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David Codrea: Use the First, Lose the Second
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"All he wanted was to talk to his representative about a political issue — something supposedly guaranteed by the First Amendment's right to petition clause. ... over the years, Gabriel Razzano had established a rapport with [Rep. McCarthy's] chief of staff ..."
"Except there was now a new chief, Razzano found out when he paid a visit to McCarthy’s office. And he didn’t return calls. So Razzano returned to McCarthy’s office ..."
"There he was confronted by a Nassau County Police detective, who ... escorted Razzano down the elevator ... and saw him out the door."
"The bum's rush, one would think. But that wasn't the end of it. The next day, police showed up at Razzano’s house and demanded that he surrender his guns or face arrest...." ... |
Brady Campaign playing fast and loose with the truth? I'm SHOCKED, I tell you, SHOCKED!
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"The Brady Campaign really wants a new ban on so-called 'assault weapons,' and since the case for implementing such a ban is utterly incompatible with the truth, Helmke and friends are staying as far away from the truth as possible. Their latest 'argument' (pdf file) has, for example, been brilliantly described this way:""I read the whole thing last night and took a sip of vodka every time I spotted a lie. This morning, I woke up in my neighbor's yard naked and covered in what appeared to be a mixture of brake fluid and BBQ sauce.
The police said they would send me a video after they put it on youtube." ...
"I would wear out my keyboard before I managed any kind of comprehensive listing of the mendacities ..." ... |
What To Expect When Martial Law Is Declared
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... "Whenever the 'Powers That Be' decide to impose martial law, the following items can be expected:"
"1. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE ENDED ..."
"2. CURFEW ENFORCEMENT ..."
"3. WRIT OF HABEUS CORPUS SUSPENDED ..."
"4. PERSONAL FIREARMS WILL BE SEIZED-Armed forces can invade your home and force you to surrender any weapons you have, regardless of your constitutional right or need to bear arms for your self-defense. If you refuse, you could be shot dead in your living room, and all your possessions seized. If you're lucky, you might just get Tasered, or butt-ended with an AK-47, to eventually wake up in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (F.E.M.A.) Detention Center ..." ... |
David Codrea: Mary Mitchell's America
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"Obama's neighbors have been forced to give up certain of their personal freedoms in order to ensure his safety..." ...
"For those of you who argue that what I am proposing violates basic civil rights, forget it..."
"This is Chicago, not Alaska."
"There's a solution: Constitution-free zones."
"Mary Mitchell's America is a police state."
"I notice she acknowledged force was used. I note she says 'Forget it' for any rights-based disagreement, removing any will but hers from the decision."
"How many men who disagree is Mary willing to see destroyed to enact her totalitarian agenda? Anybody not think creatures just like her enabled killing fields?" ... |
What keeps Obama safe could protect the rest of us
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"On Wednesday night, I was part of the press pool that covered Barack Obama when he arrived in Chicago." ...
"When I pulled up near Obama's house, though, I immediately noticed a drastic change in the neighborhood."
"Concrete barricades now guard both ends of Obama's block, while metal barricades ... are lined up on Hyde Park Boulevard."
"Whatever you do, keep moving."
"Secret Service, sheriff's deputies, Chicago Police officers and plainclothes officers are scattered throughout the area."
"Frankly, I felt like I had just entered the safest zone in America." ...
"Obama's neighbors have been forced to give up certain of their personal freedoms in order to ensure his safety." ...
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Jim and Sarah Brady, Brady Campaign Endorse Barack Obama and Joe Biden
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"Sarah and Jim Brady and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence with its network of Million Mom March Chapters endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President and Senator Joseph Biden for Vice President today, and urged Americans to vote for them."
"Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign, issued the following statement on behalf of the organization and the Bradys:"
"'Senators Barack Obama and Joseph Biden know that we make it too easy for dangerous people to get dangerous weapons in this country. They know that our weak gun laws have too many loopholes, which lead to over 30,000 deaths and 70,000 injuries from guns every year.'" ... |
Orlando Sentinel Invents New Anti-Gun Attack: 'Disposable AK-47s'
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"It isn't every day that gun grabbers can invent a whole new catch phrase to use against our Constitutional rights under the Second Amendment, but the Orlando Sentinel is giving it the old college try just the same. Sentinel staff writer Henry Pierson Curtis extrapolates 'an alarming trend' that he is calling 'disposable AK-47s' out of the words of a Florida police officer. So, now we have a new worry that the gun grabbers can use to scare people into accepting the destruction of our Constitutional rights." ...
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TN: Murder Charges Dropped Due To Lack Of Evidence [translation: Man Acted In Self-Defense]
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The murder charges against a mid-state man accused of killing his brother-in-law have been dropped.
Van Buren County sheriff's deputies said Jimmy McCormick shot and killed Michael Allen Hale after an argument at McCormick's home.
