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Amnesty bill threat to gun owners shows need for organized involvement
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... "Activist Russ Howard welcomes GOA’s alert as a desperately needed sea-change adjustment to the single-issue model that prevails in the gun rights community, just in time for a chance to defeat the 'Gang of 10’s' comprehensive open-immigration bill. 'This could be like a call from the governor 10 minutes before execution. What would we do without GOA and the other steadfast groups like Grassroots North Carolina and Oregon Firearms Federation?'" ... |
Illinois AG Madigan wants more time to decide how to keep citizens defenseless
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... "On Monday, [Illinois State Attorney General] Madigan pulled one more arrow from her quiver. With the May 23 deadline for her decision on whether or not to file a Supreme Court appeal fast approaching, and with no sign that a legislative solution is in the offing within that time frame, she is asking the Court to extend the deadline until June 24. From the Chicago Sun-Times:"
"Madigan would have until June 24 to file a petition for appeal with the high court if it grants her office the 30-day extension. ..."
"This seems a rather desperate move. For one thing, even if the Supreme Court grants her extension, the June 9 deadline for passing a law--or letting concealed carry go unregulated--is still in place. ..." ... |
‘Our rights are not for sale’ say fired-up gun owners
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"Promises of a big bucks political campaign to force Washington lawmakers to adopt a 'universal background check' law, with threats of an initiative if they don’t, have fired up Evergreen State gun owners since Monday’s press conference by several Seattle religious activists."
"Bellevue’s Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, intended no pun when he told the Seattle Times, 'The devil is always in the details.' What more pointed reaction could one make to an anti-gun political campaign launched by 'a coalition of religious leaders, elected officials and activists?'" ... |
Politics, gun safety and separation of church and state
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"If it were any issue other than firearms, this morning’s press conference involving what a press release described as 'Dozens of interfaith and denominational faith leaders—under the banner of the Faith Action Network (FAN)' would be vilified for crossing the invisible line of separation of church and state."
"They gathered to threaten the State Legislature with an initiative to restrict the rights of gun owners with so-called “universal background checks” as a panacea to violent crime. ..." ... |
A tale of two rallies
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"This morning I was reading the press coverage of last week’s Stop The NRA 'rally' in DC."
"Despite the fact that it only attracted a whopping 60 attendees, it received quite a bit of positive attention from the mainstream media."
"Now … let’s compare that to another rally that took place last week with practically no media attention."
"On Tuesday April 23rd, I drove the 430 miles from Bristol Virginia to Harrisburg Pennsylvania for the 8th annual Right to Keep and Bear Arms Rally."
"This rally, which takes place every year, is a gathering of Pennsylvania gun owners who travel to the state capitol to let their voices be heard by those who represent them."
"So how did the two rallies compare? ..." ... |
'Shills of the gun industry' trying to expand 'prohibited purchaser' list
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"We hear a lot in anti-gun circles (which would include the President and most of the Democrat Party, and most of the mass media) these days about the evils of the 'gun lobby' (and by 'gun lobby,' they generally mean the NRA, despite the gun lobby being something else entirely). Furthermore, we are told that 'the gun lobby' (which, remember, is being used as just another term for the NRA) is motivated only by fealty to its gun industry masters, and the desire to protect industry profits." ... |
New From Nightforce: NXS Compact 2.5-10 x 42 Scope
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"Just ahead of the NRA Show this weekend comes news out of Georgia from Nightforce that they’re expanding their well-respected NXS compact line. Already offering a 2.5-10×32 scope, they’ve upped the ante by adding a 42mm front optic. Which should make seeing those early rising deer or happy hour rutting feral hogs that much easier to spot in low light conditions. Here are the details . . ." ... |
New from Magpul: 30-round AK-47 Magazine
