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Open Letter from Lt. Patrick Cook on Fort Hood Spree Killing
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"My letter to Congress, read today at Texas Senate committee on Constitutional Carry. It is now public record."
"To my friends, fellow Texans, brothers in arms, members of the committee, and everyone within the sound of my voice, greetings."
"My name is First Lieutenant Patrick Cook of the 49th Transportation Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas, and this past Wednesday I found myself trapped in an enclosed room with fourteen of my fellow Soldiers, one of whom was barricading the door against a madman with a .45 pistol when he was fatally shot. Through what I can only describe as a miracle, he somehow found enough strength to continue pushing against that door until the shooter gave up and went elsewhere, at which time he collapsed. ..." ... |
How to Understand the Hatred of Firearm Freedom
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"Paul M. Barrett of Bloomberg Business Week has posted an interesting screed on Georgia’s (presumptive) new gun law, How to Understand Georgia’s ‘Guns Everywhere’ Law: Four Blunt Points[1]. As is customary, he starts out with a little hyperventilation: 'Georgia appears poised to enact a so-called guns-everywhere law, making it easier for firearm permit holders to take their weapons into bars, churches, and even airports.' OMG! You mean that GA is going to join 42 other states that allow carry in bars? And 44 that allow carry in (the non-secure area of) airports? Not to mention at least 31 states[2] that allow firearms in houses of worship[3]? It’s going to be all right, Paul, really . . ." ... |
Gun group applauds Army officer's call for allowing arms on base
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"A Second Amendment advocate says the concerns of a Fort Hood soldier who was defenseless during the recent massacre at the Texas Army post illustrates the need for service members to be armed on military installations."
"... a Fort Hood soldier has urged lawmakers in Austin to allow personal firearms to be carried on base. In his letter, 1st Lt. Patrick Cook described the 'utter helplessness' he felt when he reached for his belt 'for something that wasn't there' as he and 14 other soldiers found themselves barricaded in a room as 'a madman with a .45 pistol' fired away and kicked at the door." ...
"Mike Hammond, legislative counsel to Gun Owners of America, says Lt. Cook has put his career on the line." ... |
This is What Happens When You Register Your Guns
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"A very close friend of mine is an attorney living in Puerto Rico. He loves to shoot and has a multitude of expensive rifles, shotguns and pistols. ..." ...
"... The attorney he hired to get his concealed carry permit many, many years in the past had been arrested the week before for supposedly presenting falsified documents to the court in one of the concealed carry cases he brought in front of the judge. The judge not only had him arrested, he nullified all of the carry permits that were issued with the intervention of this particular attorney."
"The judge then ordered the State Police to follow through with the order. The State Police immediately cancelled five thousand or so concealed carry permits. ..." ... |
School's "Duty" to Treat Student as Terrorist for Holding a Pencil Wrong?
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... "Incredibly, we have yet to get to perhaps the most ridiculous aspect of this sordid affair. Superintendent Charles Maranzano defended the school's actions, because, 'We never know what's percolating in the minds of children.' And--get this--'when they demonstrate behaviors that raise red flags, we must do our duty.'"
"See, it's their duty to treat a child as a terrorist, leave him naked, bleeding, and unconscious (I exaggerate only slightly), because of the way he held a pencil. It's enough to prompt one to check to see if the article is satire--Superintendent Maranzano, with his 'we must do our duty,' sounds like an almost cartoonish parody of Orwellian collectivism." ... |
SIG is Suing the ATF After the Agency Declared Their New Muzzle Brake is a “Silencer”
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"Just days after it was made public that the ATF gave a favorable ruling that clarifies shouldering SIG’s SB-15 arm brace on an AR-15 pistol is not illegal, SIG got an unfavorable ruling on their new MPX line of carbines and pistols."
"The pistol caliber carbines and pistols have an integral muzzle brake which allows a suppressor tube (sold separately, NFA laws apply) to be placed over it and an end cap threads it into place."
"The design seemed pretty slick. Pretty slick until the ATF ruled that the muzzle brake itself was a suppressor and thus would be subject to the standard NFA fees and process." ... |
Guns vs. Moms: Is the open carry movement going off half-cocked?
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"On Monday, members of Open Carry Texas and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America appeared in Austin before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs, and Homeland Security to give testimony on proposals that would legalize the open carry of handguns. The hearings were mostly respectful ... What happened next was not."
