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MD: SAF Sues in Maryland Over Handgun Permit Denial
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"The Second Amendment Foundation and a Baltimore County, MD man today sued Maryland authorities in federal court because the man's handgun permit renewal was turned down on the grounds that he could not demonstrate 'a reasonable precaution against apprehended danger.'"

"The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland."

"Joining SAF in the lawsuit is Raymond Woollard, who was originally issued a carry permit after a man broke into his home during a family gathering in 2002. Woollard's permit was renewed in 2005, after the man was released from prison. That man now lives about three miles from Woollard. ..." ...

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... "'Laws that empower bureaucrats to deny the exercise of a fundamental civil right because they cannot show good cause to exercise that right can't possibly stand up under constitutional scrutiny,' said SAF Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. 'We are supporting Mr. Woollard in this action because constitutional rights trump bureaucratic whims.'" ...

The Right to Bear Cameras
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"Since freedom of the press is the foundation that American news outlets are built on, we all know that the First Amendment is sacrosanct to this country�s journalists. However, there are a few situations that test the limits of this freedom, and one of these situations has been in the news recently. Though it traditionally falls under the protections of the First Amendment, photography occupies that ambivalent space where cameras can be wielded by both journalists and private citizens with potentially harmful intent. It�s the latter group that leads to conflict between law enforcement officials and camera-toting individuals and frames the debate over security and freedom of the press in the incongruous terms of the Second Amendment." ...

What took CeaseFire so long to exploit L. Sammamish shooting?
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"Eleven days is an awfully long time for the gun prohibition lobby to wait before it exploits a crime, which is what happened with Wednesday's publication of an Op-Ed piece in the Seattle Times by Washington CeaseFire's Ralph Fascitelli that calls for new gun laws in reaction to the July 17 shootout at Lake Sammamish State Park that left two men dead."

"As this column accurately predicted here, the CeaseFire president has now called for a ban on firearms in state parks (one way to erode this state's preemption law and clamp down on legal concealed carry). He is also asking the Legislature to 'make it more difficult for people to get concealed-weapons permits or to openly carry loaded weapons.'" ...

Urge Your Congressman to Cosponsor Important Pro-Gun Reform Bill
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"H.R. 2296, the [BATFE] Reform and Firearms Modernization Act, represents NRA-ILA's latest effort to pass legislation that will make it easier for lawful gun owners and dealers to comply with federal law and regulations, while ensuring that those who break the law are punished accordingly." ...

"H.R. 2296 would allow fines or license suspensions for less serious violations, while still allowing license revocation for the kind of serious violations that would block an investigation or put guns in the hands of criminals. This prevents the all-too-common situations where BATFE has punished licensees for insignificant technical violations-such as improper use of abbreviations, or filing records in the wrong order." ...

HuffPo Ed: Open Carry Is A Threat, Not A Promise
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"Kate Shilling, Coalition Director of the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater LA, reckons banning open carry wouldn't violate Californians' Constitutional rights. 'Forbidding open carry does not limit your right to own or carry a gun,' Ms. Shilling writes in the Huffington Post. 'It merely regulates the way in which you carry your gun when in a public place ...' And it�s OK to ban open carry because 'When someone not in uniform carries a gun in public, they are in effect saying 'I could kill you, if I chose.' Which in turn poses an immediate threat to my own freedom of speech, freedom of action, freedom to congregate and freedom to be in public spaces. ...' Shilling then proceeds to tie herself in rhetorical knots . . ." ...

Concealed Handgun License State Reciprocity List 1.6 For iPhone
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"Announcing that Blackleaf Software LLC, the developer of Concealed Handgun License State Reciprocity List, has released the latest update for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. Until now, travelers with concealed handgun permits have had to do hours, if not days, of tedious research to learn which states recognize their concealed carry licenses; but Concealed Handgun License State Reciprocity List 1.6 puts reciprocity information for all 50 states right at their finger tips. Information is quickly accessible and users can save time and stay on the good side of the law by knowing exactly where they can carry, before they even leave home." ...

Essential skills for maintaining Liberty
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"Someone sent me an link to an interesting article: '50 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do.'"

"There are lots of useful things for the sheeple to learn listed. Several I should probably brush up on myself. But they left out some of the most important skills that most sheeple definitely are lacking:"

"Why not 'How to fire a hand held weapon,' specifically a firearm? Every child should be taught how to handle a gun (rifle, shotgun, handgun), and how to hit what they shoot at, in stressful situations, for when common criminals and 'Liberals' threaten their property and Liberty. Every high school graduate should be required to demonstrate they can hit a running 'Liberal' at 300 meters." ...

