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

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An Ohio law allowing teachers to carry guns in the classroom is now in effect.
House Bill 99, the legislation that permits teachers and staff to carry firearms on campus after 24 hours of training and eight annual training hours, was signed in June and became law on Monday.
“My office worked with the General Assembly to remove hundreds of hours of curriculum irrelevant to school safety and to ensure training requirements were specific to a school environment and contained significant scenario-based training,&#8221; Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said in a June <a href="https://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/Governor-DeWine-Issues-Statements-on-Bills-Passed-by-Ohio-General-Assembly-06022022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> regarding the law&#8217;s signing.
&#8220;House Bill 99 accomplishes these goals, and I thank the General Assembly for passing this bill to protect Ohio children and teachers,” he added.
Local school boards retain the authority to determine whether teachers in their district can possess a firearm on school campuses.
Despite the new law designed to increase school safety, several school districts across the state quickly responded by banning the practice on their campuses. Akron Public Schools and Beachwood City Schools were among those to oppose the new law.
&#8220;We, therefore, stand united in calling for common-sense solutions to keep schools safe and opposing arming school staff,&#8221; the Akron Public School board <a href="https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/06/29/akron-public-schools-will-not-allow-armed-teachers-following-passage-ohio-house-bill-99/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a>. &#8220;We support the board’s resolution and policy changes aimed at keeping our schools safe by refusing to use the option that this new law offers. By doing so, we are keeping our focus on providing the highest quality education to all of our scholars.”
The Cleveland Municipal School Board <a href="https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/06/15/cleveland-school-board-votes-ban-teachers-carrying-guns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> to oppose the new law. Cincinnati-area schools have also <a href="https://www.wlwt.com/article/ohio-law-school-staff-armed-required-training-house-bill-99/41168235" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> they will not be allowing armed teachers.
Despite the school districts that have opted out, the legislation seeks to offer more options for local schools to protect students, teachers, and staff following a rise in school shootings.
Several school safety reforms have been proposed nationwide following a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers in May at Robb Elementary School.
In Ohio, the legislation follows a tragic <a href="https://apnews.com/article/24105c7ab6af41d79b42c082a5e87f84" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2016 shooting</a> during which a 14-year-old student opened fire on fellow students in a school cafeteria.

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

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Visa To Categorize Sales At Gun Stores In Win For Gun Control Advocates

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A male suspect attempted to scale power lines in an effort to evade police after he allegedly fired a gun in northwest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington, D.C.</a>, late Wednesday afternoon.
According to reports, the man was reportedly experiencing a mental health issue and had been standing on a rooftop naked when he allegedly began firing shots and exposing himself. He put his clothes back on before attempting to flee the scene.
FOX5 evening news anchor Jim Lokay kept viewers apprised of the latest developments through a series of tweets.
&#8220;BREAKING: Several streets blocked off in the Brightwood Park section of NW DC around Georgia Ave and Kennedy St as an armed man is standing on a rooftop, and also exposing himself. More to come on #FOX5DC on air and online,&#8221; he tweeted.
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BREAKING: Several streets blocked off in the Brightwood Park section of NW DC around Georgia Ave and Kennedy St as an armed man is standing on a rooftop, and also exposing himself. More to come on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FOX5DC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FOX5DC</a> on air and online. <a href="https://t.co/0VyQUWxE8M">pic.twitter.com/0VyQUWxE8M</a>
&mdash; Jim Lokay (@LokayFOX5) <a href="https://twitter.com/LokayFOX5/status/1567623075096584195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Police attempted to apprehend the man near the intersection of Kennedy St. and Georgia Ave., and although he was able to evade capture, officers did recover a firearm from the scene. Officers said that while the situation was still developing, they did not consider the man to be an &#8220;active threat.&#8221;
D.C. Metro Police officers blocked off several streets in their ongoing effort to continue the investigation.
