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Bellevue v. Bloomberg: NYPD cops busted for gun running
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"Anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has just been handed an embarrassing little scandal involving eight New York City police officers, several guns with obliterated serial numbers and the go-for-the-jugular criticism of Bellevue gun rights activist Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms."
"Almost immediately after the Reuters news agency reported Tuesday morning that eight New York City police officers had been charged with 'helping run a gun-smuggling ring in a city where Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leading a national campaign against illegal guns,' Gottlieb was taking off his gloves." ... |
Are Bloomberg’s cops the ‘only ones’ who can be trusted with guns in NYC?
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... "... And as for those who would dismiss this as 'a few bad apples,' admittedly, out of the 35,000+ full-time and 4,500 auxiliary officers on the force, these few recently-documented reports represent a small percentage."
"But then again, just look at what the dishonest citizen disarmament fanatics do to make the case that gun-owning citizens--who jump through all the hoops to carry firearms for self-defense--are a murderous threat because of anecdotal incidents involving an even smaller percentage of the total population of concealed carriers." ...
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KABA Note: As David says at the end of his piece: The purpose of this feature has never been to bash cops. The only reason I do this is to amass a credible body of evidence to present when those who would deny our right to keep and bear arms use the argument that only government enforcers are professional and trained enough to do so safely and responsibly. And it's also used to illustrate when those of official status, rank or privilege, both in law enforcement and in some other government position, get special breaks not available to we commoners, particularly (but not exclusively) when they're involved in gun-related incidents. |
'Gun control': Historically racist, and racist still
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... "As I predicted last month, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence didn't like that one bit, especially given Winkler's reputation as a moderate on gun rights/'gun control' issues. CSGV communications director Ladd Everrit had in the past, after all, claimed that pointing out the racist history of restrictive gun laws was a 'smear,' seen only in the 'darkest corners of the gun rights movement.' Just as expected, Everitt tried to strike back, rising up in righteous indignation at a talk presented by Professor Winkler, chastising him for the 'smear.'" ... |
Libertarianism 'number one warning sign' for mass shooters?
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... "The belief that the rights of the people as a whole depend on protecting the rights of the individuals within that whole is the 'number one warning sign' for a mass killer? And it gets worse if this lover of individual freedom had once agreed to put his or her life on the line for the American way of life (guess he really hates the Oath Keepers)? Not a word about the risk factor posed by rules that mandate that the plentiful supply of potential victims is unarmed and defenseless?" ... |
Gun Control Vs. Gun Rights
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"While I was recently giving a class at a Modern Orthodox synagogue in New York City on the topic of halachic approaches to weapons I asked this group of 25 people (most between 50-65 years old) how many of them owned guns. I expected 1 or 2 hands to emerge but was astonished to find that about 50-60% admitted to having a gun at home. Shortly after, I learned that there is an Orthodox organization now training Orthodox Jews to use guns and to bring them to synagogue as a form of 'protection.' If the religious Jewish community in America has joined the consumers of guns then we must also enter into the national gun discourse." ... |
Washington Times series: "Emily Gets Her Gun" (video available)
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"The Washington Times is currently running an excellent series of articles entitled 'Emily Gets Her Gun.'"
"The series follows senior editor Emily Miller as she legally tries to get her hands on a gun in the nation's capital, navigating the city bureaucracy and outdated rules in order to legally buy a firearm." ... |
Ball And Dummy Drill
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"Saturday was spent at the TigerSwan Training Collaboration Center taking an Introductory Pistol class with five other NC gun bloggers and a few other folks. I didn't believe it was possible to learn so much in one day!"
