Gun Related News/Control

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13 hours ago, China said:

NRA revenue in freefall as member dues plummet

 

The National Rifle Association is bleeding money and members, according to a financial audit obtained by CREW. Last year, the organization saw its worst fundraising totals in more than a decade, fueled by member dues that have fallen to lows not seen since the early 2000s. The fall has been so swift that the gun organization’s income from its members has been halved in just six years, while its legal fees have remained stratospheric. 

 

According to the audit, which was filed with the Secretary of State’s office in North Carolina, the NRA raised more than $213 million in 2022, with more than $83 million coming from dues-paying members. The totals mark a 52 percent drop in overall revenue and a nearly 59 percent drop in membership dues since 2016, adjusting for inflation. A CREW analysis of NRA dues going back to 2004 could not find a single year where dues ever went below $100 million, in inflation-adjusted terms. 

 

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NRA has been in decline among gun enthusiasts for a long time. They’ve been accused of essentially just taking money from people and not doing a whole heck of a lot. Additionally there’s been a bunch of scandals the last 10 years and they’re declaring bankruptcy. 
 

id like to see how competitive organizations are doing compared to them. That’d provide some insight in whether people are just not supporting these type of groups - or just not supporting this specific one. 

[turtle]

I agree with tshile. I was a member but got tired of the non stop money requests but no updates on what they were working  on.

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[TradeTheBeal!]

Let’s check in with the Timcast.

 

 

[Larry]

48 minutes ago, TradeTheBeal! said:

Let’s check in with the Timcast.

 

 

 

Followup:  should a guy in drag be allowed to read a book to children?  

[TheGreatBuzz]

1 hour ago, Larry said:

 

Followup:  should a guy in drag be allowed to read a book the constitution to children?  

 

Really make his head explode. 

[China]

California's ban on assault weapons will remain in effect after judges grant a stay

 

California's assault weapons ban will remain in effect while a court considers whether the 30-year-old law is unconstitutional.

 

By a 2-1 majority, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Saturday granted an administrative stay while the state appeals a lower-court's order that would strike down the law. The appeals court is expected to hear oral arguments on that case in December.

 

"We must protect our communities from these dangerous weapons. We know that these restrictions work to prevent mass casualty events and save lives," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement.

 

Bonta stressed the importance of tough gun laws in light of the mass shooting in Maine last week that killed 18 people.

 

California's law restricts the manufacture, transportation, sale and possession of some firearms the state deems "assault weapons."

 

On Oct. 19, U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego declared that the state's refusal to allow the sales of semiautomatic weapons violates the Second Amendment.

 

"The State of California posits that its 'assault weapon' ban, the law challenged here, promotes an important public interest of disarming some mass shooters even though it makes criminals of law-abiding residents who insist on acquiring these firearms for self-defense," Benitez wrote in a 79-page opinion.

 

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[China]

The world we live in, can't even hold a celebratory parade without gunshots:

 

Arlington Police: Shots fired at 2023 Texas Rangers World Series parade, but no injuries reported

[China]

Firearm safety training dramatically drops after Florida gun law change

 

Floridians no longer need a permit to carry a concealed firearm, and gun owners are overwhelmingly opting out of the safety and educational training once required for a license.

 

Firearms instructors are seeing a dramatic drop in student sign ups for such courses, which teach safety and explain the state’s laws about where and how gun owners can lawfully carry pistols and legally use them in self defense.

 

As more people forgo basic safety and legal training, instructors say they’re concerned about the safety of communities — and the impacts to their businesses.

 

After the new state law went into effect, the number of people who applied for concealed carry permits — which are now optional and include hours-long classes on safety and legal issues — dropped by about 64% over the same three-month period a year ago. There are about 2.5 million people in Florida with concealed carry permits, according to state figures.

 

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Oh good, more people carrying concealed weapons, without the proper trainging on how to use them.  

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[Larry]

"They're not sending us their best people."  

 

[China]

The NRA is Slowly Dying

 

In 2013, Wayne LaPierre, head of the National Rifle Association, boasted that the advocacy group was experiencing unprecedented growth and was on track to have 10 million members.

Ten years on, that's not how things have worked out. In fact, the NRA's membership has shrunk to less than half that, according to some reports, and with declining membership have come declining revenues. That's a cause for celebration among anti-gun groups, who have told Newsweek it is proof that Americans are increasingly outraged by gun violence.

 

The truth is not quite so simple—but it is clear that the NRA is fading fast from what was once a central position in U.S. politics.

 

A Fading Force
The NRA has argued for Second Amendment Rights since 1871, lobbying against gun control measures with varying success.

 

From 2003 to 2013, the organization scored 230 legislative victories, according to an Insider tally from the time, including passing six state laws that forbid municipalities from limiting gun rights.

