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"Though many expect gun control to remain in the backseat as it has been, allowing the economy and gas prices to take the helm, the National Rifle Association (NRA) is determined to let that not be the case." ... |
Safer Streets 2011: Doctors probing for guns in the home misses the diagnosis
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... "Before I became a liberty writer, I was a Los Angeles Paramedic. I saw criminal shootings and wondered why the Paramedics aren’t seeing self-defense shootings in equal numbers. I found out, and it led me to elaborate on that question and how it impacts all of our other rights. Like all of gun control, doctors who oppose gun ownership will never touch violence and might as well treat a patient and not notice he has stopped breathing. They are missing a critical point, if it is safety we’re talking about." ... |
Combine Criticism With Critical Thinking
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"My last blog entry (below this one) touched on the fact that master instructors at an international police conference predicted 'Mumbai in America,' and the important part played by good (and sometimes armed) citizens in mass murder situations was mentioned. For some reason, it drew 'we don't trust the cops' sentiments from roughly half of those who posted comments. Twenty-some comments into it, I remarked, 'My goodness, the cop-haters are out in force tonight.' That seems to have had the same effect as kerosene on a campfire. Many (including, oddly enough, some who've never posted here before) have their panties in a wad because I called some of the critics 'cop-haters.'" ... |
Three Reasons Gun Control Advocates Don’t Want You to Have A Gun
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"If you’re wondering why the gun control community favors civilian disarmament, it’s all about personal responsibility. They don’t believe that Americans are responsible enough to own a gun. Why? I’ve got a simple list. But before I trot-out the terrible troika of gun grabbing gibberish, I want to highlight an important point: contrary to their public protestations about 'good' vs. 'bad' gun owners, gun control advocates do want to grab your guns. But they know they can’t. And not just because the Supreme Court says they can’t." ... |
1911's In .22LR
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"There were a handful of 1911's at the NRA Annual Meeting in .22 LR. The one that was getting a lot of attention was the Browning 1911-22. It was the one pistol that everyone had to handle when they went to the Browning booth from what I saw." ... |
A Tale of Three Cities: Las Vegas
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... "You’d think that gun country would have a lot of places to shoot, and right you are. Shooting has become a major tourist attraction in Las Vegas. Plenty of private indoor ranges are near the Strip, if you like that sort of thing. I counted ten before I ran out of fingers. Shooters can BYO or rent just about anything for their shooting pleasure. Uzis, AK-47s, Tommy Guns, Grease Guns, 9 mm submachine guns and other full autos abound. You will pay handsomely for your fifteen seconds of full auto trigger time, but heck, you’re worth it." ... |
Swiss Army Selects Glock As New Service Pistol
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"Today, GLOCK Ges.m.b.H. located in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria, announced that the Swiss Army has chosen GLOCK as the new service pistol for the Swiss Army Special Forces."
"The evaluation process was conducted by three independent elements of the Swiss Army: The Army Reconnaissance 10 (AAD 10: Armee Aufklärungsdetachement), a specialized unit of the Swiss Army (Special Forces) and the Swiss Military Security Agency (MilSich) tested the capabilities and efficiencies of the GLOCK pistol in the field of operations, while the technical evaluation was handled by the national evaluation and procurement agency 'armasuisse'." ... |
Question of the Day: What’s Your Carry-Gun of Choice?
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"My current carry gun: a Springfield Armory Mil-Spec 1911 in Stainless with 5' bbl, skeletonized hammer, match trigger, beavertail grip safety, night sights, full length guide rod, and a $.50 front-strap grip-tape modification. ... What kind of life preserver do you carry? Compact? Full-Size? Polymer? Steel? Automatic? Revolver? Derringer? Pirate flint-lock? ..." |
Issa to Holder on Gunrunner: We’re looking at you and your key people
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... "Issa then asked Holder whether the Justice Department will cooperate with ongoing congressional investigations, which he says differ from the DOJ’s on who is being investigated. 'We're not looking at straw buyers, Mr. Attorney General, we're looking at you,' Issa said. 'We’re looking at you, we're looking at your key people who knew or should've known about this.'"
"Holder said he’ll cooperate, but struck back against Issa’s charge of who’s responsible for wrongdoing with this program ..." ... |
Tactics in Gun-Trafficking Probes Under Fire
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... "Mr. Holder, at a House hearing Tuesday, said the Justice Department's policy is to stop weapons from being trafficked to Mexico. 'Under no circumstances should guns be allowed to be distributed in an uncontrolled manner,' Mr. Holder said, describing his instructions to ATF and other agencies under his charge." ...
