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Nigeria embraces Arms Trade Treaty as murder, chaos and terror reign
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... "Foreign nationals have been killed. People trying to eradicate polio have been targeted. Missionaries have received 'night letter' death threats. Over 50 students died in attacks. Drinking establishments have been targeted. Churches, police stations and markets have been attacked. Life-claiming sectarian violence has broken out in metropolitan areas and villages. Shopping centers and nightclubs have been targets of IED attacks. People have been hacked to death with machetes in riots. Extended states of emergency in multiple government regions have been declared. And 'Kidnappings remain a security concern throughout the country.'” ... |
New From MTM Case-Gard: The Survivor Ammo Can
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"Is this where all the ammo’s been going? MTM Case-Gard says sometimes the safest place to store things is right under foot. Toward that end, they’ve just come out with the Survivor ammo can that’s perfect for subterranean implantation. They don’t give the dimensions, but say it will hold six hundred rounds of .45 ACP. That’s gotta be what…almost 1400 rounds of .22lr? Just make sure you don’t forget where you dig that hole. Press release after the jump . . ." ... |
FN Manufacturing: Making Sure They Go Bang. Every Time
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"In my time as a writer for TTAG, I’ve toured my share of manufacturing facilities. From the small-time operations like the scrappy pre-Freedom Group AAC (when it was still under Kevin Brittingham) which looked only a little larger than my parent’s garage, to the sprawling operation that is Leupold & Stevens’ operation in Beaverton, Oregon. After you see a couple, they all start to look the same. The same machines, the same floor layout, the same processes…it gets hard to distinguish what makes one manufacturer any better than the others. But for FN Manufacturing (FNM), the plant that makes FN guns in the U.S., the difference is something they shout from the rooftops: their people . . ." ... |
PA: Beretta plant expansion unlikely in Spotsylvania
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"Beretta U.S.A. Corp. probably won’t expand its Crossroads Parkway property in Spotsylvania County because of changes coming to the nearby area, a company executive said this week."
"Beretta ... runs a 70,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center on nine acres at 9500 Crossroads Parkway ..."
"The company has long considered the possibility of expanding that site, said Jeff Reh, Beretta USA’s general counsel and vice-general manager. The company believed that area would remain industrial-focused."
"Those plans likely changed when an adjacent site off U.S. 17 was chosen as the new home for Spotsylvania’s Virginia Railway Express station, and plans were submitted for a mixed-use development next to the station." ... |
Why Smith & Wesson Shares Turned Cold
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"Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis."
"What: Shares of Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC ) were backfiring today, falling as much as 10% on a sector-wide decline after an analyst said gun buying may have peaked, and downgraded Smith & Wesson." ... |
Taking Aim at Anti-Firearm Banks
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"Forty years ago, my father, Neal Knox, was one of the first to shoot and write about an innovative new concept in precision rifle technology: fiberglass stocks. Among the first manufacturers in the new field was ... McMillan Fiberglass Stocks. It didn’t take long for fiberglass stocks to become the standard for serious precision rifle competitors and then gain acceptance in military and hunting applications. From fiberglass stocks, the McMillans moved into making complete rifles, ammunition and other firearm-related accessories and services. Now Gale McMillan’s son Kelly, who has been involved in the family businesses from the beginning, has introduced a new firearm-related service from the McMillan family: credit card processing." ... |
Newly discovered 'gun control playbook' codifies old strategy of 'blood dancing'
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"Back at the beginning of the month, Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Dave Workman revealed a 'gun control playbook,' written by three Democrat political operatives last year, to be used as a propaganda manual for furtherance of the forcible citizen disarmament agenda. Titled 'Preventing Gun Violence Through Effective Messaging,' it is remarkable in that it is very clearly a tacit acknowledgement that facts and logic are doing the gun prohibitionists no favors, and so they should rely instead on raw, ill-informed (the more ill-informed, the better) emotion." ... |
We’ve become accustomed to madness
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... "Be honest: How many times have you sat there in the dark at the movies and glanced at the exit doors near the screen, waiting for a shadowy figure to slip in? How many times have you thought, 'If it happens, I'll drop to the floor and play dead' or 'I'll charge him, I'm not going to be a victim'?" ...