 

However, such successes have become rarer in recent years. It failed to secure the expansion of concealed carry and a change to laws restricting gun silencers when the Republicans had full control of Washington in 2017 and 2018 as a result of public disapproval following mass shootings, including one at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which made supporting gun rights more difficult for lawmakers.

 

Since then its membership has declined to 4.3 million, CEO and executive vice president LaPierre revealed in a January board meeting, according to a report by The Trace, a nonprofit covering gun violence.

 

Ten years prior, he had said the group had 5 million members.

 

"The state of the NRA is stronger and larger than it has ever been," LaPierre told more than 3,000 NRA members at its annual meeting in 2013. "Our commitment to freedom is unwavering and our growth is unprecedented. ... By the time we're finished, the NRA must and will be 10 million strong."

 

The declining membership is coupled with declining revenue. The NRA raised $213 million in 2022. This marks a 52 percent drop in overall revenue and a nearly 59 percent drop in membership dues since 2016, according to Citizens for Ethics (CREW), a nonprofit government ethics and accountability watchdog organization.

 

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[China]

A toddler accidentally fires his mother's gun in Walmart, police say. She now faces charges

 

Police say a woman is facing a child endangerment charge after her toddler found a gun in her purse and accidentally fired it in a southern Ohio Walmart store last week.

 

The Waverly Police Department said the woman told officers who responded shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday that the 2-year-old boy took her Taurus 9mm firearm from her purse, and it went off.

 

Police said the bullet went into the ceiling of the store, and the child was left with a minor injury to his forehead “due to contact with the magazine.”

 

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[China]

Federal appeals court strikes Maryland handgun rule

 

A federal appeals court struck down part of Maryland’s laws regulating handguns Tuesday, overturning a requirement to obtain a handgun license before purchasing a firearm.

 

In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the Virginia-based 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Maryland cannot add more regulations for acquiring handguns than for other weapons. The court said the law was unenforceable in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling last year.

 

The judges cited last summer’s Supreme Court ruling that loosened New York gun laws and said the government must show efforts to regulate guns are “consistent with this nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

 

Under current Maryland law, a person is required to get a handgun license in addition to all other requirements to purchase a firearm. That license requires that a person pass a handgun safety course, a background check and wait up to 30 days.

 

The majority opinion stated that those extra requirements put an unnecessary burden on Second Amendment rights.

 

“The challenged law restricts the ability of law-abiding adult citizens to possess handguns,” wrote Judge Julius Richardson, a Trump appointee. “But even though Maryland’s law does not prohibit Plaintiffs from owning handguns at some time in the future, it still prohibits them from owning handguns now.”

 

“In other words, though it does not permanently bar Plaintiffs from owning handguns, the challenged law deprives them of that ability until their application is approved, no matter what they do,” he continued.

 

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[China]

Monroeville parents whose 5-year-old killed younger sibling get probation, house arrest

 

The parents of a 5-year-old Monroeville boy who shot and killed his 3-year-old sister in 2021 were sentenced to probation on Tuesday.

 

Martaz Colvin, 31, who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and recklessly endangering another person, and Brea Sanders, 29, who pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering another person were sentenced by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Randal B. Todd.

 

Colvin must serve six years of probation with the first year on electronic home monitoring. Sanders must serve four years of probation.

 

Both also were ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation.

 

A criminal complaint filed in the case said Monroeville police were called to an apartment in Cambridge Square just after 9 p.m. March 26, 2021, for a child that had been shot.

 

When they arrived, they found Braya Sanders, 3, with a gunshot wound to the head. She was taken to a local hospital and died a short time later.

 

Brea Sanders told police that she and Colvin had been moving furniture that evening and had taken a break when they heard a loud bang.

 

Their 5-year-old son then ran to his bedroom saying, “No, I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” police said.

 

When police arrived, Brea Sanders told them there were two shotguns and three pistols in the apartment. The shotguns were kept on each side of the bed, but were empty.

 

Colvin had placed a handgun in a cabinet above the refrigerator that evening as he got ready to make chicken stir fry for dinner. He didn’t normally keep it there.

 

Sanders told police she believed the kids put the dining room chair up against the fridge to get the gun.

 

Colvin told police that the magazines in the guns were loaded, but there was not a bullet in the chamber in any of the handguns.

 

When investigators asked Colvin if he thought his son could have chambered a round, he responded, “Yes, sir, I’ve seen him do it.”

 

Colvin told police his son is at a stage where he likes guns.

 

“I ain’t gonna lie, I like guns, so I practice with him sometimes for safety or whatever, and I’ve seen him do it,” Colvin said, according to the criminal complaint.

