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TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2021

- TOP STORY -
The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit in Minnesota, challenging that state’s ban on concealed carry by young adults between the ages of 18 and 21, alleging the ban violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendment rights of those citizens. Filed in the U.S. District Court, the case is Worth v. Harrington.
- ARCHERY -
Following U.S. Team Trials, USA Archery has selected a strong lineup to represent Team USA on home soil for the World Archery Championships, September 19-26 in Yankton, South Dakota.
Team Mathews secured another 7 podium spots in London, Kentucky at the TRU Ball & Black Eagle Pro/Am this past weekend.
- COMPETITION -
Nearly 400 zombie hunters armed with handguns, shotguns and rifles converged in Grand Island, Nebraska, June 4-6, 2021 to battle the “undead” during the 9th annual, Zombies in the Heartland 3-Gun Match hosted by Hornady and the Heartland Public Shooting Park.
This past weekend was the 3rd stop in the USAT Qualifier Series and once again Bowtech Pro Shooter Paige Pearce made an appearance on the podium.

Sponsored competitive shooter Tucker Schmidt took two top trophies at the Pigg River Precision H.A.M. PRS Match in Rocky Mount, Virginia shooting Federal Premium Gold Medal rifle ammunition. Tucker took home the 1st place Open Division and the Top Pro trophy shooting 6mm Creedmoor handloads using Federal Premium Gold Medal primers and powered by Alliant Powder Reloder 16.
- EVENTS -
U.S. LawShield will be on-hand at the 2021 Firearms Industry Compliance Conference held June 8 – 9. Gary Ramey, Chief Customer Officer of U.S. LawShield, will introduce the company and discuss the importance of educating law-abiding gun owners and protecting them from the legal system after acts of self-defense.
- GEAR -
Galco Full Grain Premium Leather Holsters are made exclusively from the hides of the highest “Number One” grade out of seven possible grades. This guarantees that Galco premium holsters are cut from the top 2% of vegetable-tanned U.S. steer hides.
- GIVEAWAYS -
The Sellmark Corporation’s brands, Pulsar, Sightmark and Kopfjäger are partnering with Sniper Hog Lights, ICOtec and the Googan Squad to give away over $10K worth of gear in a hunting and fishing package.

- INDUSTRY -
To help businesses understand the size of the 2020 retail markets, Southwick Associates has released two reports, one covering the $10 billion fishing tackle market and the other covering the $24 billion firearms, hunting and recreational shooting market.
1791 Gunleather is adding an additional 40% more staff to their Miami, Florida facility. A season of growth has already been experienced for the young leather goods manufacturer and there appears no sign of that trend slowing.
Celerant Technology announced new SMS text message marketing functionality. Through Celerant’s FFL point of sale, text messages can be created and sent to individual shoppers - helping firearm dealers build and nurture customer relationships, and increase sales.
Pope and Young announces Kowa Optics has pledged to support the organization through their corporate partnership program.

The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) has partnered with THOR Industries to establish a coalition to help ensure everyone feels welcome in all facets of outdoor recreation activities. The Together Outdoors’ coalition will be shaped by an advisory committee of grassroots organizers and advocates with deep experience in the challenges faced by underrepresented groups in their pursuit of outdoor recreation and adventure, along with input from outdoor business leaders, federal agencies and conservation organizations.
- JOBS -
Kinsey’s, a Mount Joy, Pennsylvania-based distributor to the outdoor and archery industries, has openings for a Production Manager, E-commerce Sales Manager, and Sales Representative.
- NEW PRODUCTS -
Cold Steel announces the introduction of the newest model in its replaceable-blade knife series, the Click-N-Cut Folder. The Click-N-Cut series knives address the core drawbacks of most replaceable-blade knives on the market — weak blades and equally weak locking mechanisms.
The new Fat Papa Walker, a 130mm beast, calls the meanest predators on your local lake to strike out of pure aggression.

Wildlife Research Center® offers Scent Killer® Gold® Spray with Hunt Dry® Technology Plus+™ in a new special edition Wood Grain Field Bottle.
This year, why not spice up your usual ho-hum hamburgers-and-hot dogs using the exciting, take-your-breath-away gourmet Aubrey D. Rebel™ spicy hot barbecue sauces and their specially crafted Rebel hot sauces.
- NOTICES -
The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet June 24 via Zoom. Details on how to access the meeting will be posted on fwp.mt.gov closer to the meeting date.
- ORGANIZATIONS -
In response to the plight of wild turkey populations across their range, Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation, Inc., designed and built wild turkey nesting boxes and are now offering those nesting box building plans for free.

- PUBLISHING -
The Summer Issue of Delta Waterfowl magazine features a special “Duck Dogs” edition of the award-winning membership publication.
- RADIO -
American Outdoors Radio is headed to Texas this weekend to cover the Bassmaster Classic.
- SPONSORSHIPS -
Competition Archery Media (CAM) will once again be bringing viewers all the archery action they can handle for 2021 tour and tournament stops. When it comes to covering the archery world’s biggest events, no one does it better than CAM, and Victory Archery is proud to join CAM as a Platinum Sponsor for the 2021 season.
- STATE PARKS -
MSP recorded 393,175 park visitors in the first quarter, a 20.2% increase over 2020 and a 78% increase over the same period in 2019.

