A Tampa woman is facing a murder charge after a person she tried to lure into a robbery through a dating app shot and killed her brother in self defense, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s officials said.
Tat’yana Mekeva Gaston, 23, was arrested Friday and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the May 31 shooting, according to court documents. Gaston was released from the Hillsborough County jail the day of her arrest after she posted $15,000 bail, records show.
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The author has been interested in the historical costs of .22 rimfire cartridges since childhood. Starting in early adolescence, and continuing for many years, the value of things and time was measured in .22 cartridges. It was a simple calculation, an easy comparison. From that era, 1964 to present, .22 Long Rifle cartridge list prices, converted to constant unskilled labor dollars, have been fairly stable.
The unskilled labor number is based on the time it takes for an unskilled laborer to earn the same purchasing power for a particular year. It took about 146 hours (about two weeks, 12 hours a day, six days a week), for an unskilled laborer in 1911, to earn the same purchasing power as 1 hour of unskilled labor in 2022. The chart shows the value of unskilled labor increased rapidly from 1911 to present, with some glitches. The most obvious is the depression, in 1932, post WWII in 1950, most of the 1980's, and after the election of President Obama, 2008 onward.
The .22 caliber rimfire cartridges are the most successful cartridges in history. Billions are produced annually. They are the most used cartridges of all time. The .22 Long Rifle is the most common. For a considerable time, the .22 Short gave it significant competition. The .22 Long, while sold in considerable quantities, was never as popular as either the Long Rifle or the Short.
.22 rimfire cartridges have been used to kill the biggest land animals on the planet, from elephant (according to Peter Hathaway Capstick, in Safari, the Last Adventure, p.114 to 116) to grizzly bears.
The .22 Winchester Rimfire (WRF) and the .22 WRF magnum deserve mention, but their use and production pale in significance to the Long Rifle and the Short.
The .22 rimfire has always been the least expensive cartridge to purchase. For most of history, the .22 Short has been less expensive than the Long Rifle. That changed in the 1980's. The Long Rifle has always been more versatile.
This correspondent has obtained manufacturer price list information for .22 Long Rifle ammunition from 1911 to 2022. The information covers 111 ears of pricing history. Of the 111 years, this correspondent obtained data for 70 years. There are enough data points to catch most variation lasting a couple of years or more.
For consistency, the prices are those of smokeless, 40 grain high velocity Long Rifle cartridges. The prices are all from one highly successful manufacturer. The cost of obtaining the prices was confidentiality.
Material costs seem to have relatively little effect on overall cartridge costs. Looking at a 2003 Gun Digest, variations of 50 rounds of .25 Auto and 50 rounds of .44 magnum were both priced at $17.
The incredible increase in productivity brought about by the petroleum age and increasing technological prowess, reduced the relative costs of cartridges enormously. In 1911, the petroleum age was just starting. Automobiles were in their infancy. So were airplanes. The ability to fix nitrogen from the air for fertilizer and explosives had been discovered by German scientists in 1909, in the Haber-Bosch process.
In 1911, the relative cost of a thousand rounds of .22 Long Rifle, in dollars earned by unskilled labor, was $1,095, or about $1.10 per cartridge in 2022 valuation. Nominal cost in 1911 was 3/4 of a cent per round. To give perspective, butter was 20 cents a pound; fresh eggs were 20 cents a dozen. A day of unskilled labor was paid about $1.
After WWI and the vast increase in technological knowledge and skill, the cost fell to about 28 cents per round in the value of unskilled labor in 2022. WWII sparked more increases in technological prowess and knowledge. The price gradually fell to about 20 cents per round in 2022 unskilled labor dollars. The lowest prices, per round of .22 long rifle, in unskilled labor, were reached from 1993 to 2006, at about 4.5 cents per round.
From the Obama years onward, the price has gone up and down to about 8 cents per round currently. If we maintain a republic, this correspondent expects .22 Long Rifle cartridges to move back down in the neighborhood of 4 cents a cartridge in constant dollars.
