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Tre Crips Say 'Turn in Those Guns' Submitted by: David Codrea Website: http://waronguns.blogspot.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"[T]here is one civic-minded group whose advocacy and endorsement is worth noting: "'The Tre Crips gang has told me they're tired of the violence. They want to stop using guns. Six of them told me they would be here tomorrow to turn their guns in,' Simmons said."

Obama Doesn't Get It
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... "While Obama supports gun control, he has repeatedly denied any intention of 'taking away folks' guns.'"

"As if he could. There are 80 million law abiding gun owners in this country."

"What Obama doesn't understand is that gun owners fear gun bans, gun licensing, ammunition taxes, government databases, limits on gun purchases, and bans on concealed carry to name a few. Such legislation infringes on the ability of honest, law abiding people to freely exercise their rights. It becomes such a hassle and carries such a stigma, that it discourages gun ownership and, in many cases, puts the manufacturers and dealers out of business. Obama has a track record of such activity in his limited time in government ..." ...

Gun ownership rights essential to American traditions
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"It is increasingly difficult to separate tradition from politics, a recurring theme as the collar counties continue to urbanize."

"The remarkable harvest ratios of deer seasons throughout most of America during recent years were overshadowed by the killing of hunters in Northern Wisconsin following an ugly, racially-tainted confrontation with a trespasser."

"Across the country, firearms owners and hunters were appalled by the senseless murders."

"We often alluded to the incredible statistic that a million and a half orange-clad hunters spend a week in the northwoods without a single act of violence, without a single robbery, home invasion or assault."

"That ended a few years ago ..." ...

Obama Clashes with Santa on Gun Rights Christmas Card
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"Packing a holstered pistol on his belt, Santa Claus opposes President-elect Barack Obama over gun rights on an original Christmas card sent to members of Congress and others by right to self-defense advocate John M. Snyder of Telum Associates, LL.C."

"'Although Obama said last weekend that, 'lawful gun owners have nothing to fear' from his administration, the fact is that firearm owners are not so sure,' said Snyder. '... America's 90 million law-abiding firearm owners oppose extremist gun control proposals emanating from Washington, D.C. This includes any truly extremist proposals which Obama tries to label 'common sense gun safety laws,' a phrase he used last weekend to characterize the kind of laws he would support'" ...

Gun groups say they're wary of Obama
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"Gun groups said they are distrustful of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's pledge that gun owners don't have to worry about their rights during his watch."

"Chris Cox, executive director of the National Rifle Association's political action committee said membership is growing at record levels and gun sales are up as much as 50 percent since Obama won, The Hill reported."

"During a weekend news conference, Obama said he believes 'in common-sense gun safety laws and I believe in the Second Amendment.'"

"'He says gun owners shouldn't be worried, but clearly gun owners are worried," Cox told the Washington publication." ...

NFL Commish Says You Don't Need Guns, Just Avoid Crime!
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In the wake of the Plaxico Burress accidental self-shooting, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is telling NFL players not to bother with firearms for self-defense."

"'The real issue to me, is when the players feel they're unsafe, they shouldn't be there,' Goodell said. ..."

"We've all heard this faulty logic over and over. The problem is, criminals can strike anytime and anywhere. Is the Commissioner suggesting that every victim of a violent crime is at fault for being somewhere they shouldn't be? That would be like telling a rape victim she was asking for it!"

"Taking responsibility for your own safety, whether that be by traveling in groups, carrying pepper spray, or carrying a firearm, is something to be commended ..." ...

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Goodell offers a brief on guns
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"NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has a simple mantra when it comes to players feeling the need to carry a gun: Avoid those situations."

"'The real issue to me, is ... if you feel the need to have a firearm to be someplace, you're in the wrong place,' Goodell said."

"He said the NFL tries to balance a strict gun policy with a constitutional right to bear arms." ...
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KABA Note: Why do I hear Sheriff Bull Connor's voice saying "If you n*****s just knew your place and stayed on your side of town there wouldn't be any trouble."

Crisp: Keep the guns off campus
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"Sometimes you encounter two ideas so bad that it's hard to tell which one is worse. Put them together and the over-used 'perfect storm' metaphor seems perfectly apt." ...

"[A]s the location of one of the more dramatic school shootings - 14 people killed by Charles Whitman's sniping from the University of Texas bell tower ... Texas prohibits all guns on college campuses."

"Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC) would like to change that. During the last year and a half, SCCC claims to have signed up 35,000 students and teachers to press for reform of all state laws that prohibit possession of guns on college campuses." ...

MN: Local view: 'Gun show loophole,' still open in Minnesota, must be closed
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"This month marks the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Brady Bill, named for James Brady, President Reagans press secretary, who was shot during an attempt on the presidents life. The law has stopped 1.6 million gun sales to felons, fugitives, domestic abusers, terrorists, dangerously mentally ill people and other prohibited purchasers." ...
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KABA Note: Actually it has stopped 1.6 million gun sales the vast majority of which were 'false positives' resulting from a legitimate purchaser having the same or a similar name as a prohibited person. And according to a DOJ study, less than 2% of criminals reported getting their guns at a gun show.

National Parks Allow Right-to-Carry
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"The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), through the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has announced the final amended version of its changes to rules on carrying of firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. DOIs move will restore the rights of law-abiding gun owners who wish to transport and carry firearms for lawful purposes on most DOI lands, and will make federal law consistent with the state law in which these public lands are located. The National Rifle Association (NRA) led the effort to amend the existing policy regarding the carrying and transportation of firearms on these federal lands." ...

New gun rules for national parks, monuments
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"Last week, the Interior Department announced a change in the prohibition of carrying firearms inside the boundaries of national parks and monuments. This rules amendment, which goes into effect 30 days after being published in the Federal Register, brought a variety of reactions from different directions as could be expected."

"The new rules now allow individuals possessing a license to carry concealed handguns in national parks, under specific conditions."

"The primary condition requires the individual to first obtain a state-concealed carry gun license. However, the new rule doesnt affect gun bans within visitor centers, federal buildings and high traffic locations as the Statue of Liberty, Independence Hall and others." ...

FL: Woman shoots home invader through abdomen
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"Lynn Haven police were looking Friday for two suspects in a home invasion and attempted robbery."

"Melissa Galarza ... answered a knock on her door Thursday evening, and two white males charged into the home and demanded 'the money,' ..."

"One of the men punched Galarza in the face twice and knocked her to the floor. The men covered her mouth to keep her from screaming and kept demanding the money, reports said."

"While on the floor, Galarza remembered she had a gun within reach on the bottom shelf of her coffee table. She drew the weapon, and the two men backed off before charging at her again. Galarza said she fired in self-defense, and the men fled her home together, report said." ...

CA: Burson homeowner, Arnold store clerk foil separate robbery attempts
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"A Burson man was arrested by Calaveras County sheriff's deputies after he attempted to rob a homeowner ..."

"... Mike Nicholson III, 24, knocked on the door of William Six's residence ... Six answered the door and found Nicholson standing there with a 10-inch knife. Nicholson told Six to give him the keys to his best truck ..."

"Six balked and closed the front door. Concerned Nicholson was going to remain outside his residence or steal one of his vehicles, Six retrieved a firearm. Six confronted Nicholson at the bottom of his driveway and ordered Nicholson to the ground ..."

"... Nicholson ... started to get up off the ground. Six responded by firing a warning shot into the ground. That seemed to do the trick ..." ...

AL: Birmingham teen murder suspect in wrong place, mother says
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"The adoptive mother of a teen charged with capital murder of an acquaintance who was killed while the two were robbing someone Sunday said her son was in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"Malik Hameed, 17, is remorseful over his involvement in a weekend robbery that left his accomplice, a family friend, dead, said his mother, Hamidah Hameed, 56." ...

"Police say Malik Hameed and Patrick Cortez Levert, 26, were shot Sunday in the 100 block of Cotton Avenue Southwest while trying to rob a 39-year-old man at gunpoint."

"The man pulled a gun and shot both, police said." ...

AR: Ark. man forces way into wrong house, fatally shot
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"Police in northeast Arkansas say a Trumann man looking for his wife after an argument went to the wrong home and was shot to death by the homeowner when he tried to force his way inside."

"Trumann police say Saturday's shooting death of 34-year-old Todd Short appears to be a justifiable homicide. Police Chief Larry Blagg says Short apparently got into an argument with his wife, and that she went to a family friend's home. According to police, Todd Short went to a nearby home - thinking that's where his wife was staying - and tried to force his way inside."

"The homeowner, Jimmy Hand, then fatally shot Short with a shotgun. Police say the two homes were 'cookie cutter' and that both had similar cars in the driveway." ...

