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Bloomberg state-level gun threat recalls little-heeded warning
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... "'The head of Bloomberg's organization says that the billionaire New York mayor is installing paid staff in more than a dozen states expected to take up gun control legislation next year to complement a robust Washington lobbying operation and television ads,' the AP report explains."
"This is unprecedented and serious. While Bloomberg’s influence has been well documented in states like Colorado and Virginia, his establishment of the infrastructure needed to wage simultaneous state-level campaigns has been all but ignored, except by a very few." ... |
MAIG director threatens America with Bloomberg's 'whole foot'
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"With tomorrow marking the passage of one year since the horrific atrocity of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre, the forcible citizen disarmament zealots can barely contain their rage at their agenda's lackluster performance over the past year, after their gleeful excitement at the lake of blood of the innocent they expected to successfully exploit. U.S. Senate embarrassment Chris Murphy (D-CT) says Congress should be 'embarrassed' at not yet having succeeded in entirely crushing private gun ownership in the U.S." ... |
Firearms in the Family: Raising kids while wearing guns on their hips
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... "Teaching their children to shoot and respect guns came naturally to Anesi and Herman, who were taught to shoot as kids."
"It’s like teaching them anything else about safety, Herman said: You teach children not to touch a stove because it’s hot; you teach them to wear a seatbelt in the car; and you teach them about guns because they can be deadly if mishandled." ...
"Herman sees teaching Haley to use a gun as a chance to bond and create memories that she can cherish as an adult."
"He also sees it as a skill, for himself and Haley, for self protection."
"'I know there is evil in this world, and I want to give myself a fighting chance,' he said." ... |
The Business of ATF 41P
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"As many of you know, ATF has a proposed rule-making change under review about NFA transfers to legal entities. The big hubbub is all about how CLEO signatures could be required and it’s the end of the world and you should buy your NFA devices before you can’t any more. Everyone’s saying make your comments known, call your congressperson, etc. What am I doing about it? Absolutely nothing . . ."
"Okay, I lied."
"In fact, I’m doing something more than nothing. I’m doing, as the old song from Steve Miller Band told me to do, I’m taking the money and running. ..." ... |
New from Winchester Ammunition: Train & Defend Ammo
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"Winchester White Box is so . . . white. Bland. Non-descript. While millions of gun owners consider minimalist WWB the sina qua non of range ammo, the ammunition company reckons new shooters need a little spizzarkle. Especially new female shooters, for whom a bit of low-recoil bling is just the thing. Not to mention range and defense ammo that matches. ... And so Winchester’s developed their W Train & Defend 9mm ammunition. To ensure newbies choose the correct cartridge for the correct application, the company’s tagged the boxes T and D (naturally) and stuffed the hollow-points into nickel-plated shellcases. ... the presser neglects to put a price on style. The company promises .45 and other caliber T&Ds in the future. ..." ... |
Bill Moyers on the NRA: "The Armed Bully of American Politics" (video story)
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"In an essay following his conversation with cultural historian Richard Slotkin on the role of guns in America, Bill Moyers turns his attention to America’s staunchest defender of gun rights, the National Rifle Association, which he describes as “the armed bully of American politics.” Bill also introduces the work of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a gun control group that released a moving advertisement to coincide with the one year anniversary of the Newtown tragedy, urging viewers to speak out against violence." ... |
Our sick gun fetish is destroying us: Tea Party fantasies kill kids
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"Maybe you’ve heard about the 'bullet fee' that was supposedly charged to the families of prisoners executed by gunfire. ..."
"But even if the bullet fee is mythical, there is a very real price to be paid when a society becomes intoxicated by gunplay. What price have we paid for the bullets fired at Newtown and in the year since that tragedy?"
"The financial estimates only scratch the surface." ...
"Researcher Ted Miller estimates the direct cost of intentional gun injuries at more than $8 billion per year, and the total societal cost at roughly $174 billion per year. ..." ...
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To Hell with the Second Amendment
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"After watching CNN's special on Guns today with a special focus on suicides by gun (more veterans of our wars committed suicide last year then were killed in Afghanistan), I am more convinced than ever that the [USA] has to come to terms with separating weapons from veterans in mental crisis."
