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they pass these BS laws and it don't do one damn bit of good
in NYC on the subway, a shooter opened fire
in one the most gun controlled cities on earth
stupid stupid stupid....
the gov't is now afraid of its citizens who can take back their country
Gun Control Law Just Passed Senate and House on Wednesday... why didn't we hear about it. All GOP members that signed this NEED to be primaried.
https://www.brighteon.com/e3ced701-7db0-4b31-84aa-77b92488b433
EXCLUSIVE: Beverly Hills’ Only Gun Shop Ordered to Close in 60 Days
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/04/08/exclusive-beverly-hills-only-gun-shop-ordered-close-60-days/
Baring Biden’s Big ‘Gun Violence’ Lie
“The defense of one’s self, justly called the primary law of nature, is not, nor can it be abrogated by any regulation of municipal law. This principle of defense is not confined merely to the person; it extends to the liberty and the property of a man … it extends to the person of every one, who is in danger; perhaps, to the liberty of every one, whose liberty is unjustly and forcibly attacked.” —James Wilson (1791)
https://patriotpost.us/alexander/87484?mailing_id=6588&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.6588&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body&fbclid=IwAR3pGpzRmWKP3eTFhS0rZm9S-s1JE5eF01Ldq74qV1q1rYYO72fjPRiG0Ps
The Ultimate Emergency Go Bag Checklist
https://mev.soundestlink.com/view/624cae15b9e91b001c04afc7/6245c4dfce5d56001d1ecc42?signature=9aec177c8da22ddce379f75f2d7303364fff2289788880abd1cc01fe14295991
Rocket launchers found in trash can near California school Grenades and rocket launchers are federally classified as firearms and are therefore legal with proper registration. But in California, possessing a destructive device is illegal.
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/01/1090178116/rocket-launchers-bazooka-grenade-california-middle-school
Interesting suit
https://www.bulletblocker.com/bulletproof-twill-blazer-with-body-armor.html
this link is also pretty cool
https://www.ties.com/blog/bulletproof-suit
Dragon Skin
what went wrong?
https://blueridgearmor.com/dragonskinarmor/
I still see semi-autos being included in no time at all
if this BS sticks.......
Congress makes laws...NOT the ATF
I'm so fricking sick and tired of gov't assholes making up laws
just do away with the entire dept...
it started up with prohibition mostly
and isn't needed anymore
according to what I'm reading this makes any semi-auto get this classification....
Ok....bring it
time for the ATF to go away just like the Dept of Education
the IRS and a host of others
ATF officially declares certain gun triggers ‘machine guns’
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/03/atf-officially-declares-certain-gun-triggers-machine-guns/?utm_source=breaking_email&utm_campaign=breaking_mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Master_List&utm_campaign=632f570352-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_03_25_03_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9c4ef113e0-632f570352-62915518&mc_cid=632f570352&mc_eid=0265c988ab
On Thursday, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), issued an open letter ruling that a type of gun trigger, known as a forced-reset trigger, will be considered a machinegun despite functioning differently than a true automatic machine gun.
The letter, dated March 22 and widely published Thursday, March 24, states the agency “recently examined devices commonly known as ‘forced reset triggers’ (FRTs) and has determined that some of them are ‘firearms’ and ‘machineguns’ as defined in the National Firearms Act (NFA), and
‘machineguns’ as defined in the Gun Control Act (GCA).”
A conventional trigger is one that, once fired, requires its user to release it before it can reset and be depressed to fire again. A forced-reset trigger is one that, once fired, automatically resets the trigger to the unfired position, whether it has been released or not. This action allows a user to more quickly fire subsequent rounds, but each shot still requires the trigger to be pulled.
In contrast, a true fully automatic machine gun requires only one trigger pull and will repeatedly fire bullets until the trigger is released or the gun runs out of ammunition.