McCormick had been charged with second-degree murder, but prosecutors dropped those charges due to insufficient evidence after McCormick claimed he'd done it in self-defense. |
Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You?
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... "If history is any guide, those individuals who have correctly predicted that our government's policies will end in disaster – and who invest heavily in gold – will be demonized as 'hoarders' and 'extremists.' In keeping with the theme of our age, such investors might even be accused of 'terrorism' (... if the government is going to continue to fight the 'War on Terror,' it needs money. And if the only way it can get money is by confiscating gold, then those who resist the confiscation are 'aiding and abetting terrorism.')" ...
"I realize that a potentially violent government seizure of private property seems farfetched – or even apocalyptic – but those who dismiss it out of hand should remember their history. After all, our government has done this before." |
CCRKBA Calls on Obama to Repudiate, Reject Brady Campaign Endorsement
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"If Democrat Barack Obama truly supports gun rights and the Second Amendment, he should immediately repudiate and reject today's endorsement by the anti-gun Brady Campaign, the [CCRKBA] said." ...
"'By accepting an endorsement from the nation's leading gun ban organization,' said CCRKBA Legislative Affairs Director Joe Waldron, 'Barack Obama would be declaring to every gun owner in America that he has lied to them all these months during the presidential campaign. ...'"
"The Brady Campaign announced its endorsement Monday by noting that Obama and his running mate, anti-gun Sen. Joe Biden from Delaware, will 'strengthen' the Brady Law, and would once again outlaw commonly-owned semi-automatic sport/utility rifles." ... |
President Obama won't take your guns (even if he wants to)
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... "What this all means is that if Barack Obama is elected the next president of the United States, and if he's fibbing and plans to seize private guns or seriously restrict the ownership of firearms, he's likely to be about as successful at targeting guns as the government has been at eliminating the use of marijuana in this country. He won't succeed because, if you're a gun owner, you almost certainly won't obey. If you're a gun control advocate, Obama-the-banner will be ultimately be left standing with his pants around his ankles because his efforts will have about as much effect on your stubbornly armed brother-in-law as Nancy Reagan's just-say-no scolding had on your college dope habit." ... |
John McCain Is a Liberal Gun Grabber
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"The last thing we need is another liberal neocon in the White House. If the presidency of George W. Bush proved anything, it proved the hazard of electing phony Republican conservatives. ..."
"... With a Democrat in the White House, conservatives and Christians suddenly find their principles and are able to offer resistance. Put a Republican in the Oval Office, however, and those same people become blind, deaf, and dumb to most any principle they profess."
"Nowhere is McCain's chicanery and duplicity more jeopardous than in the area of the right to keep and bear arms. On issues relating to the Second Amendment, John McCain is a disaster! ... the highly respected [GOA] rates McCain with a grade of F-. ..." ... |
In VA, Palin Knocks Obama For Opposing Gun Rights
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"Gov. Sarah Palin added a line attacking her opponent for opposing gun rights Monday, while crooner Hank Williams, Jr., changed the lines of his song to fit the political event."
"'We believe in the forward movement of freedom, not the constant expansion of government,' Palin told a crowd at the Richmond International Speedway Monday. 'And though Barack Obama disagrees, that freedom includes ... the rights and liberties under the Second Amendment.'" ... |
Strickland to Ohio gun owners: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
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"One day after the National Rifle Association endorsed 'Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin for President and Vice President respectively', Barack Obama attempted to continue his attempts to hide his anti-gun record from voters."
"News outlets across the nation on Friday reported on Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's attempts to assure gun owners that they have nothing to fear from an Obama administration."
"Strickland, the NRA 'A'-rated governor who is also a former Buckeye Firearms Association endorsee, told the press that 'as a result of direct conversations that I've had with Barack Obama, if you are a sportsman, if you are a gun owner... - you have nothing to fear from Barack Obama ..." ... |
Barack's Gun Lies
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"Barack Obama would have you believe he's not anti-gun. He's running ads trying to counter the NRA's ads, while at the same time trying to get the NRA's ads shut down."
"Pro-gun Ohio Governor Ted Strickland stated at an Obama rally, 'if you are a sportsman, if you are a gun owner, if you are someone that honors and respects the Second Amendment, you have nothing to fear from Barack Obama.'"
"If that is the case, then why has one of the most anti-gun organizations in this country endorsed him for president?" ... |
NRA now stands for National Republican Association
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"Richard Cooper is the former chair of the Libertarian Party of New York, a Ron Paul delegate, and a Bob Barr presidential elector. Like so many others, he is incensed that the National Rifle Association would snub Bob Barr, who is a member of its board of directors and who has an A+ rating on gun rights, to endorse John McCain, who has a C+ rating. In Ground Report, Cooper says:""Previously, the NRA backed pro-gun Democratic incumbents to show their appreciation and I suppose to hedge their bets. But in the Bush years with Karl Rove’s strategies for making Republican majorities permanent, this policy seems to have been largely abandoned." ...