"The Open Carry Texas Facebook page posted a video Tuesday of Moms Demand Action member Hillary Rand's statement, with the comment 'The logic and ignorance of #guncontrolbullies @MomsDemand and @shannonrwatts.' Members of the group quickly chimed in. ... 'So how do we know she's not a prostitute? She seems to be carrying the gear, but how do we know? ...'" ... |
Inside the Twisted Mind of a Gun Control Advocate: Cenk Uygur Edition
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"I’ve heard some stupid sh*t in my life, but this is truly amazing. I know: I should be a bit more decorous leading into this post, so that readers of a more gentle disposition than your humble correspondent can watch Mr. Uygur hoist himself by his own rhetorical petard. But The Young Turks host’s 'thought experiment' on guns is all but completely incoherent. He asks us to imagine someone in a room with three guns. And . . . that’s it. In his opinion, that person is in more danger than he would be if he was in the room with no guns. Which tells us . . ."
"That Mr. Uygur is batsh*t crazy. Clearly, he believes that guns have some kind of magical, evil property ..." ... |
Incendiary Image of the Day: Moms Demand Death (Contest Announcement)
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"When it comes to gun control meme generation, Moms Demand Action for Guns Sense in America (a wholly owned subsidiary of Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns) is number one with a bullet. Luckily enough (for gun rights advocates), Shannon Watts’ mob has anti-gun agitprop ADD; their shotgun approach to rabble-rousing ensures that no one message finds its target. Perhaps that’s why the ex-Monsanto media maven’s memes are getting memer. I mean, meaner. In fact, I’m surprised the coffin isn’t child-sized. Funnily enough (I suppose), a gun rights guy familiar with our It Should Have Been A DGU feature could simply change the header to read . . ." ... |
Anti-gunners plan Seattle event; will they discuss school stabbings?
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"Moms Demand Action is planning another media event in Seattle next Wednesday, April 16, and if they are really an anti-violence group, instead of a gun prohibition lobby, perhaps they will focus on today’s bloody knife attack at a Pennsylvania high school."
"Reports from several news agencies say at least 20 people, including 19 students, were stabbed in this morning’s incident, adding credence to the contention that someone intent on causing harm to lots of people will find a way to do it, even when firearms are not involved. The suspect reportedly is a 16-year-old sophomore who used two knives." ... |
CT: Republican Quits Gun-Control Group, Says It's All Bloomberg
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"The Republican mayor of Danbury, Ct., on Wednesday quit Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns, saying the billionaire former New York City mayor "overwhelms the entire group," reports said."
"Mark Boughton, who's also running in a crowded field of GOP candidates in the Connecticut gubernatorial race, told the Connecticut Mirror that the focus has changed from illegal gun trafficking to broader gun controls."
"'It's really become about Bloomberg instead of going after illegal guns,' he said. 'Mike Bloomberg overwhelms the entire group. I think its mission has been lost.'" ... |
Daily Digest: Hearts & Minds Edition
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"Surprising virtually no one, Sen. Leland Yee of California pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to all charges related to his arrest as part of a corruption and organized crime investigation. He faces a gun trafficking charge and multiple counts of 'depriving the public of honest services.' He remains employed by the California Senate, but is suspended with pay. In a related story, Tony Serra, the attorney for one of Yee’s co-conspirators, Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow, said Tuesday that the FBI was guilty of racism and entrapment in their prosecution of his client. Serra said, 'We will put the government rightfully on trial' for their actions in this case. Good luck with that, I suppose. . ." ... |
US senator joins critics of federal cattle roundup
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"A Republican U.S. senator added his voice Wednesday to critics of a federal cattle roundup fought by a Nevada rancher who claims longstanding grazing rights on remote public rangeland about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas"
"Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada said he told new U.S. Bureau of Land Management chief Neil Kornze in Washington, D.C., that law-abiding Nevadans shouldn't be penalized by an 'overreaching' agency."
"Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval pointed earlier to what he called 'an atmosphere of intimidation,' resulting from the roundup and said he believed constitutional rights were being trampled." ... |
NRA Statement on the Passing of Civil Rights Hero Otis McDonald
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"Otis McDonald, gun rights activist and civil rights hero, passed away Friday at the age of 80 in his hometown of Chicago."
"As many of you will remember, McDonald was the lead plaintiff in McDonald v. Chicago – an historic Second Amendment case that liberated Chicago residents from the city’s oppressive gun ban in 2010."
"The National Rifle Association extends our heartfelt condolences to the family of this courageous man." ... |
MI: Detroit homeowner opens fire on suspected intruders, kills 1
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"Police say a Detroit homeowner opened fire on two home invasion suspects Wednesday morning, fatally wounding one."
