Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin</a> was officially charged with involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday afternoon over the shooting death in October 2021 of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie set of &#8220;Rust,&#8221; according to court records.
Santa Fe-area District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies also filed involuntary manslaughter charges against Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the person allegedly responsible for handling guns on the movie set.
The DA’s office said in a statement, “Negligent use of a deadly weapon charges were also filed against ‘Rust’ assistant director David Halls, who has pleaded no contest and has entered into a plea agreement that is pending approval.”
The probable cause <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23593154-statement-of-probable-cause-baldwin-redacted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> filed by prosecutors said that Baldwin &#8220;drew the revolver from the holster, pointed it at Halyna Hutchins, and fired the weapon.&#8221;
&#8220;When reviewing the script and witness interviews, for this particular scene and close-up shot, evidence indicates the scene/shot did not require the weapon to be fired,&#8221; the document said. &#8220;It was also determined by consultation with expert armorers that in a rehearsal, a plastic gun or replica gun should be used as no firing of blanks is required.&#8221;
Prosecutors portrayed Baldwin as not taking firearm safety seriously on set, saying that he was &#8220;not present for required firearms training prior to the commencement of filming.&#8221; The document also said that Reed had indicated that Baldwin needed more training in how to properly handle firearms.
When Baldwin reportedly showed up to a training session, he was &#8220;distracted and talking on his cell phone to his family during the training,&#8221; prosecutors said. &#8220;The photos and videos clearly show Baldwin, multiple times, with his finger inside of the trigger guard and on the trigger, while manipulating the hammer and while drawing, pointing, and holstering the revolver.&#8221;
Investigators said that Baldwin had extensive experience in the film industry with firearms, yet he failed to demand that at least two safety checks were performed prior to the shooting.
Prosecutors called Baldwin &#8220;reckless&#8221; and said that he knew that he should not point a gun at someone who he did not intend on shooting. Investigators suggested that he also knew that a gun should always be assumed to be loaded. Investigators said that if he had just followed those two basics of firearms handling, this tragedy would not have occurred.

Celebrity Sightings In New York City – January 20, 2023

Prosecutors File Criminal Charges Against Alec Baldwin Over Shooting Death On ‘Rust’ Set

Prosecutors File Criminal Charges Against Alec Baldwin Over Shooting Death On 'Rust' Set

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington, D.C.</a>, government employee faces a murder charge for the fatal shooting of Karon Blake, a black 13-year-old middle school student whose death has rocked the nation&#8217;s capital.
Police said Jason Lewis, 41, turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday. He has been charged with second-degree murder while armed.
Lewis maintains his innocence. “While this is certainly a tragedy, once all the facts are heard, I believe that a jury will find that there was no crime here,” his attorney Lee Smith said in a statement <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/washington-dc-employee-accused-killing-teen-turns-police-rcna68355" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported by NBC News</a>.
Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee and court documents divulged new details about the deadly incident outside Lewis&#8217; home in the Brookland neighborhood at around 4 a.m. on Saturday, January 7.
Police said Lewis heard noises and witnessed someone who appeared to be &#8220;tampering&#8221; with cars. In the ensuing interaction with &#8220;youngsters&#8221; wearing black, authorities said Lewis stepped outside with a legally registered gun and allegedly shouted, &#8220;Hey! What are y&#8217;all doing?&#8221; While on his property, Lewis shot at a &#8220;getaway vehicle&#8221; before firing at Blake, who &#8220;ran toward&#8221; Lewis, Contee said during a news conference. The police chief noted it is unclear whether Blake knew Lewis was standing there.
Blake yelled out, including shouts of &#8220;I am sorry,&#8221; as well as &#8220;I am a kid&#8221; and &#8220;I am only 12,&#8221; according to an affidavit. Authorities previously said Lewis performed CPR on Blake after shooting him, but Blake died soon after at a hospital, <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/man-who-shot-killed-13-year-old-karon-blake-is-dc-government-employee-mayor/3252461/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC Washington reported</a>.
During the weeks that followed, officials did not immediately identify Lewis as the shooter, but Mayor Muriel Bowser did confirm the shooter was a D.C. government employee who was placed on administrative leave. Authorities also pushed back on a wave of <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-government-employee-shot-and-killed-13-year-old-karon-blake-says-dc-mayor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;misinformation&#8221; involving allegations</a> centered on race, disclosing the shooter was a black man.
Now, Contee is asking the other juveniles spotted fleeing the scene to come forward. “This young man shouldn’t be dead. But, he is, and now again we have to go through the course of the judicial process,” he said.
A grief-stricken community <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/the-nicest-boy-in-my-class-community-holds-vigil-for-karon-blake-13-year-old-fatally-shot-in-dc/3255218/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">held a vigil</a> for Blake earlier this month and some locals expressed outrage over the use of deadly force. &#8220;Property is not greater than life. Karon should be alive today,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/chenderson/status/1612465758751055876" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted D.C. Council Member Christina Henderson</a>.
Blake left behind a mother and three younger siblings, according to Kerry Richardson, the principal of Brookland Middle School, where Blake was a student. “He was a quiet and inquisitive scholar who loved fashion and football,&#8221; Richardson added. &#8220;Although he loved his neighborhood, he loved Brookland MS (the faculty &amp; his peers) and the structure it presented to him even more.&#8221;

