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Firearms rights activists are now �insurrectionists� say anti-gunners
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"Timing is everything, and a new book from Joshua Horwitz and Casey Anderson ties in well with recent 'reports' from the Department of Homeland Security on 'rightwing extremists' and the one from the Missouri Information Analysis Center on the 'modern militia movement.'"
"Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, and Anderson, a Washington, D.C. attorney, call their book Guns, Democracy and the Insurrectionist Idea. So, in addition to being demonized as 'rightwing extremists' and militia whackos, now gun rights activists � people who stand in defense of their fundamental civil right to keep and bear arms that is protected by the Second Amendment � are 'insurrectionists.'" ... |
"They don't hate our guns. They hate US.": Bob Herbert plays Uncle Tom on the government monopoly of force plantation.
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"I was sitting in the back room of a gun store here in Alabama the other day, chatting with a long time friend about Bob Herbert's latest NYT column, A Threat We Can't Ignore ..."
"A call for more gun control ..." ...
"'Gun crazies.' 'Slither(ing) among us.' Lumping ordinary American gun owners in with National Socialist (read collectivist) terrorists ..."
"My friend sighed, took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. ..."
"'You know something, Mike?' he asked in sadness and quiet discovery. 'I just realized something. All this time I thought it was our guns they hated, but that's not it. They don't hate our guns. They hate US. You and me. We're free individuals and they can't stand it.'" ... |
Gun grabbers don't let facts get in the way of gun registration scheme
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"One of Cleveland's complaints about Statewide Preemption, which has led them to sue the State of Ohio over it, is that it scrapped their mandatory handgun registration."
"Our neighbors to the north have had an even more stringent gun registration scheme since 2001 despite the fact that 'there is no convincing research showing that the gun registry has saved a single life.'"
"Gary Mauser, professor emeritus, Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies, Faculty of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B. C. explains." ... |
Restrictive gun laws violate civil rights
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"The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence ... laments efforts being made to repeal draconian gun laws in Chicago and Washington D.C." ...
"Never mind that D.C.'s 'new Constitutional gun laws' included laanguagethat would ban guns based on their color--a provision that was only changed (just this month) in response to legal pressure brought by the Second Amendment Foundation."
"Washington D.C. and Chicago have two things in common: the most restrictive gun laws in the country, and a near-'leadership' position in terms of murder rates. Whether or not one believes that the strict gun laws in those cities actually contribute to the violent crime, it would certainly be difficult to argue that they do much to reduce it." ... |
Gun banners: rhetoric replaces reality
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"In the previous article, a reader attempted to invalidate my conclusions:"
"'Wow, you can draw a line! How clever. What are the r-values and p-values, though? If you can't show significance, it doesn't count.'"
"In his rush to derogate without performing his own analysis of the data, two points were neatly avoided:" ... |
Sandy Froman: NRA Members Must Oppose Sotomayor
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"Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, has a narrow view of the Second Amendment that contradicts the Court's landmark decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. A heated debate has started in the U.S. Senate over her opposition to the right to keep and bear arms. This issue, which has decided the fate of presidential elections, could also decide her nomination. Gun owners, and especially the members of the National Rifle Association, must aggressively oppose Judge Sotomayor�s confirmation to the Supreme Court." ...
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Submitter's Note: You know Sandy, this plea to rally the troops would be more effective if the NRA got off its thumb and told Congress that this vote will count on their report card. |
Bowie Tactical Concepts: Making a good gun a great gun
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"Do you own a gun that you like, except for some minor detail? Do you wish your concealed carry gun concealed better? Do you want a unique look or feature for a special gun? If your concealed carry gun is a compromise, maybe it's time to consider some custom work to make your gun fit you better."
"Bowie Tactical Concepts (BTC) is owned and operated by David Bowie, a Sheriff Deputy, SWAT team commander, firearms instructor, and supporter of your rights. He also happens to be a genius at making a stock gun fit and function to its highest potential for the guns specific owner." ... |
Free Survival E-Books
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"I'd meant to post on this earlier but got wrapped around the axle with priorities. Anyway, better late than never. M.D. Creekmore of The Survivalist Blog writes:"
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Download my Free ebook collection. Feel free to link to and offer the books to your readers, I am sure they would appreciate the gesture, showering you with praise followed by hugs and sloppy kisses."
"The hugs and kisses I can do without. The books, you should not, at least not without first seeing what they are and determining if they offer information that you think you can apply to your benefit."