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Oh, and "charging" an active shooter is a great way to become a victim; if you have a clear line of fire just shoot the S.O.B. |
Dirty Harry didn't teach trigonometry
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"Call it a sign of the times. Some say it's been a long time coming and maybe that's true, but it's a travesty no less. Schools are acting on the idea of a diploma in every hand ... and a gun on every teacher."
"Clearly, this isn't a piece about the diploma. Ever since the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. that left 26 people dead – 20 children – the debate over gun control and second amendment rights nationwide has been impetuous. In Clarksville, Ark., the debate has overtaken the Clarksville School District with a recent controversial landmark decision to allow more than 20 teachers, administrators and other school employees to carry concealed weapons throughout the school day. ..." ... |
AK: Gun solutions
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"The other night, TV news ran a story about a young boy that was shot and nearly killed while playing in the park with his mother. A police officer noted that part of the reason that innocent bystanders are often hit is because gang members are poor shots."
"This brings to mind one common-sense answer to this problem. The city needs to provide shooting ranges and maybe even training for gang members. Then in the future when a gang member wears the wrong color shirt on the wrong block, he can be cleanly killed by the other gang member, who is enjoying his Second Amendment rights. ..." ... |
MI: Report offers broad proposals to reduce gun violence in Oakland
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"Easy answers just don’t exist in efforts to control gun violence in Michigan or around the country."
"But Oakland County Commissioners Bill Dwyer and Marcia Gershenson have fashioned a set of recommendations, based on testimony in a series of five hearings, that outline the need for improved education in gun safety and mental health, and the resources to accomplish those goals."
"'We could possibly effect change through education,' Gershenson said."
"The commissioners, who together represent Farmington and Farmington Hills, said their report, 'Gun Violence in Oakland County,' takes a broad approach to aid in stemming the rise of gun-related tragedies." ...
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12 Weapons That Changed Everything
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"As the battle over gun rights in America reaches more and more baroque levels it’s easy to lose track of how we got here."
"Weaponry and war has been a concern for humanity from its very earliest days. Empires from Greece, Rome and Persia to Napoleonic France and Colonial England have all been built on a backbone of superior firepower. From Roman’s peasants fearing Hannibal’s elephants to Irish farmers dreading the site[sic] of Viking warships on the horizon, from Paul Revere’s 'The British are coming!' to the 1950’s 'Duck and Cover' drills, weaponry has haunted our nightmares for as long as it’s fueled the dreams of boys and conquerors." ... |
The fantasy of “Modern Militia” and the III%
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"I’ve seen a lot over the years. More than I really care for. But what leaves me amazed is the folks in the 'Patriot Movement', the 'III%', and the Militia Movement that believe they will make some grandiose stand ala Lexington Green to face down the evil and corruption we are confronted with. It makes for good fiction and film but is it feasible?"
"In two words – f--k no. Those fine folks clad in multicam with their ARs, AKs, and other ... gee-gaws assembled as the bastions for liberty are going to find one thing at that future Lexington Green – their wholesale slaughter. And when it happens the 'revolution' is going to be televised all right – only it will be portrayed by the MSM as 'separatists' 'sovereign citizens' ..." ... |
Dissecting alleged "Fantasies."
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... "Now that's quite a straw man, because I haven't seen anything like that in the Constitutional militia movement since the early idiocies of the 90s. Large public units are beyond passe, with most self-defense formations being local, made up of friends, family and neighbors. They've learned the lessons of the 90s when large public units were routinely infiltrated, riddled with informers and provocateurs and subject to set-ups such as the ATF carried out on Bob Starr over in Georgia. The overwhelming majority of armed citizenry formations these days are, at best, squad-sized. ..." ... |
TX: Woman opens fire on group of robbers at Denny's (video available)
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"A woman opened fire on a group of robbers at a local Denny's restaurant."
"At around 4 a.m. Thursday, a man who does not want to be identified, said his brother was robbed by six men with guns at a Denny's off the Gulf Freeway in southeast Houston." ...
