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People must learn to protect themselves
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Grade schools have an on-campus police officer nearly all the time. I do not think an armed security officer would be more effective.

An armed security officer would most likely be the first victim if a mass shooting took place.

If Canada is referring to undercover security officers, wouldn't they be the same as trained concealed handgun permit holders?

Intelligent, law-abiding men and women need to stop relying on the competence of others to provide them protection and educate themselves on proper firearm handling and self-defense.

The most important weapon a concealed handgun carrier has is concealment. No one knows who is carrying and who is not, and this becomes the greatest deterrent of all.

Balance of power: The Second Amendment and self-defense Submitted by: Mark A. Taff	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
So in our scenario, group B is at the mercy of group A. Only two options exist to regain some balance in the balance of power. One is to disarm group A. If group A represents the government, this option will never occur. No government will ever agree to give up its weapons. If group A represents the criminal element of our society, the option is also off the table.

Bush administration backs gun regulation
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Reasonable regulations include the federal ban on machine guns and other "particularly dangerous types of firearms," he said in the brief. Moreover, the government forbids gun possession by felons, drug users, "mental defectives" and people subject to restraining orders, he said.

"Given the unquestionable threat to public safety that unrestricted private firearm possession would entail, various categories of firearm-related regulation are permitted by the 2nd Amendment," Clement said. He filed the brief in a closely watched case involving Washington, D.C.'s ban on keeping handguns at home for self-defense.

Save the Second Amendment [video] Submitted by: chris horton Website: http://chris-horton.blogspot.com/	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The government has filed an AMICUS in the DC vs. Heller Case set to go before SCOTUS in March. I encourage everyone, whether you hunt or shoot guns of ANY KIND, to click on the title link above and sign the Petition. This will let our government know we take the 2ND amendment seriously.

Government Indoctrination Centers
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Have you ever heard the story of the guy who started dumping free corn in the field for the wild pigs, after driving just a single fencepost into the ground?

Every day he went out and drove another fencepost into the ground, laying a few cross-beams between the posts. Every day the pigs waited for him to walk off a piece, and then came around for the free food.

They ridiculed the lone holdout pig, who stayed lurking at the edge of the woods as they glutted themselves.

Finally the day came when the pen was finished. The pigs walked in, just as they had become accustomed to doing. And the man closed the gate.

Submitter's note: Not strictly gun related but describes the actual source of all our countries problems. A succulent read.

PA: New gun law could force Pa. to report mental health history
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Individuals who've been involuntarily committed to mental hospitals still can legally buy a gun in Pennsylvania despite a 40-year-old federal law that says they can't. That's because the Pennsylvania State Police do not report a person's involuntary hospital stay to the FBI's criminal background check system for gun buyers. The state police believe that doing so would violate federal privacy laws regarding medical records.

TN: Gun and knife show shares history
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For Jackson lawyer Ivy Scarborough, coming to a gun and knife show provides an opportunity to brush up on some history lessons. "If you're a history buff like I am, it's a lot of history at these shows," said Scarborough, who spent the morning at the Jackson fairgrounds looking at items such as a 1917 military rifle used by native Tennessean Sgt. Alvin York in World War I. Scarborough and hundreds of others came out Saturday for the Gun and Knife Show hosted by R.K. Shows.

Red's Trading Post: Len Savage: "Duck Hunters and Sportsman, You're the next target of the ATF!"
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While we've been distracted by the way the ATF, under the leadership of Michael Sullivan, has fixed its prosecutorial attention on the Akins Accelerator, the ATF has found the time to rule on the definition of a 'machine gun'.

Ryan Horsley has it here at Red's Trading Post.

I recall the 2001 Area 1 USPSA Tournament in Washington, which I attended with an STI Edge which I received from my then gunsmith AT THE MATCH.

The first time I shot it was in Stage 1 of the match, at which the pistol doubled (fired multiple shots when the trigger was pulled.) I was ejected from the stage

Under the new BATFE ruling, the fact that my pistol actually shot more than one round with a single trigger-pull, ATF considers it a machine gun.

NY: Soares joins DAs to back gun ban
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Albany County District Attorney David Soares joined other district attorneys around the country calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a ban on handgun possession in Washington, D.C. The 18 district attorneys -- including those from San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Dallas, Boston, San Diego and Atlanta -- filed an amicus curiae brief related to the case of District of Columbia v. Heller.

