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Today, February 1st, theOregon Legislature begins the 2022legislative session.With the start of session, anti-gun legislators have again begun pushing policies that do nothing to prevent crime and only target law-abiding gun owners. NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters are encouraged to stay alert and contact their legislators in opposition to Senate Bill 1577.

Senate Bill 1577 would ban 3-D printed guns, however the billis so poorly written that it confuses undetectable firearms with 3D printed guns. This bill is the ultimate solution in search of a problem. Undetectable firearms have been banned under federal law for 30 years.This is nothing more than political theater. However, because of poor bill drafting, this bill could have serious unintended consequences for hobbyists who engage in the lawful home manufacture of firearms.

As in 2021, thelegislaturecan expect to see both pro and anti-gun agendas this year.Gun owners and sportsmen throughout the state must stay actively involved to defend freedom.

Your NRA will continue to fight to promote and protect your right to keep and bear arms and hunting heritage.Our members remain the most powerful political force in American history, and together, we will secure the Second Amendment for present and future generations.

Please continue to checkwww.NRAILA.organd your email inbox for NRA-ILA alerts on the latest action items. NRA-ILA will keep you updated on Second Amendment and hunting-related legislation.

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Oregon: Anti-Gun Legislation Introduced as the 2022 Legislative Session Convenes - NRA ILA

Perhaps the best example came in Duncan v. Bonta, a Second Amendment case decided last November by the en banc Ninth Circuit. VanDyke again found himself at odds with his colleagues, this time over Californias virtual ban on large-capacity magazines. Like other federal circuit courts that have considered similar laws, the majority applied intermediate scrutiny and upheld the restrictions. Judge Patrick Bumatay, one of the courts other conservative members, wrote a lengthy dissent explaining why he thought the Ninth Circuit should abandon the balance-of-interests approach. Instead, he argued, judges should evaluate whether restrictions are rooted in the text, tradition, and history of the Second Amendment.

VanDyke, writing separately, said he largely agreed with Bumatays dissent. So why write his own? He wanted to complain that he thought his colleagues were possessed maybeby a single-minded focus on ensuring that any panel opinions actually enforcing the Second Amendment are quickly reversed. In VanDykes eyes, the majority of our court distrusts gun owners and thinks the Second Amendment is a vestigial organ of their living constitution. He described mass shootings as a statistically very rare harm, akin to airplane crashes, and less lethal overall than car crashes, which kill far more people each year.

Though he engaged with the majoritys legal arguments, he also accused them of operating under their personal biases against guns, and urged the Supreme Court to tighten its Second Amendment rulings to deprive them of any discretion. Ultimately, it is not altogether surprising that federal judges, who have armed security protecting their workplace, home security systems supplied at taxpayer expense, and the ability to call an armed marshal to their upper-middle class home whenever they feel the whiff of a threat, would have trouble relating to why the average person might want a magazine with over ten rounds to defend herself, he opined.

This time, his attacks on his colleagues drew a response. In footnotes in her opinion for the court, Judge Susan Graber turned his comparisons to car crashes and plane crashes against him. A ban on large-capacity magazines cannot reasonably be considered a ban on firearms, she explained, any more than a ban on leaded gasoline, a ban on dangerously designed gas tanks, or speed limits could be considered a ban on cars. And while she agreed on the rarity of airplane crashes, she noted that legislatures recognize that the serious harm caused by even a single crash justifies extensive regulation of the industry, similar to the social and personal impact of mass shootings.

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The Rude Trump Judge Whos Writing the Most Bonkers Opinions in America - The New Republic

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Last week, Supervisor Otto Lee ignored community outpouring and voted for a new jail (County to move forward with new $390M jail, Page B1, Jan. 27).

Four and a half years ago I was homeless. I have bipolar and I was without medication. A situation happened where the police showed up but so did an ambulance. Instead of going to jail, I went to the hospital.

From there I started receiving treatment. After a lot of rehabilitation, guidance, and work, I have housing, I have medication, Im back in school, and I have direction in my life. I have hope. I hate to think what could have happened if I had ended up going to jail for a mental health issue.

Rehabilitation does not happen in jails, it happens in social services.

I urge readers to call Supervisor Lees office to ask him to change his vote to no on a new jail and yes on alternatives to incarceration.