"One of the drills we learned was called the Ball and Dummy Drill. A quick Google search shows that there are many variations of this drill. While some have criticized it, I found it a very helpful drill. The goal is to have the shooter stop anticipating the recoil or to stop jerking the trigger." ... |
Gun Review: Wilson Combat Bill Wilson Carry 1911
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"TTAG’s Fearless Leader called me up shortly before I left for Knob Creek. 'I’m going to make your day' he said. He’s said this before. The last time an ArmaLite AR-50 showed up at my FFL. Needless to say, he had my attention. 'I’m sending you a Wilson Combat 1911.' Sweet. I’ve been looking at upgrading from my Springfield A1 and this would give me an opportunity to test out the high end options, I thought. Maybe I could even get WC to strike me a deal on one if I liked it. Before I had a chance to say anything, RF dropped the bomb. 'One more thing — I want you to keep it. Just do a full review.' Yes, boss. Right away . . ." ... |
Ask Foghorn: Best AK-47 for First Time Commie Milsurp Owners?
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... "The AK-47 system is the most popular firearm ever produced no matter what metric you use. Firearms produced, worldwide ownership, countries that issue it to their troops — Mozambique even has it prominently displayed on its flag. As with any popular firearm, many different configurations have been developed to fill different roles, but for a first time buyer the choice is obvious. Before we get to that, let’s talk a little bit about the design and history of the AK-47." ... |
Gun Review: Franklin Armory (NFA Defying) XO-26b
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"A few weeks ago I ran a story about Franklin Armory’s new contraption. Thanks to some legal footwork this thing isn’t technically a rifle, isn’t technically a pistol, and isn’t covered under the NFA. It’s legally considered a 'firearm,' and looks like the most awkward thing in the world to fire. Naturally, I had to get my hands on one of these 'stamp-free SBR' firearms and see for myself. Frankly, the journey was more interesting than the destination (if you catch my drift). And now that the gun has left my possession I can tell you all about it." ... |
Hollywood gets it wrong on holster carry
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"If you were to believe what you see on TV and in the movies, the only people who carry a handgun in a holster are cops. Everyone else just shoves their gun into their pants or pocket. But like so many other things, Hollywood is more wrong than right about holsters."
"Buckeye Firearms Association conducted a quick email survey recently to find out how ordinary people carry handguns. We sent the survey to our 33,000+ newsletter subscribers and received 7,453 responses. The survey consisted of three simple questions:" ... |
Women Shooters Gun Resources
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"It is fantastic to see so many women interested in owning firearms today, for personal protection as well as for recreation."
"Firearms can appear to be a male dominated arena, however, as more and more women become involved, the resources available to us are beginning to grow."
"While we may not have reached the point where women are filling Advanced Carbine classes for example, many are interested but they don’t know where to turn for advice and information. The following is a list of some websites that may be of interest to women shooters." ... |
NRA Adds The Media To Their "Massive Obama Conspiracy"
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"Since there's no anniversary of a national tragedy to exploit this week, the NRA had to resorted to more classic gun lobby tactics in their most recent fundraising e-mail. This time, they suggest that by supposedly criticizing the NRA's extremist policies, the media is 'raining down a message of hate on gun owners to boost Obama's re-election campaign.'" ... |
Gun Control is Racist? Nonsense!
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"Recently, Conservatives have been making broad accusations that the Occupy Wall Street movement is 'anti-Semitic,' despite no real evidence to indicate this is true. Understandably, many of the Occupy protesters ... are outraged. To them, I can only say, 'I know how you feel.'"
"I’ve worked in the gun violence prevention field now for 11 years. In September of last year, I published a blog at Waging Nonviolence that debunked an argument that has become fashionable in right wing circles—namely, that gun control is 'racist.' Not long ago, you would have had to search the darkest recesses of the pro-gun movement to find anyone making this claim. But following the Supreme Court’s split ruling in McDonald v. Chicago ... it became all the rage." ... |
Gun-Haters Misleading People on Concealed Carry
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"On November 1, Wisconsin became the 49th state to recognize the right of its citizens to carry firearms. Now, only one state remains in the Dark Ages -- that being the state of Illinois."
"As can be imagined, the anti-gun media is predicting that letting citizens carry firearms will result in carnage in the streets, shootouts in bars, and angry parents settling scores on the ball field with their firearms."
