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OH: Refine �Castle� Doctrine� in Ohio
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The statute should not be rescinded. Surely, perhaps in consultation with prosecuting attorneys, defense lawyers and judges, legislators can amend the law to keep criminals from using it as a shield. Such refinements should be considered by the General Assembly next year. |
CA: A few comments from Ed Peruta on the eve of Peruta v San Diego et al CCW hearing
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On Monday morning at 10:30AM there will be a hearing for partial summary judgment in the case of Ed Peruta v San Diego County et al which will be held at the Federal Courthouse for the Southern District of California located at 940 Front Street San Diego, CA.
The net effect of a judgment in his favor is that California will become a "shall issue" state in the jurisdiction of the presiding judge, Chief Federal Judge Irma Gonzalez. As any first year law student should know, success in the Peruta case has ramifications throughout the 9th Circuit Court. |
OR: Portland mayor to announce gun buy-back event scheduled for December
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As Mayor Sam Adams prepares to bring to City Council on Thursday five proposed ordinances to stem shootings through gun-control regulations and stiffer juvenile curfews, he's expected to also announce today a gun buy-back event scheduled for the second week in December.
The mayor said on Friday he'd announce the exact date and location today. The December date, Adams said, should draw plenty of gun owners who may looking for extra shopping money for the holidays. |
CA: Stockton�s Gifts for Guns program a success: Trading guns for gift cards
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Cars came by the dozens today to Stockton�s first �Gifts for Guns� exchange. The program offered a �no questions asked� gun drop-off site that would exchange the weapon, working or not for a gift card that ranged from $10 to $150, depending on the gun.
Mayor Ann Johnston was at the collection site that handed out the gift cards in exchange for the 195 handguns, shotguns and assault rifles that were taken for destruction. |
WI: Background checks for potential gun buyers spike
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As the annual nine-day gun-deer season approaches, Wisconsin firearms dealers are seeking background checks on a growing number of potential gun buyers. The 21,543 checks done this past month � one of the state's highest figures in the past 10 years � seem to reflect a growing interest in the buying and selling of weapons. |
Australia: Stop blasting away on your guns, Aussie soldiers told
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Trigger-happy Australian soldiers have been warned not to shoot so much, except in an absolute emergency.
If they just blaze away and exceed recommended rates of fire for automatic weapons, they could face serious injury or even death, authorities have said.
A defence spokesman said there had been a number of such incidents in the past three years, most on live-fire ranges in Australia. |
WI: Defensive firearm legislation helps protect our citizens
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As Wisconsin transitions to a Republican-controlled state government, many changes will occur � some large, some small, some beneficial, some not. One change we likely will see is passage of concealed carry and "castle doctrine" legislation.
Concealed carry, as the name implies, allows permit holders to carry a concealed weapon for self-protection. Wisconsin and Illinois are the only two states without a concealed carry permit process. |
CA: School Makes Boy Take American Flag Off Bike [video]
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13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He's had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was told to take it down.
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TX: Suspected intruder shot, killed by resident in San Marcos
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�I'm just shocked that there would be that type of criminal and crime going on in this neighborhood and in San Marcos,� Evelyn Johnson said.
The suspected intruder was 19 year old Elijah Espinoza. Commander Chase Stapp with the San Marcos Police Department says Espinoza was shot by a resident as he tried to enter the back door of the home around 3 a.m. Sunday. |
What Conservatives Believe About Gun Rights
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Bill Whittle�s continuing exposition on what conservatives and Tea Party people believe looks at gun rights.
Yes, guns are fun. Having guns is fun. Shooting guns is even more fun. I�ve been shooting them since long before I could drive, and carried a variety of them on a daily basis during my years in the military and law enforcement.
But guns are more than just fun. They are vital for defense�national and personal. And they are a key element of maintaining our freedom. |
PA: As sheriff, I won't enforce gun control
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Every oath-taker has an individual responsibility to identify lawful orders and also the unlawful ones. To obey lawful orders and safeguard the self evident "natural rights" of the citizens and to disobey orders that take those rights away from them.
