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--:-- John Bickley: I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Friday, June 14th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
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--:-- John Bickley: The Supreme Court has invalidated a ban on bump stocks. In a 6-3 ruling issued today, the high court said that executive agencies did not adhere to federal law when the ban was enacted. Bump stocks are an accessory which, when added to a gun, enable it to fire rapidly. Texas gun shop owner Michael Cargill challenged the rule, arguing that the Justice Department misclassified bump stocks as illegal machine guns.
--:-- Michael Cargill: It really goes back to freedom and it goes back to just the basics. Something that my customers and myself legally purchase. The government should not have that authority, an administrative agency ability to come back and ban something that Congress has not banned. That's how our constitution was written. We have different branches of government and an agency within the federal government does not have that type of power.
--:-- John Bickley: Pope Francis arrived in Italy today to attend the G7 summit. He is the first pontiff to address the meeting of world leaders and was invited by Italy prime minister Georgia Maloney. The Pope called for an international treaty to ensure the ethical use of artificial intelligence.
--:-- John Bickley: President Biden will leave the summit a day early to attend a fundraiser in Hollywood. He was asked about whether he would pardon his son Hunter's felony gun conviction.
--:-- Joe Biden: I'm extremely proud of my son Hunter. He has overcome an addiction. He is one of the greatest, most decent men I know. And I am satisfied that I'm not going to do anything I said I'd abide by the jury decision. I will do that and I will not pardon him.
--:-- John Bickley: Family and friends of Johnny Wachter held a rally this week to hold officials accountable for his death. The general hospital actor was shot and killed in Los Angeles by thieves trying to steal his catalytic converter. Wachter's close friend Micah Parker organized the walk where at least 200 people turned out to demand justice and bring attention to the city's soft on crime policies.
--:-- Micah Parker: I want to ask DA Gascon to commit to seeking the harshest sentence that the law will allow, to make an example of what happens to those who seek to steal and kill and destroy. Los Angeles is in crisis. This is our home. And yet we walk these streets in fear and anxiety, not knowing whether or not we'll become the next Johnny Wachter in the news. That is unacceptable. Our city leaders, including Mayor Bass and D.A. Gascon and the city council, were elected to do a job. They swore to protect this city. So we are asking that they get off the sidelines and do their jobs.
--:-- John Bickley: The Southern Baptist held their annual convention this week in Indianapolis. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell reports on the convention resolutions.
--:-- Zach Jewell: The Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution opposing the use of in vitro fertilization because it often leads to the destruction of surplus embryos. The resolution affirms every human's right to life, even those in an embryonic stage, and does approve reproductive technologies that respect life. The SBC also failed to pass a ban on churches led by female pastors. 61% of the delegates voted to approve it, but it needed two-thirds support to pass.
--:-- John Bickley: Elon Musk's $45 billion pay package was re-approved at the Tesla annual shareholder meeting Thursday. In January, a judge struck down the 2018 pay deal, and instead of appealing the decision, Musk called for a second vote, which has now passed. Shareholders also approved his request to incorporate in Texas. Tesla is currently incorporated in Delaware, where the judge rejected his compensation package.
--:-- Ann Lipton: It's just unprecedented. I have never heard of a situation where after a court concluded that there had been a breach of fiduciary duty and ordered some kind of remedy, there was an attempt to undo that with a new shareholder vote, but no substantive changes to the original conduct.
--:-- John Bickley: An analysis by the Wall Street Journal found 32% of voters are still persuadable. The group that is currently not supporting either Biden or Trump is made up of independents, those planning to vote for a third-party candidate, or uncommitted voters.
--:-- Richard Tao: They cannot wait to get rid of both of them. They want them done for the scene they want them retired. They want a new generation that is running the country. And that the thing that different this time than I saw the last time The 2020 election, although Biden won the popular vote by 7 million, he won the Electoral College by fewer than 44,000 votes in Wisconsin, Arizona, and Georgia combined. It's a minuscule number. That's why we're so focused on these groups, because if they had just gone the other way, Trump would be president today.
--:-- John Bickley: Tao believes President Biden will have more trouble winning over these undecided voters, who in the end may just stay home.
--:-- John Bickley: And the GOAT, quarterback Tom Brady, was inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame this week. In front of a sold-out crowd of 60,000 at Gillette Stadium, Patriots owner Robert Kraft announced that Tom's number 12 jersey will be retired, and a 12-foot statue of the Super Bowl-winning QB will be unveiled during the upcoming season.
--:-- Tom Brady: I would encourage everyone to play football for the simple reason that it is hard. It's hard when you're on your way to practice, way down with all your gear, and it's 90 degrees out and all the other kids are at the pool or at the beach. But understand this, life is hard. To be successful at anything, the truth is you don't have to be special. You just have to be what most people aren't. Consistent, determined, and willing to work for it. No shortcuts.
--:-- John Bickley: Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. and for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day. Listen to our latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
