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A Gun Rights Carol: The Second Spirit
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... "'Come in!' exclaimed the Ghost. 'Come in and know me better!'"
"Scrooge entered timidly, and hung his head before this Spirit. He was not the dogged Scrooge he had been; and though the Spirit's eyes were clear and kind, he did not like to meet them."
"'I am the Ghost of Gun Rights Present,' said the Spirit."
"'Spirit,' said Scrooge submissively as she rose, 'conduct me where you will. I went forth last night on compulsion, and I learnt a lesson which is working now. Tonight, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it.'"
"'Touch my robe!'"
"Scrooge did as he was told, and held it fast. Instantly the room vanished and Scrooge found himself standing in the streets of the city. ..." ... |
Gun Owners of America Wins a Skirmish on ObamaCare
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"You guys have a lot to be thankful for this Christmas. Our efforts together in lobbying against ObamaCarehave netted some positive gains, and that has the political left up in arms."
"The writers at the ultra-liberal Slate magazine are beside themselves that an organization like the [GOA] was able to move the Senate to include protections for gun owners. According to Slate ..."
"Score one for the Gun Owners of America, a lobby group positioned well to the right of the [NRA]…. [T]o pacify GOA, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ... has inserted ... a section ... state[ing] that no wellness program implemented under health reform may require disclosure or collection of any information relating to gun ownership." ... |
Girls Just Wanna Have Guns
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"Having a difficult time deciding what to get those special women in your life for Christmas?"
"Well, those who track Americans' purchasing and lifestyle trends say all the data points to firearms as one of the most popular choices for females this holiday season. In fact, some forecasters say the last 12 months of record-busting firearms sales will easily spill over into the Christmas season, especially for females who are both giving and receiving."
"Asked what they'd like to receive for Christmas gifts this year, women respondents to a Consumer Reports Money and Shopping Blog survey they’d be 'thrilled to receive boots, purses, pajamas and guns.'" ... |
New York Times, Unfiltered Again
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"A few days ago ... a New York Times Editorial Board, Editorial entitled 'Gun Owners, Unfiltered' demonstrated yet again the team's unfiltered anti-constitutional bias against their favorite targets – ... the Second Amendment specifically, the NRA and its members the American Gun Owner and of course so-called Republicans. Quite a feat, even for the New York Times, for one editorial."
"Careful of course to use a supposed Republican pollster named Frank Luntz who's company is aptly named 'The Word Doctors' and who's slogan is 'It's not what you say, it's what people hear' ... poll what could possibly be wrong with its conclusions? Plenty. As usual it's long on words and short on facts, but who needs facts when lies will do?" ... |
Gun Lobbyists Against ‘Wellness and Health’
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"One would think that the massive health care reform package ... would have kept Senators busy with issues focused on better health, but they still found time to bend over backwards for a non-healthy conspiracy theory from the Gun Owners of America ..."
"At the behest of GOA, Sen. Charles Grassley was able to get a little-noticed provision ... which takes pains to say:"A wellness and health promotion activity implemented under [this bill] may not require the disclosure or collection of any information relating to -"
"(A) the presence or storage of a lawfully-possessed firearm or ammunition in the residence or on the property of an individual; or"
"(B) the lawful use, possession, or storage of a firearm or ammunition by an individual." ... -------
KABA Note: The Brady Campaign has maintained all along that nothing in this bill will affect gun ownership, but they are objecting to explicit language to that effect? So maybe we "gun nuts" aren't quite so "paranoid" after all . . . |
Who Does the NRA Represent?
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"At a recent social gathering, I was approached by a gentleman who had heard I had written a book about the gun control issue. 'I am a gun owner,' he began. I braced myself for the usual lecture on the sacrosanct Second Amendment and the futility of gun regulation. What he said next, however, left me surprised and relieved. 'I can't stand the NRA,' he continued. 'I quit them years ago. They are so extreme.'" ...
