Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) on Friday signed a bill nullifying federal gun bans.
“Today, I proudly signed Rep. Hinkle’s law prohibiting federal overreach into our Second Amendment-protected rights, including any federal ban on firearms,” Gianforte tweeted.
“I will always protect our #2A right to keep and bear arms,” the governor added.
The bill says that local and state authorities cannot enforce federal bans on guns, ammunition and magazines, The Associated Press reported.
It also prohibits state funding from being used to uphold any sort of gun ban that might come from the federal government. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/550103-montana-governor-signs-bill-nullifying-federal-gun-bans
Montana is one of at least a dozen states that have sought to nullify new gun restrictions this year. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/montana/articles/2021-04-23/montana-governor-signs-bill-nullifying-gun-restrictions
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the “horrifying” spate of mass shootings in the U.S. shows why gun violence is a public health issue. https://news.yahoo.com/fauci-gun-violence-mass-shootings-public-health-151345412.html
“As a public health person, I think you can’t run away from that,” Fauci said on CNN’s “State of the Union” when host Dana Bash asked if gun violence is a “public health emergency.”
“I mean, in this last month, it’s just been horrifying,” replied Fauci, the U.S. government’s foremost infectious disease expert. “How can you say that’s not a public health issue?”
Increasingly, as militias acquire and stockpile weapons, they’re turning guns from a public-health concern into a threat to national security. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/22/why-gun-control-is-now-a-matter-of-national-security-484323
Gun Violence Archive, frequently cited by the press, defines a mass shooting as firearm violence resulting in at least four people being shot at roughly the same time and location, excluding the perpetrator. Using this definition, there have been 2,128 mass shootings since 2013, roughly one per day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shootings_in_the_United_States
Gun violence archive https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/
Mass Shootings in 2021 https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting
America’s unique gun violence problem, explained in 16 maps and charts [updated April 16, 2021] https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/2/16399418/fedex-indianapolis-mass-shooting-gun-violence-statistics-charts
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) on Friday signed a bill nullifying federal gun bans.
“Today, I proudly signed Rep. Hinkle’s law prohibiting federal overreach into our Second Amendment-protected rights, including any federal ban on firearms,” Gianforte tweeted.
“I will always protect our #2A right to keep and bear arms,” the governor added.
The bill says that local and state authorities cannot enforce federal bans on guns, ammunition and magazines, The Associated Press reported.
It also prohibits state funding from being used to uphold any sort of gun ban that might come from the federal government. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/550103-montana-governor-signs-bill-nullifying-federal-gun-bans
Montana is one of at least a dozen states that have sought to nullify new gun restrictions this year. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/montana/articles/2021-04-23/montana-governor-signs-bill-nullifying-gun-restrictions
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the “horrifying” spate of mass shootings in the U.S. shows why gun violence is a public health issue. https://news.yahoo.com/fauci-gun-violence-mass-shootings-public-health-151345412.html
“As a public health person, I think you can’t run away from that,” Fauci said on CNN’s “State of the Union” when host Dana Bash asked if gun violence is a “public health emergency.”
“I mean, in this last month, it’s just been horrifying,” replied Fauci, the U.S. government’s foremost infectious disease expert. “How can you say that’s not a public health issue?”
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In the United States a person is now killed or injured in a road rage shooting every 18 hours. https://abcnews.go.com/US/disconcerting-rise-road-rage-shootings-resulting-death-injury/story?id=78181165
See also: “The weapons effect on wheels: Motorists drive more aggressively when there is a gun in the vehicle” (Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2017) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103117302111