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'Guns = Prison' Campaign in NYC Promotes Bigotry, Group Says Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A public service campaign displaying the slogan 'Guns = Prison' across New York City is an affront to law-abiding firearm owners and an attempt to scare younger people from pursuing legal gun ownership, a group that supports the Second Amendment charged on Thursday." "The group added that if New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had his way, all guns in America would be outlawed." ...

Gun Owners of America's latest on ATF abuses against the Firearms Industry
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"Video cameras have changed the world we live in. Most American squad cars are now equipped with dash-cams -- a move which works for the safety of both the public and the police."

"But the attempt to equip testing laboratories with videocams has not caught on, let alone the idea of publishing and enforcing procedures for the testing of criminal evidence."

"This is certainly the case with the federal gun police, who are otherwise known as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE). This agency has continuously refused to conform to scientific standards and has resisted increased accountability." ...

USSA: Microsoft Ignoring Sportsmen's Protests
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"Microsoft is dodging sportsmens outcries over the corporations donation to the largest anti-hunting organization in the United States. It is routing sportsmens protests to an e-mail inbox where they can be deleted with the click of a mouse."

"The software giant is refusing to connect sportsmen who object to the companys $100,000 donation to the Humane Society of the United States via telephone to a live representative. Instead, receptionists will only give hunters' rights advocates an e-mail address for a customer service agent."

"'Microsoft is silencing sportsmen by passing them off to an e-mail where messages can quietly come in and quietly be erased,' said USSA President Bud Pidgeon. ..." ...

When a national craving meets an irresistible object, its time to duck
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... "Yet the United States is a deeply troubled society. According to the Violence Policy Centre, 29,569 Americans died by gunfire in 2004. When there is no war going on such a statistic is evidence that something is deeply wrong."

"Against such a backdrop of catastrophe it is easy to portray gun-owners and their favourite politicians as priests in a cult of death. But a crude caricature takes us nowhere near understanding why firearms remain so dear to so many." ...

D.C. Gun Laws Move Closer to Day in Court -- Or Not
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"In the coming weeks District officials will find out whether a Court of Appeals decision that found the city's gun laws unconstitutional will stand or whether the U.S. Supreme Court will take up Mayor Adrian Fenty's appeal."

"According to SCOTUSBlog, the justices of the Supreme Court will debate whether or not to take the case on November 9. Should they choose to, the two sides would argue before the court in February or March; otherwise, by mid-November city officials would be faced with the unenviable task of re-writing the District's restrictive gun laws to square with the decision handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Circuit in March. ..." ...

Preview: The Second Amendment case
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"Nearly seven decades ago, the Supreme Court analyzed the meaning of these words: 'A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.' ... The Court has not examined the meaning of those words since the ruling in U.S. v. Miller, on May 15, 1939. The debate over what the Court meant ... has continued with growing intensity. Still, the Court has refused repeatedly to resolve the constitutional debate. The occasion for it to do so may have arrived. Both sides, in District of Columbia v. Heller ... have asked the Court to grant review. The case is a pure, and outwardly simple, test of the Second Amendment ..." ...

OH: Police Search For Child Robbery Suspect
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"The victim of a Downtown street robbery describes the frightening moments after being held up by an unusual suspect."

"'I turned around and I was confronted by a young man no more than twelve with a gun,' said Joe Shreve."

"Downtown worker Joe Shreve couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a kid holding a gun before him but its what he heard next that caused reality to quickly set in." ...

"For Joe Shreve the robbery points to a bigger issue of gun control."

"'I take away from it, not that I should carry a gun now but there should be more action getting these things off the street,' Shreve." ...
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Submitter's Note: And the de-balling of the American male continues. H/t to Nicki F.

PA: Yough School District Teaches Gun Safety To Children Early On
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"What would your child do if he or she came across a gun? Would he or she know enough to walk away or would curiosity step in?"

"It's a scary thought to ponder during hunting season, which is when more children come across more weapons than ever."

"Gun safety is a lifelong learning experience for children in the Yough School District. The district starts with the basics, but by the time many of the kids graduate from high school, they've spent quite a bit of time on the gun range."

"Paul Yackovich does maintenance ... but occasionally, you'll see him in front of the class, running a gun safety program."

"'We teach drug education, sex education,' said Yackovich. 'I think it's appropriate we teach gun safety education.'" ...