Diligent shoppers will find cartridges on sale, going out of business, discontinued, or other bargains. Estates of shooters often sell ammunition at bargain basement prices. Gun stores often refuse to resell ammunition, even in unopened boxes.
Ammunition, if stored in reasonable conditions, will last many decades, probably over a hundred years. 65 year old .22 rimfire ammunition has been tested by this correspondent. There was no measurable degradation in performance.
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Officers said a man was found dead near a home in the area. His age is unknown.
They believe the man might have been an intruder who was shot during a home invasion. The person inside the nearby home is cooperating, according to officials.
No additional information has been revealed.
A governor's veto of a Constitutional Carry bill is a set back for Second Amendment supporters and Constitutionalists.
A veto is also a signal the hard work of education has mostly been successful.
The Constitutional Carry movement was a dream in the thoughts of Second Amendment and Constitutional activists at the turn of the millennia. Today, half of the United States are members of the Constitutional Carry (permitless) club.
During the last eleven years, there have been several governors who vetoed Constitutional Carry bills. This correspondent found 14 vetoes of Constitutional Carry bills. Nine of the vetoes were by Democrats, five were by Republicans.
Two vetoes of Democrat governors were overridden. No Republican vetoes were overridden. All states where Constitutional Carry bills were vetoed before 2021 have gone on to pass a Constitutional Carry (permitless) bill into law.
Here is a summation of the vetoes, which governors vetoed Constitutional Carry bills, and which Governors signed Constitutional Carry bills later.
Montana Governors Schweitzer (D) and Bullock (D) vetoed Constitutional Carry three times.
In 2011, Democrat governor Brian Schweitzer vetoed Constitutional Carry bill HB 271. The legislature did not override the veto.
In 2015, Democrat governor Steve Bullock vetoed Constitutional Carry bill HB 298.
In 2017, Governor Bullock vetoed Constitutional Carry bill HB 262.
Montana passed Constitutional Carry in 2021. Republican Governor Greg Gianforte signed it on February 18.
South Dakota Republican Governor Daugaard vetoed Constitutional Carry twice.
Republican Governor Daugaard vetoed Constitutional Carry in 2012, and a second time in 2015.
South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem signed the Constitutional Carry bill SB47 into law on January 31, 2019.
Utah Rebublican Governor Herbert vetoed a weak Constitutional bill in 2013.
Utah Republican Governor Cox signed a much stronger Constitutional Carry (permitless) bill on February 12, 2021.
West Virginia Democrat Governor Tomblin, vetoed Constitutional Carry in 2015. He vetoed a similar bill in 2016, which the legislature overrode in 2016.
Governor Tomblin received the Constitutional carry bill on 26 February. He waited to the last possible day to veto it, 3 March.
The House of Delegates overrode his veto on 4 March, and the Senate completed the override on 5 March, 2016. From state.wv.us:
New Hampshire Democrat Governor Hassan vetoed constitutional carry bills twice, in 2015 and 2016. From concordmonitor.com:
Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan has vetoed a bill to remove the licensing requirement for carrying concealed guns as expected.
Hassan vetoed a similar bill last year, but Republicans have once again sent the measure to her desk. Hassan is facing off against Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte in one of the country’s most competitive Senate contests.
New Hampshire Republican Governor Sununu signed a Constitutional Carry bill into law on February 22, 2017.
Missouri Democrat Governor Nixon Vetoed Constitutional Carry. The legislature overrode the veto on September 15, 2016.
Oklahoma Republican governor Mary Fallin vetoed a Constitutional Carry bill in 2018.
Oklahoma Governor Fallin vetoed the Constitutional Carry SB 1212, on May 11 of 2018. Governor Fallin is term-limited out. She is not allowed to run for another term as governor.
Oklahoma Republican Governor Stitt signed Constitutional Carry on February 27, 2019.
Louisiana Democrat Governor Bel Edwards , vetoed Constitutional Carry in 2021.
