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Truth about Operation Wide Receiver important to determine
Submitted by: David Codrea
Website: http://www.davidcodrea.com

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... "Among these misconceptions being repeated: that no Wide Receiver guns 'walked' to Mexico because they were all controlled deliveries; that no one was killed; that the Mexican government was fully informed; that RFID tracking devices were placed in all the guns; and that the program was shut down at the first sign of danger."
 

Damn Girl – You’re Hot! How to Cool Down on the Range
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"It’s H-O-T hot in Mid-Missouri, and it has been for the past few days. After the Girls Gun Getaway this past weekend (more on thatlater), I was on the softball field with my daughter in 100 degree weather – not to mention 100% humidity."

"Preparing for a day at the softball park is a lot like preparing for a day at the range, especially when hitting/shooting conditions are the same."

"The essentials?" ...
 

Gun Review: Smith & Wesson M&P9 Shield
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"The market for guns is growing faster than the national debt. Paradoxically, the guns themselves are shrinking. Powerful handguns are getting smaller, easier to carry and less expensive. The Smith & Wesson M&P9 Shield continues this trend. It’s a pistol trimmed down to a size often reserved for weaker cartridges like the .380, but it maintains many of the ruffles and flourishes of its larger siblings in the M&P series. That’s all well and good, except that there are hidden costs that can outweigh the benefits of proliferating pistol shrinkage . . ." ...
 

Ask Foghorn: What’s the Difference Between a Full Auto and Semi-Auto Only AR-15 Bolt Carrier?
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"OK so no one actually sent in an email for this one, but its a question I get asked all the time. And since I have nothing to do while I wait here for some video equipment to be dropped off in preparation for that bail out bag challenge segment I figured I would sit down and explain it quickly." ...
 

Question of the Day: How Would You Improve Magazine Design?
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"While enjoying a lovely dinner in Newport, RI with TTAG’s impresario, the conversation drifted to firearm technologies that could still use some improvement. We agreed that the magazine has always been one of the weak points of any semi-auto pistol platform. Feed lips get bent, springs weaken and can rust, schmutz can enter and cause all sorts of long- and short-term problems with functioning and reliability. Anyone who is serious about their carry equipment knows that you need to maintain your mags and should have a spare close at hand. Even then, they screw up occasionally. So what can be done about this state of affairs? . . ." ...
 

The Road to Nationals: Revolver Gear
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"As part of our continuing series ramping up and training for the IDPA Nationals in September, we have to take a hard look at the gear you’re going to need for shooting Stock Service Revolver. Obviously, you’ll need a gun, but one of the most critical components is also the most frequently overlooked. I’d tell you to guess while I wait, but that doesn’t work so well in a text format, so I’ll just tell you: speedloader carriers." ...
 

Ten Things You Can Do While Carrying A Gun With The Galco Ankle Glove
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"The Galco Ankle Glove is the Cadillac of ankle holsters. As if anyone could ever make that analogy. The foundation (the part that actually wraps around your ankle) is made of thick neoprene material. This is the same material that’s used to make wetsuits for divers and cold water surfers. It’s thick, cushy, durable, and comfortable. Our first thought was to take up combat swimming, but common sense prevailed and we figured the leather holster pouch (and gun) may not fare as well in 65 feet of salt water. Baywatch lifeguards could use this piece of equipment as they rarely seem to enter the water." ...
 

Ending the Debate Once and For All: Get the Facts About the 5.56 and the .223 (video available)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Lucky Gunner Labs hopes to finally clear up the confusion surrounding the oh-so-troublesome 5.56 NATO and the .223 Remington with an in-depth article that leaves no stone unturned."

"What are the differences between the 5.56 and the .223? It may seem like an innocent question, but it grinds gun forums to a halt, leaves self-professed gun experts stuttering, and prompts pages of confusion and misinformation as gun enthusiasts share what they think is true. " ...
 

Lessons Learned from a Primary Gun Failure
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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... "Well, while shooting my Smith & Wesson Shield at the range last Sunday, I had a failure, which you can read about here if you’re interested. The short version is that on the second round of the first mag, the Shield failed to go into battery, and the slide was completely locked up. Since the Shield is my primary gun for the summer, it certainly made me stop and think. What if this had happened when I really needed my gun? After only one shot, my one and only gun was now a rather expensive club."

