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| Back in August, we reported that Michael Bloomberg-backed then-sitting Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane had been found guilty of criminal conspiracy and perjury in a case stemming from the abuse of her office. Kane’s sentencing hearing was held Monday, where Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy sentenced the former attorney general to 10 to 23 months in prison. |
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Hillary Clinton has made clear that she would make gun control a top priority of her  presidency, and has pointed to a new ban on commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms as one of her chief goals. At a June 17, 2014 CNN “town hall” event, Clinton was asked, “Do you think that reinstating the ban on assault weapons and banning high capacity magazines would do any good?” Clinton affirmed her support for a ban, and stated, “We cannot let a minority of people — and that’s what it is, it is a minority of people — hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people.” Clinton’s team might want to rework this line of attack, as a Gallup poll released this week shows that a record number, and a majority, of Americans oppose a ban on popular semi-automatic firearms. |
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| This week, the New York Attorney General’s Office, led by Eric T. Schneiderman, released a report entitled “Target on Trafficking: New York Crime Gun Analysis” (the report). The report – accompanied by an interactive website – uses ATF trace data to attempt to build a case that the “lax” gun laws of other states lead to firearms being illegally “trafficked” into New York, which has some of the nation’s strictest firearms laws. It then goes on to insist that Congress and even other states must pass additional gun control to secure New York’s “right” to “gun safety.” |
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| As November 8th quickly approaches and races tighten across the country, there has never been a more critical time for the voice of the pro-gun community to be heard. The Presidency, the balance of the U.S. Senate and their roles in determining the balance of the Supreme Court, could decide the fate of the Second Amendment for generations to come. This is the reality that all Second Amendment supporters face and the very reason we need to make sure the pro-gun vote turns out! |
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| Despite reports of a government compromise last year, Australia is once again embroiled in a heated political battle over the fate of a popular lever-action shotgun. In August 2015, it was reported that New South Wales Liberal Democratic Senator David Leyonhjelm had secured a deal with Australia’s Liberal Party-led government of Prime Minister Tony Abbot for the removal of a temporary ban on the importation of a seven-round version of the Adler Arms A-110 shotgun, in exchange for his support on unrelated legislation. In September 2015, Malcolm Turnbull defeated Abbott for the leadership of the Liberal Party, becoming the 29th prime minister of Australia. Last week, Leyonhjelm accused the current Liberal leadership of reneging on the deal by keeping the import ban in place. |
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| Proponents of gun control are fond of fiddling with terminology in an effort to make their “product” a better sell. “Gun control” has been rebranded as “gun safety,” new gun restrictions automatically are tagged with the prefix “common sense,” skeptical gun owners are “the gun lobby,” and “I support the Second Amendment” comes with the invisible caveat, “except when I don’t.” |
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| The Second Amendment, which Trump has regularly brought up as essential to protect from a Clinton presidency, is a good place to remain focused. For the first time in decades, more Americans believe gun rights should be protected rather than infringed upon with more gun control. Clinton, who argued during the final debate that District of Columbia v. Heller was merely about protecting toddlers, is not only opposed to the Second Amendment but refuses to state whether it is an individual right, rather than a collective one, to keep and bear arms as the Supreme Court has ruled. |
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| Gun-rights and gun-reform advocates expressed their frustrations during the final of four meetings of the Senate’s Gun Issues Special Committee, which has traveled the state taking testimony from citizens to determine if the state’s gun laws should be reformed. |
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| California already has the strictest gun laws in the nation, and has for several years.In order to buy a gun in the state, you have to do all of the following: |