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Guns not the cause of violence
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"Why do politicians insist on avoiding the real problems of crime and violence facing society and instead concentrate their efforts on useless, even distracting “projects”? Their claims of wanting to help solve problems instead results in hurting honest citizens by ignoring the real issues." ... |
GLOCK, Inc. to Donate $75,000 at 2011 Modern Day Marine
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"GLOCK, Inc. will donate a total of $75,000 to two separate organizations during the 2011 Modern Day Marine held in MCB, Quantico, VA, Sep. 27 – 29."
"GLOCK, Inc., Vice President, Josh Dorsey will present $50,000 to the Young Marines and $25,000 to the Marine Corps League during a presentation held at the Iwo Jima Memorial, Quantico on Wednesday, Sept. 28th, at 2:00PM." ... |
Concealed carry on campus fears irrational
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"Last year, Oklahoma State university was home to a heated debate over concealed carry on campus. Most opposition to campus carry results from an irrational fear of mass carnage some believe would result from licensed individuals exercising their Second Amendment rights at school." ... |
Gear Preview: Timney Trigger – Ruger 10/22
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"My Ruger 10/22 is my most used, most cherished, and most loved gun in my collection. It was my first gun; she joined the family for my twelfth birthday. While I would never disparage such a 'mature' lady, she’s begun to feel her age. After fifteen or twenty thousand rounds, she’s a bit gritty, stiff, and hard to get moving. So I’ve decided the old girl needs a bit of work. As the Ruger I won’t be going crazy. No fancy stocks, bull barrels or high end optics for me. I’ll be starting with the small items and going from there. Starting with a Timney trigger . . ." ... |
Self-Defense Tip: You’re Not the Good Guy
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... "There are a lot of lessons to draw from this incident. Always secure your gun or guns securely. (In the famous FBI Miami shootout two officers lost their guns in a car wreck; one from his lap one from under his leg.) Cops' marksmanship generally sucks. And my favorite: you're not the good guy." [emphasis added]
"That’s as far as the police are concerned. And BOY are they concerned when there’s a gun anywhere in the picture. Yours, theirs, someone else’s—any gun will send them into, uh, 'intellectual shock.' At that point, fellow officers in uniform are the only other guaranteed good guys. Everyone else is a potential target. And that means you." ... |
Defending the Self-Defense Case Pt. 1
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"A self-defense case is fundamentally different from most other criminal prosecutions. The essence of the defense is that the defendant is the victim of an attempted or completed violent felony such as assault, rape, or homicide which, but for the defendant's lawful actions, would have resulted in the defendant's death or in serious bodily harm. The complainant is, in fact, a violent aggressor who, but for the defendant's lawful actions, would be the one standing trial. The defendant is the 'good guy' and the victim is the 'bad guy,' despite the prosecution’s efforts to portray the converse." ... |
Defending the Self-Defense Case Pt. 2
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"A lengthy discussion about eyewitness memory and perception is outside the scope of this article. The nature of a self-defense situation generally means that the client and the witnesses will not be able to accurately recall what happened. This is normal. Self-defense situations develop very quickly. Bystanders who were not paying attention to the situation may not take notice until after a loud noise or sudden movement. Thus, they may miss important cues that led the client to believe he or she was in imminent danger. Once a weapon has been displayed, weapon focus will cause the witnesses to watch it, and perhaps miss other important events during the incident . . ." ... |
Brady Campaign Brings In A Head Hunter
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"The Brady Campaign/Center has brought in executive search firm Korn/Ferry International to help them find their next president. Korn/Ferry International is the world's largest executive search firm and is a publicly-traded company. These guys don't work for free. My guess is that to bring in a firm like Korn/Ferry will cost at least $100,000 and probably more."
"Kaveman at Days of Our Trailers blog does an excellent job in fisking the Brady's job announcment. Regarding a couple of the job responsibilities:" ... |
Speaking of "Fast and Furious": NRA Leaders Well-Versed in Fomenting Foreign Conflicts
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... "Although we don't know all the facts yet, it's clear that 'Fast and Furious' was an ill-conceived and reckless operation -- and it may have cost lives. It also cost two high-level officials their jobs -- on August 30, ATF acting director Kenneth Melson and U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke announced their resignations. New leadership can help refocus the agency on its mission--preventing all illegal firearms diversion from U.S. gun stores and gun shows with zero tolerance. Because this is also clear--the 2,000 guns that were allowed to walk in 'Fast and Furious' represent just a tiny percentage of the high-powered firearms that are trafficked from the United States to Mexico in the course of a given year." ... |
NY: Tayshana 'Chicken' Murphy shooting: Real cowards are pols who won't take on NRA
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"They called her 'Chicken,' but our Washington lawmakers are the real cowards."
