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Shipley makes appeal to overturn gun convictions
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... “'It is lamentable that the government seems to argue that the fabricated story of Shipley’s firearm killing a Mexican military officer was a fair inference from the evidence,' the brief explained. 'Again, after the jury verdict and before sentencing, the United States conceded that these representations were fabricated.'"
"Think of what that means." ... |
Daily Digest: Witless Windy City Edition
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"Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel is at it yet again. In spite of having some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, after gun violence in his fair city peaked last weekend he’s calling for… wait for it… increased gun controls. 'Having effective gun control is essential to providing safety around the city,' Emanuel said (apparently without irony) at a press conference. Claiming that Chicago’s gun laws need to be different than those elsewhere in Illinois, Emanuel said that 'gun control is essential.' To fix the problem, he’s calling for . . ." ... |
IL State Police allow themselves 9 more months of denying right to bear arms
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"Back in March, National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea observed that the Illinois 'justice' system was still not acquitting people charged with violating a law that had been ruled unconstitutional. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals had months previously ruled that Illinois' outright ban of defensive firearm carry violated the Second and Fourteenth Amendments, and was thus not legitimate law--but people were nevertheless being prosecuted for its violation."
"Now, two days after a law has been passed and put into effect providing for the issuance of concealed carry licenses, the Illinois State Police advise on their website that those found carrying a firearm without a permit will still be arrested and charged. ..." ... |
More Bad News On NFA Wait Times
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"I’ve been waiting on the paperwork for my SBR since last year. No kidding – I sent the check in at the beginning of December, 2012 and my application went pending on January 3, 2013. I’ve been calling every week or so to check status and get roughly the same answer . . ." ... |
With gun rights come responsibilities
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... "Whereas my husband justified the acquisition of a private arsenal on the perceived need for protection, there is a mountain of evidence suggesting that the presence of guns in the home does not make anybody safer. On the contrary, the Harvard Injury Control Center finds that higher rates of gun ownership correlate directly with higher rates of homicide, suicide and unintentional shootings. Keeping a firearm in the home increases the risk of homicide by a factor of three." ... |
Mayor Bloomberg to throw Manchin fundraising party
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"Controversial New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation’s more outspoken advocates of rigid gun controls and an avowed enemy of coal and big soft drinks, is throwing a fundraising party this month for Sen. Joe Manchin."
"Bloomberg’s bash comes at a time when the West Virginia senator is planning to try again on his once-failed bill to hand the federal government more powers to control firearms purchases." ... |
VA: Gun-rights activist Adam Kokesh arrested in Herndon
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"Adam Kokesh and libertarian activists expected to provoke a police response when he posted a video of himself apparently loading a shotgun on Freedom Plaza in violation of D.C. law on the Fourth of July, but it arrived on his doorstep with an overwhelming boom Tuesday night."
"A U.S. Park Police SWAT team and other officers knocked on the door of his single-family home on a quiet Herndon cul-de-sac, then kicked the door in and tossed a flash grenade into the foyer as police helicopters whirled overhead, his roommates said." ... |
Rep. Jackie Speier’s New Bill: All Guns Capable of Being Fired by Children Illegal
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"Yep, you read that right. Congresswoman Jackie Speier from the great state of California has introduced legislation into the U.S. House of Representatives that would make it illegal to sell a firearm that is capable of being fired by a five year old child when the gun is 'ready to fire.' Nevermind that every single gun ever designed meets that requirement, Jackie thinks we need to ban those guns…for the children. Naturally. Also on her legislative agenda is a bill that would redefine 'armor piercing' bullets to include teflon bullets and be based on armor-piercing capacity instead of metallurgical content. ..." ... |
Pols miss the point on concealed carry
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"The headline on last Sunday's Chicago Tribune was stark and arresting: 'A thousand shootings.' That's what Chicago experienced in the first six months of 2013. It works out to more than five a day."
"So what crime issue got Gov. Pat Quinn worked up last week? The danger posed by Illinoisans holding state permits to carry concealed firearms. 'My foremost duty as governor is to keep the people of Illinois safe,' he said in issuing an amendatory veto of a bill to legalize concealed carry in the last state without it." ... |
Privacy fears grow as Obama weighs expanded gun-buyer database
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"Mental health advocates are worried that the privacy of people who have received treatment for their illnesses could be jeopardized by a White House push to expand a database used to run background checks on gun buyers." ... |
WA: Thursday hearing set in Thurston County on I-594 challenge
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"A hearing on challenges to the ballot title of Initiative 594 is scheduled Thursday afternoon in Thurston County Superior Court, and today backers of that gun control measure are using the occasion to solicit donations with an alarmist message once again blaming opposition on the National Rifle Association and 'a tiny group of ideologues' that include two attorneys, one from Everett and the other from Vancouver." ... |
MI: Just how bad is the Detroit PD?
