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How the Nazis Used Gun Control
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"The perennial gun-control debate in America did not begin here. The same arguments for and against were made in the 1920s in the chaos of Germany’s Weimar Republic, which opted for gun registration. Law-abiding persons complied with the law, but the Communists and Nazis committing acts of political violence did not."
"In 1931, Weimar authorities discovered plans for a Nazi takeover in which Jews would be denied food and persons refusing to surrender their guns within 24 hours would be executed. They were written by Werner Best, a future Gestapo official. In reaction to such threats, the government authorized the registration of all firearms and the confiscation thereof, if required for 'public safety.' ..." ... |
ATF Agent John Dodson: Fast and Furious Was a F*ck-Up
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"Former ATF Agent John Dodson was one of the chief whistleblowers on Operation Fast and Furious, a covert program that channeled over 2000 U.S. gun store guns to Mexican drug thugs. ... Dodson’s cashing-in on his insider knowledge of Fast and Furious with a new book The Unarmed Truth. Americans looking for the unvarnished truth about the stingless ATF sting should look away now. The excerpt published in The New York Post offer no new insights into the extra-legal activities of an Obama administration agency gone rogue. In fact, it reveals Dodson as a mindless minion of a program whose rationale remains hidden by an Attorney General who remains in power, despite a citation for contempt of Congress. Here’s a taste . . ." ... |
That Feeling of Freedom
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"Growing up the child of parents who relocated to this glorious country from Vietnam, life as a second generation immigrant was a lesson in learning cultural differences, acceptance, and being accepted. My family, like many that come to America, started off as outcasts within our own community. We struggled to find neighbors that understood why we didn’t put out candy on Halloween night, friends that wouldn’t hate us for not knowing to bring gifts to a baby shower, and peers that believed in the same family values we hold so dear. After a few years, we learned of these new customs and were able to establish long lasting friendships and niche within our community . . ." ... |
A Girl’s Life in Shooting
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"In the midst of the never-ending debates, when all of those opposing my right to bear arms accuse me of lacking a soul, I look back with fond memories at how I became an avid shooter. I will never forget my introduction to firearms, nor will I forget the legacy that has been passed down to me by my family. On an overcast afternoon, my mother and I walked into an unassuming range in Hoboken, New Jersey . . ." ... |
FBI says NICS working just fine
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"Saturday marked the 15th anniversary of the full implementation of the FBI’s National Instant Check System, which the agency says is working fine, leading one to question why gun prohibitionists aren’t happy with it, especially after reading today’s Breitbart story about the system."
"Breitbart’s piece noted, 'The NICS system has been used to process over 177 million background checks since it was implemented' in 1998." ... |
Coryell: Women The ‘Holy Grail’ Of Gun Rights Movement
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"Women seeking to arm themselves and their daughters are figuring out that guns are not ‘taboo’ but a powerful means of protection."
"'Women are the holy grail of the Second Amendment movement,' said Skip Coryell nationally recognized firearm expert and author of the newly released The Shadow Militia."
"The Second Amendment will stand or fall depending on the way women vote, he said. 'Women make-up about 52% of the population and they vote with a mind of their own.'" ... |
Daily Digest: Hypocritical as ____ Edition
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"The gun collection of a man who was killed in Greenfield, Indiana back in September went up for auction Sunday morning in Indianapolis. With over 370 weapons (including the 1917 machine gun above) and more than a million rounds of ammunition up for sale, the collection was valued at over $1 million. 'This is a lot of responsibility,' said auction house president Earl Cornwell. 'This has made my eyes bloodshot and taken years off my life, just being in control of all this ammunition and the guns.'"
"A gun buy-up in Encinitas, California netted 899 firearms and a live hand grenade on Saturday. Authorities gave the standard $100 for a handgun and $150 for a rifle, paid in Walmart gift cards ... And the band plays on . . ." ... |
TTAG Exclusive: Kirsten Joy Weiss vs. Grape Soda (video story)
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"This is not the trickiest trick shot Ms. Weiss has performed for her increasingly numerous and devoted fans. The 2012 NRA Women’s Champion Shooter is about ten yards from those eight soda cans. She’s shooting target loads from a recoil-reduced Lone Star Arms SAIGA-12 shotgun. The sequence demonstrates KJW’s astounding ability to pick up a gun, any gun, take its measure and rock it like Roomful of Blues. More than that, it’s proof of the 26-year-old’s courage. This video was filmed, what, ten minutes after she’d first fired the Russian scattergun? One take. ..." |
Gun Review: Cobra CA380 – The Cheapest Handgun in America!