Praxis: There's IFAKs and then there's IFAKs
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"OK, troops, yesterday I told you I picked up two new 'IFAKs' -- Improved First Aid Kits -- for a relative song. These were the Army version of the current issue first aid kit as pictured above. The Marines have a different IFAK, and you can find both in surplus stores, off-base pawn shops and on-line military gear stores."

"Whereas the Army IFAK designation stands for 'Improved First Aid Kit,' the Marines kit is called 'Individual First Aid Kit,' both with the same acronym. And its not just the name that's different. For those who want to duplicate the kits by picking up individual items, the contents lists below should help." ...

Fewer Guns in Public Means More Freedom
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... "First and foremost, prohibiting 'open carry' is not about whether you can carry a gun, but how you carry your gun. Let me repeat that, because opponents want to make this a Second Amendment issue, when the Second Amendment has nothing to do with it. Forbidding open carry does not limit your right to own or carry a gun. It merely regulates the way in which you carry your gun when in a public place -- the library, the coffeeshop on the corner, or yes, Huntington Beach ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: So Kaile, you're saying that anyone in California who is not a 'prohibited person' (saving that argument for another time) can carry a loaded concealed weapon without fear of arrest? Well I hesitate to call you an uninformed incompetent twit, but it is either that or you are an out-and-out bald-faced liar.

NRA Disgraces Martin Luther King
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"We now know that the National Rifle Association will be joining Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin for Beck's 'Restoring Honor' rally at the Lincoln Memorial on the 47th Anniversary of Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Is it possible to imagine a greater offense to the legacy of Dr. King?"

"The NRA, the leading purveyor of the noxious notion that guns are legitimate tools of political dissent, will be standing in the historic shadow of Dr. King, the apostle of non-violent protest. Dr. King resisted calls to violence from within the civil rights movement with these words: 'There is more power in socially organized masses on the march than there is in guns in the hands of a few desperate men. ..." ...

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"dvice.com reports that 'if you take about 20 of the pieces in this 125-piece puzzle and put them together properly, you�ll have a fully-functional single-shot .45 caliber handgun. ...'" ...

Lawsuit Update
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"First things first. Lots of people want to know what's going to happen, whether we will settle or fight."

"We don't know."

"To be honest, neither of us have firmly decided one way or the other. When people start using the law in unorthodox ways to bully or extort from small nonprofit blogs, you don't want to cave to them. Then you find out just how much it costs to stand on principle. Righthaven knows the breaking point for most people, hence the multiple low-key settlements."

"Rest assured, Clayton, David and TheArmedCitizen will cooperate with the law to the fullest extent required. It was never our intent to infringe, and if such an infringement occurred, we will do our best to correct the error." ...

One Month after McDonald
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"One month ago, the Supreme Court held in McDonald v. City of Chicago that states ... are prevented from violating Americans� Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. The Supreme Court did not, however, define the full scope of the right, nor the standard of review by which challenged statutes will be judged."

"In other words: It ain't over yet. A number of pending lawsuits across the country will further shape how the Second Amendment will be applied."

"The first lawsuit of note comes from Chicago. As soon as the Supreme Court struck down the city's handgun ban ... Mayor Richard Daley worked with the city council to pass a very restrictive gun-control regime to take the ban's place. The [NRA] promptly filed suit ..." ...

In Wake of 'Heller,' 3rd Circuit OKs Ban on Unnumbered Guns
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"In an important Second Amendment decision that charts a course for evaluating the validity of gun laws now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared the right to be an individual one, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to strike down a federal law that bans possession of guns with obliterated serial numbers."

"Perhaps the most important lesson to be gleaned from U.S. Circuit Judge Anthony J. Scirica's opinion in United States v. Marzzarella is that courts faced with unanswered questions in the Second Amendment arena should consider looking to the extensive jurisprudence on First Amendment claims for guidance." ...

guns out of heller
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"In the past two weeks, I have explained how the Supreme Court arrived at the decision that we have a right to have handguns in our homes. ... The Court used 'substantive due process' to find that a right to self-defense exists and that banning the possession of a handgun in the home is too restrictive. Substantive due process centers on the Fourteenth Amendment�s 'due process' clause ... However, the Court had another legal avenue available and possibly more readily logical, but had the Court utilized this argument 137 years of Supreme Court precedent would have been overturned. The Court could have dusted off the Privileges or Immunities Clause."

