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FIRST ON CBS7: Open Carry Texas VP threatening to come back to Odessa to "stand up to this ol’ boy" Sheriff Griffis – CBS7 News

Posted: May 23, 2020 at 4:43 am

ODESSA, Tx (KOSA) -- In a video recently posted on San Angelo LIVE!, the vice president of Open Carry Texas threatens to come back to Odessa next month to "stand up to" Sheriff Mike Griffis.

David Amad says he and 150 men will return on June 6th.

Amad is angry that Ector County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a number of men protesting the governor's closing of the bar Big Daddy Zane's wearing body armor and carrying semi-automatic weapons.

Sheriff Griffis says the men were only trying to terrorize people, not protest that the bar couldn't open, and that's why he had them arrested.

He was emphatic during a news conference the next day that the arrests had nothing to do with Second Amendment Rights.

Amad says the protest will be peaceful and that if anyone breaks the law, they will surrender peacefully.

But he also warned that if protesters dont believe theyve broken the law and are arrested, Sheriff Griffis and his deputies should be prepared.

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The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America – The Suburban Times

Posted: May 14, 2020 at 4:42 pm

Submitted by William Elder.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Written by James Madison as part of the Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791 by the U.S. Congress.

From the outset, the Second Amendment was a compromise between Federalists who favored a strong national army to defend the new nation and Anti-Federalists who favored relying upon militia from the individual states for national defense. Militias typically keep their arms at home and bare them when called upon by regulating authority. Madison favored the later, as he clearly cleanly states. Weapons, long and short guns, were common among post colonial-war Americans, particularly in the rural South, both for practical uses hunting, personal and household defense and symbolically as an expression of defiance and the means for suppression of the slave population.

It was mostly a rural time In America, thin populations and scattered authority. Thus, possession of guns was widespread among Americans, and armed resistance was but one early seed of later divisions leading to the American Civil War. Digging 620,000 American graves in that war did not bury that seed beyond sprouting again. Reconstruction, the Wild West, and other domestic causes only added to it. A well regulated militia in other words National Guard units had been reduced to auxiliaries to the regular Army. So it was not they but the general population that had and used guns on each other, cause be-damned. Since 1865 Americans endured 155 years of mutually inflicted gun deaths. In 2015 alone, there were 33,636 deaths due to firearms in the U.S, with homicides accounting for 13,286 of those. Do the long-term math; I wont.

Again and again we hear the Right assert: Yeah, but its in the Constitution. I gotta Second Amendment right! Unless you are a member of (a) well regulated militia, no you dont, cowboy! Wanna kill your self? Help yourself. Wanna parade in front of your mirror with your commo and AR15? Go ahead, lick your lips, look bad. Wanna threaten and murder, look elsewhere than the Constitution to justify that. Look in vain and leave the rest of us the hell out of your fantasies especially our families, our kids.

In the regulated fighting force called the US Army I fired Expert with M14, M16, M60, and a whole arsenal of CHICOM light and heavy weapons. I know from experience exactly what those weapons have been designed to do, have done with my help. They have absolutely no place on Americas streets, in her shopping malls, and God knows not in our schools hardly even a place in my worst memories. We must get them back in military arsenals! No more discredited Constitutional claims of non-existent privilege.

The dirty little secret of the Right to Bear Arms assertion is the real intent by many to use these very weapons against our own government and those whose jobs are to protect it listen up, military against their fellow citizens, against anybody or any authority the Right dislikes or disagrees with. Just scream LIBERATE! And watch. Thats the plug nickel at the bottom of the dirty tin cup they rattle: phoney as the Commander-In-Chiefs self-claimed courage.

Think the government is too large, too intrusive, too unresponsive, too liberal? Put down your assault rifle, kick it away, and well discuss it. And reasonable people will discuss it, whether you are there or not, mutual anger abetted for a precious moment.

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Second Amendment doesn’t give people the right to carry guns at rallies – Laurinburg Exchange

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Over the weekend, a dozen people with weapons, flags, and even a large pipe wrench marched through downtown Raleigh. Thank goodness no one was injured or killed.

North Carolinians Against Gun Violence condemns these senseless actions. The only reason that armed people would walk around our states capital is to intimidate innocent bystanders and send a message that somehow a stay-home order infringes on Second Amendment rights. This is false: firearm stores have remained open under the governors stay-home order.

