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To Keep and Bear Arms
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... "I wish the Supreme Court would do more than rule the Second Amendment applies to the states. It�s long past time the last, ridiculous cobwebs of ambiguity were cleared away from the right to keep and bear arms. ... We have better things to do than slip into another bitter, tedious argument about whether the government can interfere with our right, and duty, to defend ourselves."
"The notion that citizens have no good reason to be armed, because the State can protect them from violent crime, is one of the most dangerous lies Big Government has fed its subjects. The government reduces crime through the police and court systems, but no matter how tirelessly the police work, there is very little chance they can actively defend you from assault. ..." ... |
23:59:59: A Letter to Your Local Chief Law Enforcement Officer - Part I
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"Dear Chief [insert name here]:"
"I am writing this letter as an extremely-concerned citizen to you in your official capacity as this jurisdiction's chief local law enforcement officer." ...
"In last month's 'Choose this day whom you will serve': An Open Letter to American Law Enforcement', Mr. Vanderboegh challenged law enforcement executives such as yourself to consider the following scenario:" ...
"Lest you think Mr. Vanderboegh is a lone crackpot scribbler issuing doomed-to-obscurity manifestos from some dank basement, consider the following excerpt from this essay by noted financial writer Karl Denninger, which also came out last month:" ...
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Safer Streets 2010 and McDonald: no such thing as a reasonable gun law
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"With regard to McDonald v. Chicago now before the Supreme Court of the United States, the issue has been framed as one of reasonableness, as if it is fair and reasonable to regulate guns out of existence as long as the law allows people to have one gun left. This is the State's definition of not taking our guns. This is the State's definition of reasonableness. This is the State's definition in a nation of self-rule." ... |
Starbucks asks not to be center of gun debate
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"Coffee chain Starbucks Corp. is sticking to its policy of letting customers carry guns where it's legal and said it does not want to be put in the middle of a larger gun-control debate."
"The company's statement, issued Wednesday, stems from recent campaign by some gun owners, who have walked into Starbucks and other businesses to test[sic] state laws that allow gun owners to carry weapons openly in public places. Gun control advocates have protested." ...
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KABA Note: Carrying in compliance with the law does not "test state laws" any more than driving the speed limit does. |
Summary Box: Starbucks sticks to gun policy
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FULL TEXT BELOW:
THE CONTROVERSY: Recently, some gun owners have staged a campaign of walking into Starbucks and other businesses to test state laws that allow gun owners to carry weapons openly in public places. Gun control advocates have protested.
STARBUCKS' STANCE: Starbucks ( SBUX - news - people ) says it complies with state laws and won't ban guns from stores in states where there is an open-carry law.
RESPONSE: The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is holding a press conference in Starbucks' hometown of Seattle about its petition demanding that Starbucks declare its cafes "gun-free zones." |
Lifting handgun ban makes no one safer
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"It's hard to argue with a man like Otis McDonald, the Chicago grandfather who wants to end the city's ban on handguns." ...
"The handgun ban gives the advantage to criminals, McDonald argues. Allow good people to own guns, and the playing field will be leveled." ...
"The only encouraging news on Tuesday was the court's apparent willingness to allow for some restrictions on gun use. ..." ...
"With the gun control landscape upended by the 2008 Supreme Court decision, no one knows what gun restrictions are constitutional anymore. ..."
"... (W)e urge the City Council to act boldly, as D.C. did. ..."
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Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason
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"THE .50 CALIBER Bushmaster bolt action rifle is a serious weapon. The model that Pvt. 1st Class Lee Pray is saving up for has a 2,500-yard range and comes with a Mark IV scope and an easy-load magazine. ..."
"His belief that [Government declaring martial law] is imminent has led Pray to a group called Oath Keepers, one of the fastest-growing 'patriot' organizations on the right. ..."
"There are scores of patriot groups, but what makes Oath Keepers unique is that its core membership consists of men and women in uniform, including soldiers, police, and veterans. At regular ceremonies in every state, members reaffirm their official oaths of service, pledging to protect the Constitution�but then they go a step further, vowing to disobey 'unconstitutional' orders from what they view as an increasingly tyrannical government." ... |
OH: Man Fires Shot At Intruder In Delhi Twp.
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"A homeowner points and fires a gun at a man who was trying to break inside his home overnight in Delhi Township."
"The homeowner says he wasn�t taking any chances."