"Harlem hoops star Tayshana Murphy was chased down and killed in Sunday's predawn darkness as if she were a wild animal."
"Unfortunately, it's not this nightmare our lawmakers fear: It's the NRA." ...
"Glocks bought at gun shows in states like Georgia and South Carolina come by car up the 'Iron Pipeline' of I-95 to our poor neighborhoods, where young gang members can buy them right out of the trunk." ...
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NY: At Staten Island gun buy-back, officials to give money for firearms, no questions asked
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"Having consoled many families who lost a loved one to gun violence, the Rev. Tony Baker is opening up his church as the location for the 2011 gun buy-back program to avoid presiding over more untimely funerals."
"'It's unfortunate that we have to keep having programs like this, but I am glad that we have one,' the Rev. Baker said. 'It has been an awesome responsibility on my behalf to try and console families when senseless acts of gun violence take place.'" ...
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Armed citizens say personal safety is a personal responsibility
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"Increasing numbers of American citizens, including more than 340,000 here in Washington, have armed themselves and are swelling the ranks of those officially licensed to carry because they understand that their safety is ultimately their personal responsibility."
"That is the overwhelming sentiment in an admittedly unscientific poll, with responses still coming in." ... |
Defend the Self-Defense Rights of the Little Guy (video available)
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"'Now is the time to stand up for the right to self-defense of the little guy against the impersonal power of some corporations,' says John M. Snyder, named the Gun Dean by Human Events."
"He says a case in point involves pharmacist Jeremy Hoven, who used his handgun, for which he had a state issued permit to carry a concealed firearm, to defend himself, others and a Walgreens pharmacy near Grand Rapids, Michigan from a 4:30 a.m. robbery attempt by two armed thugs in May." ... |
Let's be clear--the only thing 'botched' in 'Project Gunwalker' was the cover-up
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"National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea pointed out early this month that every time the 'Project Gunwalker' atrocity is described as a 'botched gun sting,' a lie is being disseminated. The lie is the notion that there wasever the intention of mounting any kind of 'sting' to 'botch.' There was not. There could not have been. No effort was made to track the guns past the border (or, very often, even to the border). When field agents tried to track them any farther than a few blocks from the gun shops, they were ordered to stand down their surveillance. Nor is it the case that the plan was for Mexican authorities to be tipped about what was going on, so they could perform the surveillance." ... |
ATF Death Watch 81: The Gun Grabbers Fight Back
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"Politics is a cesspool. Anyone who thinks elected officials and high-level government bureaucrats are interested in anything more than their own career protection and advancement just isn’t paying attention. ... The legacy media is no better. They really are as profoundly biased as the profoundly biased right-wing commentators say they are. ... But it's their reliance on moral relativism that really sticks in my craw. In other words, they believe two wrongs makes them right. To wit, the Executive Director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and Huffington Post columnist Josh Horwitz on the ATF's extra-legal (i.e. criminal) Operation Fast and Furious . . ." ... |
Issa: 'Only way' Eric Holder 'didn’t know' about Fast and Furious is if 'he made sure he didn’t want to know'
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"House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa went after Attorney General Eric Holder on national conservative radio host Laura Ingraham's show Monday morning. Issa said even if Holder really didn't know about Operation Fast and Furious, he should've."
"'We have a paper trail of so many people knowing that the only way the attorney general didn't know is he made sure he didn't want to know,' Issa said. 'But if you don't want to know something of this sort then you shouldn't have the job he has. ...'" ... |
Gun-Grabbers Always Tend To Flock Together
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"Birds of a feather flock together."
"I’m sure you’ve heard that one before."
"I’ve been dealing with politicians at all levels of government for more than two decades, and let me tell you, the gun-grabbers always tend to 'flock together.'"
"Just yesterday I heard that former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is now backing the former gun-grabbing Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney."
"By 'former,' I mean Governor, not a 'former' gun-grabber." ... |
Rep. Bob Gibbs, no fan of Washington, sees his district move into Northeast Ohio
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... "A farmer and former state legislator who once headed the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Gibbs has mounted steady attacks on both President Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since he won election to Congress last year by defeating incumbent Democrat Zack Space of Dover." ...
