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Dark knight Bloomberg’s approval of Jeb and Hillary bodes ill for gun rights
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"That titles of nobility were viewed by the Founders as incompatible with the Constitutional form of government they established is a given. So it should come as no surprise that Michael Bloomberg, one of the foremost advocates for infringing on the right to keep and bear arms, was pleased beyond measure to accept the honorary title of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, as The New York Times reported Thursday. Also no surprise: He declared the heirs apparent to two wannbe political dynasties, Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton, to be the only two candidates capable of ascending to the throne." ... |
More NRA Lies! Or Not . . .
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"'They are coming to take your guns away!' That was the message from this past weekend’s annual NRA Convention,' Dean Obeidallah [above] writes at dailybeast.com. 'In fact, it’s the same message we have heard for years from the NRA. And just as it has been in the past, as it was this weekend, that message is a lie.' Tell that to residents of New York; gun owners forced to sell or transfer their 'assault rifles' under the terms of the SAFE Act. OK, the Empire State’s storm troopers didn’t knock on doors and physically remove illegal firearms. Yet. But same diff. Besides, is there any question that gun control proponents want to control Americans’ guns right out of existence? For some, there is . . " ... |
Cleveland Police Chief: Americans’ Fascination with Guns Must End
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"On Sunday, a three-year-old Ohio resident got ahold of a firearm and shot a one-year-old boy in the head, killing him. Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams told the press that the person responsible for bringing the gun into the boys’ home may face charges. After that announcement, Williams went off-script. He told reporters that America’s gun culture bears responsibility for the tragedy. 'Everybody has to know [that] this fascination with handguns, not just in the city, but in the country, has to stop,' he told cleveland.com. 'We need to take a long look at what we’re doing on the state, local and national level to keep these guns out of our communities.' The backlash in the comments section includes this gem . . ." ... |
NRA wraps, Hillary unwraps, gun battle continues in Washington
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"Departing Monday morning from the Nashville airport, one can sense some disappointment among anti-gunners that nothing unsavory happened during the three-day National Rifle Association convention; and even a thin attempt to taint the event with a tenuous link to sex-trafficking yesterday didn’t wash."
"The Nashville Tennessean quoted police Capt. Randy Hickerson noting that the event, which drew tens of thousands of visitors to the city, 'had been fairly uneventful.' How could that be with a building full of firearms and armed citizens? Gun prohibitionists continually insist that firearms and people really don’t mix." ... |
Daily Beast to NRA: Quit ‘Lying,’ Obama Is Not Anti-Gun (bawaahhaaa lol snort)
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"On April 13 2015, The Daily Beast (TDB) reacted to the NRA’s Nashville convention by accusing Wayne LaPierre of 'lying' in telling NRA members that Obama and the Democrats want to take guns away."
"In fact, Obama is not even anti-gun–according to TDB–and he made his support for the Second Amendment clear in 2008."
"According to TDB, 'No one in the Obama administration or any Democrat administration has ever tried to take law-abiding citizens’ guns away.' Moreover, TDB said, Obama 'can’t' take guns, even if he wanted to, because the Supreme Court decided there is an individual right to keep and bear arms in 2008." ... |
Six takeaways from the NRA convention
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"A pack of 2016 Republicans made their pitch for president Friday before the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Nashville, blasting the Obama administration for what they described as an erosion of freedom while punctuating their remarks with sharp enthusiasm for Second Amendment rights."
"The contenders also used the principles behind gun rights to fire off criticism of President Barack Obama's handling of national security, further signaling the influential role that foreign policy is expected to have in the presidential election." ... |
5 Classic Deer Rifles Your Grandpa Used That Are Still Good Today
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"Your grandfather’s generation was introduced to some of the finest deer hunting rifles ever made. These five classic deer rifles have a near perfect blend of form and functionality. The power and reliability of rifles like the Winchester Model 70 or the German-made Mauser M98 are hard to beat even by today’s standards. Chances are your grandpa or one of his hunting buddies used an original Marlin 336 during their deer hunting days. The 336 is one of the most reliable and accurate lever-action sporting rifles ever made. Since its introduction in 1948, more than 6 million Model 336’s have been produced . . ." ... |
Rand Paul a NRA Convention No-Show
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... "Christie received only a 'C' grade from the NRA in his 2013 re-election campaign and isn’t generally known for taking strong stands in defending the Second Amendment. His absence therefore was not surprising."
