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International Association For The Protection Of Civilian Arms Rights Update
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"IAPCAR Ambassadors Julianne Versnel (SAF), Alan Gottlieb (CCRKBA) and Simone Ciucchi and Silvia Gentile (FISAT) attended EXA 2010, the 29th International Sporting Arms, Security, Outdoor Show in Brescia, Italy where they launched an IAPCAR supported class action lawsuit to protect the rights of Italian firearms owners."
"At the EXA Show over 1200 gun owners signed up as co-plaintiffs for the first ever gun owner class action lawsuit filed in Europe. IAPCAR owes a very big thank you to the Italian gun magazine, ARMIeTiro who provided the exhibit space for the effort." ...
"IAPCAR now has 14 member organizations from 7 countries on three continents. Several more national organizations are in the process of joining." ... |
Hatred, Intolerance, Violence and the Southern Poverty Law Center
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... "So, what exactly are the SPLC's political positions? Well, I think it's safe to say that they're anti-militia. They spent a lot of time and effort demonizing these groups. I would say that they seem awfully anti free association. They certainly don't seem to want groups of people gathering together to discuss politics, especially if their views differ from the views and opinions of the SPLC leadership. This is particularly true if these people carry guns, for then they must be anti government. Certainly they believe militias are not just preparing in case they might have to depend on themselves in the event of some disaster."
"They seem to be anti second amendment, not wanting people to have the means to defend themselves. ..." ... |
Gun Shows & More Lies from Mayor Bloomberg
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"This week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control advocacy group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), began running television ads urging Congress to 'close the gun show loophole.'" ...
"MAIG's ads claim 'The Columbine school massacre … killers got their guns because of a gap in the law ...' And in a related press release, MAIG claims 'All four guns used in the Columbine shootings were bought from private sellers at gun shows.'"
"The claims are lies, of course.
For starters, one of the Columbine criminals' four firearms was not acquired at a gun show. More to the point, however, the other three firearms, while bought at a gun show, were bought for the criminals by a straw purchaser ..." ... |
Safer Streets 2010: Invigorating the electorate via college students
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"A lot of second amendment education of the electorate will be facts and much will be a values system or way of life philosophy. Dan Bidstrup has one such piece April 27th which presents facts, and also combines his content with a values system which we believe we are losing. Connect these two – facts and what they signify to us – and you can more likely motivate the electorate."
"Good work, Dan."
"In examining college student objections to concealed carry on campus, Dan raises two important issues: psychodynamics at work in opposing second amendment rights [projection, he mentions] and how to reach these people." ... |
Updates on Philippine elections and Denver gun show shooting last March
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"I have been watching, from a distance, the election season in the Philippines because this time around, the national government declared a giant gun free zone for the country. No weapons were to be carried outside the home for the duration of the election cycle. Candidates could apply for two armed security guards ... Hundreds of thousands of police and military were detailed to man checkpoints and do foot patrols to enforce the ban. ... So far, this season has had more violence than previous ones ..."
"This from the Hindustan Times underscores yet again that folks actually, in their heart of hearts, know that carrying guns for self-defense is the only real solution. Gun free zones don't work:" ... |
NRA Foundation Awards $20,000 in College Scholarships
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"The NRA Foundation has awarded a total of $20,000 through the 2010 Youth Education Summit (Y.E.S.) Grand Scholarship contest, whose pool of applicants came from 2009 summit attendees."
"The scholarships are paid directly to the accredited college or technical school of the student’s choice." ... |
Have Gun, Must Flaunt It?
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"Like a fly on a birthday cake, the subject of open carry—legally wearing a gun in public—keeps landing in the news and nobody can swat it down. Those who would like to be rid of it range from some of the most ardent gun-controllers to some of the fiercest believers in the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Many of the latter live in the 43 states where it already is legal to openly wear a handgun (although rules vary about whether it can be loaded, etc.). That the majority of people who could walk around outfitted for the OK Corral choose not to do so ought to be a hint that the minority who are most eager to force open carry on the rest of us might belong in a special category of bozos." ... |
Of Guns and Bicycles
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"This just in: The [ATF] on Thursday released its annual report on guns recovered in crimes in New York."
