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A Constitution in FULL Crisis
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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... "If the Constitution no longer stands, then there is NO federal government. The federal government exists only as a result of the Constitution. A very real crisis is at hand�"

"As a result, more than 32 states are rushing to pass Tenth Amendment legislation intended to remind the federal government of this reality. But the Obama regime is not listening."

"Many of those states are also passing Second Amendment protections for their citizens, making it illegal for the Fed to threaten private gun rights, even in cases of 'Martial Law.' But the Fed has rejected all such state bills, claiming that 'federal laws supersede state laws.'" ...
 

Are Those Against Nationwide Concealed Carry For States' Rights?
Submitted by: David Codrea
Website: http://www.examiner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner

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"So if their laws work for gun control, states have rights. But if state laws work against gun control, federal bans are in order--from Chicago to Cheyenne. Just moderate the message in accordance with political needs. Supporters in the media will help cover tracks."

Also hear audio of Barack Obama endorsing a nationwide federal ban on concealed carry--except, of course, "for retired police and military personnel."
 

Just because they call it entrapment doesn't mean you ain't caught
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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"In the wake of the Afghan and Iraq wars, a lot, and I mean A LOT, of property book military equipment has turned up missing. ... Oddly, they don't seem interested in prosecuting the thieves ... The DoD is simply interested in getting its property back."

"However, there is another class of government employees who are skulking around, offering 'can't miss' deals on this stuff, seeking to entrap whomever they can. There are a number of these three-letter federal agency folks plying their trade in Alabama just now. Look, if somebody you don't know from Adam's off ox comes up to you and offers a PVS-14 night vision device for $300.00, the price tag is sure to be a lot higher in the end."

"A word to the wise should be sufficient."
 

'The Window War': Coming Soon To A Window Near You
Submitted by: concerned american
Website: http://westernrifleshooters.blogspot.com

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As submitted by a commenter:

...What would happen if three percent of American gun owners or maybe even three percent of the American public decided they were ready to take things to the next level with minor breaches of the law?

It's doubtful the damage would be limited to the headquarters of political parties and the offices of the house and the senate in their districts. Expect to see damage at the multitudes of new offices, which have sent forth swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance in recent decades. Many an alphabet agency's windows are likely to get in on the action. 'The Window War' also hints that private residences are likewise on the list...


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Brady Campaign joins the VPC in deception
Submitted by: John Pierce - Minneapolis Gun Rights Examiner
Website: http://www.examiner.com/x-3253-Minneapolis-Gun-Rights-Examiner

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... "There was a single case in the VPC report from Minnesota. The VPC, apparently relying solely upon a Star Tribune article, reported the incident as: "Iheme, who had a concealed handgun permit, was found guilty of second degree murder." But actual court records which would have been easily researchable, reveal that Mr. Iheme did not have a permit." ...
 

Are gun investors playing with a loaded weapon?
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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"Just when gun-rights activists thought they could let their guard down, Congress goes and does something to raise their hackles once again." ...

"After yesterday's vote that wrecked legislation (by two votes) that would give concealed-carry permit holders reciprocity in all fifty states[sic], it looks like the NRA will have plenty of reasons to keep up its fight."

"While the latest action has more do to with state's rights than the Second Amendment, companies like Sturm Ruger ... and Smith & Wesson ... love the news."

"Their revenues have been soaring over the last nine months ... Now that Congress has done something arguably 'anti-gun,' spooked shooters can resume their shopping spree." ...
 

Republican Gap Widens Over Sotomayor
Submitted by: Anonymous

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"The split in the Republican base over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor grew wider Thursday, with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorsing her confirmation while the National Rifle Association amped up pressure for senators to vote no."

"The chamber, which frequently files friend-of-the-court briefs supporting business interests against labor or consumer litigants, cited Sotomayor's private practice representing companies in trademark and contracts matters." ...
 

This ain't South Dakota! Sen. John Thune's whacky gun plan completely misses the mark
Submitted by: NYSRPA-PVF
Website: http://www.nysrpa-pvf.org

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"The senator from the state that kills Wild Bill Hickok every day for tourists says we would be safer with gun-toting yahoos walking around Central Park."

"Yee-ha!"

"Never mind that there has not been a killing in Central Park since 2002, the victim being struck from behind with a rock."

"And never mind that a bullet in the back of Hickok's head proved more than a century ago that packing two six-guns is no protection against a coward." ...
 

Two States Legalize Guns in Bars
Submitted by: Anonymous

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"Even though gun-rights advocates in the Senate narrowly failed on Wednesday in a vote to greatly broaden the freedom to carry concealed weapons, two states acted last week to make it easier for armed gun owners to hang out with drunk people."

