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Oath Keepers providing security in mine dispute with BLM
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... "Oath Keepers, who previously helped provide requested security at the Bundy Ranch and for Ferguson business owners, were called in following an April 6 incident when a BLM officer and the Josephine County Sheriff served papers on alleged noncompliance issues involving previously recognized rights for the mining operation. The Oath Keepers presence is intended to secure the mine and property pending the mine operators having their claims heard by a judge."
"In order to facilitate their operations, Oath Keepers of Josephine County has put out a request for volunteers. ... Along with needed slots to fill, basic information on gear, supplies and rules that must be followed is provided." ... |
Gun rights advocates can use social media to better influence political outcomes
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... "What’s obvious is many gun rights organizations and their members are squandering valuable political resources by not stepping up lobbying efforts using social media. Resistance and objections to signing up include feelings that it’s a waste of time, fear of privacy intrusions, not wanting to join gun-censoring Facebook, or the seemingly ubiquitous 'Molon Labe!' excuse for doing nothing besides leaving occasional blog and forum comments.
"For that last group, aside from recalling an experience-formed Churchill quote, there’s not much that can be offered. For the other objections, you’ll only be wasting time and sharing TMI if you allow your time to be wasted and use the tools for trivial reasons. ..." ... |
‘Kapo’ von Furstenberg gives Giffords ‘gun control’ award at UN
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... "Von Furstenberg is a curious, but not unexpected admirer of a state monopoly of violence. Having married into an aristocratic German family and enjoying the title of “Princess” until her divorce, she is the Belgian-born daughter of European Jews, her mother being an Auschwitz concentration camp Holocaust survivor. As such, one would think that she would have special sensitivity to the terrible consequences of disarming citizens. Instead, from her position of sheltered insider privilege, she has chosen to be what my late friend and founder of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Aaron Zelman, called “bagel-brained,” and what I have termed being a 'kapo for Kristallnacht.'" ... |
Armed Citizens Change Society
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"I mentioned that gun owners are now considered mainstream in most of America. Yes, gun owners have finally achieved.. ordinary. Yawn. Measured across the nation, about one in eight adults have a concealed carry permit. More than a third of American families admit they have guns at home. This is significant because criminals act differently when citizens are armed. My neighbor who carries is obviously able to protect herself, but she makes the rest of us safer as well. This is how the theory works. Fewer criminals will be on the street once criminals encounter someone who shoots back. Thugs don’t like guns.. once their victims have guns too. This is more than theory. We have experience to prove it." ... |
Question of the Day: Does Gun Ownership Make You *Less* Confrontational?
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... "Depending on my mood in the mornings, I’ll either listen to XM radio for morning show idiot-free music or NPR. Yeah, I know. Anyway, as luck would have it this morning was a NPR day. They have a long-running a series called StoryCorps. It’s a collection of short three- to five-minute personal stories as filler between the local and national news. I was getting ready to hop out of the truck when the story titled 'The Day One Man Decided To Give Up His Gun' came on. I was compelled to stop and listen. . ." ... |
Are Democrats dangerously delusional about background checks?
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"A comment the other day by Oregon Rep. Dan Rayfield (D-Corvallis) reported by the Albany Democrat Herald Thursday seems to sum up what many in the Second Amendment community have decided is a dangerously delusional attitude about a proposed “universal background check” bill now headed to the full House in Salem."
"'We still need to close the loopholes,' Rayfield said, according to the newspaper. 'Criminals, as was noted, are still going to attempt to purchase guns. Right now if they can't go through the traditional means they go to private sales, online markets, to gain access to these guns.'"
"Does this guy, or any of his colleagues, have a clue about how criminals really obtain most of their firearms? ..." ... |
Self-Defense Tip: See Something, Say Something. Maybe.
