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Target Market: Black Women With Guns
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... "People presume that tall black women like me are tough and sufficiently able to protect ourselves. But I wanted an additional layer of insurance for my freedom to explore, unfettered, the realms I pursued as a journalist. As my own process unfolded, I noticed that the number of stories about women shooting for recreation or buying guns for self-defense had started to multiply. And in Texas, at least, I wasn’t alone in my quest. Texas Department of Public Safety data show that the fastest-growing group of concealed handgun owners in the state has been, for at least five years, black women." ... |
Are You Too Stupid For Concealed Carry?
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"Let’s face it, aside from owning the right gun and gear, not everyone is equipped to carry a concealed weapon. With the boom in firearm ownership in recent years, there are a lot of new gun owners. And plenty of first-timers seem to have picked up that first gun as an impulse buy, apparently thinking, 'Hey, I’m going to buy me a gun and carry it!' Their friends pack heat so how hard can it really be, right? If you’re too stupid to think through some really important questions before you start carrying, you have no business walking around with a concealed weapon. You need to stop to consider that . . ." ... |
‘Shot Spotter’ not solution to violence if Boston is Seattle’s example
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"Thursday afternoon at Seattle City Hall, the first look at a technology now in use in other cities to pinpoint gunshots will be offered to the City Council’s public safety committee, and according to KOMO, the city is looking at 'Shot Spotter' for a trial run in some neighborhoods, possibly South Seattle."
"The punch line is that the City of Boston began using this technology in 2007. A look at Bean Town’s homicide data from 2008 through 2011 might suggest that this technology hasn’t prevented murders. If Seattle wants to be like Boston, its citizens are in trouble already." ... |
Bank Of America Assaults Second Amendment (podcast available)
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"Not only has the megabank Bank of America (BofA) ceased opening new accounts for manufacturers and retailers of firearms, but also it is now closing accounts held by gun makers and dealers already on its books. While refusing to speak publicly about it, some bank officers have conceded privately that the change is merely for 'political correctness.'" ...
"This is not an isolated case. Terry Benjamin is a retired police officer who owns a small gun shop in north Texas. He opened a business account with BofA and was guaranteed they could beat his current credit card processing fees. But when they saw his completed application and realized his was a gun shop, they refused to honor their previous offer and canceled his credit card. ..." ... |
American Family Association Claims Jesus Supported the Second Amendment
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"American Family Association Executive Director and radio host Bryan Fischer was discussing the NRA's latest conspiracy theory, yesterday, about how the United Nations is supposedly plotting to take away guns and destroy American's Second Amendment rights though the Arms Trade Treaty."
"During the discussion, Fischer claimed that Jesus preached the right to self-defense and therefore his teaching is 'virtually the foundation of the Second Amendment.'" ... |
Crimson Trace M3GI: Loaded and Ready to Go
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"The Crimson Trace Midnight 3-Gun Invitational kicks off this weekend, and you cannot imagine how pumped I am. What follows will be four days of live fire demos by local gun manufacturers, factory tours (like if 'How It’s Made' did a live version) and topping it all off is a nighttime 3-gun competition in the high desert of Oregon. I’ve spent some time preparing for this, and I think I’ve got my loadout all figured out. Let me walk you through my thinking on shedding some light on the competition . . ." ... |
Gun Review: Stoeger Double Defense Over/Under 12 Gauge
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"Back in the day, Wells Fargo stagecoach drivers carried short barreled side-by-side shotguns to fend off n’er do wells. With the advent of pump action and semi-automatic shotguns, self-defense-minded Americans abandoned break-action shotguns to hunting, skeet and trap shooters. With the advent of cowboy action shooting, the coach gun reappeared—with a vengeance. And then cowboy-catering Stoeger saw the tacticool light. They painted it black (you devil), threw a couple of picatinny rails on board, added a fiberoptic sight and eis! The Stoeger Condor was reborn as the Double Defense. And then reborn again as an over/under gun (for those who can’t take sides). Should you trust your life to this shotty? Well . . ." ... |
Another "Filming" Done
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"Over the weekend, a dedicated camera crew and I managed to finish my segments for the next (seventh) season of Personal Defense TV on the Sportsman Channel. I am showing my age. I mentioned 'filming' and 'splicing,' and the lead cameraman – my older daughter's age – just rolled his eyes. The Evil Princess, present for part of it all, apologized for me with a sigh: 'He’s so Twentieth Century!' ..." ...
