In light of the recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-scotus-strikes-down-new-york-concealed-carry-restrictions-restrictions">Supreme Court ruling</a> on a New York concealed carry gun law, California state Attorney General Rob Bonta <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/ag-rob-bonta-state-leaders-legoslation-response-scotus-gun-ruling/40396474">discussed</a> legislation efforts in the Golden State.
“Californians are committed to safeguarding our citizens, our children, and our future through commonsense gun laws,” Attorney General Bonta <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-affirms-his-support-commonsense-gun-laws-response-supreme">said</a> in a statement. “States still have the right to limit concealed carry permits to those who may safely possess firearms.”
“We are working with the Governor and the legislature to advance legislation that is both constitutional and will maintain safety for Californians,” Bonta added, pointing to the recent mass shooting tragedies in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York.
“[W]ith gun deaths at an all-time high, ensuring that dangerous individuals are not allowed to carry concealed firearms is more important than ever,” Bonta added. “The data is clear and the consequences are dire — more guns in more places make us less safe. In California, we are committed to passing and defending commonsense, constitutional gun laws that save lives.”
In a press release, Bonta noted that Californians should remember that carrying a firearm that is loaded in the majority of public locations is banned in general unless the person has been given a license through the application process with law enforcement.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that New York’s requirement for people to have “proper cause” in order to get a license violated their Second Amendment and 14th Amendment rights.
In the majority opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote, “We know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need.”
“New York’s proper-cause requirement violates the Fourteenth Amendment in that it prevents law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their right to keep and bear arms,” he added.
California has a similar requirement known as the need to demonstrate “good cause.” Bonta’s press release noted that this is “likely unconstitutional under Bruen.”
However, other measures to get a permit from law enforcement are still enforceable, such as the need to have “a successful background check, the completion of a firearms safety course, and proof of residency, employment, or business in the county or city within the county.”
The attorney general also pointed to several ways “to continue preventing gun violence strategically and aggressively,” such as pushing for “commonsense gun laws,” taking guns away from people who aren’t allowed to have them, and stopping the sale of illegal guns.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the high court’s decision brings up questions about other gun laws in at least eight additional states, as well as the District of Columbia.
Tim Pearce <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-scotus-strikes-down-new-york-concealed-carry-restrictions-restrictions">contributed</a> to this report.

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California Attorney General Discusses Legislative Efforts In Light Of Supreme Court Ruling On Second Amendment Rights

California Attorney General Rob Bonta Responds To Supreme Court Gun Law Decision, Is Working To Advance Bills

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Gavin Newsom

Gun Control

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Keith Olbermann suggested on Thursday that the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision striking down a New York gun control measure was grounds for dissolving the body entirely.
Olbermann argued in a series of tweets that in addition to dissolving the nation&#8217;s highest court, the state should ignore the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-scotus-strikes-down-new-york-concealed-carry-restrictions-restrictions/">decision</a> handed down in <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-843_7j80.pdf">New York State Rifle &amp; Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen</a> — which held that a New York law restricting concealed carry permits violated the 14th Amendment in addition to the spirit of the 2nd Amendment.
&#8220;It has become necessary to dissolve the Supreme Court of the United States. The first step is for a state the &#8216;court&#8217; has now forced guns upon, to ignore this ruling. Great. You&#8217;re a court? Why and how do think you can enforce your rulings?&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/keith-olbermann-the-amy-coney-barretts-must-be-prosecuted-and-convicted-and-removed-from-our-society/">Olbermann</a> tweeted, adding the hashtag #Ignorethecourt.
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It has become necessary to dissolve the Supreme Court of the United States. 
The first step is for a state the &quot;court&quot; has now forced guns upon, to ignore this ruling.
Great. You&#39;re a court? Why and how do think you can enforce your rulings?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IgnoreTheCourt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IgnoreTheCourt</a>
&mdash; Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1539983585406484480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Also, f*** Alito, Thomas, Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and the paralegal Coney Barrett,&#8221; Olbermann <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1539984529074622465">continued</a>, taking particular aim at Justice Amy Coney Barrett — notably the only female justice to sign on to that decision.
Olbermann proceeded to mock the Court, suggesting that as an institution it had no power to &#8220;enforce&#8221; any ruling it handed down.
&#8220;Hey SCOTUS, send the SCOTUS army here to enforce your ruling, you House of Lords radicals pretending to be a court,&#8221; he said.
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Hey SCOTUS, send the SCOTUS army here to enforce your ruling, you House of Lords radicals pretending to be a court. <a href="https://t.co/cNv07AuSMR">https://t.co/cNv07AuSMR</a>
&mdash; Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1539985556574294026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Critics were quick to respond to Olbermann, accusing him of calling for rebellion and suggesting that the entire system should be scrapped over a decision he didn&#8217;t like.
&#8220;It is a federal offense to incite rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof,&#8221; Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1540042961592918017">tweeted</a>.
&#8220;Call for a rebellion against federal authority and destruction of a key institution of American government—and Dobbs hasn’t even been handed down yet,&#8221; Rich Lowry <a href="https://twitter.com/RichLowry/status/1540040229049999364">added</a>.
Actor Adam Baldwin <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/1540019896418914304">chimed in</a> with a &#8216;Jeopardy&#8217;-themed crack: &#8220;Seditious incitement to insurrection for $200 please, Mayim.&#8221;
&#8220;When people like Keith Olbermann don&#8217;t like the decison [sic], they support overthrowing the entire institution. This is exactly what you believe if you have zero respect for democracy or the Constitution,&#8221; international security professor Max Abrahms <a href="https://twitter.com/MaxAbrahms/status/1540075373433585664">commented</a>.
Olbermann kept going, however, throwing in his own interpretation of the Second Amendment.
&#8220;This would be a good moment to remind new readers that the 2nd Amendment has nothing to do with gun ownership, private or otherwise. The constitution and the amendments teem with property references. Yet, the word &#8216;own&#8217; is not in the 2A &#8211; nor is any synonym,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1540047452421722114">said</a>.
Critics responded by sharing the text of the Second Amendment — specifically the words &#8220;keep and bear arms&#8221; — and then followed that with a number of replies defining the word &#8220;keep.&#8221;

