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Gun group says active killer events quadrupled after Gun Free School Zones Act
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... "'Along with studying how changes in carry laws change crime rates, I also study Active Killer events and decided to look at the impact of the Gun-Free School Zone law,' Menkus told Gun Rights Examiner."
"'I found two interesting things. First, since the law was enacted we went from one incident every decade to four,' he reported. 'Second, guess whose bill the original GFSZA was in? The guy President Obama just selected to spearhead the White House response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting.'" ... |
NRA and LaPierre unite disarmament advocates as gun owners remain divided
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"At least he didn’t overtly telegraph concessions on guns. My worst fear was that National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre’s Friday press statement was going to find something to offer the mob in the hopes that it would somehow appease the blood lust, metaphoric and otherwise, being directed at NRA members and at gun owners in general.
I ventured a faint fantasy hope for leadership that would inspire gun owner unity in the face of the most intense and pervasive firestorm of directed hatred I’ve ever witnessed. That “national conversation on guns” the antis said they wanted was (surprise!) always intended to be a monologue -- they get to speak and demand and impose, and you get to agree. |
‘Gun Control Fails,’ Say Statistics from … Gun-Control Advocates
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"After the Newtown, Connecticut mass murder, anti-rights politicians and media shifted into high gear. The only “solution” for such a tragedy was another gun ban; within two days, Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced her version. Pundits like the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein politicized the tragedy by claiming that America is an unusually violent place, with the only answer being more gun control."
"There’s a problem with all of their hyperbole: it is based upon myth and manipulated data." ... |
Opinion: What Chicago's 500th Murder Means
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"Chicago experienced its 500th murder of the year on Thursday night, when a 40-year-old man was shot to death in the Austin neighborhood. It was only the second time in the last ten years the city has reached that mark. In 2008, 513 people were murdered." ...
"The city’s murders have also made it a case study in the debate on gun control. Second Amendment defenders point to the fact that Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation as proof that gun control is not only ineffective, but causes more violence." ... |
TTAG Daily Digest: Anti-Anthropomorphism
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"Wattup with theatlantic.com? Every day this week they’ve published a pro-gun control post from a writer who thinks he’s thinking 'out of the box' when he is, plainly, out of his mind. Yesterday, a former marketing guy from Barnes & Noble proposed a FOPA-busting database of all gun and ammo purchases with an intelligent program to mine the info for potential psycho-killers. Today, a brand strategist semi-seriously suggests privatizing gun buybacks. ..." ... |
Gun Death Epidemic? What Gun Death Epidemic?
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"Day after day, gun rights supporters are subjected to conjecture, hyperbole, and unsubstantiated 'facts.' An unending stream of incomplete percentages with no indication of absolute magnitudes. Proof of causality and even correlation are casually dismissed and entire arguments and social policies are built on false assumptions and irrationality. How dangerous are guns in society? Is there really a gun-death epidemic? We hear a lot of presumed answers, explanations, and rationalizations, but let’s look at some hard facts. No causality or correlation between factors assumed here. Instead, we are taking a straight look at the numerical risk as it pans out in the real world . . ." ... |
Question of the Day: Do Magazine Capacity Limits Limit Lethality?
