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City with strictest gun control laws has most officers killed by gunfire
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"The City of Chicago has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the nation. Up until a few months ago, it was illegal for a private citizen to own or possess a handgun anywhere within the city, including in one's own home. For 2010, Chicago also holds another distinction. More Chicago Police Officers were killed by gunfire this year than any other police agency in the nation. The city also boasts one of the highest violent crime rates in the country, with 1 in 89 residents being victims of violent crime last year." ... |
Chris Dumm: All I Want for Christmas is ALL THESE GUNS
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"Sitting in front of the fireplace last night, sipping an eggnog-enhanced alcoholic coffee-based beverage, I suddenly asked myself 'This tastes really good. Why don't I drink eggnog all year?' And then I remembered why: it's about as healthy as an aperitif consisting of melted butter mixed with Type F automatic transmission fluid. With a little bamboo umbrella in it. Eartha Kitt purred 'Santa Baby' through my stereo speakers, and this got me to wondering 'What guns and gear should I beg RF, to send me for testing and reviewing?' Could Farago Claus slip an AR under my tree, if only for a week or two? If not, what about . . ." ... |
Gun Review: Ruger SR40 w/Galloway Precision Trigger (video available)
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"My initial review of the Ruger SR40 condemned the gun's trigger an epic fail. Not only was the SR40¡äs trigger horrible in and of itself¡ªgritty, stacky and unpredictable¡ªit was a sick joke compared to the fantabulous go-pedal on the Ruger SR9c. The SR40's trigger was so ergonomically disastrous that I returned the handgun to Ruger thinking it was a mechanical typo. The second gun was just as bad. So I sent the whole kit and kaboodle to our Gun Doctor, who diagnosed SR40 MKII with a bad case of WTF. ... The good Doctor advised me to send the weapon to the Ruger mavens at Galloway Precision for a re-do. And so I did. Here's what Eric Galloway did to the gun . . ." ... |
Marines Prepare to Field Test H&K M27 IAR (video available)
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"“Marine Corps Systems Command personnel and gun maker Heckler & Koch staff delivered more than 80 M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles Dec. 3 to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment armorers,” reports waronterrornews.typepad.com. 'The rifles were being assembled and prepared for this week's operator and maintainer training exercises to be conducted by 1/3 Squad Automatic Weapon gunners and armorers. The hope is that the M27 IAR will be able to someday replace the heavier, less maneuverable M249 SAW in most situations.' Hope? You mean plan. Just over a year ago, the Marine Times reported the H&K contract. In fact . . ." ... |
Gun Review: Mossberg 590 Pump Action Shotgun
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"I like things that work well. Whatever it is, it had better work every time. 'It' can be anything – a car, tools, electronics, firearms, bank cards, whatever. I don't have the time or the patience to deal with finicky possessions. A finicky firearm can be a nuisance, but it can also get you killed. So when it came time to choose my home-defense howitzer, I had my work cut out for me. Should it be semi or pump, full-size stock or pistol grip, 12-ga or 20-gauge? No matter what, I had to find one that performed to my strict level of standards. Period." ... |
MT: Keep guns out of our schools
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"Let me begin by saying this: The rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment are vitally important. Guns rights allow us as a people to protect ourselves from a government that would behave in an unjust way. Gun rights grant us self-sufficiency, the ability to provide meals for ourselves and our families."
"This being said, however, guns have no place in schools." ...
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Submitter's Note: Holy Panty-Soiling-Hysteria Batman! Does this yutz have the slightest clue about what happened? Based on this rant, the answer would be a resounding NO! |
CA: Video game store robber shot in self defense
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"A man who attempted to rob a video game store was reportedly shot in self defense by the store owner."
"Police say that a man entered the Play N Trade video game store in Fresno, California, and ordered everyone to the ground at gunpoint, intending to rob the business. The owner, who was in a back room, reportedly grabbed her self defense gun and then shot the robber when she encountered him in the hallway. ..." ... |
FL: School Board Shooting Shows Why Carrying A Gun Is So Important (video available)
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... "Had it not been for the fact that Clay Duke was unable to aim correctly, how many lives would have been lost yesterday? It was nothing but luck that kept those school board members alive."
"Now, imagine if someone, anyone, in that room had been carrying a gun. How quickly could Clay Duke have been brought down? ... In the countless instances of mass shootings, they all have one thing in common: had someone present been carrying a gun, countless lives would have been saved. ..." ... |
Two Cheers for the Bill of Rights!