"Mr. Issa asked whether Mr. Holder or top lieutenants were aware of the tactics. Mr. Holder declined to discuss who signed off on the program or how high the approval went, and said he became aware of Fast and Furious only in recent weeks ..." ... |
Issa v. Holder
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"Attorney General Eric Holder just said in a hearing on Capitol Hill he has only known about Project Gunrunner and Operation Fast and Furious for a couple of weeks. Holder claimed that he does not know who authorized the operation and claimed the Justice Department has been cooperating in with the Oversight Committee in their investigation of the DOJ, and that he was very offended by Rep. Darrell Issa's suggestion that the Justice Department is responsible for the deaths of Border Patrol Brian Terry and ICE Agent Jamie Zapata. Guns used to killed the agents by cartel members have been tracked back to Project Gunrunner, meaning, those guns were sold to the cartels under order of the Justice Department and ATF." ... |
Grassley, Issa tell Holder they’re not giving up
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... "Here is what they told Holder:""We will continue to probe and gather the facts independently, as it has become clear that we cannot rely on the Department’s self-serving statements to obtain any realistic picture of what happened." ... |
Grassley may confront Holder on ‘Gunrunner’ Wednesday
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"When Attorney General Eric Holder appears Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a 'regular oversight hearing,' he could face a grilling by Sen. Charles Grassley on Project Gunrunner and what the Iowa Republican has contended is stonewalling by the Justice Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives." ... |
NRA Wrapup: What I DIDN’T See in Pittsburgh.
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"I guess you could call me a trade show veteran. Been there. Done that. Got the shin splints to prove it. ... [T]hey all have had a common leitmotif that runs through every last one of 'em. Women. Attractive women. Provocatively-dressed, attractive women, who usually know next-to-nothing about the products in their booths. They exist for the same reason that flowers exist – to attract bees so they’ll stumble in and grab some pollen (literature) and be on their merry way. But this year, there was a decided dearth of women commonly referred to within the industry as either 'Booth Bunnies' or 'Booth Bimbos,' depending on your perspective. Now why would that be?" ... |
AZ: Ariz. govenor criticized over vetoing weapons legislation
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"The sponsor of laws to broaden the right to carry guns in Arizona lashed out Monday at Gov. Jan Brewer for vetoing them."
"Sen. Ron Gould, R-Lake Havasu City, said he did not believe the governor's claims that the measures were flawed and had to be rejected. He said she was just 'looking for cover,' trying to find any excuse at all to veto them." ... |
IN: Hypocritical gun law
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"The majority of Indiana's lawmakers care a lot more about gun lobbyists _ and themselves _ than they do about the concerns of mayors, librarians and many Hoosiers."
"How else to explain their vote to prohibit local government from banning guns in many government properties, including libraries and parks? Or to explain their decision to set up new and costly roadblocks to banning guns in city halls and city council chambers?" ... |
Canada: 155 Reasons Canada Will Kill the Gun Registry
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... "All of the above boils down to one impressive point: the obscenely expensive and highly unnecessary National Gun Registry is now virtually dead in Canada. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has always promised to nuke the registry, and now he has the clout to pull it off as a majority leader." ... |
Gun Show Promoters Dealt Setback, Considering Appeal
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"Two gun show operators who want to hold shows at the Alameda County fairgrounds in Pleasanton were dealt a setback by a federal appeals court in San Francisco today."
"A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the county's ban on gun shows at the fair does not appear to violate the constitutional Second Amendment right to bear arms." ... |
Alameda County gun show backers suffer setback
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"A federal appeals court panel ruled Monday that gun show promoters have failed to show that a ban on firearms at the Alameda County Fairgrounds violates their right to keep and bear arms."
"Rather than dismissing the promoters' 12-year-old lawsuit, however, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco gave the plaintiffs another chance to produce evidence that the ban unreasonably restricts law-abiding citizens' ability to obtain guns for self-defense." ... |
NORDYKE v. KING
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... "[8] Therefore, to the extent that the district court's denial of leave to amend was with prejudice, it must be vacated and the Nordykes given the opportunity further to amend their complaint. If they do, the district court should consider, in light of Heller, McDonald, and this opinion, whether the Nordykes have alleged a viable Second Amendment claim." ... |
The Legal Meaning of the Second Amendment Further Clarified in Nordyke v. King
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"A long-simmering Second Amendment case that both I and Damon Root (twice) have written about here before came to another semi-conclusion today, with a California law that banned gun shows on county property in Alameda again upheld by the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Nordyke v. King."
