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It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (of Contradictory Gun Laws)
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"Service Station. Military Intelligence. Honest Politician. Coherent Gun Laws. Do any of these phrases rise above the level of oxymoron (with an emphasis on the last two syllables)? After spending God knows how many months training and studying, then several more months waiting for processing, I finally obtained that cherished little piece of plastic, a Texas Concealed Handgun License, AKA: a CHL. Good in 39 states, last I looked, it guaranteed me the right to carry concealed, at least most of the time. Or so I thought. Sadly, I learned yesterday, I was wrong…" ... |
Congress needs to pass Full Gun Rights Restoration Act of 2011 ‘Right Away’
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"Three years after the landmark Heller ruling that the Second Amendment means what it says, and one year after the equally monumental McDonald ruling that the Amendment applies to state and local governments, Congress needs to pass the Full Gun Rights Restoration Act of 2011 'right away' because the nation cannot wait another 14 months, or however long it takes the Supreme Court to get around to striking down restrictive federal, state and local gun laws." ... |
Did the Wild West Have More Gun Control Than We Do Today?
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"After a decision by the Supreme Court affirming the right of individuals to own guns, then-Chicago Mayor Richard Daley sarcastically said, 'Then why don't we do away with the court system and go back to the Old West, you have a gun and I have a gun and we'll settle it in the streets?' This is a common refrain heard in the gun debate. Gun control advocates fear -- and gun rights proponents sometimes hope -- the Second Amendment will transform our cities into modern-day versions of Dodge." ... |
Question of the Day: Do You Adjust Concealed Carry to Perceived Threat Level?
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"Over at shootingillustrated.com, writer Guy Sagi reveals that he’s upping his ammo count this weekend. Maybe. 'I carry two spare magazines for my primary concealment gun, a Wilson Combat CQB Elite. This weekend when I’m out I might up it to four.' Mr. Sagi’s responding to the anniversary of 911, wondering (as so many people are) if Muslim terrorists will 'celebrate' the occasion by launching a fresh atrocity. ..." |
Beretta Joins The Micro-Nine Club With The Nano
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"Beretta has joined the micro-nine club with their new pistol, the Nano. I am a bit surprised that a pistol from an Italian company has such Austro-Germanic lines. It has none of the traditional Beretta soft lines or 'curviness' of either the Model 92 or the PX4." ... |
New from Magpul: MOE+ and MOE-K Grips
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"Magpul just announced two new products for the M16/M4/AR-15 market, and they’re both grips. The MOE+ is an enhanced version of their MOE grip, where 'enhanced' is code word for 'covered in rubber like a Hogue.' ..." |
Brady Campaign Dennis Hennigan’s 7% Solution
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"Dennis Hennigan of The Brady Campaign ... reckons campus carry is a bad idea. And he’s got the stats to prove it. 'The pro-gun crowd assails college campuses as 'gun-free zones' that allegedly leave students and faculty as sitting ducks, but the fact is that currently gun-free campuses are far safer than the rest of our gun-saturated country.' Like all gun grabbers, Hennigan wants it both ways. He points to the statistically low chances of rape and assault to dismiss the need for individuals to keep and bear arms on campus. At the same time, he uses statistically irrelevant example of gun violence to 'strengthen' his case for campus gun bans. ..." ... |
How Gun Control Got Murdered
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... "Most gun violence does not make page one. In 2009, the last year for which the FBI Uniform Crime Reports provide complete data, guns were used in 9,146 homicides, 149,335 robberies, and 146,773 aggravated assaults. On a typical day in America, about 100 people are shot and 800 held up or assaulted at gun point."
"Can’t we do anything about this? The unhappy answer is that we used to have means for reducing gun violence significantly, but that may no longer be the case. Substantial political support for gun control has disappeared. The National Rifle Association and right-wing candidates still play Paul Revere, riding through the countryside to spread the alarm that 'gun-ban politicians' are on the march. ..." ... |
NY: Hearing Sep 13 to end localities' right to protect citizens from gun violence
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"People are falling over themselves to mourn the tragic deaths of 3,000 in the 9/11 attacks. Yet more people than that are brutally, senselessly murdered each year by gun violence. Those martyrs do not receive nearly the same attention; their widows and orphans do not receive the same communal solace. And now, the shameless, soulless NRA is pushing to prevent local communities from protecting their citizens."
