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Holder’s qualified ‘Gunwalker’ denial withers under examination
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... "Let’s explore what it means for Holder and 'upper levels of the Justice Department' not to have known about what he dismisses as 'this thing,' although we’ll have to suspend what’s been documented to date about Assistant Attorney General (and direct report to Holder) Lanny Breuer, and National Security Council Director of North American Affairs Kevin O'Reilly (as well as the President’s role as a statutory attendee of NSC meetings)." ... |
Dave Kopel On The Origins Of The Bogus Collective Right Theory (video story)
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"The gun prohibitionists love to say that the Second Amendment is a collective right and that is what the Founders meant. Unfortunately for them, history is not on their side. Dave Kopel, the Research Director of the Independence Institute, in an interview with Cam Edwards discusses his article showing the origins and bogus nature of the collective rights argument." ... |
Blame the gun, Pt. II; Gottlieb pegged it, antis exploit it
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"Forty-eight hours after New Yorkers began tallying the body count and casualties of last weekend’s shootings in the Big Apple while a gunman opened fire at an IHOP restaurant in Carson City, NV, it turns out Bellevue’s Alan Gottlieb was right."
"He accurately predicted that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg would blame someone else for the failure of his anti-gun policies. The blame game is spreading to engulf the investigation of the Nevada shooting, which this column yesterday suggested would become a 'blame-the-gun' hate fest." ... |
Two Weeks Until The Gun Rights Policy Conference!
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"The 2011 Gun Rights Policy Conference is just two weeks away! It is hard to believe it is almost here. I've had my plane tickets and hotel reservations for months now and I'm ready to go."
"The Illinois State Rifle Association will also be holding its annual meeting in conjunction with the conference. The conference will be held in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont which is near Chicago O'Hare Airport. In other words, in the belly of the beast!" ... |
Gun Review: Ruger LCR .357 Revolver
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"A wise old man once told me that real pistols only came in one configuration: blued steel and walnut grips. The very same man bandied about phrases like 'nickel plated sissy pistol' and believed that the .45 ACP was the alpha and omega. When 'combat tupperware' started to become en vogue he thought it was a sign of the apocalypse. When Ruger released their polymer framed LCR revolver, he let loose a string of epithets that would have even made Howard Stern blush. Revolvers were made from metal, end of story. While I always took what he said with a grain of salt, I tended to agree with him on this point. Sorry. I should have said 'agreed' . . ." ... |
Gear Review: DLOC Scope Mounts and Dollies
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"I like to try and make it to at least 10 firearms competitions a year, more if the budget allows. For each of the different rifle competitions I have a series of decisions to make every single time I go to one. Which upper should I use? ... Do I want iron sights, a red dot, or the scope? The answers depend ... and can often change in the middle of a week. After one of those mid-week emergency trips to the range to re-zero my rifle for a new optic, I thought to myself 'self, there HAS to be a way I can just swap optics without zeroing the rifle.' Turns out I’m not the only one who had that thought, as Alamo Four Star has a line of mounts and rail adapters that do exactly that… |
Tip ‘O The Hat: Henry Repeating Arms Customer Service
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"When a gun sucks so hard it blows, TTAG tells you so, straight up. When a gun exceeds expectations and impresses us as a thing of beauty, precision and craftsmanship, we sing its praises. To wit: we adored the Henry Big Boy .44 Magnum rifle. But I did experience one small problem: the rear sight ramp kept sliding loose under the rifle’s surprisingly stout recoil. I emailed Henry Repeating Arms Co. on August 25th to ask about a repair, using the 'Contact Us' page on Henry’s website, and I told them what was wrong with the rifle . . ." ... |
Wilson Combat Bill Wilson Carry Pistol vs. Glock 30SF: Accuracy (video avaiable)
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"There are three types of accuracy. Scientific accuracy: a gun’s ability to hit what it’s aimed at from a bench rest when fired by Number Five (yes, he’s still alive). Practical accuracy: any given shooter’s ability to hit a target with a particular gun at a gun range. And SHTF accuracy: the gun’s utility for a shooter who’s firing his weapon like a New York City or Chicago cop. The above video is a practical accuracy shootout between a $3080 Wilson Combat Bill Wilson Carry Pistol and a $539 Glock 30. ... I fired Winchester White Box .45 ammo from five yards. I’m an OK shot ... I’m tuned-in to both the 1911 breaking glass rod single-action trigger and the Glock’s controllable CLICK reset striker-fired go pedal. And the winner is . . ." ... |
Brady Bunkum
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... "What Sebastian so appropriately called disgusting is the Brady Campaign's attempt to use the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 Terror Attack to push [a bill] which would ban the sale of a firearm to anyone on the FBI's secret Terror Watch List. Both bills are of dubious constitutionality and both would abrogate your right to due process under the law."
