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Searching for Judas: The dangers of being in the gun business today
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"It's official. The Dept. of Homeland Security, under Janet Napolitano, has put forth a "Personal Defense Weapon Solicitation" to purchase 7000 rifles chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO. (source: www.fbo.gov) This is an official solicitation that they are accepting bids from manufactures/suppliers. While that story in and of itself is a bit incredulous given the current administration's stance against so-called "assault weapons", the big question on my mind is, will any U.S. firearms manufacturer dare to step up and bid on this contract?"
"This query is particularly poignant as orders for Stoner-based rifles are back-ordered months or even years" ... |
Why I Just Joined the NRA
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"I'm not your typical NRA member. I'm Jewish, Ivy League educated (Columbia University, Class of '83, President Obama's classmate), and have been a member of the mainstream media (I started my career as an anchorman and host for CNBC, then called Financial News Network). Also unusual, I joined the NRA in the days after the Sandy Hook, Connecticut tragedy."
"Here are the reasons why." ... |
What Does the 2nd Amendment Really Say About Gun Rights?
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... "That is what it says in the copy that is in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. But what was the real meaning and intent of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? What did the framers of the Constitution meeting in 1787 in Philadelphia really mean by this amendment? And if we believe in sane gun safety regulations, what do we do and say now?"
"After fighting off the largest and most powerful military empire on Earth at the time, I am sure that the Founders and Framers where leery of both having a large standing army and being prepared if the British or someone else came to take power away from us. ..." ... |
How the post-Sandy Hook gun control push spectacularly backfired in America
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"In the aftermath of the tragic Sandy Hook shooting, the gun grabbers across America unleashed a full court press to try to wholly disarm American citizens. With the help of the incessantly anti-gun mainstream media, people like Biden, Bloomberg, Cuomo, Feinstein and Obama managed to stir up a frenzy of fabricated fear that promised all our children would be violently gunned down if we didn't immediately agree to turn in all our guns and ammo magazines."
"The push for gun control, however, has spectacularly backfired. In reality, it has hardened the positions of gun rights advocates while massively increasing the number of AR-15s and other firearms sold across the country." ... |
OR: Deadiest mental illness (third letter)
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"The picture in Sunday's paper of the pro-gun demonstrator flaunting his weapons (Jan. 27) raises an interesting question. Somebody disturbed enough to strut around with an assault weapon could just as easily be disturbed enough to use it. How are we supposed to differentiate, and why should we have to?" ... |
MI: Man shoots teens allegedly trying to rob him in Detroit
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"For the second time in a week, two alleged teenage robbers have been shot by their intended victim."
"The incident occurred at about 9 p.m. Thursday in an alley ... near Schoolcraft Roads."
"'The victims, each age 59, were working on a public lighting pole…when the two teenagers approached, produced a weapon and announced a robbery,' Sgt. Eren Stephens said."
"According to Stephens, one of the intended victims possessed a valid concealed pistol license (CPL)."
"'During the robbery, the CPL holder fired shots, striking both teenagers. The first teenager, age 16, is listed in critical condition. The second teen, 17, is listed in temporary serious condition.'"
"'The victims were unharmed.'" ... |
If 'assault weapon' ban fails, 'bump fire' stocks may be consolation prize
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"According to the 'conventional wisdom' (an admittedly dubious term), a new federal ban of so-called 'assault weapons' is unlikely in the near future--with Slate magazine going so far as to call its demise 'inevitable.' The Huffington Post argues that this was the plan all along, with the ban being a sort of sacrificial lamb to be martyred for the real goal of banning private sales. Chris Knox, of the Firearms Coalition, offers perhaps the most useful characterization of the gun prohibitionists' strategy, referring to Senator Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) 'assault weapon' ban bill as a kind of 'rope-a-dope' gambit." ... |
Gun focus shifts from ban to checks and trafficking (video story)
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"Eight weeks after the massacre of 20 Connecticut first-graders, a ban on the kind of semi-automatic rifle used by the killer remains elusive ..."
"Such a ban became a rallying cry for victims' families, advocacy groups and politicians supporting tougher gun laws in the emotional aftermath ..."
"President Barack Obama still calls for updating a 1994 assault weapons ban that expired 10 years later as part of his package of steps intended to reduce chronic gun violence in America, especially in major cities."
"However, fierce opposition by the powerful [NRA] and millions of American gun owners has shifted debate away from prohibiting specific weapons to making it harder for criminals, terrorists and the mentally ill to obtain guns." ... |
OR: Gun rights advocates bring weapons inside Capitol during peaceful 'Patriot Party' rally
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"A rare sight greeted visitors inside the Oregon Capitol Friday as a handful of gun owners openly carrying semi-automatic rifles and other weapons strolled the marbled hallways and peeked into the House chamber and state offices."
