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Poll: Should NJ gun owners be allowed to carry in public without having to show urgent need?
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"Should New Jersey gun owners have the right to be armed in public without having to show an urgent need to do so?"
"The question arose again Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal in a high-profile lawsuit led by a Sussex County man seeking a permit to carry his handgun outside his house."
"In doing so, the high court let stand the state's requirement that gun owners must demonstrate a 'justifiable need' to be armed in public. ..."
"John Drake of Fredon — one of many plaintiffs in the case — said he needs a gun because he services and restocks ATM machines for a living."
"'It seems unreasonable to me to have to wait until you're beaten up or shot at to get a permit,' Drake told The Star-Ledger ..." ...
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NJ anti-gunners make hay of Monday’s SCOTUS denial on Drake case
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"In the closing moments of yesterday’s New Jersey Senate Law and Public Safety committee hearing on new gun control legislation, State Sen. Donald Norcross, a Democrat, made hay of Monday morning’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to not review a challenge of that state’s highly-restrictive concealed carry law to justify further restrictions on magazine capacity."
"'But as we heard today,' Sen. Norcross stated, 'the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 'justifiable need' is well within the constitution.' The passage begins at 2:41:40 on the audio."
"But that is not what the high court said. ..." ... |
Are You a Gun Extremist? Answer These Three Questions to Find Out
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"According to gun control advocates, there are good gun owners and bad gun owners. Gun owners who support 'reasonable restrictions' on their natural, civil and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms, and gun owners who eat babies. I mean, live in a world where 'shall not be infringed' means what it says. The anti-gunners call the latter group 'extremists.' Some gun owners wear that label proudly, mindful of Barry Goldwater’s pronouncement that 'extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.' The question is, are YOU a gun extremist? To find out, answer the following three questions . . ." ... |
Smart guns
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"'Smart guns' have been in the news recently. Recently, a gun store owner in Maryland abandoned plans to begin selling a German-made 'smart gun' after protests–some of which included death threats. Such threats are crimes, and ought to be prosecuted, if the perpetrators can be identified. However, lawful threats, such as boycotts, seem likely to deter gun stores from selling the product. Gun owner boycotts and the risk of such boycotts have historically a very powerful check on the actions of firearms businesses. A firearms business which is perceived as anti-Second Amendment is not going to stay in business very long." ... |
"Smart Guns" Are a Dumb Idea
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"Ignoring the fallout Smith & Wesson Holdings ... endured decades ago after announcing plans to develop a so-called 'smart gun,' one that will only fire by its recognized owner, a Maryland gun dealer recently tried to offer one for sale. After suffering a massive backlash from gun owners for doing so, he subsequently withdrew it from market."
"It's not the gun itself that brought gun owners out in force against the dealer, just as they had done in March to a California dealer that also attempted to offer the gun for sale, but rather fear of the cascading effects such sales would have on further erosion of Second Amendment rights." ... |
Gun Review: Taurus View (video available)
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"When I visited Taurus a couple of years back, their head honcho Mark Kresser showed me the gun he carries. It was a Model 85 that he had the boys in the back modify ... His little wheelgun had a short barrel and a cut-down stock that gave him just enough real estate to grip and fire it. It also disappeared in his suit coat or pants pocket. That was the inspiration for the Taurus View . . ."
"Kresser’s gun, though, didn’t have the View’s most famous feature, the peek-a-boo side panel. In what will be seen, depending who you are, as either a brilliant marketing move or a ridiculous gimmick, the View gives anyone who wants to look a bird’s eye view of the revolver’s clockwork as it cycles via a Lexan plate on the gun’s right side." ... |
A Welcome New Player In Gun Food: Gorilla Ammo
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"When Kentucky Gun Co sent the Diamondback FS Nine for testing, I also requested to borrow an H&R Handi-Rifle in 300 Blackout (review in the works). Unfortunately, there’s nothing chambered in 300 BLK in my gun safe and I was fresh out of any ammo in the caliber from almost two years ago when I last shot it. A trip to two local gun shops left me empty-handed, but my local shooting range pulled through. They had a few boxes of Gorilla Ammo‘s subsonic 300 BLK on hand and, while there was a slight tingle of recognition in my mind, I wasn’t actually sure if I’d heard of the brand before. They said it was really nice stuff so I bought two boxes . . ." ... |
Does America’s Gun Control Debate Need a New Focus?
