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Why It’s So Hard to Discuss Guns Rationally With Some People
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"I have a colleague who, until the Sandy Hook shooting, was very congenial, even complimentary. Though we don’t teach in the same department, we always got along very well, frequently chatting in more depth than merely exchanging greetings. And then one morning, I chanced onto a conversation between him and another teacher about school shootings. The encounter occurred shortly after Sandy Hook, while the issues raised by it were still very much the rage. He asked me if I thought arming staff was a good idea . . ."
"I should have known better, but I naively plowed ahead, expecting the same kind of cordial, collegial conversation we’d always enjoyed to that point." ... |
The “Assault Weapon” Rebellion
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"Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) signed what the Hartford Courant called 'the toughest assault weapons legislation in the nation' last year. It required owners of semi-automatic firearms to register all firearms designated as 'assault weapons' with the state government, along with any 'high capacity' magazines they may own, by December 31, 2013."
"The Malloy regime expected Connecticut residents to register somewhere between 372,000-400,000 firearms, and roughly 2 million firearm magazines that held more than 10 rounds before January 1."
"What they got instead was defiance." ... |
Reflections on Fort Hood Redux
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"I’ve waited this long to comment on the latest atrocity at Fort Hood, to allow the investigation to play out. A few days prior to the incident, my friend and colleague John Farnam had pointed out that military intelligence indicated there would be a “replay of Fort Hood” very soon somewhere in America. At this point, there is no indication that he latest mad dog was a jihadist, only a man with a broken mind who had apparently put a good deal of thought into such mass murder before he carried it out…closer to the monster of Sandy Hook Elementary School than the fanatic who previously wrought havoc at Fort Hood." ... |
Blanchard: ‘I Am The Pastor Of Patriots’
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"Ordained minister and gun rights activist told Guns & Patriots that his love of firearms and love of God is the inspiration of his newly released book."
"'I love influencing, motivating and inspiring people,' said Rev. Kenneth V.F. Blanchard, who is the creator of the 'Black Man with a Gun' blog and podcast which is a weekly program that focuses on inspiring, informing and entertaining the people inside the gun community."
"Blanchard said his book 'Black Man with a Gun: Reloaded' is a snap-shot of his life from becoming known as the 'Black Man with a Gun' to 'Pastor of Patriots'." ... |
The Power of Gun-Envy in California
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"Let’s get real about armed self-defense. 30 million of us live in California counties that won’t issue concealed carry licenses. The good news is that responsible gun owners can change that. If they can change the perceptions of firearms in California, then responsible gun owners can change your state as well. Remember that 10 million Californians live in shall-issue counties! ... My neighbors living in those shall-issue counties can have a concealed carry license for the asking."
"Nothing speaks louder than a living example. My responsible neighbors will show us that discreet carry is not the fearful monster the politicians described. Our armed neighbors from shall issue counties can walk down Market Street in San Francisco, where San Francisco natives must be disarmed. ..." ... |
Anti-gun Democrat caught in massive gun-running conspiracy ring: FBI
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"It's being called a massive case of duplicity and hypocrisy."
"The FBI has arrested California state Sen. Leland Yee, a staunch anti-gun fanatic, for his alleged involvement in a gun-running conspiracy. According to the Los Angeles Times, an affidavit filed in federal court in San Francisco by FBI Special Agent Emmanuel V. Pascua said the agency had probable cause to suspect Yee has been involved in various crimes, including a conspiracy to deal firearms without a license and import firearms illegally."
"Yee, who is prominent in California's longstanding Democratic legislative minority, has for years been one of the chamber's most virulent advocates against guns and violent video games." ... |
Broaden the debate
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... "To many Americans, [the Second Amendment's] wording strongly suggests that there should be no restrictions against the possession of personal firearms. The [NRA] is the most strident advocate of that interpretation, and it has worked tirelessly to secure extremely strong support among our nation’s lawmakers."
"But there’s been a tendency ... by gun rights advocates to overlook the 'well regulated Militia' wording in the amendment and that may help explain why these advocates have so far been so successful." ...
"And so today the United States is regarded around the world as a nation where the rights of gun-owners — and the frequently gruesome consequences of those unrestricted rights — take precedence over common sense." ...
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Submitter's Note: Since (for example) calling the Armenian Genocide of 1915 a genocide, or criticizing Mustafa Attaturk can get a Turkish journalist thrown in prison, I don't think I will give a damn about what "around the world" thinks of our Constitutional Rights, m-kay?
As for "broadening the debate," it would be easier to do that if comments were enabled.
