February 4, 2013
Arkansas House lawmakers are set to vote on a plan to permit concealed handguns in churches and other houses of worship.The House will vote Monday on a measure that would leave it up to individual places of worship to decide whether to allow concealed handguns and who could carry them.
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February 4, 2013
When members of his church use the sanctuary to teach concealed carry handgun courses, Marengo Christian Church preacher Jeff Copley often stops by. His advice: "When you put that gun on in the morning, the first thing you do is pray you will not have to use it." The Morrow County church of 40 to 50 members has been a concealed carry training site since at least 2004. Church members who have been certified as instructors by the National Rifle Association teach three or four sessions a year.
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February 4, 2013
Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R Iowa, said vulnerable Senate Democratic incumbents could be the key to preventing an assault weapons ban from passing this year.In an interview on C SPAN's "Newsmakers"set to air Sunday, Grassley acknowledged that support for such a ban remains strong in some quarters of the Democratic Party, but he said he believes the electoral politics make it a difficult prospect at best."I feel that an outright ban would have a difficult time passing the [Republican run] House of Representatives, so that would keep it from becoming law," Grassley said. "But when you have five, six, maybe even seven Democratic senators from rural areas, that come from Second Amendment states ... I think that is a tough go in the Unites States Senate."
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February 1, 2013
After President Lyndon Johnson signed the Gun Control Act of 1968, many anti-gun politicians looked forward to the day when they could completely ban the sale and ownership of firearms and perhaps even confiscate those already in private hands.
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February 1, 2013
Americans have a very special message for the federal government: Don’t tread on me.That’s the takeaway from a new poll from the Pew Research Center in which, for the first time in at least the last two decades, a majority of Americans say Washington actually poses a threat to their “personal rights and freedoms.”
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January 31, 2013
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's approval rating has fallen sharply among New York voters since he pushed restrictive gun laws through the Legislature, a poll released on Wednesday said.
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January 31, 2013
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz displayed a flair for showmanship this afternoon at the Senate's gun violence hearing as he sought to puncture the argument for a proposed ban on assault weapons."What it bans, I would suggest to you, are scary looking guns," he said.With a life size photo of a Remington 750, a popular hunting rifle used -- as Cruz said, by millions of Americans -- the senator argued that the proposed ban focuses on "cosmetic features" such as pistol grips that in no way change the lethality of a weapon.
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January 31, 2013
There is a variation of an old joke in Washington political circles about Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. For all his knowledge and experience, the safest public relations strategy is to keep him on a short leash.When it comes to Mr. Biden and gun control, President Obama may be kicking himself right now for loosening his grip longer than he should have.
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January 31, 2013
The gun grabbers' real goal has always been universal registration, and tracking every gun owner in the country would be a big step in that direction.
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January 31, 2013
New Jersey already has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, including an "assault" firearms ban and ammunition magazine limits. Gun owners are subjected to extensive criminal and mental health background checks, fingerprinting, fees and waits as long as eight months for permits.Then, they're forced to navigate a tangled web of regulations, under threat of 10 year jail sentences, for "crimes" like stopping for food, fuel or medical treatment while traveling to the range.
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January 31, 2013
A group of Republican legislators wasted no time in keeping the national debate over gun control stoked in North Carolina on Wednesday, introducing a firearms bill on the first working day of the session.
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January 31, 2013
Hawaii gun enthusiasts are organizing to stop gun control bills from gaining any traction at the state Legislature.
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January 30, 2013
The nation's gun owners will resist any attempt by lawmakers to pass new gun control legislation, one of the nation's leading gun advocates is expected to tell lawmakers Wednesday.
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January 30, 2013
The National Rifle Association will argue that greater restrictions are not the answer to gun violence at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, which is likely to stoke skepticism that legislation to tighten controls will advance very far this year.NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, in testimony released on Tuesday on the eve of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, showed no signs of backing down from opposition to gun controls advocated by President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers after a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school in December.
