In movies like Enemy of the State, Americans are shown a dystopian world where government surveillance turns ordinary citizens into targets, with shadowy agencies tracking their every move without oversight or accountability. Sadly, this Hollywood nightmare is now reality.
During the Biden administration, federal agencies like the FBI were secretly monitoring law-abiding gun owners through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) — tracking their lawful firearm purchases without a warrant and without ever informing those being monitored. Even Congress was kept in the dark. What once seemed like fiction is now a troubling truth, as the federal government turns its surveillance powers inward against its own people, eroding the freedoms it was meant to protect.
For years, the FBI has been surveilling the gun purchases of thousands of law-abiding citizens using the NICS system. This daily NICS Monitoring program operates without the requirement of a warrant or probable cause, and entirely outside the purview of any court. It enables federal agents to select a target for surveillance and receive a notification every time the victim purchases a firearm. Surveilled Americans have no way of ever knowing they are being tracked.
None of this information is new. Gun Owners of America has reported on the FBI’s NICS Monitoring abuses <a href="https://www.ammoland.com/2024/12/foia-shows-the-extent-of-atf-monitoring-americans-through-fbis-nics-system/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at length</a>, and the FBI’s warrantless surveillance program has been the subject of a years-long Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) lawsuit pitting GOA against a <a href="https://www.gunowners.org/atf-attempts-to-silence-gun-owners-of-america/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">belligerent</a> and uncooperative Department of Justice.
<h3>Ongoing NICS Monitoring Abuses</h3>
Naturally, being free to operate entirely without legal standards or judicial oversight, federal agents have rampantly abused NICS Monitoring, surveilling individuals engaged in all manner of innocuous activities. Without any accountability, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) requested NICS Monitoring of individuals who purchased firearms in response to social unrest, those whose firearm expenditures appeared disproportionate to their income, and even persons who bought and sold firearms as a hobby.
During the Biden administration, federal agents even directed their surveillance toward ordinary Californians — like a modern-day Panopticon, where prison inmates can be secretly watched without knowing when. In a recent <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-weaponizes-background-checks-enforce-california-gun-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FOIA production</a>, GOA discovered that the FBI had been assisting in the enforcement of anti-gun states’ “assault weapons” bans. The FBI actually used NICS Monitoring on one individual for suspected violations of California’s unconstitutional gun regime — despite there being no evidence of any federal wrongdoing.
Thankfully, Pam Bondi’s DOJ recently <a href="https://x.com/GunOwners/status/1915855957927616648" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered the FBI</a> to end the Biden-era practice of using NICS monitoring to help enforce state gun laws. But who knows how long this practice has been occurring? Because with such a low bar for monitoring, perhaps you have also been NICS Monitored, maybe for nothing more than a Facebook comment or a bumper sticker, or attendance at a political rally. Of course, you would never know either way.
<h3>FBI Weaponization Against January 6 Protesters</h3>
Now, GOA has discovered that the FBI’s surveillance program goes further than previously thought. Recently obtained FOIA documents reveal the NICS Monitoring of a person suspected of being present at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
In fact, in one June 6, 2023 NICS Monitoring submission, an unnamed FBI agent requested NICS Monitoring of an individual’s lawful gun purchases for a period of six months, for several “violations or potential violations” that are common J6 charges:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">18 U.S.C. § 231(a)(3) &#8211; Civil Disorder; </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(1) and (2) &#8211; Restricted Building or Grounds; </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(E) &#8211; Impeding Passage through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings.</li>
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Of course, this should come as no surprise. After all, the Biden-era FBI was no stranger to victimizing thousands of Trump supporters associated with January 6. On January 6 itself, the U.S. Capitol was crawling with <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/legal-scholar-raises-concerns-over-doj-hiding-fbi-informants-jan-6">FBI informants</a>, seemingly directed to frame those attending the President’s “Save America” rally.
In the days that followed, the FBI <a href="https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/540721-intercept-reporter-fbis-rapid-collection-of-phone-records-after-capitol-riot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aggressively collected</a> cell phone data of those who had been present in Washington, DC, often without a warrant. The FBI even improperly <a href="https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-fbi-surveillance-75c466a64e838ab12eaef96f6335f3cd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accessed</a> information collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to target purely domestic persons and activities. And in the twilight hours of the Biden regime, the Department of Justice <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/fbi-searches-alleged-jan-6-rioters-home-ahead-donald-trumps-return-pre-rcna137787" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continued to raid</a> suspected January 6ers’ homes, with FBI operations extending well into December of 2024.
But now, the United States has a new Attorney General. And when Pam Bondi took her oath of office, she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bondi-sworn-attorney-general-mission-end-weaponization-justice-department" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised</a> to end the rampant “weaponization” of the FBI and to close Biden’s chapter of hyper-partisanship and two-tiered justice for good.
That promise will ring hollow if NICS Monitoring is not dismantled. So long as the mechanism remains in place to surveil gun owners’ lawful purchases — especially with no judicial approval or oversight — there is little stopping a future administration from resuming the abuses of Biden’s FBI.
What once seemed like the stuff of Hollywood thrillers has become a sobering fact of American life. The secret surveillance of lawful gun owners through NICS Monitoring is not just a bureaucratic overreach — it’s a direct assault on the freedoms that define our nation.
To restore trust in our institutions, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel must act swiftly to end warrantless spying on law-abiding gun owners. Americans should not have to live in fear that exercising their rights will land them on a secret government watchlist. We are not characters in a movie — we are citizens of a free republic, and it’s time our government remembered that.
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Erich Pratt is the Senior Vice President of Gun Owners of America, a national grassroots organization representing more than two million gun owners, and can be followed on X  <a href="https://twitter.com/erichmpratt">@erichmpratt.</a>
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Authorities identified the man accused of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shooting-reported-at-florida-state-university-at-least-4-people-wounded?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=At+Least+2+Dead%2C+Multiple+Wounded+In+Shooting+At+Florida+State" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opening fire</a> at Florida State University on Thursday as the son of a Leon County, Florida, Sheriff&#8217;s Department deputy.
At least two people were killed and six more were wounded in the shooting that took place just before noon ET. Leon County Sheriff Walter A. McNeil identified the shooter, whom The Daily Wire will not name per company policy, as a 20-year-old male student at FSU, who is the son of a sheriff&#8217;s deputy who has been with the Leon County Sheriff&#8217;s Department for over 18 years.
&#8220;Her service to this community has been exceptional,&#8221; Sheriff McNeil said of the deputy. &#8220;Unfortunately, her son had access to one of her weapons, and that was one of the weapons that was found at the scene.&#8221;
The weapon found at the scene was not the firearm that the deputy was currently using on the force, but rather one that she had been issued previously by her department.
&#8220;A lot of times — many agencies, mine included — when we transition to a new handgun, the officers are allowed to purchase the handgun they used prior. &#8230; I believe that&#8217;s the case here,&#8221; Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence E. Revell said at a press conference Thursday afternoon.
The 20-year-old suspect was also a &#8220;longstanding member of the Leon County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Youth Advisory Council,&#8221; McNeil added. &#8220;So he has been steeped in the Leon County Sheriff&#8217;s Office family, engaged in a number of training programs that we have, so it&#8217;s not a surprise to us that he had access to weapons.&#8221;
The shooter was neutralized &#8220;immediately&#8221; by Florida State University Police, and he has been transported to a local hospital. Neither of the victims who were killed were Florida State students, and their identities have not yet been released, Interim FSU Police Chief Justin Maloy said at the press conference.
FSU President Richard McCullough called the first responders &#8220;absolute heroes.&#8221;
&#8220;The call went out, and immediately they responded to the scene and immediately neutralized the suspect and prevented this from being a bigger tragedy,&#8221; McCullough said.
Florida State canceled classes and all athletic events on campus for the rest of the week.
President Donald Trump addressed the shooting from the Oval Office during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, adding that he has been “fully briefed as to where we are right now.”
“It’s a shame. It’s a horrible thing, horrible that things like this take place,” Trump added. “And we’ll have more to say about it later.”

