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JPFO Announces 'Goody Guns' For Kids
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" Aaron Zelman, founder and director of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO), unveiled a new program today to counteract the unceasing lies and dangerous propaganda of the victim disarmament (gun control) lobby -- lies and propaganda mostly aimed at a captive audience of children in the public school system, and spread like a disease by the mass media -- while providing hours of wholesome family fun."
"The program, called 'Goody Guns' consists of a special cookie cutter in the shape of a semiautomatic pistol. With the supervision and help of the adults in their lives, boys and girls can turn their own kitchens into "Arsenals of Liberty" by making gun-shaped cookies ... while absorbing firearms safety lessons ..." ... |
David Codrea: A Fair Question
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"'Would banning firearms reduce murder and suicide?'"
"What with all the calls to do just that, and all the laws building up to it, that sounds like a fair question."
"It's posed by Don B. Kates and Gary Mauser in the Spring 2007 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy."
"Kates is an American criminologist, lawyer and constitutional scholar. Mauser is a Canadian criminologist and university professor. Both are published authors of numerous articles and books. Both are well recognized as top experts in their fields. You don’t earn their reputations in academic and legal circles by being demonstrably wrong, so people on both sides of the gun control debate would do well to consider their findings." ... |
Enough NRA Bashing!
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"Misguided NRA bashers are doing a better job of helping the anti-gun movement than the anti-gunners could do themselves. You may have heard or read things like 'NRA pushing gun control' or 'NRA supporting bill to disarm veterans' or 'NRA in bed with Schumer and Kennedy,' etc. A number of gun rights organizations have generated a wave of criticism over HR 2640 and its supposedly terrible effect on gun ownership. They make the NRA sound so bad that Sarah Brady might even become a Life Member. The misinformed pro-gunners who spew this venom are shooting our gun rights in the foot and potentially stopping thousands of otherwise law abiding citizens from regaining their gun rights." ... |
Is it time to shut down the ATF?
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"I have been overlooking the cases that the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund has taken on or assisted in. Then take a look at the Gun Owners Foundation and the cases that they have assisted in. Not surprising is that a majority of the cases are dealing with the ATF and how the ATF has trampled on the rights of citizens."
"This is a very dysfunctional agency, that is far beyond repair with problems on the inside as well. Or the waste or tax dollars, it was on the day of our appeal that former ATF Director Carl Truscott resigned for alleged mismanagement and misconduct, the OIG Report[.pdf] is a must read." ... |
CA: Homeowner shoots at man during attempted break-in
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"An alleged burglar left a critical piece of evidence behind when he attempted to break in to a south Sacramento home early Wednesday morning: his car."
"Matthew Villapando, 30, of Sacramento, parked his Toyota sedan in the driveway of a home ... before allegedly attempting to enter the home through a window around 3:35 a.m., Sacramento County sheriff's Sgt. Tim Curran said."
"The homeowner heard the man trying to get in, armed himself with a gun and fired several shots, Curran said."
"Villapando was not injured and ran away from the home, leaving the car in the driveway, Curran said." ... |
WA: Tacoma Mall Shooter Guilty
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"A Pierce County jury decided almost immediately that Dominick S. Maldonado had no defense for opening fire with two guns at the Tacoma Mall on Nov. 20, 2005, wounding seven people, kidnapping four and frightening thousands more." ... |
CA: Swords may be weapon to battle crime
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"Regardless of minor percentage decreases in violence rates from one year to the next, the fact remains that crime is still a major problem in Los Angeles, as well as in just about any other major city."
"The Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that guns are used in homicides 50 percent more often than any other type of weapon ... so the logical solution to this problem should be to ban guns."
"But inevitably, whenever a gun ban is suggested, hunting fanatics and Constitution lovers across the nation come to the fore ..."
"This leaves the nation stuck; we can't ban guns because of the Constitutional right to bear arms, and we can't get rid of urban violence because we can't ban guns." ... |
NY: Do What It Takes To Protect Yourself
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"To the Readers' Forum: Concerning people who own licensed guns for protection of life and property, I'm for that. Some people feel if they live in a 'nice neighborhood,' they're protected against crime. Maybe, once that was the way of it, but now a days, no neighborhoods are exempt from ones bent on robbery, larceny, destruction, arson and/or murder. People can have house and car alarms, but there are ones who know how to disconnect alarms. When persons are bent on God knows what, and get into homes, what then? If people have no protection, they are at the mercy of those persons. ... Home dwellers need weapons for safety purposes, if they chose to have them." ... |
Law professors foresee contentious Supreme Court term
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... "... Michael O’Shea, an assistant professor at the Oklahoma City University School of Law, said a case that is awaiting a decision on whether the [SCOTUS] justices will grant certiorari could be one of the most important cases in decades.