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Keith Olbermann Proposes Drastic ‘Solution’ After SCOTUS NY Gun Ruling

Keith Olbermann Wants To Dissolve SCOTUS Over NY Concealed Carry Ruling

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Vice President Kamala Harris weighed in on the Supreme Court of the United States decision to strike down New York&#8217;s restrictions on concealed carry firearms permits and uphold the Second Amendment, saying that the ruling contradicted both commonsense as well as the U.S. Constitution.
On Thursday, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-scotus-strikes-down-new-york-concealed-carry-restrictions-restrictions">reported</a> that the court ruled 6-3 in favor of gun rights in the case of <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-843_7j80.pdf">New York State Rifle &amp; Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen</a>. Thursday’s decision is the widest expansion of gun rights in more than a decade, according to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-strikes-down-new-york-law-on-concealed-weapons-11655995248?mod=hp_lead_pos1">The Wall Street Journal</a>.
In reaction, Kamala Harris tweeted, &#8220;Today&#8217;s Supreme Court ruling on guns is deeply troubling as it defies commonsense and the Constitution. Lives are at stake.&#8221;
&#8220;Congress should pass the bipartisan gun safety proposal immediately and continue to do more to protect our communities,&#8221; she added.
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Today&#39;s Supreme Court ruling on guns is deeply troubling as it defies commonsense and the Constitution. Lives are at stake. Congress should pass the bipartisan gun safety proposal immediately and continue to do more to protect our communities.
&mdash; Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) <a href="https://twitter.com/VP/status/1540021364849053700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Harris&#8217; comments echoed President Joe Biden&#8217;s reaction to the decision.
Thursday morning, Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-deeply-troubled-over-supreme-court-ruling-upholding-second-amendment">released a statement</a> saying that he was “deeply disappointed” in the court for its decision in the case.
“This ruling contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should deeply trouble us all,” he added.
Biden concluded by calling “Americans across the country to make their voices heard on gun safety.”
“Lives are on the line,” he warned.
Justice Clarence Thomas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-scotus-strikes-down-new-york-concealed-carry-restrictions-restrictions">wrote</a> the opinion and argued that New York’s requirement that citizens must demonstrate a need for concealed carry was unconstitutional.
“We know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need. That is not how the First Amendment works when it comes to unpopular speech or the free exercise of religion,” Thomas wrote. “It is not how the Sixth Amendment works when it comes to a defendant’s right to confront the witnesses against him. And it is not how the Second Amendment works when it comes to public carry for self-defense.”
The court also found that the law violated the 14th amendment.
“New York’s proper-cause requirement violates the Fourteenth Amendment in that it prevents law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their right to keep and bear arms,” Thomas wrote.
While Harris may have thought the decision was in defiance of the Constitution, others praised the ruling.
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) tweeted, &#8220;The Supreme Court makes it clear: Stripping law-abiding citizens of their 2nd Amendment rights is unconstitutional. Big win for freedom!&#8221;
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The Supreme Court makes it clear: Stripping law-abiding citizens of their 2nd Amendment rights is unconstitutional.
Big win for freedom! <a href="https://t.co/zBqZ4CiBMv">https://t.co/zBqZ4CiBMv</a>
&mdash; Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveScalise/status/1539989129039060994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Congressman Tom Tiffany (R-WI), added, &#8220;The right to keep and bear arms is an inalienable right. Thi #SCOTUS decision upholds that truth and signals to all gun-grabbing Leftists that the rights of law-abiding citizens will NOT be infringed upon.&#8221;
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The right to keep and bear arms is an inalienable right.
This <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SCOTUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SCOTUS</a> decision upholds that truth and signals to all gun-grabbing Leftists that the rights of law-abiding citizens will NOT be infringed upon. <a href="https://t.co/dX1rkjyQx7">https://t.co/dX1rkjyQx7</a>
&mdash; Rep. Tom Tiffany (@RepTiffany) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTiffany/status/1540018115534258176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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As explained by Fox News&#8217; Shannon Bream — an attorney and journalist — Today&#8217;s #SCOTUSopinion does NOT mean people can simply start carrying guns wherever/whenever they want. States can still require licenses/permits, but the criteria for getting them must be objective.&#8221;
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Bottom line, since I am fielding lots of Qs. Today&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SCOTUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SCOTUS</a> opinion does NOT mean people can simply start carrying guns wherever/whenever they want. States can still require licenses/permits, but the criteria for getting them must be objective.
&mdash; Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShannonBream/status/1539992175856984065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Tim Pearce contributed to this story. 
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Kamala Harris Says Supreme Court ‘Defies’ Constitution By Upholding Second Amendment