On May 1, another group of armed men mocked a North Carolina law prohibiting weapons at rallies, stating that that the law, which two officers tried to hand them in writing, to explain why the group could not carry at protests, was worthless paper. NCGV stands with North Carolinas law-abiding firearm owners, and joins voices from around the state in condemning these lawless protests. North Carolina is one of only six states that does not allow firearms at rallies. We agree with Supreme Court Justice Scalias majority opinion in the District of Columbia v Heller (2008) that said that the Second Amendment was not unlimited and that a range of firearm regulations are fully consistent with the Second Amendment. It is common sense not to have weapons at rallies.

People open carrying firearms at rallies and Subway shops are there to intimidate others plain and simple. We will not stand for this in our communities.

NCGV board member, Gerald D. Givens Jr., president of Raleigh-Apex NAACP said, Weapons and firearms will not protect us from COVID-19. Staying at home, social distancing and wearing masks prevent us from passing around the virus. Instead of seeking to intimidate each other we should be encouraging one another to protect our families, neighbors and those on the front lines everyday from COVID-19.

Becky Ceartas

Executive director of North Carolinians Against Gun Violence

The NCGV is a nonprofit organization that has been working for more than 25 years to reduce the number of incidents of gun-related deaths in our state each year. For more information on NCGV visit http://www.ncgv.org.

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Second Amendment does not give people right to carry guns at rallies – The Robesonian

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To the editor.

Over the weekend, a dozen people with weapons, flags, and even a large pipe wrench marched through downtown Raleigh. Thank goodness no one was injured or killed.

North Carolinians Against Gun Violence condemns these senseless actions. The only reason that armed people would walk around our states capital is to intimidate innocent bystanders and send a message that somehow a stay-home order infringes on Second Amendment rights. This is false: firearm stores have remained open under the governors stay-home order.

On May 1, another group of armed men mocked a North Carolina law prohibiting weapons at rallies, stating that that the law, which two officers tried to hand them in writing, to explain why the group could not carry at protests, was worthless paper. NCGV stands with North Carolinas law-abiding firearm owners, and joins voices from around the state in condemning these lawless protests. North Carolina is one of only six states that does not allow firearms at rallies. We agree with Supreme Court Justice Scalias majority opinion in the District of Columbia v Heller (2008) that said that the Second Amendment was not unlimited and that a range of firearm regulations are fully consistent with the Second Amendment. It is common sense not to have weapons at rallies.

People open carrying firearms at rallies and Subway shops are there to intimidate others plain and simple. We will not stand for this in our communities.

NCGV board member, Gerald D. Givens Jr., president of Raleigh-Apex NAACP said, Weapons and firearms will not protect us from COVID-19. Staying at home, social distancing and wearing masks prevent us from passing around the virus. Instead of seeking to intimidate each other we should be encouraging one another to protect our families, neighbors and those on the front lines everyday from COVID-19.

Becky Ceartas,

executive director of North Carolinians Against Gun Violence

The NCGV is a nonprofit organization that has been working for more than 25 years to reduce the number of incidents of gun-related deaths in our state each year. For more information on NCGV visit http://www.ncgv.org.

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Second Amendment Group Says Decision To Stop Fingerprinting Is Infringing Their Rights – CT News Junkie

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BRIDGEPORT, CT A Second Amendment group filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Connecticut Saturday, claiming Gov. Ned Lamont and several municipal police chiefs have violated their rights by slowing down the gun permitting process due to COVID-19.

The Connecticut Citizens Defense League is seeking an injunction to force the state to accept and process their firearms applications. The group contends Lamonts March 17 executive order that allows police to limit hours for fingerprinting goes beyond his authority.

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The lawsuit, filed by state Reps. Craig Fishbein and Doug Dubitsky on behalf of CCDL and six named plaintiffs, argues that the executive order has caused law enforcement to refuse to collect fingerprints for firearm permits and has essentially shut down the issuance of all firearm permits.

One of the plaintiffs, Joseph Coll, is a school teacher and already had fingerprints on file with the Vernon Police Department, but was still denied the ability to apply for a permit, according to the complaint.

