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What List Are You On?
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A policy that strips our veterans of their Second Amendment rights would have been inconceivable even just a few years ago. But now, we have proof of just that. When the news first broke, many of us thought there was surely some kind of mistake. How could this be legal?

The frightening part is that it wasnt a mistake: President Barack Obama has deliberately labeled over 177,000 veterans as prohibited persons under federal firearms law because their financial affairs are managed by a representative payee.

Hope Pushes for Infringement He Can Pass, Unrelated to VA Murders Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Virginia Democrat Patrick A. Hope boasts that he is using the Virginia incident to push for universal background checks (UBC), a precursor to gun registration, not because it would have prevented the crime, but because it is the gun control he can pass. Patrick Hope is a Virginia Democrat Assembly member.

The Progressive Crime Wave Grows
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Murder rates are skyrocketing in large U.S. cities, but President Obama's progressive pro-crime policies and endless racial provocations have nothing to do with it, the New York Times predictably declared in a recent article.

Nowadays Americans are being killed and maimed explicitly because of their race. Execution-style cop killings are becoming distressingly common. Killings and vicious assaults based on the skin color of the civilian victim are also becoming common.

Target Shooting at Methow Wildlife Area, Washington is Closed to Reduce Wildfire Risk Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will close its Methow Wildlife Area to target shooting Aug. 15-Sept. 14 to reduce the risk of wildfire in extremely dry conditions. The closure applies to the public shooting range and any target shooting or practice on the 34,000-acre wildlife area in Okanogan County. The shooting closure does not affect legal hunting on the area.

Alabama Supreme Court Reverses Conviction on Open Carry Law; What Does it Mean?
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In a victory for Second Amendment supporters, the Alabama Supreme Court has struck down a state law prohibiting the open carry of firearms on private property owned by another.

The case wound its way through the system after Jason Dean Tulley, 38, appealed a conviction for violating the law when he carried a weapon in his hip at the First Educators Credit Union on March 31, 2011, according to AL.com.

Time for Common Sense Gun Safety Measures
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Webster defines militia as "an army composed of citizens rather than professional soldiers, called up in time of emergency." It also defines regulate as "to control or direct according to a rule, principle, etc."

In his recent rebuttal to my Sept. 1 letter, Mr. Coker states that a "well regulated militia, as stated in the Second Amendment "is actually a bunch of individual people that make up the militia" He fails to mention if these "bunch of individual people" are well regulated in any sense as prescribed by the 2nd amendment.

Lieutenant Governor Speaks Up About Gun Violence
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Leaders and supporters of the Harrisonburg Democratic Committee, Rockingham County Democratic Committee and the Virginia Democratic Party came together on September 6 for an annual Labor Day fundraising dinner at James Madison University.

Many of the speakers focused on the 2015 elections in November including Angela Lynn, running against Steve Landes in the 25th district of the Virginia House of Delegates. Also, April Moore who will be facing Senantor Mark Obenshain in the state senate.

Cornyns Gun Proposal Deserves Consideration
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Members of Congress return Tuesday from their five-week summer recess. Budget negotiations that could end in a government shutdown await them, as do votes on the Iran nuclear agreement and a speech by Pope Francis all while the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination plays loudly in the background. And with four senators running for president, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, additional grandstanding is guaranteed.

Please Stop Naming Your Children After Guns
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The debate over gun control in America has popped up a lot in the past few years, but I never thought it would eventually have this impact. Parents are naming their children after guns. And theyre doing it so frequently that the name Gunner (with the help of Gunnar) even made the Top 200 list for boys.

Nameberry, a baby names site, says names related to guns and their manufacturers are among the most dominant violent names on the rise. The site also notes that the name Cannon made the boys Top 1000 list.

NY Gov. Cuomo Calls for Federal Gun Control After Shooting Death of First Deputy Counsel to Empire State Development
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Gov. Cuomo spoke Monday about First Deputy Counsel to Empire State Development Carey Gabay, 43, who was shot in in Crown Heights about 3:40 a.m.. nydailynews.com reports. We passed the toughest gun control law in the the nation, called the SAFE Act and I am proud of it. Anyone who doesnt believe we need to do something about gun control is delusional. We can protect the Second Amendment and legitimate gun owners, but we also need to protect people. How many young innocent people need to die before this nation comes to its senses?