"Detroit police Sgt. Michael Woody says the two 19-year-old suspects, a male and a female, broke into the home on the 19000 block of Asbury Park just before 6 a.m. Woody says the 47-year-old homeowner fired several shots with a rifle, striking both suspects after they broke a window and tried to get in." ...
"'I know this is a hot button topic and Chief (James) Craig has addressed this issue many times. We fully support our good Detroiters, good Americans that are legally in possession of weapons defending their homes,' said Woody. 'We will support our citizens in that matter. This seems to be another one of those incidents.'" ... |
MI: Detroit homeowner shoots 2 suspects during break-in attempt; 1 dead
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"One person is dead and another critically wounded after they were shot while allegedly trying to break into a home on the city’s west side early Wednesday morning." ...
"According to police, the incident occurred at a one-story flat in the 19100 block of Asbury Park ..."
"The 47-year-old male homeowner fired on the pair after he confronted them inside the front portion of his home, Sgt. Michael Woody said."
"The suspects, who sustained injuries from the gunfire, fled the scene but didn’t make it far." ...
"Both were taken to Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, where the man was pronounced dead on arrival and the woman was listed in critical condition."
"The homeowner was not injured, Woody said." ... |
MI: The pistol-toting 'Angel of Mercy' that saved a driver from an angry Detroit mob (video story)
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"Almost one week has passed since the brutal attack of a driver in Detroit who stopped to help a little boy he had accidentally just hit with his car."
"In a bankrupt city with too few police, authorities are working fast to bring justice. ..." ...
"As many as 10 - 12 people are believed to have participated in the beating while dozens of others stood by and watched - saying nothing, doing nothing."
"Except one."
"Deborah Hughes lives across the street. The retired nurse may have saved the life of that driver, Steve Utash. She broke up the angry mob that was beating him. Detroit Police Chief James Craig ... personally called her a 'Detroit hero.'"
"She tells her story in this edition of The Americans with Charlie LeDuff. ..." ... |
PA: Multiple people stabbed at western Pennsylvania high school
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"A stabbing spree at a high school in the suburbs east of Pittsburgh left 20 people injured, four of them seriously, early Wednesday morning."
"Murrysville police Chief Thomas Seefeld said the bloody crime scene at Franklin Regional High School, some 15 miles east of Pittsburgh, was 'vast' and may take a couple days to process."
"The attack occurred in crowded hallways just minutes before classes started. Of the 19 students injured, four suffered serious wounds, but all were expected to survive, hospital officials said. The injured officer was discharged. Westmoreland County public safety spokesman Dan Stevens said not every injured student was stabbed, and that some suffered scrapes and cuts in the mayhem." ... |
The Bundys vs. the BLM Nazis. It's past time for the governor of Nevada to intervene with a little adult supervision.
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... "And it's not like the Bundys can expect help from their own local sheriff, Douglas C. Gillespie, who is a member of the same Las Vegas Democrat Party corruption ring that supports Harry Reid. Oath Keepers reports that Gillespie sits on the DHS 'Working Group on Countering Violent Extremism' along with the Southern 'Poverty' Law Center. No, the Bundys cannot expect any help from that quarter. Indeed, in terms of so-called 'law enforcement,' the Governor is the only possible help that the Bundys can expect if they do not wish to become the next federally-selected burning-like-a-torch Branch Davidians."
"As Carol Bundy observes, 'This is just about power of the government,' ..." ... |
WV: House candidates’ ads call for tougher gun laws
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"Defying conventional wisdom, at least two candidates for House of Delegates are running campaign ads calling for tougher firearms laws, in light of legislation passed last month repealing municipal gun regulations (SB317)."
"Frequent political candidate Thornton Cooper, running in the 35th District Democratic primary, is airing a radio spot in which he vows to introduce legislation to prohibit firearms in the South Charleston Community Center and other municipal facilities." ...
I think what the Legislature did was absolutely ridiculous, and they should be ashamed of themselves,' Cooper said Wednesday. 'I think cities should be able to make the decision on whether to have guns on city-owned property. ...'"... |
AR: Hot Air interview: Tom Cotton
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... "HA: In just the past year, the Senate barely fended off new Democrat demands for renewed or increased gun control laws. You may be called upon to vote on similar measures ... Where do you come down on these specific issues?"
"TC: I oppose measures that would restrict the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun-owners. It’s hard to say the Obama administration has any credibility on this issue when the fact is they’ve been conducting gunrunning operations like Fast and Furious that led directly to the death of an American border patrol agent named Brian Terry. We need to enforce the laws that are already on the books instead of passing new anti-gun legislation. ..." ...