"It is a snapshot of the guns recovered by law enforcement officers around the state, which were then submitted to the bureau to be traced. 'We want to trace them to find out where they come from who purchased them and how did they get to New York,' said Joseph G. Green, a spokesman for the bureau." ...
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NRA's '2nd Amendment Enforcement Act' a Misleading Farce
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"Yesterday, U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced a bill that would repeal public safety laws enacted by the District of Columbia in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in the 2008 case of D.C. v. Heller." ...
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IL: If no National Guard to curb violence, then what?
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"I would like to take the opportunity to respond to some of the comments that have been made in response to the call by State Rep. John Fritchey and me for Gov. Quinn to work with Mayor Daley and Chicago Police Superintendent Weis to deploy the Illinois National Guard in an effort to combat the crime and violence that plagues our city streets. ..." ...
"The Chicago Police Department is working hard, but the mayor and the police superintendent have said that help is needed. We think that deploying the Guard is a good option that should be used to save lives. If there are other options that can be shown to achieve the same goal, we should look closely at those options. ..." ...
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FL: CCW holder stops bank robbery
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"A 62-year-old off-duty security guard is being credited with thwarting an attempted bank robbery in Palm Bay this afternoon." ...
"'The robber was apprehended by a customer with a concealed weapons permit,' said Yvonne Martinez, spokeswoman for the Palm Bay Police Department."
"The suspect, Floyd Francis, 23, was taken into custody after the off-duty security guard, identified as Rueben Torres, stepped out of the branch office and walked to the parking lot."
"'I went to the car and got my weapon,' said Torres, who stopped off at the bank before heading to work. Torres then pulled his 9mm on the robber before he left the branch building." ... |
AL: Man charged in death of friend
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"A Northport man was charged with murder Wednesday after his friend was shot and killed by the man they tried to rob."
"Investigators say the actions of Rashad Drakkar Hayward, 20, led to the death of Christopher Antonio Collins, 18. Police said Hayward and Collins tried to rob and shoot a man who ended up shooting Collins with Collins’ gun on Tuesday night." ...
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SC: Inglis covers his right flank
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"Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.), taking heavy fire from four GOP primary opponents, is working hard to remind voters in his upstate South Carolina district of his conservative credentials."
"Inglis, running for a seventh term, is rolling out an endorsement from the National Rifle Association this week and launching two new TV ads that highlight his voting record."
"'The National Rifle Association is proud to lend our support to Congressman Inglis because he is a staunch defender of the Second Amendment freedoms of law-abiding gun owners, hunters and sportsmen in South Carolina,' National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund Chairman Chris Cox said in a statement." ... |
OH: Mayors Against Illegal Guns TV ads pose question for DeWine & Kasich
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"In 2009, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), the gun control front group run by billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, made news for apparently having added the names of mayors to his group without permission."
"In 2010, Bloomberg hopes to make news for a different reason. According to a recent MAIG press release, the gun ban group is spending more than a quarter of a million dollars to release a series of television commercials on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and in local markets in Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Virginia. The ads call on senators from those states to join a minority that wishes to ban private sales of firearms between individuals at gun shows." ... |
IA: GOP candidate praises Culver (really!)
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"Rep. Rod Roberts, a Republican candidate for governor, has found another way to distinguish himself from his GOP opponents. Today he actually praised Democratic Gov. Chet Culver. And it wasn’t even a backhanded compliment."
"OK, so it was for signing a bill backed by the National Rifle Association that standardized rules for getting concealed weapons permits. Not a big stretch for a Republican. But Roberts actually sent out a press release commending Culver for signing the bill. I expect that’s the kind of thing Roberts is talking about when he says he can reach across the aisle and work with both parties." ... |
GA: Isakson Co-Sponsors Legislation to Protect Second Amendment Rights
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"U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today co-sponsored legislation to secure gun rights for law-abiding residents of the District of Columbia."
