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Gun Law Expert: Vatican & USCCB Arms Policies Endanger Innocent (video available)
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"'Gun-grabbing policies promoted by Vatican and U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) officials endanger victims of violent crime and terrorism,' gun rights expert John M. Snyder said here today."
"'Such policies should be renounced and reversed,' he added."
"'There are many news reports of murderous Islamist terrorist attacks on Catholics and others in various parts of the world, especially in the Middle East,' Snyder noted. 'These victims and potential victims of terrorism need firearms to be able to defend themselves against such attacks.'" ... |
Can a Gun Owner Get Justice in New Jersey?
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"Shaneen Allen faces three and a half years in prison because she made an honest mistake, followed by a mistake of honesty. Allen, ... who lives in Philadelphia, drove to Atlantic City with a gun in her purse, erroneously thinking her Pennsylvania carry permit would be respected in New Jersey. Then she told a state trooper about the gun when he pulled her over for a traffic violation." ...
"As Allen's attorney, Evan Nappen, explained after last week's hearing, 'she really has nothing to lose by going to trial at this point,' since the only plea bargain offered by prosecutors would require Allen to serve three and half years (i.e., the mandatory minimum). It looks like her fate will be determined by a jury's willingness to do the right thing ..." |
Gun Review: Robinson Armament XCR-M, Part 2
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"A few months back, TTAG was kind enough to post a review I did of the Robinson Armament XCR-M rifle in .308 Winchester/7.62 x 51 mm. The review was not flattering; the sample rifle, owned by a friend, had serious accuracy and reliability issues. Cosmetically and feature-wise, I was very impressed by it. However, after putting several different factory and bulk loads through the rifle, I ended up giving it only a 2-star rating. I added the caveat at the time that Robinson Armament had agreed to ship the rifle back for diagnosis and service. The rifle is now back from Robinson Armament, and, true to my word, here’s a second look at this controversial rifle . . ." ... |
9mm Wins the Caliber Wars
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"'On July 25, 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a pre-solicitation notice for a family of pistols chambered in 9mm — and in so doing, fanned the embers of ‘the great debate’ over pistol calibers,' Mike Wood reports at policeone.com. Hey! Why didn’t anyone tell me about this? Of course, it was pretty much a foregone conclusion anyway. The .40 caliber round adopted by the FBI and thousands of police departments after the infamous FBI Miami shootout (a cluster-you-know-what of epic proportions) was a panic-induced compromise that didn’t provide 9mm capacity or controllability, or .45 caliber controllability and terminal performance. But don’t take my word for it. Wood rings the death knell for .40 . . ." ... |
Citing Second Amendment, Connecticut-Based Mossberg Expands Manufacturing in Texas
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"A few weeks ago, famous gun maker Beretta announced it was moving all of its manufacturing capacity to Tennessee in the wake of the passage of new gun restrictions by state officials in its old American base of Maryland." ...
"I missed it at the time, but shotgun-maker Mossberg had already said it would be expanding capacity thousands of miles from its headquarters in gun-banning Connecticut. That company also cited the political climate as a reason for the shift."
"'Investing in Texas was an easy decision,' said CEO Iver Mossberg. 'It's a state that is not only committed to economic growth but also honors and respects the Second Amendment and the firearm freedoms it guarantees for our customers.'" ... |
'Stand your ground' states see increase in homicides
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"States that desire to combat violent crime or reduce overall homicide rates should either repeal or refuse to enact so-called 'stand your ground' legislation, according to a recent report issued by a taskforce commissioned by the American Bar Association [PDF]."
"The National Task Force on Stand Your Ground Laws, convened in 2013, conducted a comprehensive and multidisciplinary review of the impact of 'stand your ground' legislation on public safety, individual liberties, and the criminal justice system." ... |
Why a Democratic Sheriff Says the ‘Hard-Liners’ on the Left Are ‘Up in Arms’ Against Him
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"Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is a rarity in Wisconsin. In a notoriously progressive state, the Democratic sheriff is staunchly pro-Second Amendment. After rocketing to the national spotlight with a speech at the NRA convention earlier this year, Clarke — who faces a primary election on Tuesday — is under attack by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and anti-gun activists."
"Clarke said the 'left-leaning side' of his party is trying to replace him for one reason: his strong support for the Second Amendment."
