{"id":371016,"date":"2018-07-27T04:23:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T03:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-networks-skip-blockbuster-second-amendment-win-in-court\/"},"modified":"2018-07-27T04:23:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T03:23:16","slug":"prison-planet-com-networks-skip-blockbuster-second-amendment-win-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-networks-skip-blockbuster-second-amendment-win-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Networks Skip BLOCKBUSTER Second Amendment Win in Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/scott-whitlock\/2018\/07\/25\/networks-skip-blockbuster-pro-gun-rights-win-court\"><strong>Newsbusters<\/strong><\/a><br \/>July 26, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>All three networks on Tuesday and Wednesday ignored a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/open-carry-case-appeals-court-constitutional-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blockbuster Second Amendment ruling<\/a> to come out of the usually liberal Ninth Circuit. The pro-gun rights decision found that Americans DO have a constitutional right to openly carry outside of the home.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite a combined eight hours of air time on Wednesday, ABC\u2019s <em>Good Morning America<\/em>, <em>CBS This Morning<\/em> and NBC\u2019s <em>Today<\/em> avoided the big win for gun rights advocates. (So did Tuesday\u2019s evening newscasts.)\u00a0Fox News, unlike the networks, did cover the story. <em>Fox and Friends<\/em> host Brian Kilmeade alerted: \u201cThe Ninth Circuit court is backing the Second Amendment. The ruling comes after a Hawaiian man\u2019s attempt to openly carry a handgun was shot down twice in 2011. A lower court argued the Constitution only carries to open carry inside your home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"video-filter video-mrctv video-center vf-531739 embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/531739\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Generally speaking, the networks downplay\u00a0Second Amendment victories. The day after the historic June 26, 2008 Supreme Court ruling finding an individual right to the Second Amendment, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/scott-whitlock\/2008\/06\/27\/morning-shows-give-combined-three-and-half-minutes-historic-gun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the networks could only bother<\/a><\/strong> with a combined 3 minutes and 33 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>So it may not be surprising to some that ABC, CBS and NBC ignored an appeals court ruling on guns. However, the same networks covered <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/mike-ciandella\/2017\/01\/30\/57-times-more-coverage-trumps-temporary-ban-obama-ending-cuban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump\u2019s travel ban<\/a><\/strong> every step of the way, including through the appeals courts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/scott-whitlock\/2018\/07\/25\/networks-skip-blockbuster-pro-gun-rights-win-court\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Thursday, July 26, 2018  at  6:35 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/networks-skip-blockbuster-second-amendment-win-in-court.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/networks-skip-blockbuster-second-amendment-win-in-court.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewsbustersJuly 26, 2018 All three networks on Tuesday and Wednesday ignored a blockbuster Second Amendment ruling to come out of the usually liberal Ninth Circuit. 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