"Not so much for Sen. Paul, who received an 'A' rating from the NRA, and is generally known for being one of the most libertarian members of the Senate. Although the WSJ’s Washington Wire Blog reports that 'the NRA chalked up Mr. Paul’s absence from Nashville to scheduling concerns,' it also reported that the junior senator from Kentucky was being shunned due to his connections with another group – the National Association for Gun Rights." ... |
In CA, Rand Paul discusses how to fix the ‘broken’ brand of his party
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"On his way to Las Vegas to wrap up the opening week of his candidacy, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took a detour to a state where Republican candidates have often experienced major difficulties with the electorate."
"I think living in California, you know how hard it is for a Republican to win, right?' asked Paul ..."
"'Some of that is because the brand is broken. So what I say is, we have to believe in what we believe in, but we [also] have to expand the audience and be willing to listen to it.'"
"With his inclusive tone, Paul urged activists to transform the Republican Party. Going beyond their support for the Second Amendment is part of it. To him, the GOP must become 'the party of the entire Bill of Rights,' ..." ... |
The gun rights case Chris Christie can't ignore
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... "Now Gov. Chris Christie has another decision that's reverberating beyond New Jersey's borders as he seeks to impress Republican presidential primary voters."
"This one involves a 24-year old Middlesex County man who is pleading with the governor to help erase what he says was a mistake that shattered his dreams and 'ruined' his life."
"His name is Steffon Josey-Davis, and his story is about something that's front-and-center in Republican presidential primaries: gun rights."
"The North Brunwsick man says he lost his job and his dream of becoming a police officer after he took a plea under New Jersey's strict gun laws for illegally transporting his registered firearm in the glove compartment of his car." ... |
Bobby Jindal: 'The Left Are Bullies'
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"Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, one of the Republican Party’s potential candidates for president, said “bullies” on the left will try to steamroll the Second Amendment if Americans don’t take care."
"He also said in an interview with Breitbart religious liberty has come under attack, and it’s crucial for patriots to step forward and fight."
"'The Founding Fathers were smart enough to know that the American people need to have the right to bear arms for self-defense,' he said. 'They wrote the Second Amendment with the knowledge that a well-armed colonial citizenry had just defeated a tyrant and the most powerful army in the world, in the British army. So the most basic reason for the Second Amendment is our own self-defense.'" ... |
TX: Open Carry Expected to Pass Texas House Today
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"The first major bill to pass both the House and Senate in the current session will be a gun bill, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports."
"The Texas House today is scheduled to debate HB 910, which would allow the open carrying of firearms in Texas for the first time since the late 1860s."
"The bill is not the complete 'constitutional carry' that open carry advocates want. To carry a handgun in public, a person would still have to pass a Concealed Handgun Law course. And the law allows only 'the open carry of a holstered handgun,' it does not allow individuals to carry long guns in public, like activists have been doing for the past two years." ... |
IA: Omnibus Gun Bill Unpopular with Both Parties in Iowa
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"A Sioux City lawmaker is speaking out after the Iowa Senate votes to water down provisions in a proposed gun-rights bill."
"But another lawmaker says Democrats are just trying to make sure the bill makes lives easier for law-enforcement."
"'This is what happens when you let Democrats get involved with a gun bill. It went over to the House and it came back and what the Senate Democrats have done is basically put it so now there's a state wide database, which every gun owner adamantly opposes -- a state wide database,' said Sen. Rick Bertrand, (R).'" ... |
FL: Florida campus carry legislation wobbling in state senate
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"A polarizing measure to allow legal concealed carry on public colleges and universities in Florida is sputtering after a senate committee chair has declined to bring it to a vote."
"The legislation, a hot button issue following a shooting at Florida State University last November, passed a 3-2 vote in the state Senate Criminal Justice Committee in February following much public testimony for and against."
"Now on the agenda for the Judiciary Committee, it may die there." ... |
FL: Guns-on-campus bill stalled amid USF faculty opposition
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"An outcry from academia may be helping to stall legislation that would allow holders of concealed weapons permits to carry guns on Florida college and university campuses."
