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DeWine reverses decision to ignore improved law enforcement training
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... "It is admittedly unknown if such training, had it been seriously adopted and conducted, would have mattered in the Crawford and Rice cases, or if the specific circumstances leading to their shootings would have shown Ohio law regarding openly carrying arms to be irrelevant. Would it have made a difference if DeWine (and Cordray and Rogers before him) had acted on the documented warnings? That is a question for attorneys for family survivors to pursue, and if they do, it will be up to courts to decide." ... |
CCRKBA blasts anti-gun PSA for suggesting criminal behavior by kids
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... "Today’s Washington Times on-line is running a story about the nearly-three-minute message that was produced by a San Francisco company called Sleeper 13 productions. The video was reportedly released more than a week ago, but is just now getting widespread attention. The company’s Facebook page is loaded with nearly 200 comments, some going so far as to suggest the producers should face criminal charges if something bad happens because of the video."
"That wasn’t lost on CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, who observed, 'The message of this video is so monumentally stupid that if any youth does something like this after watching it, the producers should face charges. If someone is hurt, they should face both criminal and civil liability.'"... |
What's For Christmas?
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"Feeling a desperate need for something upbeat in this column in light of recent news, and bearing in mind that this is a firearms column at a website that celebrates traditional American values, it seems time to ask…"
"What’s for Christmas?" ... |
Unraveling More Gun Control Lies
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"In discussing the lies and distortions popular among anti-rights extremists – and their media supporters – I recently commented on their claims that '3000 children die in gun violence every year,' and that 'gun deaths exceed traffic deaths' in this or that state."
"I only mentioned these in passing, but I think they deserve more thorough scrutiny."... |
The Second Amendment is Not About Crime
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"There is only one reason to be a defender of the Second Amendment, the same reason the Framers had when they wrote it: fear of an overbearing government. As Thomas Jefferson said, 'The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.'"
"Of course, those opposed to gun ownership will respond that there is no tyranny in government. The answer to that is governments all over the world within the last 100 years have killed more than 262 million of their own citizens. See R.J. Rummel, Death By Government (Transaction, 1997)." ... |
Ammo.net Announces November 2014’s Financial Support for Pro-liberty Organizations
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"Ammo.net, America’s foremost pro-liberty provider of ammunition, is one retailer that believes in backing words with action. It is Ammo.net’s policy to donate 1% of all sales to a pro-freedom organization of the customer’s choice. Customers choose from a list of 21 non-profits, charities, think tanks and advocacy groups such as the National Rifle Association (NRA), Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and the CATO Institute, or may include an organization of their choosing. In November, 2014 alone, Ammo.net, on behalf of its customers, donated $594.32 to various pro-liberty groups. ..." ... |
New From FNH USA: FNS 9 and .40 Compact Plus Five New Rifles
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"While word may have leaked out before FN America would have liked, the news isn’t any less welcome. They’ve just officially announced two new pistols, the FNS-9 and FNS-40 Compacts along with five new additions to their consumer AR rifle line including the FN 15 Tactical Carbine and FN 15 Sporting models. We don’t know about you, but we can’t wait to get our hands on an FNS-9 Compact which — judging from it’s full-size older brother — may be the go-to carry gun for double-stack toters. Press release after the jump . . ." ... |
Gun Review: Mossberg 500 12 Gauge
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"When I buy a new gun, it has to fulfill a specific purpose that is not yet fulfilled by a gun I already own. This is purely for cost reasons since I’m not exactly made out of money; otherwise I’m pretty sure I’d have several, overflowing gun safes. Previously, the only shotgun I owned was an antique double barreled 12-gauge that I inherited, but it’s so beat up and rusty I’m still afraid to shoot it. I needed something reliable to be my home defense cannon and something else with a longer barrel for bird hunting and skeet shooting. So . . ." ... |
The National Rifle Association's Culture Shock
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"Following intense legislative fights over gun safety legislation in 2013, the fight over gun policy exploded into the cultural world in 2014. And in that sphere, the National Rifle Association and the gun lobby are losing."
