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Katie Pavlich: ‘Safe Haven: Gun-Free Zones in America’
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"Katie Pavlich talked to The WON at the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show) last January about her role in creating Safe Haven: Gun-Free Zones in America."
"It airs Wed., April 1, on Outdoor Channel. You may know Pavlich as a conservative contributor to Townhall magazine, FOX news and as a columnist at The Hill and Pittsburgh Tribune. In this documentary, she and the team at Outdoor Channel removed politics and emotions from a hot-button topic that sits at the front and center of firearms and freedom in this country." ... |
Are ‘gun-free zones’ an acceptable form of discrimination?
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"A furor that erupted over the weekend and continues today over Indiana’s new 'Religious Freedom Restoration Act' provided Seattle Mayor Ed Murray an opportunity to condemn discrimination, noting that people cannot refuse service based on their religious beliefs."
"The fury over Indiana should give people an opportunity to reflect on all the different kinds of discrimination there are, and one in particular that seems to get a pass. That’s discrimination against gun owners, who have just as much right as anyone else to go about their daily lives and be left alone." ... |
Propaganda about concealed carry on campus
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... "Now that I’ve sensitized you to the propaganda of false alternatives, listen carefully to the next gun-ban argument you hear and see if I exaggerated. When you do, please keep these facts in mind."
"Licensed concealed carry holders are over 21 years old and have no criminal history. They carry almost everywhere else. Concealed carry holders are less violent and more law abiding than the police. The seven states which allow campus carry saw a drop in crime on campus." ... |
As gun-violence activists speak out, is America still listening?
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"Firearm deaths in the US totaled more than 33,000 in 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety tallied more than 100 school shootings following the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012."
"Gun violence has become a routine headline in the 24/7 news cycle, squeezed in between stories and leaving those dedicated to education, awareness, and new legislation with the challenge of carefully crafting messaging that is inclusive and positive to stay top of mind for the American public." ... |
Texas-Based Clear Channel Donates Billboards to MA Anti-Gunner
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"'Beginning Tuesday, Stop Handgun Violence will be 'saturating' highway signs [in Massachusetts] at three-dozen locations across the state,' bostonglobe.com reports . . . The new highway signs being installed this week will read, 'We’re Not Anti-Gun. We’re Pro-Life. Massachusetts Gun Laws Save Lives,' and feature a Bushmaster XM-15 assault rifle, with a white surrender flag poking out from the barrel. Billboard space was donated by Clear Channel, Logan Communications, Total Outdoor, and Outfront Media.' Clear Channel eh? wikipedia.org tells us . . ." ... |
Mike “The Gun Guy” Weisser: Safe Storage is the Key to Firearms Safety
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"Mike 'the Gun Guy' Weisser is at it again, helping huffingtonpost.com demonize guns, gun ownership and gun owners. This time he’s taking the National Shooting Sports Foundation to task for a completely benign gun safety video [above]. MTGGW claims it’s a thinly-veiled attempt to hook young consumers on cigarettes. I mean, firearms. He reckons that 'the notion that guns might be potentially dangerous no matter how they are used' is 'remarkably absent from the NSSF’s safety campaign.' Remarkable if you’re looking to make snide remarks about the NSSF’s safety campaign for no good reason . . ." ... |
The Second Amendment Right to Be Negligent
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"Only two constitutional rights — the First and Second Amendments — have the capacity, through judicial interpretation or legislative action or inaction, to confer a 'right to be negligent' on private citizens; that is, a right to engage in objectively unreasonable risk-creating conduct without legal consequences. In the First Amendment context, for example, the Supreme Court, in New York Times v. Sullivan and its progeny, expressly embraced a right to be negligent in defaming public officials and public figures to protect speech. This Article asserts that through both common and statutory law the United States has enshrined a de facto Second Amendment right to be negligent ..." ... |
MI: Intruder shot by Detroit homeowner after breaking into house
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"Authorities say a 21-year-old man was shot Monday when he broke into a home on Detroit's east side."