"And to supposedly prove their point, they cite a bogus report of the Violence Policy Center (VPC) entitled 'Concealed Carry Killers.'" ... |
NV: Carson City IHOP rampage brings call for change in state gun laws
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"Law enforcement leaders, a shooting victim and some lawmakers are calling for a review of Nevada's gun laws after a mentally ill man shot 11 people with an assault weapon at a Carson City restaurant last month, leaving five dead."
"Some states have responded to mass killings by banning assault weapons, outlawing high-capacity magazines or requiring gun owners to get licenses ..."
"And now, after the IHOP shooting, some in Nevada have called for similar state-level restrictions and bans on some firearms. But others oppose new firearm restrictions based on what they say is a knee-jerk reaction to a tragedy, and say the call for tougher laws is simply an effort to curtail the right to bear arms." ... |
SSI Exclusive: Meetings, Part 7. 11 March 2011. Andrea Howard, ATF, and the "Third Gun." "A complete state of factional denial."
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"It is Friday, 11 March 2011. The Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami is devastating Japan. At the U.S. Attorney's office in Phoenix, Lawrence A. 'Larry' Gaydos, of the high power Dallas law firm Haynes and Boone, his client Andre Howard, federal firearms licensee and owner of the Lone Wolf Trading Company sit down to a meeting with Assistant United States Attorney Emory Hurley, his boss Michael Morrissey (who will later be interviewed by an oddly amnesiac Arizona Governor Jan Brewer for an Arizona judgeship), ATF supervisor Jim Needles, ATF Group VII supervisor Tonya English and other lesser mortals. The meeting has been asked for by Attorney Gaydos. His Haynes and Boone bio reads as follows:" ... |
Don't Take the Vice President Bait, Bobby Jindal
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"Unless he gets immensely jaded with politics in the next few years, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal will run for president – it’s only a matter of time."
"... However, he has already declared that 2012 will not be his year to make the next big step. But if he doesn’t feel it’s his time to be president, how about vice president?"
"Jindal recently won re-election to a second term as governor of Louisiana with a whopping 66% of the vote. He holds an impressively conservative policy record, receiving high ratings from national pro-life and Second Amendment organizations. ..." ... |
Michele Bachmann Warns Against United Nations Taking Away Gun Rights
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"Republican presidential candidate and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann said she opposed the United Nations taking away gun rights at a recent Iowa campaign stop, even though such a scenario remains virtually impossible."
"'I don't believe in the U.N. taking that right away from us, as well. There are international treaties that want to do that,' she said in response to a question on the Second Amendment after affirming her support for gun rights, according to the Los Angeles Times." ... |
NJ: Volunteers Needed to Spread New Jersey Second Amendment Society Brochures
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"I am asking for volunteers in every geographical region of NJ who are willing to distribute promotional posters and fliers to ranges, rifle & pistol clubs, veterans associations, American legion halls, libraries and any OTHER reasonable venue."
"Please contact us ASAP."
"We will be having these materials printed shortly, but need to have people who will take the responsibility to see that they are actually posted." ... |
VA: Differences Becoming Sharper Between Senate Candidates
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"The differences between 31st District Senate candidates Democrat Barbara Favola and Republican Caren Merrick became clearer Sunday as they discussed issues ranging from background checks for gun ownership to new regulations for abortion clinics at an appearance at Temple Rodef Shalom" ...
"Question: Should there be a background check on those seeking to buy a gun in Virginia?"
"Merrick: Never directly answered the question. She said, as a former Marine, 'My father owned guns and he modeled safe and responsible' behavior around guns. She said she supported the Second Amendment right of citizens to bear arms."
"The National Rifle Association grades state candidates: Merrick received an A-. Favola an F." ... |
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 country’s 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 Kennedy’s remarks via a website sponsored by Reaching Critical Will, which is more normally associated with nuclear proliferation and military armament concerns."
"Here’s the comment that has lit everyone’s fuse:" ... |
Grass Roots North Carolina for Firearms Education on HR 822 – National Concealed Carry Reciprocity
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"A great deal has been written about HR 822, a national reciprocity bill currently under consideration in Congress."