"If the gun lobby and their far right allies in Washington, D.C. get their way, New York will no longer be able to make its own decisions about who can legally carry a hidden gun." ... |
NRA Life of Duty Presented by Brownells: ODA 574,Episode 2: “The Courageous” (video story)
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"On November 14, 2001 a U.S. Special Forces team of Green Berets known as ODA 574 infiltrated the mountains of southern Afghanistan to carry out a tribal revolt against the Taliban."
"This incredible mission ultimately lead to Hamid Karzi’s presidency and changed the course of history forever. The NRA Life of Duty team was able to reunite the members of this team for the first time in ten years to tell their story." ... |
CA: Man allegedly shoots would-be burglar
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"A homeowner fired shots early Thursday morning as two men were allegedly trying to burglarize his workshop." ...
"A man who lives in the 12000 block of Pine Cone Circle, off Brooks Road, called 911 at about 1:35 a.m. Thursday to report a residential burglary in progress, said Sheriff Keith Royal."
"The homeowner told deputies that he was awakened by noise near his workshop and armed himself before going outside to find the two men trying to force entry, Royal said."
"'He said he fired a warning shot in the air and yelled at them,' Royal said. 'When they refused to flee, he fired additional shots and they then fled the scene.'" ... |
MO: Homeowner shoots burglar
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"An east side homeowner pulled a gun and shot a burglar late Wednesday night, police said."
"The shooting happened just before 11 p.m. Wednesday at a home located in the 3000 block of East 60th Street, which is near the intersection of East 60th Street and Agnes Avenue." ... |
OK: Rogers County Homeowner Fed Up, Shoots Repeat Intruder In Leg
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"A Rogers County homeowner who was awakened by a burglar Friday morning shot the man in the leg."
"The incident occurred at a rural residence in the area of 145th Street North and U.S. Highway 169."
"This is the third time the same suspect has broken into the same house. Bill Gray, the homeowner, is fed up." ... |
OH: Cleveland: Homeowner shoots, kills suspected burglar
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"Around 1:15 a.m. Thursday, police were called to 636 E. 105th Street to investigate a man shot."
"Police found the man had been shot in the neck and leg. He was pronounced dead at the scene."
"The man who lived at the E. 105th Street address told police that he heard a noise in his attached garage and that his car alarm was going off."
"The homeowner got his gun and went into the garage to investigate."
"The resident saw an intruder and shot him. He went into the house and called police." ... |
Philadelphia Self-Defense Shooting Highlights the Need for Law-Abiding Citizens to Carry Firearms (video available)
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"A recent incident in Philadelphia underscores the necessity of concealed carry permits."
"Temple University student Robert Eels was smoking outside his apartment at 1:30 am on Monday when he was approached by a group of teenagers demanding money."
"When Eels refused, the ringleader of the group of young thugs started shooting. What separates this shooting from so many countless, tragic, others is quite simple: Robert Eels is a CCW permit holder."
"Rather than capitulating in the face of criminal violence, or being killed for a pack of smokes and the money in his wallet, Eels drew his pistol and returned fire. ..." ... |
Charges Dropped In Bear Self-Defense Shooting
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"When the government infringes upon Second Amendment rights through regulation and harsh gun control, it is accused of violating one’s right to self-defense. There is no greater example of this violation, however, than when the federal government attempted to punish a man for killing a grizzly bear that threatened his life and the lives of his family. Fortunately, when the story was publicized and received a great deal of negative media attention, federal prosecutors decided to drop the charges." ... |
We must never forget…
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"This is shaping up to be a very somber late summer weekend as America looks back ten years, not to celebrate but to commemorate those who died in the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001, a date that will live with as much infamy as Dec. 7, 1941."
