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SAF Names Andrew Gottlieb As Director Of Outreach And Development
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"The Second Amendment Foundation has named Andrew Gottlieb as its new director of Outreach and Development, representing the second generation of family activism in promoting and defending the right to keep and bear arms."
"Gottlieb is the son of SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb and Julianne Versnell Gottlieb. A recent graduate of Arizona State University, he has been living in Phoenix, where he served as a Ronald Reagan Fellow intern at the famous Goldwater Institute. He has also represented SAF at the Conservative Political Action Conference, and he has previously interned at the SAF headquarters." ... |
Dear Mr. Bad Guy: Turn Over Your Guns, Would You Please? (Or, Why Gun Control Won’t Work)
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... "Way to go, Mister President: Instead of using your voice as America’s leader to present our nation in the best possible light, tell nations around the world that they’re all So Much Better Than We Are. Look at the warped behavior of one disturbed young man, and use your bully pulpit to criticize the majority of American citizens who obey the laws, and the majority of gun owners who never fire a weapon unlawfully."
"Critics of the President’s policy are justifiably concerned that if he were successful in forcing people to give up their guns, it would be law-abiding citizens who would lose the protections guaranteed them by the Second Amendment. ..." ... |
Purpose of the Second Amendment
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"What is the purpose of the Second Amendment?"
"It is ironic that some people seem to think the reason for the Second Amendment is to support our government in time of need. It is the exact opposite."
"Thomas Jefferson, well known for his influence on the U.S. Constitution, has said, 'The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government' (Thomas Jefferson Papers, page 334)." ... |
Pay Attention to How Man Responds When Total Stranger Accosts Him for Carrying a Gun (video available)
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"A gun rights activist was openly carrying a handgun outside the St. Louis Zoo earlier this month in protest of the zoo’s policy banning firearms when he was suddenly accosted by a stranger. The man, who goes by Rich Johnson on YouTube, repeatedly berated the pro-gun advocate and called him names while warning him that his 'open carry s***t' would soon come to an end."
"In the face of what some YouTube commenters described as 'harassment,' the open carry activist calmly responded to the man’s verbal attacks and tried to explain his view on the Second Amendment and open carry — not that it helped the men find common ground." ... |
Burgers and fries? Yes. Open carry at Whataburger? No (video available)
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"Whataburger has waded into the gun rights debate this month, by announcing that its restaurant locations will continue to prohibit the open carrying of firearms."
"In a letter, the company's CEO, attempts to reassure gun owners that their right to carry a concealed weapon will remain intact. But he says that concerns from customers and employees, along with the 'family-friendly atmosphere' at each location, make it impossible for the company to allow open carry."
"That letter is as follows:" ... |
Gun sales spike in June
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"Background checks for gun sales spiked 11% in June compared to last year, making it the busiest June ever, according to the FBI's background check data."
"Last month the FBI conducted nearly 1.53 million background checks, which are required for all in-store purchases, but not for sales at gun shows or between individuals. That's the highest volume of checks in June since 1999, when the FBI started keeping track."
"Gun background checks have climbed annually since 2003 with the exception of just three years, one of which was 2014, indicating a clear jump in gun sales." ... |
NRA's power keeps violence alive
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"The victims of racial hatred in South Carolina were buried while the national debate over gun violence continued. And their grieving relatives are left to wonder why our society can’t end this madness. Sadly, our society is pathologically fascinated with guns and indifferent to the NRA’s ability to dictate national gun policy because of its control over Congress."
"The NRA and their congressional sycophants are just as responsible for this slaughter as the lunatic who actually pulled the trigger. And they won’t hesitate to sacrifice other innocent churchgoers, government officials, police officers and even children to gun violence while wrapping themselves in their twisted interpretation of the Second Amendment." ... |
UK and US Hoplophobes: “Only Cowards Carry”
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"It started out with mild curiosity sparked by a SHTFPlan.com headline: With Knife Murders Spiking After Gun Ban, UK Urges ‘Save a Life–Surrender Your Knife. After all, this is the country that developed blunted “anti-stab knives,” after 'doctors … lobbied … for kitchen knives to be redesigned [because] it could help to save lives.' What new foolishness were they up to in Piers Morgan Paradise? Why not follow some links, pull some threads and find out?" ... |
TX: Unnecessary deaths
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"The death this week of a 3-year-old boy after what appeared to be an accidental shooting at his grandparents' house in Spring brings to mind a recent article in The Washington Post about guns in Japan, a nation with some of the tightest gun-control laws in the world and, not coincidentally, one of the lowest rates of gun deaths in the world (12 last year, 10 of them tied to crime syndicates)."
