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Inching Away From Income Tax
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"In the heart of the Treasury Department, their work deeply under wraps, tax-policy experts are hatching policy options for what could be the Bush economic team's first big idea: shifting the U.S. tax system away from taxing income, toward taxing consumption." ... |
Secret Service officer charged with two felonies in 'road rage' incident
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"Maryland State Police charged an off-duty U.S. Secret Service officer with two felonies in a 'road rage' incident over the weekend."
"He is accused of pointing a handgun at a driver on a Western Maryland interstate highway, authorities said."
"Justin Paul Leasure, 25, of Laurel was placed on administrative leave immediately after being charged Sunday night, said Agent John Gill, a Secret Service spokesman. Officer Leasure was charged with four criminal counts for handgun violations." ...
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AMAZING COINCIDENCE! - BATF Announces Ballistic Identification System
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AMAZING COINCEDENCE! Through its National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) Program, ATF deploys Integrated Ballistic Identification System (IBIS) equipment into State and local law enforcement agencies for their use in imaging and comparing crime gun evidence. This equipment allows firearms technicians to acquire digital images of the markings made by a firearm on bullets and cartridge casings; the images then undergo automated initial comparison. |
IL: Mayor Daley Unveils Role Of Lisa Madigan
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"If there were any doubts as to why Chicago Mayor Daley anointed Lisa Madigan as the Democratic candidate for Illinois Attorney General, they were certainly swept aside during a Wednesday press
conference held in Chicago. During that press conference, Daley announced his intended role for Madigan, should she be elected as the state's top law-enforcement official."
"Daley announced that, among other things, Lisa Madigan will be assigned to 'take on' the organizations that represent the state's 1.5 million law-abiding hunters and sportsmen. Although Daley did not elaborate on how Madigan will 'take on' sportsmen's organizations, one could reasonably expect that Madigan would be tasked with executing a campaign of harassment against the state's sportsmen's clubs." ... |
Australian agents pursue anti-terror home raids despite criticism
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"Australian police and intelligence agents raided more Muslims' homes in search of terrorist suspects, brushing aside growing criticism of the five-day-old crackdown as heavy-handed."
"The raids targetted homes around Melbourne, Australia's second biggest city, and came a day after police and agents of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organization (ASIO) conducted armed searches of several houses in Sydney and Perth, ABC radio and local Muslim leaders said." ... |
Debt Collectors May Subcontract for IRS
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"As always, the tax man cometh, but he soon might not be government issue."
"Uncle Sam collects roughly $2 trillion in taxes every year, but an additional $220 billion never gets paid. The Treasury Department believes it could collect a good chunk of that money if it went after deadbeat taxpayers more aggressively. The question is: Who should make those calls?" ... |
WA: "Missing gun sales records questioned"
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Fellow gun dealers and even several local law enforcement officers vouch for Borgelt's character. Many are at a loss to explain media reports of missing records.
Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation, said Bull's Eye has a solid reputation among gun collectors.
"If these were serious violations of record-keeping, and there were 150 of them, then I would assume his license would not be renewed," Gottlieb said. "So they must be something very, very minor." ... |
"In the same three-week period, 1,600 people died from gunfire in the United States"
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ORIGINAL TITLE: "Weapons Of Mass Destruction: A Plague of Small Arms"
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This anti-gun fanatic's hit piece starts with a blatant lie. It was written by Rebecca Peters, director of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). For clarity's sake, IANSA is based in the "United Kingdom". Here's the whopper:"Ten people died from the sniper's bullets in the Washington area. In the same three-week period, 1,600 people died from gunfire in the United States generally, and more than 17,000 around the world." If that were true -- it isn't -- that would mean there was an average of 533 firearms-related deaths in the U.S. during each those three weeks. If this lying British gun prohibitionist thinks the mainstream media wouldn't be falling all over themselves to report such unbelievable numbers, she's even more insane than her nation's policy of imprisoning a farmer for shooting a burglar.
Email this liar at IANSA.
Send a letter to the editor of the International Herald Tribune for having published such an overt lie. |
"Hold gun dealers accountable"
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... "If there is any common ground shared by advocates of increased gun control and advocates of Second Amendment rights, it is that existing gun laws and regulations should be strictly and fairly enforced."
[Actually, true advocates of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" consider those who enforce unconstitutional laws that infringe the Second Amendment to be domestic enemies.]
