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Wahlberg pardon bid ignores outstanding gun questions
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... "The questions those processing his pardon application may want to investigate include, has Wahlberg -- and those providing him with weapons in the course of his acting career -- been in violation of the law on multiple occasions over the years? What would happen to a 'prohibited person' of lesser fame, wealth and connections for possessing firearms without receiving a full pardon, and would they have the means to obtain one?" ... |
Trigger Pulled To Stop Executive Order On Guns
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"President Obama�s boldness in acting alone to implement amnesty for 5 million illegal aliens begs the question: What other unilateral policies might be coming down the pike?"
"Could there be a Christmas Eve surprise?"
"Alan Gottlieb of the [SAF] isn�t waiting to find out."
"Gottlieb told WND he is launching a national media campaign this week to head off the possibility of executive action committing the United States to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. Also known as the U.N. 'small arms treaty,' it is scheduled to go into effect Dec. 24 for those nations that have signed and ratified the document. The U.S. signed the treaty Sept. 23, 2013, but has not ratified it. China and Russia have never signed the document." ... |
More I-594 fallout as DOL, Revenue issue advisories
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"Yesterday�s advisory from the Washington Department of Licensing (DOL), following Thursday�s 'Special Notice' from the Department of Revenue on 'Tax Implications of Firearms transfers' have raised more questions about what voters handed to gun owners with passage of Initiative 594."
"One attorney, via e-mail, suggested that DOL 'punted' on the subject of answering questions. When Examiner checked with the agency about one specific paragraph addressing retention of handguns belonging to a deceased person, we could not even find out what was being done with the information:" ... |
Tried by 12 or carried by 6? (video available)
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"I�ve heard it repeated dozens of times and so have you: 'It�s better to be tried by twelve than carried by six.' What does this clich� really mean anyway? And, is it true?"
"Personally, I don�t like cliches too much. They�re boring, they usually aren�t accurate and, by definition, they show a lack of creativity; but even more importantly, cliches lack depth. There�s so much information left unspoken in a phrase like 'It�s better to be tried by 12 than carried by six' and when it comes to taking a life, there is no room to leave anything unexamined." ... |
Understanding Rifle Precision
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"When testing guns for accuracy it is common practice to look at the Extreme Spread of a group of 3 or 5 test shots. I will explain why this is a statistically bad measure on a statistically weak sample. Then I will explain why serious shooters and statisticians look instead at some variation of circular error probable (CEP) when assessing precision . . ." ... |
Gear Review: MultiTasker Series 3 Multitool
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"The AR-15 platform is an incredibly versatile firearm, able to be adjusted and customized to meet almost any mission and fit just about any shooter. But in order to make all that customization possible � and even just to maintain the gun � you need a veritable crate of specialized tools. There have been some attempts in the past to create �one tool to rule them all,� giving you all the gadgets you need to fix your gun in the field (like the Leatherman MUT), but I always find that there�s something missing when I need it the most. I haven�t run into that problem with the MultiTasker Series 3 . . ." ... |
Smith & Wesson: On the Ropes Again?
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"Somebody should hire me as a brand consultant. I wouldn�t charge much; I don�t have much to say. Keep the brand as narrow as possible. Focus the entire company�s efforts on realizing and promoting the brand premise, from designing the product to pushing sales to providing customer service. If a new product doesn�t fit you must acquit. If you�re Smith & Wesson, you make revolvers. And . . . that�s it. Smith just about got it right with their semi-automatic pistols. The M&P brand is far enough removed from the S&W brand to establish its own identity. But can it stretch to AR�s? Nope. As good as the rifles are � and they are very good � the branding isn�t strong enough to sustain AR sales, or margins. Don�t take my word for it . . ." ... |
Hope and Anger at the Garner Protests
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... "The Justice Department report describes the Cleveland Police Department as something far closer to an occupying military force than a legitimate law enforcement agency. ..."
"The report cataloged numerous incidents of wanton violence, with officers beating, pepper-spraying and Tasering people who were unarmed or had already been restrained. Officers escalated encounters with citizens instead of defusing them, making force all but inevitable."
