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A Typical Prag "Success": Tell Me Again What a Great Deal Heller Was.
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"Well, folks, here we are again. We've been cut off at 'Reasonable Regulation Pass' for the umpteenth time. Read the story here and tell me again what a great deal the Heller case was. The 'law,' people, is what THEY say it is. Get it?!?"
"Mike Vanderboegh
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"DC tightens gun rules after landmark court ruling"
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- The District of Columbia Council passed more regulations for gun owners Tuesday, months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the city's 32-year-old handgun ban. . ." ... |
"If its a firearm, we're taking it."
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"At the last gun show here in Birmingham, I had an interesting conversation with a machine gun collector about a new 'assault weapons Ban,' ...
"But, he said, 'they won't bother me because I'm legit,' meaning that he had paid his transfer taxes ... submitted to inspections and all the usual inconveniences that go with complying with the National Firearms Act of 1934. I laughed in his face."
"'Do you seriously think that if people are shooting at them in self defense over semi-auto rifle confiscation raids that they will leave your machine guns in your safe? They will come to you and say, 'We need to pick up your weapons for the duration of the emergency. You'll get them back someday, and if you don't I'm sure the government will reimburse you for them.'" ... |
"Banning guns doesn't make you safer."
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"In response to Jeff Golden's commentary, 'We can talk smarter than this' (see Dec. 13 Tidings), I say 'Yes, let's talk smarter than this uppity yuppie socialist anti-gun diatribe!'"
"Let's get two things straight: 1) Banning guns does not reduce crime or make communities safer. Crime increases when honest citizens are disarmed (civilian disarmament). 2) The Second Amendment isn't about deer or duck hunting, target shooting, etc. It's predicated upon human dignity, civil rights and freedom from domestic and foreign tyranny, and for women it remains the original equal rights amendment. My own Dec. 14 Medford Mail Tribune letter, 'It's not about hunting' bears this out." ... |
The Life-and-Death Cost of Gun Control
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"Banning guns is in the news. India practically bans guns, but that didn�t stop the horrific Muslim terrorist attacks this last week."
"A football player concerned for his safety violates New York City�s tough gun control regulations by carrying a concealed handgun, and people call for everything from banning NFL players from carrying guns to demanding that the athlete serve many years in jail."
"Where is the sympathy or debate in either case over letting people defend themselves? Given that the terrorists smuggled their machine guns in with them, would anyone argue that India�s extremely strict gun licensing and artificially high prices for guns helped prevent the terrorist attacks? In fact, the reverse is more likely the case." ... |
Chute's 'School' has huge heart
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"Everything about novelist Carolyn Chute is off the grid. It's not just that Chute lives in a small compound in Maine ... or that she co-founded the 2nd Maine Militia. Chute also tells vivid and unapologetically proud stories about characters who tend to be invisible in contemporary fiction � the working poor, home-schoolers, Second Amendment purists."
"Her fifth novel, The School on Heart's Content Road ... feels like the book Barbara Ehrenreich might write with John Steinbeck if they locked themselves in a Maine motel room and spent weeks watching nothing but Fox News. ... It's brave, passionate and raw, fiercely written, and so overstuffed with characters that it requires a nine-page biographical guide at the end. |
Brady Campaign Praises Education Secretary Nominee, Principled Believer in Common-Sense Limits on Possession of Firearms
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"When the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence invited Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan to accept its annual Abraham Lincoln Award in October, Duncan turned it down, saying 'I don't think I deserve it,' with school shootings in Chicago on the rise."
"'At this rate we could lose 60 or 80 children this year,' Duncan said. At this rate, CPS could double last year's 35 student deaths, he said. 'Whole classrooms' of kids are dying each year,'
"Mr. Duncan, 44, has long been a champion of common-sense gun laws. ...'" ...
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NRA is losing its firepower
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"The vaunted National Rifle Association and the rest of the gun lobby ... were firing blanks in the recent election."
"Lobby-promoted candidates generally fared poorly. Candidates who support firearms controls that most people consider sensible were not routed, not even where typically hysterical campaigns were run against them."
"At least for this election cycle, the single-issue, guns-are-everything voter ... turned out to be more pussycat than tiger."
"Might the way finally lie clear for the political system to engage pragmatically with the nation's reckless trafficking in firearms and the violence with which, partly as a consequence, Americans have had to put up with as no other people must do?" ... |
Spike in gun sales silly
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"Ralphie wasn't the only person who wanted a gun for Christmas. Turns out there's reason to think that quite a few people will be pulling a Glock from beneath their Christmas tree this year."