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IA: Iowa candidate flashes handgun, and threatens to ‘blow your balls off’ in ad
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"A fringe independent U.S. candidate from Iowa is encouraging voters to support him by showing off his handgun, and threatening to 'blow your balls off.'"
"In campaign advertisement posted to YouTube last week, Bob Quast highlights his support for the Second Amendment."
"'If you are a sexual predator and sociopath who murdered my sister Lynette, and you come to my front door to do harm to my girls, I’m going to use my Glock to blow your balls off,' Quast says, flashing the handgun and a smile."
"'Liberals like Bruce Braley want to restrict our gun rights, including this magazine with 15 bullets,' he adds." ... |
IL: Kinzinger stands up for second amendment rights
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"Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-16 Dist.), along with 80 other members of the House of Representatives sent four letters to subcommittees in the House Committee on Appropriations requesting the subcommittees refrain from providing any funds for the implementation of the U.N Arms Trade Treaty in their respective Fiscal Year 2015 appropriations bills."
"Their main concern is the failure of the U. N. Arms Trade Treaty ... to recognize the fundamental rights of individuals to keep and bear arms, not only for personal defense, but also in activities including hunting, sports shooting and other lawful usage. ..." ... |
NH: N.H. House committee takes testimony on bill to annul mental health records
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"Both the attorney general’s office and the state Department of Safety urged lawmakers yesterday not to pass a bill that would allow people to annul their mental health records, therefore restoring their rights to purchase firearms."
"New Hampshire doesn’t report the names of people adjudicated as mentally ill to the national background checks system. As originally written, this bill would have required the state to start reporting that information while also creating a way for people to annul their records if they were no longer deemed mentally ill. But after hearing concerns from mental health and gun groups, the reporting piece was removed." ... |
TN: TN open-carry gun bill draws strong opinions on both sides (video available)
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"Some state lawmakers want Tennessee gun owners to carry their weapons in public with no permit required, but even some gun supporters worry that goes too far."
"The open-carry proposal already passed the state Senate while the House version sits in a finance committee."
"At the Nashville Armory gun range, many of the patrons value Second Amendment rights. They say they also value proper training and gun permits."
"'If a person is responsible, they want to have the training where you have a certificate or permit that they had the training, and they are responsible enough to carry a firearm, according to Tennessee state law,' said Leroy Farris, a master gun trainer and former Brentwood police officer." ... |
NY: Hawley continues push to repeal SAFE Act
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"Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) continued his fight to restore the Second Amendment rights of his constituents in Albany by pushing for a repeal of the SAFE Act. Hawley helped force a vote on legislation he co-sponsors (A.6238) in the Assembly Codes Committee, which unfortunately was unsuccessful. While vowing to continue fighting to repeal the SAFE Act, Hawley noted that his bill was defeated by downstate, New York City interests." ... |
NY: Suit Against SAFE Act Claims it Allows ‘Warrantless’ Police Searches
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"The registry process of New York’s SAFE Act allows for warrantless police searches into gun owners’ homes, a violation of the Fourth Amendment, according to plaintiffs of a lawsuit ..."
"The law firm representing plaintiff Gabriel Razzano argues the registry process is 'essentially secret and results in a mandatory, warrantless Penal Law 400 gun removal visit from police.'"
"'The entire purpose of the registry is a sham to permit intrusions into a person’s home on consent without a warrant for a 'gun removal,' La Reddola, Lester and Associates said in a release. 'The entire registry and database seek to justify warrantless police searches ...'"
"The suit points to Fourth Amendment violations that could easily occur under the SAFE Act." ... |
CO: Colorado "gun laws" on trial in Federal court
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"The legal challenge to the constitutionality of the 'gun legislation' rammed through the 2013 Colorado state legislative session that made Colorado the national epicenter of the debate on 'gun rights' (the right of the people to 'keep and bear arms') on political, policy, AND constitutional grounds is wrapping up the second and final week of trial proceedings - with tremendous potential implications for law and public policy on the state and national level." ... |
OMG! Forgetful Gun Owners At Orlando Airport Given a Pass! OMG!
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"OIA gun arrests rarely end with convictions, the orlandosentinel.com headline proclaims, adding Gun arrests dismissed almost every time a defendant says, 'I forgot,' records show. Although the story doesn’t actually come out and say 'Hang ‘em high!', scribe Henry Pierson Curtis’s incredulous tone tells you that the paper’s editor is unhappy with the fact that Orlando International Airport gives forgetful gun owners a pass when the TSA’s blue-shirted goons discover a firearm in their carry-on. Actually, that’s not true. It’s neither the airport nor the unionized gropers who let our People of the Gun go. In fact it’s . . ." ... |
CA: Tulare police chief arrested for domestic violence (video available)
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"A South Valley police chief could face criminal charges after getting arrested for domestic violence."