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... "Seeing as how the Supreme Court has indicated a hesitancy to get involved at least for now, the discourse over gun control seems like even more of a strategic open door. What will walk through it? Different groups and different sides are suggesting new ways to go about modifying gun policy and technology in order to improve the state of American gun violence and safety, and some of them are worthy of note, even if they offer their own problems." ... |
Moms group launches new gun control efforts; Capitol Hill Wednesday
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... "Today’s event is the second annual 'Moms Take the Hill' lobbying effort. The idea behind the 'Gun Sense Voter' effort is to 'mobilize at least one million voters to go to the polls in November and vote for candidates with gun sense…'"
"There is little doubt that here in the Evergreen State, some of that energy will also be directed toward passage of Initiative 594, the 18-page gun control measure being pushed by the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility. The terms 'gun reform' and 'gun responsibility' are part of the growing list of phrases designed to confuse the public that what they’re really promoting is gun control." ... |
Rise of the “Glocker Moms”: The NRA’s aggressive new push for women
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"The theme of last month’s National Rifle Association annual meeting was an odd one: maternity."
"It was not an official theme in the way macho slogans ... have formally defined recent NRA congresses. But it was a thick running thread, one that signals the quickening of a broad shift underway across the gun rights movement, from the gun makers to the grassroots."
"Red schwag set the tone. At tables throughout the complex, NRA staffers handed out 'I’m an NRA MOM' buttons and t-shirts. At the building’s main entrance hung an enormous banner of a woman, looking a little pouty, next to a populist taunt of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who recently said he would spend big on behalf of the gun safety movement." ... |
Not so smart
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"SINCE January 1st 3,551 people have been killed by gun violence in America, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The victims include Endia Martin, a 14-year-old girl, who was shot in the back in Chicago last week after an argument with a former friend over a boy. The weapon that was used to kill Martin, a .38 special revolver, began as a legal gun, reports the Chicago Tribune, but somehow it made its way to into this adolescent tussle, turning a flare up between young girls into a deadly tragedy."
"Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands? ... what if there was a way to build such safety measures into the guns themselves? ...." ... |
The Single Most Important Fact about our Gun Culture
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"…is 30,000 corpses each and every year. There are a lot of other secondary considerations. But that is, overwhelmingly, from a prolife perspective, the single most important fact."
"My views on our gun culture are fairly simple. It can be boiled down to this: the human tradition of the second amendment does not trump the divine revelation of the fifth commandment. That’s because, to repeat, the single most important fact of our gun culture is 30,000 corpses each year." ...
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Looking the issue from a pro-life perspective the single most important fact of our gun culture is the 24,000+ lives saved each year. |
Daily Digest: Hurricane Parties Edition
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"You carry a gun to church? Well, as I’ve said elsewhere, I think Tam said it best over on her blog: 'I don’t carry a gun 'to' anyplace; I just carry a gun.' A couple at the First United Methodist Church of Port St. Lucie, Florida (above) was accosted on a Saturday a couple weeks ago by a man brandishing a hunting knife. He demanded money, but when the victims told him there was no cash to get, he left instead with a cellphone and two laptops. Police instituted a search without result. Master Sgt. Frank Sabol of the PSLPD said, 'No injuries were reported because (the victims) complied with him and gave him what they had and he took off.' While the victims in this case were lucky . . ."
"I think that’s where the causality stops. ..." ... |
IN: Craigslist Deal Results in Carjacking, Victim Pulls Gun (video available)
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"A Craigslist deal went wrong resulted in the victim of a carjacking pulling a gun on the suspect and holding him at gunpoint on the side of the interstate."
