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Safer Airlines 2011, maybe?
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... "For years now, since around 2003, I have been writing how 90 million gun owners must have the affirmation of their right to carry a concealed or open carry handgun wherever they have a right to be. This is because the affirmed citizen is an asset to a community, and as such, must be affirmed in places presently restricted to honest citizens. This freedom becomes a problem for bureaucracies who compete for the affections of the sovereign." ... |
Time to give thanks for our great natural resources
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"The upcoming Thanksgiving Day and the holiday season is a time that I pause to give thanks each year. Typically this time of year my spare time is spent in the field hunting. Of course the Ohio deer season provides ample time for reflection from my deer stand. Whether or not game is harvested, there is always something to celebrate for my time spent outdoors." ... |
Why we should be thankful…and other stuff
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"The holiday season kicks off tomorrow with Thanksgiving, and it occurs to this column that a lot of people seem to have forgotten that this is more than simply an opportunity to take a day off and overeat while watching a football game." ... |
We are Riding the Wave of the Next American Revolution, Solutions From Science Believes
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... "From deliberate disregard for Second Amendment rights in the aftermath of Katrina, to food co-ops being forcibly shut down by police SWAT teams, Americans are seeing more and more examples of the flagrant abuse of power by civil authorities. They watch as those they elected to Congress and the White House defiantly disregard the will of the people and instead govern through unconstitutional means." ... |
Brady Campaign and VPC not opposed to repealing Hughes Amendment?
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"With the passage in 1986 of the Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA), gun owners found relief from some particularly onerous provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968. That relief came at a high price, though, in the form of the Hughes Amendment, offered by then-Representative William Hughes (D-N.J.)." ... |
Oops! 'Rightwing' Terror Suspect Turns Out to Be a...Leftwinger
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"It seems that whenever you hear about a 'rightwing' hate crime nowadays, it turns out the the perpetrator turns out to be a leftwinger...much to the disappointment of liberals who continue to maintain the fiction about a violent Tea Party movement. And the latest case of a violent 'rightwinger' who turns out to really be a leftwinger comes from my own county of Broward here in South Florida. ...""The woman charged by the FBI with making a threat that led to the lockdown of more than 300 Broward County schools after hearing the words of right-wing talker Joyce Kaufman isn't a member of the Tea Party -- she's a member of the Green Party." ... |
Question of the Day: Resources for Firearms Home Study?
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"I've been around guns all my life. ... The main thing I learned about firearms from my background and experience: I have a lifetime of learning ahead of me. I now have four children, three of whom are old enough to learn about guns. As a man who knows his limitations, I’ve been searching for good sources to further my shooting skills and serve as a baseline for properly teaching the ropes to my children. I know that a professional instructor is the correct answer. But my range is too far away, and all of our schedules preclude anything consistent. So, I looked to the net . . ." ... |
MD: Killing 'Really Addictive:' Veteran's Essay Leads to Ban From Campus (video available)
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"In an essay for a college English class, Charles Whittington Jr. opened up about his feelings about his time in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan."
"'Killing becomes a drug, and it is really addictive. I had a really hard time with this problem when I returned to the United States, because turning this addiction off was impossible,' Whittington wrote in the essay for his class ..." ...
"'I was really frustrated, because they didn't give me a chance to explain,' said Whittington. 'I wrote the paper to talk about the reality of what other soldiers go through and it was therapeutic for me.'" ...
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Submitter's Note: This is a college campus. Reality strictly forbidden.
KABA Note: Maybe if he'd written about rainbows and unicorns? |
NY: Taking Another Shot
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"In June, State Sen. Eric Schneiderman’s attempt to pass a bill requiring semi-automatic weapons to be equipped with microstamping technology came up two votes short, thanks to strong opposition from the gun lobby."
"That may be about to change: Not only is Schneiderman about to become the attorney general, but the man he is succeeding, Andrew Cuomo, has come out strongly in favor of microstamping as well, calling it 'a common sense and low-cost method of expanding the ability of police to identify guns used in illegal activities.'" ...
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KABA Note: Antis keep claiming that this technology is "low cost", that it will only add a dollar or two to the price of a gun. Fine, let them put their money where their mouth is. Put it in the bill that the owners if the microstamping technology will be paid the sum of, heck, let's be generous and say $5 per microstamping firearm manufactured. In return for this, the technology owners will build, deliver, install, operate and maintain all the necessary equipment at any gun factory that requests it. In addition, they will pay the manufacturer for any lost production incurred as a result of installing, maintaining or operating this equipment. They will also reimburse manufacturers for any additional electric, water or other utility costs associated with the equipment. They will establish, maintain and operate the requisite databases so cops can access it 24/7 with no more than a 5 minute delay between call and answer, and will bear sole and full liability for any release or misuse of private information, and for any and all damages which result from incorrect or incomplete data.
Then, once they agree to all this, if the lege still wants their precious microstamping firearms legislation, then we'll tell them to stick it where the sun don't shine! |
MT: 'They just don't get it' - Rep. Krayton Kerns
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"House District 58 Rep. Krayton Kerns (Laurel-R) says most of his fellow Republican legislators 'just don't get it.' He said Monday afternoon that they misunderstand the depth of the problem facing government." ...