"Last Tuesday, a new guns-in-bars law took effect in Tennessee ... A few hours later, Arizona followed suit ... The Arizona Republic reported that the governor's action 'expanded the rights of gun owners by allowing those with a concealed-carry permit to take their firearms into establishments that serve alcohol.'" ...

"In both states, there is a catch. The new laws stipulate that armed patrons have to refrain from drinking ... creating a new category of customer, the designated shooter." ...
 

MO: Shooter says he fired in self-defense
Submitted by: Anonymous

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"Christine interviewed Daniel Johnson, 88, who reportedly shot and killed his younger roommate, Marcus Yarbrough, on Tuesday night ..."
"Johnson said he was in a chair when Yarbrough jumped on him without explanation. 'He'd been drinking,' Johnson said. 'He had something in his hand.'"

"Johnson kicked Yarbrough away and walked to his bedroom. When Johnson returned about 10 minutes later, Yarbrough allegedly lunged at him again."

"'I told him to leave me alone,' Johnson said. Yarbrough did not quit, Johnson said, so Johnson pulled a gun from his pocket and shot Yarbrough." ...
 

TX: HPD: 74-year-old man shoots Houston carjacker
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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"A southwest Houston man who told police he shot a knife-wielding carjacker Thursday morning is a getting a strong show of support from some of his neighbors." ...

"Peters pulled in front of the home about 6:30 a.m. when he noticed another car drive past and park along the curb across the street, police said."

"Soon after Peters got out of his car, Martin Baltazar, 18, came up to him and jammed a knife against his throat, Houston police said."

"'He said, 'Give me your car or I'll kill you,' said Victor Senties, an HPD spokesman."

"Peters reached into his car for a pistol. He began firing, with at least one round striking Baltazar in the abdomen, Houston police said." ...
 

TX: 6 shot, wounded in drive-by at Texas Southern
Submitted by: Larry

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"Gunfire on the Texas Southern University campus wounded six people and scattered the crowd at a community rally, and police on Thursday were investigating whether a gang rivalry was behind the drive-by shooting."

"People were gathered at the event that included a Houston rapper's performance when a car drove by and shots sprayed out from the vehicle, school spokeswoman Eva Pickens said, citing witness statements to police. The sound of gunfire made people drop to the pavement of the parking lot where the rally was being held to promote community service and voter registration." ...
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KABA Note: Didn't those shooters know they were in a "Gun-Free Zone"?
 

When it comes to guns, some politicos just don't trust you
Submitted by: Daniel White
Website: http://www.OhioCCW.org

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"By now, most of you know that the Thune-Vitter amendment failed by two votes. While this measure was defeated, the impetus behind it remains and the push for the restoration of gun rights in this country will continue."

"One interesting fact that came out of this whole effort was highlighted during the speeches on the floor of the Senate prior to the vote." ...
 

The sham vote on national concealed carry 'Thune Amendment'
Submitted by: Charlotte Gun Rights Examiner
Website: www.GunsPoliticsandFreedom.com

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"Plenty of ink (and not a little hot air) has been expended over yesterday�s US Senate vote on the 'Thune Amendment' ... much-ballyhooed by the NRA, the amendment would have created national reciprocity between states with concealed carry laws, enabling concealed handgun permit-holders to protect themselves and their families during interstate travel."

"Laudable though Thune's goal of national concealed carry may be, however, understand that the entire exercise was nothing but a sham ..." ...

"If the drama demonstrates anything, it is that, as Mark Twain put it, 'It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.'"
 

Gun Control from the Los Angeles Times: The Gun Control Loophole.
Submitted by: Anonymous

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"The United States Senate narrowly declined to respect the law of the land in rejecting another affirmation of freedom in this country. Senator John Thune [R -S.D.] put up a bill which would have made reciprocity for concealed carry permits cool among all those states who have some sort of CCW permit. That would be forty-eight states. It�s not the first time the will of the people is denied in the name of the will of the people."

"Do they work? Does the Thune - Vitter Bill call for the eradication of background checks, or does it affirm greater freedom for those who have already passed background checks and would pass them in other states as well?" ...
 

Former NRA chairman takes aim at gun industry lawsuits
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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... "PNW: In 2005, ... Congress passed, and Bush signed, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which aimed to rid the nation of frivolous lawsuits against gun manufacturers. Could another Supreme Court vacancy reverse this advance?"

"Dissell: Right now, the average American gun owner is very curious as to what will happen. Heller said the constitution guarantees an individual's right to keep and bear arms. However, there is a federal versus state jurisdiction battle going on right now within the White House. On one hand, the President is saying his health care bill will supersede state law, but the Heller decision does not. ... Heller said the Constitution is the law of the land." ...
 

