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Oregon Register-Guard: Background Checks Work! Expand Them!
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"Facts. Tricky little buggers. Truth be told, they’re easily manipulated. For example, over at Oregon’s registerguard.com, Democratic State Senator Floyd Prozanski asserts that 'According to Oregon State Police data, an average of 180 gun purchases were denied each month over the past three years. In the same period, more than 21,400 lawful transfers occurred monthly. That’s right: Each month 21,400 lawful gun transfers took place with background checks. It works!' Wait. That’s an awful small number of people denied a gun purchase, statistically speaking. Pish-posh says our Floyd . . ." ... |
Pierce County case brings out anti-gunners as Pew shows major opinion shift
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"Today’s Seattle Times coverage of a weekend murder-suicide in Pierce County has brought out the anti-Second Amendment crowd, and watch for this tragic case to become another anecdote for the gun prohibition lobby as it pushes its political agenda."
"However, their attempt might hit a speed bump, considering that a new Pew Research report ... shows there has been a major shift in the public attitude about gun control versus gun rights. According to the Pew report, more people believe it is important to protect the rights of gun owners (52%) than to place additional controls on them (46%). The report also said support for gun control has fallen, whether you believe crime in the United States has dropped or not." ... |
Reality of NRA Convention Defies Anti-Gun Media Stereotype
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"To say that the agenda-driven media often attempts to portray NRA and gun owners in a negative light is an understatement."
"Some ignorant writers and political commentators try to label NRA as extremists; or worse. Others claim that gun owners exercising their right to carry will resurrect the 'Old West' and that laws recognizing this right 'seem almost designed to encourage violence.'"
"The actions of NRA members and gun owners across America prove these bigoted opinions wrong on a daily basis. However, the disparity between the anti-gun fever dream and reality is at its most acute each year when NRA members and gun owners gather for the NRA Annual Meetings." ... |
The New Trials of International Travel (With Guns)
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"'The rifle is a noble weapon. It brings us pleasures that no scatter-gunner can ever know. A shotgun takes you into cultivated fields, or into those narrow wastes within sight and sound of civilization. But the rifle entices its bearer into primeval forests, into mountains and deserts untenanted by man. To him in whom the primitive virtues of courage, energy and love of adventure have not been sapped, there is scarce a joy comparable to roaming at will through wild regions, viewing the glories of the unspoiled earth, and feeling the inexpressible thrill of manliness sore-tested by privation and hazard, but armed and undismayed.' – Horace Kephart"
"I’ve always liked that quote. And it means more as I pack for lands both charted and un-charted . . ." ... |
First Impressions: Underground Tactical Long Range Bacon Maker – 6.5 Grendel
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"I stood there in my shop, Creedence blaring through Pandora, muttering obscenities under my breath while I stared hopelessly at a long range gun, a long range scope, and a set of Warne rings that were too low to marry the two star-crossed lovers. The scope, a Bushnell 3.5-21 HDMR that had served valiantly at the Bushnell Brawl. A scope that’s so good, it’s going to get a nearly perfect review once I write it up. The rifle? It’s Underground Tactical’s Long Range Bacon Maker chambered in 6.5 Grendel. And my preliminary and somewhat scientific testing says its a hell of a thing . . ." ... |
Gun Review: Ares Defense SCR
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"Living 'behind enemy lines' sucks. Thanks to 'assault weapons bans' (AWB), shooters in ... 'slave states' can’t take advantage of their Constitutionally protected right to sample the latest in firearms technology. The only guns [legally] available are often less accurate firearms that cost more money. And so the good folks at Ares Defense set out to enable even those citizens living in those awful places to have access to the very best in modern firearms. Although it looks like the unholy union of a rifle and a shotgun, the result could well be the best AWB-compliant firearm configuration on sale today. But in addition, the Ares Defense SCR might also be a firearm that suits hunters in the rest of America. . ." ... |
Report: Gun Industry's Economic Impact Has Doubled Since '08
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"The economic impact the firearms industry has had on the United States has more than doubled since 2008, according to an industry report."
"The Firearms and Ammunition Industry Economic Impact Report, compiled by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), shows the industry has grown from $19.1 billion in 2008 to more than $42.9 billion last year."
"The report also says the industry is responsible for more than 34,000 'new, well-paying jobs over the past two years' for U.S. workers."
"'The economic growth America's firearms and ammunition industry has experienced over the years has been nothing short of remarkable,' the report reads." ... |
Colt's Controversy: How the Firearms Brand Stirred Up Debate
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"If Samuel Colt had lived long enough to see it, the post-Civil War slogan, 'Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt made them equal,' was probably something in which the gun inventor would have reveled. But despite that acknowledgement, the gun maker has not been without controversy throughout the years. "
"The history of Colt is a long one, extending back more than 160 years. It is also wrapped in many of the Second Amendment and personal defense issues that have walked hand-in-hand with firearm manufacturing throughout U.S. history." ... |
New York Times: Has the NRA Won?