"First lesson learned: Any gun can fail, even if the gun has always been flawless. I already knew this of course, but now I really know. If that makes sense." ...
 

CTK Precision Ultimate Monopod Review
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Precision shooting is a pretty broad category. Or maybe it’s a really, really narrow category as the word 'precision' denotes an elite quality that not everything can possess. Are we talking long range precision shooting? Speed precision? Competition precision? Camp Perry? Optics or iron sights? All are viable questions, and outside of hunting big game (Never taken a whitetail, muley or elk past 300 yards) and long-range plinking (700 yards is my max so far) I’ll be honest and say my experience with the above generic categories beyond the hunting realm is admittedly limited." ...
 

Gun Review: Stoeger Double Defense Shotgun: Should be called the 'double fun gun' (video available)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"I’m going to admit something to you. I like to play with guns. It’s a fact. I wish that I could tell you that I always approach a weapon by first striking an inquisitive pose, scratching my chin in a thoughtful way and assessing its practical potential. But that would be a lie. When I opened up the Stoeger Double Defense at the counter of Rebel Sporting Goods in Keysville, Virginia, I was immediately transported to my 1980’s post-apocalyptic cinematic imagination." ...
 

Hoyer: Guns didn't kill Border Patrol agent Brian Terry — criminals did
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"The guns linked to the botched 'Fast and Furious' gun-walking program did not kill U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday — people did."

"The comments from the Democratic whip, a long-time supporter of tougher gun laws, borrowed the common refrain from arms lobbyists and other hard-line gun-rights advocates that beefing up the nation's gun laws is a misdirected approach to fighting gun violence." ...
 

Holder contempt citation is a hollow political theater -- it's all about gun rights and fear
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"The Republican majority’s vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of congress is historic. No Attorney General has ever been so explicitly condemned by the Congress."

"But the contempt citation is a hollow political theater. It has no substance – zero." ...

"And after Obama Justice Department and White House lawyers offered to defuse the situation this week by literally showing previously private documents about the political response to the scandal to the House committee – but without turning them over – there is no doubt that the contempt citation is a purely spiteful, political act."

"The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee refused the information they say they want." ...
 

Still No International Gun Ban Treaty
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Q: Does the Obama administration intend to 'force gun control and a complete ban on all weapons for U.S. citizens' through a United Nations treaty?"

"A: No. The administration plans to negotiate a treaty to regulate the international export and import of weapons. It says that it won’t support any treaty that regulates the domestic transfer or ownership of weapons, or that infringes on the Second Amendment." ...
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Submitter's Note: I would find this more reassuring if the Obama administration didn't support CIFTA which, while nominally an international trafficking treaty, defines manufacture in such a way that you need a FedGov license to load a weapon!
 

Rand Paul's Sneak Attack On D.C. Gun Laws Needs to be Stopped
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Brady Campaign President Dan Gross today issued this statement:"

"'Senator Rand Paul has launched an all-out, sneak attack on the authority of the District of Columbia to decide for itself the best way to protect its citizens from the ravages of gun violence. Quite simply, Rand Paul is promoting the gun lobby's agenda and if he and the gun lobby have their way, innocent people will die. All this is in direct conflict with the principles of local prerogatives and market freedom that he regularly espouses — when the subject is not guns. Rand Paul is nothing less than a hypocrite and his actions as a senator are a threat to our communities.'" ...
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Submitter's Note: How is openly offering amendments a "sneak attack"?
 

Girl’s Gun Getaway (GGG) 2012 – Part 1
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Shelley Rae of Shelley-rae.com, Julie Golob–World Class pistol competitor, Barbara Baird of Women’sOutdoornews.com, Gracie of Packingpretty.com, Gabbie of Armedcandy, Destinee of FateofDestinee.com Marti Davis – Huntress Extraordinaire, Beth Cowgill of Sassbrassnbullets.com, Lacie Duffey – Our NRAwomen.tv. representative and Natalie Foster of Girlsguidetoguns.com. These are all remarkable women in the gun industry. I just spent a weekend with them. The Girl’s Gun Getaway took place in the middle of nowhere in Missouri. ... As best as we could with the short amount of time it was put together we had a goal of discussions and ideas about women in the gun industry. I did not know what to expect of this weekend with women most of whom I had never met in person. ..." ...
 

