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This Month in FIRE History: Tarrant County College Bans Symbolic ‘Empty Holster' Protest
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"Four years ago this month, FIRE become embroiled in a battle that would end in a decisive victory for free speech in the courts."
"The controversy first began in March 2008, when Tarrant County College (TCC) student Brett Poulos attempted to organize an 'Empty Holster Protest.' In conjunction with other protests spearheaded by [SCCC] across the country, TCC students would peacefully attend class and perform other daily tasks while wearing empty holsters to signify opposition to state laws and school policies denying concealed handgun license holders the same rights on college campuses that they are granted in most other places."
"When Poulos informed the school of the event, TCC officials granted the request in a strange way. ..." ... |
Another senseless Seattle murder, another ‘blame the guns’ opportunity
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"Seattle police have rounded up one murder suspect, but now there's another one running around, and it is shaping up to be an unusually violent year in the Jet City."
"The slaying of a Seattle man Thursday evening as he was driving ... raised the city’s homicide count to 15 already for 2012, a pace that will eclipse the murder figures for the past few years, if the trend continues. ..."
"Already, some Seattle Times readers are blaming gun ownership for the body count, while ignoring other possible factors, not the least of which is a growing gang and thug culture that just might be emboldened by the Seattle Police Department’s current troubles with Eric Holder’s Justice Department." ... |
Venezuela Bans Guns, More Murder and Mayhem to Follow
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"According to gun control advocates, gun rights advocates are paranoid. Listen up gun clingers! We don’t want to disarm anyone—except for the people we want to disarm. Who need disarming ... Pay no attention to the Hurricane Katrina confiscation behind that curtain. Just use your common sense (i.e. we got this). Yes, well, no. Not only do we have a perfectly clear Supreme Court-incorporated Second Amendment (trumps local and state law) that protects us against ANY infringement on the right to keep and bear arms (in theory), we also have dozens of real-world, right-now examples of what happens to a country suffering from gun control gone wild. Check this look at life during wartime for the disarmed Mexican populace ..." ... |
Emily Miller Wins Journalism Award For "Emily Gets Her Gun" Report
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"Emily Miller, Senior Editor for Opinion for The Washington Times, won the Clark Mollenhoff Award for Investigative Journalism because of her 'Emily Gets Her Gun' report."
"If you've never heard of the Clark Mollenhoff Award, it's kind of a big deal in the world of journalism. The Institute on Political Journalism hands out an award each year to a story that contains all of the elements of a compelling investigative reporting, and which shows tremendous initiative from the author. Miller beat out candidates from The Wall Street Journal and Seattle Times, earning The Washington Times' first Clark Mollenhoff Award." ... |
Who protects us from predators inhabiting high public office?
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... "The Second Amendment was drafted and adopted because the citizenry was once oppressed by a government removed from them. The government believed the people should be placed secondary to the incumbent monarch's needs and wishes. In addition to the philosophical distance between the ruler and the ruled, there was a physical distance delaying the protest to legislators."
"This was challenged by the PEOPLE rising up in concert and removing themselves from the shackles applied to them regularly by that self-serving government. The Revolutionary War was fought to free the PEOPLE from the oppression of an unfeeling, uncaring and indifferent government believing itself omniscient and omnipotent ..." ... |
Gun Courses in Lynchburg, VA Booked for Months
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"The recent rise in gun popularity has resulted in completely booked gun safety courses for Lynchburg, Virginia."