Pennsylvania Democrat Governor Wolf Vetoed Constitutional Carry in 2022.
Analysis:
When a Constitutional Carry bill is vetoed, it shows a majority of the legislature and leadership has been willing to go on record to support the bill. They believe support will gain them more votes than they will lose. Even if they do not wish the bill to pass, this dynamic makes it very hard for them to resist passing the bill as they go forward. It is worth while to push for restoration of Second Amendment rights, even if the bill will be vetoed.
As more and more states have joined the Constitutional Carry club, the momentum for passing bills to restore Second Amendment rights grows and grows. Part of this is pure pragmatism: no ill effects have been shown to exist from the restoration of Second Amendment rights.
(Excepting various pseudo-scholarship using statistics to deceive)
Part of it is the persistent efforts of Second Amendment activists. Much of it is the education of legislators and peace officers, as they experience the lack of problems with the restoration of Second Amendment rights.
Vetoed bills are treasure troves of useful information about which legislators can be trusted; which ones are sympathetic; which ones can be pressured; which ones can be cajoled and horse traded with.
Both Pennsylvania and Louisiana are likely to pass Constitutional Carry bills in the next two years. It will depend on what happens with the governors in those two states.
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Police said the unidentified woman shot the suspected stalker after he
kicked in her front door. The woman told police she had recently moved
to get away from the man, SBG San Antonio reported.
As a counterpoint to the mass murder in a Texas School, where an unopposed murderer killed 21 children and 2 adults in a "gun free" school. A carreer criminal with an AR15 opened fire on an unrelated birthday party in West Virginia. He was killed by a woman armed with a pistol before he hit any of the children and adults at the party. From the BBC:
A US woman has fatally shot a man who opened fire on a crowd of people with a semi-automatic rifle in Charleston, West Virginia.
Dennis Butler, a 37-year-old with an extensive criminal history, was killed after he targeted a group of around 40 people attending a birthday party.
Police spokesman Tony Hazelett said the woman's quick reaction saved lives and may have prevented a mass shooting.
It comes amid a national debate over guns after a school shooting in Texas.
Butler had driven by the area earlier on Wednesday evening when he was warned to slow down because children were playing.
He returned armed with an AR-15-type rifle and opened fire from his vehicle on the birthday-graduation party outside the apartment complex in the city.
Mr Hazelett told a news conference that the woman who fired back did not have any law enforcement background. She has not been identified.
"She's just a member of the community who was carrying her weapon lawfully," he said. "And instead of running from the threat she engaged with the threat and saved several lives."
The woman remained at the scene after the shooting, and is co-operating with investigators.
While the investigation remains in the early stages in West Virginia, there is much less to investigate than in Texas. The attempted murderer is dead. He has a long criminal history. From wchstv.com:
Court records indicate as a convicted felon Butler was not entitled to own any guns. He was also wanted by deputies on a misdemeanor charge of transferring and receiving stolen goods from earlier this year. Kanawha magistrate court records show some 20 arrests for local charges.
Butler was a convicted felon and a frequent flyer at the Kanawha County Judicial Annex when it came to getting arrested. Often, those charges were dismissed when witnesses failed to show up.
In 2016, Butler faced unlawful and malicious wounding charges after a woman was shot in Charleston’s East Side. A felon with a firearm charge was linked by court documents to family and child neglect and abuse convictions in Pennsylvania.
The woman who shot and killed Butler is known, and is cooperating with police. We do not know how many shots Butler was able to fire before he was stopped. Butler was shot multiple times, so she apparently fired rapidly and accurately. The assault started and was stopped very quickly, a little before 10:45 in the evening. More details are likely to be released in the days to come.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Charleston Police say that a woman’s actions on Wednesday night may have prevented a mass casualty event.
According to CPD around 10:45 on Wednesday night officers arrived outside of the Renaissance Circle apartment complex for a report of a shooting. When police got there, they found the gunshot victim, 37-year-old Dennis Butler of Charleston, with multiple gunshot wounds. Butler later died.