On March 16, 2020, Plaintiff Coll appeared at the Vernon Police Department to submit his application for a State-issued pistol permit, at which time Plaintiff Coll was informed that the Vernon Police Department had suspended the taking of fingerprints for pistol permits. In violation of CGS 29-17a, the Vernon Police Department refused to take Plaintiff Colls fingerprints, and refused to accept Plaintiff Colls application for a pistol permit, the complaint states.

Then on March 17, Lamont issued the executive order permitting the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and municipal police departments to eliminate or limit fingerprint hours for firearms certificates and permits, but maintained that fingerprinting for long term care providers would continue to take place at DESPP headquarters. Additionally, that DESPP headquarters would remain open to the general public for other purposes.

The CCDL wrote Lamont on April 10 seeking reinstatement of the fingerprinting and application process, and offered alternatives to the process. The governor never responded, according to the CCDL.

While the CCDL understands these are times of unprecedented challenges, many Connecticut residents are being denied their constitutional rights just when they feel the exercise of those rights is most needed, CCDL President Holly Sullivan said. We respect the governors goal of mitigating the COVID-19 virus. However, stripping citizens of their rights does not further that laudable goal. It is in these extraordinary times that the governor must most staunchly defend the rights of Connecticuts people. If the governor wont, the CCDL will.

Attorney General William Tong said Lamont has broad authority in a public health emergency and is confident the state will be able to defend its action in court.

Our state constitution and state laws grant the governor broad authority to protect Connecticut residents and families in a public health emergency, and his executive orders have been very clearly constitutional and fully legally justified, Tong said. This case has no merit and we will defend the state vigorously.

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Leaves Before Paying the Check – The New York Times

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THURSDAY PUZZLE Crossword puzzles count as games in my book, as I often tell people who claim to be intimidated by the New York Times Crossword, and games are supposed to be fun. Solving a crossword with the same trepidation one might feel when sitting down to take an exam kind of misses the point.

The only thing more fun than a game is a game within a game. And thats what the constructor Michael Schlossberg who made his New York Times Crossword debut in February has in store for us.

26A. Clever wordplay. Assembly line? in this puzzle doesnt refer to a crew building something. It is a line (or verbalization) that you might hear in a political assembly, and the answer is NAY.

32A. A Cellular plan? is not, in this puzzle at least, what you owe to Verizon or Sprint, but the considerably less expensive DNA. Some of our DNA is inside the mitochondria, which, as we all know from high school biology, is the powerhouse of the cell.

34A. The warm weather is coming, so dont forget that the Second Amendment promises you the right to bare ARMS. I, myself, am a big fan of tank tops.

12D. The playwright PAULA Vogel is probably best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned to Drive.

18D/29D/31D. There is considerable YORE and YON in this puzzle, which happened ERE the morrow.

39D. Leaves before paying the check? is brilliant. It sounds like someone dined and dashed, but thats not where this clue is going. This clue is asking you what kind of leaves you might encounter before you pay your bill in a restaurant. Pour yourself a nice cuppa TEA and ponder that one.

50D. Whether you are trying to score a goal or not, everyone can use an ASSIST sometimes.

64D. The answer to Orders is HAS because if you order something in a restaurant say some leaves (see 39D) you are having it.

There are a lot of bingos in this puzzles clues, and for good reason: The grid is supposed to represent a bingo card.

Pretty crafty the way Mr. Schlossberg just sneaked that FREE square rebus into the center there, with no other rebuses (rebi?) around, isnt it? If you are solving in the app or online, here is how to enter more than one letter into a square so that you, too, can take advantage of that FREE space. If you are not sure where it is, it is at the crossing of GLUTEN [FREE] CEREAL (37A) and CRY [FREE]DOM (25D).

The theme clues hint at four ways that the word bingo can be defined. For example, a Bingo, in Scrabble is a FIFTY POINT BONUS. The song B-I-N-G-O! is a NURSERY RHYME.

We are very excited to welcome the actress Zoe Kazan (HBOs The Plot Against America) to Crosswords Live on Thursday, May 14 at 1 p.m.

Tune in on either our Twitter account (@NYTimesWordplay) or our YouTube channel (@WordplayNYT), click the grid to enter the conversation and help us solve this tricky puzzle.

In case you missed it, heres Ms. Kazan, blowing this puzzle out of the water.

