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ATF Counsel email to Melson on Gunwalker-Terry murder link preceded intimidation
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"A Gun Rights Examiner/Sipsey Street Irregulars exclusive"
"A just-uncovered January 5, 2011 email to former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acting Director Kenneth Melson from Stephen R. Rubenstein, Chief Counsel, ATF, responded to a request by Melson for information regarding allegations on whistleblower website CleanUpATF that walked guns were linked to the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, and indicated this was a violation of ATF Orders and Standards of Conduct." ... |
Proof positive: Gun sales up, violent crime down...again!
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"For the fourth consecutive year, according to figures released this week by the FBI, the estimated number of violent crimes declined in 2010, while – according to other data from the National Instant Check System and National Shooting Sports Foundation – gun sales have been climbing." ...
"One might reasonably ask the gun prohibitionist lobby, which includes the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, the Violence Policy Center and Washington CeaseFire, how this can be. Those groups have been lamenting for years that more guns in circulation will translate to more violent crime. Fewer people appear to be listening." ... |
Obama's New "Attack" Website Lies About Gun Record
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"In a clear sign the 2012 presidential election campaign is in full swing, the Obama campaign launched a new website this week: AttackWatch.com."
"'The purpose of the site is to give Obama supporters a way to report "attacks" on the president, implying that any criticism is based on lies or misinformation."
"Let's leave aside for the moment the disturbing notion of a president of the United States setting up a web site so that his supporters can "report" on the statements and activities of his opponents. When it comes to firearms issues, it`s this site that is misrepresenting President Obama`s record on guns." ... |
Buckeye Firearms' Sean Maloney Receives NRA's Jay M. Littlefield Volunteer of the Year Award
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"Buckeye Firearms Association would like to congratulate Sean Maloney, on being chosen as the recipient of the very prestigous NRA-ILA "Jay M. Littlefield Volunteer of the Year Award." This is the highest award given by NRA-ILA to individuals who have dedicated themselves to the preservation of the Second Amendment, for advocacy and volunteerism. Sean is the NRA-ILA EVC (election volunteer coordinator) for Ohio's 8th Congressional District, has worked on several campaigns over the course of many years, is a Second Amendment rights attorney and is on the leadership team of Buckeye Firearms Association." ... |
Breitbart is right--we DO have the guns
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"Conservative journalist and perennial thorn in the 'progressives' side Andrew Breitbart has become the latest 'insurrectionist,' according to the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV):""'Insurrectionism Timeline' updated w/ Breitbart's fantasy about shooting war against Americans who disagree w/ him." "We've talked about their little 'Insurrectionism Timeline' before. That's where they chronicle every instance they can find (well--not every instance--they try to stick only to the 'insurrectionism' of the 'right wing') of what they consider 'insurrectionist rhetoric,' starting (for some reason), with the Supreme Court's Heller decision. Yes--to CSGV, the United States Supreme Court is 'insurrectionist.'" ... |
Modern Sporting Rifle, Not Weapons, Among Top Tips For Gun Retailers
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"Prior to my running firearm and military magazines and now a firearms industry public relation company I was literally raised in retail sporting goods operations."
"Early on in my dads store I learned that customer relations is certainly key."
"Later in life ... I managed a large (at that time) sporting goods store for a major retail chain."
"I still like going to gun shops and sporting goods stores to just see how they do what they do. While in the particular store I listen in on the interactions between customers and sales people and check out the store operation in general. I wish I could say things are better than my retail days, but I think there is a lot of room for improvement." ... |
Journalists Ignore Obama Scandals (audio available)
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... "The Heritage Foundation had a great piece today, their Morning Bell blog, on all of the sudden scandals and Obama investigations going on. How many of you know that Obama's under investigation on three separate matters right now? ... A cross-border gunrunning scandal. That's Fast and Furious. And everybody knows what that was about. That was a back door attempt undermining the Second Amendment. The purpose of Fast and Furious was to get American guns, guns purchased in American gun stores in the hands of Mexican drug cartel thugs who would then use those American guns to kill people, which they did. The reaction was supposed to be genuine outrage on the part of the American people. ..." ... |
Grassley-Issa letter to IG suggests obstruction
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"In a blistering letter to Cynthia A. Schender, Acting Inspector General for the Justice Department who is investigating Operation Fast and Furious, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) assert that her actions relating to secretly-recorded audio tapes has obstructed their investigations of the botched operation." ..."'The recordings corroborate the cooperating FFL's allegation that personnel at the ATF and the USAAZ sought to recruit him in an effort to obstruct the congressional inquiry and obscure the truth about Operation Fast and Furious from public scrutiny.'—Sen. Charles Grassley & Rep. Darrell Issa" ... |
Mexican body count climbs as Fast & Furious unravels in audio tape
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"Today’s Seattle Times and Associated Press report about the dumping of 35 bodies beneath a highway overpass near downtown Veracruz city is proof enough that the drug cartel war in Mexico is far from over, and one is left to wonder if any guns from Operation Fast and Furious played a part in those slayings."
"That was, after all, one of the concerns that apparently panicked people involved in the botched operation after Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in January; whether one of 'their' guns was involved." ... |
'Fast and Furious' investigated for violating international law
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"Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., says the Obama administration's Fast and Furious gun trafficking operation could have violated international arms trafficking agreements and that criminal charges are a possibility.
