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High profile wedding provides key to keeping Chicago free of ‘gun violence’
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... "The results were predictable. The wedding went off without a hitch, with no pink-dressed girl or little boy blue even remotely menacing the protected private entourage of “public servants.” Results were predictable in other parts of the Windy City as well, the parts where police personnel had been pulled from, not that their presence has ever made a bit of difference anyway."
"'35 Hurt, 7 Killed in Chicago Shootings,' 5NBC Chicago reported yesterday. 'Weekend violence didn't stop for President Barack Obama's Chicago visit.'" ... |
Gun owners’ guide to the 4th Amendment: Stop and Frisk
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"Since we started our discussion of the 4th Amendment with seizures, which are governed by Terry v Ohio and its progeny, it only makes sense to next move on to the topic of 'Stop and Frisk' which is also governed by the Terry line of cases."
"But if they are based on the same material, why didn’t we just cover this material in the column on seizures? ... The short answer is that seizures (the 'stop') and searches (the 'frisk') are distinct activities from a 4th Amendment perspective and each requires independent justification. A given situation may provide the officer reasonable suspicion to stop you but may not give the officer reasonable suspicion to support a frisk." ... |
Microstamping Works. No, Really. You Only Have To Fudge A Little
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sci·ence / noun /ˈsīəns/
1. The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment
sci·en·tif·ic meth·od/ noun /ˌsīənˈtifik meTHəd/
1. A method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses
"Hmm, nowhere in any of the definitions for either of these terms did I find one that said the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses after shit-canning data that you don’t like. But that seems to have crept into the lexicon of the antis . . ." ... |
WaPo Misrepresents Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law. Again. Still.
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"The Washington Post recently reported on the first meeting of the legislative task force reviewing Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law, and the unchallenged lies start out in the first paragraph: 'The parents of a 17-year-old teen killed by a neighborhood watch captain asked a task force reviewing Florida's 'stand your ground law' Tuesday to recommend changing it so that defendants who initiate a confrontation can’t use it as part of their self-defense argument.' Traditionally one of the tasks of journalists is to check facts and verify information before presenting it to the public. They really aren’t supposed to act as a zero head loss bullshit pipe, passing falsehoods effortlessly from source to audience. But in this case . . . |
Once More with Feeling: Correlation <> Causation
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"Brian Resnick, writer and fellow at The Atlantic, has a fairly long and distinguished pedigree as an anti. In his latest piece, Gun Culture May Contribute to Suicide Rate in Rural America he demonstrates an outstanding grasp of logical fallacies. In this case, his entire piece is based around the post hoc ergo propter hoc (after this therefore because of this) fallacy. In his defense, Brian didn’t come up with this idea, he just takes it and runs with it like Usain Bolt after a couple of Red Bulls . . ." ... |
Gun ownership up, crime down -- FBI violent-crime rates show safer nation with more gun owners
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"Gun-control advocates are noticeably silent when crime rates decline. Their multimillion-dollar lobbying efforts are designed to manufacture mass anxiety that every gun owner is a potential killer. The statistics show otherwise."
"Last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that violent crime decreased 4 percent in 2011. The number of murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults all went down, continuing a pattern."
"'This is not a one-year anomaly, but a steady decline in the FBI’s violent-crime rates,' said Andrew Arulanandam, spokesman for the National Rifle Association. 'It would be disingenuous for anyone to not credit increased self-defense laws to account for this decline.'" ... |
Think you know about crime in the U.S.? Think again
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"Forget, for a moment, everything you think you know about the crime rate. Because it’s probably wrong."
"The United States is almost safer than ever, according to the latest statistics from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, the nation’s bible for crime stats."
"Despite the recession, despite joblessness, despite guns and drugs and Al Qaeda, murder, rape, robbery and assault dropped 4% in 2011." ...
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Gunway's 2 Gun Giveaway
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"Are you a member of Gunway yet? If not, you should check it out. I’ve been singing Gunway’s praises for months now, and I’m not about to stop. Gunway is a community of gun nuts who enjoy social media and interaction. It’s best described as a mash-up of Pinterest and Facebook for gun lovers. I have tons of fun interacting with other men and women who have the same passion as I do and I have received a warm reception from other members as well as the Gunway staff." ... |
Self-Defense Tip: Don’t Over-Penetrate a Room
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"'You’re a police officer responding to a domestic disturbance call. Go!' Oh great. I’m a cop. I am so not a cop. I don’t think like a cop. I don’t know cop rules. And yet there I was in my noggin’, neck and nuts protective gear, pretending to be an LEO in the most dangerous situation that the Boys in Blue face on a regular basis. Simunition training. What are you gonna do? I’ll tell you what I did: knocked on the door. After a 'What the f do you want?' reply, I asked permission to enter, opened the door (from a squatting position) and shot the dog. JK. I entered the room and saw a man standing at the far end with a gun to his head . . ." ... |
Building Your Range Trauma Kit
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"I’m not a survivalist, I don’t have six months of canned food in my basement, heck I don’t even have a week’s worth of canned food in the pantry (that is probably something I should work on). But I do understand and appreciate the spirit of preparedness. As a very active firearms instructor, heck, just as an avid shooter, there is one area I can’t afford not to prepared in: that area is first aid."
