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John Longnecker: Congratulations To Bobby Jindal - A Win For Due Process
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"Congratulations to Bobby Jindal for his win of the Governor’s office of the state of Louisiana. Governor-elect Jindal’s first act as chief executive of Louisiana is to call an emergency meeting of his state’s assembly."
"The agenda is to clean house of corruption. I have praised Bobby Jindal in my book – Transfer of Wealth – and I am so very pleased at his win. Congratulations, again, Bobby."
"I addressed the aftermath of Katrina, pointing to the utter disgrace of how the Dems had run things to the point of undermining the American way of life. I had pointed to several disgraces during and post-Katrina, and shown how Jindal’s courage has served successfully to begin to turn things around for his state." ... |
Justices to consider gun case Nov. 9
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"The Supreme Court will consider two petitions growing out of the Second Amendment dispute over a District of Columbia ban on private possession of handguns at its Conference on Nov. 9, according to the Court’s electronic docket on Wednesday."
"The two cases are the city's appeal — District of Columbia v. Heller (07-290) — challenging a D.C. Circuit Court ruling ... and a cross-petition by five city residents — Parker v. District of Columbia (07-335) — seeking to join in the case to add their own legal complaints about the city gun control law." ...
"The earliest that an order on the fate of the two cases would emerge is probably Tuesday, Nov. 13. The case, if granted, would probably be heard in February or March." |
Money, Guns, and God
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"I meet Justin Moon for the first time in Orlando. We are at Shot Show ... Justin holds court at Kahr's booth, where the company's notorious super-subcompact pistols ... are on display. As I look down one of the guns' six-inch steel barrels one afternoon, Justin slides over and shakes his head. 'You don't know much about guns,' he says, 'do you.'"
"... I didn’t realize it then, but I’d inadvertently aimed the gun at his chest. I put it down."
"'When you picked up the gun, your finger went right to the trigger,' he says, picking up one of his own weapons. It's apparently immaterial that the gun isn't loaded and is missing its firing pin ... '... You never put your finger on the trigger,' he continues ..." ... |
Terror watch list swells to more than 755,000
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"The government's terrorist watch list has swelled to more than 755,000 names, according to a new government report that has raised worries about the list's effectiveness."
"... Some lawmakers, security experts and civil rights advocates warn that it will become useless if it includes too many people."
"'It undermines the authority of the list,' says Lisa Graves of the Center for National Security Studies. 'There's just no rational, reasonable estimate that there's anywhere close to that many suspected terrorists.'" ...
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Matron's cause: Tough gun laws
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"At lunchtime today, Lynne Korman Honickman will start screaming."
"On a stage at LOVE Park, the Philadelphia philanthropist who is married to one of the wealthiest men in town will tell anyone in earshot that she has put her money and mouth behind an issue that should have more people like her outraged: gun violence."
"It's not just a black problem or an inner-city problem. When kids kill kids with weapons as easy to get as water ice, it's everyone's crisis."
"'What child in the United States should have to cringe in fear walking to school, running around on a playground, just being?' the 71-year-old Honickman asked." ... |
NRA distorts reality on guns
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"I went to college about four hours west of Philadelphia in a very rural area."
"I knew many kids who hunted and owned guns. Now that I live in Philadelphia, I'm puzzled by the way politicians and the media treat the issue of gun control. The perspective of the average gun owner seems completely missing from the debate." ... |
OK: Burglar killed by homeowner
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"Lawton police have towed away a truck that they say may have been involved in the shooting in the 1700 block of Northwest 70th that has left one person dead."
"Deputy Chief James Apple says a family came home and found a burglar in their house. Apple says there was some type of confrontation between the family and the burglar, and it led to shots fired."
"A neighbor says the homeowner was on the phone with the police holding the burglar on the front lawn until authorities arrived. But, the burglar moved and he fired - killing the intruder."
"Eyewitnesses say they thought the two were just goofing around until they found out the burglar was shot and killed. Now, they say it looked like self defense. ..." |
NY: Thug pulls out a gun, Long Island clerk wields ax
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"When the masked robber approached the petite clerk of a Long Island convenience store, little did he know she had an ax to grind."
