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Shut up, Tom Ridge-Bachmann’s a better candidate than you would be!
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... "Shut up Ridge. Talk about a rascal who needs to be thrown out. As far as I’m concerned 'Republicans' like you are bigger threats than any Democrat simply by your ability to subvert the party from the inside. The only people who will listen to you are party hacks über alles, the ignorant, and those who can be cowed. I can’t think of a single freedom-loving man or woman I know and respect who views a bloated statist career parasite like you as anything other than exactly that." ... |
A Gun Activist Takes Aim at U.S. Regulatory Power
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"With a homemade .22-caliber rifle he calls the Montana Buckaroo, Gary Marbut dreams of taking down the federal regulatory state."
"He's not planning to fire his gun. Instead, he wants to sell it, free from federal laws requiring him to record transactions, pay license fees and open his business to government inspectors." ...
"Mr. Marbut isn't basing his pro-gun effort on the Second Amendment, the one that talks about a right to bear arms, but on the 10th, which discusses the limits of federal power."
"'This is really about states' rights and federal power rather than gun control,' Mr. Marbut says ..." ... |
Don't let the door hit you on the way out, Mr. Helmke
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... "Helmke said he's undecided about his next career move. We are left to wonder what he will tell future employers about his 'accomplishments' at the Brady Center. 'Had my ass handed to me in 50 states, the court system and Congress for five years' doesn't seem like much of a resume enhancer." ... |
Gun Politics Heat Up Across States
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"Gun politics remains a hot-button issue across states as President Obama reportedly considers an 'executive action' or similar measure to establish what the White House called 'common-sense measures' with regard to gun control and Second Amendment rights, according to Fox News." ... |
Praxis: What do you do when your freeze-dried runs out? Hardtack and other recipes.
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... "What do you do when your freeze-dried runs out? Well, assuming you have already downloaded and printed out this handy 31-page guide entitled A Long-Term Survival Guide: How To Make Basic Survival Foods, you can eat hardtack, damper, parched corn, cornmeal mush, jerky, pemmican, fruit leather, wild yeast, squirrel, possum, raccoon and acorns." ... |
Self-Defense Tip: Don’t Negotiate with Terrorists. Unless You Have To
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"There are people who believe that everything can be solved by negotiation. If there’s a conflict, there are two sides. If there are two sides, those sides can negotiate a settlement. One side gives up something. The other side gives up something. They reach a compromise. Conflict is defused or, hopefully, eliminated. Yes, well, Martin Luther King carried a revolver. There are times when 'compromise' is just another word for surrender, whereby you lose everything and gain nothing. Raise the debt limit and raise taxes? No. Hand over the wallet and get shot? No. Ah but—you don't want to shoot someone just in case they might shoot you. How do you know it's time to make a stand? The obvious answer is . . ." ... |
US efforts to record weapons sales criticized
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"A US plan to help curb drug trafficking in Mexico by requiring US gun dealers to record certain weapons sales faced mounting criticism Wednesday from the governor of Texas and the National Rifle Association." ...
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The GOP Focuses on Holder and Ignores Mexico's Drug War as Operation Fast and Furious Scandal Grows
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"The daily horror of mass murder in Mexico hit the U.S. Congress last week in the form of scandal. Sadly, the scandal is not about the incredible loss of life in the drug wars. Instead, Republicans in Congress are busy targeting their least favorite member of the Obama cabinet, Attorney General Eric Holder."
"The right has had it in for Holder ever since he managed the controversial pardon of fugitive Marc Rich in the Clinton Justice Department. As attorney general, Holder has angered it further by pushing to have civilian trials instead of military tribunals for alleged terrorists, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed." ... |
AZ: Guns in Arizona: Gun lobby has firm grip on state
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"This year, the gun debate dominated the Arizona Legislature, overshadowing even illegal immigration."
"The session started just days after the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others near Tucson. It ended with Gov. Jan Brewer vetoing two bills that would have made Arizona the most gun-friendly state in the nation."
"During the three months in between, the gun lobby worked tirelessly and wielded its considerable influence to try to decrease restrictions on Arizonans’ right to buy, own, carry and use firearms." ... |
What Gun Killed Osama bin Laden?
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"On Sunday night Navy SEAL Team Six took off from Afghanistan, crossed the Pakistan border and dropped in on Osama bin Laden's massive compound hideout. The SEALs engaged in a violent firefight, killing bin Laden and three of his men. After extracting the body and sweeping the house for information, they were back in the air after just 40 minutes. ..."
