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☆ Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly outraises GOP opponent Blake Masters going into final weeks of midterm campaign
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, running for re-election to the U.S. Senate in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, appears in an undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on October 5, 2022. Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly outraised his opponent, Republican Blake Masters, in the third quarter, according to Federal Election Commission Records. Kelly's campaign went into October, weeks before the midterm elections, with almost six times the amount of cash on hand. Masters, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, brought in over $4.7 million over that same time period. Kelly's campaign went into October with over $13 million on hand while Masters had just above $2.8 million in his war chest.

NEW YORK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - New York's new gun law will remain in effect for now after a federal appeals court on Wednesday agreed to temporarily reverse a lower court's order blocking the law's central provisions while a legal challenge by a gun-owners' rights group proceeds. The state's overhauled gun law took effect on Sept. 1 and is being closely watched by other states around a country in which gun violence has become recurrent. The appeals court's three-judge panel will later rule on whether to restore Suddaby's temporary restraining order. Suddaby, meanwhile, will hear arguments later this month on whether to grant a preliminary injunction that will again block central provisions of the new law while the litigation proceeds. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Jonathan Allen; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Attendee inspect Smith and Wesson firearms at the National Rifle Association's (NRA) annual meeting, in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 28, 2019. Smith & Wesson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Wednesday's lawsuits allege that Smith & Wesson knowingly advertised its weapons, including the M&P-model rifle used by Crimo, to appeal to "militaristic fantasies" of troubled young men. "(Crimo) and other would-be mass shooters are highly susceptible to the disturbing promotional messages from Smith & Wesson," the lawsuits said. They are asking the court to stop Smith & Wesson from the allegedly illegal marketing, including by putting age restrictions on social media content and removing military references, and to award unspecified monetary damages.

☆ Ted Cruz was booed by a Texas audience when he said his plan to end school shootings is putting more police officers in schools
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ted Cruz was met with a booing audience when he said his plan to stop school shootings is putting more police in schools. Cruz commented on gun control efforts and the Uvalde school shooting at the Texas Tribune Festival. A responsive audience jeered at Cruz at some points, demanding age restrictions on assault weapons. "Two weeks ago, I stood on the Senate floor and tried to pass legislation I've introduced that would double the number of police officers in school," Cruz said to a crowd of boos. Cruz was met with more yells from the audience, this time specifically about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May that left 19 elementary schoolers and two teachers dead.

☆ Court Dismisses NRA Lawsuit Against New York Official Who Urged Firms to Not Work With Gun Groups
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Joseph Pisani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A federal appeals court dismissed the National Rifle Association’s lawsuit against a former New York state official who urged banks and insurance companies to reconsider working with the organization and other gun rights’ groups after the Parkland school shooting. The lawsuit, first filed in 2018, alleged that Maria Vullo , then superintendent of the state’s Department of Financial Services, used her regulatory power to threaten business partners of the NRA and coerce them into not working with the organization.

☆ 24 GOP attorneys general warn Visa, AmEx, and Mastercard about using a code that identifies purchases at gun stores
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Sarah Belle Lin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AGs from 24 states sent a letter threatening to take action over a new merchant code for gun stores. The attorneys general warned that tracking the data could lead to misuse, whether intentional or unintentional. They said using a merchant code for gun stores would be an inaccurate method for keeping track of firearms purchases. The coordinated move came after the Geneva-based nonprofit International Organization for Standardization (ISO) approved the creation of the merchant code earlier this month. Gun rights advocates, including the NRA, have expressed concerns that the new merchant category code would effectively create a gun registry, and put gun owners at risk.

Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA), speaks at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Houston, Texas, U.S. May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File PhotoNEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the dismissal of a National Rifle Association lawsuit accusing a New York regulator of stifling its speech by pressuring banks and insurers to stop doing business with the gun rights group. A lower court judge in March 2021 dismissed all claims apart from two free speech claims against Vullo, but the appeals court said those should have also been dismissed. The NRA, which is incorporated in New York, faces a separate investigation by state Attorney General Letitia James into alleged corruption within the group. The case is National Rifle Association of America v Vullo, 2nd U.S.

☆ Letitia James vs. Donald J. Trump: What is New York's attorney general about to do to Trump and his company?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-10 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

NY AG Letitia James is about to sue Donald Trump and his real estate and golf resort business. Whatever James has up her sleeve after three long years of investigating the Trump Organization, it is now about to be revealed. A: James will sue the Trump Organization and Trump himself, the company's sole owner and beneficiary. Morian predicted James' lawsuit will closely mirror the allegations in a 115-page memorandum she filed in January. A: The New York-incorporated Trump Organization is an umbrella for some 500 other entities, many of them Delaware-registered LLCs.

A “bump stock” replaces a rifle’s standard stock, which is the part held against the shoulder. The bump stock allows a weapon to fire at nearly the rate of a machine gun without technically converting it to a fully automatic firearm. How Fast Is a Rifle With a Bump Stock? Orlando nightclub 24 shots in 9 secondsIn contrast, a fully automatic weapon, like this pre-1986 Colt AR-15A2, sounds different. There are no variations in the firing rate like there was in the Las Vegas shooting.

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