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Ordnance crossing into Mexico over border—its southern one
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... "Regular readers will recall how the criminal enterprise started by rogue Mexican special forces operatives has expanded its influence—first as enforcers for the Gulf Cartel and now as a rival power. That they’ve established themselves in neighboring Guatemala is hardly surprising, and would appear to circumstantially dovetail with another development being reported by Tim Johnson, Mexico Bureau Chief for McClatchy Newspapers:" ... |
Decriminalize Gun Owners
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"Fingerprint databases. Statist licensing schemes. Hefty fees. The never-ending bureaucratic application process."
"Sometimes it seems the roadblocks anti-gun activists and their political allies have thrown up to discourage Citizens from carrying a firearm are endless."
"Well, guess what? They meant it that way."
"The gun-grabbers know good and well criminals don’t ask for permission to legally carry a firearm." ... |
Prominent nationally syndicated columnist calls for despotism in gun regulation
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"St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner has been closely following a proposal on the part of the [ATF] to suddenly empower that agency to require gun dealers to report multiple long gun sales ..." ...
"The proposal has, very predictably, been met with the fawning approval of anti-gun rights groups and the mass media."
"Speaking of the mass media's approval, meet syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette, Jr:" ... |
A Plethora of New Pistols
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"With this being the centennial year of the venerable 1911-pistol design, it seems nearly ever gun company is planning on rolling out a commemorative 1911 model. They range from the basic 'as-issued in 1911' pistol that's made to be shot, to the highly decorated, gold inlaid, over-the-top commemoratives that are made to be admired, not fired." ... |
Obscure Object of Desire: Australian International Arms M10-A2 (7.62 x 39)
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... "On the rack with all the old sporting rifles, I saw one that looked out of place. With its phosphate (a/k/a 'Parkerized') finish, protected front sight and flash hider-equipped barrel protruding from a fine wooden stock I thought it might be a variant of the Ruger Mini-14. But this one turned out to be something else entirely: Australian International Arms M10-A2 (pictured above.)"
"The rifle-savvy among us will immediately recognize the AIA’s parentage as the venerable British Lee-Enfield ... However, this one is intriguingly available in 7.62 x 39 caliber, that is, the same caliber as the AK or the SKS." ... |
Gear Review: EOTech XPS3-2 Holographic Weapons Sight
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"So, you have gone through the motions of justifying the purchase of a 'Modern Sporting Rifle' for home defense. Perhaps your property is big enough that a shotgun might not reach out and touch someone at distance. Or perhaps the look of a black gun will even further intimate any intruder to go farther. But really, say what you will, it is badass to be able to play with the same equipment our troops use to annihilate the bad guys in the sandbox." ... |
LA Times Hearts ATF’s Long Gun Registry
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"'Mexico has some of the strictest gun laws in the hemisphere,' the LA Times editorial board tells us, accurately enough. '... The goal of this parsimonious approach to allotting firearms is a society free from gun violence.' If only they’d stopped there. Or simply paused a moment to fully and fairly assess the causes and effects of Mexico’s gun control conundrum. Nope. 'Unfortunately for Mexico, however, its weapons management strategy is sabotaged by an accident of location — its residence next door to the gun capital of the world.' Here we go . . ." ... |
Second Amendment limits gun rights to citizen militias
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"Second Amendment limits gun rights to citizen militias All safety-conscious readers can applaud the editorial ('Target those lax laws on gun sales,' Dec. 30), but I was surprised that it referred to a Second Amendment right to possess firearms for hunting and self-defense." ...
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SC: Beaufort Man Shoots Intruder
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"Beaufort Police say a late night intrusion Tuesday ended with one of two suspects shot and both in custody." ...
"... neighbors told officers there was a knock on the door and when they answered it, two men with bandanas covering their faces burst in." ...
"According to police, a 22-year-old guest in the home pulled a pistol on the suspects, shooting Darryl Pryor. The suspects then fled." ... |
MS: Couple Shoot Dog In Canine Attack
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... "Joanne Dixon was first to hear something wrong shortly after letting her dogs out in her fenced backyard the morning after Christmas, 'I was scared to death that dog had ahold of mine and had ahold of him by the neck, and was slinging him and slinging him.'"
"A pit bull had Dixon's Pomeranian, 'Sassy' at the neck."
"Dixon and her husband tried grabbing the dog, even kicking him to get him off their pet, but nothing worked, until Dixon grabbed his gun and fired." ... |
Court: 2nd Amendment Does Not Protect Carrying Guns
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"Here’s the opinion, handed down today, in Williams v. State. The court interprets Heller and McDonald as focused on home possession of guns, arguing that 'it is clear that prohibition of firearms in the home was the gravamen of the certiorari questions in both Heller and McDonald and their answers. If the Supreme Court, in this dicta, meant its holding to extend beyond home possession, it will need to say so more plainly.'" ... |
IA: Obstructionists (video story)
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"It appears that some law enforcement officials in central Iowa are not too happy with the new 'shall-issue' carry permits. Huxley Chief of Police Mark Pote sent a letter to local businesses last month advising them to post large signs saying no guns were allowed. In an on-camera interview with reporter Aaron Brilbeck of WHO-TV, he backtracked a bit." ... |
IA: New Weapon-Carry Rules Bring Changes
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"Next time you enter a bank or a gas station, take a look around, you may notice that times are changing. A new sign posted on the front-door of the main branch of Hills Bank in Johnson County illustrates just that:"
"'Carrying handguns or possession of weapons of any kind is prohibited on Hills Bank property.'"
