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| NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION Federal Appellate Court Upholds Decision to Block California’s Magazine Surrender Requirement | |
| Last summer, we reported on the welcome news that a federal court had blocked California’s plan to require owners of “large capacity” magazines to surrender or otherwise rid themselves of their formerly-lawful property. As the judge in that case had put it: “On July 1, 2017, any previously law-abiding person in California who still possesses a firearm magazine capable of holding more than 10 rounds will begin their new life of crime.” That was a bridge too far, he decided, and blocked enforcement of the law’s dispossession requirement. California appealed that ruling, and now over a year later a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the lower court’s ruling. The case, Duncan v. Becerra, is supported by both the NRA and the California Rifle & Pistol Association. | |
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| NEWS Moms Demand Action Reportedly Told Candidate Not to Talk about Support for Gun Ban | |
| Another chapter in the lengthy tale of gun control duplicity was written last week. On July 10, The Washington Free Beacon published a report of a video of Democratic nominee for New York’s rural upstate 21st congressional district Tedra Cobb admitting that she had deceived constituents about her support for a ban on commonly-owned semi-automatic rifles. Since the story broke, Cobb’s comments have gone viral and her campaign manager has quit the race. | |
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| NEWS Israel Set to Further Embrace Armed Citizenry to Promote Public Safety | |
| After a spate of terror attacks in 2015, Israel opted to loosen its firearms restrictions so that more citizens could help to defend themselves and their communities. According to a recent report from Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the Ministry of Public Security is considering further liberalizing the country’s firearms licensing process. | |
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| NEWS Anti-gun Propaganda Infiltrates History Channel’s Navy SEAL Drama “Six” | |
| With shows like “Tales of the Gun” and “Mail Call” with R. Lee Ermey, the History Channel has often served as a place where gun owners can enjoy entertainment free from the anti-gun political messaging that pervades much of American media. Unfortunately, a recent episode the channel’s fiction series “Six,” a drama about the lives of members of U.S. Navy SEALs Team Six, embraced the usual Hollywood bias against guns. | |
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| NEWS GUN LAWS Gallup: Gun Control Not High on List of Problems | |
| Gallup’s July survey found that the number of Americans who cited guns or gun control as the most important problem facing America had returned to levels similar to before the shooting in Parkland, Fla. This month, just two percent of Americans say guns and gun control are the most important problem. It was only a few short months ago that a record number of Americans cited guns as the most important problem (April, 13%). | |
| NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION Federal Court Upholds Decision to Block California’s Magazine Ban |
| A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit issued a ruling in the case of Duncan v. Becerra on Tuesday upholding a lower court’s decision to suspend enforcement of California’s restriction on the possession of magazines that hold 10 rounds or more. |
| STATE GRASSROOTS ROUND-UP |
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Illinois Illinois: Governor Signs Two Gun Control Bills |
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Indiana Indiana: Indianapolis Gun Control Resolution Introduced |
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Washington Washington: NRA and SAF File Lawsuit Against City of Seattle |
