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NY: Tarantino : Micro-stamping bill 'seems to miss the mark'
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Legislation Assembly Democrats passed recently that would require all new semiautomatic handguns sold in New York state to be micro-stamped seems to miss the mark, Democratic state Assembly candidate Dennis Tarantino said in a press release issued Friday. Tarantino said the cost of complying with the bill would be an economic hardship, and that it is doubtful the bill, as drafted, would guarantee public safety. The legislation would require all new semiautomatic handguns sold in New York state to be micro-stamped with a unique code that is transferred to shell casings when the gun is fired.

TX: State Agency Investigating Buckholts Police Chief for Falsifying Documents
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State investigators now say Buckholts Police Chief James Blackmon was handing out badges to people who didn't work for the department. After two years as chief, he's sitting in the Milam County Jail.

Blackmon is accused of giving 8 people the authority, including I-D's and badges, from the Buckholts Police Department without any background screening.

Investigators are now looking into what those eight people were doing that needed this authority.

Blackmon is in the Milam County Jail and his license to be a peace officer in Texas is being revoked. Leaving the town of Buckholts without a police chief.

Soros Promotes UN Control Over Gun Ownership
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George Soros is financing the fight to give the United Nations control of your guns.

Through his Media Matters organization, Soros is dumping pro-UN gun control propaganda into the mainstream media to coincide with the United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty being held in New York July 227.

In a blog post published on July 3, Timothy Johnson of Media Matters describes the notion that the United Nations would ever try to take away the right of Americans to keep and bear arms laughable.

NY: Couple handcuffed, jailed for dancing on subway platform: lawsuit
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First smoking, then soda now theres no dancing in New York City.
Caroline Stern, 55, and her boyfriend George Hess, 54, claim they were handcuffed for having happy feet on the platform of the Columbus Circle subway station and spent 23 hours in custody as a result. ...
When Hess began trying to film the encounter, things got ugly, Stern said.
We brought out the camera, and thats when they called backup, she said. Thats when eight ninja cops came from out of nowhere.
Hess was allegedly tackled to the platform floor, and cuffs were slapped on both of them.

Submitter's comment: NYPD won't be happy until every individual in the city resents them. Then they'll wonder why no one wants to cooperate with them.

Fast and Spurious and a Prosecution by Federal Co-Conspirators Submitted by: David Codrea Website: http://www.davidcodrea.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"This is the real lesson from Fast & Furious; that federal law enforcement agents and Department of Justice officials believe they can forgive themselves of any crime."

Wireless Firms Are Flooded by Requests to Aid Surveillance
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In the first public accounting of its kind, cellphone carriers reported that they responded to a daunting 1.3 million demands for subscriber data last year from law enforcement agencies seeking text messages, caller locations and other information in the course of investigations.
The data, which comes in response to a congressional inquiry, documents an explosion in cellphone surveillance in the last five years, with the wireless carriers turning over records thousands of times a day in response to police emergencies, court orders, law enforcement subpoenas and other requests.

MN: Land of 100,000 Gun-Carriers Submitted by: rick schwartz Website: http://www.weprotectyourkids.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Todays Minneapolis Star Tribune has a featured story on the explosion in handgun carry permits that has occurred since 2003, when Minnesota joined the majority of states in requiring local authorities to issue carry permits to qualified applicants. Currently, the Strib reports, there are around 100,000 carry permit holders in Minnesota, or one in 40 adults.

George Zimmerman, the Constitution, and the shifting politics of self-defense
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Within 24 hours of Seminole County, Fla., Judge Kenneth Lester issuing a stern order allowing George Zimmerman, the defendant in the Trayvon Martin murder case, to post a $1 million bond, the volunteer neighborhood watchman received over $25,000 in donations, bringing his defense war chest to nearly a quarter of a million dollars. ...
But in making an appeal for more funds, Mark OMara, Mr. Zimmerman's attorney, suggested on Friday that many Americans have given because they feel this case is an affront to their constitutional rights, namely the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms.

NY: 17 Dems wimp out against GOP bully
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'Tis the season for Halls of Fame, Walls of Shame, call them what you will. From Vestal High to Darrell I, the bleat goes on. Herewith, then, a proposal for a new wall/hall you name it to honor 17 Democratic U.S. members of Congress who have demonstrated that they would rather cave than brave the ire of the National Rifle Association. The Dems had a choice: They could join their Republican colleagues in endorsing House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa's demand to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, or remember who or what it was they were sent to Washington to represent. They took the easy, craven way out.

The Drone Zone
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... Today many of the pilots at Holloman never get off the ground. The base has been converted into the U.S. Air Forces primary training center for drone operators, where pilots spend their days in sand-colored trailers near a runway from which their planes take off without them. Inside each trailer, a pilot flies his plane from a padded chair, using a joystick and throttle, as his partner, the sensor operator, focuses on the grainy images moving across a video screen, directing missiles to their targets with a laser. ...
Wait, you guys practice tracking enemies by using civilian cars? a reporter asked. One Air Force officer responded that this was only a training mission, and then the group was quickly hustled out of the room.

TX: Homeowner Detains Burglar at Gunpoint
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A Washington County homeowner took matters into his own hands when a burglar broke into his garage and two vehicles Thursday, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

There's a sign at the edge of the property that says Warning: Our citizens are armed, and this is a real good example," said Ryan Hord.

Ryan Hord grabbed his gun and went after the burglar. Hord detained the burglar in the driveway until sheriff's deputies arrived.