 

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[China]

Florida motorist accused of firing at Rhode Island home stopped with over 1,000 rounds of ammo

 

A Florida motorist accused of firing shots at an East Providence home before leading officers on a wild pursuit in Rhode Island last week appeared in court Monday.

 

More than 1,000 rounds of ammunition were recovered from the black Nissan Armada, and several guns were also found in a backpack discarded along the chase route, according to police.

 

 

Law enforcement officials brought more than 100 counts against Joshua Pavao, 43, with a last known address in Kissimmee.

 

No pleas were entered in court Monday. Bail was at $100,000 with surety, and Pavao was ordered to turn over all of his firearms and his passport.

 

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Edited December 6, 2023 by China

[China]

Indy woman pleads guilty after playground sex ends with inadvertent headshot

 

An Indianapolis woman will serve one year in prison and three years on home detention after an argument with her boyfriend — which broke out following the couple having sex in a public playground — ended in the man’s death after her handgun inadvertently went off in her hand and a bullet struck the man in the head.

 

Tonika Miller, 33, pleaded guilty to reckless homicide on Monday. She was originally charged in May of 2022 in connection to the death of 41-year-old Dasawn Roscoe. Miller and Roscoe had been partners in an intimate relationship for the last five years, according to Miller’s account, and the couple shared two children together.

 

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Facial?

[TheGreatBuzz]

39 minutes ago, China said:

Florida motorist accused of firing at Rhode Island home stopped with over 1,000 rounds of ammo

 

A Florida motorist accused of firing shots at an East Providence home before leading officers on a wild pursuit in Rhode Island last week appeared in court Monday.

 

More than 1,000 rounds of ammunition were recovered from the black Nissan Armada, and several guns were also found in a backpack discarded along the chase route, according to police.

 

 

Law enforcement officials brought more than 100 counts against Joshua Pavao, 43, with a last known address in Kissimmee.

 

No pleas were entered in court Monday. Bail was at $100,000 with surety, and Pavao was ordered to turn over all of his firearms and his passport.

 

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There only one picture and the article doesn't have more details.  It seems worth noting though that the majority of that ammo and mags aren't compatible with guns in the photo.

[Busch1724]

14 hours ago, China said:

Indy woman pleads guilty after playground sex ends with inadvertent headshot

 

An Indianapolis woman will serve one year in prison and three years on home detention after an argument with her boyfriend — which broke out following the couple having sex in a public playground — ended in the man’s death after her handgun inadvertently went off in her hand and a bullet struck the man in the head.

 

 

 

For a minute, I thought I was in the Florida thread.

[China]

Catholic nuns sue Smith & Wesson to halt its assault-style weapons sales

 

A group of Catholic nuns on Tuesday sued the board of Smith & Wesson to try to force the gunmaker to abandon the manufacture, marketing and sales of assault-style rifles that have been used in U.S. mass shootings.

 

The nuns, in a lawsuit filed in state court in Nevada, allege that Smith & Wesson's directors and senior management exposed the company to significant liability by intentionally violating federal, state and local laws and failing to respond to lawsuits over mass shootings.

 

"These rifles have no purpose other than mass murder," the nuns said in a statement.

 

The group of nuns filed the lawsuit in their role as Smith & Wesson shareholders, in what is known as a derivative lawsuit. 
 

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[China]

The Guns Were Said to Be Destroyed. Instead, They Were Reborn.

 

When Flint, Michigan, announced in September that 68 assault weapons collected in a gun buyback would be incinerated, the city cited its policy of never reselling firearms.

 

“Gun violence continues to cause enormous grief and trauma,” Mayor Sheldon Neeley said. “I will not allow our city government to profit from our community’s pain by reselling weapons that can be turned against Flint residents.”

 

But Flint’s guns were not going to be melted down. Instead, they made their way to a private company that has collected millions of dollars taking firearms from police agencies, destroying a single piece of each weapon stamped with the serial number and selling the rest as nearly complete gun kits. Buyers online can easily replace what’s missing and reconstitute the weapon.

 

Hundreds of towns and cities have turned to a growing industry that offers to destroy guns used in crimes, surrendered in buybacks or replaced by police force upgrades. But these communities are in fact fueling a secondary arms market, where weapons slated for destruction are recycled into civilian hands, often with no background check required, according to interviews and a review of gun disposal contracts, patent records and online listings for firearms parts.

 

Some public officials and gun safety advocates said they had no clue this was happening. The Rev. Chris Yaw, whose Episcopal church outside Detroit has sponsored buybacks with local officials, said in an interview that he was “aghast and appalled” when told by a reporter how the process works.

 

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[Riggo-toni]

 

Edited December 13, 2023 by Riggo-toni