Saturday, June 12, and Sunday, June 13, Michigan’s “Three Free” weekend – two full days when residents and out-of-state visitors can grab a fishing rod, ride the off-road trails and visit state parks – is back and all free of charge.

 

- STATES -
Among the highlights of Chadron State Park’s centennial celebration June 11-12 will be the opening of its new indoor archery and pellet gun range.
- SWEEPSTAKES -
Huk, the presenting sponsor of the 2021 Bassmaster Classic, is offering anglers a chance to win a free trip for two at one of bass fishing’s most exciting destinations.
- TELEVISION -
On this episode of “Keith Warren’s Deer and Wildlife Stories”, Keith is visiting Limitless Genetics in south central Texas. This deer farm is owned by Jesse and Mia Boger who happen to be about the youngest deer farmers in the deer industry.

- WILDLIFE -
Building lights are a deadly lure for the billions of birds that migrate at night, disrupting their natural navigation cues and leading to deadly collisions. But even if you can’t turn out all the lights in a building, darkening even some windows at night during bird migration periods could be a major lifesaver for birds.
A record 22 captive-born Mexican wolf pups were placed in wild dens to be raised in the wild by their surrogate parents after another successful cross-foster season.
 

Yesterday, we reported Federal District Judge Roger T. Benitez’ ruling striking down California’s 30-plus year “assault weapons” ban in the case of Miller v Bonita.

We also included what was, at the time it was written, a link to the full 94-page ruling courtesy of the California Attorney General’s office.

Our apologies to everyone who tried to read the full ruling, but it appears that at some point after we linked to the ruling, it appears to have been removed.

On Sunday, it was the place where we accessed the full ruling in Miller v Bonta. Today, it looks like AG Bonta isn’t advertising the chastisement. OWDN Screen Shot.

Here is a working link to the full decision, courtesy of the Second Amendment Foundation.

Seems they’re not a bit reluctant to share the ruling- and I don’t blame them.

Each of the several organizations behind Miller have spent significant amounts of time, energy and money to move the case through the courts. As a result, they have scored another significant win for the rights of Californians.

It would, however, be premature for those residents to begin shopping for a brand-new modern sporting rifle.

California AG Bonta requested -and was granted- a 30 day stay of the ruling in order to file an appeal.

In the meantime, California news outlets are either criticizing the ruling, Judge Benitez, or both.

To some, his continued usage of references to anyone from Ray Bradbury or George Orwell to the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield (Benitez writes “the Second Amendment gets less respect than he does”) detracts from the seriousness of the ruling.

Others go straight for the jugular, reminding readers that at the time of his confirmation, the American Bar Association rated him as “not qualified”.

That rating, they said, was based on interviews with lawyers and judges who criticized his “judicial temperament and courtroom demeanor.” Few mention that, despite that ABA rating, every sitting judge endorsed his nomination, and the Chief Judge went to Washington to testify on his behalf. Or that only one vote was cast against his confirmation.

They don’t like that Judge Benitez ihas consistently pitched California regulations that impinge on the Second Amendment. Miller is the third instance where he’s overturned existing California firearms regulations.

First, he wiped the state’s ban on “high-capacity magazines”. In April 2020, he ruled that requiring background checks for ammunition purchases was also a non-starter.

Now, his latest decision joins both previous rulings in appeal limbo.

After a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court upheld his magazine ban ruling, the state asked for a larger number of judges to hear re-hear the appeal.

That appeal is set for a June 22.

The background check case has already been heard by a panel of judges from the Ninth, but they have demurred any action until the magazine case is resolved due to “overlapping issues.”

Additionally, Benitez’ citing FBI crime statistics in this latest ruling has infuriated several of the already angry gun-control groups. Discovering that facts matter more than emotional arguments - at least in this particular courtroom - has them, admittedly “shocked”.

In Miller, for example, Judge Benitez cited FBI statistics showing that murders by knife are seven times more likely than murders via rifle. Further, a California resident was “three times more likely to be murdered by an attacker’s bare hands, fists, or feet, than by his rifle.”

Benitez’ propensity to insert explanatory comparisons along with tightly-researched case law in his findings infuriates gun control advocates.

But the fact that while his opinions are entertaining reading for laymen, they remain compelling enough to convince fellow judges to uphold them on appeal concerns them, and California officials most.

When it comes to the Second Amendment, California state officials are more than willing to pile rules atop rights.

In stark contrast, Benitez and his scathing rebuttals also carry have a common theme: the vigorous opposition to any attempted encroachments on the Second Amendment.

An insistence that arguments be proven rather than passionately argued has already led them to request another judge in a fourth gun rights case. But his repeated application of his very sharp with while dismantling their arguments may be the toughest thing for them to take.

The Ninth Circuit will hear the appeal on Judge Benitez magazine capacity ruling on June 22. As always, we’ll keep you posted.

— Jim Shepherd

 
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