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MPD Investigation at Georgia Ave, &amp; Jefferson St, NW ⛔️ 5400 Block of Georgia Ave, NW btw Jefferson St &amp; Kennedy St, NW (North/South) ⛔️ 1200 Block of Jefferson St, NW btw Georgia Ave, &amp; 13th St, NW (East/West) 🚗 Watch for MPD directions &gt; Closures are subject to change
&mdash; DC Police Traffic (@DCPoliceTraffic) <a href="https://twitter.com/DCPoliceTraffic/status/1567609908765380608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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According to several follow-up tweets, the suspect attempted a very risky escape using the power lines above the street.
NBC4 reporter Jackie Benson added, &#8220;Happening Now: intersection Georgia and Jefferson NW shut down. Man seen here has disrobed and is trying to swing on power lines. DC police trying to get him to come down.&#8221;
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Happening Now: intersection Georgia and Jefferson NW shut down. Man seen here has disrobed and is trying to swing on power lines. DC police trying to get him to come down ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/nbcwashington?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nbcwashington</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/jhMX9J62zC">pic.twitter.com/jhMX9J62zC</a>
&mdash; Jackie Bensen (@jackiebensen) <a href="https://twitter.com/jackiebensen/status/1567615510954627078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;A man continues to evade police in NW DC, traversing power lines in the Brightwood Park neighborhood, more than an hour after firing a gun from a nearby rooftop. #FOX5DC,&#8221; Lokay added.
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Update: three hours later, the man is still hanging above the street. Police have inflated a large safety cushion on the street below. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FOX5DC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FOX5DC</a> <a href="https://t.co/TwA7lr5SoU">pic.twitter.com/TwA7lr5SoU</a>
&mdash; Jim Lokay (@LokayFOX5) <a href="https://twitter.com/LokayFOX5/status/1567664136531726341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Update: three hours later, the man is still hanging above the street. Police have inflated a large safety cushion on the street below. #FOX5DC,&#8221; Lokay added.
Christian Flores, 7NewsDC reporter, noted that the man had also spent some of his time on the run utilizing the rooftops.
&#8220;We&#8217;re at the scene where a man is running across roofs of homes on Jefferson and 13th in NW D.C.,&#8221; he shared. &#8220;Just moments ago he was walking across power lines.&#8221;
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We’re at the scene where a man is running across roofs of homes on Jefferson and 13th in NW D.C. Just moments ago he was walking across power lines. <a href="https://t.co/5TVD5wrPzC">pic.twitter.com/5TVD5wrPzC</a>
&mdash; Christian Flores (@CFloresNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CFloresNews/status/1567630781241065472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pennsylvania" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pennsylvania</a> high school awaiting a delivery of textbooks got a box full of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/guns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guns</a> instead in a screwup that left educators stunned.
The box containing six .30-caliber M1 rifles arrived last week at Chester High School in Delaware County. After it was opened to reveal its contents, shocked school officials immediately called the police, <a href="https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/box-of-guns-mistakenly-delivered-to-delaware-county-high-school/3343155/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to NBCPhiladelphia.com</a>.
“When deliveries come in, we check everything,” Kevin Thomas, Chester High School maintenance employee told the station. “Usually, it’s like school supplies. So I don’t think – in the history, nothing like this has ever happened. So it had to be a big misunderstanding, big mistake.”
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FedEx mistakenly delivered a box of guns to Chester High School. Parents want to know how something like this could happen. <a href="https://twitter.com/MWrightReports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MWrightReports</a> has answers<a href="https://t.co/4qBhPw1ZfV">https://t.co/4qBhPw1ZfV</a>
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Schools Superintendent Craig Parkinson said the school was awaiting a delivery of textbooks for the start of the school year when the box of rifles arrived.
&#8220;Any time any type of firearms on a school ground, school property, they have to be confiscated,&#8221; Parkinson <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/guns-mistakenly-delivered-chester-high-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told CBSPhiladelphia.com</a>.