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D.C. Employee Faces Murder Charge For Fatal Shooting of 13-Year-Old

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On Saturday, a man <a href="https://people.com/human-interest/dog-shoots-kills-owner-freak-hunting-accident-kansas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died</a> in a tragic mishap after his dog <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-dies-dog-steps-rifle-causing-discharge-kansas-officials-say-rcna67150" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appears</a> to have stepped on a gun, firing it from the back seat of his car, according to authorities.
The Sumner County Sheriff’s Office in Kansas <a href="https://www.kwch.com/2023/01/23/man-fatally-wounded-apparent-hunting-accident-sumner-county/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that law enforcement responded to a man who had suffered a gunshot wound to the back. The office stated that the man had been seated in the front passenger seat of a pickup truck that he owned. A dog in the back seat apparently stepped on a rifle, which then fired and hit the man.
“Responding units arrived within minutes of the 911 call and started CPR,” the sheriff’s office said, but the man died at the location.
&#8220;A canine belonging to the owner of the pickup stepped on the rifle causing the weapon to discharge,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office <a href="https://www.kake.com/story/48213408/sheriff-hunter-dies-after-dog-steps-on-rifle-in-backseat-of-pickup-truck" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a>. &#8220;The fired round struck the passenger who died of his injuries on scene.&#8221;
The office <a href="https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-killed-in-sumner-county-after-dog-steps-on-rifle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that the man’s name was Joseph Austin Smith, and he was from Wichita, Kansas. Differing <a href="https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-killed-in-sumner-county-after-dog-steps-on-rifle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> <a href="https://bnonews.com/index.php/2023/01/dog-shoots-kills-man-on-kansas-hunting-trip/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> that he was 30 or 32 years old. Hunting equipment was also in the back seat of the car, along with the gun.
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, as well as Wellington Fire and EMS also came to the location.
Wellington Fire and EMS Chief Tim Hay <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-dies-dog-steps-rifle-causing-discharge-kansas-officials-say-rcna67150" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC that an additional individual was in the driver&#8217;s seat of the car, but was not physically hurt.
Hunting accidents can <a href="https://www.hunter-ed.com/nevada/studyGuide/Four-Main-Causes-of-Hunting-Incidents/201034_105226/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">occur</a> for various reasons. The top ways that these types of incidents happen are either the inability to recognize a target at 15.5%, a “[s]hooter swinging on game” at 12.8%, not being careful with how one handles a gun at 11.4%, as well as a victim not being in the view of the person shooting at 8.3%. The data comes from the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF) Industry Intelligence Reports from 2007.
A 2019 report <a href="https://ksoutdoors.com/KDWP-Info/News/News-Archive/2019-Weekly-News/4-18-19-Hunting-Incidents/Kansas-Reports-Safest-Hunting-Season-Yet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that the 2018 hunting season was the safest one the state had seen, as there were no deaths and only four gun-related incidents that were reported. The Kansas Hunter Education Program was credited for the success.
“It has been years of hard work and dedicated services that has brought us to this point,” Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) Hunter Education Program coordinator Kent Barrett said at the time. “Having said that, we also know that next year will bring us a whole new set of circumstances that will test us once again.”

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Dog Kills Owner By Stepping On Gun In Hunting Mishap: Authorities

