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• DOJ Calls Time on Minnesota’s Second Amendment Waiting Game
  For too long, Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz and his anti-gun allies in the state have treated the exercise of a constitutional right as something subject to government permission and whatever wait is required for the government to get around to granting it. 
• Support of Self-Defense for Law-Abiding Citizens Continues to Spread Globally
  In spite of some countries deciding they cannot trust their own citizens with firearms, other countries seem to be rejecting this policy…at least a bit.  
• Virginia Gun Shops Brace for the New Jerseyfication of the Commonwealth
  Jay Jones, the anti-gun but pro-bullets to the head Virginia attorney general, announced on September 15 the creation of the Firearms Accountability & Industry Responsibility (FAIR) Unit within the Civil and Criminal Justice & Public Safety Divisions of his office. 
• NRA Files Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Review Lawsuit Blaming Firearm Ads for Criminal Acts
  Today, the National Rifle Association and Second Amendment Foundation filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review in Daniel Defense, LLC v. Lowy. The case asks whether firearm manufacturers can be sued in federal court for a third party’s crime based on advertisements that use military, law-enforcement, and readiness themes.
• NRA Files Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Hear Challenge to Maine’s 72-Hour Waiting Period Law
  The National Rifle Association and Second Amendment Foundation filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review in Beckwith v. Frey, a challenge to Maine’s 72-hour waiting period requirement for firearm purchases.
• U.S. Department of Justice Declares Age 18-20 Handgun Sales Ban Unconstitutional
  On September 17, the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued a memorandum opinion to answer the question “whether restricting young adults from buying firearms comports with the Second Amendment as the Supreme Court has authoritatively construed it.”
• Trump DOJ Sues San Jose, Ca., Over $1,600 Concealed Carry Licensing Fee
  Do you know the way to San Jose? Dionne Warwick famously asked in her 1968 hit song. Well, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon certainly does, and she recently made sure the city was served with a civil rights lawsuit over its $1,600 fee for a concealed carry permit (firearm and ammunition not included).
• “Law abiding citizens with an AR-15 are not a threat to anyone” — Law Enforcement Groups Weigh in on Supreme Court “Assault Weapons” Cases
  The Trace, the “newsroom” funded by anti-gun extremist Michael Bloomberg, reported in June on the extent to which the NRA-backed NYSRPA v. Bruen case has, to date, rebuilt the modern Second Amendment landscape.
• Everytown Goes Hunting for Credibility
  The irony is nothing short of comedy. Multiple outlets are having a field day with the Michael Bloomberg-backed Everytown organization, which has spent years and millions of dollars supporting extreme restrictions on lawful gun ownership, now purporting to offer hunter education courses.
• The Fight to Protect the Firearms Industry Continues
  The political lawfare campaign to dismantle the lawful firearms industry by holding it liable for the criminal misuse of its constitutionally protected products should have never started. U.S. tort law has long held that a person or entity cannot be held responsible for a third party’s criminal acts.