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CCRKBA asks Obama for invitation to gun summit that NRA rejected
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"Demonstrating that the 'gun lobby' is not the monolith the media often portrays it to be, Alan Gottlieb of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms announced his organization 'would be eager to talk with the White House, especially about the 'Project Gunrunner' and 'Fast and Furious' scandals, where federal agents helped facilitate gun sales to suspected gunrunners.'""Gottlieb said it seems odd that neither CCRKBA nor its sister organization, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), had been invited to the table despite the president's desire to open a dialogue with gun rights advocates." ... |
Is Charlie Sheen a menace to society?
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... "So based on the say-so of someone with strong emotional, legal and financial interests, the state can remove not just property, but a basic liberty? Without having to prove anything? And registration enables them to do that, at least to people who have shown an inclination to obey the law? And they require, according to a Sheen Tweet '50 cops' to do it?" ... |
NRA Letter to President Obama
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"We read your editorial submission to the Arizona Star. However, to focus a national dialogue on guns — and not criminals or mental health issues — misses the point entirely. Americans are not afraid of gun ownership. To the contrary, they overwhelmingly support the fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms. The primary reason why tens of millions of Americans own firearms is that they fear violent criminals roaming the streets undeterred." ... |
“Newsweek” Attempts to Rebrand Gun Control Scheme as “Gun Safety” Cause: Tina Brown Gets Cute, Right Out of the Gate.
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"Tina Brown, the newly-minted British ex-patriot Newsweek editor-in-chief, certainly isn’t wasting any time promoting her agenda. By now it’s pretty old news that the anti-gun/anti-Second Amendment crowd ... has been trying to use the Tucson active shooter situation to get new gun control laws passed, like a high-capacity magazine (not 'clip') ban and a new federal assault weapons ban (AWB). It’s par for the course, really, and to be expected. However, Newsweek just did something sneaky. In a call-to-arms (excuse the pun)-style pro-gun-control opinion piece, two of its writers ... attempted to rebrand gun control as 'gun safety' ..." ... |
Gun control legislation needs to be a reality
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"The first time I put a car in gear, having just gotten my learner’s permit, my dad looked at me and said, 'This car is a weapon. It can kill people.' Comparing an automobile to a weapon makes sense — in 2007, about 37,000 people in the U.S. died from vehicular accidents; that same year, 31,000 people in the U.S. died from gun violence. But if fatalities from gun violence and car accidents are so comparable, why is it much more difficult to obtain a valid driver’s license in this country than it is to own a gun?" ...
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Submitter's Note: Perhaps because buying a gun vs. getting a driver's license is not a valid comparison. |
NC: Hidden handguns in restaurants is bad idea
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"North Carolina can't keep drunks from driving and killing people. Why in the heck would it open the door for drunks to pack handguns in restaurants?"
"That's the question we have to ask in light of a bill supported by some House Republicans that would allow people with concealed-handgun permits to pack their guns while eating in restaurants that serve booze, as long as no conspicuous prohibition is posted. ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: Unmentioned in this piece is the fact that the law would still prohibit alcohol consumption by permit holders. |
Exploring The Second Amendment Of The US Constitution
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"Xlibris, the print-on-demand self-publishing services provider, announced today the release of A Right to Bear Arms?: What were the Founders Thinking?. Authored by Gerald Petersen, this book is a comprehensive look into the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States." ... |
Self-Defense Rights “Truth Rally” to Be Held in Downtown Los Angeles on March 16, 2011
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"CCRKBA (Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms), SAF (Second Amendment Foundation), and the Calguns Foundation are holding a press event and 'truth rally' to counter Mayor Bloomberg and MAIG’s (i.e., 'Mayors Against 'Illegal' Guns') most recent disinformation campaign.
"Instead of debating the actual issues, Mayor Bloomberg is apparently trying to subvert the American democratic process by sending a 'billboard truck' to major cities across the country to promote the bald-faced propaganda that firearms are a net 'social cost,' and not the real truth that firearms are a net 'social benefit.'" ... |
Obama Looking For Ways Around Congress On Gun Policy
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"Faced with a Congress hostile to even slight restrictions of Second Amendment rights, the Obama administration is exploring potential changes to gun laws that can be secured strictly through executive action, administration officials say." ...
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Senate to Consider Anti-gun Funding Resolution on Thursday
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On Wednesday, the U.S. House ignored the wishes of millions of American voters and passed a do-nothing 'Continuing Resolution' (CR) to fund the government for the next three weeks."
"The CR now heads to the Senate for an expected vote on Thursday. Gun Owners of America has written Senate members to let them know of its opposition to that CR." ... |
NC: County OKs curbs on gunfire
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"Johnston County lawmakers have slipped new rules into the sheriff's holster aimed at helping him protect residents from stray gunfire."
"Johnston County Commissioners last week unanimously passed the county's first law regulating gunfire, in hopes of reducing reckless gun use in rural parts of the county." ... |
NH: State targets permits for concealed carry
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"New Hampshire would become the fourth state in the nation to let residents carry concealed guns without a permit under legislation that easily cleared the House of Representatives on Wednesday."
"Support came over the opposition of many law enforcement leaders and some gun owner advocates who fault the bill for not giving enthusiasts enough personal freedom." ... |
IL: Five reasons concealed-carry backers in Springfield are optimistic that this is their year
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"Is this the year when Illinois becomes the last of the 50 states to allow adults to carry firearms in most public settings?"
"Supporters of the idea are optimistic. Legislation moving through the General Assembly calls for sheriff's departments to issue licenses to qualifying citizens permitting them to carry concealed guns, and backers offer five reasons why prospects for this perennial idea have never been better." ... |
NY: LI officer doomed by cry of 'gun'
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... "As Breitkopf walked toward the house in plain clothes with a rifle slung over his shoulder and his badge around his neck, an unidentified retired NYPD sergeant from the neighborhood -- milling around outside -- cried out, 'Gun!' [Nassau County Police Benevolent Association president James] Carver said." [emphasis added]
"One of the MTA cops tried to wrestle the rifle away, while the other, Glenn Gentile, fired a single shot, hitting Breitkopf in the side, Carver said." ... |
CA: Ex-Cop Uses GPS To Track His Date
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"A former police officer pleaded no contest today to using a GPS to keep tabs on a woman he was dating." ...
"Parsons spent 7 1/2 years with the Costa Mesa Police Department before resigning in April, after he hid a department-issued global-positioning system device on the car of a 32-year-old woman." ... |
ID: Alexander A. Welch, Boise Fake Cop, Uses Smart Phone Ap to Pull Over Vehicle (video available)
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"For every truly useful smart phone ap available, there are 10 others that are stupid and/or useless. The latter can only sort of be said about whichever police light application that Alexander A. Welch supposedly used to try and pull over a driver in Boise."
"Welch, as you may have surmised, is not a cop. He is, however, the owner of an unspecified smart phone." ... |
SC: Chief says proposed gun law needs work
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"One Upstate police chief is saying he is concerned about a state senate bill that would allow for easier carrying of concealed guns."
"'I am certainly not against the Second Amendment, but the language in some of this legislation would allow people to carry guns to work and onto school grounds. This is treading on dangerous ground in my opinion,' said Kerry Avery, chief of Central’s police force." ...
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Submitter's Note: To quote Miracle Max's wife Valerie: "Liar! Liiiiaaar!" SB 203 is simply a preemption statute. |
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