"One of the examples cited by the Brady Campaign is the case of Major Nidal Hasan who perpetrated the massacre at Fort Hood. They cite his case as an example of someone who would have been prevented from purchasing a firearm under either bill. To think that a serving Army Officer and Physician would have been placed any sort of a terror watch list is utter nonsense. ..." ... |
Gun lobby indifferent to continuing slaughter
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"So another apparent mental defective, carrying a battlefield weapon in exercise of his Second Amendment rights, has blown away three innocent people. Is anyone surprised?" ...
"... Once again the assault on sanity has taken its unforgivable toll and those who fight every measure to halt the carnage are directly responsible. No one is going to take the hunting rifles and shotguns or destroy their trap and skeet competitions of gun worshipers. The NRA stands for No Reasonable Action -- foursquare."
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Fitting 9/11 Tribute: Make it Harder for Terrorists to Get Guns
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"A decade ago on 9/11, al Qaeda terrorists shocked the world by hijacking commercial airliners and using them to kill 3,000 people in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C."
"While federal officials have since taken extraordinary steps to prevent planes from being turned into incendiary devices or loaded with bombs, our congressional leaders have repeatedly failed to deny suspected or known terrorists access to assault guns and large-capacity clips in this country." ... |
MI: Video released of Wallgreen's Pharmacist fired for shooting at Armed robber
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... "Around 4:30 a.m. on the night of the incident, armed robbers entered the Benton Harbor, MI, store and began demanding cash. According to the pharmacist, one robber jumped over the pharmacy counter and attempted to fire a gun at him but it didn't work. That's when the Walgreens staffer decided he needed to use his own weapon, stowed in his pocket holster."
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ATF Death Watch 76: Brian Terry, Eric Holder and The Starr Chamber
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"In a perfect world, everybody takes their oaths of office seriously, tends to their knitting, and works hard as servants of We the People. Here’s the world U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder lives in: 'The notion that somehow or other this thing [the Gunwalker scandal] reaches into the upper levels of the Justice Department is something that . . . I don’t think is supported by the facts. ... As I said, I don’t think that is going to be shown to be the case — which doesn’t mean that the mistakes were not serious.' Not shown? Serious? U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was murdered with an ATF-enabled gun. How do you reality check that kind of weaseling and hold those responsible responsible? Simple . . ." ... |
Scathing reactions to Holder’s try for distance from Fast & Furious
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"Attorney General Eric Holder’s attempt yesterday to distance himself from Operation Fast and Furious – the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ botched gun trafficking sting – has drawn blistering reactions on an ATF watchdog website, and from the U.S. Senator who has been investigating the scandal for the past eight months." ... |
Documents Suggest New ATF Gun Running Scandal in Indiana
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"Gun Rights Advocate David Codrea is reporting that he has obtained documents that show the ATF and FBI allowed straw purchases of firearms in Indiana that were later traced to crimes." ...
"Apparently the National Tracing Center wasn’t aware that the Dealer had participated with and cooperated in certain law enforcement operations during 2009-2010 at the behest of ATF enforcement officers form the Evansville, Indiana Office."
