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Unnoticed pieces in Reese case form puzzling picture
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... "'What triggered the decision for the Columbus smuggling crew to send at least some of their straw purchasers all the way to the small Chaparral store instead of one of the largest gun stores in the state right up the road?' the article asked."
"Particularly if the Reese family had truly been involved in doing what the government accused them of doing …?" ... |
EXCLUSIVE: Give Them What They Want?
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... "'We don’t recommend (drawing a gun or firing),' Sgt. Albert Morales told ABC7 News. 'We would have preferred that they just go ahead and comply with the request or demands of the robbers. Again they were after material items that could be replaced and again our biggest fear is that somebody would have gotten hurt, injured and possibly even died.'" ... |
Don't blame guns for senseless violence
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"Mix in equal doses of a man with a history of violent behavior, a volatile relationship with a young woman who bore his child, a heavy night of drinking, and history of pill use and partying, then combine the two people in a highly publicized murder-suicide because he was a professional football player and what do you get?"
"A call to ban gun ownership, of course." ... |
Weird future: Downloading a pistol
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"The introduction of 3-D technology into any conversation usually evokes memories of movie theaters with goofy multicolor glasses, but a company named Defense Distributed is trying to change that. They are taking Second Amendment rights to a new extreme by using 3-D printing to make guns available to all Americans. Defense Distributed hopes to make a 'wikiweapon,' a blueprint for a 3-D printed gun, to be
released as free, open-source software." ... |
A liberal’s defense of the right to bear arms
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"Earlier this week, fellow Daily Athenaeum columnist David Perry wrote about the gun control debate in the United States."
"With the suicide-murder involving Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher looming, Mr. Perry based much of his argument on how many suicides occur in America as a result of easy access to guns. While the number of suicides in this country is tragic and Jovan Belcher’s actions were unconscionable, this is a case of blaming a symptom and not the disease."
"He’s right; gun-related deaths are a problem in this country. But the response should not be to limit the gun ownership. Let us not confuse correlation with causation. The number of deaths by gun in this country are not a result of lax gun regulations." ... |
Hipsters Who Hunt -- More liberals are shooting their own supper.
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... "Hunting is undeniably in vogue among the bearded, bicycle-riding, locavore set. The new trend might even be partly behind a recent 9 percent increase from 2006 to 2011 in the number of hunters in the United States after years of decline. Many of these new hunters are taking up the activity for ethical and environmental reasons." ...
"A recent spate of books with titles like The Mindful Carnivore and Call of the Mild chronicles the exploits of these first-time hunters as they wrestle with their consciences and learn to sight in their rifles." ... |
NFL players: Three-quarters own guns
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"Former NFL running back Thomas Jones was always around guns, long before he became a football-carrying member of that unofficial gun club within the National Football League."
"As a kid, he and his buddies fired guns in the woods in Big Stone Gap, Va. They'd shoot bottles and go hunting." ...
"Jones bought his first gun his senior year at the University of Virginia, and, as a rookie with the Arizona Cardinals a dozen years ago, he learned quickly that guns were an ingrained part of the NFL culture."
"'Most guys when they first come into the league is when they first start to realize they need protection,' Jones says. 'Because money brings a lot of positive things. But most of the time, it brings more negative things. ...'" ... |
Silencerco Osprey Suppressor
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"The Silencerco Osprey suppressor was designed with 3 goals in mind."
"Industry leading sound suppression
low profile/less target obscuration
versatility"
"The Ospreys unique shape has roughly 30% more internal volume than a conventional round suppressor of similar caliber."
