “The Office,” “Parks and Recreation,” and “Seinfeld” wanted one thing — to entertain and, by extension, bag big ratings.
Today’s Hollywood is different. So says the general public, which just dramatically noted that modern films are <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/04/03/nolte-exclusive-by-2-to-1-americans-believe-movies-are-worse-today/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worse than they were</a> just a decade ago. Re-issues of classic films like “Hocus Pocus” sometimes <a href="https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3783159/hocus-pocus-just-made-nearly-2-million-in-theatrical-re-release-for-30th-anniversary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lap newer titles at the box office</a>.
What changed? You might pin some of the blame on propaganda.
While many modern TV shows and movies remain apolitical and free of culture war fallout, many others embrace the new shift. 
Not only are today’s storytellers eager to insert their progressive agendas into new projects, but the industry calls upon groups tasked with helping them do just that.
The stories in question often suffer as a result, forcing viewers to scramble for older product.
A new report from Just The News shared how <a href="https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/groups-coordinate-hundreds-outlets-push-climate-crisis-news-and-entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Good Energy Stories works with Hollywood</a> to “insert political messages regarding climate change into television, film, and media.”
It’s unclear how many studios or screenwriters have tapped the group’s resources, but it’s hard not to notice how its preferred themes infiltrate movies and TV shows. There’s even a term used for fictional yarns with climate change themes: <a href="https://www.science.smith.edu/climatelit/cli-fi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cli-fi</a>.
TV and film characters routinely name drop “global warming,” “climate change,” and similar phrases even when the stories have little to do with the environment.
The hard-feminist comedy “Barbie,” for example, featured this line:
<blockquote>You set the feminist movement back 50 years, you destroyed girls’ innate sense of worth, and you’re killing the planet with your glorification of rampant consumerism</blockquote>
Or consider this bloated bit of dialogue from “Mission: Impossible &#8211; Dead Reckoning Part One:”
<blockquote>The next world war isn’t going to be a cold one. It’s going to be a ballistic war over a rapidly shrinking ecosystem. It’s going to be a war for the last of our dwindling energy, drinkable water, and breathable air. Your days of fighting for the greater good are over.</blockquote>
Other movies, like “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” directly address eco-concerns.
If a film doesn’t name-check climate change it might embrace other parts of the progressive agenda, like open-border policies. For that, Define American stands ready to advise eager screenwriters. The group, formed by illegal immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas, says it <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/11/entertainment/immigration-tv-shows/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">consulted on 75 film and TV shows as of 2021.</a>
Since then, we’ve seen more fictional stories pushing an open borders narrative like 2023’s “Unseen” documentary and Fox&#8217;s <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/elise-ehrhard/2024/03/27/foxs-cleaning-lady-glorifies-illegals-makes-cartel-leader" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“The Cleaning Lady” series</a>.
The upcoming Zoe Saldana drama “The Absence of Eden” suggests yet another sympathetic portrait of “undocumented immigrants.” Here’s the official synopsis:
<blockquote>The Absence of Eden takes place at the border between the United States and Mexico … When Esmee (Saldaña), a young woman working as a private dancer in Mexico, is forced to commit a violent act of self-defense that results in the death of a cartel member, she flees her homeland for sanctuary in the United States… Before crossing the border, the mother is taken from the group, and Esmee promises to protect her daughter and help them reunite again in America, touching off an interlocking story about people struggling to survive on America’s border with Mexico.</blockquote>
Hollywood also loves gun control narratives, despite cranking out endless action films teeming with so-called “gun violence.” For that, screenwriters can turn to Everytown for Gun Safety, a group that regularly canoodles with Hollywood talent to inject their narratives into the stories we see.
Its Creative Council, including Oscar-nominee Julianne Moore, has a long history of shaping Hollywood stories. The Netflix drama “House of Cards” <a href="https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/content/gun-control-s-hollywood-connections/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created a storyline</a> tied to new gun laws that steered viewers to an Everytown website sharing similar messaging.