"Navy SEALs are trained in a variety of weapons and right now there is no way to tell for sure which gun was actually used to kill bin Laden. However, based on my military experiences and the details of the mission, there are three guns that stand out as the most likely candidates for the job: Colt's Mk 18, the Knight's Armament SR-25 and the standard issue M4." ... |
MI: Attempted Barber Shop Robbery Turns Deadly in Detroit
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"Two guys walked in to a very busy Gents Barbershop at about 5:30 p.m. Friday on Whittier at Stratman on Detroit's east side. One with a gun said, 'You know what time it is.'"
"What the two bad guys didn't know was two customers were legally carrying handguns." ...
"The end result was that none of the customers or children were hurt. One bad guy was killed and the other ran off during the shooting." ... |
PA: Cranberry Homeowner Shoots At Early-Morning Intruders
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"Early Tuesday morning, police were called to the same home because of a report of shots fired."
"When they arrived, the homeowner told officers that he was in bed sleeping when he was awakened around 3:40 a.m. by a noise outside his home."
"'He noticed there was some activity outside the residence with several flashlights, and moments later, a male opened the door that had previously been damaged in the first burglary,' Mascellino said."
"The man told police he got a handgun and fired two shots at the man, who yelled toward at least one other person and then ran into some nearby woods." ... |
'Gunwalker' scandal continues explosive growth
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"Tomorrow will mark one week since this column made the statement that 'Those trying to stay abreast of the 'Project Gunwalker' scandal have had their work cut out for them this week.' Keeping up with the fiasco has become no less a full-time job this week." ... |
Did Fast & Furious violate the Arms Export Control Act?
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... "The firearms involved here were not being exported for official use by an agency, nor as part of foreign aid. ... No gun running to foreign governments or persons without a paper trail (and in cases of large transactions, a prior request for Congressional approval)."
"Any person who willfully violates these provisions 'shall upon conviction be fined for each violation not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.'" ...
"... In other situations, the person who actually exported the firearms would be in clear violation. But what of those government supervisors who allowed the arms to flow -- especially the cases where a protesting FFL was told to sell the guns anyway?" ... |
ATF Death Watch 36: The ATF Long Gun Registry is Illegal, Immoral and Fattening
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"The 1986 Firearm Owner’s Protection Act provides that 'No such rule or regulation prescribed after the date of the enactment of the Firearms Owners Protection Act may require that records required to be maintained under this chapter or any portion of the contents of such records, be recorded at or transferred to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or any political subdivision thereof, nor that any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or disposition be established.' How does that square with this . . ." ... |
Operation Fast and Furious: Designed to Promote Gun Control
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"'Internal ATF emails seem to suggest that ATF agents were counseled to highlight a link between criminals and certain semi-automatic weapons in order to bolster a case for a rule like the one the DOJ announced yesterday [Monday].'"
"Townhall has obtained the email which states 'Can you see if these guns were all purchased from the same FfL and at one time. We are looking at anecdotal cases to support a demand letter on long gun multiple sales. Thanks Mark R. Chait Assistant Director Field Operations.'" ... |
Fast And Furious Scandal: A Watergate For Obama?
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"A 2-year-old video shows a high Justice official saying 'the president has directed us,' including the attorney general, to speed up Project Gunrunner and the offshoot that got a border agent killed."
"This tape has no 18-minute gap, and while it does not feature the president himself, the March 24, 2009, video may rival the tape that turned a 'third-rate burglary' into a presidential resignation. No one died at Watergate. Agent Brian Terry lost his life in the administration's obsessive pursuit of gun control." ... |
House vote derails Obama administration gun reporting scheme
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"By a 25-16 vote today, House Republicans have derailed the Obama administration’s attempt to require gun dealers in four southwest states to report multiple long gun sales, seen by many as an attempt to shift blame for its Operation Fast and Furious debacle, by prohibiting the use of Justice Department funding to enforce the new mandate." ... |
More erosion of Congress’s authority and the 2nd Amendment
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... "While the Brady Bill, following the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, was debated and passed by the U.S. Congress, this broader measure is to be done by executive order – an easier way to nibble on the edges of the 2nd Amendment."
"The order is to place greater restrictions on the sale of weapons in states near the U.S.-Mexican border, and impose tougher penalties for those who violate certain guns laws. It won’t apply, of course, to ATF and Justice Department gun sales to Mexican drug cartels. But this isn’t about that sloppy 'Project Gunrunner' program."
"But it is about the White House usurping Congress’ role under the U.S. Constitution as the crafter of our laws ..." ... |
Department of Justice Finally Responds to ‘Fast and Furious’ Accusations, By Mandating More Gun Control
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"In a move that should outrage every freedom-loving American, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided that the way to correct the utter failure (and criminality) of Operation 'Fast and Furious' is to punish gun store owners."
