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What to Do
Submitted by: Larry

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"Each week, I receive a large number of emails from readers who ask me to address what they should do when the onrushing totalitarian machine known as the federal government moves to seize firearms from its citizens. This is my effort to address that question on at least two levels." ...

"I wrote in an earlier article 'it is not the gun in the hands of a freeman the tyrant fears, but the spirit of the man who possesses it.' The fact a man/woman owns the means of resistance, is, in itself, a tremendous threat to the tyrant who would use his elected/appointed position to steal, that which belongs to others, or to disarm his intended victims. The mindset of resistance to tyranny is much more powerful than any firearm. ..." ...

No net loss for gun rights
Submitted by: Daniel White
Website: http://www.OhioCCW.org

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"... In 1989, then President George Bush Sr. enacted a 'no net loss' policy to stop the overall reduction of wetlands. Under this policy, anytime wetlands are destroyed, a new wetlands of equal size must be established."

"In recent years, this policy has also extended to public hunting lands. ... The concept is to hold ground and not lose more than was already lost."

"In the wake of the Heller decision verifying that the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental, individual right and the fact that the soaring fate of firearms sales in this country proves that people still care about their gun rights it is time for us to demand a 'no net loss' for gun rights as well." ...

Global gun control
Submitted by: Jimmie Jones

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"There may good reasons for deploying the National Guard along the U.S.-Mexican border, but illegal firearms isn't one of them."

"The administration recently launched a study to examine whether soldiers should patrol the Southern border to staunch the flow of firearms headed for drug dealers in Latin America. ..." ...

"Stopping vicious Mexican drug gangs is surely a noble goal ... We also have a serious gang problem. The U.S. Department of Justice now estimates that 80 percent of U.S. crime is linked to gangs and drugs."

"Yet, at least part of the president's plan is doomed to fail: Stopping Mexican gangs from getting guns will prove as difficult as stopping them from getting the drugs that they sell." ...

Military weaponry from U.S. government inventory for sale in El Paso's black market
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Website: http://secondamendmentfreedom.blogspot.com/

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"Military weaponry and supplies, everything from fighter jet parts to meals for combat soldiers, are vanishing from the U.S. government inventory. ..."

"A weapon stash in Juárez and night-vision rifle scopes stolen from combat teams in Iraq for sale on the black market in El Paso are part of a wider problem, according to the 2008 Government Accountability Office report."

"The report documents the purchase of sensitive military items on eBay and Craigslist by undercover GAO agents between January 2007 and March 2008."

"They bought the items 'no questions asked,' ... They also found dealers who regularly bought and sold the gear. Store owners said that they purchased much of the equipment from U.S. service members ..." ...

Waiting period to buy guns won't reduce crime
Submitted by: James A. Farmer

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"We have enjoyed the convenience of purchasing firearms without having to wait for 14 days for a number of years now. We have not seen a significant increase in crime. We have not been deprived of our constitutional rights that result when a waiting period is in place nor have the gun-control crowd been proven correct in that blood will run in the streets with such alleged easy access to guns."

"Recently Senate Bill 953 was introduced in the legislature that would reestablish this ineffectual, prior restraint on the rights of the citizens of Oregon. Waiting periods have been proven to increase crime and to endanger those who require immediate access to a defensive firearm that they are prohibited from obtaining." ...

Feds Lift Rule That Threatened Ammo Shortages
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"Gun owners concerned about growing shortages of ammunition nationwide got a bit of a reprieve this week when the Defense Department rescinded a rule requiring that spent military bullets be destroyed rather than reloaded for sale ..."

"That rule temporarily had cut off major ammunition manufacturers from their largest supply of brass casings, used to make popular .223- and .308-caliber ammunition for the public and law enforcement."

"Also hit hard under Defense's no-sale rule were the folks at Georgia Arms, the ... ammo dealer that is among the nation's largest supplier of reloaded military cartridges. With no used brass coming in from government liquidators in recent weeks, the company's production ground to a halt ..." ...

