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After the tragedy in Santa Fe, Governor Abbott requested that the issue of school shootings be examined to see if new legislation would help prevent further terrible acts. Soon the Texas legislature will consider what proponents called “red flag protective orders.” These orders were made popular by their prominent use in California to confiscate firearms... [Read More]

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For the first time in its history, the Second Amendment Foundation has issued a “travel advisory” to firearms owners to avoid going to California, warning law-abiding armed citizens that their civil rights could be in jeopardy due to that state’s restrictive gun control laws. “The California Legislature has been out of control for years when... [Read More]

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked a voter-approved California law that would have forced gun owners to give up standard-capacity ammunition magazines holding 10 rounds or more. To get into compliance with the law, California gun owners would have been allowed move them out of state, sell them to a licensed dealer, destroy them, or hand... [Read More]

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The Second Amendment Foundation, joined by several other groups and individuals, has filed a lawsuit in federal district court in California, challenging that state’s law prohibiting the possession, use, or acquisition of so-called “large-capacity magazines,” calling the ban “hopelessly vague and ambiguous.” This case could have repercussions on a similar magazine ban in Colorado. Joining... [Read More]

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Nearly everybody is aware of the strict laws regulating the possession of firearms in California, and a group of gun-owners seeks to correct what they consider a violation of their Second Amendment rights by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. In California, applications to carry a concealed firearm are submitted to the county sheriff for... [Read More]

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  Is gun ownership a right for all Americans? Or just for a small militia? Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law at UCLA, explains what the Founding Fathers intended in this Prager University video. Video and transcript courtesy of Prager University. And if you haven’t seen our Texas & U.S. Law Shield video about the history... [Read More]

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  Governor Greg Abbott is leading a coalition of nine governors in filing an Amici Curae — or friend of the court brief — to the United States Supreme Court in the case of Peruta v. the County of San Diego. At stake is whether Californians, and citizens of other states traveling in California, can... [Read More]

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  Citing the regressive business climate, particularly for companies in the firearms industry, Randy Lee and Scott Folk, co-owners of Apex Tactical Specialties, the designer and manufacturer of aftermarket firearms parts, announced the company has fled the state of California and relocated to Peoria, Arizona and a new 50,000-sq.-ft. facility. Founded by Lee in 2000,... [Read More]

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The “Left-Coast” state has done it again. The election of 2016 saw the election of a man for President who has espoused his strong support for the 2nd Amendment and gun-owners’ rights. But that message was lost on Californians.  On Tuesday, two thirds of the voters passed Proposition 63, which further restricted the rights of... [Read More]

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The Wall Street Journal reports that, as far back as 2010, agents for the federal government had cooperation from police officers in southern California to use their license plate readers to scan the license plates of vehicles at gun shows. According to emails uncovered by the WSJ, the information was gathered by officers and provided to agents with... [Read More]

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On November 8, California voters will vote on a controversial gun-control ballot initiative proposed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom known as Proposition 63, or the “Safety for All Initiative.” This proposed legislation follows a series of gun-control measures signed into law in July by California Governor Jerry Brown. Newson says Prop 63 will close “all kinds... [Read More]

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Following a number of incidents in which firearms were stolen from police and other law enforcement vehicles and then used in crimes, the California legislature has passed a bill that Governor Jerry Brown signed into law on September 26, 2016. The Orange County Register reported that an investigation of 134 state and local police agencies... [Read More]

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