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Where are the most important opportunities and dangers for the Second Amendment in the congressional and gubernatorial races? Here�s a state-by-state rundown, including every gubernatorial and U.S. Senate election, plus all of the U.S. House races that Stuart Rothenberg does not classify as safe.
To summarize: The three gubernatorial races that are close and that feature major differences between the candidates on Second Amendment issues are Washington, Montana, and New Hampshire.
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MILLER: D.C.'s mace control, part 4
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It is easier to buy an illegal handgun than a can of self-defense spray on Washington, D.C. streets. That�s because the city has a law intended to dissuade merchants from selling mace by forcing them to track and register every can sold. This leaves law-abiding people with nothing but their hands when confronted by a criminal.
I�ve been investigating the District's mace laws since a police detective told me I needed to register self-defense spray. I was concerned because I�d received a threatening call, but more than that, I was dealing with reality of living in a city in the midst of a crime wave.
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IN: Man fatally shot after breaking into ex-girlfriend's apartment; court documents reveal history of stalking
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Clint Anderson, the man shot to death this morning after allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend�s apartment on the city�s Westside, has a long history of stalking and physically abusing his former partner, causing her to file a protective order against Anderson, according to court documents.
Tasha Jefferson Lesure filed the protective order in June 21, 2011 after Anderson, on several occasions, allegedly threatened, stalked and physically and verbally abused her.
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DC: Deafening silence on gun control
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This summer, I almost died when a man with several guns opened fire on a packed movie theater audience at the midnight premiere of �The Dark Knight Rises.�
I had stopped in Aurora, Colo., for the night with my best friend. We were on a cross-country bicycling tour of America�s heartland and had already covered 2,750 miles through 10 states. Countless strangers along the way had offered us food, housing, money and, in one case, a salsa-dancing night held in our honor. Aside from a few careless drivers, not a single person ever came close to harming us.
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Study: Allowing Ex-Criminals to Legally Own Guns Drives Up Violence
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By Michael Allen,
According to a new study at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, state gun laws that allow some criminals to own guns, legally, is contributing to the high rate of gun violence in the U.S.
U.S. gun homicide rates are 22 times higher than the average of all other high-income countries. Guns were used to kill more than 31,000 people in the United States in 2010, reports RawStory.com.
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DOJ's brief on Fast and Furious: marginalizing committee investigations
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After the House held Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. in contempt on June 28, it filed a civil suit in federal district court on August 13. The purpose is to enforce a subpoena issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which requested documents for its investigation of "Operation Fast and Furious." The House complaint charges obstruction by the Justice Department and a need to understand why it provided false information to Congress in a letter of February 4, 2011. |
PA- Emmaus High rifle team has new practice range
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Emmaus High School's rifle team has a new practice range starting November 12. The East Penn School Board has approved an agreement with the Emmaus Borough Council that allows the team to practice at the Emmaus police department's firearms range during its competitive season, which lasts until Feb. 18, 2013.
The agreement calls for the district to provide its own locked storage cabinets for team equipment. Previously, the team practiced at Shimerville Recreation's indoor shooting range in Emmaus, but due to the death of the owner, that facility has closed down, President Charles Ballard said.
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IA: Man with gun in Walmart arrested for refusing to show permit
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A man carrying a semi-automatic handgun in a Des Moines Walmart was arrested tonight by an off-duty officer for refusing to show a permit for the weapon.
Turner Alivonta, 22, had the fully-loaded 40-caliber pistol holstered on his hip on plain sight, alarming a number of customers in the store on SE 14th Street, said Des Moines Police Sgt. James Butler.
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MA - Lunenburg officials: Town lacks authority to control noise at gun range
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LUNENBURG -- Town officials say their hands may be tied when it comes to constant concerns being lodged by a resident against the North Leominster Rod & Gun Club, because the club may be exempt from some laws on the books.
Paul Harris, whose family has lived in town for years, has been lodging complaints with the town since the late 1990s because he believes the noise coming from the range is too loud and the club has improperly expanded, according Mike Sauvageau, the building commissioner and zoning officer for the town.
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KY - Girls night at the gun range
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - In Lexington some women are turning a "girls night out" into something that could save their lives.
They're heading to the gun range, where they're being trained to take aim and fire back.
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MI - Appeals court: Michigan libraries can't ban guns
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) � The Michigan Court of Appeals says public libraries in the state can't bar gun-toting patrons.
The ruling announced Friday says it's up to the state to regulate firearms. The decision reverses a lower court's ruling involving Lansing's library.
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Westmoreland County, VA Makes Bizarre Demand On CHP Applicants
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Covington VA --(Ammoland.com)- Turns out that Westmoreland County has had a bizarre requirement for permit holders, that goes all the way back to at least 1995.