“Unlike traditional triggers and binary triggers (sometimes referred to generally as ‘FRTs’), the subject FRTs do not require shooters to pull and then subsequently release the trigger to fire a second shot,” the ATF letter states. “Instead, these FRTs utilize the firing cycle to eliminate the need for the shooter to release the trigger before a second shot is fired. By contrast, some after-market triggers have similar components but also incorporate a disconnector or similar feature to ensure that the trigger must be released before a second shot may be fired and may not be machineguns.”
The ATF explained a “Machinegun” is defined in U.S. law as, “Any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term shall also include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, and any combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or
under the control of a person.”
The ATF has been looking at regulating FRT triggers, such as the Rare Breed Trigger (RBT) FRT-15, for several months now. Last summer, the ATF issued a cease and desist letter to Rare Breed, stating the agency determined the FRT-15 met their definition of a fully automatic machine gun.
RBT president Lawrence DeMonico has already disagreed with the ATF’s past characterizations of his company’s FRT triggers. He maintains that his company’s product requires a user to depress the trigger every time their gun is fired.
“The trigger is being depressed with each round that’s being fired,” DeMonico told WFTV Orlando in August. “It’s not how fast the gun shoots, it’s how the gun shoots fast.”
In September, DeMonico told Free Range American, “When Congress wrote the law defining a machine gun, they drew a box. They said, ‘If you stay in this box, it’s not a machine gun; but if you step out of the box, it is a machine gun. Well, I found a way to attain my goal and stay within the box. Now the ATF wants to change the shape of that box. As an executive agency, they don’t get to do that. The ATF is not allowed to create legislation. That’s Congress’ job.”
On Thursday, the gun-rights group Gun Owners of America announced it intends to challenge the new ATF rule.
‘Constitutional Carry’ Bill Signed Into Law in Indiana
By Mimi Nguyen Ly
March 22, 2022 Updated: March 22, 2022
https://www.theepochtimes.com/constitutional-carry-bill-signed-into-law-in-indiana_4353187.html
I am in there LOL
That's pretty cool... Thanks.
That's pretty cool... Thanks.
Legends of America Gunfighter List
Go to Last Name beginning with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/gunfighter-list/
ATF Uses “Secret Rulemaking” to Try to Incriminate Hundreds of Gun Owners
March 18, 2022
kudos to srm4u for this.....T
As the American Suppressor Association explained, the ATF has decided to go after suppressor makers who use “solvent trap kits.”
“Despite previously approving thousands of Form 1 applications for individuals and legal entities that have used these kits in recent years, it seems ATF has now decided to change course without any public explanation or justification,” the ASA explained. “What is clear is that ATF has unilaterally decided that the National Firearms Act (NFA) applies to these kits, and therefore any applicant applying to make a suppressor using one might be guilty of a crime.”
Solvent traps are common gun cleaning devices used to capture cleaning solvent. They’re screwed onto the end of a barrel, so their shape and design have naturally prompted solvent trap owners to convert them into suppressors.
In the past, this has been perfectly legal. Now, apparently, the ATF has used a “secret rulemaking” process to outlaw these devices. Needless to say, they haven’t promulgated this new rule via the standard rulemaking process and Congress hasn’t passed any such law.
https://conventionofstates.com/news/atf-uses-secret-rulemaking-to-try-to-incriminate-hundreds-of-gun-owners
Germany to disarm far-right extremists, restricts gun access
https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-europe-berlin-gun-politics-music-festivals-5d4e13c2ab476dc4b904381ee28608eb
LMAO!!!!
thx....great post
Here Are The Republicans Who Voted For Gun Control Legislation Behind Your Back
https://truthpress.news/news/here-are-the-republicans-who-voted-for-gun-control-legislation-behind-your-back/
There is a reason why I constantly argue that the primary elections might be even more important than the upcoming midterms. The Senate, including Republicans, passed legislation on Saturday night that would make things harder for gun owners and those attempting to obtain firearms.