"So if Americans have learned to live (and die) with more than 30,000 firearms deaths a year - and not 12, as in Japan (or three the year before) - then surely we can demand more from gun owners. ..." ... |
Former Intern For Gun Control Congressman Stabbed To Death On D.C. Metro
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... "Police said in the document that the victim, Kevin Joseph Sutherland, 24, of Northeast, had struggled with the assailant after he grabbed Sutherland’s cellphone from his waist. After the stabbing, police said the suspect threw Sutherland’s cellphone at his body and then robbed two other passengers before fleeing when the train reached the NoMa-Gallaudet stop." "Spires carried out his attack in front of horrified passengers—whom he subsequently robbed at the point of a knife dripping with Sutherland’s blood—with virtually no chance that a lawful concealed carrier might have pulled a gun and stop him before he could kill Sutherland."
"Sutherland was a former intern for Democrat Rep. Tim Himes of Connecticut ..."
"Sadly, Himes is the very same gun control zealot who once stated that supporters of the right of armed self-defense have 'blood on their hands.'" ... |
The Best Military Shooter in the World: My Daughter
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"Canada being, well, Canada, this is likely to get zero coverage up here, but each year, the best military shooters from the best shooting cultures in the world compete at Bisley, England…all the commonwealth countries, SAS, SBS, lots of American representation, the French Foreign Legion, etc. Usually about 1300 competitors in all. This is military-replicant shooting, with short range, long range, run-downs, quick-exposure, timed fire, etc. The top British shot is awarded the Queen’s Medal each year. These are not as hard to come by as the Victoria Cross, but still damned rare . . ." ... |
New from Boeing: Compact Laser Weapon System
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"'Boeing’s new Compact Laser Weapon System (LWS) breaks down into four parts, each transportable by one or two Marines,' fool.com reports. 'Boeing says these components include: a battery, a water-cooled chiller, a commercially available fiber laser and an upgraded beam director, weighing 40% less than a previous model. In total, the system weighs about 650 pounds and would probably be operated by a squad of eight to 12 soldiers or Marines.' Easy to schlep, fiendishly complicated to use. How battle-ready is that? Still, Boeing’s LWS seems like it could be a pretty effective weapon system. The company claims that it’s . . ." ... |
Ex-CNNer Lynne Russell Speaks on Fox: We’re Alive ‘Because of the 2nd Amendment’ (video available)
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"Ex-CNN anchor Lynne Russell and her husband Chuck de Caro, a former CNN reporter, were accosted by a robber in an Albuquerque motel room days ago, but they were both carrying firearms and de Caro was able to shoot and kill the robber. Earlier this week, Russell spoke out about the incident and told people talking about gun control to just 'shut the fuck up.'"
"Tonight, she spoke with Megyn Kelly and recounted everything that happened to them. As as she made clear, 'there’s absolutely no doubt that we are alive today… because of the Second Amendment, because of my husband, his focus and dedication, and the fact that we had that legal gun with us.'" ... |
Donald Trump: Lifetime Member Of NRA, Concealed Permit Holder
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"GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump is a lifetime member of the NRA and a concealed carry permit holder who believes the advantages an armed citizenry provides to America are so evident as to be beyond 'debate.'" ...
"He went on to talk about this 'permit to carry' in New York and said, 'I know firsthand the challenges law-abiding citizens have in exercising their Second Amendment rights.'"
"Trump cited figures showing how concealed carry impacts crime and focused on how states with less restrictions on carry—'right to carry states'—enjoy a lower 'violent crime' and a 'lower murder rate' than other parts of the country. He contrasted this with the fact that gun control 'has consistently failed to stop violence' ..." ... |
Donald Trump Talks: Gun Control, Assault Weapons, Gun Free Zones & Self Defense
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"Hello Mr Trump. Many of our readers are very excited that you have thrown your hat in the ring to run for president in 2106."
"They like the idea that you have nothing to do with politics and that you have real experience running large, successful business, successful being the key word. I hope you and your family are up for the challenges of running for president."
"AmmoLand: Speaking of family I know you and your sons recently attended the 2015 NRA Annual Meeting, where you were asked to speak. How long have you been active with the NRA and what do you think about the influence the NRA has in politics?" ... |
OR: Part of the solution — or the problem?
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... "... [L]ocal activist Rob Taylor was probably thinking a lot about public process last week after the county clerk rejected his petition drive to get a Second Amendment preservation ordinance on the ballot in September."
"He and his fellow petitioners had 1,818 signatures, but 437 were rejected. Turns out Taylor was just 55 signatures shy of the 1,436 required."