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"The numbers tell the story. They’re hidden deep in the finance report by Detroit’s Emergency Manager ... Kevyn Orr ..." ...
"... Orr documents a police department that is increasingly failing; he doesn’t have 2012 or 13 murder numbers, but he notes that a 2012 police call took a half hour, and by 2013 it was near-as-dammit to a full hour. That’s for a priority one call. In some precincts, it was close to two hours. (Not coincidentally, a reporter does have 2012 figures, and murder was up (408) and population down (695,000)."
"Nationwide, police response times average 11 minutes."
"Detroit’s case clearance rate in general is 8.7%. Translated from statistics, that means: crime pays in Detroit." ... |
OH: Summit sheriff’s deputy faces marijuana charge
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"A Summit County sheriff’s deputy is facing charges of marijuana abuse and failing to display the required front license plate ..."
"After charging him in the 7:29 p.m. traffic stop, police said they took from Darrell Joy, 41, two small plastic bags of marijuana, a fully-loaded .45-caliber firearm and his Summit County deputy identification and badge." ...
"When they stopped Joy for purportedly failing to display a front license plate, police said they saw a marijuana bag in plain view in Joy’s left breast pocket and that Joy smelled strongly of marijuana. Police said Joy told them he was a law-enforcement officer and had snatched the bag off of some kid.'" ... |
FL:Florida police officers entangled in widespread sex scandal
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"Authorities are investigating a widespread sex scandal involving nearly a dozen police officers in one Florida city after a civilian crime analyst detailed trysts with the men in police and fire stations, patrol cars, motels and even in a parking lot after a memorial service for a slain officer."
"Sue Eberle, 37, has told officials that she had consensual and sometimes coerced sex with the officers and a firefighter, and that she once was propositioned by a city worker in Lakeland." ... |
Newly Released Documents Detail the Department of Justice’s Role in Organizing Trayvon Martin Protests
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"Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents proving that the Department of Justice played a major behind-the-scenes role in organizing protests against George Zimmerman. Zimmerman is on trial for second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in February 2012."
"Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the DOJ on April 24, 2012. According to the documents JW received, a little-known DOJ unit called the Community Relations Service deployed to Sanford, FL, to organize and manage rallies against Zimmerman." ... |
Zimmerman declines to testify
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"Lawyers for George Zimmerman rested their case on Wednesday without calling the former neighbourhood watch volunteer to testify, setting up the final stages of his closely watched murder trial for the shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin."
"'After consulting with counsel, (I have decided) not to testify, your honour,' Zimmerman said in response to questions from Seminole County Judge Debra Nelson." ... |
Zimmerman Trial update - Wednesday 7/20/13
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"ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzz Prosecution trying to show that alternate possibilities exists other than Zimmerman's story. Defense saying that is true but no one can say without any reasonable doubt that one story is the absolutely correct one. Defense is letting their expert witness, ex LEO turned PI ramble on and now he is being questioned on all aspects of the trail. He has never been before a jury as a PI expert witness and is giving narratives instead of yes and no answers. O'Mara, the defense attorney should have quit while he was ahead. The trail was won before the defense called the first witness."
"Now the prosecution is being allowed to use the defense witnesses to make points that they were not able to make before. Snore fest. ..." ... |
Are gun owners vs non gun owners at core of Zimmerman trial?
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"In reviewing the media and comments of people I run into, it seems that the issue of why would someone carry a gun in a place that is not deemed unsafe. I think it fair to say that non gun owners feel that where they live and travel to are safe places that do not require a gun. They have a mindset that a gun is only for going to dangerous places. If not, they too would carry a gun. Seems kind of given. Who, when afforded the opportunity to carry a defensive weapon, would decline it if they thought that their life was going to be in danger? So now we are seeing the age-old argument about if someone is carrying a gun in a 'safe' area, they must be out looking for trouble ..." ... |
FL: Florida police chief ready for Zimmerman verdict
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"'You can feel the tension,' said Francis Oliver, a black activist. 'The Zimmerman case has split this town down the middle.'"
"Among some of the black community leaders, there is also concern that the jury in the Zimmerman murder trial consisted of five white women, and one woman who is Hispanic of mixed race. Sanford, a town of 54,000, is 30 percent black."
"'We wonder, could they really see things out of our eyes, our perspective?' said Cindy Philemon, who helps run a welcome center in the Goldsboro neighborhood. 'Our young people are in danger of being profiled and killed out of suspicion.'" ... |
CCW Training: Let the scams begin…
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"The National Association of Certified Firearms Instructors is setting up training here in Illinois. They’ve posted an 'advertisement' (some would call it 'SPAM') in a post on the Illinois Carry Training subforum."
"$700 gets you a place in their 'Illinois Instructor' training session July 19-21 in the greater Chicago-land area."
"Oh, and they have another session in central Illinois Aug 16-19th."
"What a bargain!"
"And like Billy Mays would say if he was still alive: 'But wait, there’s more!'" ... |
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