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The Second Amendment doesn't grant Americans anything
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"I recently was watching one of the firearms-related outdoors programs on television where one of my favorite nationally-known firearms instructors was being interviewed."
"I became somewhat 'shocked!' when that individual stated that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants us the right to possess and carry firearms. I thought I might have mis-heard what he said so I hit the replay button on my remote to see it again. He did say it! And, he was WRONG!! (I hope he was just being inarticulate in discussing the issue with the interviewer.) However, this got me thinking that many people—especially the more liberal-minded among us—might also have such a misconception about the Second Amendment and the Constitution." ... |
PRI: Disarmed British Police Are Better than Armed U.S. Police
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"Anti-gunners love Britain. Guns are banned! Not even cops have guns! Hardly anyone’s shot! Comparing Britain to the U.S. is like comparing chalk and cheese. The U.K. is, for the lack of a better word, a police state. It’s the most surveilled country on earth. The right to remain silent is dead (see: 'adverse inferences'). They have non-criminal anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs). And so on. When confronted with the latest police state intrusions on individual liberty, the common response is 'If you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.' As far as I can tell, the country is a lost cause, freedom-wise. Right. So. Here’s an American Anglophile’s anti-gun agitprop [via pro.org] . . ." ... |
San Francisco pier slaying: Another gun control failure?
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"While yesterday’s big news about the slaying of a woman on a San Francisco pier Wednesday involved the illegal immigration history of suspect Francisco Sanchez, at some point the conversation should focus on how a man with a reported 'rap sheet with seven felonies' allegedly got his hands on a firearm in a state with mandatory background checks on all transfers."
"The short answer: It’s yet another failure of gun control laws that were pushed with the intimation — gun prohibitionists have wised up enough to never outright promise that their restriction schemes will actually accomplish something — that such crimes would be prevented. ..." ... |
McPherson: Americans Like Their Guns, Part 2
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... "For years leftist propagandists and anti-gun zealots have attempted to undermine the right to keep and bear arms by continuously alleging that Second Amendment supporters are just old white men – and probably racist too!"
"But recent polling data shows that women and blacks are increasingly embracing the freedom to own firearms, and recent urban unrest has brought together armed citizens, even those of difference races – all in the name of security."
"Nearly 70% of Americans wish to live in areas where people are armed, and for the first time in twenty years of polling a majority (52%) wants government to stop infringing on the right to keep and bear arms. ..." ... |
Is That Common Sense Gun Control.. or More Spin?
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"Media spokesmen from anti-gun lobby groups say they want to regulate guns in the name of safety. They say they are for 'common sense gun safety regulations'. Are they really? Let’s look at what the ant-rights groups say, and at what they really do. Let’s see if we agree with their gun control proposals after we strip away the public relations spin." ... |
Race, flags, and the second amendment
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"The church shooting in Charleston, S.C. once again showed us the connection of guns and race. Statistics of inner city gun violence always showed the connection. In this context, the National Rifle Association actually believes in gun control. 'Nothing' says the NRA should infringe on the right of 'law abiding citizens to bear arms.' So, everybody not “law abiding” gets controlled."
"But does 'not law abiding' mean Black people? History says yes." ... |
What’s Wrong With This Picture: Gun Safety Edition
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"What’s wrong with this picture? It gives the impression that small children gaining access to firearms is a big problem. It isn’t. The number of children under 10 who die from accidentally shooting themselves or another child is, thankfully, in the single digits. In a country of 313 million people and 347 million firearms, that is a remarkable safety record. So why the picture of a four-year-old with a revolver . . ."
"Simple. Shock propaganda aimed at the non-gun owner. ..." ... |
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Andrew Quarless
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"South Beach. 5:30 am. A Porsche. A car full of women. A holiday weekend. Throw a 29-year-old professional athlete with a .45 pistol into the mix and, well, what could possibly go wrong? 'According to the parking attendant, Quarless and another man — identified as Michael Ritchie, a 31-year-old from New York — were leaving the garage in a black Porsche Panamera when they approached a white car filled with several women. An argument ensued, with the attendant hearing the women yell 'No, get away, leave me alone!' Apparently public rejection in south Florida is a cue for a young man to assert himself . . ." ... |
Guns for Beginners: Beware of Beginners!
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... "Beginning shooters are often evangelical about their newfound gun rights and gun skills. They have a strong tendency to invite newbies to the range, to introduce them to guns and share their love of firearms. To repeat their own conversion experience."