"'I’m a constitutional sheriff. It’s my position to encourage people to play a role in their own safety,' Clarke said ... Tuesday. 'I tell people, you have a duty to protect yourself and your family.'" ... |
Wash. activists battling billionaire bucks over gun rights, privacy
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"Another big bucks infusion from billionaire Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie to the Initiative 594 campaign, reported yesterday by the Seattle P-I.com, shows what Washington state grassroots gun rights activists are up against in their battle to prevent government gun confiscation without due process, while also resisting what they consider an extremist gun control measure that even the state’s rank-and-file police and sheriff’s deputies oppose." ... |
Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun money up in smoke as pro-gun sheriff wins in Wisconsin
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"A pro-gun incumbent sheriff in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, beat back the anti-gun money of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to win his primary contest for re-election by a handy margin, 52-48 percent."
"Sheriff David Clarke, a Democrat, is now almost sure to win in November because no Republican is challenging him, The Washington Post reported."
"The race took on national tones just last week when Mr. Bloomberg — who helps head the Mayors Against Illegal Guns group and who has taken up a personal crusade to scale back Second Amendment rights — threw in $150,000 to defeat Sheriff Clarke. That amount was more than what Sheriff Clarke and his opponent, Chris Moews, spent on their entire campaigns, The Post reported." ... |
Refuse to Be a Victim or Subject
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... "... Sheriff David Clark, Jr has been an outspoken advocate of our Second Amendment rights. He has urged Milwaukee area residents to arms themselves, and take firearms safety and training classes because he knows his deputies can’t always get to a victim or potential victim in time."
"He knows what right-minded Americans with common sense already know: when seconds count, the police are minutes away. Especially for those of us who live in rural areas."
"He told his constituents that he needs them 'in the game' for personal safety, specifically referring to them being armed to defend themselves."
"But so intolerant of the Second Amendment are modern day liberals that they have targeted Sheriff Clarke in his race for reelection." ... |
Brits Find Gun Prohibition Work-Around, Finally Have a Usable AR-15 (video available)
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"There’s some interesting stuff coming out of the United Kingdom these days, specifically a new concept for getting around the existing semi-auto rifle ban that has been in place for ages. Previous attempts to get a somewhat functional AR-15 or semi-automatic-esque firearm into the market relied on a pump action sort of design where the operator worked the action for every shot, but now a new design seems to be popping up that’s enabling our limey cousins to enjoy some of the rapid firing capabilities of the rifle that they have been sorely missing." ... |
Bring the Heat – Attend a Moms Demand Action Grilling for Gun Sense BBQ Next Week!
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"What pairs better with some juicy barbecue than a little anti-gun agitprop? Shannon Watts’ Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America isn’t just for the estrogen-enhanced crowd. As the summer winds down, the Bloomberg owned and operated anti-gun org is trying to broaden their base by recruiting some testosterone-packed true believers to flip burgers to further their civilian disarmament campaign, too. 'Join us for a week of Grilling for Gun Sense! From Saturday, August 23 to Saturday August 30th, our Dads chapter is preparing to host barbecues all over the country to raise awareness for our Gun Sense Voter (GSV) campaign.' . . ." ... |
Five Things Non-Gun-Owners Don’t Get About Gun Owners
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"1. Carrying a Gun Eventually Ceases To Be a Big Deal"
"Many people who don’t own guns—for the purposes of this discussion, we’ll call them 'non-gunners'—have often never even touched a gun. That fact has imbued the inanimate chunk of metal with mystery and undue fear, fear they think must be universal. They don’t understand that to someone who carries daily, a firearm becomes as common as your keys or wallet. Like your keys or wallet, you keep your carry gun with you at all times, but you are not constantly aware of it. If you need it, it’s there—like many of the cards in your wallet—but beyond keeping it under your secure control you don’t worry about it. You don’t go around thinking 'Boy, oh boy, I’m packing a gun!'" ... |
MO: Gun Sales Up Across Area
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"Gun sales are up across St. Louis since the shooting of Michael Brown and subsequent nights of violence."
"Sales have quadrupled at ‘Metro Shooting’ in Bridgeton according to owner Steven King. He says sales have mainly been to men, but not all:" ...
"King says he’s personally seen the fear in their eyes and feels the sorrow in their hearts. King says he’s not raised prices but he knows that some are raiding their savings accounts, feeling that having a gun is that important."
"He says nearly 100 percent say they are buying them for defensive purposes. 'They’re buying AR-15s, home defense shotguns, handguns, personal defense handguns something for conceal carry.' said King." ... |
Congress working on bill to de-militarize federal regulatory agencies
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"Following a host of federal agencies moving to equip their inspectors with military-grade weapons, some on Capitol Hill are calling for their disarmament."
