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Will Supreme Court Incorporate Second Amendment?
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... "An opinion piece by Will Haun at National Review Online speculates hopefully:"
"Depending on what the Supreme Court does, it could make originalism ... the accepted standard for interpreting the Bill of Rights, rather than the whims of a handful of justices."
"Similar hope is offered in a Chicago Tribune editorial, Referring back to the SCOTUS individual rights ruling in the Heller case, we're told:"
"Now that it has recognized a right to gun ownership, it's hard to see any reason the court would not require states to respect that right."
"Let us hope this optimism is fulfilled. Not that a 'good' ruling will mean the battle is over." ... |
Use freedoms for 2nd Amendment debate
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"Nobody wants to encourage or invite another campus killing spree like the one in 2007 at Virginia Tech University, in which 32 people died and 17 were wounded."
"But does that reasonable concern extend to prohibiting a rally or a flyer that promotes the idea of allowing students to carry firearms on campus in self-defense?"
"You and I may consider the idea of armed undergraduates as either inspired or wacky - but that’s not the First Amendment point, which seems to be lost on at least a few college administrators."
"In Pennsylvania, the Associated Press reported, Community College of Allegheny County officials stopped distribution of promotional material for the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus ..." ... |
Two patriotic non-profits close
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"I'm going to echo and add to the observations of my friend and colleague David Codrea who wrote Apathy enables gun control. David mentions Citizens Of America and Utah Gun Owners Alliance."
"He's right. As an activist myself, I can say with personal experience that many Americans who complain about our present social conditions, whatever that complaint may be – banking scandal, voter fraud --- are not even registered to vote. As I mentioned in my last piece, the Left in America will raise the dead to get out the vote: what do Americans do? Nothing, if anything." ... |
NRA Urges Supreme Court to Overturn Chicago Gun Ban
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"Last week, NRA filed a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of NRA v. Chicago. The NRA strongly disagrees with the decision issued by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, holding that the Second Amendment does not apply to state and local governments."
"'The Seventh Circuit got it wrong. As the Supreme Court said in last year's landmark Heller decision, the Second Amendment is an individual right that 'belongs to all Americans'. Therefore, we are taking our case to the highest court in the land,' said NRA-ILA Executive Director, Chris W. Cox. 'The Seventh Circuit claimed it was bound by precedent from previous decisions. ...'" ... |
There they go again...
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"The Obama administration insists they have no anti-gun agenda, yet we find another example of just that. In the fiscal 2009 omnibus spending bill, Democratic lawmakers inserted wording that takes away the guns from investigators with the Library's Office of the Inspector General. ..." ...
"... For 15 years the investigators have been allowed to carry guns and haven't killed or even wounded anybody in that time. ..."
"... Never mind that investigators all through the government are armed. It would seem some nervous librarians got together and prevailed upon their representatives to keep the investigators for the Library of Congress from buying or carrying arms as they execute search warrants, serve subpoenas ..." ... |
Parks just part of assault on gun rights
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"Wayne Hare's opinion piece (Herald, June 7) is amazing for his apparent ignorance of just what is and has been going on for some time. It is staggering that there are so many gun owners who are uneducated on the all-out assault on the Second Amendment."
"Hare obviously is not a member of the [NRA] or any other gun-rights organization. ... The last time I checked state gun laws ... Vermont was one of the least-restrictive states and (at that time) was the fourth lowest in crime rates."
"I have lived in Durango for 35 years and have ridden horses over much of this area. I always have carried a gun. Twice I have had run-ins with bears and, fortunately, have not had to dispatch one - but I won't take any chances." ... |
SAF Appeals Chicago Case to U.S. Supreme Court
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"The Second Amendment Foundation today appealed its lawsuit against the City of Chicago's handgun ban to the United States Supreme Court."
"The case ... was filed last year within an hour of the Supreme Court's landmark ... ruling in [DC v. Heller]."
"In the Chicago case - which can be followed at www.chicagoguncase.com - SAF is asking the Supreme Court for a definitive ruling that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is incorporated against the states by the Fourteenth Amendment's Privileges or Immunities or Due Process clauses. Earlier this year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that the Second Amendment is incorporated as a limit on state and local governments." ... |
LOTT: Sotomayor and guns
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"During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama went to great lengths to convince everyone he was a strong defender of the Second Amendment. He disowned or denied a long list of anti-gun positions and told us time and time again to trust him, that he really did believe the Second Amendment protected an individual right."
"Was he simply catering to public opinion? ..."
"Whatever Mr. Obama's true conviction, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, his pick for the Supreme Court, does not view the Second Amendment as guaranteeing an individual right. Yet media from the Los Angeles Times to The Washington Post think they have the proof she is not an 'anti-gun radical.'" ... |
[Sen.] DeMint Says Sotomayor Still Troubles Him
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"Count Sen. Jim DeMint among those Republicans leaning toward voting against Judge Sonia Sotomayor."