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January 30, 2013
In hearings that begin in the Senate Judiciary Committee, President Barack Obama and other Democrats are seeking what would be the most robust gun control package in decades.
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January 30, 2013
Give the administration credit for its creativity. The theatrical show President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. are putting on in their effort to foist gun control on the public disguises a more subtle push to disarm America in the name of protecting cops. On Monday, Mr. Obama invited police chiefs from towns that have had mass shootings to the White House for a discussion on firearms and, more importantly, a photo opportunity.The administration is harnessing the respect the public has for officers who keep them safe to undermine the Second Amendment. That's why the White House's "reduce gun violence" to do list included a call for banning armor piercing ammunition, or in the words Mr. Obama used in his Jan. 16 announcement, "bullets designed to inflict maximum damage." After meeting with law enforcement last month, Mr. Biden called them "cop killer bullets." Their concern is entirely imaginary.
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January 30, 2013
California lawmakers promised Tuesday to move cautiously as they consider tighter restrictions on handguns, assault rifles and ammunition purchases, proposals that would add to state regulations already among the toughest in the nation.
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January 30, 2013
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Thursday he plans to fight any new federal laws that ban assault weapons.
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January 30, 2013
For one, criminals tend to ignore laws and are loath to provide their personal identification in the midst of pursuing criminal activity. As Glenn Kessler reported in the Washington Post this week, a 2004 survey of inmates in state prisons who were incarcerated for crimes committed with handguns found that only 11% bought their guns from licensed gun dealers. The vast majority acquired them from friends, on “the street,” or stole them. So now matter how well intentioned, background checks are bound to miss the very people whose backgrounds may prevent them from owning guns.
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January 29, 2013
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, joined a chorus of skeptics who questioned President Barack Obama's recent comments about his hobby of skeet shooting, a sport where participants fire shotguns to break airborne clay disks.
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January 29, 2013
A Mississippi House committee has advanced a bill that would seal what are now public records for state issued permits to carry concealed weapons.House Bill 485 passed the Judiciary A Committee on Monday. It moves to the full House for more debate.
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January 29, 2013
The Arkansas Senate has approved a proposal to allow concealed handguns in churches and other houses of worship.By a 28-4 vote, the Senate on Monday approved a proposal that would leave it up to churches and other religious institutions to decide whether to allow concealed weapons. Churches are currently among the places where concealed handguns are prohibited by state law.
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January 29, 2013
A major police benevolent association created to help families of officers killed in the line of duty has come out against President Obama's gun control plan, declaring it "will do nothing" to stop the types of gun crimes officers face every day.
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January 28, 2013
Despite claims from President Obama and Vice President Biden that 40% of all gun sales aren't subject to a background check, a Washington Post analysis has found that to be incorrect and awared the president's claim Two Pinocchios.
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January 28, 2013
Gun-control advocates have recently been throwing around an impressive new number. President Obama used it last Wednesday, claiming: “as many as 40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check.” Vice President Biden and everyone from the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal to USA Today repeatedly use it. That “fact” provided the principal support for his first announced gun-control proposal, “universal background checks.” But unless you include family inheritances and gifts as “purchases,” it is simply false.
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January 28, 2013
Strong majorities of National Rifle Association members reject newly proposed gun restrictions, according to a survey released Thursday by the gun advocacy organization.The poll finds more than eight in 10 NRA members oppose bans on high capacity ammunition clips and semi automatic assault weapons, with at least seven in 10 opposing each "strongly." At the same time, 91 percent support changing laws to stop people with a mental illness from acquiring guns, and 82 percent favor placing armed guards in every school, a central proposal of the advocacy organization.
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January 28, 2013
The phrase "gun control" may be disappearing from the American debate, jettisoned by the very people who have long favored gun control.Initiatives are now described as attempts to promote "gun safety" or prevent "criminal access to guns" or pass "gun violence legislation."