Vice President Kamala Harris Says Supreme Court Ruling In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen Defies Constitution 

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Gun rights organizations slammed the new bipartisan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control">gun control</a> bill that 14 Republican senators backed, warning that the bill creates new problems.
The bill was quickly rammed through the Senate with a procedural vote last night, with lawmakers having barely an hour to read the 80-page bill before being forced to vote on it. The bill is now in the House, where it is expected to pass, after which it would still have to go back to the Senate for a final vote before it could be signed into law.
&#8220;The package extends current prohibitions on gun sales to those who have disqualifying juvenile records and those convicted of misdemeanor violent crimes against &#8216;dating partners,’” The Reload <a href="https://thereload.com/senate-gun-bill-extends-gun-prohibitions-to-juvenile-records-misdemeanor-violence-committed-by-dating-partners/">reported</a>. &#8220;The bill also includes a new background check process for those 18 to 20 years old, funding for ‘Red Flag’ laws or other state crisis intervention programs, the reclassification of who must obtain federal gun dealing licenses, and several other proposals.&#8221;
Some of the more troubling aspects of the bill were <a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/gop_senate_gun_control_splainer">highlighted</a> in an analysis conducted by the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC):
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<li>Incentivizes local disarmament proceedings, of which many states currently employ secret ex-parte hearings.</li>
<li>Calls only for standards equivalent only to civil court.</li>
<li>For all the bluster in the measure about protecting due process and the constitutional rights of the subjects of the hearings during the &#8220;appropriate phase,” it implies that states will still be able to hold secret ex-parte hearings to deprive the People of their rights.</li>
<li>Entitles the subject to an attorney “at the appropriate phase,” but it must be at the subject&#8217;s expense.</li>
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Private Sales 
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<li>Expands the definition of &#8220;engaged in the business&#8221; by striking &#8220;with the principal objective of livelihood and profit&#8221; in the current definition and replacing it with &#8220;to predominantly earn a profit.&#8221;</li>
<li>This confusion could lead to new and successful prosecutions of private sellers who may fall under the broad and vague definition of “engaged in business” and therefore the need to be licensed.</li>
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New Misdemeanor Firearms Prohibitions
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<li>By expanding the definition of a prohibiting misdemeanor domestic violence in such a vague, broad, and subjective way it invites confusion, and potential firearms prohibitions.</li>
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Transfers and Straw Purchases
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<li>Prohibits the government from arming drug cartels, unless the government exercises more oversight on said drug cartels, thus allowing the free flow of arms to these cartels to continue in perpetuity.</li>
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Employer Background Checks
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<li>Allows all employers to ask for a firearms background check prior to employment or during current employment, regardless of its connection to job duties.</li>
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&#8220;The proposal seeks to chill the right to keep and bear arms by incentivizing local disarmament proceedings, of which many states currently employ secret ex-parte hearings, massive penalties and enhancements reminiscent of the mass incarceration of the so-called war on drugs, naked discrimination against young adults, and an aggressive assault on peaceable conduct,&#8221; FPC <a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-statement-on-senate-gun-control-agreement">said</a> in a separate statement. &#8220;Should this package be adopted, it will result in the imprisonment, injury, and death of peaceable people.&#8221;
Erich Pratt, Gun Owners of America’s senior vice president, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gun-control-bill-advances-in-the-senate-with-help-from-14-republicans">slammed</a> the Republican lawmakers who caved on the bill, saying that the senators “have NO AUTHORITY to compromise with our rights, and we will not tolerate legislators who are willing to turn gun owners into second-class citizens.”
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/national-rifle-association-nra">National Rifle Association</a> (NRA) <a href="https://home.nra.org/statements/nra-announces-opposition-to-senate-gun-control-legislation/">said</a> that while it supported the aspects of the bill that help bolster school security, boost mental health services, and reduce violent crime, the organization will not support the bill because it infringes on American&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/second-amendment">Second Amendment</a> rights.
&#8220;This legislation can be abused to restrict lawful gun purchases, infringe upon the rights of law-abiding Americans, and use federal dollars to fund gun control measures being adopted by state and local politicians,&#8221; they said in a statement. &#8220;This bill leaves too much discretion in the hands of government officials and also contains undefined and overbroad provisions – inviting interference with our constitutional freedoms.&#8221;