"The pattern in the Indiana gun runner case is similar to the other gun runner programs. ATF agents with the help of the FBI ran background check system (NICS) allowed straw purchases of firearms to disqualified persons mainly connected to gangs." ...
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IL: Chicago: You Can’t get a Firearms Permit Without Training and You Can’t Get Training Without a Firearms Permit
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"In the McDonald decision, the United States Supreme Court struck down Chicago’s handgun ban. Within days, Mayor Daley’s City Council passed gun registration regulations subverting both the intent and the letter of the law. The Second Amendment Foundation picked-off the most obvious contravention: a gun range ban in a city that requires its citizens to qualify at a gun range to exercise their Supreme Court-affirmed right to keep and bear arms. As that lawsuit headed to its inevitable conclusion ('What are you, meshugga?), the post-Daley City Council weaseled. They loosened the ban on gun ranges just enough to avoid legal censure, but not enough so that anyone would actually open a range. Yesterday, they played Catch-22 . . ." ... |
NH: The Duty to Retreat for Cops
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"Various Chiefs of Police and other law enforcement representatives have gone on a public tour with the Governor proclaiming how important the “Duty to Retreat” is to New Hampshire’s self defense law as it applies to honest citizens under RSA 627:4. Given that they feel that way, we propose adding it to the self defense requirements for law enforcement found under RSA 627:5. (Note that this applies only to a law enforcement officer's self defense, not to making an arrest.) We have taken the exact language that they support and just modified it to fit law enforcement. Here is how it reads:" ... |
CA: 'Open carry' ban wins approval in California Senate
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"The state Senate has approved legislation today that would make it a crime to openly carry an unloaded handgun in public."
"Assembly Bill 144, by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-La Cańada Flintridge, targets the "open carry" movement, marked by gatherings of people displaying their firearms in public places to protest gun-control laws."
"The bill language contains a number of exceptions, including exemptions for peace officers, military gatherings, gun shows and hunting." ... |
No One Has Ever Accused NY Politicians Of Being Classy
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"In a rather gloating press release, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman touts the state's win in Kachalsky et al v. Cacace et al. To say Judge Seibel's decision was a win for the United States Constitution is ludicrous."
"I'm sure Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago said similar things when Chicago won in McDonald v. Chicago at the lower court levels. However, he was crying in his beer after the Supreme Court ruled for Otis McDonald and the rest of the plaintiffs in their landmark decision applying the Second Amendment to the states through incorporation." ... |
NY: NY Judge: No Constitutional Right to Carry Concealed Gun
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... "The lead plaintiff, attorney Alan Kachalsky, said he has already filed a notice of appeal."
"'I'm not surprised by the decision,' said Kachalsky, saying that the judge followed a strict interpretation of recent Supreme Court rulings in gun cases. 'She didn't take the next step. Apparently she left that next step for the higher courts.'"
"Kachalsky predicts he will win on appeal." ... |
Jackboot Watch update: Federal charges against grizzly shooter dad dropped after uproar, but…
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"A week ago, I spotlighted the persecution and attempted prosecution of an Idaho man who shot a grizzly bear to protect his family. Local and state officials determined he did nothing wrong — and in fact, went out of his way to alert authorities."
"Nevertheless, the warped U.S. Attorney’s Office moved to put him on trial in October."
"Here’s the good news: The eco-zealous feds have backed off and dropped the charges."
"Here’s the bad news: They made Hill pay a $1,000 fine." ... |
NY: NY Cops May Have Killed Bystander With One of 71 Stray Bullets (video available)
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"In another example of apalling marksmanship by members of law enforcement, it appears that a bystander who was killed during one of the 52 shooting events that occurred in New York City over the weekend was probably killed by a stray round fired by an NYPD officer. This, in and of itself, isn’t terribly surprising given the population density of the five boroughs. What is notable is that, as nytimes.com reports, eight officers firing 73 bullets at one shooter managed to hit him only twice…" ... |
PA: Pitt OKs settlement in lawsuit over arrest
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"The American Civil Liberties Union and the remaining defendant in a civil rights case have reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed after a man used his cell phone to take video of a police officer questioning his friend."
