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Coalition to Stop Gun Violence: Penchant for coercion goes beyond 'gun control'
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... "But the NY Times article focused on some states being more attractive than others to gun manufacturers not only because of the gun laws. The article also pointed out that some states offer a more congenial environment for business in general than others--and (coincidentally?) there seems to be a fair amount of correlation between states with restrictive, regressive gun laws, and those with business-strangling tax and regulatory policies. Hence, 'right-to-work' states, where employers cannot compel their employees to join a union or pay dues, are among those that are making a case to lure gun manufacturers to move." ... |
Why the Second Amendment Matters
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"Have you ever noticed how people do not make the argument that the First Amendment only applies to free speech of certain groups of people. What about the Fifth Amendment, no one ever says that the Fifth Amendment only applies to certain groups of people. So why do we do that with the Second Amendment? Anyone who wants to make sure that you cannot own a gun will tell you that the Second Amendment only applies to militias and the military." ... |
Slaughtering the Left’s Sacred Cows
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"One of the great mysteries of our age is how it is that those on the Left, who aren’t even on speaking terms with logic and rationality, continue to regard themselves as the intellectual elite. ..." ...
"Once a person strays into the wilderness of a liberal’s brain, the chances are that if the snakes and spiders don’t get him, the quicksand will. For instance, it used to drive me nuts when those on the Left would attack the Second Amendment. I could never figure out why they seemed to feel it was unsportsmanlike for Americans to be able to defend themselves against armed criminals. ..." ... |
Progressives Who Oppose Gun Control
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... "For a progressive to take a stand against gun control is a pretty lonely place. There's a 1979 book edited by Don Kates entitled Restricting Handguns: The Liberal Skeptics Speak Out. There's also an organization called the Liberal Gun Club (http://www.theliberalgunclub.com/), whose mission is to 'provide a voice for gun-owing liberals and moderates in the national conversation on gun rights, gun legalization, firearms safety, and shooting sports.'" ... |
The Truth About Bicycle Carry (video available)
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"In the gun world, different types of shooters favor particular types of firearms. The same general principle applies to cyclists. Given the wide variety of riders and bicycles, there’s no simple solution for bicycle carry. A pistol-packing cyclist must balance ease of access against retention, consider concealment vs. caliber, and calculate gun size in relation to weight. In some states, open carry makes bicycle carry a relatively easy proposition. Until it doesn’t. So I’ve been investigating concealed bicycle carry. Here are the four basic types of cycling and my recommendations for each . . ." ... |
The Myth of the “Warning Shot”
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"One of the first things I point out to concealed carry classes is 'I don't need to make any of this stuff up.' The real world we live in is so much more bizarre than anything I can make up."
"My book, the Ohio Guide to Firearm Laws, is now out in a Fourth Edition. Something I have been writing about for years, in the past and current editions, is the myth of the warning shot." ... |
We Have a Right to Bear Arms; We Also Have a Right to Live
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"I’m all for the right to bear arms. The constitution says we can."
"That being said, guns and semi-automatic rifles are a dangerous enough commodity — like prescription morphine and oxycodone — that they need to be regulated — particularly when they end up in the hands of the violent Mexican cartels." ... |
CT: Make Owners Conceal Guns
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"Why is the legislature so reluctant to protect people understandably frightened by gun-toters who wear their weapons openly? Why don't lawmakers require owners to conceal their guns?"
"In Connecticut, if you have a valid permit for your handgun, you can carry that firearm openly — as more and more owners with permits are doing, walking into stores and other public places with their guns in plain sight." ...
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Submitter's Note: OMG, the horror! Pretty soon gun-owners will want to ride in the front of the bus, and who knows where it will end! |
WA: Open carry activists planning Green Lake response(s) this weekend
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"Alarmed by an encounter involving a longtime open carry activist and Seattle police at Green Lake last weekend, some open carry activists are planning to visit Green Lake Saturday around noon, and others tell this column they may walk around Green Lake on Sunday."
"Why? After a week of discussion on the Open Carry forum, one might think this controversy had run its course and that it is time to move on. It's caused a good discussion on the Defensive Carry forum."
"The incident has taken on something of a life of its own. ..." ... |
ATF Rewards Agents Who Ran "Fast and Furious" and Then Helped Cover It Up
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"In what can only be described as "Washington D.C. logic," the three BATFE agents who were responsible for the "Fast and Furious" debacle in Phoenix have been promoted."