"Every shooter should have a first aid/trauma pack readily available. And there is absolutely NO excuse for a firearms instructor NOT to have one. ..." ... |
Gun Review: Smith & Wesson Model 617 22LR
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"I probably won’t be the first one to say that Smith & Wesson knows how to make a revolver. And a beautiful one at that. The Model 617 happens to be one that shoots .22LR, looks sexy while doing it and gives you 10 shots in the cylinder. Its K frame is about the same size as a .357 Ruger GP100 and it may be the highest priced .22LR revolvers on the market today. But it’s worth every penny . . ." ... |
Gear Review: Leatherman MUT
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"Its inevitable — the more deeply you become involved with firearms the larger your toolbox gets. And if you’re someone like me, who disassembles a 1911 to bare bones because they’re bored, you find yourself with an ever expanding toolbox full of strange and wonderful things that let you do all sorts of fun stuff with guns. But there’s a problem, namely that you can’t take your toolbox with you to the range. So when something breaks, you’re kinda screwed. Until now…" ... |
NRA, Not Obama, Is Real Threat to the Rule of Law
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"With campaign season in full swing, movement conservatives are actively promoting a narrative about the Obama administration being a 'threat to the rule of law.' The lightning rod for much of this invective is U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who is facing a possible contempt of Congress citation for his refusal to turn over certain Department of Justice documents relating to the ATF's discontinued 'Fast and Furious' operation on the southwest border. While Republicans' rift with Holder has been well chronicled, the architect of their messaging campaign has gone largely unnoticed." ... |
NRA claim that Obama is 'coming for our guns' way off target
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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 has a gun in the 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." ... |
The other price of the bullets
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... "According to a new study by New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, the lifetime cost of being shot — per victim — is about $64,000. The study examined shootings in 18 New York cities, including Albany, Schenectady and Troy. It found that government programs, along with special funds culled from fees charged to hospitals and insurers, were needed to offset nearly $768 million of treatment for shooting victims during a five-year period ending in 2011. And that figure represents shootings from just 18 cities, including New York City, and is not a statewide estimate." ...
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Three People Attend Jesse Jackson’s Gun Store Protest, Fifty Counter-Protesters Drown Them Out
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... "In the end the June 5 activities were futile, as Gov. Walker handily defeated the machine that tried to remove him office. And the June 16th results were even worse for Jackson, as only 3 people showed up for a planned protest of a Detroit area gun store."
"That’s not a typo—only 3 people showed up. And the funniest part is that Jesse Jackson wasn’t one of them. He did all that talking, all that huffing and puffing, and then stayed home while less than a handful of his followers protested the 'insurgents' who sell 'the guns to kill the people.'" ... |
Chicago Sun Times: NRA is Wrong Even When It’s Right
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"'Dawoud Zoubeidi has done the pro-gun crowd no favor,' the anti-gun Chicago Sun Times editorialist begins. 'When Zoubeidi raced out of his Calumet City clothing store and fired three shots at a fleeing thief, he played right into the fear of every opponent of looser gun laws who worries about Wild West shoot-em-ups.' Uh-oh. 'Zoubeidi fired a .40-caliber handgun. A bullet from a .40-caliber can travel a mile. Zoubeidi is lucky he didn’t hit an innocent shopper or child.' True dat. 'Now, almost two years after the incident, Zoubeidi is about to stand trial on felony weapons charges, and we’re bracing for the predictable outrage from the NRA. Surely they will rally to his defense, right?' Don’t call me Shirley. 'Actually, no.' I’m confused . . ." ... |
NY: Assembly Passes Bill to Require Microstamping of Semiautomatic Handguns
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"Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel, and Codes Committee Chair Joseph Lentol today announced passage of the Crime Gun Identification Act of 2012 that would require all new semiautomatic handguns sold in New York State, by 2014, to be microstamped with a unique code which is transferred to shell casings when the gun is fired."