PA: Yough students learn what to do if they find a gun
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"Eddie Eagle swooped in to Mendon Elementary School to offer a special safety message to kindergarten and first-grade students."

"His message wasn't 'stop, drop and roll' or even 'look both ways before you cross the street.'"

"Eddie flew into the Yough School District Thursday to reinforce a message about gun safety that teachers have been telling the students this year."

"'Tell Eddie what we learned,' Paul Yackovich said to the kindergarteners."

"'Stop. Don't Touch. Leave the area. Tell an adult,' they screamed in unison." ...

Ron Paul's response to the ATF shutting down firearms industry
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"In my quest to see where the Presidential candidates stand on the ATF's agenda of shutting down the firearms industry, I have learned that Mitt Romney would dodge the question and give us the new term Extreme Weapons."

"A friend of John McCain's early on in our fight; who was also a customer of ours asked for information on behalf of the Senator. I was hopeful of some kind of response, but months went by and there was no follow up."

"My question to Congressman Ron Paul in contrast was answered directly (not a form letter) from his Regional Campaign Coordinator, it was to the point and the response was in less than 10 minutes." ...

Ron Paul head and shoulders above McCain and Romney on 2nd Amendment rights!
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"Ryan Horsley, manager of Reds Trading Post (a firearms dealership), has been hassled by the ATF / BATFE (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives) for several years now. I have previously posted, as has Ryan on his blog, regarding the attempt by the ATF to shut down Reds like they have some 80 percent (1994-2005) of the other firearms dealers in the U.S. Not only are they shutting down legitimate dealers they are keeping an illegal database on gun owners. The ATF must be stopped and Michael J. Sullivan must NOT be confirmed as the Director of the BATFE."

"But this post is about Ryans findings regarding the presidential candidates and their stand on the ATFs agenda of shutting down the firearms industry. ..." ...

'Rudy Giuliani has shown his leadership'
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"Sen. Kit Bond, R-Missouri, backed former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's bid for the White House, a move that breaks with other major players in the Missouri Republican Party."

"Bond made the announcement official this morning in a conference call with reporters. ..."

"He added that Giuliani's 'conservative principles' will draw support from Missourians." ...

"Giuliani and Bond have divergent positions on social issues. ... Giuliani also supported gun control measures when he was mayor. Those issues could complicate Giulianis efforts to win voters in rural Missouri ..."

"Giuliani said his focus in New York as far as guns are concerned was to 'get them out of the hands of criminals.'" ...

Hillary Wants Drivers' Licenses for Illegals, Opposes Carry Licenses for American Citizens
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"New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton supports giving drivers' licenses to illegal aliens, but she opposes right-to-carry statutes that provide concealed carry licenses for law-abiding American citizens and others who are here legally, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today."

"'Based on her comments during Tuesday night's debate,' said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, 'Sen. Clinton must think people in this country illegally are entitled to greater rights than citizens and others who are here legally. Maybe it's because she knows that illegal aliens would vote for her, while law-abiding American gun owners won't.'" ...

VA: CNN Plugs Pro-Gun Control Republican State Senator
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"CNNs 'The Situation Room,' a program not known for featuring state legislators, did a live interview on Thursday of 'little-known' Virginia state senator, Republican Jeannemarie Devolites-Davis, whose liberal stance on gun control earned her the endorsement of Michael Bloomberg. The New York City mayor appeared with Devolites-Davis during the interview. ..." ...

"Interestingly enough, the CNN correspondent gave a pretty balanced report of the 'showdown' between Bloomberg and his opponents in Virginia ... She played two clips of Philip Van Cleave of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun owners' organization. Feyerick also used a phrase an exorcist might use to describe Bloomberg. '[O]n the anti-gun issue, Bloomberg is a man arguably possessed.'" ...

Gunn v. Barry, U.S. Supreme Court, "equipments and arms of a militia soldier", Dec. Term, 1872
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"...The statute in force when the judgment was rendered declared that the following property belonging to a debtor who was the head of a family should be exempt from levy and sale (to wit): . . . . equipments and arms of a militia soldier and trooper's horse; ordinary cooking utensils and table crockery; wearing apparel of himself and family; family Bible..."

"...Congress cannot, by authorization or ratification, give the slightest effect to a State law or constitution in conflict with the Constitution of the United States. That instrument is above and beyond the power of Congress and the States, and is alike obligatory upon both..."