"The experience reminded me that sometimes, old age and treachery do beat youth and skill. ... I discovered that even old guys debilitated by heat can start with their hand clear of the gun, draw a Ruger LCR snub-nose .38 from concealment and fire a center-zone hit in 0.97 to 1.06 seconds ..." ... |
Adams Arms Scores $2.7m for AR-15 Retro-Fit Piston-Driven System
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"Adams Arms builds a kit to convert your AR-15 rifle from direct impingement (a.k.a., the 'shit where you eat' system) to clean-running piston-driven bliss (schematic above). The company's carbine length system runs $379, and they reckon there isn’t an AR made that doesn’t need to make the switch. To that end, Adams Arms has just raised $2.7m in funding from the investment bankers at Littlebanc Advisors. ..." ... |
World needs an arms treaty
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"There's less oversight on sales of grenade launchers in international markets than of iPods or bananas. Yes, you read that right: We have strict international rules and regulations on selling fruit and MP3 players, but no unifying international laws governing the sale of weapons." ... |
Arms: Amnesty rejects National Rifle Association 'distortions' on Arms Trade Treaty
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"Responding to the National Rifle Association’s statement at the United Nations discussions about the international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), Amnesty International USA Managing Director of Government Relations, Adotei Akwei said:"
"'The string of distortions, misrepresentations and outright lies spewed by the National Rifle Association today about the Arms Trade Treaty is simply breathtaking.'" ... |
NRA Conducts a False Campaign Against the UN Arms Trade Treaty
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"The U.S. gun lobby is once again falsely painting the critically important arms trade talks at the United Nations as an effort to undermine gun ownership in the United States ("NRA Takes Aim at Weapons Treaty" 7/9)."
"Spreading such misinformation may help the National Rifle Association raise money and gain converts to its cause, but it has no basis in fact. Worse still, it gives credence to allegations that the NRA's attempt to make this treaty a Second Amendment issue is merely a front to conceal its true motive—to protect the lucrative weapons industry that bankrolls the organization and benefits immensely from current free-for-all in the global trade in weapons and ammunition." ... |
Right-Wing Media's U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Double Standard
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"The right-wing media spent Wednesday stoking fears about the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) following reports that Iran was selected to serve on the 15-nation "Bureau/General Committee" of states during the treaty negotiations. Curiously, the same news organizations that engaged in Iran fearmongering have also uncritically promoted the National Rifle Association's opposition to the treaty. In fact, the positions of Iran and the National Rifle Association on the Arms Trade Treaty are remarkably similar: Both entities oppose a treaty that regulates the international import and export of small arms." ... |
FL: Arrest made in burglary where suspect was shot
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"Would you be able to protect yourself if someone broke in while you were home? One Sarasota County woman did; she fired two shots at an intruder, and now, two people are in custody, and possibly responsible for a number of other recent home burglaries."
"Thanks to an anonymous tip, detectives arrested a Sarasota man and his girlfriend for the attempted burglary on Saturday night. While the victim wasn't comfortable going on camera, she does have a message she wants to get across: that women should be prepared to protect themselves." ... |
UT: Woman fights off attacker on jogging trail
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"A woman jogging late at night on a trail says she had to fight an attacker off twice to avoid getting sexually assaulted."
"Close to midnight on June 29, the woman finished her workout at the Gold's Gym on 800 East in Orem. As she was jogging on a trail that runs along University Parkway, a man attacked her from behind."
"According to Orem police Detective Jeff Bailey, the attacker held a kitchen knife to her throat and tried to pull the woman's clothes off." ...
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The Other Consequences of Fast and Furious
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... "Although it will never be possible to completely cut off the flow of guns to Mexico from the United States, it can be reduced. This would force the cartels to search for new sources of weapons."
