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NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 33, NUMBER 19 |
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| Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon and her newly hired brigade of Second Amendment attorneys at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division Second Amendment Section are clearly ready to work. |
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| A recent case involving an Oregon man who was the subject of two “red flag” gun confiscation orders illustrates one of the many problems with the foolish policy. |
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| Washington Post opinion columnist Megan McArdle recently wrote an article (paywall alert) exploring a “new” idea to combat violent crime where firearms are used. |
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| American “red flag” laws (“punishment now, due process later”) have been opposed for years by groups as varied as the NRA and the ACLU because of their shaky science, minimal evidentiary requirements, and significant erosions of constitutional due process and property rights. |
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| Today, the National Rifle Association, along with the Firearms Policy Coalition and FPC Action Foundation, filed an amicus brief in Atkinson v. Blanche, a challenge to the federal lifetime prohibition on firearms possession by nonviolent felons. |
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| The National Rifle Association joined the Second Amendment Foundation, California Rifle & Pistol Association, Second Amendment Law Center, Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of Patrick “Tate” Adamiak. |
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