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How to Beat Rolling Stone�s Anti-Gun Agitprop in Three Easy Steps
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"Rolling Stone is attacking Americans� gun rights like never before. We�ve seen The Five Most Dangerous Guns In America, an epic Larry Pratt hit piece and How to Beat the NRA In 7 (Not-So-Easy) Steps. If that�s not enough � and it really is � RS also serves-up an interactive America�s Gun Violence Epidemic page. (The publication offers one pro-gun piece, Confessions of a Liberal Gun Lover.) Needless to say, the anti-gun articles are riddled with misinformation, mischaracterization and misdirection. So what�s a gun guy to do? You could write a stern email ... but that�s bound to be as effective as, well, gun control. So here are three things you can do to make Rolling Stone ... eat their words . . ." ... |
Gun control creates more violence
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"The real cowards in the gun control debate are the Progressives who hide behind tragedies such as Newtown to conceal their real agenda and who exploit the parents of dead children to further their ideological purposes."
"Decades ago, New Jersey limited firearms� magazine capacity to 15 rounds; nevertheless, five New Jersey cities consistently make the F.B.I�s. list of the top 50 most dangerous cities in the United States. There is absolutely no evidence to support the proposition that reducing the capacity of magazines reduces crime committed with firearms and enhances public safety. None." ... |
Citizens Committee sues Eric Holder over interstate handgun sales
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"The Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, with financial support from the Second Amendment Foundation, filed a federal lawsuit today against Attorney General Eric Holder challenging the current federal law prohibiting cross-state handgun purchases."
"Also named in the lawsuit is B. Todd Jones, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Just the other day, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel recommended on its editorial page that ATF should be dissolved, and that�s no pro-gun newspaper." ... |
MA Gun Law Proves All Gun Control Laws Are Bad Laws
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"The Huffington Post�s Mike Weisser is over-the-moon about the following provision in Massachusetts� new proposed gun law (Bill H.4278): 'The task force shall study and report on suitable and feasible options for the safekeeping of a distressed [i.e. potentially suicidal] person�s firearms in a location away from the household, by his or her relations or community nongovernmental organizations including, but not limited to, legal protections for: (1) private citizens acting as good samaritans, who are of direct relation to the distressed person by family or affection; ...' Apparently, this is ground-breaking stuff! Here�s the HuffPo�s take . . ." ... |
New From Smith & Wesson: Bodyguard Pistols and Revolvers With Integrated Crimson Trace Lasers
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"I have a Smith & Wesson 642-2 with a Crimson Trace Lasergrip. And I have a Kel Tec P3AT (don�t judge me) with a Crimson Trace Laserguard. So I can attest to the utility of mounting a frickin� laser beam on a small pocket pistol. These guns really don�t have any useable sights to speak of. They�re contact distance point-and-shooters. And if you do have to make a shot at 10-15 feet or so with adrenaline dumping into your system, that red dot can be pretty handy. Smith wasn�t born yesterday. They�re well aware of this, too. And now they�re offering their bodyguard .380 pistol and .38 revolver all fitted out with CT goodness. Press release after the jump . . ." ... |
Road Trip to an Anti-Government Gun Rally
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"On a recent windy Saturday morning, Andy Poliakoff, a member of an anti-government group called the Oath Keepers, pulls up his black Dodge Ram ... Poliakoff had invited me to join him and a buddy on a road trip to Connecticut. They planned to protest a gun control law passed in the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ... It�s the most stringent gun control law in the nation. And it drives the Oath Keepers batty."
"The Oath Keepers is one of the fastest growing 'patriot' groups on the right. It�s a national, grassroots organization composed of mainly men and women in uniform ... who are wary of what they view as an increasingly tyrannical government, and who revere the Constitution as inviolable. ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: What does it say when a pro-Constitution group is characterized as "anti-government"? |
Bloomberg�s bumble
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"THANK GOODNESS ex-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent so much time in Southern Colorado!"
"If he hadn�t, how ever would we who live and work here have known that the four-lane, high-speed, paved path connecting Pueblo, Huerfano, Las Animas and other 'as rural as you can get' counties with the rest of the country wasn�t � in fact � an interstate?"
