Litigation Last week, a coalition of outdoor groups filed a second lawsuit against the State of California in federal district court in Sacramento challenging a recently passed law banning the “marketing” of firearms to minors. The legal challenge by Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, SoCal Top Guns, Safari Club International and Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation seeks to protect youth hunting, shooting sports and …

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Legislation Well folks, we erroneously predicted last week that the U.S. House would not attempt to pass the “assault weapons” ban before the August recess, based on the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s statement (lie) on Thursday. The measure was passed by House Democrats last Friday after our newsletter went for publication on Thursday. Our apologies. The bill is expected to …

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Legislation The Most Effective Way to Let Your Congressman Know You Oppose Gun Control Excellent short read. In an embarrassing defeat for the gun ban lobby, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has abandoned the attempt to pass an “assault weapons” (24 million semiautomatics) ban ahead of the August recess after failing to come up with the necessary votes. Look for it …

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Action item Letters to your federal legislators opposing the U.S. House bill to ban “assault weapons.” As usual, you can edit the text. STOP THE “ASSAULT WEAPONS” BAN CRITICAL ALERT: ‘ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN’ VOTE SOON – NSSF Please Tell Your Representative to Oppose Gun Control! – NRA-ILA Litigation Bruen decision We are hearing lots of noise about various Nazi jurisdictions …

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Independence Day Litigation Did you notice the SCOTUS decision last month in the case West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency? This one has far-reaching implications. The 6-3 Supreme Court ruling told the EPA it can’t make its own rules under the major questions doctrine, saying “Agencies have only those powers given to them by Congress, and ‘enabling legislation’ is generally …

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Litigation In addition to the blockbuster Bruen decision last week, the U.S. Supreme Court also granted writs of certiorari to four pending Second Amendment cases, vacating lower court rulings and remanding those cases back to them for “further consideration in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen.” Four men with permits to carry concealed handguns …

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Independence Day SCOTUS & Litigation We are expecting a domino effect on MANY other restrictive gun laws in the wake of last week’s NYSRPA v. Bruen decision. I suspect quite a few laws not related to guns will fall as well. But it will not be automatic and lawsuits will be necessary. There are a few other gun law cases …

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Housekeeping FYI, I typically finish writing these newsletters and send them to Mike Allen at Businesswright on Thursdays for publication and distribution on Fridays. So if there is breaking news late Thursday or Friday (like a SCOTUS decision) that is missed in that week’s newsletter, that lead time is why. Also sometimes, like this week, we are late. This is …

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