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'If Holder Is So Ignorant About Gunrunner Scandal, He Should Resign' - CCRKBA
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"Following a second day of Capitol Hill hearings in which he professed little or no knowledge about the controversial Project Gunrunner, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today called for the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder."
"'For the second day in a row, Attorney General Holder has stated on the record that he didn't know about one of the most egregious government scandals in memory,' said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. 'This country cannot afford the luxury of having its top law enforcement officer confess ignorance of an operation that may have allowed thousands of guns to be illegally exported to Mexico ... and apparently cost the life of at least one law enforcement officer.'" ... |
Brady Campaign Launches Interactive Propaganda Campaign
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"The Brady Campaign to Whittle Away Your Second Amendment Rights—sorry, Prevent Gun Violence has launched a new test to measure your Gun Law IQ. The test's name proves my point in yesterday's editorial: gun control advocates are profoundly elitist. To wit: 'IQ' instead of 'Knowledge.' Be that as it is, the Campaign’s interactive quiz is just about as misleading as you’d imagine—provided you have a good imagination . . ." ... |
The logical conclusion of the gun ban lobby's rhetoric: Ban everything
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... "A key piece of the anti-gun stance against guns is that a given gun might be used to kill someone, or a given law-abiding citizen might snap and go on a killing spree. If we transfer the anti-gun argument into other public policy issues it better illustrates how they use fear to push limitations on gun ownership."
"Remember that airplanes and helicopters might crash, just as a gun might kill someone, so banning air travel is clearly a good idea, based on anti-gun logic. The same is true with cars. And since we know that surgery is incredibly dangerous and might lead to premature death, we need to outlaw surgeons." ... |
Firearms Industry Responds to Mexico’s Threats of Litigation
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"[Recently] a Mexican official confirmed that President Felipe Calderon's government has hired U.S. trial lawyers to investigate possible litigation against U.S. gun manufacturers and firearms retailers, seeking to hold these lawful companies responsible for the criminal misuse of firearms in Mexico. Though the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, signed into law in 2005 by then President George W. Bush, prevents such frivolous lawsuits, the mere threat demands a response." ... |
Rifled Potato Gun Offers Improved Accuracy
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"Summer is upon us. That means baseball, barbecues and backyard hijinks. And if your hijinks are anything like mine, they usually include a little artillery fire. No, I’m not talking about a Howitzer or vintage civil war cannon—although I’ll get the permission if you bring the noise. I’m talking about the potato gun. Yes, the sight of a freshly launched spud sailing over the neighbors’ houses is enough to make the heart swell with pride. But if you’ve built a gun of your own, you know that accuracy can sometimes be something of an issue . . ." ... |
Gear Review: Cabelas Laserlyte Chamber Boresighter
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"Time for a small confession: as much as I love to shoot, I’ve never really enjoyed sighting in new and untried rifles and scopes. I’m not very good at it, and I’ve sent an occasional shot downrange that missed my target completely and thumped harmlessly into the backstop. Or even landed on somebody else’s target. After a sheepish apology to the neighbor whose target I’ve spoiled, I have to guess how many full cranks of my errant scope’s adjustment dial it will take to put my shots on (my) paper." ... |
Lever Fever Hits TTAG Thursday Get-Together (8:30 – 10pm American Firearms School)
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"Just two more days until TTAG’s Get-Together at The American Firearms School, Attleboro, MA. [Click here for directions]. I’ve rented out the entire range from 8:30 – 10pm. I’m pleased to announce that a box-fresh Marlin 1894c (.357 lever gun) will make the scene. As will the Rabbi and our resident hard-ass JOE MATAFOME. We’ll also offer the following firearms for your dining and dancing pleasure free of charge (save the ammo):" ... |
ArmaLite AR-24 Joins TTAG AFS Get-Together Tomorrow (Thursday), 8:30 – 10pm
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"TTAG posts a huge amount of original content: ten or more posts a day, seven days a week, since mid-Feb 2010. (FYI: this is post number 4367.) That means that material gets pushed off the page faster than a toddler clinging to his older brother’s Big Wheel. Thankfully, Google is our friend. For example, our review is the number one search result for 'ArmaLite AR-24 review.' Which is just as well. The AR-24 is one hell of a handgun: comfortable, reliable, accurate and manageable . . . ."
"If you’ve never fired the ArmaLite AR-24 you should. And you can. Just come along to the TTAG Get-Together tomorrow night (Thursday) ..." ... |
Why do we arm our enemy?