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Gun Rights Groups Explain The Problems With Gun Control Bill That 14 GOP Senators Caved On

Gun Rights Groups Explain Problems With Gun Control Bill

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The ongoing effort to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/second-amendment">ban so-called assault weapons</a> is similar to America’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/civil-war">bloody fight to end slavery</a>, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cbs-news">CBS</a> contributor and chief proponent of Critical Race Theory (CRT) said Sunday.
In a segment commemorating Juneteenth, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ibram-x-kendi">Ibram X. Kendi</a> <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2022/06/19/cbss-kendi-gun-rights-advocates-are-people-who-fought-slavery?utm_source=SocialDog">told</a> &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; host Margaret Brennan he teaches his young daughter that the struggle for emancipation continues today. Kendi, the network’s &#8220;Racial Justice Contributor,&#8221; said “freedom” today means liberation from poverty and guns.
&#8220;I&#8217;m actually going to teach her that &#8230; throughout this nation&#8217;s history, there&#8217;s [sic] been two perspectives on freedom, really two fights for freedom,” Kendi said. “Enslaved people were fighting for freedom from slavery, and enslavers were fighting for the freedom to enslave.&#8221;
“And in many ways that sort of contrast still exists today,” he continued. “There are people who are fighting for freedom from assault rifles, freedom from poverty, freedom from exploitation. And there are others who are fighting for freedom to exploit, freedom to have guns, freedom to maintain inequality.&#8221;
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Kendi, the author of controversial books including “How to Be an Antiracist,” believes America is plagued by systemic racism and white privilege. He argues that whites must acknowledge their privilege and implicit bias, as well as America’s systemic racism, to oppose racism.
Kendi said he is raising his daughter to believe the effort to purge America of racism is like the fight to end slavery.
“I really want to get her to understand there are multiple kinds of freedom, and she should be fighting for and joining with those who are fighting for freedom from something like slavery,” he said. “And the way kids can understand it is, kids understand bad rules. My daughter understands what&#8217;s not fair. And we can teach children that there&#8217;s [sic] bad rules in society. There are things that are not fair in society. And that&#8217;s why, let&#8217;s say black people, have less. It&#8217;s not because they are less.”
Gun control has been thrust back into the spotlight following mass shootings last month in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buffalo-mass-shooting-suspect-had-been-flagged-as-troubled-a-year-ago-report">Buffalo</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/uvalde">Uvalde, Texas</a>. While <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/">most firearms killings</a> in the U.S. involve handguns, both mass shootings from last month&#8217;s attacks used AR-15-style weapons. They are often referred to as &#8220;assault weapons,&#8221; but that term is not used by the industry, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-democrat-floats-1000-tax-on-ar-15-style-rifles">lawmakers have struggled to define</a> what it means in order to draft legislation.
A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/support-for-banning-semi-automatic-long-guns-hits-all-time-low-left-of-center-poll">recent poll</a> by Quinnipiac University found that support for banning semi-automatic long guns was at an all-time low and that Americans do not support limiting the number of guns someone can own. It also concluded that Americans do not expect Congress to do anything on gun control.
“In today’s poll, 50 percent of registered voters support a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons, while 45 percent oppose it,” the poll <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3848">said</a>.

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Push To Ban ‘Assault Rifles’ Like Fight To End Slavery, CRT Backer Ibram X. Kendi Tells CBS News

Push To Ban 'Assault Rifles' Like Fight To End Slavery, CRT Backer Ibram X. Kendi Tells CBS News