Arming India Against Terrorism
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"For three bloody days, just 10 determined killers held a city of 18 million hostage. The sheer ignominy of this fact has jolted Mumbaikars -- and Indians -- out of their fabled chalta hai (anything goes) attitude, and into a burst of citizen activism. Even Mumbai's business community has shed its habitual political timidity and filed an extraordinary public-interest lawsuit demanding that the government fulfill its constitutional obligation to protect its citizens."

"But Indians shouldn't just stop there. They should also demand reform of the country's draconian gun laws -- a holdover from British times -- that prevent them from defending themselves. ..." ...

OH: Time running out for passage of HB450 (Armed Services 18-21 gun rights restoration)
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"In what has become an all too familiar story each lame duck session, it is once again necessary to ask Ohio gun owners to call their state Senators and encourage their support for a pro-gun bill that will otherwise die at the end of the legislative session ..."

"Time is running out for Rep. Bruce Goodwin's House Bill 450, which passed the Ohio House more than six months ago with an overwhelming 90-3 vote, and your help is needed TODAY!"

"PROBLEM: Current Ohio law prohibits persons under the age of 21 from buying a handgun. There is an exemption for persons aged 18-20 who are properly appointed or employed as a law enforcement officer, but no such exemption exists for members of the armed services or Ohio National Guard." ...

OH: All Politicians are not the Same - an Interview with Representative-elect Seth Morgan
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"Buckeye Firearm's Chairman, Jim Irvine, is fond of saying that all politicians are not the same, despite people's belief to the contrary. As proof that not all politicians are the same, Buckeye Firearms Association has set up interviews with pro-gun legislators, and other elected officials who believe strongly in the right to bear arms."

"In this installment we highlight Seth Morgan, a newly elected Republican Ohio State Representative for the 36th District. Below are his answers to several questions we think Ohios gun owners would ask if given the chance." ...

NY: Pharmaceuticals, Guns, & Government = People Bans
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"In Nassau County, New York, a revised handgun application went into effect in January 2007. A new question asks: 'Have you used or still use narcotics, tranquilizers or anti depressant [sic] medication? If YES, record doctor's name, address and phone number, (attach).' If the applicant answers in the affirmative, a list of those medications is also required."

"The new question may have been added as a means of increasing public safety, but Nassau County licensees have maintained a nearly spotless record in this area. A more likely explanation is that this could be the next practical step in denying exercise of the Second Amendment." ...

VA: Battle Over Virginia's Gun Show Loophole[sic]
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"The debate about buying guns in Virginia is back in front of legislators in Richmond. Advocates from both sides of the issue made their case Tuesday, hoping lawmakers will deal with the so-called gun show loophole in the upcoming General Assembly session. For both sides, this is a very personal battle about whether Virginia should require background checks for every gun sale, including ones between private sellers at gun shows." ...
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Submitter's Note: If your actual goal is to close the 'loophole' and not destroy gun shows, then just require the State Police to perform free background checks for individuals. So-called 'problem' solved.

WA: Stop the Seattle Gun Ban
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"I received the following via an email today from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms:"

"Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels plans to ban guns with no regard for your right to self-defense and In defiance of state law."

"Your attendance at a public hearing in Seattle is CRITICAL! Let your voice be heard NOW!"

"The hearing will be held on December 15, 2008 in the Bertha Knight Landes room at Seattle City Hall, 600 Fourth Avenue, with sign-in beginning at 5:30 p.m." ...

"Please Attend This Important Hearing."

CA: L.A. council panel approves gun control measures
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"The Public Safety Committee of the Los Angeles City Council approved a package of gun control measures Monday that would make it easier for landlords to evict tenants with illegal firearms and ammunition, place new requirements on ammunition vendors ..." ...

"Under the eviction measure ... landlords could evict a tenant who illegally used guns or ammunition within 1,000 feet of a rental property."

"The committee also approved measures requiring ammunition vendors to obtain permits from the Police Commission for sales and to conduct those sales face-to-face with buyers."

"Under one of the proposed ordinances, the employees handling ammunition would also be subject to a background check." ...

IL: Feds take Gov. Blagojevich into custody
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"Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, were arrested by FBI agents on federal corruption charges Tuesday morning." ...

"In one charge related to the appointment of a senator to replace Barack Obama, prosecutors allege that Blagojevich sought appointment for himself as secretary of Health and Human Services in the new Obama administration, or a lucrative job with a union, in exchange for appointing a union-preferred candidate."

