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Shooting Blanks: Facts Don’t Matter to the Gun Ban Crowd
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"When you and other thinking Americans Read it…Firearms Haters Can Kiss Their Gun Ban Plans Goodbye!!"
"Shooting Blanks should be mandatory reading for any firearms enthusiast. In the course of thirteen hard-hitting chapters, authors Gottlieb and Workman debunk and demolish the myths, misinterpretations, and outright falsehoods used again and again by Gun Control Extremists in their dishonest war on Second Amendment rights and the American people." ... |
Bad Federal Arguments to Limit Your Rights
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"HB 822 is a bill in congress to establish a national law requiring reciprocity between states for those who carry concealed weapons. ..."
"Let me explain this in familiar terms. You can drive in another state if the state allows its own citizens to drive. You have to be 16 years old to drive if the local driving age is 16. Maybe the locals have to be 18 to drive alone at night. So you are allowed to drive at night if you’re 18 or older. You have to obey the same speed limits as the rest of the citizens. If everyone has to walk, then you have to walk. Simple. We follow rules like this every day. So why is there so much discussion about 'states rights' when it comes to carry licenses?" ... |
Good news or bad for gun owners?
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"American gun owners are reacting to last week's Gallup Poll results on private firearms ownership in a classic 'glass half-full; half-empty' vein."
"The Second Amendment Foundation gleefully reported that a 'record low' number of Americans support a legal ban on handgun possession by private citizens. Turns out that 'only' 26 percent of Americans favored a ban on pistols in the annual Gallup Crime poll, which was conducted Oct. 6-9."
"Meanwhile, a considerable amount of less-rabid but socially aware gun owners were concerned to learn that more than a quarter of the populace (what's that, 60-plus million Americans?) wanted handguns abolished." ... |
Ask Foghorn: Self Defense Shotguns
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"A reader writes:""I'm a new reader and was wondering if you've ever posted about home defense shotguns and what to look for when purchasing one. If not, would you be able to point me toward a few good resources, or perhaps do a post on this topic at some point in the future? I'm sure I’m not the only one with questions about this." "Personally I can’t imagine a better suited firearm for home defense than a handgun. It’s compact, accurate, and easy to maneuver around the house. But for some the shotgun is their firearm of choice, requiring less fine motor skill and easier to aim in a high stress situation. So today’s question: If I were to get a self defense shotgun, what would it be?" ... |
Video: Dumbest self-defense question ever?
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"Give MSNBC some credit for covering the story of Sheriff Chuck Wright and his call for law-abiding citizens to arm themselves as a measure of self-defense. However, deduct credit for a complete lack of research and common sense in preparing their interview of Wright. Substitute host Craig Melvin treats his guest respectfully but obviously doesn’t have a clue about the laws regarding self-defense, nor the actual application of 'presumption of innocence':" ... |
ATF Death Watch 112: US AG Launches “Ban Semis” Defense
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"The number of pols calling for Attorney General Eric Holder’s head over the Fast and Furious gun running scandal continues to multiply. As do the number of weapons 'recovered' from the program’s 'customers.' foxnews.com confirms that two out of the 108 weapons confiscated during a recent drug bust have been traced to the ATF’s 'Guns for Goons' program. ..." ...
"You want chutzpah? The man [Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer] repping the Bureau responsible increasing the flow of U.S. gun store guns to Mexican drug cartels—by some 2000 weapons in just 10 months—is bitching about Mexican gun smugglers. The same man who knows damn well that U.S. military weapon sales to Latin America are the cartels’ main source for firearms." ... |
Good publicity a higher priority at ATF than interdiction?
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"Documents released Tuesday by Senator Charles Grassley relating to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ 'gunwalking' activities dating back to late 2009 – a year before Operation Fast and Furious imploded with the slaying of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry – strongly suggest that the ATF was far more interested in big splash publicity than in keeping guns out of the hands of Mexican criminals." ... |
Holder to be Put on the “Hot Seat” Next Week
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... "Next week, Attorney General Eric Holder will testify before the full Senate Judiciary Committee. And, as in the House, Senators will want to know: 'What did Holder know, and when did he know it?'"
"As more information comes to light, it seems all too clear that Operation Fast and Furious was simply a way for the administration to make a case for more gun control restrictions."
"Rep. Farenhold demonstrated that he 'gets it' when he noted that Fast and Furious was simply a 'political ploy to bring gun trafficking into Mexico into the news to support some sort of anti-firearm agenda.'" ... |
Thirty And Growing
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"Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL) becomes the 30th Representative calling for the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder due to Project Gunwalker.""Florida Republican Rep. Connie Mack became the latest congressman to demand that Holder step down, telling The Daily Caller late on Tuesday that 'Eric Holder should resign Fast and Furiously!'" ... |
No conspiracy theory: 'Gunwalker' being used RIGHT NOW to justify more gun laws
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"From Jon Stewart and Media Matters, to the more serious news media, it has become fashionable to contemptuously dismiss the idea that 'Project Gunwalker' was and remains intended as justification for more onerous gun regulation as a paranoid 'conspiracy theory.' ..." ...