Films like 2016’s “Miss Sloane,” which leaned heavily on outside consultants to shape its gun-centric storyline, offer more blatant examples of the collaborations in play.
The University of Southern California (USC) joined the movement, producing a handbook last year <a href="https://thereload.com/usc-highlights-gun-control-groups-talking-points-in-guide-intended-to-influence-hollywoods-depiction-of-guns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for Hollywood creatives to follow.</a>
<blockquote>Trigger Warning: Gun Guidelines for Media” “provides guidance on how TV shows, movies, and even news shows should approach issues such as officer-involved shootings, gun storage, mass shootings, school shootings, and partner violence.</blockquote>
Hollywood’s woke revolution offers another propaganda-like product. Gender-swapped stories abound, becoming so commonplace it’s now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-carano-skewers-disneys-kathleen-kennedy-over-hilarious-south-park-send-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a source of mainstream ridicule</a> thanks to &#8220;South Park.&#8221;
And then there&#8217;s Late-night television, often indistinguishable from DNC talking points.
The line between comedian and White House press secretary blurred beyond belief recently when “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert took part in a Biden fundraising soiree. Colbert’s appearance didn’t surprise anyone. The far-Left host relentlessly uses his CBS show’s platform to attack Republicans, deify Democrats, and ignore stories that paint progressives in an unflattering light.
He’s joined, to varying degrees, by fellow late-night hosts Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver and Jimmy Fallon. Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” offers a rotating lineup of far-left comedians who essentially do the same.
Their propaganda-riddled monologues inspired the birth of a new phrase — “Clapter,” meaning “jokes “meant to draw more applause than laughter.
In that regard, Colbert is in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ZmbRXTKAs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">class by himself</a>.
Colbert cherry-picked comments from Special Counsel Robert Hur’s testimony tied to President Joe Biden’s document scandal. The comic’s monologue could be a gaslighting primer, suggesting Biden’s memory is far sharper than we realize.
That’s not comedy or entertainment. It’s propaganda. And, sadly, it has plenty of company in Hollywood.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> will soon install body scanners at several busy subway stations meant to check for people carrying guns.
Mayor Eric Adams <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/233-24/mayor-adams-nypd-commissioner-caban-pilot-new-technology-additional-clinicians-be#/0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a pilot program for the scanners at a news conference on Thursday at the Fulton Street subway station in Lower Manhattan.
“This is our Sputnik moment,” Adams <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-to-test-scanners-with-ai-tech-to-crack-down-on-guns-in-nyc-subway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Like when Kennedy said we’re going to put a man on the moon. &#8230; Let’s bring on the scanners.”
The event included a demonstration of how the scanners work. The scanners appeared to flag a man carrying a loaded gun, but not a man with a backpack full of electronics.
However, subway riders will not be required to pass through the machines.
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NEW: The NYPD is gearing up to pilot metal detectors with artificial intelligence in the subways to keep guns out.
“This is our Sputnik moment. Like when Kennedy said we’re going to put a man on the moon,” Mayor Adams said just now. <a href="https://t.co/bZ7K5xtgE8">pic.twitter.com/bZ7K5xtgE8</a>
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Body scanners coming to the ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYCTSubway</a>⁩ system. Details to come. <a href="https://t.co/hNUhHNdX18">pic.twitter.com/hNUhHNdX18</a>
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A demonstration of the body scanners that are coming — in as soon as 90 days — to the New York City subways. <a href="https://t.co/B9zdjjGpqZ">pic.twitter.com/B9zdjjGpqZ</a>
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The new scanners will not be implemented for several months, however.
During a legally mandated 90-day waiting period, the NYPD will look for vendors of weapons detection technology. The public will be able to comment on the scanner program for the first 45 days of the waiting period.
The city has not said which subway stations will get scanners as part of the pilot program. Police are expected to monitor the machines to see if the program should be expanded.
&#8220;We are taking the next step forward in our ongoing efforts to make our subways even safer and ensure New Yorkers feel safer in the transit system,&#8221; Adams said Thursday.