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"'The owner of a local gun range called authorities last September, suspicious about an inexperienced group that had come to learn how to shoot a pistol. One of those men drew much wider attention last week,' wsj.com reports. 'Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, a 23-year-old Ohio man back in town three months after he returned from training with violent extremists in Syria, was the leader of the group at the gun range, according to court documents from federal authorities. He was accused by federal officials in court papers of contemplating an attack against the U.S.' If you see something suspicious at the gun store or gun range, say something. That said . . ." ... |
5.11 Goes All In for Tactical Kilts (video available)
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"Guys. It’s a skirt. OK? If you want to wear a skirt, by all means, go ahead, wear a skirt. Your freedom of expression is protected with and by my right to keep and bear arms. You can call it a kilt and draw upon centuries of kick-ass Scottish heritage. [Click here for 5.11’s history of the kilt.] And yes, I bet your bits are cooler than my bits when the temperature is sizzling hot but . . ." ... |
What works, an American Warrior interview with Tom Givens
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"In the day-to-day activities of life, we often need expert services or advice. If heart surgery is in order, we look for a surgeon who has a good track record. If we need a plumber, we look for one with a good reputation."
"When looking for someone to train with for defensive gun usage, why not find a trainer who has experience in the business, but also has, like a top heart surgeon, a good track record of saved lives."
"Recently, Mike Seeklander of The American Warrior Show had an interview with Tom Givens, of Rangemaster Firearms Training Services in Memphis, Tennessee; a city, as Givens states, with a per capita violent crime rate about 2½ times that of Los Angeles!" ...
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Everytown for Gun Safety: We Won’t Debate Because Our Opponents Aren’t Credible (video available)
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"'John Lott was originally supposed to be on C-SPAN for an hour to discuss these issues with Ted Alcorn, the research director for Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown,' Lott’s crimeresearchcenter.org reports. 'But Alcorn would not appear at the same time and insisted that he be allowed to appear after Lott.' When pressed on the issue by a caller [as above], Alcorn dismissed his detractors as unworthy due to their lack of credibility. Incredible, eh? We won’t deign to debate because our opponents aren’t concerned about 'gun violence.' If you believe that, I have an assault weapons ban I’d like you to consider." ... |
University researches gun violence as a public health issue
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"Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are hoping that a unique approach to addressing gun violence will help put a dent in one of the country's most vexing problems."
"The university launched a program this week that will treat gun violence as a public health crisis and will seek to generate new ideas, policies and safety measures to reduce gun deaths, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported."
"More than 30,000 Americans die each year due to gun violence, and the researchers behind the program believe the problem is more than just a law enforcement issue." ...
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An inalienable right to bear arms in the States: the enduring mystique of the Second Amendment
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... "Like the documentary journalist Iain Overton, author of this book, I was taught to shoot and maintain a gun as a boy. As an adult I joined a campaign to monitor, curb and limit the arms trade. I taught my children good gun protocols and how to shoot. There is an undeniable pleasure in shooting."
"When I moved to Texas I immediately bought a black powder Navy Colt with which to practise the cowboy spins, rolls and shifts I had learned as a boy. The thing Bible-belt Baptists, Bedouin tribesmen, Brazilian drug-barons and Boer farmers have in common is a love of guns. Guns are in our DNA. Yet statistics prove that, wherever they proliferate, murder and suicide rise and children are killed. ..." ... |
Book Review: ‘Doc’ by Mary Doria Russell
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"Girls don’t usually write about the wild west. Mary Doria Russell took on the task and succeeded marvelously with Doc which tells the story of Holliday’s childhood and time in Dodge, where his friendship with the Earp brothers began. The book is well-researched, well-written, and the perfect tome to read while you’re waiting for your turn at the gun range . . ."
"Doc was a gun guy’s gun guy." ... |
GOP to ATF: Stop Questions to Gun Buyers on Race, Ethnicity
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"Asserting that the government has no legitimate reason to require firearms purchasers to disclose their race or ethnicity, two Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to bar the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from doing so in the future."
"'Law abiding citizens should never have to play 20 questions with Uncle Sam just to access their fundamental right to keep and bear arms. As a gun owner myself, I know that this is not only a Second Amendment concern, but also a privacy concern ...' said Tennessee Rep. Diane Black, who has reintroduced the FIREARM (Freedom From Intrusive Regulatory Enforcement of Arbitrary Registration Mandates) Act." ... |
GOP House Bill Would Delete 4473 Race Questions
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"Two GOP lawmakers, Representatives Diane Black of Tennessee and Ted Poe of Texas, are pushing legislation that would have the government go 'color blind' when guns are purchased. They seek to have the race section of form 4473 removed in an effort to not only simplify the process, but to keep the ATF from being racist. The bill has 11 co-sponsors so far and is moving through the House Judiciary Committee . . ." ... |
Why Is President Obama Prohibiting Veterans From Owning Guns?
