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Atlantic Monthly Publishes Ex-Con’s Anti-Gun Agit-Prop
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"A Convicted Murderer’s Case for Gun Control theatlantic.com‘s headline proclaims. Strapline: Why a man serving 28 years to life at the Attica Correctional Facility believes a few simple laws could significantly affect criminal behavior. Taken on face value, it’s a pretty compelling argument for gun control. But why approach a pro-gun control treatise without applying critical thinking skills? That’s like trusting testimonials embedded in an infomercial. So let’s start with a simple question: is this for real? Does this convict exist and did he write this editorial? Well . . ." ... |
Smith & Wesson Recalls M&P Shields (video available)
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"Smith & Wesson issued a safety alert and is recalling some of their popular M&P Shield pistols. A defect in the guns’ trigger bar pin could defeat the drop safety making them, well, not drop safe. Not all Shields have the defect and they’ve produced this video to help you tell if your Shield is affected. Written check procedures are here. Press release after the jump . . ." ... |
Gun control: Passion trumps common sense
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"It was a phrase that caught my eye: 'Guns and the Gospel.' An activist group at a well-known Atlanta church had organized a forum on the seemingly out-of-control violence in our county. But as it turned out it was not a forum at all. There was no exchange of ideas. It was an affirmation of pre-conceived views and resolve — a resolve to dramatically curtail the purchase and ownership of guns in America ..."
"As I sat in the audience, I became more and more incensed as one speaker after another regaled cherry-picked statistics to support his position. ..."
"It was at this point that I concluded that the gun-control narrative is based solely on emotions and feelings — not facts and common sense. ..." ... |
Australia: Chris Lane shooting: Why Americans have a blind spot when it comes to guns
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... "During the decade I lived in the United States, I discovered many Americans had two blind spots: guns and the death penalty. We think we have so much in common with American culture, but on these two points we differ. It's not just the fact that the right to bear arms is enshrined in the second amendment to the constitution; nor the fact this is so vigorously defended by the likes of Charlton Heston and the NRA fanatics. Even former hippies in places like 'free love' San Francisco keep guns under their beds. My neighbours thought I was mad not to for self-defence." ... |
VA: In Richmond, father of Newtown victim urges universal background checks
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"The father of a young boy fatally shot in the Newtown massacre last year stopped in Richmond on Thursday as part of a 'No More Names' national bus tour to drum up support for universal background checks for gun purchases."
"'It’s something that shouldn’t have happened,' said Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse Lewis, was one of 20 students and six adults fatally shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. 'It’s something that can’t happen again. It’s something that’s got to be changed, and we can help prevent that.'" ...
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Massad Ayoob explains why George Zimmerman was the victim, not the perpetrator
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"I did not follow George Zimmerman's trial day-by-day. But, I remember hearing the testimony of the female medical responder who arrived on the scene shortly after the police. She described the injuries to Zimmerman's nose and head, and I said to myself that Zimmerman was innocent."
"As stated, I did not follow the trial closely, and my opinion is just that, but Massad Ayoob followed the trial closely, and has been compiling a series of reports at his Backwoods Home Magazine blog. ..."
"The following is a compilation of his Zimmerman trial reports. Bookmark and check back, as there may be future updates." ... |
CDC Gun Violence Study’s Findings Are Not What Obama Asked For
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... "It was under these raw and highly charged circumstances that US President Obama asked the CDC last January to perform the study, looking to manufacture a crisis that he could take advantage of."
"What that study revealed, though, does not fit in with the media-Obama/Democrat message."
"'Almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals,' says the report, which was completed in June and ignored in the mainstream press." ... |
Carrying a gun is basic to U.S. rights
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"Just this week, an escaped convict broke into the home of a retired southwest Iowa couple and held them hostage at gunpoint for several hours. This horrific event, which happened in my district, could easily have turned tragic for this innocent couple, were it not for two things: their bravery, and the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution."
"Fortunately for all, my constituents had a gun of their own and knew how to use it. ..."
"This weekend, as Iowans from across the state gather in Searsboro for the Iowa Firearms Coalition’s fourth annual Second Amendment Rally, it is worth ... reminding the nation that our Second Amendment is not simply a bunch of words on paper. It is a fundamental part of who we are as Americans." ... |
Fighting for more gun control
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"The fight continues for tougher gun control laws throughout the country. One local organization says there's still room to tighten up."
