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Media covering up Bloomberg hand behind Nevada background check group
Submitted by: David Codrea
Website: http://www.DavidCodrea.com

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"Self-identified 'news' organizations are suppressing the involvement of billionaire citizen disarmament advocate Michael Bloomberg and his Everytown group in the recently announced ballot measure petition submitted by Nevadans for Background Checks. ..." ...
 

Bloomberg 'background check' expansion to Nevada part of warned-against plan
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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... "That was all part of a well-planned and funded effort to expand 'action group' efforts to the states reported in this column, initially in July of 2013, and warned of again in December of last year because no one else seemed to be noticing. It’s hard to organize against developing threats if the existence of where they are and how they’re structured is unknown."

"Significantly, the KTNV 'legitimate news media/real reporter' story mentioned none of this. I guess letting Nevadans know outside special interests are trying to buy an election isn't newsworthy and/or doesn't help advance the agenda."

"Now that Everytown has enjoyed a success, albeit an expensive one, the Washington feeding frenzy has produced a hunger for more. ..." ...
 

Record-Level Of Support For Guns In The Home
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"Score this one as a victory for the judgment of the American people."

"For decades, anti-gun groups have been trying to scare Americans into getting rid of their guns, with the claim that you’re more likely to have a problem if you have guns in your home, than if you don’t. But whatever they’ve been doing all these years apparently hasn’t been working. Not only have Americans been acquiring guns at record levels, Gallup recently reported that 63 percent of Americans now believe that having guns at home makes them safer, nearly double the percentage reporting the same belief 14 years ago." ...
 

Gun rights advocates outraged at ‘ghoulish’ Buffalo gun grab
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"Even as the Buffalo Police Department attempts to further explain its position on a new policy to seek out guns from the families of those recently deceased, gun rights advocates are blasting the agency."

"Under fire is the new directive by Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda ordering his officers to visit the homes of pistol permit holders who have recently departed to inquire about the former's handgun. According to the New York State Police, the administrator of a deceased’s estate has 15 days to lawfully dispose of a gun held on a pistol permit. ..."

Alan Gottlieb, Chairman of the [CCRKBA] called the tactic in a statement Friday, 'not simply cold-hearted, it is ghoulish.'"

"Gottlieb described the policy as a classic case of gun registration leading to gun confiscation." ...
 

More argument on ‘more guns = less crime’
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"An on-line story at the Washington Post yesterday talks about new research that apparently pokes holes in the strongly-held opinion in the firearms community that more guns result in less crime, and it is sure to ignite some arguments."

"This research suggests just the opposite, the Post article, by Christopher Ingraham, suggests. Referring to the research by John Donohue, a Stanford law professor, Ingraham writes, 'The evidence suggests that right-to-carry laws are associated with an 8 percent increase in the incidence of aggravated assault, according to Donohue. He says this number is likely a floor, and that some statistical methods show an increase of 33 percent ... after the passage of right-to-carry laws.'" ...
 

Gun Rights Activists Are Worried Obama Could Use Executive Action On United Nations Treaty Limiting Gun Rights
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"While many are concerned that President Obama will take executive action on amnesty, advocates for the Second Amendment are worried the President could compromise gun rights as well."

"On December 24 – Christmas Eve – the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) will take effect. Once enacted, all State Parties must 'establish and maintain a national control system, including a national control list,' and 'provide its national control list to the Secretariat, which shall make it available to other States Parties.'" ...
 

Are Gun Control Laws in the U.S. Really Protecting Us?
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"The gun control laws in the U.S. are unconstitutional and, instead of protecting us like they were made to do, are very hazardous. Gun control laws make it very difficult to be able to protect oneself in emergencies. This is very ironic considering gun control laws are made to protect us citizens. So for all the people who consider gun control laws as a safety necessity, have you ever thought about how you would be able to defend yourself when the police aren’t around and you have nothing to protect yourself with? Also, these gun control laws of ours are supposed to be righteous but instead are unconstitutional and violate our rights. ..." ...
 

