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Students in elementary, middle and high schools in three states will now be taught what to do if they find a firearm.
Arkansas, Tennessee and Utah are the first states to enact laws that require public schools to teach children as young as five the basics of gun safety and how to properly store guns in the home. However, only Utah's law allows students to opt out of the lesson if requested by parents or guardians.
A similar law in Arizona was vetoed by the Democratic governor, and lawmakers in at least five other states have introduced such proposals, putting schools at the forefront of yet another debate about gun violence.
In Tennessee, lesson plans could include stickers, games, quizzes, or videos with music and colorful firearm illustrations, including a gun made out of Lego-style bricks and an explanation of what a muzzleloader is.……..
www.independent.co.uk
Arkansas, Tennessee and Utah are the first states to enact laws that require public schools to teach children as young as five the basics of gun safety and how to properly store guns in the home. However, only Utah's law allows students to opt out of the lesson if requested by parents or guardians.
A similar law in Arizona was vetoed by the Democratic governor, and lawmakers in at least five other states have introduced such proposals, putting schools at the forefront of yet another debate about gun violence.
In Tennessee, lesson plans could include stickers, games, quizzes, or videos with music and colorful firearm illustrations, including a gun made out of Lego-style bricks and an explanation of what a muzzleloader is.……..
Three US states now require school gun safety lessons for children as young as 5
Arkansas, Tennessee and Utah are the first states to require public schools to teach children the basics of gun safety
www.independent.co.uk
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Talking about changes experienced by kids Ttday often runs the risk of sounding reactionary, not to mention naive.
No, there wasn’t as much talk about autism, or transgender kids, or any number of topics growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, because they weren’t understood or discussed in the same way – not because they didn’t exist.
But it’s striking, watching the new HBO documentary Thoughts and Prayers, the degree to which it shows a demonstrable change from the experiences of someone growing up 30 or 40 years ago versus today:
the absolute universality of emergency action plans that go beyond the scope of the fire drills you might remember.
Thoughts and Prayers surveys many of those lockdown drills, and the many supplements available to contemporary schools designed to offer further protection from an active shooter: bulletproof backpacks, in-classroom shelters, and astoundingly elaborate real-life simulations, complete with stunningly realistic makeup for bullet wounds.
This change isn’t lost on directors Zackary Canepari and Jessica Dimmock. “Zack and I have an eight-year-old daughter,” Dimmock said in a joint interview, “and the idea for this film came about because she was coming up in school, and we were facing the thing that basically every American parent faces. Almost every kid in America does drills like this, across the board. We definitely did not grow up doing this, either, and I think there will be a huge part of the audience that will look at this and be like, ‘wow, right, I knew this was happening, but [still surprised] to see it.’ And there will be this whole other part of the audience that will be like, ‘yeah, mom, dad, I do this three times a year and have since I was five years old.’”………
www.theguardian.com
No, there wasn’t as much talk about autism, or transgender kids, or any number of topics growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, because they weren’t understood or discussed in the same way – not because they didn’t exist.
But it’s striking, watching the new HBO documentary Thoughts and Prayers, the degree to which it shows a demonstrable change from the experiences of someone growing up 30 or 40 years ago versus today:
the absolute universality of emergency action plans that go beyond the scope of the fire drills you might remember.
Thoughts and Prayers surveys many of those lockdown drills, and the many supplements available to contemporary schools designed to offer further protection from an active shooter: bulletproof backpacks, in-classroom shelters, and astoundingly elaborate real-life simulations, complete with stunningly realistic makeup for bullet wounds.
This change isn’t lost on directors Zackary Canepari and Jessica Dimmock. “Zack and I have an eight-year-old daughter,” Dimmock said in a joint interview, “and the idea for this film came about because she was coming up in school, and we were facing the thing that basically every American parent faces. Almost every kid in America does drills like this, across the board. We definitely did not grow up doing this, either, and I think there will be a huge part of the audience that will look at this and be like, ‘wow, right, I knew this was happening, but [still surprised] to see it.’ And there will be this whole other part of the audience that will be like, ‘yeah, mom, dad, I do this three times a year and have since I was five years old.’”………
‘Do we live in a war zone?’: how US schools prepare for a shooting
In the troubling HBO documentary Thoughts and Prayers, the $3bn active shooter preparedness industry shows the bleak reality of being a child in the US
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A planned GOP rally in northeastern Pennsylvania imploded after the venue, facing fierce community outrage over Kyle Rittenhouse’s keynote slot, abruptly shut the whole thing down.
