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Military personnel gun rights surface in defense appropriations amendment debate
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... "While some, like CNN founder Ted Turner, see an increase in military suicides as 'good' because, as he told Piers Morgan (naturally), that will somehow pave the way for a more enlightened United Nations world policeman, people who are actually sane can debate on the effects of removing firearms from people committed to killing themselves, and the danger for abuse if government is allowed to essentially, by documenting such matters in its records, compile a list of active duty firearms owners, and in apparent contravention of funding proscriptions against such a database established by current law. That’s a discussion that needs to happen in the light, not behind closed doors." ... |
Guns don’t kill people…the Brady Campaign Against Women does.
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"According to Bob Costas (apparently a self appointed Svengali when it comes to guns) Javon Belcher and his girlfriend would still be alive if it weren’t for guns and America’s gun culture. As I touched on yesterday, pointing to professional wrestler Chris Benoit’s double murder suicide in which he strangled his wife, suffocated their child and hung himself with a weight machine cord, this is not a certainty. Gruesome, deadly and not a gun in sight."
"But let’s move away from Bob Costas’ ignorance and look at the many murders allowed to occur thanks to Sarah Brady and her zealous campaign against self defense. I find it ironic that Sarah Brady holds such misogynistic views and how she condones the murder of innocent women." ... |
"To What Lengths Did Someone Go to Scapegoat George Zimmerman?"
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"Very great lengths, apparently."
"Seen in color, the 'thug' who might be, becomes a wounded young man. Shock and fear ring his eyes. ... Blood drips from his nose and his lip appears to be busted open. His nose appears to be freshly broken. Instead of being a white ghoul emerging from shadows, he is a wounded man sitting in a car after a life-changing, possibly life-destroying, event has happened. The ghoul has flesh and blood after all. He bleeds."
"From that color photo, taken in color at high resolution by law enforcement officers moments after the altercation, someone manufactured the grainy black and white photo and made the decision to hand that version, but not the full color version, over to Zimmerman’s defense. Who did that? ..." ... |
Does tragedy actually help gun rights?
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"In much the same way that World War II got us out of the Depression, it is one of those things that is not wished for, yet the reality of it remains. One should not seek out war in order to bolster a country’s economy, nor should one wish for tragedy in order to bolster their position."
"But the question remains, does tragedy benefit the pro gun crowd or the gun control zealots?"... |
Printed gun fails after 6 shots: 'Ma Deuce' wasn't built (or printed) in a day*
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"Back in early October, the 'Wiki Weapon' project, the work of the Defense Distributed group, received a fair amount of press. The goal of the project is to design a functioning firearm that can be manufactured entirely on a consumer grade 3-D printer. This design would then be made freely available on the internet, eventually rendering any notion of a "government monopoly on force" nothing more than an evil fantasy of tyranny enabling (and genocide enabling) forcible citizen disarmament advocates like the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence." ... |
First step in establishing a dictatorship is to disarm the people
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"According to Alan Korwin - Author of Gun Laws Of America http://gunlaws.com says, here it is, folks, and it is bad news. The framework for legislation is always laid, and the Democrats have the votes to pass anything they want to impose upon us. Korwin went on to say, they really do not believe you need anything more than a brick to defend your home and family. He wants you to look at the list and see how many you own. Remember, he said, it is registration, then confiscation. It has happened in the UK, in Australia, in Europe, in China, and what they have found is that for some reason the criminals do not turn in their weapons, but will know that you did." ... |
Christmas Gun Stuff, Part II
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"Being one of those folks who love to get books for Christmas, I naturally tend to GIVE books for Christmas."
"One I can strongly recommend is 'Practical Home Security” by Alex Haddox. I know Alex, and though his main foundation is as a martial arts instructor, I can tell you he knows his way around guns. This isn’t a gun book, though; it’s a common sense approach to home safety. An excellent gift for the people in your life who think the world is full of unicorns and moonbeams and butterflies, and don’t listen to your good advice about keeping their family safe ... You (and they) can listen to his good advice in snippets on his free podcast, here: The Practical Defense Podcast or on iTunes. The book can be ordered from Amazon." ... |
Gun Review: Ruger Redhawk (video available)
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"I'm a devoted revolver man. I think there is something really satisfying in the revolution of a cylinder as a hammer travels back. The clicks and pops and the internal mechanisms all fall into place speak to me. And there is no match for a good revolver's reliability."