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"Magpul just announced via Facebook that they are now producing and shipping 30-round magazines for the AK-47 platform in 7.62×39. This is their first announced magazine for a new weapons platform since they introduced the 7.62 NATO PMAG for the AR-10 weapon system, and the first non-AR magazine they’ve made (well, besides that G36 PMAG bastardization). We’ll get our hands on some at the NRA annual meeting and report back ASAP . . ." ... |
Magpul Introduces “Pro” Back-Up Sights
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"Magpul announced this week (just ahead of the NRA Annual Meeting) that they have a new line of flip-up backup sights. This time, they’re made of steel rather than plastic. That plasticity was the main complaint about the previous sights, and it doesn’t hurt that the new versions have a new look to them as well. They’re slated for a late summer 2013 release, with the front sight retailing at $84.95 and the rear at $104.95. Make the jump for their PR reps’ pitch . . ." ... |
New (Again) from Auto Ordnance: Thompson Custom 1911TC
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"Like a lot of firearms manufacturers, Kahr Arms is sitting pretty. The post-Obama, post-Newtown guns and ammo sales surge has been very, very good to them. So good, in fact, that they stopped making the Auto Ordnance Thompson Custom 1911TC to satisfy demand for concealed carry pistols. Well, that’s their story and they’re sticking to it. Now that demand has eased, or supply has increased, or something . . . it’s baaaaack! Jewish gunoscenti may say, 'tell me, what makes this 1911 different from every other 1911?' Sci fi lovers will no doubt respond, 'I’m sorry Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.' Suffice it to say, $813. And welcome back." ... |
Ammo Review: Winchester PDX1 Defender – 7.62 x 39
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"Winchester Ammunition has expanded their line of premium self-defense ammunition known as 'PDX1 Defender.' The newest caliber: 7.62×39mm. It’s a great addition to the product line, since there’s little widely available premium ammo for this workhouse commie caliber. ... Although more of a specialty round, Winchester’s new Razorback XT round is also worthy of mention as a premium hunting round. But where the Razorback features a solid, lead-free bullet optimized for thick-skinned ungulates such as Sus scrofa, the PDX1 is designed to expand more rapidly, presumably in bipedal vermin of the homo-sapiens or homo neanderthalensis variety. Don’t laugh – there are definitely some of those Neanderthals still running around ..." ... |
Henry Repeating Arms: “We’re Still Standing” (Better Than We Ever Did)
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"Six months ago today Hurricane Sandy slammed into coastal New Jersey, leaving devastation in its wake. Amongst its victims: lever gun manufacturer Henry Repeating Arms. Henry’s factory was hit head on, with waves crashing into the side of its plant and wind tearing at its roof. The day after the storm, Henry’s CEO toured the five-year-old facility, taking stock of the damage. 'The storm blew off a major section of our roof,' Anthony Imperato told TTAG. 'There was three feet of water in the factory; it covered 100 machine centers. There was a sinkhole in one of the buildings.' Imperato’s a man of few words, all of them carefully chosen. I asked him if Sandy harshed his mellow . . ." ... |
Biden speaks and gun show sales continue
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"In Puyallup Saturday morning, ammunition dealers at the monthly Washington Arms Collectors’ show could hardly have been busier and some were thanking Vice President Joe Biden for keeping their sales strong."
"As Brietbart reported, the vice president predicted the other day that Congress will pass some sort of gun control legislation 'before the year is out.' Remarks like that are all it takes for the 'lead rush' to continue." ... |
Gun Grabbers: Mind the “Terror Gap.” Again. Still.
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"The gun control lobby hasn’t taken well to their recent defeat in the U.S. Senate. They’re bitching and moaning and polling and promising to revive their dead background check bill. The anti-gun grumbling is, in the main, mainstream media misegos. The public has moved on. Why wouldn’t they? Miniature Schnauzers have a longer attention span (and I mean that in the nicest possible way to both man and beast). To keep the anti-gunners’ juices flowing, the gun grabbers have changed the subject. Dancing in the blood of innocents, again, still, they’ve used the Boston Marathon bombing as an excuse to return to the subject of the 'terror gap.' Folks, we shot this one down more than two years ago. To recap . . ." ... |
Whose rights are being protected?
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"It is just as much of a right to not carry a gun as it is to carry one. And it should be a right not to be killed by one."