Police say they discovered that earlier that night, Butler was approached about speeding in the apartment complex while children were playing. Police say Butler then left the complex and returned a short time later when he parked his vehicle in front of the apartment, pulled out an AR-15 style rifle and started firing at people attending a party.
Police say a bystander attending the party quickly pulled out her pistol and fired at Butler, fatally injuring him.
“Instead of running from the threat, she engaged with the threat and saved several lives last night,” said Lieutenant Tony Hazelett. “She was lawfully carrying a firearm and stopped a threat. There was a graduation party and a party with kids so obviously someone just graduated high school and we could have had a casualty shooting.”
Charleston Police say several witnesses and the person who fired the gun waited on police to get there and fully cooperated with the investigation.
At this time, no one has been charged in the shooting. The investigation now goes to the Kanawha County Prosecutor’s office for review.
A US woman has fatally shot a man who opened fire on a crowd of people with a semi-automatic rifle in Charleston, West Virginia.
Dennis Butler, a 37-year-old with an extensive criminal history, was killed after he targeted a group of around 40 people attending a birthday party.
Police spokesman Tony Hazelett said the woman's quick reaction saved lives and may have prevented a mass shooting.
It comes amid a national debate over guns after a school shooting in Texas.
Butler had driven by the area earlier on Wednesday evening when he was warned to slow down because children were playing.
He returned armed with an AR-15-type rifle and opened fire from his vehicle on the birthday-graduation party outside the apartment complex in the city.
Mr Hazelett told a news conference that the woman who fired back did not have any law enforcement background. She has not been identified.
"She's just a member of the community who was carrying her weapon lawfully," he said. "And instead of running from the threat she engaged with the threat and saved several lives."
The woman remained at the scene after the shooting, and is co-operating with investigators.
Charges will not be filed against her, police added.
Butler was found dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds, police said.
Mr Hazelett said it is not yet clear how Butler obtained the weapon - which he was not legally allowed to carry as a convicted felon.
The shooting comes after a teenage gunman killed 21 people at a Texas primary school with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle that had been purchased legally.
The attack, America's worst school shooting in a decade, reignited the debate over private gun ownership, which is enshrined in the US Constitution.
They found that the 38-year-old now-deceased man had tried to physically attack a caretaker in the backyard at a home.
The caretaker, a 43-year-old man, fearing for his life, shot the attacker.
After that, the caretaker dialed 911 for assistance. The shooting looked to be justified at the time, according to the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office.
“He began to break windows around the residence and found an unlocked metal security door under the carport. He opened that door and then started trying to kick in the other door behind that. Once that door came open, the homeowner fired a warning shot first and then fired another shot which struck the suspect in the arm. The bullet proceeded on through his chest and he was pronounced dead on arrival.”
Once
outside, this individual was confronted by an adult male where-in a
robbery was announced. The adult male announcing the robbery pointed a
gun at the person carrying the AR-15 rifle and demanded it.
The individual complied and gave him the rifle.
As
the adult male walked away with the rifle, the individual who had been
robbed went to a vehicle, retrieved another gun, and began shooting at
the adult male who took the rifle.
A shootout ensued between both parties.
During the shootout, two individuals (innocent bystanders) were struck by gunfire. Their injuries are non-life threatening.
The adult male who announced the robbery was struck several times by gunfire (as stated above) and remained at the scene.
The victim of the robbery, who shot at the adult male who took his rifle, left the scene.
Moments later, it is believed a different adult male returned and shot the individual who took the rifle as well.
On
Wednesday evening (June 1), around 5:30 p.m., deputies responded to the
22000 block of NW 14th Terrace in Brooker for an attempted robbery. The
caller reported that she was outside watering her garden when a white
male approached her and demanded her car. The suspect was described as
an older white male, wearing green hat, white shirt and tan pants. He
also indicated he had a gun. The suspect and victim struggled over the
car keys at which time the victim was able to retrieve her firearm and
fire at the suspect. The suspect immediately dropped the keys and fled
the area.