"But the classic wheel guns have a hard time competing with the polymer semi-autos, or that's what we're led to believe. It is certainly true where I live, out in the sticks, at the northern end of the old south. My local gun store does a brisk business in the moderately priced automatics. They sell their fair share of snub-nosed revolvers, too, but the big revolvers tend to stack up, collect dust." ... |
High Tech Craftsmanship from Technoframes
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"A friend of mine showed me a Technoframes firearm case a couple of weeks ago. At first, I wasn't really sure I liked the idea of a pistol case that had clear plexiglass lids. I beat my cases into submission. Toss them into pickup truck beds, or onto range benches. I'd scratch up the plexiglass. And why would I want to advertise exactly what was in the case?" ... |
Review: Laserlyte Kryptonyte Center Mass Laser CM-15
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"Not too long ago I had a package show up here at the Gunmart Blog Test Kitchen from the good people over at Laserlyte. Inside of said package was Laserlyte’s newest offering… The Kryptonyte Center Mass Green Laser." ... |
How Did Gun Violence Become Commonplace?
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"A space alien visiting the United States would surely be perplexed."
"Here, anyone can own an assault weapon -- a killing machine -- but possessing a gram of marijuana -- a shriveled up plant -- carries a prison sentence. Applicants must pass a background check to work at McDonalds[sic], but not to buy firearms at a gun show or on Craigslist. Debates rage on about whether or not fetuses are people, while children's lives are tragically cut short by bullets every day. Many states force us to wear seatbelts, but do not require locks on guns. Suspected terrorists, who would not be allowed on a commercial plane can even buy lethal weapons from gun dealers without triggering an alarm" ... |
It Should Have Been A Defensive Gun Use: NY Subway Pusher Edition (video available)
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"Over at usacarry.com the forumistas debated whether or not an armed citizen should have shot New York City subway pusher Naeem Davis after he killed Ki Suk Han. Huh? Generally speaking, you can only shoot another human being if he or she places you or other innocent life in imminent danger of death or grievous bodily harm (including kidnapping). If an armed citizen saw Davis in the act of pushing Han into the path of an oncoming train, he or she would have had more, uh, leeway . . ."... |
O’Reilly, Goldberg should be careful providing cover for Costas
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"The Bob Costas flap has become the gaffe du jour this week, with some well-meant attempts to help the embattled NBC announcer do damage control in the wake of Sunday night’s remarks and Monday’s blistering reaction."
"Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly and contributor Bernie Goldberg jumped to Costas’ defense Monday night and while they made some reasonable points, they also said some things that may just exacerbate the situation, and leave them looking a bit foolish. It's a pity, because both guys seem like honorable men trying to do what they believe is the right thing." ... |
The backpedalling by and for Bob Costas isn’t working
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"NBC sportscaster Bob Costas will appear tonight on Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor with host Bill O’Reilly as the centerpiece of a gun rights controversy that just keeps on giving like the proverbial Christmas present with a down-side."
"He's trying to mollify a lot of angry people and it is obviously not working at Northwest Firearms, Shooters Northwest, Seattle Guns or Gun Rights Media. His media colleagues may be okay with his remarks, and buy his shifting explanations, but that merely has sharpened the philosophical disparity between the media and a huge segment of its audience." ... |
Costas To America: You're Just Not Smart Enough To Understand
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"Bob Costas, just a few days after giving a cultural soliloquy during a halftime break regarding the murder/suicide of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, and the need to eradicate our society from guns, has managed to continue his elitist climb, claiming that the 'audience' is to blame for the follow-up brouhaha about his comments."
"Like a good elitist, Costas is blaming his audience." ... |
Costas' gun rant ill-timed
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"In the wake of last weekend's murder/suicide involving Jovan Belcher of the Kansas City Chiefs, who shot and killed his girlfriend before committing suicide, sportscaster Bob Costas apparently felt the need to lecture the rest of us on gun control."
"Costas, during halftime of a game between Dallas and Philadelphia, used his position as a sports commentator to offer his opinion on the 'gun culture' in America. He also quoted newspaper columnist Jason Whitlock, offering that 'Handguns to not enhance our safety' and 'If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and (girlfriend) Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today.'" ... |
Confirmed: Piers Morgan doesn’t get how these constitutional amendment thingies work
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"In what might be the most obvious tweet of the day, CNN’s Piers Morgan confirmed that he has no clue what this First Amendment thingamajig is all about."
"According to Piers, he and fellow gun-grabbers should be free to spout uninformed nonsense about the Second Amendment’s little-known musket penumbras and emanations. Indeed, he’s free to parade his ignorance and nothing has stopped him from doing plenty of that this week in his defense of Bob Costas’ anti-gun lecture."