"Unfortunately, our senators have decided this is not the case. Second Amendment rights were never in danger of being taken away simply by expanding background checks for those who purchase guns at gun shows or on the Internet." ... |
Local Jewish newspaper wants 'conversation' about guns; history not invited (Photos)
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"The editorial board of the St. Louis Jewish Light, like many of the voices for "gun control," wants a 'national conversation' about guns. Also like many such voices, they have a very selective view about whom to invite to this 'conversation':"
"There is no point whatsoever for gun control advocates to engage in discussion with the NRA or its allies at any level. Trying to have a debate with the NRA on this issue is like talking to a brick wall. ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: When I tried to engage my sister-in-law on gun control (she is unabashedly an anti) this was part of her reply: It is at least possible that there are those poor souls who could be won over to your side of the debate by your extensive command of facts and information (although not me ; I hate to have "facts" interfere with Truth !)
So just who exactly is the "brick wall" in this "conversation"? |
Background checks are reasonable
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"The other morning I watched as Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa defended his vote against expanded background checks for gun purchasers by pointing out that criminals will not bother to go through the background check process. He apparently believes that, because criminals will ignore a background-check law, we shouldn't bother to pass a background-check law."
"I wonder whether Sen. Grassley would apply this same reasoning to laws against ... burglarizing homes, or sending letters laced with ricin. ... Sen. Grassley's argument against the background-check law is, on close inspection, an argument against all laws." ...
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Submitter's Note: No, moron, his argument is against all mala prohibita laws, not mala in se laws. |
In America, time to grieve for all we have lost
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... "Do we even know how many children like Noah Pozner, another child killed in Newtown, and Victoria Soto, a first grade teacher at the school, are killed every day in the United States? ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: Yes Alexis, we do know. From 2001 - 2010 an average of 922 children 12 and under were murdered annually. Of those 922, 16.4% (151) of them were killed with a firearm.
Looking at accidental deaths for the same group we find an annual average of 385 died in residential fires, 709 drowned and 1,011 suffocated. Again that is annually. Provides a little perspective, eh? |
WA: Anti-gunners will launch gun control initiative campaign
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"Washington state firearms owners will learn Monday morning what kind of fight they will have on their hands when a group calling itself the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility – which sounds increasingly like “gun registration” – reveals its political plans."
"Meanwhile, some folks on the Seattle Guns forum are looking at a different initiative effort, and they're already working on it. This would be called the Firearms Freedom Act of 2013." ... |
Explosive Gun Control Documentary ‘Disarmed’ by Anthony Gucciardi Released For Free Online (video available)
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"The explosive gun control documentary Disarmed: A History of Gun Control, which examines the true statistics behind firearm use and gun control legislation, has released for free online."
"Disarmed breaks down research that amounts to hundreds of pages and dozens of hours into a high energy blast of information that is catered towards both hardened firearm activists and gun control advocates alike. As the statistics and data come together, the key points in the film are backed by reality that goes beyond the media manipulation and emotional hype surrounding the entire issue of gun control and gun freedom" ... |
Two Of The Biggest Gun Control Myths Debunked In Glenn Beck’s New Book ‘Control’
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"Gun control is not about safety, common sense or saving American lives — it’s about 'control.'"
"That’s the argument Glenn Beck made Tuesday night on TheBlaze TV while discussing his new book 'Control,' which was released in bookstores nationwide on Tuesday."
"The book, which Beck says he streamlined following the tragic Sandy Hook shooting, seeks to dispel all the myths anti-gun advocates use disarm the Second Amendment and eventually, if they have their way, the American people." ... |
High Capacity Magazine PSA – Great Video!
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Submitter's Note: A great demonstration on how mag limits get good people killed. (Count the shots fired as you watch the video.)
KABA Note: 'Making of' video available here. |
MO: Elderly woman fatally shoots son in self-defense during domestic dispute
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"An elderly woman in Ballwin, Mo. is recovering from a knife wound and her son has been fatally shot after a domestic dispute in the early morning hours on Thursday."