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"'It is now fair to ask whether the National Rifle Association is winning — or has in fact won — this era of the gun debate in this country,' Charles M. Blow bloviates at nytimes.com. And what motivated the writer to make this Mufasa-like 'it is time' pronouncement? 'A striking report released Friday by the Pew Research Center revealed that 'for the first time, more Americans say that protecting gun rights is more important than controlling gun ownership, 52 percent to 46 percent.' That leads Blow to conclude, 'One may begrudge and bemoan the fact, but it is hard to deny it: the N.R.A. appears to be winning this round.' No happy dance please. What Blow is really saying is that the antis . . ." ... |
This is the Kind of Action Moms Should be Concerned With
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"I feel compelled to write this because of what happened to my very best friend. She asked I not use her real name, so I will call her Josie. Josie and I live about 2800 miles apart but we are, nonetheless, the best of friends. Our friendship has survived the distance for over two years now and I don’t know a more compassionate and loving woman. We align politically and talk on the phone at least twice a week. We have even joked together about me being a 'gun freak' and the fact that she’s never fired a gun. Ever. But about a month ago, that joke was no longer funny to either of us . . ." ... |
Has the N.R.A. Won?
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"It is now fair to ask whether the National Rifle Association is winning — or has in fact won — this era of the gun debate in this country."
"Gun control advocates have tried to use the horror that exists in the wake of mass shootings to catalyze the public into action around sensible gun restrictions. But rather than these tragedies being a cause for pause in ownership of guns, gun ownership has spiked in the wake of these shootings."
"A striking report released Friday by the Pew Research Center revealed that 'for the first time, more Americans say that protecting gun rights is more important than controlling gun ownership, 52 percent to 46 percent.'" ... |
OR: Close gun-sale loophole
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"Senate Bill 941, which would require background checks on firearm sales between private individuals in Oregon, produced the predictable howls from the pro-gun lobby, which has grown accustomed to intimidating politicians into bending to its will."
"But the state senators got it right in approving a measure that will close a loophole while depriving no eligible person of the right to purchase a gun."
"Under the bill, Oregon would become the 12th state to require background checks on firearms sales and transfers between private individuals. That means gun purchasers would have to follow the same rules — and meet the same requirements — now in place for people buying firearms from licensed dealers or at gun shows." ... |
MO: With rights come responsibilities
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"For all their collective wisdom, it might have been better if our Founding Fathers had written as much about 'responsibilities' as 'rights,' particularly when they added the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution."
"Perhaps they innately understood something we have lost sight of more than 200 years later: The two must co-exist. Rights uncoupled from responsibilities quickly collapse into chaos, then anarchy."
"But like a teeter-totter weighed down on one end with an anvil, the debate over guns has tilted overwhelming to one side: The question of 'rights.'" ... |
Helicopter Goat Sniper (video available)
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"Shooting from a helicopter is tough work. There is a lot of vibration and you are hanging outside the door of the chopper. Hunting from a helicopter is kind of a newer thing, but it was actually being used to protect the environment not that long ago." ...
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Author's Note: Taking out an invasive species from a helicopter might be one of the most epic jobs I can think of. When trying to restore the habitat for the Galapagos Tortoises, helicopter snipers were used to take out the destructive goat population. Check out this great vid! |
Paradigm shifts on gun control
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"Public opinion regarding the balance between gun control and protecting gun rights has flipped in the last ten years according to a survey by Pew Research. Not only that, but trends show this change continuing into the foreseeable future. In 2004 60% of Americans said gun control was more important than protecting the rights of gun owners. Today 52% of Americans say the opposite; that protecting the rights of Americans to keep and bear arms per the Second Amendment to the Constitution is more important than increased gun control. This is not only a major paradigm shift, but will have profound policy implications." ... |
Pew first: Gun rights top gun control in major public opinion shift
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"Exactly two years after President Obama's bid for gun control following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting died in Congress, a new poll has discovered a huge shift in public opinion to backing Second Amendment gun rights and away from controlling gun ownership."
"The reason: Americans now believe having a gun is the best way to protect against crime, 63 percent to 30 percent."
"Pew Research Center found that while support for gun control once reached 66 percent, it has dropped to 46 percent while support for gun rights has jumped 52 percent, the highest ever in the past 25 years." ... |
Despite lower crime rates, support for gun rights increases
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"For most of the 1990s and the subsequent decade, a substantial majority of Americans believed it was more important to control gun ownership than to protect gun owners’ rights. But in December 2014, the balance of opinion flipped: For the first time, more Americans say that protecting gun rights is more important than controlling gun ownership, 52% to 46%."
"Why has public opinion shifted about gun control? ... some of this is related to politics, as Republicans have become far more supportive of gun rights during the Obama years. The rise in support for gun rights has also spanned many other regional and demographic groups."