"Police say he fired his gun as the suspect tried to break-in to his home in the 4400 block of Hillside Avenue around 1 a.m. Monday."
"It appears the suspect targeted the home, which is located on top of a hill on a secluded lot near the intersection of Riverside and Anderson Ferry Roads."
"Police did search the area with the help of K-9�s, but could not find the suspect."
"It does not appear the suspect was shot." ... |
Oral Arguments in Mcdonald V. Chicago Second Amendment Case Eyewitness Report
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"This case was way more complicated than Heller."
"Both attorneys faced hostility from the bench. Chicago's lawyer got hit from all sides with little in the way of what you might call support. But the surprise was the way Alan Gura got blasted, even by the best friend gun-rights has up there, Justice Scalia."
"Whoever or however we believed the Court might be ready to review the Privileges or Immunities clause of 14A was totally wrong. Every Justice had problems with the scope of such a decision, and poor Gura had to withstand withering assaults on his reasoning and approach." ... |
Daley rips Supreme Court on handgun ban stance
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"During oral arguments this week, U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled their intention to overturn Chicago�s strictest-in-the-nation handgun ban."
"Still, Mayor Daley isn�t giving an inch. In fact, he's ridiculing the high court for affirming the Second Amendment right to bear arms while sitting in a protective bubble."
"'Why can't I go to the Supreme Court and sit there with a gun and listen to the arguments? If a gun is so important to us on the street or someone's home, why can't I go to the Supreme Court and sit there with a gun? I'm not gonna shoot anyone. But, I have a right to that gun,' Daley said, his voice dripping with sarcasm." ... |
What is really being argued in McDonald v. Chicago and why do we care? Part One - Case Background
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... "Part of the arguments in McDonald v. Chicago calls on the court to consider a broader interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment as advocated by Justice Steven Field in his dissent to the original decision in the Slaughter House Cases."
"Almost without exception, legal scholars have written that the Supreme Court was in error in its narrow decision on Slaughter House. Many feel that the Fourteenth Amendment was written to embrace common law in favor of an individual's right to pursue a legitimate occupation and to more broadly protect property interests against hostile state laws." ... |
Senate's leading gun rights duo reloads for Supreme Court case
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"Saying gun rights rise above party differences, U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Kay Bailey Hutchison are again teaming up to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to strengthen gun rights for law-abiding Americans."
"The Court today began hearing arguments in the case McDonald v. City of Chicago. ..."
"Tester, D-Mont., and Hutchison, R-Texas, are leading the charge in Congress, urging the Supreme Court to side in favor of stronger gun rights."
"Last October, they wrote and delivered a 59-page friend-of-the-court brief to the Court with signatures from 309 senators and representatives from both parties�more members of Congress than any friend-of-the-court brief in U.S. history." ... |
Supreme Court likely decision to overturn Chicago's gun ban could impact New York
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"The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared ready to overturn Chicago's handgun ban in a case gun rights groups plan to use against firearms laws in New York City and nationwide."
"Mayor Bloomberg and the city chose to sit out the case and did not file a brief with the court supporting President Obama's hometown of Chicago."
"'We don't expect it to impact on New York laws,' a Bloomberg spokeswoman said of the case, McDonald vs. Chicago. ..." ... |
'Right To Bear Arms' Means Just That
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"Otis McDonald, 76, an Army vet who lives in a high-crime area of Chicago, thinks the Constitution gives him the right to bear arms to protect himself and his wife as he protected his country. We think so too."
"On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments on behalf of four Chicago residents led by homeowner McDonald, the Second Amendment Foundation and the Illinois State Rifle Association to overturn Chicago's three-decade-old ban on owning handguns." ...
"Introducing the 14th Amendment to Congress, Sen. Jacob Howard of Michigan referred to 'personal rights' such as 'the right to keep and bear arms,' explaining that his amendment would compel the states 'to respect these great fundamental guarantees.'" ... |
The Liberal Case for Gun Control Doesn't Get Far in the Supreme Court
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"The McDonald v. Chicago Supreme Court case, argued on Tuesday morning, was a good opportunity for liberal advocates of gun rights to present their case in briefs. But they probably won't win the decision. In fact, there is not a single justice that will necessarily side with them."