"I explained how, even in an earlier loss also at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last April, King struck a victory for the expansion of Second Amendment liberties, one that has since been cemented federally by McDonald v. Chicago:" ... |
NJ: Constitutional challenge to part of New Jersey's gun carry law rejected
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... "In In re Matter of Denial of Application of George J. Downing Permit to Carry ... George Downing appealed the trial court’s denial of his application for a carry permit. The trial court ruled that he failed to prove 'a justifiable need to carry a handgun,' ... Downing did not challenge the trial court's factual determination on appeal, and he conceded that the statute did not restrict the possession in one's own home of firearms. Instead, he challenged the constitutionality of N.J.S.A. 2C:58-4c, arguing that its limitation on who may carry a firearm in the State violated the Second Amendment of the federal Constitution. Downing relied on District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), to support his position." |
MI: Second Inkster cop gets 90 days
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"A second former Inkster police officer has been sent to jail for his part in lies told during a 2005 drug trial."
"Robert McArthur was sentenced Monday by Wayne Circuit Judge Timothy Kenny to 90 days for misdemeanor willful neglect of duty."
"In a plea bargain, McArthur will testify next month against retired Wayne County Circuit Judge Mary Waterstone. The plea allowed McArthur to avoid trial on felony perjury charges that carry a potential life term." ... |
MN: Customs Officer Pleads Guilty
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"An International Falls Customs Border Protection Officer has plead guilty to a charge of sexual assault." ...
"A criminal complaint indicated his victim was a young girl who was assaulted multiple times over several years." ... |
VA: Former employees sue Franklin Co. Sheriff Hunt
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"Two former Franklin County Sheriff's Office employees who were fired last year are suing Sheriff Ewell Hunt to get their jobs back."
"In a lawsuit filed Friday, Josh Carter and Allan Arrington allege Hunt fired them because of their involvement in a Virginia State Police investigation that lead to Hunt's indictment on a misdemeanor charge of failure to maintain records." ... |
WA: Former Bremerton cop federally indicted for illegal gun sales
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"A former Bremerton Police officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury for unlawfully selling guns."
"Roy Alloway, accused by federal prosecutors of selling firearms for a profit without completing the proper paperwork, was charged Friday with one count of unlawfully dealing in firearms in U.S. District Court in Tacoma." ... |
NY: Ex-Bronx cop Vanessa Hicks suing city, says quotas led to axing
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"An ex-Bronx cop claims she got the boot because she couldn't stop and frisk enough people to please her bosses."
"Former Finest Vanessa Hicks says she lost her job because she repeatedly failed to meet unrealistic and illegal quotas, including ticketing drivers for moving violations while she was assigned to foot patrol." ... |
MD: Two city officers convicted of misconduct in kidnapping case
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"A city jury found two city police officers guilty of misconduct Monday but cleared them of kidnapping charges in the first case tried by Baltimore State's Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein."
"After nearly two weeks of testimony, jurors took about three hours to reach the verdict. Detectives Tyrone S. Francis and Milton Smith III were convicted of two counts each of misconduct — a misdemeanor — for picking up two 15-year-olds from West Baltimore in May 2009 and leaving them stranded far from their homes." ... |
MA: Prosecutors: Deputy busted for trafficking coke
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"A Middlesex Sheriff’s deputy was arrested for trafficking cocaine yesterday afternoon in an undercover drug sting, prosecutors said."
"Michael Dell’Isola, 51, of Somerville was arrested by state police after a monthlong investigation that began with an anonymous tip, said Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian. He said Dell’Isola has worked for the sheriff’s office for 28 years." ... |
OH: Ohio restaurant carry legislation is a political bellwether
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"We all know that most racists begin their bigoted, ignorant statements by reminding everyone within earshot about how many friends they have who are minorities. Usually, the assurance of having friends who are minorities is a tip-off that a truly racist and indefensible statement is imminent."
"Anti-gun politicians do the same thing when they are about to equate gun owners with gun-wielding crack addicts, or profess support for an especially egregious gun control scheme. 'I support the Second Amendment, but...'" ... |
OH: Divide deep over gun issue
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"A panel convened Monday evening to present and discuss differing points of view on gun violence did illustrate one thing: There is a deep and passionate divide on any issue framed in terms of guns." ... |
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