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"Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is digging for information on why nearly all of the names on the U.S. Justice Department’s gun ban list in the “mental defective” category belong to veterans or their dependents."
"In a letter to outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Grassley questions the Obama administration’s attack on the right of all Americans, including veterans and their families, to keep and bear arms." ... |
TN: Handgun carry in parks legal across Tennessee
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"Yesterday, Governor Bill Haslam of Tennessee signed the bill that legalized defensive handgun carry in parks statewide. This was after the bill took a tortuous trip through the legislature. The enacting of this law got mixed reactions from local officials. The Knoxville News-Sentinel reports that Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero stated in an email, '...Our existing policy has worked very well to keep our public spaces safe...' ..."
"Perhaps Rogero (who can get a police escort any time she feels she needs it) doesn't remember August 14, 2013, when a sexual assault occurred at Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville. Existing policy worked very well for the assailant in that case; but for the victim, not so much!" ... |
NH: Gun permit rules up for House vote
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"New Hampshire House members begin their session Wednesday with guns on their minds."
"The first bill representatives will take up would eliminate the permit requirement for carrying a concealed weapon."
"Senate Bill 116 is sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro, and it passed the Senate on a 14-9 vote."
"The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted 10-6 to recommend the bill be approved."
"Lawmakers have attempted to pass what are called 'constitutional carry' bills for several years without success." ... |
CO: Gun rights in Colorado: All or nothing?
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"As the 2015 legislative session draws to a close, there’s one more burning issue in the Republican-led effort to restore gun rights to Coloradans. At issue is a compromise what would raise the limit of rounds a magazine can hold from 15 to 30. Conservatives are split on whether to take the bait offered by Democrat House Rep. Joe Salazar."
"The background of this issue has become the stuff of legend. In 2013, the Democrat-controlled legislature passed five blatantly unconstitutional limits on Colorado citizens’ rights to keep and bear arms. Then Senate President John Morse rammed the bills through on straight party-line votes with no meaningful debate." ... |
State restrictions on concealed carry by noncitizens are unconstitutional
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"A federal district court in North Carolina held Friday that North Carolina may not discriminate against permanent resident noncitizens in issuing licenses to carry concealed guns. (Messmer v. Harrison.) The U.S. Supreme Court’s D.C. v. Heller decision said that general bans on concealed carry of guns are constitutional, because the have been around in many states starting with the early 1800s. But the Supreme Court held that state laws discriminating against noncitizens — even as to activities that aren’t themselves constitutional rights — usually violate the Equal Protection Clause. That seems to be the court’s rationale in this case." ... |
Well, This Sheds A New Light On Things
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... "We discussed this last night on The Polite Society Podcast. I think the consensus was that we felt for the family especially if they were the ones who had to pay the fees on top of the loss of their daughter Jessica Ghawi."
"Thanks to an observant reader, my sympathy for the Phillips has ratcheted down several levels. I, of course, will always feel sympathy for them over the loss of their daughter. It is something that no parent should have to go through. That said, take a look at the following screen captures."
"The Phillips were not just grieving parents when they brought suit against Lucky Gunner, Sportsman's Guide, and the other defendants. They were paid employees of the Brady Campaign!" ...
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NY: Lawyer Paloma Capanna looks for SAFE Act gun numbers
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"As her case winds through the courts, a prominent Second Amendment rights lawyer is hoping within the next few months to learn how many New Yorkers have registered their assault-style weapons under the NY SAFE Act gun control law."
"'I am told that the decisions are forthcoming,' Rochester-area lawyer Paloma Capanna said, referring to an Article 78 action, a lawsuit against the state, seeking the number of NY SAFE Act registrations." ...
"News organizations as well as Second Amendment groups have filed requests under the state Freedom of Information Law to find out the number."