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David Hogg, freshly minted into leadership at the Democratic National Committee, is warning that he plans to push primaries against some members of his own party.
Hogg co-founded and is president of Leaders We Deserve, a group dedicated to electing young progressives, which is launching a push to primary House Democrats they view as &#8220;out-of-touch&#8221; and &#8220;ineffective.&#8221;
The $20 million effort will reportedly attempt to oust House Democrats in deep blue districts and elect younger leaders who will fight Trump more aggressively. The group will also spend money on races for state legislatures, Hogg <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/politics/david-hogg-dnc-leaders-we-deserve.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Hogg, 25, was elected as vice chair of the DNC less than three months ago. The young progressive activist initially made a name for himself after he survived the deadly school shooting at Parkland High School back in 2018, often going on profane rants demanding gun control.
The move by a member of the party brass to oust current Democratic lawmakers is an unprecedented one and is sure to face pushback from other Democrats.
“This is going to anger a lot of people,” Hogg <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/politics/david-hogg-dnc-leaders-we-deserve.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The New York Times, adding that he predicts a &#8220;smear campaign against me.&#8221;
“People say they want change in the Democratic Party, but really they want change so long as it doesn’t potentially endanger their position of power,” he told the paper. “That’s not actually wanting change. That’s selfishness.”
Hogg also reportedly refused to sign a “neutrality policy,” asking party leaders not to engage in any activity that would “call into question their impartiality and evenhandedness,” either in “their D.N.C. capacity and in their personal capacity.”
The Democratic Party has struggled to find its footing and a cohesive message that resonates with the public after the thrashing candidates up and down the ballot took in the November election.
Some of the internal strife involves the younger generation of progressives bucking older party leadership, urging policies further to the left and a more aggressive approach against the Trump administration.
“What we are not saying here is, ‘Oh, you’re old, you need to go,’” Hogg said of older elected Democrats. “What we’re saying is we need to make room for a new generation to step up and help make sure that we have the people that are most acutely impacted by a lot of the issues that we are legislating on — that are actually going to live to see the consequences of this.”
Hogg did not name any specific Democrats his group is looking to unseat yet.