"Yes, a person intent on committing a violent act may well find ways around the most carefully constructed gun laws. Nonetheless, the ATF needs the tools to keep better tabs on gun dealers' sales and better tools for dealing with those who put the public at risk." |
The West Was Not Won with A Registered Gun
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"I have a question, one that I've yet to hear gun control advocates articulate to even the most minimum standards of satisfaction. How does gun registration or confiscation stop a single crime or save a single life?"
"The agenda behind the words "common sense gun laws" strikes me as nothing but the first step toward wholesale confiscation. But, while the idealized concept of "common sense gun laws" might garner votes from terrified soccer moms and hordes of helpless urbanites, it does nothing to hinder the desires of those who would rob and kill."
"And I'm going to tell you why. I think we can safely stipulate that prohibition didn't work." ... |
MD: Townsend snares support of 'sportsmen'
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"When Kathleen Kennedy Townsend received the endorsement of leading sportsmen this week, she became one of a growing number of Democrats to actively court this group of voters who traditionally back Republicans."
"Standing along the banks of the Northeast River in Cecil County, Townsend beamed as, one by one, the leaders of hunting and recreational fishing organizations sang her praises. Many of them held copies of a letter she signed that promised more hunting opportunities and youth programs." ...
KABA NOTE:
While we have many sportsmen among us here at KeepAndBearArms.com, we do not consider sportsmanship to be the primary attribute to which we vow our lives, fortunes and sacred honor. Sportsmanship did not win the American Revolution, and it will not restore the American Republic -- patriotism did, and patriotism will.
If fishermen are going to vote for this rabid anti-gun fanatic because she whispers sweet nothings in their ears, we have little use for any type of allegiance with them and openly consider them part of the problem and detrimental to the solution.
RECOMMENDED READING:NAZI STRATEGY SUMMED UP IN 2 WORDS: "SPORTING PURPOSE"
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Canada: 13 Alberta farmers jailed for violating custom rules by hauling grain to U.S.
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"When decent, hard-working Alberta farmers are willing to take the extreme measure of going to jail for the sake of fundamental freedoms ... there's something wrong with the laws of the land."
"Chatenay, 59, of Penhold, Alta., was fined for donating a bushel of wheat to a 4-H club south of the border."
At the time, Canadian farmers were fetching $8.50 Cdn a bushel for durum wheat south of the border, instead of $3.50 from the wheat board.
*Canada land of the sort-of free* |
FM - Turned On; Tuned In; Tuned Out
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... "The take home lesson is that, once more, the march of technologic progress is making an end run around the regulations of government. It's happening in health care, education and in broadcasting. Let's just hope that we don't have to endure another round of mediocrity before technology develops enough to make an end run around government's next effort to protect us from the horrors of freedom." ... |
UK: British copycat sniper on the prowl; 6 injured
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"In an eerie resemblance to the series of sniper shootings in Washington, a British copycat shooter is using an air-rifle to fire stinging pellets at unsuspecting passers-by in the city."
"So far, six people, including a Labour Member of Parliament, have been shot and wounded in a four-day spree which detectives fear is an attack inspired by the random murders in Washington." ... |
OH: John Lott To Attend Last Minute Rally In Independence
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John Lott, author of "More Guns; Less Crime", will attend a counter-rally against the local "Million" Mom March folks gathering in Independence, Ohio this weekend.
In an effort to smear Ohio Representative Jim Trakas' vote in favor of House Bill 274, the anti-gun extremists intend to pass out toys to little kids (for the cameras) in "Liberty Playground", a playground Trakas named while on city council.
We need everyone within fair driving distance to come attend this rally. |
AZ: Legendary Actor & Gun Activist Visits Tucson
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"Heston was in town to support NRA endorsed candidates in next weeks election. The rally however, is drawing criticism, after this weeks deadly shooting at the College of Nursing. Sean Hammond, who is against the NRA said, 'For them to show up today shows so much disrespect to the families and to the victims, and to the community who is suffering so much from another horrible episode of gun violence.' "
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Newsflash: hundreds of supporters showed up, and a mere handful of whiny, ill-informed "protesters" were on hand. The term "outnumbered" is a gross understatement. |
Report: NRA, NJ Gov. Made Deal on 'Smart Gun' Bill
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"A secret deal was made between the National Rifle Association and James E. McGreevey during his campaign for governor that called for him to block a 'smart gun' bill, according to a published report."