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Obama camp courting the muzzleloading vote
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"In a micro-targeting tactic that would make Republican strategist Karl Rove proud, Democrat Barack Obama's campaign is seeking inroads among politically liberal and moderate gun owners in Florida -- despite Republican John McCain's endorsement from the National Rifle Association."
"Marking the opening of muzzleloading deer season, Ray Schoenke, president of the American Hunters and Shooters Association, campaigned on Obama's behalf this weekend in Orlando, Tavares, Lakeland, Ocala, Micanopy and Palatka. ..." ... |
SD: How did the Democrats get NRA's blessing?
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"Both of the top-of-the-ticket Democrats on South Dakota's general election ballot have received endorsements from the National Rifle Association."
"Senator Tim Johnson says he will continue to support the Second Amendment if re-elected. He also doesn't think he would have to use his influence if a President Obama tried to do something that might threaten gun owners." ...
"Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin also got the NRA endorsement and says the right to bear arms is important in preserving the state's hunting tradition and the rights of private gun owners."
"Both of their Republican opponents ... also got top ratings from the NRA but agreed that the organization tends to give endorsements to incumbents." |
WI: NRA endorses Kagen in congressional race
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"The National Rifle Association endorsed Rep. Steve Kagen for Wisconsin's eighth congressional district. Kagen, a freshman Democrat, is in a tight race against GOP challenger John Gard."
"The endorsement was announced by Jeff Nass, president of the Wisconsin Rifle and Pistol Association at the Waupaca Conservation Club."
"'Congressman Kagen has been a staunch supporter of the second amendment and we are proud to help send him back to Congress to continue to uphold the rights of gun owners in Wisconsin and throughout the country,' Nass said in a statement."
"Kagen welcomed the endorsement." ... |
NY: Senate candidates trade shots on gun rights
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"At a news conference punctuated by the sound of gunfire, the Republican candidate for the 48th State Senate seat announced Monday he has been endorsed by the National Rifle Association."
"Dave Renzi stood with members of the Watertown Sportsmen’s Club at the club’s Dry Hill facility to discuss his support by the NRA and to blast his Democratic opponent, State Senator Darrel Aubertine." ... |
Curbing Youth Violence is Something We Can Do
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"There is a plague spreading across this country that is taking the lives of hundreds of thousands of American citizens--and it is disturbing and upsetting that the public outcry is not greater over the destruction that it leaves in its path. The plague: urban violence."
"The facts are shocking!"
"More Americans are killed in America than American soldiers killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. The Department of Justice reports that, on average, 45 people are shot and killed daily in America. Annually, there are 16,000-17,000 gun deaths in America."
"In contrast, the ... combined total of casualties for Iraq and Afghanistan is less than 5,000 since both wars began." ... |
MO: Gun-rights groups oppose city proposal
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"Gun-rights groups are criticizing a city proposal to support legislation that would ban concealed weapons from city parks and sporting fields."
"The state's concealed carry law prohibits guns in schools, government meetings or major sports stadiums that hold 5,000 fans. But it doesn't ban them in parks."
"'Our concern is that these (parks) are areas where children gather and families,' said Jodie Adams, director of the Springfield-Greene County Parks Department." ...
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PA: Gray aims to cut 'straw' gun buys
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"Pennsylvania's gun laws are among the most lax in the Northeast and state legislators seem unwilling to act, charges Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray."
"So, Lancaster and other cities in the state are taking the matter into their own hands, in a small, largely symbolic way."
"On Tuesday evening, City Council members will have the first reading of a bill that would require gun owners to report to city police if they discover their gun is lost or stolen in the city. The proposal would require reporting within 72 hours of discovery that a gun is missing."
"... If passed, violations of the city ordinance would be punishable by as much as a $1,000 fine and/or 90 days in jail." ... |
IL: 3 counties have "concealed carry' referendum
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When they go to the polls next month, voters in three central Illinois counties will have the chance to let Springfield know what they think about the rights of citizens to carry concealed firearms.
Ballots in Woodford, LaSalle and McDonough counties will feature a referendum that asks whether the state should enact so-called "concealed-carry" legislation.
The referendum is advisory only. Voters will not be deciding whether individual counties should adopt those rights, but whether state legislators should bring the issue to a vote.
Advocates of the legislation say such a law is long overdue in Illinois, which is one of only two states that haven't passed some form of the statute. |
Acting ATF Director confirmation blocked
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"For more than two years, U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan has been consumed by the latest entry on his resume: acting chief of the federal [BATFE]."
"The Republican has been balancing both jobs while dealing with opposition to his ATF confirmation from members of his own party in the Senate. Now, with the presidential election a month away and Congress adjourned, Sullivan, 54, could soon end up unemployed."