"The NRA is losing because it's forced to defend -- lest it offend its most hardcore activists -- gun extremists who openly carry assault weapons into shops and restaurants as a form of political protest. The gun industry, and the NRA by proxy, is losing as mainstream America begins to recognize the gun industry's trade group is less focused on hunting and sporting and more devoted to backing the NRA's extreme no-compromise agenda. ..." ... |
No surprise: NY gunman had lengthy criminal, mental illness history
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"The biggest non-surprise of Saturday’s high-profile double police slaying in New York is that the gunman not only had a history of arrests and had spent time behind bars, he also reportedly had mental problems, according to the New York Post."
"That newspaper and Fox News both are reporting that the handgun used by [the shooter] to kill the two officers, a stainless steel or nickel-finished Taurus PT92 semiauto, has so far been traced to a Georgia pawn shop. The gun was sold in 1996 to someone else, and it is not yet known how [the shooter] got his hands on it."...
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Bearing Arms Merges With Guns & Patriots To Become Second Amendment Mega-Site
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"In the perfect meeting of the First and Second Amendments, leading gun news site Bearing Arms has merged with Human Events' 'Guns & Patriots' newsletter to form one of the largest Second Amendment communities online anywhere in the world."
"The merger boasts the nearly 1.7 million 'fan' Second Amendment Supporters Facebook page ..."
"The continuing mission of the combined communities under the Bearing Arms brand is to bring readers the most recent and best in Second Amendment news, with a focus on current events, news analysis, updates on pending legislation, countering gun control propaganda, and of course, stories of armed citizens saving lives." ... |
FL: Clerk Teaches Armed Robber Why You Don’t Bring a Pellet Gun to a Gunfight (video available)
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"A would be armed robber in Florida learned the hard way they bringing a pellet gun to a gunfight probably isn’t a good idea."
"The suspected entered the Neighborhood Meat Market in Daytona Beach, Florida and produced a pellet gun. The clerk produced a real firearm and opened fire on the suspect."
"The suspect immediately tried to flee the scene. He tried to carjack a woman in the parking lot, who turned out to be the clerk’s wife."
"The clerk fired another shot at the suspect who then dropped his pellet gun and fled the scene on foot." ... |
Rick Perry 2016: 7 Key Political Positions of GOP Presidential Hopeful
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"Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry's announcement that he would not seek re-election to a fourth term as governor generated speculation that he would campaign for the 2016 GOP nomination. Perry previously ran in 2012, eventually dropping out of the race and endorsing Republican candidate Mitt Romney." ...
"3. Second Amendment: Rick Perry spoke at the National Rifle Association Leader Forum in 2013 and made his support of the right to bear arms abundantly clear."
"'In Texas, we believe in freedom, personal responsibility, and the God-given right to defend yourself and your family. We never lose faith in our Founding Fathers' wisdom to include the Second Amendment to the Constitution among the Bill of Rights.'" ... |
Nikki Haley: 7 Key Political Positions of 2016 GOP Presidential Hopeful
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"The name of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has been tossed into the ring as a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, and as the first woman to hold the office of governer in South Carolina, she is becoming a shining light for the Republican Party." ...
"2. She supports gun rights. Last Christmas, Haley proudly displayed a photo on Instagram of a gun she received from her husband, and she also spoke of the Second Amendment during her 2010 gubernatorial campaign: '... The right to bear arms was deemed so critical by our founders that they spelled it out in absolute terms, and any governmental action that undermines that right is in turn undermining the very freedoms that built our great nation. …'" ... |
Shhhh. Secret Group of State Legislators Meets in Washington To Plan Anti-Gun Agenda
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"A handful of state legislators from across the country gathered at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to announce the creation of 'American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention' or ASLGVP."
"The new group, which claims to be non-partisan, will work to push new gun restrictions at the state level."
"But the coalition has one major problem – they will not let anyone know who they are."
"ASLGVP boasts having 200 members from all 50 states but the group will not release a list of their membership, due to a fear of 'political backlash.' So, outside of the eight members that participated in the inaugural press conference, no one knows who is or is not a member of this group. ..." ... |
NH: Democrats have ‘Firearm Derangement Syndrome’
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"Yesterday Seacoastonline posted a story about Democrats in New Hampshire who insist on pushing more gun control next legislative session. This is despite New Hampshire being the 'Safest State in America' as well as being rated the state with the 'Best Quality of Life' by the OECD for having the lowest crime rate in the country. These facts don’t matter to the deranged gun control crowd."