A Gun Ownership Primer: Political Realities, Part 1
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"The first four articles in this series dealt with issues of philosophy and morality, even theology. It is now time to delve into issues far less lofty and divine, issues often fought in the muddy and fetid fever swamps of Washington D.C., which was actually built on swampy ground. As we have already established that the right to self-defense is a fundamental, unalienable right, a right not granted by government and therefore, a right which may not be infringed or taken away by government, it may seem odd to have to deal with politics in regard to that right, but such is the nature of man." ...
 

Second Opinion: Tac-Con 241 Trigger (video available)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"It’s no secret that I didn’t like the Tac-Con 3MR trigger. It isn’t necessarily that it’s a bad egg — the thing functions as advertised — it just seems overpriced for what you get. They were asking $500 for a trigger that doesn’t do anything all that new, and came with no training materials or instructions on how to use it. Their PR guy’s response to the article wasn’t all that pleasant, but after a few conversations with the Tac-Con guys themselves, they invited me out to try out their latest creation. Tyler liked it. As for me . . ." ...
 

Jerry Miculek Makes 1,000 Yard, Off-Hand Shot in 2 Seconds With .50 Cal Rifle (video available)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Jerry Miculek has pretty much done it all in his storied career as a professional shooter. That’s probably why he feels the need to keep pushing the envelope further and further with his shooting videos over the last couple of years."

"Jerry doesn’t disappoint in this video. He quick-scopes a Barrett .50 cal rifle and nails a balloon at 1,000 yards."

"What’s even more impressive is that he does the whole thing off-hand while standing. Most shooters would have trouble with this shot while shooting from a rest. ...
 

SIG SAUER Announces Massive Giveaway Contest – Win an MCX, MPX, P320, and More!
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"I have been lusting after an MCX since the day I first saw it. The gun is fantastic, both to look at and to shoot. Kevin Brittingham has been dangling one of these in front of me like a carrot in front of a mule for months, but it looks like one of you readers might get an MCX of your very own before I ever will. And an MPX. And a P320. And a P226. And a Mk25. And a free trip to Las Vegas for the SHOT Show. How? Well, SIG SAUER is running a little competition . . ." ...
 

Colt Teetering On the Brink of Bankrupcy
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"When’s the last time a Colt firearm was on your wish list? Colt Competition has done some pretty cool stuff recently, but Colt’s Manufacturing Co. hasn’t really come out with anything “new” in quite a while. The lone exception is their line of rifles based on the Colt 901, which is a cool design concept that didn’t seem to be well executed at all. It seems like the only thing keeping Colt alive has been the massive industry-wide surge in sales over the last couple years, but now that’s over and Colt is struggling to pay its bills . . ." ...
 

Ammunition Review: Eagle Eye Precision Match .308 Win
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"It isn’t often that a new ammunition manufacturer comes onto the market, and even more rare is one that makes claims as big as Eagle Eye. They don’t simply claim to be 'match grade' and then leave you gessing as to what that means, they print their guarantee right on the box: 1/2 MoA groups from every box of ammunition. It’s a bold claim, and they sent me home with a couple boxes of ammunition confident that the product will speak for itself. I put it through the standard ammunition testing that we do here, and the results are pretty cool." ...
 

Law School Professor Says We Should Repeal the Second Amendment at Recent Event
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"A Texas A&M University Law Professor, Mary Margaret Penrose, said at a recent event that she essentially supports repealing the Second Amendment and making guns a state’s rights issue." ...
"Penrose asked the audience — a room packed full of lawyers and law school students — how many of them felt the legislative and judicial responses to gun violence have been effective. Not a single hand went up."

"'I think I’m in agreement with you and, unfortunately, drastic times require drastic measures,' Penrose said. '. . . I think the Second Amendment is misunderstood and I think it’s time today, in our drastic measures, to repeal and replace that Second Amendment.'" ...
 

