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TX: Border Patrol Agent Fires at Armed Militia Member
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A Border Patrol agent pursuing a group of immigrants in a wooded area near the Texas-Mexico border on Friday fired several shots at an armed man who later identified himself as a militia member.
Border Patrol spokesman Omar Zamora said agents had been chasing a group of immigrants east of Brownsville Friday afternoon when an agent saw a man holding a gun near the Rio Grande. The agent fired four shots, but did not hit the man. The man then dropped his gun and identified himself as a member of a militia. Zamora said no other details were immediately available.
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Buyer’s remorse: Local cops want to unload military equipment feds gave them -- Local law enforcement agencies favor high-grade weapons over armored vehicles
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... Two decades after Congress authorized the Department of Defense to supply military equipment to local, state and federal agencies for “law enforcement activities,” police departments find themselves saddled with an array of outdated military hardware and accused of becoming militarized. ...
A Washington Times investigation found a number of departments complaining about the heavy armored vehicles that have been transferred, finding them to be overkill for the jobs local law enforcement needs to do. But despite those hiccups, departments say they’re thrilled with the program as a whole, particularly because of the weapons that the officers and deputies say put them on even footing with the residents they are trying to protect.
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Feds warn of iminent terrorist attacks along our southern border
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For those of us who’ve been raising alarms about both the jihadist threat and the national-security vulnerability created by the Obama administration’s non-enforcement of the immigration laws, this is not a surprise — particularly less than two weeks before September 11. But it is nonetheless jarring to read. Judicial Watch has just put out this statement: |
After A 9-Year-Old Shot A Range Employee With An Uzi, Responsible Parents Move Their Children to Crew-Served Weapons
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Yes, this is said somewhat in jest… but only somewhat.
By now I think most of us have had a chance to read the story and see the video of the 9-year-old New Jersey girl who was given a Mini Uzi submachine gun* by the employee of an Arizona tourist attraction.
The ensuing string of negligence/incompetence/recklessness left the employee dead, and turned the girl an accidental killer who will likely suffer significant psychological trauma as a result of the incident.
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OK: 16 charges against Oklahoma City police officer include rape, burglary
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Late Friday afternoon, the Oklahoma County district attorney filed charges against an Oklahoma City police officer.
Officer Daniel Holtzclaw was arrested last Thursday and remains in isolation at the Oklahoma County Jail. He was arrested on complaints of two counts of first-degree rape, three counts of forcible oral sex, two counts sexual battery and one count of indecent exposure after he allegedly preyed on seven women while on patrol on the city's northeast side. Friday, several more allegations and an eighth victim were added to the list. |
OK: Oklahoma police officer arrested for lewd acts with a child
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An Oklahoma police officer was arrested for lewd acts with a child.
Officials say officer Sean Floyd was arrested at the Vinita Police Department for multiple counts of lewd molestation with a child under the age 16.
Floyd’s arrest comes after the Craig County Sheriff’s Office requested the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation investigate allegations Floyd was having sexual contact with a girl under 16 years old.
Although the investigation remains open, OSBI agents believe only one victim is involved.
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NY: NYPD probed for 2nd restraint-related death
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The New York Police Department said Friday it's under investigation for a second restraint-related death, this one involving a drugged, emotionally disturbed man four days before a fatal videotaped chokehold that fueled community outcry and led the department to overhaul its use-of-force training.
The medical examiner's office cited "physical restrain by police" as a factor in the July 13 death of Ronald Singleton, who went into cardiac arrest in an ambulance and died on the way to a hospital. It ruled his death a homicide.
The police department is cooperating with the Manhattan district attorney's office, which is leading the investigation into Singleton's death, a police spokesman said. |
NE: Cowboy mounted shooting debuts at Nebraska State Fair
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In the Old West, the handgun, shotgun and rifle were important tools for self-defense and survival. Being proficient with a weapon was important. Being proficient with a weapon while riding a horse was even better.
On Thursday at the Nebraska State Fair, modern-day cowboys, some of the best riders and shooters in the state, gathered for a cowboy mounted shooting demonstration and competition at Thompson Arena. |
Guns ‘R’ Us
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About 80 people die by gunshot in the United States every day, but most of those incidents don’t register even a blip in the national media. What’s different about the accidental death Monday of a firearms instructor at a gun range in Arizona—shot by a nine-year-old girl who lost control of an Uzi submachine gun—is that it was so obviously preventable. Could this change the way we think about gun safety for children? |
WA: Columbia Basin Badger Club Hosts Gun Initiatives Debate
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The Columbia Basin Badger Club hosted a panel discussion Friday for Gun Initiatives 591 and 594.