MD: Gun rights advocates challenge Maryland's restrictions on handgun carry permits
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"The gun rights advocates who successfully challenged the District's gun laws have moved their campaign to Maryland, filing a federal lawsuit claiming that the state's weapons restrictions violate the Second Amendment."

"The seven-page suit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore challenges Maryland's restrictions on handgun carry permits. Under state law, applicants must show, among other things, that they are not addicted to drugs or alcohol, don't have a history of violence and have a 'good and substantial reason' to carry a gun." ...

Politics, parties and PACs
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"No matter how much the media want to make it a partisan issue, one can not accurately predict a candidate's position on the Second Amendment by looking at his party affiliation. Telling a lie often enough may make more people believe it, but it does not change the facts."

"One could make a case that the gun issue is an urban versus rural issue. This is far more accurate than the typical Republican vs. Democrat argument, and may have been fairly true 20 years ago, but it is clearly not the case today." ...

FL: Mayfield 'fighting for us in Tallahassee'
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"Political activity is certainly at its peak this time of the year. It is difficult to sort out truth from the nonsense to determine the candidate�s agenda. Will the candidate execute their promises or are they just doing what it takes to get elected?"

"There is a candidate I have watched that has a track record of actually doing what she promised. I was so pleased to learn that Rep. Debbie Mayfield has received the endorsement of conservatives such as former Gov. Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, together with groups such as the [NRA] ... I have followed Rep. Mayfield�s service in the Florida House and she has built a solid conservative track record on issues that affect our quality of life here in Indian River County." ...

FL: Candidate Profile: Florida House of Representatives: Bob McCann
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"State House District 67"

"Party Affiliation: Republican"

"Age: 53"

"Residence: Lakewood Ranch"

"Occupation: Physician and Attorney"

"Education: Undergraduate Associate of Science in Biology from Northern Illinois University (1983) Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (1988) Doctor of Jurisprudence with Honors from Florida Coastal Law (1999)" ...

"He is a proponent of the Second Amendment and is pro-life. MCCann says he is also a strong advocate of the free-market system and tort reform"

Truckers, gun owner groups file lawsuit to void handgun ammunition shipping restriction in California -- AB-962 pre-empted by federal laws that regulate interstate shipping
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"The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has joined with [Cal-Guns], the [NRA], the Folsom Shooting Club and two individual truckers to challenge California's soon to be implemented ban on the interstate shipment of handgun ammunition to California."

"... The law will criminalize the delivery and transfer of handgun ammunition not done in face-to-face transactions. It also requires shipping companies to implement procedures to determine whether the recipient of a package containing handgun ammunition is covered by one of the exceptions in the law before delivering handgun ammunition in California. This ... will make shipping ammunition to California much more difficult and likely more expensive." ...

NRA-Backed Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010 Passes U.S. House
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"On Wednesday, July 28, by a margin of 307-113, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to amend the federal definition of protected 'household goods' to include firearms on the list of items that cannot be seized by creditors in a bankruptcy proceeding."

"NRA-supported H.R. 5827, offered by U.S. Representative John Boccieri (OH-16), would ensure that a person who files for bankruptcy would not lose the constitutionally- protected means of protecting themselves and their families. The bill sets a cap of $3,000 on the value of a firearm collection eligible for the protection, so people in bankruptcy proceedings can continue to own serviceable firearms." ...

Hide your guns! Second amendment under assault
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"Bubba's wife, Hillary Clinton, has recently announced that the Obama administration will lend its co-operation (political speak for 'sign the proposed 'UN's Small Arms Treaty') in a global effort to effect gun control by registration and/or confiscation of firearms owned by private citizens. This includes semi-automatic weapons and, though I haven't confirmed this, it also includes single action revolvers."

"The treaty's ostensible goal is to help in the fight against 'terrorism, insurgency and international crime syndicates,' according to Congressman Paul Broun, (R-Ga). Let us test the President's motives for gun control in an historical flashback." ...

IA: West Burlington Councilman Dan West perpetuates the anti-gun sentiment
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"Once again, an elected official of City of West Burlington shows his arrogance - or ignorance."