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... "How can this be? How can someone on a federal government watch list of people with suspected ties to al-Qaida or some supremacist wingnut group buy a weapon?" ...
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Submitter's Note: Because they are innocent until proven guilty? |
For the NRA, It's All About Fear
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"From all reports, at its annual convention last weekend in Pittsburgh, the National Rifle Association, as usual, cloaked itself in patriotic themes, claimed special kinship with the Founders, and portrayed itself as the true protector of American values. There was much talk of 'freedom'. More than anything else, however, the NRA gatherings are celebrations of fear."
"The NRA is the most accomplished marketer of fear in American political life." ...
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Submitter's Note: Waitaminnit! The governor of IL says "The concept of concealed, loaded hand guns in the possession of private citizens does not enhance public safety, on the contrary it increases danger for everyday people" and we're the 'fearful' ones?!? |
TX: Burglary suspect runs from armed shop owner
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... "The owner of an automotive shop ... was doing paperwork Sunday morning when he heard banging noises ... He walked to the back of the shop and saw a man trying to use a screwdriver and hammer to force open a rollup door ..."
"The shop owner told police that the suspect started approaching him, so he raised a handgun he keeps with him at work and told the suspect to get on his knees and stay there. He then called 911 from a cellphone." ... |
OH: Homeowner shoots robbery suspect
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... "The homeowner said a man, a teenaged boy and a woman stormed into his house and tried to rob him. The elderly man says the three left only to return later to threaten him."
"One of the suspect's[sic] reportedly went to take the homeowner's television set. That is when the homeowner says he opened fire, hitting a 20-year old suspect in the back." ... |
'Gunwalker' and AG Holder: Are we to hold Pakistan to higher standards than DoJ?
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"In the wake of news that a daring operation by U.S. Navy SEALs has killed arch-terrorist Osama bin Laden, who had apparently been living for years in relative comfort right under the noses of the Pakistani government, the New York Times remarked on how this development affects the U.S./Pakistan relationship:" ...
"It's also a question very analogous to one that has been asked more than once, here in this column, about Attorney General Eric Holder's knowledge of, and complicity with (or, alternatively, his ignorance of), the festering scandal that is 'Project Gunwalker.' ..." ... |
Senator Grassley's prepared statement in the hearing today.
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... "Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding today’s oversight hearing. It has been over a year since this committee last held an oversight hearing with the Attorney General so there is much ground to cover. In that intervening year, many developments at the Justice Department have raised serious questions about whether the department is putting politics before the interest of the American people. These are serious issues and I plan to ask a number of questions about why the department has applied the law inconsistently in certain areas, such as prosecuting national security leaks, and whether the department has provided apparently false information in response to congressional inquiries." ... |
Holder on Gunrunner: ‘I frankly don’t know’
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"Under grilling by Senator Charles Grassley Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he does not know how guns allowed to “walk” during a federal gun sting operation ended up at the murder scene of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in December 2010."
"'I frankly don’t know,' Holder told the committee."
"The response, and other claims of ignorance about the Gunrunner operation prompted a Bellevue-based gun rights group to call for Holder's resignation this afternoon. ..." ... |
ATF Death Watch 2: We Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost
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"foxnews.com reports that Senator Grassley has uncovered a smoking gun in the ongoing investigation into the brain-dead initiatives known as Project Gunrunner and Operation Fast and Furious. 'An internal memo from the [ATF] shows that U.S. officials allowed criminals to buy 1,318 guns worth nearly $1 million, even after they knew that the buyers were working for Mexican drug cartels, and that the agency’s effort to stop the guns had 'yielded little or no results.' [Click here for the memo.] Note: that’s the number of guns allowed to flow down the so-called 'Iron River' after the ATF IDed the so-called straw purchasers—and did bugger all to stop them. ..." ... |
ME: Evidence suggests it should be harder to carry guns in public, not easier
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... "Absent from the discussion was the fact that the overwhelming majority of people do not want more guns in public. Surveys show that most people would feel 'less safe' if more people in their community began to carry guns."
"When asked, surveys show more than 90 percent of the people said they did not want regular citizens to be able to bring their guns into bars and government buildings." ...
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Submitter's Note: Try it this way and see if it works: When asked more than 90 percent of whites said they did not want coloreds to be able to come into bars and government buildings. Civil rights are civil rights.
Oh, and if you are going to cite "evidence" in your headline you should actually provide evidence and not anecdotes. |
OH: Reject Change In Ohio Gun Law
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... "Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms must be viewed in a similar light, in our opinion. There have been a variety of unnecessary, unconstitutional attempts to limit gun ownership in the United States."