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Guns are associated with dramatically increased suicide risk
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"Gun ownership laws are a heated topic across the United States due to the constitutional issues involved. From a public health perspective it is however clear that guns are dangerous. With guns, suicide becomes the biggest problem, reports MedPage Today on April 11, 2014. In fact every single day 88 people die from a firearm associated injury and about two-thirds of those deaths are due to suicides." ...
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Submitter's Note: Really? So if guns are the problem, then why does Japan have a suicide rate more than twice that of the US? |
CT: State's gun law working as intended
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"A year after the General Assembly passed and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed historic gun legislation inspired by the killings in Newtown, there are strong indications the new law is doing what it was meant to do."
"We hasten to add it is not doing what was never intended, from the illegal seizure of guns by the government, as feared by the most ardent misinterpreters of the Second Amendment, to making criminals of those who failed to register their weapons in the allotted time. They did that to themselves and are no different from those who choose to drive without a license." ...
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Submitter's Note: No, driving without a license is A) perfectly legal on private property and 2) requires actually doing something. |
CA: California Jewelry Store Owner Wins Gunfight With Armed Robber
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"Many times, the mere presence of a firearm is enough of a deterrent to end a violent crime. However, sometimes a defensive situation does deteriorate into an actual gunfight."
"This is the situation a jewelry store owner in Antioch, CA found himself in last week."
"Two armed men attempted to rob the Hardy Nix Jewelry store, but were met with resistance by an armed owner."
"During a shootout with the suspects, one suspect was shot and killed and one female customer was shot and injured."
"The second suspect escaped and is being sought by police." ... |
Why The Feds Chickened Out On A Nevada Ranch
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"Let me obliterate a bit of confusion here: the Obama administration attempted to go to war with a rancher in Nevada. Let me amplify a little bit of truth: They tucked tail and have returned home. And let me add a bit of clarity: they had no choice!"
"As the nation began to become familiar with the plight of the family of Cliven Bundy, many of us harkened back to another standoff in which the Federal government attempted to bully it's outcome: Waco, Texas and the Branch Davidian massacre." ...
"There were a few specific reasons why the feds chickened out in the Nevada desert though." ... |
News Flash: General Bundy Defeats the FedCoats at Bunkerville!
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"Breaking news: The BLM, now in a full retreat against the Citizens of the United States of America, has announced a stand down and has begun releasing the Bundy family’s cattle from the BLM’s 'bovine concentration camps.'"
"This has just been confirmed by the Bundy family on their Facebook page. Also, here’s a breaking video showing the cattle being released." ...
"Other details now surfacing:" ...
"• The lamestream, anti-American media continues to utterly ignore this historical moment in U.S. history, pretending it isn't happening. The ignoring of this story is a total indictment of the controlled, propaganda-spewing mainstream media which has willfully abandoned America and now represents only anti-American interests that are attempting to destroy this nation." ... |
Is Bundy Ranch Standoff A Warm-Up?
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"The rancher-federal agent standoff that has been threatening to boil over in Clark County, Nevada, this week has transformed almost overnight from a ludicrous overreach by a government bureaucracy hiding behind an endangered tortoise to the probable result of a multibillion-dollar solar power project traceable to none other than Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid."
"As more BLM documents have come to light and connections to previous news reports made, a picture has emerged of efforts by Reid and his son, lawyer Rory Reid, to land a $5 billion Chinese solar power project that will build in Laughlin, Nevada, and in Clark County, where the County Commission sold public land for cents on the dollar to ENN Energy Group." ... |
PA: Dem governor hopefuls state stances on guns
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"Four gubernatorial candidates showed overwhelming support for reform that would take aim at gun-related violence in a survey conducted by CeaseFire Pennsylvania."
"An advocacy group for gun violence prevention, CeaseFire PA sent a questionnaire to each candidate to gauge his or her position on 'commonsense gun violence prevention measures and the level of importance each candidate attributes to reducing gun violence.'"
"Democratic candidates Rob McCord, Katie McGinty, Allyson Schwartz and Tom Wolf all submitted responses, which were reflected in CeaseFire PA’s report."
"Gov. Tom Corbett and Republican candidate Bob Guzzardi declined to respond to the survey." ... |
ID: Idaho governor candidate A.J. Balukoff spurns NRA questionnaire
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"Democratic gubernatorial candidate A.J. Balukoff has refused to answer the National Rifle Association survey and blasted the group for its push for Idaho's latest pro-gun bill."
"'Special interests gave us Idaho's guns on campus law,' Balukoff said. 'We don't need a governor and Legislature who are beholden to special interests. We need independent thinkers in government who answer to voters.'"