Ammoland News reported:
In the middle of the night, the U.S. Senate passed the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA). Some gun rights groups raised alarm bells when this act passed the U.S. House of Representatives last year with Republican support. At the time, Republicans like Dan Crenshaw said that the anti-gun provisions of the bill would be removed and accused Gun Owners of America (GOA) of fearmongering to fundraise.
Democrats and Republicans led by Senator Jodi Ernst negotiated the bill’s anti-gun provisions.
Many of the GOP senators who vowed not to vote for the bill if it still included anti-gun provisions ended up supporting it. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MI) voted in favor of the measure, which is notable because she released a statement to Ammoland News vowing never to vote for such a proposal. Her office wrote:
Senator Hyde-Smith’s position on the Second Amendment has not changed. The underlying measure placed before the Senate was one to keep the government operating and help the people of Ukraine fight an unhinged foreign dictator. Senator Hyde-Smith does not support the mentioned VAWA provisions and will continue to fight to protect Second Amendment rights.
Here is a full list of the Republican senators who voted for the bill:
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Capito (R-WV)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Ernst (R-IA)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Portman (R-OH)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)
If any of these lawmakers belong to you, it might be time to get on the phone or keyboard and let them know what you think. It may also be motivation to make sure you show up during the primary elections and help to send actual conservatives to Washington, D.C.
When you understand what is included in these provisions, you will understand why it is so important to call these people out. For starters, it includes the NICS Denial Notification Act. This would require federal authorities to refer those whose background checks are denied to state and local law enforcement when they attempt to purchase a firearm or obtain a license to carry. This would likely result in these agencies investigating the person who was denied regardless of evidence of wrongdoing. Given that most NICS denials are false, it is not difficult to see how this could be a problem.
Another part of the bill would allow the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to deputize members of local law enforcement to do its dirty work. “This provision is a direct attack against states with Second Amendment Protection Acts (SAPA),” according to Ammoland News. These bills prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal gun laws. With this provision, the ATF can essentially make local police officers into federal authorities, meaning they can get around SAPA laws.
Another provision would fund research on gun violence, which sounds nice, but is far more insidious than it appears. Ammoland News explains:
Research into gun violence has always been flawed in the past. Instead of using evidence-based science to come to a conclusion, the government has been caught using a predetermined result. The federal agency would decide on a conclusion they wanted first and work backward by using evidence to back up their opinion while ignoring evidence contradicting their stance. The practice was highlighted by whistleblower Dr. Miguel Faria whose testimony in front of Congress ended funding for gun violence research by the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
The fact that Republican senators would vote for such a proposal demonstrates one of two things: They don’t care what you think, or they didn’t think you would find out. This is a prime example showing how many so-called conservatives in Congress are willing to abandon their supposed principles for the sake of political expediency. Unfortunately, they will never stop until they are made to pay for their duplicity during primary season.
Alec Baldwin blames late Halyna Hutchins in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting: new docs
https://nypost.com/2022/03/11/alec-baldwin-denies-responsibility-for-killing-halyna-hutchins/amp/
Alec Baldwin broke every rule of gun safety in accidental shooting-
SANTA FE, NM – Actor Alec Baldwin has a new defense he is mounting for any civil or criminal liability, claiming that the victim who died directed him to point the gun at her, somehow causing her death.
Oh yeah, his lawyers are also claiming that part of his contract for the film shields him from any civil liability.
In October of 2021, Baldwin was rehearsing a scene on the defunct movie set of “Rust” with film cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when a gun he was holding fired a live round, striking and killing Hutchins and injuring the film’s director.
In December of 2021, Baldwin spoke with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in a televised interview and claimed that he never pulled the trigger of the gun he was holding and that he did not know there was a live round in the gun.
Baldwin went further and claimed that it was Hutchins who directed him to point the gun at her and pull the hammer of the gun back.
Baldwin, through his attorneys, claimed that he pulled the hammer back as requested by Hutchins and even asked her if she could see it well enough on the camera. When she replied that she could, he released the hammer and the gun somehow fired without the trigger being pulled.
