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NRA call for Holder to be fired a waste of political capital
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... "In fairness, you should read the case LaPierre makes. I did, and frankly, it does not bring me any closer to his position. In fact, reading skillfully crafted marketing claims like 'When NRA first began our campaign to fire Eric Holder we were one of just a few voices in the wilderness' makes my jaw drop at the sheer, amazing chutzpah of it. I guess, yeah, this campaign is their baby, but somehow, LaPierre in camel hair rags eating locusts and honey, was not the first thought in my mind back when there really were voices in the wilderness, who knew they were on to something huge and dangerous, and who were doing everything in their power to:" ... |
Question to CeaseFire president: Who is the real extremist?
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"In a letter to the Seattle Times on Wednesday, Washington CeaseFire President Ralph Fascitelli pushed the gun prohibition agenda as a response to two recent shooting incidents in south King County, while taking the time to call the Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation an 'extremist group' and imply that it is a lobbying organization."
"He is wrong." ... |
Protecting the Second Amendment is Not Enough
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"At last count, a full half of the US Senate had signed onto a July letter to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton declaring their opposition to any United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) which includes infringement on US citizens’ rights to possess firearms."
"While I applaud this effort, I have to say that I’m disappointed in the senators’ narrow focus in the letter." ... |
MOVIE REVIEW: Living for 32 or Living off 32? Docuganda and the Institutionalization of Victimhood
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"The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence (formerly Handgun Control, Inc.) has for several months been touring a new documentary film around the country. Living for 32 stars Colin Goddard, a handsome and clean cut young man—a recent graduate of Virginia Polytechnic University—who was shot four times by [a]murderous degenerate ... in April of 2007 in an event known in popular culture as the 'Virginia Tech Massacre.' Fortunately Mr. Goddard survived and appears to have recovered well from his injuries: 32 other students and faculty members died. Brady Center's press materials and spokespersons refer to Mr. Goddard as a 'Virginia Tech victim.'" ... |
Proposed U.N. Treaty to Regulate Global Firearms Trade Raising Concerns for U.S. Gun Makers
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"A controversial U.N. proposed treaty aimed at regulating guns worldwide has been shrouded by confusion and misinformation."
"Known informally as the 'Small Arms Treaty,' its detractors have charged the proposed agreement with secretly trying to take guns out of the hands of Americans and circumventing the 2nd Amendment."
"While that is unlikely, a working draft proposal obtained by FoxNews.com contains language that some gun advocates say could have a real impact on American gun makers." ... |
Silencer Review: AAC Titan SS (.338 Lapua Magnum) (video available)
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"There’s something about a ridiculously huge things that makes people giggle. The first time I fired a .50 BMG rifle I couldn’t stop giggling for a good half hour. .338 Lapua magnum is another one of those huge calibers that long range shooters love to use and the noise it puts out is remarkable, almost giggle worthy in its own right. In order to tone down the harsh noise of 'large bore' rifle rounds, Advanced Armament Corp. designed the Titan SS. And then they made the mistake of letting me try it out."
"As a preface, I just wanted to emphasize that this is not a 'full' review of this product. ..." ... |
NH: Gun scene shows folly of NH laws
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"A Portsmouth police detective was recently lauded for defusing a July 4 incident in which Stawbery Banke Museum officials asked a couple openly carrying pistols to leave a ceremony attended by the governor and a retired U.S. Supreme Court judge."
"Praise cannot be offered to the New Hampshire lawmakers who legislated the right for citizens to openly carry guns. They are not alone, for the record, as only six states and the District of Columbia fully prohibit the open carry of handguns." ... |
Debating the Constitution
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... "... Lawrence Solum and Robert Bennett have built careers exploring such questions. In their new book, they build state-of-the-art cases for the two main schools of constitutional interpretation. Each contributes a generous essay presenting the merits of his own approach and offering a thoughtful rebuttal to the other’s argument. If you’ve been seeking a concise introduction to the central debate in American constitutional theory, this is the book for you." ...
"In arguing for their approaches, both Solum and Bennett discuss the 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the Supreme Court banned a D.C. law regulating handguns. ..." ... |
Norway: Polar bear kills teen in Norway
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"A polar bear attacked a group of British students camping on a remote Arctic glacier as part of a high-end adventure holiday, killing a 17-year-old boy and injuring four other young people Friday before a trip member fatally shot the bear." [emphasis added]
"Two were hospitalized with severe injuries, according to the British Schools Exploring Society, the organizer of the trip." ...
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VA: Tech scare rekindles guns on campus debate
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"A gun scare Thursday at Virginia Tech rekindled the debate about carrying firearms at state-run universities."
"Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli recently waded into the debate. In an official advisory opinion, Cuccinelli found a University of Virginia gun policy too restrictive and lacking in authority." ... |
Don't Minimize Obama's 'Fast and Furious' Guns Scandal
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"The elite media are at it again. They're trying to downplay the Operation Fast and Furious scandal that has rocked the Obama administration, and they're using the scandal to push the same tired calls for more gun control laws."
