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Blogger Vanderboegh reports murdered ICE agent investigating Fast and Furious
Submitted by: David Codrea
Website: http://www.davidcodrea.com

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... "While the weapons found at the Zapata murder scene were not from among the Fast and Furious guns, this revelation is profoundly significant, because it directly contradicts sworn testimony by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano." ...
 

"Shadow War On The Second Amendment" - David Keene (video story)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"David Keene, the President of the NRA, is also the former President of the American Conservative Union. Thus, it is only natural that he should be at the ACU's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Chicago recently. He moderated a couple of panel discussion which Sebastian discusses here."

"He was interviewed for NRA News by Cameron Gray. Among the things Keene discussed were what he termed as the shadow war on the Second Amendment. ..." ...
 

Chinese plot to strip Americans of Firearms
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... "What is left unsaid in the Chinese critique of U.S. policies is the fact that we the people have the authority and duty – morally and legally – to change things any time we find the government headed down the wrong path. While there are issues, we retain the right and power of free speech and assembly, a free press and the power of the vote. As a last resort, we also retain the right, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence, to 'throw off' an unjust government and 'provide new Guards' for our future security." ...
 

Daniel Defense Updates their DDM4 Rifles
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Daniel Defense has redesigned the quad-rail handguard used on many of their carbines, in particular it's standard on their popular DDM4 carbines."

"This new handguard has been designed to be more compact and lightweight compared to their older model, with a smaller rail radius that makes it easier to hang on to, and it brings the lower rail closer to the barrel. 'This one-piece design has a more narrow profile which lends itself to better weapon manipulation,' Jordan Hunter of Daniel Defense said in a recent interview." ...
 

Five Sweet Deals from Slickguns
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"If you haven't heard about Slickguns then you're missing out. Slickguns aggregates firearm related deals from around the web and lists them in an easy to read format. The system sort of works on good faith, but all the deals are user generated, so they're posted, voted on, commented on and ultimately taken advantage of by the users -- like you."

"Guns.com browsed the site for, what we thought, were some pretty sweet deals." ...
 

Leupold Drops $1,500 off their Mark 8 CQBSS Sticker
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Leupold, manufacturer of sporting and military optics, is announcing that they're knocking $1,500 off the sticker price for one of their flagship riflescopes, their Mark 8 1.1-8×24mm CQBSS (Close Quarters Battle Sniper Scope). It will now have an MSRP of $3,000, a 30 percent price reduction. Hopefully you will be able to find them for a little less." ...
 

Woman Invents Apron Gun Holster and a New Business (video story)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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... "Ginny Simone talks with Eliane Niemann about her apron gun holster, inspired by her personal experience while working at her place of business – For more information, go to: www.aprongunholster.com" ...
 

Mythbusting The Magnum
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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... "We are living in what is called the information age, however often much of that information is actually misinformation. The .44 Magnum, both sixguns and cartridge, has been with us now for nearly 60 years. There is much good information out there in both the printed page and on the Internet, however there are also a lot of mistakes and myths perpetuated. The wise seeker learns, or at least should learn which are dependable resources and which are not. Internet forums are one of the worst places to find reliable information, however one of the best sources of wrong information. It is amazing to me to see the stuff that is disseminated and gains a wide audience of believers. ... Let the reader beware!" ...
 

My First Appleseed Shoot – Day 1
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"I first heard about the Appleseed Project from one of the OFWGs at my local gun club. He was a big supporter and both he and his wife helped organize and run the events in the local area. The Appleseed project is the brainchild of Fred from Fred’s M14 Stocks website and was started in 2006. If you don’t know, basic goal of Project Appleseed is to teach Americans about their heritage, focusing in particular on the events that began on April 19, 1775. If it’s been a while since your fourth grade history class . . ." ...
 

 

Gun Culture May Contribute to Suicide Rate in Rural America
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"Rural Americans between the ages of 10 and 24 are twice as likely as their urban counterparts to commit suicide. And while youth suicides have declined across the country in recent years, suicide rates in sparsely populated areas have remained steady. While it is hard to pinpoint the reasons for this disparity -- access to mental health treatments is a major contributor -- one reason may be tied to gun culture." ...
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SUBMITTER'S COMMENT: "... one reason may be tied to gun culture."
And other reasons "may be tied to" boredom, lack of opportunity, the ready availability of drugs and alcohol and the unending images of how their lives are nowhere near as much fun as those portrayed on TV.
 