"And after the recent shooting in Colorado ... I am for a lengthy waiting period before buying a weapon and also having the purchaser take a comprehensive safety course on such a weapon and being interviewed by a mental health professional to determine the reason for and necessity for buying such a weapon and if a student and living at home the mental health professional would also interview the parents, guardians, and teachers ..." ... |
Colorado Shooting Part of Larger Problem
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... "... According to research done by progressive magazine Mother Jones, there have been at least 61 mass murders by firearm in America since 1982. Worldwide, 15 of the 25 most deadly mass shootings have taken place in the U.S., and five of the deadliest shootings have occurred since 2007."
"In the majority of these incidents, the shooters have obtained the weapons that they used legally, under America’s relatively liberal gun laws. The United States is an exceptionally violent country, when viewed statistically against the rest of the world ... America has the highest rate of gun ownership in the world, but does not actually have the highest rate of gun murders; that honor goes to Jamaica and Honduras." ... |
NY: Police: Man Breaks Into Chelsea H.S., Goes Wild With Fire Extinguisher
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"Emergency responders were treating several students after an incident at Liberty High School for Newcomers in Chelsea." ...
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"Education safety group PANIC (Prevent Immolation Now In Classrooms), has called for the elimination of all fire extinguishers from schools in the aftermath of this preventable tragedy.
Spokesperson Ima Phool, asserted that professional firefighters are best able to deal with fires, and teachers and students should not have access to these dangerous pressurized tanks. 'They should simply evacuate and let the professionals do their job.'
Local officials have promised to enact safety legislation on the issue, restricting access to dangerous firefighting "tools". Pressurized extinguishers, fire axes, and "dihydrogen monoxide" are on the list of potentially banned items. |
Guns are Tightly Controlled, but U.S. Virgin Islands one of Highest Homicide Rates
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"Not counted as a state or a city, the U.S. Virgin Islands is often missed in statistics about gun control in the United States."
"Gun ownership is tightly regulated, with permission to own a gun only granted by the Police Commissioner upon application, and subject to the Commissioner’s discretion. Even antique firearms, which are not regulated under U.S. Federal law, are not allowed unless they are inspected and 'rendered useless'." ...
"In spite of, or perhaps because of, the extremely restrictive firearms laws in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the homicide rate may have been the highest in the United States in 2010, exceeding that of New Orleans, Chicago or Washington, D.C., cities that often vie for the dubious distinction." ... |
Armed Individual at Colorado School May Have Prevented Mass Shooting
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"It was the beginning of this year when anti-gunners were saying how ridiculous of an idea it was to have more armed good guys in schools in order to prevent shootings."
"However, on Friday, in Centennial, CO, just a 15 minute drive from both Columbine and Aurora (what the hell is going on in that tiny area of the country anyway?!), a good guy with a gun did just what the anti-gunners said was impossible."
"According to the most recent reports about the attempted Arapahoe High School shooting, an armed resource officer at the school most likely caused Karl Pierson to take his own life before he could take anyone else’s." ... |
Another gun-free school zone failure on eve of Sandy Hook
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"One student was seriously wounded today and the alleged gunman – another student – is dead at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., on the same day that the National Review Online called the current argument that so-called 'universal background checks' could make a difference 'deeply dishonest.'"
"Writer Charles C.W. Cooke contends that 'massacres and private sales have pretty much nothing to do with one another.'" ... |
Newtown – Shooting Guns and an Anniversary
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"Shooting guns in schools, malls, theaters, military bases, city streets, homes and the burbs dominates the public’s attention on this anniversary of the tragedy in Newtown."
"Yes, America is a violent country. Americans have said that enough times to make it the cliché it is and because it’s a cliché, a too often repeated observation, its lost the power of its import."
"Read it again: America is a violent country."
"It means that Americans are violent. It means that as people go here and elsewhere around the world, shooting guns or not, Americans are one of the violent ones. ..."
"Americans live with the appellation and description because America is also a freedom country, which is to say: Americans are a free people." ... |
Obama attempts to gain support for gun control on shooting anniversary
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"The so-called Rahm Emanuel Doctrine -- never let a good crisis go to waste -- was in full swing on Saturday when President Barack Obama marked the first anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre with a moment of silence in the White House and a radio address once again calling for tighter gun control."
