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Proof: Believe the NRA when it says gun ban extremists are lying
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"Having adopted the deceptive tactics suggested a few years ago by billionaire gun-hater Andrew McKelvey, gun and hunting ban lobbyist groups go to great lengths these days to deny that their ultimate goals are to stamp out all civilian ownership of firearms, or to eradicate all forms of hunting." ...
"One of the loudest voices of warning about the gun ban lobby's true intentions is the National Rifle Association. And now ... we may have even more reason to believe the NRA when they say groups like the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Freedom States Alliance, States United to Prevent Gun Violence and the Violence Policy Center are lying about their true goals:"
"They had a (wo)man on the inside." ... |
A few more words about the Second Amendment
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"For the person in Straight Talk who says the U.S. Constitution does not give an individual the right to keep and bear arms:"
"The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not establish the right to keep and bear arms. None of the provisions of the Constitution establish any 'natural' rights. They recognize such rights, but the repeal of such provisions would not end such rights. Such rights were considered by many of the framers as obvious or 'self-evident,' but they were immersed in the prevailing thought of the day, as expressed in the writings of Madison, Hamilton and others, which discussed 'natural rights' in some detail. ..." ... |
Reynolds on the Efficacy of Political Violence
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"As I write this piece, I suspect analysts in law enforcement 'fusion centers' across the country are tracking the recent Internet brouhaha over Mike Vanderboegh's writing. Those analysts are trying ... to create an estimate ... as to the actual resistance probability and capability of America's gun owners."
"The governmental mandarins ... know full well ... violence works, especially when used against soft, scared targets."
"After all, they have employed it repeatedly themselves - 'demonstrations' ... of what could happen on a much wider scale if folks get too uppity." ...
"The Brady Bunch thinks discussion of such an eventuality is outrageous:"
"... armed revolt has been treated as a legitimate policy answer to popular gun control measures by one blogger after another in the gun community - rather than denounced as immoral or as street-corner gibberish..." ... |
When should a kid get an Airsoft gun (if ever)?
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"My 11-year-old has been bugging me all summer to talk his mother into letting him buy an Airsoft gun (I am, of course, an assumed yes). When I was a kid I had a BB gun, as did most of my friends. We promised to be careful, and then we shot each other in the butt and accidentally put some holes in windows. But nobody lost an eye, and it seemed like just part of a normal childhood." ...
"The pro case is that letting him have the gun is an opportunity to teach serious gun safety, which will be an important lesson that will serve him well in later life. The con case is, well, everything from the aforementioned eye to encouraging more of a gun obsession than the Nerf guns have already inspired. ..." ...
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For constitutional junkies only
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"Regardless of political opinions, the decision in District of Columbia v. Heller is a constitutional junkie's dream." ...
"It is a rare Supreme Court opinion that relies upon legal principles dating back to 1689. It is even more unusual to examine the intent of Stuart Kings in England."
"The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution has been litigated very little because everyone thought they understood what it meant until crimes using guns skyrocketed in the last 20 years, causing the political establishment to take a fresh look at the reach of the Second Amendment." ... |
From your cold, dead hands
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"It had seemed as if the landmark decision on the Second Amendment that the Supreme Court handed down earlier this year might, paradoxically, end up hurting the National Rifle Association. The ruling itself was a victory for anti-gun-control forces ... But in the process, the NRA's traditional scare tactic -- dire warnings about gun-grabbing liberals -- seemed to have been crippled, if not dealt a mortal blow."
"Well, if you are willing to credit the NRA's leaders with only one thing, give them this: They're resourceful. Faced with this dilemma, the organization came up with a simple solution. It -- pardon the pun -- stuck to its guns, facts be damned." ... |
Let the hysterics from the Gun Fearing Pussies at the Brady Campaign begin
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"It looks like the Brady Campaign finally got its wish: A Concealed Carry Permit holder has finally killed a law-enforcement officer!"
"It's been a long, but ever hopeful wait by Brady, but now they can finally, after more than 20 years, give a big 'I told you so!' to the legislators that passed Florida's concealed carry law ..."
"Brady is already tap-dancing on the grave of dead Customs Agent Donald J. Pettit."
"Of course all the facts in the case have not been released yet, but I do find at rather odd that Agent Pettit was said to be on duty, yet he had his daughter in the vehicle with him, and he appears to have gotten into a pissing match with another driver, James Patrick Wonder" ... |
VA: Man is shot and killed in Goochland County
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"A man was shot and killed early yesterday morning in central Goochland County after he allegedly entered an unlocked mobile home and tussled with the owner, authorities said."