Remembering the Mexican victims of Fast and Furious'
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The American people finally have heard of Brian Terry. He is the best-known victim of Fast and Furious, the Obama administrations de facto conventional-weapons proliferation program. Between November 2009 and January 2011, Team Obama arranged for licensed firearms dealers to sell guns to straw buyers, who transferred them to known violent criminals in Mexico. Among these firearms, two AK-47s were found near Rio Rico, Ariz., where suspected smugglers fatally shot Terry, a 40-year-old former Marine, on Dec. 15, 2010.

While Terry epitomizes those whom Fast and Furious has harmed, he is not its sole casualty.

WA: Gracie McKee is Packing Pretty
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Hunched over in her pink shirt, pink protective glasses, pink whistle and aiming her famous pink gun, Gracie McKee held steady as she prepared to fire some rounds at her favorite pistol range.

The 24-year-old Washougal gun enthusiast, blogger and National Rifle Association certified instructor is on a mission: To go beyond stereotypes and teach women about all aspects of gun ownership and personal protection.

Fast and curious
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The Fast and Furious operation troubles me on two levels. First, our government willingly put thousands of guns into the hands of violent drug gangs and could not predict the outcome. Second, and perhaps more troubling, our government named the operation after dated and dreadful Vin Diesel action movies.

Perhaps Holder can have his folks give loaded guns to six-year-olds and see what happens. They could call it Potty Trained and Curious.

NJ: Jersey City's gun buyback program this year took 42 handguns, 8 rifles, 5 shotguns and 5 BB guns off the streets Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Jersey City's gun buyback program took 42 handguns, eight rifles, five shotguns and five BB guns off the city's streets on Saturday, June 23, according to police officials. Roughly $7,600 was paid to those turning in the guns, the money coming from donations from residents and businesses, including $10,000 from funds forfeited to the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, officials said.

MI: Tasers need equal care, safety as handguns
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For weeks, gun-safety instructor Dave Dieball has been receiving requests for training on Tasers, the stun-gun devices that will become available to trained Michiganders in early August under a new law.

The Oceola Township resident has already been certified as a Taser instructor, and will soon begin classes.

Tasers previously only legal in Michigan for law enforcement temporarily disable assailants by shooting barbs. The barbs then convey an electrical jolt to attackers.

TN: NRA pressures state GOP on guns law
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The National Rifle Association wants Tennessee legislative candidates to declare whether they will back Republican leaders or the NRA next year if that's what it takes to put a controversial guns-in-parking lots bill up for a full vote.

In a gun-issues survey sent to Republican and Democratic candidates, the NRA devotes two of 27 questions to the Safe Commute Act, which cleared most committees but never came up for House and Senate floor votes this year.

UT: 2 holy amendments
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Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, and other gun enthusiasts are worried that the fire crisis will lead to a crackdown on firearms ("Dont single us out, say some Utah shooters," Tribune, July 4).

First, the holy Second Amendment guarantees "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms" for "the security of a free State," not for the pleasure of target shooting, which in tinder-dry conditions threatens the security of our Beehive State.

CT: Former Green Beret to offer defense training
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Fields is the latest local example of the growing defense training industry which includes situational awareness, target practice and even simulated gunfights often taught by military veterans or former police.

The simulated gunfights are accomplished using training ammunition non-lethal rounds with a capsule of paint in place of a lead bullet. Often called by a manufacturers brand name Simunitions the training ammo became available for civilian use about a year and a half ago after years of military and police use.

Who is the president hiding? Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
We dont know who authorized this mess. Not one government employee has been fired over it. Attorney General Eric Holder has testified he never discussed Fast and Furious with President Obama. Why, then, did Obama claim executive privilege? Who is he hiding?

GA: Guns on campus? Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A recent spike in crime on a university campus in Atlanta has renewed the debate about students being allowed to carry guns. There are some student leaders at Georgia Tech University who are taking a stand and saying that the only way they will feel safe on campus is if they are allowed to carry guns to class.

PA: Pennsylvania may undo Obama
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Pennsylvania's heritage of religious freedom goes all the way back to William Penn. Pennsylvania's independent spirit, strong work ethic and unswerving commitment to the right to keep and bear arms are well documented. Pennsylvania's tremendous natural resources, including coal, natural gas, oil and timber, hold the key to future economic prosperity.

The citizens of our state remember our better days and see our hope for their return increasingly threatened as Mr. Obama directly or indirectly threatens the foundations of that future. The political ground is shifting across the commonwealth. Once a sure win for the Obama campaign, Pennsylvania may now be what Florida was in 2000, 2004 and 2008: a "must win" for both sides.

NY: More dangerous than guns: wild judges on the bench Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
I take exception to your headline, Dodge City Beckons. In Dodge City, the law-abiding citizens were armed and could defend themselves so causing trouble could get you shot. While there were surely bad guys around, most of the legend is due to dime novels, in which everyone was shooting up the place. But as in the 40 or so shall issue carry-permit states, more legal guns means less crime.

NV: Neighboring casinos want to shoot down high-end gun store proposed for Shoppes at Palazzo
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A political fight that will undoubtedly tug at the heartstrings of gun-lovers and haters throughout Clark County is about to erupt over plans for a new store on the Las Vegas Strip.

Against the wishes of attorneys for the Venetian and Wynn resorts, operators of the Shoppes at Palazzo mall obtained a use permit for a Beretta gun store and shooting range from the Clark County Planning Commission.

The Palazzo adjoins the Venetian. General Growth Properties, not the Venetian, operates both the malls inside the Palazzo and the Venetian. The Beretta store would occupy about 19,000 square feet of the Shoppes.