"'I am going to remain focused on these two positions until the time I decide or somebody else decides it's time for me to move on to something else,' he told The Associated Press. 'At that point in time, I will be looking for some level of employment.'" ...
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U.S. Army Brigade On Call for Domestic Emergencies
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"The president now has an active-duty Army unit here in the United States to use at his beck and call. The unit will serve as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks. But some people warn that this action establishes a standing army that could be used for executive abuse of power — and even to enforce martial law." ...
"A standing army contravenes the original meaning of the Second Amendment ... During the floor debate over the Second Amendment, Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts ... spoke out: 'What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty....'" ... |
GA: One in three recent Atlanta Police Academy graduates have criminal records
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... "More than one-third of recent Atlanta Police Academy graduates have been arrested or cited for a crime, according to a review of their job applications. The arrests ranged from minor offenses such as shoplifting to violent charges including assault. More than one-third of the officers had been rejected by other law enforcement agencies, and more than half of the recruits admitted using marijuana."
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NC: Former Brunswick sheriff pleads guilty to state charges
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"A former North Carolina sheriff who was sentenced to 16 months in prison for obstructing justice has pleaded guilty to state charges."
"... former Brunswick County Sheriff Ronald Hewett pleaded guilty in Superior Court to three counts of embezzlement and no contest to an obstruction of justice charge."
"The sentence on state charges will run concurrently with the 16 months Hewett received last week on a federal charge of obstructing justice. The former sheriff had tried to obstruct a federal investigation of him by harassing deputies who were called to testify."
"The investigation began in December 2006 on suspicions Hewett was misusing public funds."
"He was suspended from office in March. He resigned April 15." |
NY: Two NYPD Cops at Center of Federal Probe
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An NYPD officer and a retired cop are at the center of a federal probe into a violent crew that allegedly robbed and kidnapped drug dealers.
The unidentified men shook-down dealers for cash and more than 100 kilos of cocaine in at least 100 robberies over the past five years, the Daily News reported. The alleged robberies also took place in NYC, and from Florida to Massachusetts.
Prosecutors say the cops worked with two men already under arrest, Jose Castro and Ansel Torres. Both men are accused of sexually torturing their victims with pliers.
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IL: Driver of another 'official' car taking liberties with handicapped parking
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"First a Cook County sheriff's officer was nabbed parking his squad car illegally in a disabled parking spot."
"Now a volunteer with Palos Hills Emergency Disaster Agency has been snapped trying to pull the same stunt in a marked city vehicle."
"Physical therapist Arlene Wall, 53, took photos of the illegally parked Dodge Durango city vehicle in a Hickory Hills parking lot Sept. 24 - the same day Shepard High School senior Steven Hord busted a cop for the same crime in Palos Heights." ...
"Palos Hills Deputy Police Chief Steve Good said Chief Paul Madigan was 'shocked' by the photos and that he had ordered an investigation."
"'Obviously, we in no way condone this,' Good said." ...
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Japan: MSDF petty officer died after 'training fight' against 15 people
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"A 25-year-old member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force died in September about two weeks after a martial-art-style 'training fight' in which he was forced to fight against 15 other members one after another ..."
"The male petty officer second class died after sustaining a hard blow to the chin during the training fight at a wrestling facility of the MSDF's special forces school. He was forced to take part in the fighting, the sources said."
"At the time of the incident, the man was in the second year of the training school."
"One of the two instructors at the scene acted as a referee and had other participants force the collapsing petty officer to stand up and keep fighting, they said." ... |
NJ: Gun Shop Owner Wins Over Law Limiting Sales
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"FRANK CASO has sold handguns and rifles from his Caso's Gun-A-Rama store for 40 years."
"But for about six months in 2006, Mr. Caso was barred by a city ordinance from selling each customer more than one handgun a month. Two weeks ago, he won a legal victory when a State Appellate Court panel affirmed a lower court ruling that tossed out the Jersey City ordinance. Mr. Caso’s legal victory, however, may be short lived." ...
"At issue are so-called 'straw buyers' — properly licensed and permitted buyers who buy multiple handguns and may sell them illegally to street buyers, said Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy."
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Weapons Trail
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"China boasts one of the world's strictest gun-control regimes. But the restrictions are increasingly being undermined by criminals, hobbyists, hunters and enthusiasts. Below, a timeline of major events involving guns in China." ...
"1989: People's Liberation Army shoots dead hundreds if not thousands ... [in] Tiananmen Square ..."
"1989: [NRA] publishes full-page advertisement with a picture of a battered Chinese man surrounded by PLA soldiers that says, 'The students of Beijing did not have a Second Amendment right to defend themselves when the soldiers came' ... 'Because tyranny cannot tolerate armed citizens, these brave young Chinese could only hurl words and hold out empty hands against an army.'" ... |
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