"Elaine Andrews-Ahearn, a Democrat who pushed gun control last year and failed, even with a Democratic controlled House was absolutely crushed in her re-election bid by her Republican opponent. Yet she’s still talking about pushing gun control in a state with the lowest crime rate in the country." ... |
VA: Virginia’s New Gun Control Proposals Won’t Protect Public Safety
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... "McAuliffe also claims to support the Second Amendment. Gun-control proponents usually do. But calling for new laws to infringe on gun rights sure is a funny way to show it. That’s like ... insisting you’re a big fan of free speech while advocating 'common-sense limits on what people can say.'"
"The common-sense claim invites skepticism for another reason: the connection between the proposals and what they’re supposed to address. The aim behind gun control is to prevent certain horrible crimes, such as school massacres ... or to reduce violent crime generally. Revoking concealed-carry permits when the permit holders miss child-support payments, for example, seems completely untethered to public safety." ... |
AZ: Gilbert Council changes policy, allows guns in public buildings
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"Gun owners with a state permit can now carry a concealed firearm inside all Gilbert public buildings, reversing a previous policy that made such deadly weapons illegal."
"But those without a concealed-carry weapon permit can be asked by a police officer to place their firearms in a gun locker, according to an ordinance approved last week by the Gilbert Council."
"The town council updated the code so it reflects a 2006 state law, which requires public establishments to offer gun lockers in places where individuals without permits are banned from carrying their weapons. Firearms had previously been banned in all public buildings, but the code did not specify for them to placed in a locker." ... |
Stay in psychiatric hospital not enough to prevent gun ownership - appeals court
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"A Michigan man who was once institutionalized in a psychiatric facility – but has not suffered from mental illness in nearly three decades since ‒ cannot be prevented from owning a firearm, a federal appeals court ruled."
"A three-judge panel of the Sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals ‒ all of whom were appointed by Republican presidents ‒ unanimously ruled Thursday that the federal ban on gun ownership for anyone who has been 'adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution' violated the Second Amendment rights of Clifford Charles Tyler, a 73-year-old Hillsdale County, Michigan man." ... |
6th Circuit Strikes Down Federal Gun Law
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"Another step has been taken to restore second amendment rights to the position that they held before the modern assault on the Constitution."
"It is an important case because it establishes the precedent that your second amendment rights cannot be permanently removed for a temporary condition; and that the proper level of scrutiny in the court is the highest accorded to fundamental constitutional rights, that of strict scrutiny." ... |
Expert: Blacks trust police more than whites do
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"Do blacks trust police more than whites do? Given the anger over events in Ferguson and New York City, the very question seems absurd. But it is not. Behind the polls and demonstrations, there is evidence that blacks trust police at least as much as whites do." ...
"... Data compiled by the Bureau of Justice Statistics from 2008 to 2012 shows that blacks are actually more likely than whites to report violent crimes to the police — 9 percentage points more likely than whites (54 percent to 45 percent)."
"Blacks consistently report violent crimes at a higher rate than whites do. That applies to all income groups as well as for victims living in urban and suburban areas." ... |
NY: New York high school senior prevails in fight to pose with gun in yearbook photo
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"An upstate New York school district has shot down a high school that said no to a senior’s yearbook photo because it shows her posing with a gun."
"Rebekah Rorick submitted the picture for inclusion in the 2015 Broadalbin-Perth High School yearbook only to have it rejected by a faculty member on the yearbook committee due to the weapon."
"'And I was like, 'Why?' And they are like, 'Because there’s a gun in it,' And I’m like, 'But it’s a hunting rifle. I’m wearing camo. I have my dog with me,' Rorick told WTEN-TV. 'I was ready to cry. I didn’t know what I was going to do. The only thing I thought to do was address it.'"...
"After meeting behind closed doors, the school board ruled Rebekah’s photo appropriate for the yearbook." ... |
GA: Delta employee charged with helping smuggle guns onto plane
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... "According to the complaint, the former Delta employee was using a 'buddy pass' and he worked in collaboration with a current delta employee"
"According the complaint, Harvey, the employee, bypassed TSA security and brought the smuggler the guns."
"The FBI believes a total of 18 guns bypassed security and ended up on a carryon baggage aboard a Delta Airlines flight to New York."
"The complaint alleges that the undercover officer was supplied a total of 129 guns, including and AK 47 and an AR 15."
"It is not yet clear if all those guns were also smuggled onto a flight."
"The breach is one of the biggest security breaches in recent years, according to affidavit details." ... |
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