"Combine the extra volume with our advanced monolithic core and the user will enjoy industry leading quiet." ... |
Gear Review: Leupold DeltaPoint Red Dot Sight
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"Last year, RF mused over the Leupold DeltaPoint mounted atop a S&W 686 and we promised then that we’d contact Leupold about getting one. Sure enough, now we (I) have one in our grubby little hands. Astute readers may have noticed that the Next Intent Tactical mount I reviewed was wearing the DeltaPoint as the secondary reflex optic. How high-speed-low-drag is that? Anyway, now that I’ve had it for a month or so, it’s had a full workout on my AR using the NITactical mount and on my 10/22 as its primary optic. In short, I’m wildly impressed . . ." ... |
The Truth About Gun Buying Advice
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"A friend and I were discussing handguns today and we got on the topic of his nephew who’d bought a .357 Magnum revolver (the only handgun he owns) but can’t shoot it worth a damn. It made me think about the husband of one of my employees who’s a retired firefighter, stands about 6′ 4″ has a WWE wrestler’s build and whose only gun is a compact .380. Which he never shoots. In both cases they were out with the guys and got a recommendation from someone as to what gun they should buy. In both cases that recommendation was wrong . . ." ... |
Self-Defense Tip: Buy a Bedside Gun Safe
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"'A 46-year-old woman was shot in the face Tuesday night as she and her ex-husband were preparing for bed in their home on the 800 block of General Howe Drive,' dailylocal.com reports. 'According to police, the victim’s ex-husband, who lives with her in the home, said that he was placing a handgun under his pillow when it accidentally went off, striking the woman. A .45 caliber Kimber semi-automatic handgun, along with a single shell casing, was recovered by police.' A 1911 perchance? What are the odds? Whatever they are, the odds of a negligent discharge would have been a LOT lower if . . ." ... |
The Great Gun Gag
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"On national television, you can talk about the sordid details of your sex life, the depth of your religious piety or your belief that an organization that no longer exists, Acorn, stole the 2012 presidential election — a fantasy held by half of Republicans. You can call climate change a hoax, you can say the moon landing never happened, you can even praise Alex Rodriguez, though you shouldn’t."
"But you cannot talk about the 300 million or more guns circulating in private hands in the United States. The most armed society in the world, ranked first among 179 nations in the rate of gun ownership, had 9,146 gun homicides in 2009. The same year, Canada had 173. But don’t bring that up." ... |
Costas is right: Let’s talk about the guns
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"Bob Costas raised eyebrows -- and blood pressures -- around the nation Sunday night when, during the nationwide broadcast of the Philadelphia Eagles-Dallas Cowboys football game on NBC, he addressed the biggest NFL story on the day during his halftime commentary."
"The story? The murder of Kasandra Perkins by her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher, and his subsequent suicide in front of team officials."
"The controversy? Costas had the audacity to mention that the murder and suicide were committed with a gun." ...
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The gun conversation
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"Much has been made of the comments by TV sportscaster Bob Costas on national TV during Sunday night’s prime time football game concerning the fallout from the tragic murder-suicide involving Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher."
"I’m not sure it was the right forum for Costas to make his point."
"But I do think it’s a conversation the country needs to have."
"No one is going to argue the Second Amendment. I believe people have the right to own a gun. I’m not looking to take that away."
"I don’t think that’s the argument anymore."
"But I do think it would help if we started talking about ways to combat the wave of guns in our society, and the gun violence that comes along with it." ...
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Gun culture a needless part of the sports world
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"Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend, committed suicide and orphaned his daughter. If the Kansas City linebacker had not put a gun in his hand during those moments when he was seized by rage and despair, the 3-month-old baby girl would have had a chance to grow up with her mother and father." ...
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NRA CEO Refutes Bob Costas, Says Kasandra Perkins Needed A Gun To Defend Against Jovan Belcher (video available)
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"The murder of Kasandra Perkins by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, who committed suicide a short time later, has reinvigorated the ongoing debate over gun control in America. ... As these conversations continued during the week following the tragic murder-suicide, the CEO of the National Rifle Association felt that something had gone unsaid in mainstream discussions. On Thursday, the same day as a memorial service was held for Perkins in Texas, he spoke up."
"'The one thing missing in that equation is that woman owning a gun so she could have saved her life from that murderer,' NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre told David Leon Moore of USA TODAY." ... |
Bob Costas Digs Himself in Deeper on the O’Reilly Factor
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"Bob Costas appeared on the O’Reilly Factor Wednesday night in an effort to explain his ill-informed comments about guns that he made over the weekend."
"Using one of Sunday’s football games as a platform to express his views on guns, Costas (who was quoting a sports writer) said that the Kansas City linebacker who killed himself and his girlfriend this past weekend would still be alive today 'if Javon Belcher didn’t possess a gun.'"
