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NRA scoring on �anti-gun amendments� may be too little too late
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... "Legislative smoke and mirrors notwithstanding, the one truly common sense demand that should be non-negotiable by those who are really interested in discouraging mass shootings is denying the one thing perpetrators crave above all else: Success. Unless and until gun owners demand and achieve an end to phony 'gun-free' zones, there is nothing standing in the way of the next killer -- and there will be a next one." ... |
Do Gun Makers Really Need Revenue From Criminals and Crazies?
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"Reader dmac writes:
Usually, gun related stories on CNN are aggravating due to their incompleteness and/or use of skewed statistics. This piece, 'Why the NRA fights background checks', actually angers me because of the implications Mr. Donohue makes about those who work in in firearms industry. Some of those people are personal friends of mine and to imply that all they care about is bottom line profit, that they are not only okay with criminals and the mentally ill having guns, but are down right giddy about it!? Them�s fightin� words . . ." ... |
Missouri CCW info given to feds, but why?
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"Wednesday�s revelation that the names of Missouri citizens who have concealed weapons permits have been twice turned over to federal authorities, apparently without written request, raises alarms that the same thing might happen in other states, including Washington, where about 411,000 people have been issued state concealed pistol licenses." ... |
NSSF: Public Approval of Hunting Highest Since 1995
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"The administration and their minions have been assiduous Fudd-fluffers ever since Sandy Hook, furiously trying to recruit anyone who calls himself a hunter to their side of the gun control debate. ... And to hear 'Double Barrel' Joe Biden and others tell it, hunters are mostly good with Barack�s civilian disarmament push � as long as it doesn�t affect their bolt action rifles and double-barrelled smooth bores. Well, some of that actually turned out to be a big fetid pile of manufactured moose dung. Whatever the cause, though, the public seems to be very much on board with hunting. Still. At least, that�s what the latest National Shooting Sports Foundation survey says . . ." ... |
The NRA�s Slippery Slope Strategy To Fight Background Checks
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"To hear the National Rifle Association tell it, the biggest problem with the bipartisan agreement to expand criminal background checks is what it doesn�t propose to do. 'I think what they�ll do is turn this universal check on the law-abiding into a universal registry of law-abiding people,' warns Wayne LaPierre, the group�s executive vice president, on Fox News Sunday. 'Obamacare wasn�t a tax until they wanted it to be a tax.'" ... |
Biden: Gun Owners �Like The Way It Feels�Like Driving a Ferrari�
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"Vice President Joe Biden this morning said that the 'cultural norm' about gun ownership has changed, arguing that many people buy guns, not for protection or hunting, but because 'it�s like driving a Ferrari.'"
"'It used to be we were dealing almost exclusively with hunters,' Biden said on MSNBC. 'There�s a whole new sort of group of individuals now who, I don�t know what the numbers are, that never hunt at all but they own guns for one of two reasons: self protection or they just like the feel of that AR-15 at the range.'"
"'They like the way it feels. You know, it�s like driving a Ferrari,' he said, raising his arms as if shooting a gun." ... |
White House Spam
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... "Hello, all --
For the first time since the 1990s, Congress might be on track to pass legislation aimed at reducing criminal & crazy violence in the United States. ..." ...
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TX: Texas woman shoots wanted serial robber, possible rapist; Story ignored by MSM
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"Early Sunday morning, April 7, in Lumberton, Texas three robbers kidnapped and robbed one woman, but when they moved on to rob two more women they were met with an unexpected surprise. According to a report by 12 News Now, one of the would-be victims brought their robbing spree to a halt when she shot one of them."
"The three robbers, identified as 21-year-old Scott Willis, Jr., 21-year-old Malik Washington, and 21-year-old Ariel Malveaux, all of Beaumont, have apparently been targeting women as victims of robberies since last month." ... |
This is What Happens to a Disarmed Populace: Windy City Retail Edition
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"'Quizhpe said he didn�t know he had been shot until his brother-in-law had chased the robbers out of the store with a fire extinguisher and Quizhpe was on the phone calling police. 'I felt something warm down my leg,' he said. 'I lost about a pint of blood.' That�s Luis Quizhpe, the man with the bat doing his best to fend off two armed robbers shooting at him in his Chicago store. Mayor Rahm and Superintendent McCarthy would no doubt have advised Quizhpe to just empty the till, give the two walking pieces of excrement what they wanted and they�d be on their way. Except, as the video reveals, the gunman in the grey hoodie fired at least one shot at the store owner before he even picked up his Louisville Slugger . . ." ... |
IL: Store owner beats back armed robber: 'My blood boiled over.' (video available)
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"Luis Quizhpe doesn't remember getting shot as he grabbed a bat and swatted at a gunman holding his brother-in-law by the throat in their Logan Square store."