"'I support the Second Amendment right of all law-abiding citizens to defend themselves and their families,' Isakson said. 'This step is essential to restoring to District residents the constitutionally guaranteed right to protect themselves.'"
"The Second Amendment Enforcement Act would secure for [DC] residents the rights reinforced by the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. The legislation would repeal the city's overly restrictive firearms registration system as well as restore the right of self-defense for any District resident in his or her home." ... |
TN: State Senate Passes Bill To Allow Guns In All Establishments Selling Alcohol
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"The State Senate passed a bill Thursday 23-9 sponsored by Sen. Doug Jackson (D-Dickson) to allow handgun carry permit holders to take their weapons into establishments that serve alcohol."
"'This version of the legislation will provide law-abiding citizens the opportunity to responsibly and legally exercise their Second Amendment rights while allowing business owners to run their establishments as they like,' Sen. Jackson said."
"The Senate version passed Thursday would make illegal the consumption of alcohol while carrying a firearm, and allows business owners to ban guns completely from their premises by posting clear, specific public notice." ... |
MO: Gun Bill Passes State House
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"The Missouri House of Representatives passed a new bill that will allow people to conceal and carry their guns in the parking lots of private businesses if they have a permit."
"Republican Representative Stanley Cox from Sedalia sponsored the Business Premises Safety Act. It passed the house by a vote of 113 to 40."
"Target Masters Employee Cory Meyer has a concealed carry permit. He said he thinks the measure is a safe one." ... |
OH: Two Buckeye Firearms Assoc.-endorsed bills receive hearings
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"SB247, a bill which will bring Ohio's restoration of rights in line with Federal law and United States Supreme Court ruling, received its first hearing on Wednesday in the Senate Judiciary on Criminal Justice Committee. The bill's primary sponsor, Sen. Jason Wilson, testified about the need for the bill and how his bill will correct the problem affecting many Ohio gun owners. (see below for transcript)"
"The committee also gave SB239 (Restaurant Carry & Car Carry Rules Fix) its third hearing. Three people testified in support of the bill, including Robert Kelley and Richard Clark who did a good job explaining their reason why current law is flawed and how SB239 will solve their problems." ... |
IA: Gov. Culver: Signs bill standardizing weapon permit process
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"Governor Chet Culver today signed into law Senate File 2379, legislation that standardizes the weapon permit process across Iowa."
"Iowa has historically been a 'may issue' state, meaning that decisions on whether to issue an individual a permit to carry a weapon were made at the local level at the sheriff's discretion, with inconsistencies among counties. Senate File 2379 makes Iowa a 'shall issue' state in which individuals will be granted weapon permits unless they meet certain criteria for denial."
"'I am signing this bill because I believe there doesn't need to be any conflict between the freedom to carry firearms and public safety,' Governor Culver said during a signing ceremony at the State Capitol. ..." ... |
WA: SPD chief candidate interviews slated May 8; please answer the following
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"Saturday, May 8 will be a busy day for the 26-member Seattle Police Chief search committee, and the 11 semi-finalists now on the list to become the Jet City’s next top cop." ...
"As I wrote earlier here, there is concern in the firearms community about who will be selected, with no small suspicion that Far Left Mayor Mike McGinn – a liberal's liberal – will choose someone with a preconceived bias against armed private citizens." ...
"Here are some questions the firearms community might ask of the candidates:"
"Q. If hired as Seattle police chief, would you support or lobby to overturn Washington State’s model preemption firearms statute, which, among other things, prevents cities from adopting their own gun ordinances?" ... |
IA: Iowa Governor Culver signs carry bill
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"Governor Chet Culver Thursday put the finishing touches on bills outstanding from the 2010 legislative session by signing nine bills on the last day of the Governor's 30-day bill-signing period." ...
"The Governor began the day at a Capitol public signing of a bill standardizing the process of issuing Iowa weapons permits. The bill was strongly supported by gun owners and sportsmen throughout the state."