"From what I see, there's not only something for everybody, there's a heck of a lot of good knowledge to choose from." ... |
The Gun Lobby's Two Faces on Judge Sotomayor
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"With confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor scheduled for next month, it is worth noting the gun lobby's disingenuous -- and surprisingly muted -- reaction to her nomination so far."
"On the eve of those hearings, the National Rifle Association still has not decided whether to score Senate votes on her confirmation."
"Up to now, the NRA has instead taken a more timid official line against Judge Sotomayor, while apparently outsourcing a much harsher line of attack to members of its Board of Directors who speak on behalf of other organizations which have comparatively little to do with guns." ... |
AZ: Regulating guns doesn't mean banning guns
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"Talk about losing perspective."
"The Arizona Senate is mulling over legislation that would let anyone carry a concealed handgun without a permit. The bill passed the Senate Judiciary Committee Friday and now faces a vote by the Senate. Even in a Republican-dominated legislature, though, it's a tough sell."
"The bill's primary advocate ... argues that 'pro-gun states' like Alaska and Vermont, where permits for concealed weapons are not required, are safer than Arizona, presumably an 'anti-gun state' because it does require permits. 'Criminals could care less about any of the gun laws we pass,' she told the Arizona Daily Star. 'Gun laws are to restrict me, the law-abiding citizen. It's not to restrict the criminal.'" ...
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OK: Prosecutor Declines Charges In Sequoyah Shooting Death
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"The fatal shooting of a Sequoyah County man by his daughter Thursday was justified, and no charges will be filed ..." ...
"According to Sequoyah County Sheriff�s Office reports, the department received a call at 11:09 p.m., saying Foreman had been shot during a domestic dispute."
"Foreman�s wife, Shelli Foreman, told investigators that Foreman had been drinking and had been terrorizing her since 5:15 p.m., threatening her with guns and knives and wrapping a telephone cord around her neck." ...
"Shortly after 11 p.m., when Foreman forced his wife onto the ground, holding a gun to the back of her head, his daughter retrieved a gun from another bedroom and shot Foreman ..." ... |
SoCal Churches welcome armed members: will they regret it?
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"Last week, fifteen Southern California religious leaders listened to the counsel of Interfaith Intruder Response and the recommendation of admitting congregants with concealed carry permits to services while wearing their weapon. This means a loaded gun in church. Several of them at any one service. We hope."
"Will they come to regret it?"
"Probably not. They may be castigated for their decision, but that's nothing in the way of slings and arrows for the faithful. They get that all the time. Much of the carping will come from the anti-gun crowd ... A walk in the park. The discernment is in electing to admit armed citizens, the discernment is not in stopping them at the door." ... |
IA: Football Coach Shot in High School Weight Room
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"A prominent central Iowa high school football coach died after being shot multiple times in the school's weight room Wednesday by a former player, police said."
"Mark Becker, 24, was arrested at a house shortly after he allegedly shot Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas, police said. He was charged with first-degree murder."
"Thomas was shot multiple time at point-blank range shortly before 8 a.m. local time and died after at Covenant Medical in Waterloo."
"Several students were in the room at the time of the shooting, but none were injured, said Kevin Winker, assistant director of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. School was not in session Wednesday." ...
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Ohio Congressman Bob Latta imposes 'nuclear' option to oppose knife ban
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"...[A] pair of Congressmen have decided to apply the nuclear option - restrictive amendments to their budgets, to let the [DHS] know they don't like the proposed Customs and Border Patrol measure designed to change the definition of a switchblade knife. The new CBP definition, if adopted, would basically cut the modern knife industry to the quick as approximately eighty percent of knives currently in production would fall into the definition of switchblade because of their assisted-opening feature."
"Representatives Bob Latta (R-Ohio) and Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) have co-sponsored an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill to restrict funds to the proposed CBP rule on switchblades." ... |
TN: Legal Fight Brewing Over Controversial State Gun Law
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"Lawmakers have passed a bill that would allow guns in restaurants, that serve alcohol. A coalition will sue state lawmakers, to stop the law from happening."
"The core of the coalition is restaurant owners, attorneys, and civic leaders who believe state lawmakers were duped." ...
"... Tennessee's law permits nightclubs, saloons, dance bars, music halls, guns in all those, no state has ever done that,' said attorney David Randolph Smith." ...
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Submitter's Note: Speaking of duping people . . . I can only speak for my home state of MN, where not only can you carry a weapon into any 'nightclub, saloon, dance bar, or music hall' you may drink as long as you maintain a B.A.C. of 0.04 or below. |
PA: PA court: Philly gun laws invalid
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"Two key provisions of Philadelphia's most recent attempt to impose local gun controls - banning 'straw purchase' of handguns and banning assault weapons - were invalidated today by a state appeals court."