Dog Kills Owner By Stepping On Gun In Hunting Mishap

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illinois" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illinois</a> Democrat Governor J.B. Pritzker signed <a href="https://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10200SB2226ham003&amp;GA=102&amp;LegID=134879&amp;SessionId=110&amp;SpecSess=0&amp;DocTypeId=SB&amp;DocNum=2226&amp;GAID=16&amp;Session=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislation</a> Tuesday banning the manufacture or possession of dozens of rapid-fire rifles and pistols, .50-caliber guns, and some attachments, which went into effect immediately.
Pritzker signed the &#8220;Protect Illinois Communities Act&#8221; into law during a ceremony at the State Capitol in Springfield hours after House Democrats secured the final passage less than a day after Senate Democrats approved the measure.
&#8220;It&#8217;s been quite a past 24 hours,&#8221; Pritzker said, according to <a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/pritzker-signs-assault-weapons-ban-lawmakers-shore-up-abortion-rights/28645778-9a71-4b7b-8546-5c73bc7c56aa?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=npr&amp;utm_term=nprnews&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local media</a>. &#8220;Yesterday, I began my second term as governor of the great state of Illinois, and today we made history, becoming the ninth state to institute an assault weapons ban and one of the strongest assault weapons bans in the nation.&#8221;
According to the bill, the law requires Illinoisans who already own such firearms to register them with the state.
Gun makers can only sell firearms to suppliers in other states, and owners of the newly-banned guns in the state can still keep the devices on their private properties.
Illinois residents possessing unregistered firearms listed in the new law could face a misdemeanor charge on the first offense and a felony charge for subsequent offenses.
Pritzker read the names of the seven victims killed at the Highland Park July 4 parade mass shooting, the gunman having used a Smith &amp; Wesson M&amp;P15 semi-automatic rifle.
The gunman purchased the firearm legally in 2020 despite the alleged killer&#8217;s documented history of threatening and suicidal actions, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-strict-gun-laws-failed-to-stop-the-suspected-highland-park-shooter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Local media reported that the governor called the mass shooting a tragedy rooted in the fact that &#8220;our state and nation have been held hostage by the NRA and their allies time and time again.&#8221;
Illinois already had some of the strictest gun laws in the United States, and gun control groups consistently rank the state high on their lists for gun safety.
Everytown For Gun Safety ranks Illinois sixth in the nation for &#8220;Gun Law Strength.&#8221;
The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a non-profit launched by former Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, scores Illinois gun laws an &#8220;A-.&#8221;
Many Republican lawmakers opposed the legislation, saying it would do nothing to prevent crime and counters rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court involving Second Amendment rights.
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour of Beecher City, a member of the Republican state House Freedom Caucus, slammed Pritzker and other Democrats for continuing to &#8220;allow our Constitution and our freedoms to be shredded.&#8221;
&#8220;A government unchecked, a government willing to defy our Constitution is a government that is completely out of control,&#8221; Wilhour said, according to <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-guns-abortion-20230110-zm5rccpkkvf63ofere6lmmepjm-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Chicago Tribune</a>. &#8220;You can sit here and dictate whatever you want today. Maybe the political winds are in your favor here today. But I can tell you that we will not comply and you&#8217;re not going to do a darn thing about it because the law, the Constitution and the founding principles are on our side.&#8221;
Darren Bailey, an outgoing GOP state representative, said in a <a class="multivariate" href="https://twitter.com/DarrenBaileyIL/status/1612604028621316098" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">tweet</a>, &#8220;I&#8217;ll die on my front porch before anyone takes my guns away.&#8221;
&#8220;My message to Springfield: If you want my guns, come get them,&#8221; Bailey said.
A local reporter said Bailey called the actions from lawmakers &#8220;tyrannous.&#8221;
&#8220;You also must know that I and millions of other gun owners in this state will not comply,&#8221; he said, adding he would fight the measure &#8220;in court,” as it violates his Second Amendment rights.
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I’ll die on my front porch before anyone takes my guns away. My message to Springfield: If you want my guns, come get them. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/voidthefoid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#voidthefoid</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/secondamendment?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#secondamendment</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/twill?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#twill</a> <a href="https://t.co/ec2ng6AzPh">https://t.co/ec2ng6AzPh</a> <a href="https://t.co/l4EihJtrfZ">pic.twitter.com/l4EihJtrfZ</a>
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The Tribune noted that two House Republicans sided with Democrats and voted in favor of the bill — outgoing House GOP Leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs and state Rep. Bradley Stephens of Rosemont.
However, three House Democrats voted against it, which included state Reps. Anthony DeLuca of Chicago Heights, Mitchael Halpin of Rock Island, and Lance Yednock of Ottawa.
Devore Law Office <a href="https://devorelawoffices.com/?fbclid=IwAR3nk1B9str_qwzTGMhIwVC45SCEqPKme9Q83cGstmCVjgVu9moFRzfX_C0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the firm has partnered with other legal professionals to take action against Governor Pritzker and the Illinois General Assembly for passing the new gun law.
Lawyers write that the new law would &#8220;severely restrict the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens in Illinois.&#8221;
&#8220;We plan on bringing a lawsuit in the Illinois state court immediately,&#8221; the firm&#8217;s website reads. &#8220;The state court action will address the unlawful manner of which the general assembly continues to pass laws by playing with procedure. Turning an insurance law into a gun grab at the last second is unacceptable.&#8221;
Lawyers argue that the new law is likely to violate recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent concerning Second Amendment rights, adding that banning gun sales and transfers constitutes an overreach they hope the U.S. Supreme Court would not allow to stand.

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Illinois Becomes 9th State In Union To Ban Dozens Of Firearms

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The <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Court</a> permitted a <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> law restricting the concealed carry of <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/guns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">firearms</a> to stay in force as challenges to the statute move through the legal system.
An emergency request from plaintiffs to pause the law was rejected; Justice Samuel Alito wrote a <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23569915-22a557-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> endorsed by Justice Clarence Thomas respecting the denial while stressing that the viability of the case was not in question.
“I understand the Court’s denial today to reflect respect for the Second Circuit’s procedures in managing its own docket, rather than expressing any view on the merits of the case,” Alito said. “Applicants should not be deterred by today’s order from again seeking relief if the Second Circuit does not, within a reasonable time, provide an explanation for its stay order or expedite consideration of the appeal.”
The court case follows the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-scotus-strikes-down-new-york-concealed-carry-restrictions-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruling</a> last summer in a six-to-three decision against longtime restrictions on concealed carry in New York. The state law in question had conditioned the right to a concealed carry permit on “good moral character” and “proper cause.” The Supreme Court majority opinion written by Thomas took issue with the latter condition, which unlawfully forced New Yorkers to demonstrate “a special need for self-defense.”
“We know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need,” he contended. “That is not how the First Amendment works when it comes to unpopular speech or the free exercise of religion. It is not how the Sixth Amendment works when it comes to a defendant’s right to confront the witnesses against him. And it is not how the Second Amendment works when it comes to public carry for self-defense.”
More recently, however, officials in New York greenlit the Concealed Carry Improvement Act, which prohibits guns in certain locations, demands gun owners request a property owner’s consent to carry on their premises, and requires a social media review ahead of gun purchases, according to a <a href="https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2022/attorney-general-james-takes-action-maintain-concealed-carry-gun-laws-and-protect#:~:text=The%20law%20strengthens%20requirements%20for,of%20certain%20gun%20purchases%2C%20and" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James. Six residents challenging the law recently <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22A557/250597/20221221121323672_Antonyuk%20Application%20to%20Vacate%20Stay%20FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> the Supreme Court to intervene.
Republican lawmakers say that the Concealed Carry Improvement Act stands in defiance of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling last year. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) introduced a <a href="https://stefanik.house.gov/2022/10/stefanik-tenney-introduce-resolution-condemning-new-york-s-concealed-carry-law-as-unconstitutional" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> to the House of Representatives condemning the new legislation as a violation of the Second Amendment and encouraging all states to pass laws supporting the right to bear arms.
Several other states and localities controlled by Democratic officials have introduced restrictions on gun ownership in recent years. A law in Oregon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oregon-judge-freezes-gun-control-law-over-questions-about-fundamental-constitutional-rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bans</a> the sale of magazines with a capacity of more than 10 bullets and includes a permit-to-purchase requirement that requires all customers to get a background check and attend gun safety training before acquiring a firearm. An executive order from Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-blocks-liberal-mayors-gun-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">outlawed</a> firearms at city recreational facilities despite state law barring such restrictions. Both measures were challenged in the court system and blocked by judges.
Some 81.4 million Americans own firearms, representing 31.9% of the adult population, according to <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3887145" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the most recent National Firearms Survey. The average gun owner has five firearms, with handguns as the most common type of weapon owned.