"Adam Stone, the homeowner, called the Goochland Sheriff's Office just after 3 a.m. to report that he'd shot a man with a 12-gauge shotgun."
"Sheriff's deputies responded ... where Stone told investigators the intruder had entered the bedroom where he and his girlfriend were sleeping before the struggle took place."
"When deputies arrived, they found the body of Joseph Clifford Johnson, 36, of the 900 block of North 30th Street in Richmond, inside the bedroom with a fatal gunshot wound to the neck." ... |
CA: First suspect, then victim: shooting said self-defense
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"In a span of two days, Brett Nichols went from being accused of attempted murder to becoming the victim in the same incident."
"The 48-year-old Phillips Ranch resident was arrested Monday morning on suspicion of attempted murder. Police said he had shot a man and dumped the body in the hills near his home."
"But Nichols was released from jail Wednesday afternoon after police determined he was acting in self-defense when he shot David Rotela, a 22-year-old Rosemead resident who survived the ordeal, authorities said." ... |
Students take aim at gun laws
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"Students for Concealed Carry on Campus held its first national meeting last friday. The group hopes to convince state legislatures to allow guns onto college campuses. Meanwhile, another group, Students for Gun Free Schools, founded in opposition to SCCC, is working to make sure this doesn't happen."
"Elilta Habtu joined Students for Gun Free Schools this spring. She was shot twice in the 2007 attack at Virginia Tech. The shooting has led her to become an activist for gun control."
"'The answer is not to arm yourself,' she said. 'It's better to prevent tragedies like that from occuring... [by] noticing the warning signs.'" ... |
Espionage 'Double Agent' For the N.R.A. Linked by Lobbyist to McCain Campaign
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"Her name is Mary Spone. She was a gun-control activist ... But, according to a Mother Jones story last week, she was also a double-agent for the [NRA] � providing her employers with inside information as to the Legislative strategies of the gun control groups."
"The Jones story tells us this spy was hired by the Assistant Executive Director of the Institute of Legislative Action, [NRA]. The ILA was then headed by James J. Baker. Baker is a partner in the 'Federalist Group', a wholly owned subsidiary of Ogilvy Government Relations. Baker is listed as Ogilvy�s 'Managing Director'."
"Ogilvy is a huge, world-wide advertising company with strong ties to the Presidential campaign of John McCain. ..." ... |
WV: Pistols: 12 a year not enough?
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... "In 1993, Charleston's City Council took a bold step to halt this deadly practice in the state capital. Members limited pistol sales to just one per month per customer at Charleston gun stores. A Gazette poll at that time found 80 percent of residents favored the safety measure. Council also banned pistol-carrying on city property, except for police."
"Now, a gun-lover group wants City Council to revoke those 1993 laws. Good grief - that's absurd. Why would the gun-lovers need to buy more than 12 new pistols per year? Do they want dope dealers to resume their drugs-for-guns cycle here? Also, do they want to carry loaded pistols inside City Hall and the council chamber?" ... |
NY: Public service messages against guns on air today
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Public service announcements featuring members of Mothers Against Gun Violence will begin airing today.
The announcements will stress to young people that "dead is forever and you need to make better choices," said Helen Hudson, president of the organization. They'll air on WSYR-TV (Channel 9), which produced the messages, as well as BET, MTV and the Cartoon Network.
A 9 a.m. news conference to talk about the effort will be at the Comstock entrance of Oakwood-Morningside Cemetery.
The messages were created by Mothers Against Gun Violence with sponsorship from Syracuse police and the Onondaga County sheriff's and district attorney's offices. |
Remote-control warriors suffer war stress
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"The Air National Guardsmen who operate Predator drones over Iraq via remote control, launching deadly missile attacks from the safety of Southern California 7,000 miles away, are suffering some of the same psychological stresses as their comrades on the battlefield."
"Working in air-conditioned trailers, Predator pilots observe the field of battle through a bank of video screens and kill enemy fighters with a few computer keystrokes. Then, after their shifts are over, they get to drive home and sleep in their own beds."
"But that whiplash transition is taking a toll on some of them mentally ..." ... |
OH: Officers cheer police shooting verdict in Lima
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"A jury verdict that cleared a police officer in the drug-raid shooting death of an unarmed woman will allow other officers to do their job without hesitation, police union officials said."
