The week ahead is shaping up to be another tumultuous one. No financial drama like last week’s SpaceX public launch, but the issues that remain (inflation, oil uncertainty, stagnant housing market, etc.) should suffice to keep us all on edge.
As the New World Screwworm outbreak spreads, officials in Texas and the USDA are working to contain the pest. Meanwhile, everyone — from boaters to RV travelers — are being warned to take steps to protect themselves and their pets from the pest. The USDA is working on treatments, preventatives and response strategies, including better traps and lures, assessing possible e-beam and radiation technology and creation of a sterile insect dispersal facility to be located on Moore Air Force base in south Texas.
And the heat may inadvertently be on for more than a million Jeep owners. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is warning owners of certain 2021–2025 Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator vehicles to park outside and away from buildings or other vehicles until a recall repair is completed. The issue involves an electrical connection in the electric hydraulic power steering pump wiring. It has the potential to overhead and cause a fire, even with the vehicle turned off. The NHTSA is aware of fifty-one fires and one injury related to the vehicles.
The court fights seemingly never end…especially if they involve gun rights. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon is headed to court with suits against anti-gun measures in Virginia, Colorado and Washington, D.C.
AAG Dhillon says the suits are part of a larger strategy that she hopes will result in a definitive ruling on the 2A by the Supreme Court that makes it clear “AR-15s and similar semi-automatic rifles that are popular and sought for use by law-abiding citizens” are legal, “making it very clear and striking down contrary laws around the country.” Not good news for anti-gun legislators like U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson (D-NJ) . She has just introduced a suppressor ban bill. Watson’s Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act, H.R. 9208, seeks to ban the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of suppressors.
Anti-gun legislators apparently don’t care about the costs, legal and otherwise, but Virginia Governor Abigail Spangenberger and the Virginia Assembly have driven another company out of the state. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has announced that Rideout Arsenal, formerly a Virginia Company, is moving to Thomasville, Georgia. They’re bringing a $22 million investment and 120 jobs with them.