"But criticizing his pro-gun control speech in return? That’s trampling his right to free speech." ... |
Costas: "Mistake" To Give Anti-Gun Commentary During Football Game (video available)
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"NBC's Bob Costas tells sports radio host Dan Patrick his anti-gun remarks on Sunday night were a mistake because 90 seconds wasn't enough time for him to 'flesh out' what he meant to say so he was completely understood."
"Costas says he should have saved his comments for a different forum, rather than during halftime of Sunday's NFL game, but did so because "this is when the Belcher situation had played itself out." ... |
Bob Costas Makes Embarrassing Admission He Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About
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"NBC’s iconic sports broadcaster, Bob Costas, inflamed gun rights advocates and ingratiated himself to the gun control set when he took the opportunity of a recent NFL broadcast to evangelize for his belief that there should be fewer firearms available to the public. Caught in a firestorm of controversy after the comments, Costas embarked on a whirlwind media tour to justify his half-baked opinion – appearing on MSNBC’s The Last Word yesterday and Morning Joe this morning, and sitting down with Fox News Channel’s O’Reilly Factor tonight. But a recent quote he gave to The Washington Post as part of his pride-fueled press junket has exposed Costas’ ignorance about the subject of gun control." ... |
One Last Bob Costas Post
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"… and then I swear I am done with this whole thing. Here is my opinion on the matter from yesterday… and here are his own words to give you a true perspective on what a misguided fool he is on this subject matter. Keep in mind that this came after the fact while he was trying to do damage control on his career:" ... |
Senate Democrats protect administration’s right to strip PTSD vets of guns
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... "'We’re not asking for anything big,' Coburn explained .. 'We’re just saying that if you’re going to take away the Second Amendment rights -- they ought to have it adjudicated, rather than mandated by someone who’s unqualified to state that they should lose their rights.'"
"However, as soon as New York Democrat Sen. Charles E. Schumer discovered that Coburn’s pitch was part of a bundle of amendments tucked into the NDAA, he quickly objected."
"'I love our veterans,' Schumer prefaced his opinion. 'I vote for them all the time, they defend us.'"
"Despite his professions of 'love' for 'our veterans,' Schumer then equated military veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to convicted criminals." ... |
TN: Gun battle looms again at Tennessee capitol (video available)
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"Now that the city of Topeka has approved the 2012 Uniform Public Offense Code, openly transporting a loaded firearm in your car will be legal. The new ordinance takes effect next Monday, December 10, according to City spokeswoman Suzie Gilbert."
"'Shawnee County allows the open transportation of loaded weapons, but the city of Topeka had up to now, prohibited that,' Topeka Police Chief Ron Miller said. In most of the State of KS, that's the same way. You can transport a firearm, in cars loaded."
"Others say it could only lead to trouble."
"'My main concern is children. There are children that ride in cars as well. A loaded gun with children in the car, is not a good thing.'" ... |
TN: Excluding campuses key to gun law deal
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"Republican Gov. Bill Haslam says the exclusion of college campuses is key to an agreement on a bill to allow employees to store their firearms in vehicles parked at work."
"The governor told reporters after a speech to a Nashville Republican group on Tuesday that he expects lawmakers to craft a compromise on the measure that was the subject of much discord earlier this year." ... |
KS: Loaded Guns In Cars Legalized In Topeka
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"Now that the city of Topeka has approved the 2012 Uniform Public Offense Code, openly transporting a loaded firearm in your car will be legal. The new ordinance takes effect next Monday, December 10, according to City spokeswoman Suzie Gilbert."
"'Shawnee County allows the open transportation of loaded weapons, but the city of Topeka had up to now, prohibited that,' Topeka Police Chief Ron Miller said. In most of the State of KS, that's the same way. You can transport a firearm, in cars loaded."
"Others say it could only lead to trouble."
"'My main concern is children. There are children that ride in cars as well. A loaded gun with children in the car, is not a good thing.'" ... |
Court of Appeals shoots a hole in the Second Amendment
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"Though the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the right of individual citizens to possess firearms under the Second Amendment, the N.C. Court of Appeals says this right does not cover concealed weapons. North Carolina is not the only state to reach this conclusion. Appellate courts in Kansas and California also have held that the Supreme Court's 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller decision does not establish a right to carry a concealed weapon." ... |
Heads reportedly roll at ATF over Fast & Furious
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"Heads may roll at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as four key officials involved in Operation Fast and Furious may be fired, two more demoted and one suspended and transferred, sources have confirmed to this column."