"One significant emerging source of AR-15/M16 variants is something called an 80 percent lower receiver. (The lower receiver is the part of the AR-15/M16/M4 that carries a manufacturer's serial number. These 80 percent lower receivers do not have any serial numbers.) Under U.S. federal firearms law, the unfinished lower receiver is not considered a firearm and thus can be shipped anywhere and sold to anyone without a license. ..." ... |
Complaint seeks to have Holder disbarred after contempt vote (video available)
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"Fallout from the Operation Fast and Furious scandal continues to spread, as Attorney General Eric Holder faces a new call to be disbarred or penalized after he was found in contempt of Congress."
"A formal complaint was filed last week with the Washington, D.C., Office of Bar Counsel -- of which Holder is a member. The letter was submitted by gun-rights advocates and bloggers David Codrea and Mike Vanderboegh, who have reported extensively on Operation Fast and Furious." ... |
Terry Family: Reports ATF Never Intended to Walk Guns "Bologna" (video story)
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"The Terry family spoke out last night on CNN about the latest development of the Department of Justice unsealing federal murder indictments against men accused of killing Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry with guns transferred to them as part of Operation Fast and Furious. Robert Heyer, Brian's cousin, also indirectly hit back (as many people have) on a recent story by Fortune Magazine contributor Katherine Eban, claiming ATF never intentionally let guns walk." ... |
What Fast and Furious is about
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"Most Americans don’t care about whether Attorney General Eric Holder is hiding Fast and Furious documents because they don’t understand the story."
"Until someone can tell us otherwise, there is only one explanation for why President Obama’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives gave thousands of guns to Mexican drug dealers: It put guns in their hands to strengthen liberals’ argument for gun control." ... |
NRA: UN Arms Treaty Must Exclude Civilian Weapons
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"The National Rifle Association (NRA) has demanded that the United Nations leave civilian weapons out of a treaty on international arms sales that it is negotiating this month."
"Wayne LaPierre, the group’s CEO, warned Wednesday that the treaty won’t pass Congress if it does include restrictions on civilian arms, as this would trump Americans’ right to bear arms under the Second Amendment, The Hill reports." ... |
One Man’s Opinion: And you wonder why
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... "Although, I have been receiving e-mails for the last six months on the subject, today is the first time I have read in a credible online magazine (Forbes.com) on how this administration is trying to circumvent the second amendment. The U.S. has joined with 152 additional countries endorsing U.N. Arms Treaty Resolution that will establish a 2012 conference to draft a blueprint for enactment. The U.N. is trying to pass this off as a treaty about international arms trade between nation states, but former U.N. ambassador John Bolton warns there is no doubt the real agenda is domestic firearms control. This should come as no surprise. ..." ... |
The Arms Trade Treaty: Where We Are at In Negotiations So far
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"One week into the much anticipated Arms Trade Treaty talks and no side is particularly pleased with how things are going thus far. While that’s to be expected in a set of negotiations as contentious as these, the breadth of upset parties is rather impressive. Putting aside the gripes of the Vatican and Palestine from early last week, the discontent seems to be spreading among various groups both inside and outside of the walls of the UN." ... |
Obama Eager To Sign Away Our Second Amendment Rights to U.N.
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"Another odious United Nations treaty may soon come before President Obama and he's reportedly quite eager to sign onto this one because it may result in the end of our Constitutional Second Amendment rights. It may also turn over to the U.N. the control of the manufacture of all weapons and weapons related items, even hunting arms and related merchandise." ... |
With gun rights under fire, are you ‘all in’ for 2012?
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... "Yet here we stand, perhaps unaware of the insidious actions of the Obama administration, and therefore, perhaps unprepared for the all-out assault that will soon be launched against the Second Amendment — against that right which is 'necessary to the security of a free state.'" ... |
FL: Hillsborough sheriff tweaks state NRA
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"David Gee grew up hunting deer and hogs in eastern Hillsborough County. He has antique Western rifles in his office, participates in quick-draw competitions and hosts a skeet shooting event each year."
"But Hillsborough's gun-toting sheriff made one thing clear this week: Though he's a member of the National Rifle Association, it's not his job to have gun lobbyists' backs." ... |
MI: Michigan court rules in favor of teen who open carried rifle
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"Sean M. Combs is only 18 but he already knows more about civil rights and Michigan gun laws than the officers who arrested him in April for carrying an antique M1 Garand rifle slung over his shoulder."