"Staring into the barrel of his gun, 5-foot-4 Hafize Sahim pulled a 3-foot-long ax from under the counter and began swinging it at his head as he made a bee-line for the door, cops said yesterday."
"Sahim, 27, said yesterday that she thought the gun was a fake, which is why she fought back." ... |
TX: Weeklong Gun Protest On TTU Campus
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"If you see students on campus wearing something that sort of resembles a gun holster, it’s because it really is a gun holster."
"Discretely, Texas Tech put its department heads on alert yesterday because of a weeklong gun protest on campus. As part of a nationwide campaign called 'Students For Concealed Carry On Campus' students will carry empty gun holsters on campus." ... |
OH: Student gun holster protest misses mark on campus
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"Students from more than 100 universities around the country and 14 students here at Miami University are participating in an empty gun holster protest to make a statement against laws preventing gun owners who have a concealed weapon permit from carrying a firearm on a college campus." ...
"The Miami Student editorial board commends these students for being politically active and exercising their constitutional rights to protest against a law they feel is unjust."
"As refreshing as this activism is, however, this editorial board disagrees with the idea of allowing college students to carry concealed weapons around campus-even if they have legal permits to do so elsewhere." .. |
FL: Reporter jailed for having gun at school
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"A television reporter investigating a story on school violence was arrested after carrying a loaded gun onto school property, authorities said."
"Jeffrey Weinsier of WPLG-TV, an ABC network, was taken into custody Tuesday at Miami Central High School after ignoring several warnings not to walk on school property, Miami-Dade schools police said."
"'Kindly go across the street now,' an officer is shown telling Weinsier during the videotaped encounter."
"'I'm not,' Weinsier replied. The officer then handcuffed him." ... |
Richardson touts his NRA credentials
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"Lauding the National Rifle Association is not usually an applause line for a Democratic presidential candidate, but New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson -- knowing his audience -- was cheered when he brought the issue up in gun-friendly Nevada."
"'I'm the only Democratic candidate [for president] who's been given an 'A' rating by the NRA, Richardson told officers of a pipefitters and plumbers union here. 'I'm a sportsman, like you,' he added." ... |
Glenn Beck interviews Huckabee
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Last Friday's interview of Huckabee by Glenn Beck in 5 parts. Including 2A position.
and here:
http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/huckabee-with-glenn-beck-video/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvsf8uCcYxI
"When do we have to grab our guns" -5:23
"under this admin. we've become more Hamiltonian" "we had this debate 230 years ago" -1:26
"26 states have secessionist movements" -:59
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McCain visits gun factory, files
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"As Sen. John McCain examined a custom-built hunting rifle at a gun factory in Rochester, a company executive explained how the weapon's interchangeable barrel could allow one hunter to use a single gun to hunt fowl, deer, elk or moose."
"McCain had another target in mind."
"'Al-Qaida?' McCain asked, smiling. 'Taliban?'"
"McCain personally requested the stop at the Smith and Wesson-owned Thompson-Center Arms factory, where he scrutinized hunting rifles, watched workers cast parts from molten steel and enjoyed a closed-door session with executives seated around a table with an AR-15 military-style rifle on top." ... |
Edwards Unveils Hunting and Fishing Bill of Rights
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"Today, during a tour of western Iowa, John Edwards unveiled his Hunting and Fishing Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to ensure that future generations will be able to enjoy America's incredible natural resources. Edwards' plan calls for increasing access to public lands, protecting gun rights, improving conservation efforts and ensuring clean waters for safe, healthy fishing."
"'Growing up in small, rural towns, I learned early that America has been blessed with a wealth of natural resources,' said Edwards. 'Just as it is our right to enjoy America’s forests, mountains, fields and streams, it is also our responsibility to protect them for generations to come. ..." ... |
Giuliani: Blind Should Be Able to Carry Guns
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"Republican presidential front-runner Rudy Giuliani is leaving the door open to allowing the blind and physically disabled to carry guns."