"An earlier generation – the Greatest Generation – never forget Pearl Harbor, and this generation should never forget 9/11, or who did it, and why." ... |
ATF Death Watch 77: The Hits Keep Happening
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"'In the second violent crime connected with the failed Fast and Furious program, two Arizona undercover police officers were allegedly assaulted last year trying to stop two men in a stolen vehicle containing two weapons linked to the program,' azstarnet.com reports. 'The Arizona Department of Public Safety officers said they tried to stop the men south of Phoenix when the driver rammed their cars, threatened them with the firearms and fled into the desert. They were caught and arrested, and a Beretta pistol and AK-47 semiautomatic assault rifle were found in the stolen Ford truck, police said.' Question: what happened after that?" ... |
Third Fast & Furious gun at Terry murder scene covered up
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"Fox News is reporting that a third gun apparently found at the murder scene of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was linked to Operation Fast and Furious, but its existence may have been deliberately concealed by the FBI to protect the identity of an informant 'who works inside a major Mexican cartel.'"
"That informant, according to the report by Fox reporter William Lajuenesse, 'provided the money to obtain the weapons used to kill Terry.' This tends to support statements made by Kenneth Melson, former acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, to congressional investigators in a behind-closed-doors interview on July 4, as reported by this column." ... |
CBS: ATF investigation expands to White House staffers.
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"Today, the Congressional investigation into ATF's Fast and Furious scandal officially expanded to include White House staffers. In a letter to President Obama's National Security Advisor Thomas Donilon, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) asked for records involving three current and former White House staffers." ... |
EXCLUSIVE: Third Gun Linked to 'Fast and Furious' Identified at Border Agent's Murder Scene (video available)
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"A third gun linked to "Operation Fast and Furious" was found at the murder scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, new documents obtained exclusively by Fox News suggest, contradicting earlier assertions by federal agencies that police found only two weapons tied to the federal government's now infamous gun interdiction scandal."
"Sources say emails support their contention that the FBI concealed evidence to protect a confidential informant. Sources close to the Terry case say the FBI informant works inside a major Mexican cartel and provided the money to obtain the weapons used to kill Terry." ... |
Who Let The Guns Walk? - Enemy At The Gates
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"The details are as obscure as Charles Schumer’s soul. But the basics of Project Gunwalker are clear."
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House Judiciary Committee Schedules Hearings On HR 822
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"The House Judiciary Committee has finally scheduled hearings on HR 822 - the National Right-To-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011." ...
"The bill introduced in February by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) and Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) has 242 co-sponsors. The text of the bill and more info can be found here." ... |
Will the Second Amendment Come Under Fire this Month?
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"Within the next month, Congress will be taking actions that will impact our Second Amendment rights."
"Here’s what we’re facing. On or about September 30, Congress will consider a 'continuing resolution' (CR) to fund the government from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012."
"Well, you can be sure about this -- when it comes to funding the government, any bill passed by Congress will NOT be neutral on the Second Amendment:"
"* Either the CR will fund the anti-gun ObamaCare program … or it will explicitly prohibit ObamaCare from being funded."
"* Either it will fund ATF’s illegal efforts to register multiple sales of long guns in the southwest … or it will explicitly prohibit those activities from being funded." ... |
NH: Senate votes
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... "The chamber, which is controlled by Republicans, upheld two vetoes signed by Democratic Governor John Lynch. With one exception, senators whose districts include parts of the Monadnock Region voted responsibly."
"The same cannot be said for a third bill, where the Senate overrode a Lynch veto and expanded the freedom of citizens to use lethal force against perceived threats in public places. The region’s Senate representation split evenly on the measure, which was fancifully marketed by proponents as essential to the maintenance of American democracy despite the staunch opposition of virtually every law enforcement official in the state." ... |
MA: Boston Considers Stricter Knife Regulations
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"With 'gun control' a popular rallying cry for liberals across the country, it seemed only a matter of time before they turned their attention to other items that are potentially dangerous. Lawmakers in Boston are now looking to restrict the sale of pocketknives."
"The city of Boston has witnessed over 1,300 knife attacks over the course of the last two years. Politicians in Boston now believe that by restricting the sale of pocketknives, these stabbings will decrease." ... |
MA: Knife Rights Report On Boston Hearing
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"The hearing on a proposed requirement that business that sell knives have a special license was held last night. Knife Rights was represented by Jim Wallace, Executive Director of the Gun Owners' Action League."
"The report on the hearing is below." ...
