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Kansas Jewish facility shootings show 'Never again' must be more than words
Submitted by: David Codrea
Website: http://www.davidcodrea.com

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... "The only way to prevent group identity-based extermination, on the individual and societal levels, is for members of that group to have the means to defend themselves. That's the only way words like 'Never again' will ever be more than a hollow platitude."
 

Raid on brass processor attributed to lack of subservience to government
Submitted by: David Codrea
Website: http://www.davidcodrea.com

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... "'USA Brass passed a subsequent inspection by OSHA,' Marbut wrote. 'However, upon OSHA’s first visit, I’m told, USA Brass managers didn’t kneel quickly enough to OSHA inspectors and offended them by not being subserviently cooperative. So, the subsequent raid by EPA, FBI and others was conducted to teach them a lesson about federal power and proper cooperation.'" ...

"'Lawyers for USA Brass have persuaded the principals that they should hunker down and make no waves, for fear of triggering more Draconian and punitive federal actions,' Marbut related, explaining the company’s relative silence over the past few weeks." ...
 

Why is This Right Different From All Other Rights?
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"I’d like to offer my condolences to the family of William Lewis Corporon, Reat Underwood, and Terri LaManno. May you find comfort and hope in your time of loss. There are people, both Jews and non-Jews, who will find in this latest act of horrific murder a reason to call for further restrictions on the fundamental right to keep and bear arms. In this time of holiness for Jews and Christians, I’m compelled to reflect on the meaning of freedom and our responsibilities to our fellow man. As a Jew, I believe that restricting these rights is not in keeping with the teachings of Passover. Traditionally we ask four questions to help tell the story of the Exodus, but today I only have one . . ."

"Why is this right different from all other rights?" ...
 

Report: FBI Visiting Gun Shops to Investigate “People Talking About Big Government”
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"FBI counterterrorism agents are visiting gun shops in South Carolina to investigate 'suspicious purchases' made by people who talk about 'big government,' according to a new report."

"Author Brandon Turbeville says he was approached by an individual who works in a Columbia, South Carolina gun shop to relate the story of how an FBI agent entered the store on Monday, showed his credentials, before proceeding to ask a series of stunning questions." ...
 

Truth, lies and guerilla politics over gun control v. ‘gun safety’
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"Following yesterday’s launch by Michael Bloomberg of his $50 million “Everytown for Gun Safety” political machine, an enterprising team of gun rights activists struck preemptively by registering that name on Facebook, and today the Seattle P-I.com’s Joel Connelly put the dueling initiatives battle in Washington State in its proper perspective, hinting that some of Bloomberg's money may help fuel that fight." ...
 

Too Old to Shoot Prone? Here’s an Option
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"I’ve been doing some long range shooting and as I get older, I hurt the next day from shooting prone. I like my big bore rifles enough that I won’t get rid of any, just change the way I shoot them. Shooting from sitting or standing is much more preferable, due to how recoil is distributed to your body. Not to mention, how your body reacts to the recoil. So I decided to build a portable shooting bench, as I like to travel out to the woods for some 12-1500 yard plinking. After some thought, I went to Home Depot and gathered what I thought I would need . . ." ...
 

Rich Grassi: Unload and Show Clear?
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"In spite of the date – Income Tax Day – a pair of issues from a few weeks ago combine to make a point that should be examined. Mike Seeklander noted and pointed out 'training scars' – a behavior ingrained through repetition on the range that runs against that which is appropriate on the street. His piece had to do with observations he’d made during training events he taught in which he had students participate in a shoot-off. Like most of us, he feels that competition can be helpful in driving up the appropriate type of stress and to harden the retention of lessons learned in the class. He specifically orders all students to . . ."

"holster a loaded sidearm ... He then watches and identify those who regularly compete. ..." ...
 

First Impressions: SIG SAUER P320
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"For ages, SIG SAUER has been known primarily for their all-metal frame handguns. Solid firearms that work reliably every time. Guns like the Mk25 P226 – used by the Navy SEALs – and SIG’s recently introduced line of 1911 handguns. Now SIG is diving head-first into the competitive arena of polymer-framed striker-fired pistols, a market long dominated by GLOCK. SIG’s submission: the P320 . . ." ...
 

Pro-Gunner Snipes ‘Everytown for Gun Safety’ Facebook Page
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"When Hizzoner reached into his pocket to pull out a spare $50 mil to jump-start his latest rights-abrogating enterprise, the miserably monikered Everytown for Gun Safety, he apparently didn’t spend much cash on a competent social media team. The heaven-bound former mayor made the faux pas of announcing his new 'grassroots' anti-gun holding company before he’d tied up all of the social media outlets under the new org’s name. Oops. As buzzfeed.com reports . . ."

"An alert gun bully was quick enough on the draw to snag a Facebook page under the new not-so-household name. ..." ...
 

Bloomberg thinks new gun control effort will buy his spot in heaven
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"Billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has launched a new big money gun control strategy designed to 'outmuscle the National Rifle Association,' according to yesterday’s New York Times, and his first attack appeared in this morning’s on-line main page of the Seattle Times."