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"The natural human right of self-defense has no minimum income requirement. Nor does the natural, civil, and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms. Few things bother me on such a deep level as laws and measures intended at doing nothing more than making gun ownership more expensive and, therefore, pricing it out of the grasp of certain classes of citizens. It’s racist, classist disenfranchisement, pure and simple. ... It is due to my intense disgust at these sorts of regulations that I spent an hour browsing all of the firearms retailers and auction sites I could think of to find the cheapest handgun you can buy new in the U.S. today…the Cobra Firearms .380 . . ." ... |
Gun Tweet of the Day: David Frum is a Heartless Bast*rd Edition
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"David Frum is, well, here’s the columnist’s bio: 'I’m a conservative Republican, have been all my adult life. I volunteered for the Reagan campaign in 1980. I’ve attended every Republican convention since 1988. ... I could go on, but you get the idea.' Actually no, no you don’t. Not unless you know that Frum is a proponent of civilian disarmament. Which you can kinda guess from the Tweet above. ..." ...
"... What, exactly, would Frum have had Ms. Hendrix do: hand her money over to armed robbers and hope for the best?"
"Frum would have been on safer ground if he’d highlighted the fact that Hendrix was running an illegal gambling operation and 'often returned home in the early morning hours with large sums of money.' ..." ... |
CSGV outrage over pic doesn't extend to law enforcement target of pregnant woman
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... "Again, this is not surprising; anguished bleating is CSGV's strong suit. What is somewhat interesting is noting what does not provoke CSGV's self-righteous wailing. Back in February, the gun rights community became aware of a company called Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., that sold targets depicting pregnant women, young children, the elderly, young mothers, etc., with the idea of conditioning the government's hired muscle to overcome the natural aversion any mentally healthy person would have to shooting such people."
"The line of targets was called 'No More Hesitation,' and was, according to Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., requested by the law enforcement community. ..." ... |
Officer Safety . . .
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"If it is reasonable – justifiable – for a cop to base every interaction with a citizen on the presumption that the citizen might be a threat to his 'safety,' isn’t the reverse all the more reasonable? That a citizen should assume the worst when confronted by a cop?"
"After all, a cop is known to be armed – and not merely with a gun. He possesses the authority of the state and with it, a far more relaxed standard for using gross and disproportionate violence against a citizen. He can do things to you legally – without fear of repercussions that no ordinary citizen would dare to do – and to which, moreover, the ordinary citizen is legally obliged to submit."
"Is it not enough to make a citizen fear for his safety?"
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Examining deeply personal loss, rethinking ease of handgun purchases
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... "... In a few of [my] articles, I have even expressed my position on gun control and my strong belief in favor the second amendment right to own and carry a firearm (although, I have never been in opposition to 'sensible gun control' laws). My father’s final act has forced me to rethink my position."
"On that terrible day, my father drove from his home in Georgetown to Lexington to purchase a pistol at 10:05 a.m. He drove back home and took his life in his very own garage at 10:55 a.m. When the detectives arrived a few minutes later, they discovered the price tag still hanging from the gun."
"The fact that a person can purchase a firearm and use it ... just minutes from making such a purchase leaves me scratching my head." ... |
Joe Biden Owes Me An Apology For My Bad Gun Decision, Says Deluded Man
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"'I did it because Joe Biden said it was OK' doesn't sound exactly a watertight legal defense. But that's the line taken by Washington man Jeffrey Barton, who is charged with illegally discharging a firearm outside his home."
