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PA: DA files charges against Allentown police officer for alleged bar incident
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The Lehigh County District Attorney is filing charges against an Allentown police officer for allegedly going on a damaging rampage near a neighborhood bar while he was off-duty.

Jeffrey Rush is facing citations for disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and criminal mischief.

Chief Joseph Hanna said that as soon as an investigation was started into the Sept. 23 incident, Rush was placed on administrative leave, pending the conclusion of the internal and criminal investigations. Hanna said the internal investigation, which is conducted by the department�s Office of Professional Standards, is continuing.

TN: Highway patrol officers drive semi-trucks to catch drivers texting
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Some highway patrol officers in Tennessee are swapping their patrol cars for big rigs.
It's part of a sting to catch people texting and driving.
Officers say they have a better chance of spotting violators because the semi-trucks sit much higher.
The trucks are marked and have lights and sirens just like the standard police vehicles.
Dozens of drivers were ticketed during day one of the two-day sweep in Knoxville.

CA: California homeowner shoots, kills zombie-ranting intruder
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A man who was apparently hallucinating and violently ranting about zombies was fatally shot by a homeowner after he broke into the family�s new home as they slept early Sunday morning in Yorba Linda, California.

The homeowner, whose name has not been released, was awakened just after 3 a.m. to the sound of a man screaming in his backyard, the Los Angeles Times reports. The homeowner grabbed his gun and went to see what the commotion was about as his wife called 911.

TN: Differently Abled & Armed Store Owner Captures Robbers, Knoxville, Tenn.
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The wheelchair bound owner of Malone�s Jewelers in Alcoa, Tenn. was working at his shop when a man entered and began to occupy his attention.

Soon after, another man, who was in league with the first, entered the store and attempted a robbery. The owner responded to the threat by retrieving a gun, shooting one of the criminals in the abdomen, then holding the pair of thieves until police could arrive.

Germany: Within Gun-Restricted Germany Firearms Are A Privilege, Not A Right
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After Jana�s death, Schoeber formed an organization to advocate for stricter gun laws called Aktionsb�ndnis Amoklauf Winnenden, or Winnenenden Action Group. The massacre in Winnenden was the third school shooting within eight years, which makes Germany stand out in Europe. The tragedies set off a debate about gun regulation in Germany that continues today.

But conversations about gun control in Germany are very different from those in the U.S. In Germany, the discussion is not about if guns should be regulated. It�s about how guns should be regulated.

FL: Dozens rally for Fla. woman whose conviction for what she calls warning shot was overturned
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The judge threw out Alexander's "stand your ground" self-defense claim, noting that she could have run out of the house to escape her husband but instead got the gun and went back inside. Alexander rejected a plea deal that would have resulted in a three-year prison sentence and chose to go to trial. A jury deliberated 12 minutes before convicting her.

Alexander was also charged with domestic battery four months after the shooting in another assault on her husband. She pleaded no contest and was sentenced to time served.

�Few answers� conclusion on massacres presupposes right questions being asked
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Investigations into four deadly criminal attacks over the past few days have yielded �few answers,� Matt Pearce of The Los Angeles Times declared in yesterday�s �Nation Now� report.

�If you bundled the attacks all together into one brutal event, it would have been the worst massacre since Adam Lanza walked into an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., last December,� Pearce observed in his breathless lede.

WA: UGM shooting bares delusion of McGinn�s �gun free zone� folly
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Seattle�s Union Gospel Mission (UGM) has a �strict no weapons policy,� according to the Seattle P-I.com, but yesterday�s shooting there should send a signal to anyone supporting Mayor Mike McGinn�s �gun free zone� campaign that the notion is at best delusional.

According to the Seattle Police Blotter, detectives interviewed and released the 82-year-old man who allegedly pulled the trigger during a midday confrontation at the mission, which serves meals and provides shelter to the homeless. While the UGM is not one of the decal-displaying commercial enterprises that now serve as surrogates for McGinn's social bigotry against law-abiding gun owners, the mission evidently shares the same philosophy about firearms.

MO: Mo. Senate Leader Releases New Nullification Legislation
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The new proposal comes about seven weeks after Richard and Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey voted against an attempted veto override of a bill addressing the same subject because of concerns about its constitutionality.

Unlike the original bill, the new proposal would not subject federal authorities to state misdemeanor charges for trying to enforce certain federal gun control laws. It also eliminates a provision that could have resulted in charges against journalists for publishing the names of gun owners.

NC: Students don hoodies to honor memory of Trayvon Martin
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"An innocent young man who was simply walking from a store with some tea and Skittles was racially profiled by George Zimmerman,� said Larry Little, a political science professor at WSSU who spoke to the students and led them in a chant of �No Justice, No Peace.�
Little compared the Martin shooting to a more recent incident in Charlotte, in which Jonathon Ferrell, an unarmed black man, was killed when a police officer shot him 10 times. The officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter in Ferrell�s death.