Now, Baldwin is alleging that he was trained on the set that he did not have to check any firearms to verify there were no live rounds inside of it. He further stated this direction was given to him by the scene armorer, Heather Reed.
Baldwin’s attorneys claim that these circumstances mean that not only should he not face any criminal prosecution in the matter, but he should not be civilly liable in the lawsuit filed by Hutchins’ widower because of his contract.
In November, Hutchins’ husband, Matt Hutchins, filed a lawsuit against anyone he felt was responsible for the death of his wife, including Hutchins and Reed.
In March of this year, Reed’s issued a statement responding to Baldwin’s recent claims, claiming that she was never called onto the set to check on the status of the firearms as is required.
Reed went further and claimed that Baldwin knew that he was never allowed to point any gun at crew members.
She wrote:
“Mr. Baldwin knew that he could never point a firearm at crew members under any circumstances and had a duty of safety to his fellow crew members. Yet, he did point the gun at Halyna before the fatal incident against all rules and common sense.”
The statement went further and noted that everyone on the set knew that Reed had to be notified and conduct an inspection anytime before a firearm is handled.
It’s something that she alleges did not occur, alluding that if she had been notified and inspected the gun Hutchins would not have been killed.
Reed also claims that she attempted to train Baldwin on the importance of firearm safety while on set, specifically working with him on the cross draw, but was unable to do so due to his refusal to accept the training and being shut down by producers on the set.
The statement said:
“Hannah emphasized the importance of training Mr. Baldwin in the cross draw, which is dangerous. He never accepted the offer and Hannah was not able to conduct that training as well as other training she wanted to do, because of budgeting and being overruled by production.”
That's good news.
NICE--- TN. did the same-- last year.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Signs Bill to Eliminate Permit Requirement for Carrying Pistols
https://www.theepochtimes.com/alabama-gov-kay-ivey-signs-bill-to-eliminate-permit-requirement-for-carrying-pistols_4333709.html
Georgia House Passes Bill Allowing for Concealed Carry Without Permit
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/georgia-permit-gun-conceal/2022/03/12/id/1060899/
California’s pandemic gun store closures get new 9th Circuit review
By Patriot Rising
March 9, 2022
Of the many sins the government committed in response to COVID-19, one of the most egregious was the closure of gun stores throughout the nation, but particularly in states like California.
Previously, the 9th Circuit ruled that the closure was unconstitutional since due to other laws in the state, it effectively barred people from exercising their Second Amendment rights.
Now, it seems that court is going to take a new look at the case.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday said it would reconsider a decision by a panel of three Republican-appointed judges holding that a California county’s mandates forcing gun shops to close to combat the COVID-19 pandemic were unconstitutional.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to rehear the case was predicted by the author of the court’s January ruling, who in an unusual move had penned an “alternative” opinion to prove his criticisms of the court’s approach to the 2nd Amendment.
U.S. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, an appointee of former Republican President Donald Trump, at the time wrote that orders Ventura County adopted at the pandemic’s onset in March 2020 barred people from realizing their right to keep and bear arms.
He reached that decision in a lawsuit by would-be gun owners and gun-rights advocacy groups including the Second Amendment Foundation which said the county’s rules violated the U.S. Constitution’s 2nd Amendment.
VanDyke, a frequent critic of 9th Circuit’s precedents, in a concurring opinion to his own ruling acknowledged that most judges in the liberal-leaning circuit would disagree with his decision and predicted the court would take the case en banc.
VanDyke also illustrated how ridiculously easy it is to make any case you want one way or another.
However, the panel ruled correctly and I honestly don’t see how any jurist could rule that no one’s Second Amendment rights were violated by closing gun stores–the very place you have to visit to lawfully buy a gun in California.
If you close them all, how does anyone get to exercise their Second Amendment right?
That’s another drawback of universal background checks, one few of us actually foresaw in quite the way things materialized.