"Barton just refused a plea deal and is sticking with the 'Biden defense.' He fired his shotgun in the air - as Biden recommended earlier this year - to scare off people lurking by his home. Barton claimed in court that he did not commit any wrongdoing, according to The Columbian. He was merely exercising his Second Amendment rights to protect his family, he says." ... |
Obama’s EPA closing smelter will not affect ammunition supply
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"Gun owners can rest easy about one aspect of President Obama’s agenda. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to close the country’s last remaining lead smelter will not cause further ammunition shortages or higher costs."
"Lawrence Keane is the senior vice president and general counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), which represents the ammunitions and firearms industry."
"'Manufacturers use recycled lead to make ammunition. They don’t buy from smelters,' Mr. Keane told me Monday. 'The EPA closing, which has been in the works for a while, will have no impact on production, supply or cost to the consumers.'" ... |
Allen West warns Obama’s 'backdoor gun control is moving forward'
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"Come 2014, all ammunition sold to civilian gun-owners in America will have to be imported, a result of President Obama’s crackdown on sulfur dioxide and lead emissions and accompanying harsh Environmental Protection Agency regulations, said former Florida congressman, Lt. Col. Allen West."
"And for defenders of the Second Amendment, that means higher ammo prices are likely on the way — a situation Mr. Allen writes on his blog, AllenBWest.com, is akin to a federal power-grab on guns, albeit through the backdoor." ... |
Watch The Pro-Gun Commercial Americans Apparently Aren’t Allowed To See During The 2014 Super Bowl
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"Daniel Defense, a leading firearms company in the Unites States, wanted to air one of its commercials during the 2014 NFL Super Bowl. However, the ad, which subtly highlights the Second Amendment as a means to protect one’s family, was reportedly rejected by FOX because it violates NFL advertising rules."
"'Unfortunately, we cannot accept your commercial in football/Super Bowl spots due to the rules the NFL itself has set into place for your company’s category,' FOX reportedly said in a statement to Daniel Defense."
"Guns & Ammo isn’t buying the explanation and is making the case that the commercial doesn’t violate any rules:" ... |
Gun Enthusiasts Are Angry the NFL Rejected a Pro-Gun Super Bowl Ad
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fense, a company that sells guns, submitted a commercial to Fox to be played during the Super Bowl in 2014. Fox denied the spot, citing the NFL's rule that prohibits the advertisement of 'firearms, ammunition or other weapons' during games. But gun enthusiasts claim that the commercial doesn't advertise guns. It just advertises the Second Amendment."
"The commercial shows a father coming home from war to see his wife and baby daughter. The ad implies he's a war veteran, and now that he's home, his 'family's safety is his highest priority' and 'no one has the right to tell me how to defend them.' Creepy music plays in the background as he picks up his daughter from her crib, as if danger could strike at any moment. ..." ... |
Congress Likely to Vote on Gun Control Today
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"Congress is set to go to break in less than 2 short weeks, however, it looks like that won’t be before they have a vote on gun control."
"The Undetectable Firearms Act ... makes plastic guns, or any guns that are undetectable to a metal detector, illegal."
"The ban on these types of guns is currently up for renewal. There is heightened interest in the renewing the ban due to the very quick progression of 3D printing technology. ..."
"However, most of the current 3D printed designs use metal somewhere in the design. Those that don’t, generally don’t last very long due to the fact that plastic can’t hold up to the pressures produced by a gunshot. Not to mention the fact that bullets are, you know, still metal." ... |
Ban on 'Guns Save Lives' bus-stop ad is back in court
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"'Guns Save Lives.'"
"Those words, set against the backdrop of a red heart, are the headline of a controversial bus-stop advertisement at the center of a three-year legal battle between city officials and civil-liberties advocates."
"The fight started in 2010 when city officials removed 50 'Guns Save Lives' ads from its bus stops."
"Phoenix told the man behind the ad, gun-rights activist Alan Korwin, that its message was political and violated the city's policy against non-commercial advertising on buses and transit stops."