Ann and Jesse from The Bachelor on American Guns
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Many of us can relate to Ann (Leuders) Csincsak’s story. Our husbands or significant others love guns and find them necessary for self protection and even sport, but we are afraid of them. And for good reason, as least we think. When we listen to the media reporting negatively about guns 99% of the time, why on earth would we ever want to handle one, much less have one in our home?"

"Then comes the day when we realize, whether through a tragic event or perhaps something less dramatic, that we need to be able to protect ourselves. For the first time we consider what the guys have to say. Maybe it is time to consider a firearm after all. ..." ...
 

Girl’s Gun Getaway 2012 – Part 2 of 4
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"To Hunt Squirrels or Not To Hunt Squirrels? All of us were offered coyote and squirrel hunting through out the weekend. Just in case I got my Apprentice small game license ahead of time. The coyote hunt was scheduled for dawn the first morning on Saturday. Having arrived at midnight and not getting to sleep until 1:30 am and our West coast time difference I opted to pass. ... Barb, Marti, Julie, Lacey and Shelley set out in the wee hours. 3 hours later they returned with no kills but had funny video of them blowing the coyote call. Imagine 5 gals in a hide blowing this call and trying not to crack up. Not mention just trying not to make noise for an hour or more. I on the other hand woke up leisurely Saturday morning to the smells of 2nd Amendment Coffee." ...
 

TX: Police: Pharr tenant shoots 1 burglar, holds 2nd at gunpoint; 3rd arrested after manhunt
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"A man shot a burglar in the head and held another at gunpoint Tuesday morning while police were on their way, and a manhunt led to the arrest of a third burglar who fled the scene, police said."

"The botched burglary happened in broad daylight at an apartment in the 700 block of West Bronze Street, Pharr police Chief Ruben Villescas said. His officers responded to the call for help about 11 a.m."

"Three men 'forcibly' broke into the apartment while one of the renters was inside, Villescas said. The tenant heard the trio as they approached and armed himself with a firearm." ...
 

GA: Georgia Tech Student Shoots Intruder
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Authorities say a Georgia Tech student shot an intruder who broke into a house near the campus."

"Police say the shooting happened around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at a house near the Georgia Institute of Technology." ...
 

OR: Bend homeowner shoots and kills intruder
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Police say a man who was shot to death at a home in Bend apparently was an intruder who broke in."

"Lt. Paul Kansky told KTVZ ... the homeowner and a woman returned to his home early Sunday and found the front door forced open and an intruder in the living room." ...
 

CA: Man holds teen burglary suspect at gunpoint in Santa Rosa
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Police in Santa Rosa arrested a teenaged boy who allegedly broke into a house Sunday night after a man living at the home held the would-be burglar at gunpoint, a police sergeant said." ...

"[Sgt.] Brazis said the suspect was peeling off the window's screen and was in the process of entering the home when he was spotted."

"The woman then called to her husband, who armed himself with a gun and confronted the suspect, who had attempted to flee the home, police said."

"The man detained the suspect at gunpoint until officers arrived." ...
 

Sipsey Street Exclusive: "Having exhausted all available options in obtaining compliance." Twas' the night before contempt and all through the House . . .
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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... "Speaking of which, I now have in my hands a hard copy of the Report and Resolution that the House will be voting on tomorrow. The Report is 270 pages long and in PDF format that is difficult to open for some folks. If we get the problems resolved, we'll post it on Scribd. Below is the title page and executive summary:" ...
 

ATF Death Watch 156: NYT Blames Gun Lobby for Holder Contempt Citation
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"'Both the N.R.A. and the smaller but more strident Gun Owners of America have made Thursday’s House contempt vote crucial to their ratings of House lawmakers,' the New York Times opines. 'The N.R.A. is pressing to win Democratic votes ... and White House officials and House Democratic leaders concede that a handful of Democrats are likely to vote for the contempt resolution.' Their problem being? 'That may be more a testament to the enduring power of the gun lobby than to the bipartisan belief that Mr. Holder and the Obama administration have stonewalled Congress over the gun-smuggling investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.' Maybe. But probably not. And here’s the funny (ironic/moronic) thing . . ." ...
 