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The new scanners come amid a sharp increase in gun violence in the subway. Four subway killings have happened so far this year, just under the five that occurred over all of last year.
The NYPD says cops have seized 19 illegal guns in the subway so far this year, up from nine by this point last year.
Transit crime overall is up 4.4% so far this year compared to last year, <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " href="https://compstat.nypdonline.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-testid="prism-linkbase">according</a> to NYPD data.
Earlier this month, Governor Kathy Hochul (D) deployed 750 National Guard soldiers into he subway system to check riders&#8217; bags. Last month, the NYPD started sending another 1,000 officers into the subway system each day.
Nevertheless, the city&#8217;s announcement of new body scanners was met with criticism online.
&#8220;TSA-ifying the subway is not going to fix anything,&#8221; one X user <a href="https://twitter.com/kristenmag/status/1773409450826826116" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
&#8220;Who will man this? A police officer? And how about when it does beep will there be enough police there to tackle the person if they get out of control? Yeah it’s all well and good to hear the beeping but then what do you do after?&#8221; another user <a href="https://twitter.com/miriam_riviera/status/1773407712015008248" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.

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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked Wednesday about the death of 31-year-old NYPD officer Jonathan Diller, who was shot and killed earlier this week allegedly by a career criminal, and Jean-Pierre used her answer to push for more gun control.
&#8220;Look, our hearts go out to this officer who tragically lost his life in the line of duty. We&#8217;re also praying for his family during this difficult time, who now has an empty seat at their dinner table,&#8221; the press secretary said. &#8220;President Biden is deeply grateful for the sacrifices police officers make to keep our communities safe. This shooting is yet another painful reminder of the toll of gun violence.&#8221;
Diller, a husband and father who had served three years on the force, was shot in the stomach while making a traffic stop Monday evening in Queens, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/us-news/nypd-cop-shot-in-chest-in-queens-rushed-to-hospital-sources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The suspect in the shooting death of the officer was identified as 34-year-old Guy Rivera, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the car pulled over by Diller when he allegedly pulled out a handgun and fired at the officer. Rivera has 21 prior arrests and was released from prison in 2021 after serving five years for criminal possession of a controlled substance, according to the Post. He was also in prison from 2011 to 2014 for first-degree assault.
Jean-Pierre then touted Biden&#8217;s executive actions, along with work Congress has done, to push more gun control.
&#8220;Obviously, more work needs to be done. We need Congress to continue to act on making sure that our communities are safe, and again, our hearts go out to this officer and his family. It&#8217;s a difficult time for them.&#8221;
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WOW! When asked about the murder of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller by career criminal, KJP doesn&#39;t even say his name
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Lindy Jones, the driver of the vehicle pulled over by Diller, also has a lengthy criminal rap sheet and was arrested on gun charges last April. In 2003, Jones was convicted of attempted murder and robbery and spent ten years in prison before being released in 2013. Jones was arraigned on Wednesday and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and possession of a defaced firearm, ABC 7 reported.
Investigators said they believe Jones and Rivera were casing a T-Mobile store when Diller and another officer approached their vehicle to ask them to move from a bus stop where they were illegally parked. When the suspects were asked to roll down their windows, they refused, and Rivera allegedly fired a single shot at Diller, which hit him below his vest, according to authorities.
Rivera was shot in the back when the other officer returned fire. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he remains in stable condition.
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“I can’t … say it any clearer: It is the good guys against the bad guys and these bad guys are violent,” said New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, adding that the shooting was another “senseless act of violence.”
Adams also addressed Jones’ prior arrest and said it represents “not a crime problem, but a recidivist problem.”
“Same bad people doing bad things to good people,” Adams said.
