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The second hour of the broadcast, hosted by Amanda Suffolk with co-host Rob Campbell, focused primarily on two main topics: Supreme Court Second Amendment Cases and Upcoming NRA Annual Meetings.

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🏛️ Supreme Court Second Amendment Cases

 

• The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two Second Amendment cases and is considering picking up a third from a larger "pile" of cases.

• Case 1: Sensitive Places (Wolford v. Lopez, out of Hawaii)

  • This case challenges laws regarding "sensitive places" where firearms are prohibited (e.g., "you can't bring your gun here").

• Case 2: Marijuana Use and Gun Ownership

  • This case questions the inconsistency of prohibiting marijuana users from owning a gun, even though alcohol users can. The hosts note that the key legal challenge might center on the ability to scientifically determine impairment (e.g., "how high you are") related to marijuana use, similar to how blood alcohol content (BAC) is measured for alcohol.

• Cost of Litigation (Allen Beck Case)

  • The hosts highlighted the extreme cost of getting a case to the Supreme Court. The documents required for submission in the Allen Beck case resulted in an $18,000 photocopy bill alone, which is being funded by donations.

• Oregon Measure 114

  • The discussion briefly touched upon Oregon's Measure 114, which has reached the Oregon Supreme Court. The hosts noted an exchange where a justice, who had personally taken the required gun training class, corrected a lawyer about the $200 training fee. They also criticized the argument that limits on magazine capacity (e.g., 11 shots being "bad" but 8 being "good") should be based on what existed in 1859, pointing out that modern technology (like blood alcohol tests) also didn't exist then.

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📅 NRA Annual Meetings

 

• 2024 Meeting: April 19th, 20th, and 21st in Houston, Texas.

• The hosts stressed that three days are not enough to experience everything, including vendor booths, famous speakers/shooters, and especially the Collectors' Display (Amanda and Rob's favorite part).

• Future Meeting Locations (Planning Family Vacations):

  • 2026: Houston, Texas

  • 2027: Atlanta, Georgia

  • 2028: Orlando, Florida

  • 2029: Indianapolis, Indiana

  • 2030: San Antonio, Texas

• The hosts explained that the NRA is extremely limited in location choices because venues must be large enough to host the massive convention and be located in states/cities that are not anti-gun or restrict the members' Second Amendment rights, particularly concealed carry.