"That’s right: in response to the growing public outcry over the hundreds upon hundreds of guns which illegally crossed the border into Mexico with the ATF's blessing, the DOJ is requiring gun stores in Arizona, California, Texas and New Mexico to report individual purchases of multiple rifles of greater than .22 caliber to the ATF. ..." ... |
Obama Administration Approves Illegal Multiple Gun Sales Reporting Requirement
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"On Monday, the Justice Department announced that it will proceed with a controversial reporting procedure that will require federally licensed firearms retailers in states bordering Mexico to report multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles." ...
"The BATFE has no legal authority to demand these reports, and the flood of new paperwork (BATFE estimates 18,000 reports per year) will waste scarce law enforcement resources that should be spent on legitimate investigations." ... |
NM: N.M. Gun Dealers Call New ATF Policy ‘Political’
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"Firearms dealers in Las Cruces and Silver City said a new reporting policy on the sales of high-powered rifles in New Mexico and three other states bordering Mexico is a political move that will affect a small fraction of their sales, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported."
"The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced that gun dealers in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona and California must alert the federal government of purchases of two or more high-powered rifles by the same person over a five-day span — a move the feds hope will stem the illicit flow of weapons into Mexico, the Sun-News said." ...
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NSSF ACTION ALERT: Gun Trace Data Under Attack in Congress -- Call Chairman Rogers Today
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"In the wake of the Fast and Furious scandal and a decision by the Department of Justice to approve multiple sales reporting of long guns along the Southwest border, last night Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA-29) announced his intention to offer an amendment that would strip from an appropriations bill an important law enforcement protection, known as the Tiahrt Amendment, that safeguards law enforcement-only firearms tracing data. The Schiff amendment would allow access to law enforcement trace data by those outside of law enforcement. Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA-15) will offer an amendment supported by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg that will continue the recently launched regulatory assault on the firearms industry." ... |
House Committee Passes Amendment to Defund Illegal Obama Firearm Sales Reporting Requirement
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"Today, during consideration of the FY 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, pro-gun U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) offered an amendment to prohibit the use of funds for a new and unauthorized multiple sales reporting plan proposed by the [ATF]. The Amendment was passed by a vote of 25-16."
"The Rehberg Amendment, which was strongly supported by NRA, will defund the Justice Department’s controversial and illegal move requiring federally licensed firearms retailers in states bordering Mexico to report multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles." ... |
Army Corp Gun Ban Repeal Vote Coming This Week in the House
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"Vote on Pro-gun Amendment Could Come in the House This Week"
"Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) plans to offer an amendment this week protecting gun rights on land controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."
"Currently, guns are prohibited on Corps land, even when gun possession is otherwise allowed by state law. Rep. Gosar’s legislation would simply remove federal restrictions and allow for the law of the states (in which such land is located) to govern firearms possession." ... |
Legislation Will Protect Gun Rights on Army Corps of Engineers Land
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"Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) plans to offer an amendment this week protecting gun rights on land controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."
"Currently, guns are prohibited on Corps land, even when gun possession is otherwise allowed by state law. Rep. Gosar’s legislation would simply remove federal restrictions and allow for the law of the states (in which such land is located) to govern firearms possession." ... |
Guns-rights issue inflames House Appropriations meeting
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"A heated gun-rights debate hijacked a House Appropriations Committee markup of a 2012 spending Justice Department bill Wednesday as the GOP defeated a Democratic attempt to limit gun purchases by suspected terrorists, and succeeded in inserting language to allow imports of more powerful types of shotguns." ...
"The heated debate followed the successful adoption of a rider sponsored by Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), which would have defunded any attempts to impose an existing ban on shotguns with non-sporting features." ... |
NH: 4 bills fail to pass muster with Lynch
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"Gov. John Lynch vetoed four bills Wednesday including one to expand a resident’s right to defend himself in public using deadly force (SB 88)."
"'SB 88 would unleash the potential for increasing deadly violence in our communities,' Lynch wrote in his veto message. 'It would allow the use of deadly force on street corners, in shopping malls, public parks and in retail stores. Drug dealers and other felons who brandish weapons will be further emboldened to use their weapons, while prosecution of those criminals will be made more difficult because of this bill’s expansion of the right to use deadly force.'" ...
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SC: South Carolina sales tax holiday set for Aug. 5-7
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"The state’s 12th annual Sales Tax Holiday weekend is set to begin at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 5, 2011, starting off a shopping bonanza on back-to-school supplies, clothes, household items and computers through midnight on Aug. 7." ...