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Critical Race Theory

Ibram X. Kendi

The Austin, Texas, City Council voted on Friday to approve a resolution that would consider raising the minimum age to purchase an AR-15-style rifle from 18 to 21 years old.
The approval was documented in the minutes of the June 16 Austin City Council meeting, according to a Fox News report.
&#8220;This was prompted by Uvalde, by Buffalo, both situations where you had 18-year-olds who were legally able to purchase AR-15s and wreak destruction and to murder other people,&#8221; city council member Alison Alter <a href="https://www.fox7austin.com/news/austin-texas-ban-semi-automatic-weapon-sales-gun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox 7 Austin.
The resolution comes just two weeks after 19 fourth-grade children and two teachers were killed by an 18-year-old shooter at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The tragedy has led to a public outcry by many Americans for lawmakers to act in an effort to reduce gun violence.
&#8220;Any life lost is a life that could have been saved by not having access to any AR-15 period,&#8221; Alter said. &#8220;I am the parent of a student who&#8217;s in high school and anything that we can do to restrict access to AR-15 makes my son safer and every other parents, kids in our community safer.&#8221;
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), announced an agreement regarding a historic gun safety package last week.
The working plan &#8220;includes support for state &#8216;red flag&#8217; laws keeping firearms from potentially dangerous people, tougher criminal background checks for gun buyers under age 21 and a crackdown on &#8216;straw purchases&#8217; by people buying weapons for others who could not pass a background check,&#8221; <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bipartisan-us-senate-group-unveils-framework-gun-safety-reform-2022-06-12/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> Reuters. A change in the age to purchase firearms has been excluded.
Texas Gun Sense Executive Director Nicole Golden praised the effort.
“As our kids were supposed to be celebrating their last week of school, 21 lives were taken in an act of unspeakable gun violence at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas,” said Nicole Golden, Texas Gun Sense Executive Director in a <a href="https://www.txgunsense.org/articles/press-release-june-13-2022-federal-gun-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
“The announcement of the Senate’s move toward action serves as a way to honor the victims of Uvalde and the far too many who came before them. For nearly ten years, we have fought for sensible gun laws in our state, and that work will continue, as we urge lawmakers to build upon these advances to enact meaningful change that protects our communities,&#8221; she added.
Some Second Amendment advocates have opposed the measure, claiming the new gun safety legislation could infringe on the right to bear arms for the nation&#8217;s legal gun owners.
Austin is not the only place to consider raising the age to purchase AR-15-style rifles. On Tuesday, Rhode Island&#8217;s state legislature <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rhode-island-governor-to-sign-bill-outlawing-gun-and-ammo-sales-to-anyone-under-21" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> a bill to ban the sale of guns and ammunition to anyone under 21 years old.
Democratic Senate Majority Whip Maryellen Goodwin sponsored the bill in the state’s Senate, with Democratic State Rep. Teresa Tanzi sponsoring the House version. Governor Daniel McKee (D) is expected to sign the bill into law.
“People under the age of 21 are already prohibited from buying handguns in Rhode Island, but an 18-year-old — someone who might even still be in high school — can buy rifles and shotguns, including the powerful weapons that are often used in mass shootings. It is well-settled science that teenage and post-teenage brains are still developing. It’s common sense that we shouldn’t be selling lethal weapons to people who we’ve decided are not old enough to buy cigarettes or beer,” Goodwin said in a <a href="https://www.rilegislature.gov/pressrelease/_layouts/15/ril.pressrelease.inputform/DisplayForm.aspx?List=c8baae31-3c10-431c-8dcd-9dbbe21ce3e9&amp;ID=372815" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Tuesday.

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Austin City Council Backs Resolution To Consider Raising Age To Purchase AR-15-Style Rifles

