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Technology Risks Warping the Law
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If only D.C. residents had "Star Trek" phasers permanently set to stun. The Supreme Court would find the constitutional challenge to the District’s current gun bans so much easier to resolve.

Think about how different the problem would look: People could protect themselves without killing anyone. The weapons couldn't be used for suicide, and children wouldn't get hurt. The city's concerns about the dangers of lethal firearms would be satisfied, while citizens would still have effective tools for self-defense.

AK: Ron Paul Campaign to Hold Gun Rights Town Hall Meeting Tuesday
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The Ron Paul 2008 Alaska presidential campaign invites Anchorage-area gun owners to a gun rights town hall meeting on Tuesday, January 29 at 7:00 p.m. The Q&A session will be held at the Ron Paul 2008 Alaska State Headquarters in Anchorage at 3339 Fairbanks St., near 34th and Old Seward, behind the Moose’s Tooth.

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Congressman Paul’s Alaska campaign is building on the heels of his second-place finishes in the Nevada and Louisiana caucuses. He is the only Republican presidential candidate actively campaigning in Alaska, with 2 offices, 11 field staffers, and 40 district chairs operating statewide.

FL: Gun Show Promoters Back McCain
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Major Florida gun-show promoter Victor Bean has weighed in on Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary, telling an e-mail list of nearly 90,000 Second Amendment advocates the he’s voting for John McCain.

Bean’s e-mail says he consulted with Pasco County GOP Chairman Bill Bunting, a prominent statewide gun-rights advocate, who spoke with McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee about gun issues in recent days. Bunting and many Second Amendment activists were backing Fred Thompson, who dropped out of the race last week.

AL: Huckabee reflects region's values Submitted by: Mark A. Taff	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Mike Huckabee is the only major candidate of either party who has consistently reflected our pro-life, pro-family values. Gov. Huckabee has never wavered in his support for the Second Amendment. In a time of economic uncertainty, Gov. Huckabee understands that high energy costs are hurting families. That is why he is for ending our demand for foreign oil within 10 years.

UT: Concealed weapons on campus
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He said his concealed weapon came in handy when several men demanded he give them his wallet in North Salt Lake while he was pumping gas. The student said he told the men he had a gun and "doesn't miss." He said he then pulled out the gun, and the men left.

Currently under Utah state law, students the age of 21 and older can obtain a concealed weapons permit after a rigorous process and can carry a firearm on campus or anywhere other than specifically designated areas. If approached by an officer, the permit holder must identify their permit status to make the officer aware of the situation.

Dexter Taylor, instructor, teaches a concealed weapons permit course for the Department of Public Safety.

MS: Grassroots Ron Paul campaign takes off in Ocean Springs
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Paul, a congressman from Texas, is running against Republican candidates Arizona Sen. John McCain, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

Although Paul has yet to win a primary election, he placed second in the Nevada and Louisiana Republican Party caucuses.

Those at Freedom Hall say Paul supports the same things they do, including veterans and the military, crackdowns on illegal immigration, the Second Amendment and homeschooling.

OH: Woman Fights For Life After Double Shooting In Miami Twp.
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Moments after a woman in Miami Township called 911, fearing for her boyfriend’s life, she was shot in the head and is now fighting for her life.

Deidre Webster, 33, called 911 and shortly thereafter she was shot in the head. The shooting happened late Friday night in the 5000 block of Soldiers Home-Miamisburg Road.

Police said minutes later, Webster’s boyfriend, 49-year-old Charles Weidle, also called police. According to police, Weidle shot 38-year-old Richard Coyle, who later died. Police said that Coyle shot Webster, which then prompted Weidle to shoot Coyle.

PA: Carney joins Congressional Second Amendment Caucus
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Congressman Christopher Carney (D-10) became a member of the bipartisan Congressional Second Amendment Caucus, which is dedicated to the right of lawful individuals to own firearms as stated in the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

“As an avid sportsman, I value the time I spend taking my own children hunting. As a Member of Congress, I know that we must fight to preserve the Constitutional right for individual citizens to keep and bear arms. Hunting and shooting sports are valued traditions in Pennsylvania, and I will always fight to protect the Constitutional right to bear arms,” said Congressman Carney.