"The record in Cleveland is extreme. But aspects of illegal police conduct can be found in cities all over the country, subjecting millions to intimidation and fear that they could be killed for innocent actions." ... |
Gun Nuts Threaten President Over Something He Hasn�t Even Done
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"Look above at the mention of the president and an image of a firing gun from World Net Daily yesterday. Add to that the suggestive title: TRIGGER PULLED TO STOP EXECUTIVE ORDER ON GUNS �There�s only 1 way to hold Obama accountable�."
"What does that suggest to you?"
"We haven�t forgotten Sarah Palin taking opponents into her sights right before Democratic Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot. Giffords was on Palin�s hit list. Gun-owning conservatives have proven to be very suggestible."
"Why the threat? What has Obama done now to warrant being assassinated by some gun-toting conservative lunatic?"
"Turns out to be something he hasn�t actually done." ... |
AL: Armed Robber�s Family Outraged At Good Samaritan Who Saved People By Shooting Robber (video available)
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... "Summarized, when gun advocates utilize the Second Amendment respectfully, it protects people. Case and point, a Good Samaritan saved people at a Family Dollar store when he shot an armed robber. Is he receiving recognition for his heroic deed? Technically he is, but in the form of outrage from the robber�s family."
"According to Fox10 through Live Leak, 18-year-old Aldric White attempted to rob a Family Dollar store in Mobile, Alabama, on November 12th. He did not expect a man, simply recognized as the 'Good Samaritan,' to stop him. Though the Good Samaritan did not want to shoot White, he had to because people�s lives were in danger when White himself had a gun." ... |
NM: 12-Year-Old Girl Shoots Mountain Lion in Self Defense
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... "Alyssa and her father had only gone a few hundred yards from the blind when her father remembered that he�d left the shooting sticks behind. He told Alyssa to wait while he went back to retrieve them. ..."
"Less than a minute later, she saw it. A cat. A big cat, stalking her, only a car length away. The cat crouched, ready to spring. Alyssa shouldered her rifle and fired. Point blank. It was too close to use the scope. She worked the bolt, ready to fire again. But one shot from the 30-06 was enough. The 165 grain Accubond Nosler projectile had skinned the cheek, hitting the lion facing her at the junction of neck and shoulder, traveling the length of its body, killing it instantly. ..." ... |
With guns a campaign issue, GOP takes last senate seat up for grabs (video available)
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"In Louisiana, the National Rifle Association-endorsed Republican challenger Bill Cassidy handily defeated incumbent gun control champion U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Democrat, in a runoff race Saturday."
"With all precincts reporting, the unofficial election results held Cassidy with 56 percent of the votes cast, with Landrieu, first elected to the Senate in 1996 lagging with 44 percent. Currently, the senior senator from the state, that role will now switch to Sen. David Vitter when Cassidy reports to Capitol Hill in January 2015." ... |
Study: Hispanic Voters Don�t Want More Gun Control
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"The Democrats are betting the house on Hispanic voters. Especially in the wake of President Obama�s unilateral action on immigration reform, it looks like the Dems are looking to do everything in their power to be attractive to the ever-increasing Hispanic population and building their base for the next election on that foundation. But according to a new survey, it looks like they might need to drop one of the defining positions of their party: gun control . . ." ... |
VA: Neighborly dispute about target shooting could lead to ordinance change in York
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"Neighbors in upper York County say they are concerned about firearms shooting near their homes ... and one resident has called the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office more than 10 times to complain."
"That resident, Timothy Donley, has also taken his concern to the county attorney ... The county attorney is examining the county's noise ordinance to see if anything can be changed to address the issue."
