|
|
NICS up and running, despite scare tactics
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"While so-called 'non-essential' government workers are off the job today, that does not mean the Second Amendment has been suspended because the FBI’s National Instant Check System is up and running, despite what CNN and one Oregon television news agency suggested today and yesterday."
"According to Northwest gun dealers contacted by Examiner, the system is working fine. National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea weighs in here." ... |
The Truth About Barrel Length, Muzzle Velocity and Accuracy
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Josh Wayner’s taken it upon himself to challenge what everyone 'knows' as far as barrel length, velocity and accuracy are concerned. According to his results, the conventional wisdom ain’t all that wise when it comes to longer-barreled ballistics. The only question then is, if you buy in and go with a short barrel, can you stand the noise?"
"Abstract: This is an independent scientific study that has been conducted in western Michigan. This study addresses the misunderstanding of the concepts related to barrel length, muzzle velocity, and accuracy in a rifle . . . ..." |
TTAG Exclusive: Gunfighter Bat Masterson’s The Tenderfoot’s Turn
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Some of you may know of the stories and legends surrounding the famous “Wild West” gunfighter, lawman, and Army scout, William 'Bat' Masterson. What you may not know is that in 1909 the Savage Arms Company convinced Mr. Masterson to write a guide to defensive gun use as part of a promo for their new 'Savage pistol. The pistol, while advanced for its time, was overshadowed by that other pistol that god gave to John Moses Browning in 1911. As a result, the Savage Automatic has since been relegated to dark recesses in the safes of hardcore antique-gun collectors. The book, The Tenderfoot’s Turn, was lost as well… until now. ..." |
Where is the outrage?
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"[Redacted] exercised his constitutional right to bear arms when he carried his shotgun to work with him at the Washington Navy Yard where he proceeded to shoot 12 other people before the police shot him ... The pattern is becoming all too familiar: You get ticked off at someone or something; you get yourself a really big gun that a lot of people are spending a lot of money and time to ensure you can purchase as easily as possible; you vent your anger by shooting a lot of people; and you get put out of your misery when the police shoot you. If it sounds like a familiar story line, it’s because you’ve heard it many times ... in recent years." ... |
Visiting veterans storm closed war memorials
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"The elderly veterans piled off their buses at the World War II Memorial a little after 11 on Tuesday morning. Some eased into wheelchairs. Others leaned on canes. All had come to pay homage to their famous crusade and fallen comrades of long ago."
"Veterans of Omaha Beach, Okinawa and the Italian campaign, they arrived only to face metal barricades and signs announcing that the memorial was closed because of the federal shutdown." ...
"Suddenly, in the bright sunshine, cheers and applause erupted. The barricades had been moved — by whom it was not clear. And the column of veterans poured through the gap in the lines and into the memorial." ... |
He shoots, he scores… Retired hockey star Bobby Holik on passion for America, guns
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"This time of year, for just about every year of his life, Bobby Holik could be found on the ice. October would be the start of a renewed campaign in the [NHL] ..." ...
"Holik retired at the end of the 2008-09 season, citing a desire to spend more time with his family. He fills his days now doing horsey chores around the home ranch in Jackson Hole. ... He also spends time making appearances as a rep for Česká zbrojovka Firearms (CZ-USA), a gig he pretty much fell into."
"Following behind Holik last week as he set a blistering pace off-trail and up an incline a mountain goat would have considered ridiculously steep, I finally caught up enough to ask the 'money' question. ... I asked Holik what got him into guns." ... |
What if the government shuts down and nobody notices?
Submitted by:
The Old Gunhand
Website: http://oldgunhand.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Back in the ‘60s, when being pseudo informed was more de rigueur than today, the young were prone to ask, 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?'"
"Never mind they were actually quoting from a 1930s poem often attributed to the German poet Bertolt Brecht, who was attacking pacifists and speaking out for bravery. It served their purposes, so long as the rest of the poem wasn’t recited. And, as I said, people were pseudo informed."