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Rhode Island Democratic Governor Daniel McKee is expected to sign a bill passed by the state legislature that will ban the sale of guns and ammunition to anyone under 21 years old.
Democratic Senate Majority Whip Maryellen Goodwin sponsored the bill in the state&#8217;s Senate, with Democratic State Rep. Teresa Tanzi sponsoring the House version of the bill.
“People under the age of 21 are already prohibited from buying handguns in Rhode Island, but an 18-year-old — someone who might even still be in high school — can buy rifles and shotguns, including the powerful weapons that are often used in mass shootings. It is well-settled science that teenage and post-teenage brains are still developing. It’s common sense that we shouldn’t be selling lethal weapons to people who we’ve decided are not old enough to buy cigarettes or beer,” Goodwin said in a <a href="https://www.rilegislature.gov/pressrelease/_layouts/15/ril.pressrelease.inputform/DisplayForm.aspx?List=c8baae31-3c10-431c-8dcd-9dbbe21ce3e9&amp;ID=372815" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Tuesday.
“When our existing law prohibiting people under 21 from buying handguns was enacted in 1959, AR-15s were weapons that even the military didn’t have. No one envisioned that 63 years later, there would be millions of these high-velocity, extraordinarily lethal weapons in the hands of civilians. Certainly no one ever imagined that a teenager would go out and legally buy two of them on his 18th birthday along with hundreds of rounds of ammunition, then use them to massacre 19 innocent children and two teachers at school,&#8221; Tanzi added in the statement.
&#8220;It’s not 1959. In 2022, we need laws that recognize the incredible killing capacity of modern weapons, and the serious gun violence epidemic we have in this nation. We need to put an end to the years of political inaction that is enabling mass shootings. I’m proud that today in Rhode Island, we are moving in the right direction,&#8221; she said.
The law passed in the Senate on Tuesday 31-5. The House version was approved 52-16 on Friday.
Rhode Island laws already prohibit the sale or possession of handguns to people under 21 years old, but allow the purchase and possession of rifles and shotguns. The new <a href="http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7457aa.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> will make it illegal to sell any firearm or ammunition to anyone under 21, with violations punishable by up to five years in prison and/or up-to $5,000 in fines.
The bill includes exceptions for police, state marshals or correctional officers, active duty military or National Guard members, as well as other minor exemptions.
The state&#8217;s General Assembly also approved a <a href="https://www.rilegislature.gov/pressrelease/_layouts/15/ril.pressrelease.inputform/DisplayForm.aspx?List=c8baae31-3c10-431c-8dcd-9dbbe21ce3e9&amp;ID=372814" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second bill</a> that will ban large-capacity magazines.
The <a href="http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H6614A.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislation</a> prohibits &#8220;the possession, sale or transfer of any feeding device capable of holding, or readily able to be extended to hold, more than 10 rounds of ammunition to be fed continuously into a semi-automatic firearm.&#8221; The legislation <a href="https://www.rilegislature.gov/pressrelease/_layouts/15/ril.pressrelease.inputform/DisplayForm.aspx?List=c8baae31-3c10-431c-8dcd-9dbbe21ce3e9&amp;ID=372814">passed</a> the Senate 25-11 on Wednesday and 43-26 in the House on Friday. The governor has also stated that he will sign the bill.
The new laws follow a deadly mass shooting that killed 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last month. The 18-year-old shooter had reportedly legally purchased the AR-15 shortly after his birthday.
Second Amendment rights advocates for the most part agree that gun violence is a problem in the nation but largely oppose removing gun rights from legal gun owners as a solution. A bipartisan proposal in Congress has sought to increase gun safety measures but has not included <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/12/politics/whats-in-senate-gun-reform-agreement/index.html">changes</a> to the age requirements for purchasing a firearm.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Tuesday that he is &#8220;comfortable&#8221; with the bipartisan gun control framework — which includes funding for red flag laws.
&#8220;For myself, I&#8217;m comfortable with the framework, and if the legislation ends up reflecting what the framework indicates, I will be supportive,&#8221; the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday.
That framework includes both enhanced background checks for Americans under 21, as well as funding for states to pass red flag laws and for school security and mental health services.
McConnell is the eleventh Republican to indicate that he agrees to the framework of the legislative text, meaning that it will overcome a filibuster if Republicans maintain support and all 50 Democrats back the bill.
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BREAKING: Mitch McConnell says he’s “comfortable” with the bipartisan gun control framework that includes funding for states to impose red flag laws. <a href="https://t.co/aUHJwgx2US">pic.twitter.com/aUHJwgx2US</a>
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Led by Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy and Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn, a group of 20 senators <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gun-reform-deal-mitch-mcconnell-support/">said Sunday</a> that they had reached a consensus on a gun reform deal, which follows mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
“We have a deal. Today a bipartisan group of 20 Senators (10 D and 10 R) is announcing a breakthrough agreement on gun violence – the first in 30 years – that will save lives,” Murphy tweeted Sunday.
The senator noted that the gun control package would allocate “billions in new funding for mental health and school safety, including money for the national build out of community mental health clinics.”
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🚨NEWS: We have a deal. Today a bipartisan group of 20 Senators (10 D and 10 R) is announcing a breakthrough agreement on gun violence &#8211; the first in 30 years &#8211; that will save lives. 
I think you’ll be surprised at the scope of our framework. 
1/ Here’s what it includes:
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The package would also close the &#8220;boyfriend loophole&#8221; and prevent domestic abusers (meaning a spouse or a serious dating partner) from buying a gun if they are convicted of abusing their partner.
&#8220;Will this bill do everything we need to end our nation’s gun violence epidemic?&#8221; Murphy asked. &#8220;No. But it’s real, meaningful progress. And it breaks a 30 year log jam, demonstrating that Democrats and Republicans can work together in a way that truly saves lives.&#8221;
&#8220;Drafting this law and passing it through both chambers will not be easy,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We have a long way before this gets to the president’s desk. But with your help and activism, we can get this done. This time, failure cannot be an option.&#8221;

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An animal shelter in Southern California has made it very clear that if you want to adopt a pet from their center, you must stand with their beliefs on gun control or &#8220;we will not adopt a pet to you.&#8221;
The Shelter Hope Pet Shop in Thousand Oaks added a question for their potential pet adopters that they must answer if they want a pet from the shelter. The question reads, &#8220;Where do you stand on gun control?&#8221; <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3517974-california-animal-shelter-to-require-those-adopting-pets-to-support-gun-restrictions/">The Hill</a> reported in a piece published Thursday. The owner of the shop, Kim Sill, shared that the shop doesn&#8217;t &#8220;support&#8221; those who believe the Second Amendment means the &#8220;right to buy assault weapons.”
&#8220;We believe that if we can make our voices heard on how we feel, we can make an impact,&#8221; the Shelter Hope Pet Shop owner wrote on the website. &#8220;We do not support those who believe that the 2nd amendment gives them the right to buy assault weapons. If your beliefs are not in line with ours, we will not adopt a pet to you.&#8221;
&#8220;Thank you for the kind and thoughtful comments on this post,&#8221; the shop&#8217;s message on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ShelterHopePetShop">Facebook</a> later read about the policy. &#8220;To the many angry humans who posted comments here I will say it again: I should not have to carry a gun to protect my shelter and to protect my staff, animals and volunteers.&#8221;
&#8220;I have the right to adopt to like minded beings in regard to gun control,&#8221; the post added. &#8220;Many of your comments are not worthy of a response so I will refrain from posting one.&#8221;
Reading through the comments on the shop&#8217;s Facebook page, many people voiced their criticism of the shelter&#8217;s new criteria, as the owner shared the policy was enacted following the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/little-girl-trapped-with-shooter-repeatedly-called-9-1-1-as-police-waited-outside-officials">Uvalde school shooting</a> in Texas.
&#8220;You&#8217;re not doing the animals any favors with this attitude,&#8221; one person shared. &#8220;Nobody said you should have to carry a gun to protect yourself either! That&#8217;s a CHOICE. The chances of you needing a gun are slim, but I prefer to carry because I feel safer when trave[l]ing, while sleeping, etc. We already have many common-sense gun laws&#8230;now they need to use them. Would you rather protect yourself with a knife if a knife-wielding crazy comes at you? I&#8217;m more afraid of knives than guns.&#8221;
Another wrote, &#8220;There&#8217;s a wonderful business strategy&#8230;shooting yourself in the foot so you have to work twice as hard finding homes for the pets. Oh, that&#8217;s right, they&#8217;ll have to remain &#8216;animals&#8217; that much longer because you made it that much harder for them to be adopted as &#8216;pets.’”
&#8220;Pets can not have a home because I, as a legal gun owner and an African American woman who lives with daughters, has taken steps to be able to defend myself and my family,&#8221; another shared.
In response to the backlash, the same message was posted over and over again attributed to the shop.
&#8220;Republicans and Democrats need to stop fighting and get together and be Americans first and protect our schools and children,&#8221; the shop message read. &#8220;There has to be a compromise and a solution and a way to fix this somewhere in the middle. The second amendment was written 2 centuries ago.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s perfectly fine if we modernize it to reflect the changes in the country and the new necessities in today&#8217;s world,&#8221; the message added. &#8220;We have to work together and make gun ownership come with training, periodic examinations, and proof of mental health. What could possible be the downside of requiring those things.&#8221;