"You read that right, promoted! Not reprimanded, not demoted and certainly not fired, but given bigger jobs with more responsibility and more pay."
"Each of the agents now have high profile positions in D.C. ..." ... |
MSNBC Touts 'Anti-Republican' Jon Huntsman vs Tea Party 'Patriotic Anarchists'
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"During Thursday's 12 p.m. ET hour on MSNBC, host Contessa Brewer, who is soon to be leaving the anchor chair, declared that moderate Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman was 'trying to turn things around with a new take-no-prisoners strategy, calling out his conservative competitors for their far-right views.'" ...
"[WEISBERG:] I think he thinks of himself as conservative. He had a, you know, he had a strong tax-cutting record in Utah. He was, you know, he's pro-life, he's pro-Second Amendment, he's, in conventional terms, pretty down-the-line conservative, and I think he's been sort of mystified that someone like himself can't get a hearing in today's GOP. ..." ... |
AK: What has happened to our city?
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... "We need solutions for our future. Our health, safety and growth are at stake. Wasilla needs a new mayor. We need another leader, one who listens and acts, not a talker like the current mayor."
"Taffina Katkus has served on the city council, planning groups, is a farmer, mother of six, a local business owner for 30 years, supports our Second Amendment rights, is Gen. Katkus’ sister-in-law, has been married for 27 years to the same man and is an outspoken supporter of economic development. She initiated a borough shooting range petition." ... |
Ninth Circuit rejects motion to halt MT, ID wolf hunts
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"The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco yesterday turned thumbs down on a motion from environmental groups to stop planned wolf hunts in Montana and Idaho, and in the aftermath, Washington hunters are cheering, and they are getting a quick education about what lies over their political horizon." ... |
HI: Gun Owners Seek Right To Carry Weapons In Public
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"A lawsuit filed in Hawaii U.S. District Court is bound to focus national debate on Hawaii's gun laws."
"Several attorneys filed the suit on behalf of an organization known as The Hawaii Defense Foundation, founded by gun owner Christopher Baker. Named in the complaint are the Honolulu police chief, the City and County of Hawaii, the state of Hawaii, and Gov. Neil Abercrombie."
"The suit alleges Hawaii's license to carry statute and various other firearms regulations are unconstitutional." ... |
UT: Guns, drugs stolen from Blanding police department
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"Bold burglars busted into the Blanding Police Department and stole drugs and guns from the department’s evidence locker."
"The stolen weapons, meanwhile, all have been recovered — found by authorities as far away as Salt Lake City." ...
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TX: Council votes for settlement in Sanders case
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"Mayor Pro-Tem Sheryl Cole called for healing and closure in the Nathaniel Sanders shooting death case Thursday.
'I know is it is time to bring closure,' she said."
"On Thursday in a 5-2 vote, the majority of council approved a settlement for $750,000 with the Sanders family." ... |
WV: Ex-Deputy Convicted In Girl’s Sex Assault
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"After three days of testimony and eight hours of deliberation, a jury found former Ohio County sheriff's deputy Sean Marenkovic guilty of two counts of third-degree sexual assault Thursday."
"Marenkovic, 32, was convicted of sexually assaulting a then 14-year-old girl on two occasions in 2003 at his former Wheeling residence. ..." ... |
OH: Former police sergeant sent to jail
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"A former sergeant with the Findlay Police Department was sentenced to 60 days in jail Thursday for impersonating his stepdaughters online."
"Randall L. Digby, 41, of Findlay, was sentenced ... for attempting to use his stepdaughters' information for misrepresentation, a first-degree misdemeanor."
"Niemeyer also sentenced Digby to five years of community control sanctions for unauthorized use of a police database, a fifth-degree felony. Digby had used police computers to access information about friends of the stepdaughters ..." ...
"Digby had assumed false online identities of both stepdaughters, and had conducted conversations and sent pictures that showed nudity of the victims ..." ... |
TX: Aerial Gunnery
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"According to these release from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, you can now pay a helicopter pilot to take you up to shoot coyotes and feral hogs. Previous to this revision, a pilot couldn't be paid for his or her time if it involved shooting coyotes and hogs from a helicopter. ..." ... |
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