"Gun sales have increased in Chico as well as throughout the United States since President-elect Barack Obama was chosen ..."
"The increase in gun sales is due to the fear that Obama won't support the right to bear arms and will eventually ban some guns altogether." ...
"However, this fear is formed on no solid basis."
"First of all, ... Obama has been consistent in his support in common-sense gun laws, and will protect the right to purchase, own, transport and use guns for hunting and target practice." ... |
A Nation Clinging to Guns
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"In 1993, when Bill Clinton took office, the country was emerging from a recession. No one was buying cars, Detroit and the housing market were on life support, computer sales were dragging bottom. And what was the most profitable and fastest growing business sector at that time? Firearms." ...
"Why exactly do we seem to need these firearms? A gun will not insure that you do not lose your job to an international merger or international competition. A gun will not get you a raise. A gun will not prevent crime ... The only effective weapon for achieving sophisticated political goals is words. If words fail, then there are guns ..." ... |
NY: Turn in weapon, get a gift card
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"City residents can turn their guns into gift cards."
"The Rev. Charles Muller, pastor of Victory Christian Church, is giving away gift cards that can be used at Crossgates Mall to anyone who turns in a weapon. It is an expansion of a program he has run to try to reduce the number of guns in the inner city."
"From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, anyone who brings in a weapon will get a gift card. The amount on the card will vary depending on the type of weapon and its condition."
"'We're getting a ton of guns right now because of Christmas,' Muller said. 'We're getting so many good guns too.'" ...
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UT: Burglary goes bad when would-be thief, homeowner trade shots in Ogden
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"Officers have arrested a man they say tried to break into a home and then traded shots with the homeowner in the middle of the street."
"Ogden police said it happened about 9 a.m. Tuesday at a home on the 200 block of 29th Street when two men tried to break in."
"'They were kicking in the door, and the man was inside with his family,' Ogden Police Lt. Scott Sangberg said Tuesday. 'He went to the door with his 9 mm (handgun). Then the guy realized that the place wasn't vacant and started to leave.'"
"As he was leaving, police said one of the would-be burglars fired a gun at the homeowner."
"'The owner took a shot at him,' Sangberg said." ... |
VA: Lieutenant: Police averted tragedy
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"When Veronica Hairston saw a man under her bed with a gun pointed at her, she screamed and attempted to flee." ...
"Hairston had called the police Saturday afternoon because she was concerned that her estranged husband, Terrance Milano Hairston, was in her home ..." ...
"When [Officers] Gibbs and Winn saw the man firing the gun at Hairston, they fired at him ... The man, who was not wounded, then surrendered ..." ...
"Terrance Hairston ... was charged Monday with malicious wounding; use of a firearm while attempting a malicious wounding; violation of a protective order; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon ..." [emphasis added] ...
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PA: Schnecksville Residents Combat Rash of Crime
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"A Lehigh County community is up in arms, literally, after a recent rash of break-ins. The crime wave has led to a spike in sales at a gun shop in Schnecksville. WFMZ's Stephanie Esposito is live in the newsroom with more on our top story. Schnecksville is not used to seeing so many break ins in their community so they're turning to the second amendment to protect themselves. A neighborhood gun shop say sales are up 50%." ... |
Pakistan: Enraged Pakistanis strike back against Taliban
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"Suicide attacks and bombings have driven some neighborhoods to take up arms in the city best known as the gateway to terrorist hide-outs in Pakistan's tribal areas."
"Budabar is one example of a Peshawar neighborhood with its own squad of 'Guardian Angels.' But unlike the U.S. vigilante group ... the Pakistanis make their rounds with Kalashnikov rifles."
"When the Taliban blew up one of the government's girls schools, a member of Peshawar's provincial assembly called a meeting of more than 200 elders."
"'The school bombing made us realize how close to home the Taliban had come,' said Daud Sadiq Khan, 26, who picks up its rifle to go on patrol each night. 'That's when we realized that we had to fight back.'" ... |
IN: Mayor speaks on firearms
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"The mayor of Indianapolis is considering a bold and probably controversial step to curb violent crime in the city." ...
"'I wonder about our gun laws. Should we be harsher with our gun laws,' said Ballard."
"Ballard's idea is clearly still in its earliest stages. ..."
"'I'd like to look at gun laws, frankly. Penalties for illegal guns,' said Ballard."