"Organizing for Action (OFA) walked from Confluence Park to the Peace Makers Stage sending a message to Representative Richard Hanna."
"They hope Hanna will co-sponsor the Public Safety and Second Amendment Right Protection Act of 2013." ...
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Bill would hugely expand tax burden on gun owners, to finance their oppressors
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"Writing for Ammoland, Max McGuire, of Sanity Politics, informs us that early this month, Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-IL), along with co-sponsor Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), introduced H.R. 3018, the 'Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013.' This bill, according to the text, would impose a whopping new 20% tax on all firearms purchases, and a 50% tax on ammunition. National Firearms Act (machine guns, suppressors, sawed-off shotguns and rifles, etc.) transfer fees would also go way up, as would licensing fees for gun dealers, manufacturers and importers." ... |
NY: Governor’s TV ads are full of misinformation
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"I find myself in the dubious position of agreeing with Gov. Andrew Cuomo in one of his recent ads. I, too, believe we should have a government in Albany we can trust. Unfortunately, we don’t. Take the SAFE Act. Passed in the middle of the night without the usual waiting period as a matter of 'necessity,' it was so badly written that there have already been several amendments to it and yet thousands of New Yorkers were made instant criminals, including retired law enforcement officers. When 52 elected sheriffs criticized the law, the governor reminded them that he had the power to remove them from their elected offices. In essence, trying to curtail their First Amendment right to free speech ..." ... |
CA: Windsor council won't back assault weapons ban
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"Gun-control advocates failed this week to convince the Windsor Town Council to support a federal ban on assault weapons when a majority of council members abstained from voting on the matter."
"Windsor so far is the only municipality in Sonoma County to break ranks on the issue. Seven cities have endorsed a ban while Rohnert Park is yet to take up the issue."
"Gun control advocates left the Windsor council chamber Wednesday night accusing the abstaining council members of 'cowardice' and having 'no guts.'"
"'Their constituents have a right to know where they stand on this,' Susan Moore, president of the Sonoma County Brady Campaign said Thursday. 'This to me is very cowardly.'" ... |
CO: Poll: Voters oppose recalls over gun laws, but dislike stricter regulations
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"Colorado voters oppose the state’s stricter new gun-control laws, but they don’t want to recall state Sens. Angela Giron and John Morse because they supported these laws, an independent poll released Thursday said."
"The poll, conducted by Quinnipiac University of Connecticut, said 52 percent of the voters in the poll to 36 percent said that Giron should not be recalled because of her support for stricter gun laws. Voters said 54 percent to 35 percent that Morse should not be removed from office because of his views on the same gun issues."
"Pollsters said voters oppose the stricter new gun control laws that led to the recall effort by 54 percent to 40 percent." ... |
CA: CAL-FFL, California Assemblyman Tim Donnelly to Co-Host Showing of Gun Rights Documentary Inside California Capitol
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"Second Amendment civil rights are under fire by the California Legislature, according to leading industry and consumer group California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees (CAL-FFL). To help underscore the point, civil rights advocates have taken their argument to the big screen -- and are now bringing the big screen to the Capitol Building through the efforts of top-rated Assembly member Tim Donnelly ... and CAL-FFL."
"In conjunction with CAL-FFL, Donnelly, who’s already declared his candidacy for the 2014 gubernatorial election, will host a private screening of the Second Amendment-focused documentary 'Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire' inside the State Capitol to educate members of the Legislature and staff ..." ... |
NY: Keep Working To Repeal SAFE Act
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... "[Mr. Alessi's] letter, however, goes downhill after the first sentence. Doesn't he realize that Chicago is the last city in the U.S. that bans its citizens from owning pistols and most firearms? Why, then, were there, as he wrote, 'several hundred people killed over the last weekend in Chicago alone?'"