"More and more people are buying guns, which means more permits and more gun safety courses. In fact, guns have become so popular that a lot of people in the gun world are having trouble keeping up with the increased demand. Local gun classes in Lynchburg are booked for months. Citizens must pass a gun safety course before they are legally permitted to conceal or carry a firearm." ... |
Long-Term Gun Test: ATI VK-22
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"Back in September I tried to review the VK-22, a rimfire M4 clone that seemed to wear itself out after just a few hundred rounds of .22 long rifle. Its ATI-sourced lower receiver had a soft steel hammer which went full-auto on me, and the Chiappa-sourced upper had a floppy barrel and a weak bolt. After yet another catastrophic failure, I now declare this long-term gun test officially finished . . ." ... |
Shovel-Ready SBR: Arsenal SLR-106U Krinkov Pistol
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"Y’all know I’m not a big fan of rifle-based 'assault pistols.' I’ve frequently lampooned them in my 'Darkest Depths Of Uselessness' series, and I can't hit sweet FA with them unless I walk my shots onto the target like an artillery spotter. But just to show you I’m not a total hater, here’s a rifle-pistol that I'd be jumping on yesterday if I lived in a state that allows SBRs: the 5.56x45mm Krinkov-styled Arsenal SLR-106U." ... |
FBI Data Show Gun Background Checks Still Undermined By Information Gaps Six Months After Senate Probed Flaws
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"Many states and federal agencies are still failing to share records about dangerous individuals with [NICS], leaving dangerous gaps in a database designed to keep firearms from falling into the wrong hands, according to new information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
"The update comes six months after gun violence survivors urged a Senate committee to improve the system at a congressional hearing on the 2011 mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. The shooter had a history of disturbing behavior and a drug arrest record, but passed a background check before buying the guns he used to kill six people and wound 13 others, including then-Congresswoman Gabby Giffords (D-AZ)." ...
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The Most Important Treaty You've Never Heard of and How the NRA Wants It Dead
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"There are currently no international laws or treaties regulating the international sale of conventional weapons. You read that right. There is more international oversight of the sale of bananas and iPods than grenade launchers and AK-47s. As a result, the bullets killing our troops in Afghanistan and the weapons used by warlords to commit genocide in Africa are purchased on the black and grey international weapons markets that thrive in this unregulated environment. Thankfully, all of that is about to change -- at least, we hope." ... |
Need a Pistol? Ask Daily Caller
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"AK-47 weighing you down? Unless you absolutely, positively have to kill everyone in the room, it's OK to accept a substitute. If you're one of 23 lucky entrants, you can trade in that bulky firearm for a free lightweight pistol, courtesy of The Daily Caller, the website owned by Fox News Channel (NWS) anchor Tucker Carlson."
"The Daily Caller says it will give away one free FMK 9C1 9mm pistol every week until Election Day, November 6. Valued at $400, the freebie will come engraved with the Second Amendment, as well as the other, less freedom-loving tweaks to the Constitution." ... |
TN: Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Small Caliber Edition
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"RF preaches it all the time – home carry. For good reason, too. Google up 'home invasion' and see how many hits you get. And it doesn't just happen at night, either. Plenty of bad dudes make the assumption that homes are empty during the day when everyone's at work or school. Call in sick or take a day off and you could be home when someone you don't know expects otherwise. But while Tuesday's dustup in the incongruously named Pleasant Hill, Tennessee took place during the day, there seems to be a little more involved than the usual smash and grab job. In this case, everyone involved already knew each other . . ." ... |
CO: Couple Shoot Late Night Intruder Who Entered Their Bedroom
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"This story is a little light on the details at the moment so we will release an update when more information comes out. A CO couple woke up to someone entering their bedroom holding a flashlight around 3:30am. The couple told the intruder to stop or they would shoot. The intruder did not stop and was shot by the homeowner, who fired in the direction of the flashlight the intruder was holding. When the homeowner turned on the light he saw a woman laying on the ground with a gunshot wound to her hip. The couple called police who took the intruder into custody and she is now being treated for non life threatening injuries." ... |
As criminals kill, law-abiding citizens continue arming up
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"Data obtained Friday morning from the Washington Department of Licensing revealed the past eight months have seen just over 20,000 new concealed pistol licenses issued, a fact that may be exploited by gun prohibitionists because of recent homicides in Seattle."
