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‘Hiding in plain sight’—How did Obama know about ‘Gunwalker’ before Holder?
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... "'I'm ashamed I didn't pick up on this before,' Mike Vanderboegh of Sipsey Street Irregulars admits. 'Sheesh, it was hiding in plain sight.'"
"Vanderboegh is not the only one who missed the obvious. Even more embarrassing, Gun Rights Examiner reported 'Holder revelations contradict Obama's 'Gunwalker' assertions' on October 4, referencing the same video King 'discovered,' but failed to notice and note the date of the president’s interview." ... |
FBI reports less crime despite more firearms
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"Despite dire predictions that striking down gun control laws and allowing individuals to exercise their Second Amendment rights would lead to more gun violence, just the opposite is happening, according to recently announced FBI statistics."
"The statistics show that violent crime actually fell six percent in 2010. Rates are less than half of what they were 20 years ago for murder and non-negligent manslaughter (4.8 per 100,000 population), the lowest since 1963." ... |
Article pushed gun control
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"'The other talk about gun safety,' the front page ... piece in Monday's (Oct. 10) News-Leader, recommends that parents keep their kids safe by asking their hosts, 'Are there guns in the home?' A great idea, but why stop there?"
"Shouldn't parents concerned with child safety ask their hosts if there are knives in the home? Wouldn't want the kid to cut himself searching through kitchen drawers. Better ask about electricity, 'Do you have wall receptacles?' The kid might stick a dime in one and be electrocuted. How about drain cleaner under the sinks? The kid might drink it. Booze!! 'Do you have any liquor or beer in the house?' The kid might go on a bender while the parents aren't watching." ... |
Florida Students for Concealed Carry Need Your Unwanted Holsters
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"The statewide chapters of the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus will be holding empty holster events very soon."
"We need your unwanted OWB and field type holsters. Busted Fobus, worn out OWB, or that old military holster sitting in the drawer, we have a home for them that can help expand gun rights in the state of FL!" ... |
Gun Owner Soils Himself at the Sight of…a Gun
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"Chuck Avery’s a gun owner. Just ask him. And he didn’t just inherit grandpa’s squirrel gun that he keeps over the fireplace, either. He owns both rifles and pistols. As he tells it, he even 'used to go out to the woods and target shot at all times of the year.' That means winter, too folks. So Chuck’s no nervous nelly. He’s not some namby-pamby shrinking violet when it comes to being around firearms. And that only serves to illustrate how truly disturbing his recent experience in the grocery section of Wally World was. I hope he found time to make a side trip to the men’s unmentionables department while he was there because, from the way he describes the horror he experienced, he likely needs a new pair of Fruit of the Looms…" ... |
Walmart Tightens Controls Over Sale Of Firearms
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"A decision by retail giant Wal-Mart in July to strengthen its oversight of gun purchases has drawn criticism from the National Rifle Association (NRA) and plaudits from groups such as the Million Mom March against handgun violence."
"Wal-Mart has ordered its stores to wait until a Brady Law criminal background check on a purchaser is complete before selling guns to that purchaser, no matter how long the check takes. Currently, under federal law, gun sales can take place if a background check is not completed within three business days." ... |
A Good Company Doing Good
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"There are good companies and then there are good companies doing good. Crimson Trace falls into the latter category with their support for the SEAL-NSW Family Foundation." ... |
Firearm Retention In Close Quarters (video story)
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"In another of the training videos put out by NSSF, Gunsite Rangemaster Charlie McNeese shows to how to draw your pistol and go into the retention position. He goes into detail on how to avoid pistol malfunctions while in the retention position." |
Kel Tec P3AT PITA continued…
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"I finally got the new replacement gun out for some shooting. Despite my tough talk in the prior post, I did take it apart and lube the rails prior to shooting. I hate seeing any mechanical device suffer."
"I shot 250 or so rounds from seven different brands, Fiocchi, Magtech, Winchester bulk, Federal, and Remington UMC FMJ loads, with a few Silvertip and Gold Dot hollow points thrown in."