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MA: KNIFE CONTROL – Boston City Council Holds Knife Control Hearing
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... "The politicians attending were clearly firm in their conviction that action must be taken, some scapegoat must be found. There were grieving parents and their genuine heart wrenching stories of lost loved ones. Public safety officials offered supportive testimony for the proposal.""For anyone who attended the infamous Gun Control hearings here a decade ago, the only difference was that the word 'guns' was replaced with 'knives.'" "The testimony and statements during the public hearing were frighteningly reminiscent of past gun control hearings." ... |
CA: Lawmakers pass ban on openly carrying unloaded gun
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"California lawmakers have sent the governor a bill making it a misdemeanor for openly carrying an unloaded handgun in public, a practice popular among certain gun enthusiasts."
"The Assembly on Friday passed AB144 on a 44-30 vote after it was approved by the Senate." ... |
KS: Former Norton cop makes deal
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"The trial of a former Norton police officer -- scheduled to begin today -- won't go on as planned, the result of a diversion agreement that ultimately could result in the dismissal of charges."
"Norton County Attorney Doug Sebelius agreed to let Ryan Zweygardt, 28, enter a two-year diversion agreement, possibly allowing him to avoid prosecution on both of the rape charges he initially faced." ...
"Those charges actually include two counts of rape and a single count of aggravated criminal sodomy." ...
"'This isn't any different other than it was a person crime,' [the prosecutor] said. 'I do divert felony cases, but they are not normally person crimes.'" ...
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NY: Grandfather Killed by Cop Did Not Choke Officer, Lawyer Says
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... "Collado was killed on Sept. 6 after he jumped into a scuffle he saw on Post Avenue, near Dyckman Street, between a plainclothes officer and a convicted drug dealer who was suspected of selling drugs out of a building lobby."
"Cops said that Collado, who was not associated with the sting, choked the officer to the point where he was about to pass out after the officer had identified himself."
"But according to the lawyer — who reviewed video of the incident and spoke with eyewitnesses — Collado got in between the officer and convicted drug dealer Rangel Batista, 23, a friend, and tried to break up the fight, not knowing that the other man was a cop." ... |
MN: Former Coon Rapids police officer charged with sexually abusing boy
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"A state insurance fraud investigator and former Coon Rapids police officer is accused of repeatedly molesting a young boy, officials said."
"Joseph Hunt, 60, faces four counts of criminal sexual conduct, three in the first degree and one in the second degree, for allegedly sexually abusing a boy with whom he had a significant relationship between 1978 and 1987, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday."
"The alleged abuse overlaps his time as an officer for the Coon Rapids police, where Hunt served from 1977 until he retired as an investigator in 2004, according to Cathy Sorensen, city clerk for Coon Rapids." ... |
WV: Mercer County: Weapons permits on rise
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"Law enforcement officials in Mercer County said Wednesday they have noticed an increase in the number of residents applying for permits to carry concealed weapons over the past several years."
"According to Mjr. D.B. Bailey with the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, more than 4,000 Mercer County residents have permits to carry concealed weapons. Bailey said the number of people applying for these permits has been steadily increasing over the past several years." ... |
TN: Gun rights apply beyond the home
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"After the Supreme Court ruled that Americans have a constitutional right to own a handgun, several judges have called into question whether that right extends outside the home (Sept. 4 article, 'Gun rights have limits / That's the verdict of federal judges so far, after top court struck local bans')."
"To that, I would ask why we consider the First Amendment so sacrosanct while the Second Amendment is apparently up for interpretation. What if our freedom of speech or freedom of religion did not extend outside the home? That would be completely un-American." ... |
UK: The Soft-on-Crime Roots of British Disorder
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"In a civilized society people would be allowed to defend themselves with guns, not baseball bats."
"As wild gangs of youths burned homes, shops and cars and severely beat anyone who tried to stop them last week, English people tried to defend themselves. Their desperation triggered a 5,000% increase in purchases of baseball bats from Amazon."
"This is a sad symbol of the failure of the British approach to crime -- with its sympathy for offenders, intolerance of self‑defense, and unwillingness to pay for adequate crime control. A people once proud of their peaceful country and unarmed policemen had to resort to clubs to protect life and limb." ... |
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