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5 dead in California shooting. Gun control laws ignored.
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"Another tragic shooting took place just a little while ago in Santa Monica, CA. The killer or killers are still on the loose as of 9:17:55 PM today. Apparently the gunman was not familiar with the myriad California gun control laws or simply decided to ignore them. How many tragic events like must take place before politicians and liberals realize that the problem is not guns but rather people. We have a long history of failing to stop human behavior but trying to remove the objects associated with that behavior. ..." ... |
The Federal Firearms Law Hit Parade
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"As part of a project that I’m working on, I’ve been putting together a relatively brief summary of major federal legislation that controls firearms in the United States. So I have to admit that as a result, I have learned a lot. I present this summary for your reading pleasure. First of all, it may be enlightening to some and certainly may help explain why certain things are the way that they are. My ulterior motive is also to have this explanation vetted by folks who probably know more about this than I do. Did I get the details right? Anything I missed? Need to change? As always, your comments are appreciated . . ." ... |
'Shotgun Joe' refuses to go quietly into the night.
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"Seems like old 'Shotgun Joe' is not giving up. On Friday he sent out this letter despite polls showing that most Americans want to move on and leave the gun control issue behind. I think that old Shotgun Joe has finally found something to do in the Whitehouse other than fetching coffee for the President or attending events that are too boring for Obama to personally show up at. I have a feeling that he does not want to leave a legacy of failing at the only non sidekick job he had as Vice President. ..." ... |
Poll: If you could choose your combat sidearm.
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"At one time each militiaman would supply himself with his own weapons. It worked during the days of the musket because most men made their own lead balls and all that was needed was some cloth for a wad and generic gun powder. However as weapons and ammo evolved, it was no longer possible to keep a militia in ammunition and parts due to the diversity of both the firearms and the ammo that they used. Of course, there was the ever-present problem of needing more men than those that owned firearms. ..." ... |
Daily Digest: Hit ‘Em With Your Best Shot Edition
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"Ryan Cleckner, former Army Ranger sniper and long-range rifle instructor in Texas is good. Real good. How good? This video shows him hitting a target 1,000 yards away with a Barrett M107 .50 caliber sniper rifle in one shot. While standing. And holding the 37-pound rifle in his arms. Blindfolded. OK, I’m kidding about the blindfolded part. But if anyone could do it I have no doubt Mr Cleckner could. And from that display of awesomeness we head to Ogden, Utah for the latest news from the firing range . . ." ... |
Gear Preview: KG Industries
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"Here at TTAG, political stories are the flash that brings in temporary traffic, but our gear and gun reviews bring readers in droves for years to come. In fact, the highest traffic gun review in Q1 2013 was actually written in May 2011. Truth be told, I’m a big fan of writing gear reviews. I am also a huge fan of writing reviews of nearly every product a company makes. Which leads us to our preview of the KG Industries cleaning and lubricants range. The plan is simple. Over the course of the coming months, I’ll be posting reviews of the following items . . ." ... |
Kirsten Weiss: Size Does Matter
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"Lapua (LA-pwa) sponsored shooter Kirsten Weiss writes:
In a society that often proclaims 'bigger is better'—big trucks, big houses, big decks (on big houses)—it’s easy to think that size is important. When it comes to rifle marksmanship size does matter. Smaller is better. Why? Because it teaches you more. Think of beginning marksmanship as learning how to fly a plane . . ." ... |
Gun Review: IWI TAVOR SAR
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"We’ve already gone over the basics of IWI’s newly released (in the United States, at least) TAVOR SAR rifle. So with the tech specs out of the way, let’s talk about how the rifle actually functions in the real world, and how it stacks up against the competition." ... |
Ammo Test: Speer Gold Dot .40 S&W 155 Grain Self-Defense Ammunition
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"One thing I’ve found testing thousands of rounds of ammunition through a wide variety of traditional, and sometimes non-traditional, targets is that you can’t generalize. Broad generalizations just don’t hold up. I mean, there’s the obvious exception of Justin Bieber – ALL of his songs are roughly comparable to pre-gelatinized narwhal poop, but in most other things, you need to evaluate each and every unique circumstance independently." ... |
Our toxic divide seems to be worsening
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"I am surely not the only one fatigued by the interminable letters about guns, each side talking past and ignoring the arguments of the other."