"Some organizations are all for it and others fear and oppose it."
"Many others, like GRNC, have remained on the sidelines."
"One’s position seems to depend on how much one wants the federal government – even when well-intentioned – to be involved. Some like NRA want everything driven from the federal level, others are not nearly so trusting."
"After being asked repeatedly, GRNC is now prepared to state an opinion on HR 822. Here’s our best shot at a 'fair and balanced' depiction of the issue." ... |
Dan Lungren crosses party lines and National Rifle Association
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"Rep. Dan Lungren split from fellow Republicans and the National Rifle Association today, voting against legislation that seeks to require California to honor concealed weapons permits issued by other states."
"The Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee approved the measure 19-11 on a near-party line vote. ..." ... |
GOP seeks to expand right-to-carry
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"In the latest skirmish over guns, House Republicans on Tuesday advanced a bill that would expand the rights of concealed firearms permit-holders, allowing them to carry hidden weapons in any state that issues permits." ...
"Supporters of the Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act - including the National Rifle Association - say it would provide one uniform standard for carrying weapons out of state."
"'This bill simply allows Americans who travel in interstate commerce to bring their Second Amendment rights with them,' Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, said earlier this month." ... |
Lautenberg Statement on House Concealed Carry Firearm Bill
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"U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today released the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee passed legislation that would make it easier for people to carry concealed weapons:"
"'This bill would put families, cops, and communities across the country in danger. Instead of putting the interests of the gun lobby first, the House should be working to protect the safety of our citizens. We need common sense gun laws that prevent violence, not laws that make it easier to carry concealed weapons anywhere and everywhere throughout the country. ...'" ... |
CO: State Senator: Certain gun background checks waste of time, taxpayer money
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"Redundant -- that's how State Senator Steve King describes the background check process citizens with concealed carry permits have to go through each time they buy a firearm. Now, he's reaching out to federal officials to see if Colorado can make it easier for those people to exercise their Second Amendment rights."
"When it comes to the right to bear arms, State Senator Steve King, (R) Grand Junction, says he doesn't think law abiding citizens should have to bear red tape." ... |
NSSF To File Amicus Brief In Jennings v BATFE Appeal
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"In their Bullet Points newsletter, the National Shooting Sports Foundation announced plans to file an amicus brief in support of the NRA's appeal of Jennings et al v. BATFE. This was the NRA's challenge in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on the prohibition of the sale of handguns to 18-20 year old adults by Federal Firearm Licensees." ... |
Library Users' Rights to Google Argued in Federal Court in ACLU Lawsuit
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... "Bradburn ... says that when she couldn't do the research she needed at her local library, she began taking weekend trips to Spokane where she would stay overnight just so she could use the library's unfiltered results to do her work."
"'I'm not computer savvy, so I had no idea why the results weren't coming up,' she says. 'I use the library. I believe in the library. I love my library. I go there several times a week. If the library had been able to remove the filter, I wouldn't have had to go to Spokane.'"
"Bradburn is listed along with two other library users and the group Second-Amendment Foundation as plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit." ... |
CA: Stockton Homeowner Wants Police To Fix Trashed House (video available)
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"The San Jose Police Department stormed into a Stockton home searching for an accused killer, but they left without him, and left behind a complete mess."
"'I feel like a war was taken on here, and we lost,' homeowner Joann Rice told CBS13."
"Almost all of the windows are smashed in, there are holes in the wall, and there's a layer of tear gas in the air so thick breathing it in makes you cough." ... |
MD: Two More Baltimore Police Officers Plead Guilty in Towing Scheme
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"Two more Baltimore City police officers have pleaded guilty to illegally steering car accident victims to a Rosedale auto repair shop."
"Jerry Diggs, Jr., 25, of Baltimore, and Osvaldo Valentine, 39, of Edgewood, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit and committing extortion, acording to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland. The two are the eighth and ninth officers to plead guilty to similar charges." ... |
ND: Former judge and police officer sentenced to 20 years for molesting girl
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"South Central District Judge Tom Schneider said the one thing that stood out to him in the case of a former judge and police officer accused of molesting a young girl was the amount of grooming and planning that went into the crimes."