"I would estimate I had a minimum of 50 malfunctions. ..." ... |
Gear Review: ArmaLite 2-Stage AR Trigger
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"Not another AR-related gun and gear review? I know what you’re thinking, but I assure you that TTAG has not been hijacked by the AR Fanboy Club. (Anyone familiar with my AR-related posts knows that’s one club I haven’t yet joined.) We’ve got no agenda when it comes to gear here; we test what we get, and we call ‘em like we see ‘em. It’s just a coincidence that we’ve just been busy as bees testing the AR-related paraphernalia that’s been coming our way. There’s a lot of it out there…" ... |
Opponent of Gun Control Re-evaluates Stance After Seal Beach Tragedy
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"A tragic shooting rampage in Seal Beach, Calif., left eight victims dead and one victim listed in critical condition. The shooting eruption took place on Wednesday afternoon at a hair salon in the quiet community. Unfortunate events like these happen all too often, and always seem to bring attention to the forefront of the long-running gun control debate. These events often make supporters on both sides re-evaluate their stance. The casualty at Seal Beach made me re-evaluate mine." ... |
Get me rewrite
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... "Updating these [literary] works was simple and easy. But I soon found myself considering renovation of some more challenging texts, such as the Second Amendment."
"I am no fan of the Second Amendment, inasmuch as it tends to be the refuge of bumpkins and yeehaws who like to think they are protecting their homes against imagined swarthy marauders desperate to steal their flea-bitten sofas from their rotting front porches. But I am a realist. I admit that the Second Amendment is here to stay, so we might as well clean it up to reflect modern political sensibilities." ...
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Reconsidering Gun Control Regulation After Seal Beach Shooting
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"A seemingly wanton slaughter occurred at a hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., on Wednesday, and has renewed debate over gun control regulations, asking us to interrogate many of the legal underpinning of our nation in order to potentially find a satisfactory answer that provides optimal amounts of freedom and optimal amount of security." ... |
“Hornady® Zombie Max™ ammunition is for use on ZOMBIES ONLY, and that’s not a nickname, phrase or cute way of referring to anybody, place or thing. When we say Zombies, we mean…ZOMBIES!” (video available)
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"Traditionally, Hornady has appealed to the high end market. People who take their shooting seriously enough to pay serious money for their cartridges. They’re paying for ammo that’s accurate, dependable, deadly. In that order. Hornady’s pre-Halloween release of Zombie ammo is a major marketing jump sideways—and a hit. Our friends in the industry report brisk sales. And it’s all just a bit of fun, innit mate? That said, this new video takes the Hornady brand in a new direction, adding interpersonal—OK person to zombie—violence to the marketing mix. While the company has never shied away from showing true life hunting hits, point blank head shots to a [somewhat] human from an AR takes it to another level. ..." ... |
Fox’s O’Reilly thinks Holder will have to resign
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"It has been a tough week for Attorney General Eric Holder, despite an attempted defense by Democrat spinmeister Lanny Davis, and it was wrapping up Friday morning with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly predicting Holder will have to resign, and Sen. Charles Grassley saying he will ask for the resignation of whomever 'signed off' on Operation Fast and Furious." ... |
In Holder Subpoena, Issa Also Probes White House Press Aide
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"House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) made headlines this week by issuing a subpoena for documents from Attorney General Eric Holder about a botched weapons investigation, but Holder is apparently not Issa’s only target."
"A little-noticed provision of the subpoena targets the White House, specifically naming Eric Schultz, a communications aide who was hired in May to respond to media inquiries on oversight matters." ... |
Obama Knew About 'Fast And Furious' Before Holder?
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"Early last week, documents were uncovered that illustrated that Attorney General Eric Holder had been briefed on 'Operation Fast and Furious' at least as early as July, 2010. That would seem to cast some serious doubts on his integrity (and even make him a perjurer), given the fact that in sworn testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on May 3 (of this year), he claimed to have first heard about the operation some time in 'the last few weeks.' ..."
"Now, it becomes apparent that President Obama himself publicly admitted to knowing about 'Operation Fast and Furious,' and the fact that the operation centered on deliberately 'walking' guns ... not 'a few weeks' before Holder's testimony, but a month and a half before. ..." ... |
"Grenade-walking" part of "Gunwalker" scandal (video available)
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"There's a new twist in the government's 'gunwalking' scandal involving an even more dangerous weapon: grenades."
"CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson, who has reported on this story from the beginning, said on 'The Early Show' that the investigation into the [ATF]'s so-called 'Fast and Furious' operation branches out to a case involving grenades. Sources tell her a suspect was left to traffic and manufacture them for Mexican drug cartels."
"Police say Jean Baptiste Kingery, a U.S. citizen, was a veritable grenade machine. He's accused of smuggling parts for as many as 2,000 grenades into Mexico for killer drug cartels -- sometimes under the direct watch of U.S. law enforcement." ... |
Alibis Falling Apart
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... "'I'm not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks,' said Holder [on May 3]."