"What has happened to the old-fashioned ethic of seeking consensus? ..." ...
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Sleeping With Guns
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... "... The driver, who worked with the county sheriff’s department, offered me his service revolver to examine. I turned the weapon onto its side, pointed it toward the door. The barrel, however, slipped when I shifted my grip to pull the hammer back, to make certain the chamber was empty, and turned the gun toward the driver’s seat. When I let the hammer fall, the cylinder must have rotated without my knowing. When I pulled the hammer back a second time it fired a live round."
"My friend, Doug, slumped in the driver’s seat, dying ..." ...
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The cylinder rotated without my knowing...
IT fired a live round...
You poor victim. To think that a mean old gun did all that to you. |
Congress shows cowardice on the gun issue
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"Thirty thousand people – three times the population of Davidson – died in gun-related incidents last year in our country. You would think the government would do something." ...
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Submitter's Note: Hey, I know! Since almost 60% of those fatalities were suicides or accidents let's improve our mental health care and add gun safety training for K-12 students. |
Chris Kyle's Legacy Book
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... "At the time of his death, Chris Kyle was working on a second book which celebrated his life-long understanding and appreciation of firearms. His wife and friends finished the job, and 'American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms' came out this week. The partial manuscript was completed by a team that loved him and understood him: his young widow Taya, and his friends William Doyle and Jim DeFelice." ... |
IEDs...the asymmetric tool of the underdog that won't go away
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... "Which brings me to the reality of the situation, some people understand war, and others do not. Thomas Swindell wrote this:""To support the new NRA president’s agenda of arming the populace for confrontation with the government is bloody treason. ..." ...
"To turn the song lyric they so love to quote back on them, 'We’ll put a boot in your —, it’s the American way.'"
"Except it won’t be a boot. It’ll be an M1A Abrams tank, supported by an F22 Raptor squadron with Hellfire missiles." "What Mr. Swindel doesn't understand is that ... a West Virginia farmer and his coal miner buddy can put together an IED in an afternoon that will turn even the mighty M1A1 Abrams tank into scrap metal. That is the nature of asymmetric warfare." ...
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NY: City Council to consider N.Y. SAFE Act resolution
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"City Council is expected to vote next week on a request to repeal the SAFE Act, budget transfers and a contract for sewerline replacement."
"The votes are set for council’s business meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the Council Board Room, second floor, City Hall."
"After discussing the SAFE Act a few times, council recently agreed to submit a resolution asking state officials to repeal the act thought by many to infringe on Second Amendment rights to bear arms." ... |
NY: Rally to promote “civil disobedience” of SAFE Act
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"Gun-rights advocates will rally at the state Capitol on Tuesday and call for law-enforcement officials to disobey portions of New York’s gun-control law."
"Police, county clerks and mental-health professionals have raised concerns since the New York SAFE-Act was adopted in January, contending that the law is unconstitutional and will be difficult to enforce." ... |
NY: NY Gun Confiscation Underway – Citizens Told to Turn in Pistol Owner ID & Firearms
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"Remember all those who denied that firearms confiscation as a result of New York’s new gun laws was too 'insane' to even consider?"
"That it was strictly in the realm of paranoid conspiracy theorists and the 'it cant happen here crowd'?" ...
"There’s just one huge problem it is happening now in New York State!
