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Safer Streets 2011: Anti-liberty debates examined
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"Twenty years ago, I responded to an ad about national health care. I phoned the advertiser who said that he was taking no side on the issue, but only encouraging debate. I wasn't fooled: his side was to pry the best health care from our warm, healthy hands and try to get us involved in its demise. This is what ‘debate' can do: it obtains cooperation from the contented and free when the debates were already carried out long ago and settled. From there, interference and being part of a ‘debate' is like cutting your own throat. As Marie Parente said, 'Once you sit down to negotiate what you already have, you lose.'" ... |
Gun-Rights Supporters Won Big at the High Court, But For What?.
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"In the past few years, the U.S. Supreme Court has given gun-control opponents much to cheer about."
"In 2008, the court ruled that the Second Amendment protects the individual right to possess a firearm for private use inside one’s home.Two years later, the court essentially extended that ruling to the states."
"But according to this recent story in the ABA Journal, the Heller and McDonald decisions have not spelled doom for cities' and states' gun-control efforts. According to the story, 'while there have been challenges throughout the country to local, state and federal gun laws, few have been successful.'" ... |
Urban violence spreading to parks--national park carry vindicated
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"No, the risk of coming under violent assault in (for example) the Ozark National Scenic Riverways has probably not yet approached the level it is here in St. Louis (rated 'most violent city' in 2009), but 'getting away from it all' does not necessarily mean getting away from all of the risk of violence. A New York Times article about the risks faced by park rangers quotes an interesting observation:" ... |
CT: Workshop Details Ways To Prepare, Respond To Workplace Violence
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... "Asked if workers should arm themselves against the possibility of a workplace attack, Cordivari said no. Saying he was speaking from a practical, not a Second Amendment, standpoint, Cordivari said he envisioned scenes of gun wielding workers chaotically firing at one another because no one could identify the original shooter. Answering the same question, Wolff said some companies in Stamford have informed police that they employ armed, plainclothes security officers. A good thing, Wolff said, because a police officer responding to a workplace shooting would necessarily be focused on anyone in the place with a gun." ... |
PA: Pennsylvanians' rights to protect themselves have been eroded
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"Where has Gov. Rendell been for the last eight years? Obviously not reading local papers regarding the crime situation in Pennsylvania and an individual's ability to protect himself. Instead, he has been in bed with numerous governors and mayors and those in the United Nations whose intent it is to disarm American citizens who, thus far, are protected by the Constitution's Second Amendment." ... |
WA: Gregoire’s special session may signal upcoming challenges
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"Yesterday’s announcement by Gov. Christine Gregoire that she wants a special session of the Legislature in Olympia before Christmas to address the growing budget deficit could give Evergreen State gun owners a glimpse at what to expect come January."
"Hint: Gun owners are taxpayers, and it is likely they will be holding onto their wallets with the same fervor they’ll be protecting their gun rights over the next four months." ... |
AR: Repeal the Arkansas Gun Tax
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"In 1892, the racist Arkansas legislature passed the 'poll tax', charging citizens one dollar (a large amount of money during this period of history) to exercise their constitutional right to vote. The poll tax law was passed during the heyday of 'Jim Crow laws', with the intent of stopping a majority of blacks and other poor 'free' men from electing unwanted lawmakers. ..." ...
"Today a similar tax exists – the 'gun tax'. If a citizen is able to fork over the $150 the state charges for a CHCL permit, they will issue you a “right to bear arms”, good for five years. ..." ... |
UT: State bird, state flower ... now a state firearm?
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"Virtually all states have a state bird, a state flower and a state motto. But Utah soon could be among the first to have an official state firearm — the Browning model 1911 .45-caliber handgun, designed by Utah gunmaker John Moses Browning."
"Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman — a former police officer, a life member of the National Rifle Association and an instructor for concealed weapons classes — wants to take a shot at creating that designation when the Legislature convenes next month. At least one anti-gun-violence group bemoans the move but sees no real harm." ... |
AR: Arkansas legislator files open carry bill
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"Arkansas has now made it official - House Bill 1051 was pre-filed Tuesday by Representative Denny Altes of Fort Smith. HB1051, appropriately titled the Defensive Carry Restoration Act (DCRA), will restore the rights of citizens to freely carry handguns for self-defense."