"Gibbs' other legislative initiative would remove firearms restrictions on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers property. Gibbs says the Army Corps of Engineers is the nation's largest federal provider of water-based outdoor recreation, and gun owners should be able to exercise their Second Amendment rights when they legally hunt, fish or camp on Army Corps property." ... |
Hearing Scheduled for H.R. 822,the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2012
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"For months we have been reporting on a critically important bill: H.R. 822 the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011. This vital NRA-backed legislation, introduced earlier this year by Congressmen Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) will enable millions of permit holders to exercise their right to self-defense while traveling outside their home states." ... |
If Michigan AG were U.S. AG, would Hughes Amendment still ban new machine guns?
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... "Much like past interpretation of Michigan's suppressor law, that has been taken to mean that only government entities may possess machine guns that were not already in legal private possession prior to 1986. However, under the federal law that already applied to machine gun transfers, with all the federal hoops (including a $200 dollar tax per firearm, fingerprints, and the requirement to obtain the approval of local law enforcement), it would seem difficult to argue that the transfer or possession is not 'under the authority of, the United States or any department or agency thereof or a State, or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof.'" ... |
House Weighs Bill to Make Gun Permits Valid Across State Lines
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"Lawmakers are considering a House bill that would give Americans who hold permits to carry firearms in their home states the right to carry their weapons across state lines."
"Although many states have entered into voluntary agreements, there is no nationwide framework for honoring permits and licenses uniformly. A bipartisan bill, co-authored by Reps. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., and Heath Shuler, D-N.C., aims to change that." ... |
Quick Summary of the Proposed National Right to Carry Act (H.R.822)
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"The 'National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011,' known also as H.R.822 or 'The Streets Aren’t Red Enough Act' by the Brady Campaign has been talked about a lot in the news, but not many news organizations have taken the time to actually read through the damned thing and parse it out for their readers (despite the fact that it’s currently only six pages long). Seeing as I’m a bit of a legislation nerd I figured I would give it a go and walk you guys through exactly what’s being proposed." ... |
CA: 'Open Carry' Gun Ban Heads to Governor
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"The bill that would make it illegal to openly carry unloaded handguns in public is awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown's signature."
"Introduced twice by local Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge), AB 144 is intended to target the 'open carry movement,' where people protesting gun control laws gather in public and display their firearms. The measure failed to make it out of the legislature in 2010." ... |
FL: Lee commissioners voice opinions on removal of parks gun ban
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"Effective Oct. 1, signs at Lee County parks and beaches will no longer state 'No firearms allowed.'"
"They won't even imply it with the universal symbol for a no-no: a diagonal line through the image of a gun."
"Florida leaders say they alone may dictate where weapons with legal permits are allowed."
"The subject of heated debate in Florida's 67 counties, the state rules also say that any local leader flouting the legislature's authority on this issue may be fined $5,000 and removed from office." ... |
TX: Watauga council member urges CHL owners to carry
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"Russell Clements already had a job in Dallas, overseeing computer systems. Then he ran for Watauga City Council in May, and won." ...
"It's in that new role that he began brainstorming about ways to find more money for street repairs, along with the water and sewer system."
"'My favorite thing would be to cut the sales tax revenue ... that goes into the police department,' Clements said."
"In turn, Clements believes the police department should teach citizens to shoot." ...
"Lastly, Clements suggested requiring people with concealed handgun licenses to bring those guns to council meetings, to help provide security." ... |
PA: Sunday hunting issue to be discussed this week
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"When I came out against the proposal to remove the ban on Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania, I got lambasted in the chat rooms and bulletin boards on a variety of hunting websites, and even from a few outdoors writers across the state who claimed I'm 'giving the 'anti's' ammunition.'"
"The anti-hunting community already has enough ammunition, as does the pro-hunting community and the Second Amendment rights community." ... |
CT: TSA agents, cops arrested for drug trafficking
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"Three TSA agents and at least two police officers have been arrested, accused of being involved in a massive oxycodone trafficking operation between Connecticut, New York and Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. " ... |
UT: Retired Utah Highway Patrol trooper sentenced to jail
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"A retired Utah Highway Patrol trooper accused of robbing motorists while impersonating an officer has been sentenced to jail."
"Christopher Mark Topham, 51, was spared prison time when he was sentenced Tuesday by 6th District Judge Marvin Bagley. Instead, Topham was ordered to spend 180 days in jail with credit for 21 days already served."
"Topham pleaded guilty in July to three counts of obstruction of justice, all third-degree felonies, in connection with a string of motorist robberies."
"Topham was originally charged with eight counts of first-degree felony aggravated robbery and seven other crimes ..." ... |
LA: Former New Orleans cop who admitted rapes sentenced to 210 years
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"A former New Orleans police officer who pleaded guilty in May to seven counts of rape was sentenced Monday to 210 years in prison, according to the Orleans Parish district attorney's office." ...
