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NRA News Ginny Simone Reporting | Safe at Home: Delaware Court Overturns Gun Ban – Video

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In a landmark victory earlier this year, the Delaware Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Wilmington Housing Authority #39;s policy of denying its residents their fundamental Second Amendment...

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In Disappointing Election, Gun Rights Activists Find Glimmer Of Hope

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Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's re-election victory last week marked a defeat for Second Amendment rights activists who enraged by the sweeping gun control legislation enacted last year had hoped to punish the governor in the first statewide vote since the Dec. 2012 Newtown massacre.

But softening the blow was a handful of wins in the General Assembly by candidates who support deregulating gun ownership and who were endorsed this year by the 15,000-member Connecticut Citizens Defense League. Malloy has promised to veto any legislation to roll back S.B. 1160 - the post-Newtown gun bill that included an assaults weapon ban, a 10-round limit on ammunition magazine size, and a universal background check requirement. But gun rights activists are hopeful that the pickups this year will help pave the road to a legislature more sympathetic to their cause.

"We would have been a lot more pleased if more pro-2A candidates were elected, but we are happy that we made some gains," said CCDL President Scott Wilson, using the group's colloquial name for what they describe as "pro-Second Amendment" candidates. Wilson added that in next year's session, "The odds of anything that would be beneficial to gun owners are remote at best."

The group instead plans to play defense, using their allies in the legislature to block any measures to further regulate guns. The first fight could be over a bill Malloy says he will introduce next year to ban anyone with a temporary restraining order from possessing a gun. CCDL has raised concerns about seizing a weapon without due process, and says that the proposal infringes on individual rights.

None of the state Senate challenger candidates who were endorsed by the CCDL won their races, but "we're at least happy that there were some inroads made with the state house," Wilson said, mentioning "newly elected pro-2a legislators that hopefuly will be able to have their voices heard in Hartford."

Connecticut Republicans won 10 additional seats in the state House of Representatives Tuesday, riding a national Republican wave that allowed the party to take control of the U.S. Senate and pick up several gubernatorial seats in traditionally blue states.

In three districts, CCDL-endorsed challenger candidates won races against incumbents who had voted for the post-Newtown gun bill.

Republican Charles Ferraro of West Haven defeated incumbent Democratic state rep. Paul Davis of Orange in the state House's 117th District, Cara Pavalock - a Republican who had included in her campaign platform a promise to promote "common sense laws that protect our right to bear arms" - won her race against state Rep. Christopher Wright of Bristol, a Democrat, and Republican Pam Staneski won against Milford Democratic state Rep. James Maroney.

Wilson said their goal this year is "to make sure that nothing gets passed that will harm gun owners."

He does not expect any of the CCDL candidates who won to try to push through pro-gun measures next year.

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Ga. voters back amendment capping income tax rate

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ATLANTA (AP) Voters have adopted an amendment freezing Georgia's top marginal income tax rate.

A constitutional amendment prohibiting the Legislature from raising income taxes above the current top rate of 6 percent was approved in voting Tuesday. It was among three ballot questions Georgia voters were asked to settle in the midterm elections.

A second amendment authorizing state lawmakers to impose additional fines for reckless driving that would fund medical treatment and rehabilitation for people with brain and spinal injuries also passed.

Finally, voters approved a referendum to allow Georgia's public universities to extend their exemption from property taxes to private companies hired to operate campus dorms.

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Rachel Maddow: Joni Ernst has ‘Second Amendment Remedies’ Too! – Video

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Episcopal Church in Michigan votes to crack down on gun rights

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Voting signs cover the handrails at St. Timothys Episcopal Church in Washington as the nations capital holds its primary election on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times) ** FILE ** more >

The Episcopal Church in Michigan which includes the areas of Lansing and Jackson voted to crack down on Second Amendment rights via a resolution at the 180th convention of the Episcopal Diocese.

Specifically, the resolution which passed with a large majority expresses favor for universal background checks for all gun buys and for bans on all sales of decreed semiautomatic weapons and high-impact, high-capacity ammunition and magazines, the Detroit Free Press reported. The resolution also calls to make gun trafficking a federal crime.

We stand for public policies to ban violence and assault weapons, the resolution stated, the Detroit Free Press reported. Access to guns with rapid fire ability and high capacity magazines are a common, deadly ingredient in repeated killings.

The resolution isnt policy, but it could prove influential with policy-makers. The Detroit Free Press reported that the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan was created in 1836 a fully year before the state was even established.

We work to bring Gods peace to the world, said the Rev. Chris Yaw, the rector of St. Davids Episcopal Church in Southfield, the Detroit Free Press reported. Gods kingdom is not of violence its of peace.

But critics say the resolution conflicts with the Constitutions Second Amendment.

Passing an inherently political resolution does absolutely nothing to proclaim the glory of God and bring new people to the pews of churches, said Dennis Lennox, a member of St. Johns Episcopal Church in Detroit, the Detroit Free Press reported. I wish churches would focus on being a house of prayer for all people, instead of becoming extensions of political movements and parties.

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Gone To Pot – Several States Voting To Legalize Marijuana – Attack On Second Amendment? – F&F – Video

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