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NRA Ad Introduces America to ‘Elitist Hypocrite’ Michael Bloomberg
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"Earlier this year, Michael Bloomberg laid out his master plan for destroying the NRA, promising to spend $50 million to defeat pro-gun candidates in the midterms. Now the gun-rights organization is firing back with an ad campaign that offers the rest of the country a crash course in the former mayor's war on things that are delicious, fun, and unhealthy. In the commercial, which will air nationally, a woman driving a red Chevy pickup describes Bloomberg as a 'billionaire, elitist hypocrite' who wants to 'ban your snack food, your soda, and most of all, your gun.' She concludes by telling him to 'Keep your politics in New York, and keep your hands off our guns.'" ... |
Armed, Out and About: Evolving Public-Carry Laws Expand Gun Rights
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"More Americans can carry guns in more places than ever before. In the majority of states, law-abiding gun owners can walk into bars, restaurants and churches with their guns without fear of legal ramifications."
"A review by News 21 of public-carry laws ... shows that gun owners are now allowed to pack a gun in a public place in all 50 states."
"The laws vary considerably from state to state. ... Local governments in some states also have tighter restrictions on where guns can be carried."
"But overall, the numbers show that the ability of Americans to carry their guns with them has steadily expanded since the 1960s ... Today, for example, no states prohibit concealed carry, down from 19 in 1981." ... |
Massad Ayoob: Rush to Judgement?
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... "Members of the grand jury will be under tremendous social and political pressure to indict. The state’s own governor has, incredibly, called for 'vigorous prosecution.' Damn shame he didn’t have the integrity to call for 'vigorous investigation' instead. One should not be convicted before trial in the Governor’s Mansion instead of in a courtroom."
"The smell of mob rule is growing stronger, and more fetid." ... |
Miss America Contestant Asks: Can I Be Franchi With You?
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"You may remember Theresa Vail as Miss Kansas 2013, the first Miss America contestant to display tattoos during the swimsuit competition. The comely Army vet didn’t take the title, but she made a whole lot of friends with her outspoken views on sexual harassment and unabashed love of hunting. Leave it to the Italians ... to capitalize on the Sunflower Staters shotgun stylings. Franchi is sponsoring Vail’s new Outdoor Channel reality show Limitless with Theresa Vail (due in 2015) and adding her to the brand’s prostaff team. 'I’m beyond excited,' said Vail in a press release (after the jump). And so she should be. She’ll be winging all over the world on Franchi’s dime to shoot exotic and dangerous game with a $1k Franchi Intensity 12-gauge. Glamor. Guns. Good! . . ." ... |
Shooting To Wound and Selling Popcorn
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"Robert recently posted an article on a question posed to a guest by CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer:""'On Thursday, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer asked guest [lawyer] Jeffrey Toobin why police weren’t instructed to 'shoot to injure, instead of kill,' talkingpointsmemo.com reports. 'Blitzer’s questions arose during a discussion on the unfurling conflict in Ferguson, Mo. over the fatal police shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. 'They often shoot to kill,' Blitzer said of police. 'Why do they have to shoot to kill? Why can’t they shoot a warning shot in the air, scare someone off if they think they’re in danger. Why can’t they shoot to, injure, shall we say? ...'" "Blitzer’s question is, sadly, all too common . . ." ... |
Gun-grabber Bloomberg’s epic fail in Milwaukee
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"Billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg could learn a thing or two from the biblical story about an Israelite soldier named David, who went up against Goliath, a giant of a man and a powerful foe. Using just a sling and a stone, David brought Goliath down to his knees and destroyed him."
"Mr. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, made a huge political miscalculation when he sauntered into my territory of Milwaukee County, Wis. — a solid-blue county that overwhelmingly votes Democrat — expecting an easy signature win for his failing crusade to disarm law-abiding Americans." ... |
Group supports responsible gun ownership, 2nd Amendment
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"In the Aug. 11 letter to the editor headlined, “Confiscating guns is first step to deny our freedom,” the writer falsely claims that Michael Bloomberg and his gun violence prevention organization, Everytown for Gun Safety, support gun confiscation. This statement is completely unfounded, and so is the writer’s inaccurate statement that the organization is 'anti-gun.'"