"On the face of it, in general, that’s a good thing. The more people who are familiar, comfortable and positive about shooting guns, the safer our gun rights become. Culture eats strategy for lunch; firearms freedom must win the culture war and legislative battles. Yes but – here be dragons."
"For one thing, there are good reasons why some people don’t want to be around firearms. ..." ... |
Gun Control Advocates Pissing in the Wind?
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"Never take your gun rights for granted. Always repel politicians’ aspirations to degrade and destroy your right to keep and bear arms. Remember that millions of Americans live in states that restrict the type of guns they can buy, force them to register their guns and ban them from carrying guns. At the same time, take satisfaction in the fact that the enemies of firearms freedom are claiming victory in the face of tremendous losses, putting their delusionary aspirations in high relief. Enabled, of course, by the anti-gun mainstream media. Here’s a perfect example from usnews.com under the unintentionally ironic headline A Tipping Point on Guns . . ." ... |
“Powerless in the Face of White Supremacy and a Gun”
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"'While out shopping in Georgia at my favorite bookstore, the same day the Emanuel AME Church reopened its doors after the mass shooting, a white man in camouflage entered the store openly carrying a gun on his hip,' Bianca Campbell (above) writes at rhealitycheck.org. 'In my home state, we recently allowed licensed individuals to bring their guns into bars, churches, and college campuses, all for the sake of 'safety.' Yet, in this moment, at the bookstore, I realized that such gun control laws only ensure certain people feel safe, while others who do not wish to own a gun are left feeling powerless.' Sigh. So much fail in so few sentences. Let’s start with this . . ." ... |
Gun violence uniquely American
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"Another mass shooting (in Charleston, S.C.) has brought gun violence back into American debate. There are 32,000 gun-related deaths in the United States each year, and some 283 million guns in civilian hands."
"In comparison, Great Britain banned handguns from private use without special permission, and later banned ownership of high-powered, self-loading rifles. As a result, in a recent year, firearms were used in only 0.3 percent of all recorded crimes and were responsible for the deaths of 39 people." ...
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How to Solve the Second Amendment Debate
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... "To me, the third interpretation makes the most sense. Since we do have a standing army, however, a militia really is unnecessary. Since a militia is unnecessary, the rationale in the amendment goes away."
"On the other hand, there is nothing particularly wrong with having a militia. So, let’s have a well regulated militia in each state. (I’m pretty sure most states already have a militia, on paper at least.) What 'well regulated' means can be left up to each state as well. It would surely be different in Vermont than it would be in Texas." ... |
Gun Control Thinkers
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"Concerning 'The Right to Be Free from Guns' [E.J. Dionne column, op-ed, June 29], the point is not about gun control but the methodology many 'progressive,' liberal and politically correct thinkers choose to use when pushing their agendas. This is dishonest and manipulative, a tactic being used for more than the gun control issue."
"Insert whatever issue in place of gun control, and political correctness, liberalism and progressivism becomes transparent. My only surprise is that the author is publicly admitting to it. ..." ... |
NC: Gun control has not taken guns away
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"Wes Rhinier’s My Turn article 'No. 1 in guns, but not in murders' makes some valid points regarding gun ownership rate and the relationship to the murder rate. The United States by far has the highest rate of gun ownership in the world, yet the gun murder rate is somewhere in the middle of all countries based on data from various mainline sources. This I suppose is his evidence that gun control laws don’t matter when it comes to reducing gun violence."
"He then makes an argument that gun laws lead to gun confiscation. ..." ... |
GA: Savannah church members speak out against gun violence, promote firearm awareness
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"Last Wednesday, 19 orange ribbons were hung on the gate outside Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, representing the 19 people killed by firearms in Savannah since Jan. 1."
"The lighter-colored ribbons, of which there were three, represent the victims who were younger than 18."
"Sunday, the list of names was read and a bell was again rung for each of the victims. Then, church member Anne Allen Westbrook was asked to speak about gun violence in Savannah, as a representative of the Savannah chapter of Moms Demand Action ..." ...