"Kerns predicts this will be a 'lukewarm' legislative session with little being accomplished. 'This will be a tough session.'"
"Kerns plans to carry a bill to nullify Obamacare, a state's rights resolution and several bills related to Second Amendment gun ownership rights." ... |
Airport Cop Confiscate Man's iPhone for Videotaping TSA Checkpoint
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"Police and Transportation Security Administration officials are proving to be clueless about TSA's policy regarding photography and videography at airport checkpoints."
"The latest incident comes to us from Nashville International Airport where an airport police officer confronts a man who is openly videotaping the checkpoint area from a respectable distance, meaning he was not physically interfering." ... |
A controversial ATF nominee (video available)
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"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms doesn’t lack for controversy. And the newest name to surface to head the agency is no exception."
"Andrew Traver has headed up the ATF office in Chicago, and has been tapped by the President to take over the Bureau that has not had a permanent leader for 4 years. But gun rights groups say, he’s the wrong choice…" ... |
NY: Five City Officers Cleared in Shootings of Bystanders
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"Five New York City police officers who wounded two bystanders in a shootout with a suspect in Harlem in 2005 cannot be held negligent, the state’s highest court ruled on Tuesday, ending a five-year legal battle before it went to trial."
"In a 4-to-3 decision, the State Court of Appeals found that the five officers were within department guidelines when they returned fire on a robbery suspect who had opened fire on several officers. The suspect was killed, but police bullets also struck a 78-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman who was playing with her 18-month-old daughter." ... |
OR: Former OSP Trooper Facing Theft and Official Misconduct Charges
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"A former state trooper will be arraigned December 7th in Umatilla County Circuit Court on theft and official misconduct charges following an investigation into allegations he falsified time cards and stole gasoline using a department issued gas card." ...
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PA: Gun rights violation costs city
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"The taxpayers of Allentown just got stuck with an unnecessary $23,500 tab."
"That may not be much in a city that treats tax money like the water flowing over the Hamilton Street Dam (proposed new budget: $88.5 million), but it might have been avoided if people paid to enforce the law could be persuaded to obey it themselves."
"On Oct. 6, 2008, Jerry Corliss, a law-abiding citizen who then lived in Allentown, was carrying a Glock handgun in a holster when he visited the Home Depot store just off Lehigh Street. It appears that somebody there became hysterical over the idea that anyone not in government might exercise his or her right to bear arms." ... |
CA: Slaying suspect Stephanie Lazarus: An investigator one minute, and under interrogation the next (VIDEO AVAILABLE)
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"Stephanie Lazarus, the Los Angeles police detective charged in the 1986 murder of an ex-boyfriend's wife, admitted to investigators the morning of her arrest that she had confronted the victim on multiple occasions, but denied having a role in the killing, according to the transcript of her interrogation."
"The interview transcript, which became public during a hearing in Los Angeles County Superior Court, offers a detailed account of how LAPD homicide detectives duped their unsuspecting colleague into talking about the case, and of Lazarus' disbelief and panic as she realized she was the target of the investigation." ... |
NC: Court agrees: Trooper should get job back
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"A Superior Court judge ruled Monday that Trooper Charles Jones, who was dismissed from the North Carolina Highway Patrol in September 2007, should be reinstated with back pay and be reimbursed for his attorneys' fees."
"Jones was fired after another trooper turned over two 15-second video clips of Jones suspending his K-9 partner, Ricoh, from a railing and kicking him repeatedly to force him to release a chew toy." ...
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SC: South Carolina “Second Amendment” Sales Tax Holiday is Nov. 28 – 29
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"South Carolina will waive the state’s sales and use tax on purchases of handguns, rifles and shotguns during the first annual Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday Nov. 28 – 29."
"The 48-hour tax break on firearm purchases begins at 12:01 a.m. Nov. 28 and continues through midnight Nov. 29."
"The tax exemption also applies to any local sales and use tax." ... |
NJ: NJ Gun Group Sues State to Restore Citizens' Self Defense Rights
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"The Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC) announced today that it has joined in a federal lawsuit challenging a provision of New Jersey law that effectively denies law-abiding citizens the civil right to defend themselves with a firearm outside the home."
"The suit, brought together with The Second Amendment Foundation and six private citizens, challenges the constitutionality of New Jersey's extreme and subjective 'justifiable need' standard for issuance of handgun carry permits ..." ... |
CA: Open carry group to hold toy drive; protest planned
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"Opponents of a group that advocates the right to openly carry unloaded guns plan to protest during the group's meeting and toy drive at a Pleasant Hill restaurant Friday." ...
"The Contra Costa County chapter of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a group that advocates strengthening gun control laws, plans to picket the event." ...
"For the open carry group, the event will double as a toy drive for children in need." ... |
OH: ODNR Extends Hotline Hours During Deer-Gun Hunting Season
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"Individuals seeking information about the upcoming youth gun and white-tailed deer hunting seasons, or to report violations of state wildlife laws, can take advantage of extended call center hours from November 20 to December 5, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife." ... |
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