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New York Contress Critters, Attorney General Holder Move Against Second Amendment
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"Senator Gillibrand and Representative McCarthy have introduced the Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2009. Ostensibly designed to prosecute gun traffickers, the bill would also deny the Second Amendment to anybody on the so-called terror watch list. The legislation is supported by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, and the Brady Campaign."
"The number of unique names on the U.S. terror watch list totals 400,000, newly released FBI data reveals. The Washington Post reported that during a 12-month period ending in March of this year, 1,600 people were nominated daily by the U.S. intelligence community to be put on the list due to 'reasonable suspicion.'" ... |
NYC Mayor Bloomberg and friends step up 'terror gap' scare rhetoric
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"Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his 'Mayors Against Illegal Guns' (or, considering the number of members facing legal difficulties, perhaps 'Illegal Mayors Against Guns' would be more accurate) are redoubling their efforts to close the so-called 'terror gap loophole.' That's the term used by gun banners who would like to give the Attorney General the power to block gun sales to 'suspected terrorists.' They've even started a new website:" ... |
A tipping point on gun violence
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"... I was one of those individuals, lying in wait for my trophy buck to step out of the brush so I could bag my prize."
"In the next county or two over around the same time, another man was plotting the same fate not for a deer, but for his wife. ..."
"My concern over this killing, and the killings of other individuals with firearms used for hunting and recreation, is that we are reaching a tipping point. In the last week alone five people have been killed in the Metro area with guns. At some point in the near future a collective 'enough is enough' is going to take over the debate over firearm possession. Hunters like myself will feel pulled to protect our right to bear arms ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: So maybe then you Fudds will figure out that the antis are after all our guns? |
Texas A.G. argues for right to keep and bear arms
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"From Texas Attorney General's Office - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today (Monday) took legal action to protect Texans’ Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. In a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court and authored by Attorney General Abbott, 38 state attorneys general explain that law-abiding Americans have a fundamental right to bear arms – and that local governments cannot simply disregard that right and impose an outright ban on handgun possession." ... |
Tester backs gun rights case
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U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is part of a group of lawmakers signing a brief supporting a gun rights case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The court is considering whether the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms applies to state and local laws restricting guns. The case arose from a handgun ban in Chicago.
Gun advocates want the court to strike down such local laws.
Tester says 55 other senators, including 17 other Democrats, have signed onto a brief in support of gun rights he put together with Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas |
2nd Amendment gun rights should apply to all 50 states
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... "Over many decades, people have argued whether the Second Amendment is an individual right or a collective right – meaning limited to people in organized government military or law-enforcement groups."
"In June 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment is an individual right and struck down the Washington, D.C., ban on handguns. Suddenly, the same people who, for years, had insisted the Second Amendment was universally a collective right changed their tune – taking the position that the Second Amendment only applies for 'federal enclaves' such as the District of Columbia and does not apply to the 50 states." ... |
Majority of Americans Want Militia Groups Outlawed
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"Results of a new media study among 300 Americans revealed that the majority (53%) reported that armed militia groups should be outlawed in the United States after viewing a news clip featuring a militia group."
"... The [Oath Keepers] is a nonprofit organization that non-violently resists the actions taken by the U.S. Government to overstep constitutional boundaries. ..."
"The percentage of viewers that support the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects the right to keep and bear arms, declined from 80% to 73% after viewing the video. In addition, more than one-third of the viewers (37%) reported that the existence of the Oath Keepers organization causes them to feel less safe." ... |
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Wants to use a Secret List To Keep You from Buying Guns
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"The gun banning front group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, headed by New York’s Mayor Bloomberg, came out with a full page ad in the Washington Post recommending that the Federal Government now link the secret No Fly list to National Instant Background Check System (NICS) and use this to prevent gun owners on the list from buying guns."
"And just last week, Attorney General Eric Holder endorsed this legislation on behalf of the Obama Administration. Fortunately for US gun owners, Congress has failed to act and that is why Bloomberg’s MAIG is now pushing to connect the two." ... |
Gillibrand and McCarthy to make illegal gun transactions even more illegal
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"That's pretty much the gist of today's press conference. That and give these guys more money."
"There's a video at the NY1 site."
"And note the qualified support McCarthy has promised: After the primary."