Answering a question from firearm"
s and Second Amendment analyst David Codrea during a conference call, Issa said his House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating both issues.
"Understand, it's hard to get the Justice Department to prosecute the Justice Department, so we're not at the point where we get that kind of enforcement," Issa said." ... |
Issa holds telephone press conference on ‘Gunwalker’ with bloggers
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"Rep. Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Government Reform, held a telephone press conference yesterday morning with invited members of the blogging community who have been reporting on the 'Project Gunwalker' scandal. The purpose of the group call, as stated in the invitation:""Update on Fast & Furious Investigation…Please join Chairman Issa to discuss the latest developments in the Justice Department's failed Operation Fast and Furious, a program which allowed guns to walk into the hands of drug cartels resulting in the death of border patrol agent Brian Terry and countless Mexican citizens." ... |
USSA Director Sets Record Straight on Federal Public Lands Bill
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"Newly introduced H.R. 2834 (the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act) is being supported by a 'who's who' of hunting groups for good reason: it is a necessary piece of legislation with a great upside for conservation. Unfortunately, the Obama administration is opposing the bill and is joined by several groups with a history of opposing sound wildlife management and other conservation principles."
"House Resolution 2834, a U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance backed bill, was introduced recently in Congress. Those testifying in favor of the Act included Bill Horn, U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Director of Federal Affairs." ... |
NY: Johnsburg secretary: Ban guns for safety's sake
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"A town employee said on Wednesday that a proposed local law that would ban firearms from the town's buildings is a matter of common sense."
"The proposed law, which would ban firearms and other 'deadly weapons' from the town's eight buildings, has caught the attention of gun rights activists in Albany."
"But town Secretary Cherie Ferguson said a weapons ban would make her feel a bit safer during the workday." ... |
FL: State law ban local gun laws reminiscent of Wild West mentality
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"I just finished reading a great work of historical fiction, Peter Matthiessen's Killing Mr. Watson, which is set in the Florida Everglades at the turn of the 20th century. The novel tells the story of a EJ Watson, a successful homesteader and plantation owner in the Florida Everglades — and a reputed Wild West outlaw-who is gunned down in a vigilante ambush by his neighbors and friends after a rumor is circulated that he killed a worker on his plantation." ... |
OH: Representative Joe Uecker introduces HB328 to modify Ohio CHL Media Access Loophole
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"State Representative Joe Uecker (R-Miami Twp.) has introduced HB328, legislation which seeks to modify a provision in Ohio law which allows journalists access to the private confidential information of persons who hold concealed handgun licenses."
Under the proposal, journalists would need to submit a complaint to the court of common pleas in order to request permission to view the records. The court would then hold a public hearing, at which evidence could be presented by the journalist as to how being allowed to view to the records would serve the public interest." ... |
WA: KOMO sues Seattle police over public records
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"On Monday afternoon, KOMO News filed a lawsuit against the Seattle Police Department because we believe the department is breaking state public records law."
"For more than a year, our Problem Solver investigators have been fighting for access to the department's database of dashcam videos."
"The lawsuit, filed in King County Superior Court, contends the police department has intentionally and illegally stonewalled the Problem Solvers over and over again." ... |
WA: Records show Seattle police lost thousands of dashcam recordings
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The KOMO 4 Problem Solvers have discovered that tens of thousands of police dash-cam videos —potentially critical evidence— have vanished from the Seattle Police Department.
It's just one example of why KOMO News is suing the Seattle Police Department for not releasing public records that citizens are supposed to be able to see. We spent more than a year investigating the department and fighting, on the public's behalf, for access to police videos and the department's video catalogue. As part of that investigation we discovered the missing videos.
Eric Rachner's run in with the police shows why these videos are so important.
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OR: Cops kick down door in search for 'suicide kit' buyer
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"When the FBI notified police that a Springfield man had purchased a mail-order suicide kit officers went to his home and kicked down his door to make sure he was OK."
"He is." ...
"Sgt. Richard Jones says there was nothing in the information received Tuesday from the FBI that the kit was purchased months ago." ... |
MI: ACLU challenges unconstitutional breath test of 13-year-old in Livonia
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"The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of a 13-year-old boy who was forced by the Livonia police to submit to a breath test even though they did not have a warrant authorizing the procedure. The teen was not drinking and police had no evidence that he had broken the law." ... |
WA: PETA's target in Seattle: The rod and reel set
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"Lock up your kid's Scooby Do fishing rod."
"You could be raising a child who tortures gentile[sic] creatures of sea and brook."
"So says PETA, which promises to be on the Seattle waterfront on Tuesday morning to protest fishing and catching fish with hooks."
"The animal-welfare group says it will lift signs at Broad Street and Alaskan Way with the slogan: 'Don't Let Kids Become Hookers.'" ... |
IN: Hoosiers not aware of their state’s gun laws
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"Indiana, in case you hadn't noticed, has been flexing its muscles when it comes to gun laws, basically telling local communities they have no say. Businesses, for example, are no longer allowed to tell employees they can't have guns in their cars parked in the company lot. And except for buildings that have courtrooms, cities can't forbid guns anywhere on public property – not parks, not libraries, not city council chambers. This has some cities rolling back their gun-control ordinances and police in every jurisdiction wondering what to do." ... |
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