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The Sleeve: Feeling Safe v. Being Safe
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... "'The idea is to buy time for teachers and students during a school shooting.' Most of the current strategies making a great deal of money around the nations essentially consist of 'run, lock classroom doors, hide, and hope someone comes in time to save you.' Buying time doesn’t stop a killer. At best it momentarily inconveniences him, and considering that the police can’t possibly arrive in time, will not save lives."
"With perhaps only a single exception, the police have not had a significant effect on the outcome of a single modern-era school shooting. In most cases, even Newtown they had none at all." ... |
29th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference In Chicago Sept. 26-28 2014
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"More than 600 gun rights activists have already pre-registered for the 29th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference, which is being held Sept. 26-28 2014 at the Chicago O’Hare airport Hyatt Regency."
"SAF Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb said this year’s GRPC will attract gun rights leaders and grassroots activists from across the country. It is being held in Chicago in recognition of repeated SAF court victories in Illinois, including the landmark Supreme Court 2010 ruling in McDonald v. City of Chicago, plus Ezell v. Chicago and Moore v. Madigan, the case that forced the Illinois Legislature to adopt a concealed carry statute, thus bringing the Prairie State in line with the rest of the nation." ... |
‘Forty-percenters’ get drubbing, again, this time in Nevada
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"Fresh on the heels of Washington CeaseFire’s Ralph Fascitelli twice using a discredited statistic about the number of gun transactions that occur without a background check in this country last Friday night, Saturday’s Reno Gazette-Journal – discussing an initiative effort in Nevada to expand background checks – also hammered down on the anti-gun myth."
"It came more than a year after the Washington Post fact checker did the same thing, as noted during Friday night’s taping of the KOMO Town Hall program dealing with Washington’s dueling initiatives, 591 and 594. ..." ... |
Gun Owners of America Defending the Second Amendment in Court
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"Gun Owners of America submitted a vital amicus brief in Heller v. DC on Tuesday — in a case that is otherwise known as Heller III."
"This case has national implications, as the courts continue to chip away at the Second Amendment and the DC v. Heller decision from 2008." ...
"GOA’s amicus brief (in Heller III) reminds the DC Circuit Court of Appeals of the first principles articulated in Heller I that DC judges have consistently abandoned, and we take the District Court’s opinion to task for permitting sociology and statistics to trump constitutional rights." ... |
The Next Phase: 3D Printed Imura Revolver Hybrid Development
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"An innovative 3D-printed hybrid revolver design is being worked on as tribute to 3D printing’s first martyr, Yoshito Imura. Imura was arrested for printing some plastic, blank-firing guns in Japan. The new design would fire from the bottom of the cylinder, as did the original blank-firing plastic gun. The new revolver has hybrid features, including a steel barrel liner and chamber sleeves . . ." ... |
HuffPo: “Most Americans” Think Kids and Guns Don’t Mix
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"In the aftermath of a certain incident involving a 9-year-old and an Uzi, the usual gun control extremist suspects have been shopping around the idea that firearms and children are a bad combination. As we know from our own polling, over 50% of TTAG readers started shooting before the age of 11 years old. Huffington Post seems to think that’s a terrible idea, and so produced an equally terrible poll to promote their agenda. Why is it a terrible poll? Mainly because it breaks the one golden rule about how to conduct a survey in a statistically valid manner . . ." ... |
Charles Krauthammer, Shannon Watts and the Assault Weapon Ban
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... "But Krauthammer has never really explained why he thinks that gun bans are necessary for domestic tranquillity. They have never reduced the homicide rate anywhere else. The homicide rate in England increased with more gun control, including homicides with guns. Nowhere have gun bans been shown to decrease homicide rates. The closest place is Australia, where a massive, intrusive, gun control scheme was pushed onto the public in a rush after a mass shooting in 1996. The legislation had been planned in advance, just waiting for the right event to implement it."