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"People who preach 'common sense gun control' argue that limiting ammunition magazine capacity limits a killers’ ability to kill. Ipso facto. Notice I didn’t say 'murder.' As John Grisham might say, there’s a time to kill. OK, 'stop the threat.' When you or other innocent life are in imminent, credible danger of death or bodily harm you probably don’t want your lethality limited by a capacity-limited ammunition magazine. As the rabbi says, 'no one ever finished a gunfight wishing he had less bullets.' As Nick would say, where’s the data? There isn’t any. Well, there is some . . ." ... |
This Wouldn't Have Happened if NJ Police Stations Were Gun Free Zones
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... "No, I have a better idea. Let's classify the whole state of NJ as one big 'Gun Free Zone'. Make it like England or China and extend the ban to everyone, no exceptions. I'd kick the Army/Navy/Airforce/Coastguard out too. National Guard? Who needs them if every square inch of the state is gun free. Think of how much money we'd save. No firearm training for cops. Lower insurance premiums for towns since police would never shoot or be shot at. Sorry lawyers." ... |
Single-shot guns adequate for hunting, self-defense
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... "Obviously the need for a state militia has been replaced by the National Guard and Coast Guard, whereby trained military personnel are entrusted with the defense of this country against domestic enemies. Their weapons are tightly controlled and safeguarded. The only two reasons for a citizen to own a firearm are for hunting or defense of the household from intruders. In either case, ownership of a single-shot rifle is more than adequate to satisfy these purposes. There is absolutely no need for any U.S. civilian to own any weapon more powerful or sophisticated than this. Accordingly, all single-shot rifles must be licensed and registered to the degree necessary to match weapon to owner at the click of a computer key." ... |
Gun regulation can be reasonable
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"In your Dec. 27 editorial headlined, 'America can regulate amendments and still respect the Constitution,' you were right to compare restrictions on the Second Amendment to the very reasonable restrictions we accept on the First Amendment."
"If history is any guide, your rather mild criticism of the NRA will be met with outraged rebuttals from NRA members accusing you of wanting to take their guns away." ... |
Troy Defense Statement on Dick’s Canceling Black Friday Carbine Orders
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"One-time gun seller Dick’s Sporting Goods is taking heat from customers who ordered and paid for Troy Defense carbines during their Black Friday sale. Now that Dick’s has decided that selling black rifles is a little too disturbing in a post-Newtown world, they’ve informed all of those prepaid customers that they won’t be making good on their orders. The retailer will refund the money, of course, and will throw in a $100 gift card on top of it. But that hasn’t made their customers too happy. To say nothing of Troy Defense, which Dick’s left hanging with no notification of their decision – other than what Troy read in the media. Troy’s press release on the situation (via kitup.military.com) is reprinted after the jump . . ." ... |
Gun Myths Busted
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"People who don't own guns are wildly ignorant about them, and they're easily suckered into liberal media myths that willfully repeat total lies such as being able to 'buy guns online' or the idea that you can easily buy 'automatic weapons' or 'assault rifles.' These are all complete lies."
"Let's expose the myths right here:" ... |
Second Amendment attack backfires
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"Gun grabbers have been exploiting the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., to pursue their long-standing agenda of disarming America. Law-abiding and responsible gun owners are fighting back against the onslaught."
"NBC anchor David Gregory acted on Sunday as if D.C. firearms laws didn’t apply to him. He brandished a 30-round rifle magazine on 'Meet the Press' during an interview with [NRA] Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. 'Isn’t it just possible that we could reduce the carnage in a situation like Newtown?' Mr. Gregory asked while waving the prohibited object."
"A ruthlessly enforced city ordinance makes it unlawful to possess magazines with greater than a 10-round capacity...." ... |
Repeal Unconstitutional Gun Laws (petition)
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... "Therefore, all gun control laws are in direct violation of the United States Constitution, the supreme Law of the Land. Given their unconstitutional nature, We the People demand the immediate repeal of all Federal gun laws. As is clearly stated in the plain language of the Second Amendment, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Arms include all forms of weaponry which may be employed in the defense of our families, our homes, our communities, and our country. There are no exceptions given in the Second Amendment." |
Gun Control and the Lesson of Sandy Hook: Assault Weapons Ban Won't Protect Us
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"Gun legislation would not have prevented the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. Though this may not be what everyone wants to think, it is true. The guns that [the] shooter ... used were legally obtained by his mother. We could look at the assault weapon that he had with him, but some reports say that he may not have even used the Bushmaster AR-15. Now, we can leave the tragedy at that, or we can look to how we can lower the probability of an event like this happening again." ... |
AZ: Ariz. AG to Offer Marksmanship Training to One Staffer at Each School
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"Arizona’s attorney general is proposing making one school staffer with exceptionally good aim the heat-packing point person for emergency school security."