More Democrats plan to vote for Holder contempt, media blames NRA
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Three more House Democrats have publicly stated now that they’ll vote in favor of holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, bringing the now-bipartisan support for the resolution to four Democrats."

"According to Politico, a left-leaning media outlet based in suburban Virginia, Democratic Reps. Nick Rahall of West Virginia and Collin Peterson of Minnesota have joined Utah Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson with plans to vote in favor of contempt. Georgia Democratic Rep. John Barrow is also planning to vote for the contempt resolution, Fox News reports." ...
 

Jason Chaffetz On Contempt Vote Tomorrow (video story)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) was interviewed today by Fox's Megyn Kelly about the vote scheduled for Thursday on the contempt of Congress resolution for Attorney General Eric Holder. He said that he expects the vote to occur around 5 pm EDT tomorrow and that he sees there is no way of avoiding it."

"He acknowledged what we have known or suspected for a long time that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee already has copies of documents, memos, and emails given them by whistleblowers that implicate the political leaders of the Department of Justice. ..." ...
 

Jay Carney Takes The Press And Americans For Idiots (video story)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Jay Carney, President Obama's Press Secretary, must think both the press and the public are idiots. Listen to his explanation of how Obama learned of Operation Fast and Furious." ...
 

Holder contempt vote: John Dingell to buck NRA
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"Breaking with old allies in the gun lobby, Rep. John Dingell signaled Wednesday that he will oppose the Republican-backed contempt resolution against Attorney General Eric Holder and does not view it as a Second Amendment gun rights issue as the National Rifle Association argues."

"'We don’t need contempt,' Dingell told POLITICO. 'What we need is an honest thorough investigation so we know the facts and we need to see that these kind of things don’t happen again.'" ...
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Submitter's Note: And that's what Rep. Issa has been trying to do for the last 16 months John, and he's been stonewalled from day 1.
 

Hoyer Challenges Issa to Show E-Mails
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"With the House just days away from a vote on holding Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt, Representative Darrell Issa, Republican of California, appeared on national television on Sunday to say he had e-mails showing that the architects of a federal gun-smuggling investigation intended to use the operation to build a case for reinstating the lapsed ban on assault-weapons sales."

"'We have e-mail from people involved in this that are talking about using what they’re finding here to support the — basically assault weapons ban or greater reporting,' Mr. Issa ... said on ABC’s 'This Week.'"

"On Tuesday, Representative Steny H. Hoyer, Democrat of Maryland and the House minority whip, challenged Mr. Issa to prove it." ...
 

America Needs to Get Furious...FAST
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Attorney General Eric Holder's continued refusal to turn over 'Fast and Furious' documents to House investigators - even in the face of being held in contempt by Congress - is another symptom of the disease of lawlessness that has been rotting our republic ever since President Barack Obama took office."

"Moreover, Obama's decision to invoke 'executive privilege' to hide these documents from the American people is a tacit admission that what the National Rifle Association has been saying since day one is true. Namely, that the inconceivable crimes committed under operation 'Fast and Furious' were designed to support the Obama administration's gun control agenda." ...
 

‘High Noon’ for Holder looms
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"It will be 'High Noon' on Capitol Hill Thursday for Attorney General Eric Holder, who just might be lucky that a planned vote on contempt – the first ever against an attorney general – is held on the same day the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the Obama health care law." ...
 

Democrats Want to Stop Holder Vote and Debate Tougher Gun Laws
Submitted by: GunPoliticsNY
Website: http://www.gunpoliticsny.com

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"The National Rifle Association believes the gun-smuggling investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious was a vast conspiracy to promote tougher gun control laws."

"House Democrats appear intent on giving that theory some help." ...
 

House is Set to Vote on Finding Eric Holder in Contempt of Congress
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder this Thursday because of his role in suppressing and withholding Fast & Furious documents from congressional investigators."

"A successful vote would represent the first time in history that the U.S. Congress has held an Attorney General in contempt." ...
 