"According to a report by FOX2, the incident happened around 1:00 a.m. in the normally quiet neighborhood, located about 25 miles west of St. Louis. Although it’s not currently known what led up to the altercation, the 81-year-old mother states that her son, who lives with her at the home, attacked her with a large knife. When he came at her for a second time, she shot him in the chest, and then called 911." ... |
CO: The Pro-Gun Billboard in Colo. That Has Some Residents Upset (video available)
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"Two billboards in which images of Native Americans are used to make a gun rights argument are causing a stir with some residents who say the image is offensive and insensitive."
"The billboards in this northern Colorado city show three men dressed in traditional Native American attire and the words 'Turn in your arms. The government will take care of you.'"
"This April 26, 2013, photo shows a billboard in Greeley, Colo. in which images of Native Americans are used to make a gun rights argument. The two billboards are causing a stir with some residents who say the image is offensive and insensitive." ... |
CO: Native Americans incensed over pro-gun rights billboard in Colorado
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"Two billboards in which images of Native Americans are used to make a gun rights argument are causing a stir with some Colorado residents who say the image is offensive and insensitive."
"The billboards in this northern Colorado city show three men dressed in traditional Native American attire and the words "Turn in your arms. The government will take care of you." ...
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An accurate diagnosis ... YES |
Imperiled Red-State Dems Follow Their Own Playbooks
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"Sen. Mary Landrieu is the last Democratic statewide officeholder standing in Louisiana. If Republicans have their way, and voters tie her to the president who lost the state by 17 points last fall, she won’t be standing for long." ...
"But Landrieu is running for a fourth term by following her own rules, something other red state Democrats will have to do as well. She’s promoting her support of the national health care law, which is unpopular in Louisiana; is backing her party’s budget, which includes tax increases; and joined a majority of fellow Democrats in supporting a background check for gun buyers -- a vote she cast despite knowing the measure would fail and which she called a tough but rational choice." ... |
Why President Obama will lose his personal war on guns
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"Since last December’s terrible shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, President Obama has been engaged in a personal war on guns. He felt that the general public was ready for stricter gun controls, including a ban on semi-automatic weapons and extensive background checks."
"Guess what? Even in Mr. Obama’s America, personal liberty and freedom of choice continue to trump government interference and a nanny-state mentality. The president has ignored the public’s mood when it comes to guns — and it appears he’s going to lose his personal war in a devastating fashion." ... |
Senators against gun bill face firing squad
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"Two weeks have passed since a bipartisan proposal that would have required background checks on the commercial sales of all guns failed to pass in the U.S. Senate."
"The amendment to Senate Firearms Bill 649, co-sponsored by Pennsylvania’s own Republican Senator, Patrick Toomey, and West Virginia Democrat, Sen. Joseph Manchin, won 54 'Yeas' and 46 'Nays' but failed to achieve the 60-vote 'super-majority' the Senate has imposed upon itself."
"While the powerful gun lobby is crowing over its well-bought success, legislators who ignored the will of more than 80 percent of Americans and opposed the potentially life-saving proposal, are now paying the price at the polls." ... |
Coburn Proposes Common Sense Universal Background Check System, Gun Controllers Hate It
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"Yesterday, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) floated an idea for how private party purchases could work in a way that alleviates some of the fears people had about privacy issues, mandatory fees and other intolerable side effects of the Manchin-Toomey background check compromise. In fact, Coburn’s idea is the exact same one that I’ve had floating around in my head since this debate started and actually makes sense. Naturally, since this is a concrete proposal that involves actual common sense, gun control advocates hate it. So, what are the details? . . ." ... |
Anti-Gun Control Senators Facing Backlash? I Don’t Think So . . .
