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Would the Repeal of the Second Amendment Empower the Federal Government and Negate the Right to Own a Firearm?
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"Following the April shootings at Virginia Tech. University ... the anti-gun zealots crawled out from under their rocks and once again showed their total ignorance concerning the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Second Amendment. Numerous articles, blogs and letters to the editor have called for the repeal of the Second Amendment. ..."
"The assertion that the federal government would gain additional power with the repeal of the Second Amendment is built on a total misconception concerning the system of government established by the Constitution. This misconception is based on the belief that the federal government is a government of unlimited general power. ..." ... |
Gun Owners Without Borders
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"Gun Owners Without Borders is a proposal for a new international human rights organization."
"Gun Owners Without Borders recognizes a bond between individual human beings whose right to live is challenged by their governments or other forces."
"Gun Owners Without Borders supports an inalienable right of people to resist any attempts to exterminate them, regardless of the source or justification for the attempted extermination."
"Current United Nations policies do not prevent genocide and democide, because a nation's sovereignty logically comes first. Internal policies are a nation's own business. This holds true whether the rulers are elected, appointed, inherited or in charge through force of arms." ... |
My Letter to Laura Washington
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For those of you who haven't heard of Laura Washington, her bio describes her as "the Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor at DePaul University in Chicago and a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. This multi-media journalist specializes in media-related issues, African-American affairs, local and national politics, race and racism, and social justice."
Journalist, eh? Aren't they supposed to be objective?
"...Do you really hold your own life and body in such contempt that you would rather cower on the floor at the feet of a rapist than have someone who happens to be 'packing heat' come to your rescue? If you have any sense at all, I would think you'd pick the latter, but who knows." |
U.S. most armed country with 90 guns per 100 people
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The United States has 90 guns for every 100 citizens, making it the most heavily armed society in the world, a report released on Tuesday said. U.S. citizens own 270 million of the world's 875 million known firearms, according to the Small Arms Survey 2007 by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies. About 4.5 million of the 8 million new guns manufactured worldwide each year are purchased in the United States, it said. "There is roughly one firearm for every seven people worldwide. Without the United States, though, this drops to about one firearm per 10 people," it said. |
Lies Well Disguised: Beautiful Anti-Gun Ad Makes Ya Want To Shoot Stuff!
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"UK ad conglomerate Abbott Mead Vickers/BBDO has produced one of the coolest PSAs you'll ever see. They got a former Navy SEAL to shoot eggs and apples and stuff and filmed it at 10,000 frames per second. Will the commercial help stop gun violence? Probably not. But it really sexes up the agency's TV reel. After the jump, watch stuff go ka-BLAMMO!"
"The commercial, tagged 'Stop The Bullets. Kill The Gun,' is part of London hip hop station Choice FM's 'Peace On The Streets' campaign." ... |
Wayne LaPierre: Appropriately Suspected
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"'Thousands Wrongly Listed on Terror Watch List'—Newsday"
"'U.S. to Block Gun Buyers Tied To Terror'—New York Times"
"Those two headlines tell the story of deep media duplicity."
"When it comes to well-placed fears over widespread errors, civil liberties abuses and injustices involving tens of thousands of innocent Americans whose names have been indelibly added to huge federal 'terror watchlists,' the mainstream media is on the job, on point. Their concern is well-founded."
"Yet that concern evaporates when the Washington-based media enthusiastically reports those very same lists will be used to bar suspected 'terrorists' from buying guns ..." ... |
Europe shocked: Americans own guns. well, Duh
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"Yup. August, a slow news week."
"So we read this headline: US most armed country, with 90 guns for 100 people." ...
"Well, yes. That sounds about right."
"Like many Americans, I am actually in favor of gun control. My grandfather was a policeman, and he saw children accidentally killed playing with their father’s gun, so we had no guns in our house."
"But when I married and had boys, my own house had four people and five guns: My husband (a doctor who took narcotics on house calls) had a pistol. But the main reason for the guns was hunting. ... So we had a deer rifle, a shot gun, and a 22 rifle." ...
"In Europe, hunting is for rich people. Farmers might have guns for small pesty animals, but poor people don't hunt." |
Anti-gun media culture
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"Today, Jesse Jackson, the Brady bunch — not the TV folks but the anti-gun lobby — and other liberal activists will rally against 'the national scourge of illegal guns' in cities around the nation." ...
"As far as media attention, the anti-gun activists are counting on good coverage. And why not?"
"Liberal journalists, like other liberals, don't like guns. Or, rather, they don't like private citizens owning guns."