The guns, manufactured by Springfield Armory, were stored at the school over the weekend, then fetched on Monday by FedEx after the mistake was discovered.
&#8220;The driver was you can see visibly concerned and very professional, very, apologetic. He definitely made it clear that it was a mistake,&#8221; Parkinson said.
Police determined it was an “honest mistake,” possibly due to a typo in the address. Although students have not yet returned for class, the district sent a note to parents to assure them things were under control.
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s ridiculous. She&#8217;s just about to start this year and to hear something like that, I don&#8217;t know if I want to bring her here,&#8221; parent Tearia Gibbs told the CBS affiliate.
Chester Police Commissioner Steven Gretsky said the box was addressed to a nearby auto repair shop whose owner is a firearms enthusiast.
&#8220;He was an avid gun collector,&#8221; Gretzky said. &#8220;I&#8217;m just grateful we had positive results that we were able to get the firearms from the high school back here instead of somewhere else on the street in the city of Chester.&#8221;
Chester is a suburb of Philadelphia and is located on the Delaware River&#8217;s western bank between the City of Brotherly Love and Wilmington, Delaware.

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Gun manufacturer Smith &amp; Wesson ripped politicians for demonizing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/guns">guns</a> and lawful gun owners to cover for failed policies that have led to surging <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crime</a> rates.
Company president and CEO Mark Smith released a 440-word statement Monday castigating “politicians and their lobbying partners in the media.” Smith accused the cabal of using his company and other gun manufacturers as scapegoats for a “crisis of violence” that has rocked the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-states">United States</a>.
“Some have had the audacity to suggest that after they have vilified, undermined and defunded law enforcement for years, supported prosecutors who refuse to hold criminals accountable for their actions, overseen the decay of our country’s mental health infrastructure, and generally promoted a culture of lawlessness, Smith &amp; Wesson and other firearm manufacturers are somehow responsible for the crime wave that has predictably resulted from these destructive policies,” Smith said. “But they are the ones to blame for the surge in violence and lawlessness, and they seek to avoid any responsibility for the crisis of violence they have created by attempting to shift the blame to Smith &amp; Wesson, other firearm manufacturers and law-abiding gun owners.”
“It is no surprise that the cities suffering most from violent crime are the very same cities that have promoted irresponsible, soft-on-crime policies that often treat criminals as victims and victims as criminals,” he continued, noting that often those cities have strict gun control policies.
Leftist prosecutors in cities such as Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia have overseen spikes of violent crime across the communities they are tasked with keeping orderly and safe. Philadelphia is particularly dangerous and at risk of <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/crime/philadelphia-gun-violence-2022-shootings-data-20220622.html">setting</a> a record for most homicides in a year, tracking closely with its previous record set just last year.
Philadelphia&#8217;s Soros-backed district attorney, Larry Krasner, is one of the most left-leaning prosecutors in the U.S. He has faced intense criticism over his city&#8217;s spate of violent crime, and has even been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/us/philadelphia-gun-violence-shootings.html">threatened</a> by Republican state lawmakers with impeachment.
President Joe Biden has made gun control one of his main priorities. He has repeated his <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-make-prime-time-address-calling-gun-reform-legislation-rcna31665">calls</a> to ban certain semi-automatic rifles and &#8220;high-capacity&#8221; magazines after mass shooting events.
In June, Democrats <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/senator-ed-markey-gun-safety-legislation-smith-wesson-headquarters/">held</a> an event outside the Smith &amp; Wesson headquarters in Springfield, Massachusetts, calling for stricter gun control. The event was led by Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey (D) targeted the gun manufacturer explicitly.
“More and more mass shooters murder more and more Americans with these assault weapons in hand,” Markey said. “The AR-15 style assault weapons made right here at Smith and Wesson were used in mass shootings.”
Smith said blame directed at guns and gun-owners is misplaced. “To be clear, a Smith &amp; Wesson firearm has never broken into a home, a Smith &amp; Wesson firearm has never assaulted a woman out for a late-night run in the city, a Smith &amp; Wesson firearm has never carjacked an unsuspecting driver stopped at a traffic light,” he wrote.