"Click here to read GOA’s original response to Costas’ Sunday remarks." ... |
Costas demonizes ‘gun culture’ and digs deeper hole
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"Embattled NBC announcer Bob Costas seems like a man on a mission…to alienate people, and he is doing a smashing job."
"On Wednesday evening’s O’Reilly Factor, he threw out missives against the 'gun culture' while claiming fealty to the Second Amendment and told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly that if he were in a crowded theater when some nut opened fire, he would not want a gun with which he might defend himself and others." ... |
Whitlock: My real take on gun control
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"It wasn’t that long ago, in the aftermath of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor’s tragic death in 2007, that I was the toast of right-wing America. Before there were any arrests, before we knew the gruesome circumstances that precipitated his murder, I analogized Taylor’s assailants to the Black KKK in a column for FOXSports.com."
"I’m fond of provocative analogies. That affinity bit me in the rear end Monday morning. In the aftermath of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher’s murder-suicide, during an interview with Roland Martin on the popular Tom Joyner morning radio show, I groggily and inarticulately popped off a provocative analogy that I had yet to explain in writing." ... |
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." ... |
Obama and the Second Amendment
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"No hierarchy exits among the amendments to the Constitution, the law of our land. No one constitutional right is more important than any other; they are all equally important to reign[sic] in the government and protect the rights of individual Americans."
"That’s true of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which absolutely protects the rights of individual Americans to own firearms. President Barack Obama no doubt counts himself among the Second Amendment’s many critics, something one would expect from a center-left Democrat who hails from a big city with a big crime problem." ... |
WA: Tougher laws needed for juvenile gun crimes
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"The debate over the Founding Fathers' intent when they drafted the Second Amendment could fill a library."
"But here's one thing we're sure they didn't have in mind -- arming young thugs."
"Legislation proposed by King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg, Democratic state Sen. Adam Kline and Rep. Christopher Hurst would clamp down on juveniles convicted of gun crimes."
"The measure is overdue." ... |
IL: Don’t forget to send Rod and George your Christmas Greetings!
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"Two staunchly anti-gun Illinois governors (the last two governors in Illinois, actually) are currently residing at Club Fed. Please don’t forget them in your Christmas greeting card list!"
"We recommend sending a photo of you enjoying your freedom (and freedoms) and a nice letter letting them know how nice it is in the world outside their concrete walls and the fences surrounding their current accommodations."
"A few minor rules, like, for instance, don’t send money or stamps ... keep it simple. A card and a letter. We recommend the dollar store for a card, where they have a two for a dollar section. Worth more than that either of these men, but just letting them know they aren’t forgotten is worth a lot." ...
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IL: State Sen. Donne Trotter in court after trying to bring handgun on aircraft, prosecutors say
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"State Senator Donne Trotter vowed to stay in the race for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s vacated Congressional seat despite the federal charge against him."
"Trotter is back with his family tonight and discussed his political intentions."
"'I intend on staying in the race at this time and will continue to campaign for the people of the Second District,' he said."
"'On advice of my attorney, I can't respond to any questions addressing what's going through the court system at this time,' Trotter said."
"He was arrested Wednesday at O'Hare, where security discovered a gun in Trotter's carry-on bag." ... |
IL: Don’t be so quick to castigate Senator Trotter
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"Senator Trotter made a mistake forgetting about a gun in his carry-on. Yeah, he gamed the system a little bit. The gun in his carry-on was an oversight that frankly, could happen to any of us." ...
"If voters holding his feet to the fire gets us another pro-right-to-carry vote (and a vote to over-ride Quinn’s amendatory veto to ban America’s favorite rifle), then by golly, chill out folks. That’s a win."
"Let’s not cannibalize an ally here."
"Todd Vandermyde writes a very interesting piece. You don’t have to agree with him, but you would be wise to respect his analysis." ... |
Obama Admin. Approved Arms for Libya Rebels Fell Into Jihadis’ Hands
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"The Obama administration secretly gave its blessing to arms shipments to Libyan rebels from Qatar last year, but American officials later grew alarmed as evidence grew that Qatar was turning some of the weapons over to Islamic militants, according to United States officials and foreign diplomats."
"No evidence has emerged linking the weapons provided by the Qataris during the uprising against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to the attack that killed four Americans at the United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, in September." ... |
Because you just never know when Tangos will attack… the pumpkin festival?
