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Trump Sets up for Legal Fight Over Bump Stocks by Lydia Wheeler Semi-Automatic Weapons That Used the Hill the Devices Volume 20, Issue 4 March 28-April 3, 2018 lasvegastribune.com Trump sets up for legal fight over bump stocks By Lydia Wheeler semi-automatic weapons that used The Hill the devices. The Trump Administration is The Las Vegas killings represent setting the stage for a furious legal the worst mass-shooting incident battle over bump stocks by propos- in modern U.S. history, and led to ing a rule to effectively ban the de- immediate calls for the banning of vices, which allow semi-automatic bump stocks. weapons to fire more rapidly. But gun rights groups and other Bump stocks were catapulted to advocates say it’s outside the ad- the forefront of the debate over gun ministration’s regulatory authority control after a man in Las Vegas to ban bump stocks — and that killed 58 people and wounded more doing so will provoke lawsuits. than 500 others by opening fire with The reason is complicated and has to do with how the law defines how a machine gun operates. My Point Machine guns are all but com- pletely banned under a 1986 law of View passed by Congress that banned the possession or transfer of auto- By Rolando Larraz (See Bump Stocks, Page 3) Anyone reading this newspaper is no doubt aware that they are reading a newspaper that, according to others, no one reads; but if by Justices ask questions about Calif. some miracle someone does happen to read this column and feels like helping me out to solve this mem- ory problem that is becoming more law requiring abortion information of an issue for me, perhaps they can By Thomas Mitchell other speech: jog my memory regarding those On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme I mean, this case is very import- cases, dates and even positions. Court heard arguments on the ant in itself, but adopting this new So far there are more than two constitutionality of a California category of speech would have dozen women complaining about a law requiring pro-life pregnancy far-reaching consequences. particular show producer, success- clinics to inform women about the And I — I — I’d like you to ful real estate tycoon and apolitical availability of state-sponosored explain why that is consistent with man who also happens to be a bil- abortions. Stevens and other cases where the lionaire. Is it so strange that many The lawyers were frequently Court has recently said we are not women will see him as a so-called interrupted by the justices asking going to recognize any new catego- “good catch” that could make them pointed questions. One by Justice ries of unprotected speech and how happy? And is it any surprise that Samuel Alito was particularly you would define the boundaries of his name is Donald J. Trump? concerning. He asked about Cali- professional speech. As you will notice in all the fornia’s effort to create a new cate- And there have been a lot of cas- qualifiers mentioned named in the gory of speech called professional es on — there have been some cases above paragraph, (show producer, speech, which would have lesser Would this billboard have to include a message on on this in the lower courts. But just successful real estate tycoon and First Amendment protection than where to get an abortion under California law? Yes. (See California Law, Page 5) apolitical man who happens to be a billionaire), we did not mention anything about being the President of the United States of America, Seaman opens door for Tarkanian which would, of course, add anoth- By Rolando Larraz Even before she could prove withdraw from the race. er qualifier to his name. Las Vegas Tribune how effective she was in the Assem- Now all of a sudden the peren- The title of President of the After losing her seat in the Ne- bly, Seaman started campaigning nial unsatisfied Victoria Seaman United States of America was not vada Assembly, Victoria Seaman for the Senate by appearing on local is using loyalty as an excuse for included in the above paragraph announced that she was ready to run radio shows and being a regular on stepping down from a race that she for a very simple reason: all the for Congress in District 3 “to serve her pal Michele Fiore’s radio show could have won, stating that her accusations made by the female her constituents,” making her the on a local radio station early on family has been longtime friends first candidate for that seat. weekend mornings. with candidate Tarkanian, who accusers allegedly happened years After previous failures to win a It is obvious that Victoria Sea- could well win the race, and she ago or even way before the “show seat in the Nevada legislature, Sea- man is infatuated with political does not want that to happen. producer, successful real estate man was elected to Assembly Seat positions and consequently, with Seaman said in a statement that tycoon and apolitical man who 34 in the November 2014 election the “titles” that come with the she and her friend Danny Tarkanian happens to be a billionaire” could and started serving her constituents winning of any election, so it makes were the “clear front runners” in the have the prestige of adding to his in January 2015; five months after many wonder how it is possible for race and that she couldn’t imagine resume that of being the President being sworn in, she announced that Seaman, with her strong possibility them “destroying each other” in a of the United States of America. she’d be seeking a senate seat at the of winning that seat, to give some Republican primary, despite the fact Since Donald J. Trump became end of her term. VICTORIA SEAMAN “loyalty excuse” of why she would (See Seaman, Page 6) the president of this great nation there has not been one single accu- sation of any kind related to sexual misconduct, sexual innuendo, sex- Trump administration settles suit over ual misbehavior, sexual assault, or anything sexual in regard to the president’s life. That’s an important critical habitat for endangered species distinction. By Thomas Mitchell someway, somehow — as a result “critical habitat.” activity — grazing, farming, build- Why the issue has not become The Trump administration has of global warming or a meteor Those rules gave federal agents ings, mining, recreation, roads, a priority to the red-national media settled a lawsuit filed by Nevada strike, perhaps — later become the power to block or alter any (See Habitat Lawsuit, Page 4) can be summed up this way: first, and 19 other states over Obama ad- because it has not happened — ministration rules that sweepingly but if it has happened, maybe the redefined what constituted critical Ward 5 Special Election: Small red-national media do not consider habitat for endangered species and the issue news because it is too has agreed to rewrite those rules. fresh, too new, and too irrelevant for The suit, filed in November turnout results in big decision the gossip newspapers of America; 2016 against various federal land By Parker Philpot the Historic Westside of Las Vegas. apparently if it is not more than at agencies, accused the federal bu- Special to Las Vegas Tribune In the unofficial count, Cedric least a decade old, it is not of inter- reaucrats of essentially rewriting In what has been called “ex- Crear, who received 627 votes or est to the American red-journalists. the Endangered Species Act of tremely low voter turnout” in 27.14 percent of votes cast, is cele- All this is happening because 1973 (ESA) to give themselves many media reports and by election brating the victory he has anticipat- the Liberals, the communist Dem- potential veto power over any use night hopefuls in eleven campaign ed since his early declaration that ocrats, and the socialist mainstream whatsoever on every square foot headquarters, a mere six percent or he planned to run for the council media cannot get over the fact that of rural land, public or private, in 2,320 of the total 38,509 registered seat in 2019. Ward 5 lost its sitting Donald Trump was elected presi- the country. voters in Ward 5 have determined councilman of nearly 11 years on dent of this nation — and because Though the ESA gives the U.S. the political representation for the January 22 when Ricki Barlow he promised and is striving to deliv- Fish and Wildlife Service authority entire population in that area of resigned, which left an unexpired er on what other candidates did not to protect “critical habitat” occu- Las Vegas. Its general boundaries term of a little over one year. Bar- have the cojones to say before him. pied by endangered or threatened are along U.S. Hwy 95 on the low admitted to a felony involving Other presidents have won past species, the rewritten rules rede- south and west and include part of misspending 2015 re-election cam- elections with somehow dubious fined “critical habitat” to include downtown, along with part of the paign funds. results and even if there was an land currently unoccupied by those Fremont Street Experience, Cash- The council could have opted to (See My Point of View, Page 2) species but just might someday, in man Center, Symphony Park and CEDRIC CREAR (See Ward 5 Election, Page 6) Page 2 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / March 28-April 3, 2018 State correctional officer more than triples $57,000 salary to over $200,000 with OT, benefits By Robert Fellner correctional officers, all of which Nevada Policy Research Institute received OT pay that more than The Nevada Policy Research doubled their regular salary.
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