The development reignited controversy surrounding the now-23-year-old gun-rights advocate who has kept a low profile since deleting his social media accounts earlier this year.
Rittenhouse, whose 2020 acquittal for killing two people during a Black Lives Matter protest made him a lightning rod in American politics, was scheduled to headline the NEPA Republicans Freedom Event on Nov. 22 at the Woodlands Inn and Resort in Plains Township, Pennsylvania. But the gathering was derailed after the venue reported threats against its staff, according to organizers……..
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The development reignited controversy surrounding the now-23-year-old gun-rights advocate who has kept a low profile since deleting his social media accounts earlier this year.
Rittenhouse, whose 2020 acquittal for killing two people during a Black Lives Matter protest made him a lightning rod in American politics, was scheduled to headline the NEPA Republicans Freedom Event on Nov. 22 at the Woodlands Inn and Resort in Plains Township, Pennsylvania. But the gathering was derailed after the venue reported threats against its staff, according to organizers……..
'Absolutely Disgusting': Kyle Rittenhouse Appearance Derails After Angry Locals Raise Hell
"Outrage Erupts: Kyle Rittenhouse's Appearance Sparks Chaos at GOP Rally, Leading to Sudden Shutdown. Details Inside."
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NRA forced to sell off its investments as membership declines, report says
Revenue from membership dues is down for the gun rights organization, according to the report
www.independent.co.uk
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A US appeals court on Friday ruled that California’s ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state was unconstitutional.
A panel of the San Francisco-based ninth US circuit court of appeals sided 2-1 with a gun owner in ruling that the state’s prohibition against open carry in counties with more than 200,000 people violated the US constitution’s second amendment right to keep and bear arms.
About 95% of the population in California, which has had some of the nation’s strictest gun-control laws, live in counties of that size.
US circuit judge Lawrence VanDyke, who was appointed by Donald Trump, said the Democratic-led state’s law could not stand under the US supreme court’s 2022 landmark gun rights ruling.
That decision, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v Bruen, was issued by the court’s 6-3 conservative super-majority and established a new legal test for firearm restrictions. The test said guns must be “consistent with this nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation”.
VanDyke, whose opinion on Friday was joined by another Trump appointee, said the latest case “unquestionably involves a historical practice – open carry – that predates ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791”.
The state first banned the right to carry firearms in public with the Mulford Act of 1967, in part as a reaction to armed patrols by the Black Panther party, whose members went to the state capitol holding pistols, rifles and revolvers to protest the legislation.
VanDyke cites this law as an example of the “racial animus” that the state’s current approach to open carry is born from.……..
www.theguardian.com
A panel of the San Francisco-based ninth US circuit court of appeals sided 2-1 with a gun owner in ruling that the state’s prohibition against open carry in counties with more than 200,000 people violated the US constitution’s second amendment right to keep and bear arms.
About 95% of the population in California, which has had some of the nation’s strictest gun-control laws, live in counties of that size.
US circuit judge Lawrence VanDyke, who was appointed by Donald Trump, said the Democratic-led state’s law could not stand under the US supreme court’s 2022 landmark gun rights ruling.
That decision, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v Bruen, was issued by the court’s 6-3 conservative super-majority and established a new legal test for firearm restrictions. The test said guns must be “consistent with this nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation”.
VanDyke, whose opinion on Friday was joined by another Trump appointee, said the latest case “unquestionably involves a historical practice – open carry – that predates ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791”.
The state first banned the right to carry firearms in public with the Mulford Act of 1967, in part as a reaction to armed patrols by the Black Panther party, whose members went to the state capitol holding pistols, rifles and revolvers to protest the legislation.
VanDyke cites this law as an example of the “racial animus” that the state’s current approach to open carry is born from.……..
California ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional, court rules
Ninth circuit sides with gun owner that ban in counties with more than 200,000 people violates second amendment
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The National Rifle Association (NRA) is suing its own charitable arm, the NRA Foundation, claiming that its leaders are trying to seize control of the gun rights organization and illegally “repurposing” $160m in donations to support their “thirst for power”.
The allegations come in a lawsuit filed on Monday in federal court in Washington DC laying bare the turmoil that has plagued the NRA since its disgraced longtime chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, was ousted in 2024 alongside other senior figures after a financial corruption scandal.
A New York state jury found NRA executives liablein February 2024 for misspending millions of dollars, with LaPierre accused of treating the group’s funds as a “personal piggy bank” for private flights, countless overseas vacations, designer clothing and other luxuries.