Being Fat Is More Likely To Kill You Than A Gun
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I saw an article in the Washington Post claiming that 1 in 13 murders by gun are committed by cops. The article was posted by a friend on Facebook. The next post was from a fluffy friend claiming fat shaming is unacceptable and skinny people should be ostracized. This, of course, prompted three hours of online research. Brace yourselves. If you are a gun grabber or obese, you will not be happy with what I am about to say. First, heres a table I downloaded from the FBIs website . . .

Gun Violence Permeates American Cities
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It is one of those trite clichés about police work. There is no such thing as a routine call.

Dont believe it? Just ask Marc Hanly. The veteran Delaware County police officer responded to a situation police here and in towns across the nation see every day.

Hanly, with 13 years experience, was part of a contingent of officers who responded for reports of a suicidal man at an apartment complex in Norwood early on a Sunday morning.

All lives matter A Call for Due Diligence in Case of Police-Involved Drowning
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Black lives matter. White lives matter. In reality, all lives matter.

In the last few years, with the proliferation of smaller cameras and cameras most everywhere we go, we have become keenly aware that certain types of deaths may have been avoidable. At the very least, the technology exists in addition to cameras to help determine if a death rises to the level of criminal wrongdoing, or was simply an act of self-defense.

Your Right To Feel Safe Doesnt Trump My Real Rights
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There are many claims from anti-self-defense forces in the country that make me lose my mind, but one really takes the cake. Its when they try to argue that their nebulous, subjective, right to feel safe must somehow be taken into account when the constitutionally explicit right of Americans to keep and bear arms is being contemplated.

It usually comes in the form of a question like, What about my right to feel safe? And it is becoming more prevalent all the time.

Is The National War on Police Costing Lives? Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
I bet you think I'm going to argue that the national war on police (well, at least as far as the narrative goes) is costing police lives. It's cost some (as witnessed by recent horrific executions of cops in Texas and New York, where officers seemed to be targeted for no reason other than their badges). And clearly any death is too many and a direct attack against the rule of law.

Time to Start Treating Guns Like Abortions
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Because the Supreme Court, in the Heller case, concluded that there is an individual right to own firearms found in the Second Amendment just like they ruled in Roe v. Wade that there is an individual right to have an abortion found in the Fourth Amendment.

Yet the Supreme Court notwithstanding Republicans have spent over 40 years regulating abortion providers and inserting themselves into the lives of women seeking a safe and legal abortion

You Can Print Your Own Guns at Home. Next It Will be Nuclear Weapons. Really.
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You Can Print Your Own Guns at Home. Next It Will be Nuclear Weapons. Really.

Once again, with mass shootings in a church in Charleston, S.C., and a movie theater in Lafayette, La., Americans are discussing gun control or discussing why we are not discussing it. With so many mass shootings and so little action, President Obama recently called gun-law reform the policy area in which he has been the most frustrated and the most stymied.

FL: Bonita Springs Fire District Commissioner: Firefighters Should Carry Guns for Safety Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A Bonita Springs Fire District commissioner said he wants firefighters to pack heat. Fred Forbes, the districts treasurer and secretary, said the department should look into the feasibility of training and outfitting firefighters with body armor and guns to better protect them from being shot. I think its something we need to evaluate, Forbes told the Daily News. Anything to minimize the risk.

Leyonhjelm Goes to Bat for Firearms Against Affliction of Weapons Fear
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WANT to stop the spread of guns? Well sorry, but according to Senator David Leyonhjelm you might have a mental illness.

The firearm-toting Liberal Democrat senator calls it hoplophobia, a term invented about 50 years ago in the US to describe campaigners for gun control.

It literally means a fear of weapons and while it doesnt rate a mention in the genuine clinical texts it is often loaded into the American gun debate.

Open Carry Conviction, Representative Williams on Budget Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A Pelham man was convicted Friday on charges dating back to last November for openly carrying a loaded gun to a polling site during the 2014 general election. 59 year old Robert Kennedy, Jr. was convicted on misdemeanor charges of voting obstruction and unlawful possession of a firearm. Kennedy is a founding member of BamaCarry, an advocacy group defending gun rights in the state.

Why Isnt the DC Police Chief in Jail for not Issuing Gun Permits? Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Kim Davis, the Democrat Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses because of religious objections, was ordered to jail for contempt of court last Thursday. She suggested a compromise of removing her name from the licenses, but Federal District Court Judge David Bunning wouldnt even grant that reasonable compromise.