"His brother's wife was in the restroom at the time, but when she exited the restroom she saw the group of suspected robbers. Police said that's when she pulled out her gun and shot at them."
"'She said she came out of the restroom and saw my brother on the floor. That's when she started doing what she gotta do. She got a license and she'll do anything to protect her kids and my brother,' he said." ...
"No bystanders or customers were injured." ... |
NY: Buffalo resident shoots two armed robbers, sparks discussion on use of deadly force (VIDEO)
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"A man in was outside of his home in Buffalo, New York, last Sunday evening when he was approached by two men who robbed him of cash and jewelry. Unbeknown to the suspects, the victim had in his possession another valuable item: a handgun, which he used to shoot both the suspects."
"According to a local report, the incident occurred just after 7 o’clock. One neighbor, who did not wish to be identified, told reporters that she had seen John Hunt, 50, in front of his home washing his car just feet from where a woman was shot and killed last year. A few moments later, she heard what she described as nine or 10 gunshots." ... |
TX: Austin Center for Inquiry Debates “Stand Your Ground” Laws
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"Last night I attended a meeting of the Austin, Texas chapter of the Center For Inquiry, a secular humanist social organization whose mission is 'to foster a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values.' The topic of the evening was 'Stand your ground, castle doctrine and the gun-shine state' (read, George Zimmerman trial) and I thought it would be interesting to find out how a group that tends to be fairly liberal in the bluest city in one of the redder states in the country felt about that . . ." ... |
IL: Stephenson County Board Members Push Back Vote on Controversial Gun Ordinance
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"The Stephenson County Board decided to push back a vote that would rescind a controversial gun ordinance originally passed in July until next Thursday.
The ordinance is in support of constitutional carry and as it’s written allows people in the county to carry any type of firearm they like. Supporters say they passed the law to allow people the right to exercise their second amendment right. The opposition which includes board members, the county sheriff, and the county state’s attorney all say the ordinance attempts to trump state law which a county law simply cannot do." ... |
IL: State's flawed gun laws unconstitutional
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"In a recent Channel 23 news item, numerous county officials commented on the firearms code change we passed last month."
"The news clip showed how far astray our state’s attorney, sheriff and some County Board members have gone from the Founding Fathers’ ideals and the Constitution."
"For example, State’s Attorney John Vogt actually said that the code change was unconstitutional. In fact it is our state’s laws that are unconstitutional. What part of 'shall not be infringed' does he not understand? ..."
"What part of the Federal 7th Circuit Court ruling earlier this year that Illinois gun laws are unconstitutional does he not understand? ..." ... |
WV: Mingo judge arrested on federal charge
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"Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury was arrested Thursday after federal authorities allege he targeted his ex-lover's husband and used his position on the bench to manipulate criminal charges against the man."
"The indictment, returned Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Charleston, charges Thornsbury with conspiring to violate the constitutional rights of his former secretary's husband." ...
"Thornsbury, a Democrat, 'persecuted his secretary's husband, his romantic rival' and used the justice system for his own 'nefarious purpose,' Booth Goodwin, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, said in a Thursday news conference." ... |
TN: Former Jonesborough officer gets 18 months for steroid trafficking
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"A former Jonesborough police officer who sold more than $80,000 worth of illegal steroids over a three-year period has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for steroid trafficking."
"Freddie Matthew Sergent, 31, of Telford, received the sentence in U.S. District Court in Greeneville on Monday. According to court records, Sergent pled guilty in January to unlawfully distributing anabolic steroids over a three-year period (2009 to April 2012)." ... |
PA: Exclusive: FBI raids Philadelphia Sheriff's Office
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"The FBI raided the Philadelphia Sheriff’s office Thursday and seized some of the office’s computers, a source said."
"An FBI spokeswoman confirmed that it was at the office 'performing normal law enforcement activities' but declined to offer specifics. She said details would not come unless charges are filed." ... |
DC: D.C. officer on trial in sex assault case
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"In 1994, Larry Seay took the D.C. police oath to protect and serve the residents of the District."
"Years later, prosecutors say, Seay abandoned that oath and sexually assaulted three women while he was in uniform patrolling his Northwest Washington beat."