"The Commander in Chief and First Lady Michelle Obama lit 26 candles in memory of the 20 children and six adults who lost their lives during the horrifying shooting-spree one year ago during a quiet ceremony in the White House on Saturday morning. They also observed a moment of silence." ... |
Group Pushes for Gun Control 1 Year After Sandy Hook Massacre (video available)
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"The December 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary ... sparked renewed debate over gun control in the United States, with that debate continuing, one year later."
"'Mothers across america are more determined, more organized, more energized - now, more than ever,' Sabina Brown with 'Moms Demand Action' said Saturday ..."
"The group was pushing for tougher restrictions on guns, in the wake of the Connecticut shootings. 'Sandy Hook was really a wake-up call to a lot of mothers. Myself, I have two small children and it was easy to imagine my own children in that situation and I realized, I was going to have to start speaking out if I wanted to see change and that's true for a lot of mothers across America,' Brown said." ... |
Good News, Just One year after Sandy Hook
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... "Americans all over the country grieved when 26 precious lives were ended way too early by the actions of a murderous thug."
"But in a shameless effort at politicizing a tragedy, our President has used the ensuing months as an opportunity to attack gun owners and the Second Amendment."
"'Never let a serious crisis go to waste,' the President’s former chief of staff, Rahm Emmanuel, used to say. And exploitation of a calamity is precisely what President Obama did this past year — with, of course, much help from the liberal media."
"Since the shooting last year, Gun Owners of America has spent thousands upon thousands of hours debating anti-gun spokesmen … lobbying Congress … and blanketing the airwaves with a hard-hitting, pro-gun message." ... |
Sandy Hook anniversary, LI gun control activists take on gun rights advocates
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"The greater Great Neck area got a bit of a shock during the recent Reach Out America Gun Reform forum held at Saddle Rock School - the forum was practically overrun with staunch gun rights advocates - Oath Keepers they call themselves - who did their best to take over and dominate the meeting."
"The surprise encounter was intimidating, but it was instructive. A group accustomed to uniform agreement with the need for sensible gun violence prevention measures- universal background checks, for example, which have the support of 90% of the population, and limits on the size of ammo magazines - felt itself slip down the rabbit hold of Alice in Wonderland non sequitors." ... |
Massad Ayoob: Remembering Newtown
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I’m writing this on Friday, December 13, 2013. I feel a sense of foreboding that has nothing to do with Friday the thirteenth. It has everything to do with the fact that tomorrow will mark one year since the atrocity in Newtown ... that left twenty little kids and six innocent adults dead before the monster responsible blew his own brains out."
"My first thought, and still the strongest, was the horror of it all: I have grandchildren the age of the victims. But I cannot escape the firestorm of hate that came down on law-abiding gun owners in the wake of it. Sandy Hook became a handy hook for a newly re-elected anti-gun President to take off his mask of neutrality on Second Amendment rights, and lead an unprecedented assault against them." ... |
A year after Newtown, 10,000 gun-related deaths and no congressional action
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"As if the nation needed another reminder of what happened 365 days ago today, a student opened fire at a Colorado high school on Friday, wounding at least two students before turning the gun on himself."
"Many statistics are well documented: There have been more than 10,000 gun-related deaths in the year since [redacted] slaughtered 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School."
"Since the Newtown massacre, Congress has approved zero measures to curb gun violence." ...
"The most basic gun control measure – requiring background checks for all gun purchasers, including people with histories of mental illness – stalled in Congress, despite having significant support among voters." ...
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After Newtown, scarred states show the way
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"In the year since the slaughter of 26 first-graders and educators in Newtown, Conn., guns have been used to kill more than 30,000 people in America. They died in spree killings, accidents, suicides and day-to-day violence. According to a USA TODAY database, 30 mass killings since Newtown have claimed at least four victims; all but six of those tragedies involved firearms."
"In that same year, Congress has turned down every reasonable proposal to tighten restrictions on guns. It said no to universal background checks. No to tougher penalties for gun trafficking. No to bans on the assault weapons and high-capacity magazines prized by mass shooters." ... |
One Year After Newtown, What About Gun Control? (audio story)
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"One year has passed since the Newtown Connecticut massacre that spawned an outcry by some for gun control. Efforts that for the most part, failed."
"Connecticut already had the nation’s toughest gun laws on the books before the massacre that killed 26. And even President Obama later told us:"
"Obama: 'There’s no law or set of laws that can prevent every senseless act of violence in our society.'"
