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Daily Digest: “The Mike and Joe Show” Edition
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"Senator Joe Manchin seems to be determined to give the voters in gun-friendly West Virginia more reasons to get rid of him. He’s made anti-NRA ads. He’s working on new gun control legislation. He’s claiming Beretta twisted his words when they said why they won’t consider relocating to the Mountain State. And now…the poster child for citizen disarmament and Manchin’s new BFF, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is hosting a fund-raiser for him at his upper East Side home on July 22. This affiliation is particularly interesting, as Manchin says he has never discussed gun control with Bloomberg. Yet, there they are. ... Meanwhile, back on planet Earth . . ." ... |
7 Gun Control Facts That Are Actually Myths
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"Dianne Feinstein introduced her Assault Weapons Ban fresh on the heels of Obama laying out his 23 executive orders to curb gun violence, and now gun control advocates are in full force laying out their arguments to restrict our Second Amendment rights. I am sure those on PolicyMic have heard the arguments before, but here we will lay out some of the most popular talking points in favor of more gun control and debunk those myths." ... |
Police Drop the Charges Against Jared Marcum & More in this Gun Owners of America Update
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"These and other victories remind us, once again, there’s much to be grateful for this Independence Day.""'I can’t thank Larry Pratt and Gun Owners enough for standing with Jared and his family during these difficult days. You were there when we needed you. GOA and GOF’s legal and financial support was critical to Jared’s defense, to blocking the gag order which the government asked for, and finally obtaining a dismissal of all charges ...' — Ben White, attorney for Jared Marcum" "Gun Owners of America wants to thank all of you who contributed to the Jared Marcum legal defense fund."
"All charges have now been dropped against the West Virginia teenager, and Jared will not have a criminal record." ... |
Mass. failure: Aaron Hernandez and guns
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"Whether ... Aaron Hernandez is guilty of murder is up to a Massachusetts jury. But looking at the case laid out by Bristol County assistant district attorney William McCauley, the futility of attempts to reduce gun violence by restricting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans is clear."
"Hernandez is charged with the execution-style murder of his friend Odin Lloyd. In addition to first-degree murder, Hernandez faces five gun charges. Strict Bay State gun-control laws did nothing to protect Lloyd. And if the prosecution is correct, they did little to discourage Hernandez from accumulating a stash of weapons."
"No changes to the nation’s system of background checks would have prevented this grisly murder. " ... |
Beretta Pico - Good choice for recoil sensitive shooters
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"The new Beretta Pico, previously reviewed on this blog, seems to be a good choice for the recoil sensitive and senior citizen shooters. The gun is small and easy to carry. You can get it with an integrated laser or light. With a simply barrel change you can convert it from a .380 to a .32 acp. It is bigger than a LCP but smaller than a Sig P238. It may be the perfect single gun for older couples that share a gun due to the two calibers it shoots. It comes with two magazine, a flush fitting one and one with a pinkie extension." ... |
Moms ‘moo-ving’ on gun control push
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"Always a bad idea to let Mom's decide things related to self defense. Most do not like their sons to pay contact sports much less play with guns. Not to be sexist but my association with guns and shooting spans more than four decades and my experience shows that a lot more women know little about guns than men. I do not recall any of the little girls I knew playing with toy guns or wanting to play soldier when I grew up. I certainly do not want Moms, using their kids, interfering with my gun rights because they believe violence is unnecessary and think that by banning their use by law abiding citizens it will make their children safer rather than defenseless." ... |
3-D Printed Plastic Gun Breaches Israeli Parliament Building Undetected!
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"Israel’s security is renowned for being particularly tight, but officials failed to detect a 3-D printed gun when a local TV show snuck it into the Knesset – the country’s parliament building in Jerusalem. Twice. Israel’s Channel 10 has given us a taste of what might happen when the wrong people get their hands on 3-D printing technology." ...
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Submitter's Note: OMG! OMG!!! A TV crew managed to sneak a useless chunk of plastic into the Knesset. TWICE. But still useless the second time since they couldn't get ammunition through the checkpoints (a minor fact unmentioned in this and several other articles on the "breach"). |
Gun control forces struggle to keep issue alive
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"Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive the rejected effort to expand background checks to more firearms buyers."
"With Congress back from a weeklong recess, the bottom line remains familiar: Advocates of broadened checks lack the new votes they need and Congress has moved on to other issues. A few lawmakers who opposed expanding the checks when the Senate defeated the measure last month say they'd consider changes the sponsors might offer but haven't committed to backing anything, while others show no signs of switching." ... |
OH: Giffords crusades for anti-gun cause in Northside (video available)
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"Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is no stranger to campaigning in the rain."