"How do we know? From the loaded coverage night after night on the networks and each day in major newspapers." ... |
Rifle Association Paid Lobbyist $180K
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"The National Rifle Association paid Ogilvy Government Relations $180,000 to lobby the federal government in the first half of 2007, according to a disclosure form."
"The firm lobbied Congress and the White House on appropriations for various federal agencies and firearms' regulations including a law in the District of Columbia that bars residents from keeping handguns in their homes, according to the form posted online Aug. 7 by the Senate's public records office." ... |
True American religion is violence
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"'America is, by far, the most violent country in the world when measured against comparable, industrialized nations. ...'"
"Attorney General Lungren made that statement back in 1995. The situation has not improved. It has, in fact, become much worse. There have been 202 homicides in the city of Baltimore alone this year, (2007) The city is headed for at least 300 murders this year. ..." ...
"US Children are ten times more likely to die from gunfire than in 25 industrialized nations combined. ... Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also reveals that every day; nearly eight children or teens are killed by gun violence ..." ...
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KS: Man Killed During Robbery Attempt
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"An armed robber is dead after owners of a Wichita pharmacy fight back. It happened at the Salyer Pharmacy ... around eleven o'clock Saturday morning."
"One of Salyer's owners says a man in his 20's walked in using a fake name and asked if his prescription was ready. That's when he pulled out a handgun, pointed it at the owner, and demanded Loritabs and other drugs."
"At that point, he says his business partner ran to the back of the store, grabbed a shotgun, and yelled at the thief to drop his gun. The suspect turned his gun on the armed owner, and that's when the owner shot him in the head." ... |
AR: Coed: Men kidnapped her from ASU garage
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"A female resident of the Arkansas State University campus reported to authorities that her life was threatened, and she was kidnapped from the parking garage on the north side of the university at 9:15 p.m. Sunday and made to drive to Goobertown, about 10 miles away."
"The 18-year-old woman from Hot Spring County told University Police Department officers that while she was walking to her vehicle, 'several men,' both black and white, 'jumped her on the first level of the parking deck.' She could not be for sure how many men were involved, according to an incident report." ...
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NY: Tarrytown mother of slain teen leads gun protest
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"Most mothers might have spent the first anniversary of a teenage daughter's death mourning privately at home, at a church or at the graveside."
"But Gisela Marin spent yesterday afternoon shouting in the noisy lunchtime hustle of one of Westchester's busiest intersections, where she led about 40 others in a protest calling on Congress to tighten access to handguns of the kind that another teen used when he killed her daughter, Jessica Santos, in a random, drive-by shooting in Yonkers on Aug. 27, 2006." ...
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TX: South Dallas rally to stress gun control
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"Carrying pictures of shooting victims and chanting, 'We must stop the violence,' about 60 people marched through the streets of South Dallas on Tuesday, calling for stricter gun control laws and a crackdown on illegal weapons sales."
"Lamont Levels, 30, was among the marchers, wearing a patch after a shooting blinded him in one eye. ..."
"'We have to be activists today,' he said. 'To get attention so we can reach the kids and stop the violence.'"
"The Dallas rally was one of 22 nationwide organized jointly by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Jesse Jackson ... came up with the idea after a spate of violence in Chicago this year" ... |
TX: Dallas Marchers Rally Against Gun Violence
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"Demonstrators throughout the country took to the streets in 'Rally Against Gun Violence' Tuesday."
"The national day of protest was organized by The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and its Million Mom March chapters."
"More than 20 cities, including Dallas and Houston, held simultaneous protests demanding that leaders at all levels of government pay more attention to the plague of gun violence." ... |
MD: Rev. Jackson, Protesters Rally Near Gun Shop
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"Advocates of tougher gun laws in cities across the nation joined the Rev. Jesse Jackson's National Day of Protest Against Gun Violence on Tuesday, calling for stricter regulation of gun sales and better tracking of where weapons originate."
"Organizers with Jackson's nonprofit Rainbow/PUSH Coalition said at least 17 cities had planned events, and Jackson was scheduled to lead a Chicago rally."
"About 100 protesters rallied outside a gun shop in Maryland just across the District of Columbia border. Local officials said Realco Guns in District Heights provides a disproportionate number of guns that are later recovered in the nation's capital, where private handgun ownership has been strictly banned for more than 30 years." ... |
IL: Jackson marches on Lake Barrington gun manufacturer
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building set back in a Lake Barrington industrial park never captured much public attention until Tuesday, when Rev. Jesse Jackson's entourage arrived aboard three buses."