"Seay, 39, a 3rd District patrol officer who has been suspended without pay, is charged with several counts of sexual assault. The women at one time worked as prostitutes ..." ...
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CO: The second amendment lives in Lamar, Co (photos)
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"The Colorado Sheriff's Association sponsored a parade celebrating American's unabridged right to bear arms. So many people and so many guns, yet it went off without the slightest injury. The event was held on Saturday, August 1oth, 2013."
"The Colorado Sheriff's Association is against unconstitutional gun laws both state and federal, and 30 of it's members have sworn not to enforce them Say hello to some heroes of our constitution." ... |
The War on Guns: Are AML Regs the New GCA?
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"Hi, my name is FC and I’m a gun dealer. Welcome to my hell."
"Today, we’re going to explore the not-so-pretty side of the gun industry in a multi part series. Exploring the business side of the gun business is a rather multi faceted subject that not many gun dealers are wont to discuss, but I’m not your normal gun dealer. Let’s start with some of the basics and talk about the anti-money laundering (AML) regulations of the Bank Secrecy Act and how they could ostensibly be used as the new Gun Control Act of 1968 and a few related financial industry topics…" ... |
WA: Seattle crime: This is ‘progress’ from a progressive viewpoint?
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"The Seattle Times may have ripped away a façade erected by Seattle’s mayor by publishing a story yesterday refuting a claim that the city’s downtown core has seen a 'significant reduction of violent crime.'"
"That assertion came from both Mayor Mike McGinn and Seattle Police Capt. Jim Dermody following Monday’s shooting of a Metro bus driver and the subsequent slaying of the gunman by police officers. Almost before the crime scene had been cleared, McGinn was insisting that the downtown area was safe and that riding Metro buses is safe; claims that have gotten some negative comments from Seattle Times readers." ... |
CO: Aurora victims honored, gun groups stage protest
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"Survivors of mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut gathered with dozens of supporters Friday in a suburban Denver park to honor those killed in the massacre at an Aurora movie theater almost a year to the day after the attack."
"Vigil participants ... called for strict federal gun control laws." ...
"The scene was somber, even as about 100 gun rights activists held a protest nearby to oppose new firearms restrictions as infringements on Second Amendment rights. ..."
"'To the families and victims of the tragedy, we offer our condolences and prayers,' said Dudley Brown, executive director of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners. 'To Mayor Bloomberg and the group that would politicize this, we offer our opposition.'" ...
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MA: Gun owners shouldn’t be shy about Second Amendment
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"The other day I took a ride up to my favorite gun shop. It’s kind of a long drive for me now but I enjoy going once in a while. I picked up some smokeless powder and three 100-count boxes of cast lead bullets that I had ordered about three months ago. They are premium cast bullets but are still a lot cheaper than copper jacketed and are very accurate for target shooting in my relatively low-velocity 19th century, lever-action hunting carbines." ...
"As I headed back to my old Chevy at the very end of a full parking lot, I couldn’t help but notice the almost complete lack of emblems supporting the Second Amendment. ... it seems to me that very few gun owners openly support their supposed reverence for the Second Amendment." ... |
NC: Why is everyone misstating HB 937?
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"I keep reading letters to the editor that seem to twist the truth about where concealed carry permit holders may carry concealed. I read that guns and alcohol don't mix. I agree, however, they fail to include that a concealed carry carrier is not allowed even one drop of alcohol if carrying. Also they seem to misquote, to suit their own agenda, House Bill 937, where it states carriers are permitted to carry in restaurants that serve alcohol. I did not read anywhere that it states they were allowed in just bars. The owners of any establishment may post a no weapons permitted sign and that would take care of that perception." ... |
CT: Request for gun permits in Newtown set to double last year's numbers: police
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"There has been a run on guns in the Connecticut town where a madman armed with a Bushmaster assault rifle turned a grade school into a slaughterhouse."
"Requests for gun permits are on track to double this year over last year in heartbroken Newtown, where 20 first-graders and six staffers were massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School last Dec. 14, police said." ... |
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