"Until today, Iowa has been a 'may issue' state, with decisions on whether to issue weapons permits being made at a sheriff's discretion, with inconsistencies among counties. Senate File 2379 makes Iowa a 'shall issue' state in which individuals will be granted weapon permits unless they meet certain criteria for denial." ... |
LA: Bill for arming worshipers OK'd
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"People qualified to carry concealed weapons should be able to keep them strapped on in a church or temple as a way to enhance security, a House committee decided Wednesday."
"The Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice voted 8-3 for House Bill 68 by Rep. Henry Burns, R-Shreveport, sending it to more debate on the House floor."
"The bill would allow a church to hire a security force or create its own by authorizing the church's board or pastor to tap parishioners who have concealed weapons permits to bring them to church. State law now bans weapons in houses of worship." ... |
Aw gee whiz, who didn't see that one coming?
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"Ladies and gentlemen, I know this will shock you all, but it appears that there may be some problem with the FBI's case against the Hutaree."
"Take a minute. Let the enormity of that surprise sink in entirely."
"Yes, it now appears that the lead agent in the case is having the same sort of dogged memory problem that so often seems to afflict state witnesses. Especially state witnesses that the state does not wish to be compelled to testify in the first place:" ...
"I opined before that this case would probably start to stink shortly after the enormous grandstanding and media blitz of the military operation had served its purpose, and it doesn't appear to have taken long to begin." ... |
Did armed Ohioan near Obama's plane really break law?
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"Many gun-rights advocates will concede that telling security officials you want to see the president while wearing a sidearm in the parking lot of an airport recently used by Air Force One is, well, not very smart."
"But is it criminal?"
"Joseph Sean McVey, 23, of Athens, Ohio, was arrested in Asheville, N.C., on Sunday for doing that."
"Some proponents of the right to carry guns wonder whether the incident wasn't an overreaction by law enforcement. They point to McVey's valid - at the time - concealed-carry permit and North Carolina's open-carry laws and ask what, exactly, he did wrong." ... |
Judge asks feds to show militia did more than talk
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"A federal judge challenged prosecutors Wednesday to show that nine members of a Michigan militia accused of plotting war against the government had done more than just talk and should remain locked up."
"U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts heard nearly 10 hours of testimony and arguments over two days. She did not make a decision about whether the nine will remain in custody, saying only that a ruling would come soon." ...
"Prosecutors say the public would be at risk if the nine are released. But defense lawyers claim the government has overreached with a criminal case based mostly on hateful speech." ...
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"Mysteries of Policy": Officially Sanctioned Murder
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"Troy Meade killed Niles Meservey in the parking lot of Everett, Washington's Chuckwagon Inn last June 10. Meade shot the unarmed, intoxicated man seven times in the back. These facts are not in dispute."
"In his recently concluded trial, Meade justified his lethal assault by describing it as self-defense: At the time of the shooting, the drunken Meservey was behind the wheel of his Corvette ..."
"The jury rejected the claim of self-defense, because Meade was never in significant physical jeopardy. ..."
"Trial testimony established that Meservey was not backing up when Meade pulled his gun. The wrecked Corvette was still embedded in the fence when the crime scene investigators arrived." ... |
WI: Platteville cop charged with 'regularly' smoking crack
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was charged in federal court Tuesday with keeping a drug house."
"Michelle V. Salentine, 28, who has been with the department since 2004, appeared in U.S. District Court and was ordered held in jail until a detention hearing ..."
"Salentine remained in the Dane County Jail Tuesday night. ..."
"... Salentine was arrested on Monday after she arrived for a night patrol shift. She admitted to authorities, the affidavit states, that she had been smoking crack four to six times a week for about a year, and that she and another person who lives with her occasionally drove to Milwaukee to buy crack." ...
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TN: Lebanon Officer Accidentally Shoots, Kills Driver
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"An officer with the Lebanon Police Department accidentally shot and killed the suspect in a high speed vehicle pursuit." ...
"The vehicles made their way onto Carthage Highway, where Thompson ran off the road."
"Lebanon police Commissioner Billy Weeks said at a news conference that the officers reported Thompson was non-compliant after the crash."