"About 200 activists, who marched in front of D.S. Arms, called for the northwest suburban community to vote the assault-weapon manufacturer out of town."
"'Chicago is voted gun dry,' Jackson said, his voice booming through a microphone. 'We want [Lake] Barrington to vote gun dry.'"
"Jackson used the company as a backdrop to a nationwide gun protest ... Jackson and Rev. Michael Pfleger, who stood beside him in Lake Barrington, have held rallies in recent months, criticizing gun laws for being too lax and calling for a ban on assault weapons." ... |
MD: Hundreds Protest Pr. George's Gun Shop
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"More than 100 people rallied against gun violence yesterday outside a gun store in Prince George's County that has been linked to scores of weapons used in crimes."
"The event near Realco ... was sponsored by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence along with local chapters of Million Mom March and the support of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition." ...
"In 2006, 135 guns used in crimes in Prince George's were traced to Realco, more than three times as many guns as could be traced to any other dealer, authorities said. In the District, 204 guns were traced to Realco last year, four times as many as were linked to the next biggest dealer." ... |
More Guns, Not Less, Would Prevent Shooting Massacres
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"Few tragedies make their victims feel more helpless than multiple-victim shootings."
"Imagine the terror: Unable to escape, simply waiting for the killer."
"With school starting, the April 16 attack at Virginia Tech that left 32 dead is still on many people's minds. Some are looking for guarantees that such an attack won’t happen again."
"But Virginia Tech's just released report on how to stop future tragedies was pretty disappointing, and this coming week's Virginia Governor’s task force report isn't likely to be any better. ..." ...
"But one glaring omission remains: The report failed to ask whether there were any common features or similarities among the different multiple-victim public shooting tragedies. ..." ... |
IL: Crisis Averted at Pontiac High School
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"At about 8:30 a.m., the resource officer at Pontiac Township High School called 'Code Red' - an emergency plan based on the highest threat level. Pontiac Police Chief Dale Newsome says the officer was '...approached by a student who informed him two other students brought firearms into the high school.'"
"Students were locked inside their classrooms for more than three hours as police combed the school and discovered every parents' worst nightmare. One police officer told a crowd of parents, "We have recovered six guns.'"
"No shot was fired, and no children were hurt. Students were let out of school early and headed straight into the arms of their parents with outpourings of tears and relief. ..." ... |
Romney Used Fee Hikes to Trim Budget
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"When Mitt Romney wanted to balance the Massachusetts budget, the blind, mentally retarded and gun owners were asked to help pay." ...
"Romney's fees could also grate on some of those he is courting as he seeking the GOP nomination, including gun owners."
"Under Romney's plan for Massachusetts, the cost of registering firearms would have jumped from $25 to $75. He also called for increases in the cost of firearm identification cards, application fees for a license to carry firearms, and gun dealer fees."
"Gun owners said they felt unfairly targeted by Romney's proposed increases. Democratic lawmakers applauded Romney's proposal - ultimately raising the cost of gun licenses to $100." ... |
MO: New state law lessens hassle of buying guns
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"Gun dealers around the Ozarks are expecting a busy day today thanks to a change in state law that makes buying a handgun less of a hassle."
"'I've got 40 guns set back by customers waiting for August 28 to pick them up,' said Brent Ball, owner of 417 Guns in Springfield. 'Why pay 10 bucks if you don't have to? I think it's a good idea. It's been a needlessly repetitive process, where the sheriff does a background check and I do, too.'"
"The new law eliminates the need to get a $10 sheriff's permit to buy a handgun in Missouri." ... |
CA: Commissioners near bullet ban
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"California Fish and Game commissioners signaled Monday they are leaning toward enacting a ban on lead ammunition in deer-hunting zones within the range of the 70 condors now flying free in the state."
"At the close of a daylong hearing, commissioners asked that the formal public comment period on the proposed ban be opened quickly so they can consider enacting the ban at their Nov. 1 meeting." ...
"Conservationists and condor researchers are seeking to bar the use of lead ammunition, arguing lead poisoning is the leading threat to the condors' survival in the wild. Bullet fragments in the flesh of wild animals that have been shot to death and then consumed by condors are the chief source of contamination." ... |
PA: Pittsburgh Cops Suspended Without Pay After Concert Fight
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"Two off-duty Pittsburgh police officers who were arrested during a fight after a concert at the Post-Gazette Pavilion have been suspended indefinitely without pay."