"'Microstamping is a technological advancement that will not only help law enforcement officials investigate gun-related crimes, but will also act as a prevention tool to combat gun trafficking and reduce gun violence across New York,' said Silver. ..." ...
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Packing Pretty's New Project Is About You
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"I am currently in the process of renovating the Packing Pretty office. I’ve picked the colors (no I’m not painting the walls pink) and some of the wall art; but I need your help for the most important part. I want to surround myself with inspiration while I work, and YOU are my inspiration. You are constantly reminding me why I do what I do. Why I write, why I teach, why I care. You are what drives me, keeps me in check and encourages me to be better." ... |
ATF Death Watch 152: Is Representative Issa Caving on Fast and Furious Probe? (video available)
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"Representative Darrel Issa has been the driving force behind the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious; the ATF program that put U.S. gun store guns into the hands of Mexican cartel members, contributing to the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, Immigrations, Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata, and an unspecified number of Mexican civilians. The Department of Justice is the agency ultimately responsible for the ATF. Its head, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, has been stonewalling the Congressional probe. Issa’s Committee was prepared to vote on a contempt of Congress citation to force Holder to release some 70k documents relating to Fast and Furious. CNN reports on the latest development . . ." ... |
The Importance of the 2012 U.S. Senate Elections
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"While the 2012 presidential Election has the attention of most of the Left and Right media, a growing number of people in politics understand that the U.S. Senate races are also critical to our nation."
"Why? Well, there are a few reasons."
"First, our United States Supreme Court is sitting with a 5 to 4 conservative bent at this time, but with a single judge stepping down the Court could easily become 5 to 4 the other way. ... But there are more reasons."
"Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ... [are] pushing the United States to sign onto the United Nations 'Arms Trade Treaty' which, if ratified by the U.S. Senate, would put America’s gun rights under the regulation of the U.N. ..." ... |
FL: NRA targets Florida sheriffs candidates with survey about Stand Your Ground, 'open carry'
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"It isn’t often that Florida sheriffs back down from a fight."
"But the [NRA] isn’t any ordinary combatant."
"The NRA’s Florida lobbyist Marion Hammer sent a survey on behalf of the NRA and the United Sportsmen of Florida, whom she also represents, to sheriffs candidates around the state for the first time ever earlier this month. The questions, which critics say are lopsided, involve often controversial issues such as the state’s Stand Your Ground law and the sheriffs’ opposition to an 'open carry' bill." ...
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NSSF Applauds Passage of Marksmanship Training Support Act
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"The National Shooting Sports Foundation hailed today’s passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (H.R. 3065), which will ensure that shooters and hunters have high-quality public facilities at which to participate in recreational shooting sports and to learn about firearms safety." ...
"Sponsored by Rep. Heath Schuler (D-N.C.), the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act amends the Pittman-Robertson Act to provide state game and fish agencies with more flexibility and discretion to be able to utilize Pittman-Robertson (Wildlife Restoration Trust Fund) funds for the creation, enhancement and maintenance of public shooting ranges." ... |
Two More Senators Support Bill Opposing UN Arms Trade Treaty
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"A week ago both Mississippi Republican senators, Thad Cochran (left) and Roger Wicker (right), announced their support of S.B. 2205 — the Second Amendment Sovereignty Act of 2012 — that would allegedly protect American citizens from any abrogation of their Second Amendment rights if the UN Arms Trade Treaty was signed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in July. That makes a total of 17 senators who are supporting the bill." ... |
Long-time Arms Trade Treaty Threat Takes Step Closer
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"A UN Conference to limit gun ownership has been scheduled for July 2, 2012. The long-touted boggy-man for gun owners, the UN Arms Trade Agreement is moving closer."
"The Obama Administration voted as early as October of 2009 to abandon the position taken by the Bush Administration and SUPPORT a United Nations sponsored treaty to regulate the $55 billion a year trade in conventional weapons."
"This was also the position of the Clinton Administration. The Bush position held such decisions were within the jurisdiction of a sovereign nation."
"Not only has the Obama Administration agreed to enter into the negotiations but are reported as agreeing to the 'heavy-lifting' ..." ... |
OK: Open carry confusion
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"When Gov. Fallin pulled the trigger on the open carry law, Evan Wilbanks started predicting problems. He's a firearms instructor, and while he stands for the Second Amendment, he also believes carrying a gun openly goes too far." ...
