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CA: Will CA Senate committee even mention Gunwalker in de León media stunt?
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Reverse Immigration - Senate Hearing Focuses on Massive Arms Flow to Mexico, a media advisory for Californias Senate Select Committee on Immigration and the Economy announces.

The community meeting is titled Californias Gun and Ammo Pipeline to the Mexican Drug Cartels for the purpose of Understanding and Stemming U.S. Firearms Trafficking to Mexico and Central America, and featuring Testimony from Tijuana Police Chief, Several Central American Governments and State, Federal and Local Law Enforcement.

Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers Up Sharply
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The number of law enforcement officers who were killed nationwide has jumped nearly 17 percent.
Newly released statistics from the FBI show that 56 officers were murdered in the line of duty last year. That is a jump from 48 in the previous year.
15 of the officers who were killed had been ambushed. 14 officers died as they attempted to make arrests. One was killed while transporting a prisoner.
All but one of the officers was killed with a gun. The other was killed with the attacker using a vehicle as a weapon.
The South saw the greatest number of killed officers with 22 of the felonious deaths.

NY: Plaxico Burress of Jets aims to score touchdown against gun violence
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Plaxico Burress hopes he's as big a hit off the field as he was in Sunday's game when he speaks out tonight against guns. The Jets wide receiver, who caught three touchdown passes in the 27-21 victory over the Chargers, will make his speaking debut as an ambassador for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. "I just want to use what happened to me to serve a higher purpose, instead of just walking away from it," said Burress of the 22 months he spent in prison for accidentally shooting himself with the illegal gun he was toting. "To confront it head-on, and let people know what's going on."

NY: Brooklyn Mother Killed Protecting Her Children: New Yorkers Agree We Need Stronger Gun Laws to Protect Us From Fun Violence
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Classes at P.S. 298 had just let out on a beautiful Friday afternoon in Brooklyn. Mothers and fathers lined up to pick up their children from the school just like any other day. But this would be the last day that Zurana Horton would pick up her children after a senseless, random act of gun violence tragically took her life. Zurana Horton was killed while covering and protecting her own children as bullets began to fly. Now 13 children are left without a loving, heroic mother who did everything in her power to keep them safe and the murderer remains free to continue to wreak havoc on the community.

NY: Narcotics cops showered junkie with crack and forced her to perform sex acts in return: testimony
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NYPD narcs showered a junkie with crack and forced her to perform sex acts in return, she testified in the latest embarrassing revelation to emerge from a police corruption trial.

In one incident, Melanie Perez recalled on the stand last week, a cop called her to his home, made her smoke drugs then pulled down his pants and demanded oral sex.

"What was I going to do?" she testified in Brooklyn Supreme Court. "I did it."

The damning account came during the bench trial of Jason Arbeeny, one of eight undercovers charged in a scandal that rocked the Brooklyn South Narcotics squad.

NY: Shootings way up in two weeks
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Bullets are flying over Broadway -- and everywhere else in the city.
The number of people shot surged 154 percent two weeks ago -- to 56 from 22 over the same week last year -- and spiked 28 percent in the last month.
Last week tallied another increase in victims -- 22 people had been hit through Friday, including the three victims gunned down outside a Brooklyn school Friday.
Last year, only 17 shooting victims were logged for the entire week.
The recent gunplay has now pushed the number of shooting victims this year slightly above last years tragic tally -- to 1,484 from 1,451 -- through Oct. 16.

Global gun control law pushed by Clinton
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pushing for the United States to become a party to a global gun control law proposed by the United Nations. And President Barack Obama appears to be sympathetic to such an international power-grab and he's already displayed a propensity for bypassing the legislative process.

In fact, many believe the recent "Operation Fast and Furious" scandal had more to do with gaining support for gun control and gun ownership bans than it had to do with crimefighting and drug cartels.

"The Obama Administration will take its first major step in a plan to ban all firearms in the United States. The Obama White House intends to force gun control and a complete ban on all weapons for US citizens through the signin

OR: Attorney for Portland Officer Dane Reister says shooting resulted from police bureau's 'gross negligence'
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The attorney for Portland Police Officer Dane Reister doesn't dispute that her client mistakenly loaded his beanbag shotgun with lethal rounds and seriously wounded a man in Southwest Portland June 30.

But Reister's lawyer, Janet Hoffman, plans to argue in court next week that the officer's mistake resulted from the Portland Police Bureau's "gross negligence" and "woefully inadequate" practices and policies surrounding officers' handling of less-lethal firearms and ammunition.