"'If this case is granted, it immediately becomes the most important case of the term,' O'Shea said of District of Columbia v. Heller, which involves a Second Amendment challenge to the district's law banning handguns and heavily restricting rifles and shotguns. 'The number of Americans who would consider Heller the most important case in the last 30 years has got to be in the millions.'" ... |
OH: Cities fight for gun laws
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"Clyde, Ohio, is a small town, but its legal quest to keep guns out of city parks could have a big effect on firearms laws across the state."
"The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Sandusky County town's appeal of a court ruling that struck down its anti-gun ordinance as being in conflict with state law."
"The outcome of the case, while months away, apparently will determine whether Ohio cities can enact restrictions on firearms beyond the statewide standard." ...
"Advocates for gun rights say a patchwork of local laws would only lead to confusion and possibly entrapment of people who obtained permits to carry concealed weapons." ... |
WI: Right to bear arms nearly unbearable
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"As the nation witnessed the horrors of the Virginia Tech tragedy last April, I watched this awful event unfold from a somewhat removed standpoint. I was studying abroad in Barcelona, and having lived in Europe for several months at that point, I had become accustomed to elements of life and society that contrasted with that of the United States specifically regarding the notion of gun violence." ... |
OR: Teacher goes public in fight to pack pistol
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"Jane Doe -- the Oregon schoolteacher who wants to carry a concealed pistol to class -- went public Tuesday with her identity in an attempt to keep her lawsuit against the Medford School District alive.
Shirley M. Katz, 44, teaches English at South Medford High School. At a slight 5 feet 7 inches tall, Katz says she still fears a former spouse and wants to assert what she believes is her right to carry a weapon on school grounds.
She originally filed the lawsuit as Jane Doe to protect her privacy. When the school district filed a motion to dismiss the case based in part on her anonymity, she changed her mind." ... |
OH: Cincinnati Gun Rights Conference Draws Over 800; Ron Paul to Speak Saturday
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"Republican Presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) will speak during a Saturday evening reception at this weekend's Gun Rights Policy Conference, which opens Friday evening and runs through Sunday in the Cincinnati, OH area at the Drawbridge Inn & Convention Center in Fort Mitchell, KY."
"More than 800 gun rights activists from across the nation have pre- registered for the event, sponsored by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA). Participating organizations include the National Rifle Association, National Shooting Sports Foundation, and Gun Owners of America." ... |
Coburn’s block may change strategy for gun bill
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"One Democratic leader suggested Tuesday that a gun-purchasing measure prioritized after the April shootings at Virginia Tech may move forward despite the objections of Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who recently blocked a push to fast-track the bill to passage." ... |
While Senator Coburn Successfully Blocks The McCarthy Bill...Your activism has strengthened his hand!!!
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"'The American Legion, the nation's largest wartime veterans' service organization, strongly opposes specific provisions of H.R. 2640... that would unilaterally abrogate the rights of certain service-connected disabled veterans to own firearms, a right guaranteed by the Second Amendment.' -- Statement by the American Legion, Sep. 27, 2007" "First, there was Gun Owners of America and a myriad of state gun rights organizations."
"Then, the Military Order of the Purple Heart weighed in."
"Now, we've heard from the American Legion."
"The list of groups in opposition to HR 2640 -- the Veterans Disarmament Act -- continues growing ..." ... |
NJ: Sportsmen join forces to fight Assembly bill
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"Hunters and fishermen throughout the state are rallying together to oppose an Assembly bill they say will hurt hunting and fishing activities across New Jersey."
"The bill ... changes the makeup and authority of the state's Fish and Game Council, the independent agency that makes recommendations to the state Division of Fish and Wildlife about outdoor recreational activities."
"The council adopts the State Fish and Wildlife Game Code, which determines, among other things, the length of the hunting and fishing seasons and what species are legal to hunt and fish. The bill deletes the 'use and development of fish and game for public recreation and food supply' as a consideration in allowing hunts." ... |
An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States; Section the Third: the Evil Moral Principles of the Government of the United States - "Arms can only be controlled by arms", By John Taylor, 1814
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"...Arms can only be controlled by arms. An armed nation only can keep up an army, and also maintain its liberty. The constitution of the United States, overlooking this undeniable truth, has placed both the raising an army, and the arming of the militia, among the potential attributes of the general government; whereas the first belonged to the principle of accumulation, and the latter to the principle of division. One, therefore, is a power, and the other a check upon that power. One is a foe, the other a friend to liberty. One strengthens the government, the other the nation. And a sound militia makes a government dependent on the nation..." |
NY: Police: Flight officer left gun at Hancock
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A pilot licensed to carry a firearm left his gun in a terminal Sunday at Syracuse's Hancock Airport, city police said.
