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Why Did Gun Sales Skyrocket on Black Friday?
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"As Opposing Views previously reported, gun sales surged on Black Friday, with a record 129,166 background checks requested on that day. But why? Well, that depends on whom you ask."
"MSNBC looked into it and got a wide variety of opinions. One analyst said it is because of the changing views on guns."
"'Whereas five years ago it was politically incorrect (to own guns), what seems to be changing is social acceptance,' said Bret Jordan, analyst at investment firm Avondale Partners. 'The general trend is it's more socially acceptable to own a gun in the United States than it was five to six years ago.'"
"That may very well be, as a large number of gun buyers have never owned a weapon before." ... |
NC: Homeowner Holds Suspect at Gunpoint
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"Cherokee County, NC authorities have arrested a man and woman for Breaking and Entering." ...
"Sheriff Keith Lovin said a call came in to 911 Dispatchers from a homeowner on Fairview Road asking for help."
"When officers got there, they found the homeowners holding Hughes at gunpoint." ...
"The sheriff said the same home had previously been robbed about a week earlier." ... |
Antigun lobbyist returns to White House
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"Fresh off the defeat of Caitlin Halligan�s court nomination comes this report on another noted antigunner returning to the White House:""The White House press shop will soon have a new edition: Jennifer Palmieri, who will be the deputy communications director. Palmieri is a veteran of the Clinton White House, where she worked for eight years, including a stint as the deputy press secretary � she was also listed as a lobbyist in 2001 for the advocacy group Americans for Gun Safety �" ... |
AK: It won't happen in America, yeah, well it just did
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... "So, Joshua's house got raided by 30 well armed FBI thugs looking for Joshua's friend, Michael Anderson. There was no arrest warrant for Michael and he currently sits in jail charged with nothing as the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner explains. Anderson had previously been held for 8 months just for being mentioned in a conversation with some other men supposedly wanted for planning to kill Alaska State Troopers or court officials and was released until he was once again kidnapped on December 6th." ... |
Gov't already routinely detains citizens without due process
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... "He was released in October, however, when it was determined that the FBI had violated the Alaska Constitution in gathering evidence against Anderson. In addition, unlike the other militia members, Anderson was not indicted in federal court nor charged with weapons violations."
"Upon his release Anderson and his family went to live at the home of a friend, Joshua Bennett."
"But yesterday afternoon a group of 25-30 armed FBI agents surrounded Bennett's home demanding to see Anderson. Bennett asked them to show a warrant, which they refused to do. At that point the agents whisked off Anderson to a detention facility, claiming that he 'was not under arrest' but simply being 'detained as a witness.'" ... |
Director of federal drone program targeted in ethics inquiry
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"The chief of the Homeland Security Department's drone aircraft program is facing an ethics investigation for joining the board of directors of the largest industry group promoting the use of unmanned aircraft, officials said Monday."
"The internal affairs office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is reviewing whether Tom Faller, director of unmanned aircraft systems operations, violated internal rules when he took an unpaid position as a board member of the Assn. for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International on Aug. 16." ... |
NY: 'Gun loophole' only a sound bite
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"The Dec. 6 editorial, 'The gun show dilemma,' concerning legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, seems to be short on facts."
"A study conducted by the National Institute of Justice has reported that less than 2 percent of criminals interviewed said they had obtained their weapons at a gun show. The Bureau of Justice statistics for the year of 2001 reported that less than 1 percent of criminals obtained their weapons at a gun show."
"There is no 'gun show loophole.' This legislation is only a prerequisite to restriction of private sales of personal firearms." ... |
GA: Georgia Tech Students Push for Guns on Campus
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"The battle for guns on the campus of Georgia Tech is on -- one group is teaming up with a national organization to convince officials to allow them to carry guns at the school."
"'We just had a robbery last night,' Andr�s Celed�n, chairman of the Georgia Tech College Republicans, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 'It's just really allowing kids a way to defend themselves.'" ... |
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