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PA: Range Provides 'Thrill' of Renting Machine Guns
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The 99 signs he has posted throughout the region each including a phone number, the silhouette of a Rambo-style M60 machine gun and an advertisement for "Washington County Machine Gun Rentals" has generated many a phone call to Tredd Barton. Some people are angry. Others are curious. Yet others are amazed over the opportunity to fire a fully automatic machine gun an MP5, Tommy Gun, AK-47, or M16, among many others for a price.

MI: Guns Turned in at Buy Back Become Art Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://constitutionnetwork.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
In an effort to reduce shootings, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office hosted a gun buyback event on Saturday and many lined up. For five hours, deputies hosted their second annual gun buyback program at Oak Grove AME Church in Detroit. Residents turned in their weapon for a $50 gift card, funded in collaboration with the Caliber Collection and Caliber Foundation.

KS: Suspects Backed Car into Raymore Gun Store and Took Several Firearms, Police Say Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://constitutionnetwork.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Authorities are looking for three people accused of using a vehicle to break into a Kansas City area gun store earlier this month. According to a news release from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, unknown suspects backed a vehicle through the front doors of Gunners Firearms at 402 Pine St. in Raymore after 3 a.m. July 7.

KS: Steckels Passion for Firearms Becomes Business Opportunity Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://constitutionnetwork.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Like many young people in rural areas, Braden Steckel grew up learning how to handle guns. Ive been around guns all my life, grew up shooting guns, shooting handguns, even rifles, shot a lot of shotguns, he said. Ive pretty much grown up with it. We got a little older, and my brother and I really got into shooting and dealt even more into the world of shooting guns.

Cimarron Firearms Brings the Legend of the Henry Repeating Rifle to Life Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://constitutionnetwork.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
One of the most iconic guns of the American West is the Henry Repeating rifle, a lever-action, breech-loading, sixteen-shooter rifle originally produced by the New Haven Arms Company in New Haven, Connecticut, part of the famed gun alley. Since its inception and limited run, the Henry rifle has been beloved by homesteaders, cowboys, soldiers, frontiersmen and the law.

Uber / Lyft Drivers Worry About Safety After Attacks Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://constitutionnetwork.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Uber and Lyft drivers are taking drastic measures to protect themselves. Three violent encounters with rideshare drivers have occurred in a San Diego in just the last few months. Drivers tell 10News, a sister station of 13 Action News, that they feel the companies care more about the bottom line than safety. Some even said the companies seem to care more about rider safety than drivers.

Sudan: Girl Sentenced to Death for Killing Her Rapist has Sentence Mitigated
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The government of Sudan is facing international pressure to release Noura Hussein, a 19-year-old Sudanese girl sentenced to death for killing her husband after he repeatedly raped her. Using the Twitter hashtag #JusticeForNoura, activists around the world including celebrities have been pressurizing the Sudanese government to release her unconditionally. Like it is the case with many girls in Sudan, or even in neighboring Uganda, Noura Hussein was given away for marriage to a man twice her age while at the mere age of 16. She was resistant to the idea and preferred education to marriage. Seeing her father was determined to marry her off, she ran away from home and went to live with a relative about 155 miles away.

Flashback Friday: Serial Killer Bundy Born Evil says Defense Attorney
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Fox News is reporting that cross country serial killer Ted Bundys former defense attorney contended that his client was absolutely born evil, which may help explain the trail of bodies he left from the Pacific Northwest to Florida in the 1970s.

The attorney, famed criminal defense lawyer John Henry Browne, appears in a Bundy documentary on the Oxygen channels In Defense Of series that focuses on relationships between notorious defendants and their attorneys, the story explains. According to Fox, the report airs this Sunday evening, July 15 at 8 p.m. on Oxygen.

Civil Rights and the Right to Self-Defense Go Hand-in-Hand
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Few civil rights leaders confronted Jim Crow more effectively before the rise of Martin Luther King Jr. than T.R.M. Howard (1908-1976). His commanding presence and impressive achievements made him hard to ignore. A respected surgeon, Howard was one of the wealthiest African Americans in Mississippi and headed a successful mass movement for equality under the law. From the beginning, armed self-defense was as an essential component of the struggle.

