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Waco Biker Story Brings Out Misconceptions About Oath Keepers
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"An organization like Oath Keepers can’t exist without attracting opposition, including from people ostensibly on 'our side.'"
"I experienced some of that firsthand when I announced on my Facebook page ... that I would be writing for Oath Keepers, and received a warning accusing this group of all kinds of thing. It turns out he had a personal ax to grind. When I asked him to provide documentation of his accusations, so that everyone exposed to them could validate things for themselves, he suddenly went dark."
"I get that good people are going to disagree with each other ... When we do, and when accusations start flying, the best thing to do is get things out in the open and then see if allegations can be substantiated. ..." ... |
What do N.C. and N.Y. cases tell us about cultural mindset?
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"A potentially controversial federal case announced yesterday against three North Carolina men who are alleged to have 'stockpiled weapons, ammunition and tactical gear' and tried to make explosives while preparing for some kind of martial law, and another arrest of an armed tourist at New York’s 9/11 memorial suggest some alarming things about the current cultural mindset."
"The North Carolina trio ... were arrested Saturday, according to published reports. Allegations against the men include attempting to manufacture pipe bombs ... But media reports also suggest they are in trouble for having lots of guns and ammunition, which – if that really is against the law – could land millions of gun owners in legal hot water." ... |
Question of the Day – Do Concealed Carry Permits Disarm the Poor?
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"Among the People of the Gun, the necessity of a license to carry a concealed firearm is discussed with some frequency. Depending on the state, it may be called a Concealed Carry Weapons permit (CCW), a Concealed Handgun License (CHL), or something else (since my state, Ohio, calls it a CCW, I shall use that acronym throughout the rest of the article). A couple of the main debate points are whether requiring a permit actually stops criminals from carrying. Most believe they don’t and whether a CCW is an unconstitutional infringement on the natural, inalienable right to self-defense . . ."
"... to my knowledge no one has discussed whether requiring a permit prevents the poor from exercising the right to self-defense via firearm." ... |
It’s All About Response Time
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"So there I was on the hillside, a term that over-dignifies the erosion gully I was working to turn into safe access to a fantastic beach. My mind was on finishing the ballast for the railroad tie I’d just put in to make what most people would call a step, but which I’d learned to refer to as a “human erosion mitigation device” because the volunteer project had to be about erosion in order to comply with certain regulations. But that’s a different story. My mind was on that ballast because once it was packed in firmly, the step would be safe for use and I wouldn’t have to keep standing there in the sun, smelling the creosote baking out of every tie on the slope . . ." ... |
Sara Tipton: Home Carry People. Home Carry
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"I don’t like being unarmed. I feel more comfortable knowing that I could defend myself with the most effective form of self-defense, anytime, anywhere. So I carry all the time. All day, every day. The only time I don’t have my concealed firearm on my body: when I sleep. Then it’s under my bed in the safe, or next to me in the nightstand, depending on the circumstances. I recommend home carry for anyone who’s decided to carry a gun; violent crime can happen anywhere, anytime. But I know the threat of attack at home is more 'real' for some people than others. Personally speaking . . ." ... |
Former Felons Deserve Second Amendment Rights, Too
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... "Nobody outside of an Asimov novel has the ability to predict which white racist or which radical (Muslim or otherwise) will actually commit violence in service of their views. Not even if someone already has a criminal record can we predict their actions. There is usually someone jumping in after a shooting to remind hysterical people that a radical, a religious person, or even a racist is not an inherently violent person. Criminals have fewer people in their corners."