Andrew SieglerSunnyvale

Re. S.J. gun law is ripe for defeat in court, Letters to the Editor, Page A8, Jan. 28:

I applaud Mayor Sam Liccardo and the San Jose City Council for their courageous vote for gun control. This will save lives and educate and redirect potential gun violators.

Gun lovers love to quote the Second Amendment, which they think gives them individual gun rights. It states that a gun owner needs to be part of a well-regulated militia.

There is an inverse relationship between strict state laws and gun deaths. California is No. 1 in strict gun laws, No. 44 in gun deaths in 2019; Mississippi is No. 48 in laws, No. 2 in deaths. When Sunnyvale passed its strict gun ordinances in 2013 they were sued by the NRA; the NRA lost.

Every day we hear about another shooting. Lets change that.

Myra OrtaLos Altos

The Jan. 31 article A fight over rooftop solar (Page C9, Jan. 31) highlights the dangerous philosophy of PG&E the more electricity they sell, the more money they make, and rooftop solar is a threat to that.

With federal climate change action stuck in Congress, we cant afford to undermine rooftop solar in California. The benefits are clear:

Homeowners save money and make better conservation decisions.

The utilization of available square footage on rooftops means less development of lands for solar farms, protecting natural ecosystems.

Thats more efficient, flowing electricity direct from your rooftop into your home, or pulling it across hundreds of miles of transmission lines and substations?

The big business approach of PG&E has resulted in California having some of the highest electricity rates in the nation while causing some of our worst disasters. Make electricity rates more equitable, but PG&E has to support a distributed resourcemodel.

Tom CalderwoodLos Gatos

Re. Tennessee school district bans book about Holocaust, Jan. 27:

With the wave of book banning going on in many red states, to say that Im relieved to be a teacher in California is an understatement.

This is my first year of teaching, and I simply cannot imagine being restricted in my ability to present my students with perspectives that will make them more inquisitive, empathetic, knowledgeable, and yes, uncomfortable. That is the nature of education.

As my colleague puts it, When youre banning books, youre banning voices.

Jacob LafargaSacramento

Congressional leaders, notably House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, advocate legislation that invites war by squelching negotiations between the two nuclear superpowers while militarizing Ukraine for $500 million.

The Defending Ukraine Sovereignty Act (H.R. 6470 and S.3488) sanctions Russians, given significant escalation even without invasion.

Opposing Moscow regarding NATO membership becomes a non-negotiable policy.

America pledged NATO would not advance one inch east of a unified Germany (1990). We reneged, staged an anti-Russian Ukraine coup in 2014, and now arm and train Ukrainians.

How is Ukraine our business any more than Cuba was USSRs business in 1962? Soviet missiles panicked JFK. Putin fears NATO aggression.

As invaders of Iraq, Vietnam, Korea and elsewhere, we lack the moral authority to be world cops.

The UN Charter(signed in San Francisco) requires settling disputes peacefully (Articles 2 and 33). Preparing for war brings war.

Jeannette Hassberg, Paul W. Lovinger and Grace TeresiOfficers, War and Law LeagueSan Francisco

Will Bunch asks if we Americans will choose silence when we learn the truth that our former president is guilty of criminal acts (Trumps criminal acts will America care? Page A7, Jan. 26).

Sadly, we Americans have watched Donald Trump obstruct justice, commit treasonous acts, attempt to corrupt the results of a proven fair election in 2020, and then call upon his followers to overtake the halls of Congress in support of his big lie. Twice we watched the Senate decline to impeach him.

If our elected leaders who have sworn to uphold our Constitution have allowed Trump to get away with his illegal actions thus far, is there any wonder that we would expect anything different of American citizens? Truly, the man is made of Teflon, and has proven he is above the law.

Gen StonerSan Jose

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ST. CLOUD Republican and Democratic-Farmer-Labor precinctcaucuses were held Tuesdaynight, both in person and online.

In Senate District 14, the GOP saw 152 attendees. Higher numbers are generally seen in general election years, more than in midterm years like 2022, saidSenate District 14Republican Party Chair John Dvorak.

Held at Apollo High School,Senate District 14 GOP caucus attendees discussed increasing the number of poll watchers and election judges, and were encouraged tobecome delegates.

