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Truth and Consequences: Armed citizens behave; antis lose credibility
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"Pacific Northwest gun rights activists tracking firearms issues nationwide are taking note of a report in Sunday’s Richmond, VA Times-Dispatch that shows how crime in bars and restaurants has actually dropped in the year since Virginia changed the law to allow concealed firearms in those establishments."
"It’s the kind of revelation that causes gun prohibitionists to clench their teeth because: a) it appears in the mainstream press, which has a long history of supporting gun control and the prohibitionist agenda, and b) it further erodes the credibility of such extremist organizations as the Brady Campaign and state-level affiliates like Washington CeaseFire. ..." ... |
'Suspected terrorist' if you do, devoured by zombies if you don't?
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"Last Thursday, National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea noted a report from the Oathkeepers that the Denver office of the FBI wants surplus store owners to snitch on purchasers of certain survival gear. (Very) briefly summarized, the FBI wants to know about people who purchase 'in bulk' things like Meals, Ready to Eat (MREs), waterproof containers for ammunition or matches, shooting accessories, etc. ... Yesterday, Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Dave Workman reported that this effort on the federal government's part is both more widespread and longer established than was initially apparent."
"Strangely, though, at least two branches of the federal government advise citizens to have some of these things on hand ..." ... |
Starbucks CEO declares financial war on politicians
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"Northwest gun rights activists looking for a way to get the attention of politicians might follow the lead of Howard Schultz, CEO of the Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee, which last year stood up to anti-gun demagoguery by not barring armed customers from its shops around the country." ...
"Schultz’ suggestion to fellow business leaders to stop contributing to politicians is probably hitting a raw nerve in the political world, where contributions are the life’s blood of campaigns. But it may play a sweet chord among gun owners who reflexively distrust politicians, especially those who have voted for gun control measures." ... |
An Open Letter To All Gun Owners On The Internet
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"Everyone over at the Brady Center knows that they are not called 'clips'. Its a ploy… and they are manipulating us."
"Yep, that’s the conclusion that I have come to. Its a ploy. It may not be the best one, but its gotten to the point that I don’t think it could be anything else. Why are they doing this? Well, I think that answer is very simple. They are trying to distract us, and they are trying to dictate our behavior." ... |
"Spray And Pray" Or Aimed Fire? (video story)
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"The gun prohibitionists would have you believe that any firearm that can fire full-auto is death incarnate. However, as Greg Hickok - Hickok45 - shows in the short video below, aimed deliberate fire is much more effective than 'spray and pray'. ..." |
New Beretta Nano (9mm)
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"Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Heller and McDonald decisions and grass roots gun rights campaigns throughout these United States, concealed carry is where it’s at. Money-wise. Smith & Wesson’s still running flat out trying to satisfy the increased demand for pocket pistols. Ruger’s running flat outerer. And now Beretta has jumped into the game with a fiberglass-reinforced thermoplastic nine millimeter striker-fired semi-automatic pocket pistol. The Nano. ..." |
Marlin Shoots Down Rumors of Production Stoppage. Ish.
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"TTAG’s received a new 1894c Marlin lever gun. It’s a so-far-flawless replacement for the rifle that snapped in half before a shot was fired. You may recall that Chris Dumm had some quality issues with the rifle’s twin. Despite repeated requests, Marlin declined to comment on either gun. Yesterday, when I read an internet posting on bayoushooter.com claiming that Marlin had ceased production to address QC issues, I thought the story might have had merit (wishful thinking?). So I contacted the company for confirmation. I received the following communication from Jessica Kallum, Marlin’s PR rep . . ." ... |
Safety Tip: Remember Your Chamber Checks. Always.
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"You’ve heard it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. Rule 1: every gun is always loaded. Always. Even if you’ve checked a gun ten times in the last five minutes, you never know what someone else may have done with a heater when it’s been out of your sight. Even momentarily. The safe thing to do – check the chamber on every gun you pick up, every time you pick it up. Many moons ago, Tamara Keel learned this the hard way, fortunately without anyone developing an unwanted puncture…" ... |
Magazine Auxillary Defense System MADS Review
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"Your attacker is advancing and your gun won’t help you – you’re out of ammo or you have a jam."