"The owner of a Dodge Charger went to the home of a potential buyer, Marcus Forbes, who he found on Craiglist. The car’s owner took several friends with him, but they left after a time."
"At some point, Forbes asked if he could test drive the vehicle."
"During the test drive, the owner asked Forbes to return to his home several times, but these requests were ignored. Forbes then got onto the interstate and started traveling south."
"That’s when the owner drew his concealed handgun, got Forbes to pull the car over, and called police on the side of the highway." ... |
NY: National Rifle Association backs Hanna for Congress in GOP primary with Tenney
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"The National Rifle Association today endorsed U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna over Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney in their Republican primary for Congress, citing Hanna's strong support for gun rights and the Second Amendment."
"Both candidates sought the NRA endorsement, a significant development in a race where Tenney accused Hanna of being weak on his support for gun rights and opposition to the New York SAFE Act." ...
"The NRA had given both candidates its top 'A' rating for 'solidly pro-gun legislators,' but endorsed Hanna because of his 'consistent and proven voting record on Second Amendment issues' in the House of Representatives." ... |
AZ: Gubernatorial hopeful tackles education, guns in local stop
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"Primaries are still three months away, but Christine Jones, Republican candidate for governor, squeezed in time to lay the groundwork with prospective voters in Lake Havasu City on Tuesday."
"After speaking with the London Bridge Republican Women’s group, she ventured to the Southwest Firearms shop on North McCulloch Boulevard as part of a Second Amendment event."
"Jones believes that it is important to address the Second Amendment, not only to protect the rights of gun owners, but because it’s an issue many people are passionate about." ... |
IA: Is Joni Ernst the Proven Conservative Her TV Ads Make Her Out to Be?
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"Is it possible to be the anti-establishment candidate in a Republican primary for the U.S. Senate and be the choice of the Republican establishment in your state at the same time? By definition, this would seem impossible. Yet, State Senator Joni Ernst has managed to be the establishment backed, anti-establishment candidate in Iowa’s Republican U.S. Senate primary." ...
"Ernst is able to appeal to conservative voters that may currently prefer Clovis or Whitaker because she is largely unknown and undefined. The Republican primary is just 27 days away, and Ernst’s record, which includes votes in favor of higher taxes, remains unknown to most voters. ..." ... |
IA: Gun-play in Campaign Ads: ‘Give Me a Shot’ (video available)
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"Guns on the street are one thing."
"Guns are firing in campaign ads, too."
"Not since Joe Manchin loaded his hunting rifle and unloaded it on a target for the voters of West Virginia has a candidate for the U.S. Senate given firearms such a prominent role in a campaign ad."
"Joni Ernst, an Iraq war veteran and front-runner in a crowded field for the Republican Senate nomination in Iowa, pledges to 'take aim at wasteful spending.' What’s more, says the narrator of the ad picturing Ernst at a firing range and then turning her handgun on the camera: 'Once she sets her sights on Obamacare, Joni’s gonna unload.'"
"'Give me a shot,' Ernst says to viewers in closing." ... |
Hillary Clinton: Gun Laws Are 'Way Out of Balance'
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"Hillary Clinton has mostly steered clear of contentious domestic political issues in recent years, but on Tuesday, she said gun laws need to be reined in."
"Speaking at a National Council for Behavioral Health conference outside of Washington, Clinton was asked about the role guns play in suicides. While Clinton said she supports Second Amendment rights, she added that there needs to be a proper trade-off between safety and freedom, and that things have swung too far toward the latter." ...
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NJ: NJ S993 (Magazine Capacity / Gun Ban Bill) Headed to State Senate
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"'In a partisan vote of 3-2, the New Jersey Senate Law and Public Safety Committee today passed S993 out of committee,' the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs’ presser laments. 'Despite impassioned testimony from gun owners and Second Amendment leaders who were in attendance.' Click here for bill’s text, which would restrict NJ gun owners to 10-round ammunition magazines and ban the sale of 'assault weapons' (list of firearms covered after the jump). 'The legislation now moves to the full Senate for a vote, which could come as soon as May 12.' ... If the bill lands on Republican Presidential hopeful Chris Christie’s desk, will he sign it? . . ." ... |
FL: NRA vows to bring back gun-evacuation bill
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"The National Rifle Association intends to push in 2015 for a measure that would allow people to carry concealed guns without licenses during emergency evacuations, after the bill died in the state Senate last week."