"The proposed legislation takes issue with the growing creep of federal SWAT-type units that have been forming since the 2002 Homeland Security Act granted various agency Offices of Inspectors General arrest and firearm authority. The House bill calls for these agencies to not only lose that authority, but also to restrict them from acquiring military weaponry." ...
"The bill, H.R. 4934, entitled the Regulatory Agency Demilitarization Act, would place a freeze on weapons purchases by all federal agencies with exception for those who have traditional law enforcement or defense tasking ..." ... |
NH: Rule by fiat, New Hampshire style
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"It looks like the Dimwits, unable to get actual anti-RKBA legislation past the people, have fallen back to the old stroke of the pen, law of the land technique to violate human/civil rights.""Bad Changes To New Hampshire Carry License Application Action Needed"
"Without notice, and without prior solicitation of comments from the public, a bureaucrat in Concord has exceeded his statutory authority, and added new requirements to the New Hampshire pistol/revolver (concealed carry) licensing process." "It's pretty bad. In fact, if you know recent NH legislative history, it's f--king disgusting."
"Here are the worst parts ..." ... |
MT: U.S. Senate hopeful Curtis explains gun-rights position
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"Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Amanda Curtis appeared and spoke last year at a rally for expanded background checks for firearm purchasers, but said this week her position on the issue won’t hurt her with Montana voters."
"'I haven’t said anything that average Montanans wouldn’t agree with,' she told the Gazette State Bureau on Monday. 'I have simply stated that guns shouldn’t be in the hands of the mentally ill and criminals. That’s not too much to ask for, and that’s not a radical position.'"
"Curtis, a state representative and high school math teacher from Butte, is one of at least three people expected to compete Saturday to become the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate replacing Sen. John Walsh." ... |
PA: Sen. Alloway Heeds Advice of Moms Everywhere
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"If your best friends at the NRA told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it? That variation on mom's old think-for-yourself admonition comes into play with the NRA's renewed pressure on state lawmakers to reject a proposed ban on live pigeon shoots." ...
"It's doubtful a ban, which has been debated in the state Legislature for years, will pass as the legislative session wanes, although we can always hope. But one development this year deserves special note: State Sen. Rich Alloway, R-Chambersburg, a hunter and NRA member, refused to follow the NRA over the cliff." ... |
WI: Wisconsin county sheriff's race that attracted national donors too close to call
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"A Wisconsin county sheriff whose outspoken pro-Second Amendment views turned his re-election campaign into a battle between gun control groups and the National Rifle Association was locked in a close fight with his Democratic primary challenger, a longtime Milwaukee police lieutenant."
"With 100 percent of precincts reporting early Wednesday, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. had garnered 52 percent of the vote to 48 percent for Chris Moews. Clarke's margin was just over 4,700 votes out of nearly 109,000 cast. However, Moews refused to concede, saying that there were over 6,000 absentee votes that had yet to be counted." ... |
DC gun ruling is on hold, but having an effect
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"Prosecutors in the District of Columbia have for now stopped charging people with carrying a handgun outside their home or business after a judge ruled a city law banning carrying a handgun unconstitutional."
"Until a ruling in late July by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr., city law prohibited people from carrying handguns outside their homes or businesses. Scullin threw out the city’s ban, saying it violated the Constitution’s Second Amendment, which protects the right to 'keep and bear arms.' But Scullin kept his ruling from going into effect until at least October, preserving the status quo in the city and giving lawmakers time to respond with new laws." ... |
Federal Judge Upholds Maryland's Assault Weapons Ban
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"A federal judge has ruled that Maryland's assault weapons ban is constitutional."
"U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Blake, in a 47 page ruling handed down this afternoon, says the ban on 45 different types of assault weapons does not violate the Second Amendment rights of gun owners."
"U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake concluded in a 47-page ruling that the law serves the government's interest in protecting public safety without significantly burdening what the Supreme Court has explained is the core Second Amendment right of 'law abiding, responsible citizens to use arms in defense of hearth and home.'" ... |
MT: West Yellowstone Police Chief Fired Following Investigation
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"The West Yellowstone town council fired its police chief after a state investigation found he selectively enforced the law, violated court orders and in some cases either did not know or chose not to follow the law."
"Town council members on Monday confirmed a recommendation for the town’s operation manager to end Chief Gordon Berger’s employment immediately, Mayor Brad Schmier told The Billings Gazette."