"But he can still hear the loud bangs of gunfire. Ten shots in all as he and his brother-in-law Luis Ernesto Aucaquizhpe bashed and battered and finally chased the robbers out of Quizhpe's Gifts and Sports Tuesday afternoon." ...
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RI Slinking Towards Slavery. I Bought Ammo!
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"On Tuesday, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee and friends introduced four new gun control bills. It�s the usual farrago of firearms fail: bans on modern sporting rifles and standard capacity ammunition magazines, increased penalties for not reporting lost or stolen firearms, etc. To ensure we win the race to the bottom in the post-Newtownian disarmament derby, one of the bills removes the right of cities and towns to issue concealed carry permits. That power would be vested solely in the Attorney General ... In direct contravention of the State Constitution, the bill would transform RI from 'shall issue' to 'may issue.' Anyway, I went to see the immediate impact of all this on my local gun store . . ." ... |
CT Sen. Murphy to Rupert Murdoch: Don�t Televise NRA-Sponsored NASCAR Race
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"I write today to urge you to not broadcast NASCAR�s NRA 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 13th. This race ... is going to take place during the Senate�s consideration of legislation to reduce gun violence. The race not only brings national attention to an organization that has been the face of one side of this heated debate, it also features the live shooting of guns at the end of the race. This celebration of guns is inappropriate in the immediate wake of the Newtown massacre. But most importantly, broadcasting this race ... sends a harmful signal to the families affected by gun violence, as well as the millions of Americans who support sensible gun control measures and enjoy your sports programming . . ." ... |
Quislings move gun control forward in Senate today
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"Sixteen Republican Senators joined a majority of Democrats to move gun control forward in the U.S. Senate."
"The bill in question is the 'background check' bill, which in reality is gun registration as much as it is a background check measure."
"That�s the bad news."
"The good news is the 'compromised' reached is very similar to what exists in Illinois today: Guns sold in stores and at gun shows much be processed through a licensed dealer who will do a background check on the prospective buyer." ... |
Rep. Steve Israel introduces his 'undetectable' gun and magazine ban
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"U.S. Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) is as enthusiastic a pusher of oppressive gun laws as one would expect from a New York Democrat. Israel, though, is something of a specialist. The gun issue that really claims to worry about, bizarrely, is the idea that 3-D printing technology will not only bypass 'gun control' laws, by empowering people to produce guns on their own with the click of a mouse, but that these guns, being composed of plastic, will not be detectable by airport scanning equipment." ... |
What does a traitor look like?
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"'So what does a traitor look like?'"
"That is a very good question."
"After all, a traitor is different than an enemy. An enemy declares himself and opposes you openly. But in order to become a traitor, someone first needs to enjoy your trust."
"Those of us in the gun rights community have plenty of enemies � people who have openly declared war on the Second Amendment and the Constitution. Heck � practically every Democrat in the country seems to have signed up for a frontal assault on gun owners."
"But to be betrayed by one of our own is not a common occurrence and when it happens, it never fails to hurt."
"Today, Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania betrayed gun owners. ..." ... |
High court weighs taking up new case on gun rights
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"A day after the Senate voted to begin debate on new gun control measures, the Supreme Court is expected to consider a new appeal aimed at loosening state restrictions on firearms."
"The justices are meeting in private Friday to discuss adding new cases for the term that begins in the fall. Among them is an appeal of a federal court ruling that upheld New York's strict licensing scheme for carrying concealed weapons in public." ...
"In November, less than three weeks before the Newtown shootings, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a state law that requires those who want to carry handguns to show a special need for self-protection. ..." ... |
CT: First lawsuit filed against new Connecticut gun laws
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"Lawsuits have been threatened against the state's new sweeping gun legislation, and the first to be filed is by the Disabled Americans for Firearms Rights, a relatively new organization."
"The suit represents Scott Ennis of New London, the group's founder, who suffers from Hemophilia A, which has caused him severe joint damage. The legal move was first reported by the Hartford Courant." ... |
NY: Rifle group tries to halt SAFE Act
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"The New York Rifle and Pistol Association plans to take legal action Monday to stop New York's new gun-control measures."
"Association President Thomas King and state Assemblyman Marc Butler talked about the legal effort with about 100 local gun owners and gun-rights advocates at the Pine Tree Rifle Club on Wednesday."