"In a letter to members of the NRA and Unified Sportsmen of Florida, lobbyist Marion Hammer blasted the Florida Sheriffs Association for its opposition to the bill (SB 296) and senators from both parties who worked to kill the measure." ... |
NJ: Sabrin goes to bat for Second Amendment, gun owners before state Senate committee
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"'We the people have the God-given right to defend ourselves,' U.S. Senate Candidate Murray Sabrin said to the state Senate’s Law and Public Safety Committee today, 'and no Legislature must take that away by limiting arbitrarily the number of cartridges in a magazine.'"
"Sabrin was testifying against Assembly-passed bill A2006 (in the Senate S993), which mandates a reduction from 15 to 10 the maximum number of rounds legally allowed in a magazine in New Jersey. The bill was passed out of the committee on a party-line vote of 3-2."
"Approximately 100 people attended the hearing, with those opposed to the bill outnumbering supporters roughly 10 to one." ... |
Random Thoughts About the Supreme Court’s Refusal to Hear the NJ “Justifiable Need Case”
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"Over on TTAG’s Facebook page, Marc Johnson writes; 'It should be noted the Supreme Court has handed down the most wide sweeping pro-2A Opinions in the history of the USA in the past few years. Often when they refuse to hear a case, it has nothing to do with the merits of the case itself, but with technicality issues that would render the case about some specific and non useful point, rather than the larger issue at hand.' Could be. The Supreme Court rarely explains its decision to hear or not hear a particular case. In this case, they offered no explanation. Regardless of their reasoning, yesterday’s decision has stirred-up strong feelings . . ." ... |
Supreme Court places Second Amendment gun rights under house arrest
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"Appellate courts in other circuits have come down on varying sides of the issue as to whether the Supreme Court’s gun-rights decisions of the last several years that established a personal right to bear arms were restricted to self-protection in one’s home (as Justice Scalia had framed the issue in District of Columbia v. Heller) or could spill into the streets and beyond. So far, at least, the Supreme Court is staying true to Scalia’s initial formulation that the Second Amendment is akin to a personal right of self-defense at home – meaning that gun safety laws regulating public use are not in immediate jeopardy." ... |
With Drake gone, what’s next? 2nd Amendment scholars open up
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"Following the decision this week by the Supreme Court not to act on the Drake case, Guns.com reached out to several Second Amendment experts to find out why the high court passed on this 'may-issue' case and what the gun community can expect in the future." ...
"Backed by the Second Amendment Foundation and spearheaded by attorney Alan Gura, [Drake] drew numerous supporters from across the gun community."
"Yet, despite having the blessing of various gun groups, dozens of congressmen, and no less than 19 state attorney generals, the Supreme Court elected not to hear the petition Friday."
"With little to go on as to why ... Guns.com asked several legal scholars well versed in the Second Amendment to comment." ... |
NJ: New Jersey Second Amendment Society Suit Against The NJ State Police Continues
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"As you may already know, the [NJ2AS] is engaged in litigation against the State of New Jersey Division of State Police in an effort to receive a copy of the 'New Jersey State Police Firearms Applicant Investigation Guide' (I know, try saying THAT three times fast)."
"Three years ago we began a quest to obtain a copy. It started out simply enough. We wrote to the then head of the NJSP Firearms Unit and asked for a copy. We were denied."
"For those of you who may be scratching your head and asking, 'Why on Nature’s Good Green Earth did we want such a thing', I will answer that many of the NJ municipalities were using the 'Guide' as an excuse for the unlawful practices of their police departments." ... |
NJ: Kid shoots NJ police chief with officer’s own gun while parents paying taxes (follow-up)
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"A child somehow managed to grab a New Jersey police chief’s service weapon Tuesday afternoon and shoot him in the leg."
