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... "Don't get me wrong: A properly-crafted lawsuit to stop his ammo grab can be a fine idea and worthy of being supported as one of the preferred peaceable redress angles to use. But I guess hyperbole and scare tactics are needed to motivate low-information gun owners to cough up funds to support it -- and make no mistake -- the intent of the 800 number at the end of the ad is to solicit donations." ... |
SAF launches nationwide campaign opposing Obama admin. ammo ban
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... "In a press release, SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb alluded to last week’s letters from SAF and its sister organization, the [CCRKBA], to B. Todd Jones, director of the [ATF]. Those letters oppose the plan to ban M855 'green tipped' ammunition for .223-caliber semi-auto rifles."
"SAF General Counsel Miko Tempski warned Jones in a three-page dissection of the proposed ban that if the agency goes ahead with its plan, SAF will take court action. Today’s media campaign launch, according to the Washington Times and the SAF press release, is aimed at getting public support for legal action."
"'Today,' Gottlieb said, 'we’re firing up American gun owners at the grassroots level to send a message ...'" ... |
Katie Pavlich: What’s really behind the ban on AR-15 green-tip ammo?
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"The old joke about government covering up wrongdoing is, 'Move along folks, nothing to see here.' But that’s exactly what the [ATF] told Americans last week after being caught changing the rules to ban AR-15 M855 'green tip' ammunition without a proper public commenting period or congressional approval. This is no laughing matter."
"Under the guise of law enforcement safety, the ATF introduced a 'proposal' in February banning commonly used AR-15 green-tip ammunition, citing 'armor piercing' capabilities as justification. The problem? The ATF had already changed the rules in its 2014 Regulation Guidebook, stripping the exemption." ... |
Four Myths About the NRA Debunked
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"Prior to joining the NRA, I had heard an unbelievable amount of slander towards the organization, both online and in public. There were cries of racism, propaganda, corruption, avarice and ignorance. As such, I was hesitant about joining. But following the latest bombardment from anti-gunners last fall I caved and joined. To my delight, I found out most of what had been spewed as far as the NRA is concerned was lies. As such, I was inspired to call out some of the most common myths regarding this venerable pro-gun organization in the hope of helping educate your average Joe . . ." ... |
Random Thoughts About Eric Holder and Brian Terry
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"I don’t have a lot of respect for Eric Holder, regardless of his skin color. I say that because the U.S. Attorney General has a history of playing the race card against his critics. Given Holder’s propensity for accusing his detractors of racial bias, I’m wary that any discussion of his policies regarding guns would somehow come back the fact that I am white. How could I possibly understand his perspective on American justice, indeed, any black man’s perspective of American justice? Well guess what? I’m going to play the Jewish card. Sort of . . ." ... |
Incendiary Image of the Day: NRA Giffords Tweet Edition
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"NRA attacks Gabby Giffords over gun safety control legislation with ‘pathetic’ tweet MOCKING her shooting in 2011. That’s the rather lengthy, more-than-slightly sanctimonious and entirely misleading headline over at dailymail.co.uk regarding the NRA tweet above, which linked to the Breitbart News story here. Not to mix metaphors (much), the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex saw the tweet, got on its high horse and had a cow . . ." ... |
Deep in the Heart of Texas: TTAG Tours STI
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"I love a machine shop, I love guns, and I love me some Texas. So it was a lot of fun for me to visit STI, the manufacturer of exceptional 1911 and 2011 pistols in Georgetown, Texas. I’ve reviewed STI’s guns quite a bit here, although not formally. My recent post on everyday carry reliability was written after firing 2,000 rounds without lube and without cleaning through my daily carry pistol, an STI Duty One 4.0. It didn’t hiccup a bit, and still shot better groups than I could. STI prides themselves on making guns that run right, right out of the box. That has certainly been my experience, and why I carry one . . ." ... |
3D Printed Škorpion vz. 61 (video available)
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"The Skorpion vz. 61 is one of my favorite firearms of all time. The gun is an absolute pleasure to shoot, but alas there aren’t many semi-auto versions available for those of us without tons of cash to spend on buying and licensing a full-auto gun. Thankfully, with the advent of 3D printing, we no longer need to re-engineer and mill our own lower receiver for the gun — we just need to download the appropriate files and print one out ourselves! That’s just what someone has done to the old vz. 61, and the option is now available for anyone who wants it. Make the jump for the test fire . . ." ... |
White House claims populist support of ammo ban as critics warn of intensifying assault on the 2nd Amendment
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"The White House last week defended the [ATF's] proposal to ban so-called 'green tip' ammunition as a 'common-sense' gun control measure. But according to National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, the nation will be in for compounding attacks on the 2nd Amendment if the administration is successful in banning the ammo."
"'[The president] has long believed that there are some common sense steps that we can take,' White House press secretary Josh Earnest said last week. '[E]veryone should agree that if there are armor-piercing bullets available that can fit into easily concealed weapons, that it puts our law enforcement [officers] at considerably more risk.'" ... |
Who Is Opposing Obama’s ‘Backdoor’ Gun Control?