IL: Paul best choice for Republican voters
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Now that Fred Thompson has withdrawn from the presidential race, his supporters are left to find a new candidate to support.

But who should it be? McCain wants amnesty for illegal aliens. Romney flip-flipped on abortion. Giuliani favors gun control.

No, we need a candidate who is against amnesty and sanctuary cities/states, supports the Second Amendment, never wavered from being pro-life and is a true fiscal conservative.

There is only one candidate who fits all these qualifications: 10-term congressman from Texas, Ron Paul.

GA: Armed wheelchair-bound man alive & well
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Thanks to the fact that he was armed & prepared to defend himself, an armed man in Atlanta bound to a wheelchair was able to fight off a man who attacked him just outside his home. He is alive & uninjured, but the status of his attacker is unknown other than he was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds in his arm & chest. I'm very glad that he made the correct choice to be prepared to defend himself. Otherwise the headline probably would have been "Man in a wheelchair murdered by a thief."

CO: Smith & Wesson Receives Order from Colorado State Patrol
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Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation, parent company of Smith & Wesson Corp., the legendary 156-year old company in the global business of safety, security, protection and sport, announced today that it has received an order from the Colorado State Patrol for 850 of the company's Military & Police (M&P) Series of advanced-design polymer pistols. The Smith & Wesson M&P40, chambered in .40 S&W, will be issued to each officer of the Colorado State Patrol to replace early-model Smith & Wesson pistols that have served as the primary duty firearms for the department.

WA: DNA links felon to slaying on Capitol Hill
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Corrections officers who were supervising Williams had recommended to mental-health authorities that Williams be involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital, but that was not acted on after his release from prison last January, a source familiar with the investigation said.

The Department of Corrections (DOC) designated him a Dangerously Mentally Ill Offender, requiring extra oversight by community corrections officers. He was receiving medication and treatment from Sound Mental Health.

Williams, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, has a history of mental illness dating to his teenage years in Arkansas, according to court records.

A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery, "to sell them fire-arms, and teach them the use of them", [184?]
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"...1. That the Slaves have a natural right to their liberty.

2. That they have a natural right to compensation (so far as the property of the Slaveholders and their abettors can compensate them) for the wrongs they have suffered.

3. That so long as the governments, under which they live, refuse to give them liberty or compensation, they have the right to take it by stratagem or force..."

"...to hire them as laborers, pay them their wages, and defend them meanwhile against their tyrants; to sell them fire-arms, and teach them the use of them..."

"...bold and resolute Slaves should be encouraged to form themselves into bands, build forts in the forests, and there collect arms..."

Captain America lives again Submitted by: RPA-PAC Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Captain America is back and he's packing heat. Less than a year after the legendary star-spangled superhero was killed off in his comic book, his former teenage sidekick is being promoted to fill those big red boots in the latest issue, out Wednesday. There's bound to be a backlash when fans see Bucky Barnes, the new Cap, toss the famous shield and whip out a firearm.

Bradford Argus, "by thousands came rushing forward, some of them armed", Sept. 30, 1864
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"...be found vindicating the right of the people to hold their public servants, in whatever capacity, to a faithful observance of their public trust. No representative has a right to arrogate to himself the power and privilege of trampling under his feet the known will of his constituents whose servant he is, and setting up his own as paramount to theirs..."

"...Through the criminal neglect of the outgoing Administration of James Buchanan*, the Government was left without the least preparation for self defence, and when the loyal and patriotic sons of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and New England, by thousands came rushing forward, some of them armed, and some unarmed..."

A proclamation. Virginia, to wit. "a certain Patrick Henry, of the County of Hanover, and a Number of deluded Followers, have taken up Arms", May 6, 1775
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"...WHEREAS I have been informed, from undoubted Authority, that a certain Patrick Henry, of the County of Hanover, and a Number of deluded Followers, have taken up Arms, chosen their Officers, and styling themselves an Independent Company, have marched out of their County, encamped, and put themselves in a Posture of War; and have written and dispatched Letters to divers Parts of the Country, exciting the People to join in these outrageous and rebellious Practices, to the great Terrour of all his Majesty's faithful Subjects, and in open Defiance of Law and Government; and have committed other Acts of Violence..."