It seems those that tried desperately to warn of such an insidious plot had hit the bullseye with ... after all. News came from multiple NY State based firearms enthusiast websites late Friday that confiscations of Pistol Owner ID Cards, as well as firearms and accessories has commenced in NY under the provisions of the horribly flawed, draconian and blatantly unconstitutional NY SAFE Act." ... |
NY: Assembly minority conducts legislative hearing on SAFE Act implementation
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"Republican Assembly members Michael Montesano (Glen Head), Raymond Walter (Amherst), Steve Hawley (Batavia), Jane Corwin (Clarence), David DiPietro (East Aurora) and Joseph Giglio (Gowanda) led a legislative hearing Friday at the Amherst Town Hall Council Chamber in Williamsville concerning the implementation of the recently enacted SAFE Act. Present at the hearing were representatives from the county sheriffs and county clerks and mental health professionals based in Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Monroe, Niagara and Wayne Counties." ... |
NY: Bus filled with CNY sportsmen and women attending anti-Safe Act rally Tuesday in Albany
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"The Onondaga County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs has arranged for a 56-seat charter bus Tuesday for local sportsmen and women to attend a rally in Albany to show opposition to the Gov. Cuomo's SAFE Act."
"'This is the last chance we have to get our message to the Legislature before they end the legislative session,' said Stephen Wowelko, president of the Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs. 'We need to prove to our legislators and governor that gun owners will not just go away and forget about their infringement on our Second Amendment Rights.'" ... |
Senate Patriots defended Second Amendment, which protects us all
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"We live in a cruel, violent world! From our city streets to the highlands of the Hindu Kush, no area is completely secure."
"In dire times, one looks to the police, but their numbers are limited and their resources few, causing the time from receipt of an emergency call to arrival on scene to be minutes when seconds count."
"Meanwhile, who protects one’s home and family? That cross to bear falls to the typical law-abiding citizen, individuals afforded the constitutional protection of the Second Amendment protecting their unalienable right to bear arms. Every day people like you and me must step into that breach and defend our homes and loved ones." ... |
SC: SC gun proposals founder in legislative session’s final days
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"House lawmakers nixed a proposed $25 fee increase for concealed weapons permits, and a state senator ran out the clock on a bill that would have allowed gun owners to carry their weapons into bars and restaurant during the legislative session’s final days."
"The State Law Enforcement Division has received about 25,000 new applications for concealed weapons permits this year, plus another 20,000 requests for renewals. Applicants pay a $50 processing fee, but SLED chief Mark Keel said it costs his agency $62 to process each application, creating a deficit of about $1 million." ... |
NV: Encourage the Nevada Governor to Veto Gun Control
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"You don’t even have to live in Nevada."
"But you should know that Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (R) is trying to decide whether he should sign or veto SB 221, a bill so extreme that the left-of-center United States Senate even voted down a version of it."
"If he signs this Universal Background Check bill, it will have ramifications for you — even if you don’t live in the Silver State."
"So please call 775-684-5670 and press '2' — to vote AGAINST the universal background check bill (SB 221). You don’t have to live in the state. You don’t even have to give your name or address — the entire process is automated and it will take you less than 13 seconds." ... |
MS: New Gun Law Reflects Constitutional Principle
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"As a lawyer/lawmaker, I respect the rule of law in our nation, and I took an oath to defend and uphold the Constitution. The law is designed to encourage good conduct and deter wrongful conduct. It’s not intended to criminalize law-abiding citizens simply exercising their constitutional rights."
"Unfortunately, laws can be interpreted in ways that are contrary to these principles. Under prior interpretations of Mississippi’s firearms laws, law-abiding people – even 'concealed carry' permit holders-- could be charged for breaking the law simply by carrying a lawful pistol or revolver in a holster." ... |
Federal Judge: ATF Can Collect Gun Purchase Records Even When No Crime Has Been Committed
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"As we’ve covered here at Freedom Outpost before, the Federal government has been given absolutely no constitutional authority to restrict or regulate arms in any capacity. They have tyrannically taken it upon themselves to do so. However, under the Obama administration, they have been going into gun dealers in states that border Mexico and obtaining information on individuals that purchase certain weapons with certain features within a matter of days, which seems to be clear violation of the Fourth Amendment as well as, the Second Amendment. A case developed as a result and a Federal Court gave the Obama administration the thumbs up to continue their trampling of the United States Constitution." ... |
Lubbock judges allows NRA bring new plaintiff to handgun suit
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"A federal judge in Lubbock allowed the National Rifle Association to bring a younger plaintiff in on a lawsuit challenging a law banning handgun sales to people under age 21."