"During a town hall meeting in northwestern New Hampshire Tuesday night, Giuliani told a former police officer blinded in the line of duty and concerned about the former New York City mayor's stance on guns, 'You don't have to worry.'"
"'You have a constitutional right, that is protected, to bear and carry arms. It is the Second Amendment,' Giuliani told about 200 attendees in a high school gymnasium in Lebanon. If someone disagrees with that, you have to get the Constitution changed.'" ... |
Clayton Cramer: Extreme Weapons
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"It sounds like a way of marketing guns to the 20somethings who are partial to extreme sports and extreme caffeinated beverages. But unfortunately, it is how Mitt Romney has chosen to characterize the one class of weapons most clearly protected by the Second Amendment ..." ...
"I was skeptical of Romney's sudden concern about the Second Amendment after having been governor of Massachusetts and this gives me more reason to be skeptical. ..."
"I'm not a single issue voter, but I was skeptical of Romney's honesty about being a conservative, and this puts another nail in the coffin." |
UT: Panel to scrutinize nonresident concealed-carry
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"A legislative committee agreed Tuesday to take another look at how the state handles requests for concealed-weapons permits from outside Utah, including foreign countries."
"The state Department of Public Safety already stopped issuing permits to non-U.S. residents earlier this year, citing difficulties in conducting the required criminal background checks on foreign applicants."
"At Tuesday's Administrative Rules Review Committee meeting, department officials questioned whether permits should be issued to anyone living outside Utah, even U.S. residents."
"Committee members decided they want to put forward a bill in the 2008 Legislature that will address those and other issues related to Utah's popular permit program. ..." ... |
U.S Supreme Court; THIS DECISION, (Justice Black's Dissent), EXPLAINS EXACTLY WENT WRONG WITH OUR RIGHT(S), June 23, 1947
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Note: Get ready to become VERY UPSET -
"...to be certain, so far as possible, to leave this Court wholly free to reject all the Bill of Rights as specific restraints upon state actions, the decision declared that even if this Court should decide that the due process clause forbids the states to infringe personal liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights..."
"...It was aimed at restraining and checking the powers of wealth and privilege. It was to be a charter of liberty for human rights against property rights. The transformation has been rapid and complete. It operates today to protect the rights of property to the detriment of the rights of man. It has become the Magna Charta of accumulated and organized capital.' ..." |
CT: Safe Arms Course Offered
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"The next National Rifle Association Handgun Safety Course will take place Saturday, November 10, in New Milford."
"The one-day program is designed to provide the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for using or owning a handgun. The course, which highlights safety and responsible ownership, instructionally educates anyone who may come in contact with a firearm."
"The instructor is a veteran law enforcement officer in Connecticut." ... |
NY: Officials Defend Release of Police Officer Who Surrendered in Road-Rage Shooting (follow-up)
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"The Manhattan district attorney’s office yesterday defended its decision to release an off-duty police officer who implicated himself in a fatal road-rage shooting — even though he fled the scene of the killing — saying that the officer’s claim of self-defense was enough to free him while a grand jury reviews potential charges."
"The district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, was questioned about why the undercover police officer, Sean Sawyer, was not charged after he turned himself in on Monday, 19 hours after the shooting in Upper Manhattan."
"'Where there is a claim of self-defense, as there is in this case, there is usually no immediate arrest,' Mr. Morgenthau said." ...
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IL: Jury Awards $2M To Man Cops Allegedly Framed
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"A federal court jury awarded more than $2 million Tuesday to an iron worker who claims two Chicago detectives framed him six years ago on charges of attempting to abduct a pair of preteen girls." ...
"He was arrested in April 2001 and accused of proposing a 'field trip' to an 8-year-old girl and grabbing the arm of another child and offering her candy. A jury acquitted him of the charges in July 2002."
"Finwall's attorney, Mike Kanovitz, said the detectives may have been motivated by an earlier brush with the law in which Finwall, a former Marine and Persian Gulf War veteran, disarmed an off-duty police officer."