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Animal Shelter Says Stand With Us On Gun Control Or ‘We Will Not Adopt A Pet To You’

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Gun control activist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/david-hogg">David Hogg</a> has deleted a viral tweet and apologized after a staffer for Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marco-rubio">Marco Rubio</a> (R-FL) accused him of lying about the senator for &#8220;self-promotion.&#8221;
&#8220;Rubio staff said I can&#8217;t meet with him or his staff because I &#8216;trigger&#8217; him,&#8221; claimed Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/parkland-shooting">Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School</a> shooting. &#8220;I just wanna have a conversation. Please meet with me @marcorubio I just want to figure out how we can stop these things from happening. We have to end the continuous debate and find what we can agree on.&#8221;
A spokesman for Rubio told The Daily Wire on Thursday that this claim was false: Rubio&#8217;s office had a meeting scheduled for 2 p.m. on Thursday with both <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control">Hogg</a> and the March for Our Lives team, but they canceled after they saw his fabricated tweet.
&#8220;No one said such a thing,&#8221; Rubio&#8217;s Chief of Staff Michael Needham responded to Hogg. &#8220;As for the meeting, you must be confused as we had a 2p meeting scheduled with you. However, since you are lying and clearly using this all for self-promotion, that meeting is now cancelled [sic].&#8221;
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&#8220;Also,&#8221; Needham added, &#8220;the reporter doing a profile of you knows the meeting is real since she was emailing yesterday with our comms team about it. Don’t lie again — we have receipts.&#8221;
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Also, the reporter doing a profile of you knows the meeting is real since she was emailing yesterday with our comms team about it. Don’t lie again — we have receipts.
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<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Hogg deleted the tweet Thursday afternoon, claiming in a new tweet that it was an &#8220;honest mistake,&#8221; and attaching a screenshot showing that his original tweet had garnered over 24,000 likes.
&#8220;Got our meetings confused in the flurry and my staff misinformed me,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I apologize. We’d still love to meet with you and have an honest, respectful discussion. Deleted the tweet [because] it wasn’t true but attaching here for transparency.&#8221; 
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@marcorubio</a> an honest mistake, got our meetings confused in the flurry and my staff misinformed me. I apologize. We’d still love to meet with you and have an honest, respectful discussion. Deleted the tweet bc it wasn’t true but attaching here for transparency. <a href="https://t.co/icmaLoSA0C">pic.twitter.com/icmaLoSA0C</a>
&mdash; David Hogg ☮️ (@davidhogg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1534947849376518150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Hogg is in Washington, D.C., calling for gun control following the deadly mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman killed 19 children and two adults.
&#8220;PARENTS WAKE UP this could have been your kid and it still could be,&#8221; Hogg tweeted earlier this week. &#8220;We never thought it could happen in Parkland either. Act on this before you become part of the club that nobody wants to be part of.&#8221;
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PARENTS WAKE UP this could have been your kid and it still could be. We never thought it could happen in Parkland either. Act on this before you become part of the club that nobody wants to be part of. <a href="https://t.co/odYs3nfeM3">https://t.co/odYs3nfeM3</a>
&mdash; David Hogg ☮️ (@davidhogg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1534737489511993351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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David Hogg Deletes Viral Tweet, Apologizes After Top Rubio Staffer Shreds Him For Lying

