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In Smith and Wesson We Trust
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"When Obama talked 'hope and change' on the campaign trail in 2008, he was believable enough to get elected, even though a large part of the change he promised would knowingly lead to a burgeoning government. ..." ...
"And throughout this process, hope turned to disarray and people have realized that their safety is in their own hands (literally). In other words, the 2nd Amendment has begun to mean something to people who heretofore never gave it a passing thought. Thus private gun sales are through the roof. For example, on black Friday of this year, the FBI reported a 32% increase in gun sales over the previous one-day record. This means that in a 24 hour period, the FBI was asked to do 129,166 background checks ..." ... |
Why can't Mark Meckler just 'withdraw' his attempt to legally transport his gun?
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... "Going back to Meckler's case, no one seems to dispute the notion that he had attempted in good faith to comply with all relevant laws, and simply failed to adequately familiarize himself with New York's insanely draconian gun laws. Seems tailor-made for a DoJ-style free pass to 'withdraw' his attempt to transport the gun."
"Guess it doesn't work that way for the rest of us, though." |
Crimes of New York: Arrest of Tea Party Prez, Mark Meckler, Sparks Gun Debate in New York
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... "'In almost every other state in the nation, he would not have been arrested,' Thomas King, the president of [NYSRPA], tells International Business Times' Crimes of New York. The NYSRPA is ... the state's largest gun advocacy group. Since 1871, the organization says they have fought for Second Amendment rights in New York."
"'The City of New York is known for prosecuting legal and lawful gun owners and not prosecuting the 'bad guys' with guns,' says King. He then cited statistics saying that of the 1,900 violent gun arrests in New York, only about 300 have been prosecuted, however he has not 'known of a legal gun owner who has fallen astray of the gun laws in New York City who has not been prosecuted.'" ...
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Submitter's Note: New York City has a long history of hostility to the federal Firearm Owners Protection Act. |
Hypocrisy Alerts on the U.N.’s Arms Trade Treaty
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"There are quite a few reasons to be concerned about the U.N.’s pending Arms Trade Treaty. It poses a number of risks to the Second Amendment and, more broadly, it is based on the completely fallacious belief that all the world’s nations are actually serious about controlling the illicit arms trade. If they were, of course, no treaty would be necessary. What the treaty will end up doing is making the arms trade more dangerous, by giving the world’s dictator states an internationally-recognized right to import and export all the guns they want to." ... |
Gear Review: Leupold VX-R Patrol 1.25-4x20mm Riflescope
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"Leupold doesn’t quite know how to describe this new low-power variable riflescope: they named it the 'Patrol', but they list its product description in the 'Hunting' section of their website. As if to further add to their confusion, they wrap it in a sleek gray digicam shipping carton that’s so tactically chic that it even says 'Leupold Tactical Optics.' A small graphic on the box only adds to the confusion: 'DUAL USE: Hunting-Shooting-Tactical.'" ... |
More PSH From The Brady Campaign
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"The Brady Campaign is promising news on a 'major Brady Campaign initiative' on January 8th which just so happens to coincide with the first anniversary of the shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. As a teaser, they released the YouTube video below." ...
"UPDATE: The original video was removed and a new one substituted. They have moved the date of their announcement up to December 19th. Hmm. Sounds like someone pushed them to announce it due to leaks." |
Reuters Touts Mayor Bloomberg Fighting 'Illegal Guns,' Skips Over 'Unavailable' NRA
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"One of the stories prominently featured on the U.S. headlines at Yahoo! News on Thursday was a Reuters story detailing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's newest step in his campaign against gun rights. The headline 'Bloomberg sets sights on illegal gun sales online' implies that online gun sales are already illegal and therefore that Bloomberg is simply trying to make sure the law is followed."
"The next big misstep in this article is its one-sentence dismissal of Bloomberg critics. 'The [NRA], the powerful U.S. gun lobby, was not immediately available for comment on the study.' Close examination of The [NRA]'s home page would have revealed two posts on their home page which deal with Bloomberg ..." ... |
Republicans Buy Into NRA’s ‘Fast And Furious’ Gun Control Conspiracy Theory
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"Out of the sound and fury of Attorney General Eric Holder’s day before the House last week one thing was clear: Republican members of Congress are latching onto the conspiracy theory that the Obama administration let guns 'walk' into Mexico in order to erode Americans’ second amendment rights."