"Today, lots of people fall into the 'uninformed and proud of it' category. If it doesn’t come across their iPod or smartphone, they don’t know about it, and it won’t come across those devices unless they expressly reach out and grab it." ... |
PA: Death penalty not an issue in Pennsylvania case
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"An eerie similarity is emerging today between a multiple family homicide in Pennsylvania and a case dating back nearly six years that involved the slaughter of a family in Carnation, because both involved daughters, but in the Pennsylvania case, at least one intended victim fought back."
"In Pennsylvania, according to various news agencies ... Josephine Ruckinger reportedly used a 12-gauge sawed-off shotgun to fatally wound her mother while her husband, Jeffrey, used a .22-caliber pistol to kill her 47-year-old brother last Friday night. However, her father, John Frew, managed to arm himself with a .22-caliber revolver to shoot them both dead before they could kill him, too. ..." ... |
TX: Texas Store Owner Arrested After Killing Robber
Submitted by:
jac
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"The owner of a South Texas convenience store has been arrested for murder after shooting a man attempting to steal beer from his shop."
"Rodney James Duve was being held Sunday in the Nueces County jail with bond set at $35,000. Corpus Christi police say a 39-year-old man came into his store Saturday evening and took a 12-pack of beer before attempting to flee." ...
-------
Submitters note: Good case for jury nullification.
|
Not a Peep from Obama: Violent Crime Reaches 42-Year Low
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Last week, the FBI released its national crime report for 2012."
"By a slight margin, the nation’s violent crime rate decreased in 2012–relative to 2011–making it the lowest it has been since 1970."
"Compared to 1991, when it hit an all-time high, violent crime is down by 49 percent. The nation’s murder rate was unchanged in 2012; still lower than any time since 1963 and at nearly an all-time low." ... |
CT: Law Requiring ‘Certificate’ to Purchase Ammunition & Magazines Now in Effect
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"One important provision of Senate Bill 1160, passed in the Connecticut General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Dan Malloy (D), takes effect on Tuesday, October 1."
"This new misguided law requires individuals over the age of 18 to obtain an 'ammunition certificate' to purchase ammunition and magazines. The fee (tax) for this certificate is $35. Each applicant will undergo a criminal background investigation in order to be issued this certificate. Your 'ammunition certificate' must be renewed every five years." ... |
NY AG: “Assault weapons have been banned in New York, and no one needs to sell or have them.”
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"A.G. Schneiderman Announces Arrest of Federally Licensed Arms Dealer for Violating State and Local Gun Laws in Brooklyn"
"(New York, NY) Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the arrest of Hannibal Smith [not shown] for possessing assault weapons and other guns in violation of state and federal law in Brooklyn. Smith was charged and arraigned, in Brooklyn Criminal Court today, on three counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree, a Class D Felony. He faces up to 7 years in prison on each count under New York State’s SAFE Act . . ." ... |
RI: R.I. GOP under fire for gun raffle, even in own ranks
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"The Rhode Island GOP’s attempt to raise money by raffling off guns, including Smith & Wesson’s version of the AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle linked to the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre, is stirring controversy even within state Republican ranks."
"State Republican Chairman Mark Smiley said the winners of the party’s gun raffle this Sunday at the South County Rod & Gun Club will have to pass background checks."
"'The weapon will be held, and the winner given a certificate,' Smiley said. 'That certificate will be redeemable at the gun shop that donated the weapon. After the winner passes both state and federal background checks and has waited the required week, they will take possession of the weapon.'" ... |
KS: Easton, KS Passes Ordinance to Nullify Federal Gun Control
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"'ANY act, law, treaty, order, rule or regulation of the government of the United States which violates the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is null, void and unenforceable in the State of Kansas.' -Second Amendment Protection Act [emphasis added]"
"So echoed the city of Easton, KS on September 3rd with the passing of Ordinance No. 2013-3. Easton is the third Kansas city to adopt such a measure and joins with Herndon and Muscotah in the defense of the 2nd Amendment." ... |
NH: Workplace violence policy OK’d by Manchester aldermen
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"The aldermen on Tuesday signed off on a 'workplace violence policy' that prohibits employees from having guns at work."