"Word first leaked over the weekend about three of the reported firings at Town Hall and Breitbart, which curiously carried much the same text under two different bylines." ... |
Holder to lead Obama's attack on gun ownership
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"Thank you for the front page coverage of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. He is the perfect spokesperson for gun violence."
"He will lead President Barack Obama’s assault on the lawful right of firearms ownership — an assault that Obama and the Democrats were afraid to initiate during the first term."
"So now it starts ... The U.S. Supreme Court has been appropriately stacked in preparation for trashing the Second Amendment."
"It’s a pity that Holder refuses to answer for his own contribution to gun violence. The infamous Fast and Furious gun walking scheme resulted in the deaths of many Mexicans at the hands of drug cartels." ... |
TX: Marshal arrested in snitching
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"A deputy U.S. marshal who authorities say tipped off his drug-trafficker father about an undercover federal agent was arrested Tuesday in the Rio Grande Valley."
"U.S. Deputy Marshal Lucio Osbaldo Moya is accused of showing a photocopy of the unidentified agent's driver's license to colleagues last fall and, upon learning it belonged to an undercover investigator, sending a warning text to his father, who has served prison time for various drug charges." ... |
PA: Easton police officer fired for 'off-duty misconduct'
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"A probationary police officer in the Easton Police Department has been fired for 'off-duty misconduct,' officials said today."
"The termination puts the department up to five vacancies, amid a recent spate of violence that has investigators facing three unsolved homicides this year. A break in one of those cases could come within weeks, the Northampton County district attorney said today." ... |
IL: Chicago Anti-Gun Pol's Arrest Shows True Gun Control Hypocrisy, Says CCRKBA
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"Today’s arrest of Illinois State Sen. Donne Trotter by authorities at O’Hare International Airport for having a gun in his carry-on bag is a revealing look at the hypocrisy of anti-gunners, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said."
"According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Trotter was arrested at a security checkpoint early this morning. A candidate for the 2nd Congressional District seat vacated recently by Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., Trotter had a .25-caliber Beretta semiautomatic pistol in his bag. The Chicago Tribune said Trotter told police he worked late last night as a security guard and didn’t realize the pistol was in his bag." ... |
November Record Month for NICS Checks; 38.5% increase marks 30th straight month over month increase
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"Powered by the largest single day ever for background checks on Black Friday, November 2012 is now the record holder for the most background checks conducted in a single month."
"The November 2012 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,525,177 is an increase of 38.5 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,101,076 in November 2011. For comparison, the unadjusted November 2012 NICS figure of 1,997,703 reflects a 30.8 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,527,454 in November 2011." ... |
Charles Barkley says carrying gun gives 'sense of peace'
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"TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley, saying he feels safer carrying a gun, says the issue in the wake of the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shootings is domestic violence, not gun control."
"'There's never a reason to hit a woman, touch a woman, or obviously kill a woman,' Barkley tells USA TODAY Sports."
"'I hope people don't (overemphasize) the gun situation. I'm very sensitive to domestic violence because I have a daughter (23-year-old Christiana), and that's just one thing that I cannot accept in any shape or form whatsoever. It's just a crazy situation." ... |
CA: Californians buying guns at record rate
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"Californians are buying more guns than ever."
"Those who keep the statistics don't speculate on why the numbers are spiking, but to enthusiasts on the ground, it's clear. Times are tough, and the future is uncertain, leaving people looking for an extra layer of security, said gun sellers and experts in the field. November's election brought heightened fears of impending regulation, spurring some buyers to bite the bullet and make purchases they might otherwise have put off."
"As of November, the FBI's [NICS] had run 981,798 background checks related to guns in California, beating out totals for previous years before 2012 is even over. The numbers jumped about 8 percent from last year, part of a steady increase since 2008." ... |
IL: Homicides in Chicago to Establish a New Record in 2012 - Who's to Blame?
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"Chicago is about to set a new record for violence, according to the Chicago Tribune. In the first eleven months, homicides have risen from 398 a year ago to more than 480 at the end of November, with some predicting a new record of 500 before the end of the year."
"Some have blamed the weather, including Jeremy Gorner, the Chicago Tribune reporter, who said that they 'skyrocketed amid unseasonably warm weather,' while others say that the rate of homicide in the Windy City has actually declined recently thanks to 'gang audits' being conducted by Chicago police. Robert Tracy of CPD said 'I think we've done a very good job with that.'" ... |
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