“Instead, Smith &amp; Wesson provides these citizens with the means to protect themselves and their families,” he said. Smith ended his statement pledging to “never back down in our defense of the Second Amendment.”
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Amid an unprecedented and unjustified attack on the firearm industry, Smith &amp; Wesson President &amp; CEO issues strong statement: <a href="https://t.co/6NHztbGIe4">pic.twitter.com/6NHztbGIe4</a>
&mdash; Smith &amp; Wesson Inc. (@Smith_WessonInc) <a href="https://twitter.com/Smith_WessonInc/status/1559209562858717187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> forensic report has reportedly concluded that the revolver that was used during the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie &#8220;Rust&#8221; could not have been fired without pulling the trigger.
The report comes in response to actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin</a> shooting Hutchins on the movie set after he claims that he believed he was handling a firearm that was not loaded with live ammunition.
The FBI report obtained by ABC News says that the .45 Colt revolver &#8220;could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger&#8221; while in a quarter-cocked position, a half-cocked position, and a fully-cocked position.
If the hammer on the revolver was in the de-cocked position, the firearm could discharge a round by striking the hammer, which is a standard way that a revolver operates.
In an ABC News interview late last year with George Stephanopoulos, Baldwin <a href="https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/xvYbo4taxjgsIdqDpKI75aul1sKQ7OFiPpvemkXTbbSNXKQgRWzOJ5O2Q61_aDQQNUF7jk7lgQ6FlA9e-MTXctSK0qI">said</a> that he pulled &#8220;the hammer as far back as I could without cocking&#8221; it and then he &#8220;let go of the hammer&#8221; and &#8220;bang, the gun goes off.&#8221;
Baldwin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alec-baldwin-on-shooting-halyna-hutchins-the-trigger-wasnt-pulled-i-didnt-pull-the-trigger">said</a> in the interview that &#8220;the trigger wasn&#8217;t pulled,&#8221; &#8220;I didn&#8217;t pull the trigger,&#8221; &#8220;I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them,&#8221; and &#8220;someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn’t even supposed to be on the property.&#8221;
The Washington Post published a fact-check <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/08/baldwin-says-he-never-pulled-trigger-experts-are-skeptical/">article</a> after the interview that quoted various firearm experts who expressed skepticism over Baldwin&#8217;s claims.
Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwie effectively said in a statement earlier this month that nothing was being ruled out in terms of what prosecutors could do.
&#8220;Once the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office (&#8216;FJDA&#8217;) receives the completed investigation from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office (&#8216;SFSO&#8217;), the FJDA will begin the screening process and any necessary follow-up investigation,&#8221; she said in a statement. &#8220;To date, my office has received portions of the Rust investigation from SFSO but is still awaiting the balance of supplemental reports including, but not limited to, the following: FBI firearm and tool mark analyses, forensic testing on the firearm itself, the forensic download from Suffolk County PD of Mr. Baldwin’s phone, and the pathology report from the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator.&#8221;
&#8220;Once SFSO receives those—and any other outstanding items—and completes its supplemental reports, the screening process will begin, and my team and I will make a charging decision,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;To expedite the FJDA review process, I have added retired Ninth Judicial District Attorney, Andrea Reeb to the team, as a special prosecutor for this case. To remain transparent to the local and national community, the FJDA will proactively disseminate information as it becomes available.&#8221;

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/irs">IRS</a> is about to go on an 87,000-employee hiring spree and many of those new tax collectors will be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/guns">packing heat</a> while they hunt for money.
The agency just got an $80 billion cut of President Biden’s <a href="https://time.com/6204537/inflation-reduction-act-whats-in-it/">Inflation Reduction Act</a>, which it will use to roughly <a href="https://time.com/6204928/irs-87000-agents-factcheck-biden/">double its ranks</a> by 2031. More than half will go to &#8220;enforcement-related&#8221; efforts, which includes hiring special agents, who the agency&#8217;s job description <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/irs-seeks-armed-accountants-ready-for-deadly-force">says</a> will “carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary.”