"Jerry Breckinridge, 47, has been with the Tulare Police Department his entire law enforcement career. He has been the chief of police since 2009."
"The Tulare police chief could face jail or even prison time if the district attorney's office decides to pursue domestic violence charges against him. He was arrested late Sunday night after he got into an altercation with his girlfriend on Saturday night." ... |
DC: D.C. investigating Mark Witaschek’s taxes after conviction for muzzleloader bullet
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"The District of Columbia has spent almost two years persecuting a good man because they wrongly thought he had guns in the city."
"It wasn’t enough to prosecute Mark Witaschek for having one shotgun shell and a box of muzzleloader bullets. After a three-month trial that ended in a conviction, the city started an investigation into the businessman’s taxes."
"This abuse of power must end."
"On the word of a bitter ex, the police searched Mr. Witaschek’s Georgetown home ... They never found the bounty of firearms since Mr. Witaschek, a hunter, keeps his guns at his sister’s home in Virginia."
"The D.C. cops went to Sylvia Witaschek’s home in the commonwealth and demanded she show them the guns, but she refused." ... |
LA: West Baton Rouge deputy jailed on drug counts
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"A West Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s major who once led the agency’s narcotics division has been arrested on drug charges, including possession of crack cocaine and several painkillers."
"Maj. Jerome Fontenot, a 17-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office, was booked into the Parish Jail for possession with the intent to distribute 45 pills of Oxycodone, 28 pills of Valium, 15 pills of codeine, 1 gram of crack cocaine and malfeasance in office, according to booking records." ... |
MN: Former Becker County Sheriff Tim Gordon pleads not guilty
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"Former Becker County Sheriff Tim Gordon pleaded not guilty Monday to charges including felony counts of theft by swindle and presenting a false claim, along with a gross misdemeanor count of misconduct by a public officer."
"Gordon, 58, of Detroit Lakes, resigned from his position as sheriff in October 2012. He was charged in January in Becker County District Court, accused of swindling the public out of money by passing off his old boat as an expensive new one, with his department buying it at an inflated price." ... |
IL: Lawsuit: Chicago Police strip-searched trio in public (video available)
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"Three people who claim Chicago Police strip-searched them in public and falsely accused them of carrying heroin during a traffic stop last year are suing the city, calling the officers’ actions 'exceeding all bounds of human decency.'"
"Caprice Halley, Tevin Ford and a representative for the estate of Robert Douglas filed the suit ... Wednesday." ...
"Police ordered them out of their vehicle and handcuffed Ford and Douglas, who had been driving ... Officers opened both men’s waistbands and searched down their pants."
"... police then walked Douglas to a nearby house, handcuffed his wrist to bars on the home’s window, and pulled his pants to the ground while bending him over and searching his buttocks in the open air." ... |
CA: LAPD officers tampered with in-car recording equipment, records show
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"Los Angeles police officers tampered with voice recording equipment in dozens of patrol cars in an effort to avoid being monitored while on duty, according to records and interviews."
"An inspection by Los Angeles Police Department investigators found about half of the estimated 80 cars in one South L.A. patrol division were missing antennas, which help capture what officers say in the field. The antennas in at least 10 more cars in nearby divisions had also been removed." ...
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CA: CDFW: Mountain Lion Attack Not an “Imminent Threat”
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"The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) reports that a mountain lion attacked a golf course worker – from behind – in Palm Springs. (Press release after the jump.) The worker 'was able to seek refuge by positioning himself behind a large iron gate. The CDFW investigated, couldn’t find evidence to support his story and concluded that 'no further action will be taken' because 'lions can [only] be taken if they become an imminent threat to public safety.' They advise residents to 'be cautious.” We advise residents to pack heat whilst loping around the links (or anywhere else). Note: attacking mountain lions don’t need a large caliber ballistic remedy. Bears do . . ." ... |
CT: Y's Men learn history of 'a well regulated militia'
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"'A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.'"
"So says the Second Amendment to our Constitution. Military historian Mark Albertson set out to tell Y’s Men of Westport/Weston last Thursday how that statement bears upon current law and practice."
"He said a 'well regulated militia as originally intended no longer exists. Today’s National Guard is not a well regulated militia, but rather a bona fide reserve of the U.S. Army. Does that impact on the citizen’s right to bear arms?' It certainly has left the point open to discussion."
"He added that his talk would not be 'pro-gun vs. anti-gun,' but an explanation of how this country has changed." ... |
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