Hoffman said she'll offer expert testimony to demonstrate that Reister's error was "directly caused by the PPB's failure to design and implement a system for training, storage, handling and loading of less lethal weapons and ammunition that meets basic s

WA: Seattle PD still hasn't provided State Patrol with Marizela dental & DNA info.
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My family found out about the sketch thanks to readers who e-mailed me a link to a local WA state website report late Thursday night. Her parents received no notification, no courtesy call, from the SPD missing persons bureau detective assigned to Marizelas case. In fact, we have yet to hear from him. As has happened on more than one occasion over the last 7 months, he was...unavailable. He has yet to return several e-mail..& phone calls

Sheriff...KCME's office, by contrast, were amazingly responsive & helpful. I found out they have tried for weeks to obtain Marizelas dental records & DNA from the SPD...the police have yet to provide them or the WSP with the info

...provided her dental records & their DNA samples to SPD 5 mo.s ago

OR: Judge: Portland officer Dane Reister's past mistake can go to grand jury reviewing accidental shooting
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Multnomah County's presiding judge this morning ruled that the grand jury reviewing Portland Officer Dane Reister's June 30 shooting of a man in Southwest Portland can consider Reister's prior firearms mistake but not the "negligent wounding" statute.

Reister, who mistakenly fired lethal rounds from a beanbag shotgun and wounded a man in June, had five years earlier mistakenly fired a loaded riot-suppression launcher during training, striking an officer, who was posing as a protester, with a smoke round.

The grand jury review in Reister's June shooting of William Kyle Monroe, now 21, began last week and is expected to last through early November.

WV: Student's Arrest Sparks Controversy Over Gun Rights Submitted by: West Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. Website: http://www.wvcdl.org/	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments

OH: An accountability problem contrived by the anti-gun crowd
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But let's suppose for the moment that there is this "conduit" of illegal gun traffic, as Police Chief Mike McGrath put it in an earlier article. Gun shows are a public event, held at well-advertised times and dates. Local police provide security for these shows. If there are crimes going on, where is law enforcement? The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and police task forces are all negligent and incompetent if crimes are being committed and they do nothing.

WA: Its Un-U.N. Day in Oly Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Folks who would like to get the United States out of the United Nations, and vice versa, have planned a rally today at the state Capitol. Advance info for the rally says to expect representatives from The Freedom Foundation, the Second Amendment Foundation, the Olympia Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty Riders and Shahram Hadian, a candidate for governor next year.

300 AAC Blackout Used for 1st Place Win at MultiGun Nationals
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Staff Sargent Daniel Horner of the US Armys Marksmanship Unit used the new 300 AAC Blackout cartridge to win 1st overall in the Tactical Optics division of the 2011 USPSA Multigun National Championship, held outside of Las Vegas, Nevada.

300 AAC Blackout was launched by Advanced Armament Corp. and Remington primarily for the military as a way to shoot 30 caliber bullets from the M4/AR15 platform while using standard magazines, but is expected to see a lot of use for hunting, plinking, and home defense as well.

NJ: The New Jersey Second Amendment Society Presidents Report
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It has been an extremely busy week for the NJ2AS. Our new video, Saga of Firearms Ownership in New Jersey, has created quite a buzz.

It has been picked up by everyone from the NRA to local blog sites across the country. The message it sends is clear, concise and clever. Even people who are not currently firearms owners view it and recognize the danger inherent in treating law-abiding citizens as if they were criminals. If you havent seen it yet, this EXCELLENT Video is available on our home page at www.nj2as.com.

CA: Experts say shooting can take an emotional toll Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Northrup said the consequences of shooting others, even justifiably, are far-reaching. If you don't kill them, you could end up crippling them for life, he said. Although the shooter may not end up facing criminal charges, a suspect's family can sue. Then there are the psychological consequences of living the rest of your life knowing you took a life, something many struggle to overcome.

Pot Card Holder Says She Has a Right to Buy a Gun
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The U.S. government unconstitutionally prohibits people who hold state-issued medical marijuana cards from buying guns, says a medical technician who was not allowed to buy a gun for self-defense.
S. Rowan Wilson sued the U.S. attorney general and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Federal Court, challenging Section 922(g)(3) of the federal criminal code, which "prohibits law-abiding adults who have obtained medical marijuana cards pursuant to state law from lawfully purchasing what the Supreme Court has called 'the quintessential self-defense weapon' and 'the most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defense in the home,'" (citing District of Columbia v Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 128 S. Ct. at 2818.)

Taiwan: Taiwan gun group joins global fight to bear arms
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The Taiwan Defensive Firearms Association (TDFA) earlier this month became a member of the International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR), a global gun rights association working to protect and expand the ability to keep and bear arms around the globe.

In a press release, IAPCAR said the TDFA was joining 16 other groups from nine countries on five continents that represent millions of firearm owners and citizens concerned about civilian gun rights.

The IAPCAR coalition defending gun rights worldwide continues to grow and we are proud to have Taiwan join with us, IAPCAR executive director Philip Watson is quoted as saying.