I got the idea for this puzzle after a game of Monopoly with my children. I thought I could shorten the phrase GET OUT OF JAIL FREE to 15 letters or less with some type of FREE-themed rebus puzzle. When the phrase FREE SPACE came up, the puzzle mutated into a Bingo theme. I submitted my original manuscript in October 2018, and two trips through the mail and several more revisions later, the puzzle was accepted in September.

My Scrabble clue made the final cut, but the other three themed clues were toughened up (originally Bingo, in a preschool; Bingo, on a card; and Bingo!, on trivia night). Im glad that my clues for 26- and 32-Across and 39-Down made it. I had hoped that my original clue for ROSS, TV painter with the line, We dont make mistakes, just happy little accidents, would get in, but ALAS.

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Second Amendment | Contents, Supreme Court Interpretations …

Posted: May 11, 2020 at 11:14 am

Second Amendment, amendment to the Constitution of the United States, adopted in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, that provided a constitutional check on congressional power under Article I Section 8 to organize, arm, and discipline the federal militia. The Second Amendment reads, A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Referred to in modern times as an individuals right to carry and use arms for self-defense, the Second Amendment was envisioned by the framers of the Constitution, according to College of William and Mary law professor and future U.S. District Court judge St. George Tucker in 1803 in his great work Blackstones Commentaries: With Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws of the Federal Government of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as the true palladium of liberty. In addition to checking federal power, the Second Amendment also provided state governments with what Luther Martin (1744/481826) described as the last coup de grace that would enable the states to thwart and oppose the general government. Last, it enshrined the ancient Florentine and Roman constitutional principle of civil and military virtue by making every citizen a soldier and every soldier a citizen. (See also gun control.)

Until 2008 the Supreme Court of the United States had never seriously considered the constitutional scope of the Second Amendment. In its first hearing on the subject, in Presser v. Illinois (1886), the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment prevented the states from prohibit[ing] the people from keeping and bearing arms, so as to deprive the United States of their rightful resource for maintaining the public security. More than four decades later, in United States v. Schwimmer (1929), the Supreme Court cited the Second Amendment as enshrining that the duty of individuals to defend our government against all enemies whenever necessity arises is a fundamental principle of the Constitution and holding that the common defense was one of the purposes for which the people ordained and established the Constitution. Meanwhile, in United States v. Miller (1939), in a prosecution under the National Firearms Act (1934), the Supreme Court avoided addressing the constitutional scope of the Second Amendment by merely holding that the possession or use of a shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length was not any part of the ordinary military equipment protected by the Second Amendment.

For more than seven decades after the United States v. Miller decision, what right to bear arms that the Second Amendment protected remained uncertain. This uncertainty was ended, however, in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), in which the Supreme Court examined the Second Amendment in exacting detail. In a narrow 54 majority, delivered by Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court held that self-defense was the central component of the amendment and that the District of Columbias prohibition against rendering any lawful firearm in the home operable for the purpose of immediate self-defense to be unconstitutional. The Supreme Court also affirmed previous rulings that the Second Amendment ensured the right of individuals to take part in the defending of their liberties by taking up arms in an organized militia. However, the court was clear to emphasize that an individuals right to an organized militia is not the sole institutional beneficiary of the Second Amendments guarantee.

Because the Heller ruling constrained only federal regulations against the right of armed self-defense in the home, it was unclear whether the court would hold that the Second Amendment guarantees established in Heller were equally applicable to the states. The Supreme Court answered that question in 2010, with its ruling on McDonald v. Chicago. In a plurality opinion, a 54 majority held that the right to possess a handgun in the home for the purpose of self-defense is applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendments due process clause.

However, despite the use of person in that clause, the McDonald decision did not apply to noncitizens, because one member of the majority, Justice Clarence Thomas, refused in his concurring opinion to explicitly extend the right that far. Thomas wrote, Because this case does not involve a claim brought by a noncitizen, I express no view on the difference, if any, between my conclusion and the plurality with respect to the extent to which States may regulate firearm possession by noncitizens. Thomass conclusion was also supported by his view that the Second Amendment should be incorporated through the Fourteenth Amendments privileges or immunities clause, which recognizes only the rights of citizens.

The relatively narrow holdings in the Heller and McDonald decisions left many Second Amendment legal issues unsettled, including the constitutionality of many federal gun-control regulations, whether the right to carry or conceal a weapon in public was protected, and whether noncitizens are protected through the Fourteenth Amendments equal protection clause.