Gun Control Documentary: There Are 'Limits To Every Right Articulated In The Constitution'
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Director Jessica Solce's new documentary, No Control, premieres November 15 and carries a clear message: 'There [are] limits to every right... articulated in the Constitution,' and gun rights should be no exception."

"And while the Huffington Post claims No Control offers a balanced look at the pro-Second Amendment versus gun control debate--'giving voice to advocates from both sides'--the documentary's trailer makes clear that 'gun violence is a public health issue' and this, of course, sets up guns and gun ownership as issues to be dealt with in the same way as swine flu, bird flu, chicken pox, or Ebola. ..." ...
 

TX: Moms Demand Action ‘Prepared to Fight’ Texas Open Carry Legislation
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America says they are 'prepared to fight' the passage of open carry legislation in the state of Texas."

"Breitbart News previously reported that on November 5–the day after the midterm elections–Texas Governor-elect Greg Abbott (R) gave a press conference in which he made it clear he will sign a bill to legalize the open carry of handguns as soon as the legislature passes it." ...
 

WI: Concealed Carrying Woman Opens Fire on Armed Robber in Milwaukee (video story)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"A concealed carrying woman in Wisconsin got into a shootout with an armed robber this week and sent him running." ...
 

Truckers Support ‘Mike’s Law’ Federal Right to Carry for Interstate Drivers
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"On my retirement from 20 years of driving trucks for Uncle Sam I acquired a CDL and went into the civilian truck transportation industry. If ever an industry and class of citizens had their Second Amendment rights discriminated against, it is professional interstate truck drivers. Truckers travel the nation and constantly spend the night in their trucks in sketchy industrial areas and among people who see them as secluded vagabonds and easy targets . . ."

"Many truckers want to be able to carry for self-defense, but the nature of their business makes it a legal minefield. ... They may have a carry permit in one state, but no state has 48-state reciprocity. We also know how widely one state’s laws can vary from another’s." ...
 

WA: Wilson ready, eager for her first session
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"The region's newest state representative said politics was never part of her plan."

"But in many ways, in an election cycle when conservative Republicans made big gains, Lynda Wilson could not have charted a better course to Olympia."

"President Barack Obama's election in 2008 galvanized Wilson and turned her from someone who watched political news and 'yelled at the TV, like you do in football' to someone who decided to 'get on the field and try and make a change.'" ...

"Wilson became a vocal gun-rights advocate, pushing Vancouver Public Schools to allow teachers to carry firearms and replace 'gun-free zones' signs in schools with 'protected by armed personnel.'" ...
 

TX: Eager Texas lawmakers file bills on gay marriage, open carry
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"State lawmakers don’t head back to work for nearly two months, but many are already busy crafting a blueprint for the 84th legislative session."

"With the first new governor at the helm in more than a dozen years, proposals are on tap to eliminate red-light cameras, let Texans openly carry handguns ..." ...

"Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, wants to allow constitutional carry ..."

"Fashioned after a Vermont law, it would let Texans who are legally allowed to possess firearms carry them in the open or concealed without a license."

"Under his proposal, Stickland said, 'Anyone legally eligible to possess a firearm is legally allowed to carry without permission from bureaucrats.'" ...
 

NY: Outrage builds over NY town’s plan to confiscate legally owned guns days after owners die (video available)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"A major U.S. city is taking the expression, 'from my cold, dead hands,' literally."

"Buffalo, N.Y., police unveiled a plan to confiscate legally owned guns days after their owners’ death, using an old, rarely enforced state law, Fox News reported."

"'We recently started a program where we’re cross-referencing all the pistol permit holders with the death records, and we’re sending people out to collect the guns whenever possible so that they don’t end up in the wrong hands,' Buffalo Police Commissioner Daniel Derrenda` said at a news conference last week ... 'At times, they lay out there, and the family is not aware of them and they end up just out on the street.'"

"Second Amendment advocates are up in arms over the plan." ...
 

