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Brady Campaign Applauds D.C. Gun Ruling
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"Statement of Brady Center Acting President Dennis Henigan on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruling today in Heller v. District of Columbia:"
"'Today’s ruling refusing to strike down any of Washington, D.C.’s strong gun laws is a decisive blow to the gun lobby’s extremist claims that there is a right to be armed with AK-47s and large-capacity assault clips." ... |
IN: Give cities gun control
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"The point is made: firearms are legal. That doesn’t mean we need to be obnoxious about it."
"On Sept. 9, Benjamin A. Magenheimer was escorted out of the Masker Park Zoo in Evansville for reportedly causing a disturbance with zoo employees and law enforcement. Magenheimer’s attorney claims he was removed because he was openly carrying his gun."
"If the attorney’s claims are true, legally, Magenheimer was in the right. According to a new Indiana law, gun owners can take their weapons into most public spaces (the exceptions are courthouses, schools, and hospitals with convicts)." ... |
Review of 'Gunfight,' by Adam Winkler
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... "And therein lies a fundamental American problem. Our nation has more guns per capita than any Western industrialized nation and one of the highest murder rates. Yet as Adam Winkler, professor of constitutional law at UCLA, laments in his illuminating, balanced examination of the protracted gun debate, many myths about guns in our culture seem to ensure that nothing effective will be done to reduce the carnage." ... |
Another Random Act of Journalism? Media Goes After Fast and Furious
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"RUSH: We got a couple stories on this Fast and Furious business, one from CBS and the other is the Los Angeles Times. ... Well, Sharyl Attkisson, CBS: 'New documents obtained by CBS News show Attorney General Eric Holder was sent briefings on the controversial Fast and Furious operation as far back as July 2010. That directly contradicts his statement to Congress. On May 3, 2011, Holder told a Judiciary Committee hearing, 'I'm not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks.' Yet new documents obtained by CBS News show Eric Holder was sent briefings on Fast and Furious as far back at July 2010, a year ago. ..." ... |
CBS News Reporter Says White House Screamed, Swore at Her Over Fast and Furious (audio available)
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"The Fast and Furious scandal, in which the Justice Department knowingly gave Mexican criminal gangs thousands of guns, just keeps escalating. The latest development centers around whether or not Attorney General Eric Holder lied to Congress about having knowledge of the controversial gun trafficking operation. Recently released documents say Holder was briefed about the operation long before he told the Judiciary Committee he was first aware of what was going on. (Holder now claims he misunderstood the question was being asked.)"
"What's more, CBS News investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson ... says ... today that the White House and Justice Department have taken to screaming at her for reporting on the story. ..." .. |
Memos: Eric Holder Knew About "Fast & Furious" Gun Operation
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"New documents reportedly show that Attorney General Eric Holder knew about the "Fast and Furious" gun operation months before he claims he learned about it."
"According to a report from The Hill, in November 2010 Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer wrote a memo to Holder about a sealed indictment against alleged gun traffickers in Arizona. He wrote that the indictment would remain sealed 'until another investigation, Phoenix-based 'Operation Fast and Furious,' is ready for takedown.'" ... |
Fast and Furious Bombshell: Has Eric Holder Been Caught Lying to Congress?
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"CBS News, which already found evidence that ATF Special Agent in Charge Bill Newell lied to Congress when describing his contact with White House National Security staffer Kevil O’Reilly, kept digging through the documents dumped by the White House last Friday, and found a much bigger story lurking among the emails: what appears to be evidence that Attorney General Eric Holder lied to Congress, in response to a direct question." ...
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Montana AG Balks At Federal Government’s Medical Marijuana Patient Gun Ban
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"The new edict from the federal government banning gun sales to medical marijuana patients has not found a fan in Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock."
"AG Bullock says that the ban 'implicates serious legal issues under the Second Amendment, and the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fifth Amendment,' in a letter he wrote to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder." ... |
ATF goes too far in restricting medical-pot patients' gun rights
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"Somewhere in the haze surrounding Colorado's legalization of medical marijuana lies yet another legal controversy, if not outright hypocrisy, with potential ramification for gun-owning hunters."