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Federal law enforcement officials arrested 36-year-old Paul Hyon Kim, a resident of Las Vegas, this week on charges stemming from an attack on a Tesla shop.
Kim, who was arraigned in federal court on Thursday, was charged with one count of unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm and one count of arson, the DOJ said in a statement. He remains in federal custody.
“The Department of Justice has been clear: anyone who participates in the wave of domestic terrorism targeting Tesla properties will suffer severe legal consequences,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi. “We will continue to find, arrest, and prosecute these attackers until the lesson is learned.”
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department patrol officers responded to a call last Tuesday about gunshots and a person setting vehicles on fire.
Investigators discovered that &#8220;Molotov cocktails and a .30 caliber AR-style firearm were used to damage and destroy five Tesla vehicles,&#8221; the DOJ said.
Spray paint was also used to vandalize the building with graffiti that said &#8220;Resist&#8221; — a common rally cry for the far-Left.
Police executed a search warrant on Wednesday at Kim&#8217;s home where they discovered a firearm consistent with the one used in the attack, &#8220;a black gun belt with a pouch and a small drop of pink paint residue, a black hoodie, face masks, and a handwritten note with what appeared to be an escape plan.&#8221;
If convicted, Kim faces up to 10 years in prison for the firearm charge and 20 years in prison for the arson charge.
“As promised, acts of violence and vandalism will not be tolerated, and today law enforcement personnel acted quickly to arrest an individual on charges including arson,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “Under Attorney General Bondi&#8217;s leadership, we will continue to pursue these investigations with the full force of law and will bring to justice anyone responsible for these attacks.”
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BREAKING: Suspected Las Vegas Tesla fire bomber Paul Kim has been charged by the Feds and is now in federal custody following his arrest by <a href="https://twitter.com/LVMPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LVMPD</a>. He is now charged federally w/ arson &amp; unregistered firearm. He faces 5-20 years in prison on the arson charge &amp; up to 10 years on… <a href="https://t.co/qE4Ofb8BRZ">pic.twitter.com/qE4Ofb8BRZ</a>
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Scott Hayes, 48, says he will likely have to go to trial for shooting an anti-Israel man who tackled him after a district attorney backed away from finalizing a disposition to resolve the case outside the courtroom.
Hayes was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and released on a $5,000 bail on September 13 after he shot Caleb Gannon, who charged through traffic and tackled Hayes in Newton, Massachusetts. Hayes pleaded not guilty and said shooting Gannon in the stomach was an act of self-defense.
“I am demanding a trial because the district attorney’s office continues to miss deadlines, go back on agreements, and play with my life,” Hayes said. “If they think they have a strong case — which they don’t — I’ll see you in court.”
Hayes, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disabled-veteran-loses-job-after-shooting-anti-israel-attacker">who lost his job</a> over the incident, spent the last few months working out terms with the office of Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan. According to Hayes, Ryan’s office and Hayes’ legal team worked out terms for a “pretrial probation” (PTB) with no admission of liability, which would suspend Hayes’ license to carry during the period and require him to complete a de-escalation course and stay away from Gannon.
The point of contention is whether Hayes should stay out of Newton, the town where Gannon resides. Hayes believes that the condition is unnecessary, and that he should not have to stay out of the major Boston suburb, where he has many friends. The two sides were supposed to argue to a judge on Tuesday, until Hayes’ lawyer was informed that the DA’s office cancelled the hearing.
Ryan’s office ignored requests about the reason for the cancellation of the meeting on Tuesday and instead said the case hearing is scheduled for March 20.
Immediately after his release on bail, Hayes was required to wear a GPS ankle monitor, which flagged him several times for violating the stay-out-of-Newton order each time he traveled on the Mass Pike (I-90) for doctor appointments, as the highway runs through Newton. In October, a judge removed the ankle monitor requirement and his restrictions from being in Newton.
“It’s absurd that they want to now restrict me from Newton while I have been free to travel there for five months without any incidents,” Hayes told The Daily Wire.
In a video obtained by The Daily Wire, Gannon is seen yelling at the pro-Israel protesters Hayes was with at a busy intersection and accusing them of “supporting genocide.” He then began to charge across the street until Hayes stepped onto the street with the hand on his waistband, where his lawfully possessed firearm was secured in a holster under his shirt, according to a motion filed by Hayes’ attorney. 
“Hayes did not brandish or even remove his gun from this holster, yet Gannon knew that Hayes had a gun, shouting ‘Are you carrying a f***ing gun?” the motion reads. “Hayes acknowledged that he did have a gun.”
Gannon backed away while making obscene gestures, while Hayes started to dial 911 on his phone. This is when Gannon rushed through traffic and tackled Hayes, as caught on a video <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-man-with-pro-palestinian-pin-shot-after-tackling-pro-israel-veteran">provided to The Daily Wire</a>.
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BREAKING: Anti-Israel man shot in stomach after charging through traffic to tackle a man at a pro-Israel demonstration outside Boston in Newton, Massachusetts.
Footage obtained exclusively by <a href="https://twitter.com/KassyAkiva?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KassyAkiva</a>: <a href="https://t.co/nsGN3MQVAO">pic.twitter.com/nsGN3MQVAO</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1834398206056100156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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According to court documents, Hayes was face down on the sidewalk while Gannon was on top of him and choking him with his right arm, while trying to reach for Hayes’ gun with his left. Hayes then unholstered his gun and fired one shot at Gannon’s midsection. The documents go on to claim that Gannon still tried to grab Hayes’ gun after being shot and at one point “was able to turn the gun barrel toward Hayes’ face.”
In another video after the incident, Hayes used his military training to give first aid to Gannon while telling bystanders to call 911.
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In another video, the man who fired the gun is seen providing medical care to the man who tackled him before first responders arrived. <a href="https://t.co/wMtoowakr9">pic.twitter.com/wMtoowakr9</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1834399006341918961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Gannon, 31, was charged in Newton District Court in December <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-israel-attacker-to-be-charged-months-after-he-tackled-disabled-veteran-and-was-shot">and pleaded</a> not guilty to the charge of assault and battery. He was allowed to go free on personal recognizance. <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/man-shot-at-newton-pro-israel-rally-appears-in-court-on-assault-and-battery-charge/3588738/">According to his lawyer</a>, he spent 38 days in the hospital and nearly died from his injuries. 
He has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-charged-with-assault-of-pro-israel-veteran-called-for-destruction-of-the-united-states">a history</a> of inflammatory social media posts where he advocated for the destruction of the United States, refused to denounce Hamas, and labeled murdered American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin as a terrorist who “got what he deserved.”
“I don’t condemn Hamas. I condemn my family,” Gannon wrote in one post about the terrorist group that killed, raped, or took hostage over 1,000 citizens from Israel on October 7.
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Caleb Gannon, the man who tackled Scott Hayes and was shot, has a X history of calling for the destruction of America and says he does not condemn Hamas. <a href="https://t.co/t11GcY5eFv">pic.twitter.com/t11GcY5eFv</a>
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Gannon’s father told the police that his son is mentally unstable and possibly autistic after the incident, The <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/14/metro/newton-shooting-scott-hayes-caleb-gannon-israel-hamas-war/">Boston Globe</a> reported.
Though not Jewish, Hayes says he believes it’s important to use his voice to call for the release of the 101 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and to stand up to anti-Semitism in the United States.
“If my life has to be ruined for trying to help the Jewish people to survive, then that’s the price,” he told The Daily Wire. “It’s a much bigger issue than me. What happened to me brought a lot of local Jewish people together and got them out and active because of the reality of what’s happening.”