"Some, like Rep. Darrell Issa, have suggested that the Obama administration decided after the scandal broke to discuss the larger issue of gun trafficking and the need for better tools (like a rule requiring dealers to report sales of multiple 'long guns') to stop it." ...
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Submitter's Note: Except the proposed rule was published only 2 days after Terry's death and a week before postings started showing up on CleanUpATF.org.
I know, I know, you mind is made up so stop pestering you with all of these inconvenient facts. |
WI: From the ‘Why Didn’t I Think of That’ Department…
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"A Wisconsin Assemblyman has a noticed a problem:""State Assembly Democrat Josh Zepnick said he has many constituents who have been victims of violent crime and that Milwaukee in particular has seen an uptick in violent crime around convenience stores." "But don’t worry, as nacsonline.com tells us, Milwaukeean Brother JayZee has a solution…" ... |
GA: Campuses are tricky venues for guns
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... "In fairness, there’s something to be said for the argument advanced by Jerguson and others that college campuses make inviting targets because, as gun-free zones, criminals know that students won’t be armed."
"It is, however, reasonable to ask whether deterrents without the potential lethality of firearms might be better suited for college campuses. ..." ...
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TX: Concealed Carry Keeps Crooks Away
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"Two banks in College Station have been robbed at gunpoint in the past two weeks."
"The person responsible for robbing a bank in Snook is also still on the loose."
"At a bank in Chappell Hill though, they haven't had a problem with robbers since implementing some new bank rules." ...
"'These women, they've taken the concealed handgun carry course and of course, they can't tell you if they're carrying or not and I'm certainly not going to frisk them,' said Edward Smith, the Chappell Hill Bank President."
"After the 5th time Edward Smith's bank was robbed he decided enough was enough and put this sign up on the front door, encouraging customers like Steve and Darcy Moreland, to use their 2nd Amendment Right to bear arms." ... [link added]
"It's proven to be an effective deterrent, one that's not an option at most banks, including where three recent robberies took place." ... |
Obama’s Watergate
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"A year ago this week, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was murdered. He died protecting his country from brutal Mexican gangsters. Two AK-47 assault rifles were found at his death site. We now know the horrifying truth: Agent Terry was killed by weapons that were part of an illegal Obama administration operation to smuggle arms to the dangerous drug cartels. He was a victim of his own government. This is not only a major scandal; it is a high crime that potentially reaches all the way to the White House, implicating senior officials. It is President Obama’s Watergate." ... |
It is time for Attorney General Eric Holder to…stay put
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"While the chorus demanding that Attorney General Eric Holder should quit is getting louder – with Thursday night’s injection of Operation Fast and Furious into the Republican presidential candidates’ debate — the one man whose lead should be followed on Holder’s job status has not joined the choir."
"Congressman Darrell Issa, as this column confirmed Friday afternoon, wants more facts in his on-going investigation of the Fast and Furious scandal before making any such suggestion." ... |
Fast and Furious: Can Holder, ATF Agents Be Prosecuted?
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"The family of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry wants answers, and they are growing impatient. Terry is apparently the sole American among countless victims of Mexico’s violent, ongoing drug wars. Drug gangs in that country received a major boost in firepower by way of a disastrously flawed and arguably illegal U.S. program that authorities now say should never have been implemented." ...
"The buck stops at Holder’s desk. That’s what more than fifty lawmakers and four Presidential candidates insist as they call for the Attorney General to resign. While some insist that the operation was ”botched”, ATF whistle blowers say it basically went as planned: The only thing that went wrong is that it was exposed. ..." ... |
A Conservative Consensus for 2012
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"In the coming year, the American people will be making decisions about the leaders they want to represent them in Federal office. We call upon all those seeking public office to promise to return America to a true and prosperous Nation grounded in constitutional principles and a restoration of Federalism ..." ...
"We urge those seeking public office to pay particular attention to the following important issues:"
"GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY:" ...