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Submitter's Note: Extreme?!? *snicker* |
WA: Region reels again from another unfathomable police shooting
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"BY the time Northwesterners learned of a third police shooting in less than two months, the region was numb from the unspeakable series of tragedies. There is no good way to process the unfathomable harming of public servants who risk their lives daily to protect people."
"How could it happen again, again and again? Nationwide, this has been an unusually perilous year for police shootings[sic] and our region stands out as a horrific example. Seattle Police Officer Timothy Brenton. The four Lakewood police officers gunned down as they sipped their morning coffee."
"Then Monday, another mentally unstable individual does it again. ..." ... |
NE:No charges for Omaha biz owner in fatal shooting
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Prosecutors won't file charges against an Omaha business owner who shot and killed a suspected burglar over the weekend.
Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine says he believes the shooting was justified. The owner of Bazar Latino who shot the man has not been named.
Police say 23-year-old Jesus Franco was found dead Saturday morning. His body was in the snow about 30 feet from a south Omaha business that had reported a burglary.
The owner told officers he fired his gun during a confrontation with a suspected burglar, who then fled. |
IL: Man says he shot, killed robber after escaping from car
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"A South Side man says he grabbed a gun from robbers who snatched him off the street and he killed one of them when firing off what he meant to be a warning shot."
"... 'A guy gets out pointing a gun at me to get in the car and says we're going to the ATM. There's a bunch of people in there--I'm not going to argue.'"
"Chicago police said they have corroborated details of the man's account with witnesses. One police official said the man won't face any charges. He said he told the man, 'You're either lucky or you're crazy.'" ...
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Submitter's Note: Another story of how a life is saved by a gun, while living in a gun-free zone. |
NE:Burglar's Loved Ones Want Charges Against Shooter
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"An Omaha woman is mourning the death of her boyfriend, a suspected burglar shot and killed by a business owner over the weekend. She believes that business owner should be charged with a crime."
"Police say Jesus Franco broke into the business ... around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, struggled with the owner and then ran from the scene after being shot. ..."
"Lynn Pecha is overcome with grief. Franco's girlfriend does not believe the story. 'It's not right, he didn't have no weapons on him, the cops never found weapons and the guy said he had a knife. There was no knife.'"
"Lynn's mother agrees that charges should be filed against the business owner." ...
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KABA Note: Finish swallowing whatever is in your mouth before reading the story, unless your keyboard is waterproof. |
IL: Man's 'warning shot' kills woman who was robbing him (another view)
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"A 31-year-old man said he intended to fire only a 'warning shot' when he accidentally killed a woman who’d been part of a group who robbed him Tuesday night on the South Side."
"'I'm trying to fire a warning shot — like stay the hell back,' the man said in an interview Wednesday. He did not want his name printed."
"Police say the man’s story appears to check out."
"The dead woman was identified as Barbara McComb, 21, of the 4200 block of South Calumet Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. She was pronounced dead early Wednesday at Stroger Hospital." ... |
VA: 'Five taken hostage' in post office in Virginia, US
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"Five people have been taken hostage in a post office in the US by a man in a wheelchair claiming to be carrying explosives, say reports."
"Local media reports say grenades have been found in the man's vehicle parked outside the post office in Wytheville."
"The town mayor of Wytheville, Trent Crewe, told the Associated Press news agency the man had fired shots from the building but no injuries were reported."
"Police are at the scene and people have been told to evacuate the area." ...
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Submitter's Note: Bu-bu-but guns are banned at Post Offices. And from their parking lots! How could this happen?!? |
IL: Ill. Senate hopefuls offer views on gun control
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"U.S. Senate candidates in Illinois walk carefully when discussing gun control, with most stressing support for the right to bear arms even if they favor some restrictions."
"Gun ownership has been an ongoing issue in federal elections in Illinois, with officials trying to reduce violence in Chicago - where handguns are banned - on one side, and downstate hunters and sportsmen who oppose restrictions on the other."