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Supreme Court Allows New York Gun Control Law To Remain In Force As Legal Challenges Persist

Supreme Court Lets New York Gun Control Law Stay In Force

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A man shot and killed a robbery suspect at a taqueria in Houston on Thursday before returning the stolen money to other patrons, according to authorities.
The incident happened at around 11:30 p.m. and was caught on surveillance video, which has been viewed online millions of times.
Witnesses told officers that a masked African American man wearing all black clothing, a black ski mask, and black gloves walked into the restaurant, pointing what appeared to be a firearm at customers while demanding their money, according to Houston police.
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CAUGHT ON VIDEO: A customer at a taqueria shot and killed a robber at the restaurant on S. Gessner in southwest Houston, police said. 
Read: <a href="https://t.co/3M4zQSUx2G">https://t.co/3M4zQSUx2G</a> <a href="https://t.co/XQH8r8yHus">pic.twitter.com/XQH8r8yHus</a>
&mdash; KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) <a href="https://twitter.com/KHOU/status/1611369847417446401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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While this person was walking around the restaurant taking money from patrons, one customer sitting in a booth with another person quickly stood up as soon as the suspect passed by and pulled out a gun, as seen in the surveillance video.
Police said the armed patron shot the suspect multiple times before collecting the stolen money, which he then returned to the others. This individual and other patrons then left the scene, leaving the police to ask the public for help in identifying the shooter as he is wanted for questioning.
The Houston Police Department shared surveillance images of who they believe was the armed customer, described as a white or Hispanic man, as well as his 1970s or 1980s model pickup truck with no bed. No charges have been filed, police said in the <a href="https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2023/jan/nr010623-1.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Friday press release</a>.
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UPDATE: Surveillance photos of the male (and his vehicle) wanted for questioning in this fatal shooting of a robbery suspect last night (Jan. 5).
Know the man&#39;s ID? Call HPD Homicide 713-308-3600. He is not charged at this time.
More info at <a href="https://t.co/ldFdhIXy1g">https://t.co/ldFdhIXy1g</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hounews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hounews</a> <a href="https://t.co/CIqpLEQmmM">https://t.co/CIqpLEQmmM</a> <a href="https://t.co/FrL42qkjxu">pic.twitter.com/FrL42qkjxu</a>
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Police said that responding officers found the robbery suspect shot multiple times, and paramedics pronounced him dead. The suspect is believed to be a man in his 20s, and his identity was pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, per the police statement.
Houston police Lt. R. Wilkins said the now-dead suspect was brandishing &#8220;a plastic pistol possibly an aero soft or possibly a little BB pistol,&#8221; <a href="https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-police-taqueria-shooting-video-17699731.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to KHOU 11</a>. No one else in the restaurant was injured, the news report noted.
Investigators encouraged the shooter and victims to contact the Houston Police Department Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 to provide statements.