"But in Ohio, a provision of existing law - that carrying a concealed weapon into a bar or restaurant is illegal - should be maintained." ... |
AZ: Pro-gun governor saw the smoke
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"A conservative governor doesn't have to sign a bill just because it has the word 'gun' in it."
"And, so, Gov. Jan Brewer refused to sign two badly designed firearms bills, thus sparing the state from shooting itself in the foot." ... |
U.S. Senate: Vote Coming on Far Left McConnell to Federal Court
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"Any doubt that President Obama is more anti-Second Amendment than perhaps any president in history can be laid to rest in the light of the characters he has nominated to the federal judiciary."
"Obama’s latest nominee for a U.S. District Court post is John McConnell, a Providence, Rhode Island trial lawyer. In terms of being an activist for the far left, McConnell is right in line with Obama’s Supreme Court picks—Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan." ... |
OR: An Open Letter to Oregon State Senator Peter Courtney
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"Below is an open letter from Kevin Starrett, Director, Oregon Firearms Federation to Oregon State Senator Peter Courtney regarding a judiciary committee meeting relating to gun rights issues. It seems now 'OFF' needs to fight for their first amendment rights as well as the second amendment rights." ... |
TX: Campus-carry bill revived, then killed again
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"The Texas Senate on Tuesday breathed new life into legislation allowing concealed handguns inside buildings at public universities and colleges, but the revival was short-lived."
"Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, managed to get the handgun legislation approved as an amendment to a higher education bill, but the author of that measure withdrew it rather than accept the change." ... |
TN: Tennessee Guns-on-Campus Bill Sent Packing
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"As many have learned, there is currently pending in Nashville legislation that allows college professors and staff to carry weapons onto campuses of Tennessee’s public colleges and universities. Here in Chattanooga that means at UTC and Chatt. State everyone from the grounds keepers to the chancellor, from part-time adjunct instructors to full time coaches can carry concealed weapons at work and amidst students."
"In response today, campus police officers from Memphis to Chattanooga to Knoxville, concerned parents, and college professors made a trip to the capital to voice their concerns and to stop this bill." ... |
Circuit Won't Slam Door on Gun Ban Suit
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"The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today refused to side with gun-show promoters who have waged a years-long fight against Alameda County over a gun ban. But the plaintiffs' Second Amendment arguments aren't completely doomed." ... |
ATF Coverup In North Carolina?
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"The Confederate Yankee, Bob Owens, has a story today about how the BATFE Charlotte Field Division and its offices in Greensboro and Fayetteville are stonewalling an investigation into how a convicted felon came to control three firearms companies as well as be in possession of firearms and parts." ... |
CO: Denver settles another police-brutality case
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"The City of Denver has settled another police-brutality case. This case involves a man allegedly beat up two years ago after a routine traffic stop."
"Alexander Landau was given a $795,000 settlement Monday night, a deal approved by city council."
"It's among the biggest payouts in city history to resolve a police-brutality case."
"Landau sued the city in federal court saying three police officers tried to cover up a beating that left him scarred and suffering from neurological damage."
"The city has reopened an internal-affairs investigation into the case." ... |
PA: Sources: Suspended Western Penitentiary Guards Under Investigation
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"Sources tell KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin eight prison guards who’ve been suspended from Western Penitentiary made up a secret vigilante group that dished out their own form of justice on convicted sex offenders."
"Sources tell Griffin an Allegheny County grand jury is investigating a small group of corrections officers."
"The officers are described as vigilantes who sought out Megan’s Law offenders and participated in a series of attacks against inmates – described as assaults – including the possible sexual assault of inmates using broom handles." ... |
AL: Four looting suspects arrested in Pleasant Grove posing as relief workers
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"Four Florida men posing as relief workers have been arrested and charged with looting in Pleasant Grove, authorities said."
"Shortly before noon today, a person in Pleasant Grove alerted Jefferson County Sheriff deputies after seeing the men taking property from houses and loading it into a truck. The witness gave the deputies a description of the suspects and their vehicle." ...
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SUBMITTER'S COMMENT: Another reason why those wanting to "Be Prepared" should have firearms.
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AL: Alvie: Observations And Thoughts From Tornado Relief
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"Multiple lessons learned and thought-provoking situations in Alvie's report from the storm-devastated Birmingham suburbs."
"Please read it all."
"And no, the lessons are not simply limited to storm relief." ... |
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