When the County sends a CHP applicant his permit, they have also been sending two other documents: the judge�s order authorizing the permit�s issuance and another letter ordering the CHP holder to �carry both (Order and permit) with you at all times.�
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Man fatally shot after breaking into ex-girlfriend's apartment; court documents reveal history of stalking
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Clint Anderson, the man shot to death this morning after allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend�s apartment on the city�s Westside, has a long history of stalking and physically abusing his former partner, causing her to file a protective order against Anderson, according to court documents.
Tasha Jefferson Lesure filed the protective order in June 21, 2011 after Anderson, on several occasions, allegedly threatened, stalked and physically and verbally abused her. |
ShotSpotter Gunshot 'Listening' Technology Comes To Chicago Police Force
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Chicago police are using a new technology that can listen for gunshots and help the responding officers pinpoint where they were fired. The technology, called ShotSpotter, relies on an acoustics-based, GPS-equipped system to feed police the location of a gunshot.
"Not only do we learn where the shots are being fired but now those officers can actually turn cameras on the location, get actionable intelligence that they can feed to the officers in the field as they're approaching," Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy explained Thursday via an NBC Chicago broadcast. |
Church shooting outside Atlanta should serve as warning, area pastors say
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In the wake of a fatal shooting of a man inside an Atlanta church led by the Rev. Creflo Dollar, a number of pastors of Washington area megachurches say such incidents underscore the need for increased security at church sanctuaries...
�We have security, but our security officers are not armed. But that might have to change at a time when armed persons come into churches for robberies, deranged persons come in with issues,�... |
CA - LBPD Mgm't Concludes Gunfire Location Technology That Meets LBPD's Preliminary Objectives Doesn't Currently Exist
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(Oct. 26, 2012, 6:40 a.m.) -- A little over a year after the City Council voted 6-3 to budget $350,000 in oil revenue (6-3, Schipske, Gabelich, Neal dissenting on other grounds) for a gunfire location system (used by a number of other jurisdictions), senior LBPD management has concluded that gunfire detection technology that meets LBPD's preliminary objectives doesn't currently exist.
The stunning management conclusion follows an Oct. 22 report in LBReport.com ("Where's That High Tech Gunfire Location System?") to which we invited LBPD management comment, LBPD Administration Bureau Chief Braden Phillips emailed us the following statement yesterday (Oct. 25):
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DE - Del. reminds hunters lead shot prohibited
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DOVER, Del. (AP) � Delaware natural resources officials are reminding waterfowl hunters that lead shot is prohibited in shotgun shells.
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control says it is urging waterfowl hunters to check hunting bags, coats, boats and other gear to make sure they are not carrying any shot gun shells with lead shot. Department officials say small-game hunters sometimes forget to remove boxes of lead shot from their hunting bags and coats.
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OK - Metro Business Owners Decide Open Carry Policies
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OKLAHOMA CITY -
Oklahomans will soon be able to start packing heat in public. The new open carry law goes into effect on November 1.
The new open carry law means those with a concealed carry license will be able to carry their gun in full view, but there are some limits under the new law. Guns are still prohibited in government buildings, some public events and in schools. It's also up to businesses to decide their own policies. |
When thwarted in efforts to trample 2nd Amendment, CSGV goes after the 1st
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On the morning of October 25, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence discovered a St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner column from back in March, about what we will call "Constitutional pyrotechnics," that they find particularly troubling:
Unfortunately for CSGV, there is exactly zero truth to that statement. Nowhere in the March article is there any urging "to kill elected officials, policy [sic] and military service members. " Or perhaps CSGV does not consider that so unfortunate, after all, given their apparent indifference to whether or not anything they charge is actually true. |
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Where are the most important opportunities and dangers for the Second Amendment in the congressional and gubernatorial races? Here�s a state-by-state rundown, including every gubernatorial and U.S. Senate election, plus all of the U.S. House races that Stuart Rothenberg does not classify as safe.
To summarize: The three gubernatorial races that are close and that feature major differences between the candidates on Second Amendment issues are Washington, Montana, and New Hampshire. |
Tips for superior shotgun patterning
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Leavenworth, Kan. -- Fall turkey season is here and waterfowl hunting soon will be. Are you ready?
Every year, millions of hunters nationwide flock to the waterways, hardwoods, bottomlands, rolling hills, pine forests and numerous other landscapes in pursuit of varies types of birds or fowl. And, every year, some of them walk out of the hunt with a hollow feeling of disgust because they missed what seemed like easy shots.