"McGreevey agreed to the deal in exchange for guns rights groups not mobilizing against him on Election Day, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported in Wednesday's editions." ... |
Haitians and the Free State Project
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"It began Wednesday morning, when I found myself totally obsessed with the Free State Project. This is the proposal to move a large number of right-thinking people to one state, and influence the politics of an entire state. Sure, I had heard about it before, but it lead to me spending most of the day trying to figure out why my mind had made such a mental shift and focus so suddenly. Then it dawned on me: Haitian Refugees." ... |
NY: "Deadly walk home"
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"A protective husband - who wanted only to see his wife home safely after a late-night subway ride back from work - died while bravely fighting off robbers early yesterday in Brooklyn."
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New York..............does the 'Sullivan Act' come to mind?
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The Post calls him "brave" because he fought a losing battle -- skin against firearm -- and died. But if he'd pulled an illegal firearm and shot these two scumbags dead, they would be reporting him as a criminal. |
KS: Charlton Heston stumps in Wichita
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"The voice of Moses told Kansas gun owners Wednesday that it was their patriotic duty to vote."
"Charlton Heston, president of the National Rifle Association, activist and actor best known for his role in 'The Ten Commandments,' came to Wichita to encourage votes for pro-gun candidates."
"More than 1,500 people crammed into the ballroom of the Radisson Broadview Hotel in downtown Wichita on Wednesday evening, standing shoulder to shoulder for the two-hour rally." ... |
Bellesiles is Gone--The Problem Lingers
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"In 'Shanghai Express,' Marlene Dietrich, as Lily, reflects that 'It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.' So it is with scholarly misconduct: Michael Bellesiles didn't make his name by himself. Supported by generous subsidies over recent years, he wrote a work well calculated to appeal to a special audience defined by a particular cluster of beliefs.... " |
FL: "Gun violence spurs students to act"
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"They say they don’t worry about guns at school — or anywhere else."
"But in a town where plenty of people hunt and even more wear military uniforms, they know some kids have access to guns."
"And that’s why the Jacksonville High School Student Council got involved in a nationwide pledge against gun violence." ...
"According to statistics compiled by Grow’s organization, 30,000 people die nationwide as a result of gun violence a year, and about 4,000 of them are under the age of 19."
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"Bushmaster Is Popular, Deadly"
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CBS reports that "According to the Bushmaster Web site, in 2000, the company sold 39,932 automatic rifles..."
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IN: Man sentenced for fatally shooting intruder
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"A Near-Northside man was sentenced today to six years in prison and two years community corrections for chasing down and killing an intruder who had robbed him of $27."
"Jurors on Sept. 24 convicted Michael Clements, 62, of aggravated battery and carrying a firearm without a license."
"The victim, Leon Williams Jr., 30, had just robbed Clements and was walking away when he was gunned down, prosecutors say." ...
"On Dec. 18, 2001, Williams broke into Clements' home in the 2800 block of North Boulevard Place, attacked him and stole $27 in cash, police said."
"Williams ran from the home; Clements chased him between houses and fired at least four shots from a .38-caliber handgun. One round landed in a major artery in Williams' left leg. Williams was hospitalized but never regained consciousness. He died four days later." |
Loophole lets feds share your info
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"Student aid applicants, check the fine print. The information you put on your application to the U.S. Department of Education is being shared with the Pentagon, Justice Department and other agencies - even private companies like debt collectors." ...
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The federal lawyer, Bellesiles, and the NRA
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Blog, by Eugene Volokh, re 1) a retraction of a Bellesiles review and 2) anti-gun bias
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"...I do think that this incident does show how easy it is even for otherwise fair-minded people to say some unfair things about the NRA, and gun-rights advocates more generally. And when the media, both general-audience and lawyer-focused, tends to be anti-gun, those groups end up being treated quite shabbily quite often...." |
PA: Rendell's gun-control rants reveal true person headed for state Capitol
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"When we awaken Wednesday, a Democrat will be headed for the governor's mansion. I'm not advocating this, just forecasting it, as one might forecast high winds and damaging hail. When atmospheric conditions are right, it's to be expected."