“As a Special Agent you will combine your accounting skills with law enforcement skills to investigate financial crimes,&#8221; the description states. &#8220;Special Agents are duly sworn law enforcement officers who are trained to ‘follow the money.'&#8221;
In addition to carrying guns and badges, investigators in the IRS Criminal Investigation branch, who have carried firearms and used special equipment for years, will be outfitted with all the trappings of police officers. Other <a href="https://www.irs.gov/irm/part9/irm_09-011-003">investigative equipment</a> at their disposal includes fleet and surveillance vehicles, radio communication equipment, body armor, electronic surveillance equipment, audio and video equipment, cameras and lenses, night vision equipment, optical equipment, funds for confidential informants, and something called &#8220;padded training suits.&#8221; The IRS <a href="https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/government-verify/internal-revenue-service-did-buy-nearly-700k-in-ammunition/536-0ce9f538-a372-4c26-8013-1ab4e571578c#:~:text=On%20July%201%2C%20Congressman%20Matt,of%20dollars%20worth%20of%20ammunition.">bought $700,000 in ammunition</a> earlier this year.
The new hires won&#8217;t be picked on their merits alone, according to the agency.
“Criminal Investigation Special Agents are part of a diverse workforce that mirrors the taxpaying public we serve,” the IRS vowed.
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig told the Senate in an August 4 <a href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/commissioners-letter-to-the-senate.pdf">letter</a> that the agency&#8217;s massive expansion should not scare the middle class.
“These resources are absolutely not about increasing audit scrutiny on small businesses or middle-income Americans,&#8221; Rettig wrote. &#8220;As we&#8217;ve been planning, our investment of these enforcement resources is designed around the Department of the Treasury&#8217;s directive that audit rates will not rise relative to recent years for households making under $400,000.”
Observers are skeptical.
Nonpartisan watchdog Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that as much as <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/03/why-irs-80b-expansion-is-a-nightmare-for-small-business/">90% of the estimated $200 billion</a> in additional funds the IRS will collect as a result of beefing up its ranks <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/31/senate-gop-argues-data-shows-schumer-manchin-deal-raises-taxes-on-earners-under-400k/">will come from small businesses.</a>
“The IRS will have to target small and medium businesses because they won’t fight back,&#8221; Joe Hinchman, executive vice president at National Taxpayers Union Foundation, told the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/10/irs-audits-will-absolutely-not-target-middle-income-americans/">New York Post</a>. &#8220;We’ve seen this play out before … the IRS says ‘We’re going after the rich’ but when you’re trying to raise that much money, the rich can only get you so far.”
“The approach here is to double the IRS workforce, take the leash off, and see how much they can collect,” Hinchman added.
Rettig&#8217;s letter to lawmakers about the aggressive growth plan included a potentially ominous sentence, at least for anyone who has ever been audited.
“I cannot be forceful enough in emphasizing that these resources will be transformative for the agency and for American taxpayers,” Rettig wrote.

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Madison County, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/north-carolina">North Carolina</a>, is planning to put <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/guns">semi-automatic rifles</a> in each of its six schools heading into the 2022-2023 school year for enhanced security in the case of an active shooter threat.
County Sheriff Buddy Harwood announced that the rifles will be stored in secured safes at each of the county&#8217;s elementary, middle, and high schools. The six schools will also store breaching tools and ammunition in the safes that law enforcement could access in the case of an emergency.
“We were able to put an AR-15 rifle and safe in all of our schools in the county,&#8221; Harwood <a href="https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/madison/2022/08/05/madison-county-schools-add-ar-15-rifles-enhance-security/10234037002/">told</a> the Asheville Citizen Times. &#8220;We&#8217;ve also got breaching tools to go into those safes. We&#8217;ve got extra magazines with ammo in those safes.”