"Last week, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, a Republican from Miami, told the News Service of Florida he does not plan to have Senate Bill 176 go before his committee, which would effectively kill the bill." ... |
TX: Texas Legislature’s push for gun issues triggered by politics
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"As Republican lawmakers have rushed to further loosen Texas’ firearms regulations — which already contribute to the state’s gun-friendly reputation — some have seen it as a capitulation to a fringe element."
"But there’s another explanation: politics."
"Polls show that many Republican voters — the most influential primary bloc in Texas — are intensely interested in gun issues. And the GOP primary is the only election that counts for lots of lawmakers, many of whom already have a passion for the Second Amendment." ... |
DC: Police officer/pastor charged with sexually assaulting minors
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"A veteran Washington police officer and pastor has been charged with sexually assaulting two teenagers – one of them inside his church while he was wearing his gun and badge and the other inside the police headquarters building on Indiana Avenue NW, according to an arrest affidavit."
"Darrell Lavon Best, 45, who lives in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and has been on the police force for 25 years, was arrested Monday night in Largo, Maryland, by members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force. He is pastor of God-A Second Chance Ministry Church in Southeast Washington, where both teens were members." ... |
FL: Militarized Police Now Using ‘Tanks’ (Armored Vehicles) To Pull Over Citizens On American Soil
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It is hard to imagine that this surreal story does not originate in a nation run by a violent warlord (or maybe it does), but it actually comes from Florida, where Lucas Jewell, a resident of Gainesville noticed local members of the Alachua County Sheriff’s Department were riding through town in a tank-like armored vehicle that appears to be a Lanco BearCat, an armored personnel carrier intended for military use.
As Mr. Jewell believes that this is a gross abuse of taxpayers’ dollars and is opposed to the militarization of police, he found this display of military hardware on public roads offensive and showed the individuals in riding in the tank his middle finger and proceeded to continue on his journey.
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FL: Sheriff’s armored vehicle makes traffic stop after rude gesture
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"The Alachua County Sheriff's Office has launched an investigation into why deputies in a beefy armored vehicle performed a traffic stop on a Gainesville man who allegedly directed an obscene hand gesture toward them."
"Lucas Jewell, 23, recorded his interaction on a cellphone with a team of ASO deputies in special-operations uniforms after the imposing Lenco Bear Cat Armored Personnel Carrier stopped his Ford Taurus at the Alachua County Headquarters Library downtown."
"Jewell had been a candidate in the March Gainesville City Commission election." ... |
CA: Cop accused of tickling feet of man killed by police
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"A Bakersfield police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after he allegedly tickled the feet of a man shot dead by police and said, 'tickle, tickle.'"
"Bakersfield police spokesman Sgt. Joe Grubbs confirmed that Officer Aaron Stringer was on leave from the department and that an internal affairs investigation was underway." ... |
NY: “Mount Vernon [NY] gun buyback program exceeds expectations”
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"'People lined up in front of the Doles Community Center with boxes and bags containing firearms an hour before the city opened the doors Saturday to the first gun buyback program in more than eight years,' lohud.com reports. Regular readers know my laundry list of complaints about these 'feel good' firearms turn-in events: the no-question-asked policy eliminates the possibility of a criminal investigation, they create a market for stolen firearms ... they vilify guns, they disarm citizens, they destroy valuable firearms and they accomplish zilch in terms of reducing crime. “Gun buybacks” are nothing more than political theater. Still, the results are interesting and there’s a sad, make that pathetic twist to this tale . . ." ... |
MT: Gun permits useful
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"Montana laws promote gun safety by requiring a permit to carry a loaded, concealed handgun in public. Permit applicants must be 18, pass a criminal background check and have firearms training."
"There is a bill in Congress that would override these safety standards by forcing our state to recognize concealed carry permits from all states, including states that issue permits to people without firearms training and even to criminals and people with recent violent convictions." ... |
SC: Bill would require South Carolina to recognize Georgia Concealed Weapons Permits
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"It's a problem some gun owners say leaves them defenseless, when South Carolina will not recognize their Georgia-issued Concealed Weapons Permit (CWP), or vice versa. However, a bill in the South Carolina legislature could change that. H.3799 would require South Carolina recognize Georgia CWP's; then, Georgia would reciprocate."
"While many CWP holders say they support the bill, some do not because there are different requirements for the permit across states. Georgia does not require its CWP holders to have firearms training, like South Carolina does. For this reason, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office opposes the legislation." ... |
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