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‘Prohibited persons’ qualifying as Obamacare ‘navigators’
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"Now it has come out under sworn testimony that government employees being entrusted by citizens with some of their most personal information are not even trusted by the government to exercise one of the most fundamental natural and civil rights, the right to keep and bear arms." |
UK correspondent claims guns hindering Typhoon Haiyan relief despite tough laws
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"Clearly, the place is a Bloombergian Paradise, giving the self-styled “common sense gun safety” zealots everything they publicly are willing to admit they’re after without revealing too many of the other cards in their hand. And here is yet another example of the failure of such edicts to do anything but make conditions more dangerous for those who have accepted being disarmed as their lot in life." |
TX: Former Bryan police officer convicted of indecent exposure
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A former Bryan police officer was convicted of indecent exposure Wednesday for a November 2010 incident in which a woman reported witnessing a man arousing himself while parked in the Post Oak Mall parking lot.
Jurors spent two hours and 40 minutes deliberating before finding 44-year-old Adam Brooks, who worked nine years for the Bryan police prior to his March 2011 arrest, guilty of the Class B misdemeanor offense, punishable by up to six months in prison and a $2,000 fine.
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Biden: Don't let immigration die like gun control
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Vice President Joe Biden’s message to immigration reform advocates: Don’t let your issue die like gun control did.
Speaking on a conference call of Catholic clergy and other faith leaders, Biden said it will be incumbent upon immigration reformers to be louder and more engaged with Congress than reform opponents. ...
“This kind of reminds me of the gun control kind of fights we had, and gun safety. You know, the people who don’t want anything changed to have a more rational position, they’re the ones who show up in large numbers. The ones who strongly support us, they don’t show up. You guys have to show up.”
The White House lost its fight for expanded background checks for gun purchases when the Senate killed the legislation in April. |
FL: Man Arrested for Impersonating Cop to Get Discount on Donuts
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Pasco County Sheriff Deputies arrested a man last week after he allegedly attempted a daring heist. Deputies say 48-year-old Charles "Chuck" Barry went to the drive-thru of a Trinity Dunkin' Donuts, identified himself as law enforcement and then proceeded to demand a discount for donuts.
Smelling a rat, the clerk refused, drawing ire from the hungry impersonator who allegedly held up a gun -- still in its holster -- and said, "See, I'm a cop!" ...
After being identified by the vigilant crew of Dunkin Donuts, Barry was arrested and charged with one count of False Impersonation of a law Enforcement Officer and Improper Exhibition of a Firearm. |
WA: Bill Gates backing gun control measure
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KPLU reported Wednesday that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda have contributed $25,000 apiece to the Initiative 594 campaign, joining a growing list of wealthy Seattle-area supporters of the 15-page gun control measure, as confirmed by Public Disclosure Commission documents obtained yesterday by Examiner and The GunMag.com.
Gates and his wife made the donations Oct. 29, according to filings with the PDC. |
Mexico: Vigilantes, weary of crime gangs, seize control of towns in Mexico's Michoacan
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Rogelio Valencia peered out from a sandbag bunker outside Tepalcatepec in a fertile region of Mexico's Michoacan state, keeping an eye cocked for marauding gangsters.
"They might come in 10 or 12 pickups. But we are prepared," said Valencia, a civilian with a pistol tucked in his waistband and a two-way radio at hand.
Tepalcatepec is in a "liberated" region of Michoacan state, where an armed uprising of civilians has succeeded in lifting a yoke imposed by a crime group with a feudal-sounding name, the Knights Templar, which keeps a searing and heavy hand on the majority of Michoacan's 113 municipalities. |
MN: Defending your home: your rights as a homeowner
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Minnesota statute states you can shoot an intruder, or even kill, if you feel threatened with great bodily harm or death, or if you are trying to prevent a felony from occurring in your home.
However, Minnesota does not have a stand-your-ground component.
The self-defense law contains a "duty to retreat' provision, through which a person facing a threat has a duty to retreat, where practical, before responding with reasonable force. |
MN: Sheriff: Suspects Were Looking for Painkillers in Deadly Pine Co. Home Invasion
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One man is dead, three are arrested and a cancer patient is shaken up after two men broke into his Pine County farmhouse around 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
Police say the men, who were just out of jail, broke into 75-year-old Charles Carlson's home on Fox Road near Sandstone. Both men have long criminal histories and one had a gun.