"Five Democrats and six Republicans, along with a Green Party candidate, are vying for their party's nomination Feb. 2 to run for the Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Some of the candidates responded to an Associated Press questionnaire about guns." ... |
Schumer Goes Hunting, Bags Nelson
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"The perils of political hunting trips range from mockery — as with Sen. John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) expensive gear — to mortal danger — as in ending up on the wrong end of Dick Cheney’s 28-gauge."
"But Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) had another story in mind when he traveled recently to Nebraska, a cautionary tale told to him early in his career by an older, urban-oriented New Jersey congressman ..."
"'He shot the dog,' Schumer recalled, referring to the outcome of the Jersey pol's inept marksmanship."
"Schumer did not shoot the dog. He bagged three pheasants. And six weeks later, he bagged Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), serving as key negotiator as Nelson held the fate of landmark health care legislation in the balance." ... |
NH: Weapons Banned at NH State House
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"A 'civil discourse' requires the disarming of citizens when they enter the State House, according to the President of the New Hampshire Senate. Senate President Sylvia Larsen (D-Concord) defended a new rule ... that bans firearms and other weapons from the State House and two other state buildings." ...
"Cornerstone Policy Research ... was quick to respond, issuing an e-mail denouncing the rule as an attack on the Second Amendment. ..."
"Along with the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, New Hampshire residents can cite Article 2-A of the Bill of Rights of the New Hampshire Constitution: ... The amendment does not mention any place or places where the right does not apply." ... |
Bad Cops, Lying Media, and Anarchist Scapegoats
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"I'm having a really hard time deciding who are worse – police or media."
"As you may have already heard. There was a giant snowball fight at the corner of U and 14th in Washington, DC. ... Maybe 100 or 150 people were gathered ..."
"... Here are some pics I took."
"Scary right?"
"Well, apparently some DC cop thought it was scary because, after I left, he pulled a gun at the snowball fight. You can read ... a good account of what happened over at DCist."
"The only thing I will dispute about the DCist account is that I saw lots of snowballs tossed at cars as they rolled through the intersection. Im sure some cars found it annoying, but it wasn’t dangerous. It was a blizzard. ..." ... |
IA: Gun permit issues concern sheriff
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"The Clinton County Board of Supervisors met with Iowa legislators this week to discuss a variety of topics that could be addressed in the upcoming legislative session." ...
"'The unfortunate aspect is if we go to a 'shall issue' state, and a person comes into my office, applies for that permit to carry a concealed weapon and they don't have any of the disqualifiers, I have to give them permit to carry a concealed weapon,' said Lincoln. 'The problem with that is, there are people that don't have the disqualifiers but we all know shouldn't be carrying a concealed weapon.'" ...
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KABA Note: Yes, sheriff, 'coloreds', 'eye-talians', 'rag heads', 'gooks', 'spics', all of these are people who "we all know shouldn't be carrying a concealed weapon" at some time or another. |
NY: The Latest in Fascist Fuzz Car Fashion
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"Westchester County police will introduce a new 'ghost car' Wednesday that is designed to sneak up on motorists who are talking on hand-held cell phones, text-messaging or driving without seat belts. [emphasis mine] The car, a Crown Victoria like other police cars, is white and has no rack or lights on the roof. The county police decal on the side of the vehicle is another shade of white, rather than red and blue, to blend in with other traffic." ... "Of course, I’m sure that you will never, never, never see a cop talking on a hand-held cell phone, not using a seat belt, nor text messaging while driving. Never."
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Submitter's Note: Another law that exalts the privileged above the hoi polloi. Imagine if the donut-burner claims he spots a motorist carrying a firearm. |
MN: Drug Addicted Minnetonka police officer charged with burglary
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"A Minnetonka police officer on leave was charged Wednesday with first-degree burglary, the third such count in more than six months."