"Everytown, which encompasses Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Mayors Against Illegal Guns, supports the Second Amendment and responsible gun ownership. In fact, many of its members are gun owners. ..." ... |
Ultimate Concealed Carry’s Prayer
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"I always carry an extra magazine in my left front pocket. Problems? I can’t put anything else in the pocket, and I’ve got a LOT of clobber to carry ... Also, the sharp bottom end of the mag tears a hole in my pants pocket. So I really like the look of the SNAGMAG. It uses the same pocket snagging system that makes my Emerson wave knife the fastest opening knife on planet earth. We’ve already reviewed it, and Nick seemed to like it, so I’m agitating to get one for myself as well Meanwhile, I found Ultimate Concealed Carry’s Prayer on their website. Which I’ll share with you (afta da jump). Do you say a prayer when you tool-up? I do. I pray that I won’t have to use my firearm. But God knows I’m ready if I have to . . ." ... |
Hiding in Plain Sight: Furniture to Hide Your Guns
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"Guns are great. They just are. They’re valuable tools in a pinch, and they need to be there when you need them. In your home, it’s great to keep one or more guns handy, and it’s wise to keep them out of sight. Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot more furniture that functions and looks like “regular” furniture while doubling as a hiding place for firearms."
"Concealing guns in this way is a good idea for a number of reasons. ..." ...
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Housekeeping: The Anti-Cop Bias Thing Again
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"There’s this idea – a myth really – that local policing used to be low-key, even-handed and, well, friendly. While we’re busy deploring the current pace, scope and scale of current police militarization, it’s important to realize that law enforcement officials have been on the wrong side of the battle to defend and extend our natural, civil and Constitutionally protected rights for many, many years. (Birmingham Sheriff Eugene “Bull” Connor’s treatment of civil rights protestors springs to mind.) Not all cops. Maybe not even most of them. But enough of them that I feel fully justified highlighting the threat as and when it appears. ..." |
What Taxpayers Pay When Eric Holder Uses Government Jets For Personal Trips
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"On a pleasant Saturday this summer, Eric Holder, his daughters, their boyfriends and two security officers boarded a government-owned Gulfstream and jetted off to New York for the Belmont Stakes Thoroughbred horse race." ...
"That one day trip to Elmont, N.Y. on June 7, according to records provided to TheDC by the Department of Justice, ended up costing the government $14,440."
"But Holder only had to reimburse the government $955 for flying him and four passengers to the final leg of the Triple Crown horse races that day."
"That’s because he only has to pay the equivalent cost of a coach commercial airline ticket for each non-law enforcement passenger ..." ...
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CO: Littleton can be trusted
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"We have watched Commissioner Peggy Littleton stand up for what is right for Colorado Springs and El Paso County. She refuses to back down. The people of our region know that Littleton fights for them and this community."
"Throughout her first term, Littleton has fought to protect our Second Amendment rights and our right to property. She is a staunch defender of virtue and morality in a world where the lines are often blurred." ... |
FL: National gun rights group targets Cape Coral lawmaker
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"With a week until the primary, two gun-rights groups are duking it out in a handful of Republican races across the state."
"The National Association for Gun Rights has hit state Sens. Joe Negron of Stuart and Thad Altman of Melbourne, and state Rep. Dane Eagle of Cape Coral, with mailers questioning their support of gun rights."
"The three incumbents are each endorsed by the National Rifle Association’s Florida chapter, which sent letters supporting them timed to coincide with the mailing of absentee ballots." ... |
CA: California 2014 Legislative Session Expected to Adjourn Soon, Bad Bills Still Active
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"The 2014 California legislative session is scheduled to adjourn on Sunday, August 31, but it is expected that they will probably try to finish up this Friday, August 29 2014."
"Accordingly, it is CRITICAL that you call AND e-mail your state Senator and Assemblyman every day urging them to OPPOSE the anti-gun bills below."