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Letter: All amendments matter, not just the 2nd Amendment – Northwest Herald

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To the Editor:

During this prolonged period of social distancing, I find myself spending far too much time mulling over questions of which I have yet to provide answers.Like a pesky mosquito, my pondering persists.

Perhaps someone much wiser might provide answers that could ease my angst:

Why do I read in our local paper frequent rants against a womans right to choose, but fail to see any outrage over the bombings of Yemen (or Syria, or Afghanistan, or) fueled by our tax dollars? Unborn, newborn, moms, dads, brothers being slaughtered every single day but not a word? Pleading for an answer!

Why is the Second Amendment the single go-to amendment for the assault weapon-toting people concerned that gun regulations take away their constitutional rights? Why not take a moment to read a bit from the Ninth Amendment advocating for my constitutional right provided by our government for obtaining happiness and safety? I am finding it difficult to feel any sense of safety knowing someone could be packing heat at my grocery store, movie theater or local bars. Any answer for me?

How often do those who frequently attack journalism with what has now become the pejorative mainstream media read the First Amendment advocating for free press? My only question here is, What is your go-to source for information? If not mainstream, then what? Would love to know.

Only three of some of my bothersome shelter-in-place queries that have been with me pre-pandemic, but Im quite certain they will be festering post-pandemic. Certain there are answers to my questions but not so certain there will be any change.

Joan Skiba

McHenry

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RIVERA on REOPENING plans Virus sparks call to expand SICK LEAVE Barnstable won’t ‘WRITE OFF SUMMER’ – Politico

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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Happy Monday!

RIVERA: REOPENING TO BE BASED ON GUIDELINES Reopening the Massachusetts economy will hinge less on specific industries and more on whether individual businesses can adhere to a list of guidelines to protect employees and customers during the coronavirus pandemic, Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera said Sunday.

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Rivera is a member of Gov. Charlie Baker's Reopening Advisory Board, a group of public health officials, business leaders and others tasked with advising the Baker administration on how to reopen the state economy in phases. Rivera made the comments during an episode of WCVB's "On the Record" that aired Sunday.

"Everyone has a responsibility, not only to themselves, but to the enterprise and their customers," Rivera said. "If we give them the guidelines and the frameworks around that, then they can make decisions on their own, responsibly, to open it up."

Baker ordered nonessential businesses closed on March 24, a directive that expires a week from today. The governor has extended the order twice as coronavirus cases increased in the state the first deadline was April 7, the second was May 4. But cases and deaths related to Covd-19 now are on the decline, according to state data, and officials are eyeing a slow reopening of the economy.

Rivera acknowledged feeling pressure as the advisory group works on a plan, and there are plenty of opinions on how to move forward. Golf courses were allowed to reopen with strict guidelines after growing public pressure, and gun shops were able to do business over the weekend after a victory in federal court. At least one church in Worcester has held services despite warnings to remain closed, and more than 200 religious leaders asked Baker to reopen churches last week. The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce has called on the Baker administration for more clarity.

"The pressure is from all corners of the commonwealth," Rivera said. "The biggest pressure should be, 'Are the public health measures correct?'" Rivera said he's particularly concerned with putting essential workers, including those who work in grocery stores or prepare and deliver food, in harm's way if a gradual reopening leads to another uptick in cases.

"Society isn't made up of businesses," Rivera said. "This society, this economy, is made up of people."

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Health officials announce 139 new coronavirus deaths in Massachusetts Sunday and 1,050 COVID-19 cases, by Douglas Hook, MassLive.com: Public health officials announced 139 new coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, bringing the statewide death toll since the pandemic began to 4,979. Officials also confirmed another 1,050 new cases of the virus, and 11,852 additional tests, for a total of at least 77,793 cases and 388,389 tests conducted statewide.

A new analysis: Coronavirus death rate surged in Massachusetts locations that already faced challenges, by Andrew Ryan and Kay Lazar, Boston Globe: Life can be cruel. Those already struggling are often the first to feel the brunt of new hardships and disparities. But the coronavirus crisis has made this ugly truth inarguable. A new type of analysis of deaths during the early weeks of the pandemic finds that the mortality rate surged higher in Massachusetts cities, towns, and ZIP codes with larger concentrations of poverty, economic segregation, people of color, and crowded housing.