"Pittsburgh police detectives Patrick Moffatt and Joseph Simunovich were charged with aggravated assault, obstruction, resisting arrest and public drunkenness after Hanover Township police said the two officers assaulted them after a Toby Keith concert on Aug. 18."
"At first, both men had been reassigned to beat patrol. But now, Pittsburgh police Chief Nate Harper said a new state law actually requires suspension in cases like this." ... |
FL: Manatee officer charged with DUI
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"A sheriff's detective was arrested after authorities say he got drunk and crashed his police car early Sunday morning on Cortez Road, authorities say."
"Investigators charged Jason A. Fitzwater, 28, with driving under the influence after he careened into the median and shredded the tire on his unmarked, police-issued Chevrolet Impala, according to an arrest report."
"Fitzwater, hired as a deputy in 2001, was trying to change the tire when a patrol deputy spotted him ... at 3 a.m."
"He reportedly failed a roadside sobriety test and later had a 0.101 blood-alcohol content, the report said. The legal limit for driving in Florida is 0.08."
"Fitzwater is the third Manatee deputy charged with DUI this year. ..." ... |
NM: Former state police officer faces battery charge
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"A former New Mexico State Police officer faces charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery resulting in great bodily harm for stabbing a man after a bar fight in Aug. 2006."
"Nicholas Zepeda, 24, was stationed in Espanola but was in Las Cruces for training. He allegedly stabbed 23-year-old Daniel Reyes with a broken beer bottle. Zepeda turned himself in to Las Cruces police and was processed and released after posting $25,00 bond. He is charged with two counts of aggravated battery, a third degree felony." ... |
Canada: Calgary Police Officer Charged With Assault
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A 7-year member of the Calgary Police Service has been charged following an off-duty incident at his home in High River on the weekend.
32-year-old Constable Neal Stubbs has been charged with common assault, and has been relieved from duty with pay pending a return to work assessment.
An internal investigation is ongoing to determine whether there were any breaches of professional conduct.
Constable Stubbs is scheduled to appear in court in Okotoks September 6th. |
Japan: Sergeant accused of indecent assault after victim files suit for being forced to quit
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The Air Self-Defense Force's (ASDF) Chitose military police unit has sent documents to public prosecutors accusing a 32-year-old member of indecent assault, it has emerged.
The military police unit sent documents on the third-class sergeant to the Sapporo District Public Prosecutors Office.
The unit's action came after a 21-year-old female ASDF member filed a state compensation lawsuit, saying her superiors made her resign after she was indecently assaulted by the third-class sergeant. |
AL: We don’t need gun buybacks! (second letter)
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"I enjoyed reading the articles in last week’s Press-Register regarding the Gun Buyback program. The articles made me chuckle. If you are not familiar with the program, it’s where the city asks people to turn in their guns in exchange for a $100 gift certificate at Wal-Mart. No questions asked. Afterwards, the guns are destroyed. What a bunch of feel-good nonsense!"
"Do you truly believe that real criminals are going to turn in operational weapons? Certainly, you don’t. They might turn in a broken gun so they can spend $100 at Wal-Mart to buy another gun or maybe ammo for their working guns. Or they simply might just buy beer or wine at Wal-Mart so they can get intoxicated enough to commit their next crime." ... |
PA: State police: Gun data upgrade may be delayed
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"Pennsylvania's top trooper said yesterday that a controversial computer upgrade that would shut down firearm purchases for several days next week may be pushed back ... amid criticism from hunters and others."
"Col. Jeffrey B. Miller said he plans to recommend to Gov. Rendell three alternative dates to upgrade the state's criminal-history background database: the end of September, the week after Christmas, or early January."
"Rendell is expected as early as today to decide from those alternatives, or to go forward with the originally scheduled shutdown ..."
"Sportsmen, gun dealers and legislators from rural Pennsylvania have blasted that plan, arguing that it would occur at the start of dove and Canada goose hunting season." ... |
PA: Most state-run gun ranges closed till October for toxic lead removal
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"Recreational shooters and hunters hoping to sight their guns at state-run shooting ranges in southwestern Pennsylvania will find all but one of them closed until the end of September."
"As part of a statewide program to remove toxic lead from firing ranges located on State Game Lands, the Pennsylvania Game Commission last year directed $1 million in state Growing Greener funds to remediate earthen backstops contaminated with decades of lead bullets."
"Work is now under way in the commission's Southwest District, which includes nine shooting ranges ..." ...
"Of the nine ranges, two have been closed permanently. Of the remaining seven, only a Cambria County site remains open." ... |
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