"Tom Horne said on CNN that he believes blanket proposals to let teachers bring guns to school 'would create more dangers than it would solve.'"
"On the other hand, he said, schools would regret not doing anything in the wake of Newtown."
"'So, my proposal is to designate one person, the principal or someone he designates and then we’re offering to give him training in marksmanship, in judgment, when to shoot, when not to shoot, how to secure the gun in a locked, safe place, to give intensive training,' Horne said. ..." ... |
Federal High Cap Mag Ban Bill on January 3
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"House Democrats will introduce a bill to ban the production of high-capacity magazines on the first day of the next congressional session. This according to someone at the office of Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), one of the lawmakers sponsoring the bill, who had a little chinwag with huffingtonpost.com. Who said this about that: ..." |
IL: On concealed carry gun issue, Illinois looks to N.Y. gun laws
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"As reluctant ruling Democrats face the daunting task of crafting state legislation to allow Illinois citizens to carry guns in public, they may need to look no further than the recent federal court decision that struck down the state's longtime ban."
"In the ruling from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Richard Posner argues that instead of a complete ban on concealed carry, Illinois must follow other states that have struck a balance between public safety and the constitutional right to bear arms. He specifically points to New York, which has one of the most restrictive — and complicated — concealed carry laws in the nation." ... |
NY: Pols renew their call for gun control in wake of tragedies
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"For state Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh and state Senator Daniel Squadron, the push for gun control has been like a record on repeat."
"Back in October, both led the unsuccessful call for a legislative special session to pass laws strengthening New York’s restrictions on firearm sale and possession — already some of the strongest in the nation — and Squadron published an op-ed in the Daily News to argue the “common sense” perspective behind added gun control measures."
"'Before another drop of blood is spilled and another innocent life is lost, New York’s Legislature must do our job and pass these bills,' Squadron wrote in the op-ed." ... |
NY: What will gun control mean in the 2013 mayor's race
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"If it wasn't clear how the Democratic mayoral contenders felt about national gun control before the Sandy Hook massacre, it was perfectly clear afterward."
"Christine Quinn said it was 'an urgent reminder that we must strengthen the call for serious gun control reform;' Bill de Blasio said the shooting needed to be 'a call to action;' Bill Thompson said it was 'yet another reminder that there is no legitimate reason for anyone other than law enforcement or military personnel to have access to semi-automatic weapons.'" ... |
AZ: Arizona sheriff orders armed 'posse' to patrol schools (video available)
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"Arizona sheriffs and the state’s attorney general are pushing controversial programs to allow school officials and volunteers to carry guns in the wake of the shootings at a Connecticut school that left 20 children dead."
"The latest proposal comes from Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-described toughest sheriff in America, who wants to station his 'posse' of volunteers outside of about 50 schools in Maricopa County within a week, according to KPNX, a local NBC station."
"'Everybody else is talking about what their ideas are. They want new laws. This is immediate. I don't need a new law to send out my posse,' he told NBC affiliate, KPNX, on Thursday. 'I feel like we should do whatever we can outside of the schools.'" ... |
NY: New York newspaper to list more gun permit holders after uproar
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"A suburban New York newspaper that sparked an uproar among gun enthusiasts by publishing names and addresses of residents holding pistol permits is now planning to publish even more identities of permit-toting locals."
"Further names and addresses will be added as they become available to a map originally published on December 24 in the White Plains, New York-based Journal News, the newspaper said." ... |
NY: Episcopal rector leading charge here on Staten Island
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"The Rev. Kevin Fisher, rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in West Brighton, is leading the charge on Staten Island for gun control, specifically a ban on assault rifles such as the one used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School murders."