2nd Amendment Under Fire?
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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... "BECK: ... We knew that they were going to try to bring the assault weapon ban back. But now, they're blaming it on Mexico and they're saying that the United States all these assault weapons are just going right across the border, that are being sold here."

"Can you clear this up a little bit?"

"LAPIERRE: I sure can. You know, you hear this figure in the media and newspapers, 90 percent of these guns in Mexican drug cartels they are getting from the United States. It's a lie."

"... I talk to law enforcement officers ... they all say the same thing Wayne, the great overwhelming bulk of these guns ... are not coming from the U.S., they are coming from Central America, Guatemala ..." ...

Praxis: Will loaded USGI magazine springs "take a set"?
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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"Over at the M14 side of what used to be Battlerifles.com, John Wagner asks a question. It is one that I have been pestered unto death to answer by many newbies, so I present it here."

"I know you can safely store AR15 mags full without ruining the springs. Is this also true of M14 USGI mags? I'd like to keep a couple of them full for unexpected SHTF needs, but not if it's going to destroy the springs."

"Thanks."

"'Different', who has his own M14 website here, answered as follows."

"The government Springfield Armory did a study on long term storage of magazines ..." ...

Judge Blocks Bush Rule Allowing Concealed Weapons in National Parks
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
Website: http://www.nysrpa.org

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"A federal judge today blocked a last-minute[sic] rule enacted by President Bush allowing visitors to national parks to carry concealed weapons."

"U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by gun-control advocates and environmental groups. The Justice Department had sought to block the injunction against the controversial rule."

"The three groups that brought the suit ... argued the Bush Administration violated several laws in issuing the rule."

"In her ruling, Kollar-Kotelly agreed that the government's process had been 'astoundingly flawed.'" ...

TN: Let Freedom Ring! House Overwhelmingly Votes for Gun Bills
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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"Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show arrived with great fanfare on the state House floor this morning, with those crowd-pleasing buckaroos voting in near unanimity to liberalize gun laws in ways never before contemplated by modern civilized society. 'We want to be the safest state in the union with the most freedom possible,' Rep. Phillip Johnson declared as the first of the legislature's many gun bills flew out of the House chamber. Yippee-aye-oh-ky-aye!"

"The House voted 88-2 to bar the Safety Department from asking handgun permit holders to give the serial numbers of their pistols. ..." ...

FL: Armed Homeowner Drives Away Intruder, Police Say
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"A Tampa man faces felony armed burglary charges after a home invasion in Lake Wales this morning."

"Police said two children, ages 3 and 3 months, were inside the home ... when a burglar pried open a rear sliding glass door with a crowbar. The startled homeowner fired off seven rounds from a .380 handgun."

"'It's a disturbing scene especially with children inside. I know the homeowner is shaken up right now,' said Lake Wales Assistant Police Chief Christopher Velasquez."

"The bullets hit the suspect, 45-year-old Michael Collins, in the head and arm, police said. Collins had parked his van in the home's driveway and tried to drive away but crashed a couple hundred feet away in an orange grove, they added." ...

Can't Handle The Truth
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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"Sometimes the truth hurts. Some people can handle it. Some people can't."

"Consider the case of two women Sarah Brady and a young woman living alone in Cape Girardeau, Missouri."

"On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley fired six bullets ... Brady survived his injury but was left permanently paralyzed. Four years later, Brady's wife, Sarah, joined [HCI] an anti-gun organization. ..."

"On October 31, 2008, a young woman living alone shot and killed a man, Ronnie W. Preyer, who had broken into her home. ... She was lying in bed when Preyer smashed in the basement door. She grabbed the shotgun and, as he entered the room, shot him in the chest. ..." ...

GA: Atlanta Police warn citizens of crime wave
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"Thousands of Atlanta residents have received an email warning from a police major about rising, violent crime in Zone 5, which includes neighborhoods in downtown and midtown."

"Major Khirus Williams sent out the alert after a string of robberies and carjackings Monday night."