Both sides of the initiatives informed the public about the changes each initiative would make to the current gun laws Washington.
Initiative 591 would stop the government from confiscating guns or other firearms from citizens without a due process. It would not require background checks unless there was a uniform national standard in place. |
The End of the “Gun Control” Bull Market
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Just call it “peak gun”…
Yes, the gun bubble is finally popping. After years of backorders, heated debates, and fears over strict new laws, the assault rifle binge is beginning to sputter…
“Assault-rifle sales stopped in their tracks,” Jim Hornsby, owner of Mainstreet Guns & Range in Atlanta tells Bloomberg. Hornsby estimated sales of assault rifles are off by a staggering 70% from last year.
“It’s hard to give an AR away,” he says. |
CO: Second Amendment Victory in Castle Rock
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Castle Rock’s recent special election, one which was riddled with conflict and lawsuits, had its results certified today. Both initiatives have passed, thus removing the ban on open carry on town property, limiting the power of the town manager and putting decisions on future second amendment restrictions into the hands of the citizens.
The Colorado Second Amendment Association (C2AA), formed by members of the Basic Freedom Defense Fund which recalled Senator John Morse in 2013, is proud to have provided assistance in this effort through its Issue Committee, Freedom for Castle Rock (FFCR). |
CA: California bill would remove guns from potential offenders
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A bill allowing family members to ask a judge to order firearms removed from people likely to commit gun violence was sent to California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday for signing into law.
The bill, one of several gun control measures up for votes in the last week of the state's legislative session, was introduced after police near Santa Barbara said they were unable to confiscate weapons from a man who later went on a rampage and killed six people, despite concern from his family that he was in poor mental health and might become violent. |
CT: Second Amendment Rights Group Endorses Foley for Governor
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Amidst much speculation the group, Connecticut Citizens Defense League announced Friday that it would endorse GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley in the 2014 race.
The group's president said the endorsement was an inevitable one.
"Tom is far ahead in the polls" said Scott Wilson, the President of the 15,000 member CCDL. "Tom has indicated that if by some miracle that a repeal would be brought to him, he would sign it." |
Smithsonian to honor La. family's civil rights efforts
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Unlike blacks in other Southern communities, they adopted self-defense tactics, Hill said. Robert Hicks started the Bogalusa chapter of the Deacons for Defense and Justice, a group of armed blacks who defended visiting civil rights workers.
"This movement started understanding right away that it had to engage in self defense,' said Hill, a Bogalusa native who has written extensively about the movement there. "It knew it was dealing with this violence from whites... And while it engaged in nonviolent ballot activity — marches and picketing and those sorts of things — it never assumed itself to be a nonviolent movement.' |
GA: Cobb jury acquits student who shot man in home
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A Cobb County jury acquitted a graduate student charged in the shooting of a man he said was an intruder in his apartment.
After hearing testimony for a week, the jury deliberated for three hours and 20 minutes before finding Maxwell Osaghae not guilty of all counts: aggravated assault, aggravated battery and possession of a firearm during commission of a crime, according to the defense attorneys. |
CA: CA Senate Approves "Gun Violence Restraining Order" Bill
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Gun rights advocate and CEO of Ares Armor Dimitri Karras says although the bill was created with the best of intentions, he believes it’s unconstitutional.
“Having law enforcement show up and strip you of your rights simply because of an allegation is a huge violation of the second amendment,” he said. “It will be challenged, it will be struck down it is unconstitutional and that's going to be the end of it.” |
CA: Federal Judge Blocks California’s Restriction on Gun Purchases
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California’s gun-control proponents have suffered another setback. A federal judge, Anthony Ishii, has ruled that the state cannot force gun buyers to wait for a 10-day period to pick up weapons they purchased if they already own a gun or have a license to own a handgun.
The judge said that the 10-day waiting period for firearm owners unduly restricts their constitutional rights, and that such a measure is not justified by safety concerns. He pointed out that all gun purchasers, no matter how many firearms they already own, must pass a state background check of their mental-health and criminal records, which makes another full waiting period unreasonable. |
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