"Defend the Second Amendment. All office seekers must prevent governments—at any level—from violating the Constitution’s Second Amendment right of citizens to possess firearms." ... |
Caucus for anyone but Newt Gingrich
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... "... as we head into the holiday season without a care in the world, I must ask one thing of you: Please, for the love of all that is good, if you are going to participate in the Republican caucuses, support anyone but Newt Gingrich."
"Why? He's simply a liar, a cheat, and a fraud. Take a look at www.NewtExposed.com. ..."
"The website asks whether Gingrich is a 'real conservative,' and I can tell you without a doubt in my mind that he is just as progressive as President Obama. ..."
"Does a disregard for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights sound 'conservative' to you? ... He has voted consistently against the Second Amendment and gun ownership. He cosponsored the controversial 1987 'Fairness Doctrine' ..." ... |
Illegal immigrants have no right to arms - court
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"Illegal immigrants do not have a right to bear arms under the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday."
"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, based in Missouri, rejected an appeal brought by Joaquin Bravo Flores, who was charged with possessing a firearm. Agreeing with the 5th Circuit, the court concluded that the protections of the Second Amendment do not extend to undocumented immigrants." ...
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Ten of the 5th Circuit's Most Important Opinions of 2011
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"As the nation's second largest federal court of appeals by number of judges, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals regularly resolves difficult disputes involving diverse issues. One article cannot do justice to its docket. But here are 10 cases worth noting from 2011." ...
"• United States v. Portillo-Munoz (June 13): The Fourth Amendment protects 'the right of the people' to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The 5th Circuit has applied that right to undocumented persons. The Second Amendment likewise protects 'the right of the people' to keep and bear arms. But the 5th Circuit denied Second Amendment rights to illegal aliens, over another dissent by Dennis. Portillo-Munoz filed a cert petition on Nov. 2." ... |
Get a Medical Marijuana Card, Lose Your Second Amendment Rights
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"If you are a medical marijuana patient ... you’ve got reason to believe lately that the government has it in for you."
"You’ve got federal raids on the places where you can conveniently buy your medicine, the governor of Arizona trying to overturn in court her citizens’ choice to institute a medical marijuana system, and Michigan’s attorney general trying to make life as hard as he can for those using the system ..."
"It isn’t just that the government on both the federal and state level doesn’t want you to be able to legally and conveniently obtain your medicine, if that medicine is pot. The [ATF] insists you inherently lose a key constitutional right merely by letting your state know you might want to take pot medicinally." ... |
Government of the Fearful, For the Fearful
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"Two US Senators have proposed; The Bill of Rights will apply to some and not others by the dictate of the president, giving him the powers of a military dictator. Justified by the intent of protecting the American people from ‘enemy combatants,' allegedly here in the homeland. ..." ...
"The US Constitution provides the remedy for traitors, enemy combatants and saboteurs. It is called 'due process.' ... The responsibility for individual self-defense is covered by the Second Amendment."
"A well-armed, disciplined and trained public should not abandon their right to self-preservation, if they are in a public place and a Major Hassan[-style], violence in the work place shooter attacks. ..." ... |
GA: Richmond County Deputy Arrested For DUI
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"A Richmond County Sheriff's Office deputy is facing multiple charges."
"According to a police report, Deputy Sylvester Rosier was arrested early Thursday morning after an altercation at Coyote's Bar on Peach Orchard Road in Augusta."
"Authorities say special duty deputies broke up the fight, then Deputy Rosier got into his pickup truck, hit a parked vehicle and drove away."
"Several Richmond County deputies tried to stop Deputy Rosier on Peach Orchard Road but say Rosier refused to stop."
"After a short pursuit, Rosier pulled into a parking lot. He reportedly refused to take a DUI test." ... |
MA: Holyoke Police Sgt. John Hart suspended after losing sniper rifle
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"Police Chief James M. Neiswanger said Wednesday he has suspended Sgt. John P. Hart five days without pay and ordered him to repay the city $2,000 for losing a department-issued sniper rifle." ...