TX: In legislative session, gun rights should be treated as public safety issue
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"Governor-elect Greg Abbott has made no secret of his support of gun rights in Texas. In December 2013, Abbott created a 'We the People' petition, proposing legislation that would allow Concealed Handgun Licensing (CHL) holders to, at a minimum, openly carry holstered weapons, as well as allow concealed weapons on college campuses. He also made the protection and expansion of gun rights a cornerstone of his gubernatorial campaign ... Though a controversial topic, to Abbott, the issue of gun rights was settled in 1791 with the penning of the Bill of Rights. But that is an oversimplification if I’ve ever heard one, and not coincidentally, the crux of the battle for gun ownership in America." ...
 

OH: Will Ohio Gun Law Reforms Finally Make it to Governor’s Desk?
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/

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"Ohio is the only state where a person claiming self defense is considered guilty until they’re proven innocent. Unlike the other 49, Ohio requires that a person who shoots an attacker in self defense must prove that they’ve acted reasonably. Arizona had law for a few years, but it was repealed because of the infamous case of Harold Fish, who spent three years in prison for second degree murder. Janet Napolitano, then Governor of Arizona, vetoed two bills designed to give Harold Fish a new trial. After Napolitano was recruited by the Obama administration, another bill was passed and Fish was released. But back to Ohio . . ."

"It looks like some needed reforms there are finally moving in the Ohio Senate. ..." ...
 

CA: L.A. ordinance would require gun stores to digitally report ammo sales
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Gun stores in Los Angeles would be required to digitally report ammunition sale records to the city under a proposed ordinance backed Friday by the Los Angeles City Council’s Public Safety Committee."

"The police department currently collects hundreds of pages of purchase records in hard copy, which officials say are time-consuming to search through when determining 'whether or not any of the buyers are prohibited from possessing ammunition.'" ...
 

CO: Colorado: Lead Ammunition Ban Defeated
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Today, during the scheduled Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting, the Commission members voted against a proposal that would have banned the use of lead ammunition for your sporting purposes. This misguided proposal was offered due to an emotional reaction, not one based on sound science and biological data." ...
 

Pro-Second Amendment Ruling Stands – Ninth Circuit Rejects Attempts By California AG And Brady Campaign
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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... "Following the decision, San Diego County Sheriff William D. Gore declined to appeal the ruling. This led the California Attorney General, the Brady Campaign, and others to file motions to intervene in the case so they could request rehearing before a larger panel of the Ninth Circuit or appeal to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, the panel’s decision was put on hold, although a number of California counties relented and changed their may-issue policies to shall-issue in recognition of the court’s holding."

"On Wednesday, the same three-judge panel rejected the motions to intervene in the case. The court found that the would-be intervenors failed to timely file their motions. ..." ...
 

Ruling clears way for concealed guns
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"A federal appeals court cleared the way Wednesday for law-abiding San Diegans to carry guns in public for protection. But don’t expect a flood of concealed weapons permits to hit the streets just yet."

"San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said he is waiting for the latest ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to become official and making sure there are no last-ditch appeals before he begins to issue any such permits under looser, less restrictive guidelines." ...
 

LA: Attorney General joins fight against Maryland's gun restrictions
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has joined 20 other state attorneys general in filing a brief opposing Maryland laws restricting Second Amendment gun rights."

"The brief filed Wednesday in the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Kolbe v. O'Malley asserts that Maryland's Firearm Safety Act of 2013 violates citizens' rights to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment by imposing a ban on the possession of commonly-used weapons."

"The attorneys general contend that Maryland law must be subject to strict scrutiny because its restrictions extend to possession of a protected weapon by a law-abiding citizen for self-defense in the home." ...
 

VA: Cops Cuff, Detain Man For Having Legal Guns
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"A court case is developing in Virginia after a man was ordered at gunpoint to the ground, handcuffed, taken to a police station and detained – all for carrying two guns he owns."

"Legally."

"A complaint has been filed ... on behalf of Brandon Howard over 'the unlawful arrest and detention' in violation of the First, Second, Fourth and 14th Amendments."