U.S. v. Mora, U.S. Supreme Court, "always excepting the quantity of the said articles which may be necessary for the defence of the ships and of those who compose the crew", Oct. Term, 1878
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"...'TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

"'WASHINGTON, D. C., May 23, 1862..."

"...'Until further instructed, you will regard as contraband of war the following articles; viz., cannons, mortars, fire-arms, pistols, bombs, grenades, fire-locks, flints, matches, powder, saltpetre, balls, bullets, [ U S v. Mora 97 U.S. 413 (1878)] pikes, swords, sulphur, helmets, or boarding-caps, sword-belts, saddles and bridles (always excepting the quantity of the said articles which may be necessary for the defence of the ships and of those who compose the crew)..."

Taser time on America's public lands
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"The U.S. Forest Service 'is experiencing confusion and drift in its central identity and direction, and ambiguity in the way it allocates power and responsibility,' a recent survey of Forest Service workers found."

"At about the same time University of Florida student Andrew Meyer was getting tasered by overly heated campus security guards during an appearance by Sen. John Kerry, TASER International Inc. announced that it had received an order from the United States Forest Service for 700 TASER (r) X26 electronic control devices and related accessories." ...

Did Blackwater sneak silencers into Iraq?
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"Federal agents are investigating allegations that the Blackwater USA security firm illegally exported dozens of firearms sound suppressors commonly known as silencers to Iraq and other countries for use by company operatives, sources close to the investigation tell NBC News." ...
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Submitter's Note: Are they bodyguards.....or assassins? As a private company, did they pay the $200 federal tax on each silencer and register each one?

FL: Call 911 and Bleed To Death
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Original Title: Woman calls 911, dies -- why?

"Matilda 'Tillie' Kovanich was in trouble. The 83-year-old widow had begun to bleed profusely. She made it to the phone and dialed 911."

"A Seminole County deputy was dispatched to the house, found it locked and left."

"And Tillie Kovanich died."

"The next day, another deputy was dispatched after neighbors raised a new alarm, and found Kovanich's body in her bedroom, a pool of blood at her feet. When her son got to the house the following day, he found the phone next to her bed, its receiver off the hook." ...

"There is nothing to indicate that law-enforcement officials knew Kovanich was bleeding or in distress when she dialed 911. She may have said nothing at all." ...
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Submitter's Note: Just one more example.

NY: DeProspo's PistolCam role is under question
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"It was a story, as the news business saying goes, 'with legs.'"

"Within hours of unveiling a handgun-mounted minidigital camera for police in Newburgh, officials from the company that makes the device were everywhere: on the Associated Press news wire, local radio and even Fox TV's talking-head show 'Hannity and Colmes.'"

"At the center of the media tornado was Bill DeProspo, the Goshen attorney."

"Locally, of course, DeProspo is best known as the chairman of the Orange County Republican Committee." ...

TX: NRA event promotes shooting sports
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"About 250 people were on hand Thursday to support the future of hunting and shooting sports as part of the inaugural Friends of NRA Ellis Countys dinner and auction Thursday night at the Waxahachie Civic Center."

"'Personally, I think it was fantastic,' said NRA field representative Tommy Esterling of Athens in response to the turnout. 'This just shows that Ellis County is a big supporter of the Second Amendment.'"

"People were in attendance not only to exhibit their appreciation for a constitutional right, but also to bring awareness of the need for gun education." ...

TN: How, why we analyzed handgun carry permits
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"In April, we requested the state of Tennessee's registry of handgun carry permit holders. The database containing that information is public record."

"We had little idea at the time what an undertaking such a project would become."

"At the time of our request, there were 177,881 valid permits in the state of Tennessee. The data include the names and addresses of each of the permit-holders. We set out to analyze the geographical and social trends among those who have registered to carry a handgun." ...

CA: County study could lead to a bear hunt
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"Over the summer, Cal Poly students working for the state Department of Fish and Game hung smelly cans of mackerel from trees in many rural areas of San Luis Obispo County."

"They examined the cans two or three days later. More than a third were missing or had bite marks sure signs the scent station had been visited by a hungry black bear."

"Wildlife biologists and, ultimately, the state Fish and Game Commission will use the information gathered in the study to determine whether this county should have its first black bear hunt." ...