Carlson struggled with the intruder and managed to grab his own gun. He shot one of the intruders, 23-year-old Gypsy Watts, who died at the scene. |
NC: Open carry and police
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Jeff Welty reviews recent case law about carrying firearms openly -- and resulting police stops -- at North Carolina Criminal Law blog.
He begins with a look at an encounter in Neenah, Wis., where police respond to a non-emergency call from a woman expressing concern about two men walking down the street carrying firearms -- one a long rifle. |
PA: Sensible gun control needed in U.S.
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Adopting sensible gun reforms without affecting the Second Amendment is not an impossible task. With compromise to protect everyone's rights, this can be a reality. Comprehensive background checks and closing gun-show loopholes are two reasonable compromises to end our fast-and-loose gun sales. Reasonable, responsible law-abiding gun owners know this and are supportive of these reforms. It's not the only answer but it is one way to help keep guns out of the wrong hands like felons, domestic abusers and children. |
Smith & Wesson Sets The Stage With First Ever IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals
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Smith & Wesson Corp. announced that with today’s historic first shot of the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) Back Up Gun (BUG) Nationals, the stage has been set for what many believe will usher in a new chapter in competitions for concealable firearms.
Deemed the BUG Nationals for its emphasis on small frame defensive semi-automatic pistols and revolvers, this unprecedented match has been developed through the combined efforts of the IDPA and Smith & Wesson. |
NC: Police: Man accidentally fired during gun rights discussion
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Police in North Carolina said they are searching for a man whose gun accidentally fired during a conversation about the Second Amendment at a store.
Wilkesboro police said the unidentified man was engaged in a discussion about the Second Amendment and gun rights at the GNC store Tuesday evening when he took out his gun to show an employee and accidentally fired off a round into a printer, WFMY-TV, Greensboro, reported Thursday. |
MI: Prosecutor to make announcement in porch shooting
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Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy plans to announce Friday morning whether she will seek charges in the Nov. 2 death of Renisha McBride in Dearborn Heights.
An autopsy released this week ruled McBride died of a gunshot wound to her face. A toxicology report released Thursday showed she had alcohol and marijuana in her system.
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Thurswell said the homeowner called 911 after the shooting and police were there within two minutes.
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The report said McBride's blood alcohol content was about 0.22, more than twice the legal limit for driving. Her blood also tested positive for the active ingredient in marijuana. |
Knife Right’s ‘Knife Owners Protection Act’ Introduced in Congress, Crucial Knife Owner Protections
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Knife Rights’ Knife Owners’ Protection Act, H.R.3478 (KOPA), was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today by sponsor Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ).
Knife Rights Chairman Doug Ritter explained, “KOPA will protect law-abiding knife owners travelling throughout the U.S. from the vagaries of restrictive state and local laws.
As long as possession of the particular knife is legal in the state where the journey starts and ends, and provided the knife is secured in accordance with KOPA, a knife owner would no longer be threatened with arrest simply for traveling from one place to another.” |
ATF head Jones reflects on agency's outdated technology, system vulnerabilities
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Now to our newsmaker interview with B. Todd Jones, the new director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives. The agency, charged with keeping track of the nation's 300 million guns, lacked a permanent head for the last seven years. Jones was appointed shortly after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, and he was confirmed in July.
I spoke with him this afternoon at the bureau's headquarters here in Washington. |
NY: Colorado points way to easier access for guns
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Our town’s impending bankruptcy symbolized New York City’s complete moral and financial breakdown. Even then, I didn’t feel the need for personal protection.
But, two years ago, at the age of 70, I changed my mind. Was it watching my neighbors, friends and patients die on 9/11? Was it seeing the kid’s faces at Columbine? Was it reading about the slaughter of unarmed solders at Fort Hood? Was it old age? Who knows? But one thing was for sure. If I ever had to step up to the plate and protect my wife, children and, now my grandchildren, I would be ready.
Our new journey started when my wife and I, two 70 year old retirees, took a gun-safety and home-security course, given by an NRA instructor. |
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