"The person shooting the firearm 'is in his legal right to do what he is doing and apparently he is making a lot of noise,' said York County Attorney James Barnett. 'I will look into the noise ordinance. We don't want to infringe too much on Second Amendment rights but I will see if it can be tweaked in a way to resolve this.'" ... |
NY: How New York Confiscates Guns From The Mentally Ill
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"TTAG has repeatedly highlighted the lax administrative procedures surrounding the mental health provisions of New York�s SAFE Act. Front line mental health professionals are legally obliged to determine if a patient should keep their gun rights � without any set guidelines on how to make that call. And so it begins . . . 'The state says six people in Jefferson County, five in St. Lawrence County and one in Lewis County are not mentally safe enough to own guns,' wwnytv.com reports. The news org goes on to chart the Kafka-esque bureaucratic process that follows . . ." ...
"Notice something? It�s pure bureaucratic fiat. The gun owner can�t contest facts or file an appeal until after the police show up at his door. ..." ... |
Second Amendment Warriors
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"'In light of Heller, McDonald and their progeny,' Judge Frederick Scullin Jr. wrote in his Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling this summer, 'there is no longer any basis on which this Court can conclude that the District of Columbia�s total ban on the public carrying of ready-to-use handguns outside the home is constitutional under any level of scrutiny. Therefore, the Court finds that the District of Columbia�s complete ban on the carrying of handguns in public is unconstitutional.'"
"It was a decision ... the Second Amendment Foundation had been waiting for since 2009, when the nonprofit group first filed the lawsuit on behalf of three D.C. residents and a New Hampshire resident." ... |
MA: Unique issues in stun gun case
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"Was Jaime Caetano, a Massachusetts homeless woman, exercising her Second Amendment right to bear arms by carrying a stun gun given to her by a friend for self-protection?"
"Massachusetts� Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments on that question this week. Now, the court will weigh whether a state law prohibiting private citizens from possessing stun guns infringes on the U.S. Constitution. The court was also asked to decide whether the Second Amendment right to defend yourself in your own home applies in the case of someone who is homeless." ... |
PA: AG Kane won't defend NRA-backed law on firearms rules
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"Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane is stepping away from defending a state law designed to make it easier for gun owners and member groups to sue local municipalities ..."
"Passed this fall, the [NRA]-backed statute responds to local ordinances that place stricter requirements on gun ownership than state law. The city of Pittsburgh, along with Philadelphia, Lancaster and several state lawmakers, brought a lawsuit against the state Nov. 10 challenging that the law wasn't passed in accordance with parts of the state constitution designed to create a transparent, fair legislative process."
"Kane's office said it was more efficient and in the best interest of Pennsylvania for the governor's lawyers to defend the law. ..." ... |
PA: Philly Mayor: �You Have Some Police Officers Who Are Increasingly Afraid Of The Community�
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"Action is needed to bolster public trust in the police in the aftermath of the killings of two unarmed black men by white police officers, two top Philadelphia officials told a national TV audience Sunday."
"Mayor Michael Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey participated in a panel discussion on NBC�s 'Meet the Press' about the continuing demonstrations sparked by the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, the chokehold death in New York City ..." ...
"'You in essence have the citizens who want to be protected who are now are increasingly afraid of the police and you have some police officers who are increasingly afraid of the community,' the mayor said '... People need the police to protect them.'" ... |
NY: NYPD cops warned militant group Black Guerilla Family �preparing to shoot on-duty police officers�
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"A tattooed gang of militants declared open season on the NYPD in the wake of the Eric Garner grand jury decision, according to a threat a police union verified Saturday."
"Ten Black Guerrilla Family members are �preparing to shoot on duty police officers,� Sergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins said."
"The gang, formed in the 1960s in the California prison system, recently surfaced on the East Coast and Maryland, where members are at the heart of a drug-trafficking and corruption probe within the Baltimore prison system."
"Members swear allegiance for life and sport 'BGF' tattoos, as well as ink depicting a dragon surrounding a prison tower, according to gangs.org." ... |
NH: First gun rights rally held by women in New Hampshire
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"Yesterday a 'Gun Rights are Women�s Rights' rally was held at the New Hampshire Statehouse in Concord. The event was sponsored by the Women�s Defense League of New Hampshire (The League). Many other 2nd Amendment organizations came out in support as well. Despite the cold and rain, the event had a decent attendance. It was the first ever gun rights rally held by women in New Hampshire." ... |
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