"Rather than complete the 23-question survey, Balukoff wrote a letter to the Virginia-based political powerhouse." ... |
New push in state to carry guns openly
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"Four years ago, Northern California found itself in the crosshairs of gun devotees who gathered at Baker Beach and various Starbucks locations, openly carrying their unloaded 9mm Glocks and .40-caliber Walthers."
"The meet-ups scared other patrons and prompted the Legislature to ban open displays of unloaded handguns, with exceptions for rural counties where a gun owner obtains law enforcement permission. The resulting law, which went into effect in 2012, brought the displays to a screeching halt." ... |
TN: Down to the wire: Tennessee lawmakers' schedule crammed in final days of session
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"Like weary boxers entering the 12th round of a hard fight, Tennessee lawmakers return today for what members hope is the final week of their annual legislative session."
"They still have dozens of bills and battles to slog through to wrap up three months of work ..." ...
"Open carry -- Republican leaders wanted to avoid fights over guns this year. But Second Amendment advocates have soldiered on and last week the Senate surprised many by removing permit requirements to carry a handgun openly." ...
"Guns in parks -- Senators in February easily passed a bill doing away with local governments' authority to keep handgun-carry permit holders from going armed at government-owned parks, playgrounds and ball fields." ... |
TX: Legislature likely to debate open carry, campus carry laws next year
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"Like other large communities in Texas and throughout the nation, this city of 1.4 million residents is used to all kinds of political rallies and street protests."
"But what made the April 6 gathering in front of a police substation unusual was some gun-rights activists carrying a rifle or a shotgun strapped to their backs. Dozens of them, not all carrying a firearm in full view, were protesting an ordinance they consider illegal because it limits their right to carry loaded weapons." ...
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TN: Constitutional Carry possible in Tennessee?
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"Today, the Tennessee Senate passed SB2424, a Vermont* style, permit-less open-carry bill. This bill would further restore the basic human right to self-defense in Tennessee. The question is, will the House follow suit?"
"The companion bill, HB2409, if passed, would give Governor Haslam the opportunity to make good on the promise he made in a Tennessee Firearms Association (TFA) meeting on October 18, 2010, on Vermont Style Carry." ... |
MO: Missouri Lawmakers Seek To ‘Nullify’ Federal Gun Laws
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"Missouri legislators are crafting two Second Amendment Preservation Act bills, which would nullify federal gun laws in the state, House Bill 1439 and Senate Bill 613."
"This bill will make sure that Missourians have that level of protection to challenge the federal government provided to them by their state government, said House bill sponsor, state Rep. Doug Funderburk, who represents Missouri’s 103rd District." ... |
Gun rights may return to Supreme Court's agenda
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"The push and pull over the Second Amendment right to bear arms is heating up again, thanks in part to a former Supreme Court justice's new book."
"Friday, the high court will consider whether to hear a challenge to a New Jersey law restricting the right to carry guns in public. If the court grants the petition, it would be the most important gun control case since the justices upheld the right to keep handguns at home for self-defense in 2008." ... |
Justice Stevens thinks he knows how to 'fix' the Second Amendment
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"Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens penned a putrid op-ed in the Washington Post claiming he knew how to fix the Second Amendment to end controversy over its true meaning." ...
"As Second Amendment expert and activist Clayton Cramer says, Stevens is pushing a bunch of hornswaggle.""I wish that I could say that Justice Stevens was engaged in an accurate although misleading statement. But it is not even that. It is both inaccurate and misleading – and not even in a very clever way." ... |
CO: Arguments end gun laws trial; case far from over
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"Colorado’s new gun-control laws either are unnecessarily restrictive or groups opposed to them are intentionally misinterpreting them, depending on your point of view."
"A trial to determine whether the controversial laws violate citizens’ rights in the Constitution’s Second Amendment ended last week with those diametrical arguments."
"One of the laws bans firearms magazines, acquired after July 1, of more than 15 rounds. The other expands background checks to include transfer of guns from one person to another." ... |
CO: Controversial gun laws under review by federal judge
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"The controversial gun laws passed in 2013 are now under consideration by a federal judge."
"After a two-week-long trial, people on either side of the gun debate are anxiously waiting the result."
"The restrictions — which, among other things, would limit magazine capacity — are an infringement on Second Amendment rights, Moffat County Sheriff Tim Jantz said."
"'This is where the gun issue is the line in the sand,' he said. 'We’re relying on just a few people in the judicial system to set a standard for constitutional rights.'" ... |
CA: New push on to overturn California 'open carry' ban
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"The open carry crowd in California is taking aim at the state’s ban on carrying unloaded holstered weapons in public places."