"I'll let you know when the bill is posted. I suppose I'll have more to say on this as more becomes known, but it really looks like just an attention-getting session in front of their media friends, that is, a political photo op, plus a chance to make some otherwise ineffectual gungrabbers seem important." ... |
Has Holder spilled beans on Obama gun registration plan?
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"Did Attorney General Eric Holder recently 'spill the beans' on the Obama administration's desires to implement some kind of national gun registration scheme?"
"Holder, a perennial anti-gunner who was involved with the Clinton administration’s anti-gun schemes, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Nov. 18 and a transcript of his remarks that were not part of his prepared statement is revealing. It is so revealing, in fact, that the Law Enforcement Alliance of America issued a press statement that Holder had revealed 'a stunningly broad and aggressive anti-gun agenda.'"
"I know LEAA’s Ted Deeds, and he is not someone to go off half-cocked with 'Chicken Little' declarations about gun grabs." ... |
Absolved, Chapter Three: Poor White Boys: The Depot and the Camp
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"Author's Note: I first heard the tale of the wayward boxcar back in the late Eighties while I was doing research on Unionists in north Alabama. Whether it was true or not I cannot say, but I know there were folks up in Winston County who believed it. What happened to it, and most importantly where it's contents are today is anybody's guess. I suppose some folks know, but they're not talkin'." ...
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Submitter's Note: Fair warning; 'Absolved' is a great read, so make sure you have a comfy chair and tasty beverage before starting this series of chapters . . . |
Absolved, Chapter 4: Poor White Boys: "His Father's Sword"
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"... Invoking the old notion of the 'doctrine of interposition,' [the Governor] had warned the Feds that there would be no more Sipsey Streets in his state. Several southern and western states' governors did the same. The Alabama Department of Public Safety was no longer cooperating with their federal counterparts. ... Right now the Governor had half of the state police intelligence unit keeping track of the movements and probable intentions of every federal policeman in Alabama. A state grand jury was sitting at that very moment, hearing evidence that the Attorney General ... was hoping would lead to a murder case against the ATF. All indications were that the Feds, for their part, intended to indict the Governor ..." ... |
Absolved, Chapter Five. "Dead Man's Holler"
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"Charlie Quintard was fishing down on the dock behind the house on Smith Lake when the Suburban turned up the road. ..." ...
"Charlie sighed to himself, 'Here we go again.'"
"He knew who it was. ... In all the time he'd lived here, he'd never been visited by somebody he didn't know or hadn't invited, except once."
"Until last week."
"And now." ...
"Four men in body armor and load bearing vests stood in front of the Suburban, spread out, weapons held at the ready. Two more stood behind the open front doors of the SUV, rifles pointed toward the cabin, ready to give covering fire if needed. All pivoted their weapons to point at Charlie."
"Huh, six of them this time, Charlie noted silently, and better armed too. ..." ... |
Absolved, Chapter Six: Reverberations and Synergies
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... "For sound and fury, the skirmish at the old Gordon cabin hadn't been much as skirmishes go, all the gunfire being one-sided. And Smith Lake and the Bankhead National Forest are no strangers to echoing gunshots from hunters, target shooters and occasional drunken white boys blasting holes in federal, state and local signage. Automatic weapons fire, on the other hand, is a bit rarer and would have drawn the notice of curious passersby -- not that there were many of those in Charlie Quintard's neck of the woods -- even in the peaceful days before the Battle of Sipsey Street and the disappearance of the first four ATF agents right afterward." ... |
Absolved, Chapter Seven: Improvised Munitions, Inc.
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... "The Grenadier & the Arsenal of Republicanism"
"The workshop was scattered with manuals. Other than the strange smells, that was the first thing you noticed. Some were open, face up, others face down."
"Some had obviously come from the military ..."
"Then there were manuals of civilian provenance, mostly printed by that most notorious of publishing houses, Paladin Press. There were titles like 'Home Workshop Guns for Defense and Resistance', Truby and Minnery's two-volume set of 'Improvised Modified Firearms', and that staple of the '90s citizen militias, Ragnar Benson’s 'David’s Tool Kit: A Citizen’s Guide to Taking Out Big Brother's Heavy Weapons'. ..." ... |
TN: Judge blocks law allowing guns in bars
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"A judge on Friday blocked a Tennessee law that allowed people to bring handguns into restaurants and bars."