"King said his group will file a petition for a temporary restraining order against the SAFE Act in federal court in Buffalo." ... |
MO Highway Patrol Sends Concealed Carry Data to Feds
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"First it was the Missouri Department of Revenue providing data on the state�s concealed carriers to the Department of Homeland Security. Now, after a full rectal probe by members of the Missouri Legislature�s appropriations committee, someone from Highway Patrol who wears a funny hat � OK, they all do � has finally admitted that they, too, have sent lists of CCW holders to the feds. Twice. Only this time the data went to the Social Security Administration. Wait, isn�t that illegal in The Show Me State? Gosh, illegal is such a black-and-white word . . ." ... |
UPDATE: NY Police Claim Gun Grab A Case of Mistaken Identity
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"You may recall that TTAG took a circumspect view of the incident involving New York pistol permit holder David Lewis. ... And now . . . 'County Clerk Chris Jacobs received a voicemail from State Police in Albany, saying it was all a mistake and that they had the wrong man,' wivb.com reports. 'Now we find out that State Police and the Division of Criminal Justice in Albany got it wrong. They did not do their due diligence; they did not appropriately and fully investigate this to make sure it was the right person. And now, we have to quickly act to reinstate that right,' Jacobs said.' That�s not all the clerk had to say about that . . ." ... |
CO: Deputy suspected of possessing child pornography
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"A deputy with the La Plata County Sheriff�s Office has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography." ...
"Investigators aren�t sure if Sutter also distributed the photos, but they don�t believe any of the victims are local children, McIntyre said."
"'We�re still investigating as far as taking a look at the data retrieved and are trying to get a better understanding of where (the photos) may have come from,' he said." ... |
GA: Long County deputy charged with cruelty to children
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"A Long County, Ga., deputy sheriff was arrested Thursday in Darien on three felony counts of cruelty to children and one count of violation of his oath as a public official, the McIntosh County Sheriff�s Office said."
"Andy Cornelius Young, 35, posted bail and was released, Maj. Danny Lowe said."
"The charges are based on his treatment of his three children, the oldest of whom is 16, Lowe said."
"The children had been removed from Young�s home off Georgia 57 in Townsend, Chief Deputy William Jennings said." ... |
NY: State Police Mistakenly Enforce SAFE Act Provision
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"Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs said the New York State Police made a mistake when they enforced a mental health provision of the New York SAFE Act. Jacobs said he was ordered in an email from State Police to contact David Lewis, 35, and notify him he had to turn over his firearms.""'On this one I�m disappointed with State Police but I will say more so I�m disappointed with the legislation that was passed,' Jacobs said." "Lewis� attorney Jim Tresmond said his client was told to turn over several firearms because he was once prescribed anti-anxiety medication at 'one point.' Tresmond said his client was told that violates part the new gun control law." ... |
From the CNN/Giffords Perspective
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"Late last January, a Fox commentator noted that CNN had turned into a 24/7 'gun control' telethon. And now, on the evening of April 9, I sit here watching what CNN has called a two-day special devoted to exactly that topic.
It is focusing on background checks. No surprise: the gun prohibition movement nationwide has lasered in on the exact same thing. They�ve been doing it for a while, ever since they realized that both the 'assault weapon ban' and the 'high capacity magazine ban' are being increasingly recognized as illogical and meaningless�as, indeed, they were proven to be the last time they were enacted." ... |
Biden: MSNBC Host Deserves Award (video story)
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"Vice President Joe Biden gave an interview to MSNBC's Morning Joe on gun control and heaped praise on host Joe Scarborough saying that he and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg deserved rewards for changing the gun debate in America."
"'Hey Joe, thank you. You have changed the debate in America. The two guys who deserve an award, if anything gets done around here, is[sic] you and Michael Bloomberg' Biden said." ... |
Pro-Gun Control Senator To CNN Anchor: 'We Appreciate Your Support'
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"None of this is should come as a surprise. Tuesday, CNN came out of the closet with an open declaration that 'The Most Trusted Name In News' would use two full days of programming as a propaganda push for legislation tightening background checks. CNN has been so good about keeping that promise that, this morning, a pro-gun control Senator thanked a CNN anchor for his support."
"Wednesday morning on 'Starting Point,' anchors John Berman and Christine Roman hosted Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), one of the two senators responsible for the compromise legislation on background checks."
"The segment was disgraceful." ... |
Illinois, Slavery & the 2nd Amendment
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"Thought I'd have some fun with an Illinois Herald Review story: 'Quinn says local governments should be able to impose strict gun laws' All's I did was replace 2nd Amendment with 13th Amendment references. Just shows you how stupid these people sound." ... |
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