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Q&A: Pat Toomey
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Your dad was a union worker. Your mom was a secretary. Having grown up in the white working class, why do you think that community is experiencing such high rates of opioid addiction, imprisonment and suicide? There’s not a simple answer we can point to. The one thing I am sure of is that if we generate stronger economic growth, an environment where people have jobs, where people are getting raises—that may not solve all problems, but it makes all problems easier to solve. |
NY: Gun Storage Debate Comes to Beacon
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An impassioned crowd of around 40 people came out Sept. 19 to a public hearing on a law that, if enacted, would add Beacon to the list of cities and counties in the state that require secure storage of firearms and ammunition, including New York, Albany, Rochester and Westchester County. A proposal to make secure storage a state law was approved by the Assembly last year but failed in the Senate.
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A Special GRPC Thanks To The Event Staff of The Second Amendment Foundation
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The rigorous, tedious and challenging planning and effort that goes into facilitating a Gun Rights Policy Conference is largely unseen by the attendees and would not be possible without the sacrifices and wonderful work ethic effort of the SAF team. A special thank you of course to Alan and Julianne Gottlieb for the vision and inspiration in making such an event possible and the superb individual performances of team members Andrew, Evgueni, Sarah, Jameson, Rose and Scott.
Thank you to everyone, both staff and those who chose to attend this year's event.
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Another Gunsite Triumph: Concealed-Carry Officer’s 1911
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It’s the rare person who isn’t tickled to be affirmed, and we’re reveling—slightly—in that glow today. Over the last two weeks, we’ve had a chance to shoot a really fine 1911 on loan from Gunsite Academy’s COO Ken Campbell, and it’s been an all-around treat. We spent a week at Gunsite not long ago as part of A1F’s “observance,” if you will, of the 40th anniversary of Gunsite Academy and founder Col. Jeff Cooper’s “Modern Technique” (here and here). It was certainly time well spent: Not only did we get some world-class instruction to add to our own pistol craft, but also had a chance to shoot a Colt Gunsite Pistol—a Colt-manufactured 1911 made to Gunsite specifications.
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FL: Bradenton Man’s ‘Glock 9MM Fishing’ Video Goes Viral
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About everyone who sees Courtland Hunt’s “Glock 9MM Fishing” video on YouTube has about the same initial reaction, his friends and family in Bradenton say.
That reaction is: “Did I just see what I thought I saw? Did that guy just shoot a lionfish with a handgun ... while diving deep underwater?”
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WA: Accused Seattle Shooter Loved Guns and Serial Killers
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The social media profiles for the alleged killer in a Burlington, Washington shooting spree depict a young man fascinated by guns, video games, and serial killers. Police arrested 20-year-old Arcan Cetin on Saturday night, after he allegedly opened fire in a Macy’s cosmetics department in a mall north of Seattle, killing four women and one man. Investigators have not announced a motive and say they have no evidence to suggest the shooting was an act of terrorism. But Cetin’s social media and court records suggest a long-held interest in guns, one which grew increasingly troubled within the last year.
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Audits Show Problems With Houston-Area Constables' Offices
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Audits and ongoing reviews have found problems with how evidence is handled and stored at four of the eight constable's offices that serve the Houston-area. A review by the Houston Chronicle of the audits as well as interviews with officials found evidence cataloging and control problems have been uncovered in the Harris County constables' offices in Precincts 3, 6 and 7.
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WI: FDL County Deputy Cleared Of Any Wrongdoing In Campbellsport Man's Death
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An investigation into an 18-year-old Campbellsport man’s suicide has cleared a Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputy of any wrongdoing. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has determined the man’s death last March 24th was not caused by the actions of the Deputy James Pfeiffer. Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney reportedly reviewed reports from the investigation and found Deputy Pfeiffer’s actions were justified under self-defense and defense of others. |
WI: Attemtped Arm Robbery Takes Place Near UWM Campus
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A warning to UW-Milwaukee students tonight after two would be robbers pulled a gun on a man near campus. The school sent out an alert. The man was walking near Oakland and Newport just before 2 a.m. Wednesday morning. The victim was able to push the gun away and run off. The two suspects then got into a silver car and drove off northbound on Oakland Avenue.
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ID: Proposal Could Put Guns In County Schools
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A proposal to put guns in the hands of teachers has been likened to having fire alarms and sprinkler systems in schools.The proposal would allow "the school board, from time to time, to authorize specific individuals to possess certain firearms or other equipment on school property, at school-sponsored or school-related events, and at board meetings." |
Students To Talk Gun Control At White House
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Allison Plattsmier’s southern upbringing allows her to see both sides of the gun-control debate.
“Growing up in the South, everybody is pro-guns, and that is just the way it has always been,” she said. “Lots of people own guns. They are everywhere.”
Because guns are a big part of the culture for so many people, Plattsmier recognizes they will never be banned, as some gun-control advocates would prefer. But there are things that can – and should – be done to make them safer, she said. |
CA: Southern California Police Agencies Missing 329 Weapons
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Southern California police agencies have had more than 300 weapons lost or stolen over the past five years.
The Orange County Register reports Sunday that an investigation of 134 state and local police agencies from Kern County to the Mexican border showed 329 firearms were lost or stolen and some were involved in crimes. |
ME: Restaurant Gun Debate Turns Nasty
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Diners at the Grace restaurant sit under a vaulted ceiling and stained-glass windows in a former Methodist church built in the 1850s. Its cool, spiritual chic comes with a catch: No one who owns an assault rifle -- or even supports the right to own one -- is welcome. Grace’s owner, Anne Verrill, posted that dis-invitation on Facebook shortly after a June 12 shooting rampage at an Orlando nightclub killed 49 people. Verrill was outraged at yet another mass shooting, this time the worst one on US soil by a single assailant, and she had had enough. |
LA: Congressional Candidates Discuss Immigration, 2nd Amendment In Forum
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Border control and curbing the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. dominated conversation at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette College Republicans congressional forum. Retired Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees, 64, Brett Geymann, 54, Gus Rantz, 37, and Lt. Col. (ret.) Greg Ellison, 63, met in the UL Lafayette Student Union on Wednesday, Sept. 21 to answer questions from the student officers of the UL College Republicans. Asked to discuss how they would deal with the influx of illegal immigrants in the U.S, three of the candidates cited ways to increase border security and two of them also cited the Syrian refugee program. |
Students To Talk Gun Control At White House
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Allison Plattsmier’s southern upbringing allows her to see both sides of the gun-control debate.
“Growing up in the South, everybody is pro-guns, and that is just the way it has always been,” she said. “Lots of people own guns. They are everywhere.”
Because guns are a big part of the culture for so many people, Plattsmier recognizes they will never be banned, as some gun-control advocates would prefer. But there are things that can – and should – be done to make them safer, she said. |
Tri-State Public Range Association Improves Ways of Sharing Gun Safety Methods To Prevent Accidents
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Gun violence is not always intentional, as numerous deaths have occurred due to negligence or lack of gun safety knowledge. That was a topic of discussion before a shooting competition in Correctionville on Sunday.
"[It] breaks my heart to know that people can spend that kind of money on a firearm, but they can't spend $100 on a safe," says Chris Birdsell of the Tri-State Public Range Association.
The Tri-State Public Range Association has beefed up it's gun safety teachings amidst of the negligent or accidental shootings that happen too often. |
NRA Not Giving Up On Connecticut
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Connecticut may not seem like a favorable landscape for the National Rifle Association, but that’s not stopping the nation’s leading gun-rights defender — or gun-lobby pariah, depending on your point of view — from issuing statewide 2016 election endorsements. |
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