"The Washington Post, for example, which has largely ignored the scandal, ran a front page story recently, but made sure to quote anonymous Obama administration officials who praised the gunrunning strategy and claimed it was 'unfair' for Congress to investigate. And the newspaper's recent editorial quoted an ATF agent who believes that we need more gun laws, but ignored Congressional testimony of other agents who said all the gun laws we need are already on the books." ... |
Fast and Furious Official No Longer Going to Mexico as Attache; Mexican Govt. Asks for Transcripts of His Testimony
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"William Newell, who headed ATF’s Phoenix Division during the controversial operation dubbed Fast and Furious, won’t be going to Mexico as ATF’s attache after all." ...
"The reassignment comes at a time the Mexican Justice Department ... is reportedly conducting a criminal probe into the Fast and Furious Operation. It has also requested transcripts of Newell’s recent testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, according to two people familiar with the situation."
"Concern had surfaced recently within ATF that the Mexican government might arrest Newell if he came down there as the attache." ...
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NC: Under Color of Law: Sheriff's deputies repeal Second Amendment in Beaufort County
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... "But eleven days later another deputy (Salinas) showed up at Mr. Hickman's house. According to Mr. Hickman, Deputy Salinas was not as courteous and professional as was Deputy York had been. Salinas told Mr. Hickman that if he continued to shoot that 'I'm going to arrest you and take all of your guns.' ..." ...
"We did check with several legal authorities on the issue. ... Here's what we learned."
"There is no law against discharging a firearm outside a municipality. It matters not whether you are hunting or target practicing…or shooting to chase away an animal. Or, we were told, you can shoot for any reason you choose." ... |
PA: Ex-Marysville officer pleads no contest to molestation charge
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"A former Marysville police officer serving a minimum 10-year sentence for molesting or propositioning nearly a dozen young women has pleaded no contest to repeatedly having indecent contact with another teen."
"Robert Pavlovich Jr., 43, made the plea in Perry County court Wednesday to charges including aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors, and unlawful contact with a minor." ... |
MD: ACLU to sue police over wrongful detention, deletion of arrest video
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"The American Civil Liberties Union said it has informed the Baltimore Police Department of its intention to sue on behalf of a man who it says was wrongfully detained and had videos deleted from his cellphone after he filmed officers arresting a friend at the 2010 Preakness."
"The ACLU says officers stopped Christopher Sharp and erased his videos, including many of his young son, after he declined to surrender his cellphone as 'evidence.' The civil liberties group has requested that the Police Department 'immediately cease officers' interference with citizens' rights to record encounters with police.'" ... |
PA: Fired Bethlehem cop takes plea deal
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"More than a year after he was accused of tampering with evidence, a fired Bethlehem police officer took a plea deal Thursday to a lesser charge and received probation."
"Michael J. Lenner, 29, of Bethlehem pleaded no contest to criminal mischief ..." ...
"Lenner was fired by Bethlehem City Council this year in the wake of his June 2010 charge. County prosecutors said Lenner destroyed a surveillance video of an arrest that was being probed due to allegations of police brutality." ... |
TN: Former deputy pleads guilty to enticement charges
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" A former Grainger County sheriff's deputy has pleaded guilty to federal enticement charges involving two minors."
"Trenedy Monroe Brooks, 29, admitted Thursday to using a cell phone to entice two female minors to have sex with him on separate occasions last year. Officials say the victims where[sic] 13 and 16 years old." ... |
WA: Reader wants better gun-safety rules
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"It’s a rare day when a pro-gun, National Rifle Association member like me reads a letter from Ralph Fascitelli, board president of Washington CeaseFire, and finds that I agree with part of his letter in The Seattle Times ['Stronger gun-safety measures,' Northwest Voices, Opinion, Aug. 3]." |
VA: Cuccinelli Speaks Out About Opinion on Guns at UVA
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"Virginia Tech is receiving generally positive reviews for how it handled an on-campus gun scare Thursday. It's with some irony that a day later, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is again talking about having the University of Virginia bow to state laws and allow those with permits to bring guns onto grounds." ... |
VA: Virginia Tech security put to the test in gun scare
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"A Virginia Tech gun scare raised international interest in minutes Thursday as the campus was alerted and secured, police went on a search and a sketch of a suspect was produced." ...
"'In this day and age, we don't think we had any other choice than to send an alert,' Tech spokesman Larry Hincker said, also adding that 'it's simply the world we live in today . . . communicate first, investigate later.'" ... |
WI: Club thanks taxpayers for use of facilities
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"On behalf of the Northwoods Wildlife and Wetlands Club of Mercer, I would like to thank the taxpayers of Manitowish Waters for the use of their beautiful facility, the Manitowish Waters Community Center, for this year's annual gun show." ... |
TN: NRA fundraiser helps youth gun education
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"Gun owners and supporters, and those who believe in educating youth on gun-safety, have a local event where they can support those beliefs with the Friends of the NRA Annual Banquet 6 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Tennsco Community Building."
"It’s also an event where two participants will receive handgun giveaways – one of which is a Glock 9 mm." ... |
MI: Concealed carry law at 10 (second item)
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"When Michigan approved a law 10 years ago allowing citizens to obtain a license to carry a concealed firearm, critics claimed it was irresponsible. Traffic disputes would result in daily shootouts, they predicted, and bodies would be stacked like cordwood along Woodward Avenue."
"Ten years later, we’ve seen quite the opposite. Violent crime is generally down, despite the fact that about 276,000 state residents are now licensed — roughly one in every 25 eligible Michigan residents. ..." ... |
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