"Here is some of what he wrote:"

"'Please, let us all keep our exterior lights on to illuminate the area. This makes the area unpopular for criminals!'" ...
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KABA Note: In the mid-1980s, sailors at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard were having problems with thugs smashing car windows to grab the change kept in the car for tollways. Then an armed guard shot and killed one of the thugs, and there wasn't another incident for over six months.

CT: West Dorset rifle range would 'shatter peace' at nursing home
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
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"THE first shots have been fired in the battle to prevent Charmouth's historic former road tunnel from becoming a rifle range."

"Operators of the old folks home next door say their peace will be shattered if the plan goes ahead and warn public safety could be put at risk by guns being brought to the area."

"John Corney, joint owner of Thistlegate House, claims it will harm the 'emotional and psychological health' of his elderly residents and he is also worried about their security."

"He said: 'I am amazed that both the applicants and West Dorset District Council are insensitive enough to propose and encourage the proliferation of deadly handguns to this area.'" ...
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KABA Note: It is traditional in a "news" story to cover both sides, not 11 paragraphs of opposition and one paragraph of support.

Antiwar.com: Enemy of the State
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FULL TEXT BELOW:

Earlier this week, our webmaster reported on the now infamous State of Missouri Information Analysis Center missive, "The Modern Militia Movement." Less jaded political activists reacted with the expected righteous indignation while others subtly exploited the report with the intent to whip supporters of causes as benign as medical marijuana and homeschooling into a frenzy.

Alas, you can't fool KMOV St. Louis, Channel 4. They know an enemy of the state when they see one; one of the bumper stickers they prominently featured marking an American citizen as some sort of potential terrorist was from.Antiwar.com. Yes, no one is as dangerous to the state as an advocate for peace.

Ya gotta wonder why they want to take the guns at all, Part II
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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"In Part I, I thanked more than sixty democrats who oppose President Obama's Administration and actions of disarming the people of the United States. As I mention often, it isn't the entire U.S. Government who wants to take your guns, it's only some misguided individuals who cannot seem to understand why the courts rule against them again and again. I left for a while the reason we as a nation even have guns and dwelt for a bit on why officials even want to take them. I wrapped it up saying that you know the answer."

"Well, the answer is, of course, because they can. Whenever a government can, it will. Its an entity that is a living Murphy's Law. ..." ...

No shortage of gun rights news
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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"I admitted in my last column there is so much going on I can't keep up with it. So I'm going to cheat and link you to work done by others."

"Obama to disarm pilots?" ...

"Are American guns arming Mexican cartels?" ...

"Oath Keepers" ...

"Speaking of soldiers..." ...

"An Illinois Appleseed" ...

"Speaking of Illinois..."

"...this one is a real outrage. A high school in Lombard is having a lecture on the proposed Illinois concealed carry law. The bottom line?"

"[T]he school was unwilling to allow any pro gun rights speaker to come speak to her class ... The school said that only the anti gun rights speaker ... could come speak to the class..." ...

Feds assure Fox News armed pilot program is safe; 65 Dems will oppose AWB
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"Earlier Wednesday, following the lead of an alarming editorial in the Washington Times, I took off the gloves in defense of the Armed Pilots program, which the Times said was being quietly phased out by President Obama."

"... federal officials have strenuously denied the allegations in the Times editorial ..."

"That's good news, and if the Times editorial was indeed wrong, as it now appears to have been, then I can happily acknowledge an error as well ..." ...

"On the subject of good news, St. Patrick's Day found 65 members of Congress sending a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, advising him that they were not going to support any attempt by the Obama administration to renew the ban on so-called 'assault weapons.'" ...

So much for 'openness': Obama's National Park Service ammo ban
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"When the National Park Service decided to ban lead in fishing tackle and ammunition from properties under their control, they probably thought this was another of their little surprises that would stay under the radar. Instead, they've found themselves justifiably pilloried by a wide array of organizations representing the hunting and fishing communities and several state legislatures who find their capricious rule-making more than a little offensive."

"At this point, the idea of politicians getting angry over bad regulatory policy seems a bit disingenuous, but hey, allies are allies when it comes to the National Park Service." ...