"But police have maintained the NY SAFE Act, or NY Secure Ammunition Firearms Enforcement Act, contains an exemption to FOIL laws." ... |
WI: Wisconsin’s Shame: Even Salon Agrees the Raids Were Wrong
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"I’ve been interested to see how the Left would respond to the revelations of armed pre-dawn raids in Wisconsin’s “John Doe” investigations — raids that featured battering rams, police officers walking into sleeping kids’ rooms, secrecy mandates, and screaming, taunting investigators. After all, the Left has long touted the existence of the investigations themselves as virtual proof that there was something shady about conservative issue advocacy in Wisconsin. But would the Left publicly support even these tactics?"
"Initially, at least, the answer seems to be no. Writing at Salon, Heather Digby Parton — after some throat-clearing about alleged conservative hypocrisy – gets to the heart of the matter:" ... |
TX: 6 Texas jailers fired after inmate left alone for weeks
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"Six Texas jailers were fired and 29 others suspended after a mentally ill inmate was left unattended and alone in his cell for weeks with insect-infested food containers, a feces-clogged toilet and ropes from his shredded jail uniform hanging from the ceiling."
"Among those fired by Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia on Friday were two jail sergeants indicted earlier this month on record-tampering charges for signing off on paperwork stating that Deterrius Rashad Goodwin was in good condition in his second-floor cell in the Harris County Jail."
"The jail sergeants, Sgt. Ricky D. Pickens-Wilson and Sgt. John Figaroa, are both free on $5,000 bond. If convicted, each faces from two to 10 years in prison." ... |
FL: Lee County Deputy Yvan Fernandez fired for not responding to 911 to eat lunch
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"A Lee County deputy is off the job after an internal report reveals he didn't respond to a 911 call so he could eat lunch."
"The investigation surrounds a 911 call from a home on Dryden Circle on March 13th. The caller wasn't speaking, so dispatch alerted Deputy Yvan Fernandez."
"But instead of responding, reports show Fernandez went to eat lunch instead. The woman caller was having a medical emergency and later died."
"'He made a decision at that moment of time that his lunch and what he had on his personal plate, pun intended I suppose, was more important than that 911 call,' Sheriff Mike Scott said." ... |
KS: Kansas deputy arrested for murder in death of baby son
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"A western Kansas sheriff's deputy has been arrested for the alleged murder of his baby son."
"The Kansas Bureau of Investigation reports that on Thursday, 30-year-old Kody Lee Hanson of Jetmore was arrested by KBI agents in Hodgeman County. The arrest is in connection to the death of Hanson's two-month-old son, who died last week at a Wichita hospital."
"Hanson was booked into the Ford County Detention Center for first degree murder and felony child abuse." ... |
MS: Greenwood officer suspended over lt. gov. candidate arrest
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"A Greenwood police officer has been suspended pending an internal investigation by the department in the April 7 arrest of Jelani Barr, an activist and candidate for lieutenant governor."
"The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Mayor Carolyn McAdams announced the investigation into the conduct of Randy Powell during this week's City Council meeting."
"Authorities say the 30-year-old Barr was arrested as he made a video recording of a traffic stop. He was charged with disorderly conduct and interfering with a police officer." ... |
TX: Family Building Midland's First Indoor Gun Range
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"West County Road 72 will soon be the home of Midland's first indoor gun range."
"The man behind Family Armory & Indoor Range first appeared on NewsWest 9 in 2012 when he began conducting market research to understand local needs."
"Tony Grijalva, who owns and operates the business alongside family members, said approximately 70 percent of the 2,000 West Texans he surveyed reported wanting an indoor gun range in the Basin." ... |
FL: Right to bear arms (fifth letter)
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"Re: Richard Wallace letter April 22, 'Don’t get a gun'."
"Mr. Wallace claims that the NRA wouldn’t want Roger McHose as a member. The real question begging is why would anyone want to join a nut-case outfit like the NRA. The NRA is our country’s curse with its lapdog pals in congress so terrified that they can’t even pass a no brainer like background checks." ... |
TN: Is allowing guns in business parking lots a good idea?
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"Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law a tweak to a measure passed by Tennessee legislators in 2013 to allow state residents with handgun carry permits to keep firearms in their vehicles regardless of where they work. The fix allows workers to sue their employers if they are fired for storing guns in cars parked on company lots."
"The state General Assembly passed the amendment despite opposition from the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce. Supporters said they wanted to remove any possible confusion concerning the measure." ... |
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