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A federal judge overturned <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illinois" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illinois</a>’ unconstitutional ban on semiautomatic weapons on Friday, triggering the state&#8217;s top Democrats.
The law, which went into effect at the start of 2023, came in response to the shooting in Highland Park on July 4, 2022.
The Protect Illinois Communities Act banned semi-automatic rifles, commonly used magazines, and numerous attachments that firearms can be equipped with.
“Sadly, there are those who seek to usher in a sort of post-Constitution era where the citizens’ individual rights are only as important as they are convenient to a ruling class,” said U.S. District Judge Stephen P. McGlynn in his ruling.
He added, “The oft-quoted phrase that ‘no right is absolute’ does not mean that fundamental rights precariously subsist subject to the whims, caprice, or appetite of government officials or judges.”
McGlynn added that it was &#8220;particularly disturbing&#8221; that Democrats had sought to ban weapons that were already widely used by Americans, which would deprive them &#8220;of a principal means to defend themselves and their property in situations where a handgun or shotgun alone would not be the citizen&#8217;s preferred arm.&#8221;
The Illinois State Rifle Association <a href="https://isra.org/pritzker-ban-on-firearms-found-unconstitutional/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated</a> the law being overturned in a statement posted on their website.
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&#8220;Our legislative team tried to warn lawmakers about the unconstitutionality of Pritzker’s scheme,&#8221; the group said. &#8220;After the Governor put his signature on this affront to citizen’s rights, the ISRA partnered with the Second Amendment Foundation to file suit in Federal Court with a promise to see this through to the US Supreme Court if necessary.&#8221;
&#8220;Today’s ruling affirms our legislative position and shows our dedication to fighting on behalf of the millions of law-abiding Illinois firearms owners,&#8221; they added. &#8220;Barring any further court action, the ISRA looks forward to restoration of 2nd Amendment rights to Illinois firearms owners just in time for the holidays and winter hunting seasons.&#8221;
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/illinois-ban-semiautomatic-gun-supremecourt/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Democrat Attorney General Kwame Raoul pledged to immediately appeal the ruling.