Is the NRA right that Obama is 'coming for our guns'?
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Here's something you won't hear from the National Rifle Association: The Second Amendment is fading as a wedge issue in American politics, gun owners are winning, and President Barack Obama is doing little to alter the scales.

Nearly one in two Americans now have a gun in their home and just 26 percent favor an all-out ban on handguns, down from 60 percent in 1959, according to a recent Gallup survey. The number of Americans who support tighter gun laws is at an all-time low." ...
 

Illinois Man Builds, Shoots, Sells Homemade Civil War Cannons
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Ray Carr, a resident of Charleston, Illinois, builds and sells homemade cannons. His most recent one is modeled after an 1862 Mountain Howitzer, it’s fully operational, and it can be yours for the low price of $4,750."

"Despite the high price tag and the obviously limited market, Carr claims that a bunch of people are interested. He told The Daily Eastern News, 'Most [prospective buyers] say, 'I'd love to have it, but the wife wouldn’t let me.' We've all been there before." ...
 

Zippo Gun Fires 4mm Bullets (video available)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Take a look at this video of a .22 caliber Zippo gun. We’ve all seen lighters designed to look like guns, but how many of you have seen it the other way around?" ...
 

Skeeter Skelton’s Last Sixgun
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"It was Elmer Keith who lit the sixgunning fire in my heart, however it was Skeeter Skelton who continually fanned the flames. Keith did the majority of his work and writing about sixguns before I ever purchased my first revolver, however I kind of feel like I grew up with Skeeter, who was 11 years old when I was born, and whose first articles appeared in [GUNS Magazine] in the late 1950s. Skeeter became Handgun Editor of another magazine in the mid-1960s and I followed everything he wrote for the next two decades. Skeeter not only did feature articles he also had a monthly 'Hipshots' column ... above all he had the rare ability to grab sixgunners by the heart, soul and spirit, and pull them right into the article." ...
 

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: A Tale of Two Home Invasions
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Pardon the change of gears from my typical detailed deconstructions of anti-gunners’ falsehoods, fallacies and folderol. This is more in the nature of a compare and contrast on two home invasions by the same man, the same night, in the same neighborhood, and how the outcomes differed and could have been much worse. The Southern Oregon Mail Tribune reports that on the evening of Saturday 6/9 . . ." ...
 

WA: Armed intervention in Yakima saves man’s life
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"As gun prohibitionists and gun rights activists prepare for Monday’s Town Hall Seattle meeting about urban violence, a story out of Yakima involving a legally-armed citizen who intervened in a shooting just might have some bearing on the upcoming discussion." ...
 

Sipsey Street Exclusive: Investigators discover I.C.E. Report of Investigation on seizure of Fast & Furious weapons in Texas in August 2010 SIGNED BY JAIME ZAPATA!
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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... "Congressional investigators permitted to view Department of Homeland Security documents related to the Fast and Furious operation have located and seen an Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Report of Investigation (ROI) from August 2010 describing 80 weapons seized in an arms smuggling interdiction between Phoenix, Arizona and San Antonio, Texas. Of these weapons, the majority (approximately 50) were noted to have come from Operation Fast & Furious in Arizona ... The ROI was written and signed by Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Jaime Zapata, who was shot dead in an ambush at a fake roadblock in San Luis Potosí, Mexico on 15 February 2011. At the time of the report, Agent Zapata was assigned to the Laredo office." ...
 

David and I will be on Armed American Radio Sunday night.
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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... "Award-winning citizen journalist and blogger Mike Vanderboegh along with regular AAR contributor and award-winning journalist David Codrea, join host Mark Walters to blow the lid off of Eric Holder’s and Janet Napolitano’s cover-up of Operation Fast and Furious on nationally syndicated Armed American Radio this weekend. (AAR is nationally syndicated on the Salem Radio Network)" ...
 

Issa, Holder locked in game of political hardball
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Congressman Darrell Issa Friday afternoon made it clear in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder that he is willing to engage in a 'constructive dialogue' about Operation Fast and Furious documents, Holder needs to deliver documents he has offered to the committee prior to any such meeting."