"How ever would we know how �stupid� our voters are for both fiercely protecting their Second Amendment rights and insisting that elected officials reflect their constituents� views?" ... |
Mark Kelly Calls 2nd Amendment View Held By Larry Pratt, James Madison An 'Affront'
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... "Kelly reacted to Pratt by releasing a statement in which he said, 'No matter where you stand on policies that reduce gun violence, Larry Pratt's view that our leaders should live in fear of gun violence is an affront to all responsible gun owners, Gabby and me included.'"
"Pratt did not say leaders 'should live in fear of gun violence' � but he did express Madison's view that the Second Amendment is in place to keep the government in check.
It should also be noted that Pratt refused to give Rolling Stone an interview. ..." |
'Who gets shot in America: What I learned compiling records of carnage for the New York Times
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"A year and a half ago, after the massacre at Sandy Hook ... Joe Nocera, an Op-Ed columnist at the New York Times, asked me, an editorial assistant at the newspaper, to find out who gets shot in America every day."
"Joe has a young child, and he was haunted by the fact that it could easily have been his own son in that classroom. We realized that we didn�t know who the majority of gun violence victims were, the people whose deaths didn�t make it onto a CNN broadcast."
"Six weeks after Newtown, Joe wrote a column consisting of a few lines about shootings that had happened that week ... He had a blog he wasn�t using, so starting the next day, I started writing at that blog by searching for America�s shooting victims." ... |
Guns Causes Life to be Measured in Days, not Years
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"The body count continues to rise as the nation panders to gun zealots and allows the Constitution to be perverted. The family of 12 year-old Genesis Rincon of Paterson, N.J. made the painful decision recently to remove her from life support as she laid brain dead, the latest victim of gun violence. The young girl was shot in the head while riding her scooter home, another casualty of America�s failure to reign in the possession of firearms."
"Just miles away in Newark, the family of another young lady, 17-year-old Chayenne Bond is devastated by her killing; accosted while walking with a friend and shot execution style after she was forced to get on her knees. ..." ... |
CA: California Gun Banners Continue to Twist the Facts About Gun Controls Failing Results
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"Firearm-related deaths have decreased in California since the early 1990s, but the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence (LCPGV) and the state�s Department of Justice don�t agree about the reasons why."
"The LCPGV is an anti-gun activist group, so as reflexively as a squirrel burying nuts, it claims California�s firearm-related deaths have decreased because of gun control." ...
"Whether [CA gun laws] have anything to do with the decrease in violent crime in California is another matter. According to the California Department of Justice, the state�s crime decrease since 1991 is due to 10 factors not related to gun control ..." ... |
Are 3-D Printed Guns a Cause for Concern?
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"Cody Wilson, a 26-year-old radical libertarian and crypto-anarchist, did something extraordinary last year."
"He fashioned the world�s first firearm using only a 3-D printer."
"The gun, called �the Liberator,� was printed almost exclusively of plastic � save for a conventional nail used as the firing pin."
"When Wilson pulled the trigger ... he instantly became the first person in history to successfully fire a 3-D printed gun." ...
"With one pull of the trigger, Wilson forever blurred the line between gun control laws and censorship."
"It�s a polarizing topic, depending on who you ask."
"While some see Wilson�s efforts to circumvent gun control laws as immoral, others believe he�s an incredible patriot. ..." ... |
Pushback Against Operation Choke Point Gains Momentum
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"The secret initiative that began as Operation Choke Point (OCP) in March 2013 is now beginning to meet not only with massive unfavorable publicity but also congressional pushback. Three hearings by House committees this week are indicative of the mounting outrage OCP has generated."
"Just months into his first term, President Obama launched 'Operation Broken Trust' ... seeking to 'root out and expose' various investment scams ..."
"'Mission creep' inevitably set in, and the scope of the investigative attention expanded greatly to include at least 30 separate industries, many having little or nothing to do with financial services, such as ammunition sales, firearms sales, ..." ... |
WA: Elway poll on dueling initiatives signals hard work ahead for gun advocates
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"Gun control advocates got a boost Tuesday from the latest Elway Poll that found 70 percent of people will likely vote for Initiative 594, the 18-page gun control measure pushing so-called 'universal background checks,' according to KOMO."