In Provincial congress. New Hampshire, "to endeavour to prevent all persons from burning their Powder in shooting at Birds & other Game", Aug. 25, 1775
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"...return the Number of the Fire Arms in their respective Districts, fit for Use, and the Number wanting to compleat one, for every person capable of using them; has not been complied with; therefore it is now earnestly recommended that the same be forthwith done, adding thereto the Quantity of Powder in each place, and where there is a public Stock to return a separate Account thereof..."

"...that no Part of the aforementioned Business be delayed; for its being as speedily done as possible, will be of great Utility to the Colony...and it is further strictly enjoined upon all Selectmen & Committees to endeavour to prevent all persons from burning their Powder in shooting at Birds & other Game..."

NY: Gun show scheduled for Jan. 26-27 in Albany Submitted by: RPA-PAC Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
More than 400 exhibits and displays will be part of a gun show and sale on Jan. 26 and 27 at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. The event is organized by the New York State Arms Collectors Association Inc., which is based in Endicott.

NY: D.A. urges court to toss gun ruling Submitted by: RPA-PAC Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to toss out a lower court ruling that he says could make it easier for criminals to get away with gun-related crimes.

Len Savage: "Duck Hunters and Sportsman, You're the next target of the ATF!"
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Acting ATF Director Michael J. Sullivan has taken the ATF to an all time low during a Federal trial this week, (US v. Olofson, Milwaukee Wisconsin). US District Judge, the Honorable Charles N. Clevert chastised Assistant US attorney Gregory J. Hannstad, for attempting to "Dupe the Defense" during the trial for attempting to use slight of hand to prevent me from testifying for Mr. Olofson

"any weapon that shoots more than once without manual reloading, per function of the trigger is a machinegun". To clarify when I was on the stand, I asked him "Are you saying if I take my Great Granddaddy's double barrel out and I pull one trigger and both barrels go off, its a machinegun?". He went back to the law and claims "any weapon that shoots"

S.- No. 1. Revision. State of New Jersey. An act for the preservation of deer, and other game, and to prevent trespassing with guns. [1846?]
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"...2. And be it enacted, That if any person shall presume, at any time after the publication of this act, to hunt or watch for deer with a gun..."

"...provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to prevent any person carrying a gun upon the highway in this state..."

"...3. And be it enacted, That if the person or persons offending against this act be non-residents of this state, he or they shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, fifteen dollars, and shall forfeit his or their gun or guns to any person or persons who shall inform and prosecute the same to effect..."

War Torn: Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles
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Town by town across the country, headlines have been telling similar stories. Lakewood, Wash.: Family Blames Iraq After Son Kills Wife. Pierre, S.D.: Soldier Charged With Murder Testifies About Postwar Stress. Colorado Springs: Iraq War Vets Suspected in Two Slayings, Crime Ring.
Individually, these are stories of local crimes, gut-wrenching postscripts to the war for the military men, their victims and their communities. Taken together, they paint the patchwork picture of a quiet phenomenon, tracing a cross-country trail of death and heartbreak.
The New York Times found 121 cases in which veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan committed a killing in this country, or were charged with one, after their return from war.

DC: Court erred in gun decision, administration says
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"The Bush administration...added that, "like other constitutional rights, that individual right is subject to reasonable restrictions.'"

Submitter's notes: The Second Amendment does not grant a constitutional right-it places a constitutional restraint on the powers of government concerning the right.

The Bush administration, like the D.C. government, is asserting that government has the constitutional authority to convert a restraint on the power of government into a restraint on the people's rights.

DC: Court's ruling overturning ban in D.C. has felons hoping to get lucky
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The cops got a pretty good laugh when they learned the name of the felon they grabbed driving a truck around Brooklyn with a gun in his waistband. "Damon Lucky," the man said back in 2004. The chuckles followed Lucky through Central Booking and arraignment and conviction. He had already done nearly five years for shooting somebody in 1992 as well as being caught with two pistols and drugs. He now faced 10 years of hearing people laugh when they heard his name. "Lucky? In here? Yeah, right!" Then Lucky got word of a gun case in Washington that offered hope his luck might change. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia had ruled that the blanket ban on handguns in the capital was unconstitutional.

The 2nd Amendment and the GOP Primaries
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Gun control hasn't been a huge issue in the GOP primaries. This is largely because gun control has ceased to be a huge issue in any election anywhere, as Democrats have largely given up on promoting it. They like to win elections, see. But now the Bush administration has filed an amicus brief in what is the largest 2nd amendment case to come before the supreme court in more than seventy years. And this amicus is sure to roil the NRA and may have a large impact on the primaries.