"The NRA asked U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings for permission to add Katherine Taggart, a 19-year-old college student from College Station, to a suit that contends a law forbidding licensed gun dealers to sell handguns to people who are over 18 years old but not yet 21 is unconstitutional." ... |
MA: Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Remains An Activist Court With No Respect For The Constitution
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"On Tuesday June 4, 2013 the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) handed down a decision in a case called Mirko Chardin vs. Police Commissioner of Boston (SJC-11196)."
"The case stems from a 1995 case where on January 19, 1995, Mr. Cardin was charged in the Juvenile Court with one count of possession of a firearm without a license, and one count of unlawful possession of ammunition."
"... He received a suspended commitment to the Department of Youth Services, was released to his mother’s custody, and was given probation until April 18, 1996."
"This adjudication has now prevented Mr. Chardin from obtaining a License to Carry as an adult under Massachusetts firearms licensing statute ..." ... |
'Fast and Furious' requires a judicial resolution
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"In a stunning exchange, D.C. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson recently explained to Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Ian Gershengorn that the judicial branch “exists.” Jackson’s statement came in response to the DOJ’s argument that the judiciary has no jurisdiction over interbranch disputes between Congress and the president."
"This interbranch controversy concerns the federal gun tracking 'Fast and Furious' operation managed by the [ATF]. As with other incidents during President Obama’s tenure ... the executive branch resists being subject to the traditional system of checks and balances." ... |
TX: Police Tase Man For Trying to Rescue His Baby From Fire – Baby Does Not Make It
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"On June 2nd, there was a large house fire at Morningview drive, in San Antonio, Texas. 3 children were staying at their grandparents house, when a fire started from an unknown cause. The grandparents managed to rescue 2 children from the house, and accidentally left a nine month old boy."
"Shortly thereafter, the father of the children arrived, and immediately attempted to go inside the burning house to rescue his nine month old son. However, police interfered with his will in this life or death situation, and went as far as to tase him for trying to save his own son. He was tased, and sadly, the infant did not make it." ... |
IL: Ill. prosecutor criticized over concealed carry
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"A state's attorney who has decided to stop prosecuting Illinois' last-in-the-nation ban on having guns in public said Friday a federal court's scrapping of the prohibition empowers him to let citizens go ahead and carry concealed weapons."
"Madison County's top prosecutor, Tom Gibbons, announced the move Thursday and has since drawn criticism from several colleagues who question whether he's wrongly acting like a maker of laws instead of someone whose job is to enforce them." ...
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Staples backs off after banning NE gun dealer from contest
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"Office supply chain Staples is backing down after banning a Nebraska gun shop from entering a company contest."
"Maple Creek Gunsmithing, a gun retailer in Fremont, tried to enter a Staples small business 'Push it Forward' contest for a shot at winning a $50,000 marketing campaign. Instead, the owners got an email from Staples saying they couldn’t participate because their business promotes firearms and weapons."
"Well, the little gun shop has since gotten some free publicity anyway, thanks to outrage from the gun community." ...
"The Boston-based company has since apologized to the store owners, saying it erred and will allow the firearms industry to participate in future contests. ..." ... |
FL: Policy protects law-abiding Floridians from punishment
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"Imagine taking a leisurely road trip somewhere in Florida. Suddenly, a police car appears out of nowhere, pulls in close behind you and on goes the light bar."
"A burly officer approaches after stopping your vehicle. He asks for your license and registration, and then proceeds to tell you he's arresting you for running a stop sign."
"'But officer, I didn't see any stop sign,' you protest."
"'Are you blind?' he asks. 'It's that green circle back there in the center of the roadway.'"
"Confused, you ask, 'Aren't stop signs red and octagonal? Aren't they along the right side of the roadway?' Chuckling, the officer replies, 'Not in this county, son!'" ... |
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