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A key federal agency worked with gun control advocates to bury a study that showed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/guns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law-abiding firearms owners</a> use them to protect themselves millions of times per year, according to a report.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cdc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> (CDC) deleted a reference to the study, which it had commissioned, after gun-control advocates said it made passing new gun laws more difficult. The pro-Second Amendment site <a href="https://thereload.com/emails-cdc-removed-defensive-gun-use-stats-after-gun-control-advocates-pressured-officials-in-private-meeting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Reload reported</a> that the White House and powerful Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin helped arrange a series of meetings at which the gun control advocates convinced the agency to hide the study.
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“[T]hat 2.5 Million number needs to be killed, buried, dug up, killed again and buried again,” Mark Bryant, head of the <a href="https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gun Violence Archive</a>, <a href="https://thereload.com/app/uploads/2022/12/CDC-DGU-Mark-Bryant-on-killing-Kleck-estimate.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> to CDC officials after a meeting. “It is highly misleading, is used out of context and I honestly believe it has zero value – even as an outlier point in honest DGU discussions.”
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Update: The CDC never actually sent <a href="https://twitter.com/teamtrace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@teamtrace</a> the statement it drafted in response to the publication&#39;s initial inquiry about the agency&#39;s decision to change the language on its website about defensive gun use and the lobbying campaign behind it. <a href="https://t.co/24igo5iePL">https://t.co/24igo5iePL</a>
&mdash; The Reload (@TheReloadSite) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheReloadSite/status/1608472152033955840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Bryant’s email was one of a handful obtained by The Reload which illustrate how gun control lobbyists were triggered by the study by Florida State University Criminology Professor Gary Kleck. That study was one of several the CDC reviewed on defensive gun uses. Kleck’s findings represented the upper end of estimates for how many times lawful gun owners defended themselves.
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Bryant complained that Kleck’s estimate was “misinformation” and should be eliminated from the CDC’s website because gun-rights advocates were using it as ammunition for their Second Amendment arguments.
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The CDC initially stood by the study and listed it in the “<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/firearms/fastfact.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fast Facts: Firearm Violence Prevention</a>” portion of its website. But after a September 15, 2021, virtual meeting with gun control advocates, the agency assured them it would revise the section in 2022, according to a December 10, 2021, email obtained by The Reload.
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“We are planning to update the fact sheet in early 2022 after the release of some new data,” Beth Reimels, associate director for policy, partnerships, and strategic communication at the CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention, wrote in <a href="https://thereload.com/app/uploads/2022/12/CDC-DGU-Beth-Reimels-thanks-gun-control-advocates.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the email</a>. “We will also make some edits to the content we discussed that I think will address the concerns you and other partners have raised.”
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In 2022, references to studies involving defensive gun use were scrubbed from the site.
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“Estimates of defensive gun use vary depending on the questions asked, populations studied, timeframe, and other factors related to study design,” the site now states. “Given the wide variability in estimates, additional research is necessary to understand defensive gun use prevalence, frequency, circumstances, and outcomes.”
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The CDC did not respond to The Reload’s request for comment on the decision. Durbin spokeswoman Emily Hampsten told the site her boss’s only involvement was “simply connecting” “stakeholder organizations” with a federal agency.
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Kleck called the decision “blatant censorship” meant to skew the debate over gun rights.
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“You can’t understand any significant aspects of the gun-control debate once you eliminate defensive gun use,” said Kleck, <a href="https://criminology.fsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/gary-kleck" target="_blank" rel="noopener">professor emeritus at Florida State University’s College of Criminology and Criminal Justice</a>. “It becomes inexplicable why so many Americans oppose otherwise perfectly reasonable gun-control measurements. It’s because they think it’s going to lead to prohibition, and they won’t have a gun for self-defense.&#8221;
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“It’s not complicated,” added Kleck, who said it was the latest example of how the CDC has become politicized.
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The CDC’s decision to remove all estimates on defensive gun uses was <a href="https://www.thetrace.org/2022/06/defensive-gun-use-data-good-guys-with-guns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first reported by The Trace</a>, a pro-gun control site that disputed Kleck’s scholarship. The emails cited by The Reload were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request filed on behalf of the California Rifle &amp; Pistol Association.
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Bryant’s group is one of several gun control advocacy organizations that have used a broad definition of “mass shootings” to portray them as extremely common in the U.S. Under their terms, a mass shooting occurs any time four or more people are at least injured in an incident involving firearms. By that count, mass shootings happen 10 times as often as the more standard definition requiring four or more fatalities.
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But when it comes to defining defensive gun use incidents, Gun Violence Archive uses decidedly conservative criteria, counting only those incidents that appear in media or police reports. By their yardstick, Gun Violence Archive estimates there are less than 2,000 cases of defensive gun use per year.
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The CDC sought to explain its decision to remove defensive gun use statistics from its fact sheet in a response to a query from the Trace that it ultimately never sent. In it, the CDC said the fact that the range of estimates was so vast that including them might “raise more questions than it answered.”
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Gun Control Groups Got CDC To Scrub ‘Good Guys With Guns’ Study, Emails Show