“The Foundation has been seized by a disgruntled faction of former NRA directors who lost control of the NRA’s Board following revelations of financial improprieties, mismanagement, and breaches of fiduciary duty and member trust,” the 36-page lawsuit states.
“Booted out of power by the NRA’s members, they now seek to reclaim it through the Foundation.”
Among the allegations made by the association’s new leadership is that the LaPierre-aligned group sought to remove the NRA’s right to appoint foundation directors, were “hijacking the NRA’s trademarks, including the NRA name”, and moved to divert $160m from the NRA’s charitable programs.…….
www.theguardian.com
The allegations come in a lawsuit filed on Monday in federal court in Washington DC laying bare the turmoil that has plagued the NRA since its disgraced longtime chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, was ousted in 2024 alongside other senior figures after a financial corruption scandal.
A New York state jury found NRA executives liablein February 2024 for misspending millions of dollars, with LaPierre accused of treating the group’s funds as a “personal piggy bank” for private flights, countless overseas vacations, designer clothing and other luxuries.
“The Foundation has been seized by a disgruntled faction of former NRA directors who lost control of the NRA’s Board following revelations of financial improprieties, mismanagement, and breaches of fiduciary duty and member trust,” the 36-page lawsuit states.
“Booted out of power by the NRA’s members, they now seek to reclaim it through the Foundation.”
Among the allegations made by the association’s new leadership is that the LaPierre-aligned group sought to remove the NRA’s right to appoint foundation directors, were “hijacking the NRA’s trademarks, including the NRA name”, and moved to divert $160m from the NRA’s charitable programs.…….
NRA sues the charitable version of itself, alleging a factional ‘beef’
New leadership claims former allies are trying to repurpose $160m in NRA Foundation donations for personal gain
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The Justice Department is considering weakening federal gun regulations in order to curry favor with Second Amendment activists, according to reports.
Unnamed insiders told The Washington Postthat the Trump administration is mulling whether to loosen limits on private firearm sales, imports, and shipping by mail.
The changes are reportedly still being debated, with officials weighing the need to please the gun rights lobby while maintaining the power of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF).
But in at least one way, the proposed changes would tighten the rules: requiring gun buyers to list their birth sex on the purchase paperwork, even if they have legally or medically changed it.
That would force transgender people who have changed their names to effectively out themselves as trans — or else lie on a government form.
“The Biden Administration waged war against the Second Amendment, but that era has come to an end under Attorney General [Pam] Bondi, who has led the Justice Department’s effort to protect the Second Amendment through litigation, civil rights enforcement, regulatory reform, and by ending abusive enforcement practices," a DoJ spokesperson told the Post.
“Whenever law-abiding gun owners’ constitutional rights are violated, the Trump Administration will fight back in defense of freedom and the Constitution."………..
www.independent.co.uk
Unnamed insiders told The Washington Postthat the Trump administration is mulling whether to loosen limits on private firearm sales, imports, and shipping by mail.
The changes are reportedly still being debated, with officials weighing the need to please the gun rights lobby while maintaining the power of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF).
But in at least one way, the proposed changes would tighten the rules: requiring gun buyers to list their birth sex on the purchase paperwork, even if they have legally or medically changed it.
That would force transgender people who have changed their names to effectively out themselves as trans — or else lie on a government form.
“The Biden Administration waged war against the Second Amendment, but that era has come to an end under Attorney General [Pam] Bondi, who has led the Justice Department’s effort to protect the Second Amendment through litigation, civil rights enforcement, regulatory reform, and by ending abusive enforcement practices," a DoJ spokesperson told the Post.
“Whenever law-abiding gun owners’ constitutional rights are violated, the Trump Administration will fight back in defense of freedom and the Constitution."………..
Justice Department may weaken gun rules to placate Second Amendment activists: report
The proposals would also reportedly force transgender firearm buyers to out themselves by listing their birth sex on purchase paperwork
www.independent.co.uk
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CNN) — Several niche, left-leaning gun advocacy groups said that since the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, they can hardly keep up with the surging demand for firearms training.
With President Donald Trump sending armed federal agents into communities around the country, even more once gun-shy liberals and leftists are considering getting armed.
And while Americans tend to think of gun owners as leaning more Republican and male, already more women, gay people and people of color have taken up arms in recent years, particularly after 2020.