Stayin' Alive: How to Handle Encounters With Grizzlies, Moose and More
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Dont run not from a charging wild animal or the facts, wildlife experts say. Increasing numbers of outdoor recreationists in the West are being attacked or threatened by bears, cougars, wolves and other critters such as moose, mountain goats and elk. How a hiker, biker, camper or other outdoors enthusiast handles a close call could mean the difference between an exhilarating experience and tragedy.

Guard Dogs for Home Protection: 4 Important Training Tips Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://constitutionnetwork.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
It might seem professional and the perfect fit for home protection to own a properly trained guard dog. But you must consider what it takes to choose, train and live with a guard dog in your home. We asked three nationally respected dog trainers to define the reasons for owning dogs for home protection and how to select the perfect guard dog for your lifestyle.

Texan's Plans For Homemade Guns Get OK from Feds, and He Says That Spells Doom for Gun Control
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The "come and take it" mantra of gun-rights activists has taken on new meaning thanks to an Austin resident's recent settlement with the U.S. government. With a green light from the State Department, Cody Wilson is inviting anyone who wants access to his code to create firearms using a 3-D printer to, well, come and take it. But don't mistake this for a Second Amendment triumph, one of Wilson's lawyers says. It's more about the First.

Guns to Marriage to the Environment: What a New Supreme Court Could Mean to Calif.
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Imagine civilians legally packing pistols as they stroll the streets of San Francisco and Los Angeles. Or health care that is harder for Californians to obtain or even afford. Or air in the Central Valley with higher concentrations of methane gas, or county jails across the state that have no recourse but to allow federal agents inside for an immigration search. None of these changes is guaranteed. But theyre all potential effects of a rightward shift in the U.S. Supreme Court, with the addition of President Trumps newest nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge in Washington, D.C.

GA: At NRA rally, Cagle Rewarded for Move to Kill Delta Tax Break
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Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle earned the NRAs endorsement after he followed through on his vow to kill a tax break for Delta Air Lines. And the Second Amendment rights group rewarded him on Saturday for that headline-grabbing move. National Rifle Association President-elect Oliver North stumped with Cagle at three events around the state, saying it backed him over Secretary of State Brian Kemp in the July 24 runoff because Cagle had an airtight record on firearms issues that led lawmakers to rebuke the Atlanta-based airline.

UT: Florida School Shooting Survivors and Local March For Our Lives members, Going all in on Gun Reform, Call Out Utahs Leadership at Sandy Town Hall
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It was the fifth question in. And theyve answered it before. Many times before. How do you respond to the argument that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun? The students onstage paused and looked out over the audience of 1,200 faces eagerly waiting for a response. Ryan Deitsch spoke first: That argument is not saying, We need to stay safe. We need to stay protected. We need to save our lives. Its saying, Lets add more guns to the situation.

CA: As Crossroads Gun Show Returns to Del Mar, so do Protesters
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At the entrance to the Del Mar Fairgrounds, a young woman wearing an anti-gun violence shirt played a flute while, across the street, two men waved a 5-foot-tall cutout of a black AR-15 semiautomatic rifle at passing cars. That was the kind of contrast visible Saturday morning to those who attended the Crossroads of the West Gun Show, which was expected to draw thousands of firearm enthusiasts this weekend.

N.J., and U.S. Gun Ban Groups, Pile on in Mag Ban Case Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://constitutionnetwork.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
ANJRPCs federal lawsuit to overturn Governor Murphys firearms magazine ban is starting to pick up speed. There has been a flurry of activity since the court scheduled an expedited hearing on Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubss request for an injunction (to halt enforcement of the ban until the case is decided).

WA: At ROTC-Sponsored Camp, Teens Learn More Than Marksmanship
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Kayla Dunham has found people she considers family in her schools JROTC classes.

Shes going into her senior year at Snohomish High School and credits the program with helping her succeed.

Its probably one of the best experiences Ive had in my life, she said.

If I did not join ROTC, I can honestly tell you, I would not be here now.