Boyd joins Dems opposing assault weapons ban
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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"Monticello Democrat Allen Boyd lent his voice to a chorus of Democratic lawmakers denouncing proposals for a new assault weapons ban."

"Boyd is one of 65 signatories, all Democrat members of the house, to a letter sent to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder regarding his comments, made Feb. 26, that President Barack Obama's administration is angling to reauthorize the Federal Assault Weapon ban that expired in 2004."

"'As strong supporters of the Second Amendment, we were very concerned to see your recent remarks suggesting that the administration will push for the reinstatement of the 1994 ban on assault weapons' and ammunition magazines,' they wrote." ...

OH: Bill to prevent persons under twenty-one years of age from possessing a firearm introduced
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"Representatives Barbara Boyd(D-9) and Sandra Williams(D-11) have sponsored HB85, a bill that would prohibit any person under twenty-one years of age from possessing a firearm, subject to specified exceptions for lawful hunting, sporting, or educational purposes and for law enforcement officers; to expand the offense of failure to secure dangerous ordnance so that it also prohibits a failure to secure a firearm and increase the penalty for the offense." ...

"Under this bill, it would be illegal for anyone under the age of 21 from possessing a firearm for any reason other than hunting, target shooting, education, or law enforcement. There is no exception for military personnel or for lawful self defense." ...

TN: Tenn. House panel votes to close public access to permits to carry loaded handguns
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Website: http://Tenn. House panel votes to close public access to permits to carry loaded handguns

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"Tennessee's database of state-issued permits to carry loaded handguns would be closed from public inspection under a proposal headed for a full House vote."

"The House Judiciary Committee voted 6-4 to advance the measure ..."

"Bass argued that making the permit information public is a violation of personal privacy."

"Frank Gibson, who runs the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, cited several cases where media investigations revealed that felons and other ineligible people held handgun permits."

"Gibson told the panel that his group would agree to a provision to ban posting or publishing the entire handgun database, but urged the panel not to close off access to all the information."

Ex-FBI agent guilty in O.C. robbery plot
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Website: http://secondamendmentfreedom.blogspot.com/

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"A former FBI agent was convicted this morning in a scheme to raid an Orange County drug house and steal cash -- an operation that turned out to be part of a sting operation by federal agents."

"Vo Duong Tran ... was convicted by a U.S. District Court jury in Santa Ana ..."

"Tran was arrested in July and accused of planning to raid what he thought was a drug stash house in Fountain Valley. Tran meticulously planned for the raid, prosecutors said, arming himself with bulletproof vests, silencer-equipped handguns, assault rifles and 630 rounds of ammunition."

"The drug house, which was said to contain $500,000 in cash, had actually been invented by federal agents mounting a sting operation. ..." ...

The "Terrorist" Watch Marches On
Submitted by: Larry

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"Darren McPhilimy sent me this link to a Pennsylvania Terrorist Watch website. It has the 'usual suspects,' but it is not quite as comprehensive as the MIAC report. Here is an address to a PDF file that lists all of the Patriot Groups to 'watch out' for:"

"http://pa-aware.org/who-are-terrorists/pdfs/C-13.pdf"

"The footnote at the bottom of page 1 states:"

"'A 'patriot group' is defined by the Southern Poverty Law Center as opposed to the 'New World Order' or advocating or adhering to extreme antigovernment doctrines.'" ...

Federal Officials Deny Report That Obama Seeks to End Pilot Gun Program
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Website: http://secondamendmentfreedom.blogspot.com/

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"Federal officials are denying a report that the Obama administration is seeking to end a program that allows trained airline pilots to carry guns."

"In an editorial published Tuesday in The Washington Times, the newspaper wrote that 'President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.'"

"Sterling Payne, a spokeswoman for the [TSA], denied the report and said the program that oversees a reported 12,000 [FFDOs] is actually expanding."