"No liberal proponent of gun rights presented to the court. The side that they have taken was presented by the petitioner, Alan Gura, on behalf of the Second Amendment Foundation. Ten minutes of his 30 was given to the NRA to present their more traditional case for gun rights." ... |
Breyer's Twisted Anti-Gun Reasoning
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... "But it's Justice Breyer whose arguments are the most twisted, and in light of his record on the Court, hyprocritical.""'When it's free speech versus life, we very often decide in favor of life,' Breyer said. 'Here, every case will be on one side guns, on the other side human life.'" "Really? That's the issue here? Guns vs. life? Funny, but when we think about our right to own a gun in the home, guns are on the side of life. When we think about criminals breaking into our house, where our child is sleeping, guns are on the side of life�our lives. Our child's life. We would rather have the ability to protect our family and home than leave our life in the hands of 911 dispatchers and police ..." ... |
Fox News' Judge Napolitano on Supreme Court Gun Case (video)
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"Yesterday was a big day for the Second Amendment at the Supreme Court, where justices heard arguments on both sides of the McDonald vs City of Chicago case on whether or not to incorporate the right to keep and bear arms to protect we the people against existing infringements by State and Local governments. A ruling on this Supreme Court case is expected by Late June or early July."
"You can read the transcript and find additional information from Downrange.tv, Arms & the Law, John Lott, and the Volokh Conspiracy. I'll add additional links below as I find them."
"Below is a great report from Judge Napolitano with guest John Lott:" ... |
First impressions on McDonald v. Chicago
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... "For those disinclined to read 77 pages of legal wrangling ... the short version is that there's good news and bad news. The good news is that 'incorporation' of the Second Amendment seems very likely."
"The bad news is that 'incorporation' of the Second Amendment seems very likely."
"Er . . . what?"
"What I mean is that, judging by the tone of the questions asked by the justices, what we're llikely to end up with is Heller writ large, which, I submit, is nothing to celebrate. Justice Scalia, in writing the Heller decision, took great pains to emphasize that many restrictions ... including 'laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms,' ... are 'presumptively lawful.'" ... |
Gun rights before SCOTUS: Chicago will lose and the nation will win
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"Taking one's time to analyze something as monumental as Tuesday's oral arguments in the case of McDonald v. Chicago � the [SAF]'s challenge to the Windy City�s decades-old handgun ban � may put one 'behind the herd' or give one time to carefully read the court transcripts and see what others have said in a rush to be first."
"The easy analysis that would probably get lots of support from the gun rights community would be that SAF attorney Alan Gura and Paul Clement, representing the [NRA], both hit their arguments out of the park. On the other hand, some might suggest there were moments when it appeared that attorney James Feldman, arguing Chicago's side of the case, couldn't hit his shoes in the men's room." ... |
IL: Chicago's pointless handgun ban
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"When Chicago passed a ban on handgun ownership in 1982, it was part of a trend. Washington, D.C., had done it in 1976, and a few Chicago suburbs took up the cause in the following years. They all expected to reduce the number of guns and thus curtail bloodshed." ...
"But the fad never really caught fire ... The Second Amendment may kill such restrictions, but in most places, it wasn't needed to keep them from hatching in the first place."
"Maybe that's because there were so many flaws in the basic idea. Or maybe it was because strict gun control makes even less sense at the municipal level than it does on a broader scale. At any rate, the policy turned out to be a comprehensive dud." ... |
FL: Campus no place for firearms
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"This week the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments for a case on gun control."
"The city of Chicago�s handgun ban is being reviewed so the court can decide if it violates the Second Amendment rights of Americans. The case is receiving a lot of attention because experts think it will set the tone for future disagreements on gun control."
"Currently, the laws in Florida make bringing a firearm on a college campus a third-degree felony."
"We hope that even if the state law changes as a result of the Supreme Court decision in this case, that UCF upholds a ban on students bringing firearms on campus."
"Schools are not the place for guns. Academic institutions are meant to educate and influence students." ... |
IL: Striking down gun ban will only further culture of inner city violence
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... "There is no need to ask if the violence actually exists. Chicago just passed Los Angeles for the most underage gun-related homicides ... with most deaths being gang related. Economist Carl Moody ... found that after the ban was put into place, violence immediately rose and the city is now more dangerous than before, relative to 24 of the largest American cities.
So the gun violence existed before the ban on handguns and has continued after the ban on handguns. It would seem homicides involving these weapons have nothing to do with the weapons at all." ...
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USSA: Anti-hunting legislator likely head of key House committee for sportsmen
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"The next chairman of a key house committee with oversight over federal funding for wildlife conservation has a long history of opposing hunting, trapping, and gun ownership."