From Monday through Friday this week, the high school hosted students from all over the Northwest at an air rifle camp. The teens work on leadership skills, positive thinking and their shooting aim. They use air rifles to shoot pellets into electric targets, which give them real-time feedback. The camp is offered through the Civilian Marksmanship Program out of Anniston, Alabama.

NRA Gun Gear of the Week: Rob Leatham on Carry Guns
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Ideally, most of us would carry a full-size pistol with a standard-capacity (15 rounds or higher) magazine, but such guns are often heavy and bulky. So when it comes to carry gunsguns that are carried every daythere has to be compromise, be it in size, power or capacity. Little guns typically get carried when you need them, big guns may be left at home. This week, American Riflemans Mark Keefe talks about carry guns with one of the greatest professional shooters of all timeRob Leatham. Nicknamed TGO for The Great One, Leatham has notched more 60 world and national championships.

Dementia and Guns: In Washington State and Elsewhere, Weapons Remain in Homes
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With a bullet in her gut, her voice choked with pain, Dee Hill pleaded with the 911 dispatcher for help. My husband accidentally shot me, Hill, 75, of The Dalles, Oregon, groaned on the May 16, 2015, call. In the stomach, and he cant talk, please Less than 4 feet away, Hills husband, Darrell Hill, a former local police chief and two-term county sheriff, sat in his wheelchair with a discharged Glock handgun on the table in front of him, unaware hed nearly killed his wife of almost 57 years.

NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer Files Suits Over 'Hate and Vitriol' Directed at Her
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Marion Hammer, the National Rifle Associations influential Tallahassee lobbyist, filed federal and state lawsuits Friday seeking more than $2 million in damages from five men she says have targeted her over her Second Amendment advocacy following the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Describing Hammer as a 79-year-old grandmother and nationally renowned civil rights advocate, the federal lawsuit filed in U.S. district court in Tallahassee contends four men have made her the focal point of hate and vitriol through phone calls, emails and other communications.

FL: Stoneman Douglas Students Hold Tampa Town Hall On Gun Violence
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On the five-month anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, some of the students brought their "Road to Change" bus tour to Tampa. The students held a town hall at the University of South Florida Saturday night, encouraging the crowd of more than 200 people to register to vote and make gun reform an important issue in the November election. Some of the March For Our Lives activists sat for a panel alongside local student organizers. The "Road To Change" tour is hosting similar town halls, rallies and voter registration drives in every Florida county.

*FCK SPELLING: Democratic Socialists flyer is a hot mess of STUPID and OMG LOL Submitted by: David Williamson Website:** http://constitutionnetwork.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
We can neither confirm nor deny if this flyer actually came from the Democratic Socialists, but the fact that we cant just write this off as someone being funny tells us everything we need to know about the so-called future of the Democratic Party.

Veteran Says Police Tried to Confiscate His Guns Without a Warrant, Due Process. He Said No. Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://constitutionnetwork.com	There are 2 comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Disabled Iraq war veteran Leonard Cottrell Jr. alleges New Jersey State Police attempted to confiscate his firearms last month without a warrant. He stood his ground, held to his Second Amendment rights, and did not let police take them. Now, Cottrell is blaming a recently implemented New Jersey law, which he says targets law abiding gun owners.

IN: SDCSC Board Members Ponders Conceal Carry Policy
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A large crowd attended the July 12 Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corp. meeting to learn about a possible policy that would allow employees to carry concealed weapons on school grounds. Superintendent Dr. Andrew Jackson explained some of the measures that are being taken to protect students and staff members. "Last year (through an agreement with the Dearborn County Sheriff's Department), we had one school resource officer at the beginning of the year, and two at the end of the year. This next school year, we will have two full-time resource officers and a third on a rotating basis."

AK: Woman Aim for Mastery at Pistol Clinic Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://constitutionnetwork.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
While its no secret that theres a sizable gun-owning community in Sitka, it also happens to be co-ed. At the Sitka Sportsmens Association indoor shooting range, the fastest-growing user demographic is female. KCAWs Katherine Rose reports on a new pistol clinic tailored especially for women.