"Yet we live in a country that has 2.3 million people in prison. We need to accept that people with a record deserve a second chance, especially if we want them to turn their lives around." ... |
Gear Review: KCT Kydex MOLLE-Link Holster
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"I’m a big Kydex holster fan. Yes, I’ve used some great leather holsters and I’ll concede that for EDC, leather is the most comfortable. But for range days, hiking around, and general 'beat it up' duty, Kydex is king. In my preparation for Run n Gun this year, and my a great stroke of luck at a competition prize table, I picked up a TYR Tactical Sniper Harness. It uses MOLLE webbing as the attachment platform along the belt. Fine for things like mag pouches and various other items, but I’ve never found a MOLLE compatible holster that I liked until now . . ." ... |
Gear Review: Bushnell Legend Ultra HD 10x 42mm Tactical Monocular
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"I like to spend my time in the outdoors looking around. Occasionally, I find something far away that I want to check out, and reach for a magnified optic. Unfortunately, most magnified optics are in the form of a scope mounted to a rifle or a spotting scope that weighs a couple pounds. They aren’t handy or safe to be pointing at most of my intended targets. This is where a handheld unit like Bushnell’s Legend Ultra Tactical Monocular becomes a very valuable object . . ." ... |
Some people still seem to think that Second Amendment rights are unlimited
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"I came across an online discussion this morning about whether federal authorities have violated the Second Amendment rights of three men in North Carolina who have been arrested on weapons charges."
"These guys ... had stockpiled weapons, ammunition and tactical gear while attempting to rig home-made explosives. They were arrested ... after a month-long federal investigation."
"More than a few of the participants in the discussion I read argued that the government has no business interfering with the stockpiling of weapons, ammo and explosives. It was asserted that citizens have their Second Amendment rights to amass any kind of arsenal they might want."
"Notions like this are not uncommon. But they're wrong." ... |
Gun rights groups give rifles, pistols, shotguns and suppressors to SCOUTS in Maine as they offer 'future firearm owners' a taste of weapons
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"Gun rights activists have donated thousands of pounds worth of weapons to Scouts in America for a new summer camp."
"The horde of firearms, including pistols, shotguns and rifles, will be used by children at a week-long summer camp in Maine."
"Thousands of children pass through the doors every year and some are younger than ten years old."
"Gun rights and companies in the shooting industry have also donated a number of suppressors ... to use along with the weapons."
"Suppressor producer Gemtech's project manager Brande Ehrman told Gun.com: 'This is the least we can do considering that the children participating in this program are not only future firearm and suppressor owners but future leaders of our country ...'" ... |
Gabby Giffords, husband talk gun control during Seattle visit (video available)
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"Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, were in Seattle this week supporting a new campaign for government bipartisanship. The campaign encourages state legislators to reach across party lines on many issues like gun control."
"Giffords and Kelly say nationwide background checks are a must. The couple is hoping more states will adopt measures like Washington's Initiative 594. Kelly says without reasonable reforms more guns will end up in the hands of felons and mentally ill people who shouldn't have them." ... |
The Gun Control Conundrum
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"I know we're always told by the NRA after mass gun-shooting tragedies that 'Now isn't the time to discuss gun control.' ... So, hopefully enough time has passed after the most-recent mass shooting in Louisiana, because an awkward contradiction has kept nagging at me."
"If one is a strict Constitutionalist, if one believes firmly in original intent, if one believes in the exact words the Founding Fathers wrote with no wiggle room for modern day interpretation, if one believes implicitly in the Second Amendment as written, that Americans have the right to bear arms --"
"Well, what I've been trying to wrap my mind around is the interpretative argument that convicted felons shouldn't have the right to bear arms. ..." ... |
Gun Hero of the Day: Colion Noir (video story)
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"Colion Noir is black. It’s his Unique Selling Point. Noir’s ethnicity confounds anti-gunners who constantly portray gun owners as mentally unstable old fat racist rednecks. But that’s not Noir’s real strength. When he first hit the scene, Noir’s YouTube videos revealed the Dallas denizen as the pithiest pro-gunner on the planet. Since then, Colion has shifted gears, establishing himself as both the king of video gun porn and a mild-mannered proponent of gun rights . . ." ... |
Dyspeptic Gunsmith: Gun Rights on Indian Reservations
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"OK, since I live in Wyoming and am reasonably close to the Crow Reservation, I’m going to dispel some myths for people here."
