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CCRKBA On HR 3594 And The Arms Trade Treaty
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"Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) is not your average Chicagoland congressman. He is actually pro-gun and pro-Second Amendment unlike many of others. Walsh spoke at the 2011 Gun Rights Policy Conference held in Chicago and gave a very pro-gun speech."
"This past December he introduced HR 3594, the Second Amendment Protection Act, which hits directly at proposed the Arms Trade Treaty. It would cut off all funding to the United Nations unless the president certified that the UN had not taken actions that would infringe on the rights of Americans to possess firearms and ammunition." ... |
'Tea Partier' Jim Holmes calls ABC tie-in on Batman shooting ‘blatantly lazy’
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... "That Jim Holmes reacted on his Colorado Tea Party Patriots website page to '[t]he blatantly lazy and inept report of Brian Ross that I am, and by extension CTPP, is linked to the deranged murderer in Aurora.'"
"Mr. Holmes has a very good point. A cursory search of sites like Zabasearch and WhitePages.com turns up numerous same name hits in his area, which makes floating a name and an affiliation out before a national audience irresponsible at best, as are counter-charges, offered as yet without corroborating documentation, that the shooter is a member of 'Occupy Black Bloc.'" ... |
Batman massacre, arrest in Seattle killing: exploitation rises
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"A dozen people are dead at the Aurora, Colo., premier of the latest Batman epic and Seattle police have arrested the suspect in the May 24 slaying of Justin Ferrari, and quickly the focus nationally and locally is squarely on guns."
"However, various news sources are reporting that the mother of suspected Colorado gunman James Holmes reportedly told ABC News Friday morning that 'you have the right person.' And just how would she know that, unless her son had a history of psychotic behavior?" ... |
Lesson of Colorado: Ignore Victim Disarmament Zones and pack concealed anyway.
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"You know, my daughters go to the movies. What if Malia and Sasha had been at the theater, as so many of our kids do every day? -- Barack Obama reacting to the 'Colorado Movie Massacre.'" "I'll tell you what would have happened -- the Secret Service protective detail would have put several bullets through the facepiece of the moke's gas mask -- end of story. The hypocrisy of these Mandarins, who live in bodyguard envelopes whenever they venture out of their designated Green Zones, knows no bounds. ..." ... |
Obama Notably Silent on Gun Control After Mass Shootings
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"President Obama has been notably silent on the issue of gun control during his presidency, in spite of at least four major mass shootings during his term — Binghamton, N.Y. (2009); Fort Hood, Texas (2009); Tucson, Ariz. (2011) and now Aurora, Colo."
"In his few public statements on guns, Obama has balanced support for Second Amendment rights while emphasizing enforcement of existing laws and a national background check system rather than new controls." ... |
Why Gun Control Is So Contentious in the US
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"Should gun control really be so controversial?"
"'There are people who want to own guns for recreational or self-defense purposes, and on the other side, I don't think anyone wants to see someone walk into a crowded movie theater and kill people,' said Art Markman, professor of psychology at the University of Texas. The goal is obvious: protect the former while minimizing the chance of the latter."
"But history seems to have brought us to a point where the two considerations cannot be reconciled. Here's how it happened." ... |
Shotgun Fun
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"Unlike pistols, which I spent a lot of time exploring on my own, shotguns, were something, on which I felt, I should be instructed. I don’t have a shotgun, and while my range rents a number of options, I felt it more appropriate to take on this long gun in it’s natural habitat, outdoors. Many shotgun wielding friends were willing join me, but since the nearest outdoor range is more than 1.5 hours away, finding time proved difficult. Eventually, I opted to wait for the Girls Gun Getaway."
"Boy am I glad I waited and got my first shotgun lesson from Packing Pretty in the flesh!" ... |
Eye Protection and Shooting Glasses Review (video available)
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"As a Navy Corpsman, I had the opportunity to see the results of a number of injuries, including those involving the face and eyes. I was astounded to see how crucial eye protection, sometimes referred to as 'eye pro,' was and how effective it could be. I saw a number of potentially vision-threatening fragments of metal and other debris stopped by good eye protection. In one case, a large chunk of metal hit a Marine in the face, partially penetrating the lens of his glasses and causing him to lose vision in that eye. Without that eye protection, he most likely would have been killed." ... |
Do Copper Bullets offer the same Performance to Hunters as Lead Bullets?
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"Since the birth of the firearm, lead projectiles have reigned supreme. There is good reason for this. Lead is abundant, relatively cheap, easily melted and cast, and possesses a density and malleability that makes it nearly ideal for use in high-speed projectiles."