"It’s not over yet though, your Glock magazine is equipped with a new product by the M2 Corporation called MADS (Magazine Auxillary Defense System)."
"MADS is a replacement floor plate for the magazine of your semi auto weapon, currently produced for Glock and 1911s. The idea of the MADS is to make your handgun into a much more serious weapon when you are not able to shoot it ..." ... |
Ideology’s zeal is a potent force
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"Before it seized control of the GOP, the Tea Party, or its years-ago equivalent, took over the NRA."
"Yes, just as the GOP was once a moderate, practical-minded institution ... so also was the NRA once a more practical-minded, less doctrine-driven insitution. But before the latter-day Carrie Nations of the firearms prohibition movement applause the thought, let it be noted that they too have an ancestry they’d prefer not to mention."
"The first gun-banners and gun-confiscators were largely rural white folks, some of an activist bent that motivated them to don sheets with pointy hoods and set crosses afire."
"That’s right, the KKK was in the enforcement vanguard of America’s first gun-control movement. ..." ... |
AZ: Phoenix homeowner turns tables on burglar
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"While sitting on the couch Tuesday morning, Willy John heard his pet chihuahua start barking."
"Willy got up, and in the bedroom of his Central Phoenix home, he came face to face with a burglar."
"'You just don't know,' said Willy. 'Someone brave enough to break into a house, they're capable of doing anything.'"
"Willy grabbed a gun hidden underneath his bed at the home near 48th Street and Thomas Road, and ordered the burglar to the floor." ... |
Inconceivable Is Correct
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"Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who just last week asked for some answers from Eric Holder about Project Gunwalker, blasted the ATF and Justice Department today for promoting three of the ATF officials responsible for Operation Fast and Furious.""Cornyn: 'Inconceivable' to Reward Architects of 'Fast and Furious'" ...
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Left fights back: ATF thumbs nose at Issa as NY Times runs hit piece
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"Two days after the New York Times published a lengthy and unflattering Sunday edition story about Congressman Darrell Issa – said by his office to be riddled with errors and they offer a detailed memo in rebuttal – today’s Los Angeles Times reports that the [ATF] has promoted three key figures in the botched Operation Fast and Furious scandal." ... |
'Fast and Furious' a prelude to gun registration?
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"The National Rifle Association has launched a lawsuit against Washington's plans for additional paperwork requirements for gun dealers in four southwestern states, claiming that the Obama administration is trying to 'distract' the public from its own mistakes in 'Operation Fast and Furious.'"
"But what if, asks a spokesman with the Second Amendment Foundation, the paperwork was the goal of the 'Operation Fast and Furious' debacle by the [ATF]?" ... |
ATF promotes supervisors in controversial gun operation
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"The ATF has promoted three key supervisors of a controversial sting operation that allowed firearms to be illegally trafficked across the U.S. border into Mexico."
"All three have been heavily criticized for pushing the program forward even as it became apparent that it was out of control. At least 2,000 guns were lost and many turned up at crime scenes in Mexico and two at the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Arizona."
"The three supervisors have been given new management positions at the agency's headquarters in Washington. ..." ... |
If elected president, Rick Perry could still jog with his gun
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... "The Ticket asked several constitutional scholars and presidential experts if a sitting president would be allowed to carry a gun if he wanted to, even if it meant breaking local law. Since the White House is located in Washington, D.C.--a city that bans carrying firearms--the answer isn't perfectly simple. As presidential scholar Kenneth R. Mayer of the University of Wisconsin put it, the legal questions would get 'big, fat, and hairy in a hurry.'"
"The short answer is that if the president really wanted to run around Lafayette Park with a revolver strapped to his leg, the legal barriers would be easily surmountable." ... |
Pro-gun group says it wants Perry answers
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"Kendra Marr flags this email from the National Association for Gun Rights, which sounds gleeful about Tim Pawlenty's loss at the Ames Straw Poll and claims it as a victory for the group as it presses for Rick Perry answer where he stands on the Second Amendment."