"Bloomberg is calling this new effort 'Everytown for Gun Safety.' According to the New York Times article, this project is 'a restructuring of the gun control groups he funds, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (MDA),' and he thinks such efforts will buy him a spot in heaven." ...
 

Jack Abramoff Speaks Out Against Michael Bloomberg's Gun Control Initiative (video story)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"Former conservative lobbyist Jack Abramoff is not behind Michael Bloomberg's $50 million investment in a gun control organization posed to challenge the N.R.A."

"In a HuffPost Live interview Thursday, he told host Josh Zepps that he'd advise Bloomberg to 'stop wasting your money.'" ...
 

Nutter Joins Everytown for Gun Safety
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"I wish I’d been at the meeting when Mayor Mike’s marketing mavens came up with that Everytown for Gun Safety moniker. Everytown. It’s like . . . every town. Every town in America is for gun safety. But what about the cities? We already have the cities. Besides, city people like to think they live in towns. New York, New York, my kind of town. Why one word? Why no hyphen? It’s like Everyman. You mean Arthur Dent? Arthur Dent was an everyman. He wore pajamas all day. I bet Arthur Dent would support gun control. Wait. Can we use that? Do we know that for a fact? We’re talking about marketing, not facts. Anyway, Everytown for Gun Safety has its first high profile member, and he’s a real Nutter . . ." ...
 

Bloomberg Bankrolls More Gun Bans
Submitted by: Mike the Limey

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... "'The gun lobby has done a good job over the last 30 years of making a vocal minority afraid people will take their guns away,' Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, told NBC."

"'As a mother, I'm afraid someone is going to take my children away, and I believe at the end of the day, that emotion will carry it.'" ...
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Submitter's Note: So it really IS all about irrational emotions then Shannon?

I guess facts like the US having the lowest firearms homicide rate in half a lifetime doesn't really matter.
 

AL: Elderly man baits burglars, opens fire (video available)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"'What we have here is a pretty savvy homeowner that has had enough of these thugs coming his way,' Jefferson County Chief Deputy Randy Christian said. 'If I were them I would steer clear of him. Hopefully we can lock them up before they get themselves killed.'"

"An elderly Jefferson County, Alabama man had been burglarized twice in just the past two weeks and he was sick and tired of it. So he set a trap."

"Rather than park in his driveway Sunday morning (April 13th, 2014) he decided to park down the street and walk back. He armed himself with his pistol and took a seat on his couch to wait. He didn't have to wait long."

"Just after 9a.m. sheriff's deputies received calls of shots fired in the area. ... " ...
 

MI: Detroit police: 1 dead after shootout between homeowner, home invaders (video available)
Submitted by: Corey Salo

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"Detroit police say one man is dead after a shootout between a Rosedale Park homeowner and suspected home invaders."

"'Family members and the homeowner were in the basement playing video games when they heard noise upstairs and footsteps inside of the home,' said Detroit Police Sgt. Michael Woody, Detroit Police."

"Police said two men broke into a home, with a third waiting in a getaway car. The duo tried to escape when they were confronted by the family in the home ..."

"'There were shots fired in the home before the two suspects busted through the front door,' said Sgt. Woody. 'That’s when the two suspects fired shots at the homeowner from outside, the homeowner returned fire striking the driver in the car.'" ...
 

Mexican Self Defense Groups Refuse to Register and/or Turn Over Their Weapons to Government
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"In recent months it seems that the vigilante groups of Mexico, which call themselves self defense groups, have been the only effective method for combating the violent and well-armed drug cartels."

"Back in January, the Mexican government announced a plan that would see the groups made more legitimate and bring them under the control of the army. However, as one of the stipulations for that, the groups must turn in their weapons which are illegal under Mexican law and register their other weapons." ...
 

MD: It Should Have Been A Defensive Gun Use: Bicycle Edition (video available)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"All’s well that ends well. That seems to be the conclusion of unarmed bicyclist Michael Bowman, the man knocked off his bike and punched in the head by 'youths' on Baltimore’s Guilford Avenue. In fact, at the end of the news report above, Mr. Bowman impishly suggests that his attackers should come and join him on the road. Singing Kumbaya in five-part harmony as they pedal, no doubt. The fact that Mr. Bowman could have been killed by the fall from his bike or the repeated blows to his head doesn’t seem to have penetrated the mantle of obliviousness enveloping the bits under his bike helmet. In fact, one wonders what Bowman means when he says . . ." ...
 

Congressman Introduces Bill to Deny Federal Funding to States That Require Gun Registration
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"Texas Congressman Steve Stockman is known for his strong stance on the Second Amendment and his critique of the Obama administration."

"With a recent bill introduced by Stockman, he would deny states that require gun owners to register their guns federal funding. This has proven to be an effective tactic the federal government has used in the past to force states to adopt certain regulations. In this case, Stockman is going to attempt to use the strategy to protect American’s Second Amendment rights." ...
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Submitter's Note: Call me cynical, but it seems to me this is pure political posturing; propose a truly manly Second Amendment bill to buff up your gun cred without having to worry about whther or not it will ever pass.
 

