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Is ‘Occupy movement' trying to replace Constitution?
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... "Restraints like requiring a declaration of war to commit troops and holding those troops to an Oath-Keeping standard are hardly reflective of 'progressive' ideology. Nor are petitioning for sound fiscal policy, rejecting debt incurred through unconstitutional legislative actions, or the other petitions for redress of grievances they present for our consideration. If I have one beef, it’s that they don’t specifically include a petition for the right to keep and bear arms, although they do address it—along with our right to form militias—in the sidebar video." ... |
Dancing In The Blood Of The Fallen
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"The Lynchburg News & Advance asks in an editorial 'Will debate on guns be one-sided?' The debate they are referring to of course is the gun-control debate. They use the recent killing of a VA Tech cop to resurrect the specter of the massacre and ask if gun laws have been fixed since then. By fixed, of course, they don’t mean recognizing the natural, fundamental, and inalienable human, individual, civil, and Constitutional right of students and staff to own and carry the weapon(s) of their choice. Instead, they're asking, 'have laws reducing the flow of guns and the number of guns floating around the state been tightened since then?' They then answer their own question…" ... |
NYT Joe Sharkey Backpedals on Guns-on-Planes. Ish.
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"Back in November, Club Class passenger and New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey ... wrote a piece about guns-on-planes called Knuckleheads and Worse, Bringing Guns in Carry-ons. Needless to say, TTAG took him to task for participating in the Gray Lady's anti-gun jihad. After I emailed the scribe the link to my post Gun Owners Am Stupid, we spoke on the 'phone about the issue. A month later—a blink of an eye in New York Times time—Sharkey's backpedalled and penned a semi-mea culpa ... 'The subject of guns is complex and emotional,' Sharkey writes. Translation: maybe I shouldn't have characterized gun owners as stupid, idiots and stupid idiots. But wait! There’s more! Or less. More or less . . ." ... |
"I can’t believe I shot one of our own!"
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"A cop comes across a crime in progress and sees someone with a gun. The cop immediately assumes the guy with the gun is a Bad Guy. He yells at the 'perp' to drop the weapon and when the 'perp' turns towards him (possibly to show his badge, or tell him 'I’m on the job'!) he has to assume he's about to take fire and shoots. Then, tragically, he finds out that the 'perp' in this situation was an off-duty law enforcement officer. This is the sort of story the antis really don't like to talk about ... To be honest, I don't like talking about it either. But unlike the antis my reluctance stems from compassion for everyone involved, not from underlying guilt. Yes I said guilt . . ." ... |
Firearms Sales Ring in 2012 With a Bang
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"Uncertainty in a presidential election year. Warriors returning from the battlefields. The comeback of the hunter. These are just some of the reasons that gun experts and advocates cite as reasons why firearms makers are ringing in 2012 like gangbusters."
"According to the FBI, more than 1.5 million instant criminal background checks were conducted in December for firearms purchases, topping November’s record." ... |
Gear Review: Magpul Art of the Precision Rifle (video available)
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"Magpul Dynamics has been releasing a series of videos over the last few years that cover much of the material in their highly specialized firearms training courses. Their first series, Art of the Tactical Carbine, is something that I still hand to new shooters when they start looking for ways to improve their skills. Then came Dynamic Handgun, Aerial Operations and Dynamic Shotgun, each one teaching me something and being entertaining along the way. Magpul recently released their latest edition entitled Art of the Precision Rifle that discusses long range shooting, a subject near and dear to my heart. I sat down and watched it in an afternoon, and here’s what I thought…" ... |
Ask Foghorn: Deer Rifle for First Time Hunters (Under $500)
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... "Care to provide any guidance for a fellow car Jew who doesn’t want to spend much over $500 and wants to put meat in the freezer? I am–forgive me–prepared to pull the trigger on buying one after the new year."