The truth is that much of the Ninth Circuit really doesn’t value the Second Amendment. They don’t see an issue with closing gun stores during a pandemic and negating the right to keep and bear arms for a time because they’re really rather that right be negated for all time.
We’ve long called it the Ninth Circus for a reason, folks. The court has had fifty opportunities to overturn a gun control law since the Heller decision was handed down in 2008, and fifty times the Ninth has declared those gun control laws are just fine and dandy.
However, the good news is that there’s a higher court and they seem to be open for Second Amendment cases. I’m quite sure that SCOTUS would be more than happy to show most of the Ninth Circuit how important gun stores are in the state of California and shouldn’t be closed.
Of course, California brought this lawsuit on themselves. Had they not passed universal background checks, none of this would have happened. They likely could have made the argument that gun store closures didn’t stop people from conducting face-to-face transfers, thus it wasn’t really a restriction on gun rights.
But they can’t. They wanted universal background checks–the very things that have clearly worked so well in Los Angeles–so now they lost that potential defense.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer state.
https://patriotrising.com/californias-pandemic-gun-store-closures-get-new-9th-circuit-review/
Judge blocks New York's bid to close NRA
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nra-cannot-be-dissolved-by-new-york-attorney-general-judge-rules-2022-03-02/
NEW YORK, March 2 (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday rejected the effort by New York's attorney general to put the National Rifle Association out of business for alleged corruption, but she can still seek the ouster of the gun rights group's longtime Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre.
Attorney General Letitia James had sued the NRA in August 2020, accusing it of diverting millions of dollars to fund luxuries for officials like LaPierre, with no-show contracts for associates and other questionable expenses.
Justice Joel Cohen of a New York state court in Manhattan said that while James offered "a grim story of greed, self-dealing, and lax financial oversight," she did not show that the NRA, which is incorporated in New York, benefited from financial misconduct or could not legitimately serve its members.
"The complaint does not allege the type of public harm that is the legal linchpin for imposing the 'corporate death penalty," the judge wrote in a 42-page decision.
Cohen said James could instead seek "less intrusive" remedies against NRA officials, including LaPierre, rather than a dissolution that could infringe members' free speech rights.
He said that could include LaPierre's ouster under state laws governing nonprofits, after James described in "meticulous detail" his alleged exploitation of the NRA, abuse of power and "general disregard for corporate governance."
In a statement, James said she was disappointed that the dissolution claims were dismissed, but pleased she could try to show how "fraud, abuse, and greed permeate through the NRA and its senior leadership." She will review her legal options.
Lawyers for the NRA had no immediate comment.
Founded in 1871 in New York, the NRA had responded to James' lawsuit by filing for bankruptcy in January 2021 and trying using Chapter 11 to reincorporate in more gun-friendly Texas.
The NRA called the bankruptcy a means to escape New York's corrupt political and regulatory environment, and accused James of violating its free speech rights because she disliked its politics. James has denied those claims.
Last May, a Dallas bankruptcy judge dismissed the Chapter 11 case, calling it an improper effort to gain an "unfair litigation advantage" over James, and describing some details about the NRA that emerged at trial "cringeworthy." read more
LaPierre has long faced allegations he exploited his three decades at the NRA's helm for his personal benefit.
During the bankruptcy trial, LaPierre testified about gifts he received, including yacht trips from a Hollywood producer, but denied wrongdoing.
James is seeking re-election. She is also known for her civil probe into former President Donald Trump's business practices, and an investigation that substantiated sexual harassment claims against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
The case is New York v. The National Rifle Association of America Inc et al, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No. 451625/2020.
Ohio lawmakers pass ‘constitutional carry’ gun bill
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/03/ohio-lawmakers-pass-constitutional-carry-gun-bill/?utm_source=breaking_email&utm_campaign=breaking_mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Master_List&utm_campaign=78b9c20834-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_03_05_07_57&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9c4ef113e0-78b9c20834-62915518&mc_cid=78b9c20834&mc_eid=0265c988ab
A bill to essentially eliminate the need for Ohioans to get concealed-carry handgun licenses has passed the General Assembly.