Texas Senator John Cornyn Sends Letter to Eric Holder Demanding Answers About Smart Guns
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"Earlier this month it was reported that US Attorney General Eric Holder was seeking millions of dollars for the Department of Justice to research smart gun technology, including biometric technology that only lets the owner of a firearm operate it."

"Texas Senator John Cornyn is now sending Holder a public letter requesting more information and assurances that the Attorney General is not seeking to make smart gun technology mandatory." ...
 

GOP fears executive order on biometric guns (video available)
Submitted by: Anonymous

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"Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is warning the Obama administration to not issue an executive order requiring that all new guns be made with biometric technology, such as finger-print recognition or bracelets."

"Cornyn raised the issue in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, who in testimony earlier this month highlighted biometric bracelets and fingerprint identification as a safety issue." ...
 

VA: Constituent Blasts Democrat Sens Warner, Kaine For Voting To Submit Gun Rights To UN
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"A constituent from Reva, Virginia, wrote an editorial blasting Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) for voting to subjugate the Second Amendment to the dictates of the United Nations via the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)."

"As Breitbart News reported on April 28, 2013, Warner and Kaine were two of 44 Democrat senators who voted for this measure. They were joined by Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Angus King (I-Maine)." ...
 

Supreme Court May Decide if it Will Hear Gun Case as Early as Tomorrow
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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... "The court will have yet another chance to hear a case that would address 'may issue' carry permit states. ... May issue states either require the applicant to show that they need a carry permit, or put a lot of control over who gets a permit into the hands of select individuals (such as local sheriffs or police chiefs)."

"The case the Supreme Court may decide to hear is Drake v. Jerejian, which addressed New Jersey’s carry law that states that a person must show 'justifiable need' in order to get a carry permit. This results in virtually no one in NJ getting a permit to carry and amounts to an effective ban on concealed carry in the Garden State." ...
 

NY: Attorney going to Court of Appeals in SAFE Act case
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"After a judge denied an injunction on the SAFE Act, the attorney for hundreds of plaintiffs spoke out Thursday."

"A state Supreme Court judge denied an application for a preliminary injunction to the SAFE Act Wednesday. Judge Thomas McNamara said 'concerns raised should be issues raised in elective process. This is not a judicial issue.'" ...
 

How to record police encounters without losing your video
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"Technology is a double-edged sword. It has enabled the government to become more intrusive than ever with its online spying capabilities. However, cheap and discreet recording devices make it much more feasible to hold cops on the street accountable."

"Police State USA encourages holding government officials accountable but advises everyone to research the laws in their own states regarding secretly recording audio conversations ..."

"Here, we intend to look at the technologies that facilitate that recording." ...

"Ustream is a cell phone application that allows a user to begin recording video and audio — and simultaneously stream the data to an online account — at the click of a button." ...
 

MI: Officer facing marijuana charge has checkered past of impaired driving, job suspensions
Submitted by: Corey Salo

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"One of four longtime Kent County corrections officers implicated in alleged marijuana-related crimes has been taken off duty four times in his career, including two suspensions stemming from impaired driving, according to his personnel file."

"Despite Michael Frederick’s past troubles on the job, he was nominated four consecutive years for the department’s corrections deputy of the year award. ..." ...

"Frederick was first suspended for six days in 1998 after he was detained by Michigan State Police for operating under the influence of liquor and carrying a concealed weapon ..." ...

"Frederick was removed from the payroll for three days in 2000 for an 'unjustifiable assault' on an inmate in 1999. ..." ...
 

PA: Trooper cleared after stomping on innocent man’s skull while handcuffed
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"Police followed an innocent man into his home, believing that he was a fleeing suspect. When the man protested being handcuffed on his own floor with strangers searched his home, an officer cussed at him and stomped on his head, causing multiple facial fractures and shattered teeth. The scene was so gruesome that a cop testified against a fellow cop. Yet instead of being fired, that stomping officer was later promoted, and now has been officially cleared of violating the victim’s civil rights." ...
 

KY: Taped confrontation between teens, police leads to arrest, questions about First Amendment rights (video available)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"A video taped confrontation between teenagers and police led to an arrest and questions about a person's first amendment rights."

"It all started when a group of teenagers were on a field in Radcliff playing a military style game of airsoft." ...

"A neighbor called the Radcliff Police Department ..."

"Then the game got real."

"'The officers they came out of the trees with their assault rifles ...' Anderson recalled."

"A GoPro camera was recording, when an officer noticed it he asked them to shut it off."

"Seaman, who was next to the camera, told Anderson, 'You don't have to.'"

"The officer is then heard in the video saying to Seaman, 'You want to go to jail friend?'"

"When Seaman did not give the officer his name, he was arrested." ...
 

AZ: Tucson group protests in favor of stricter gun background checks (poll available)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"About 50 people gathered at Presidio Park Wednesday morning wearing matching t-shirts and holding handmade signs to protest the failure by Congress to pass new legislation to what they believe are loopholes related to background checks in current gun registration laws."

"The group's protest came near the seventh anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting" ...
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Submitter's Note: Don't forget to take the poll on the right-side. My selection was "No. We have too many laws, and most of them should be eliminated."
 

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