Of an Attack that happened, "but vast numbers of armed People were seen Assembling on all the Heights", April 19, 1775
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"...to take Possession of two Bridges on the other Side of Concord: Soon after they heard many Signal Guns, and the ringing of Alarm Bells repeatedly, which convinced them that the Country was rising to oppose them, and that it was a preconcerned Scheme to oppose the King's Troops . . . Intelligence was received that about Five Hundred Men in Arms, were assembled, and determined to oppose the King's Troops..."

"...As soon as the Troops had got out of the Town of Concord, they received a heavy Fire from all Sides, from Walls, Fences, Houses, Trees, Barns, &c. which continued without Intermission..."

"...but as they still continued to encrease greatly in Numbers, they fired again as before..."

ID: Judge shoots down ATF motion on Red's
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Red's Trading Post will have its day in court, possibly in February.

U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge of Boise on Thursday rejected a federal agency's claim that the Twin Falls gun dealing business has fallen short of showing grounds for a hearing.

"The judge wants to hear all the people and look at all the evidence," said Mark Geston, a Boise attorney representing the gun dealership.

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had asked for a summary judgment against the business it says "willfully" violated agency rules. The ATF can administratively revoke a gun dealer's federal firearms license. But in Red's case, the business has challenged the agency in court and in the court of public opinion.

AZ: Millionaire Patriot Commits to Provide Gun Training for All Arizona School Teachers Submitted by: RPA-PAC Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Front Sight Firearms Training Institute founder and director, Dr. Ignatius Piazza is known by his hundreds of thousands of students as the "Millionaire Patriot" because over the last 11 years Dr. Piazza has provided tens of millions of dollars in training and benefits free of charge to assist law-abiding citizens in securing what he refers to as the "Comfort of Skill at Arms."

MD: Annapolis mayor wants fired guns to automatically stamp bullets Submitted by: RPA-PAC Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
In the wake of a double homicide in Annapolis� Bay Ridge Gardens apartments, Mayor Ellen Moyer is pushing for lawmakers to draft legislation that requires gun manufacturers to produce microstamp imprints of a gun�s serial number on shell casings.

It's Time To Break Out The Torches And Pitchforks!
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If Mr. Clement "properly understood" the Bill of Rights, he would know that the sole purpose of the Amendments, as stated in the preamble to the Bill of Rights, was to prevent the federal government from "misconstruing or abusing its powers." To accomplish this, "further declaratory and restrictive clauses" were being recommended. In other words, the Bill of Rights, when adopted, placed "constitutional prohibitions" on the powers of the federal government to prevent that government from "misconstruing or abusing its powers" concerning the rights enumerated in the Amendments. Thus, it is constitutionally impossible for the Second Amendment to "permit" or authorize the federal government to regulate a right. No such power is found in the Amendment.

Why the Bush push to ban guns? Submitted by: RPA-PAC Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
What on earth has happened that would make the conservative Bush Administration turn their back on some of their staunchest conservative supporters, the gun lobby? You know something is terribly wrong when the arch liberal, gun-grabbing Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence actually salutes the Bush Administration for their support for the draconian DC gun control Bill!

NE: Assault rifles becoming more common in Midlands Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
You don't need a permit in Nebraska to buy the military-style rifle that was used to kill eight people last month at Von Maur. (Anti Scary Rifle "news")

NY: Whalen Is Chautauqua County�s Top Trap Shooter Submitted by: RPA-PAC Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Brain Whalen�s impressive resume states he has ��no equal in Chautauqua County relative to his accomplishments in the field of trap shooting.�� That�s an understatement since Whalen�s career statistics and honors are both lengthy and incredible.

NE: Biology of boyhood makes guns appealing Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Biology and culture fuel boys' fascination with guns, several experts on youth violence say, adding that this is not a new or necessarily bad thing. What's troubling, they say, is when boys with little self-control, self-esteem or parental guidance grow up in a culture in which guns are readily available...

AK: Delta takes aim at lead from shooting
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Upgrades are being put in place at the indoor rifle range in Delta Junction to protect shooters, including the members of the town's high school rifle team, from toxic lead dust. "We've got a whole new ventilation system going in," said Mike Bender, president of the Delta Sportsman's Association, which owns and operates the rifle range. The association began upgrading the facility earlier this year after tests in March revealed several members of the Delta High School rifle team had dangerously high levels of lead in their blood.