Marco Rubio Staffer Shreds David Hogg Over False Viral Tweet

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A new left-of-center poll released this week found that support for a so-called &#8220;assault weapons ban&#8221; has hit an all-time low as Democrat politicians try to capitalize on the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas.
The move to strip Americans of their Second Amendment rights is being spearheaded by Democrat President Joe Biden, who called for banning semi-automatic long guns during a speech last week.
While other Democrat politicians have tempered what they are seeking to get done this time, actor Matthew McConaughey, who also previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/conservatives-slam-gun-control-activist-matthew-mcconaughey-thats-gonna-be-a-no-from-me-dawg">called for banning those same firearms</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-matthew-mcconaughey-gives-away-the-political-lefts-game-on-gun-control">admitted during an interview</a> on Fox News this week that Democrats still want “the whole loaf” when it comes to restricting Second Amendment rights but that they are willing to just “take a slice” this time.
Quinnipiac University found in its most recent poll that support for banning semi-automatic long guns was at an all-time low and that Americans do not support limiting the number of guns that someone can own and Americans do not expect Congress to do anything on gun control.
&#8220;In today&#8217;s poll, 50 percent of registered voters support a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons, while 45 percent oppose it,&#8221; the poll <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3848">said</a>. &#8220;This is the lowest level of support among registered voters for a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons since February 2013 when the question was first asked by the Quinnipiac University Poll. The highest level of support among registered voters for a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons was in a Quinnipiac poll on February 20, 2018 when 67 percent supported a ban and 29 percent opposed.&#8221;
The all-time high support for banning semi-automatic long guns that the poll noted came after the Parkland shooting in which 14 students were killed. The new all-time low in the poll comes after 19 students were killed in Uvalde.
&#8220;While 41 percent of Americans think the United States should pursue limiting the number of guns in the country, 55 percent do not think so,&#8221; the poll continued. &#8220;Forty-two percent of Americans expect lawmakers in Washington D.C. to take action on reducing gun violence this year, while 54 percent do not.&#8221;
Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy noted that &#8220;nearly a decade after the school shooting at Sandy Hook and in the midst of a raging partisan and emotional debate, the assault weapon maintains a foothold, as calls for outlawing ownership hit their lowest level.&#8221;

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Actor Matthew McConaughey has traveled to Washington, D.C. this week to push lawmakers toward gun reforms following a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas — McConaughey&#8217;s hometown.
The actor met with Senate Judiciary chairman Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, on Monday, then met with Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, who is the top Republican on the panel, on Tuesday.
&#8220;We, like so many others, agree that gun safety reform is needed,&#8221; Durbin tweeted following his meeting. &#8220;I&#8217;ll keep working to make that happen.&#8221;
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Had the chance to meet Uvalde native <a href="https://twitter.com/McConaughey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@McConaughey</a> in DC today to discuss the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary as well as the larger problem of gun violence in America. We, like so many others, agree that gun safety reform is needed—I&#39;ll keep working to make that happen. <a href="https://t.co/ckCAItzwrR">pic.twitter.com/ckCAItzwrR</a>
&mdash; Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1533923288321343488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Mtg w Matthew McConaughey &amp; Camila Alves about gun responsibility + school safety incl my bipartisan EAGLES Act <a href="https://t.co/ViVpmzphtU">pic.twitter.com/ViVpmzphtU</a>
&mdash; ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley/status/1534166008524853248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Grassley noted that their conversation focused on &#8220;gun responsibility&#8221; and &#8220;school safety.&#8221; He emphasized that he has renewed his push for the &#8220;bipartisan EAGLES Act,&#8221; which would <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/remarks/grassley-on-the-reintroduction-of-the-eagles-act">expand</a> the Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center to focus on school violence. The proposal was first introduced in 2021 after the Parkland school shooting in 2018.
&#8220;There is a difference between control and responsibility,&#8221; McConaughey <a href="https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/06/06/matthew-mcconaughey-editorial-time-responsible-choices-guns/7523836001/">wrote in a Monday op-ed</a> for the Austin-American Statesman. &#8220;The first is a mandate that can infringe on our right; the second is a duty that will preserve it. There is no constitutional barrier to gun responsibility. Keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous people is not only the responsible thing to do, it is the best way to protect the Second Amendment. We can do both.&#8221;
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Uvalde, Texas, USA. <a href="https://t.co/0iULRGtREm">pic.twitter.com/0iULRGtREm</a>
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In his op-ed, McConaughey laid out a plan that includes a nationwide &#8220;red flag&#8221; law, expanding background checks to every gun purchase, raising the age for Americans to buy assault rifles from 18 to 21, and mandating a waiting period for assault rifles.
&#8220;I want to be clear,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;I am not under the illusion that these policies will solve all of our problems, but if responsible solutions can stop some of these tragedies from striking another community without destroying the Second Amendment, they&#8217;re worth it.&#8221;
&#8220;This is not a choice between guns or no guns,&#8221; the actor continued. &#8220;It’s the responsible choice. It’s the reasonable choice. It’s a quintessentially American choice: Where I have the right to be me, you have the freedom to be you, and we have the responsibility to be US. &#8220;

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Uvalde Native Matthew McConaughey Goes To Capitol Hill To Push Gun Reforms

Uvalde Native Matthew McConaughey Heads To Capitol Hill To Push Gun Reforms

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