Maura Healey warns landlords about intimidating tenants during the pandemic, Associated Press: Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is warning landlords not to try to kick tenants out of their homes during the outbreak. The Democrats office says that despite a new state law temporarily restriction evictions, theres been an uptick in reports of landlords trying to intimidate tenants into leaving. The new law prohibits evictions during the ongoing public emergency unless a tenant has broken the terms of their lease or committed a crime that put other residents at risk.

Restaurants losing money on delivery orders, by Shira Schoenberg, CommonWealth Magazine: El Jefes Taqueria, a casual Mexican restaurant in Cambridges Harvard Square, used to generate about a quarter of its sales through home delivery. Because of the commissions paid to delivery servicesapps like GrubHub and DoorDash the restaurant barely broke even on those sales.

Advocates seek expanded sick leave, by Christian M. Wade, The Salem News: Labor advocates are pushing to expand a voter-approved paid sick leave law to give frontline workers more time off during the COVID-19 outbreak. The law, which went into effect in 2015, requires Massachusetts businesses with more than 11 workers to provide 40 hours of paid sick leave a year. Businesses with 10 or fewer employees must provide 40 hours of unpaid sick leave a year. Advocates say the time off isn't sufficient, especially with self-quarantine rules that force people stay home at least 14 days if they believe they're sick.

Legislators unsuccessfully seek extended help for Cape Regency, by Cynthia McCormick, Cape Cod Times: A Centerville woman says she has asked state officials to close a COVID-19 unit at Cape Regency Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, where the staff has been hit so hard by the coronavirus that Cape legislators unsuccessfully asked a National Guard medical unit to extend its stay.

In an immigrant community battling coronavirus, essential means vulnerable, Jose A. Del Real, The Washington Post: In normal times, tens of thousands of service industry workers span out across the metro area from their homes in Chelsea to clock shifts as grocery cashiers, landscapers and restaurant back-of-the-housers. While the physical weight of the economy has long fallen on the shoulders of communities like Chelsea, they are especially vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic.

Another casualty of the virus: scientific research, by David Abel, Boston Globe: Ecologists have been unable to gather water samples vital to understanding the impact of climate change on state forests. Marine biologists who regularly collect data about conditions in the Gulf of Maine have been stuck on land, while others who do aerial surveys critical to monitoring endangered whales have been grounded. With much of the world still shut down, the coronavirus has hampered the painstaking work of many scientists whose findings rely on regularly collected data and seasonal experiments.

Coronavirus in Massachusetts: Leaders of hard-hit cities push for regional, phased reopening, by Lisa Kashinsky, Boston Herald: Leaders of major Massachusetts cities and those hard hit by the coronavirus crisis are calling for a regional, phased approach to reopening and are cautioning residents and business owners that strict public health guidelines are likely to be in effect long after shutdowns lift.

Life inside the Quality Inn turned isolation hotel in Revere, by Zoe Greenberg, Boston Globe: In different times you could show up to the Revere Quality Inn, right off Route 1, and book a double room for around $200. Youd get access to the breakfast buffet and an indoor pool. These days, the budget hotel looks much like it always did from the outside benign beige exterior, neat shrubs lining the front entrance. But inside, the building has been transformed.

Mass. gun shops reopen: Second Amendment should not be suspended during a health pandemic, by John Hilliard, Boston Globe: Gun shops across Massachusetts were allowed to reopen at noon Saturday, following a federal judges decision that found state officials overreached when they ordered the stores shuttered with other businesses termed nonessential during the coronavirus pandemic. Among them was Toby Leary, the co-owner of Cape Gun Works in Hyannis, one of the gun retailers in a federal lawsuit filed last month against Governor Charlie Baker.

Divorcing couples have First Amendment right to disparage each other on social media, SJC rules, by John R. Ellement, Boston Globe: Divorcing couples have a First Amendment right to disparage each other on social media even if probate judges are worried the bitterness will impact the mental health of children caught between their warring parents, the states highest court has ruled.