"Opponents of the ad's removal say the case, which attorneys will argue in the Arizona Court of Appeals starting Tuesday, could have broad implications for free-speech rights in Arizona ..." ... |
BB&K Police Bulletin: Firearms Ban: Lifetime Firearms Ban on Domestic Violence Misdemeanants Constitutional
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"Overview: The Ninth Circuit recently upheld a federal law that bans misdemeanor domestic violence offenders from possessing firearms for life. ... The court ... held that the federal law making it a felony to possess a firearm after having been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence substantially burdened, but did not violate, the Second Amendment because regulating gun ownership by domestic abusers furthered the important government interest of preventing domestic gun violence. Finding the regulation 'substantially related' to this objective, the court concluded that the gun ban was constitutional." ...
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CA: County to Pay Out Settlement to Man Beaten in Jail
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"The county will pay $722,000 to settle a civil right claim filed by a black man who alleged jail sheriff's deputies stood by in 2006 as Latino gang members stabbed him 23 times, it was announced today."
"'Every settlement is a compromise,' said attorney R. Samuel Paz, who represents plaintiff Dion Starr. 'He's waited patiently for some form of justice.'"
"County attorney Roger Granbo confirmed the settlement amount, which includes legal fees."
"'Both sides balanced the risks of a trial and reached a settlement,' Granbo said." ... |
CA: San Jose cop charged with issuing phony tickets against lawsuit foe and his own lawyer
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"After a veteran San Jose police officer got in a car accident five years ago, he sued the other driver, ultimately settling out of court. But perhaps not to his liking."
"And he apparently couldn't let it go, say prosecutors who charged him with writing phony citations last month targeting the driver, and in a strange twist, the attorney he hired to handle his case."
"George Chavez, 51, faces three felony counts of false personation exposing the victim to liability, and three felony counts of filing a false police report. The 23-year police veteran surrendered to authorities Tuesday night, and was freed after posting $60,000 bail." ... |
CO: Former Longmont officer pleads guilty to Loveland sex assault
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"A former Longmont police officer pleaded guilty to sex offenses in 8th Judicial District Court on Tuesday."
"Christopher Martinchick, 43, was arrested in July following a Larimer County Sheriff's Office investigation into a reported sexual assault in Loveland. The adult female victim told police that on two separate occasions, Martinchick engaged in sexual activity with her while she was sleeping and under the influence of a prescribed muscle relaxant, according to court documents." ... |
IL: Ex-Arcola cop gets three years for shakedowns
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"A former Arcola police officer who was shaking down Spanish-speaking Douglas County residents for cash has been sentenced to three years in prison."
"Douglas County Judge Mike Carroll on Tuesday sentenced Rogelio Javier Gutierrez, 34, of Humboldt, for official misconduct and intimidation."
"The charges stemmed from conduct that Gutierrez admitted committing while he was an Arcola officer in 2011 and 2012. He also served as police chief in Humboldt."
"Gutierrez resigned both positions around the middle of 2012." ... |
CA: Sheriff's Department hired officers with histories of misconduct
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"The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department hired dozens of officers even though background investigators found they had committed serious misconduct on or off duty, sheriff's files show." ...
"The Times reviewed the officers' internal hiring files, which also contained recorded interviews of the applicants by sheriff's investigators."
"Ultimately, about 280 county officers were given jobs, including applicants who had accidentally fired their weapons, had sex at work and solicited prostitutes, the records show."
"For nearly 100 hires, investigators discovered evidence of dishonesty, such as making untrue statements or falsifying police records. At least 15 were caught cheating on the department's own polygraph exams." ... |
PA Man SWATs Neighbor, Goes To Jail. It’s About Effing Time.
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"SWATing is a deadly, dangerous prank. Michael Adams, shown here, is charged with reckless endangerment and several other crimes for allegedly SWATing his neighbor in September. The indictment charges that Adams called 911 anonymously on September 16th, 2013 to report a hostage situation at his neighbor’s home. Adams described a man with IED’s strapped to his chest and pointing an AR-15 at him. He was arrested and charged after detectives traced the calls back to him. He’s since been released on $50,000 bail . . ." ... |
TN: Second Amendment misinterpreted
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Nov. 25 letter, 'Second Amendment limits government,' was correct, but when the writer said 'no government entity has any right to deny the people of the state the ability to own firearms of their choice,' he came close to amplifying the right beyond its intended scope."
"The ruling in District of Columbia vs. Heller says, 'Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited … the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose … nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places ...'" ...
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