"While lawmakers decided to continue the back-to-school breaks, they did take away with another tax-free weekend. The tax-free holiday for guns was ditched this year. The state lost an estimated $250,000 in tax collections by providing the breaks around Thanksgiving to mark the state’s support for the Second Amendment." ... |
WI: GOP leader blasts proposal to expand handgun background checks
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"State Rep. Spencer Coggs hasn't even introduced his bill that would require background checks for handgun buyers at gun shows, and a Republican leader is already calling it 'dead on arrival.'"
"Coggs, D-Milwaukee, is firing back at the pro-gun Republican Legislature by preparing legislation that would require background checks for handgun buyers even if they're purchasing their firearm from someone who is not a firearms dealer. ..." ... |
TN: Tenn. Republicans appoint task force on gun bills
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"Republican leaders in the state House of Representatives are putting together a task force of Republican members to decide which gun bills will be considered when the legislature reconvenes in January." ...
"The task force should help Republican leaders manage debate over guns next year. Gun-rights groups have complained that the large Republican majority did little to roll back restrictions on ownership, creating pressure on lawmakers to take the issue up next year." ... |
FL: Fla. lawsuit: Can doctors ask patients about guns?
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"Doctors in Florida are fighting a first-of-its-kind law requiring them to have a legitimate safety concern before they start asking a patient about guns."
"The physicians contend the new law is too broad and they should be free to ask patients and parents about firearms in the house to make sure people know how to keep them safely locked away. Doctors routinely offer similar advice about other household risks, from the dangers of tobacco use to swimming pools." ...
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CO: Friend: Teen was 'pretty intoxicated' when punched by deputy
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"An Adams County Sheriff's deputy punched a restrained teenager in the mouth, breaking his jaw, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by 9NEWS."
"David Morrow turned himself into Glendale Police around 4 p.m. Tuesday and was released on bond later in the evening."
"Morrow is facing criminal charges of child abuse, second-degree assault, tampering with a witness and official oppression. Morrow had been suspended without pay after being accused of assaulting a 15-year-old boy on June 12, according to Sgt. Terrance O'Neill, the spokesperson for the Adams County Sheriff's Department" ... |
MI: Oak Park Woman Faces 93-Days in Jail For Planting Vegetable Garden
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... "Bass' cool garden has landed her in hot water with the City of Oak Park. Code enforcement gave her a warning, then a ticket and now she's been charged with a misdemeanor." ...
"Why? The city is pointing to a code that says a front yard has to have suitable, live, plant material. The big question is what's 'suitable?'"
"We asked Bass whether she thinks she has suitable, live, plant material in her front yard."
"'It's definitely live. It's definitely plant. It's definitely material. We think it's suitable,' she said."
"So, we asked Rulkowski why it's not suitable." ... |
CA: Stockton police officer busted on steroid charges
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"A Stockton police officer has been arrested on charges of possession of steroids for sale."
"According to Stockton Police Department spokesman Officer Pete Smith, Darrin Fagundes, 26, was arrested Thursday in the parking lot of a Tracy shopping center."
"Smith says Fagundes was arrested as part of an ongoing investigation. ..." ... |
WA: Transcript of the Profane Voicemail That Got Clark County Deputy Prosecutor Jim David Demoted
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"Late last month, Clark County Deputy Prosecutor Jim David received a thorough dressing-down from his superior, Clark County Prosecutor Tony Golik, over a profanity-laced voicemail he left for defense attorney John Terry. Golik, in fact, didn't just scold his subordinate, he demoted him from Senior Deputy Prosecutor to Deputy Prosecutor--costing David a sizable cut in his salary."
"So what did David say in the voicemail that earned him the demotion? Let's just say it involves three "f-----g"s, four "bulls--t"s, and the implication that a defendant would be punished for ruining the prosecutor's weekend plans." ...
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DC: DC Government Won't Get Into Gun Business
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... "Mayor Vincent Gray's administration is working with gun dealer Charles Sykes to find a new location for his business. Mendelson said Tuesday he'll await the result of those efforts, and if they're unsuccessful, he'll reintroduce the bill." |
WI: Police ready for concealed carry change
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"Wisconsin's new law allowing people to carry concealed weapons makes things somewhat more complex for Baraboo police officers to do their job, says police Chief Mark Schauf."
"But it is not so different than what they already train for." ...
"Due to the presence of open-carry firearms advocates in recent years, Schauf said Baraboo officers have experience dealing with people who are legally armed and respecting those persons' Second Amendment rights."
"Officers are not going to routinely check people solely on suspicion that they may be carrying a gun, he said." ... |
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