"The University of Pittsburgh will pay $48,500 in damages because one of its police officers arrested Elijah David Matheny, 29, of the Hill District for recording the incident."
"'This settlement underscores the fact that one of the cornerstones of our constitutional democracy is the right to document the actions of our public officials,' Glen Downey, a private lawyer handling the case for the ACLU, said on Wednesday." ... |
TX: Hidalgo County Sheriff speaks about jailed deputy
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... " Sheriff Trevińo said a teen accused the deputy of sexual harassment back in August after she was pulled over by Cagigal, handcuffed, and placed in the back of his patrol car."
"From there, Trevińo said, Cagigal unzipped his pants and showed the teen a condom."
"'After he realized that he was not going to get anywhere with the girl voluntarily he took her out of the car and uncuffed her...that's when he attempted to move her hand towards his crotch,' Trevińo said."
"Trevino said, during the investigation, Cagigal denied having condoms in his patrol unit. But as he removed his personal belongings from that unit ... an investigator noticed Cagigal hide something in the palm of his hand."
"It was the condom." ... |
GA: 2nd suit involving Atlanta Eagle raid expected
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"A second lawsuit focused on police actions during a 2009 raid of a Midtown gay bar is expected to be filed by men who also want to be compensated and want the Atlanta Police Department to put in place promised changes in policy and procedure, their lawyer said Tuesday." ...
"... Grossman and Weber have complained in court filings that the city is not following through on the changes within the Police Department that were promised in the settlement."
"'They still haven’t fully complied with the agreement [in the first lawsuit],' Grossman said." ...
"The changes that have not taken place, Grossman said, include steps by the APD to 'deter officers from destroying evidence.'" ... |
NY: Ex-NYPD Cops Sentenced in Perfume Warehouse Heist
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"Two former New York City police officers and another man have been sentenced for their roles in the armed holdup of a northern New Jersey perfume warehouse last year."
"Thirty-year-old Kelvin Jones of Yonkers, N.Y., who prosecutors described as the bandits' ringleader, was sentenced Wednesday to more than 16 years in state prison."
"The other former officer Brian Checo, a 26-year-old New York resident, got more than six years."
"Another man involved in the robbery, 33-year-old Gabriel Vargas of New York, received a 5-year term."
"According to prosecutors, Checo and LeBlanca entered the warehouse in Carlstadt on Feb. 9, 2010, brandished guns and badges and yelled, 'NYPD! Hands up!'" ... |
IL: City to pay $1.3 million to family of cook who died in police custody
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"Chicago taxpayers will spend $1.3 million to compensate the family of an unemployed cook who died in police custody after swallowing several packets of heroin during a chase, under a settlement advanced by a City Council committee Wednesday." ...
"Winters argued that police procedure requires officers who tase a suspect to immediately transport that prisoner to a hospital. That was particularly true for Coleman, whom the officers had verbally accused of ingesting drugs."
"Instead, the officers slowly drove to the 18th District station while Coleman slumped over in the backseat. Winters said cameras in the police SUV show officers did not follow proper procedure." ... |
LA: NOPD officer fired after fight with student
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"New Orleans Police today say Superintendent Ronal Serpas dismissed an officer for being 'untruthful with investigators about his actions in an altercation with a Warren Easton student.' The fight in question happened September of last year." ...
"The Public Integrity Bureau began an investigation after witnesses came forward with allegations that Taylor kicked the student in the head well after the fight was over, police said." ... |
AL: Birmingham officer kills wife, then himself at their Irondale apartment
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"A Birmingham police officer killed his wife and then himself early this morning in Irondale."
"Authorities identified the officer as Rodney Jerome Wilson. His wife was Uteva Monique Wilson."
"The 41-year-old detective apparently shot his 23-year-old wife and then got on his police radio and warned he was about to take his own life." ...