"Faced with Mark Schweiker's lack of gubernatorial ambition, the state GOP had difficulty filling the void left by Tom Ridge's sudden 2001 exodus to the Osama bin Laden Task Force. Candidate Mike Fisher reminds me of my accountant." ... |
NJ: McGreevey blasted on gun law stance
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"Democrats were quietly fuming yesterday over suggestions that Gov. James E. McGreevey hedged his support for a gun control measure in exchange for the cooperation of the National Rifle Association and affiliated groups in the 2001 election. Some even went so far as to speculate that aspirations for higher office prompted the governor to withhold support for the measure, which would mandate the sale of so-called 'smart guns' that can be fired only by their owner." ... |
AZ: Heston softens tone at gun rally
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"Charlton Heston didn't hoist a [single shot] rifle [that nobody's trying to ban] or mention cold, dead hands."
"Speaking at a Tucson rally two days after a University of Arizona student shot and killed three professors and then himself, the actor and National Rifle Association president left out his trademark anti-gun control gesture." ... |
Canada: One of Canada's biggest magazine retailers to pull gun magazines from its shelves
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"Some gun enthusiasts were convinced yesterday a decision by one of Canada's biggest magazine and book retailers to pull gun magazines from its shelves was motivated by politics, not poor sales."
" 'I think the reason is they're pressured not to (sell the magazines),' said Allman Vieira, 56, a director of the Barrie Gun Club and a regular reader of Guns and Ammo and other firearms publications." ... |
Taking away kids' guns is un-American
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"With toy guns, the violence never exceeded our own childish imaginations. Today, those who design computer games and write movie or television scripts fill in the gory details. Toy guns do not poison minds."
"Adults do." ... |
NJ: Firearms unit: Prosecutor takes aim at gun crimes
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"To try to reduce the number of gun-related crimes in Monmouth County, the Prosecutor's Office has created a new unit to deal with such cases, work with local and federal authorities to curb illegal trading in weapons, and improve data and intelligence collection."
" 'We've never had a person who specifically did gun prosecution,' Prosecutor John Kaye said yesterday. 'We have a significant number of gun-related crimes.' " ...
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In New Jersey, the mere possession of many types of firearms is a "gun crime". Carrying a firearm to defend your own precious life is a "gun crime". Transporting a firearm in ways that offend unconstitutional statutory laws and the oath-breakers who enforce them is a "gun crime," too. In fact, it's become ever more difficult to be a gunowner in New Jersey without committing one "gun crime" or another -- and the list of "gun crimes" has grown at a clip, turning otherwise lawful, decent Americans into "gun criminals" this band of non-Americans wants to prosecute.
Going after truly violent people is essential. But when you're talking about New Jersey, it's good to remember that carrying a firearm to keep from being stabbed for your wallet is itself considered a felonious violent "gun crime." |
CT: Store owner shoots robbery suspect in leg
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STRATFORD - "For convenience store owner Melvin Hernandez, business Wednesday was anything but usual."
"As he entered the Hernandez Grocery Store on Bruce Avenue about 12:30 p.m., his seven-month pregnant wife told him a gunman had just robbed them. He ran outside and said he saw the suspect, who wheeled around, brandishing what looked like a firearm."
"Scared and fearing for his life, Hernandez pulled out his licensed handgun and fired once, hitting the suspect in the leg." ... |
Australia: Ammo could be key to Thomas shooting
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"FEW .455 rounds for Webley revolvers remain in stock in Queensland gun shops."
"The unusual type of ammunition was last known to have been imported into Australia more than two years ago and the only supplies left are those gathering dust on retailers' shelves."
"But SOMEHOW a gunman managed to obtain the rounds and fire four of them at the home of Courier-Mail journalist Hedley Thomas and his family late on Wednesday last week." [emphasis added]
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NY: Woodside, Ridgewood stores stop selling toy paintball guns
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"Two Sports Authority stores in Woodside and Ridgewood recently have pulled paintball-shooting guns off their shelves in response to a citation from the city Department of Consumer Affairs stating that the stores were illegally selling imitation firearms."
" Under a 1999 law, "it is unlawful for anyone to sell 'any imitation firearm which substantially duplicates, or can reasonably be perceived to be, an actual firearm' unless the exterior is brightly colored and clearly a toy..." ...
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But in the same cities, towns and boroughs, it's perfectly legal for 20 government employees armed with tactical riot and battle weapony to kick your door in at 3am, handcuff you and your family face down, realize they are in the "wrong house," say "ooops, sorry," and never get charged with home invasion. |
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