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Law Shield would like to make our members aware of a corporate statement by Target stores’ interim CEO John Mulligan on July 2, 2014: The company release began as a corporate statement: “Every day at Target, in everything we do, we ask ourselves what is right for our guests? We make all of our decisions... [Read More]

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Law Shield would like to inform our members, and especially our NFA members, about a remarkable trend that the national media has finally noticed: NFA sales are hot. An April 2014 article in Time magazine was entitled “Gun Silencers Are Suddenly Selling Like Hot Cakes,” which is not quite accurate. Based on our legal experience... [Read More]

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We like to pass along good gun news when it occurs. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed A.2006/S.993, which sought to lower New Jersey’s magazine restriction from fifteen rounds to ten. New Jersey is one of only a handful of states that already has a restriction on the number of rounds permitted. The state has... [Read More]

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When our lawyers and staff have a chance to visit with Law Shield members at seminars across the country, the programs focus on the law, but we hear lots of sidebar discussions during the breaks. Because some LS members are of a certain age, declining eyesight often leads to talk of laser sights. And one... [Read More]

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Because our lawyers take civil rights seriously, Law Shield wants to alert our members about a District of Columbia councilmember who wants to “temporarily” confiscate guns from their owners without due process. D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh’s bill would take guns away from people who have temporary restraining orders against them. TROs are common in domestic-abuse... [Read More]

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U.S. Law Shield and Texas Law Shield see problems with the outlines of a new gun-control initiative proposed by California Democratic senators  Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein. The pair, along with a California Democrat from the House, Rep. Lois Capps, recently proposed the Pause for Safety Act. The bill would encourage states to allow people... [Read More]

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Here is another page from our new and updated Deadly Force publication coming soon.  This page focuses on justification and reasonableness.  Remember to check out our other pages that have been publicly released here on the Texas Law Shield blog. If you find this information helpful, please share this page by clicking the like and... [Read More]

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Something called Blue Nation Review has put up one of the more absurd things Law Shield has ever seen on Facebook — and that’s saying something. This group tries to make a false equivalence between the Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Building bombing and gun regulation. Honestly, we’ve tried to understand what they’re driving at, but... [Read More]

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Law Shield’s multi-state members will be glad to hear that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed laws exempting gun records from the state’s Freedom of Information Act. Michigan legislators wrote the law after a New York newspaper published the names and addresses of gun owners in two counties of that state in 2012. The legislation... [Read More]

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Folks, check out this new page from our updated Use of Force publication. This format is designed to easily explain complicated legal topics, such as the law of self-defense. These pages mimic what trial lawyers might use as demonstrative evidence to explain the law to a jury.   Here is another page on Self-Defense: Law Of... [Read More]

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Law Shield would like to alert our Pennsylvania members to a situation that we hope will be ruled as a self-defense shooting in the town of Mayfair. Brandishing a 6-inch hunting knife, a man reportedly tried to rob Stan’s Health Foods in the 7100 block of Frankford Avenue in Mayfair. The man apparently broke into... [Read More]

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Law Shield isn’t a big fan of the so-called “paper of record” based in New York City — mainly because the New York Times gets minor gun stuff so wrong so often, how can we trust their reporting otherwise? Such as on the attached graphic. The Times seemingly doesn’t know the differences between ammunition, cartridges,... [Read More]

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