"It's a bit of a curiosity, since Perry is not only known as a pretty strong gun-rights advocate, but he's also a member - he has a concealed weapon permit, as he discussed a bit with Ben at the Iowa State Fair yesterday." ... |
WI: Messer: You won't be ignored
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"During a stop in Madison on Monday night, former state representative and current Republican 6th District Congressional candidate Luke Messer made assurances that he would not forget Jefferson and Switzerland counties." ...
"Messer considers himself pro-life and pro-Second Amendment (the right to keep and bear arms) and takes great pride in the time he served in the General Assembly. He said he's heard two major concerns while campaigning around the district." ... |
VA: Taking Back the 37th District
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"On Tuesday, Aug. 23, registered voters in the Virginia 37th State Senate District will be electing their candidate in the Republican Primary. ..." ...
"Flanary is the only candidate with first hand business experience. ... Flanary's vast and valuable experience working in Richmond as the legislative aide to House Del. Tim Hugo (R-40) and his constituency services to U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes (R-4) add to his credentials of real life experience in our state government. Jason will fight to improve transportation, lower taxes, reduce fiscal irresponsibility, protect innocent life and defend our Second Amendment. He will be a champion for promoting family values." ... |
IN: Thanks for support of candidate who favors gun rights
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"I wish to thank all of the Hoosiers for Richard Mourdock for Senate volunteers from Wayne and Fayette counties and the hundreds of supporters from eight area counties who stopped by our booth to pick up brochures during the Wayne County Gun and Knife Show at the Kuhlman Center July 16-17." ...
"Due to Mourdock's support of our Second Amendment rights, almost 100 individuals from eight counties signed petitions to put Richard Mourdock on the ballot next spring. It certainly was a worthwhile effort for all who volunteered and attended the two-day show." ... |
VA: Allowing guns into bars has 'surprising' result
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......"'The numbers basically just confirm what we've said would happen if the General Assembly changed the law,' Philip Van Cleave, president of the pro-gun Virginia Citizens Defense League, told the Times-Dispatch. 'Keep in mind what the other side was saying – that this was going to be a blood bath, that restaurants will be dangerous and people will stop going. But there was nothing to base the fear-mongering on.'" ... |
NY: Sen. Ritchie questioning Walmart about pistol permit policy
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"State Senator Patty Ritchie is asking Walmart why the company is requiring customers to present a permit for a pistol when they want to buy ammunition for it."
"'We in the State Senate have rejected efforts to restrict the sale of ammunition to law abiding gun owners,' the Republican senator from Heuvelton said."
"'I am concerned that Walmart’s policy in New York State creates more than an inconvenience for sportsmen, but may also unfairly and needlessly infringe upon their legal gun ownership rights.'" ... |
CO: Denver settles suit linked to 2008 Democratic National Convention
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"Denver has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle an ACLU lawsuit accusing Denver police of indiscriminate mass arrests that shut down a protest march during the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver."
"Denver officials have also agreed to make police policy changes to provent similar mass arrests in the future, according to an ACLU news release."
"The lawsuit charged that Denver falsely arrested marchers without probable cause and groundlessly prosecuted them for crimes they did not commit, the release says." ... |
OR: Former cop Ashcraft sentenced to almost 10 years
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"Former police officer Mark Benton Ashcraft was sentenced today to almost 10 years in prison for sexual crimes."
"Circuit Court Judge Lynn Hampton ... handed down a sentence of 58 months for Ashcraft’s child pornography crimes and 57 months for his sexual crimes against a 15-year-old girl in 2009, for a total of 9 years, 7 months." ... |
OK: Former OHP Trooper Charged With Rape
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"The Logan County District attorney has charged a former Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper with second-degree rape."
"Patrick Venable, 27, resigned June 29 after OHP began investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against him. ..." ...
"Now the man whose dash cam showed him preventing a drunk driver from hitting a work crew on the Bell Isle Bridge in January, now stands accused of pulling over a woman suspected of driving drunk, driving her home, and then having his way with her while on duty." ... |
CT: Former Prisoner Sues Hartford Officers Over Jail-Cell Assault
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"New York resident Michael Stewart, who alleges that he was beaten unconscious by two Hartford officers at police headquarters in 2009, filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday that claims the officers, the police chief and two supervisors violated department policies in connection with the assault." ...