"Though DeMint says he hasn't made up his mind yet, the South Carolina Republican said his meeting with President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee this afternoon failed to sway him."
"Though Sotomayor was 'very personable and engaging,' 'I didn't hear anything today that eased my concerns,' DeMint said in a statement."
"'She was unwilling to say the Second Amendment protects a fundamental right that applies to all Americans, which raises serious questions about her view of the Bill of Rights. ...' DeMint said." ... |
Starbucks Full of Guns - The Insanity of Open Carry
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"Across the country, gun proponents are continuing to ramp up their efforts to normalize abnormal behavior by encouraging citizens to openly carry loaded firearms."
"Just last week, Pastor Ken Pagano of the New Bethal Church in Kentucky made headlines with his decision to promote the 2nd Amendment by sponsoring an 'Open Carry Church Service' on June 27. All he asks is that parishioners bring a[n unloaded] firearm and a friend who has a sidearm."
"Likewise, in Kalamazoo, Michigan on June 7 the Open Carry crowd was at it again. About 30 people showed up at a picnic in a public park with guns hoisted on their hips to demonstrate they were within the law to openly carry a firearm." ...
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Join the militia (first letter)
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"Please carefully read the first 13 words of the Second Amendment:"
"'A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.'"
"All persons carrying loaded weapons into our National Parks shall immediately report to the forest ranger for their duty assignment. We must have a well-regulated organization of people bearing arms to help protect innocent visitors from violent crimes and danger."
"A hundred people, each carrying a loaded weapon, is not a well-regulated group if they are randomly wandering around the park." ...
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A nation of vigilantes (second letter)
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"I once read an article on the psychology of gun ownership. It said people who own guns firstly see themselves as the good guys who feel a need to protect themselves. Over time that need expands to one's immediate family and then others around them. They start to become paranoid and see danger everywhere."
"They read of a bear spotted in an urban area and assume extremely dangerous bears are everywhere. Of course, other people are suspect and potentially bad guys that everyone needs protection from. Of course, it is the bad guys who are trying to take the guns away from the good guys. Unfortunately, the pro-gun letters I have read all fit in nicely to this idea and I have to laugh when I read these brilliant letters." ...
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Obama move would eliminate 8 of 10 pocketknives
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"The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency is proposing a new definition that could be used to eliminate 8 of 10 legal pocketknives in the United States right now, according to activists who are gearing up to fight the plan."
"The federal bureaucracy is accepting comments – written only – that must be received by June 21 before its planned changes could become final, but Doug Ritter of KnifeRights.org, said the implications of the decision would be far-reaching, since many state and federal agencies depend on the agency's definitions to determine what is legal in the United States." ...
""If this law were to pass and you cross the state line with a folder (pocketknife) in your pocket, it would be a federal felony,' he said." ...
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GA: Armed customer stops robbery
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"To hear some in Georgia, you might think that having armed customers in a store makes for a very serious danger of somebody getting shot in the foot."
"In this case, they would be correct."
"Last weekend, a female armed robber ... decided to ... rob a convenience store in Tift County, Georgia. This turned out to be the wrong convenience store to rob at that particular time. The news report tells us what happened next:"
". . . a customer already at the register pulled out his gun and shot the woman in the foot. She dropped her gun in the store and dropped her drivers license in the parking lot as she tried to get away . . ."
"The police arrested her when she later checked into the local hospital." ... |
WI: 2 shot during robbery had BB guns
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"The two men who were shot by a security guard while trying to rob a Milwaukee check cashing business last week were armed with realistic-looking BB guns, according to a Police Department spokeswoman."
"Ronald X. Reed Jr., 24, was shot in the back and died at the scene, police said. His cousin, 22-year-old Vidal D. Mason, was shot in the abdomen."
"The BB guns 'looked very much like authentic weapons,' police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz wrote in an e-mail."
"The men also used BB guns while committing a string of armed robberies in 2005, court records show." ... |
When reading the latest FBI crime stats, the devil is truly in the details
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... "But the 2008 crime statistics released by the FBI have put a somewhat more rosy face on what is really not a great situation. Crime is down in big cities, but it's up in small towns."
"On the surface, it might look like the urban governments are getting things under control. Actually, that's the furthest thing from the truth. Fact of the matter, urban crime has spread to small town America because the cities are basically not worth the trouble anymore. Anyone with the means to leave many of the most dangerous areas already has left."