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The Second Amendment and People Who Have Past Misdemeanor Convictions for Nonviolent Gun Possession
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"Chicago law bans gun possession without a license, and provides that licenses may not be issued to anyone who has 'been convicted by a court in any jurisdiction of … an unlawful use of a weapon that is a firearm.' Shawn Gowder has a misdemeanor conviction for 'unlawful use of a weapon' based on simple possession of a gun; the conviction dates back from 1995 (it was originally a felony but was later redefined a misdemeanor because of a state court decision holding that struck down the law making the conviction a felony on state single-subject-clause grounds). "
"Gowder sued, and today a federal district court (Gowder v. City of Chicago (N.D. Ill. June 19, 2012)) held that the law violated Gowder’s Second Amendment rights. ..." ... |
DEA-Backed Honduran Commandos Put Gun to Honduran Boy's Head, Tell Him, "If you don't talk we'll kill you."
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"Apparently, the United States’ Central American law enforcement partners didn't get the memo about Obama ending the 'war on drugs,' because after killing two pregnant women from a helicopter in which DEA agents were riding shotgun, the Honduran military (and, allegedly, several American contractors) then raided a small village." ...
"The response from the Feds to these two incidents—the killing of two men and two pregnant on the river, and the night raid on the village nearby—has been inconsistent: The DEA has said that its agents were involved in the river mission, but didn't fire, and weren’t present in the village; the Pentagon has said none of its personnel were involved in the village raid, but has said nothing about the river kill. ..." ... |
WA: Gun Crime: Seattle Sees the Light (video available)
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"seattletimes.nwsource.com: 'In an effort to reduce gun violence in Seattle, U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan [above] announced Monday that her office will push to prosecute more defendants accused of committing gun crimes.' Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the true definition of 'common sense' gun control: control the people who use guns illegally. As in lock them up on a federal beef. Quite why The Emerald City has come to its senses, opting for a punitive rather than a prohibitive approach to a recent spate of gang-related homicides is anybody’s guess. It’s certainly a come-to-Moses moment for longtime gun grabber (first time caller) Mayor McGinn ..." ... |
OH: Mike DeWine serving up ice cream and homemade pie, and you're invited!
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"Mike DeWine. Say that name amongst gun owners and you will get name recognition and a response. Mike DeWine is a long-time name in Greene County, Ohio and national politics. When he returned to Ohio he made a significant effort to engage various organizations. DeWine reached out to leading Second Amendment advocates. He also contacted Ohio groups representing gun owners and sportsmen including Buckeye Firearms Association, the Ohio Gun Collectors Association and the US Sportsmen Alliance."
"He made commitments regarding support for the Second Amendment and concealed carry efforts in Ohio. Mike DeWine was elected as Ohio Attorney General. He has kept his word to the pro-gun organizations." ... |
SD: Guns in the park: Calming the fear
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"When a group of gun enthusiasts and avid Second Amendment supporters were preparing for a picnic Saturday, burgers and sodas weren’t the only items they packed."
"With holstered guns at their hips, South Dakota Open Carry’s Sioux Falls Chapter members gathered with their families in Lyon Park on the south edge of downtown for a barbecue."
"Chapter vice president Jesse Rierson said the group got together not to incite people but to enjoy an afternoon together."
"'But if people do see us while we are out and about, we hope that they will see that law-abiding citizens can carry a firearm for their and their family’s protection in a responsible and safe manner,' said Rierson, who carried a .40-caliber Glock 23." ... |
CA: California and The 2nd Amendment
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"The Second Amendment ..."
"We assess this, in the 21st century, as the basis for providing an individual the right to possess and use a firearm."
"However, much contention has arisen from this statement, particularly over the phrase: 'the right of the people to keep and bear arms.' The definition of 'bear arms' (as an idiom) means, 'to carry weapons,' and the above statement can be read as thus: 'The right of the people to keep and carry weapons.' Yet, even with the translation, an ambiguity still exists. There are numerous ways in which a firearm can be 'carried,' and the controversy is whether it should be publicly bared or concealed." ... |
IL: New Mchenry County Ill. Shooting Range Offers a Full Service Indoor Rifle Range
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"On Target Range & Tactical Training Center in Crystal Lake, Ill., will hold its grand opening celebration June 22 and 23. The celebration will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by local dignitaries and a drawing for guns and other prizes."
"The ceremonies will start 10 a.m. Friday ..."
"The new gun center boasts two indoor shooting ranges designed and installed by Action Target, the world’s largest manufacturer of shooting range technology and equipment. One side is a12-position 25-yard handgun range with a smart retrieval system for customized target distance control and bullet-proof glass stall separators. The other side is a 12-position 50-yard rifle range." ... |
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