"Daniel Thomas Saba told investigators that he is addicted to drugs, that he was looking for drugs when he went into a Minnetonka home on Dec. 11 and that he stole drugs from homes while on active duty, according to the criminal complaint in Hennepin County District Court." ... |
UK: Suspended term for shotgun finder
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"A former soldier who was given a suspended sentence after handing a sawn-off shotgun to police believes his actions merited an award instead." ...
"Judge Christopher Critchlow said the minimum sentence for possessing a firearm was normally five years, but it was a 'highly unusual case' and gave Clarke 12-month sentence, suspended for one year." ... |
SD: School Board Expels Student For A Year
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"The Sioux Falls School Board has expelled a student for one year after they brought a weapon to school. The decision comes just days after a school resource officer found a shotgun in the trunk of car at Washington High School. The 17 year old student said he forgot the gun in his car after going pheasant hunting on opening weekend." ...
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KABA Note: "Zero Tolerance" requires zero thought which is why they like it . . . |
SD: Box cutter found in car at school
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A Roosevelt High School student faces suspension after officials found a knife in the student's car Tuesday.
The knife was a box cutter that Sioux Falls public school policy prohibits.
"We were investigating another disciplinary situation and needed to search the car. When we went into the car we found the knife," said Don Ryswyk, principal at Roosevelt.
The student faces a 15-day out-of-school suspension, though officials could reduce that to five days under certain conditions. Superintendent Pam Homan will review a report from Ryswyk's office.
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KABA Note: An exellent policy; after all, box cutters killed thousands on 9-11-01. /sarcasm |
NE: Neb: man sentenced for unregistered machine gun
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A 24-year-old Nebraska man has been sentenced to 8 1/2 months in federal prison for having an unregistered machine gun.
Aaron Lawless of Kearney was sentenced last week in Lincoln's federal court.
Prosecutors say a Nebraska State Patrol trooper found two homemade machine guns in Lawless' car after the trooper stopped Lawless on Nov. 25, 2008, for speeding. Authorities say neither gun bore a serial number, and neither was registered to Lawless or a passenger in his car.
Authorities say Lawless acknowledged shooting the guns earlier that day near Cozad, and told officials he knew the machine guns were homemade.
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KABA Note: So there was no evidence that the weapons had ever traveleed in interstate commerce, therefore they were illegal . . . why? |
WA: Media drumbeat begins for more gun restrictions
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"Predictably, the media drumbeat for more restrictions on firearms rights has begun in the wake of another shooting involving law enforcement officers – this time two Pierce County sheriff's deputies ..."
"The Seattle Times' Danny Westneat penned a column wondering why we can't regulate guns the way we do cars. ..." ...
"Westneat should also realize that if one were to regulate guns as they do automobiles, that citizens would be able to carry their guns in every state under their own state's carry licenses or permits, and that if we allow 16-year-olds to drive cars across state lines, then we would also allow them to carry their firearms across state lines, and so forth." ... |
CA: NRA Backs North State Student Fighting His Expulsion Over a Gun Near Campus
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... "But California law defines 'school zone' as a distance within one thousand feet from the school grounds. A perfectly legal random search by the school resulted in Gary being expelled. Tudesko's case is drawing national attention, and now has the National Rifle Association involved, as it's providing an attorney for Tudesko in his appeal to the Glenn County Board of Education. His mother tells me that she stays in regular contact with the attorney." ... |
MI: The right to bear arms issue raised in Algonac
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"Scott Webb showed up at the Dec. 15 Algonac City Council meeting with a gun."
"It was perfectly legal."
"Webb had a semi-automatic 40-caliber pistol lawfully holstered at his side, while he addressed the council regarding the state gun law."
"... He said one of his friends discovered an ordinance on Algonac's books banning citizens from carrying guns, including concealed weapons."
"'My friend said, 'I didn't think they could do that,' said Webb, who carries his gun openly and also has a concealed gun license."
"His friend was right, he said, referring to MCL 123.1102, passed in 1990, that prohibits local municipalities from enacting and enforcing local ordinances for gun-free zones that trump state law." ... |
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