An extensive search of the area was conducted but the
suspect was not located. Deputies also notified Bradford County of the
incident and suspect description.
Thursday (June 2), detectives
were contacted by Bradford County Sheriff’s deputies regarding a robbery
and carjacking in Brooker. Alachua County detectives were able to
identify the Bradford County suspect, Larry S. Dupree (1/16/66), of Glen
St. Mary, Florida, as the suspect in the Alachua County incident.
Dupree has been charged with Robbery and Grand Theft in Bradford County.
After the Robbery, Dupree fled to Wakulla County and was arrested by
the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office.
Dupree is currently being
held in the Wakulla County for warrants from Alachua County and Bradford
County. He has been charged in Alachua County with Attempted Grand
Theft of a Motor Vehicle, Robbery by Sudden Snatching with a Firearm or
Deadly Weapon, False Imprisonment and Burglary with Assault or Battery.
Bond on the Alachua County Charges has been set at $200,000.
Image of grizzly bear by Troy Nemitz, used with permission.
When incidents of defense against bears occur in the United States, a common position of bear apologists is to claim "bears were here first", as if, somehow, a bear has moral authority over humans.
A group who promotes the expansion of grizzly bear populations makes this claim, in a more sophisticated way. From conservationnw.org:
Grizzly bears have coexisted with people in the North Cascades Ecosystem from when the first people arrived in North America.
The most dangerous bear, the grizzly bear, was not in the lower 48 states before humans were. Humans were here first.
The grizzly bear is a relative new comer to most of North America. The bears came from Asia to Alaska about 60,000 years ago. Because of the glaciers over most of Canada, they did not make it to the lower 48 states until about 10 - 15 thousand years ago. From nih.gov:
In North America, the brown bear has had a limited history, appearing in eastern Beringia only 50–70,000 years ago and spreading into the contiguous United States about 13,000 years ago (7, 8).
Humans, we have learned, have been in North America for at least 23,000 years, and likely up to 32,000 years. A convincing article was published on October 1, 2021. From nps.gov:
How long have humans been living in the Tularosa Basin? The latest research from White Sands confirms for the first time that humans have been living in North America for at least 23,000 years - many thousands of years older than previously thought. This research also confirms that people were living with the ice age megafauna much longer than previously known.
Another article published in July of 2020. From nature.com:
The latest discoveries, published on 22 July in Nature1,
question that consensus. Since 2012, a team led by Ciprian Ardelean at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas in Mexico has been excavating Chiquihuite Cave, which is 2,740 metres above sea level in the country’s Astillero Mountains. The researchers found almost 2,000 stone tools, 239 of which were embedded in layers of gravel that have been carbon dated to between 25,000 and 32,000 years old.
No grizzly bear fossils have been found in the lower 48 states older than 15,500 years. Most are younger. One fossil from near Edmonton, Canada, has been dated from about 26,000 years ago. The science of that fossil appears to be fairly good. But it is only one example, and it was found near Edmonton, not in the lower 48 states.
Black bears inhabited North America long before grizzly bears became relatively recent migrants. Black bears are far less dangerous to humans. No doubt the introduction of grizzly bears had an impact on the ecosystem about 15 - 16 thousand years ago. Before that, much of the continent was covered with hundreds or thousands of feet of ice. Eco systems are constantly changing and adapting. They are far from static.
Grizzly bears contended with humans and wolves for the spot of top predator in North American ecosystems for thousands of years. When human immigrants came from Europe, they brought the technology of firearms and steel to North America. Grizzly bears and wolves learned their place as one spot down from the top predator. Humans solidified their spot as the top predator and dominant creature.
Bear advocates who claim bears have some sort of moral authority over humans are advancing the latest version of pagan animal cults. It is not hard to understand how people can become emotionally entangled with powerful wild creatures, especially when their interactions are based on digital visions on various screens.