"The law that took effect in July allowed handgun owners with permits to pack their pistols in places serving alcohol, providing the establishments made more than half their profits from food."
"Nashville Judge Claudia Bonnyman said the law was 'fraught with ambiguity' and ruled in favor of a suit brought by restaurant owners who argued gun owners would not be able to determine if an establishment met the criteria."
"'We will have vigilantes shooting up bars all over,' said Randy Rayburn, the owner of three upscale cafes, who led opponents of the law." ...
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KABA Note: Like that has been a problem in the dozens of states that allow it. Also read the law for yourself and see how 'confusing' it is. |
WV: Violence not required to issue domestic protective order, W.Va. Supreme Court rules
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"The fear of physical harm is enough to grant a domestic violence protective order to West Virginia residents, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday in a precedent-setting decision."
"The opinion reversed a January ruling by Clay Circuit Judge Robert Facemire, who said that Kimberly Thomas ... did not deserve a protective order against her ex-boyfriend, Joseph B. Morris."
"'We hold that the act of domestic violence defined in [state law] as 'holding, confining, detaining or abducting another person against that person's will' does not require proof of some overt physical exertion on the part of the alleged offender in order to justify issuance of a protective order,' wrote Justice Thomas McHugh in the 16-page opinion." ... |
White House Takes On Gun Lobby's Health Care Reform Attacks
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"You might not necessarily think that health care reform would end up in the crosshairs of the gun lobby. But you'd be wrong. Gun Owners of America have been raging against the Senate health care bill for all sorts of imagined threats to the Second Amendment, and now the White House has taken notice."
"What exactly are their concerns? Well, for instance, 'Special 'wellness and prevention' programs ... would allow the government to offer lower premiums to employers who bribe their employees to live healthier lifestyles -- and nothing within the bill would prohibit rabidly anti-gun HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius from decreeing that 'no guns' is somehow healthier.'" ... |
Obama administration push for gun ban continues
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"On February 25, 2009, headlines such as ABC News' 'Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban' turned an election-related spike in gun sales into a frenzy that has only recently begun to moderate."
"The news of a pending push by Obama to ban many semi-automatic rifles was sparked by comments from newly-minted Attorney General Eric Holder, who told reporters that 'As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons.' He went on to indicate that the administration had decided on a new angle of attack to push for the ban: the war on drugs." ... |
Chicago Demonstrates Hypocrisy with Gun Control Laws
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"Last week, the body of Chicago school board president Michael Scott was found in the Chicago River with a single bullet wound in his head. The big story was that this powerful, well-connected public official had, according to the county medical examiner, committed suicide. The less-noticed story was that he did it with an illegal weapon."
"After all, handgun ownership is not allowed in the city of Chicago ... and Scott killed himself with a .380-caliber sidearm." ...
"Amazingly enough, he was not the first local public official to take the view that firearms restrictions are something for other, ordinary people to observe. Chicago politicians are zealously committed to gun control in law but fairly relaxed about it in practice." ... |
AZ: Support Your Local Sexual Predator
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"During his two years with the Scottsdale, Arizona Police Department, former Officer Chong Kim — by his own admission — forcibly strip-searched between 15 and 20 women under threat of arrest, according to an internal affairs report obtained by Scottsdale’s CBS affiliate, KPHO."
"Kim resigned from the force in 2008 after he was accused of threatening to arrest and imprison a 19-year-old woman unless she disrobed. A previous complaint filed against Kim a year earlier had been dismissed for 'lack of evidence.'"
The former police officer admitted that among his victims was a 16-year-old girl who had been involved in a family fight." ... |
CA: BART police probe scuffle with passenger, seek video (video available)
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"Police from California's Bay Area Rapid Transit system have begun questioning witnesses to a confrontation that led to a BART police officer shoving an unruly man into a glass window, a top official said Monday."
'We will take our time and we will cover everything that needs to be covered,' said Daniel Hartwig, the patrol commander for the BART police force."
"Hartwig said detectives have identified and begun interviewing 12 witnesses to the confrontation, which occurred Saturday night at the West Oakland BART station. Based what is known so far, Hartwig said, the officer appears to have acted appropriately."