Elizabeth Warren, other Massachusetts Democrats probe Walmart on store with more than 80 coronavirus cases, by Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business: Senator Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic members of Massachusetts' congressional delegation are pressing Walmart on its handling of a store in the state where 81 workers tested positive for the coronavirus and another location where an employee died. We are writing to express serious concern about your company's failure to keep Walmart employees in Massachusetts safe amidst the coronavirus, 11 House and Senate Democrats wrote to Walmart CEO Doug McMillon Thursday in a letter obtained by CNN Business.

Markey says one stimulus check not enough, calls for $2k per month, by Andy Rosen, Boston Globe: U.S. Senator Ed Markey said Sunday that he wants the federal government to send as much as $5.7 trillion in direct monthly payments to American households, a measure that he says is intended to match the enormity of the economic crisis that has attended the COVID-19 pandemic. The Massachusetts Democrat joined Senate colleagues Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders last week to propose a bill that would provide $2,000 per month to people with incomes below $120,000 in the U.S. until the crisis subsides.

Coronavirus has been devastating for low-income families, says Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy, by Audrey McNamara, CBS News: Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy III said on CBSN Friday that the federal government needs to do more to address the fact that the coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected low-income Americans. He says further financial and medical assistance are needed.

Mass. cannabis executives look forward to safely reopening after meeting with governors advisory board, by Melissa Hanson, MassLive.com: A group of Massachusetts cannabis industry representatives on Saturday has made its pitch to a reopening advisory board appointed by Gov. Charlie Baker. The Commonwealth Dispensary Association, among those at the meeting, says it has a COVID-19 safety plan that incorporates national best practices and input from all its 38 members.

Herald: STAYING AFLOAT, Globe: Lockdown halts essential research," "Virus deaths across state near 5,000.

Holyoke Soldiers Home administrators move toward recovery phase as coronavirus infection rate stabilizes, by Jeanette DeForge, Springfield Republican: Over the past week three more residents at the Holyoke Soldiers Home have died of COVID-19 and two more employees have tested positive for the disease, but the infection rate of veterans has remained the same. Currently, 74 residents have died of the coronavirus and an additional 77 veterans have tested positive in what is believed to be the worst case of COVID-19 infecting a health care facility in the country, according to officials for the state Executive Office of Health and Human Services.

At UMass Amherst, an unusual commencement, by Jeremy C. Fox, Boston Globe: The global pandemic may have forced the cancellation of its commencement ceremony, but the University of Massachusetts Amherst honored the Class of 2020 with a virtual celebration Friday filled with all the spirit and pride reserved for graduation day. In a 19-minute video streamed online, UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy and Marty Meehan, president of the UMass system, were joined by Hollywood stars, New England Patriots players, elected officials, and accomplished alumni in the universitys 150th celebration of its graduates.

Senate candidate state Rep. John Velis endorsed by District Attorney Anthony Gulluni, by Jeanette DeForge, Springfield Republican: Hampden County District Attorney Anthony Gulluni has endorsed current State Rep. John C. Velis in his bid for the Second Hampden and Hampshire District State Senate seat. Velis, a Democrat from Westfield, and John Cain, a Republican from Southwick and political newcomer, are running for the senate seat that was left vacant in January when Donald Humason left to become the mayor of Westfield. The election is to be held May 19.

Worcester to allow some construction projects to restart, by Kim Ring, Telegram & Gazette: Some construction projects, halted weeks ago because of the COVID-19 outbreak, may begin to come back to life this week, City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. said. While Gov. Charlie Bakers restrictions for construction projects had allowed some to continue, city officials had asked on April 3, out of an abundance of caution, that work be stopped.

New homeless shelter met with surprise, by Bill Kirk, Eagle-Tribune: When Mayor Neil Perry learned early last week that the city of Lawrence was opening a wet shelter for homeless people at the Days Inn on Pelham Street, he made a few calls. None of them were returned, he said. My office reached out to the mayor of Lawrence and the Lawrence Community Development office to inquire why no city of Methuen official was involved in the planning for such a shelter, Perry said in a memo to the City Council last week.

Barnstable not willing to write off summer, by Geoff Spillane, Cape Cod Times: Barnstable Town Manager Mark Ells is by no means ready to call the summer of 2020 a wipeout in the Capes largest town. I dont want to shut everything down if theres a way to do things safely, Ells said earlier this week, emphasizing all activities would comply with any orders issued by Gov. Charlie Baker. I want to remain optimistic and hope there are events that can still be held."