WI: Drill instructor convicted after rifle jams
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A drill instructor in the National Guard has been convicted in a Wisconsin federal court of illegally transferring a machine gun after a rifle he loaned to a student malfunctioned, setting off three shots before jamming.

The verdict of guilty on one count in the case against David Olofson was confirmed yesterday by the clerk's office in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

That means now that anyone whose weapon malfunctions is subject to charges of having or handling a banned gun, according to an expert witness who reports that the particular problem is a well-known malfunction and was even the subject of a recall from the manufacturer.

IN: Dial 911 and Die, or Defend Yourself Submitted by: Dustin Website: http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Great video that combines the 911 call with images from A Human Right. The 911 call is of the woman in Hammond, Indiana, who had dialed 911 last November 12, 2007 to report that alleged stalker Ryan Lee Bergner was in the process of breaking into her house.

PTSD prevention drug?
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In June, the Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health acknowledged "daunting and growing" psychological problems among our troops: Nearly 40 percent of soldiers, a third of Marines and half of National Guard members are presenting with serious mental health issues.
What they have come up with has already been dubbed "the mourning after pill." Propranalol, if taken immediately following a traumatic event, can subdue a victim's stress response and so soften his or her perception of the memory. That does not mean the memory has been erased, but proponents claim that the drug can render it emotionally toothless.

CA: California Seeks Thermostat Control
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You realize there are times very rarely, once every few years when you would be subject to a rotating outage and everything would crash including your computer and traffic lights, and you dont want to do that, said Arthur H. Rosenfeld, a member of the energy commission.

Reducing individual customers electrical use if necessary, involuntarily could avoid that, Dr. Rosenfeld said. If you can control rotating outages by letting everyone in the state share the pain, he said, theres a lot less pain to go around.

Submitter's note: I don't like where we are headed!

Ed.: I suspect people will learn to jumper two wires together.

At a General Assembly of the GOVERNOR, "in Case a sufficient Number of Arms cannot be obtained in the Ways aforesaid, the Number wanting shall be impressed from {Omitted text, 1w} or others, not in the Militia Roll", June 14, 1776
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"...and they are hereby directed to purchase or here Arms to furnish such Soldiers of any of the Battalions aforesaid as cannot furnish themselves . . . and shall allow to the Owner of each Gun so hired, the Sum of Six . . . and if such Arms are lost by inevitable Providence . . . and a particular Account of all such Arms, purchased or hired . . . and of the Cost of purchasing or hiring such Arms. And in Case a sufficient Number of Arms cannot be obtained in the Ways aforesaid, the Number wanting shall be impressed from {Omitted text, 1w} or others, not in the Militia Roll..."

Transcript Extra!, "He was unable to get a revolver in Baltimore, the stores having been emptied of arms", April 22, 1861
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"...Armed mobs {Omitted text, 2w} streets, compelling all persons to {Omitted text, 1w} with them in imprecations against the {Omitted text, 1w} , the government and the Union.

"The principal streets are barricaded and many houses are furnished with shutters in which loop holes have been cut. Major Alberger was surrounded by a mob of a dozen drunken ruffians at the Eutaw House who endeavored by abusive language to provoke a reply, intending no doubt to shoot him on the spot had he offered a pretext. He was unable to get a revolver in Baltimore, the stores having been emptied of arms by the mob..."

T68 Gen4 - The Ultimate Paintball Gun
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DC: Bush Administration Backs Gun-Control Law
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On Friday, U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement urged the Supreme Court to rule that the Second Amendment right to bear arms is not absolute and is limited and subject to "reasonable regulation" by the government and that all federal restrictions on firearms should be upheld, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Submitter's note: This is what happens when you settle for less than a true conservative. All the work to get him elected twice, and this is how he repays us.

NY: NRA keeps heat on Congress Submitted by: RPA-PAC Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
For a giddy moment there, sanity broke out all around and Congress, with bipartisan support no less, enacted and President Bush signed an actual, genuine gun-control bill.

DC: A Militia of One (Well Regulated)
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... "At a debate at Columbia Law School in November, Robert A. Levy, one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs in the case before the Supreme Court, District of Columbia v. Heller, proposed a thought experiment. Suppose there were a constitutional amendment that said, 'A well-educated electorate, being necessary to the self-governance of a free state, the right of the people to keep and read books shall not be infringed.' Who would doubt that such an amendment protected a right to possess all books and to read books for purposes other than civic self-betterment?" ...