"The only problem is that even academics agree: the legislation had no effect on Australia’s homicide rate, which was already dropping before the ban." ... |
Another Mayor Says Thousands are Killed by Guns
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"I recently wrote about Mayor Sly James of Kansas City saying that Too much violence is committed by guns. I was skeptical that he had actually said that, because the mayor is a well-educated man and served on active duty as a Marine. Attributing violence to guns rather than those who use them is nonsensical. It transfers volition and responsibility to an inanimate object. But now that another mayor has said much the same thing, I begin to wonder . . ."
"Minneapolis mayor Betsey Hodges, at a 'gun violence' conference in Milwaukee, used the same improper transfer of volition to inanimate objects. As reported by jsonline.com:" ... |
OR: Wehby endorsed by NRA
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"Republican Monica Wehby’s bid for the U.S. Senate in Oregon is backed by the National Rifle Association, which has taken stances opposite to several votes by Democratic incumbent Jeff Merkley."
"'We can count on Monica Wehby to stand up for our constitutional freedoms in the U.S. Senate,' says Chris W. Cox, chairman of the NRA Political Victory Fund, in a statement released Monday." ... |
SD: Electing Mike Rounds a step backward
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"There is nothing new/future about former Gov. Mike Rounds. He speaks of going back to undo Affordable Care Act. The Republicans don’t like ACA, but Rounds took $5 million to implement it. ..." ...
"His campaign signs speak of confiscating guns. I like the Second Amendment, which has been here since 1791. The Second Amendment is here to stay. He and Sen. John Thune both know that, but like bees to honey, they go for the money.
Scaring seniors and gun owners is a politics of fear. We need fearless, not fearful, leaders." ... |
TX: Competing visions of state’s future on November ballot
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"In her quest to become Texas’ third woman governor, Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis is harkening back to the days when Ann Richards won the top job in 1990, campaigning to take back the Capitol for the people."
"Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott, playing the establishment role after his party’s long winning streak in statewide office, says he wants to build upon Texas’ GOP-led successes to make it even better in the future." ...
"They both voice support for the Second Amendment, a requirement for any politician expecting to get elected to any office in Texas, though Davis favors background checks at gun shows. Abbott does not." ... |
Random Thoughts About Good Cops
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"I haven’t seen this episode of Have Gun Will Travel since, well, never. It’s a bit of an eye-opener. Larry Tate, I mean, Marshall Tom Kerry is a perfect stereotype of a bad cop: vain, overbearing, self-righteous, drunk with power and privilege, insensible to the individual rights protected by the United State Constitution. Spoiler alert! Tom gets it in the end. Well, the chest. Paladin restores the balance of power with a double dose of lead. Unfortunately, Paladin doesn’t make the dame the new Marshall. Wouldn’t that have been a kick in the pants! Not that women wore pants in them days. Just as today’s SWAT cops wouldn’t be caught dead wearing anything less than . . ." ... |
TX: Texas Police Prepare To Defend International Bridges From Militia Groups
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"Authorities prepare to use 'whatever force is necessary' to defend international bridges between Texas and Mexico from U.S. based militia groups. The preparations by Texas law enforcement agencies are in response to recently discovered plans by militia groups to attempt closing several international bridges. The militia groups' plans are intended to be protests against the federal government's failure to secure the border between the U.S. and Mexico. The plans call for militia groups to begin blocking traffic on an undisclosed number of international bridges in the Rio Grande Valley on Sept. 20th, 2014." ... |
GA: Ga. cop accused of inappropriate relationship with boy, 14
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"A veteran sheriff's captain is accused of using a computer to have an inappropriate relationship a 14-year-old boy."
"Former Henry County sheriff's Capt. David McCart was apprehended Tuesday by DeKalb County police after a two-month investigation. Computers and cell phones were taken from his home by police."