"The letter came just hours after a Rasmussen survey revealed support for Holder is waning, and the Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms called on the embattled attorney general to step down. However, CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb added a condition: If Holder leaves, he should first turn over all the documents that Issa has requested." ...
 

AG Holder's very selective 'superior knowledge' of 'Project Gunwalker'
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"'I don't know.'"

"'I'm not sure.'"

"'I can't remember.'"

"Throughout the more than year long congressional investigation of the 'Project Gunwalker' scandal, Attorney General Holder has given the above and similar answers, under oath, to Congress more times than can be easily counted."

"Holder continued his 'defense by virtue of utter obliviousness' at last week's House Judiciary Committee hearing ..." ...
 

Rasmussen survey shows low support for Holder; CCRKBA says he should quit
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"A new Rasmussen Survey of likely voters released Friday morning suggests far more Americans want Attorney General Eric Holder to quit than want him to stay, and the Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms sides with the majority."

"About one-third of the respondents remain 'undecided.'" ...
 

Because Voters Have A Right To Know – Educating the Pensacola News Journal Editorial Board
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"[Anonymous PNJ Editors ] in your 6/13/12 editorial, are you seriously comparing sheriffs to criminals by suggesting they should not respond to NRA candidate questionnaires because they have the 'right to remain silent' just like the bad guys?" ...
 

UT: Hatch's record contradicts support for Second Amendment
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Senator Hatch claims to support the second amendment, but Senator Hatch's voting record tells a different story!"

"* Concerning the Clinton gun ban; he initially voted for and supported the 1994 Clinton Semi- Auto Ban. (U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote, 103rd Congress- 1st Session, H.R 3355)" ...
 

FL: American Conservative Union endroses Cliff Stearns
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"On the day opponent James Jett is blasting his conservative record, U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns rolled out an endorsement from the American Conservative Union Political Action Committee."

"'Whether the issue was reigning runaway federal spending, reducing crippling government regulation, protecting the rights of the unborn or protecting Second Amendment rights, year after year Cliff Stearns has been there for conservatives,' said Larry Heart, the group's director, in a statement." ...
 

House wants more airline pilots to pack guns
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Congress refuses to gut the one program the Transportation Security Administration has offered to minimize: pilots who pack guns."

"The House just passed an amendment in its Homeland Security appropriations bill that would boost funding for armed-pilot training by $10 million. That throws a sharp rebuke at both the TSA and the Obama administration, which proposed chopping financing in half." ...
 

Cravaack passes amendment to improve U.S. aviation security in opposition to Obama's plans to disarm pilots
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"[On June 6], the House unanimously agreed to the amendment offered by U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack (MN) to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2013, which would increase funding for the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program. Importantly, the amendment is fully offset and will not cost taxpayers any additional money." ...
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Submitter's Note: Here's an idea; instead of farting around with all this, just pass an amendment stating that any pilot with a permit to carry, or who qualified with weapons in the military, or who has completed a hunter safety course is qualified as a FFDO. Problem solved, cost $0.
 

NY: Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb debates Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel on Microstamping (video story)
Submitted by: GunPoliticsNY
Website: http://www.gunpoliticsny.com

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"Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb appeared on CNN's Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien for a debate on the Microstamping legislation (A.1157B) that will be coming up for a vote before the end of session."
 

NY: Schimel defends microstamping legislation as sensible gun control measure on CNN
Submitted by: GunPoliticsNY
Website: http://www.gunpoliticsny.com

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"Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D-Great Neck), a leading voice on gun violence prevention in New York State, appeared this morning on CNN’s Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien to debate her signature issue, microstamping. The opposing viewpoint was provided by Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R- Canandaigua). The guest panel of political commentators included Will Cain, Margaret Hoover, and Celeste Headlee." ...
 

Remington Settles 700 Trigger Suit
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"We’ve reported in the past on the claims made by various parties that Remington 700 rifles that use the Walker fire control system have been known to fire without so much as a finger on the trigger. Well, one of the allegedly injured parties, Joel Lovell, hired the Houston class action factory otherwise known as the Lanier Law Firm. And the distinguished barristers issued a press release via PR Newswire and marketwatch.com peacocking the fact that they’ve managed to extract an undisclosed financial settlement from the Freedom Group company. The question is, will this be an isolated drip or the beginning of a deluge. Press release after the jump . . ." ...
 