Though there's nothing these folks can do about the past, they can do something to keep from missing their shots in the future. Being prepared, knowing their firearms and spending a little time on the shooting range can and will remedy shooting problems that have humbled many turkey hunters. |
The Adaptive Magazine Pouch
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As weapons continue to grow and evolve with abilities like safety, accuracy and effectiveness so does the gear that supports them. Within the pasts few years new magazine pouches and gear have been flooding the market but there is one in particular you should be taking note of, HSGI Gear.
They are a US-based company that designed and manufactures the HSGI TACO pouch a revolutionary pouch that helps all shooters be provided with a great piece of gear for utility and tactical purposes. |
Why Does CSGV Feel So Threatened By A Blogger In A Wheelchair?
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Kurt Hofmann is the St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Due to a horrorific traffic accident which left him in a coma for nearly a month, Kurt now gets about in a wheelchair. For someone for whom life has played such a cruel trick, he is remarkably well-adjusted, even-tempered, thoughtful, and full of life. This is especially true when you consider that at an earlier time in his life Kurt served our country as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division.
I have had the pleasure to meet Kurt in person more than once and to have an ongoing correspondence with him. I consider Kurt a friend and one of the good guys.
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MI: Detroit Cop Beat Goes on as Inspector's Johnson Exposed
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Super cop Don Johnson - caught super-exposed?
Nobody can accuse the Detroit Police department these days of being anything less than transparent. After placing a call to the mayor's office, Inspector Don Johnson, commanding officer of the Homeland Security division, was suspended with pay pending the results of an Internal Affairs investigation. Police sources say Johnson apparently texted a female subordinate a snapshot of his "johnson."
We're also told the female subordinate is married but the photograph was found by her boyfriend, also a cop and also her subordinate.
Trying to get our hands around this one, we reached out to Johnson. |
On Guns, Cars and Distracted Drivers
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As Phil and I have noted, we�re doing a series of radio interviews to promote "The Total Gun Manual" which, I understand, may get us a Nobel Prize. (If Barack Obama can get a Nobel for doing absolutely nothing, why shouldn�t we collect one for putting out the greatest gun book ever written?) Most of the talk-shot hosts I�ve encountered have been completely ignorant about guns, and admitted it, and did good interviews. However, along the way I�ve gotten some odd questions, and a couple of hostile ones. Some examples:
Have I ever shot anyone? (No, just unlucky I guess.)
Am I armed, right now, this minute? (No. The most dangerous thing in the vicinity is the cat, who is in his morning coma.) |
25 wolves killed so far in Montana in archery, rifle hunts
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BUTTE � Montana�s wolf season is off to a fast start, with 25 of the large predators killed after a six-week archery season and just over a week of rifle hunting.
Biologists with Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks are hoping to reduce the number of wolves in the state in an effort to cut down on predation of game animals and livestock attacks. The FWP Commission this year approved an aggressive wolf hunting season that includes no statewide quota, a season longer than four months and trapping.
As of Thursday afternoon, hunters had killed 25 wolves. And the kill was well distributed, with wolves taken in 12 of the state�s 17 wolf management units.
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How to Prevent Gun Rampages
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In the wake of the violent rampage by Radcliffe Haughton last weekend, some state legislators plan to reintroduce a bill that would force domestic abusers, who are already required by state law to surrender any weapons, to prove they�ve complied with the law. Haughton was under a four-year restraining order for domestic abuse.
But such a law wouldn�t have helped in his case. Haughton may in fact have surrendered his weapon. But he just went out and bought another gun � not from a store, but from one of the many private gun sellers, who are completely unregulated. |
The Insane Defense of the �Castle Doctrine� Gone Wild
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One amazing thing about the recent spate of laws that make it easier to shoot people and get away with it is how much prosecutors hate them. �It�s an abomination,� one Florida prosecutor told the Sun Sentinel, referring to the state�s �stand your ground� law at the center of the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin.
And now we�re hearing from Montana�s county attorneys, sheriffs, and police chiefs, all of whom oppose the 2009 law that expanded the �castle doctrine� to give homeowners more leeway to kill potential intruders. |
Remington Arms in Ilion receives contract for $4.2 million
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ILION � Remington Arms has received a $4.2 million contract to manufacture 5,000 Bushmaster M4A3 Carbines for the country of Oman�s Royal Police, according to U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R-Barneveld.
�This is great news for Remington and the Mohawk Valley�s own workforce, as the work will be conducted right here in Ilion, Hanna said in a statement. �The expertise and quality of Remington and their centuries of experience are clearly recognized not only by our own men and women in uniform who depend on their products to keep them safe on the front lines, but also nations around the world.� |
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