"U.S. Representative Jim Moran (D- VA) is expected to be named Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. This subcommittee oversees funding for the Department of Interior and its various agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This makes this chair one of the most powerful positions influencing public policy on federal lands including whether to keep such land open to sportsmen." ... |
FL: Bill to STOP Florida Adoption Agencies Forcing Gun Registration Up Thursday
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"SB-530 by Sen. Thad Altman is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Committee on Children, Families and Elder Affairs on Thursday, March 4, 2010."
"SB-530 is a bill to STOP Florida adoption agencies from forcing potential adoptive parents to register their firearms with the agency as a condition of adoption. Further, it will stop agencies from forcing these parents to follow gun control regulations regarding storage of firearms and ammunition created by the agency."
"This outrageous behavior has been going on too long and it is time to stop it once and for all."
"Sen. Altman�s bill will stop this gun registration and regulation. Please Immediately Email Members of the Committee on Children and Families" ... |
VA: Concealed Carrying and Drinking- Who Will Enforce New Law?
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"A new bill allowing concealed permit holders to carry in bars and restaurants has one big stipulation- no drinking." ...
"But as the bill awaits Governor McDonnell's signature- it already passed the House and Senate with heavy support- some opponents wonder whether the provision banning drinking can actually be enforced."
"'How do you monitor that,' asked Del. Joe Morrissey, D-74th. 'Where is the bar policeman? Is he going around from patron to patron saying, 'I see you drinking, do you have a concealed weapon?'" ...
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IL: Massive Gun Rights Rally Slated for Illinois Capitol
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"The streets of Springfield will be awash in gold March 10th as thousands of law-abiding firearm owners descend on the Capitol to lobby for restoration of their rights. Organizers of the 2010 edition of Illinois Gun Owners' Lobby Day (IGOLD) predict that this year's event will set records for attendance and will further solidify bi-partisan support for gun law reform." ... |
MT: Celebrating Conservatism rallies for gun rights along highway in Ravalli County
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"If anybody was looking to take a constitutional right, or anything else, away from the well-armed folks standing along Hamilton's main drag Wednesday, they might well have been in for a nasty fight."
"Never mind the impressive arsenal at hand - there was everything from assorted pistols to hunting rifles to a bayoneted 1816 muzzle-loading musket to a PTR 91 .308 caliber assault rifle - a message was on display, brought with intent by the roughly fourscore who lined U.S. Highway 93."
"The rally placards waved at passing vehicles declared this was a group ready to do battle for the right to own and carry a gun." ... |
OH: Athens News editor corrects false comments about Buckeye Firearms Association after readers respond
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"On Thursday, February 25, Athens News editor Terry Smith ... published an editorial on the topic of the state and national tea party movement in which he encouraged Congressman Democrat Zack Space to refuse an invitation to appear at an event."
"While the greater scope of Smith's article falls outside of the scope of this website, the editor made comments about Buckeye Firearms Association that need to be addressed." ...
"I found Smith's reference to Buckeye Firearms Association as 'a hard conservative political group that disguises itself as a gun-rights outfit' to be quite interesting, given our history of endorsing the strongest candidate on our one issue, no matter what their party, and wrote to tell him so." ... |
ATF Claims Toy Guns
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"In the same week that the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing a landmark Second Amendment case, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) wrongfully confiscated $12,000 worth of Airsoft toy guns."
"The shipment of Airsoft toy guns was seized in customs by a BATFE agent who made a determination that the inner mechanism of the Airsoft toys could easily be modified to accommodate real ammunition. The toys were confiscated as a result and the BATFE has promised to destroy them."
"The Airsoft toy guns fire round BBs that are basically tiny plastic beads. Most of the Airsoft toy is made of plastic and would blow-up if you tried to fire real ammunition through it." ... |
GA: Atlanta police recruit shoots himself in the leg
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"An Atlanta police recruit was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital on Wednesday morning after shooting himself in the leg at the city's police academy."
"The shooting happened about 6:40 a.m. at the training academy on Southside Industrial Parkway in southeast Atlanta, according to police dispatchers."
"Atlanta police spokesman Eric Schwartz said the recruit, whose name has not been released, was cleaning his personal gun in the parking lot of the academy when the weapon accidentally[sic] discharged, shooting him in the left leg." ... |
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