"But stricter Federal gun laws failed to pass, and it was clear that the voices of those protecting the Second Amendment were louder than gun control advocates– like Nicole Hockley who lost her son Dylan in Sandy Hook Elementary and who promises to continue the fight:" ... |
Still waiting for a vote
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... "In the days and weeks that followed the shooting, we pledged to never forget. We said this time would be different. We said that something must be done."
"It has now been a year. In that year more than 10,000 people have been killed by someone using a gun. And in the U.S. House of Representatives, the majority party hasn't allowed a single vote to prevent further acts of gun violence."
"It's not because there hasn't been a bill on which to vote. I have written and introduced bipartisan legislation expanding comprehensive and enforceable criminal background checks to cover commercial firearm sales such as those at gun shows and over the Internet. ..." ... |
Marco Rubio Betrays The Second Amendment
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"In January, Marco Rubio stated that: 'As a strong defender of the 2nd Amendment, I will oppose the President’s attempts to undermine Americans’ constitutional right to bear arms.'"
"Yet a recent news headline read: Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio Team Up on Undetectable Firearms Act"
"There is no need to parse articles for Rubio’s position on that bill. Here is the text of his press release:" ... |
OH: Ohio Lawmakers Introduce Constitutional Carry Bill
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"For most carry advocates (open or concealed) constitutional carry is the holy grail of state carry legislation. For those who have never heard the term, constitutional carry generally means a state allows carry of a gun without any sort of permit."
"The proposed Ohio bill would allow anyone aged 21 and over, who is not barred from owning firearms, to carry them." ... |
NY: NYSRPA’s Response to Senator Klein’s Assertion ‘Gun Control Has Made New York Safer’
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"The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association would like to respond to remarks made by State Senator Jeffrey Klein in a discussion with Times-Union reporter Casey Seiler on Wednesday."
"Specifically, we would like to address this statement made by Senator Klein:""'… Despite [NYSRPA's] opposition to some of the toughest gun control laws in the nation, New York is much safer today thanks to the NY SAFE Act …'" "Apparently Senator Klein has been too preoccupied with other things lately to notice that the New York City chapter of the National Organization for Women disagrees with him. In a report ... Tuesday, NOW-NYC president Sonia Ossorio said that reported rapes have gone up 57 percent since 2009." ... |
NJ: State Senate may reconsider bill addressing mental health and gun access
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"The State Senate may revisit the issue of the second amendment gun rights of those suffering from mental illness come January." ...
"The proposal allows mental health professionals to inform law enforcement if they think it is dangerous for someone to possess a gun. ..."
"If there’s substantial evidence indicting that person is a danger, the state can seize their guns until a judge deems it appropriate to return them."
"State Rep. Michael Barbieri (D-Newark) says currently law enforcement’s hands are tied when receiving those tips."
"'There is no process – if that person is not committed to a psychiatric hospital – there is no process to evaluate the significance of this relative to removing weapons,' said Barbieri." ... |
FL: Yoho's gun safety event goes smoothly
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"From Eddie Eagle to the host, U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho of Gainesville, the dominant message at Saturday's family gun safety event was that owning firearms is a right, but also a responsibility."
"Yoho's 'Family Firearm Safety Event' at the Jackie Taylor Building in Lake City drew some criticism nationally because it fell on the first anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. But the 40 or so people who attended Saturday were firmly in the corner of gun rights and the need to handle weapons with care." ... |
FL: North Florida Coed Alexandria Lainez Wins Second Amendment Victory
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"A Florida appeals court rules that colleges can't ban students from having guns on campus for self-protection, bringing us one step closer to the day schools are predator-free, not-gun-free zones."
"Alexandria Lainez won't be able to carry her firearm around campus ... but she can keep it in her car parked on campus, available for self-protection, or in case a madman decides to shoot up the University of North Florida."
"Florida's 1st Court of Appeals ruled that the school was violating a 2011 state law that pre-empted the regulation of guns by local governments and state agencies. The court said that while a university can restrict lawful activities, such as smoking and drinking, that power does not extend to firearms." ... |
CO: Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Laws on Gun Control
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"When Sheriff John Cooke of Weld County explains in speeches why he is not enforcing the state’s new gun laws, he holds up two 30-round magazines. One, he says, he had before July 1, when the law banning the possession, sale or transfer of the large-capacity magazines went into effect. The other, he 'maybe' obtained afterward."