"This legislation (which will not affect the current Concealed Handgun Carry License Law in any way) is designed to allow open carry by the people of Arkansas without requiring an expensive permit. The carrying of a concealed firearm without a permit, however, will still be deemed illegal." ... |
UT: Police across Utah get the boot
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... "Despite his allocution, the council issued Jolly a one-year suspension. Twenty-six other officers also received discipline on Monday that ranged from a revocation of their police powers down to issuing them a letter of caution." ...
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Submitter's note: These punishments have nothing to do with abuse of the citizen. They're all DUIs or improper sexual relationships. Unless we the citizens wake up and demand local citizen review boards WITH POWER, these will be the only crimes government employees ever get charged with. Assaults by police, sometimes aggravating felonies (see Denver P.D.) rarely get prosecuted. It is almost as if these cops are only prosecuted because they made fellow cops look bad. |
CA: Fired Cop With Long History Claiming Bigotry
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... "While on his way to work, Lankford, dressed in street clothes and a hoodie, began knocking on the door of the closed store, sources have said. When the clerk ignored him, Lankford allegedly pulled out his badge and began rapping it against the glass."
"Lankford left but then returned in uniform and angrily accused store employees of refusing to serve him earlier because he is black, sources said. Someone reported the incident, and Lankford was placed on leave and ordered to turn in his gun and badge." ... |
UT: Cops: BYU prof’s family didn’t kill him; 2 arrested
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"For nearly five months Pamela Ann and Roger K. Mortensen have been locked up, charged with the grisly death of Roger’s father, who was found bent over the bathtub of his Payson home with his throat slit in November 2009." ...
"All along, Roger and Pam Mortensen claimed that Kay Mortensen was killed by two or three men who came into the home, tied them up and stole 32 guns. They told police that after freeing themselves, they found the retired engineering professor dead." ...
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Submitters note: SIX months sitting in prison with no evidence that you committed a crime, essentially because you were also there, and a victim of assault at the same time. And cops wonder why people don't trust them. |
FL: Jacksonville sheriff, donors take aim at youth development
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"With a sudden gust of wind batting down the zipping clay target, Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford took a steady aim and blasted it with just a second to spare as it screamed toward the earth."
"'Now that bird was taking a dive,' Rutherford said as his teammates at the Jacksonville Gun Club cheered."
"Tuesday afternoon at the outdoor firing range was part of 'I Shot with the Sheriff,' a fundraiser for the Police Athletic League, not to be confused with the Bob Marley song of a similar name." ... |
MD: Lansdowne gun shop to host party same time as group's rally Saturday
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"As Baltimore religious leaders plan a rally outside of his gun shop Saturday, Clyde Blamberg plans to throw a party."
"Clyde and his brother, Bill Blamberg, owners of Clyde's Sport Shop, on Hammonds Ferry Road, in Lansdowne, have declined to sign a 10-point agreement that members of an activist group, Heeding God's Call in Maryland, say would help reduce gun violence in the city."
"The brothers will host a party for supporters at the same time as the rally, which is scheduled for 3-5 p.m. Dec. 11, on Hammonds Ferry Road." ... |
WA: Hunting isn’t the issue
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"Regarding Dorothy Carter’s letter on Nov. 28, the Second Amendment is not about hunting. I repeat, the Second Amendment is not about hunting."
"Our forefathers had the foresight to include in the Second Amendment the right of the people to bear arms. The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. I repeat, the Second Amendment is not about hunting." ... |
Japan: Tokyo gun stores go on strike to protest stricter possession laws
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"An organization of gun stores in Tokyo went on a two-day strike on Dec. 4 at all of its 18 member stores to protest stricter controls on owning hunting guns that it says have devastated sales."
"On the morning of Dec. 4, the 18 stores posted notices at their storefronts reading 'On Strike!' The organization says that sales are over 50 percent down at all stores." ... |
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