"Randall Hoffman, 56, did not just make a one-time bad decision with a 17-year-old girl, but molested her from the time she was 12 or 13 until she was 17 and protested, Schneider said." ... |
MO: Ex-police officer pleads no contest to enticement
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"A former Kansas police officer and school board member has pleaded no contest in federal court to attempting to entice a minor for illicit sex."
"Federal prosecutors say 40-year-old William Brian Duncan entered his plea Monday and was immediately taken into custody." ... |
NY: Five NYPD Officers Arrested in Gun-Smuggling Sting
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"Five New York Police Department officers smuggled firearms and slot machines they thought were stolen and some even used bolt cutters to pilfer hundreds of boxes of cigarettes from tractor-trailer trucks as part of a 12-person theft ring that was under federal surveillance the entire time, authorities said Tuesday."
"Three retired NYPD officers and a New Jersey corrections officer are among the other defendants named in a federal criminal complaint alleging an undercover agent paid them more than $100,000 to moonlight as gun runners while under FBI surveillance. Three current officers also participated in a brazen theft of cigarettes they were told were worth $500,000, the complaint says." ... |
NY: Police Trial Begins for Officers in Bell Shooting; Two Offer to Retire
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"Two detectives who fired their guns in the police fusillade of 50 bullets that killed Sean Bell, a 23-year-old black man, in 2006, are offering to retire from the New York Police Department, while two other police officers involved in the shooting defended their actions at a departmental trial that began on Monday." ... |
NY: 8 Officers Charged With Gun Trafficking in U.S. Corruption Case
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"Eight current and former New York Police Department officers were arrested early Tuesday on federal charges including gun trafficking and conspiracy to smuggle cigarettes, according to people briefed on the case."
"The charges allege that the officers — five are still on the force and three are retired — were involved in illegally transporting more than a dozen handguns as well as M-16 assault rifles and shotguns and a variety of stolen property, the people briefed on the case said. ..." ... |
NY: NYC Cops Busted: Part of Gun Smuggling Ring
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"Five New York City police officers are among 12 men arrested, accused of being part of a ring that smuggled illegal guns and other illicit goods."
"The New York Daily News reports the ringleader was an officer from Brooklyn named William Masso. He allegedly got involved with one man who turned out to be an informant for the FBI. According to court documents, Masso is heard on secretly recorded tapes talking about the criminal enterprise." ... |
OH: An accountability problem contrived by the anti-gun crowd
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"In response to Christopher Evans' column on Wednesday, 'Bring accountability to gun shows':"
"Evans seems to share The Plain Dealer mantra that the Second Amendment does not exist. As with most of the anti-gun group, he is attacking a supposed problem from the wrong angle."
"I am a gun enthusiast and have been attending gun shows for years. I am not aware of any 'obvious' illegal activity."
"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? ..." ... |
NV: IHOP Shootings May Spur Debate, Not Change (video available)
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"This summer's deadly shooting at the Carson City IHOP restaurant could reignite the debate over gun control, but is any change likely or, more to the point, could any new law prevent a similar incident?"
"The lines on this issue were drawn years ago. The arguments by now long since familiar and well-rehearsed." ... |
CA: Governor Brown's betrayal
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"It was to be expected when unthinking people voted Jerry Brown as California’s governor for the second time. He betrayed voters once before when elected governor, but this time around it’s even worse."
"He deliberately signed into law something that is directly against the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, a basic law intended to give citizens the ability to protect our Constitution from misuse, abuse and corruption of government that has become so rife in the nation today." ... |
CA: Arms right clear
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"Time for a little instruction on the Constitution again."
"A letter writer once more seeks to devalue the Second Amendment by claiming that he's more than willing to allow people to carry weapons if they are part of a 'well-regulated militia.'"
"Aside from the oxymoron of 'allowing' the exercise of a right, let's look at two major issues with his statement." ... |
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