"Ballard said he knows many will oppose the idea, and he wants to make clear what kind of guns he'd target."
"'I have no problem with second amendment legal guns. No problem what so ever on that. It's the illegal guns that are concerning,' said Ballard." ...
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SC: House getting concealed weapons bill
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A South Carolina House member is filing a bill to allow residents to carry weapons without a permit.
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Cooper of Piedmont said Tuesday he has filed legislation to allow any law-abiding citizen to carry a weapon.
The Republican says concealed weapons permit laws and other restrictions make it less likely people who obey the law will be armed and does nothing to disarm people willing to break the law.
Tuesday is the first day House members can file new bills for the legislative session that starts Jan. 13.
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Here Come the Feds (Con't): Marines at DUI Roadblocks
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"I�ve posted in the past about the increasing federalization of drunk driving laws and law enforcement procedures. See Here Come the Feds and The Future of DUI. But even I wasn�t ready for the latest development�"
"The U.S. Marines have landed�and are apparently manning 'sobriety checkpoints' in San Bernardino County in California. Yes, Marines. Yes, civilian DUI roadblocks."
"From an official December 10th California Highway Patrol public relations release:" ... |
GA: Former Metro Police Officer Arrested
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"Two people arrested in Effingham county this afternoon - one a former Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police officer. The former officer is charged with hindering law enforcement in the apprehension of a criminal - and authorities say more charges could be forthcoming. The Effingham County Sheriff's Office had gotten a tip that a woman wanted on contempt of court warrants in Chatham county was staying in a home ..."
"The Federal Marshalls were called and authorities went to the home in search of Catherine Hickling - they say former Metro Police officer Victor Munn met them at the door."
"... Munn told authorities that Hickling - who is his girlfriend - was not in the home...but a search found her hiding in the attic. ..." ... |
VA: Ryan Frederick Update
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"Lots of interesting new information came out at a pre-trial hearing yesterday in Chesapeake, Virginia for Ryan Frederick, the man charged with capital murder for killing Det. Jarrod Shivers during a botched drug raid on Frederick's home last January."
"To briefly catch you up: Police were acting on an informant's tip that Frederick was growing marijuana in his garage. They found no plants ... Both I and the Virginian-Pilot newspaper have since reported that the informant in the case, 'Steven,' and another man who also says he was a police informant, Renaldo Turnbull, illegally broke into Frederick's home three nights before the raid to look for probably cause, likely with the consent or at least the knowledge of the police." ... |
NY: Police Officer Seen on Tape Shoving a Bicyclist Is Indicted
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"A police officer who was videotaped knocking a man off his bicycle in July during a monthly cycling event in New York City has been indicted, the officer's lawyer said on Monday."
"The officer, Patrick Pogan, has been instructed to report to State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Tuesday for the unsealing of the indictment, said the lawyer, Stuart London. Mr. London said he did not know what the charges would be."
"But people with direct knowledge of the case said they believed that prosecutors were seeking felony charges of filing false records in connection with the police report that Officer Pogan filed after arresting the bicyclist, Christopher Long. Officer Pogan also could be charged with a misdemeanor count of assault." ... |
GA: Packing Heat
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"In a settlement filed in District Court on Dec. 4, the Richmond County Sheriff�s Office admitted violating an Augusta man�s Fourth Amendment rights by seizing and holding his firearm." ...
"'Simply put, a police officer needs reasonable suspicion of a crime before he can detain someone, and merely possessing a handgun is not reasonable suspicion of a crime,' says Ed Stone, president of the gun rights group georgiacarry.org and co-counsel for Mead. 'In this case, the encounter went beyond merely detaining Zachary Mead for having a handgun; the deputy in this case actually seized the handgun and took it with him.'" ... |
TX: Detention officer arrested; accused of smoking crack and having sex with young offender
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"An Austin mother is in the Travis County Jail charged with hindering apprehension. Other disturbing allegations surfaced during her investigation."
"'Not only are they supposed to be trustworthy for the persons that they're assisting, but they're also supposed to be trustworthy to everyone else in the system and this is a big blow to the criminal justice system,' says Roger Wade with the Travis County Sheriff's Department."
"Investigators say 52-year-old Magdalene Bombella admits paying for hotel rooms for her then 17-year-old son ... so he could have sex with his detention officer, 47-year-old Cynthia Kathaleen Brown. There are also allegations that Bombella purchased crack cocaine and used it with her son and Brown." ... |
NJ: Say cop pulled gun in home dispute
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"A Jersey City police officer has been suspended without pay after allegedly pulling a gun on his girlfriend Friday night, officials said."