"The incident, on Nov. 1, 2009, was captured on surveillance video. The suit alleges that Campbell and Lee beat Stewart in a scuffle while Ahlquist and Rodriguez, charged with overseeing the booking area the morning of the alleged assault, did nothing to stop the alleged assault." ... |
CA: Right or Wrong? Police Allow Kids to Handle SWAT Guns
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"A police department in Northern California is coming under fire for allowing children to handle SWAT weapons at a local festival."
"The Press Democrat reports that photos show the Santa Rosa police department allowing kids to pick up and aim fully automatic assault rifles and riot guns that were lying on a table near a SWAT vehicle."
"'What are young people learning from this?' asked Attila Nagy, who took the photos and then distributed them to concerned citizens and lawmakers. 'No matter how you justify it, no matter how you twist it, it's the promotion of violence.'" ...
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CA: 2 in Contra Costa corruption scandal indicted
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"A former state narcotics investigator and a Concord private investigator at the center of a widening law enforcement scandal have been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug and corruption charges, authorities said Monday."
"Norman Wielsch, 50, a former state Department of Justice agent who led an antinarcotics task force in Contra Costa County, and Christopher Butler, 50, who worked as a private investigator, were named in a 17-count indictment ..." ... |
West Virginia State Police & Wyoming Highway Patrol Upgrade to New Smith & Wesson Pistols
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"Smith & Wesson ... announced today that the West Virginia State Police and the Wyoming Highway Patrol recently chose to upgrade their current department-issued side arms with new pistols from Smith & Wesson."
"The West Virginia State Police selected the Smith & Wesson Model 4566 TSW pistol and has received 750 pistols chambered in .45 ACP. The Wyoming Highway Patrol selected the Smith & Wesson M&P40 pistol and is currently in the process of transitioning its officers over to the new duty firearm." ... |
MT: Montana Landowners & Public Asked to Report Sightings of Dead or Dying Deer
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"Numerous reports of white-tailed deer being found dead or dying in parts of Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) Region 6 have prompted state biologists to enlist the help of landowners and others."
"'Folks who are out in the field and notice deer that have recently died from unknown causes are asked to call our office in Glasgow at (406) 228-3700 to report the number of animals and the exact location,' said FWP Region 6 Wildlife Program Manager Mark Sullivan."
"'We recently started receiving phone calls and reports of suspicious whitetail deer deaths along the Milk River and surrounding areas,' Sullivan said." ... |
Guns And Gear – This Week On Versus
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"Guns and Gear – this week on versus"
"This week, Guns and Gear, the most watched TV program to showcase firearms and shooting, features the Bedside Backup from CrossBreed Holsters, Smith & Wesson’s 1911 E-Series pistol, a side-mount laser sight for the Ruger LC9 from LaserLyte, long range shooting with Nosler’s Custom Competition ammunition, the Mossberg 500 Chainsaw shotgun, the fundamentals of marksmanship from Tiger McKee, and more!" ... |
IA: Lead Shot Allowed For Dove Hunting In Iowa
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"The NRA-ILA released this message on dove hunting in Iowa this evening. Traditional or lead shotgun ammunition will be allowed for dove hunting in Iowa this season after the legislature's Administrative Rules Committee overruled the Natural Resources Commission. This is that state's first dove hunting season in 93 years." ... |
WV: West Virginia Early Canada Goose Season Begins September 1 2011
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"West Virginia’s 2011 – 2012 waterfowl seasons will begin statewide on Sept. 1, 2011, with the opening of the early Canada goose season, according to Curtis I. Taylor, Chief of the Division of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Section."
"The early season will end on Sept. 17. Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise until sunset." ... |
NH: Veto should stand on deadly force bill
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"When the New Hampshire Legislature reconvenes this fall to take up the governor’s vetoes, one of the bills that appears almost certain to be overridden is SB 88, which would broaden an individual’s right to use deadly force to defend oneself in public." ...
"Just because they can, however, doesn’t mean they should. This bill is as unnecessary as it is unwise, and we urge our lawmakers to sustain the governor’s veto when it comes time to vote." ... |
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