"The new weapon-carry rules have only been in affect a few days, and already area businesses are making the changes in policy." ... |
IA: Iowans flock to sheriffs to apply for gun permits (video available)
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"Several Iowa sheriffs' offices reported receiving 10 to 20 times as many weapons permit applications on Monday as they do most days."
"Monday was the first day government offices were open since Saturday, when a law took effect that requires sheriffs under most circumstances to issue permits to carry concealed weapons. Sheriffs previously had greater discretion to deny or restrict such permits." ... |
IA: Davenport Mayor On Iowa's New Gun Law
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"Davenport Mayor Bill Gluba plans to suggest that there be a police officer in uniform at all city council meetings. It's in response to the new gun law in Iowa, which allows people with a legal permit to carry a weapon openly in public places. That includes city hall." ... |
WI: Woman arrested for wearing gun at church settles lawsuit
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"The woman who was arrested at gunpoint after she wore her gun to a church in Brookfield and a gun-rights group have settled a lawsuit against the city and the officers who arrested her for $7,500."
"An attorney for the city said police will respond in force to calls of a person with a gun, and if it turns out to be an open carry situation, that's just the cost of doing business." ... |
PA: Pittsburgh Officer Found Guilty In Road Rage Attack
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"An off-duty Pittsburgh police detective charged with choking a fellow motorist and threatening him with a gun after a minor collision ... was found guilty on Wednesday." ...
"Police said Walker kicked another driver's car then broke a window to reach in and grab the man by the throat in the apparent road rage incident." ... |
WA: No assault charge against police officers who stomped Latino suspect (video of attack available)
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"City attorneys announced Tuesday they won't file misdemeanor assault charges against two Seattle police officers who stomped a prone Latino man ..." ...
"Holmes said his office determined that a charge of fourth-degree assault — the lowest level of the offense — did not apply to Cobane's and Woollum's actions because they used reasonable force under state law to gain compliance from a suspect who wasn't following police commands." ... |
CA: Court: No warrant needed to search cell phone
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"The next time you're in California, you might not want to bring your cell phone with you. The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can search the cell phone of a person who's been arrested -- including text messages -- without obtaining a warrant, and use that data as evidence."
"The ruling opens up disturbing possibilities, such as broad, warrantless searches of e-mails, documents and contacts on smart phones, tablet computers, and perhaps even laptop computers, according to legal expert Mark Rasch." ... |
CA: Judge Bars Release of Officers' Names in Long Beach Police Shootings
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"The identities of Long Beach police officers involved in shootings can be withheld under a temporary order issued by a judge, it was reported Friday."
"The Long Beach Police Officers Association sought the order after a Los Angeles Times reporter asked for the identities of officers involved in shootings dating back to 2005. A union spokesman was unavailable for comment Friday." ... |
CA: Off-duty cop accused of pulling gun during fight
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"An off-duty San Rafael police officer has been arrested for allegedly threatening a man with a gun on New Year's Eve at a Petaluma restaurant, authorities said today."
"Police Cpl. Michael Augustus, 43, of Petaluma was arrested about 9 p.m. Friday after witnesses identified him as the person who pulled a gun on the man outside the Kabuki Restaurant and Sushi Bar ..." ... |
WI: Wisconsin cops cough up bucks for illegal arrests
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"A state constitutional provision in Wisconsin that allows citizens to carry a handgun openly – except for specific locations like in government buildings and in school zones – is costing police departments big bucks over their officers' insistence on arresting people anyway." ... |
UT: U. officers on leave after leaking gun policy
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"A pair of University of Utah public safety officers are on paid administrative leave after internal guidelines that would ban the open carrying of firearms were made public."
"Gun rights activists say such a policy violates state law, and legislators are getting involved in the dispute." ...
"Wellman said he did it because he believed U. lawyers were going around the Legislature to rewrite the law." ...
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NM: El Paso sheriff's detention officer arrested
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"An El Paso County sheriff's detention officer was arrested Monday on allegations that he unlawfully had a gun while driving drunk in Horizon City."
"... He was stopped after police responded to reports of a man shooting a gun into the air while driving ..." ... |
MI: Open Carry
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"On Dec. 11, an unidentified man walked through the downtown Capital Area District Library with a shotgun strapped to his shoulder. After an alarmed patron called the police, the man was asked to leave and he did."
"CADL has a no-weapons policy."
"A similar incident happened again Monday when a man with a handgun strapped to his hip passed through. He was asked to leave, and he did."
"But the incidents have prompted CADL’s legal counsel to investigate the legality of its no-weapons policy." ... |
DE: Handguns provide owners safety in a dangerous world
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"Columnist Michael Kelly is absolutely correct in his assertion that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution exists, in its original context, to give American citizens the means to protect themselves from a tyrannical government. That is called self-defense and why that amendment is viable today. To ask if any American would 'support the right to gun down police officers' is totally ludicrous. Of course not." ... |
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