Fortune Magazine Tries to Tell The "Truth" About Fast and Furious, Fails Miserably
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"'A Fortune investigation reveals that the ATF never intentionally allowed guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. How the world came to believe just the opposite is a tale of rivalry, murder, and political bloodlust.'"
"That's the subtitle of an 'investigation' from Fortune Magazine today, or in other words, a full out distortion and dismissal of the facts in the Fact and Furious case. The article is long and I'm not going to take the time to debunk the entire thing, but just a few points." ...
 

The truth about the Fast and Furious scandal
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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... "Critics have depicted the ATF as 'jackbooted government thugs' trampling on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. From the deadly standoff with the Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas, in 1993 to allegations that ATF agents illegally seized weapons from suspected straw purchasers at a Richmond gun show in 2005, these scandals have helped cement the bureau's reputation in some quarters for law-enforcement overreach." ...
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Note: Where there's smoke, there's fire. The left wing spin in this article is of epic proportions!
 

OH: Democrats choose anti-gun former legislator as Ohio Supreme Court candidate
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that the Ohio Democratic Party has endorsed state Sen. Michael Skindell to run against Ohio Supreme Court Justice Terrence O’Donnell (R), a 2012 Buckeye Firearms Association endorsee, in the Nov. 6 election." ...
 

TN: Who's a true conservative? Senate hopefuls say they are
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"In a reflection of the tone of the race, the first question fielded by the two Republican seeking the Second District seat in the Senate was how they define 'conservative.'

"Incumbent Doug Overbey is facing a stiff challenge from newcomer Scott Hughes, who has regularly attacked Overbey over votduring[sic] his 20-year legislative career. ..."

"Hughes said the issues that should define fiscal and conservative are generated by residents of the district."

"'Those are counties that are God fearing people, we're pro-Second Amendment people, ... we’re pro-education people but we’re also small-government and personal-responsibility people. Those are the things that make a conservative a conservative,' he said." ...
 

Bill Defending Vets’ Gun Rights Filed - Again
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Key Senate lawmakers are once again pushing legislation to stop veterans judged unable to handle their own finances from being barred from owning firearms."

"The bill, sponsored by Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC, and Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., would require that veterans first are found to be a danger to themselves or others before losing their Second Amendment rights. Today, a veteran deemed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be incapable of handling his own finances is included on the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS – which means he cannot own a firearm, nor can anyone else in the household, Burr said." ...
 

Gun Riders Derail Markup on D.C. Budget Autonomy
Submitted by: rick schwartz
Website: http://www.weprotectyourkids.com

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"Plans to mark up legislation Wednesday to give budget autonomy to the District of Columbia were derailed after a Republican Senator said he planned to offer amendments that would roll back some of the District’s gun laws."

"Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee were confident they could defeat a number of amendments offered by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) ..."

"But there was less certainty about whether they would be able to block two other Paul amendments related to guns; a number of pro-gun-rights Democrats sit on the committee." ...
 

NH: Jury Nullification Law Signed by New Hampshire Governor
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"With all the buzz and anticipation surrounding the final rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court the past week, there has been little attention to an interesting legal development in New Hampshire: On June 18, Governor John Lynch (no relation) signed HB 146 into law and it becomes effective on January 1, 2013. HB 146 concerns 'the right of a jury to judge the application of the law in relationship to the facts in controversy.' It’s popularly known as 'the jury nullification bill.' In this post, I will try to explain what impact this new law may have in the New Hampshire courts." ...
 

Bellevue v. social bigotry in California gun shop case
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"The Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation has filed what could become a 'warning shot' federal case against California’s Alameda County over what looks suspiciously like an exercise in social bigotry against a perfectly legal business enterprise because it would be a gun shop."

"It's a case with national implications, said an attorney involved in the lawsuit." ...
 

Fifth Circuit Rules Against Indefinite Firearm Seizures
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.freelibertywriters.com/

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"This May, New Orleans was back in the gun rights headlines when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued its latest ruling in Houston v. City of New Orleans."

"The case once again shed a light on the city government’s propensity for firearm confiscation."

"The case stems from a July 2008 traffic stop in which Errol Houston, a Right-to-Carry permit holder, was charged with illegal possession of a firearm and other offenses. Prosecutors later dropped all charges against Houston. Despite this, the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office and New Orleans Police Department refused Houston’s requests to have his firearm returned. After a year of denials, Houston decided to take his case to federal court." ...
 