"Another charge alleges Blagojevich and Harris conspired to demand the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members responsible for editorials critical of him in exchange for state help with the sale of Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs baseball stadium owned by Tribune Co." [emphasis added] ...
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KABA Note: And the antis call us paranoid when we say that disdain for the Second Amendment indicates disdain for the others.

Arthritis gun backfires with FDA
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"The Food and Drug Administration has shot a huge hole in a New Jersey company's plan to develop a squeezable handgun suitable for people with arthritis."

"The agency ruled yesterday that the 9mm weapon (right), called a Palm Pistol, is not a medical device under the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and thus it is removing it from its electronic database."

"The agency said it was returning the $1,800 registration fee to the company, Constitution Arms of Maplewood, NJ."

"If the FDA had listed the $300 weapon - still in the design stages - as a medical device, buyers might have been able to get reimbursement from Medicare." ...

MN: Ex-Kanabec sheriff surrenders to authorities
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"Former Kanabec County Sheriff Von Thompson has turned himself into authorities after spending about a week as a fugitive."

"Thompson was charged in October with four felonies for allegedly swindling a 91-year-old man out of $179,000."

"Current Sheriff Steve Schulz says Thompson called investigators around 7 a.m. Tuesday to say he was willing to surrender. Investigators met him 20 minutes later and arrested him."

"Thompson was initially judged a low flight risk, but Mora police say he violated the terms of his release by trying to persuade people to invest money with him."

"Police tried to arrest Thompson on Nov. 26, but they were unable to find him. The arrest warrant was issued last week." ...

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"Dolton inspector general Robert Shaw was attacked on the street Saturday by a Cook County corrections officer circulating nominating petitions for Shaw's political foe, police said." "Elliott R. Kozel, 48, of Chicago, was held pending battery charges for allegedly beating up Shaw near 146th and Lincoln at about 1:15 p.m., police said." "Kozel has been a corrections officer for 20 years." ...

UT: Another reason these guys are the 'Only Ones' that should have firearms
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All we ever hear from those on the left is "how police are the 'Only Ones' that should be able to have firearms. Because they are the 'only ones' who have the correct 'training' and correct 'temperament'. And apparently because they are the 'only ones' with the skills to rape a woman with a foreign object."

"When she refused to provide a urine sample, deputies obtained a warrant for bodily fluids. She offered to give blood but was told by one of the deputies, 'in a black cowboy hat,' according to her, that the judge wanted urine. Next step: a male guard stripped her in front of several other male guards. She was held down and a catheter was forced into her." ...

NY: State Reports Misconduct by 'Rogue' Supervisor in Its Manhattan Narcotics Office
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"Left unchecked by his State Health Department bosses, a supervising narcotics investigator with a yen for addictive fentanyl lollipops took over a New York City narcotics control office, abused suspects rights and endangered lives, the New York State inspector general has found."

"In a scathing report to be released on Monday, the inspector general, Joseph Fisch, portrayed a dysfunctional state bureaucracy that allowed what the report called a 'rogue' investigator, Louis Crisafi, 49, to bully his way to domination of the 90 Church Street office of the State Health Departments Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement." ...

Obama Says 'Don't Worry;' Hamm Calls Purchases 'Stupid'
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"President-elect Obama is telling Americans not to worry, he believes in the Second Amendment. ..."

"Peter Hamm of the Brady Campaign ... thinks it is 'stupid' that so many more Americans are buying firearms ..."

"'... We don't think these are first-time buyers. We think they are people who already have more than enough guns at their homes to protect themselves and are buying more.'"

"Listen Mr. Hamm. I have worked several gun shows in Ohio these past few months, signing up people who want to join the National Rifle Association. And I can tell you this first hand -- we are seeing an exponential increase at these family events of people who have never before owned firearms. It is evident to anyone who attends these events." ...

OR: Concealed weapons permits may set Ore. record
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FULL TEXT BELOW:

More Oregonians will get concealed weapons permits in 2008 than in any year since tallies began in 2000.

The Oregon State Police say sheriffs reported 115,600 permits for the first 11 months of 2008, with estimates of another 10,000 expected in December.

The total for 2007 was 97,227 permits, the highest previous annual number.

To obtain a concealed weapons permit, a person must complete a current handgun safety course or show proof of completing police or military handgun safety training.