"One of the ways Westbrook said that people can help prevent the unacceptable loss of life is through education and making gun storage a common question for parents and children to ask about." ... |
PA: Citizens are sacrificed on the altar of guns
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... "Thanks to the monstrous National Rifle Association leadership, cowardly and/or paid-off politicians and errant Supreme Court exegesis — the Second Amendment has been transmogrified into a perverse theological commandment: 'Thou shalt bear arms.' Any who question the unrestricted access to firearms — even the parents of murdered innocents — are declared apostates to the one true faith of the Gun." ... |
CA: Tuolumne man dies in Angels Camp shooting
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... "Ronald Richard Farmer II, 26, was apparently attempting to force entry into a home and threatening to kill 29 year-old resident Derek Rutherford."
"Rutherford armed himself with a handgun as Farmer continued to threaten him."
"A woman arrived to the scene and Farmer then told Rutherford he would kill the woman. Rutherford exited his home and shot the man multiple times, according to the statement." ... |
Lynne Russell: The second amendment saved my life (video available)
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"Lynne Russell thanks the right to keep and bear arms for keeping her and her husband alive during an armed robbery on June 30th. The former CNN anchor and Chuck de Caro, formerly a CNN reporter, were held at gun point in an Albuquerque Motel 6 room by felon Tomorio Walton."
"What ensued was a stand-off that left Walton dead and de Caro shot three times. Russell was not injured in the shootout."
"Russell told FOX411 that having a gun 'absolutely' saved their lives." ... |
Bernie Sanders: Respect American Gun Owners. Ban “Semi-Automatic Assault Weapons” (video available)
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"Bernie Sanders wants to ‘bring us to the middle’ on guns cnn.com‘s headline proclaims. And what middle might that be? 'If somebody has a gun and it falls into the hands of a murderer and the murderer kills somebody with a gun, do you hold the gun manufacturer responsible? Not any more than you would hold a hammer company responsible if somebody beats somebody over the head with a hammer. That is not what a lawsuit should be about,' Sanders told Jake Tapper. Fair enough! Only leaving gunmakers alone doesn’t mean leaving gun owners alone . . ." ... |
A Word To President Obama About “Gun Violence”
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"I can easily forgive President Barack Obama for not understanding American culture, especially gun culture."
"Growing up in the exclusive Menteng district of Jakarta, Indonesia, before moving to Honolulu, Hawaii to attend a private school, Obama knew nothing of the continental United States until he moved to California as a young adult to attend Occidental College in Los Angeles. ..."
"His exposure to firearms has been seeing them in the arms of Indonesian soldiers, on the hips of Hawaiian, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago police officers, and of course, in the crime news of the urban areas in which he has always lived in Asia and in 'blue state' metropolises." ... |
Where Is Bernie Sanders On The Second Amendment?
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"Bernie Sanders is taking a position on the Second Amendment that aims to straddle both gun rights and gun control, with protections tailored to needs. Sanders says that guns in locales where hunting is a way of life, and in states where gang violence is a way of life, are two completely different cultures, and laws need to take both into consideration." ...
"He’s supported a few issues that some Second Amendment enthusiasts won’t care for, like a ban on semi-automatic weapons and a closing of the so-called 'gun show loophole' ..."
"However, Bernie Sanders also took criticism from gun control advocates when he said victims of gun violence shouldn’t be able to sue the weapons or ammunition manufacturer or seller. ..." ... |
NY: Lack of SAFE Act changes disappoint gun groups
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"The state Legislature left the Capitol early Friday without making any changes to the controversial gun-control law installed in 2013."
"After some Senate Republicans ran for office last year vowing to seek a repeal of the gun-control law, they were unable to reach a deal to reform the SAFE Act, drawing the ire of gun-rights groups."
"'Am I disappointed? Absolutely, and I think the gun owners of New York state are going to be disappointed also,' said Thomas King, the president of the state Rifle & Pistol Association." ... |
The Dictionary No Longer Holds
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"'The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.'" "So says the independent, active clause of the Second Amendment. The Heller decision, handed down in 2008, was in large part about the meaning of those words ... The majority decision affirmed long-standing legal principle and common sense: words mean exactly what the dictionary says they mean and what reasonable people understand them to mean. Individual citizens have a fundamental right to keep and carry the kinds of arms in common and usual use. ..."
"Two Supreme Court decisions handed down last week, however, may very well threaten to reduce the Second Amendment to a right in name only. ..." ... |
Don’t Equate Same-Sex Marriage Decision with National Concealed Carry Reciprocity
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"On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges ..."
"Although the case did not address the right to bear arms, some pro-gun advocates began debating whether the Court’s reasoning and analysis had application to national concealed carry licensing reciprocity."