The Sheriff said that storing the breaching tools and AR-15s in school safes will help law enforcement act more quickly in the case of an emergency. Having the option to obtain a semi-automatic weapon in the instance of an active school shooter could save time and help law enforcement officers save lives, according to Harwood.
“Hopefully we&#8217;ll never need it, but I want my guys to be as prepared as prepared can be,” the Sheriff commented.
Harwood admitted that storing semi-automatic rifles in schools is not ideal, but said it’s necessary given the recent school shootings around the country. “I want the parents of Madison County to know we&#8217;re going to take every measure necessary to ensure our kids are safe in this school system,” he said.
The county’s decision stems from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/uvalde-cops-knew-kids-were-still-alive-inside-the-school-and-waited-outside-anyway-report">police failures</a> during the May 24 Robb Elementary School mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where a lone gunman murdered 19 children and two adults. Law enforcement officers waited in the hallway outside the classroom for over an hour after the shooter began killing elementary-aged children at Robb Elementary. One of the first <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uvalde-shooting-police-waited-hour-backup-rcna30622">excuses</a> given by police for their hesitation after arriving on scene was that they were ill-equipped to engage the shooter and needed backup.
“Those officers were in that building for so long, and that suspect was able to infiltrate that building and injure and kill so many kids,” Harwood said of the Uvalde massacre. “I just want to make sure my deputies are prepared in the event that happens.&#8221;

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas">Texas</a> jury ordered Infowars host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alex-jones">Alex Jones</a> to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages on Friday to the parents of a 6-year-old child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting.
The hefty charge comes on top of another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-alex-jones-fined-4-1-million-in-sandy-hook-defamation-trial">$4.1 million compensatory charge</a> that the jury directed Jones to pay to Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, the parents of 6-year-old Jesse, who was killed at Sandy Hook alongside 19 other children and six educators. The trial is the first of three over conspiratorial comments Jones made following the Sandy Hook tragedy denying it had happened.
Jones will sit for two more trials next month, one more in Texas and another in Delaware, and face the families of more of the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. The families allege that Jones defamed them in the aftermath of the tragedy.
In closing comments on Friday, Lewis and Heslin&#8217;s attorney Todd Ball told the jury: “We ask that you send a very, very simple message, and that is, stop Alex Jones. Stop the monetization of misinformation and lies. Please.”
Jones’ attorney Andino Reynal argued to the jury that a fair fine for the Infowars host would be roughly a quarter of a million dollars, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/05/media/alex-jones-punitive-damages-sandy-hook/index.html">CNN</a>. Reynal said Jones should be fined according to his purported earnings of $14,000 per hour for the 18 hours he made false claims about Sandy Hook in the aftermath of the shooting.
Reynal had also asked the jury for a low penalty the day before when the jury was set to decide compensatory damages. Reynal argued that Jones had made a “terrible mistake” and asked the jury to fine his client just $1.
“He made a terrible mistake,” Reynal told jurors, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-jones-must-pay-41-million-parents-sandy-hook-school-massacre-vict-rcna41493">NBC News</a>. “That mistake was weaponized by the same political forces that had descended upon Sandy Hook when it happened.”
During the trial, Jones testified that the media and his critics had never allowed for him to take back his comments, despite his retractions and admissions that he was wrong.
Both parents <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-6-year-old-sandy-hook-victim-say-alex-jones-made-life-living-h-rcna41204">testified</a> during the trial. Heslin said that “the negligence and recklessness of Alex Jones” had made his life a “living hell.”
Lewis said, “having a 6-year-old son shot in front of his classroom is unbearable and you don’t think you’re going to survive and then to have someone on top of that perpetuate a lie that it was a hoax, that it was a false flag.”
“I don’t think you understand the fear you perpetuate, not just to the victim’s family but to our family, our friends and any survivor from that school,” Lewis added.