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Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-walz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Walz</a> (D-MN) appeared to have trouble managing his own personal firearm when he went pheasant hunting on opening day in his home state of Minnesota on Saturday, participating in the 12th annual Governor&#8217;s Pheasant Hunting Opener.
Walz, who is vying for the vice presidency alongside current Vice President Kamala Harris, brought along staffers and reporters as part of an eleventh-hour media blitz geared primarily toward shoring up support among men for the Democratic Party&#8217;s 2024 ticket.
The Trump War Room shared video from MSNBC&#8217;s coverage of Walz&#8217;s outing, pointing out that even the reporter saw it for the political play that it was. &#8220;MSNBC implies that Tim Walz going pheasant hunting is nothing more than a desperate attempt to make up ground with male voters. Sorry Tim, men aren’t voting for a gun grabber.&#8221;
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MSNBC implies that Tim Walz going pheasant hunting is nothing more than a desperate attempt to make up ground with male voters.
Sorry Tim, men aren’t voting for a gun grabber. <a href="https://t.co/Asvq38ObkM">pic.twitter.com/Asvq38ObkM</a>
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When the photos began to circulate on X, however, all anyone really noticed was just how often everyone involved in the pheasant hunt was pictured without a firearm of any kind — Walz included.
&#8220;Tim Walz goes &#8216;pheasant hunting&#8217; to try to appeal to men by showing he’s a regular dude. Only problem? No shotguns. Anywhere in sight,&#8221; Monica Crowley posted.
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Tim Walz goes “pheasant hunting” to try to appeal to men by showing he’s a regular dude.
Only problem?
No shotguns. Anywhere in sight.
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&mdash; Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) <a href="https://twitter.com/MonicaCrowley/status/1845158773293195302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Totally authentic. Walz just happened to have a camera crew and staff with him while pheasant hunting, in a sad, desperate attempt to appeal to male voters. Even MSNBC called him out on it lol,&#8221; Sara Rose posted.
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Totally authentic. Walz just happened to have a camera crew and staff with him while pheasant hunting, in a sad, desperate attempt to appeal to male voters.
Even MSNBC called him out on it lol. <a href="https://t.co/YWzWGXRMhh">pic.twitter.com/YWzWGXRMhh</a>
&mdash; Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) <a href="https://twitter.com/saras76/status/1845105928955207726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;What&#8217;s @Tim_Walz hunting for, anyway? Bargains?&#8221; Jim Treacher asked.
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What&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/Tim_Walz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Tim_Walz</a> hunting for, anyway? Bargains?<a href="https://t.co/wVlPdiLjvK">pic.twitter.com/wVlPdiLjvK</a>
&mdash; jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) <a href="https://twitter.com/jtLOL/status/1845154153833591171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s strange to go hunting without a gun. Maybe Walz is just counting on Doug Emhoff to punch the pheasants to death,&#8221; Daily Wire host Michael Knowles added.
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It&#39;s strange to go hunting without a gun. Maybe Walz is just counting on Doug Emhoff to punch the pheasants to death. <a href="https://t.co/xd8y3VNN3R">https://t.co/xd8y3VNN3R</a>
&mdash; Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1845182313510076435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Tampon Tim Walz did a lot of posing for the cameras during his &#8216;hunting&#8217; photo op today. He didn&#8217;t fire his gun and shot exactly zero pheasants. It&#8217;s all fake,&#8221; the Trump War Room posted.
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Tampon Tim Walz did a lot of posing for the cameras during his &quot;hunting&quot; photo op today.
He didn&#39;t fire his gun and shot exactly zero pheasants.
It&#39;s all fake. <a href="https://t.co/84LxOE6SW0">pic.twitter.com/84LxOE6SW0</a>
&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1845184405394030986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The one video that did show Walz with a firearm — his own personal Beretta — only made things worse as he appeared to struggle to operate it.
CBS campaign reporter Shawna Mizelle posted, &#8220;@Tim_Walz is out hunting pheasants for the season opener in MN. The Harris Walz campaign recently announced the hunters, gun owners &amp; anglers coalition. Walz often says he supports the 2nd Amndmt but advocates for &#8216;common sense&#8217; legislation. &amp; we know Harris owns a Glock.&#8221;
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Tim Walz brought his own gun, a beretta, to hunt for pheasants, he tells me. “
I bought it when I was we shooting a lot of trap,” the Minnesota governor said. <a href="https://t.co/K1zGkWYEPY">pic.twitter.com/K1zGkWYEPY</a>
&mdash; Shawna Mizelle (@shawnamizelle) <a href="https://twitter.com/shawnamizelle/status/1845136534766239825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Mizelle followed several photos with video of Walz attempting to operate his firearm and complaining, &#8220;It never fits quite right, it&#8217;s not quite right.&#8221;
&#8220;Watch Tim Walz struggle to load his shotgun and then complain that the kick usually hurts his shoulder. Men everywhere are in awe,&#8221; Amber Duke commented.
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Watch Tim Walz struggle to load his shotgun and then complain that the kick usually hurts his shoulder. Men everywhere are in awe. <a href="https://t.co/sGu5IIBvN2">https://t.co/sGu5IIBvN2</a>
&mdash; Amber Duke (@ambermarieduke) <a href="https://twitter.com/ambermarieduke/status/1845186717994696973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I remember my first time holding a shotgun, too,&#8221; The Federalist&#8217;s Sean Davis added.
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I remember my first time holding a shotgun, too. <a href="https://t.co/adCkz6Hlw2">https://t.co/adCkz6Hlw2</a>
&mdash; Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href="https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1845193621198245978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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At one point, according to Fox News reporter Aishah Hasnie, Walz asked whether former President Donald Trump and Senator JD Vance — who make up the Republican presidential ticket — ever hunted. Someone responded by suggesting that if they did, they would hunt endangered species.
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Gov WALZ was on a pheasant hunt today.
According to the pooler —
At one point someone brought up JD Vance &amp; Walz asked do &quot;those guys&quot; hunt? 
The person responded maybe endangered species. 
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Yikes.
&mdash; Aishah Hasnie (@aishahhasnie) <a href="https://twitter.com/aishahhasnie/status/1845180375607411055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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JD Vance And Tim Walz Face Off In Vice Presidential Debate In New York