"'I’ve done parades with Gabby before in the rain and she’ll walk in the rain next to the car,' said her husband, Mark Kelly."
"Thursday, Giffords and Kelly made a stop in Northside to spread their message of responsible gun ownership. They were met with cheers – and plenty of precipitation – as they joined the neighborhood’s annual Fourth of July Parade. This time, Giffords opted to sit on a bench in the back of a pickup truck, rather than walk." ... |
WA: Hastings has it wrong
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... "An extensive search for unarmed mentally ill mass murderers came up with a total of zero cases of sick people without guns who murdered large numbers, or even small numbers of people. Adding guns enables the killings. Killing without a gun is very difficult, if not impossible for most unarmed people, mentally ill or not. I believe that this is a very sound way to prevent mass murders, i.e., don’t have as many guns. Adding more guns has the opposite effect, increasing and causing murders, mass and individual." |
Manchin reflects on recent gun measure
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"U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who, along with Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., recently crafted a bipartisan proposal calling for limited background checks on gun sales — addressed Second Amendment rights in Hinton Tuesday."
"The bill was eventually shot down in the Senate."
"Manchin reassured West Virginians that he’s a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, and the bill he proposed banned the formation of a national registry and expanded the gun rights of veterans and members of the military." ... |
New Gun Laws In Effect in Colorado, Other States
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"New restrictive gun laws going into effect this week are facing controversy in Colorado, while other firearm laws go live around the country."
"Colorado passed two measures this year, one which institutes background checks for all firearm sales, and one which bans high-capacity magazines that hold more than 15 rounds of ammunition."
"A group of sheriffs has sued over the magazine law, calling it unenforceable and hoping a judge will intervene to stop it, while safety advocates stand firm on the other side of the issue." ... |
NH: New Hampshire Bill Would Victimized Women If They Stand & Fight An Attacker
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"HB135 is not a bill of equality."
"It looks to change a law that has not caused anyone harm. It looks to change the playing field to be in favor of the criminal and lessen the rights’ of women to not be victimized."
"The prime sponsor was quoted as saying it is OK for women to defend themselves at home, but not on the street. We bear the burden to try and run from our assailants. If we do not, if we choose instead to protect ourselves or our children, in the court of law we have to prove we could not get away. The prosecution has no burden to prove otherwise." ... |
DC: July 4 week events start with a water gun protest march
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"The downpour of rain didn’t bother protesters preparing to march on Washington – they planned to get soaked anyway."
"As they filled their water guns from an 800-pound water tank in the back of an SUV, the rain ceded and the U.S. and 'Don't tread on me' flags were taken out."
"On Wednesday morning, 14 protesters walked from Arlington National Cemetery to the Washington Monument in support of the Second Amendment and Toys for Tots. They raised more than $1,200 for the charity and donated several toys."
"'We're out here exercising our First Amendment rights in support of the Second Amendment,' march organizer Austin Peterson, 32, a video and photo production company owner from Alexandria, Va., said." ... |
CO: Hundreds bear arms in Westcliffe parade
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"The Fourth of July Parade in the town of Westcliffe looked like many Independence Day celebrations with floats, horse riding groups and fire trucks. However, what set this parade apart were all of the guns. There were moms with guns, dads with guns and even kids with guns."
"The Southern Colorado Patriots Club invited gun owners and Tea Party members to march with them in the parade, displaying their unloaded weapons."
"'We believe in the constitution, we believe in the First Amendment, the right to assembly, the right to march, the right to our voice,' said Patriots Club president Mike Hess. 'We believe strongly that Second amendment rights should not be infringed.'" ... |
The Zimmerman Case, Days 7 and 8
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"The prosecution had us all wondering which side it was on until Tuesday, when we finally detected that they were putting on a case. At the close of business Monday, Detective Chris Serino stated that he believed Zimmerman was telling the truth when he gave his recorded statements to Sanford Five-O. Tuesday started with a sustained prosecution objection to that answer, which was stricken from the record and magically excised from the hearts and minds of the jurors . . ." ... |
NJ: Gun control laws are not the answer
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"The Second Amendment states, '... the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.'"
"Now why do you think our founding fathers added this amendment? Was it because they supported violence? Not at all. It was because they were able to throw off the tyranny of King George only because most citizens owned guns for hunting and personal protection." ... |
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