If we are to preserve bears for future generations, they must be managed, as with other renewable resources. There needs to be clear eyed understanding of their reality. They are not forest and plain representatives of Gaia, the earth goddess. They are flesh and blood creatures who routinely engage in the killing of other bears and in cannibalism.
Only humans can manage bear populations. Man has to determine how many bears are the optimum number.
The people who have to live with the bears should have a significant say in how many is the right number, and what the rules will be to keep those bear populations at the right number.
If urban dwellers wish to expand the range of grizzly bears onto areas owned by other humans, the people who value the bears most should pay for the damage done by the bears.
Just because grizzly bears lived somewhere at some time in the past, does not mean it makes sense for them to live there today.
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Lawton said the shooting occurred after a violent altercation between Jenson and Michael Parr in which Jenson threatened the younger Parr on the parking area of the apartment building and began punching and hitting him.
The statement said Jenson broke into the home after Michael Parr attempted to retreat back into his apartment, forcing his way through two sets of doors and continuing to punch Michael Parr. The elder Parr attempted to push Jenson back and also began to be threatened and struck by Jenson, Lawton said.
As the fight developed, Jason Parr told his son to go get a shotgun kept in the apartment, and when Michael Parr returned with it, Jenson grabbed the weapon’s barrel and tried to rip it out of Michael Parr’s hands, leading to the shooting.
After shooting at a suspected car thief on Monday, Pierce County Council candidate Josh Harris has not been arrested or charged by police. Harris said that he fired shots in self-defense at the man in the vehicle because he tried to run him over.
Harris, who has a concealed weapon permit, fired at least four rounds from a 9mm handgun at the driver, saying he only did so “to protect my life.”
Harris filed in May to run as a Republican for the Pierce County Council District 7 seat to represent Gig Harbor and Key Peninsulas, Fox Island, and parts of north and west Tacoma, according to previous News Tribune reporting.
The man that Harris shot was taken into custody on Tuesday and is still in the hospital, where he is being treated for wounds. Once released, he will be arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and assault.
MARTIN COUNTY — After approaching a golf cart early Wednesday, a man brandished a gun and hit a 20-year-old with it, Martin County sheriff's officials said.
The 20-year-old swiped the gun away from the man, then shot and killed him during a fight, sheriff's investigators said.
Emiliano Agosto, 32, of Stuart, died as he was being treated at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, said Martin County Sheriff William Snyder.
One of Jeffery’s neighbor told CBS46 he was awakened by a man trying to break into his home and that’s when he started shooting.
The man showed CBS46 the bullet holes right by his front door.
Jeffery’s neighbor was sweating and visibly shaken after telling CBS46 he shot and killed a man outside his door.
He said he doesn’t know what the intruder was after and he was acting in self defense.
Dekalb Police confirmed the homeowners account of the events and said the homeowner will not be charged in the fatal shooting as of now.
The Great Seal of Iowa boldly states:
We prize our liberties and our rights we will maintain.
The Iowa Great seal shows a citizen soldier with a musket. In spite of the sentiments on the seal, Iowa is one of only six states where the state constitution does not contain an explicit protection for the right to keep and bear arms. The seal was adopted in 1847. At the time, the right to bear arms was relatively uncontroversial. In the famous Dred Scott decision, Chief Justice Tanney said this, speaking of the rights slaves would have if they were considered to be people:
It would give to persons of the negro race, who were recognised as citizens in any one State of the Union, the right to enter every other State whenever they pleased, singly or in companies, without pass or passport, and without obstruction, to sojourn there as long as they pleased, to go where they pleased at every hour of the day or night without molestation, unless they committed some violation of law for which a white man would be punished; and it would give them the full liberty of speech in public and in private upon all subjects upon which its own citizens might speak; to hold public meetings upon political affairs, and to keep and carry arms wherever they went.