"As the officers approached the vehicle, McKinnley slipped and his firearm went off. Officer Mitch McDannald thought the gunfire came from the suspect and he returned fire, fatally wounding Thompson."
"'It's unfortunate for these police officers, and it's unfortunate that they were put into this position. It's unfortunate that it turned out the way it did,' said Weeks." ... |
Canada: Gun registry not working: Police Chief Rick Hanson
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"Police Chief Rick Hanson says it's time to review the federal gun registry, even though most of his colleagues support keeping it."
"'The gun registry has done little to make the streets safer,' said Police Chief Rick Hanson."
"Calgary is known for its gang wars that have played out on city streets."
"Shootouts have left a bloody trail of murder and violence."
"The police gang unit says handguns are the weapon of choice for Calgary gangs."
"But there has also been an increase in the use of heavier weapons like assault rifles, which can penetrate body armour and vehicles." ...
"'It's not helping. The guns these people have, they don't register, they don't care ...' commented Chief Hanson." ... |
OK: The lies against open carry in Oklahoma
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"Oklahoma's newest proposed addition to the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act is HB 3354, a bill to allow people with concealed carry permits to open carry firearms. The bill passed the Senate on Wednesday, April 21, and is now awaiting a vote by the House. However, detractors of the bill are not being silent; they are working hard to mislead the public with false statements and by trotting out old, tired lines to put fear in the hearts of Oklahomans."
"Senator Richard Lerblance, a Democrat from Hartshorne warns of a return to the past:"
"'I guess we are going back to the Wyatt Earp days.'"
My, my, my. Senator Lerblance, is there no originality left in the anti-gun sentiment today? ..." ... |
TN: Unconstitutionally vague.....unintended consequences!
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"Any student of high school physics knows that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. For example, the exhaust gasses from a jet engine go to the rear and the plane moves forward."
"Last year, in 2009, the Tennessee Legislature passed a bill that allowed persons with valid Handgun Carry Permits to carry their sidearm in restaurants that serve alcohol. ..."
"... Chancellor Bonnyman, in a classic move of judicial fiat, ruled the statute unconstitutionally vague."
"Now, the Legislature is in the throes of rewriting the law, with hopes of its meeting judicial review."
"But, there is always the law of unintended consequences to contend with ..." ... |
TN: Let's Hope Philip Van Cleave Doesn't Decide to Move to Tennessee
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"Efforts to change state law to allow gun permit holders to bring weapons into places where alcohol is served, which may or may not succeed this year, have at least incorporated one small bit of sanity: a provision that an individual carrying a weapon can't consume any hooch whilst packing. But if we do get a compromise bill that passes legal muster, will Pistol Nation be satisfied with sipping Diet Coke? Or is the right to be armed in a bar just the first step?"
"Over in Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell just signed a bill into law allowing concealed weapons in restaurants serving alcohol, and their bill, like those proposed here, says the gun-toter can't imbibe. But Virginia's gun nuts aren't stopping there. ..." ... |
TN: Nurse sues Tenn. governor to win back gun rights
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"A registered nurse, who was pardoned of a felony drug conviction, has filed a lawsuit against Tennessee's governor and attorney general in an effort to win back his gun rights."
"The suit filed Thursday against Gov. Phil Bredesen and Attorney General Bob Cooper says the state of Tennessee is ignoring the Second Amendment rights of anyone who's given a pardon that also restores gun rights. It is asking a judge to stop the state from denying the gun rights of people given these special types of pardons." ... |
China: Man stabs 28 children at kindergarten in China
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"The screams of the 4-year-olds inside the kindergarten could be heard out in the street. When people ran in to investigate, they found what one witness said was a scene "too horrible to imagine" — blood everywhere as a knife-wielding man slashed 28 children, two teachers and a security guard Thursday in the second such school attack in China in two days."
"Experts called it a copycat rampage triggered by similar incidents Wednesday and last month. They said the wave of school attacks falls amid poor care for the mentally unstable and growing feelings of social injustice in the fast-changing country." ...
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