Optics, Clays and Lasers � This Week on Gun Talk Radio
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It�s an online source for optics, a MEC expansion, training with lasers and lights, and more, this week on Tom Gresham�s Gun Talk Radio, the original nationally-syndicated radio talk show about guns and the shooting sports.
Steve Ledin, the Director of Product Intelligence at OpticsPlanet.com, stops by Sunday to announce the latest Gun Talk Giveaway, (www.guntalk.com/win), and to discuss the benefits of optics for self-defense and hunting. Find more than 700,000 products at www.opticsplanet.com, and find out more from Steve at his blog: www.riflescopeblog.com.

Gebben Miles Is 2013 National Sporting Clays Association Tour Champion Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
With the completion of the National Championship, the second 2013 NSCA Championship Tour is in the books. Gebben Miles is the 2013 NSCA Tour Champion. (L-R) Bill McGuire, 4th place; Gebben Miles, Tour Champion; Anthony Matarese, runner-up; Zachary Kienbaum, 5th place

GA: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, others set to protest Ga.'s version of stand-your-ground laws Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is coming to Georgia to protest the state's self-defense statute known as the stand-your-ground law. Jackson's office says he will appear Friday morning alongside local elected officials and families who've been affected by the laws that have sparked national debate since the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin.

WA: Second Amendment Foundation Applauds Seattle Library Gun Policy, Donates Copy Of Miller Book
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The Second Amendment Foundation today applauded the overdue policy change at Seattle�s public libraries regarding the legal carry of firearms by law-abiding citizens in library facilities.
In recognition of this policy change, reported by Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat, SAF is donating an autographed copy of Washington Times Senior Opinion Editor Emily Miller�s new book, Emily Gets Her Gun But Obama Wants to Take Yours, to the library.

NC: Grassroots N. C. issues a call to action in support of our Second Amendment rights Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Obama/Holder administration is counting on gun owner apathy to allow proposed changes to Trust/LLC Transfers to go unchallenged. We can't afford to allow them to divide and conquer gun owners. Gun owners must stand united.

FL: Panhandle jury declares suspended Fla. sheriff not guilty of misconduct charges Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Several hours after the verdict was reached, Gov. Rick Scott, who suspended Finch after his arrest, issued an executive order to immediately reinstate him. ... When asked after the trial if county residents could now carry concealed weapons without a permit, Finch at first said "of course you can." But then he stopped and said "we will get into that at a later time."

Goodbye New York, Hello South Carolina: Third Gun Company Leaves Over Cuomo�s SAFE Act
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When New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the SAFE Act in January�what he referred to as �common sense� gun-control legislation�the law not only turned many law-abiding citizens into criminals, it also drove businesses and jobs out of the state.

With a move to South Carolina, American Tactical Imports has become the third firearm company to relocate its operations from New York to more gun-friendly states.

Racism In White Americans Linked To Gun Ownership And Gun Control Opposition
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Published in the journal PLoS One, the study used voter data of white Americans that, after accounting for political ideology, income, and education, still revealed startling connections between racism and gun ownership. For every one point increase in symbolic racism � measured on a five-point scale � the chance someone had a gun in the home rose by 50 percent, and the chance the respondent supported policies that allowed people to carry concealed guns rose by 28 percent.

Violence Policy Center: Concealed Carry Killers Responsible for at Least 26 Mass Shootings in the Past Six Years Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Private citizens legally allowed to carry concealed handguns have committed at least 26 mass shootings over the past six years � including the recent mass murder at the Washington Navy Yard that left 12 dead and a July shooting in Hialeah, Florida that ended the lives of six innocent victims.

NH: New Hampshire Legislature to debate gun control in 2014, focus on mental illness
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�We can pass all kinds of gun legislation, but we really need some tools to keep guns out of their hands while they�re dealing with this short term,� said Enfield Police Chief Richard Crate, who backs the measure.

Though, the confiscatory nature of the bill certainly raises some eyebrows within the pro-gun community. Former state Sen. Robert Clegg, who now head Pro-Gun New Hampshire, said that the bill, if passed into law, should not put a permanent stamp on the individual, noting that one�s struggles with mental illness may be temporary or overblown in the eyes of law enforcement.

CA: Partners of CRPA Foundation Fundraiser Picks Up Three Major Headliners Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
California Rifle & Pistol Association announces that they have added three guest headliners to the ticket from the November 2013 Fundraising Banquet. Those guests include Chris Cheng, Chuck Michel & Kim Rhodes!

Justice Alito: Self-Defense is �The Central Component� of the 2nd Amendment
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Alito bolstered the decision in McDonald v Chicago by pointing to how �the 1689 English Bill of Rights explicitly protected a right to keep arms for self-defense.� He looked at William Blackstone�s �assessment� that King George III�s attempt to disarm colonists in the 1760′s and 1770′s �provoked polemical reactions by Americans invoking their rights as Englishmen to keep and bear arms.�

FL: New trial set for Florida woman given 20 years for firing shot in domestic dispute
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In September, a state appeals court ordered a new trial. The appeals court said that the trial judge gave the jury incorrect instructions on self-defense.

It said, however, that the judge was correct to block Alexander from invoking the Florida law known as Stand Your Ground, which generally removes a person�s duty to retreat when he or she is confronted with perceived deadly force.

State prosecutors said, and the trial judge agreed, that Alexander acted in anger, and showed by going back inside the house that she was not afraid for her life.