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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is no friend to gun owners. Not only has he defended every California gun control law currently on the books, he’s partnered with gun control groups to sue the ATF in an attempt to force the agency to redefine the word “firearm” under federal law to include unfinished frames and receivers that are currently legal to purchase without a background check.
Becerra, however, has drawn the ire of one gun control advocate in California, to the point that he’s going public with his complaints that the anti-gun AG is witholding data from researchers in the state. Garin Wintemute, who heads up California’s Firearm Violence Research Center at the University of California-Davis and has been an advocate for more gun control laws, says Becerra’s office has become increasingly hostile to releasing data to researchers, even after lawmakers approved legislation several years ago that mandates the Department of Justice do
Thursday, March 4, 2021
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New FTC officials announced.
On Jan. 21, 2021, President Joseph Biden designated Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter as acting chair of the FTC. Slaughter, a Democrat, has served as an FTC commissioner since May 2018.
On Jan. 25, 2021, FTC Chairwoman Slaughter announced a number of FTC staff leadership changes, including replacement appointments of the acting general counsel, acting directors of the FTC’s three operating bureaus (the Bureau of Consumer Protection, the Bureau of Competition, and the Bureau of Economics), as well as the acting director of the Office of Policy & Planning. The previous leaders in those offices resigned effective Jan. 29, along with departing FTC Chairman Joseph Simons.
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During the past four years, Democratic state attorneys general filed a record number of lawsuits against the Trump administration’s executive orders. [1] Now as the Biden administration takes office, and with the shoe on the other foot, a coalition of six Republican state attorneys general come committed to use “all available means to combat potential federal overreach.” If the partisan divide remains in Congress, as foreshadowed by the current COVID-relief legislation, President Biden’s supporters will urge him to follow the lead of Presidents Obama and Trump and pass landmark policies through executive orders and federal agency regulations. If President Biden takes this road more traveled, we expect even more of the 26 Republican attorneys general to coalesce and file actions to halt such policies. [2]
Those of us who are allies in this fight only see what the media and our news feeds allow us to see: hashtags, petitions, and calls to action. But those who loved Monterrosa are surrounded by reminders of his stolen dreams and the future he deserved.
The rest of us get to look away and forget, but for Monterrosa’s two sisters, life will never be the same. Through their unconditional love, we bear witness to how powerful two sisters’ resolve can be. Below, in their own words, Ashley and Michelle share their story of healing and how they’re continuing to fight on behalf of their brother.