"Four years ago, gun-rights advocates began gathering at local Starbucks to show off their firearms as an expression of their Second Amendment rights."
"But that only fueled angry debate and a new law in the California Legislature to outlaw the practice. Now open-carry supporters say their sights have shifted to the state’s court system."
"'That's the next logical step in the evolution of gun rights in California,' Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California in Folsom told the San Francisco Chronicle." ... |
NJ: Former Plainfield officer sentenced for six years for sex assault, official misconduct
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"On a hot July day in 2011, Sgt. Samuel Woody, a 12-year veteran of the Plainfield Police Department assigned to the patrol division, arrested a 27-year-old city woman on charges of theft and burglary."
"After she was booked at police headquarters, she was released on a summons to appear in court."
"As she left headquarters on East Fourth Street, Woody told the woman to follow him into a nearby Madison Avenue lot."
"Once there, Woody, threatened the woman with a five-year prison term unless she took off some of her clothes. Woody, still in his police uniform, masturbated as she did so."
"Unbeknown to Woody, the woman was surreptitiously taping the incident." ... |
As Many As One Million Armed New Yorkers Are About To Break The Law
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"This year April 15 is more than the tax deadline for an estimated one million New York State residents. It’s also the deadline to register 'assault weapons' and 'high-capacity' magazines. If they don’t, they’ll begin living outside the law. A lot of them have decided to do just that. They’ve decided to practice civil disobedience even though failure to register an 'assault weapon' by the deadline is punishable as a 'class A misdemeanor,' which means a maximum sentence of one year in prison." ... |
NY: Deadline leaves N.Y. gun owners with a choice
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"Come Tuesday, owners of assault weapons in New York will be faced with a choice: Register those firearms with the state or potentially face a felony charge."
"Some gun owners have long threatened to ignore a requirement to register assault weapons under the SAFE Act, a set of strict gun laws approved by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers last year."
"With the registration deadline set for Tuesday, they'll soon have their chance." ...
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NY: Deadline looms for SAFE Act assault rifle[sic] registration (video available)
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"A big deadline for gun owners ... Tuesday is the deadline to register your firearms with the state or modify them to comply with new rules under the SAFE Act."
"This is a story we've been following for you since the SAFE Act was put into law. It's had a lot of gun owners upset -- claiming it violates their second amendment rights."
"News10NBC spoke with the man who co-runs the Ontario Rod and Gun club and he says the law is just forcing people to cut corners."
"Right now, AR-15, as assault rifle[sic] is perfectly legal to own, but come Tuesday gun owners -- like Steve Verdi have two options: 1.) Register firearms like this with the state or 2.) Modify the gun to get rid of its militaristic features. ..." ... |
VT: Gun control—coming to a town near you
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"Attention, Vermont legislators: What part of 'Shall Not Be Infringed' do you not understand?"
"If you don’t think the Vermont tradition of gun ownership isn’t threatened, you haven’t been paying attention to what’s going on inside the Green Mountain State’s tawdry capitol these days."
"Reacting to violent incidents around the nation, the first response of many politicians is to restrict laws which protect responsible, law-abiding citizens. These politicians, as well influential activists, spend time, energy and money on ways to circumvent the U.S. Second Amendment right to keep-and-bear arms."
"Gun control is a real threat to Vermont communities beyond Burlington." ... |
TX: Texas' open carry ban linked to 'Wild West' days, similar to more liberal states
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"Thanks to its frontier heritage and the number of Texans with concealed handgun permits — more than 600,000 as of last year — Texas is considered a gun-friendly state."
"But don’t tell that to C.J. Grisham and other gun-rights supporters."
"Texas is not as Second Amendment-friendly as the state’s reputation suggests, Grisham, president of a group called Open Carry Texas, said Monday, April 7, at a Senate committee hearing."
"'It may come as a surprise to you that some people aren’t used to seeing firearms in our towns and neighborhoods,' Grisham told the Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Homeland Security Committee." ... |
GA: Citizens need firearms to defend themselves (second letter)
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"'Citizens: Because of lies, slander and very harmful insults, your freedom of speech is hereby canceled.'"
"Would you accept this edict? I don’t think so."
"What American would? Well, that same kind of attack is going on every day concerning our Second Amendment right to bear arms. Do you realize that the First Amendment cannot survive without the Second?"
"After fighting a war with a tyranny, the framers knew vividly about weapon confiscation to control citizens. They were very afraid of 'standing armies' which, under the control of a strong federal government, could easily subjugate them again. ..." ... |
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