"The thing is, we have already seen this process in action, with gun dealers who had cooperated with a[n ATF] 'gunwalking' scheme consequently pressed to provide far more information about all their sales ... We even have direct email proof that publicity about 'Fast and Furious'-trafficked guns were used to strengthen the BATFE's argument for its mulitple long gun sales reporting requirement." ... |
WI: Contracts, other business discussed
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... "The final reading of an ordinance prohibiting the concealed carry of weapons in all city-owned buildings was also approved by the council. The state’s new concealed carry law went into effect Tuesday."
"Municipal structures included in this ordinance are city hall, the fire station, the police department, the library, the senior and community center, the public health department, the water department building, the public works facility, the wastewater treatment plant, the city attorney’s office, the airport terminal, all city of Watertown well and pump stations, the Riverside Park pavilion, the aquatic center, the park maintenance shop and all polling stations on official election days." ... |
WI: City bans weapons from its buildings
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"On the same day that state legislation allowing some residents to carry concealed weapons went into effect, Brookfield voted to prohibit firearms and other dangerous weapons from all city buildings, except for those carried by law enforcement officers." ...
"Those who supported the resolution noted that city employees are not allowed to bring weapons into the workplace and that the state legislation bans weapons from other emotionally charged environments like police stations and courtrooms."
"Mayor Steven Ponto said he supports Second Amendment rights but favors prohibition of weapons from city buildings to make employees and residents feel more comfortable." ... |
WY: Weapons meeting ban receives initial approval
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"An ordinance banning people from openly carrying guns at Casper city meetings received initial approval Tuesday from the City Council."
"After more than two hours of debate, the council voted 6-3 in favor of the ordinance, which would make it illegal to bring a deadly weapon to any city meeting." ... |
CA: Pomona PD faces wrongful death, excessive force claims
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... "On the morning of Oct. 16, officers had contacted Avila and his girlfriend, who were both apparently sleeping in a car at a motel parking lot. It is unclear what happened next, but there was an officer-involved shooting, in which Avila was pronounced dead at the scene."
"The family says he was unarmed."
"'I don't think it's a mere coincidence that a young man who filed personnel complaints winds up two months later getting shot dead by the same police department that he filed the personnel complaints against,' Luis Carrillo, the Avila family attorney, said at a press conference Tuesday." ... |
IL: Dolton cop charged with civil rights violations, obstruction
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"A Dolton police officer was arrested Tuesday and charged with 'unlawfully' striking two people in the head and later threatening to hurt the town’s police chief for cooperating with a federal investigation into the assaults."
"Patrol officer Kevin Fletcher, 34, of South Holland, has been on desk duty since 2009 after allegations of a civil-rights violation, said Dolton spokeswoman TaQuoya Kennedy. He was not arrested at work, she said." ... |
NY: Brooklyn judge 'shocked' by 'cowboy culture' of narcotics cops
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"A Brooklyn judge declared himself shocked by the 'cowboy culture' of narcotics cops Tuesday when he convicted a detective of planting crack on an innocent couple."
"'Having been a judge for 20 years, I thought I was not naïve regarding the reality of narcotics enforcement,' said Supreme Court Justice Gustin Reichbach."
"'But even the Court was shocked, not only by the seeming pervasive scope of the misconduct, but even more distressingly by the seeming casualness by which such conduct is employed.'" ... |
FL: Largo considers settling suit over DUI arrest, use of force
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"A routine traffic stop in 2006 might cost the city more than $100,000."
"A Seminole woman sued Largo in federal court in March, accusing a former Largo police officer of arresting her without cause on a DUI charge, and of slamming her against a wall, breaking her ribs."
"The officer said the arrest and use of force was justified, and the city's investigation into the case agreed. But Largo's legal staff has recommended settling the case for $65,000. When added to the $37,800 legal bill, the case's total cost is $102,800." ... |
AL: Jury convicts ex-Citronelle officer of illegally keeping handguns taken from motorists
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"A former Citronelle police officer violated the law when he kept a pair of handguns he took from motorists during his 11-year tenure on the force, a federal jury here decided this afternoon."
"The jury convicted Bill Eugene Newburn guilty of 2 counts of possession of a stolen firearm. Under a preliminary calculation of advisory guidelines in his case, he faces at least a year and 9 months in prison and as much as 2 years and 3 months behind bars." ... |
CA: Hermosa Beach — Gun rights advocates react to law
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"Gun rights advocates said the protections of the Second Amendment are threatened by a new state law forbidding them to openly carry unloaded firearms, with ammunition near at hand. Opponents of the law promise a courtroom battle to determine the new law’s constitutionality." ... |
MI: Gun range incident makes tempting target for liberals
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... "In the wake of this case, I see more and more of these clashes of culture and civilization on the horizon. These are inevitably in our future as developments get developed, and the cost of owning and operating gun ranges within their range and even hearing become prohibitive."
"But I also happen to believe that gun ranges are necessary and needed. I know a lot of people don’t agree, many of them are liberals like me, but I think they’re wrong."
"Guns are not going away, and ignorance of their proper use and care will mean a more dangerous, not a less dangerous, environment." |
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