"1. You should NEVER assume that state law applies on a res. NEVER. The reservations are their own sovereign nations, and they are not bound to recognize state laws except where they agree to do so. Getting pulled over and whipping out a CCW issued by a state (whether MT or another state) when you’re on a back road or reservation property might not get you the results you want . . ." ... |
Confirmed: Barack Obama The Best Thing That Ever Happened to the U.S. Firearms Industry
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"Time to light-up a celebratory cigar. 'Gun production has more than doubled under President Barack Obama’s administration, according to a report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,' al.com reports. 'The ATF’s annual firearms commerce report includes the number of guns manufactured in the U.S. with data going back to 1986.' My J school professor told me to never to put stats in the lead 'graph (one course, I swear). So you’ll have to click on the link or make the jump to savor the data. Suffice it to say, not only have gun rights advocates pushed back the anti-gunners on the national level and expanded gun rights in half a dozen states (though losing ground in the usual places), they’ve also . . ." ... |
Schumer team makes case for gun legislation
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"The Schumer & Schumer press conference Monday produced the predictable good-natured jokes. But the cause could not have been more serious."
"The theme of the pairing of Senator Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, and his second cousin, TV and film comedienne Amy Schumer, was 'enough is enough' when it comes to gun violence in America. The senator has long been an advocate of tougher gun laws, and the increasingly popular comedienne became active in the cause when a gunman killed two young women and wounded nine other people during a screening last month of her film 'Trainwreck' in Lafayette, Louisiana." ... |
11 Things You’ll Probably Hear During The First GOP Debate That Are Totally False
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... "'It’s sad to see the Democrats take a horrific crime and try to use it as an excuse, not to go after people with serious mental illness or people who are repeat felons or criminals, but instead try to use it as an excuse to take away Second Amendment rights of law abiding citizens.'"
"All of the GOP candidates are staunch Second Amendment supports and love to accuse Democrats of trying to take away their guns after episodes of violence. After the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina of nine African American church members, Cruz made this remark while campaigning in Iowa. Perry has also said that 'the left’s move is always to say, 'Well, let’s just take the guns away.'" ... |
CA: LA City Council backs new rules for gun storage in the home
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"Los Angeles lawmakers on Tuesday once again waded into the national fray over gun control as the City Council unanimously threw its support behind a proposed law to require handguns in the home to be locked up or disabled with a trigger lock. City residents who violate the rules would face a misdemeanor charge."
"Backers say the gun storage rules would help prevent deadly accidents and teen suicides by preventing guns from easily falling into the hands of curious children or despairing teens." ...
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Submitter's Note: One problem with this "logic"; according to the CDC, in the five years from 2009 to 2013 (the latest data they show) CA suffered ZERO accidental gunshot deaths of children (13 and under). |
FL: Florida Rep. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, files bill that would allow concealed weapons on college campuses
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"State Rep. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, on Monday filed a bill for the 2016 legislative session to allow concealed weapons on college campuses."
"'I feel very strongly about Americans and Floridians' Second Amendment rights, and that shouldn't stop at school,' Steube said. 'We've seen time and time again, these shootings on campuses where people can't protect themselves.'"
"It's a bill identical to one he filed in the 2015 session that had gotten solidly through all House committees before dying in the Senate. The identical Senate version died in the Judiciary Committee after more than a month. Steube blamed the committee's chair, Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, R-Miami, for refusing to call a vote." ... |
Controversy over officer in Chattanooga shooting: Should Pentagon change policy?
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"United States law largely protects legal gun owners who use their personal firearms to rebuff potentially deadly attacks."
"The military, however, has different rules."
"After the July 16 attack on two military installations in Chattanooga, Tenn., the Pentagon is looking into whether a senior officer, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Tim White, broke protocol by using his personal weapon to fire back at a domestic terrorist who killed four Marines and one sailor."
"The main thrust of the investigation, officials told Fox News, is to try to determine whether the decision to return fire by at least two military personnel, including Lieutenant Commander White, contributed to the chaos." ... |
ID: Madison sheriff defends car, tile and carpet purchases funded by concealed permit fees
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"Madison County Sheriff Roy Klingler confirmed Tuesday his agency used fees charged to concealed weapons permit applicants to buy carpet, tile, guns and a car, among other items."