"In recent decades, however, a number of bullet makers bucked tradition and began crafting bullets that shunned lead for such materials as copper, gilding metal alloy, and other non-lead metals. Among the alleged results of such alternative designs was a boost in performance that endowed relatively light-for-the-caliber bullets to be used for purposes generally reserved for heavier lead projectiles." ... |
2 Drills for the Advanced Gun Fighter
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"This past Saturday I taught one of my Advanced Defensive Pistol courses. I had a really great group of students – one of those special classes – special in a good way, not in a bad way, if you know what I mean."
"I can truthfully say there isn’t a person who attended the class who I wouldn’t be proud/comfortable to have by my side in a gunfight and I certainly don’t make that assertion lightly."
"Today, I thought I’d share with you some of the drills we did at the class, a few of which you can practice on your own in the comfort of home. One of the first drills we did at the beginning of the day was a 'Close Quarters Push-Off' drill." ... |
Gun Review: Wilson Combat Hunter .460 Rowland
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"You may have noticed – I kinda have a thing for the .460 Rowland cartridge. Part of that is due to getting to shoot a Wilson Combat Hunter in .460 Rowland while testing the cartridge for Ballistics By The Inch. Getting a 230-grain bullet to over 1200 fps out of a 1911-style gun just impressed the hell out of me."
"Wilson Combat has earned a very solid reputation for producing great custom guns. Their 1911-pattern handguns are highly respected, but also command a fairly hefty price. The Hunter in .460 Rowland is one such full-sized gun." ... |
Pro-Gun Lobby in Safe Zone
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"The National Rifle Association is still winning. Friday's shooting in Colorado is likely to fade into the current gun-policy no man’s land where there is much talk and little action."
"And that’s not because the NRA is all powerful. It’s because lawmakers do not face or fear retaliation from gun-control supporters when they consider measures that loosen gun restrictions." ... |
Cinemark Theaters’ No Firearms Policy
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"'Headquartered in Plano, TX, Cinemark Holdings, Inc. is a leader in the motion picture exhibition industry with 459 theatres and 5,181 screens in the U.S. and Latin America as of March 31, 2012,' their website reports. Cinemark owns the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, scene of last night's mass shooting. Cinemark doesn't allow anyone other than law enforcement officers to carry legal firearms in their theaters. The ban hadn’t escape the attention of some of Cinemark's law-abiding, gun-toting customers—even before last night's homicidal frenzy. Make the jump for the story of a Cinemark patron ejected from the cinema for Open Carrying [via defensivecarry.com] . . ." ... |
The fog of media
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"Just a few quick thoughts re: the Colorado theater shooting."
"Like every other event for the past decade, the media seems to focus on being First rather than being Right. You'll notice I didn’t qualify the media with 'Main Stream' or 'Legacy', or 'Dinosaur'. All media. Blogs, Tweets, forums, even chat rooms. Heck, my wife and I were talking about it this morning. I realized we were discussing things as if the information we had was pristine, accurate, and complete."
"It’s not. And it won’t be for quite some time." ...
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Why Politicians Won't Talk About Gun Control After A Mass Shooting
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"National leaders have released statement after statement today expressing condolences for the victims of last night's mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado. But no politicians — apart from, notably, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg — has called for an increase in focus on gun laws."
"That silence is a relatively recent product of decades of heated gun debates, and of gun rights' activists largely winning an argument over whether such massacres should be reflexively blamed on the weapons. ..." ... |
'This tragedy may have been avoided'
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"Just hours after [name redacted] allegedly opened fire on a Colorado movie theater, killing 12 people and injuring dozens more, Merrimack Valley Congressional hopeful Tom Weaver, R-Westford, suggested the tragedy may have been averted had the moviegoers been armed."
"Weaver wrote a blog post on his campaign website yesterday stating that the government has undermined citizens’ Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms by 'creating so many rules and regulations which limit the ability of people to defend themselves.'" ... |
Spotlight On The US Right To Bear Arms
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... "But the inevitable row over what the Aurora shootings mean for gun laws in America had already erupted."
"Mayor Michael Bloomberg ... wasted no time calling for tougher controls."
"He said: "Soothing words are nice, but maybe it's time that the two people who want to be president of the United States stand up and tell us what they are going to do about it, because this is obviously a problem across the country."
"'Everybody always says, 'Isn't it tragic', and... there are so many murders with guns every day, it's just got to stop.
"Instead of the two people - President Obama and Governor Romney - talking in broad things about they want to make the world a better place, okay, tell us how.'" ... |
Rep. Gohmert: Did No One Else in Aurora Theater Have a Gun?
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"The shooting could have been limited if someone else in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater had been carrying a gun, Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert said today." ...
"'I know that before we ever had concealed carry in Texas, there was a, just a senseless shooting years ago in Killeen, Texas, in a restaurant, and, you know, if we had had concealed carry permits at the time, there was a woman who had to leave her gun in her car, and if we’d had concealed carry the guy would’ve been stopped before he could’ve killed so many people,' Gohmert said." ...