Former President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-attend-wake-fallen-nypd-officer-ramps-rhetoric-crime-rcna145355" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> plans to attend the wake of the slain NYPD officer on Thursday and said in a Truth Social post earlier this week that the suspect in his death &#8220;NEVER should have been let back out on the streets.&#8221;
&#8220;To Officer Diller’s family, and all of the other brave men and women of law enforcement who put your lives on the line every day, we love you, we appreciate you, and we will always stand with you!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112162948806839516" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
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KJP Addresses NYPD Officer Allegedly Killed By Career Criminal, Pushes Gun Control

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The Biden Administration continues to champion efforts to take legally purchased guns away from American citizens after Vice President Kamala Harris <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vp-harris-pushes-gun-control-in-parkland-visit-promotes-new-push-for-red-flag-laws">touted</a> “red flag laws” as an effort to tackle gun violence during a recent visit to Parkland, FL.
During her visit, the vice president announced the creation of a national office that would focus on the implementation of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/23/red-flag-laws-gun-control">red flag laws</a> in states that currently have these laws in place. The Department of Justice (DOJ) would oversee the office which raises alarm bells for supporters of the Second Amendment and Republican <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-blast-biden-admins-red-flag-operation-will-violate-second-amendment-rights">lawmakers</a> on Capitol Hill are raising concerns that this so-called “red flag” operation would indeed violate the Constitution.
Meanwhile, the courts are telling American citizens that illegal immigrants have the right to legally possess a weapon after an Obama-appointed federal judge in Illinois <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-rules-illegal-immigrants-have-gun-rights-protected-second-amendment">ruled</a> that our Constitution protects the rights of individuals who enter this country illegally.
Law-abiding American citizens are frustrated, and they have a right to be.
Approximately 986 different bills to restrict gun <a href="https://www.billtrack50.com/blog/important-gun-law-changes-in-2023/">rights</a> were introduced in the first half of 2023, according to the most recent data available.
My home state of Illinois enacted a law in 2023, <a href="https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/102/PDF/102-1116.pdf">Public Act 102-1116</a>, which prohibits the sale and distribution of so-called “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines. Citizens who owned these previously legal weapons could keep them, only if they <a href="https://isp.illinois.gov/Home/AssaultWeapons#:~:text=Illinois%20residents%20cannot%20lawfully%20purchase,e)%20within%20the%20link%20above.">registered</a> their weapons with the State.
Gun laws do not stop criminals from using guns while committing crimes. Criminals, by definition, do not care about gun laws. <a href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11121/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal law</a> requires a criminal background check for all firearm sales and transfers by licensed dealers. The challenge is that most criminals do not legally obtain their guns.
Moreover, semi-automatic weapons are not the weapon of choice when committing a crime. According to <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/">Pew Research Center</a>, in 2020 “handguns were involved in 59% of gun murders and non-negligent manslaughters. Rifles — the category that includes “assault weapons” – were involved in 3% of firearm murders.” This means that approximately 408 people were killed by semi-automatic firearms in 2020.
In <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-gun-arrests-2021-convictions-vufa-20210330.html">Philadelphia</a>, people who are accused of illegally carrying a gun have seen their chances of being convicted in court decline from 63% in 2017 to 49% in 2019.
This is why the recent ruling by an Obama-appointed district court judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Sharon Johnson Coleman, is so concerning.
Judge Coleman ruled that a federal ban on undocumented immigrants owning firearms is <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/20/us-news/illinois-judge-rules-illegal-migrants-can-carry-guns/">unconstitutional</a> and dismissed charges against an illegal named Heriberto Carbajal-Flores, who was arrested in 2020 for violating a federal law which prohibits non-citizens from possessing guns. Judge Coleman’s ruling stated that since this illegal immigrant had no criminal record, and the circumstances behind his arrest were not violent, he should not be deprived of his Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Case in point, being in the United States illegally was not enough cause to deny this individual his Second Amendment rights.
Judge Coleman seems to have forgotten one important fact; being in the country illegally is a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1325, which makes it a <a href="https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/immigration-prosecutions#:~:text=%C2%A7%201325%20makes%20it%20a,entering%20or%20attempting%20to%20enter." target="_blank" rel="noopener">felony</a> to unlawfully enter the United States.