"Predators, like hunters, follow the prey. With the urban exodus, the problems creep into small towns like crabgrass into a bermuda lawn. One day it looks good, then it's infested." ... |
King County, WA executive should buy a pistol, learn to use it
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... "Here’s a suggestion for self-important public officials who think they cannot travel safely without a security detail: Buy a handgun and learn to use it. Us lowly private citizens - your constituents - do that. ..."
"If you worry about traveling to places that do not recognize or allow concealed carry, just don’t go there. Insist that meetings be held in gun-friendly jurisdictions. For meetings with the president or a member of the cabinet, meet them over breakfast at a Denny’s in Virginia." ... |
OH: More women taking advantage of firearms classes
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"The Port Clinton News-Herald is reporting on a mother-daughter partnership that offers all-female gun education courses, as well as National Rifle Association-certified concealed carry courses."
"Joy and Faith Ferkel have instructed more than 75 men and women, who are now better prepared to defend themselves and their families. They say most of the female students have taken advantage of all-women classes." ... |
CA: Outlaw self-defense? We won't let you
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"Letter writer Bryan Girard ('A right that is wrong,' June 3) asks where gun rights enthusiasts stand in relation to the recent 'carnage,' citing the mass killings reported in the last few months. I don't speak for everybody but I think any reasonable person would see this situation as regrettable at the very least and nearly impossible in most cases to prevent."
"Mr. Girard's solution would be to disarm the entire population in the naïve belief that it could even be accomplished and doing so would cure the problem. This writer, as with so many others, refuses to look at the facts involved. ..." ... |
PA: Police: Officers rescued boy during Pa. gun battle
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"Police officers ... rescued a 9-year-old boy who had been kidnapped by his father as a fatal gun battle erupted between the man and state troopers ..."
"After arguing with his estranged wife during a custody exchange, Daniel Autenrieth kidnapped his son at gunpoint, then led police on a 40-mile high-speed chase that ended with a crash and an exchange of gunfire ... Autenrieth and a state trooper were killed." ...
"... [Autenrieth] went into the house in Nazareth — ignoring a May 18 protection-from-abuse order that forbade it ..." [emphasis added] ...
"Police said they are investigating how Autenrieth got the gun. Because he was subject to a protection-from-abuse order, he was not permitted to have one." ... |
Hatch sticks up for gun owners
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"In recent weeks, there have been countless statements made by politicians, pundits, and even the [DHS], that gun ownership or support for the Second Amendment is connected to, if not synonymous with, violent behavior. Unfortunately, this false assumption has permeated its way into the Utah media's editorials, political cartoons and news stories."
"Short on facts, those making these accusations have decided to disparage and marginalize those who support the rights of law-abiding gun owners. We saw this in the recent DHS report ... I suppose we'd better keep an eye on the Supreme Court, which two years ago found that the Second Amendment confers[sic] an individual right to keep and bear arms." ... |
DC: Norton pulls voting rights bill
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"D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton on Tuesday pulled the D.C. Voting Rights Act from consideration by the House of Representatives, as it became clear supporters did not have the votes to reject a pro-gun amendment attached in the Senate." ...
"All efforts to reach a compromise on a National Rifle Association-backed amendment eviscerating D.C.'s gun registration and possession laws failed ... As they did in the Senate, numerous moderate House Democrats were prepared to vote for the bill with the amendment attached. Norton was forced to pull the legislation as Hoyer, D-Md., was unwilling to go forward without consensus, and President Barack Obama did not involve himself in the fight." ... |
IL: Second Amendment measure passes
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FULL TEXT BELOW:
A non-binding resolution supporting one of America's basic rights won the approval of the Kane County Board Tuesday morning.
In a 19-4 vote, with one member voting present, the measure reaffirmed Kane County's support of the Second Amendment. The issue was brought forward by the Illinois Pro 2A group, which is seeking to get similar resolutions approved around the state.
Kane's version takes a more mellow tone compared to Pro 2A's version, which is strongly opposed to any legislation that limits the gun rights of citizens. |
PA: City passes 'missing gun' ordinance
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"At the June 9, 2009, City Council Meeting, the Council unanimously approved Administration Bill No. 9, 'requiring prompt notification to authorities of lost or stolen firearms, and imposing penalties.' The new ordinance would require gun owners to report the loss or theft of any registered firearms within 72 hours of their discovery." ...
"Mayor Gray also took a moment to clarify the purpose and parameters of this new ordinance: "... The reason that this is passed is not to have it reported; it's to eliminate the excuse of the person who buys the gun legally and then sells it illegally…'" ...
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Officer Friendly: "We traced this 'crime gun' to you."
Criminal: "Gee, how did it get out of my storage locker? Let's go look."
Criminal (opens locker): "Gasp! All of my guns are gone! Good thing you're here so I can report the theft ..."
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Officer Friendly: "We traced this 'crime gun' to you."
