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12 Days of Christmas, NRA-Style
Submitted by: Opposing Views
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There's a been a great deal of discussion around the office as to what actually constitutes the twelve days of Christmas. The primary point of contention is when you're supposed to start counting ... before Christmas or after. Internet research suggests the count start on the big day and run through the new year. A number of our colleagues, however, think it starts on the 13th and finishes on Christmas Day. To avoid such contention, we decided to drop all twelve days of our NRA Christmas in today's post. With that being said ... here we go with the first few days:

Michael Douglas Joins Anti-Gun Violence Campaign
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WASHINGTON -- The Brady Campaign on Friday released a new poster announcing actor Michael Douglas�s pledge to join the Too Many Victims campaign and light a candle on the January 8 anniversary of the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona. The Too Many Victims campaign is a national effort inviting all Americans to participate in candlelight vigils or host their own on January 8, 2012, to honor the victims and survivors of the Tucson shooting and gun violence victims across the nation.

CO: The Real Nature of Politics and Politicians or America�s System Works, But Not the Way You Think!
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Few of the lectures I give on political technology and campaigning make people as agitated as this one.

None is more important.

Simply put, politics is not about the common good, appealing to men�s better angels, nor serving our Lord. These may be your motivations. I pray they are mine. Occasionally, they will be a politician�s motivation.

Submitter's note: Probably the best article on "the process" I've ever read. Now, if only more of us would put this information to use.

PA: Flurry of lawmaking sets stage for 2012 Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Republican numbers have helped them force through new rules for civil lawsuits widely supported by the business community, but on a gun rights bill they were able to draw considerable Democratic votes to expand the use of lethal force in self-defense.

KY: Man stabbed to death after breaking into home Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
State police say Edward Crowley forced his way into the home on Keith Whitley Boulevard in Sandy Hook early Sunday morning. The homeowner, Jamie Dillon, then stabbed Crowley when the two got into a fight. Police did not charge Dillon and say it appears he acted in self defense.

CA: Hanna op-ed on hunters was off-base, inflammatory
Submitted by: Mark A. Taff
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COHA is an alliance of organizations, outdoor industry and individuals who care deeply about wildlife conservation and the future of our hunting heritage. COHA does fight hard alongside the National Rifle Association to protect the Second Amendment rights of Californians. But our primary focus is on policy that promotes habitat for wildlife, confronts poaching, and provides enhanced hunting opportunity for California's public.

ME: Guns at work remain issue
Submitted by: Mark A. Taff
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Guns, and whether they can be stored in your vehicle at work, will once again be debated by lawmakers in the upcoming session.

Rep. Dale Crafts, R-Lisbon, is seeking to modify a controversial bill signed into law in June that allows those with a concealed firearm permit to store a gun in their vehicle at work, as long as the vehicle is locked and the firearm is not visible.

Crafts has submitted new legislation, L.D. 1603, to extend the same right to state workers as those who work in the private sector.

TN: Fire At Gun/Ammo Shop Ruled Arson Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Arson investigators said an overnight fire Christmas morning at a gun and ammunition shop was no accident. A passerby heard explosions and called in the emergency around 2:14 a.m., said Kathy Tyson, public information officer for the city of LaVergne. The business that was burning was Specialty Arms II, a guns and ammo shop at 186 Old Nashville Highway.

Three More Wins for Gun Owners Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
H.R. 2055�the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012�has been passed by the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and has been sent to the President for his expected signature. This bill contains three NRA-backed provisions that will strengthen our Second Amendment rights and prohibit your federal tax dollars from being used to advance an anti-gun agenda.

Former ATF head blamed aides for not informing him of Fast and Furious
Submitted by: Mark A. Taff
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Kenneth Melson, then-head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives blasted subordinates in a deposition taken in July claiming they failed to inform him of a controversial gun-tracking program which may have led to the death of a Border Patrol agent.

Melson criticized his chief intelligence officer and subordinates for not advising him on details of the Fast and Furious program which allowed sales of guns to straw purchasers for Mexican drug cartels reports the Los Angeles Times which obtained the confidential deposition with congressional investigators.

OR: Aloha couple wakes up to man beating them with tiki torch Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
According to Ray, a man believed to be on drugs broke into the back door of the home while the couple was asleep, grabbed a bamboo tiki torch and took it into the bedroom where he beat the couple with it. The husband, who has not been identified, grabbed a handgun in self-defense and a bullet discharged during a struggle.

Philippines: Guns sealed for the holidays Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The firearms of policemen were sealed last week as part of the campaign against indiscriminate firing during the holidays. Chief Supt. Cipriano Querol, Jr., director of Police Regional Office in Western Visayas, reiterated the warning of Philippine National Police chief, Director-General Nicanor A. Bartolome, on the firing of guns during the yuletide season.

Canada: Banning what they don't understand
Submitted by: Mark A. Taff
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I find it disturbing that one councillor's fear of guns should be dictating a taxpayer-funded assault on the Orono Fish and Gun club's rifle range. First off, whoever drafted a policy of 70 decibels at 30 metres is probably trying to make a one-size-fits-all policy.

Berms, trees and buildings can shape and block or magnify sound. To say what is too loud is difficult. Then to have Councillor Wendy Partner spouting off about assault rifles is rather humourous.

CA: They made sure meeting went great guns
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"We have been harassed by police, treated like common criminals,' Madison Jones told council members.

Jones, a blond, smartly dressed woman who was not packing heat at that moment, said 20 people wearing holstered handguns ate in a backroom at Vince's Spaghetti last month.

That is, until "a swarm' of Ontario police burst in and told the group to take their weapons back to their cars or leave. They left.

Jones said she and her group carry weapons to ``defend ourselves' and exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms.

NC: Convenience store clerks ready to shoot if necessary Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The trend happens to coincide with a controversial overhaul of state laws to better shield employees from civil and criminal liability should they defend themselves with a gun.

NH: What do Granite Staters really think about guns?
Submitted by: Mark A. Taff
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At the nonprofit, nonpartisan Live Free or Die Alliance, however, we asked our Facebook followers to comment on a pair of recent gun-related questions: one involving an attempt to eliminate bans on firearms on college campuses, and the other on a state House of Representatives committee's passage of a bill to remove the requirement that citizens obtain a permit to carry a concealed handgun.

Respondents to both these questions were pretty easy to group into less regulation/more regulation camps, and the results were clear: New Hampshire citizens want unfettered access to guns, even on college campuses.