OH: The Ohio GOP, not a friend to gun owners after all
Submitted by: Anonymous

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"A lot has been made recently in Ohio's pro-gun community about Republican gubernatorial candidate John Kasich's congressional vote in favor of the 1994 Clinton Assault Weapons ban. As it stands, Mr. Kasich refuses to disavow the vote on the record, and will only go so far as to state the bill didn't have the intended effect"

"To pro-gun advocates, that response is simply not good enough, because it implies that if another gun control law came along that he believed in, he might support gun control again." ...
 

OH: Attorney General Rich Cordray affirms he would not support 'assault weapons' ban
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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"Democrat Attorney General Richard Cordray, who was recently criticized by a potential 2010 Republican contender, Prosecutor Dave Yost, for not signing on when twenty-three other attorneys general sent a letter asking the federal government in a letter to not re-impose the so-called assault weapons ban, has been quoted in an interview at RightOhio.com as saying he would not support such a ban."

"The statement came as part of a larger discussion on Cordray's views on the Second Amendment, and other unrelated issues." ...
 

IL: Mark Kirk wants to be Illinois' anti-gun Republican Senator
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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"Yesterday's readers were promised that today's column would cover the Brady PAC's anti-gun fund-raising efforts in Chicago. Unfortunately, the research on that piece is spiraling out of control. Did you know that the President of the Illinois Senate is a registered lobbyist? ... There are many fun tidbits like that one to organize before the piece on Brady PAC is ready; don't expect to see it before Monday."

"Today, then, it's time to talk about another anti-gun force in Chicago: Representative Mark Kirk, R-Suburbia. Rep. Kirk announced on Monday that he will run to replace Roland 'Tombstone' Burris, D-Blagojevich, as Illinois' junior Senator. ... for Illinois gun owners, Mark Kirk may not be cause for celebration. ..." ...
 

IL: Ill. deputy accused zapping 3 kids with stun gun
Submitted by: Bruce Krafft

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"A sheriff's deputy zapped three children with a stun gun at an Illinois emergency youth shelter, threatening to sodomize one of them before choking a fourth child and throwing her in a closet, according to a federal civil-rights lawsuit."

"The suit against Jefferson County sheriff's deputy David Bowers and another deputy claims they were unprovoked in the incident ..."

"No charges have been filed in the case. Sheriff Roger Mulch, who also is named in the lawsuit, said Monday the deputies followed protocol and did 'nothing out of the ordinary.'" ...

"[Mulch] defended his deputies, saying separate investigations by his department and Illinois State Police determined Bowers and Lawler did nothing wrong."
 

OK: Trooper suspended 5 days for scuffle with paramedic
Submitted by: Larry

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"An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper was suspended Wednesday for five days without pay following a highly publicized scuffle with a paramedic in Okfuskee County in May, according to the Highway Patrol."

"The incident, which was caught on dash-camera and cell-phone video ..."

"Both paramedics and family members of the patient in the ambulance informed Martin several times by there was a patient inside, but he did not allow the paramedics to continue to the hospital ..." ...

"[Oklahoma Highway Patrol Captain Chris] West also said Martin had 'probable cause to make the traffic stop and justification to arrest the paramedic for obstructing a police officer' but that the incident 'resulted in conduct unbecoming an officer.'" ...
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KABA Note: Translation for those unfamiliar with CopSpeak: "conduct unbecoming an officer" = "he got caught and made us look bad".
 

Canada: 8 shotguns seized in fraud, firearms probe
Submitted by: Anonymous

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"Two men have been charged after eight shotguns were seized by police conducting an investigation into fraud and firearms offences in Winnipeg this week." ...

"According to police, three vehicles in the North End were broken into on June 10 and 11. Police said credit cards from stolen purses were used to make a number of fraudulent purchases."

"The shotguns were seized during a search of a residence ... police said, noting that two of the guns had been reported stolen."

"The other six were owned by a resident at the home, but were not registered." ...
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KABA Note: But what about your vaunted gun registry? Wasn't that supposed to be some sort of magic talisman against this sort of thing?
 

UK: Drive-by murder accused cleared
Submitted by: Anonymous

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"One of three men accused of killing a teenager in a drive-by shooting in Paisley has been cleared of murder."

"John Burke, 28, was on trial at the High Court in Glasgow for murdering Andrew Devlin, 19, but prosecutors have dropped the charge against him."

"He was also cleared of attempting to murder Gerald O'Doherty."

"His co-accused Anthony Collins, 30, and Richard McCondochie, 25 remain on trial. Both deny murder and attempted murder."

"The two victims were shot outside the Suzy Q's snooker club in August 2007."

"Burke, of Parkhead in Glasgow, pled guilty to possessing two firearms and ammunition without a licence at a flat in the city, between 3 August and 20 June last year." ...
 

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