"Officers throughout the state closely watched the trial, fearing that a guilty judgment would have changed how they react in the line of fire." ...
"... [J]urors were told by visiting Judge Richard Knepper during jury instructions that they could not consider the fact that she was unarmed because that was known only after the shooting." ...
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KY: Former Corrections Officer Charged With Sexual Misconduct
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A former Floyd County corrections officer is in trouble with the law.
Investigators said Michelle Hurst, 39, had a sexual relationship with an inmate at the facility and gave the inmate a pain pill and tobacco.
Hurst is charged with sexual misconduct with an inmate and two counts of trafficking with an inmate.
Hurst was employed with the Floyd County sheriff's office in April and was terminated in last month. |
Australia: Police officer charged with assault
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A 40-year-old policeman has been charged with assaulting two men during an incident in Mount Magnet.
It's alleged he assaulted the men during an altercation on June 3.
He has been charged with two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm.
Police say he has been stood down from all operational duties and is due to appear in the Mount Magnet Magistrates Court next month. |
Canada: Military officer in New Brunswick charged with child pornography offences
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"An officer based at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick has been charged with child pornography offences."
"Second Lt. Joel Robert Charlebois has been charged ... with three offences under the Criminal Code relating to making available, possessing and accessing child pornography."
"A Defence Department release states that although Charlebois is a serving member of the Canadian Forces, the alleged offences were committed when he was off duty and did not involve the use of any military computers."
"Capt. Paule Poulin of military public affairs says Charlebois' case will be handled by a civilian court."
"The offences are alleged to have occurred between August 2007 and February 2008." ... |
Australia: Top cop gives gun to prostitute Pamela
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"When Leading Senior Constable Steven Owen arrived at the Harem brothel in South Melbourne, he was on duty, in uniform, armed - and ready for action." ...
"... he was in full uniform and wearing his police-issue equipment belt containing handgun, capsicum spray and baton."
"Having paid, Owen was led by Pamela to room 1, where she told him the services would not start unless the gun was removed from the room." ...
"Owen pleaded guilty to allowing an unlicensed person to carry a firearm and carrying a firearm in an unsafe manner."
"Mr Reardon told Owen the vice in the offences was not that he was at Harem, but that he was on duty with a weapon that he gave away without knowing if it was stored properly." ... |
DC: D.C. residents should be able to own guns
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"This is in response to Richard Amrhine's July 20 column ['Ruling has gun-control advocates reaching for the sky']."
"Mr. Amrhine pointed out the main interpretations of the Second Amendment, which is the right to bear arms."
"Primarily mentioned was that every citizen should have the right to own a gun. The second interpretation is that citizens should have the right to own a weapon for use in a government-regulated militia."
"I believe that in the case of Washington, D.C., the first interpretation should be applied."
"Those who support gun control are outraged over the court ruling for a number of reasons, but the main one is that the court has agreed to allow weapons." ... |
DC: Gun owners arm themselves with advocacy group
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"As the District prepares to fight double-barreled attempts to loosen its gun-control laws, some of the city's gun rights pioneers have done what folks in Washington do best � they have formed a lobbying group."
"About a dozen residents have pledged their support to Capital Gun Owners, a new D.C.-based gun advocacy and education group headed by Northwest resident Amy McVey."
"'We're at a point where we're feeling our way here,' said Mrs. McVey, who was the first D.C. resident to register a handgun after the District's 32-year-old ban on handguns was struck down by the Supreme Court in June. 'I'm sure our mission will evolve as needed.'" ... |
Australia: Pastoralist [Rancher] loses gun licence fight
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"Pastoralist John Anick yesterday lost his legal fight with WA Police in the State Administrative Tribunal to reclaim his handgun licence that was revoked by police under legislation that no longer allowed pastoralists to possess the firearms." ...
"Mr Williamson said his clients had a right to possess handguns because they dealt with wild and aggressive cattle. Many of his clients had stories of being attacked."
"In dismissing Mr Anick�s application, Justice Michael Barker said evidence given on behalf of the Commissioner of Police 'suggests that long arms are, generally speaking, a better option ...' ..." ... |
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| And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms....The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. � Thomas Jefferson in a letter to William S. Smith in 1787. Taken from Jefferson, On Democracy p. 20, S. Padover ed., 1939 |
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