The Senate District 14 Republican BPOU (Basic Political OperatingUnit) is focused on local issues,"Dvorak said. "We care about the local community, we care about thelocal issues facing our residents, whether that be housing, health care, any type of mandates, any type of education, curriculum, anything like that. We are all about taking care of Senate District 14and their residents, and ensuring that we're fighting for them."

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DFL caucusing went online this year, allowing participants to makepaper and electronic submissions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. District 14 State Sen.Aric Putnam also met virtually with some participants. Of the DFLs options for caucusing, in-person seemed unwieldy, said Senate District 14 DFL Chair Jim Parsons.

One [option]was to have an in-person caucus as we have for the last number of years, as usual, except with substantially heightened COVID protections, masks worn at all times, etc., those kinds of things," Parsons said."Given the rooms that we had reserved across the districts, and the 34 precincts that we'd have to cover, we just thought that was unwieldy. We just didn't have enough people to manage that."

The district received around 100 non-attendee registration forms and around 200 resolution forms, Parsons said. Total delegate allocation for Senate District 14 is 454, according to Parsons. Topics of discussion included ranked-choice voting, drivers licenses for all and environmental concerns.

209people caucused for the GOP in Senate District 13, according to Senate District 13 RepublicanChair Aaron Brutger. People were concerned aboutelection integrity, crime ratesand medical freedom,Brutger said.

The GOP stands forprotecting life in terms of the unborn, standing up for our second amendment rights,"Brutger said. "There's a lot of discussion involving medical freedom. I know a lot of the gubernatorial candidates have been touching on that.

Senate District 13 had around 80 people caucusing for the DFL, said Senate District 13 DFL Chair Barry Belknap.

We got scanned forms, photocopies of forms, filled PDFs, got some in the mail, so they were coming in any which way. And I think the accessibility was good, Belknap said.

Submissions highlighted topics including environmental protection, voter rights, reproductive rights andsupport for teachers, Belknap said.

The DFL also recently announcedit would allow non-voters to participate in caucusing.

I think it is very important to make sure that we're clear. Nobody is supporting non-citizens voting or felons who are prohibited from voting, voting. But these are people that exist in our district who are human beings. And the party's intent was to make sure human beings have voices. That is, I think, a core ethic of the party, Belknap said.

None of the functions of politics that exist, whether it's at the school board level, state level, national level, none of that stuff goes without people getting involved and so I'm excited for the people that are getting into this for the first time and happy to work with the people that have been long-term activists and stalwarts in the party, to just try to keep the functions of government working well, and weredefinitely committed to a robust, fair, transparent democracy, Belknap said.

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DFL, GOP parties discuss voter rights, election security and more during Tuesday's caucus - SC Times

A bill in the state senate would establish a $50,000 fine for an Iowa city and law enforcement agency where an officer enforces federal gun regulations that are stricter than the states.

The bill is part of a campaign that has prompted county supervisors to designate 33 Iowa counties as Second Amendment Sanctuaries where federal gun laws wouldnt be enforced by local officials if the Biden Administration or congress were to enact tougher regulations. Senator Zach Nunn of Bondurant, a Republican congressional candidate in Iowas third district, is the sponsor of the so-called Second Amendment Preservation Act.

We want to protect our law enforcement officers on the front line who are serving the community, but not deputize them as agents of a department or agency to go in and infringe upon an Iowans Second Amendment constitutional rights, Nunn said yesterday during a subcommittee hearing on the bill.

Nunn indicated the legislation needs some changes before its considered by a full Senate committee. Sydney Gangestad, a lobbyist for Everytown for Gun Safety a national group that supports gun control measures, said the bill may penalize local police and sheriffs departments that work with federal authorities on gun-related investigations. We believe this would have a chilling effect and that is a grave concern to us, Gangestad said.

A lobbyist for the Iowa County Attorneys Association said the proposal could make it difficult for state and local agencies to enforce federal laws that forbid convicted domestic abusers from having guns.

A similar bill has been passed in Missouri and nearly 60 Missouri police chiefs filed a lawsuit last week, seeking changes to clarify what is and isnt permitted. One chief said Missouris law appears in certain circumstances to prevent police from checking serial numbers to see if a gun is stolen.

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Second Amendment Preservation Act introduced in Iowa Senate - Radio Iowa