"Anti-gunners have long predicted that there would be an increase in homicides and violent crime if more people were packing. However, there is a problem with this supposition." ... |
Homeland Security Inspector General to Investigate Fast and Furious – What’s the Point?
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"CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has reported that the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security is currently investigating Operation Fast and Furious."
"So, if you’re counting, that makes two Inspector Generals[sic] investigating Fast and Furious, Michael E. Horowitz of the Department of Justice and Charles K Edwards of the Department of Homeland Security."
"It would be difficult not to point out the irony of these investigations, since both departments were directly involved in the gunwalking scandal that allowed thousands of weapons to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels." ... |
House Republicans Fire off Letter to Eric Holder
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"House Republican leaders sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder last Friday demanding that he fork over the thousands upon thousands of documents that the Justice Department has continued to withhold from a congressional investigative committee."
"In the letter, House Speaker John Boehner warned that the House will be prepared to 'act to fulfill our constitutional obligations' if Holder continues stonewalling Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who is leading the investigation of Operation Fast & Furious." ...
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Representative Adams: Holder Must Provide Documents or Face Contempt Charges
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"U.S. Representative Sandy Adams (FL-24) and her freshmen colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives requesting the House commence contempt of Congress hearings for Attorney General Eric Holder’s failure to produce congressionally subpoenaed documents related to the Fast and Furious investigation. Today, Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy and Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa met their request in a letter to AG Holder." ... |
Holder refuses Fast and Furious interview request, accuses TheDC of throwing ‘sticks and stones’
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"Attorney General Eric Holder has refused The Daily Caller's request for a sit-down interview on Operation Fast and Furious, the latest stonewalling effort by the Department of Justice over the scandal."
"Because DOJ spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler has not answered TheDC's questions about Fast and Furious for months, TheDC asked her if Holder would do an interview on the subject."
"'I'm going to decline your request,' Schmaler said in response."
"The Holder spokeswoman also accused TheDC of throwing 'sticks and stones.' And, though TheDC spelled her name correctly in the request, Schmaler added: 'It's tracy — with no 'e.'" ... |
ATF Death Watch 150: Double Standard in the Land of Enchantment
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"Representative Elijah Cummings makes me sick. The ranking minority member of the House Oversight Committee, charged with investigating the ATF’s Fast and Furious gun running, reckons the Committee should drop the whole thing because . . . Bush did it. Well, the ATF under Bush. I guess the fact that Bush’s ATF goons tried to follow the guns, whereas Obama’s jack-booted thugs intentionally allowed gun smugglers to walk thousands of firearms across the border, unaccompanied, doesn’t matter. Hey Cummings: tell that to the family of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, the Marine gunned down by a cartel rip crew using ATF-enabled firearms . . ." ... |
Scandal! Cities *Pay* Anti-Gun Lobbyists
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"Cities around the country have created staff positions for professional lobbyists whose primary function is to drum up support for anti-gun legislation, ordinances and regulations. Part of these lobbyists salaries are being paid by grants from do-gooder foundations like the Joyce Foundation, but the balance of salaries, benefits and support costs are being borne by you, the taxpayer." ... |
Quote of the Day: Feinstein’s Lies (Except for the Training Bit) Edition
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"'While I appreciate knowing your views on this issue, please know that I do not support concealed weapons license reciprocity. It is my belief that concealed weapons laws that may work in rural areas may not be suitable in urban areas. What is good for Alaska or Wyoming may not be good for California or New York. A federal policy mandating concealed carry reciprocity would usurp the right of states to grant concealed weapons licenses in the manner, and to those individuals, that they see fit . . ." ... |
Tester Leads Senate in Blocking U.N. Arms Treaty
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"Standing up for Montanans' Second Amendment rights, Senator Jon Tester today successfully blocked government funding from being used to advance the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty."