"The off-duty officer was drunk and menacing Finwall's friend at the time ..." ... |
IN: Indicted Officers May Have Sold Gun Linked to Shooting of South Bend Police Officer
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"Three local officers are in custody, facing federal charges."
"Now there's new information about a gun they're accused of selling illegally."
"FBI agents arrested South Bend police officer Jamie Buford Monday, along with former St. Joseph County deputies Ryan Huston and Andy Taghon."
"They face drug and fraud charges. Taghon also faces charges for selling a gun to a felon and selling a stolen gun."
"Those guns may be related to the shooting of a South Bend police officer." ... |
AL: Project ICE in Tuscaloosa, AL
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"Alabama 'ICE' (Isolate the Criminal Element) kicked off in Tuscaloosa County in June with the arrest of ten people by the Tuscaloosa Police Department and Special Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and members of the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force. Today, the first jury trial resulted in a guilty verdict for Reginald Dewayne Dixon, 35, of Tuscaloosa. Dixon was found guilty of being a convicted felon in possession of a Smith and Wesson .38 caliber revolver. A sentencing hearing will be set by the Court in the near future." ...
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OH: Right on target: Local man making a name for himself as a pistol sharpshooter
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"At only 19 years of age Donnie Burton is a man of high standing in the world of pistol shooting."
"Since beginning his career in International Defensive Pistol Association shooting Burton has claimed 25 master championships and four first master places."
"An impressive resume to be sure, but Burton has done much more with his defensive shooting than win contests."
"He's trained at the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Quantico, Va., and with members of the Hostage Rescue Team, of which there are currently only 72 certified agents." ...
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TX: Day at the park? He's packin'
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"Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson is a stout advocate of the right to bear arms. As a state senator, he helped win passage of legislation that allows qualified Texans to carry concealed handguns. And the Marine Corps veteran makes no secret about going about armed - even when it’s against the rules."
"In an interview this week regarding the National Park Service ... Patterson said he had a big problem with the Park Service’s ban on hunting in its parks and its 'unconstitutional prohibition' against going armed into a park." ...
"Patterson dismissed such restrictions: 'I just ignore it. I mean, if I go to a national park, I'm armed. I don't care what they say.'" ... |
NY: Gun amnesty program set for Saturday in Geneva
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"Residents are reminded that the city's 'no questions asked' gun amnesty program is scheduled for 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday in the gymnasium at the rear of the Salvation Army building at 41 North St."
"'Any approach that can be used to prevent a gun from falling into the wrong hands and being used to commit a crime or hurt someone is a good thing,' said Lt. Pete Liberatore. 'Even if we get just one gun off the street, that's a plus.'" ... |
CO: Concealed-gun permits rise in Colo.
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"A customer browsed the gun case at Grandpa's Pawn & Gun in Longmont earlier this month, looking at handguns. In Boulder County, about one of every 193 people has a permit to carry a concealed handgun."
"Whether tucked inside waistbands, slipped in jacket pockets or holstered around ankles, chances are most handguns being carried around Boulder County go unnoticed."
"'You wouldn't know I'm carrying,' said 46-year-old Longmont resident Rod Brandenburg, who occasionally packs a fully loaded .45-caliber Heckler & Koch pistol."
"Brandenburg owns Grandpa's Pawn & Gun on Longmont's Main Street ... and is among the 1,462 people living in Boulder County who have a government permit to secretly arm themselves in public." ... |
UK Stab-proof school uniforms go on sale to protect pupils from knife attacks
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"Parents are sending children to school in stab-proof uniforms to guard against knife crime, it has emerged."
"They are paying a firm which makes body armour to line blazers and jumpers with a stab-resistant material called Kevlar."
"The precautions are aimed at protecting pupils from knife attacks as street crime spills over into schools."
"A wave of stabbings involving teenagers includes the killing of promising footballer Kiyan Prince, who was knifed just yards from his school gates in north London." ... |
UK: Firearm figures reveal 26% rise
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The number of injuries caused by guns rose by more than a quarter last year.
And airguns accounted for more than half of these injuries, figures showed.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said the figures underlined the need for new laws to tackle the "cancer" of gun crime.
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