"... the Commonwealth Court held that the state Supreme Court ruled in 1996 that only the state legislature - not municipalities - has the authority to enact gun laws."
"But the 6-1 majority of the Commonwealth Court ... allowed three other provisions to remain in effect."
"Greenspan, now on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, had ruled in those three provisions that the National Rifle Association and other challengers of the Philadelphia laws were not affected seriously enough to have legal standing to sue." ... |
LA: Totalitarianism In One City: Shreveport's Gun-Grabbing Mayor
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"Any time a motorist is stopped by a police officer, insists Shreveport, Louisiana Mayor Cedric Glover, 'Your rights ... have been suspended.' This includes not only the freedom of movement, but also, in the event the officer inquires as to whether the driver is carrying a weapon, 'Your right to be able to hold on to your weapon and say whether [you] have a weapon or not' -- as well as the right to retain possession of that weapon, should the officer decide to confiscate it from you."
"Should you choose not to answer the question, or answer it in the negative, the officer could still choose, 'in the interest of officer safety, to secure you in a safe position' -- this most likely means outside the car with your hands cuffed behind your back ..." ... |
AZ: Senate panel OKs bill on concealed weapons
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"A bill to allow Arizonans to carry concealed weapons without state permits cleared an initial legislative hurdle Friday, despite opposition from law enforcement."
"The state Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4-3 along party lines for the Republican-sponsored bill, which also gives people with permits the right to take concealed weapons into some public facilities where they're not allowed now."
"However, the committee amended the proposal to delete a provision giving people with permits a new right to take a concealed gun on school grounds while picking up or dropping off a student."
"Law enforcement officials said eliminating the permit requirement would increase danger for police and the public ..." ... |
NY: Aborn Highlights Experience as Advocate and Analyst of Criminal Justice Policy Issues
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"Richard M. Aborn says voters can get a sense of how he would approach the job of Manhattan District Attorney by examining his work for the police departments of Los Angeles and London."
"Starting as a volunteer for handgun control in 1984, Mr. Aborn, 56, says he has spent his career advocating for change in the criminal justice system. In 2004, the managing partner of Constantine Cannon, an antitrust litigation firm, helped establish a consultancy affiliated with the law firm called Constantine & Aborn Advisory Services, to offer among other services, advice on law enforcement policy." [emphasis added] ... |
ATF and Firearms Industry Join Forces to Stop Illegal Purchasing of Firearms in Rio Grande Valley
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"The [BATFE] and representatives from the [NSSF] -- the trade association for the firearms industry -- today jointly announced the return of a major campaign to reduce significantly the illegal straw purchases of firearms in the Rio Grande Valley."
"The program, called 'Don't Lie for the Other Guy,' was developed to raise public awareness that it is a serious crime to purchase a firearm for someone who cannot legally do so or for someone who does not otherwise want his or her name associated with the purchase. The campaign, which is also designed to educate firearms retailers on how to better detect and deter potential straw purchases, was slated to visit the Valley last year, but due to inclement weather the launch was postponed." ... |
When the Jackbooted Ones Strike . . .
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"� it's good to have neighbors willing to intercede, explain Mark and Deborah Kuhn of Asheville, North Carolina in a video interview with the Motorhome Diaries crew."
"The Kuhns, an engaging couple with very detailed knowledge of the plague of authoritarian militarism afflicting our country, were assaulted by police two years ago for the non-crime of displaying a U.S. flag upside down as a form of protest."
"On July 25, 2007, a local Sheriff�s deputy named Brian Scarborough � a National Guard soldier who had recently returned from combat duty in occupied Iraq � attempted to arrest Mark under an ancient, and long-since overturned, state statute against 'flag desecration.'"
"As can be expected, Scarborough treated these Americans as if they were Iraqi 'hajis,' ..." ... |
Homeland Security drone patrolling northern New York
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"A monitor inside an operations trailer shows a close-up view of a boat skimming across the water on Lake Ontario."
"The image was taken from an unmanned aircraft more than three miles away."
"A Predator B Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has been temporarily based at Fort Drum since early June in an experiment by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office."
"The Department of Homeland Security is using the extensive restricted air space over Fort Drum to test whether the drone could be a good fit along this stretch of the northern border." ...
"The Predator will operate out of Fort Drum for about three weeks for testing and training, and to evaluate its use to law enforcement." ...