Fingerprints, a criminal records check and letters from two references are also needed.

FL: More people packing heat in Florida
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"Right now, more than a half million people in Florida have a concealed weapons permit. That's a 50% jump from three years ago, according to the Department of Agriculture. More than 23,000 of those people are in Jacksonville."

"People you wouldn't even expect to carry guns now feel like they have to. We spoke to two Beaches businessmen, who rallied their friends, and got all of their permits together."

"Marshall Reddy said, 'I don't know if the permit makes me feel safer or not. I think it makes me feel a little more comfortable about what I can and can't do. But do I feel safer? Not necessarily.'" ...

MN: Gun sales brisk, as buyers fear bans
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"The gun show at the Stillwater Armory on Thanksgiving weekend featured an unlikely salesman. A flier taped to the door featured a stern-looking picture of the president-elect, with the words: 'Barack Obama: Enemy of your gun rights.'"

"While the gun show had plenty of competition from retailers starting their Christmas sales, business was brisk as people streamed in and bought up shotguns, hunting knives and at least a few semiautomatic rifles -- the gun most gun-rights advocates think an Obama presidency might ban."

"'It's the Obama effect,' said Joel Rosenberg, a gun law expert who teaches a gun course for people who want permits to carry handguns. He's teaching one this month and it's full, for the first time all year ..." ...

IL: Firearm sales are up after election
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"The number of people walking through the door of Dave's Trading Post and Gun Shop has nearly doubled since President-elect Barack Obama's victory Nov. 4."

"Dave Onken, owner of the gun shop, says its no coincidence." ...

"Bartonville's Presley's Outdoors owner Tim Presley said gun sales are typically higher in November because of hunting season, but his customers aren't just buying guns for hunting this November." ...

"On the campaign trail, Obama said he respects the right to bear arms but favors 'common sense' gun laws. Many gun advocates believe that translates to reinstating the federal assault weapons ban. As an Illinois state senator, Obama supported prohibitions on semiautomatic weapons." ...

NY: Get a gun! Now!
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"As we wrote in LIBN recently, if you're looking to make a killing in this gut-shot economy, sell guns."

"Firearm background checks were up nearly 50 percent in October and early November over the same time last year as people besieged gun stores for weapons and ammo. Some were terrified the new administration was gunning for them by passing new weapon bans. ..."

"Legitimate firearm aficionados and constitutional purists have been joined by feverish doomsday predictors and other wild-eyed paranoids declaring that since Barrack Obama's election it's only a matter of time before draconian gun laws are brought down, and even worse, the new president will mount an effort to come get the guns legally held by Americans." ...

SC: No justification for gun tax holiday, or any tax holiday
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"A LOT OF PEOPLE were surprised to find out that the state was offering a tax-free weekend after Thanksgiving for guns. Even happy gun-store owners had not realized that the Legislature had chosen to single them out for a business-booster."

"Little wonder. The latest twist on the absurd tax-holiday craze didn't get debated in the State House. It just got passed. At a time when the economy was already starting to tank and state agencies were being told they'd have to make do on less money than the previous year, our legislators were so convinced that temporarily removing the sales tax from guns was a great idea that they didnt feel the need to debate it." ...

Shooting: N.E.W. Lutheran's Cleven signs with Murray State Submitted by: RPA-PAC Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
FULL TEXT BELOW: N.E.W Lutheran senior Kaitlin Cleven recently signed a letter of intent to participate in rifle at Murray State. Cleven is the first N.E.W. athlete to receive a Division I athletic scholarship. She has posted scores in the 560s smallbore and 580s in air rifle. She won the National Rifle Association Junior Smallbore Outdoor Championship in 2006 and 2007.

NY: And the Hate Keeps on Coming : Hate Crime Against Latinos in Brooklyn
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... "... A man who got out of the car yelled anti-gay and anti-Latino epithets at the brothers, then broke a bottle over the 31-year-old mans head."

"His brother ran, and at least three other men who were in the car set upon the 31-year-old, beating him with a baseball bat and kicking him. The beating stopped when the brother returned, holding his cellphone, and told the attackers he had just called the police, the official said."

"Jose is now on life support at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens and it looks like the family has had to make the heartbreaking choice of not letting Jose suffer anymore." ...
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Submitter's Note: If you won't carry for yourself, at least carry your pistol to prevent your Mother from having to make this decision.