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"In the wake of the failed gun control legislation in the U.S. Senate, Democrats are pissed. And as I pointed out previously, the reason is that none of them actually bothered to read the bill. All they saw was 'universal background checks' and that sounded good to them and satisfied their desire to 'do something.' So it makes sense that a Democratic-backed polling organization would be jumping for joy to see that Senators who voted against the background check proposal appear to have their popularity numbers dropping. But are they really?" ... |
NJ: New Jersey Gun Control Bills Clear Hurdle
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"'It’s a matter of us all working together to ensure the safety and well-being of our families, our neighbors and our co-workers,' Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) pronounced. The occasion: Sweeeny’s Law and Public Safety Committee voted 3 – 1 vote to approve a package of seven gun control laws. 'The 'centerpiece' bill (S2723) would overhaul the current system of IDs to buy firearms, encoding them onto driver’s license and putting in place a system to allow for instant background checks every time someone buys a gun,' nj.com reports. Wait. Doesn’t the FBI already do that? So is this like the reverse of double secret probation? Also passed . . ." ... |
ME: Another gun ad targets Susan Collins
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"Another national advertising campaign is focusing on U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, in an effort to pressure selected Republicans in the gun-control debate."
"Organizing for Action, an advocacy group that emerged from President Obama's re-election team, bought an ad Friday on a Bangor newspaper's website." ... |
TX: Texas Senate approves modest gun measures
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"Texas senators on Tuesday advanced modest changes to state gun laws, trading incremental progress across the political aisle as they approved new penalties for those who seek to buy guns for criminals and voted in favor of allowing college students to keep guns in their cars on campus."
"Both measures came with promises made to ease suspicions on the floor of the chamber." ... |
NH: Ayotte on Target on Gun Control
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"US Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire) voted against the abortive background check bill last week, despite the emotional pandering of President Barack Obama, who used the Newtown, Connecticut victims to stir up shame and sentiment to force a vote on the issue."
"No matter how much liberals plead, no matter how hard progressive interests push against Washington, US Senators in purple-red states, most of whom are Democrats facing a tough reelection fight in 2014, will not vote against the grain and bearing of their constituents. The expanded background checks bill failed to breach cloture by six votes, including Democrats from red states." ... |
NH: Gun vote stirs passion at Ayotte town hall meeting
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"Bringing the national gun debate to a tiny New England town on Tuesday, the daughter of the slain principal of Sandy Hook Elementary confronted Sen. Kelly Ayotte at the lawmaker’s first town hall meeting since she voted against expanded background checks on all commercial gun sales."
"Erica Lafferty, who first met with the Republican senator in Washington earlier this month after she opposed the compromise negotiated by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., was visibly angry as she spoke into the microphone at the meeting, which drew more than 100 people who came to condemn or support Ayotte’s vote." ... |
NH: Sen. Kelly Ayotte becomes focus of gun-control groups after voting against background checks
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"The contentious political fight over gun control moved into the White Mountains of New Hampshire on Tuesday as gun-control activists began to focus on Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) as a prime target in their effort to revive their push for stricter gun laws."
"Ayotte was a key, high-profile vote against the bipartisan plan to expand the national gun background-check program, which failed in the Senate two weeks ago despite overwhelming public support and extensive efforts by the White House. ..."
"Back home this week for a series of town hall meetings, Ayotte is facing new constituent anger and a coordinated effort by gun-control groups to turn her vote into a political liability. ..." ... |
Local GOP head wonders if the Boston manhunt crossed a line
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... "With that statement as the backdrop, were you troubled by what happened recently in the Boston metropolitan area - not with the bomber, but with the 'good guys'? I was amazed that 'the people” of Boston allowed military-style uniformed police with fully automatic weapons in armored vehicles to lock down their city and patrol their streets. This action was nothing short of martial law. I was even more amazed that “the people” then walked out of their homes when instructed and allowed their homes to be searched without protest, with no warrant, and with no probable cause of any crime and with no evidence of any criminal harbored inside their homes." ... |
GAO Investigates Big Sis’ Big Ammo Buy As Congress Demands Answers
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"The Governmental Accountability Office (GAO), Congress’ financial investigative and auditing agency, has gotten involved in the controversy over the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) massive buy-up of firearms ammunition."
"In an interview with U.S. News,GAO spokesman Chuck Young said the investigation is 'just getting underway.' Presumably at the behest of one or more Congressmen, the GAO will investigate the reasoning behind the alleged purchase of anywhere between 750 million and 1.6 billion (depends on whom you ask) rounds of ammunition." ... |
CT: Connecticut State Police Finally Admit Open Carry is Lawful
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"It comes as no surprise to the well informed gun owners across the state, but the State Police are finally admitting something they have been reticent to do so far: There is no requirement to conceal your firearm when carrying it in public. If you have a handgun, you need a permit to open carry or to carry concealed." ...