In <a href="https://www.williamsnickl.com/can-i-own-a-gun-after-a-felony-conviction-in-illinois/#:~:text=Once%20you%20are%20convicted%20of,in%20the%20last%2020%20years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illinois</a>, it is illegal for a person convicted of a felony to possess a firearm.
Any person desiring to legally purchase a firearm in the state of Illinois must obtain a Firearms Owners Identification Card (FOID Card). To be eligible for a <a href="https://www.ispfsb.com/Public/Faq.aspx#:~:text=To%20be%20eligible%20for%20a,been%20convicted%20of%20a%20felony." target="_blank" rel="noopener">FOID</a> card, amongst other regulations, a person must not be an alien who is lawfully present in the United States.
You cannot even enter a gun shop or buy ammunition without a FOID card in the state of Illinois.
So, this individual&#8217;s firearm must have been illegally obtained which is another federal violation. Yet, this Obama-appointed judge ruled that he could keep his weapon and cannot be prosecuted for any of his numerous crimes.
On the flip side, a law-abiding American citizen in Illinois, who legally obtains a firearm is now, by definition, a felon, for not registering his or her weapon with the state police.
The Biden administration’s DOJ may want to think twice before coming after a citizen’s right to bear arms — a right guaranteed by our Constitution. Maybe the government and the judiciary should enforce the gun laws that are already on the books before looking to punish legal gun owners and award criminals.
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Jim Nelles is a Navy veteran and supply chain consultant based in Chicago. His articles have appeared in the Washington Examiner, Newsweek, Foxnews.com, and the Daily Wire. He has served as a chief procurement officer, chief supply chain officer, and chief operations officer for multiple companies.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Operation ‘Red Flag’: Disarm Citizens, Arm Illegal Immigrants

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The Biden administration is renewing its push for stricter gun control and an assault weapons ban with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-launches-national-resource-center-to-aid-authorities-in-taking-firearms-from-people-deemed-threat-to-themselves-or-others">creation</a> of a new national office to push “red flag laws.”
Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Parkland, Florida, on Saturday and toured the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of a 2018 mass shooting in which a former student of the school killed 14 students and three staff members and wounded 17 others. After the tour, Harris delivered a speech pushing legislation on gun control.
“You know, part of what I talk to families about is the fact that one of five families in America has a family member that has died because of gun violence,” Harris said, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vp-harris-pushes-gun-control-site-parkland-school-shooting-victims-dad-calls-slap-in-the-face" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>. “That the leading cause of death for the children of America is gun violence.”
A report from Pew Research last year found that gun-related deaths among teens jumped by about 50% between 2019 and 2021. One expert <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/teen-violence-drove-spike-gun-deaths-contrary-popular-talking-point-expert">said</a> that the data suggested that the rise in gun deaths is closely tied to an increase in juvenile crime during the COVID pandemic and lockdowns.
Harris did not discuss the impact of lockdown policies but instead focused on firearms and echoed President Joe Biden’s calls for an assault weapons ban and other gun control measures. She also promoted a new office, the National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center, to aid states that have passed red flag laws. The Department of Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-launches-national-resource-center-to-aid-authorities-in-taking-firearms-from-people-deemed-threat-to-themselves-or-others">announced</a> the launch of the center on Saturday morning.
“We have to understand the facets of this and when we do reflect and review and, dare I say, study what happened here at Stoneman Douglas, we must be willing to have the courage to say that on every level, whether you talk about changing laws or changing practices and locales, that we must do better,” she said.
“Of the 21 that have passed red flag laws, I challenge the others to come on over,” Harris said. “We got some resources for you to help you implement the work that you have done that has been the work of a leader on this tragic issue.”
In general, red flag laws authorize courts to temporarily restrict a person’s access to firearms after receiving a complaint about the individual’s mental state or concerns that the person may have violent tendencies.
According to the White House, the Biden administration has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/23/fact-sheet-vice-president-harris-announces-gun-safety-solutions-while-continuing-efforts-to-keep-schools-safe-from-gun-violence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allocated</a> $750 million toward funding red flag law programs, crisis intervention programs, mental health courts, and other state-level actions. The Department of Justice has awarded just $238 million of the funds since 2021.