"Police say a 29-year-old woman was upstairs when someone broke into her house in the 5500 block of University Place. Her brother was downstairs on the couch, and she heard shots fired at around 3:40 a.m."
"She said she heard someone asked if there was anyone else in the house, so she armed herself and stood at the top of the stairs."
"Shortly afterwards, a man arrived at St. John Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. He is listed in critical condition. A police source tells Local 4 that the man was an intruder in the break-in." ... |
KY: Kidnapping thwarted by kids’ karate skills, grandpa’s .45
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... "Redmon said that within a second the man had ran 10 or 15 feet, then kicked him, jumped on top of him and began choking him. It was at that point, 7-year-old Teddy and 8-year-old Robert, Jr. sprang into action to help their grandfather ... giving their grandpa a chance to get free and grab a .45-caliber handgun from his truck."
"Redmon explained that he didn’t even have the gun trained on the man, he had it at his side, but the man kept making his way towards Redmon, creeping one single step at a time, and steadily saying, 'Shoot me! Shoot me!' When the man got about six feet away, that’s when Redmon said enough and pulled the trigger, shooting him in the leg." ... |
PA: Robbery’s Tragic End Could Have Been Much Worse If Not For One Victim’s Concealed Firearm
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... "Around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, police indicate two men exited a trolley and began walking toward their destination. Along the way, they were confronted by two men who attempted to rob them."
"Philadelphia Police Lt. John Walker explained one of the victims, a 27-year-old, was a permitted concealed weapon carrier who attempted to stop the crime in progress by grabbing his own firearm."
"'He’s able to draw his handgun, firing multiple times, striking both robbery suspects,' Walker explained."
"At least one of the suspects was also armed, however, and returned fire. The second victim was hit during the exchange, leaving the armed victim as the crime’s only unscathed party." ... |
Guns & the Right to Defend Your Family is a Pro-Life Value
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"USA Today isn't exactly a close ally of either the pro-life or Second Amendment movements. So it’s not surprising that on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the newspaper published an opinion piece by Pastor Rob Schenck trying to pick a fight between the two communities."
"That's not going to happen."
"Each of our movements is highly diverse. Not every pro-gun advocate is anti-abortion -- or vice versa. But it's generally true that legislators who respect life also respect the Constitution."
"The fact is that guns maximize human life: According to the (not pro-gun) Centers for Disease Control, 'defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals ...'" ... |
Federal lawmakers propose to scrap D.C. gun laws
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"A pair of Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate last week unveiled the 'Second Amendment Enforcement Act of 2015,' aimed at overhauling Washington D.C.’s strict gun ordinances."
"Among the proposals in the act would be to end the District’s long standing gun registration mandate, bring shall-issue concealed carry policies to the nation’s capital and to restrict the city council from passing further firearms laws." ... |
Anti-Gun White House Doesn’t Want Congress Interfering with D.C. Gun Laws
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"White House flack Josh Earnest announced on Friday that Congress should not interfere with the District of Columbia’s restrictions on gun ownership. Earnest was referring to a bill introduced by Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) that would 'roll back' the city’s current firearms restrictions."
"'Gun laws that are made by the District of Columbia should be made by the District government,' press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters. 'Home rule is important.'"
"Josh, here’s what’s really important: the Constitution also grants exclusive jurisdiction of the District of the Columbia to Congress ..." ... |
Dem Congresswoman: GOP’s Defense Of Gun Rights Same As ‘Bullying’
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"Last week, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) put forth legislation to restore and protect the exercise of Second Amendment rights for Washington D.C. residents."
"On March 30, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) suggested the GOP defense of gun rights is a type of 'bullying.'"