"As if the relationship between a federal government that classifies pot as a Class 1 narcotic and a state constitutional amendment classifying it as an acceptable form of medication isn't awkward enough, a Sept. 21 letter sent out by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that expressly prohibits medicinal marijuana users from owning guns takes the issue to another level. Specifically, the level of federal prosecution of anyone who carries a marijuana card alongside their NRA card." ... |
Joe Walsh Fires Back At Anti-Gun Group's Criticism Of His Concealed Carry Support
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"After ever-outspoken U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) told a Tea Party gun forum in Huntley, Ill., that he would be a 'cheerleader' for gun rights in Congress last week, anti-gun group the Brady Campaign wanted the freshman Congressman to explain his rationale."
"On Tuesday, via a statement delivered to the press, Walsh made good on that request -- even if he mainly reiterated what he already made quite clear: ..." ... |
Illinois Congressman Battles Anti-gun Group
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"The U.S House gaveled back into session yesterday after a weeklong recess, and one Representative spent part of the break sending a message to anti-gunners in his home state."
"Rep. Joe Walsh, a Republican representing a suburban Chicago district, took Illinois to task for being the only state in the country to completely ban concealed carry for its citizens." ...
"Not surprisingly, Walsh was attacked for his efforts to protect gun rights by the Brady Campaign. Dennis Henigan, acting president of the disarmament group, called on Walsh to offer an 'explanation' of his comments." ... |
AZ: Senator Russell Pearce and where he stands for you
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"Senator Russell Pearce has submitted and released the questionnaire that explains where he stands on the issues that are important to Arizonans in general, not just LD 18 residents. ..." ...
"3. Public safety, including measures to control illegal immigration. From my years in law enforcement, I know that the duty to protect our citizens from those who would do them harm cannot be compromised."
"In addition, I will continue to fight to protect the traditional family, the unborn and the right of parents to raise their families. I will continue to expand Second Amendment rights in our state." ... |
Unless vetoed, California bill may limit police power to deny gun permits
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... "Last week this column highlighted that a likely consequence of this bill becoming law would be widespread open carry shotguns or rifles in public places like Ralphs grocery stores, Starbucks, sidewalks, streets, and other public places from San Francisco to San Diego. But long gun carry rights do not satisfy the Second Amendment said the US Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller (striking down the District of Columbia’s handgun ban even though long guns were not banned)." ... |
MI: Michigan Bill: Concealed Gun Permit Holders Can Also Carry Tasers
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"The Michigan state Senate has passed a bill that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to add Tasers to their arsenals."
"The Detroit News reports that carrying stun guns has been prohibited since 1976. If the bill becomes law, Michigan would become the 43rd state to allow people to carry Tasers, but the only one in which a person would have to be licensed to carry a concealed handgun to carry a Taser." ... |
The most important Supreme Court ever?
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... "This year's docket is just over half full, and there's already enough on it to keep Court-watchers busy -- and then there's Obamacare. Yet the constitutionality of the individual mandate is not the only hot-button issue the Court may add to this year's roster. Pending petitions for certiorari ask the Court to reconsider the constitutionality of race-based affirmative action in college admissions and to begin defining the scope of the individual right to bear arms protected by the Second Amendment. ..." ... |
Federal judge won't restore 2nd Amendment rights
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"A federal judge has refused an emergency request to restore a blogger's 2nd Amendment rights after a state judge in Arizona apparently agreed that the writer's online discussion about the 'wages of sin is death' suggested a threat to the life of a reader." ... |
IN: Should you be allowed to bring a gun to a zoo?
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"Zionsville attorney Guy Allen Relford is currently representing clients in two Indiana cities. He is seeking the repeal of firearms ordinances in several municipalities across the state."
"Relford is working to ensure that all of Indiana’s cities and towns are in compliance with a state law that took effect July 1. It prohibits the enactment or enforcement of firearms restrictions on most city ?properties." ... |
IL: Gun rights meeting is next week in Sparta
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"The National Rifle Association's top lobbyist will be the featured speaker during a gun rights meeting next week in Sparta."
"Democratic state Rep. Jerry F. Costello II will host the meeting featuring NRA chief lobbyist Todd Vandermyde. Vandermyde will update gun owners about efforts to pass concealed carry legislation in Illinois and explore other issues of concern for supporters of the Second Amendment." ... |
IN: Let’s be sure of facts in debates over firearms
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"An armed society, science fiction author Robert Heinlein once said, 'is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.' Let's put that another way: Those who fear that looser firearms restrictions will lead to a bloodbath haven't paid attention to the real-world effects of less gun control. And they haven't considered the obvious: Bad people always have access to all the guns they need; honoring the Second Amendment just levels the field and makes the bad people less likely to take on the good people." ... |
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