"The two officers, Rebekah Springer and Gina Potts, saw Combs carrying the rifle in Troy Michigan and demanded his ID. When he refused, noting that he was not violating any laws, he was arrested and charged with Brandishing, Disturbing the Peace, and Obstructing an Officer."
"I have written before about the misuse of these 'catch-all' charges to chill the rights of citizens and this case appears no different." ... |
TX: Texas Police Captain Charged With Indecency
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"A Houston-area police officer has been accused of propositioning a 13-year-old girl whose family sought his help."
"Jacinto City police Capt. Thomas Harmon DeMont has been charged with indecency with a child." ... |
DC: D.C. officer allegedly made threatening comments about first lady
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"A D.C. police officer who worked as a motorcycle escort for White House officials and other dignitaries was moved to administrative duty Wednesday after he allegedly was overheard making threatening comments toward Michelle Obama, according to several police officials."
"The police department’s Internal Affairs Division is investigating the alleged comments and notified the U.S. Secret Service Wednesday, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to give details of the investigation." ... |
SC: Iva Police Officer Accused Of Assault Had "Questionable" Record As Deputy
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"The Iva Police Officer who is being investigated for allegedly assaulting a teenager in May had several career incidents in which 'use of force was questionable.'"
"According to our news coverage partners with the Anderson Independent-Mail, personnel records obtained from the Anderson County Sheriff's Office show that Colin Martin had several career incidents while he was employed as a deputy with the sheriff's office. Martin was employed from late 2010 to July 26, 2011 as a Sheriff's deputy, according to the newspaper. He was suspended from the sheriff's office for six hours after he 'used improper defense tactics. He voluntarily resigned his position on the same day of the accusations." ... |
SC: Police sergeant fired after lying about self-inflicted shooting
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"The North Charleston Police Department has fired the officer who lied after shooting himself last week."
"Spokesman Spencer Pryor said Sergeant Eddie Bullard was terminated on July 9. He also said SLED's investigation was ongoing."
"In a press conference last Friday, Chief Jon Zumalt said Bullard admitted to shooting himself and that no other people were involved in the incident." ... |
CA: Are Politicians Abusing Sheriff Badges?
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... "And just to be clear, these politicians have no credentials whatsoever to carry law enforcement badges. In theory, these badges are handed out so that civilians can pass through sheriff command posts during emergencies, but there’s speculation that they’re being used to reward political favors, skirt the law, or to get phone numbers off of drunk bar girls." ... |
NY: Tix-fix cop planned to pay for murder with NYPD pension money: prosecution
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"The shamed cop who sparked the NYPD ticket-fixing scandal tried to hire a hitman to kill a witness in the case -- and planned to pay for the rub-out with his NYPD pension money, prosecutors charged Thursday."
"In a wild twist to the already sweeping ticket-fixing scandal, shamed 17-year NYPD veteran Jose Ramos hatched his plot to off a critical witness against him during phone calls to his wife, Wanda Abreu, from Rikers, according to Bronx prosecutor Omer Wiczyk." ... |
FL: Detective in Zimmerman case said he was pressured to file charges
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"The lead Sanford Police investigator who sought manslaughter charges against George Zimmerman told the FBI that a sergeant and two other officers tried to pressure him into making an arrest in the controversial case — even though he didn’t think there was enough evidence." ... |
FL: More Records Released in Trayvon Martin Case
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"A wide-ranging investigation of George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, found a man not prone to violence or prejudice and who moved easily between racial and ethnic groups — a 'decent guy,' 'a good human being.' The assessments, made public on Thursday, came from interviews with friends, co-workers and neighbors who were interviewed by the F.B.I. and state and local law-enforcement authorities. They are part of a pretrial cache of documents in the case that have been released periodically by Angela B. Corey, the special prosecutor. ..." ... |
FL: Non-negotiable
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"The citizens of the United States do not need the permission of the United Nations to maintain the "exclusive" right to own a gun. This right, as with all others protected by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, comes from God, not man, and may be neither given nor taken away by any government." ... |
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