"'It's inaccurate, this program continues to grow,' Payne told FOXNews.com ... 'TSA continues to recruit and put new FFDOs on planes, and we continue to train them and do recurring training.'" ...

re: The "Terrorist" Watch Marches On
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FULL TEXT BELOW:

David, I noticed that the Constitution Party is listed among the dangerous "patriot groups" in several states. Apparently, trying to elect candidates who merely pledge to uphold the U.S. Constitution is enough to have one branded a terrorist. In that case, since every president, congressman, and senator has taken a similar pledge--never mind that most have violated it repeatedly--they should all be imprisoned as dangerous terrorists, too. Hey, that's not such a bad idea . . .

OH: New Richmond Police Chief Indicted
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Website: http://secondamendmentfreedom.blogspot.com/

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"New Richmond Police Chief David Willoughby was indicted Wednesday on several charges stemming from a criminal misconduct investigation that began last year."

"Willoughby was indicted on six counts total including menacing by stalking against a minor with a sexual motivation, obstruction of justice, dereliction of duty, theft in office and two counts of unauthorized use of property."

"Details of the investigation were not released, but ... in January Willoughby acknowledged that he was being investigated on allegations of criminal misconduct and that his home had been raided by the Ohio Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation."

"But Willoughby said he didn't know who filed a complaint against him or why. ..." ...

CA: SD Police Fear Growing Number of Activists Carrying Guns Openly
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"Last month, about 40 people gathered at Mission Beach wearing unloaded guns on holsters. Panicked beach goers called police but no one was arrested because carrying unloaded firearms is legal in California."

"Paul Cooper is an attorney for the police department. He says the practice is dangerous to the public, the people carrying the weapons and to officers."

"'We just don't think it's a prudent idea for anyone to walk around openly with an unloaded firearm,' Cooper says."

"Police think the group is trying to provoke officers. But John Pierce, co-founder of opencarry.org says that's not the case."

"'Is it taunting if a gay couple expresses affection in public? None of these things are taunting ...' says Pierce." ...

AZ: Arizona judge dismisses charges in gunrunning case
Submitted by: Doug Huffman
Website: http://www.scfirearms.org

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"An Arizona judge threw out criminal charges Wednesday against a gun dealer accused of knowingly selling weapons to smugglers shopping for Mexican drug cartels, after he ruled the prosecutor's evidence was flawed."

"Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Robert Gottsfield issued a directed verdict of not guilty in the trial of George Iknadosian, 47, the owner of X-Caliber guns in Phoenix." ...

"Gottsfield dismissed the case on the grounds that the prosecutors had not proven the third-party buyers, or 'straw purchasers,' had misrepresented their identities when buying the guns."

"'There is no proof whatsoever that any prohibited possessor ended up with the firearms,' he said in a ruling." ...

NE: Bellevue police officer's firing overturned
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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"A former Bellevue police officer fired for being overweight could be back patrolling the streets in a few months."

"The Nebraska Court of Appeals ... reversed the Bellevue Civil Service Commissions decision upholding the termination of Christopher D. Parent."

"Parent, 52, had been a member of the Police Department for more than 25 years, mostly as a detective, but had been reassigned to road patrol. His firing stemmed from his performance during an Aug. 28 combat shooting exercise, which prompted fellow officers to report him to the command staff."

"Parent was fired in 2007, after an internal investigation determined that he had not maintained a 'high level of physical, mental and emotional conditioning.'" ...

PA: Gun dealers say assault rifles popular
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Website: http://secondamendmentfreedom.blogspot.com/

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"Local gun dealers say it is not uncommon to own an AK-47 rifle, the kind Joseph B. Olecki had strapped to his body Monday when apprehended by local police." ...

"Police were told that four AK-47 rifles and two AR-15 rifles that had been stored at Lenny's Classic Car Collection of Altoona by a co-worker of Olecki's were stolen."

"The AK-47 and AR-15 models are quite popular locally, gun dealers said."

"'We sell more of them than hunting rifles. We can't keep them in stock because they sell so fast,' said John Patton, manager at East Coast Gun Sales, Duncansville. 'We order them by the dozen from manufacturers or distributors. Most people just buy one.'" ...