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"As Tim Lynch has already blogged — and as Cato is currently featuring on its front page, today is Bill of Rights Day. But of course, this is less of a big deal than Constitution Day (September 17, when we release the Cato Supreme Court Review at an annual conference) — because the Bill of Rights is essentially redundant of the Constitution’s original structural protections: Whenever the government exceeds its constitutionally granted powers, it violates rights of some sort." ... |
Happy Bill of Rights Day
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"Do you have a favorite constitutional amendment in the Bill of Rights? Need a soapbox to share your thoughts on issues like freedom of speech, right to bear arms and unlawful search and seizure?"
"If so, then join the Lansing chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other civil rights enthusiasts tonight [Wednesday] from 7 to 9 at Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 E. Michigan Ave." ... |
TN: New Shoot House for Knoxville Police
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"Today's is Bill of Rights Day and the Knoxville News-Sentinel did not mention it in their online edition. You may have thought that the entire Bill of Rights has always applied to U. S. citizens, but your teacher was incorrect. The Second Amendment to the Bill of Rights was incorporated* to the states just this year." ... |
WI: Wisconsin Gun Rights Political News
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"Personal Protection Bill: For the past year, WI-FORCE has been your voice in Madison helping to ensure that the citizens of Wisconsin maintain their Second Amendment rights."
"WI-FORCE’s position has not changed: 'Constitutional Carry' which, as it implies, is very close to the right as the Constitution guaranties, is the concept that we support. WI-FORCE has and is working to get the best possible bill passed." ... |
WA: Will Gov. Gregoire’s plan finally destroy game management for hunters?
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"A proposal unveiled yesterday by Gov. Christine Gregoire that would merge the Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) with the Parks and Recreation Commission, Recreation and Conservation office and law enforcement branch of the Department of Natural Resources may convince hunters and anglers that they will be the big losers under such a merger." ... |
BATFE hoping to bypass legislative process to impose draconian new requirements?
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"Gun owners in St. Louis and across the country need to be aware of yet another potential attack on private gun ownership in the U.S. About a month ago, the excellent blog 'No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money' sounded the warning about an oppressive new requirement currently touted as the latest "solution" to violence in Mexico (excerpt--go read the whole thing):" ... |
The SWAT Team Would Like to See Your Alcohol Permit
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... "The most disturbing aspect of the raids, however, was that police didn't bother to obtain search warrants. They didn't have to. The raids were conducted in conjunction with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Despite the guns and handcuffs, under Florida law these were licensure inspections, not criminal searches. So no warrant was necessary. Such 'administrative searches' are a disturbingly common end run around the Fourth Amendment." ... |
Coda to a Killing: No Justice for Derek Hale
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"The practice of police 'accountability' generally consists of using money stolen at gunpoint to buy off victims and survivors of officially sanctioned criminal violence."
"Few better examples can be found than the $975,000 settlement paid by the City of Wilmington, Delaware, to Elaine Hale, whose husband Derek was murdered by Wilmington Police on November 6, 2006." ... |
CA: Long Beach police chief admits officers never identified themselves to man they shot
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"Long Beach's police chief has admitted that his officers never identified themselves before they shot and killed a man Sunday. The victim was sitting on a friend’s front porch."
"The police chief said two officers opened fire on 35-year-old Douglas Zerby after they thought he pointed a gun at them. Zerby had been holding a water nozzle with a pistol grip." ... |
FL: Fla. cop fired over link to home invasion
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"A Sarasota police officer used a law enforcement database to retrieve the address of a man feuding with her cousin, which led to a violent home invasion attack earlier this year, according to an internal affairs report released on Friday." ...
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H/t to David Codrea who points out: "Why is it you don't want the "Only Ones" having a gun owner database again? If you're not doing anything wrong, what is it you've got to hide?" |
OH: Deer-gun Hunting Continues December 18-19
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"Ohio's popular deer-gun season will run an additional weekend, Saturday and Sunday, December 18-19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife."
"The extra weekend days were added beginning in 2006 in response to comments received from hunters for more weekend time to hunt. Deer can be hunted with a legal muzzleloader, handgun or shotgun from one half-hour before sunrise until sunset on December 18-19. Ohio's pre-hunting season population was estimated at 750,000 white-tailed deer." ... |
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