Daily Dispatch 6/17/24: Austin Gun Activist Wins At SCOTUS, Bump Stock Ban Overturned, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Austin gun store owner Michael Cargill's lawsuit opposing the federal ban on bump stock devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to be fired like machine guns succeeds, putting those devices back on the market: https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-backs-challenge-federal-ban-gun-bump-stocks-2024-06-14/ Abortion opponents will NOT rest following SCOTUS's call last week not to rule on a challenge to the FDA's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone: https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/15/politics/abortion-judge-matthew-kacsmaryk-supreme-court-mifepristone/index.html Longtime Republican activist, Southern Baptist leader, and accused sexual predator Paul Pressler has died at 94: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/06/15/paul-pressler-dead-southern-baptist-convention/ A federal judge has blocked the liquidation of the Austin-based parent company of Alex Jones' Infowars network, potentially allowing it to keep operating while a $1.5 billion judgement against Jones in the Sandy Hook case is pursued: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-jones-infowars-assets-bankruptcy-sandy-hook-conspiracy/ Efforts to set up a separate stock exchange in Texas come with warnings to potential investors that our state has become known for interfering in business over political matters: https://www.ft.com/content/191394f1-ef8e-423e-b2b3-b8db6b620d05 D/FW folks: Come see us at our 14th Anniversary and Election Preview Fundraiser in Dallas on June 25: https://act.progresstexas.org/a/2024anniversary It's Pride Month! Check out the history of Pride and a full calendar of events happening across Texas throughout the month: https://progresstexas.org/blog/deep-heart-pride-celebration-pride-month-texas Instagram users: be sure to enable political content on that platform, which has begun opting users out: https://x.com/ProgressTX/status/1771276124498100667?s=20 Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at https://progresstexas.org/.