"So what you’re looking for is an accurate firearm for under $500? I think you’ve come to the right place." ... |
New From Ruger: SR22 Pistol
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"Whoa! I didn’t see THAT one coming. The makers of the world’s sexiest pistols (the SR9, SR9c and SR40) go all Walthar Glock on a .22. To my jaundiced eye (the right one), the new $399 msrp Ruger SR22 is the handgun equivalent of Kate Upton getting a sex change. Speaking of which, notice the size of that front site. Not exactly pocket compatible. Then again, unlike its svelte SR siblings, the Ruger SR22 has a LARGE ambi safety. ..." ... |
New from Ruger: The American Rifle
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"Ahead of SHOT 2012, Ruger’s introducing its American Rifle. The long gun is . . . wait for it . . . made in America. By Americans. For Americans. On a budget. The rifle’s sub-$500 msrp gives you dibs on Ruger’s new 'Marksman Adjustable Trigger,' a doo-hickey that lets anyone with a screwdriver (not just marksmen) adjust the trigger pull from three to five pounds. Ruger’s equally new Power Bedding system 'positively' locates the action (there it is!) and free-floats the barrel. Unlike the venerable 10-22′s trigger finger-friendly push-button safety, the American Rifle’s safety sits on the tang, Mossberg-style. But wait! There’s more! Calibers that is . . ." ... |
Anti-Gunners Conveniently Distort Rise In Police Deaths
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"Our resident anti, Mikeb302000, raised some points regarding RF’s recent piece, U.S. Cop Fatalities Rise 13 Percent. DOJ Jefe Holder Blames Guns. I’d like to say they were valid points, but I just can’t. Not with points like this:""You’ve got to have brass balls to take that table and spin it to your liking. A 15% increase is BAD, and it’s directly related to the gun availability you believe in and that you fight so hard for." "While I will agree with Mike that a 15% increase in gunfire deaths is BAD, I must completely disagree that it’s in any way related to your gun availability boogeyman. Consider the following…" ... |
As Anniversary Nears, Tribute to 9-Year-Old Tucson Shooting Victim
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... "The Brady Campaign announced last week the participation of another American connected to the Tucson shootings. Daniel Hernandez, who was an intern for Rep. Giffords on that tragic day, has pledged to light a candle on January 8. Hernandez courageously ran toward the shots when they rang out, quickly aiding the Congresswoman ..."
"In addition to Hernandez ... and thousands of other Americans who have had enough of the heartbreak generated by preventable gun violence, have pledged to light candles on January 8." ...
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Reckless Disregard for Safety
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"The House showed its utter disregard for public safety in November when it approved the National Right-to -Carry Reciprocity Act, that would take away the authority of states to decide who is allowed to carry a concealed and loaded handgun within their borders." ...
"Proponents contend the measure will make it easier for law-abiding Americans to protect themselves, no matter where they travel. But a recent report in The Times by Michael Luo shows what has happened in North Carolina, one of dozens of states where a concealed carry permit can be easily obtained ..." ...
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Gun rights, parks gun law blamed for Mt. Rainier slaying
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"Found dead Monday lying face down in a snowy forest, Benjamin Carlton Barnes is sharing blame for his actions on New Year’s Day that left four people in a Seattle hospital with gunshot wounds and a Mount Rainier National Park ranger dead."
"Anti-gunners are also blaming the 2010 law signed by President Barack Obama, and the firearms rights community that had lobbied for it. One spoke to Fox News:" ... |
How Do You Want Your Toast? Whole Wheat or NRA-Logoed?
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... "... Although the NRA has a ton of members (somewhere between 2 million and 4.3 million, depending where you look on the NRA website), its non-dues revenues grew twice as fast as its dues revenues between 2004 and 2010."
"Some of this fundraising is clearly focused on ousting President Obama in 2012. Although Obama and the Democrats have done next to nothing on gun control, remembering how gun-Dems opposed Gore’s candidacy, NRA Executive VP Wayne LaPierre believes that the President harbors a secret plan to undo the Second Amendment and must be stopped." ...
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TX: Armed neighbor stops burglary
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"A group of burglars targeted a home in Northwest Harris County. One was caught, but there may be as many as two others on the loose. They may have all gotten away, had it not been for one observant neighbor, armed with a gun." ...
"But as the burglars tried to make their escape, they weren't counting on watchful neighbors with a loaded gun."
"'I heard the alarm going off and looked in the back and saw two guys back there and started walking back and that's when I saw the tv,' says Cadwell's next door neighbor, Lawrence Montemayor."
"He grabbed his 9 millimeter and chased one suspect to a waiting car. 'I pointed the gun at him. ...' Montemayor says that was enough to get the suspect out of the car with his hands up." ... |
Tell Me and I Will Forget: A Story of EMTs and Gun Violence in South Africa
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... "South Africa is the poster child for a country where gun control has ruined the nation. Only criminals have guns, and only the wealthy can defend themselves. For the other 99% South Africa is a world of pain and suffering that could have been solved by recognizing the natural right of people to defend themselves and own firearms, but instead it has already slid far down the slippery slope of gun control." ... |
Is your child's school prepared for an "active shooter" scenario? (video story)
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"We all want kids to be safe in school. But true safety requires that communities adopt a realistic attitude and provide real-world training to prepare for the worst."
"In this video, Tactical Defense Institute (TDI) conducts Active Killer-Shooter training for the Des Moines Police Department. The story was reported by Channel 12 in Des Moines." ...