"Meanwhile 46 percent support Initiative 591, the one-page measure that requires background checks to comply with a uniform national standard, the poll indicated. According to Elway, 'In April, 72% intended to vote for (I-594). Opposition rose slightly from 19% to 22%.' During the same period, support for I-591dropped nine percentage points. It had been at 55 percent when a poll was taken in April. This new poll has a plus/minus margin of error of 4.5 points, according to the Portland Oregonian." ... |
AL: Guns v. Bibles in Alabama
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... "Under Alabama�s new open carry law, counties don�t get to stop voters from wearing guns in a polling place, according to an opinion issued last week by state Attorney General Luther Strange. But, Strange averred, there are certain places where they can be so stopped, such as high security government buildings ... and also private facilities like churches. The latter may prohibit firearms on their premises even while serving the public purpose of letting voting take place there."
"Strange�s opinion didn�t please John David Murphy ... A founding member of the gun rights group BamaCarry, Kennedy called the opinion 'horrible' for taking the position that 'private-property rights trump the right to an open poll.'" ... |
AL: Palmer wins Republican nomination for 6th Congressional District seat
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"Gary Palmer is the Republican Party nominee for the 6th Congressional District seat, winning the Republican primary run-off election over Paul DeMarco with 64 percent of votes." ...
"A University of Alabama graduate, Palmer co-founded and led the Alabama Policy Institute for 24 years."
"Palmer is a committed conservative, and ran his campaign on a platform of Republican values. Palmer has demonstrated staunch opposition to ObamaCare, Common Core, amnesty to illegal immigrants and tax increases. He has voiced support for economic development through free markets, shrinking the national debt, and protecting Second Amendment rights." ... |
MI:Detroit police chief gives credit to armed citizens for drop in crime
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"Fed up with crime, some armed Detroiters have developed itchy trigger-fingers � and Police Chief James Craig said lawbreakers are getting the message." ...
"The incident was the latest in a string of homeowners opening fire to defend themselves, although after a flurry of such shootings early this year, before Monday there hadn�t been a reported incident since May 4 � an indication that criminals are thinking twice about breaking into people�s houses, Craig said."
"Detroit has experienced 37 percent fewer robberies in 2014 than during the same period last year, 22 percent fewer break-ins of businesses and homes, and 30 percent fewer carjackings. Craig attributed the drop to better police work and criminals being reluctant to prey on citizens who may be carrying guns." ... |
TN: Former Memphis Police officer found guilty of rape
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"Former Memphis police officer Aaron Reinsberg was convicted Saturday of raping a Rhodes College student."
"The jury deliberated Friday afternoon for two hours and delivered the verdict Saturday afternoon."
"Reinsberg was found guilty of two counts of rape, one involving sex without the victim's consent and the other because the jury found the victim was helpless to consent. The former officer was also convicted of one count of assault by touching and and two counts of official misconduct (for using police equipment to look up the victim's address)." ... |
NY: Fulton Police Officer Arrested
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"A Fulton police officer has been arrested and charged with three misdemeanors, police said."
"Fulton Police Sergeant Joseph R. Arigo, was charged with the following:"
"Assault 3rd Degree � class A misdemeanor"
"Falsifying Business Records � class A misdemeanor"
"Making a Punishable False Written Statement � class A misdemeanor"
"Police officials said on July 1, the city of Fulton Police Department began conducting an investigation after receiving a complaint from a victim alleging he was assaulted by a Fulton police officer.
Based on information received during the course of this investigation, police charged Arigo with hitting a person one or more times about the head and face on June 28. ..." ... |
FL: Miami Cop in Trouble after Pulling Over Speeding Driver, who Turns out to be internal Affairs Lieutenant
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"A Miami police officer pulled a car over for speeding last month, which turned out to be a plainclothes internal affairs lieutenant who shoved the door open on the officer after refusing to provide his drivers license, leading to a struggle on the side of the road that was caught on camera."
"As the two were on the ground wresting, another three Miami cops who just happened to be in the area pulled up and piled on the screaming driver� only to pull off when they realized the man at the bottom was an internal affairs lieutenant from their own department." ...
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OH: Cleveland policeman charged with having sex with minor
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"A Cleveland police officer was arrested Thursday night and charged with having sex with a minor."
"Patrol Officer Charles Locke, 43, was taken into custody without incident at Fourth District headquarters, according to a police spokesman."
"Locke is charged in Cleveland Municipal Court with two counts of sexual conduct with a minor 10 year or older. He is also charged with four counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, according to the court website."
"Police have not released the victim's age." ... |
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