Weekend classes at L.A. Progressive Shooters are sold out through March. Registrations for permit-to-carry courses at Pink Pistols Twin Cities, which serves LGBTQ people in Minneapolis and St. Paul, are up from an average of five people per class to 25 — the group recently added seven more courses to accommodate increased interest, and those are filling up, too. To paraphrase a recent meme: The right is arguing for gun control, and the left is buying guns.
“In the past couple of days, there has been a shift,” Lara Smith, national spokesperson for the Liberal Gun Club, says. “This changed views on the left.”
Alex Pretti, a beloved ICU nurse who cared for ailing veterans and an outdoorsman who was concerned about the environment, was also, like one-third of Americans, a gun owner.
He was carrying his lawfully owned weapon in a holster before federal agents disarmed him and then fatally shot him.
Jordan Levine, founder of the inclusive gun community A Better Way 2A, says his organization has seen an influx of gun groups and instructors asking to join its resource page in the last few weeks — Ready Rainbow in Chicago, Grassroots Defense in Iowa and Solidarity Defense in Sacramento are a few recent additions.
“People are scared and angry and want to equalize the power imbalance that we’re seeing on the news, where you’ve got ICE steamrolling people with no recourse,” he adds.
Philip Smith, founder and president of the National African American Gun Association, says membership in his organization has grown since Trump’s second term began and since Pretti was killed.
“People join when they’re scared,” Smith says. “People join when certain people get in office, because it scares them. People join when they see these shootings across the country, and it seems like it’s just madness starting to grow more and more.”………
With President Donald Trump sending armed federal agents into communities around the country, even more once gun-shy liberals and leftists are considering getting armed.
And while Americans tend to think of gun owners as leaning more Republican and male, already more women, gay people and people of color have taken up arms in recent years, particularly after 2020.
Weekend classes at L.A. Progressive Shooters are sold out through March. Registrations for permit-to-carry courses at Pink Pistols Twin Cities, which serves LGBTQ people in Minneapolis and St. Paul, are up from an average of five people per class to 25 — the group recently added seven more courses to accommodate increased interest, and those are filling up, too. To paraphrase a recent meme: The right is arguing for gun control, and the left is buying guns.
“In the past couple of days, there has been a shift,” Lara Smith, national spokesperson for the Liberal Gun Club, says. “This changed views on the left.”
Alex Pretti, a beloved ICU nurse who cared for ailing veterans and an outdoorsman who was concerned about the environment, was also, like one-third of Americans, a gun owner.
He was carrying his lawfully owned weapon in a holster before federal agents disarmed him and then fatally shot him.
Jordan Levine, founder of the inclusive gun community A Better Way 2A, says his organization has seen an influx of gun groups and instructors asking to join its resource page in the last few weeks — Ready Rainbow in Chicago, Grassroots Defense in Iowa and Solidarity Defense in Sacramento are a few recent additions.
“People are scared and angry and want to equalize the power imbalance that we’re seeing on the news, where you’ve got ICE steamrolling people with no recourse,” he adds.
Philip Smith, founder and president of the National African American Gun Association, says membership in his organization has grown since Trump’s second term began and since Pretti was killed.
“People join when they’re scared,” Smith says. “People join when certain people get in office, because it scares them. People join when they see these shootings across the country, and it seems like it’s just madness starting to grow more and more.”………
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The Malheur bozos and guys like this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrew...-michigan-state-house-over-covid-19-lockdown/
showed us all how you do protests in these latter-day United States. You come armored, armed and white. None of these chuds were executed for storming the capitol.
"That ain't chumpin', that's the way you do it.
If you're goin' to a protest bring your M-Sixteen."
They’re all ICE agents now probably.The Malheur bozos and guys like this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrew...-michigan-state-house-over-covid-19-lockdown/
showed us all how you do protests in these latter-day United States. You come armored, armed and white. None of these chuds were executed for storming the capitol.
"That ain't chumpin', that's the way you do it.
If you're goin' to a protest bring your M-Sixteen."
Two horrible mass shootings last night.
myfox28columbus.com
9 people injured, including 1 critical, in mass shooting at Cincinnati East End venue
Nine people were injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Cincinnati.
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Curious what the indications are that this could potentially be terrorism. Want to be skeptical but in light of all that is happening, here and abroad, can’t ignore the possibility.
FBI says ‘indicators’ of terrorism in downtown Austin mass shooting
FBI says ‘indicators’ of terrorism in downtown Austin mass shooting
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The so-called indications are agitprop because the RWNJs want to stir up feelings of wanting to increase the impact of the police state particularly against liberals/progressives and brown people.
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