Ed.: SAF is a founding member of IAPCAR.

Gun Review: CZ P-07 Duty Pistol
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Česká Zbrojovka (CZ) has manufactured firearms since 1936 and operates the largest small arms factory in the world. The company is frequently known for the famous CZ-75 pistol, of which they have made more than 1,000,000 examples.

The CZ P-07 Duty Pistol is in many ways a modern version of the famous CZ-75 hangun. According to CZ, a decision was made during the design of the P-07 to maintain the basic feel of the CZ-75.

CA: 2011 Firearms Symposium a Great Success Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The 2011 Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium was held on Saturday, October 15, 2011, at the University of San Diego in San Diego, California. Sponsored by The NRA Foundation, the annual symposium focused on recent developments in our nations courts regarding the Second Amendment, as well as topics that covered the historical, academic, and practical application of firearm law.

Taiwan: Taiwan Gun Rights Group Joins International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Julianne Versnel, director of operations for the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Alan Gottlieb, Chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) established IAPCAR to serve as a vehicle to unify arms rights groups against international threats to the human right of self-defense and the legitimate use of guns.

KS: Wichita to consider allowing concealed weapons in some buildings
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A city council member wants Wichita to fall in line with Sedgwick County and allow people with permits to carry handguns into some buildings.

Currently, people with a license to carry concealed handguns cannot take them into any city building.

"It's just crazy," council member Michael O'Donnell said. "We've lost touch with reality. I'm just trying to bring a dose of reality to the city council to allow guns for people who have already been permitted to have them."

WI: With concealed carry, adequate screening important
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The concealed carry law is not as important as some may think because if someone really wanted to carry a weapon, they would. I think because of this law, which goes into effect Nov. 1, more people will be carrying weapons just because they assume other people are carrying them.

After Nov. 1, public safety will only be an issue if we dont have proper screening for the license to carry. Otherwise it will probably be the same as it is now involving concealed weapons.

Did U.N. remarks reveal Obama global gun control strategy?
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At least one veteran Capitol Hill lawmaker is quietly looking into a revealing comment contained in remarks delivered the other day to the United Nations by Laura E. Kennedy, this countrys permanent representative to the Conference on Disarmament.

A tempest erupted when the Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms uncovered a copy of Kennedys remarks via a website sponsored by Reaching Critical Will, which is more normally associated with nuclear proliferation and military armament concerns.

FL: FL University Fights to Keep Gun Ban Despite Continuing Violent Crime Against Students
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On October 3rd, Florida Carry, Inc. filed a lawsuit against the University of North Florida (UNF) to end their unlawful ban on firearms and other defensive weapons in students vehicles.

Since 1987 the Florida Legislature has preempted firearms law and issued statewide licenses to carry for self-defense.

Since 1982 it has been legal for law abiding adults to keep a handgun in their glove-box or closed console without any licensing requirements.

Obama admin weak on gun prosecutions, report shows Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
While the Obama administration has been furiously defending its scandalous gun trafficking sting operation called Fast and Furious, an independent tracking effort by Syracuse University has revealed that Eric Holders Justice Department is prosecuting fewer federal gun crimes this year than the Bush administration was pursuing in 2005.

Have Glock, Will Travel
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Chris W. Cox, the N.R.A.s chief lobbyist, recently wrote that the current situation presents a nightmare for interstate travel, as many Americans are forced to check their Second Amendment rights, and their fundamental right to self-defense, at the state line.

Nightmare? I think that term better applies to the N.R.A., though its not the first word that springs to mind when I mull its current effort.

Contradiction, hypocrisy: those words rush in ahead. The bill thus far has more than 200 Republican co-sponsors in the House, many of them conservatives who otherwise complain about attempts by an overbearing federal government to trample on states rights in the realms of health care, tort reform, education you name it.

NY: AG thinks new gun bill would bring more crime
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Dave Workman, the senior editor of Gun Week, which is owned by the gun rights group Second Amendment Foundation, disagrees with Schneiderman's opposition to the legislation, saying that the proposed federal bill is intended simply to protect the rights of Americans to bear firearms.

"This legislation is aimed at providing a mechanism for legally armed private citizens to carry their legal firearms across jurisdictional boundaries," Workman said. "That's what this measure is all about," he said.

CA: California gun-law rally draws little firepower
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A small group of people carrying big guns gathered Saturday in this Bay Area suburb for an event blending political theater, self-promotion and freshly brewed concerns about constitutional rights.

The intent was to raise awareness of the legal right of Californians to carry unloaded rifles and shotguns in public. The venue was a corner of a shopping-mall parking lot. And while mall management roped off 165 spaces to accommodate the rally, no more than 30 opponents of gun-control laws stopped by the midday event.