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UT: Chris Willden Saves Three Kids with his Gun
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"You know the 'reasonable, common sense' crowd’s litany, the one about guns only being good for one thing? Namely, killing, death and wanton destruction? Yeah, well, next time one of them throws that one at you at a cocktail party, here’s a handy comeback example to keep in your quiver. If Chris Willden hadn’t had his gun on his hip yesterday, there would probably be two or three dead kids in Logan, Utah…" ... |
NJ: Who Gets to Live & Who Gets to Die in NJ
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"Based on a NY Post story."
"Left column verbatim from online article, right side is what will happened to the rest of us. In NJ we aren't allow to legally defend ourselves in our cars. ..." ...
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Prison not enough for peaceable armed citizen, Bloomberg smears her with lie
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... "Bloomberg's press conference was one full week after the arrest. Even if the lab results were still pending (that's not entirely clear), Bloomberg had changed the arrest report's 'alleged cocaine' to simply 'cocaine in her pocket'--a rather enormous difference."
"Bloomberg, or his 'Mayors Against Illegal Guns,' lying to advance the anti-gun agenda is of course nothing new. We recently talked about MAIG claiming to have the signature of a mayor who had died before the various letters were written. MAIG has also claimed mayors who had never joined the organization--another vile calumny." ... |
NY: Marine faces 15 years behind bars for unknowingly violating gun law
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"Ryan Jerome was enjoying his first trip to New York City on business when the former Marine Corps gunner walked up to a security officer at the Empire State Building and asked where he should check his gun."
"That was when Jerome's nightmare began. The security officer called police and Jerome spent the next two days in jail."
"The 28-year-old with no criminal history now faces a mandatory minimum sentence of three and a half years in prison. If convicted, his sentence could be as high as fifteen years."
"Jerome has a valid concealed carry permit in Indiana and visited New York believing that it was legal to bring his firearm. He was traveling with $15,000 worth of jewelry that he planned to sell." ... |
NY: Vallone: 'Without cocaine,' the gun-toting Tennessee tourist is 'just a knucklehead'
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"When Mayor Michael Bloomberg was first asked to comment on the Tennessee nurse arrested for bringing a gun to the Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center, his reaction was to imply that she had other problems."
"'Let's assume she didn't get arrested for carrying a gun,' Bloomberg said. 'She probably would have gotten arrested for the cocaine that was in her pocket.'"
"It turns out the white powder in her pocket was not drugs, according to the police ..." ...
"Asked what he thought would be a fair punishment, [Peter Vallone Jr., chairman of the New York City Council's public safety committee] said, 'Assuming she's a law-abiding citizen with no rap sheet and no cocaine in her purse, I don't think she should do any jail time.'" ... |
NY: Assembly speaker to examine gun-possession law after GZ bust
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"Now she's got Albany’s attention."
"The Tennessee tourist arrested for bringing her home-state-registered handgun to the 9/11 Memorial has picked up some powerful allies in the capital — who plan to reassess the state's stringent gun-possession laws."
"Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan), the state’s second-most powerful Democrat, said yesterday that he will have 'a committee hold a hearing on this question, to see how exactly the law is being enforced and to look at the possibility that there should be changes in the law.'" ...
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Guns, Goodies, And Goody's
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"It’s a story that has played out before: someone thinks if their marriage license and their driver’s license are recognized by the State of New York, their license to carry a gun must be, too. A female medical student at the 9/11 memorial discovered otherwise ..." ...
"The plot thickened. Searching her purse after she tried to do the right thing and declare her little Kel-Tec P32, police found a glassine bag filled with white powder and, not surprisingly, sent it for analysis. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has made anti-gun campaigns his cause célèbre, publicly accused her of being in illegal possession of cocaine ..." ...
"The medical student explained that the substance was powdered aspirin. ..." ... |
Ron Paul Iowa Team Welcomes New 'Gun Owners for Ron Paul'
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"The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential campaign announced additional Iowa gun owners joining the 'Gun Owners for Ron Paul' nationwide coalition. Today’s additions reside in Scott, Polk, Webster, Wapello, Audubon, Fayette, Linn, Story, Butler, Delaware, and Keokuk counties, all Iowa."
"The following gun owners and everyday Ron Paul caucus-goers offer the following public statements for consideration by the media and other gun owners:" ... |
Gingrich plots an attack on Romney's record
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"After weathering a full-on assault in Iowa, Newt Gingrich and his allies planned Tuesday to hit back hard at rival Mitt Romney as the Republican presidential campaign pushed east." ...
"Still, Gingrich insisted his ads would not be negative."