"Later in the evening, however, the policy was referred to the city solicitor to make sure it comports with state law."
"Ward 10 Alderman Phil Greazzo raised concerns about the legality of the provision, pointing to a section of the state firearms law, RSA 159:26 [pre-emption of local gun laws]." ...
"'We can’t infringe on any city employee’s Second Amendment rights. We just saw what happened at the Navy Yard and in Kenya. People ran for their lives without a means to protect themselves,' he said." ... |
SC: Myrtle Beach mayor joins coalition against illegal firearms
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Myrtle Beach Mayor John Rhodes recently became a member of ... Bloomberg's 'Mayors Against Illegal Guns' coalition to stop the flow of illegal guns into America's cities."
"'This is strictly about attacking a problem that we have in our nation today, and that is criminals, thugs, obtaining illegal weapons and creating crimes,' Mayor Rhodes said."
"Mayor Rhodes said the group's goals are simple- yet powerful."
"'Number one, they want to do away with the people that are selling guns illegally. They want to do away with those criminals that are getting these guns. They want proper identification when you are able to purchase a weapon. It's to get the criminals off the streets and try to put a cap on murders ..." ... |
New York's Governor Cuomo Sued By National Gun Rights Group
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"One of the nation's oldest and largest civil-rights groups filed a lawsuit this week against the State of New York, its governor and its police commander over a recently passed bill, signed into law, known as the SAFE Act by its supporters ..."
"Rather than fighting the New York government through the state court system, the Second Amendment Foundation filed its lawsuit in federal court seeking to prevent the New York government from enforcing provisions of the SAFE Act that prohibit the use of gun magazines containing more than seven rounds, according to the lawsuit."
"SAF is joined in the federal lawsuit by the Shooters Committee for Political Education (SCOPE) and Long Island Firearms LLC. ..." ... |
U.S. judge rejects bids to halt enforcement of Maryland gun law
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"A federal judge rejected on Tuesday bids by gun rights supporters to halt enforcement of Maryland's new gun law, which bans the sale of 45 types of assault weapons and requires handgun buyers to undergo safety training and fingerprinting."
"U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Blake turned aside the request from gun owners, retailers and gun owners rights groups to halt enforcement of the law through temporary restraining orders, according to court filings." ... |
OH: Ohioans for Concealed Carry files suit against Oberlin
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Ohioans for Concealed Carry filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the city of Oberlin to nullify city ordinances they say still illegally restrict the rights of law-abiding firearms owners."
"Gary Witt, director for the Concealed Carry group, said the lawsuit filed in the Lorain County Common Pleas Court is meant to address the city’s failure to correct firearms legislation, which conflicts with state law." ... |
CA: California Department of Justice Sued for Misuse of Firearm Purchaser Fee
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Attorneys from the law firm of Michel & Associates, P.C. have filed a lawsuit on behalf of several individual gun owners and the Calguns Shooting Sports Association ('CGSSA'), challenging the California Department of Justice’s (DOJ) misuse of monies collected from a fee that DOJ can require firearm purchasers to pay at the time of sale, the Dealer Record of Sale (DROS) Fee."
"The lawsuit ... seeks to stop DOJ from continuing to stick law-abiding gun owners with the bill for funding its general law enforcement projects through the DROS fee."
"... DOJ had always been statutorily required to limit the DROS Fee to an amount no more than necessary to recoup its costs incurred from regulating the transfer of firearms. ..." ... |
NJ: [Atlantic City] Mayor Asks Attorney General & DOJ to Investigate Officer in Beating Video
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"The Mayor of Atlantic City asked both the State Attorney General's Office as well as the United States Department of Justice to help investigate a police officer who allegedly released his K-9 on a man who was already face down on the ground."
"On June 5, 20-year-old David Castellani Jr. exchanged words with three Atlantic City police officers after he was kicked out of a casino for being underage."
"A surveillance camera from the casino shows the officers force Castellani Jr. to the ground. It then shows two other officers get involved moments later." ...
