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  • November 7, 2009

    How the Beans of Egypt, Maine, Sprouted a Militia - 0

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    Time.com's Christopher Ketcham catches a glimpse of enduring American spirit in a small Maine town in this Oct. 24 story. [ Read Full Post ]


  • November 6, 2009

    NRA Firing Back at California Gun Bill - 7

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    The NRA and its supporters are promising to fight California Assemblyman Kevin DeLeon’s (D-L.A.) AB 962, a state bill recently signed by Gov. Schwarzenegger that requires stricter control over the purchase of handgun ammunition and bans all Internet ammunition sales. Because Schwarzenegger vetoed the same bill one year ago, gun groups were surprised by the action, reported Katie Browning on Sandiegonewsroom.com on Oct. 27. [ Read Full Post ]


  • November 5, 2009

    Why Gun Control Does Not Work: 2 Prime Examples In Seattle - 4

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    Dave Workman illustrates vividly the intellectual bankruptcy of gun control in his Oct. 21 blog on examiner.com [ Read Full Post ]


  • November 4, 2009

    Confidence - 8

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    I’m heading off to Canada next week for a Saskatchewan whitetail hunt and pretty quickly settled on bringing a lever gun with me. Took my Marlin 336C in .35 Remington out yesterday to get my new scope dialed in (and an interesting little scope it is too…more on that later) and after I got it on paper I cranked off this 5-shot group. [ Read Full Post ]


  • November 3, 2009

    White House Offensive: Dissenters Targeted With Suppressing Fire - 7

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    Nationally syndicated radio host, "McLaughlin Group" panelist and Fox News contributor Monica Crowley rips the Obama regime in refreshingly accurate, gloves-off terms in her Oct. 21 column in the Washington Times.

    "During the eight years of the George W. Bush presidency, the left constantly told us that 'issent is the highest form of patriotism.' During the Obama presidency, dissent is routinely considered the lowest form of treachery," she writes. [ Read Full Post ]


  • November 1, 2009

    Scozzafava and Hoffman Campaigns Take Pass on Gun Rights Questionnaire - 3

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    David Codrea notes in his Oct. 24 examiner.com blog that both candidates for New York's 23rd Congressional District -- including one endorsed by the NRA -- have declined top answer his Gun Rights Political Questionnaire, which he filed with their campaigns "to see if it could be useful in further defining the level of understanding and commitment the candidates have for the right to keep and bear arms. I did, and let the campaigns know I would make their responses available to readers here."

    But, no response. [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 31, 2009

    Protesting the Anti-Gun ‘Bloomberg 7′ Mayors in Virginia - 5

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    Philip Van Cleave of the Virginia Citizens Defense League is leading a statewide effort to "out" local mayors who have become New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s lackeys in a big bucks bulldozing of their constitutional rights. [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 28, 2009

    Editorial: Fingerprints on ammo sales - 6

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    Not surprisingly, the San Francisco Chronicle is all for legislation that requires firearms retailers to check a purchaser's identification and take a thumbprint when selling handgun ammunition. In an Oct. 5 editorial, it said the new law "would close this gaping loophole in efforts to keep our streets safe from gun violence. [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 27, 2009

    Study: Carrying a gun increases risk of getting shot and killed - 11

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    A study published in New Science, a British magazine, says, "People who carry guns are far likelier to get shot – and killed – than those who are unarmed, a study of shooting victims in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has found."

    The University of Pennsylvania analyzed 677 shootings over two-and-a-half years to discover whether victims were carrying at the time, and compared them to other Philly residents of similar age, sex and ethnicity. The team also accounted for other potentially confounding differences, such as the socioeconomic status of their neighborhood. [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 25, 2009

    Gun retailers aim to plug yearlong bullet shortage - 6

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    Weapons sellers say gun enthusiasts won’t have to bite the bullet much longer, as a nearly yearlong nationwide ammunition shortage may be winding down. "We’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel," said DeWayne Irwin, owner of Cheaper Than Dirt, a Fort Worth store and online retailer. [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 23, 2009

    Pennsylvania ‘Firearms Freedom Act’ legislation introduced - 4

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    Pennsylvania State Representative Sam Rohrer has introduced the "Firearms Freedom Act" (HB1988) for consideration in the state legislature. The bill is "An Act prohibiting certain firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition from being subject to Federal law or Federal regulation.": [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 22, 2009

    The media’s assault on ‘assault weapons’ - 13

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    Bob McNitt, outdoors columnist for the Evening Sun in central New York state, offers a good reason why the media generally blows it when it comes to covering Second Amendment issues -- not only do so few "reporters" understand the U.S. Constitution, even fewer have a clue when it comes to firearms. [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 21, 2009

    ObamaCare could be used to ban guns in home self-defense - 17

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    In an Oct. 9 press released posted on ammo.com, Gun Owners of America issued the following warning:

    "Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has something to say to gun owners: 'Own a gun; lose your coverage!' [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 20, 2009

    NSSF applauds Heritage Bill introduction - 3

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    The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, applauded the introduction of legislation, the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act (HR 3749), to greatly enhance the ability of federal land managers to provide, promote and plan for recreational uses that balance the needs and interests of all outdoor enthusiasts. [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 19, 2009

    Seattle mayor moving forward with gun ban despite public's rejection - 4

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    The Second Amendment Foundation on Oct. 9 warned Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels to heed the public rejection of a proposed gun ban at city parks facilities or face the consequences in court. SAF obtained information from the mayor's office that the overwhelming majority of citizens living both inside and outside the city turned thumbs down on the mayor's plan to ban even legally-carried firearms in city parks facilities. Nickels has already been advised by Attorney General Rob McKenna that the city has no authority to enact such a ban, which would be illegal under the state's preemption law.