NM: Ex-Valencia Deputy’s Trial Set
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"The former Valencia County Sheriff’s deputy accused of trying to coerce a woman into a sexual favor to get out of a ticket near Veguita in September 2010 will stand trial at the Socorro District Courthouse on July 23."

"Former Deputy Patrick Duran will face one charge of extortion, a third-degree felony that carries a three-year prison term; and one charge of false imprisonment, a fourth-degree felony that carries a prison term of 1 1/2 years." ...
 

CA: Calif. jury finds ex-police officer guilty of rape
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"A former police detective who blamed the antidepressant Zoloft for his behavior was found guilty Wednesday of kidnapping and raping a waitress at gunpoint in a brutal attack."

"A San Bernardino County jury will now have to determine whether Anthony Nicholas Orban was sane at the time of the attack."

"Orban's attorney argued during trial that his client suffered a psychotic break because he was taking Zoloft and was effectively unconscious when he kidnapped the woman in the Ontario Mills mall parking lot in San Bernardino County." ...
 

IN: Indiana Police Express Concern Over ‘Right to Resist Police’ Law (VIDEO)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"In late March, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed SB1, the 'Right to Resist Police' bill, into law, which allows citizens to force, including deadly force, if they reasonably believe it is necessary to protect themselves, someone else or their own property from unlawful actions by a public servant."

"Since its passage, the law has been widely criticized. But no criticism of the law has been more poignant than that coming from those Indiana residents who’ve taken an oath to “serve and protect.”" ...
 

IL: Chicago Police Still Enforcing Draconian Wiretapping Law Despite Court Order
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Despite the court ruling ordering police in Illinois not to enforce the state’s draconian wiretapping law, Chicago police continue to use it to intimidate citizens from recording them in public."

"An activist named Micah Philbrook said he was nearly arrested Wednesday outside a courthouse where he was congregated with members of Occupy Chicago in support of the Nato 3." ...
 

IL: Illinois Cops Confiscate Phone From Woman Photographing Crime Scene
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"A former television photojournalist who snapped a photo of a crime scene in Illinois, then sent it to her former news station, ended up having her phone confiscated."

"Obviously, Beth Vollmer still didn’t know her rights despite her journalistic background." ...
 

GA: Police dog attacks Walmart worker (video story)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"A police dog attacked an employee at a Fayette County Walmart."

"The Fayette County deputy was using the restroom while the dog was supposedly secured in his SUV." ...
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H/t to Cato Institute's National Police Misconduct Reporting Project who ask: What if Walmart had, say, a guard dog that got loose and attacked a customer? Would Walmart be looking at a lawsuit? Would the responsible Walmart employees be fired or disciplined in some way? Should the situation be any different because this incident involves a police dog?
 

GA: DeKalb County police officer charged with DUI
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"A DeKalb County police officer, arrested for allegedly driving drunk, is now on restrictive duty." ...
 

MD: Baltimore backs out of $150,000 settlement with family of teen allegedly kidnapped by police
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Attorneys representing City Hall have abruptly backed out of a $150,000 settlement agreement with the family of a teen allegedly kidnapped by Baltimore police."

"... The officers were accused of picking up two West Baltimore teens in 2009 and driving one to East Baltimore and dropping the other off in a Howard County park."

"One of the boys, 15, was found without shoes 11 miles from his home."

"Pettit said attorneys representing the officers agreed to settle the suit for $150,000 in February. Both sides signed the agreement and the judge canceled a March trial date and closed the case."

"But recently the city has refused to pay the settlement, leaving Pettit's clients without a scheduled trial ..." ...
 

VT: Man caught with loaded gun at airport was Guard member, former TSA screener
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"The Vermont National Guard has begun a “commander’s investigation” in the case of a Guard soldier detained at Burlington International Airport last week after security screeners found a loaded handgun in his carry-on luggage."

"'The Guard takes this matter very seriously,' Lt. Col. Lloyd Goodrow, a Guard spokesman, said Friday."

"Goodrow declined to identify the soldier involved, but an official with the federal Transportation Security Administration said the person was Daniel G. Blodgett," ...
 

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