Criminal: "Gee, how did it get out of my new storage locker? Let's go look."
Criminal (opens locker): "Gasp! All of my guns are gone! Good thing you're here so I can report the theft ..." |
VA: Dems and guns
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"Like any landslide, Creigh Deeds' victory tonight had more causes than one: His rural margins, the continuing sway of the Washington Post, Terry McAuliffe's inability to close the deal. ..." ...
"I wrote earlier about how the White House's backing off of the gun debate appears to have helped Deeds in limiting the effect of attacks against him targeting liberal, anti-gun Democrats, and got two smart reactions to the piece."
"Emails one Democratic reader:""The Creigh Deeds win signals the end of gun control. If gun control can't be used as a wedge in a Dem primary in a state that recently experienced a gun-related tragedy (the VA Tech shootings), then I declare this issue officially dead." ... |
Cheney's Revenge: Coming to a Police Station Near You
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"Ryan S. Smith of Niagara Falls, New York, is a 21-year-old ex-con suspected of taking part in a vicious kidnapping and robbery. He is, quite likely, a fairly nasty specimen of humanity. Whether or not that's the case, he will likely become a pivotal figure in the legal struggle over institutionalizing torture as method of enforcing court orders and conducting police interrogations." ... |
VA: Richmond Coliseum Bans VCDL Stickers!
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"Last night talk show host Glenn Beck was at the Richmond Coliseum. Many VCDL members were in attendance. ..."
"The good news is that there were NO problems with law-abiding gun owners carrying their handguns to the show. Handguns were carried concealed and openly."
"VCDL members Dale Welch and Paul Henick handed out **851** VCDL 'Guns Save Lives' stickers outside the Coliseum ..."
"... attendees were finding Dale and Paul to get one of those stickers ..."
"The bad news is that the message on those stickers got the attention of the Coliseum staff, who, with the Richmond Police in tow, came out to confront Dale and Paul. They created a new rule out of whole cloth that said stickers were not allowed in the Coliseum." ... |
TX: Texas Cop Tasers 72-year-old Great Grandmother
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"Fox News has obtained police dashboard video of the tasering of a 72 year old great grandmother in Travis County, TX."
"The police claim that after Kathryn Winkfein was stopped ... she disobeyed an order to sign the speeding ticker, used profane language, and became 'violent.' They say the officer who tasered her and took her to be booked for resisting arrest was completely justified."
"However, Winkfein says that’s a lie, and the video appears to back her up."
"It shows Constable Richard McCain screaming, 'Get over here now!' Winkfein replies, 'Give [the ticket] to me and I’ll sign it.' Instead, the officer reaches out and pushes her, and she starts complaining, 'Oh, you're going to shove me? You're going to shove a seventy-two year old woman?'"
"McCain then tasers her. ..." ... |
NY: Middle school gunman identified as former NYPD officer
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"A former New York City police officer from Tappan was being held without bail last night after he entered South Orangetown Middle School with a gun because he was upset with a district letter on swine flu, but was disarmed by the schools superintendent, who wrestled the weapon away during a fight inside the official's office ..."
"No one was injured during the incident that started just before 11:30 a.m., as school officials locked students in their classrooms during a police investigation."
"Orangetown police fired off several shotgun blasts to break down the locked door to Superintendent Ken Mitchell's office ..."
"Peter Cocker, 37, was arraigned last night on six felony charges ..." ... |
VA: Virginia's permit requests, gun sales rise at record clip
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"Erin King squeezed into a packed classroom at Bob's Gun Shop with a new pistol and a mission."
"She sat through two hours of instruction and fired off several dozen rounds at the range with her Guardian .32-caliber. The 26-year-old from Suffolk bought her first gun a few weeks ago and plans to get a concealed-carry permit next month."
"She'll slip her pistol into a hidden holster and protect herself commuting to her part-time job cleaning offices at night. 'I'm responsible for myself,' King said."
"As the classroom shows, she's not alone."
"Driven by safety concerns or political angst, gun sales and applications for concealed-carry permits are booming." ... |
UK: Golfers arrested after fighting off gang attempting to steal clubs
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"Eight people were arrested following the incident at Sundridge Park Golf Course on Sunday. ..."
"According to reports, the players were about to tee off on the fourth hole of the course in Bromley, Kent, when they were confronted by a group of teenagers brandishing planks of wood."
Despite the group threatening to attack them if they did not hand over their golfing equipment, the golfers apparently fought back. ..." ...
"A 33-year-old woman ... and a 49-year-old man ... have been arrested on the affray charges."
"Officers also arrested a 53-year-old man ... and a 48-year-old man ... on suspicion of causing GBH, while a 39-year-old man ... was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct." ... |
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