"According to The Hill, Norton said this while 'expressing concerns' over Rubio and Jordan’s Second Amendment Protection Act of 2015. She said the move to protect the right to keep and bear arms from being infringed actually infringes on 'the democratic rights' of D.C. citizens." ... |
Rep. Jim Jordan's gun legislation gets more attention with Sen. Marco Rubio on board
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"Like clockwork over the past few years, Rep. Jim Jordan of Champaign County and his conservative colleagues in Congress have introduced legislation that would repeal gun control laws in the nation's capital."
"And just as regularly, the legislation Jordan introduced with backing from the National Rifle Association didn't go anywhere because Democrats had sufficient numbers in Congress to block its consideration."
"But Jordan's introduction of the bill's latest incarnation got national headlines last week because the U.S. Senate is under GOP control, and because likely GOP presidential contender Marco Rubio of Florida introduced its Senate counterpart." ... |
Sen. Moran Sponsors Budget Amendment to Protect Second Amendment Rights in Budget Resolution
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"U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) cosponsored an amendment (#385) this week to the Senate Budget Resolution for fiscal year 2016 (S. Con. Res. 11) to help protect and preserve the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. The amendment, introduced by U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), would prevent taxpayer funding toward the implementation of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (U.N. ATT) – or any other international organization established to implement the U.N. ATT – before Senate ratification and implementing legislation from both the House and Senate. It is expected to receive a vote today." ... |
Gun Rights Victory In the Senate
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... "We had hoped that a newly invigorated Senate Republican majority would have been a little more enthusiastic. But, in the end, we squeaked out a couple of victories on the Budget Resolution last week — and blocked the Bloomberg brigade from ever getting to first base."
"First, thanks to Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID). Senator Crapo was able to add a committee amendment to choke the anti-gun Operation Choke Point. And the 'Bloomberglers' didn’t even try to take it out on the floor."
"As you remember, Operation Choke Point is being used to try to convince banks to shut off credit to gun dealers and manufacturers. But we expect the Crapo amendment will probably put one final stake in the heart of that vampire." ... |
MS: Passage of 90% Constitutional Carry Appears Likely in Mississippi
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"After a rocky start, Mississippi appears ready to pass a 90% constitutional carry bill. Bickering among second amendment supporters seemed to doom constitutional carry in the state early this year. Hard feelings were ignited between longtime legislative supporters of the second amendment, and serious, unfounded allegations were tossed about. But it appears that those supporting the second amendment in the Mississippi legislature have overcome those difficulties and passed a significant reform to restore second amendment rights on Friday, 27 March, 2015." ... |
CA: California tees up smart gun legislation in state senate
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"A year after a so-called smart gun marketed first in California sparked controversy, a state lawmaker has introduced a measure that would create a new crime to give someone a user-authorized firearm that doesn’t meet a list of requirements."
"The proposal, filed in the state Senate last month, outlines a list of specifications that a smart gun sold in the state would have to meet before it could be transferred. Selling one that does not meet the requirements would be a misdemeanor." ... |
OR: Wednesday hearing on Oregon UBC bill
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"A public hearing before the Oregon state Senate Judiciary Committee on legislation mandating so-called 'universal background checks' for virtually all firearms transfers is slated Wednesday at 8 a.m. and yesterday’s Salem Statesman-Journal had a story about 'five things” people should know about the measure.'"
"There is a sixth thing they should know, according to critics. It won’t prevent a single crime from being committed or a single determined criminal from getting his hands on a firearm, without a background check." ... |
AZ: Arizona bill for guns in public places fails again
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"The Arizona Senate narrowly rejected a bill that would allow guns in public buildings for those with legal concealed-weapons permits, bringing an end to a measure that has drawn a governor's veto three times in recent years and raising questions about future efforts."
"The 14-15 vote on House Bill 2320 on Monday may spare Gov. Doug Ducey from having to weigh in on an issue that has seemed a litmus test for support of gun rights in Arizona." ... |
AL: Teenagers with their pistols
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"Two bills making their way through the Alabama House and Senate would allow teenagers under 18 to legally carry a handgun if they have their parents’ permission."