Gun Control Groups Got CDC To Scrub 'Good Guys With Guns' Study, Emails Show

The city of Buffalo, New York, filed a lawsuit against several gun manufacturers on Tuesday following a mass shooting earlier this year that left 10 people dead.
Mayor Byron Brown, a Democrat-turned-independent, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/city-buffalo-files-kind-lawsuit-gun-industry/story?id=95615548" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the suit was filed in the state Supreme Court and the defendants include Smith &amp; Wesson, Bushmaster, Colts, Glock, Beretta, and Remington. The lawsuit was filed in the state Supreme Court.
A<a href="https://www.buffalony.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1185"> news release</a> pointed to the racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery store in May. Last month, the male suspect <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/nyregion/buffalo-shooting-guilty-plea.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded</a> guilty to charges brought against him, which <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/28/us/buffalo-tops-grocery-shooting-payton-gendron-plea/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">included</a> first-degree murder, attempted murder, a domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate, and weapons possession.
&#8220;Members of our community have suffered too much for too long from gun violence,&#8221; Brown said at a press conference on Tuesday. &#8220;We must do everything we can to decrease gun violence. Enabling the possession of illegal guns destroys lives and deeply affects our neighborhood, especially in black and brown communities.”
The mayor described the lawsuit as “another proactive strategy that we are utilizing in Buffalo to keep our community safe.” 
“We have state public nuisance laws that we are empowered to enforce, and I intend on doing all that I can as Mayor to protect people and prevent the loss of lives resulting from gun violence,” Brown said. “The conduct of certain gun manufacturers has unreasonably interfered with the public’s right to use open space free from fear.”
The <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23487757-buffalo-v-gun-manufacturers?responsive=1&amp;title=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> alleges that the defendants’ “actions have created, maintained, or contributed to a condition in the City of Buffalo that endangers the safety and health of the public.” It also added that the gun industry “manufactured or distributed thousands of firearms recovered in crimes committed in the City of Buffalo and New York State.” 
It seeks damages and for the defendants “to endow an abatement fund with sufficient capital to eliminate the public nuisance they are responsible for creating, exacerbating, and/or perpetuating.”
One of the defendants, Bushmaster, responded in a statement to CNN.
“We have not had a chance to review the allegations in full at this time, but upon first blush, the verified allegations against Bushmaster Firearms Industries, Inc. are false,” Bushmaster said. “Our counsel is currently reviewing the complaint and evaluating a path forward to address both this lawsuit and the potentially libelous claims made against Bushmaster Firearms Industries, Inc.”

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A new study showed another disastrous effect of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pandemic</a> on kids — a spike in gun injuries. The information comes alongside another study that showed the increasing homicide rates of kids.
The study was <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2799358" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics and found that the rate of children with injuries from firearms going to children’s hospitals in the United States “significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated throughout 2021.”
The study counted “all children younger than 18 years diagnosed with firearm injury,” using “data from the Pediatric Health Information System.”
The research discovered that there were 1,815 firearm injuries in a given period prior to the pandemic, while there were 2,759 during the pandemic — which was a 52% spike.
While there “were no significant differences between cohorts by sex, household income, rurality, region, mortality, or intent,” the study found that more non-Hispanic black children, kids ages 0 to 5 years old, as well as kids with public insurance were hurt by firearms during the pandemic when contrasted with kids harmed by firearms before the pandemic.
&#8220;The COVID-19 pandemic was independently associated with increased monthly firearm injuries after controlling for all covariates,&#8221; it added.
The monthly average of firearm injuries was also much higher during the period of the pandemic than it was prior to the pandemic.
“This really highlights the fact that the leading cause of death in children and adolescents is firearms,” Stephanie Iantorno, a co-author of the analysis, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-injuries-among-children-surged-during-pandemic-study-says-11671469231?st=y5kwwl78kt31uw8&amp;reflink=article_copyURL_share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, per The Wall Street Journal.
Data show that “in 2020 (the most recent year with available data from the CDC), firearms were the number one cause of death for children ages 1-19 in the United States, taking the lives of 4,357 children,” reports the <a href="https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kaiser Family Foundation</a>.
“Researchers said psychological stress and other factors associated with the pandemic might have played a role in the rise in the incidence of firearm injuries and homicides among children,” WSJ notes.
The homicide <a href="https://khn.org/morning-breakout/gun-injuries-deaths-among-kids-rose-precipitously-during-pandemic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rates</a> of children have also been going up in recent years, a separate study found. The rate has gone up each year, “on average 4.3% since 2013,” and it increased even more from 2019 to 2020, going up 27.7%.
The <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2799356" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/health/homicide-child-death/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that homicide rates have recently gone up a lot for males, black children, Hispanic kids, kids in the south, as well as those in urban and rural regions. They also went up for kids 6 to 10, 11 to 15, and 16 to 17 years of age.
It also noted that homicide rates have gone down since 1999 for girls, infants, and children between the ages of one and five years old. It has also gone down for Asian or Pacific Islander children, white children, and kids in the Northeast.
Dr. Elinore J. Kaufman, co-author of the editorial with the study, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/health/gun-deaths-children-covid.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The New York Times that homicides of younger kids typically happen inside or close to the home. They are most frequently carried out by people taking care of the children and parents and are also many times connected to neglect and child abuse and show the stressful situations of families, she said.
“I don’t think we’re doing a good job of taking care of families, and it shows,” Dr. Kaufman noted.
According to the <a href="https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/headed-back-to-school-a-look-at-the-ongoing-effects-of-covid-19-on-childrens-health-and-well-being/">Kaiser Family Foundation</a>, the pandemic and the policies enacted as a result appear to have had a negative impact on children in multiple areas, including delays in preventative medical care, social isolation, and loss of school experience.