"Tester's bipartisan amendment, which unanimously passed the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, prevents spending to advocate for or agree to any treaty provision that would that would restrict Americans' gun rights." ... |
NC: CCRKBA Alert: N. Carolina Lawmakers Trying To Negate Bateman Ruling
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"The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is alerting North Carolina gun owners that state lawmakers are attempting to pass a new 'emergency powers' law that may be more restrictive than the one a federal judge just struck down."
"House Bill 489, according to Grass Roots North Carolina, would enable cities to restrict firearms rights in the home in emergencies, something they never had the authority to do. Attorney Alan Gura, who represented GRNC and the Second Amendment Foundation in the recently-won federal lawsuit striking down the state's emergency power to regulate firearms in a declared emergency, says that anyone who tries to enforce a ban on guns under this new legislation would lose qualified immunity." ... |
CO: Woman: Fear led her to comply with Denver cop's sexual demands
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"He wore a badge and a gun. And when the Denver police officer demanded sex in the front seat of his squad car two years ago, according to Valerie Arend, she felt she had to comply with his demands."
"'On the street, if he was just anybody, I would have run. I would have fought. I would have done what I needed to do,' Arend told The Denver Post in her first public interview about the incident. 'With him being a police officer, no way.'" ... |
MI: Michigan Man Deserves Praise, Not Firing Says CCRKBA
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"Wayne County, MI employee John Chevilott should be honored, not fired for turning over a loaded gun to the police that he found while on the job, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today."
"'This man was fired by the Wayne County Department of Public Services for doing the right thing,' said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. 'We are stunned that this situation has continued for two weeks. Wayne County officials need to correct this nonsense.'" ... |
DC: Soldier to Get His Illegally Seized Firearms Back from DC
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"Washington Times Senior Editor Emily Miller has been writing a series of blogs and articles illuminating the hypocrisy of the anti-gun zealots in their quest to diminish your Second Amendment rights."
"In her blog ... Miller documented the bureaucratic and regulatory obstacles she encountered while trying to get a firearms permit in Washington, DC. She has also chronicled other local and federal infringements on the Second Amendment as an opinion page editor at the Times."
"Now, she's challenging DC's property seizure laws in defense of a National Guard officer after the city refused to return his confiscated weapons even after charges against him were either dismissed or dropped." ... |
PA: Priest Removed From Ministry Due To Sex Abuse Allegations Now Works At PHL (video available)
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"The CBS 3 I-Team has learned that a Catholic priest who was removed from the ministry over sex abuse allegations now holds a sensitive security post at Philadelphia International Airport."
"The security checkpoint between Terminals D and E is a busy place where thousands of people - including lots of kids - pass through every day. But you might not believe who the I-Team observed working as a TSA supervisor at that checkpoint this week: Thomas Harkins."
"Until 2002, Harkins was a Catholic priest working at churches across South Jersey. But the Diocese of Camden removed him from ministry because it found he sexually abused two young girls." ... |
MA: Piratical feds, town police trying to take couple’s hotel
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"Russ Caswell, 68, is bewildered: 'What country are we in?' He and his wife Pat are ensnared in a Kafkaesque nightmare unfolding in Orwellian language."
"This town’s police department is conniving with the federal government to circumvent Massachusetts law – which is less permissive than federal law – in order to seize his livelihood and retirement asset. In the lawsuit titled United States of America v. 434 Main Street, Tewksbury, Massachusetts the government is suing an inanimate object, the motel Caswell’s father built in 1955. The U.S. Department of Justice intends to seize it, sell it for perhaps $1.5 million and give up to 80 percent of that to the Tewksbury Police Department, whose budget is just $5.5 million." ... |
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| Some of the worst abuses of government force in recent years were precipitated by technical and victimless gun-law violations. For example, the BATF claimed that the Branch Davidians possessed machine guns without paying the required federal tax and filling in the proper registration forms. So a tax case worth less than $10,000 led to a 76-man helicopter, machine gun, and grenade assault on a home in which 2/3 of the occupants were women and children. — Dave Kopel and Dr. Michael S. Brown, Prohibition Fever, NationalReview.com |
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