"CBS affiliate WGCL reports that McCart is charged with one count of computer pornography and child exploitation. He was granted a $25,000 bond after appearing in court on Thursday. It wasn't known whether he has a lawyer." ... |
OK: Oklahoma state trooper jailed on sex assault complaints
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"The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a state trooper has been arrested on complaints of kidnapping, rape and other crimes after a woman accused him of attacking her following a traffic stop."
"Trooper Eric Roberts was arrested Monday and taken to the Creek County jail. Capt. George Brown says the 42-year-old has been on administrative leave since July 24, when a woman alleged he attacked her. The woman has also filed a lawsuit." ... |
MO: 17-yr-old In Critical Condition After Window Malfunction Leads to Tasering During Traffic Stop
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"What started out as a routine Sunday afternoon traffic stop in Independence, Missouri, took a tragic turn for 17-year-old, Bryce Masters, when he was tased by an officer and thrown to the pavement, subsequently leaving him in critical condition."
"Masters ... was thrown to the ground by the officer causing him to hit his head on the pavement, lose consciousness and stop breathing" ...
"Law enforcement claims the teen refused to roll his window down and resisted arrest." ...
"But several eye witnesses who have come forward are telling a completely different story, claiming there was little if any struggle as the officer tased Masters while he was still in the car and then threw him onto the pavement where he hit his head." ... |
NC: CMPD officer charged with assault after pushing man into wall (video available)
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"A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer has been charged with assault after slamming a suspect into a wall, according to CMPD."
"Police charged Jason Van Aken with assault inflicting serious injury and simple assault after he pushed suspect into a wall that was in handcuffs."
"Police said Van Aken used excessive force on the victim, Terance G. Malachi, who was in custody for a carrying a concealed weapon charge."
"Van Aken pushed the victim into a wall injuring Malachi. Malachi was transported to the hospital and was diagnosed with a broken collarbone as a result of the assault, according to police." ... |
TX: Judge: Gun-Toting Veterinarian Can Pursue Civil Rights
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"Gary Frakes, a 66-year-old retired veterinarian from Magnolia, may pursue a civil rights complaint in which he alleges that two police officers violated his Second Amendment right, according to a Houston federal judge's Sept. 9 ruling."
"Frakes alleged that the officers violated his rights when they 'grabbed' him, searched him, handcuffed him and placed him in the back of a police vehicle for 15 minutes after he appeared carrying a gun at the scene of a vehicle accident that had occurred on his property, according to the order and memorandum issued by U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas for the Southern District of Texas." ... |
PA: Pa. trooper shooter may have had military or police training
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"The gunman who ambushed two Pennsylvania State Police troopers outside their barracks, killing one, used a rifle and might have had formal firearms training through the military or law enforcement, authorities said Monday."
"Releasing a profile of the killer, Lt. Col. George Bivens said investigators are focusing on the possibility that he had an "ongoing issue with law enforcement or the government" and was targeting the Blooming Grove barracks specifically." ... |
NJ: New Hope for Philly Mom Arrested for Licensed Gun
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"A Philadelphia mother who was arrested for carrying a legally-owned gun in the wrong state says she now has renewed hope. The prosecutor who initially punished her is now taking another look at her case."
"Shaneen Allen, 27, told NBC10 Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain sent her a letter stating her trial has been postponed several weeks as he reviews his office's position on the matter." ... |
NY: CGSA banquet full of fun, drama
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"If there is one thing that can be said about the Columbia-Greene Sportsmen’s Association, it’s that it certainly knows how to throw a party. I say party, because this ninth annual event ... had more of a party atmosphere than a fundraiser ..." ...
"George Amedore was also 'in the room' as banquet chairman Dennis Risch announced when the 46th District GOP Senate hopeful arrived. And he got an even bigger ovation as guests hooted and hollered when his name was announced as the winner of four Mossberg shotguns. ..."
"Amedore ... lost his run for the senate two years ago when he was defeated by Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk by 18 votes. A strong supporter of the Second Amendment, Amedore is expected to win this time around ..." ... |
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