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Former President Donald Trump, the presumed Republican candidate against Biden in 2024, promised in a speech last month to roll back Biden’s actions on firearms.
“Every single Biden attack on gun owners and manufacturers will be terminated on my very first week back in office, perhaps my first day,” Trump <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/09/trump-promises-nra-that-if-elected-no-one-will-lay-a-finger-on-your-firearms-00140818" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the crowd at a National Rifle Association event.
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VP Harris Pushes Gun Control In Parkland Visit, Promotes New Push For ‘Red Flag Laws’

VP Harris Pushes Gun Control In Parkland Visit, Promotes New Push For 'Red Flag Laws'

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ATF Director Steven Dettelbach, a Democrat, made numerous mistakes when speaking about firearms during an interview that aired over the weekend.
Speaking with Margaret Brennan on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation,&#8221; Dettelbach stood in front of a table that had numerous firearms as he tried what he claimed were loopholes that allow people to get around gun laws.
While speaking about how many rounds some of the AK variant rifles could fire, Dettelbach demonstrated that he did not basic firearm terminology, like the difference between a clip and a magazine.
Moments later he also demonstrated that he did not know what a pistol brace was when he suggested that it was the same thing as a butt stock. Pistol braces allow the person operating the firearm to stick their wrist through the device and use a piece of velcro to tighten the device around their wrist, thus allowing the operator to fire the weapon only using one hand.
The way that Brennan conducted the interview made it clear that the segment was intended to be pro-gun control propaganda as she stood with her arms crossed expressing disgust and promoting the false narrative that the Second Amendment was created for &#8220;hunting.&#8221; The Second Amendment was created for the purposes of self-defense and a check against government tyranny.
Dettelbach also urged gun stores to refuse to sell certain types of weapons, like large caliber rifles, to customers who are paying in cash and to pick up the phone and call the ATF so they can go investigate those people.
&#8220;And for those who aren&#8217;t doing that, I hope and expect that, as Americans, we will do that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But for those who aren&#8217;t, somebody comes into your store, in a border state and plunks down $12,000 cash money for one of these [.50 caliber rifles], so that there&#8217;s no credit card trail, I mean, my word, we hope that people will help us as Americans and continue to help us and not make that sale and protect our safety.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m just sort of doing a little bit of a commercial, for those who are going to be at the counter, thinking about it, do not let this happen,&#8221; he begged. &#8220;Please help us to stop this. We respect you. We depend on you. Please, as firearms dealers help us to stop this.&#8221;
He said that if a man and a woman walk into a store and the man asks all the questions and then has the woman purchase the firearm that &#8220;all sorts of alarm bells should be going off&#8221; and the gun store should not sell to that couple.
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ATF Director Steven Dettelbach went on CBS&#39;s Face The Nation &amp; displayed a shocking ignorance of firearms while trying to gin up fear to strip us of our Second Amendment rights.
It should scare everyone that Dettelbach doesn&#39;t know the difference between a clip &amp; a magazine. <a href="https://t.co/0cABaCZ2sT">pic.twitter.com/0cABaCZ2sT</a>
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During the sit down portion of the interview, Dettelbach said that his agency, which has thousands of agents, was &#8220;way, way, way too small.&#8221;
Brennan also teed up a question for Dettelbach on how Congress protecting Americans&#8217; Second Amendment rights and privacy rights by banning the ATF from creating a federal gun registry was an &#8220;impediment&#8221; for the ATF&#8217;s agenda.
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When asked about the impediment to law enforcement as Congress prohibits the ATF from creating a centralized registry of U.S. gun owners, ATF Director Steven Dettalbach says: &quot;It&#39;s a law, and we comply with it. That means that we have to work within that system.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/lHtUcL40tB">pic.twitter.com/lHtUcL40tB</a>
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Speaking at the White House on Wednesday on his “actions to fight crime and make our communities safer,” President Joe Biden boasted, “we beat the NRA,” adding, “We’re going to finish the job.”