"The child, described as a preteen, had gone with his parents to the tax collector’s office at the Bordentown Township Municipal Building when he fired the gun and shot Chief Frank Nucera in the leg."
"The 57-year-old Nucera, who also serves as town administrator, was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries."
"Burlington County prosecutors said the child fired the gun accidentally, but they aren’t sure how he was able to get .45-caliber handgun out of the officer’s holster." ... |
MS: Hinds deputy charged in death of basketball coach
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"Jackson police say a 25-year-old man died Monday after a Hinds County deputy punched him at a basketball game Sunday morning in Jackson."
"Justin Griffin died Monday afternoon after a fight with an unnamed deputy who had been a referee for a game at the Mississippi Basketball and Athletics gym, said Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart. Stewart said Griffin died at the University of Mississippi Medical Center from blunt-force trauma to the head."
"Jackson Police Department spokeswoman Colendula Green tells WLBT-TV in Jackson (http://bit.ly/1mxLi1n) Joshua Adams, 37, has been charged with murder." ... |
AZ: Ex-MCSO deputy arrested for having 'dangerous drugs'
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"Phoenix police and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office peacefully ended a standoff with a former sheriff's deputy early Monday morning."
"The former deputy, Ramon 'Charley' Armendariz, 40, had barricaded himself into his residence ... on Sunday evening, but eventually walked out of his home just after 1 a.m. and was taken into custody and to a psychiatric unit for evaluation ..."
"According to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Mr. Armendariz has been under investigation since early Thursday morning ..." ...
"Detectives issued a search warrant late last week and carried away bags of evidence, according to neighbors. Deputies said they found methamphetamines and drug paraphernalia inside Armendariz's home." ... |
NY: Nassau cop who shot unarmed cabbie in 2011 fired
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"The Nassau County Police Department Monday fired officer Anthony DiLeonardo, who was off-duty and not in uniform when he shot a retreating, unarmed cabdriver in Huntington Station after a night of drinking with another cop, a department spokesman said."
"DiLeonardo's termination is effective immediately ... DiLeonardo, who was hired in November 2007, loses his pension and benefits as a result, a source said."
"DiLeonardo, who police internal affairs investigators found recklessly escalated a roadside dispute, was never suspended after the Feb. 27, 2011, incident in which he fired his service weapon five times at cabbie Thomas Moroughan. An internal affairs report said Moroughan was backing away in fear from the officer ..." ... |
NY: NYPD cop acquitted for DWI sues arresting officer for $2M
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"An NYPD detective who was busted for DWI after falling asleep at a red light has slapped the officers who arrested him with a $2 million lawsuit, claiming they lied about the incident so they could make the arrest." ...
"Sgt. Viet Cao reported that Oquendo was slumped over his steering wheel and that they had to bang on his car for several minutes to awaken him ..."
"But Oquendo claims Cao embellished his account — and that a surveillance tape of the incident proves it." ...
"'Mr. Cao has a history of providing false testimony in order to justify his arrests of innocent people,' said Oquendo’s lawyer, Frederick Brewington." ... |
NJ: Bordentown police chief shot in leg inside municipal building, juvenile blamed
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"The Bordentown police chief was shot in the leg after his gun discharged inside the municipal building, officials say." ...
"The Burlington County Prosecutor's Office tells Action News that Police Chief Frank Nucera was struck in the leg after his department issued weapon discharged in the tax collector's office."
"A juvenile, the prosecutor's office says, caused the gun to fire." ...
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NY: ‘Ghostbuster’ cops keep raiding dead man’s home: suit
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"He’s been dead for eight years, but try telling that to the NYPD."
"Cops have barged into James Jordan Sr.’s family home looking for him more than a dozen times since he died in 2006 — prompting his exasperated relatives to finally post his death certificate on the front door." ...
"But cops still routinely ransack the family’s Bushwick home ... demanding to see him — coming four times this year alone, Jordan said."