"Howard was protesting Barack Obama’s presidency, calling for his impeachment, while legally carrying two guns, according to the complaint filed by the Rutherford Institute."

"Hopewell, Virginia, officers surrounded him, ordered him to the ground, handcuffed him and took him to jail."

"All for activities that are legal, according to his attorneys." ...
 

CA: LA Times to CA AG: Fight Concealed Carry. Again. Still.
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"'Under California law, counties have the option of restricting permits to carry concealed weapons in public to those applicants who establish a 'good cause' for doing so,' the LA Times editorial board opines. 'Or they did until earlier this year, when a divided three-judge panel ... weakened the law. Now, the same panel has ruled that the state of California has no standing to appeal the initial decision ...' In other words, the Times reckons the state should decide whether or not a California resident has 'good cause' to vote. I mean, publish a newspaper. I mean worship at their choice of church. Wait. What was it again? Oh right. Exercise their natural, civil and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms. Because guns. ..." ...
 

CA: California Faces Lawsuit Over Gun-Store Ad Ban (second item)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Four California gun dealers are going to federal court to overturn a 91-year-old state law that prohibits them from displaying handgun advertisements visible to people walking by their stores." ...

"In this gun case, the Second Amendment isn’t the issue. 'The First Amendment protects truthful, non-misleading commercial speech promoting lawful products or services, but especially when the products or services are themselves protected by other constitutional rights,' the complaint says." ...
 

CA: Gun rights showdown over Sunnyvale law reaches appeals court
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"The gun rights lobby is about to take aim again at a Sunnyvale law banning possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines, the latest standoff proliferating in courts around the country over the boundaries of the constitutional right to bear arms."

"A group of Sunnyvale gun owners, backed by the [NRA] and other gun groups, on Monday will urge the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to invalidate the city's law, which was overwhelmingly approved by voters last year."

"Gun rights advocates have thus far failed in their legal challenge to the ordinance, which threatens criminal prosecution of anyone with a magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. A San Jose federal judge upheld the law earlier this year ..." ...
 

WA: WA State Patrol: We Won’t Arrest Universal Background Check Protesters
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"We recently reported that Washington state gun owners are planning an act of civil disobedience. In defiance of the Evergreen State’s freshly-minted Universal Background Check law – brought into being by a mid-term ballot initiative (I-594) – tooled up protestors will exchange firearms. Without a NICS check. In public. In front of the state capitol building. And now mynorthwest.com reports that they will do so without any law enforcement intervention from the State Patrol . . ." ...
 

FL: Davie Police officer shoots himself in foot inside bar (video story)
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"A Davie Police officer is recovering Sunday, one day after he shot himself in the foot."

"Police said it was an accident and the law enforcer was off duty at the time." ...
 

OR: ATF 14 agents in state to enforce abuser gun ban
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"A federal law empowers agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to make sure people convicted of domestic violence or those facing restraining orders have relinquished their guns."

"The problem is, there are only 14 such agents in the entire state of Oregon."

"The Oregonian reports (http://bit.ly/1uxLJuB) the federal law doesn't require states or local police to establish procedures for collecting the firearms."

"Now, advocates working with Oregon's Department of Justice are pressing for a state law that would allow local police and sheriff's offices to make sure people relinquish their guns in domestic violence cases." ...
 

FL: Florida Active Shooter Drill With Gun-Toting Cop Angers Middle School Parents (video available)
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"A school lockdown drill in Winter Haven, Florida, angered parents whose children apparently texted in alarm, with one noting that a police officer with an assault rifle came into a classroom."

"Initially, only three people knew the lockdown at Jewett Middle Academy on Thursday was only a drill, police said. Parents, teachers and students were not told in advance about the scheduled event because, the school district said, the element of surprise is vital to make the drill effective." ...
 

CO: Rocky Ford Police Officer Charged With Second-Degree Murder
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"A Rocky Ford police officer has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of 27-year-old Jack Jacquez."