Biden bragged that his administration “made historic investments in proven strategies to interrupt and prevent crime and violence in the first place. These programs use trusted messengers, including people — people who are in the neighborhood, people who have — have been incarcerated and are released now, people who have been through it, people who know what they’re talking about.”
He claimed that his administration had a “track record of reducing violent crime, as a consequence of that, by 30 to 60 percent where those programs exist.”
“My plan goes after the scourge of gun violence in America,” he declared. “I’ve taken more executive actions to stop the flow of illegal guns than any other administration in history.  And we beat the NRA when I signed the most significant gun safety law in nearly 30 years.”
Biden was referencing the  law he signed in June 2022 that incentivized states to pass red flag laws and increased background checks on people between the ages of 18 and 21 who wanted to purchase a gun. Red flag laws permit judges to seize firearms from a person based on the assumption that the person could use the gun to harm themselves or others.
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“This legislation can be abused to restrict lawful gun purchases, infringe upon the rights of law-abiding Americans, and use federal dollars to fund gun control measures being adopted by state and local politicians,” the NRA <a href="https://home.nra.org/statements/nra-announces-opposition-to-senate-gun-control-legislation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of the law. “This bill leaves too much discretion in the hands of government officials and also contains undefined and overbroad provisions – inviting interference with our constitutional freedoms.”
In February, Biden <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3857785-biden-administration-announces-231m-to-fund-red-flag-laws-other-gun-violence-prevention/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that the Department of Justice would fund over $231 million to states, part of which would go to support red-flag programs.
Biden continued on Wednesday, “And we’re going to finish the job.  We’re going to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines next time around because it has to be done. I formed the — the first-ever White House Gun Violence — White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and I thank Vice President Harris for overseeing this important effort.”

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A federal court has blocked a restrictive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> law that would have banned carrying guns almost everywhere in public, including at places like churches and playgrounds. 
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Saturday <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-law-gun-ban-most-public-places-halted-federal-appeals-court/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> to halt implementation of the law after a previous panel of judges on the court had allowed the law to take effect on December 30. The law would have heavily restricted anyone, even people with permits, from carrying in public. The California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA) sued to block the law after Governor Gavin Newsom signed it in September. The court is expected to hear full arguments on the law in April.
“This dangerous decision puts the lives of Californians on the line. We won’t stop working to defend our decades of progress on gun safety in our state,” Newsom’s office <a href="https://www.kron4.com/news/california/new-california-gun-law-on-concealed-carry-blocked-by-judge-once-again/?nxsparam=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of the latest court ruling. 
The law would have banned carrying guns in private businesses, unless the business expressly put up a sign saying that individuals were allowed to carry. Guns would have been banned on public transportation, at public gatherings, in parking areas, in parks and at playgrounds, sports venues, casinos, hospitals and clinics, churches, and banks, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-20/federal-judge-blocks-new-california-law-barring-guns-in-many-public-places">according</a> to the L.A. Times. 
The CRPA <a href="https://crpa.org/news/blogs/breaking-stay-lifted-in-sb-2-case-injunction-back-in-place/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated</a> the decision from the court, saying that it meant “the conceal carry in sensitive places portion of SB2 is not enforceable!” 
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The law was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-blocks-californias-repugnant-ban-on-carrying-guns-in-most-public-places" target="_blank" rel="noopener">initially blocked</a> by U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney who called it “sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court.”
“Although the government may have some valid safety concerns, legislation regulating [concealed carry] permitholders — the most responsible of law abiding citizens seeking to exercise their Second Amendment rights — seems an odd and misguided place to focus to address those safety concerns,” Carney, a George W. Bush appointee, said.
“They have been through a vigorous vetting and training process following their application to carry a concealed handgun,” he wrote. “The challenged SB2 provisions unconstitutionally deprive this group of their constitutional right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense.”

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Restrictive California Law Banning Carrying Of Guns In Most Places Blocked For A Second Time

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