Substitute Senate Bill 215 passed the House 57-35, and the Senate — which passed a version of the bill in December — concurred with House changes 24-8.
The bill has three basic provisions: — A person at least 21 years old who is otherwise legally allowed to have a gun can carry it concealed without a permit, without having to take the now-required eight hours of gun safety training. — Holders of a current concealed-carry permit no longer have to carry that license with them. — If stopped by police, a person with a concealed weapon no longer has to tell officers about it unless they’re specifically asked.
Republicans shot down multiple amendments offered by Democrats — for a one-page brochure on current firearm laws, for universal background checks and temporary removal of guns from people in crisis.
The Buckeye Firearms Association, which had declared this “constitutional carry” bill as its top legislative priority, hailed its passage.
“We are at a historic moment in Ohio legislative history,” the group announced. “This is the closest we’ve ever been to passing a bill to make the licensing process optional for concealed carry of a firearm. Bills have been presented in former legislative sessions, but have not advanced.”
Ohio chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety network, decried the bill when it headed for the House floor.
“It’s outrageous and frustrating that our lawmakers are ignoring law enforcement’s vocal opposition to permitless carry and continue to push through this dangerous bill,” Kristine Woodworth, a volunteer with Moms Demand Action in Ohio, said in a news release. “Law enforcement across our state agree — there is no reason to get rid of our permitting system. Gutting permitting requirements will put our communities, and the people whose job it is to keep us safe, in danger.”
Concealed carry licenses will still be available for those who want them, state Sen. Terry Johnson, R-McDermott, the bill’s sponsor, has said.
The bill now heads to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to consider signing into law.
Election funding
Another $9 million for Ohio’s 88 county boards of election moved quickly through the Ohio House and was agreed to by the Senate on Wednesday, attached to an unrelated bill.
Substitute Senate Bill 9 originally focused on requiring state agencies to cut regulations — especially on businesses — by 30% by 2025. That’s still included, but now the bill also provides more election funding.
Secretary of State Frank Rose, citing the rapidly approaching May 3 primary and still unsettled legislative district maps, called earlier this week for more funding to help county election boards meet their requirements.
Republicans tabled Democratic attempts to add amendments moving the primary to June 21, and allowing election boards to work with nongovernment groups to recruit poll workers and provide voter information.
The amended bill passed 59-33, and soon afterward the Senate agreed 27-5 to concur with the House amendments.
Tax objections
A bill to change the process for objecting to property tax valuations has passed both the House and Senate — but stalled Wednesday when the House unanimously refused to agree with amendments made in the Senate.
Substitute House Bill 126, sponsored by state Rep. Derek Merrin, R-Monclova Twp., originally would have required school districts to pass a resolution before challenging a property tax valuation. It also would have required the districts to notify the affected property owners of the challenge.
But it was changed in committee to prohibit anyone from filing a property tax complaint with a county Board of Revision, unless that person or entity owns the property in question.
That would prevent school districts from challenging valuations on other properties, and schools could only file a response to an owner’s complaint if the school board passed a resolution to do so.
It would now also forbid a school district and a property owner from making a “private pay” agreement, in which the property owner pays the district not to challenge a valuation; but doesn’t prohibit a new valuation agreement if it’s reflected on the tax list.
The Senate approved the amended bill in December, but county auditors and other public officials who had previously supported the bill came out against the new version.
On Wednesday Merrin urged House members to vote against the amendments, which he said were “wholesale changes” to the bill’s intent.
Hospital visitation
“Shirley and Wilma’s Law” unanimously passed the Ohio House, aiming to require hospitals to allow visitors during a pandemic.
State Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, who cosponsored Substitute House Bill 324 with state Rep. Scott Lipps, R-Franklin, explained the bill’s name. Click, a pastor, said it’s named for two members of his church who died while not being allowed visitors during extensive COVID-19 precautions.