In the last decade, there have been several attempts to add a state constitutional amendment to protect the right to keep and bear arms in Iowa. A Republican representative explained the requirement for the amendment this way:
"We have found that liberal judges are willing to just take away your right to keep and bear arms, the individual right. This is an attempt to do everything we can to make that harder to do," said Sen. Julian Garrett, R-Indianola.
Here is the text of the proposed amendment:
Right to keep and bear arms. Sec. 1A. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The sovereign state of Iowa affirms and recognizes this right to be a fundamental individual right. Any and all restrictions of this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny.[4]
The path to passing a constitutional amendment in Iowa is long and difficult. Both houses of the legislature must pass the measure with majority votes. Then an election for the legislature must take place. Then both houses must pass the measure, with majority votes, a second time. Then the measure will be put on the ballot for the next election. If a majority of the voters approve it, it will become part of the Iowa Constitution.
Part of the process was for the Secretary of State to publish the proposed amendment after the first passage through the legislature, within a particular time frame. After the amendment passed both houses of the legislature the first time, in 2018, the Secretary of State forgot to publish it. This set back the effort to pass the Amendment two years.
Since that time, the legislature removed the power of the Secretary of State to, essentially, veto a Constitutional amendment by forgetting to publish it. The amendment was passed again in 2021. In addition, Iowa joined the Constitutional Carry club on April 2, 2021.
The right to keep and bear arms amendment will be on the ballot in Iowa, for November 8, 2022. From ballotpedia:
A "yes" vote supports adding a right to own and bear firearms to the Iowa Constitution and require strict scrutiny for any alleged violations of the right brought before a court.
A "no" vote opposes adding a right to own and bear firearms to the Iowa Constitution and require strict scrutiny for any alleged violations of the right brought before a court.
The amendment has an excellent chance of being passed by the voters. No right to keep and bear arms (rkba) amendment has been rejected by voters in the United States. Voters have strengthened rkba amendments in several other states in the past decades. Wisconsin Constitution’s Section 25 was passed in 1998 with 74% of the vote. Kansas passed an amendment in 2010 with 88% of the vote. Louisiana passed a similar amendment in 2012 with 74% of the vote. Alabama passed a similar amendment in 2014 with 72% of the vote. Missouri passed a strengthened rkba amendment in 2014 with 61% of the vote.
With the Biden administration pushing hard to infringe on rkba rights nationally, it is likely Iowa voters will follow the motto on their state seal, and vote to maintain their rights.
The other five states which do not have an explicit protection of the right to keep and bear arms in their state constitution are: California, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey and New York.
Those five states have some of the most restrictive infringements on the right to keep and bear arms of any states in the United States.
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Around 2 p.m., police say a 36-year-old man was inside his Logan Square garage in the 2700 block of North Monticello when a 53-year-old man armed with a knife approached him.
The victim pulled out a gun and shot the offender in the head, police said.
Fayetteville, N.C. — Police responded to a home on South Shield Drive in Fayetteville on Wednesday morning as a suspect was killed in a shooting that happened after a home invasion.
Police said a man, who they consider a suspect, was found shot outside a home just before 4 a.m. He was pronounced dead shortly after their discovery.
Another man, who lived at the home, was found shot in the leg and is in stable condition at the hospital. Police believe a man they feel is another suspect in the shooting left the home before their arrival.WEBSTER, Texas (KTRK) -- A man was shot to death Monday night when he
tried to break into a woman's apartment in Webster, according to police.
The shooting happened at about 9 p.m. on the Gulf Freeway near Dixie Farm Road.
Police said they believe a woman was defending herself when she shot the man who broke down her front door.
The woman was not alone, as police said several people, including children were inside.
Officers said she grabbed a gun and fired one shot.
CARBON HILL, Ala. (WIAT) — Residents in Carbon Hill are in shock after a home invasion Thursday left two people dead and sent one person to the hospital.
“When I arrived on scene I noticed there were two subjects dead inside the home,” Police Chief Antoine Cobb said. “They had ski masks on.
Cobb said the homeowner had been shot and injured after gunfire was exchanged. That man is now recovering after surgery.
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