"He pleaded guilty in May as his trial entered its second day. His ex-girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter was preparing to take the stand and describe how he raped her multiple times in 2008." ... |
GA: Meigs officer arrested for statutory rape
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... "Officer Brandon Luckey was taken into custody by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and charged with Statutory Rape on Saturday, September 10, 2011."
"The internal investigation was completed by Meigs Police Department on Monday, September 12, 2011 and Officer Brandon M. Luckey was notified of his official termination of employment as a Meigs Police Officer." ... |
SC: Cottageville cop who killed former mayor laid off
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"The police officer being investigated for shooting and killing former Mayor Bert Reeves has been laid off by the Town of Cottageville." ...
"According to employment records ... Price has been fired from four previous jobs with police departments."
"He was fired from the McCormick County Sheriff's Office in 1999 for unsafe driving. Just a year later, Price was fired from the Wagener Police Department in 2000 for insubordination."
"Price was again fired in 2001, this time from the Aiken County Sheriff's Office for criminal domestic violence. ..."
"The officer was fired from the Blackville Police Department in 2006 after repeated complaints of excessive force. ..." ... |
South Africa: Police have 'lost' 20 429 weapons
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"The police force admitted on Tuesday that a lack of discipline and weapon control was 'worrying', after it came to light that police had 'lost' 20 429 weapons since April 2004."
"Top management couldn't say in Parliament on Tuesday how many officials had been criminally prosecuted, disciplined or fired due to the losses." ... |
MI: Michigan’s Early Antlerless Deer Season Opens Sept. 15 2011
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"The 2011 deer-hunting season kicks off in Michigan Thursday, Sept. 15, with a five-day early antlerless-only deer season in part of the state."
"Hunting will be allowed only on private land in portions of the Lower Peninsula."
"See the 2011 Antlerless Deer Hunting Digest available at license agents or www.michigan.gov/deer for a map of the areas open." ... |
FL: Community Meetings 9-14
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... "Panhandle Patriots"
"The Florida Panhandle Patriots Tea Party will meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Elks Lodge on Okaloosa Island. Speaker will be Jonathan Maney on 'The Second Amendment – How the right to bear arms keeps us free.' ..." ...
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AZ: Freedom is one thing, but focus on safety
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"The Town of Prescott Valley, like other cities and towns, is bracing for a state amendment that allows hunting within municipal boundaries. Gov. Jan Brewer signed the amendment that gives the state authority over local jurisdictions on hunting policy." ... |
FL: Should doctors be allowed to talk to patients about guns?
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"It's a question pediatricians would sometimes ask parents: Are there any guns in the home, and, if so, are they kept in a safe, secure place?"
"Physicians can't make that kind of inquiry any more after the Florida Legislature earlier this year passed a bill banning doctors from asking their patients about gun ownership." ...
"Mona Mangat is a pediatric allergist who is also the southeast regional director for Doctors for America, one of the physician groups that have come out against the prohibition. She said doctors should be allowed to give basic information about how their patients can make sure children don't have access to their parents' guns." ...
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ME: Right to bear arms guaranteed to law-abiding citizens
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"In response to a comment Aug. 30 from Karen A. D'Andrea, an advocate for Maine Citizens against Handgun Violence, in which she said, 'Let's be clear and factual. No one has the absolute right to own or carry a gun.'"
"Excuse me. Has Ms. D'Andrea ever heard of this thing called the Constitution of the United States of America?" ... |
FL: Palm Beach County follows state mandate to strike local gun rules
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"Palm Beach County on Tuesday officially wiped its local gun regulations off the books to comply with a state law pushed by the National Rifle Association."
"The Legislature long held that only the state, not cities and counties, had the right to regulate firearms. After the NRA complained about local governments imposing their own rules, the Legislature this year established $5,000 fines for local officials who tried to enforce local gun rules." ... |
NM: Protesters livid over gun ban
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"Opponents of Ruidoso Mayor Ray Alborn's ban on firearms in municipal buildings were on hand Tuesday as the village council met amid a heavy police presence."
"Three members of a group called the Alamogordo Second Amendment Task Force were outside the village hall carrying firearms while a large group of observers were inside for the council meeting." ... |
SCTP Athlete Billy Crawford Captures Gold
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"The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) announced today that SCTP athlete, Billy Crawford, an 18-year-old senior attending Northridge High School in Johnstown, Ohio set a new World Record and captured the Individual World Champion Title by scoring 147 hits in Junior Men’s Double Trap at the ISSF Shotgun World Championships currently being held at the Kovilovo Shooting Range in Belgrade, Serbia." ... |
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