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"By now, you are surely aware of the Obama Administration’s scheme to use the unelected bureaucrats at the BATFE as cover to ban common M855 rifle ammunition."
"The 2012-13 gun control push failed miserably in Congress, so the Obama administration has simply changed tactics. This new scheme seeks to dodge the people’s representatives entirely, and unlawfully nullify your Second Amendment rights through the backdoor." ... |
Gun rights group fights armor-piercing bullet ban
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"A gun rights organization is funding a last-ditch push to pressure the Obama administration to abandon a proposed ban on armor-piercing bullets."
"The Second Amendment Foundation, which typically focuses on legal efforts to protect gun rights, is taking aim at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' proposal to ban popular 'green tip' steel core bullets with a $700,000 nationwide radio and TV ad campaign. The group's one-minute ad will air on conservative outlets like Fox News and The Blaze urging Americans to petition President Barack Obama to kill the proposal just one week before the comment period ends." ... |
Zero Cops Killed By Obama's 'Bad' Ammo
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... "In fact, gun-rights advocates and law enforcement agencies contacted by WND say they have been unable to document a single incident in which a police officer has been taken down by a criminal using an AR-15 handgun ..."
"'We have not been able to find a single instance where a police officer has been shot from this type of handgun using a bullet that pierces his soft-body armor, and if the administration had any examples you know they would be pushing it in everybody’s face to further their executive action,' said Alan Gottlieb, executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation. 'We’ve scoured everywhere, gone into every source possible to try to find an instance of this and have not been able to find one.'" ... |
ATF proposal prompts gun owners to stock up on steel-tipped ammo
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"The Feds are trying to overturn a policy that's been in place for more than 30 years."
"Steel-tipped 5.56mm ammunition is typically used for 'sporting purposes,' but the ... [ATF], says a fairly new and popular firearm is changing the way the people use the ammunition."
"The ATF is taking aim at the bullets that come out of an AR-15 rifle in an effort to better protect law enforcement officers."
"'This is kind of a blind side for the industry,' said gun store owner Mitch Tyler. 'Nobody was preparing for this.'" ... |
Gun Rights Group Launches Campaign Against Ammunition Ban (video available)
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... "The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), founded in 1974, has over 650,000 members and supporters. It is the group behind many recent rulings in favor of gun rights, including the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in District of Columbia V. Heller."
"SAF intends to flood the ATF with comments against the ban during that period. 'The president has long supported a ban on semiautomatic rifles and their magazines,' Gottlieb said in a press release. 'Now his administration is going after the ammunition. Evidently, they’ve decided that rifles and magazines won’t be a problem if people have no ammunition to put in them.'" ... |
52 senators oppose AR-15 bullet ban, warn of wider Obama ammo restrictions
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"A majority in both the Senate and House -- 52 senators, 238 House members -- have joined to oppose the Obama administration's move to ban a popular type of ammo used in the top-selling AR-15 rifle and pistol because it pierces police body armor."
"A week after the House members, led by Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, sent a letter of opposition to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley echoed that in his own letter signed by 51 others." ... |
Gun group takes aim at Obama AR-15 ammunition ban (video available)
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... "The ad claims, 'The Obama administration was unable to impose gun restrictions and confiscation through the legislative process, so now it’s trying to ban commonly used ammunition through regulation. … If we allow Obama to ban ammunition through executive fiat now, it will lead to the loss of our Second Amendment rights by the time Obama leaves office.'"
"Press secretary Josh Earnest said last week that Mr. Obama supports the ban because he predicts that the AR-15’s .223 caliber M855 ammunition will be used to pierce law enforcement officer armor, although there are no such reported cases to date." ... |
ATF misfire? Guide indicates bullets at center of firestorm already banned; agency blames 'error'
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... "As the ATF faces a firestorm of controversy for seeking public comment on a proposal to ban a popular type of bullet, critics last week claimed the agency may have decided in advance how it would rule."
"They pointed to the ATF's latest 'Firearms Regulation Reference Guide,' released in January 2015. The guide, curiously, did not contain an exemption for popular '.223 M855 'green tip' ammunition' that was included in earlier guides. ..."
"So did the ATF already make up its mind?"
"No, the agency claims. The ATF has responded that the reference guide is not legally binding ... and has apologized for leaving the exemptions out of the guide. They say it was an innocent mistake. ..." ... |
Debate over universal background checks for firearms sales grows
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"The gun control debate continues as U.S. lawmakers announce legislation to implement universal background checks on all gun sales."
"It’s garnering bipartisan support, including support from U.S. Congressman Pat Meehan. Meanwhile, pro-gun supporters argue against the need for this legislation."
"Meehan, R-7, of Upper Darby, co-sponsored the resolution introduced Wednesday."
"'A stronger background check system on commercial sales will make our communities safer and help keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them,' he said in a prepared statement. 'This legislation will help save lives while protecting the rights of law-abiding Americans.'" ... |
GOP Push To Shutter 'Scandal-Ridden' ATF
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"Members of the Republican Party angry with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives over a proposed bullet ban now say the heck with it – the agency is so 'scandal-ridden,' power-hungry and out-of-control it ought to be closed."
"Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., introduced legislation just recently to abolish the agency and transfer its duties, in part, to the FBI." ... |
Wyoming Senators Tell Atf To Stop Its Attempt To Ban Ammunition
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"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is going beyond its authority in its attempt to ban certain kinds of commonly used ammunition and the agency should put the brakes on its proposal, wrote a group of U.S. senators that include Wyoming’s Mike Enzi and John Barrasso."
"Enzi and Barrasso joined Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa and 49 other senators in writing a letter to ATF Director Todd Jones. The senators ask him to stop the agency’s efforts to ban M855 ball ammunition. These cartridges are prevalent for one of the most commonly possessed rifles, the AR-15 and its variants. " ... |
Rounds concerned over proposed ammo regulations
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"U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today joined 52 colleagues in expressing concern for a new proposal that would severely limit access to rifle ammunition primarily used for sporting purposes. ... The framework, proposed by the [ATF], would set arbitrary guidelines for determining whether certain ammunition meets the 1986 law’s 'sporting purposes' exemption. As a result, access to rifle ammunition long considered to be primarily used for activities such as target shooting and hunting could be limited."
"In a letter to ATF Director Todd Jones, the senators assert that the new framework defies the intent of Congress when it passed the 1986 law. They also question ATF’s authority to establish such a framework ..." ... |
NC: Rockingham commissioner tables gun ordinance
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"In Rockingham County, guns are a way of life."
"During the Civil War, the Searcy & Moore gun factory supplied rifles to Confederate soldiers."
"Firearm maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. has a plant in Mayodan and Remington is headquartered in Madison."
"Hunting has long been a favorite pastime."
"And in 2013, the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution upholding the Second Amendment."
"So late last Friday, when a Facebook post leaked a drafted ordinance requested by embattled Chairman Keith Mabe that restricted gun use in the county, the firestorm of controversy it set off was predictable." ... |
WV: Pistol permit process makes West Virginia safer
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"I can understand both sides of this issue over carrying pistols without permits."
"Having been a sheriffs deputy in a large southern county working for nine years undercover against hate groups, I know first-hand what happens when guns are in the hands of people who feel their rights trump the law."
"West Virginia has an 'open carry' law that lets an individual wear a firearm in full view without a permit, under the same restrictions as a person with a concealed carry permit. I cannot understand what this legislative body was thinking when they passed such a bill. Those legislators have made West Virginia a more dangerous place." ... |
GA: Houston County lawmaker pushes for looser gun restrictions
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"Houston County’s newest state lawmaker started his law-drafting career last week with two bills that would loosen gun carry restrictions."
"'I campaigned on this,' said state Rep. Heath Clark, R-Warner Robins. 'I feel like there’s still some headway to make as far as allowing people to exercise their constitutional right.'"
"It is too late in the annual legislative session for changes this year, but filing the bills now gives Clark and his co-signers several months to gather allies and prepare for next January’s session."
"They may need the time." ... |
WV: House committee amends gun bill, raises age to 21
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"Over the weekend, the House Committee on the Judiciary amended a bill that would allow state residents to carry a concealed weapon without a permit."
"The bill, which will be on first reading in the House of Delegates today, passed the state Senate nearly unanimously, and, as originally written, would have allowed 18-year-olds to carry a concealed weapon."
"Delegate John Shott, R-Mercer, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, said the age was amended to 21 in his committee Saturday. The current minimum age for obtaining a permit and carrying a concealed weapon is 21." ... |
D.C. gets second chance to get 2nd Amendment right; fails, gets sued
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"The City of Washington, D.C., has already been taken down by a federal judge for placing an outright ban on carrying concealed handguns. Facing a judge’s deadline, the city began implementing a new, slightly less prohibitive law to replace the one invalidated by the court. But, headed by a mayor who proudly hates guns and wants handguns banned outright, the city dragged its feet in granting concealed carry permits even to the most cooperative of applicants."
"Now the city is getting sued." ... |
WV: Stephanie Heck: State doesn't need 'firearms anarchy'
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"The current West Virginia, GOP-controlled legislature, seeks to allow 18-year-olds the unregulated right to carry a concealed firearm without restriction. I very strongly support law enforcement for standing up against this profoundly absurd scheme."
"The citizens of this state not only have the right to clean air and water, but I also strongly believe that they also have a right to be free of the extreme threat posed by armed teenagers."
"I do not want high school seniors bringing guns to school, as this ... endangers teachers. I do not want armed college kids, who have been well known to refrain from sobriety, to be packing pistols at West Virginia University and Marshall University. In short, I do not desire 'firearms anarchy.'" ... |
Japan: Five people die in Japan stabbing frenzy
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"Five people were killed Monday in a stabbing rampage in a small town in western Japan, police said."
"Media reports said the victims ranged in age from 60 to 80 years old and lived in two houses set among farms in the city of Sumoto on Awaji Island."
"A 40-year-old male neighbor of the victims was arrested in connection with the attacks. The motive was unclear." ... |
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