"The Remington 700 rifle went missing on Sept. 28 about 11 p.m. Hart had placed it in the back of his pickup truck and was en route to an extra-duty job. ... a driver at the intersection told Hart the tailgate on his truck was down and that's when Hart saw the rifle was missing ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: MA. General Law c.140 s.131L Storage of Weapons:
(a) It shall be unlawful to store or keep any firearm, rifle or shotgun ... in any place unless such weapon is secured in a locked container ...
(c) A violation of this section shall be punished, in the case of a rifle or shotgun that ... was stored or kept in a place where a person under the age of 18 ... may have access without committing an unforeseeable trespass, by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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NY: Tea Party Group Leader Is Arrested at La Guardia
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"An influential Tea Party leader was arrested at La Guardia Airport early Thursday after he tried to board a flight with a semi-automatic handgun and its ammunition in his luggage, the authorities said."
"Mark J. Meckler, 49, a California lawyer who co-founded the Tea Party Patriots ... was charged with possession of a concealed weapon in the second degree after he presented a locked gun box to a Delta Air Lines ticketing agent ..." ...
"Mr. Meckler’s lawyer, Brian Stapleton, said in a statement that Mr. Meckler had been arrested despite the fact that he was 'in temporary transit through the State of New York in possession of an unloaded, lawful firearm,' and that Mr. Meckler had behaved in accordance with all laws." ... |
FL: A Tale of Three Cities Who Violate Your Gun Rights
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"Now that we have put teeth in to the state firearms preemption law, usually when we contact cities and counties about their preempted firearms ordinances we have great success in having their unlawful gun control laws removed from the books."
"Mostly we get cooperative and constructive replies like this one received yesterday from The Town of Lady Lake:" ...
"Then we have a very few cities who decide to put themselves on Florida Carry’s 'Naughty List'. Yesterday The City of Leesburg decided to stick by its anti-gun laws." ... |
OH: Sandusky cop fired for lying reinstated
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"A longtime Sandusky police officer has returned to work almost a year after he was fired for lying about spitting tobacco on a lawn while on the job."
"An arbitrator reinstated Sandusky police Officer James DeSalle on Dec. 8."
"Sandusky police Chief Jim Lang and interim city manager Don Icsman approved DeSalle's firing after a Nov. 5, 2010, incident in which the officer spit a dark-brown substance on the ground while leaving a call ..."
"Sandusky prohibits its police officers from using tobacco products on duty."
"The incident would have been a minor infraction, but when supervisors questioned DeSalle about it, he denied chewing tobacco on the job and said he was allergic to a cat at the home." ... |
TX: Harris County reviewing all constable offices
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"The Harris County Attorney's office is conducting a wide-ranging review of the operations of all eight constable offices, a top county official confirmed Thursday."
"The county review comes as an FBI inquiry into Harris County Constable Jack Abercia came to light this week, the latest criminal investigation into the practices at three constables offices. FBI agents this week served a subpoena on Abercia's Precinct 1 office and seized a deputy's personnel file, his office confirmed on Thursday." ... |
NY: NYC officer arrested in ID fraud scheme
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"Prosecutors say a 23-year-old New York City police officer has been arrested on grand larceny and forgery charges as part of massive identity theft takedown earlier this year."
"Officer Raymond Gumti who works at the Police Academy is accused of giving his mother's credit card numbers and other identification to men accused of running a mass ID theft scheme ..." ... |
MI: Deputy charged with keeping cash from drivers
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"An Eaton County sheriff's deputy is accused of keeping money paid by out-of-state drivers who were stopped for violations."
"Prosecutor Jeff Sauter tells the Lansing State Journal that 10 drivers were victims earlier this year. The amount of money was less than $1,000." ...
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OR: Ferrioli targets gun question on health forms
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"A gun ownership question on a health survey used by managed care organization Kaiser Permanente is drawing fire from state Sen. Ted Ferrioli."
"Ferrioli ... said a Kaiser representative has agreed to pull the question from the forms, which were given to state workers as part of a wellness initiative."
"The questionnaire asked the workers to volunteer lifestyle information that would be used to assist medical professionals in tailoring wellness plans. One part asks about gun ownership and how securely guns are kept."
"Ferrioli took issue with lumping gun ownership in with ... risky behaviors."
"'The question ridiculously equated gun ownership to drunkenness, reckless driving, and other criminal behavior,' he said. ..." ... |
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