"'LaPierre and his ilk', that, I would guess, means four million law abiding NRA members and I, have shown our understanding of the Second Amendment by going to the Supreme Court and winning a case to force Chicago to let citizens defend themselves. As soon as the Chicago politicians abide by the Supreme Court's ruling, perhaps the death rate will decrease to the level of cities allowing weapons of self- defense." ... |
IL: Illinois Gun Grabbers Attempt “Backdoor Ban” on CCW
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"'Patrons at a planned Dave & Buster’s in Vernon Hills might be able to play shoot-’em-up video games in the venue, but village officials have decided they don’t want people bringing real weapons into the restaurant and arcade,' chicagotribune.com reports. And so the Vernon Hills village board added a stipulation to D&B’s special use license compelling the restaurant chain to ban otherwise lawful concealed carry on the premises, and post signs at the entrance alerting patrons no gats allowed. This despite the fact that Illinois’ new concealed carry (CCW) law contains preemption (local firearms laws cannot obviate state law). ..." |
Justice Scalia Goes Gun Crazy (reply)
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... "Adam continues, 'The idea that the Second Amendment gives people the right to revolt against government is broadly shared among gun rights extremists' (Adam is referring to people like me – Adam would have been a loyalist during the revolutionary war, I would have charged up King’s Mountain against the loyalist troops) ..."
"Here Adam continues with the well-worn and tired claptrap about well-regulated meaning controlled by the state. Bob Owens has the must-read defeater argument on this, but since Adam won’t care about this I won’t spend time recapitulating what Bob says. Adam can continue to wring his hands and worry over things, and we can move on to one salient observation about Scalia." ... |
Daily Beast Contributor Dismisses Scalia as 'Extremist' on 2nd Amendment; Federalist Society Responds
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"Liberal constitutional law professor Adam Winkler took to the Daily Beast today to attack Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as an 'extremist' on the Second Amendment. Winkler -- who filed a friend-of-the-court brief in 2008 backing the District of Columbia's gun ban -- drew upon an AP news wire account regarding comments Scalia made at a recent Federalist Society event about the purpose for which the Second Amendment was proposed by Congress in 1789."
"But an official with the Federalist Society who was in attendance at the speech says Winkler is all wet. First, the key charge Winkler leveled at Scalia (emphasis mine):" ... |
Justice Antonin Scalia muses over whether citizens have Constitutional right to rocket launchers
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"The debate over Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and his recent 'behavior', to use the least pejorative term, usually boils down to whether you think the man has had some sort of episode that has now rendered him not right in the head, or whether one of the nine determiners of What Our Laws Mean These Days has suddenly realized that there is literally nothing anyone can do to remove him from the post and said eff it, letting the freak flag fly high and waggling it around the heads of the rest of us whenever he gets the chance, just because. All right, I admit that was plenty pejorative—but what can you say, when faced with things like this?" ... |
Justice Scalia Goes Gun Crazy
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"America has more than its fair share of extremists who believe people need to stock up on guns to fight against tyrannical government in Washington.Add one more to the list: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In a speech in Montana on Monday, the jurist was asked about the Second Amendment and what arms were protected by that provision of the Constitution. That 'remains to be determined,' he replied. As one example, he asked if people have a right to 'bear shoulder-fired rocket launchers?' Perhaps they do, Scalia suggested. The answer would turn on the historical understanding of the Framers, who Scalia said included the Second Amendment in part to preserve the right of people to revolt against a tyrannical leader." ... |
The NRA takes on the courts
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"In the annals of lobbying Congress, few can match the success of the National Rifle Association ... But the NRA is growing frustrated with the courts, and it has taken its complaint to the Supreme Court, relying upon the advocacy skills of one of the nation’s leading lawyers, former U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement." ...
"Clement’s basic argument now is that the court made a sweeping change in the constitutional meaning of the Second Amendment ... and yet many lower courts have been acting as if the Supreme Court did nothing of the kind. He has even included retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in the complaint, for a ruling she wrote while sitting temporarily on a lower federal court ..." ... |
NY: Gun case guilty plea: Man among first charged under state’s new gun law
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"A man charged under the state’s controversial SAFE Act has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor with the new state gun control law never coming into play." ...
"Instead, the Saratoga County District Attorney’s office decided to hold Greene accountable under state penal law, which has prohibited possession of assault weapons for many years. Greene pleaded to fourth-degree possession of a criminal weapon, a misdemeanor."
"'There’s no question that he possessed the gun,' said Greg Canale, Greene’s attorney. 'He never knew that it constituted an assault weapon. We continue to believe the SAFE Act is unconstitutional ..."
"The case, had it gone to trial, might have been used by pro-gun groups to test the law’s constitutionality." ... |
Court ruling favors police officers who report on-the-job misconduct
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"In a reversal of past decisions, a federal appeals court decided Wednesday that California police officers may be protected by the 1st Amendment when they report corruption and misconduct within their departments."