"Among the list of reasons signatures were rejected, one category stands out: 229 signers were not registered voters. Another 20 signers were registered, but hadn’t voted in the last five years. Yet another 25 had inactive, undeliverable ballots." ... |
WA: Seattle City Council president proposing tax on gun sales
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"Seattle would tax gun and ammunition sales and require owners to tell police about lost and stolen firearms under a pair of bills coming before the City Council."
"City Council President Tim Burgess is proposing the legislation, saying revenue from the new tax would fund gun-violence-prevention programs and research."
"'Gun violence is very expensive,' Burgess said, noting that the direct medical costs of treating 253 gunshot victims at Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center last year surpassed $17 million, with taxpayers covering more than $12 million of that. 'It’s time for the gun industry to help defray those costs and this is a very reasonable way to do it.'" ...
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Submitter's Note: Well, ignoring the fact that the freedom to own and carry the weapon of your choice is a natural, fundamental, and inalienable human, individual, civil and Constitutional right -- subject neither to the democratic process nor to arguments grounded in social utility, according to the U.S. DoT, in 2014 the Economic Value of a Statistical Life (VSL) was $9.2 million. So if DGUs in Seattle save an average of just 1.5 lives annually "gun violence" saves the city more than it costs. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Timmy boy. |
NH: NH’s Democrat Gov Hassan Vetoes Constitutional Carry, Quotes Racist In Her Excuse
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"Gov Hassan justifies her veto of SB 116, Constitutional Carry bill, by quoting New Hampshire’s Racist and Homophobic former Governor Thomson."
"Governor Maggie Hassan has vetoed SB 116, repudiating the 1974 amendment to the NH Constitution guaranteeing that 'Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by this state on account of race, creed, color, sex or national origin.'"
"Her veto message quotes former Governor Mel Thomson who after visiting South Africa in 1978, praised the white-minority government and defended its apartheid policy. Thomson also openly threatened to veto all funding for the University of New Hampshire after the Gay Students Organization held a dance and performed a play on campus." ... |
Fate of 3-D printed pistol to be decided
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"A Texas court heard argument Monday calling the U.S. Department of State out for its censorship of online plans for a 3-D printable firearm."
"Attorneys for Defense Distributed filed a motion for preliminary injunction to halt enforcement of 'any prepublication approval requirement against unclassified information under the International Traffic Arms Regulations,' which seeks to control the export of defense-related technology."
"The federal government recently added a provision to the regulations which would include the control of technical data." ... |
Don’t Assume Same Sex Marriage Ruling Applies To RTC Reciprocity
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"NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action is warning Right-to-Carry permit holders throughout the nation not to fall into a dangerous trap created by speculative reports concerning RTC reciprocity following the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage."
"On June 26, the Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges concerning whether same-sex marriage is a right protected by the U.S. Constitution. After that ruling, some bloggers and others in the gun-rights community declared a victory for Right-to-Carry permit holders and suggested that the ruling basically ensured national RTC reciprocity." ... |
Pioneer of 3D Printed Guns Explains Why He’s Suing the State Department
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... "Wilson said the State Department is expanding its power to regulate not just the international transfer of firearms themselves but any data related to firearms, regardless of whether they were privately developed or not."
"'Essentially … the administration is saying that it owns all intellectual property related to guns,' he said."
"The stakes for Wilson and Defense Distributed are high. They may face millions of dollars in fines and, Wilson said, 'up to ten years in jail' for every time someone in another country downloaded the blueprints for his pistol. 'So I’d say there’s limitless liability, I mean infinite time in jail,' he said." ... |
FL: Appeals Court To Consider Guns In Florida College Dorms
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"After a high-profile legislative debate this spring about concealed weapons on college campuses, a state appeals court is poised to hear arguments in a dispute about whether guns should be allowed in residence halls and other housing at the University of Florida."
"Next Tuesday, the First District Court of Appeal is scheduled to take up a case filed by the group Florida Carry Inc., which says people have a legal right to possess firearms in their homes, including in university housing. An Alachua County circuit judge last year sided with the University of Florida in rejecting the group's arguments in the case." ... |
Advice to Police – You’re On Your Own!
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"You’re on your own!"
"The City of Baltimore (hopelessly broke and starving for cash, like most cities) announced that it is refusing to pay a civil judgement levied against it from a 2009 case involving alleged police misconduct, with the preposterous excuse that officers involved were '… operating outside their official duties.'"
"They made the announcement on the 4th of July 2015, obviously hoping no one would notice"
"Plaintiffs are, of course, disputing the ridiculous claim, but still seeking recovery from individual officers."