"Outside, it was just another demonstration on the Capitol Mall as more than 1,000 gun rights advocates gathered to promote gun safety and protest gun control efforts. A lively atmosphere greeted drivers in front of the Capitol and many honked their horns in support of demonstrators lining the street. State police reported no incidents." ... |
OK: Pro-Gun militia group rallies at Oklahoma Capital
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"A group of gun rights supporters and survivalists gathered Friday outside the Oklahoma state Capitol to recruit members for a militia and urge the Legislature not to impose any restrictions on gun rights."
"About 80 people, several openly carrying firearms, attended the rally sponsored by the Oklahoma Defense Force, a survivalist group that has a militia. Some carried 'Don't Tread on Me' flags and others held signs criticizing President Obama and U.S. Sens. Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe. A young boy carried a sign that read: 'I'm Safer Because my Mommy Packs Heat.'" ... |
NY: Cuomo Aide Howard Glaser Defends Governor's Stance On Gun Control
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"State Director of Operations Howard Glaser took a break from his handling of Blizzard Nemo – which he described this morning as a 'routine blizzard' - to e-mail reporters examples of Gov. Cuomo’s gun control efforts dating back to the governor's days as a member of President Clinton’s cabinet."
"Glaser sent the email after he appeared on an Albany radio station this morning and got tangled in something of a sparring match over Cuomo’s recent gun legislation and what’s been perceived as the governor’s shift to a more liberal agenda." ... |
OH: Ohio police officer pleads guilty in drug case
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"A southwestern Ohio police officer admitted yesterday that he deposited money meant to avoid bank-reporting requirements in an alleged marijuana-smuggling operation."
"Bryon Roos pleaded guilty to one count of structuring financial transactions to evade federal reporting requirements. Roos had pleaded not guilty in August to charges of money laundering, illegally structuring financial transactions, and conspiring to bring hundreds of pounds of marijuana to southern Ohio from Texas." ... |
MN: Former Minneapolis police officer of the year gets probation for stealing from cop organization
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"A former Minneapolis police lieutenant will spend a year on probation and perform 240 hours of community service for stealing money from an international police group."
"Marie Fierck Przynski, 60, of Maplewood was sentenced Tuesday, Feb. 5, by Hennepin County District Judge Marilyn Rosenbaum -- the same judge who had once thrown out the woman's case."
"An appeals court reversed Rosenbaum and reinstated the charges. In December, a jury found Przynski guilty of theft by swindle and four counts of forgery."
"In sentencing Przynski, Rosenbaum said that if she completed her probation without incident, the five felony convictions would be reduced to misdemeanors." ...
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CA: Female Paper Carrier, 71, Shot During Manhunt
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"Two women are recovering after their pickup was riddled by police gunfire in Torrance, in what investigators are calling a case of mistaken identity." ...
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Submitter's note: OMFG. This is where you demonstrate in front of the DA's office until he/she/it charges these criminals with MULTIPLE felonies, and if not, then demand recall/impeachment of the DA. I'm actually stunned. FELONY assault with a deadly weapon (dozens of counts should be filed). FELONY attempted murder (3 counts should be filed). FELONY reckless endangerment (dozens of counts should be filed). FELONY use of a firearm in the commission of a crime (dozens of counts should be filed). |
Double standards emerge in cop-killer coverage
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"As the massive manhunt for suspected California cop-killer Christopher Dorner – himself an ex-police officer – continues Friday across much of the West, there is an underlying issue that only a few daring folks, including KVI’s John Carlson, have discussed: The gross hypocrisy of the coverage as it relates to Dorner’s apparent political leanings." ... |
Myriad of gun laws should be enough
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"So, now, a bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to increase penalties for straw purchases of firearms, eh?"
"I know where they should start to get some real practice about enforcing existing American firearms laws."
"Let's refer them to Eric Holder, the attorney general, whose mandated straw purchases of real assault rifles caused the deaths of two border patrol agents and who knows how many Mexican civilians." ... |
NJ: Gun advocates oppose stricter firearm laws at Second Amendment rally in Trenton
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"Of the 1,000 or so gun advocates who gathered for a Second Amendment rally in Trenton today, Anthony Mills was among the most recent converts."
"It wasn’t until last month that the 42-year-old Jersey City resident became a gun owner. The catalyst, he said, was Hurricane Sandy."
"'People were reverting to a feral state,' Mills said. 'I felt for my safety. I’ve never been afraid in my adult life of society going to the edge. But seeing people go crazy because they couldn’t get gas for a couple of hours is frightening.'" ... |
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