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  • October 17, 2009

    Missouri case weighs gun rights, intoxication - 6

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    Columbia Tribune columnist T.J. Greaney writes on Oct. 8 that, "Missouri is starting to get a reputation for gun goofiness."

    During the 2009 Legislative session, the state's General Assembly considered allowing concealed firearms on college campuses. "The twisted logic held that pistol-toting underclassmen would help prevent the next Virginia Tech-style massacre," Greaney writes.

    Now, a gun confiscation case is raising some legitimate issues that elude Greaney. [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 15, 2009

    Gun rights headed back to the Supreme Court - 4

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    Richard Moore, an investigative reporter with the Lakeland Times in Florida, breaks down how the Supreme Court might rule in McDonald v City of Chicago in this Oct. 9 anaylsis:

    "Just a little more than 15 months after the United States Supreme Court struck down a handgun ban in Washington, D.C., as unconstitutional, the issue of whether individual Americans have a Second Amendment right to own guns is headed back to the High Court. [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 13, 2009

    NYC mayor launches undercover probe of gun shows in TN - 8

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    As if New York City doesn't have enough problems of its own, Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks it has the resoures, manpower, and time to investigate gun shows in Tennessee and two other states. Naturally, as reporter Richard Locker writes in the Oct. 8 Commercial Appeal, "Hizzoner's" intrusion is not appreciated in Nashville. [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 12, 2009

    Anti-2A zealots try to capitalize on gun advocate's murder - 8

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    It didn't take long for anti-Second Amendment fascists to try to capitalize on the Oct. 7 murder of Meleanie Hain. Just as they tried to benefit from the murders of the Chicago boys walking home from school -- how that becomes a call for gun control in a city that bans guns is a mystery -- they wasted little time in blaming responsible gun owners for Hain's death.

    Take, for instance, Josh Sugarmann, the executive director of the Violence Policy Center in Washington, D.C. On Oct. 9, he posted the following tripe on huffingtonpost.com: [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 11, 2009

    With 9th Circuit set to fear Firearms case, California AG is mum on gun control - 3

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    Dan Levine in The Recorder writes in a Sept. 22 article that as "a hard-fought firearms case" is set to go before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for arguments that start Sept. 24, California Attorney General Jerry Brown has not submitted a brief onthe case as yet -- even though it comes from Alameda County, his home county.

    Meanwhile, Levine notes, "in another case across the country, involving the same issue, Brown filed an amicus that has gun control advocates shaking their heads." [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 10, 2009

    All Hail The 870 - 3

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    Few gun fanciers would argue that the Remington Model 870 pump shotgun is worthy of the moniker, “America’s Shotgun.” The fact is, one would be hard-pressed to find a devotee of upland bird hunting, gunning diabolical doves or chasing bunnies with beagles who doesn’t have a favorite Model 870 for such sporting pastimes. [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 9, 2009

    At some point, gun owners must wonder if they’re being played - 5

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    Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Dave Workman writes in his Sept. 16 column on examiner.com that politicians "from all over the political spectrum" have "a rather annoying habit of acknowledging the existence of firearms owners and gun rights groups only when they need their votes." [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 8, 2009

    Safer Streets 101: Answering grief and disinformation. - 6

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    Los Angeles Gun Rights ExaminerJohn Longeneckert writes in his Sept. 20 column on examiner.com says Second Amendment advocates must "answer disinformation, even when it is based on grief and good intentions."

    Longeneckert was referruing to a commentary by Jenny Price’s in the Los Angeles Times’ on Sunday, Sept. 14, called, "More victims? It’s a dead certainty. [Gun violence at UC Irvine on the online edition.]" [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 7, 2009

    Yoga Ban Brings Guns to Town Common - 3

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    Jack Kenny in a Sept. 21 story in The New American writes of strange doings in a small New England town that can either restore your faith in small-town democracy or make you scratch your head.

    "When the Raymond, N.H., selectmen refused permission to a local resident to hold a yoga class on the town green in honor of the United Nations International Day of Peace, they may not have anticipated the decision would draw gun-toting libertarians and others to the site to show support for First and Second Amendment rights," Kenny writes. [ Read Full Post ]


  • October 5, 2009

    Toronto police go door-to-door in search for illegal firearms - 10

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    Robyn Doolittle, crime reporter for the Toronto Star, writes of a harrowing, real-life nightmare in a strange, smugly Canadian way:

    "Right at this moment in Toronto, there are as many as 4,000 illegal guns tucked under beds, stashed in closets or hidden in dresser drawers," Doolittle writes. "Complicated amnesty laws around gun legislation have many owners confused. Now the city's Guns and Gangs unit is going door to door setting people straight." [ Read Full Post ]