"To date, Mayor Hans Trousil has not responded to citizens with anything other than a canned response. Councilman Dan West has taken the time to personally respond to a citizen, however. While he did at least take the time to make the response, it is certainly not a response one would expect from an elected official. The citizen asked Mr. West a simple question:"

"Why would you waste your town's (tax payer's) money passing Chapter 30 when it is clearly a violation of Iowa's preemption law (Chapter 724.28). ..."

"Here is Mr. West's response, with comments inserted:" ...

When the Long Arm of the Law Becomes the Strong Arm
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"New York will be paying a record settlement to the children of a police shooting victim, as well as to two of his friends who were with him on that fateful morning. ..."

"Is Police Brutality a Growing Epidemic?"

"Police brutality is nothing new, and, for many of the cases, there seems to be at least some racial motivation involved. However, in a survey of over 300 emergency room doctors, it was apparent that most felt that there are far more instances of police brutality and excessive police force than what is known by the media or is even reported. Unlike other types of suspected or alleged abuse, emergency room staff are not bound to report these suspicions, and may not for a number of reasons." ...

Google and CIA Fund Political Precrime Technology
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... "During the reign of Bush it was revealed that the FBI, the Pentagon and the National Security Agency had each set up covert operations to monitor the constitutionally protected political activities of citizens opposed to the Bush administration�s war in Iraq ..."

"In 2009 the Department of Homeland Security produced a document targeting returning veterans, advocates of the Second Amendment, and state militias and patriot groups as potential terrorists. ..."

"Recorded Future, when finally implemented, will not data-mine CIA and intelligence community manufactured Muslim terrorists, as the video above intimates, but the real threat to the establishment � the American people." ...

NY: Warren County Power Corrupts
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"When Warren County corrections officer Ryan Tourge hacked into the computer system of the Warren County Sheriff's Office, he wasn't criminally charged."

"When Warren County sheriff's patrol officer Scott Phillips altered the police report after the fact of the driving while intoxicated arrest of Rene Redmond of Chestertown and committed perjury under oath, he wasn't criminally charged."

"When Warren County Undersheriff Robert E. Swan failed to report an accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles as required after he ran into an closed overhead door at the Chestertown Firehouse with his personal vehicle, causing $3,500 worth of damage, he wasn't criminally charged." ...

FL: I was attacked by a Metrorail security guard for shooting video
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"In front of a cable/satellite news team with cameras rolling, a Miami-Dade Metrorail security guard swiped my video camera from my hand, knocking it to the ground, before pocketing it and refusing to return it."

"The guard then began pushing me aggressively after I had pulled out my iPhone to continue recording � all while telling me to stop pushing him."

"He then struck my hand again in an attempt to snatch the iPhone."

"I struck him back, busting his lip."

"... Cops were called to decide whether I needed to be arrested on battery charges. Or trespassing charges."

"Or illegal videography charges, which we all know do not exist ..."

"The entire incident will be broadcast in an upcoming documentary ..." ...

SC: Former deputy facing sex charges may be in court this week
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A former Georgetown County Sheriff's deputy accused of having sex with a 13-year-old girl may be in court this week.

SLED arrested and charged Ron Christopher Crabtree, 35, with criminal sexual conduct second degree and lewd act on a child.

Crabtree was arrested in March 2009 after turning himself in to police.

SLED agents said Crabtree assaulted the girl while she was under his care in 2006 and 2007.

The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office says Crabtree was fired during the investigation.

He had been with the sheriff's office for two and a half years.

TN: Charged Ex-Officer To Go Home Until Trial
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"A former Metro police officer charged in his wife's death will be released from jail until his trial."

"Deon Cartmell's uncle put up the $250,000 cash bond Tuesday."

"Cartmell is accused of shooting his wife, Shari, inside their home in March."

"The judge made it clear the bond will be revoked if strict orders are not followed. Cartmell must live with his father and remain on GPS monitoring. He's not allowed to have any contact with his in-laws and has to turn over his collection of weapons to police."

"'A person charged with a serious crime like this doesn't need to have that many weapons around, especially when there's a lot of tension between the families,' said Tom Thurmond, assistant district attorney." ...

AR: Are public shooting ranges safe to use in Arkansas?
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"Are you looking for a public shooting range where you can run your firearms through their paces free of charge?"

"The U.S. Forest Service offers eleven different ranges in the Ouachita National forest ... I have utilized two of the Arkansas facilities ... Both of these ranges are basically 'self-service', with no range officers available."