"Also, please forward this alert to your family, friends, fellow gun owners and sportsmen in California urging them to contact their state legislators to OPPOSE the anti-gun bills below. Contact information for your state Senator and Assemblyman can be found here." ... |
NY: Destino is no SAFE Bet in 62nd District
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"The sudden exit of George Maziarz from the 62nd Senate District race has ramped up the role that the New York SAFE Act is expected to play as Robert Ortt and Johnny Destino campaign to capture Maziarz's seat."
"The SAFE Act ... came on the heels of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newton Connecticut that occurred December 14, 2012."
"If nothing else the law's passage proved that the governor and legislature could work to pass sweeping legislation when they want to. Unfortunately the very fact that it was written so fast and passed with virtually zero debate only served to create suspicion ..."
"The very unpopular SAFE Act is set to play a major role in deciding whom the next senator from the 62nd district will be." ... |
UT: Utah cities purge gun-control laws at demand of national group
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"The small Davis County community of West Point was poised Tuesday night to drop a law banning guns in the city cemetery and replace it with one outlawing brandishing or firing a gun in the graveyard ..."
"Two weeks earlier, Draper repealed a ban on firearms in its city amphitheater, in parks and on trails ..." ...
"Behind the sudden urge to purge local laws of firearms restrictions in these and dozens of other Utah cities is a push by a national gun-rights organization."
"The Second Amendment Foundation, based in Washington state, has written to 49 local Utah governments demanding they repeal various ordinances that violate a state law reserving almost all gun-regulation power to the state Legislature. ..." ... |
IL: Springfield store clerk’s weapons conviction vacated
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"A Springfield man has had his conviction on an aggravated unlawful use of a weapon charge vacated because the Illinois Supreme Court said the statute is unconstitutional." ...
"Sangamon County Circuit Judge John Schmidt, who in February found Altayeb, 49, guilty of AUUW following a stipulated bench trial, vacated Altayeb’s conviction last week. Altayeb, through his attorney, Brendan Bukalski ... had filed a motion for post-judgment relief in late May."
"Altayeb cited the Alberto Aguilar case in which the state Supreme Court said last September that the AUUW statute amounted to a blanket prohibition on carrying a gun and violated the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms." ... |
AR: Fired Fayetteville Officer Gets 5 Years Probation For Sexual Assault
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"The fired Fayetteville police officer accused of raping a woman while on duty received five years probation Friday in a plea deal with prosecutors, according to the Washington County Prosecutor’s Office."
"Jamison Stiles pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree sexual assault, along with one count of release or disclosure of official documents to unauthorized persons. He will be required to register as a sex offender, as part of the plea deal, according to prosecutors." ... |
FL: Palatka detective arrested in prostitution sting
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"A Palatka police detective has resigned after being arrested in a St. Johns County prostitution sting."
"Palatka police say 48-year-old Reno Chevelle Fells resigned on Sunday after his arrest at a St. Augustine Beach hotel on Friday night."
"The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office says Fells responded to an online ad offering sex for money and was directed to a specific hotel." ... |
SC: Stand against domestic abuse
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... "The gun lobby is powerful in South Carolina - powerful enough to thwart attempts to adopt the most reasonable laws to protect people from domestic abuse. In most states, people who have been convicted of domestic abuse or who are facing charges of it cannot possess firearms. In some states, police are authorized to seize weapons from the home."
"Not here. The Second Amendment seems to hold more weight in South Carolina than the Sixth Commandment: Thou shalt not kill."
"The S.C. Legislature did manage to pass a law barring people who have been adjudicated as mentally ill from purchasing firearms."
"But it hasn't done anything about keeping weapons away from people who use their wives or girlfriends as punching bags. Or worse." ... |
MI: Gun-violence increase in Kalamazoo puts police focus on getting guns off the streets
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"In back-to-back days last week, citizens called Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety to report people carrying handguns."
"Both incidents ended with the suspects in custody and the guns taken off the streets." ...
"While getting guns off the streets is important, Webster said it's just one component of cutting down on violence in the community."
"Other strategies include increased patrols in violent hotspots, outreach to at-risk youth in Kalamazoo Public Schools and partnering with other community leaders and organizations to change the culture of violence, Webster said."
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