"Their nightmare thus continues!"
"Here is the implication for ... beleaguered police officers around the Country, particularly those working in deteriorating metro areas ..." ... |
NM: Alamogordo officer accused of assault
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"New Mexico State Police officers arrested an Alamogordo Police Department officer Monday after the APD officer allegedly pointed a handgun at two Aaron's Rental Center employees while the officer was off-duty at his home, according to a state police press release."
"In the release NMSP spokeswoman Sgt. Elizabeth Armijo wrote that APD officer Warren Whittington is charged with two counts of fourth-degree felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon."
"Whittington, 43, turned himself in to NMSP officers around 2 p.m. Monday, Armijo stated in the release." ... |
PA: Ex-police officer acquitted of perjury
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"After deliberating just 45 minutes, a Philadelphia jury on Tuesday acquitted former Police Officer Steven Lupo of charges that he lied under oath about a warrantless 2011 search of a drug suspect's car."
"Lupo, 38, fought back tears as he and his wife, Valerie, left the courtroom after the Common Pleas Court jury of eight women and four men announced its verdict."
"'I'm just thankful the jury made the right decision,' said Lupo, who testified in his defense. 'I'm very humbled by it.'"
"The verdict is not the end of Lupo's legal problems. When he was charged in March 2014, Judge Edward C. Wright ordered separate trials on allegations involving the 2011 car stop and another Lupo made in 2010." ... |
CO: Former Olathe police chief indicted over ammo purchases
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"Olathe's former police chief has been arrested after he was accused of using the town's tax-exempt status to purchase large quantities of ammunition and provide it to other people, according to a recently unsealed indictment."
"Ric Hawk served as Olathe police chief from 2006 until 2013, when he resigned after the town asked for an investigation by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation." ... |
CA: San Fran Illegal Alien Shooter’s Gun Belonged to a Federal Agent
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"By now you’ve probably heard that five-time deportee Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez shot and killed 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle in the sanctuary city of San Francisco over the weekend. A crime he’s admitted to. You may be wondering where an illegal alien felon would get a firearm in one of the most assiduously anti-gun cities in one of the most ardently anti-gun states. 'As latimes.com reports, '…Lopez-Sanchez said he had found the weapon wrapped in a T-shirt on the ground near a bench….' And, if true, who would be irresponsible enough to leave a loaded gun lying around like that? 'The gun…belonged to a federal agent, sources confirmed Tuesday.' . . ."
"Who is the agent? Which agency does he/she work for? ..." ... |
CA: Gun allegedly used by San Francisco shooting suspect belonged to federal agent, source says
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"The gun used by a Mexican illegal immigrant when he allegedly shot dead a 32-year-old woman at a San Francisco pier belonged to a federal agent, a source confirmed to Fox News Tuesday."
"It was not immediately clear how Francisco Sanchez, 45, would have obtained the weapon. However, the San Francisco Chronicle reported sources told the paper the gun had been stolen during a car burglary in June." ... |
NC: A right to life is part of founding
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"Please allow me respond to Robert Lenn’s July 5 letter to the editor headlined, 'Gun control would mean greater safety.'"
"Guns do not cause violence any more than cars cause traffic accidents. Roughly half of American households have a gun. It’s common sense that the United States will probably have more gun murders than a country with almost no guns. One could also assume that Florida will have more swimming pool drowning deaths than, say, Michigan." ... |
CO: It's sort of the law (fifth letter)
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"I'm sad and tired reading about the daily shootings in our city, state and country. And the occasional mass shootings - Columbine, Blacksburg, D.C., Sandy Hook, Aurora, Charleston - to name only a very few, indicates that this is just the normal way of life in the U.S. Do we have that many more crazy people living in this country than in other countries around the world? I suspect not. The main difference is that, because of the ubiquitous nature of guns, they have access to a unique way of expressing themselves. As the number of firearms approaches the number of people in the U.S., I expect this to remain unchanged." ... |
OR: Campus bureaucrats panic when gun-rights group tries to host ‘murder-free zone’ joke protest
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... "Though the university makes tables freely available for registered students groups such as the College Republicans, we needed an adviser to sign off on the event first. At Portland State, one person advises all political groups ..." ...
"She said our posters were 'triggering' – and she wanted approval from her supervisor before we could proceed. This, despite her acknowledgment that nothing in our event violated university regulations."
"Our adviser called her supervisor out of a meeting he was in, and had us explain once more what we were tabling for. His response was even more negative, and his warnings even more extreme: Our 'murder-free zone' posters were not only triggering, but 'libelous' and dangerous." ... |
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