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"Federal money to buy armored vehicles to protect the annual Pumpkin Festival in New Hampshire? And 13 Sno-Cone machines in Michigan (to generate ice packs, of course)? $45M worth of surveillance cameras in Chicagoland?"
"All in the name of protecting against terrorist attacks?"
"That’s the Barack Hussein Obama Administration’s Department of Homeland Security in this time of trillion-plus dollar deficit spending each year according to a report in the Washington Examiner."
"Fargo, North Dakota got themselves one of these armored vehicles like the one pictured above. It’s sole mission so far? To protect the children’s bounce house at the annual Fargo Picnic ..." ... |
MD: Maryland State Police, FBI SWAT Teams Thwart … Guy with a Few Guns
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"You are forgiven for thinking that a major terrorist attack was thwarted in Sharpsburg, Maryland, this past Thursday. A Maryland State Police helicopter was in the air over 4433 Mills Road most of the day, as police, FBI SWAT teams, armored vehicles, and K-9 units converged upon the residence of Terry Allen Porter, 46."
"Porter, however, wasn’t home. Nor, it turned out, was Porter on any 'Most Wanted' lists."
"Terry Allen Porter’s home was raided using all the power of the state security apparatus not because he was terrorist, a bank robber, serial killer, or a relative of the Kennedy clan, but because of an anonymous tip that he was an avid outdoorsman:" ... |
After Obama re-election, gun owners clinging to Second Amendment
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"If the apocalypse were at hand, one sign might be a burst of activity at Dunkelberger’s, a sports outfitting establishment in Stroudsburg, Pa."
"Dunkelberger’s, like other purveyors of guns and shooting gear across the country, has experienced a boom in business this autumn the like of which Tim Strunk, a store employee for 23 years, has never before seen."
"'It is through the roof, absolutely,' he says. 'Assault rifle-style guns, the black guns, are doing especially well.'"
"Strunk attributes the buying spree partly to a 'feeling that the end of the world is coming,' a foreboding perhaps reflecting end-times predictions from the Mayan calendar, among other sources. 'The Doomsdayers are stocking up,' Strunk says." ... |
AL: Don't remove sheriffs' discretion on gun permits
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"In Alabama, there have been unsuccessful attempts to pass legislation allowing people licensed to carry guns to keep them locked in their cars at their workplaces. Alabama’s business community has fought those efforts as an infringement on their property rights and a threat to safety, and we’ve supported that argument."
"Government has no business compelling home or business owners to allow firearms on their property if they choose not to. And while we’re sympathetic to those who feel they need to pack guns to and from work for self-defense, there have been too many examples across the U.S. of people on the job getting mad enough to shoot. Why make it easy?" ... |
FL: Students push for OK to carry guns at ERAU
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"If a criminal comes on campus with a gun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University senior Stephen McClellan wants a chance to defend himself."
"McClellan, 29, of Palm Coast, and other Embry-Riddle students have formed a club, Students for Concealed Carry, pushing for state legislation to allow students and others who are licensed and of age to carry concealed firearms on college campuses." ... |
OH: Hunters harvest more than 86,000 deer during Ohio's Deer-Gun Season
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"Hunters enjoyed great weather as they harvested 86,964 white-tailed deer during Ohio's traditional week-long deer-gun season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The harvest yielded an anticipated slight decrease of 3.7 percent from 2011, when 90,282 deer were checked."
"'The traditional deer-gun week is enjoyed by thousands annually, and this year was no exception,' said ODNR Director James Zehringer. 'Ohio's healthy deer population offers a great source of outdoor recreation to many Ohio residents and out-of-state hunters.'" ... |
NJ: Ceremonial Reading of the Bill of Rights by New Jersey Second Amendment Society
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"The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, became law on December 15, 1791."
"On December 15, 2012 (the 220th Anniversary of the signing of the Bill of Rights) the New Jersey Second Amendment Society (NJ2AS) will host a ceremonial reading of the Bill of Rights at Sunrise in Trenton NJ. The reading will take place at 125 West State Street on the capitol steps, in the alcove by the Annex. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at approximately 7:15 am." ... |
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