The bill would require hospitals to allow the same degree of access during a pandemic as during normal times, with some caveats.
Hospitals across Ohio have at times limited visitation to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Under HB 324, unless a public health order prohibits it, hospitals would be required to allow in-person visits during a pandemic from “the patient’s family, caretakers or clergy,” plus lawyers and “other individuals providing care or companionship to the patient.”
If a public health order is in place prohibiting visitors, hospitals still couldn’t bar visitation if the patient’s condition becomes terminal.
But those visits must be “conducted in such a way as to not endanger the health of hospital patients, staff or other individuals in the hospital facility,” the bill says.
Under the bill, hospitals could require visitors to wear masks and take other “reasonable safety precautions,” such as requiring prior screening for symptoms. They could limit the number of visitors to a patient at one time, but not down to one.
Marijuana for autism
A bill adding autism spectrum disorders to the conditions for which medical marijuana is authorized passed the House 73-13.
House Bill 60 is cosponsored by state Reps. Juanita Brent, D-Cleveland, and Bill Seitz, R-Cincinnati.
“This has been three years in the making,” Brent said. Seitz said 17 states have already legalized marijuana for autism.
A “more robust” bill expanding medical marijuana is in a House committee, Seitz said. That’s Senate Bill 261, sponsored by state Sen. Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City. His bill has already cleared the Senate.
Medicaid for chiropractors
A bill requiring Medicaid to cover initial evaluation and management services by chiropractors passed the Senate unanimously.
House Bill 136, which already passed the House, was sponsored by Lipps.
Russian invasion
Both houses overwhelmingly passed separate resolutions condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
only if they get gas on their shirt sleeve and light them on fire
Ukraine And The Left Are Now Suddenly All About Citizens Being Armed
https://concealednation.org/2022/02/ukraine-and-the-left-are-now-suddenly-all-about-citizens-being-armed/
SO this farmer stopped at his local gas station and fueled up his pickup.
Accidentally he spilled a little on his shirt sleeve, but not a big deal though,
weather was warm and it dried out quick.....
On the way home he lit up a cigarette and tossed the match out the window.
That's when he had a bigger problem. His shirt sleeve still had
enough gas in it that it caught fire. Thinking fast, he shoved his arm out the window
so the wind could fan the fire out!
Whoops.......That didn't work.
The flames just got higher and hotter! About then he passed a sheriff's deputy who got out and followed right about then.
The deputy saw what was going on, raced ahead of the farmer, siren blasting and pulled him over to the shoulder.
Whew! You're thinking the deputy put out the flaming shirt arm right?
NOPE.
He gave the farmer a ticket!
What the heck for you ask?
Why for Illegal Display of a "Fire Arm" of course.
BREAKING NEWS! Governor Ron DeSantis just called for Constitutional Carry to be put on his desk by the FL legislature! Contact Senate President Wilton Simpson and House Speaker Chris Sprowls and demand they follow through IMMEDIATELY!
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=415704417021480&extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&ref=sharing
Florida State Rep’s Aide Caught Tossing Stack of Newly Delivered Constitutional Carry Petitions Into Trashcan
By:
Conservative News Daily
Video
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=699683714741866&ref=sharing
Date:
February 28, 2022
https://www.conservativenewsdaily.net/breaking-news/florida-state-reps-aide-caught-tossing-stack-of-newly-delivered-constitutional-carry-petitions-into-trashcan/?fbclid=IwAR3hAVFfjKIXQatg1_KkwTke8uUCn3Y37tcqljhLsp6izy4KPnVYuB2IrBU
The color literally drained from his face. He was caught and he was on the verge of tears.”
Moments after delivering a stack of petitions to a Florida state congressman’s office, the people who gathered them returned to find the congressman’s aide had tossed them into a trashcan.