24-Year Military Veteran And Self-Described ‘Gun Guy’ Tim Walz Struggles To Wrangle His Own Firearm

24-Year Military Veteran And Self-Described 'Gun Guy' Tim Walz Struggles To Wrangle His Own Firearm

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Speaking to Oprah Winfrey on Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris suddenly championed the right to bear arms and defend oneself in one’s home, saying she would shoot someone who would break into her home.
Winfrey mentioned Harris acknowledging she was a gun owner in her debate with former President Donald Trump. “I did not know that,” Winfrey said. “And I thought that was powerful.”
“If somebody breaks into my house, they&#8217;re getting shot, sorry,&#8221; Harris answered.
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Kamala Harris: “I’m a gun owner&#8230;If someone breaks in my house, they’re getting shot, sorry. I probably should not have said that. Hahaha! My staff will deal with that later. Hahaha!” <a href="https://t.co/wF6KufDqfY">pic.twitter.com/wF6KufDqfY</a>
&mdash; Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) <a href="https://twitter.com/WarMachineRR/status/1836942057597722795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Yet in 2020, Harris said Stand Your Ground laws were racist, saying, “These Stand Your Ground laws and these states that have these citizens’ arrest laws have often, often and frequently been used as an excuse if not a cover for people who are motivated by racism and racial profiling. And so we have seen that. And we have seen that it has been used as an excuse to kill black and brown people, and particularly black and brown young men.”
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During Monday’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DemandingWomen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DemandingWomen</a> conversation, Sen. <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KamalaHarris</a> shared her thoughts on how Stand Your Ground laws are making American communities less safe, particularly for young Black and brown men. <a href="https://t.co/xXugeiLEiF">pic.twitter.com/xXugeiLEiF</a>
&mdash; Everytown (@Everytown) <a href="https://twitter.com/Everytown/status/1263247383166672897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Additionally, as San Francisco’s district attorney in May 2007, Harris <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udnJlqhvs3Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatened</a>:
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It’s people who own guns who are quietly sitting on those guns. And those guns might end up being the weapons of the destruction of a community cause they get in the hands of some kid who decide that they like what they see on television and they want to act that way. So this is about just basically saying that we’re gonna require responsible behaviors among everybody in the community and just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn’t mean that we’re not gonna walk into that home and check to see if you’re being responsible and safe in the way that you conduct your affairs.
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“The remarks came during a <a href="https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/3577?view_id=106&amp;redirect=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a> introducing legislation that Harris helped draft, which sought to impose penalties for gun owners who fail to store their firearms properly at home,” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/harris-tells-oprah-anyone-breaking-her-home-getting-shot-probably-should-not-have-said-that" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.
During the presidential debate, Harris declared, “This business about taking everyone&#8217;s guns away. Tim Walz and I are both gun owners. We&#8217;re not taking anybody&#8217;s guns away. So stop with the continuous lying about this stuff.”
Harris previously advocated on multiple occasions during her failed 2020 presidential campaign for a &#8220;mandatory&#8221; gun buyback program of assault weapons. Examples can be found <a href="https://x.com/NRA/status/1833695845193069018">here</a>, <a href="https://x.com/NRA/status/1829641157867184190">here</a>, and <a href="https://x.com/mazemoore/status/1833695967331168386">here</a>.
The remarks from Harris sparked a variety of reactions online.
&#8220;Kamala Harris advocated for door-to-door mandatory gun buyback programs,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/redsteeze/status/1836945501670826115">said</a> journalist Stephen L. Miller. &#8220;Maybe a journalist worth the professional reputation would follow up on that one.&#8221;
The Trump campaign <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1836953042408837535">responded</a> to Harris&#8217; remarks: &#8220;Can Kamala describe the make and model of the gun she allegedly owns? And explain why she spent years advocating for door-to-door, mandatory gun confiscation? This is called pandering — and nobody is buying the bulls***.&#8221;
Attorney and political commentator Laura Powell mocked Harris by highlighting her past support for law enforcement to enter people&#8217;s homes to inspect the way their firearms are stored.
&#8220;Hey, Kamala, I’m sure you understand that we’re going to have to come into the sanctity of your locked home to check to see if you’re being responsible,&#8221; she <a href="https://x.com/LauraPowellEsq/status/1836974117343613436">wrote</a>.