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All too often, major media outlets spend hours of airtime and tens of thousands of words covering the instances where firearms are used by criminals to hurt people. For some reason, those same outlets rarely address how often peaceful individuals use firearms in order to protect themselves, their loved ones, and their communities.
Last week, The Daily Wire covered the story of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-peaceful-citizens-can-stop-mass-shootings-one-just-did-in-indiana">Elisjsha Dicken</a>, who stopped a would-be mass shooter in his tracks, and last month, we covered several other <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5-times-a-lawfully-armed-citizen-stopped-a-would-be-mass-shooter-in-his-tracks">armed individuals</a> who stopped mass shootings. However, there are hundreds of thousands — possibly millions — of defensive gun uses in the United States that don’t receive even that level of coverage.
<a href="https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/18319/chapter/3#15">In a 2013 study</a>, the National Academies Press reported that defensive gun uses number between 500,000 and 3 million per year. With all of those times a firearm was used to preserve and protect life kept in mind, here are four key stories from just last month:
<h4>80-Year-Old Store Owner Shoots Armed Robber</h4>
On July 31, 80-year-old Craig Cope, who owns a convenience store in Norco, California, saw an armed assailant exit a vehicle on the store’s surveillance cameras just before 3:00 AM. Cope immediately retrieved the shotgun he kept behind the counter and <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/caught-on-camera-80-year-old-norco-store-owner-shoots-attempted-robbery-suspect/">shot the would-be robber</a> in the arm as he entered the store, before the robber was able to cause any harm or steal any property.
Cope specifically installed his new surveillance system less than a year ago because of the uptick in store robberies in the area, and it clearly paid off. One of the store employees told the local CBS station: “I’m proud to call him my boss. He makes us feel better about being here, you know.”
<h4>Pregnant Woman Saves Herself And Unborn Child By Shooting Attacker</h4>
A 34-year-old pregnant woman in Ohio likely saved her life, and the life of her unborn child, on July 29 during a domestic violence incident. According to 911 calls, shortly before 11:00 AM, the expectant mother was being choked by a male attacker when <a href="https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/07/29/man-shot-during-domestic-dispute-lake-township-uniontown-police/10182184002/">she grabbed a nearby gun and shot her attacker</a>. 
The man had, just the month prior, pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge for violating an order from police to cease all communication with the same woman. He received a 30-day sentence, but he only spent one day in jail, with the other 29 days suspended. Police have a warrant for the man’s arrest as soon as he is discharged from the hospital.
<h4>Armed Bystander Saves Store Clerk Being Held At Knife-Point</h4>
A female store clerk in St. Charles, Missouri may be alive today because a 26-year-old man from St. Louis happened to stop into a QuikTrip to use the bathroom shortly after 3:00 AM. On July 16, as the man was leaving the store, he saw another man abruptly pull up in an SUV, run into the store with a backpack, and drag the female clerk to the front of the store screaming. The attacker held a knife to the woman’s throat.
The young man, who had just left the store, grabbed a handgun from his vehicle and ran back into the store to confront the assailant. When the assailant approached the armed civilian with his backpack saying, “I have something for you,” <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-shoots-kills-robbery-suspect-during-violent-crime-spree-in-st-charles/article_31011371-4d41-5b63-815b-027d9fe163b2.html">the civilian opened fire, killing the assailant</a>. It turns out the assailant was on a violent crime spree, having robbed two other stores that night and severely injuring a clerk at one of those stores.
<h4>Concealed Carry License Holder In Chicago Defends Himself And His 11-Year-Old Daughter</h4>
The last thing most people expect when sitting in a McDonald’s parking lot while having dinner on a Tuesday night is needing to defend yourself and your daughter from an armed attacker. But that’s exactly what happened at a McDonald’s in Chicago on July 14. Around 5:00 PM, a masked 19-year-old approached a man’s car, began yelling, and then drew a gun and fired several shots into the car.