Air Wisconsin pilot Erick Johnson, trained as a federal flight deck officer, left on a flight at 11:45 a.m., according to police reports. About an hour later, a custodian found his 40-caliber semiautomatic handgun in a black shaving kit on a desk at Gate 11.
Authorities contacted Johnson about the gun. City police filed no charges.
Federal fight deck officers are licensed to use firearms to defend against criminal violence or terrorism, according to the Transportation Security Administration. |
WY: WHP trooper pays $15,000 to victim
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"A Platte County man won a judgment from a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper who arrested him and then assaulted him, according to an order issued last week by a federal judge."
"U.S. District Court Judge Alan Johnson issued the order on Sept. 24 that made final a $15,000 payment from Trooper Justin Minard to Layne Weber." ...
"After cuffing Weber's hands behind his back, Minard took Weber to the ground, sprayed pepper spray into Weber's eyes and then smashed Weber in the face with a club," according to the complaint." |
KY: National Rifle Association banquet scheduled for Oct. 6
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"The Bank of Camden Community Room will come alive with a flurry of activity on Saturday evening, Oct. 6, when Tactical Response Gear and the Friends of the NRA, Kentucky Lake Chapter, sponsor a banquet to benefit the NRA and keep shooting sports alive and going strong. The event will begin at 6 p.m., and the price of tickets is $25 per person."
"Monies raised at this event will go to fund grants in which local groups or clubs will be eligible to apply. ..." ... |
FL: Electronic Rifle Not Allowed During Muzzleloader Season
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"When is a primitive weapon no longer primitive? When it gets a battery-powered ignition, says Capt. John Miller of the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission's Division of Law Enforcement."
"The state's muzzleloader season, which begins Oct. 13 in the Southern Zone and Nov. 10 in the Central Zone, is designed for the use of single-shot rifles that are loaded from the firing end with separate charges of powder and projectile or bullet, rather than from the breech or back end with a brass cartridge that combines powder, projectile and firing charge or primer." ... |
CA: A&A Shooters get $12,138 NRA grant for targets, shells
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"The Ione-based A&A Shooters, Amador County's Scholastic Clay Target Program team, got a huge boost this year in the form of a grant from the National Rifle Association."
"The NRA Foundation sent a check for $12,138 to the True Sportsman Club in support of the A&A Shooters. The money was awarded after a November 2006 grant application was reviewed and approved by the California NRA State Fund Grant Review Committee and then approved by The NRA Foundation Board of Trustees in Virginia." ... |
UK: How worried should we be about the extent of gun crime on our streets?
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"Sometimes, listening to politicians, police and the media, it can sound as if there is a gun-toting criminal on every street corner. The truth is far more nuanced. Serious gun crime is concentrated in particular parts of England and Wales; internationally, the country has a low death rate from guns compared with EU states such as France and Finland." ...
"How many illegal weapons are there?"
"The Government has no estimate, although it is clear that they are easy to obtain and becoming cheaper. Guns can even be hired for an hour or an evening. Shotguns can be bought for £50 to £200 and handguns previously used in crime for about £150 to £200. An imitation firearm can cost as little as £20." ...
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UK: Beaten to death for no reason
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"THREE men have been told they face 'a substantial prison sentence' after admitting killing a Lytham man in an unprovoked attack."
"David Pickford was found dead in his home ... a month after he was viciously beaten in an attack ..."
"Sean Downes, ... Anthony McDonald, ... and a 21-year-old local man ... admitted manslaughter at Preston Crown Court." ...
"The court heard the defendants attacked the victim in an assault which was 'unprovoked, unjustified and not in self defence' while he was walking along the street in Blackpool."
"He was repeatedly punched and kicked around the head and body before one of the defendants stamped on his left leg." ... |
UK: Man with 600 stitches fights for justice
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"A man who needed 600 stitches after his face was carved open with a piece of glass has appealed to the High Court in an attempt to catch his attacker."
"Jack Brown was thrown down two flights of stairs, punched repeatedly in the head and body and slashed all over his face and neck."
"He needed hundreds of stitches on his face and takes daily medication to numb the pain from the injuries he received." ... |
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