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JAMA Pediatrics Study Shows Pandemic Saw Rise In Firearm Injuries Among Kids

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Megan Thee Stallion&#8217;s ongoing court case against rapper Tory Lanez in Los Angeles over a shooting incident that took place two years ago should be a top story everywhere. Instead, it is being swept under the rug while a potential victim of domestic abuse is mocked for standing up for herself.
The case itself raises a larger question: Why is the &#8220;don&#8217;t snitch&#8221; mentality so common in black culture? I answered it on my show today. You can <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-64-megan-thee-stallion-deserves-justice-and-attention-2">watch it here</a>. 
I also wanted to talk about it in my column today.
Now, if you don’t know who she is, Megan Thee Stallion is one-half of the now infamous “WAP” song with Cardi B. 
The song, which stands for “wet a** p****” is entirely degrading toward women. It reduces women to their body parts and is not worthy of support.
Yet just because I don’t support her music, doesn’t mean this story should be dismissed. The story, if true, is hideous. The fact that the alleged person involved in it has not been canceled is incredible.
Here’s a brief recap of the alleged story:
Megan Thee Stallion was dating a rapper named Tory Lanez — his real name is Daystar Peterson.
One night, Megan, her best friend Kelsey, and Tory Lanez left a party. A driver came to pick them up when a fight between Meghan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez broke out in the car. The singer asked to get out of the car and the driver pulled over. 
Megan got out of the vehicle and, now alleges, that Tory Lanez whipped out his gun and said, “Dance b****” and then fired bullets into the ground, forcing her to jump around — except he landed one on Megan’s foot.
It seems as if there is evidence backing up this story — including that Meghan&#8217;s best friend, Kelsey, texted the singer’s bodyguard — who was not present — and said, “Help. Tory shot Meg. 911.&#8221;
Somebody nearby the incident heard the sound of gunfire and called the police, according to authorities.
At some point, Megan and her entourage continued driving when the police pulled them over.
In police footage, you can see that Megan was limping and there was a trail of blood behind her. Officers made them get on the ground to assess the situation. Meghan Thee Stallion then required surgery on her foot.
All of that is alleged and has not been proven in court.
Now, I know that we live in a world where our ‘words are violence’ and ‘silence is violence.’
But, it sounds like this was real, physical violence. Some of the worst violence you can ever imagine between a man and a woman.
So what happened next?
Well, there was a lot of speculation in the press. People claimed they didn&#8217;t know what happened, but I can tell you what happened online.
Megan was mocked by women and men alike — particularly in black culture. Many found it funny that she got shot in the foot and had to get surgery performed.
The case overall has received very little attention. More curiously though is that the witnesses involved are practically nowhere to be found. 
According to Megan Thee Stallion’s testimony, Tory Lanez offered <a href="https://www.bet.com/article/g8gheh/tory-lanez-trial-latest-megan-thee-stallion-shooting">her and her friend Kelsey $1,000,000 a piece</a> to make this story go away and not file charges. He is from Canada and if found guilty could be deported after serving jail time.
Megan, according to her statements, refused that money. Based on her story, this woman is a victim. I don&#8217;t think she shot herself in the foot and then decided to go to the hospital. Something happened in that car. 
But then the “no snitching culture” reared its ugly head, it seems.
Kelsey, who was in the car, and texted her bodyguard when the disputed incident happened — now doesn&#8217;t recall anything. When Kelsey recently took the stand in the trial and said, “I honestly don’t remember” more times than not. 
So maybe she accepted the million dollars to keep her mouth shut — though she denies it. Maybe she&#8217;s thinking that in the rap world it’s best to avoid being a “snitch.”
The bodyguard she texted cannot be found. Nobody knows why he didn’t show up for questioning in court.
For his part, Tory Lanez is showing up well-dressed at these court hearings and arguing that Megan is lying. He&#8217;s actually dropped songs about the event. This case is now Megan’s word vs. Tory’s.
The culture is on Tory’s side — no one&#8217;s canceled him for any of this. He didn’t just allegedly say something violent. He is being accused of actual violence.
I have not seen mass demands for cancellation of his sponsorships or calls for his record label to drop him.
I cannot imagine being Megan Thee Stallion — having suffered something so obviously traumatic yet being surrounded by absolute vultures more concerned with staying cool within the culture.
I cannot imagine what it&#8217;s like going to an event and realizing people don&#8217;t care. Your alleged abuser is still allowed into all of the same rooms as you. People are still applauding him online, and fellow artists haven&#8217;t spoken out in your defense either.
Lastly — and I want to choose my words very carefully here because I am not trying to blame the victim in this circumstance — at a certain point, there is going to have to be a reckoning in black culture on our music. Artists must realize that even in the music that we create — the music that Megan Thee Stallion creates — we perpetuate the kind of culture that allows something like this to take place.
When you devalue and abuse women in your music and young people listen to that music, then they start to believe that women should also be degraded in the real world. When you reduce yourself in your music, you can become reduced in the real world.
All of it needs fixing. It is so wrong. It is so backward. It is so horrific.
I am going to pray out loud that Meghan Thee Stallion gets justice. I hope that the “no snitching” culture, as well the entertainment culture that treats women so poorly, comes to an end.
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A host of historic artifacts, including firearms linked to two presidents, are being sold this weekend, giving bidders the rare opportunity to own the gun of a former president.
The Illinois-based Rock Island Auction Company (RIA) is auctioning off a trove of historic guns, swords, and other items this weekend, including a factory-engraved Smith &amp; Wesson Model No. 3 single-action <a href="https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/87/84" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revolver</a> that belonged to former President Theodore Roosevelt.
“Any time you can have a Teddy Roosevelt item, he’s such a man of his times, it’s very exciting,” Joel Kolander, interactive production manager for RIA, told The Daily Wire. “I’ve been working for Rock Island Auction Company for ten years, I can count on one hand the amount of presidential-tied items that we have had.”
The revolver, which could go for up to $1.4 million or more, was shipped to Roosevelt just before he left the U.S. in 1898 to fight in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt did not end up using the gun during the war, instead carrying one that had been salvaged from the USS Maine. The Maine had exploded under mysterious circumstances, precipitating the war with Spain.
“It’s [in] remarkable condition,” Kolander said, “It’s almost fortunate that this revolver did not go off to war because there’s no way that it would have survived in the condition that it did.” The gun, which has been held in a private collection, was factory engraved by the Youngs, a family known at the time for their skill at engraving.
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The auction company sold a gold hunting knife belonging to Roosevelt in 2016 for over $400,000. Kolander said one reason Roosevelt is still so popular is because he embodies American values like rugged individualism.
“For us as Americans or anyone who appreciates some of those traditional American values, Teddy Roosevelt is absolutely someone that’s going to appeal to them,” he said.
Another presidential-linked item at the auction is a <a href="https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/87/1242" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Burnside Carbine</a> that former President Abraham Lincoln presented in 1862 to John J. Crittenden, an influential Kentucky statesman who worked to keep Kentucky in the Union during the Civil War.
The gun, which had been kept by the descendants of Crittenden until 1992, is expected to go for between $100,000 and $300,000.
Other items available at the auction <a href="https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/87/1265" target="_blank" rel="noopener">include</a> the battle and dress swords of Brigadier General John W. M. Appleton, who was one of the white officers leading the 54th Massachusetts, the second African-American regiment during the Civil War. A <a href="https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/87/1238/general-sickles-excelsior-brigade-sword" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sword</a> belonging to Medal of Honor recipient and Gettysburg hero General Dan Sickles, expected to go for between $30,000 and $50,000, can also be purchased.