"'We call upon our elected officials to institute an immediate ban on assault rifles in this country with no grandfathering,' the Rev. Fisher said a gun control plan for his church that he e-mailed to the Advance." ... |
NY: Harlem foster child finds A GUN in Christmas gift donated at SoHo church
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"Holy shoot!"
"A grinch slipped a real handgun into a wrapped gift that was part of a church gift collection for foster kids — and it ended up in the hands of an 8-year-old Harlem girl who found it alongside a mama-and-baby teddy-bear set, The Post has learned."
"Natasha Brunson said, 'Oh wow!' and waved the gun around to show everyone on Christmas morning — but luckily, it was inoperable." ...
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NY: Winners and Losers, Dec. 28, 2012
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"This past week was a time for visiting family, opening presents, drinking eggnog – and taking sides in the divisive debate over guns. Following the massacre in Newtown, Conn., and the shooting of two firefighters in upstate New York, the question of gun control has spurred a push for more restrictions on one side, a call for arming teachers on the other and, from one New York newspaper, a controversial map of registered handgun owners. City & State isn’t taking a side in the gun control debate, but as always we have your weekly winners and their polar opposites, the losers." ... |
NJ: Staggering amount of nonfatal N.J. shootings go unsolved, statistics show
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"Shoot and kill someone in New Jersey, and there’s a pretty good chance you’ll get caught: 65 percent to be exact."
"But if you were the triggerman in one of the 2,593 nonfatal shootings ... the odds were even better you got away with it."
"A Star-Ledger review of police data over those four years shows about three quarters of all nonfatal shootings in New Jersey’s most violent cities remain unsolved, leaving hundreds of would-be killers on the streets each year. All told, nearly 2,000 nonfatal shootings went unsolved." ...
"The disparity in solve rates between homicides and nonfatal shootings was startling. In 2010 ... about 65 percent of the state’s 375 homicides were solved. During that same period, only 21 percent of the 652 nonfatal shooting cases were closed." ... |
CA: Rocket launchers surface during Los Angeles guns buyback
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"When Los Angeles police moved up their annual Citywide Gun Buyback program to this week, they collected an arsenal that included 75 assault weapons, 698 rifles, 363 shotguns, 901 handguns and — more surprisingly — two rocket launchers."
"The weapons, essentially long metal tubes once capable of firing rockets, lacked the projectiles and parts needed to fire them, but even so had no place on the streets, police said."
"'Those are weapons of war, weapons of death,' said LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, according to the Los Angeles Times. 'These are not hunting guns. These are not target guns. ...'"...
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KABA Note: Yo, Chuck; first of all these are not GUNS!. Second, remember about 7 months ago when you held up a "rocket launcher" that had the word TRAINER stenciled on the side? I sure remember it which is why I'm going to take your claims with a pinch spoonful handful pound of salt. |
IL: Chicago police confirm 'tragic number' of 500 homicides
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"Chicago reached 'a tragic number' today, according to Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy: Its homicide total for the year hit 500, the highest annual total since 2008."
"The city's latest homicide occurred around 9 p.m. Thursday when Nathaniel T. Jackson, 40, an alleged gang member with a lengthy arrest record, was gunned down outside a store in the Austin neighborhood." ...
"McCarthy issued a statement declaring: 'The city has seen its 500th homicide for 2012, a tragic number that is reflective of the gang violence and proliferation of illegal guns that have plagued some of our neighborhoods.'" ... |
Russia: Americans never give up your guns
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"These days, there are few few things to admire about the socialist, bankrupt and culturally degenerating USA, but at least so far, one thing remains: the right to bare[sic] arms and use deadly force to defend one's self and possessions."
"'This will probably come as a total shock to most of my Western readers, but at one point, Russia was one of the most heavily armed societies on earth. This was, of course, when we were free under the Tsar. Weapons, from swords and spears to pistols, rifles and shotguns were everywhere, common items. People carried them concealed, they carried them holstered. Fighting knives were a prominent part of many traditional attires ..."... |
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