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Kamala, Who Called ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Racist, Says She’ll Shoot Someone Entering Her Home

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A clip of Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> went viral this week that showed remarks she made as San Francisco&#8217;s district attorney in which she said that police had the right to &#8220;walk into&#8221; people&#8217;s homes and inspect their legally-owned firearms.
The Democrat presidential nominee made the remarks while speaking to reporters during a press conference in 2007 about a law that was being introduced that she helped write.
Harris said, &#8220;We&#8217;re going to require responsible behaviors among everybody in the community, and just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn&#8217;t mean that we&#8217;re not going to walk into that home and check to see if you&#8217;re being responsible and safe in the way you conduct your affairs.&#8221;
Fox News reported that the anti-gun bill was ultimately signed into law by then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.
&#8220;It was bundled with other gun control provisions, including a new requirement for legal gun distributors to submit an inventory to the chief of police every six months, and a ban on possessing guns – even legally – in public housing,&#8221; the report said.
The NRA said in a post that included the video: &#8220;Kamala Harris wants mass gun confiscation, and she’s willing to weaponize the government to enter your home and seize your legally owned guns.&#8221;
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🚨Kamala Harris wants mass gun confiscation, and she’s willing to weaponize the government to enter your home and seize your legally owned guns:
“Just because you LEGALLY possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn&#8217;t mean that we&#8217;re not going to walk into that home… <a href="https://t.co/4ET5m7ToSx">pic.twitter.com/4ET5m7ToSx</a>
— NRA (@NRA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1836422943644983481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
The Trump campaign called her an &#8220;anti-gun RADICAL.&#8221;
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Kamala: “Just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn&#8217;t mean that we&#8217;re not going to walk into that home and check to see if you&#8217;re being responsible.”
She’s an anti-gun RADICAL. <a href="https://t.co/CTcyGgrJEf">pic.twitter.com/CTcyGgrJEf</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1836411228710662355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Harris Says Authorities Can ‘Walk Into’ Homes And Inspect Guns In Resurfaced Clip

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Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> claimed during an interview that aired on Friday that she would not confiscate people&#8217;s firearms, but she would ban so-called &#8220;assault weapons,&#8221; which are nothing more than semi-automatic long guns.
Harris made the remarks during an interview with 6abc Action News when the interviewer brought up Harris&#8217; claim during the debate earlier this week that she owned a firearm.
&#8220;Where do you draw the line in America on gun ownership and gun use?&#8221; the interviewer asked.
&#8220;I am a gun owner,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;And Tim Walz, my running mate, is also a gun owner. We&#8217;re not taking anybody&#8217;s guns away. I support the Second Amendment and I support reasonable gun safety laws. Part of my approach to this is, I was a career prosecutor for most of my career. I have personally prosecuted homicide cases. I have personally looked at autopsies. I have personally seen what assault weapons do to the human body.&#8221;
&#8220;And so I feel very strongly that it is consistent with the Second Amendment and your right to own a gun to also say we need an assault weapons ban,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;They’re literally tools of war. They were literally designed to kill a lot of human beings quickly.&#8221;
Harris&#8217; claim that so-called &#8220;assault weapons&#8221; are &#8220;literally tools of war&#8221; is false.
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The weapons that she is referring to are the civilian versions of weapons that militaries and law enforcement agencies use. They do not have the ability to burst fire, which is typically 3 rounds per each pull of the trigger, nor do they have the ability to fire full-auto, which allows the weapon to repeatedly fire until it runs out of ammunition with a single pull of the trigger as long as the operator does not release the trigger.
&#8220;I say we need universal background checks,&#8221; she claimed, even though people already have to undergo a background check to purchase a firearm from an FFL. &#8220;The majority of NRA members support that. Why? Because it&#8217;s just reasonable. You just might want to know before someone can buy a lethal weapon if they&#8217;ve been found by a court to be a danger to themselves or others. You just might want to know.&#8221;
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WATCH: Kamala Harris claims that she doesn’t want to take anyone’s guns, she just wants to ban them.
NARRATOR: Kamala Harris would try to take our guns too. 
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— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1835019073434140909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2024</a></blockquote>