"An 11-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit by Angelo Dahlia, a former Burbank police detective, who said he was punished for telling the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department about alleged brutality in the Burbank Police Department."
"Wednesday's ruling protects police officers who go outside the chain of command to report corruption and may result in compensation for officers who prove that they were punished for their whistle-blowing. ..." ... |
AZ: Phoenix Police Kill Man While “Helping” Him off Roof (video available)
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"ABC 15 reported Tuesday that Phoenix police killed a man while attempting to 'help' him off a roof."
"According to the report, officers used a stun gun several times on 44 year-old Michael Angel Ruiz. They proceeded to put him in a choke hold and drag him down the stairs."
"While being dragged, Ruiz’s head struck each step on the way down. His head hit the steps so hard a witness reported hearing the blows and says she cried because 'that’s not right, to hurt nobody like that.'"
"Soon after his run-in with the police, Ruiz died ..." ... |
OH: Nerf gunfight brings police to Ohio school
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"Police say confusion over a phone message about a toy gun fight prompted a false report of a shooting at a Cleveland-area school on the first day of class."
"Emergency responders in Elyria rushed to Open Door Christian School and Church and put it on lockdown Wednesday after getting a report of a shooting. Officers were relieved to discover the altercation actually was a Nerf gunfight in the church area."
"The response stunned staff at the school, which resumed classes after a 15-minute lockdown." ... |
Gun-grabbers targeting Starbucks for following the law
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"Make time for another Starbucks Appreciation Day on Saturday."
"The gun grabbers say they won’t be there."
"Protesting Starbucks’ gun-friendly policies – which to saner people just means following the law – a group called Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is trying to kick-start a one-day boycott of the chain this weekend ..."
"'Skip Starbucks Saturday' is aimed at getting Starbucks to prohibit customers from carrying guns in its stores 'in the interest of customer safety,' a spokeswoman for the group says."
"What safety are they so worried about because Starbucks’ policy is simply to for its franchises to comply with local carry laws? ..." ... |
Is it apathy, ignorance, conditioning or all three?
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... "What does all this time business have to do with Gun Rights? Actually, a lot more than one might imagine. This ‘time’ example just highlights how we, as a society, are apathetic, ignorant, conditioned, or all three, to accept a certain concept without even thinking about it. Many Gun Rights activists do not even know what the 2nd Amendment actually is. This also applies to the U.S. Supreme Court ..."
"So, we as a society, need to start educating ourselves on the Constitution and how it, for decades, has been abused. That abuse seems to have stopped now. Our Constitution is just being shredded and We the People just stand by and watch and thereby showing our apathy, ignorance and conditioning." |
Defending the 2nd I
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"I have to ask Andrew Gerenyi, author of the letter 'Abolish the 2nd' ... if he scribed his protest against the 'obsolete' Second Amendment with quill and ink. After all, the Framers did not have laptops and spellcheck in their day, either."
"If Gerenyi was so inspired to write about the George Zimmerman case, tried in our courts, which also were founded long before any of us were born, please explain why there were no powdered wigs to be seen in the extensive coverage." ...
"If he wishes to reside where there is no fear of constitutional rights and those darn pesky amendments, he is free to move. I hear Somalia is nice this time of year." ... |
Defending the 2nd II
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"To Andrew Gerenyi, writer of the letter 'Abolish the 2nd': The Second Amendment is not obsolete. It is as relevant as ever."
"The Second Amendment protects Americans from the tyranny of our own government. Armed people are free people."
"Look at history; unarmed resistance to tyranny is futile. There have been millions of unarmed German, Soviet and Chinese citizens who were silenced forever by oppressive governments. The Second Amendment protects our rights to be a free people." ... |
WA: Outrage in Spokane over beating death of WWII vet
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"Spokane residents are outraged over the beating death last night of 89-year-old Delbert 'Shorty' Belton, a WWII vet who was wounded in the Pacific and now has become a casualty of another simmering battle, one taking on racial overtones among people responding to stories in the local media."
"One reaction noted, 'The left can’t blame this attack on guns and the NRA.'" ... |
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| By calling attention to a well-regulated militia for the security of the Nation, and the right of each citizen to keep and bear arms, our Founding Fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy. Although it is extremely unlikely that the fears of governmental tyranny, which gave rise to the second amendment, will ever be a major danger to our Nation, the amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic military-civilian relationships, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of the country. For that reason I believe the second amendment will always be important. --JOHN F. KENNEDY |
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