"'All we have to say in a happy and positive way is 'Newt believes in the Second Amendment, here's what Romney said about guns. Newt believes in right to life and here's what Romney did with Romneycare,' he said. 'You can do that pretty happily and have happy music.'" ... |
Santorum Favors Gun Control Candidates
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"'The evidence is clear,' said Dudley Brown, executive director of the National Association for Gun Rights, '[Rick Santorum] has a long record of supporting anti-gun legislation and politicians.'"
"Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum's lengthy history of backing candidates that would limit or curtail Second Amendment Rights stretches back to 1990's when he favored the Lautenberg Gun Ban, followed in 1999 by a bill requiring federal background checks at gun shows and in 2005 a bill that would have mandated locks on guns." ... |
NH: N.H. battle lines drawn over new gun laws
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"Gov. John Lynch is asking House lawmakers to reject three gun bills."
"Votes are expected tomorrow or Thursday on the measures that would loosen gun restrictions."
"Lynch will be joined by police chiefs, sheriffs, state police and college officials at a press conference today opposing House Bill 334."
"The bill would give the Legislature sole authority to regulate guns on public land or in publicly owned or financed buildings, according to the governor's office." ... |
MD: Maryland needs fewer laws, not more
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... "... Maryland legislators should take a breather this year. Spending 90 days repealing and amending bad laws would be a much better use of their time ..." ...
"Handgun permit laws. Maryland forces residents to prove they are in imminent danger before extending a handgun permit to them. This means, for example, that a woman who is threatened by a spouse or boyfriend would not be able to get a permit to defend herself unless she had been previously attacked (hopefully, not fatally)."
"This item of state law is the subject of a federal lawsuit, Woollard v. Sheridan, but legislators should not wait for the court to decide whether individuals have a 'good and substantial reason' to exercise their Second Amendment rights. ..." ... |
Gun makers baffled by ATF criteria
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"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is in charge of determining whether a gun model is legal, but the agency won't say much about its criteria."
"Despite overseeing an industry that includes machine guns and other deadly weapons, ATF regulations for the manufacture of weapons are often unclear, leading to reliance on a secretive system by which firearms manufacturers can submit proposed weapons for testing and find out one at a time whether they comply with the law, critics say." ... |
MA: Cops 'Disgusted' By Trooper's Gambling Arrest
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"A Massachusetts State Police trooper has been arrested as part of an FBI investigation into illegal gambling activities in the state, accused of making loans to a veteran gambler, then threatening to kill the man if the debts weren't repaid, according to a federal affidavit."
"NewsCenter 5's Cheryl Fiandaca first reported Monday that Trooper John M. Analetto, a 19-year-veteran, was arrested on Trapelo Road in Belmont on Saturday." ... |
NY: The Rules on News Coverage Are Clear, but the Police Keep Pushing
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"In late November, the police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, ordered every precinct in his domain to read a statement. Officers, the commissioner said, must 'respect the public’s right to know about these events and the media's right of access to report.'"
"Any officer who 'unreasonably interferes' with reporters or blocks photographers will be subject to disciplinary actions."
"These are fine words. ..."
"And recent events suggest that the commissioner should speak more loudly. Ryan Devereaux, a reporter, serves as Exhibit 1A that all is not well." ... |
CA: Activists To Contest 'Open Carry' Gun Law
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"When Governor Brown signed AB 144 into law in October, the bill came to his desk sponsored by the California Police Chiefs Association, among other public safety organizations."
"Effective as of Jan. 1, the new law was written by California legislators in 2011 as an effort to stop people from visiting their local coffee shop or shopping mall while packing heat."
"Known as the 'open carry' law, it was vehemently opposed by gun rights advocates and is now the subject of state and federal lawsuits." ... |
CA: California Open Carry Advocate’s Shotgun Protest
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"It's now illegal for Californians to openly carry an unloaded handgun in a public place. The new law does not apply to unloaded long guns. As TTAG predicted, open carry advocates are there. 'A man showed up at a Daly City mall Monday with an unloaded shotgun strapped to his back – and he wasn’t arrested,' sfexaminer.com reports with hyphenated astonishment. ..." |
NY: Cop's cry: I shot one of my own -- Ex-lieutenant's bullet killed ATF hero
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"A retired Nassau County cop fired the shot that killed an off-duty ATF agent who was trying to stop a pill-popping ex-con from robbing a Long Island pharmacy, law-enforcement sources said yesterday."
"'I can’t believe I shot one of our own!' the former lieutenant, Chris Garaghty, 54, shouted in the hospital where he was treated for trauma, one source said."
"Garaghty apparently thought the federal agent, John Capano, 51, was an accomplice of James McGoey, who had just robbed Charlie’s Family Pharmacy in Seaford with a realistic-looking pellet gun, the sources said." ... |
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