"Juan Torres, 28, of Jersey City, apparently went to the girlfriend's Bayonne workplace and caught her in a parked car with another man, persons familiar with the case said."
"When Torres opened the door, the man took off running and the girlfriend went home to Jersey City, where she lives with the officer ..."
"Later that night, Torres returned home and there was an altercation between the couple, during which he allegedly pulled her hair and pointed his gun at her ..."
"The five-year veteran of the department made his first appearance in court yesterday ..." ... |
WV: Man sues Charleston P.D. after man attacked him three times in one day
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"A Kanawha County man has filed a suit against the Charleston Police Department, claiming he was attacked by a man the department had twice investigated and not charged for attacks against him on the same day."
"Robert Allison filed a suit Oct. 27 in Kanawha Circuit Court against the police department and the City of Charleston, as well as officers Raymond H. Coleman and E.L. Hodges. Fredric Martin, the man who allegedly attacked Allison, is also named as a defendant." ...
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WV: Man files $10 million suit against State Police
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"A Berkeley County man is seeking more than $10 million in a suit he filed against the West Virginia State Police and its head official, alleging officers set him on fire after pepper-spraying him while at the same time Tasering him." ...
"Officers dragged Scott out of the vehicle ..."
"Even though Scott claims he did not resist arrest, officers began to Taser him, he alleges." ...
"... the officer continued to Taser Scott until another officer pepper-sprayed him ..."
"'The flammable pepper spray ignited the Taser electrical charge, and Plaintiff Scott caught on fire and received severe burns to his body,' the suit states." ... |
AZ: Gilbert LEO Disarmed Him
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"I received the following first hand account via e-mail today . . ."
* I got pulled over, (my license is GUNTOTN).
* Officer asked me if I was carrying.
* Officer asked for my license and CCW.
* Officer Said I was speeding.
* Officer asked me to get out of the car and put my hands behind my back, thumbs together.
* Officer grabbed my thumbs, and disarmed me.
* Officer asked why I had a gun.
* I told him "it is my 2nd amendment right."
* Officer wrote me a speeding ticket and requested that I allow him to place my gun in my trunk so that he would not have to hand it directly to me . . ." |
VT: BPD Eliminates K9 After Officer Arrested
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The Bennington Police Department is doing away with its canine unit after its handler was accused of drinking and driving.
Officer Erick Ericksen pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
The Bennington Police Department will not say if Ericksen was disciplined. But they eliminated his position.
The department is now looking for another police force to take its' canine, because no other officer with the Bennington Police Department is trained to use a canine. |
Obamanation: The Shades of 1992 return to haunt us
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"It is not often a man gets to relive parts of his youth, more than a fifteen years after the first event, but in the aftermath of the November elections I am seeing something I experienced when I was 29 years old."
"Most men would be delighted to be reminded of their younger days, but to be honest I am very saddened by this. What is this phenomenon I am reliving? Long lines and panic buying at gun-shows."
"Not since the nightmare days following the election of Bill Clinton have I seen anything like it. People standing in the cold, rain and snow for hours, knowing little will be left inside when they get in� It is a sad comment, when a national election frightens such large portion of the population." ... |
NC: Rising gun sales driven by females, retirees
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"Gun sales in Macon County are following the national upswing, with gun stores recording record sales."
"But the motivation for buying guns locally is not following the national reasoning." ...
"For weeks the national media has reported gun sales on the rise due to fears that, once President-elect Barack Obama takes office, guns will be harder to get - even impossible, though Obama has repeatedly said in press conferences and interviews that he is a supporter of the Second Amendment."
"Diana Asbury, owner of High Country Arms says she and her husband William have seen their sales rise dramatically, but the main reason people are arming themselves is fear of increased crime due to a national economy in the dumps." ... |
IL: Eternity doesn't always mean forever
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"... Sadly, with the gun violence that is so pervasive in many of our communities, too many parents live with a paralyzing fear that their children may not be safe from those dangers. A parent's worst fears were realized on the streets of a Chicago neighborhood ... when Eternity Gaddy and some playmates were standing outside her grand aunt's home. They heard some men shouting as they spilled out of a nearby alley and started shooting. ... Eternity, 13, was killed by one of the flying bullets. Most 13-year-old girls think they're going to live forever. I certainly did. But Eternity will never see her 14th birthday, will never go to college or land that first job. She'll never get married or have children of her own." ... |
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