Gun rights groups capitalize after judge reverses decades-old restrictions: 'Monumental'

The ruling also appears poised to stand without a challenge from the federal government

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Gun rights advocates are wasting little time putting a "huge" federal court victory inThe ruling also appears poised to stand without a challenge from the federal governmentto action after a judge struck down decades-old firearms restrictions as unconstitutional.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Silencer Shop, a federal firearms licensee covered by the ruling linked to the sale and transfer of silencers, notified the Trump administration Thursday they planned to begin transferring gun silencers without going through the National Firearms Act registration and approval process that has governed such transactions for decades.

Just after midnight Thursday, two gun owners walked out of a Texas firearms dealer with silencers without first completing the federal registration and approval process that has governed such transfers for generations, according to Gun Owners of America. Read more, see video and photos here.

Dire conditions reported aboard USS Abraham Lincoln as sailors try to jump overboard after longest deployment-ever at sea

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Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from the War Department about conditions on board the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln after multiple reports indicate the grind of an extended deployment has taken a severe mental toll on the ship’s roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines.

On Tuesday, Navy Times reported that at least two sailors had to be prevented from jumping overboard, while other family members who spoke to the outlet said their loved ones were in a deep funk aboard the Lincoln.

The Wall Street Journal reported that one person actually “went overboard” in early August but was quickly rescued, citing a US official. 

The carrier began a scheduled seven-month deployment in the South China Sea this past November, but was redirected to the Arabian Sea in January, shortly before the start of Operation Epic Fury against Iran. It has remained there ever since. Read more, and see photos bere.