"But Castellani [Sr.] says the most horrifying part of the recording comes the moment when a K-9 officer, identified as Sterling Wheaten, arrives." ... |
FL: Federal agent arrested after daytime shooting at Boca Raton mall (video available)
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"A Pompano Beach man whose car was allegedly shot at by an off-duty federal agent said Thursday it's a 'miracle' that nobody in the car — including his 2-year-old son — was hit by the bullet."
"Alla Juma, 27, said he thinks Boca Raton police did the right thing by initiating the arrest of Angel Echevarria, a Department of Homeland Security special agent assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service."
"'I don't really have a reaction, I just know that justice has been served,' Juma said of the arrest. 'You can't just take out your gun and start shooting at people.'" ... |
CA: San Mateo County deputy accused of child sex abuse
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"A San Mateo County sheriff's deputy faces charges that he molested a young female relative."
"Galen Underwood, 40, of Gilroy appeared Monday in Santa Clara County Superior Court in Morgan Hill but did not enter a plea to seven felony counts, including continuous sexual abuse of a child, forcible penetration with a foreign object and forced oral copulation, said Deputy District Attorney Stuart Scott."
"Underwood was booked at County Jail in San Jose on Thursday. His bail was set at $2 million." ... |
MA: Holyoke police sweep neighborhoods for weapons
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"The Holyoke Police Department joined forces with ATF and FBI agents in search of weapons in neighborhoods throughout the city that they said are known for gang activity."
"They conducted the sweep on Tuesday morning."
"They searched for weapons hidden in public areas that police said are often used by different groups to stash illegal weapons and drugs."
"It's part of the Proactive Area Weapons Search, or P.A.W.S. Program." ... |
Don't Mess With Texas
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"The old guy here is about to finish four days in one of my favorite states, Texas. The first was spent in Fort Worth with friends, and the second at the Texas State Bar Association’s Firearms Law Seminar in the same city. The third was in Houston at the 28th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference, as will be the fourth." ... |
NC: School boards' lobbyist makes a liar out of Association's president, and reveals her ignorance about the law she rants against
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"The story of the N. C. School Boards Association campaigning against the right of school employees who have concealed carry permits to have those weapons locked in their cars while on school property took a bizarre turn Monday when Grassroots N. C. issued the following press release:" ...
"President Bulluck's memo goes on to accuse GRNC of misrepresenting NCSBA's position, telling EVERY School Board Member in the state that GRNC has lied. This cannot stand. It is NCSBA who is attacking the fundamental rights of North Carolinians, insulting legislators and handgun permittees, and spindling the truth while spending OUR TAX DOLLARS to do it. THIS MUST BE STOPPED! ..." |
IN: Allow police to have proper tools to determine who the real outlaws are
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
... "As several elementary aged children gathered at a local bus stop awaiting the arrival of their school bus, both the kids and their parents suddenly became aware of an adult male standing off to the side while openly displaying a holstered .9mm[sic] handgun. ... none of the other adults at the stop (mostly young mothers) felt completely confident in approaching the gentleman."
"... When a request was made for an officer to be at the bus stop the next day to check out the man with the gun, the school official got a surprise. A police officer could go to the bus stop, but the officer could not by law require the man to present his identification nor his gun permit." ...
-------
Submitter's Note: OMG! You mean bus stops aren't civil rights exclusion zones? Oh, the horror! |
Canada: A Few Simple Ideas About Gun Control
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Two more thoughts about gun control: one practical and immediate, the other more abstract and academic ... The practical comes from a recent discussion with my father, about, of all things, shooting raccoons. The Gopnik family seat, such as it is, is ... a farm in remote rural Ontario, where my parents live surrounded by crops, animals, and pests—and indeed by farmers who need and use rifles. When I was talking to my father there last weekend, we discussed a recent raccoon infestation, and how he had called on a neighbor with a rifle to hightail it over to shoot the five unfortunate masked marauders beneath the back porch. ... My dad is actually a pretty good shot, and could have done it himself—but he had not finished the paperwork for his gun." ... |
|
|