"Responding to an IdahoReporter.com story, Klinger said his department followed the law." ...
"In a statement posted to Facebook Tuesday, Klingler defended the purchases."
"'The amount of money accumulated from the portion of the permit that the Sheriff’s Office retains has taken over 6 years to accumulate and with these funds we have purchased the things mentioned to replace original flooring that was over 15 years old that we did not have other funds for and help with other areas that were in need ...' he wrote." ... |
NY: Sheriff candidate receives Conservative endorsement
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"A candidate for Herkimer County sheriff has been endorsed by the state Conservative Party."
"Daniel Reardon of Little Falls announced Tuesday he received the endorsement for the upcoming election on Nov. 3."
"'I believe I was selected from the field because my years of experience, my support of Second Amendment rights and my opposition to the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, as these align with the Conservative Party's legislative priorities,' said Reardon in a statement. 'I am proud that once again I have the support of the Conservative Party in my efforts to become Herkimer County sheriff.'" ... |
CA: Caught On Video: Rohnert Park Officer Pulls Gun On Man Recording Him On Cellphone
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"A Rohnert Park policeman was captured on video pulling his gun on the man who was recording him on his cellphone in a residential neighborhood court."
"The officer appears in a YouTube video approaching the man, identified in the YouTube caption as Don McComas, first in his patrol vehicle and after a couple minutes on foot after stepping out of the vehicle."
"The unnamed officer is heard ordering the man to take his hand out of his pocket, and when the man refuses the officer pulls his gun out of his holster." ... |
CA: Former S.F. inmates file claim that deputies forced them to fight
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"Three former San Francisco county jail inmates have filed a legal claim against the city and county charging deputies with forcing them to fight each other for entertainment while they were locked up."
"Ricardo Palikiko-Garcia, Stanley Harris and Keith Dwayne Richardson accused the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department of cruel and unusual punishment and intentional infliction of emotional distress in the filing Thursday, which is a precursor to a lawsuit."
"The men came forward in March with the allegations that four deputies arranged and gambled on fights ..." ... |
OH: Woman caught driving with a gun under her purse has appeal rejected
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"The 9th District Court of Appeals ruled recently that a woman’s right to bear arms was not limited because of her conviction on concealed weapons charges."
"The defendant, Christina Glover, appealed from the judgment of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas where she pleaded no contest to carrying a concealed weapon in violation of R.C. 2923.12(A)(2)."
"Glover was charged after an officer found a loaded and operable handgun under her purse during a traffic stop."
"She opted to plead no contest after the trial court overruled her motion to dismiss the indictment."
"Glover was eventually sentenced to a suspended 10-month prison sentence with the condition that she complete one year of community control." ... |
MA: Warwick board bans firearms in Town Hall
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"Firearms are now prohibited in Warwick’s Town Hall."
"The ban was triggered by a July meeting at which an angry resident, Jon Calcari, raised his voice, and ... Chairwoman Dawn Magi said she felt threatened by the man, whom she knew to sometimes carry a handgun. After the incident, she asked herself if guns were truly needed in town meetings or Town Hall."
"'I don’t dislike guns in their place, but I know there are people here who carry and when one person, whom I once considered a friend, threatened me, it made me very nervous,' she said. '... I do not feel safe anymore.'"
"Calcari assured Magi and everyone else in the room that in the past half-century of ... carrying guns, he’s never pointed a weapon toward a person." ... |
UT: Gun proliferation is a matter of life and death (letter)
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"Our First Amendment right is limited at shouting fire in a crowded theater. But, thanks to the NRA and our lawmakers, shooting people in a crowded theater is not the limit for our Second Amendment right."
"America does not have more racist, xenophobic, misogynist, homophobic or schizophrenic people than any other country. But in our country all of the above 'ists' and 'ics' have easy access to any type of gun. And the carnage is getting larger and more frequent on a weekly basis." ... |
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