Kamala Harris kicks off her New Way Forward Tour in Charlotte

Kamala Harris Claims She Won’t Take Guns, But Signals She Wants A Ban

President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> released a statement calling for gun bans and condemning Republicans and gun manufacturers after at least four people were killed when a gunman opened fire at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday morning.
CNN reported that at least four people were killed and 30 people were injured after the shooter opened fire. The suspect, who is in police custody, is believed to be a 14-year-old male, a law enforcement source told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/apalachee-high-school-shooting-georgia-09-04-24/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>. Biden released a statement Wednesday afternoon, saying he is &#8220;mourning the deaths of those whose lives were cut short due to more senseless gun violence.&#8221;
“What should have been a joyous back-to-school season in Winder, Georgia, has now turned into another horrific reminder of how gun violence continues to tear our communities apart. Students across the country are learning how to duck and cover instead of how to read and write. We cannot continue to accept this as normal,” the president said.
Biden then slammed Republicans for their &#8220;inaction&#8221; on gun legislation, adding, &#8220;Republicans in Congress must finally say ‘enough is enough’ and work with Democrats to pass common-sense gun safety legislation.&#8221;
&#8220;We must ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines once again, require safe storage of firearms, enact universal background checks, and end immunity for gun manufacturers,&#8221; the statement continued.
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President Biden&#8217;s statement on the shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia. <a href="https://t.co/KOgMo1ee3m">pic.twitter.com/KOgMo1ee3m</a>
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Police responded to an active shooting at the high school at 10:23 a.m. ET and detained the suspect. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that nine people have been hospitalized with injuries following the shooting. CNN reported earlier that as many as 30 people were wounded in the shooting, but it&#8217;s unclear how many of those injuries were due to gunshot wounds and if they all required hospitalization.
Apalachee High School is 45 miles east of Atlanta and has nearly 2,000 students.

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The special prosecutor who charged actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin</a> with involuntary manslaughter said the judge in the case “improperly” dismissed the charges.
Kari Morrissey argued in a July 31 filing made public on Monday that Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer used flawed reasoning in order to get the charges dismissed against Baldwin, Deadline <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/08/alec-baldwin-case-dismissed-improperly-prosecutor-claims-1236032139/">reported</a>.
The charges stem from an incident on the set of Baldwin’s film “Rust,” on October 21, 2021, when Baldwin began filming a scene and the gun he was holding fired a live round that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured the film’s director, Joel Souza.
The armorer in charge of weapons on set, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, was previously sentenced to 18 months in prison for her role in Hutchins’ death.
Gutierrez Reed filed an expedited motion last month asking for a new trial after Baldwin’s case was dismissed due to prosecutors withholding evidence from the defense.
Special prosecutor Morrissey also argued in his filing that Guetierrez Reed should not get a new trial.
“Based on the Court’s off-record statement, it was apparent that the Court was intending to dismiss the case,” Morrissey wrote. “Although the Court’s final order has not yet been filed, undersigned counsel contends that the Court misunderstood the testimony on July 12, 2024, and improperly dismissed the case against Mr. Baldwin.”
“If the Court were to decide that the dismissal of the case against Mr. Baldwin was proper there is one HUGE difference – in the Gutierrez case the State was not in possession of the Teske ammunition prior to trial (although arguably Mr. Bowles was), in the Baldwin case the State was in possession of the Teske ammunition,” the prosecution filing stated, referring to the Colt .45 rounds that suddenly appeared thanks to ex-Arizona cop Troy Teske, who was a friend of Gutierrez Reed’s father, himself a Hollywood gun coach. “[Guttierez Reed’s attorney Jason] Bowles is comparing apples and oranges and trying to make a square peg fit in a round hole.”
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Sommer had ruled that the prosecution was “highly culpable for its failure to provide discovery to the defendant,” thus warranting the case to be dismissed with prejudice, meaning prosecutors can’t regroup and try Baldwin again.
“The late discovery of this evidence has impacted the fundamental fairness of the proceedings,” Sommer ruled. “There is no way for the court to right this wrong. The sanction of dismissal is the only warranted remedy.”
Baldwin was an executive producer on the film, which is why he was charged with involuntary manslaughter. He faced up to 18 months in prison if he had been convicted. “Rust” was canceled after the incident, and it is unclear when or if Baldwin will return to movies or television.

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Alec Baldwin Manslaughter Charges ‘Improperly’ Dismissed, Prosecutor Says

Alec Baldwin Manslaughter Charges 'Improperly' Dismissed, Prosecutor Says

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