"We won’t rattle off the entire list of problems with these bills, since this one will suffice: This premise only works if the gun-toting teenagers’ parents are gun-savvy and diligent about teaching their child how to safely use a firearm." ... |
Brady Center Loses Lawsuit Targeting Online Ammo Sellers
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"In an order released yesterday, Senior U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch ruled against the plaintiffs in the case of Sandy Phillips, et al., v. Lucky Gunner, LLC., et al."
"Sandy and Lonnie Phillips are the parents of Jessica Ghawi, one of the victims of the Aurora movie theater shooting. The lawsuit was backed by the anti-gun Brady Center." ...
"'We’re putting them on notice, we’re coming after you,' Lonnie Phillips was reported as saying."
"Apparently, the law had something else to say about that." ... |
NC: Oath Keepers rally for ‘Constitution-minded’ change
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"Members and supporters of Oath Keepers rallied in Rowan County on Sunday in favor of Constitutional rights, and against what many see as a federal government that is too big and oppressive."
"The core message of the rally was a call for citizens to defend the U.S. Constitution, especially by electing local leaders who are committed to the principle of limited government."
"Organizers said about 200 people attended some or all of the four-hour rally, which featured seven guest speakers."
"The rally concluded with citizens taking or reaffirming an oath 'to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.'" ... |
NJ: Respect the true meaning of Second Amendment
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"This is in response to a letter written by Phyllis Deal in Sunday’s paper."
"Ms. Deal, you should have someone proofread your letters before you send them off to a newspaper for print. Your personal thoughts do indeed contradict the Second Amendment when you say we the people have no right to be armed. Are you a constitutional expert?"
"You seem to be putting your own spin on what the founders were thinking when they wrote this. It applied then, and it still applies today. ..." ... |
WV: Concealed guns bill is a threat to safety
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"Our Legislature passed SB 347, a bill which would have allowed 18-year-olds to carry concealed handguns with no permit or training. This bill was opposed by the West Virginia Sheriffs Association. I agree that this bill could be a threat to officers lives and public safety in general."
"This is not about being anti-gun. I myself have a concealed carry permit and support the Second Amendment. When you start talking about 18-year-olds and concealed handguns, it begs a question. What could possibly go wrong?" ... |
SC: South Carolina Gun Laws Provide Interesting Case Nationally
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"South Carolina gun laws are a study in contrasts. South Carolina is one of the more lenient pro-gun states in the nation, yet it also takes heat from pro-gun control groups because of the state’s record of gun violence."
"Last year, the news organization 24/7 Wall St. ranked South Carolina 10th for the most gun-related deaths and accidents among states. The Palmetto State also cracked the [CDC's] top 10 for states with the highest rates of gun violence, which covers use of firearms in all homicides, accidents and suicides. The CDC reported that the state’s rate of gun-related deaths was 14.8 per 100,000 residents. Louisiana led the nation in gun death rate at 18.8 while Rhode Island’s rate was 50th at 3.0." ... |
CO: Enforcement light on Colo. gun restrictions
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"Twenty months into implementation, Colorado's controversial gun-control laws are mostly unenforceable and have done little to nothing to attain bill sponsors' goals, according to gun rights advocates and statewide data."
"Three people have been convicted for failing to obey the new background check laws since a bill to expand the requirements went into effect in July 2013. Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith said nobody accused of breaking the new laws had been booked into the Larimer County Detention Center." ... |
FL: Tampa Bay Times: ‘Shall Not Be Infringed’ Does Not Mean What It Says
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"On March 26, the Tampa Bay Times responded to the numerous pro-Second Amendment bills making their way through the Florida legislature by suggesting that 'gun rights are not absolute.'"
"In other words, 'shall not be infringed' does not mean 'shall not be infringed.'"
"According to the Times, the numerous gun rights bills–especially campus carry–show that Republican legislators are controlled by the NRA and do not understand that if certain limits are not placed on Second Amendment rights, public safety is sacrificed." ... |
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