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CO: Former Colorado Springs cop accused of lying pleads guilty
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"A former Colorado Springs police officer fired amid allegations she lied about domestic violence to put an estranged boyfriend in prison pleaded guilty Monday to a single felony count."
"The plea deal by Sydney Huffman, 25, came the morning she was to begin trial in what attorneys for victim Jarrott Martinez have called a 'campaign of personal destruction' against him that led to more than six months in jail, two jury trials and the loss of his job as a Manitou Springs police officer." ... |
NJ: Former Newark Cop Gets Five Years for Assault
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"A former Newark police officer was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for assaulting a civilian nearly two years ago, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said."
"Hugo Fierro, 46, who had served on the NPD for 11 years, was found guilty in February of pistol-whipping a civilian in front of a Bloomfield Avenue restaurant in May 2011. Fierro never filed a report regarding the incident, which was captured on video at Tony’s Marisqueria Bar and Restaurant. Fierro’s 44-year-old victim was never charged with a crime." ... |
CA: Institutionalized Ignorance: How California Encourages Gun Crimes
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"When it comes to tracking crime guns, California is immune to scientific infection."
"Knowledge should precede policy. Yet California gun policy is often made in engineered ignorance. Despite pleas from law enforcement and assistance from the National Rifle Association, California’s most basic crime gun research processes wouldn’t receive a passing grade for a Research Methodologies 101 class."
"Nowhere has the dearth of data on crime guns been more profound than on so-called 'assault weapons' and felons with firearms." ... |
NC: University officials say more guns on campus lead to more risk of harm
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"State lawmakers won’t be the ones under fire, so to speak, should a shooting occur on a college campus. University chancellors and police forces will be, because they are responsible to ensure the safety of their students, faculty and staff. The Honorables need to let those officials determine the best way to ensure that safet" ...
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Submitter's Note: I don't suppose you University Chancellors have any, you know, evidence that is is going to be a problem? |
CO: Don't blame the gun (second letter)
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"I read with interest City Sage by John Hazlehurst ('The golden age of guns,' April 17). As do many others, John tries to put the blame on inanimate objects for death and destruction. A car or a gun sits dormant until put to use by a person. Neither cars nor guns make a decision to go on an uncontrolled rampage. The blame belongs to the owner." ... |
AL: A fight we cannot win
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"Some Alabama Senate action this week brings to mind an old drawing of an ancient, gray-bearded Confederate soldier, battle flag waving behind, his face twisted into a fierce grimace. As the state’s upper chamber passed a measure it says would nullify any federal attempt at gun control, we could almost hear that angry rebel holler, 'Hell, no, we ain’t a-fergettin’!'"
"Twenty-four members of the Alabama Senate might’ve been remembering state’s rights, but they’re a-fergettin’ an important passage of the U.S. Constitution – Article VI, The Supremacy Clause:" ... |
OR: Letters were disgraceful (third letter)
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"Both Bruce Borgeson and Anne Diller's elitist anti-gun letters in the Mail Tribune April 21, and April 22, respectively, were disgraceful! Not only do they perpetrate class warfare, Soviet-style collectivism, socialism, civilian disarmament et cetera, but likewise a war against women! Comrade V.I. Lenin would have agreed and appreciated "useful idiots" via the anti-gun agenda assisting in revolution, subversion, and eventual enslavement of unarmed masses!" ... |
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| The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.' The right of the whole people, old and young, men, women and boys, and not militia only, to keep and bear arms of every description, and not such merely as are used by the militia, shall not be infringed, curtailed, or broken in upon, in the smallest degree; and all this for the important end to be attained: the rearing up and qualifying a well-regulated militia, so vitally necessary to the security of a free State. Our opinion is that any law, State or Federal, is repugnant to the Constitution, and void, which contravenes this right. [Nunn vs. State, 1 Ga. (1 Kel.) 243, at 251 (1846)] |
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