"Berger had been West Yellowstone’s police chief since 2006 and had been with the department for 28 years. No one immediately returned a phone message The Associated Press left Tuesday at a listing for Berger in West Yellowstone." ... |
CA: Calif. Bank Robbery Hostage Killed by Police, Not Suspects: Police
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"Police say the hostage killed during last month's bank robbery and chase in Northern California was fatally wounded by police officers' gunfire, not the suspects'."
"Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones said Monday that the results of a preliminary ballistics report show that Stockton police fired the bullet or bullets that killed 41-year-old Misty Holt-Singh."
"Holt-Singh was found dead at the end of the July 16 bank robbery and chase, which included a running gunbattle between the three suspects and police before a final shootout." ... |
NY: Buffalo cop pleads guilty to running marijuana-growing operation
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"Side jobs are common among Buffalo police officers, but Jorge I. Melendez had a unique one."
"He grew marijuana."
"Melendez, a four-year veteran of the department, admitted Tuesday to running a marijuana-growing operation while he was a police officer. He made the admission as part of a plea deal that is likely to send him to federal prison for at least five years."
"'How does a police officer get involved in something like this?' U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio asked Melendez on Tuesday."
"'It’s just extremely poor judgment,' he answered." ... |
GA: Atlanta area officers get federal prison for helping drug dealers
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"Ten former law enforcement officers from five agencies, in addition to two civilians, have been sentenced to from one to nine years in federal prison for selling their badges to protect drug dealers."
"The man who coordinated the protection, a civilian, is to be sentenced in federal court on Wednesday."
"The sentences wrap up an investigation that started in 2011 with an FBI investigation into allegations that cops getting paid to protect drug gangs and cartels, sometimes wearing their uniforms and driving their official cars while working for the criminals." ... |
NY: NYC official wants police to wear cameras after choke-hold death
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"Following public outrage at the death of a New York City man who was put in a choke hold while being arrested, the city's public advocate called on Monday for police officers to be outfitted with body-worn cameras."
"Public Advocate Letitia James recommended a pilot plan, costing about $5 million, that would start in the city's most crime-plagued neighborhoods and would seek to restore public trust in the police department as controversy over aggressive policing tactics continues to mount."
"In addition, the cameras could help save the city millions of dollars more when defending bogus lawsuits, James said, pointing to cities from Los Angeles to Washington that have seen success with similar measures." ... |
TX: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission New Rules Negatively Impact Friends of NRA Events
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"The state agency charged with regulating the sale, distribution and possession of alcoholic beverages in Texas is proposing new regulations that could drastically affect fundraising events held by charitable organizations as well as the operation of certain shooting clubs and gun shows."
"While these new regulations were ostensibly drafted to allow alcohol sales at certain events and venues where firearms transactions take place, the plain language of the proposed rule amendments is far-reaching and could have drastic consequences. These proposed rule changes have not been finalized and there will be an opportunity for public comment ... More information on how to engage is at the end of this alert." ... |
NJ: Gun penalty in NJ case needlessly harsh
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"When Ray Rice beat his wife unconscious in an elevator, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Michael Donio and New Jersey District Attorney Jim McClain agreed to put him in a diversion program for 1st-time offenders to keep him out of jail. But when Pennsylvania single mom Shaneen Allen was pulled over for a traffic violation and volunteered to a New Jersey police officer that she was carrying a legally owned handgun with a Pennsylvania permit, the response of Donis and McClain was to deny her the same opportunity as Rice." ...
"The problem is, she’s being punished for something the Constitution says — and the Supreme Court has agreed —is a constitutional right. ..." ... |
NY: Anti SAFE Act group plans informational session in Lowville
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"The grass-roots group formed in opposition to the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act is planning another informational session here next week."
"'Our job is to educate and motivate,' said Patrick J. Morse, New Bremen, founder of the North Country Friends of the 2nd Amendment."
The meeting is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Lowville Elks Lodge 1605, 5600 Shady Ave. It is open to the public, and admission is free." ... |
FL: Silence the call for suppressors
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"The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is considering a proposal that would allow hunters to use noise suppressors, known more commonly as silencers, in the woods while hunting game."
"The Record is generally a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights — to bear arms. And in saying that this idea is one whose time should never come, we aren’t wavering on that."
"This proposal has nothing whatever to do with owning and using guns. This has everything to do with owning silencers."
"We see no situation in which hunters need to shoot a game animal on the 'down-low.' We can, however, see many situations in which silencers could be effectively used for hunting people." ... |
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