"The incident was captured on video and posted on the Internet, but has since been taken down. ..." ... |
LA: New Orleans police payroll abuse gets mild response from department
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"A New Orleans Police Department internal investigation concluded last year that two police officers had broken state law, committing several counts of public payroll fraud by pretending to be doing police work while actually working off-duty details."
"Both officers faced the possibility of heavy penalties, including fines and up to two years in prison."
"Yet despite one officer's own admission of the fraud as well as payroll sheets outlining the officers' misdeeds, no charges were brought against them."
"Instead, the district attorney's office ... reached a 'confidential agreement' with veteran officers Brian Pollard and Herman Franklin, allowing them to enter an alternative sentencing program ..." |
GA: Rep. Jerguson believes training starts at home
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"As the father of a son who shot a Davey Crickett rifle for the first time at the tender age of five, I was rather perplexed by the recent uproar caused when Atlanta Journal Constitution columnist Jim Galloway published an article that mentioned Rep. Sean Jerguson (R-22) had told the GeorgiaCarry.Org Annual Convention attendees that he purchased a pink .22 for his daughter when she was turned four. He intended to buy a blue one for his son when he also turned four."
"The attacks started a week later, when a Democrat party operative sent a letter to the editor bemoaning Rep. Jerguson's choice of a birthday present:""'Blessed are the children who pack heat, for they shall inherit . . . ? Perhaps the violent world of their fathers.'" ... |
TN: No Business for Randy Rayburn, EVER
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"'We will have vigilantes shooting up bars all over,' said Randy Rayburn, the owner of three upscale cafes, who led opponents of the law. ...'" "Insulting, isn't he?"
"I wonder what Randy's prepared to personally do if someone downscale decides an upscale cafe with unarmed patrons provides an attractive opportunity for those not afraid to ignore the rules when it suits their purposes?"
"You know, people who look at 'No Guns Ever' signs as invitations...?"
"You can ask Randy. You'll find him down at the Sunset Grill. Or at the Midtown Cafe, or his third 'Dine While Disarmed' establishment, Cabana."
"Any gun owner who spends a dime in these joints is giving aid and comfort to the enemy." ... |
NY: Kinderhook Sportsmen’s Club is community-oriented
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... "The Kinderhook Sportsmen's Club is a community-oriented club. It has hosted Boy Scout Troop 113 of Kinderhook for many years. The scouts have camped out on the property, earned merit badges and use the clubhouse for meetings. The club hosts the 4-H Shooting Sports Program each year, teaching young people in the safe, responsible and ethical use of firearms with instruction in air gun, 22 rifle and shotgun."
"Last year, the club had a Youth Day sponsored by the Columbia/Greene Friends of the NRA, teaching the same safe, responsible and ethical use of firearms and archery equipment while having fun. It has had a women's pistol club from New York City come up and try the rifle, trap and archery ranges. ..." ... |
SC: South Carolina shoots holes in gun battle by peddling tax-free weapons for Black Friday
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"The great state of South Carolina is putting its own sick twist on Black Friday with a tax holiday on firearm purchases."
"Not cars."
"Not clothes."
"Certainly not books."
"Just guns."
"For the 48 hours following Thanksgiving, gun buyers will enjoy a break of up to 9% in state and local taxes."
"Firearms traffickers are not expected to pass the savings on to New York criminals, but what is called 'the extrava-gun-za' and 'Second Amendment Weekend' is sure to help South Carolina stay among the top five states that provide 85% of the illegal handguns recovered in New York City." ...
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UK: Thugs broke into house and poured bleach in man's eyes, Liverpool court hears
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"A MAN had bleach poured into his eyes when he was attacked by two thugs in his own home."
"John McGrady had his head kicked on and stamped and he was slashed with a knife when the two attackers burst into his Thornton property."
"Liverpool Crown Court heard as the attack continued in his living room one of the men scoured his Newfield Close home before returning with a bleach solution which was poured over his face."
"... Mr MrGrady temporarily blacked-out from the pain."
"When he came round he was unable to open his eyes." ...
"Doctors say his left eye is now permanently damaged with 30% loss of vision - although doctors believe it was probably caused by the “blunt trauma” to his head rather than the chemicals." ... |
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