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CA: Up to 50 Sheriff's Department layoffs coming
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"Despite last minute warnings from Sheriff Sandra Hutchens that proposed budget cuts could cripple the quality of law enforcement, county supervisors on Tuesday reaffirmed their decision to shrink her department's budget by $28 million."
"The sheriff said she'll immediately begin the process to lay off up to 50 Sheriff's Department employees because of the cuts. At least one floor of the Women's Central Jail will be shuttered, response times in unincorporated county areas will increase and investigations will move along at a slower clip, Hutchens said." ...
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IL: Chicago Police Officer Sent to Anger Management Classes for Attack on Female Bartender
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"An off-duty Chicago police officer convicted of pummeling a female bartender half his size was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation and anger management classes for the videotaped attack that appeared worldwide on the Internet and cable news channels." ...
"Prosecutors had asked for prison for Abbate � he could have been sentenced to up to five years behind bars � but the judge said he didn't see aggravating factors to justify a prison term."
"'If I believed sentencing Anthony Abbate to prison would stop people from getting drunk and hitting people, I'd give him the maximum sentence,' Fleming said." ...
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KY: Kentucky 'Hate Crime' Report Mentions Constitution Party
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"A report posted on the Kentucky Justice & Public Safety Cabinet website mentions the Kentucky chapter of the Constitution Party. The 2006 report, entitled 'Hate Crime and Hate Incidents in the Commonwealth,' characterizes the paleoconservative political party as a patriot group and associates it with the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations." ...
"... Including the Constitution Party�now considered a mainstream political party�in a report dwelling on the Imperial Klans of America and the neo-Nazi American National Socialist Workers� Party is part of a concerted effort to delegitimize and stigmatize the patriot movement." ... |
Canada: Gun call not all that funny
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"Police swoop on group with marshmallow gun."
"At first glance, it�s a headline that causes some to chuckle, others to rant about over-reacting cops."
"Smile if you will, but there is an extremely important side to this story, and it�s nothing to do about over-zealous cops."
"It highlights the message that police have been trying to get through the public�s collective head for years: Officers respond to gun calls in quick, and very serious fashion, even more so in the present climate of gun violence that�s descended upon virtually every Lower Mainland city, including this one."
"In this case, the complaint of a carload of youths driving around, pointing a gun at people, turned out to be a silly device designed to fire marshmallows." ... |
Philippines: PNP dangles P5M reward for loose firearm informants
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"The Philippine National Police (PNP) has allocated a P5 million reward for those who will give information leading to the confiscation of unlicensed firearms." ...
"The money will come from the P25 million fund released by President Arroyo for the PNP Reward System, primarily to solve cases of violence against journalists, militant activists, elected government officials and other government workers, candidates and election workers."
"Senior Superintendent Leonardo Espina, PNP spokesman, said the reward scale for unregistered firearms ranges from P50,000 to P200,000, depending on the type and quantity of firearms involved." ... |
NY: Pastor Charlie Muller Takes Gun Shop-Back Program to Binghamton
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"Pastor Charlie Muller, working with Jack Gilroy of Binghamton, NY, met in May with Broome County Sheriff David Harder to discuss the success of Albany's Put it Down Gun Buy-Back Program that has had a tremendous impact in Albany. To date, more than 200 illegal handguns have been collected. District Attorney David Soares has not only supported the program, but is advocating additonal funds through an Impact Grant to continue this program in Albany."
"Pastor Charlie will ... announce a one-day gun collection event that will take place in the St. James Rectory Parking Lot this Saturday, June 27th, from 8:00AM to 3:00PM. Wegmans Food Chain will give a $150 gift card for the first ten guns. ..." ... |
South African: Gun law challenged in court
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"The SA Hunters and Game Conservation Association has asked the High Court in Pretoria to extend the deadline for the renewal of gun licences, reports said today." ...
"SABC radio news reported that the association launched an urgent bid requesting an extension of the implementation of the new Firearms Control Act which comes into effect on July 1, 2009."
"Lawyer Bertus Bergenthuin told the court the government was unable to deal with the administrative load brought upon by the new legislation." ...
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South Africa: State warns against altering gun law
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"It would be an 'exceptionally dangerous thing' to upset new firearms legislation at this late stage, the High Court in Pretoria heard today."
"Counsel for the minister of police, Pat Ellis SC, argued that the SA Hunters and Game Conservation Association was in effect asking the court to amend an Act of Parliament, pending the finalisation of their application to have certain sections of the Firearms Control Act declared unconstitutional."
"The Association applied for an urgent interim interdict, declaring that all licences of firearms obtained under 1969 firearms legislation remain valid until the outcome of their constitutional application." ... |
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