MI: Court: Stun gun possession is a right protected by Michigan, U.S. constitutions
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
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"Possession of a taser or stun guns is a right protected by the U.S. and Michigan constitutions, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in a decision released this morning that bars the prosecution of suspects arrested in Bay and Muskegon counties."

"The three-judge appeals panel cited a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision involving handguns which 'guarantee(s) the individual the right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation' to find a state law barring the use of tasers and stun guns by private citizens was unconstitutional." ...
 

MI: Michigan Court of Appeals Strikes Down Stun Gun Ban, Says Second Amendment Applies to Open Carry in Public
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"People v. Yanna ... holds that Michigan’s stun gun ban violates the Second Amendment. I filed an amicus brief on behalf of AWARE (Arming Women Against Rape & Endangerment) in this case, and also wrote a law review article on the subject (Nonlethal Self-Defense, (Almost Entirely) Nonlethal Weapons, and the Rights To Keep and Bear Arms and Defend Life, so I’m especially pleased by the result. I hope also that this leads to similar results in some of the other places which ban stun guns — D.C., Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Virgin Islands, and Wisconsin, as well as the several cities that take a similar view, some of which are in relatively right-to-keep-and-bear-arms-friendly areas." ...
 

NJ: TSA fires 8 Newark screeners caught sleeping on the job, failing to meet job demands
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"Eight airport screeners in Newark were fired this morning, after being caught sleeping on the job or failing to follow other guidelines for screening checked bags, the Transportation Security Administration said."

"The TSA said the firings stem from an ongoing investigation led by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General, which began looking into security operations at Newark Liberty International Airport following a string of security breaches early last year. Newark’s federal security director at the time of the breeches[sic] was replaced in April 2011." ...
 

IN: SWAT tries to take down Internet meanie; raids grandma instead
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"An Evansville, Indiana SWAT team recently attempted to execute a search warrant that was issued to make an example out of an anonymous Internet user who made malicious remarks on the Web. Instead, they destroyed the home of an innocent grandmother."

"When members of the Midwest town’s SWAT team plotted their raid on the alleged home of the person behind some unpleasant remarks published on an Internet forum, they invited a local television crew to accompany them so that they could catch the whole thing on camera. Instead of arresting the author of the ill-tempered posts, however, the Evansville SWAT ravaged the home of an elderly woman and confiscated her 18-year-old granddaughter’s laptop." ...
 

NY: NYPD detective charged with burglary
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"A New York City police detective who lives on Long Island was arrested and charged with burglarizing a Lindenhurst home earlier this month, according to law enforcement officials, who said a task force trailed the officer and his accomplices and caught them red-handed."

"Rafael Astacio, 39, an 18-year NYPD veteran and detective in the New York Police Department's Special Victims unit, has been suspended without pay, officials said. ..." ...
 

CA: Sheriff's deputy gets jail time for stealing drugs from suspect
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"A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was sentenced Monday to six months in jail after he admitted to stealing drugs from a suspect he arrested while on patrol, a Sheriff’s Department spokesman said." ...
 

FL: Hialeah school transit officers fired for alleged misconduct
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"Two Hialeah school transit officers have been dismissed for inappropriate conduct, one for allegedly drinking during working hours outside the school where he was stationed and another for not reporting the incident, according to municipal sources." ...
 

IL: Couple: Off-duty Chicago Police officer beat us
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"He bashed Luis Cordero Jr. over the head with a revolver over and over, cursing all the while, according to Cordero, his girlfriend and witnesses."

"Then it was Cordero’s girlfriend’s turn for terror."

"'He put his gun in my mouth and said: 'You better shut the f--- up, bitch, or I’ll blow your brains out,' [said] the girlfriend ..."

"The man with the gun wasn’t a gangbanger, an angry relative or an armed robber."

"He was an off-duty Chicago cop, far outside his Englewood district, getting involved in a noise complaint being handled by a private security guard on the Northwest Side, Cordero and Rzany allege. And now he’s being sued for brutality and investigated by the Independent Police Review Authority." ...
 

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