"That contrasts sharply with what President Obama told a CNN En Espanol interviewer last March:"
"'There have been problems, you know. I heard on the news about this story that — Fast and Furious, where allegedly guns were being run into Mexico, and ATF knew about it but didn't apprehend those who sent it. Eric Holder has — the attorney general has been very clear he knew nothing about this. We had assigned an I.G., inspector general, to investigate it.'" ... |
Eric Holder has Been Served
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"The efforts of readers like you are paying off!"
"Eric Holder has just been subpoenaed by Rep. Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee!"
"But this is only the beginning…"
"This subpoena will likely provide proof Eric Holder knew about all the smuggled weapons, drug cartels, murdered American border patrol agents, cover-ups, and perjury."
"And exactly when he knew about it! But all of these details won’t mean a thing if we can’t break past the anti-gun media and broadcast this government corruption across the nation." ... |
Who will pay price for Fast and Furious?
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"Let's understand what all the fuss is about with the Obama administration's ill-conceived 'Fast and Furious' operation -- or rather what it should be about. It's not about assigning blame, or playing 'gotcha,' or covering up mistakes. It's not about Republican critics forcing top administration officials to resign, or those officials spinning whatever fantastic narratives are necessary to avoid doing so. It's about who pays the price when government agencies make bad decisions." ... |
VA: Vote Puckett for Virginia Senate on Election Day
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"As an informed voter, I want other voters to know about Virginia State Sen. Phillip Puckett, who is running for re-election. He is a conservative Democrat. He is pro-life, and pro-gun, a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. He is a fiscal conservative. He has helped to reign in wasteful government spending and balance the state budget without raising taxes, and he voted to cut the state tax on groceries." ... |
VA: Miller Baker on Nov. 8
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"On Nov. 8, we will determine the course of our great Commonwealth for years to come. Our state needs elected officials who will get our economy moving again. President Obama's tax and spend policies have devastated our economy and our only hope to reverse course is to elect statesmen who will cut taxes and spend less."
"Our current state senator, George Barker (D-39), has been in lockstep with President Obama ... [h]is government overreach continued when he voted to limit gun rights, as The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund gave him an 'F' when it came to upholding the Second Amendment. Virginians cannot afford a politician with these priorities. ..." ... |
Senators Burr & Webb Introduce Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act
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"Today, U.S. Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Jim Webb (D-VA), along with 10 other cosponsors, introduced legislation that would end the arbitrary process through which the government strips veterans and other Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) beneficiaries of their Second Amendment rights."
"Currently, veterans who have a fiduciary appointed to act on their behalf are deemed 'mentally defective' and are reported to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), a system which prevents them from being able to purchase firearms in the United States." ... |
MO: Oregon County Deputy Arrested for Stealing
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"An Oregon County deputy is under arrest and charged with stealing."
"Darrin Sorrell, 32, of Thayer was charged on Thursday."
"According to Area Wide News, Sorrell threatened an Oregon County woman if she didn't pay him money. Allegedly Sorrell threatened to investigate her for distributing drugs unless she gave him cash." ... |
OH: Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Theft Charges
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"A former Hanging Rock police officer pleaded guilty to charges of theft in office and tampering with evidence yesterday."
"... Blanton and another officer, Thomas Trent, 22, of Portsmouth, were accused of taking cash for traffic tickets and keeping the money, rather than turning it in to the village office." ... |
WI: Delavan police officer charged with misdemeanor obstruction
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"The Delavan Police Department is conducting an internal review of an officer charged with misdemeanor obstruction after Whitewater police say he lied to them during an investigation."
"Aaron Myers, 32, of Fort Atkinson faces up to nine months in jail for misleading police while they were trying to locate a man suspected of headbutting another man outside a Whitewater restaurant, according to the criminal complaint." ... |
PA: Suspended police officer gets probation
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"'You certainly should have known better. What you were thinking is beyond me,' visiting Potter County Senior Judge John B. Leete said before sentencing a suspended city police officer to 18 months' probation in Lycoming County Court Wednesday afternoon."
"In July, following a week-long trial, jurors found Thomas H. Ungard Jr. guilty of two misdemeanor counts of tampering with public records and one misdemeanor count of obstruction of justice." ... |
CO: Sheriff talks about medical marijuana, concealed weapons
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"The question of whether holders of medical marijuana cards should be issued concealed weapon permits is being discussed by Chaffee County Sheriff's Department."
"County Commissioner Frank Holman said during the Tuesday commissioners meeting that he had seen something about the subject on the news."
"Undersheriff John Spezze said they had inquired into the legality of the matter when an individual called to ask if he could be issued a permit as a medical marijuana user."
"Spezze later said it was 'the first time we've been asked,' and added he was waiting for a call back from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation clarifying the law in this case." ... |
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