Politics

By Dan Zimmerman via TTAG Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender appeared on CNN this morning to discuss the council’s plan to dismantle the city’s police department in the wake of the George Floyd killing. What, you may ask, will replace the MPD? According to Bender, they will construct a “transformative new model of public safety.” Exactly what that…

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA — In a veto-proof move, the city council in Minneapolis has voted to disband the city’s police department following the death of George Floyd at the hands of an officer, and following protests and violent riots. Many activists have been pushing at least for their cities to defund local police departments, a move many other…

I’m not shocked. Not one bit. Today, Presidential hopeful ‘Uncle’ Joe Biden was discussing ways to better train police forces across the Country, and boy did he have some great absolutely terrible advice on how to accomplish this. “Instead of standing there and teaching a cop, when there’s an unarmed person coming at them with…

Oklahoma Governor Stitt signed a bill into law that effectively bans any type of Red Flag Law in the State. Senate Bill 108, called the Anti red Flag Bill, allows for people to maintain control over their firearms if a complaint is brought against them. This was done mainly to cover hearsay and incidents where…

Following a deadly mass shooting last month that took the lives of 22 people, Canada has introduced a ban, effective immediately, that prohibits roughly 1,500 different models if firearms. Among the newly banned firearms are all AR-15 and AR-10 styles. Assault-style firearms designed for military use have no place in our communities. That’s why we…

By Dan Zimmerman via TTAG Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba released a video on Friday, April 24, announcing that he has signed an order “suspending” open carry in the city due to COVID-19. As nonsensical as that sounds, it gets worse. Mississippi has a state preemption law, § 45-9-51 which is why Mayor Lumumba cannot do…

A federal judge struck down a California law on Thursday that required purchasers of ammunition to undergo a background check. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez in San Diego called the regulations “onerous and convoluted,” adding that they violate a citizen’s Second Amendment rights, the Associated Press reported. via foxnews.com The California Rifle & Pistol Association had asked the Judge…

After a lawsuit was filed by The Second Amendment Foundation when the NJ Governor decided to close gun shops after deeming them non-essential, and after the Department of Homeland Security deemed firearm manufacturers and retailers essential, Governor Murphy backed down and is allowing gun shops to re-open. Well, kinda re-open. The gun shops may re-open…

H.B. 516 was passed in Idaho and allows for all Americans to carry a concealed firearm in the state without a permit. It was signed by the Governor March 25th 2020. This extends Idaho’s constitutional carry bill, which until now only applied to residents. The Idaho Second Amendment Alliance first reported on this story today,…