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Who’ll Shoot First? How Relaxed Gun Rules Fuel a ‘Small Arms Race’

The Crime Report

Looking at a scaled down version of mid-century nuclear strategy, a vignette of two people encountering one another in a low-lit side street late at night details how these relaxed vigilante justice laws can turn deadly. The authors create a scenario of two men, Lee and Jesse, both of whom are sporting firearms on hip holsters.

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Federal Court Strikes Down Another Provision of New York’s New Gun Control Law

JonathanTurley

. “In sum, the vast majority of land in New York is held privately, and it encompasses homes, stores, businesses, factories, vacant land, hotels, parking lots and garages, grocery stores, pharmacies, medical offices, hospitals, cemeteries, malls, sports and entertainment venues, and so on.

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Federal Judge Enjoins Illinois’ Assault Weapon Ban

JonathanTurley

The court further noted that large capacity magazines are commonly owned and used by sporting enthusiasts and there are more AR-15s than F150s in this country. There is a wide array of civil and criminal laws that permit the commitment and prosecution of those who use or may use firearms to commit crimes.

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A League of Their Own: The Rollins Decision Follows a Troubling Pattern at the DOJ

JonathanTurley

The investigation also found an array of other violations, including disregarding ethical warnings on political activities and soliciting expensive sports tickets. Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School.

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Do The Democrats Really Want Unity?

JonathanTurley

It will be a fun bit of trivia for constitutional law geeks, but it was also telling. Yet the true president at that moment was in Florida: Donald Trump legally would remain in office for ten more minutes, under the 20th Amendment. Some of these executive orders, if implemented directly, could be challenged in court.