"These Forest service ranges are set in very secluded spots, and this fact creates a unique problem in itself; they may be dangerous places to visit alone."

"This past Wednesday, a man was murdered while using a gun range in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. All evidence points to the fact he was shot for his very expensive AR-15, which was equipped with a silencer." ...

MA: Video does not claim to speak for all gun owners
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"Marc Folco misquoted and misrepresented me in his column ("Video doesn't speak for all gun owners," July 25). I think that's a shoddy way for him to go about propping up his opinion in opposition to Gov. Patrick's proposed one-gun-a-month law."

"Folco wrote in the column, 'Mathes says, 'I'm "the" guy who owns guns, I'm "the" guy who hunts,' implying that he's our spokesman and that his opinion is mainstream and the norm.'"

"That is not what I said. What I say in the video is, 'I'm a guy who owns guns, I'm a guy who hunts.' Changing my words from 'a' to 'the' significantly and meaningfully misrepresents what I say on the video." ...

"Editor's note: Folco disputes the 'a' vs. 'the' accusation. Watch the video for yourself at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb0Tk-xEQ_Q."

TN: Posted - no guns in Knoxville City-County Building, and other places
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"Accessing your seat of government is not easy for citizens of Knoxville and Knox County ..."

"... The problem is, as with any city, finding a good place to park. Parking on the street is problematic most of the day."

"That leaves parking garages, which don't have a reputation for being the safest place to park:"

"Going to the City-County Building means you can't take your defensive firearm, so what do you do for personal defense between the time you get out of your car ... and your arrival at the C-C? As you can see from the picture, pocket knives ... can be checked at the door."

"So, while the criminal can choose whatever he wants if he decides to waylay you, you are limited to a medieval (very) short sword." ...

AZ: Gunowners Celebrate New Gun Law
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"Second Amendment supporters were out celebrating Thursday night at an Arizona park, and guns were welcome."

"The new law, which prevents Arizona cities from banning firearms in city parks, went into effect July 29."

"The law also allows people to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. Arizona is now the third state, behind Alaska and Vermont, to allow concealed weapons without a permit."

"Candidates for local offices showed up for the event."

"'Today is a day we're celebrating the liberties that people lost and regained in the last legislative session,' said Arizona State Senator Jack Harper."

"Critics of the new law say it makes everyone less safe and makes any trip to the city park more dangerous." ...

NJ: ACLU doesn't defend gun owners' rights
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"The July 1 article by Deborah Jacobs, executive director of the N.J. American Civil Liberties Union ('Defending our liberties, for five decades'), congratulating her organization for 50 years was quite impressive. What was obvious by its omission was any reference to the ACLU defending Second Amendment violations by government."

"Where was the ACLU when New Jersey passed the law requiring that a firearm purchaser's ID card be presented to buy pistol ammunition? (And now 410 shotgun shells, since there's a revolver that uses 410 ammunition.)"

"Where was the ACLU when former Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed the law limiting handgun purchases to one a month? Certainly infringements both." ...

India: Gun ownership laws trigger Indian debate
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"It�s 1.30 on a Friday afternoon and Tejinder Singh Ghei, the owner of a tidy, one-room gun shop ... has not had a customer all week ...

"Business has been bad for years thanks to ever tighter gun laws, Mr Ghei said, but since March, when the government introduced a new set of amendments, it has been even worse." ...

"He was not the only one angered by the recent changes. India�s gun owners are also outraged, and for the first time they are fighting back in a style similar to the US's [NRA]."

"In January, a small group of enthusiasts met in Delhi to found The National Association of Gun Rights India (Nagri) to lobby lawmakers and to fund legal cases that make it easier to own and carry arms in India." ...

Dominican Republic: Gun importers say ban spurs smuggling
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"The smuggling of weapons of all calibers has risen as the result of their import ban and also prompts citizens to buy guns illegally to protect against the latest nationwide crime spree."

"The Weapons Importers Association made the denunciation on Wednesday and cited Tuesday's arrest of four Customs officials in Santiago on conspiracy to smuggle guns and other charges."

"The organization which imports guns blames the rise in smuggling the four year old gun import ban promoted by the Interior and Police Ministry. 'The citizens who feel threatened by the country's current crime wave decide to buy these guns of illegal origin to protect themselves and theirs, but don't have another option via the legal route. ...'" ...