"The widow finally taped his death certificate to the door."
"'I wanted it to be the first thing they saw before they came into my home and flipped it upside down,' Jordan said. ..." ...
"Jordan said the NYPD’s visits leave their home a wreck."
"'They tell me to be quiet or they’ll lock me up,' she said. ..." ... |
TX: Open Carry event at Texas Jack in the Box draws police response (video available)
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"An open carry protest in a Fort Worth-area Jack in the Box last week ended with controversy, calls to local law enforcement, and a fracture inside a well-known Texas Second Amendment group."
"According to reports in the local media, a peaceful open-carry event ended up with more than a dozen officers on scene and the restaurant staff hiding inside the store’s walk-in freezer." ...
"'The truth is that not a single employee of Jack in the Box hid in a freezer nor did a single employee call 911 or the police,' OCT stated ..."
"'The 911 call was made by a couple in the restaurant,' explained OCT. 'We are working to ... find out where this information originated and expose those reporting false information to achieve their anti-gun agendas.'" ... |
FL: Protecting ourselves against enemy of freedom
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"I wish we could once and for all move beyond the confusion about the Second Amendment. But after reading Marie Cunha’s letter 'An easy fix' (Your Views, May 12), I believe clarity on this amendment is needed."
"The amendment begins with 'A well regulated Militia ...,' which, as George Mason stated during the Revolutionary War, is composed of every free man. At that time, there was no standing army, and everyone was responsible for protecting their family, home and country. Despite the creation of a standing Army, this responsibility has not changed." ... |
FL: Gift from brilliant men (third letter)
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"When the Founders codified and adopted the Bill of Rights they encoded into law those rights that were presumed to be basic. They thought them so important that they wanted no government ever to be able to deny them — as European governments often had. They purposely used language the common man and voter could easily understand."
"The 2008 Supreme Court ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller resoundingly affirmed that gun ownership was 'a pre-existing right' and that the amendment codified it 'unconnected with service in a militia.' It did, however, state the right was not 'unlimited' regarding types of weapons, purpose and manner of carry, etc." ... |
FL: NRA and Florida Sheriffs Association Duke It Out Over Gun Evacuation Bill
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"A new chapter in the battle between the [NRA] and the Florida Sheriffs Association developed on Tuesday, with a new email from former NRA president Marion Hammer cranking up the heat on the FSA over a bill sponsored by Sen. Jeff Brandes ..."
"On Monday, an Associated Press story said Hammer sent a letter to NRA members and Unified Sportsmen of Florida claiming the FSA had 'declared war on the Second Amendment.' The comments drew criticism from the FSA, who said they were 'personally and professionally offended by her statements' over a gun bill that died in the 2014 legislative session. The bill would have allowed people to legally carry a firearm without a concealed weapons permit during a mandatory evacuation." ... |
MI: Open carry firearms legal in schools
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"Traverse City Area Public Schools board members didn't know it was legal for someone with a concealed pistol license to openly carry a loaded firearm into a Michigan school until this year."
"The issue hadn't come up until Interlochen resident and Grand Traverse County Commission candidate Andy Marek attended a TCAPS board meeting in January with a gun holstered on his hip. His public comment had nothing to do with guns, but school board members noticed his firearm." ...
"Board president Kelly Hall said Marek's appearance raised concerns among board members. ... Administrators found that Marek was acting legally at the meeting, and it would also be legal for him to open carry inside a school." ... |
IL: Gun Control Capitol of Chicago: 5 Dead, 31 Wounded in Less Than 4 Days (video available)
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Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/
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"I made the above video before this most recent weekend of violence was even announced in the gun control capital of Chicago, IL."
"According to media reports, from a period starting Friday afternoon and extending through the end of May 5th, 5 people were killed and 31 were injured in the Windy City."
"Fortunately, in recent months, we’ve seen the gun control situation in Chicago start to improve." ...
"The mainstream media continues to ignore the string of violence by criminals using firearms in a city that, at one point, had some of the strictest gun laws in the country." ... |
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