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NRA: A year-round political machine
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"The reactions to every violent tragedy are painfully predictable."
"Beyond shock and grief, there is the resurrection of the old debate over gun control."
"Anti-gun advocates proclaim mass killings as symptomatic of lax gun laws. Second Amendment stalwarts accuse their opponents of trying to exploit tragedy for political advantage." ... |
Who will stand up for gun control? (video available)
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"The mass, random shooting in Colorado Thursday night that has claimed 12 lives and injured more than 50 has opened the door for a discussion on gun control."
"While the second amendment protects Americans’ rights to possess firearms, exactly how and what types can be procured, where, and who can purchase a gun typically varies by state. Gun control advocates, such as the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, believe the country’s laws are too lax in this arena."
"Dan Gross, president at the Brady Campaign, said he doubted this incident would be enough to spark substantial reform." ... |
'Batman' Shooting: Gun Lobby Counts On Short Attention Span
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"The national sense of outrage swiftly passes. That's the lesson of American gun tragedies past."
"In January 2011, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) barely survived being shot point-blank in the head by a man who emptied his 30-round magazine into 19 people, killing a federal judge and five others."
"It's hard to imagine an incident that would be more likely to advance the cause of gun control in Washington. But nothing happened." ... |
[CO shooter]: No Warning Signs? Bullsh!t.
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... "This is what happens when we swallow the bullshit of the NRA and discount the paranoid reasons why someone we love thinks they need to have an arsenal of guns. You explain to these grieving families why your right to bear arms is so damned important. You tell them to their faces that your right to bear arms is more important than their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness with the people they loved who were gunned down at a movie theatre. ..." ...
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Gun Lobby Unfazed by Batman Massacre
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"Numerous TV news anchors, bloggers, news website pundits have and will continue to express the shootings at the Aurora, Colorado theater in terms of a lone-wolf, deranged gunman killed 12 and wounded 59. The death count is certain to go up among the 59 wounded. The Second Amendment pundits are not even breaking a sweat; even Gabby Giffords' brain damage is no threat to the gun lobby." ... |
Federal Appeals Court upholds Georgia ban on guns in "places of worship"
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"The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Georgia's law that bans guns in places of worship." ...
"'We conclude that the Second Amendment does not give an individual a right to carry a firearm on a place of worship's premises against the owner's wishes because such right did not pre-exist the Amendment's adoption,' Tjoflat wrote. 'Enforcing the Carry Law against a license holder who carries a firearm on private property against the owner's instructions would therefore be constitutional.'"
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Submitter's Note: Two of the plaintiffs were a church and its minister. The minister wants to carry in his office at his own church but can't because it's considered part of a church. |
WA: Crimefighting in Seattle: Not Everyone is On Board
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"Last month RF noted a refreshing change in the approach to gun crime that’s been adopted in the Emerald City. The new strategy: punitive over prohibitive. As in locking up those who commit gun crimes rather than preventing law abiding citizens from arming themselves. Even former blame-the-guns-firster Deputy Chief Nick Metz got into the act ... pledging an assholes and elbows approach to attacking the problem by putting the bad guys behind bars. But one person at last month’s press conference was conspicuous by his absence: Chief John Diaz. Maybe he had a long-standing appointment with his dentist that day. Or not. Whatever the case, it’s apparent that he’s still quite comfortable blaming the guns for his city’s crime problems . . ." ... |
TX: Investigators: HPD cop was on duty when he assaulted woman
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"DNA evidence has linked a Houston police officer to a rape he allegedly committed while on duty last month, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office."
"Officer Adan Jimenez Carranza, 32, was being held Friday at the Harris County Jail under a $30,000 bond, charged with aggravated sexual assault of a woman June 18 after a minor traffic accident, court records show." ... |
Combat Pawn: Seriously, Who Thought This Show was a Good Idea?
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"There’s a new show on the tube (TruTV to be exact) that attempts to combine the haggling excitement of Pawn Stars, the build challenges of American Guns and the drama of Sons of Guns. It already sounds like a concept that a TV executive concocted sitting at a boardroom table and then shoehorned into reality. And from the moment it starts you know for a fact that it’s going to be absolutely terrible. Let me go ahead and give you the highlights from just the pilot so I can save you the trouble of actually watching this thing . . ." ... |
NC: First, Second Amendment rights carry equal weight
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"One of the great things about this country is that we can have passionate debates about issues that are important to any of us. Recently, some of you have been exercising your First Amendment right – freedom of speech – to tell us how you feel about your Second Amendment right – the right to bear arms."
"Which amendment is more important? Neither. Both are vital. Both make this a great country."
"Our recent posting of a searchable, street-level database of concealed weapon permits has created a passionate debate and unfortunately some distasteful threats." ... |
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