After all our right to defend ourselves doesn't come from government, it comes from God and it cannot be taken away by a "presuming" administrative official." The Constitution itself is just an affirmation of our natural rights. |
Dept of Justice Report Could Mean More Gun Control
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As we noted in the Sept. 24, 2010 Grassroots Alert, a draft report prepared by the Justice Department Inspector General had called into question the BATFE�s mega-million-dollar Project Gunrunner program.
Established in 2007, this program sought to expand the agency�s firearm tracing operation, relative to the still uncertain amount of smuggling of firearms from the United States to Mexico. This week, the report appeared in final form. |
Open carry Governors win elections
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A recent press release issued by OpenCarry.org highlights last week�s pro-gun election results. Turns out open carry campaign pledges appear to run hand in hand with gubernatorial victories in 4 states: Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas.
Open carry organizers are expecting success in at least two states, Oklahoma and Florida, in the near future. Perhaps this will set the stage for Congress to preempt the District of Columbia on gun control and restore gun carry rights in our Nation�s Capital.
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MO: KC police fire at backfiring van
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Two Kansas City police officers who thought they were being shot at from inside a van returned fire Thursday night.
Only later did police realize that the van was actually backfiring and the man inside was not armed. He was not injured by the shots fired by police.
Windows of the police car were apparently shot out by the officers as they exited the patrol car.
The officers were dispatched on a report of shots being fired from a white van just before 6 p.m. Thursday on Gregory Boulevard near Interstate 435.
When the officers got to the area they saw a white van parked on Gregory and pulled up near it. As they were getting out of the patrol car they heard the backfiring and fired their weapons.
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South Africa: Bar owner shoots violent robber in self defense
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Police say that the owner of a tavern was returning to his home in Chris Hani Village in South Africa around 9:00pm when four robbers emerged from a dark corner of his yard and attacked. One of the robbers is said to have opened fire on the man, striking him in the chest and leg. Acting in self defense, the man reportedly drew his lawfully carried handgun and returned fire, fatally wounding the armed robber and sending his three accomplices fleeing. |
U.S. Guns Blamed For Fueling Violence In Mexico
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Many Mexican politicians view the current drug war � which has claimed roughly 30,000 lives over the past four years � as one more curse foisted on Mexico by their rich neighbor to the north.
In this worldview, the incredibly violent conflict is fueled by U.S. demand for narcotics, fought with weapons from U.S. gun shops, and funded by U.S. cash that flows freely across the border.
At the chamber of the Mexican Senate, Sen. Sebastian Calderon Centeno says the United States hasn't done anything to curb demand for drugs or to diminish the flow of guns into Mexico. He says the drug war is actually increasing weapons trafficking. |
Jews: Looking Down the Wrong End of the Barrel [video]
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Aaron Zelman's organization, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, is well known in second amendment circles as an outfit that takes no ideological prisoners. The JPFO has released a video, No Guns for Jews, that states the case as well as anything I have seen.
The video makes it clear that Jews have been at the wrong end of the barrel for longer than there have been barrels. There is a long tradition of disarmed Jews -- so long, in fact, that Jews have mentally accepted it. Zelman is trying to change their minds.
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VA: Black is back
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No, not as in the fashion sense.
Nor in the sense that District of Columbia�s Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry suggested today on WTOP.com talk radio (�DC Mayor Adrian Fenty lost his election because "there was a overtantly disproportionate number of white people . . . in top positions and that's why I want black people . . . the African American community are in rebellion over this kind of conduct�").
But rather as in the former Republican Delegate from Loudoun County, Virginia named Dick Black, a staunch backer of Second Amendment legislation long before it was politically cool to do so.
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KS: Gun ruling reversed
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Section 4 of the Kansas Bill of Rights previously stated: "The people have the right to bear arms for their defense and security; but standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, and shall not be tolerated, and the military shall be in strict subordination to the civil power."
City of Salina v. Blaksley, an early 20th century Kansas Supreme Court case, interpreted Section 4 as providing only a right to members of the military to bear arms while on duty. |
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