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The FBI’s Missing Murders
In October, Dr. John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) broke the news that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had stealth-revised its reported violent crime data for 2022 to show a 4.5% increase, rather than the originally reported 2.1% decrease, for that year. Among other things, that adjustment added 1,699 more murders for 2022. Given that the vast majority of murder crimes are reported, Lott asks, “How do you miss 1,699 murders?”
Now, another source, Just Facts Daily (JFD), a “research institute dedicated to publishing facts about public policies,” has done a dive into homicide reporting and uncovered what appears to be an unusually large number of “homicides recorded on death certificates that are not reported as murders by Biden’s FBI.”
NYC Chaos Shows that Gun Controllers Aren’t Serious about Crime
For decades, NRA-ILA has pointed out that gun control advocates are disingenuous when it comes to public safety. Anti-gun politicians and the agencies and jurisdictions they control seek to encumber and disarm law-abiding individuals in any manner possible, while at the same time failing to vigorously enforce the law against dangerous criminals.
Consider a pair of recent stories from arguably the gun control capital of America, New York City.
On November 15, the New York Post ran a story with the wild headline, “Migrant with loaded AR-15, suspected Mexican cartel member freed from jail after alleged assault on NYPD cops.” According to the item, a 20-year-old “migrant… was hit with assault, gun possession, resisting arrest and trespassing charges after being nabbed urinating in a subway tunnel on Nov. 5 — while lugging the assault weapon in his backpack.” The report indicated that two police officers were injured trying to take the individual into custody.
An item from the New York Daily News stated that the firearm “was loaded with 25 live rounds and had a defaced serial number.” Further, the paper noted that the young suspect has two prior arrests.
According to the Post, the alleged criminal was released after posting $25,000 bail.
NRA Files Lawsuit Challenging Pennsylvania’s Prohibition on Concealed Carry by Adults Under Twenty-One
Today, the NRA, Firearms Policy Coalition, and two individuals filed a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s prohibition on concealed carry by adults under 21.
Pennsylvania generally requires an individual to obtain a license to carry a concealed firearm or transport a firearm in one’s vehicle. Moreover, a license is required to be exempt from the “Gun-Free School Zones Act,” which forbids carrying within 1,000 feet of the grounds of a school—more than 3,000 of which exist throughout the Commonwealth. Adults under 21, however, are ineligible to apply for a license.
Federal District Court Strikes Down IL’s “Assault Weapon” and “Large-Capacity Magazine” Bans in NRA-Supported Case
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois struck down provisions of the Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) that prohibit “assault weapons” and “large-capacity magazines” in an NRA-supported case, Barnett v. Raoul.In a thorough, 168-page opinion, the district court applied the Supreme Court’s text-and-history test for Second Amendment challenges, as interpreted by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Starting with the text, because the Supreme Court has stated that “common” arms are protected by the Second Amendment, but “dangerous and unusual” arms are not, the district court defined those terms. A “dangerous” arm, the court determined, is one “that a typical operator cannot reasonably control to neutralize discrete, identified aggressors.” An “unusual” arm is “an arm deploying an atypical method to neutralize an opponent in confrontation or that deploys a neutralizing agent that is caustic, incendiary, noxious, poisonous, or radioactive.” And a “common” arm encompasses “any bearable rifle, shotgun, or pistol that is capable of semiautomatic fire and is or has been available for purchase, possession, and usage by law-abiding citizens for self-defense, provided that it is not otherwise ‘dangerous and unusual.’” Applying these definitions, the court concluded that the banned “assault weapons” and “large-capacity magazines” are common arms covered by the Second Amendment.
NRA Files Amicus Brief Arguing that Washington’s Magazine Ban Violates the Second Amendment
The NRA filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the State of Washington in a challenge to Washington’s prohibition on magazines that hold over 10 rounds.
The defendants in the case are a retail firearms dealer and its owner. In 2023, the defendants were issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) by the Washington State Office of the Attorney General due to suspicions that they were selling magazines that hold over 10 rounds, which are prohibited in Washington. The defendants petitioned for the CID to be set aside and a declaration that the magazine ban violates both the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section 24 of the Washington Constitution.
VA Tells Congressional Panel it “Could Not” and “Would Not” Comply with Pro-gun Legislation
Last Wednesday, the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs of the House Veterans Affairs Committee held a legislative hearing on a number of proposed bills that would change various procedures and standards for how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) does business. The VA, of course, is a creation of Congress, as are the statutes that empower, guide, and fund its activities.
Yet as is characteristic of many government agencies, the VA has formed its own agenda, born of deeply entrenched bureaucrats with their personal ideas about how government should operate. One glaring example of this is the department’s focus on gun control, a priority that is not only unrelated to its core mission but puts the VA at odds with many of the veterans its serves, who deeply value the right to keep and bear arms. In a stunning example of bureaucracy run amok, VA officials brazenly told incredulous members of Congress at Wednesday’s hearing the VA “could not” and “would not” comply with proposed legislation aimed at reining in this unauthorized mission.
NRA Files Lawsuit Challenging ATF’s “Engaged in the Business” Rule
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) has filed a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) “Engaged in the Business” Final Rule. The ATF’s Final Rule unlawfully redefines when a person is “engaged in the business” of dealing in firearms and therefore required to be federally licensed. This new lawsuit is being filed on the heels of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have reined in executive branch agencies from acting outside of statutory authority.
Appeals Court: 21+ Age Requirement for Carry Permits is Unconstitutional
In another Bruen-based invalidation of a gun law, a federal appeals court has struck a Minnesota law that prohibits 18 to 20-year-olds from being eligible for a carry permit, declaring the law to be invalid and enjoining its enforcement. NRA-ILA, which has advocated on behalf of the rights of young adults for decades, had filed an amicus brief supporting the challenge to the carry ban.
The ruling comes at a time when calls to restrict the firearm rights of young adults are likely to become even more acute. President Joe Biden has already used the unsuccessful assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump to again demand an “assault weapon” ban, and has
stated that, “[i]f we can’t ban assault weapons, as we should, we must at least raise the age to be able to purchase one to 21.”