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Rare Opportunity: President And Rough Rider Teddy Roosevelt’s Revolver Goes Up For Auction

Rare Opportunity: President And Rough Rider Teddy Roosevelt's Revolver Goes Up For Auction

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A state judge has stopped a new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oregon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oregon</a> law from taking effect that would create new barriers to purchasing firearms and ban the sale of any magazine larger than a 10-bullet clip.
Harney County Judge Robert Raschio issued a temporary restraining order over Measure 114, a ballot measure passed last month that places new restrictions on purchasing firearms and magazines. Raschio blocked the new law for violating the Oregon state constitution.
“Absent entry of this Temporary Restraining Order, Plaintiffs will be deprived of their right to bear arms pursuant to Or. Const. Art. l, Sec. 27 by being made unable to lawfully purchase a firearm or bear a magazine capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition in the State of Oregon. Deprivation of fundamental constitutional rights for any period constitutes irreparable harm,” the judge wrote in his Tuesday <a href="https://www.gunowners.org/wp-content/uploads/Oregon-State-Court-TRO-Order.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order</a>.
Raschio’s ruling came as part of a legal challenge against the new law filed by Gun Owners of America (GOA). GOA Senior Vice President Erich Pratt celebrated the ruling.
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“This is an exciting victory for our members in Oregon as the clock was winding down on securing relief from the onerous and unconstitutional requirements this law would have placed on current and future gun owners. We look forward to continuing the fight,” Pratt said in a <a href="https://www.gunowners.org/goa-and-gof-secure-comprehensive-tro-against-oregon-gun-law/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
Measure 114 passed last month in a slim majority vote with 50.6% in favor and 49.4% against. The difference amounted to roughly 25,000 votes.
The new law <a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2022/10/18/oregon-measure-114-gun-laws-permits-safety-class-magazine-limits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">places</a> a number of new restrictions on buying, selling, and owning firearms. The law bans the sale of magazines with a capacity of more than 10 bullets. It includes a permit-to-purchase requirement that requires all firearms customers to get a background check and attend gun safety training before purchase.
The state attorney general’s office said it would appeal the ruling, according to <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/12/oregon-measure-114-temporarily-blocked-by-harney-county-judge-in-separate-challenge.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Oregonian</a>.
“We are still sorting through everything, but I can tell you we will be shortly filing a mandamus petition asking the Oregon Supreme Court to review it immediately,” said Kristina Edmunson, spokeswoman for Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum.
Raschio’s ruling came several hours after a federal judge rejected a request to instate a temporary restraining order and approved the ballot measure to go into effect on December 8 as scheduled, with one exception. The federal judge, U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut, postponed the permit-to-purchase requirement at the state’s request for 30 days.
Despite the federal court’s ruling, Raschio’s decision is still in effect because he ruled on a challenge based on the state constitution. Immergut’s decision is based on a challenge brought on federal constitutional grounds, according to The Oregonian.
Immergut said that no parts of the new law would improperly infringe upon Oregonians’ Second Amendment rights.
“The burden imposed by Measure 114 on the core Second Amendment right of self-defense is minimal,” Immergut <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/12/judge-puts-permit-to-purchase-gun-regulation-on-hold-for-30-days-allows-rest-of-measure-114-to-take-effecct.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
“In light of the evidence of the rise in mass-shooting incidents and the connection between mass-shooting incidents and large-capacity magazines — and absent evidence to the contrary regarding the role of large-capacity magazines for self-defense — Defendants are comparably justified in regulating large-capacity magazines to protect the public,” the judge said.

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