Quincy officials: Closing Wollaston didnt cut a single person from the beach, by Mary Whitfill, The Patriot Ledger: City officials say warm weather and sunny days have brought crowds to the closed Wollaston Beach during the past week, leading to numerous complaints from residents who say their streets have filled up with the cars of beach-goers unable to park along Quincy Shore Drive. Wollaston was one of several state-run beaches closed by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation last month after reports of crowds gathering in defiance of Gov. Charlie Bakers stay-at-home order.

TRANSITIONS Cassidy Ballard, a Warren 2020 alum, joins the New Hampshire Democratic Party's organizing team.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Phil Sanzo, Bryan Barash, Greg Piatelli, Nicole Landset Blank and Kasey Poulin, Jay Gonzalez for Governor and Warren 2020 alum (h/t Emma Crowley).

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‘Ahead of its time’: 2020 marks 15th anniversary of Indiana’s red flag law – Indiana Daily Student

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Bloomington Police Department Chief Michael Diekhoff speaks with an attendee at the official unveiling of BPDs new armored vehicle July 10, 2018, in the Switchyard Park Operations building. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Jake Laird Law, or Indianas red flag law, which allows police departments to temporarily confiscate firearms from people who are deemed dangerous or mentally ill and pose a risk to themselves or others. IDS file photo and Matt Begala

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Jake Laird Law, or Indianas red flag law. The law, passed in May 2005, allows police departments to temporarily confiscate firearms from people who are deemed dangerous or mentally ill and pose an imminent risk to themselves or others, according to the Indiana State Police website.

Bloomington Police Department Capt. Ryan Pedigo said in an email that the department uses the law about two or three times a year. BPD usually gets tips from concerned friends or family members who know someone has access to firearms.

I certainly believe that laws such as the Laird Law have decreased violent acts by removing firearms from dangerous persons, Pedigo said in the email.

Pedigo compared the law to a police car on the highway: People will slow down and abide by traffic laws, but its unknown how many infractions were prevented.

Connecticut was the first state to pass a red flag law in 1999. At least 17 states and Washington, D.C., have passed a red flag law as of 2019, and many are considering it. Many states passed such laws after the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, according to the Indiana State Police website.

Vice President Mike Pence said in 2019 that Indianas red flag law could be an example for other states and replicated across the country to prevent gun violence, according to Fox 59.

The law was passed in response to the 2004 death of Indianapolis police officer Timothy Jake Laird. He was killed after a man was able to retrieve his seized firearms after leaving emergency detention at St. Francis Hospital, according to the Indiana State Police website.

The man, Kenneth Anderson, went on a shooting rampage armed with a rifle and two handguns on August 18, 2004. He killed his mother in the shooting, and when police responded he shot five officers, killing Laird and injuring the other four.

It was just an incredible tragedy not only in our city but in our state, Rep. Susan W. Brooks, R-5thDistrict, said in an interview with the Indiana Daily Student.

Brooks spoke at Lairds funeral and became friends with his family. Brooks said shes working to make red flag laws federal legislation. She introduced the Jake Laird Act of 2019 to the House on May 16, 2019.

In many ways, Indiana was ahead of its time, Brooks said.

Brooks said the law is another tool for police departments to use to promote a safer environment. She said police officers have been trained to use the law and to use their best judgment when deciding whether or not to confiscate someones firearms.

I have tremendous faith in our law enforcement to use their discretion as to when to use a law like this, Brooks said.

Brooks said the law has been used many times for suicide prevention. In a 2018 University of Indianapolis study, researchers found a 7.5% reduction in firearms suicide in Indiana during the 10-year period since the laws enactment.

Brooks said one reason she believes the Jake Laird Law does not infringe on Second Amendment rights is that a person can dispute their case in court.

Most of the red flag laws are striking the right balance of upholding the Constitution and protecting Second Amendment rights, Brooks said.

IU Maurer School of Law professor Tim Morrison said a person may have the right to own a gun, but subject to limitations.

Morrison said the Jake Laird Law should only be used in special cases and with sufficient evidence. He said people who own guns are protected from having them taken away arbitrarily because the court system has to verify the evidence was sufficient for the persons firearms to be taken away.

This is something that shouldnt be done routinely, taking any persons property without a really good reason, Morrison said.

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