"He shuffles the magazines, which look identical, and then challenges the audience to tell the difference." ... |
LA: Former NOPD officer tried to steal cocaine to pay mortgage, court documents say
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"A former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to possess and distribute cocaine in an effort to help pay his mortgage, according to court documents."
"Cross, 35, stole what he thought was thousands of dollars of cocaine from a Metairie hotel room during an FBI sting on Jan. 10, according to court documents."
"Cross had pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Nov. 13. The admission Tuesday came as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors." ... |
SC: Gun safety requires much more attention
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"Lost in the debate concerning the Second Amendment, gun rights and the mass shootings that have become almost commonplace in the United States is the concept of the owners of weapons to use common sense in storing and securing firearms."
"Gun safes and trigger guards should be the norm, especially in a household where children are present or might be visiting."
"Such precautions would guard against playing with guns resulting in a tragedy as well as keeping weapons out of the hands of troubled individuals." ... |
TN: Happy Bill of Rights Day 2013
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"Today, December 15, 2013, we celebrate the 222nd anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was established as a check on government. Sadly, however, the Second* of these first Ten Amendments to the Constitution has been treated by government as the Red Headed Step Child**."
"Nationally, Democratic and Rino Republicans have historically passed every gun ban they thought they could get away with." ... |
LA: Law change could mean more guns for criminals
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"Had Louisiana voters been asked last year whether guns should be dished out to criminals, the likely response would have been, 'Are you nuts?'"
"The constitutional amendment they passed was supposed, as any expansion of Second Amendment rights always is, to make it easier for upstanding citizens to protect their lives and property. Whether it actually put them at further hazard, in a state where the risk of getting shot is already plenty high, is a question that remains up in the air. The state Supreme Court declined this week to decide whether the amendment invalidates a state law that disarms felons for 10 years after completion of their sentences." ... |
TX: Austin MDA Newtown Rally a Damp Squib
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"The anti-gun group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America held rallies yesterday in 50 cities across 36 states. Their Jessie Jackson-esque message on the anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting: 'No more silence. End gun violence.' Unfortunately, their rally in front of City Hall in Austin, Texas was less than spectacular. Maybe it was the cold, windy weather. Maybe it was poorly-promoted. Or maybe there just aren’t that many people who agree with MDA’s message of civilian disarmament. Whatever the reason, the turnout was small. Minuscule, even. All of twelve to fifteen people were there (mostly white, middle-aged, upper-middle class women) — and nearly as many reporters . . ." ... |
IL: What it takes to obtain a gun license in Illinois
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"Illinois' requirement that anyone owning or buying a firearm be licensed by the state is meant to ensure guns stay out of the hands of dangerous criminals and those with significant mental health issues."
"But critics argue it's an unnecessary hindrance to a person's constitutional right to own firearms and drives Illinois gun buyers to neighboring states with less restrictive laws."
"Illinois is one of only three states with such a stringent licensing requirement, and the application process includes an array of criminal and mental health checks. It does not require gun safety training." ... |
OK: Emily Miller to sign book in OKC
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"Emily Miller's political views always have been conservative, but Second Amendment issues really weren't on her radar until it became personal."
"That happened four years ago when Miller, a senior opinion editor for the Washington Times, was housesitting for a friend when she became the victim of a crime."
"She was returning home after taking the dog for a walk when she encountered a stranger walking out of the front door with the cash and credit cards from her purse. After that, she decided to buy a gun for self-defense."
"'It took me four months and 17 steps to buy a gun I can't take out of my home,' Miller said. 'It was outrageous. It absolutely changed my view of everything I thought about the Second Amendment.'" ... |
MN: Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance Names New President & Vice President
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"Andrew Rothman, a long-time civil rights advocate, has been named the new president of the Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance, the group announced November 30 2013 in Maple Grove, Minn."
"Rothman, who has served as GOCRA’s vice president since January of 2011, and who founded the nonprofit Minnesota Association of Defensive Firearm Instructors in 2005, replaces outgoing president Joseph E. Olson, a professor at Hamline University School of Law, who founded GOCRA in 1989 after years of service as an individual activist." ... |
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