However, the would-be victim was armed, and he immediately drew his own handgun and <a href="https://cwbchicago.com/2022/07/27-concealed-carry-holder-shot-man-who-opened-fire-on-his-car-at-mcdonalds.html">returned fire</a>, probably saving not only his life, but the life of his 11-year-old daughter who was sitting in the back seat. While police found bullet holes in the car&#8217;s passenger door, hood, and tire, miraculously, neither the man nor his daughter were harmed. The attacker, who had pending charges for carjacking, burglary, and aggravated battery, was found in a nearby parking garage with gunshot wounds to his hand, arm, and foot and was taken into custody.
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These are just a few of the many defensive gun uses that occurred in July alone. This doesn’t include the <a href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/clearwater-woman-fatally-shoots-man-who-broke-into-her-bedroom-police-say">Clearwater, Florida woman who fatally shot a man attacking her in her bedroom in June</a>; the <a href="https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/suspected-stalker-shot-dead-after-kicking-in-the-door-of-a-womans-apartment-police-say-houston-texas-investigation-handgun-investigators-detectives-evidence-witnesses">Webster, Texas woman who shot her stalker after he kicked in her front door in May</a>; or the <a href="https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-shoots-kills-2-teens-who-tried-to-rob-him-officials-say/3224640/">Norristown, Pennsylvania man who shot two teens that tried to rob him at gun point in April</a>. 
What is clear is that despite the vast majority of time most legacy media outlets dedicate to covering the instances when firearms are used by criminals to hurt people, those instances pale in comparison to the hundreds of thousands — maybe millions — of times that peaceful individuals use firearms to protect themselves, their loved ones, or even strangers every day in this country. Any attempt to disarm these peaceful people, or any peaceful person in this country, is not only unconstitutional, but deeply immoral and dangerous.
Cody J. Wisniewski (<a href="https://twitter.com/TheWizardofLawz">@TheWizardofLawz</a>) is a Senior Attorney for Constitutional Litigation with <a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/">Firearms Policy Coalition</a>. His work has appeared in the Washington Times, the Washington Examiner, National Review, Daily Wire, and more. He primarily focuses on Second Amendment issues but is happy so long as he is reminding the government of its enumerated powers and constitutional limitations.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A retired <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington">Washington, D.C.</a> police lieutenant shot and killed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/police">police officer</a> Thursday during a training session inside a city library, police said.
In a news conference Thursday afternoon, a Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee said said the shooting happened in the city&#8217;s Anacostia Library, a public branch of the city&#8217;s library system. Maurica Manyan, 25, of Indian Head, Maryland, who worked as a public library special police officer, was allegedly shot by Jesse Porter, 58, in the incident. Porter was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ex-officer-charged-in-fatal-shooting-at-dc-special-officer-training/ar-AA10lGpR">police told News4</a>.
&#8220;Officers arrived at this location and found a library police officer unconscious suffering from a gunshot wound,&#8221; Contee said. &#8220;What we&#8217;ve learned so far, is that there was a training that was taking place.&#8221;
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The female officer, described as a &#8220;library police officer,&#8221; was pronounced dead at an area hospital. Other library police officers, as well as the retired lieutenant, were being interviewed late Thursday afternoon, according to officials.
Metropolitan Police officials were working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia in the investigation into exactly what happened. Porter was conducting training on how to use an extended baton made by a company called ASP, Contee said.
&#8220;The training was being conducted by a retired member of the Metropolitan Police Department, a retired lieutenant, who was conducting training in one of the training rooms, and at some point &#8230; at the end of the training, the retired lieutenant fired a shot from a weapon that struck this police officer,&#8221; Congee said.
Sources told News4 that Porter drew a handgun to illustrate how quickly it could be done, but fired one shot, striking the special police officer in the chest. Homicide detectives were called to the scene and were looking into why the trainer had live ammunition.
“I don’t have answers as to why the live firearm was in ASP baton training,” Contee said.

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