"But there may be another factor behind this shift: Americans’ changing perceptions about crime. ..." ... |
2nd Amendment keeps America safe and secure
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"Americans are rolling back gun restrictions. Voters spoke clearly in November by electing gun rights candidates to Congress and many statehouses across the country. Gun rights opponents continue to assert that we need new laws. A majority of Americans disagree, understanding that limits on the Second Amendment are a threat to liberty." ... |
GOP lawmakers push to stop ATF from asking gun buyers about race
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"Congressional Republicans are pushing a bill to block the feds from forcing gun buyers to disclose their race in applications, saying the government should be 'color blind' when it comes to the Second Amendment."
"The [ATF] -- ever since changing its background check policy in 2012 -- has had gun buyers answer questions about race and ethnicity in what's known as a 4473 application form. Gun dealers who do not disclose the information can be hit with fines and other penalties." ... |
OH: Cleveland About to Go Full Retard on Guns
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"Yes, I said it. Retard. I believe the term’s meaning has changed. 'Going full retard' isn’t a slam against people who are genetically mentally or developmentally challenged. It now refers to ostensibly smart people doing something unbelievably stupid. If I’m wrong, tell me. If I’m not, the Cleveland City Council qualifies for the term. Despite the fact that the Ohio State Supreme Court ruled that The Buckeye State’s state gun laws preempt local laws – ’cause that’s the way they’re written – Cleveland is set to enact a new gun control ordinance that violates state law anyway. And how . . ." ... |
NC: N.C. Takes Aim at Nullifying Federal Gun Control Regulations
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"North Carolina is taking substantial strides toward protecting the right of citizens to keep, carry, and use weapons."
"As reported to The New American by sources in the Tar Heel State, North Carolina’s legislature is considering House Bill 886, appropriately titled the Second Amendment Preservation Act. The measure, authored by state Representatives Mitchell Setzer and Jay Adams, would forbid the enforcement of any federal regulation aimed at unconstitutionally abridging the right to keep and bear arms as protected by the Second Amendment."
"House Bill 886 follows the counsel given by James Madison regarding the proper course for states whose sovereign territory is being encroached upon by the federal government." ... |
TX: Texas House gives final approval to open carry
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"Texas is closer to becoming the most populous state to allow licensed open carry of handguns after Republicans pushed through a key vote in the state House."
"House lawmakers in a 101-42 vote gave final approval to open carry on Monday after preliminarily passing the bill Friday. The state Senate has already approved a similar version and the chambers could send the measure to Gov. Greg Abbott to sign into law in the coming weeks." ... |
WI: Brady Center’s Attorneys Withdraw from Case Under Cloud of Ethical Lapses
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"Earlier last week, the Brady Center’s Legal Action Project attorneys Jonathan Lowy and Alla Lefkowitz withdrew from a Wisconsin lawsuit after inadmissible evidence was published on Brady’s website in violation of Wisconsin’s rules of professional conduct concerning trial publicity."
"According to an article ... Milwaukee County Judge Jeffrey Conen may have given Lowy and Lefkowitz the benefit of the doubt when he said, 'I don’t how things are practiced in Washington, D.C., or New York or anywhere else, but out here in the Midwest we have certain rules.' Judge Conen’s reference to Washington, D.C. and New York was likely due to those being the jurisdictions of Lowy’s and Lefkowitz’s bar membership, respectively." ... |
MI: What Would Jesus Do? Pack Heat, Michigan Priest Says
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"A Catholic priest in Ann Arbor is taking heat for a pro-gun letter that encouraged parishioners to arm themselves, and said Christians too often pretend they live in a bucolic 'Mayberry'-like world where bad things never happen."
"The lengthy, 4,150-word missive is a followup to controversial announcement the Rev. Edward Fride made during Palm Sunday Mass when he said the Christ the King parish was offering concealed pistol licensing classes in response to an uptick in crime in the area, the Detroit Free Press reports." ... |
WY: Gun show comes in with bang
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"Newcomers to the Cody Firearms Museum won’t notice the subtle differences at the new-look entrance inside the Buffalo Bill Center of the West."
"But regulars can tell things have been improved and a new platform and walkway added so the area is more inviting."
"Descriptions posted next to firearms and exhibits are easier to read and more detailed.
'We’re freshening up,' associate curator Ashley Hlebinsky said."
"Last Thursday night the Center offered a sneak preview of the upgraded firearms museum which Hlebinsky promised will be morphing into a 'more hands-on experience.' The event was part of the Cody Culture Club series and about 150 people attended."
"Also featured was an appearance by actor Joe Mantegna ..." ... |
TX: Mankind has always had right to self defense
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"George Mason, co-author of the Second Amendment and known as one of the fathers of the United States Bill of Rights, said, 'I ask Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.'"
"With the approach of the American Revolution, the natural rights philosophers had established the foundation for self-defense. Every man's life, they said, belongs to God, and to allow one's life to be taken because one failed to defend it was wrong."
"The natural law of the right to self-defense was also applied to the duty to protect one's family, community and national liberties. For the colonists, at the heart of their religion was liberty, a sacred gift from God." ... |
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| "And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling in terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand? [...] The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt!" —Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago (Chapter 1 "Arrest") |
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