"This is a reasonable question. If states that formerly did not sanction same-sex marriage now have to recognize all marriages from states that do, shouldn’t that also mean restrictive 'may issue' concealed carry jurisdictions have to recognize concealed carry licenses from less restrictive 'shall-issue' jurisdictions? ..."
"Unfortunately, the answer is not that simple. ..." ... |
Divided Court Demotes Second Amendment to Second Class Status
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"On June 26, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed a lower court ruling that had held the U.S. Postal Service could not completely ban the possession of firearms in its parking lots."
"The case concerns Tab Bonidy, a Colorado man who lives in a rural area, does not get mail delivery at his residence, and must retrieve his mail from a box in a post office lobby that is open to the public at all times and has no security for visitors. A concealed carry license holder, Bonidy argued that he has a Second Amendment right to carry his firearm for self-protection when retrieving his mail, despite a Postal Service regulation broadly banning firearms from all postal property." ... |
MO: Mo. Supreme Court Upholds Second Amendment Ballot Issue
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"The Missouri Supreme Court upholds the Second Amendment ballot issue that voters approved last August."
"The ruling is good news for gun rights supporters, whom wanted the right to bear arms added to the Missouri Constitution."
"The St. Louis Police Chief and the city Prosecutor oppose the issue, because they believe there is an unintentional consequence that criminals now have leverage to avoid being charged as felons in possession of a firearm." ...
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TX: Bankruptcy judge: Social-media accounts belong to business, not ex-owner
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"A Texas man used social media to promote his gun store, posting politically charged messages that criticized the president and promoted Second Amendment rights."
"But after losing ownership of his suburban Houston store in bankruptcy, Jeremy Alcede spent nearly seven weeks in jail for refusing a federal judge’s order to share with the new owner the passwords of the business’s Facebook and Twitter accounts ..."
"'It’s all about silencing my voice,' said Alcede, who was released in May after turning over the information. ..."
"Alcede’s ultimately failed stand charts new territory in awarding property in bankruptcy proceedings and points to the growing importance of social-media accounts as business assets. ..." ... |
NM: Officer arrested, resigns after claiming employee spit in drink
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"A Roswell police officer who claimed a fast food worker spit in his drink has now been arrested for making the whole thing up. Before his arrest the officer quit and turned in his patrol car and there were drugs and stolen items inside."
"... Moreno admitted to spitting in his own drink because he didn’t like the sonic worker who he’d arrested for petty crimes in the past."
"The complaint says that knowing he would be fired, Moreno resigned yesterday and turned in his equipment. Officers were surprised by what they found inside his patrol car. 'More contraband was found in the trunk, which not only violates policy but possession of some of these constitute a criminal event as well,' said Chief Philip Smith ..." ... |
AZ: Officer who shot family dog gets letter of reprimand as punishment
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"Chandler Police have released the findings of an internal investigation after an officer shot and killed a dog earlier this year."
"The dog's owners believe their pit bull should never have been shot."
"The officer was given a letter of reprimand for shooting that dog ... It also says the officer should have done more to investigate before opening fire."
"The officer told investigators he believed the pit bull could have turned on someone else, and that is why he opened fire. Two officers were called to the scene after two pit bulls started fighting each other in a fenced enclosure." ...
"The officers claim they didn't know the yard was completely fenced in, and they saw a person standing in the yard." ... |
PA: Restricting Second Amendment would put entire Bill of Rights in peril
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"Jerry Martin of East Pennsboro Township is about seven years behind the times. In 2008, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed that the Second Amendment guarantees individuals the right to bear arms for nonmilitary purposes (emphasis added)."
"There are already literally thousands of firearms laws on the books. Do they prevent all crime? No. There are literally thousands of traffic laws on the books, but people still speed and run stop signs. Are you ready to lose your right to drive because someone else gets drunk or stoned or just plain mad and drives into a crowd of people?" ... |
NH: 2nd Amendment is crystal clear
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"In their editorial in the Concord Monitor dated June 26, 'The Evolution of Arms,' Michael S. Lewis and Leah A. Plunkett posed the question: Isn’t it reasonable that our interpretation of the Second Amendment change as well?"
"I believe the wording and intent of the phrase 'The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed' is crystal clear and should not be open to interpretation contrary to the author’s belief. The Constitution protects my liberties and the right to bear arms is one of them." ... |
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