On Tuesday, Feb. 22, members from Gun Owners of America (GOA), the Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC), Capitol City Young Republicans (CCYR), the Republican Hispanic Assembly of Florida (RHAFL), and Florida Gun Rights (FLGR) held an impromptu rally at the Capitol Building in Tallahassee, Florida, in support of House Bill 103, the constitutional carry bill currently stalled in the Florida House. During the rally, they collected over 100 petitions asking state Rep. Chuck Brannan to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. When the rally concluded, some of the rally attendees went to Brannan’s office to personally deliver the petitions, never expecting that the results of their day-long effort would wind up in the trashcan within 30 minutes.
Luis Valdes, Florida State Director for Gun Owners of America, told The Epoch Times what happened.
“We met at the State Capitol to voice our issues with legislators on not advancing Second Amendment rights,” Valdes recalled. “At the end of this event, GOA and FLGR had collected petitions. One of the petitions was directed to Rep. Chuck Brannan, who is the committee chair of the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee, and that is currently where House Bill 103, the constitutional carry bill, resides. We went to his office to drop off the petitions and his legislative aide told us he had a meeting with another group and asked us what we were doing, and we stated we had petitions regarding constitutional carry that we would like to have presented to Rep. Brannan and asked if he could take them. He said ‘yes, just put them on my desk.’ Then we went to go visit other lawmakers. About 20–30 minutes later, when we finished meeting with the other lawmakers, we returned to Rep. Brannan’s office.”
Screenshot from Florida State Rep. Brannan’s profile page. (Florida House of Representatives website.)
When they returned, the legislative aide wasn’t there. However, someone saw that the petitions they had stacked on the desk were in the trashcan underneath it. It was then Valdes said the legislative aide “rounded the corner.” What happened from there was recorded on video by a member of FLGR.
“We asked him why they were in the trash,” Valdes continued, “and he made multiple statements, saying; he put them in there, he reviews them with Brannan, it was a mistake, he meant to put something else in the trash. He was befuddled and confused. The color literally drained from his face. He was caught and he was on the verge of tears. At no point were we aggressive. We simply asked why they were in the trash. As concerned citizens we find this offensive.”
In the video, the aide appears nervous, pacing, fidgeting, avoiding eye contact as he is encircled by people with cell phones.
that got messed up somehow
I click on it and nothing happens
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moose are something to see in the wild
big and aggressive
those should be woodland elk
a little smaller than ours or so it's been said
but they are big....
some 30 years ago called one in....holy crap
it came tearing through beaver ponds...you could hear it coming
crashing through the timber....I was sitting on the other side
of a tree with a 30-06 with my son asleep in my lap
elk took an 8 foot tree and just tore it to pieces
kid was fast asleep in my arms...slept right thru it
elk took a piss, rolled in it
and then sauntered back the way he came
the next 1/2 hour about 12 hunters descended on our camp
that big boy ignored their calls
but mine made him crazy.....used a turkey call and my hands
we have elk in the national park-- they are BIG-- have never seen a LIVE MOOSE-- they are HUGE!
idiots wanted moose here....damn things are dangerous as hell
they got elk in the streets in some places
we've had deer here
bucks in the rut are dangerous as hell...
they come into town to eat the crabapples
they're called WILD for a damn good reason
It was a bear that killed my $10k bull calf....think I got anything for that?
now they want Griz back
they're friggin insane......and a wild lion and tiger preserve
out on the front range in cattle country
where they get tornadoes
one tornado and you got the damn things running everywhere
killing everything in sight
peeps are STUPID- they do not treat them as WILD ANIMALS-- Momma bears are AGGRESSIVE.
had one in the daytime in the middle of the afternoon
about a 500+ lb cinnamon sitting up
and he was masturbating not 100 yds from the house on my
property across the road..
what caught my eye was all the people stopped on the road
taking pictures......
and yep...that's what he was doing....was around July
Most of the daytime-- they avoid the city-- wander at night- looking for easy food. GARBAGE.
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