"Wilson used his duty weapon in the murder-suicide." ... |
CO: Sex assault victim says Aurora falsely charging her to avoid lawsuit
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... "And now, her attorneys say the Aurora City Attorney is piling even more charges on Freeman to try to keep her from suing."
"'Now they’re adding more charges like assault and things more serious because they’re worried about civil liability,' says her attorney, David Lane." ...
"... in court transcripts, released Tuesday, an Aurora city attorney tells the judge, 'There’s also a civil liability for the city regarding this,' adding, 'that is a consideration that comes from up above as far as how we want to posture this case.'"
"'That means his bosses are telling this poor city attorney to pile on charges, 'we've got to get her convicted of something or we’re facing a lawsuit,' which is absolutely unethical,' Lane says." ... |
IL: Jerome Finnigan Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison, Ex-Chicago Cop Pleaded Guilty To Murder-For-Hire Scheme
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"A former Chicago police officer who pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from suspected drug dealers and plotting to have another officer killed says he was a good police officer who for reason's he's not sure of became corrupt."
"At a sentencing hearing before a federal judge handing down 12-year-prison sentence on Thursday, Jerome Finnigan reiterated what he's said before about the most serious charge against him: That he did not really intend to have anyone killed, even though he pleaded guilty to the charge."
"Prosecutors say Finnigan was the ringleader in a since-disbanded elite drug unit whose members ransacked homes of suspected drug dealers and stole money." ... |
Ohio and Louisiana Sign Concealed Carry Reciprocity Agreement
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"If you're a concealed weapons permit holder, you have the same right to carry your weapon in Ohio as you do in the state of Louisiana. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Louisiana State Police Colonel Mike Edmonson have signed an agreement that permits reciprocity between their states for citizens who have valid concealed carry permits. 'I am pleased that this agreement between Ohio and Louisiana will allow Ohioans who have concealed carry permits the same rights to carry a concealed handgun in the State of Louisiana, as well as Louisianans who have concealed carry permits to do the same in Ohio' said Attorney General DeWine." ... |
NJ: New Jersey Second Amendment Society Presents ‘A Day at the Range for Beginners'
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"We all know people who are curious about the proper, safe, responsible and *FUN* use of firearms for target shooting."
"Some may be interested in eventually learning how to use firearms for self-defense and defense of their family."
"The New Jersey Second Amendment Society in cooperation with Gun For Hire Training Centers and The Bullet Hole Firing Range is sponsoring 'A Day at the Range for Beginners'." ... |
IL: Citizens, special interest groups debate guns
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"When a crowd of gang members swarmed the yard of his Austin home last year, Pheyon Thomas didn’t have a handgun to fight back. He didn’t dare wait around for the police, he said; his teenage daughter’s safety was at stake."
"So Thomas protected his family the only way he knew how – by bluffing."
"'I faked a lot of it,' Thomas said. 'Thank God, it started raining.'"
"That incident brought Thomas, along with dozens of other residents, to a town hall meeting last week on “concealed-carry” legislation, which would allow Illinois citizens to carry concealed, loaded handguns in public." ... |
LA: Clarity needed
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"Gun activists thought they found the Holy Grail in 2008 when the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in the District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment guaranteed an individual's right to own a firearm unconnected to military service. The court followed with McDonald v. Chicago, holding that the amendment applies not just to gun control laws passed by Congress, but also to local and state laws."
"Gun activists spotted their green light to challenge gun restrictions and unleashed a deluge of lawsuits. The unexpected happened. They're losing in the lower courts." ...
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NY: City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn Announces Taskforce to Combat Gun Violence
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"City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn today announced the creation of the taskforce that will address the issue of youth related gun violence in the city, especially in communities of more color. Council Members Jumaane D. Williams and Fernando Cabrera will serve as Co-Chairs of the taskforce. The Council’s taskforce will work with academic experts, law enforcement and community based groups across the five boroughs to examine the root causes of gun violence, locate resources to combat gun violence and develop additional ways of tackling the problem across the city." ... |
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