"Officer James Ashby is now being held on a $1 million bond." ...

"... Lots of questions remain after a police officer allegedly shot and killed a man inside a home in Rocky Ford."

"The man's fiancee and mother claim 27-year-old Jack Jacquez had just returned home from helping a friend babysit when an officer came bursting through the door and shot him. According to both, Jacquez was carrying nothing but a skateboard when he was shot." ...
 

WI: Anti-gun School Administrators Dishonor Veterans On Their Day
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"The Eau Claire Area School District set a new low for the actions of anti-gun school administrators Tuesday when they put a halt to what had been a Veterans Day tradition in the Wisconsin city. The school district barred a local veterans group, the Patriotic Council, from conducting their traditional Veterans Day program on school grounds because it includes veterans carrying rifles and a 21-gun salute with blank ammunition."

"Attempting to justify the school district’s decision, ECASD Executive Director Timothy Leibham told local TV station WEAU, 'There are just some conditions that we have to adhere to and the shooting of guns, even with blanks, is something we don’t feel is appropriate ...'" ...
 

TX: Open Carry or Constitutional Carry? Second Amendment advocates weigh in (video available)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"CHL instructor Raul Camacho has 7 years of law enforcement experience."

"He teaches gun safety courses and CHL classes at "Safety Measures" in northwest Austin."

"Like the rest of the gun community, he heard our next governor, Gregg Abbott say this last week: 'If an open carry bill is passed by the House and Senate and arrives at my desk, I will sign it into law.'"

"Camacho says he supports the right to open carry only with a permit and training -- that doesn't mean he thinks carrying openly is a good idea." ...
 

CA: Forms to buy a gun conflict with legal medicinal marijuana use
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Growing acceptance of medical marijuana paired with laws that make using the drug legal has some gun buyers in a pickle."

"In the Federal Firearms Transaction Record, a form that a gun buyer must fill out to purchase a firearm asks 'are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to marijuana...'"

"To some clients this is confusing. 'So he came up to me, he goes I got this card, and I started reading it, so at the time I was pretty new and I took it to my supervisor and was like what is this? He said this is a medical marijuana card and he can't own a firearm,' Cody Meyers, assistant manager at Second Amendment Sports said." ...
 

OR: The Numbers Are In. Another Embarrassment.
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"We now have the Oregon State Police numbers for firearms purchase denials for Oct. 2014. Once again, they demonstrate what a colossal sham the entire process is."

"While these numbers are repeatedly used by politicians and anti-gun groups to 'prove' that background checks work, they prove exactly the opposite."

"Of the 19, 901 background checks run by the Oregon State Police in October, 196 sales were 'denied.' Wow, that’s 196 bad guys off the street. Maybe not."

"Of the 196 desperadoes denied, a grand total of 5 were 'arrested' or 'taken into custody.' ..." ...
 

WA: I-594 is beginning of end to rights
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"That many in our state vote on ignorance and emotional reaction is a given. Only in Washington/America can so many decry the 'evil 1 percent wealthy' and their power, yet vote dictated by the massive money from that 1 percent (Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Michael Bloomberg, et al) who supported Initiative 594."

"The gullible were told that Second Amendment rights were not infringed by I-594, that the law-abiding won't have difficulty."

"Did anyone notice RCW 9.41.090 being amended to require that dealers not deliver a pistol to anyone who does not show a valid concealed pistol license, regardless of their background check results?" ...
 

ME: Safety on campus comes down to individual responsibility
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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... "On UMaine, this means individuals need to respect the established rules. Those who chose to ignore UMaine’s rules need to understand that they do so at their own peril. The UMPD will work with students to ensure that they can keep their weapons and comply with university policy."

"It may be personally annoying that the University bans weapons on-campus, but they have a right and reason for doing so. Public safety on campus ultimately falls under their prerogative. This is a significant responsibility and necessitates tough decisions that are sure to offend some."
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Submitter's Note: I might buy this argument if the administration were held responsible for any failure to protect the students they have disarmed.
 

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