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January 28, 2013
Gun grabbers aren't subtle. Flanked by uniformed police officers and a wall of black rifles, Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Thursday unleashed the most restrictive ever national "assault weapon" ban in the Senate. The California Democrat and the assembled anti gun officials directly referenced last month's horrific shooting of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School no fewer than 45 times. They will let no tragedy go to waste.
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January 28, 2013
Karl Marx summed up Communism as "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." This is a good, pithy saying, which, in practice, has succeeded in bringing, upon those under its sway, misery, poverty, rape, torture, slavery, and death. * 'In announcing his gun control proposals, President Obama said that he was not restricting Second Amendment rights, but allowing other constitutional rights to flourish.' For the saying implies but does not name the effective agency of its supposed utopia. The agency is called "The State," and the motto, fleshed out, for the benefit of the easily confused must read "The State will take from each according to his ability: the State will give to each according to his needs." "Needs and abilities" are, of course, subjective. So the operative statement may be reduced to "the State shall take, the State shall give."
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January 28, 2013
Gun-related homicides and serious injuries from gun assaults in Virginia have been trending downward for at least six years, and a new survey suggests the state’s booming gun sales have not triggered an increase in the proportion of people slain by a gun or who use a firearm to commit suicide.
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January 28, 2013
A sheriff who released a radio ad urging Milwaukee-area residents to learn to handle firearms so they can defend themselves while waiting for police said Friday that law enforcement cutbacks have changed the way police can respond to crime.In the 30-second commercial, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. says personal safety is no longer a spectator sport.
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January 25, 2013
Imagine a grandfather who wants to give a family shotgun to his 12 year old grandson having to do a background check on his grandson before giving him the shotgun.Or a friend having to do a background check on his lifetime best buddy before lending him a hunting rifle.Or, if your mother had a prowler at her home, having to do a background check on your own mom before you could give her one of your guns for protection.That's what "universal background checks" do. They turn traditional innocent conduct into a criminal offense. They target you, law abiding gun owners.
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January 25, 2013
When he heard police arrive at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a "gun free zone," Adam Lanza ended his murder spree by killing himself.Days earlier, in Portland, Ore., Jacob Roberts had slain two at the Clackamas Town Center mall. When a licensed gun owner pointed a pistol at him, Roberts likewise killed himself.James Holmes murdered 12 at the Aurora Century movie theater in Colorado, another "gun free zone" that prohibited armed security personnel. Holmes surrendered when police showed up.Rampaging gunmen seek victims at places where they expect no immediate resistance. They continue their evil deeds until they are no longer in control due to the intervention of armed defenders. Then, they typically seek to remain in control by taking their own lives.
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January 25, 2013
Six states are eager to capitalize on last month's horrific shooting of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn. New York's quick draw Gov. Andrew Cuomo was the first to craft a gun control package behind closed doors and ram it into law within a matter of days.
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January 25, 2013
President Obama has called for stricter federal gun laws to combat recent shooting rampages, but a review of recent state laws by The Washington Times shows no discernible correlation between stricter rules and lower gun crime rates in the states.
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January 25, 2013
Faced with a boycott by gun enthusiasts and fierce criticism from the National Rifle Association, a British exhibition company is postponing indefinitely its show 10 days after announcing a ban on assault weapons sales at the event.In a statement released Thursday, Reed Exhibitions said it had halted plans for the Eastern Sports and Outdoors Show, scheduled for Feb. 2 to 10, because of controversy surrounding its decision not to let vendors sell a class of weapons the company called modern sporting rifles (MSRs).
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January 25, 2013
The House Local Government Committee voted 7-6 to kill the legislation. But the measure's main sponsor, Rep. Lance Russell, said he may ask the full House to override the committee and debate the bill, which he said would help law abiding citizens protect themselves without causing any increase in crime.
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January 25, 2013
A Republican lawmaker has filed a bill that would allow Texans to openly carry handguns in public places.
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January 25, 2013
Two home intruders, one holding a handgun, broke into a New York apartment on Tuesday and waited at the bottom of the stairs for a potential “victim” to come down. While their intentions are unknown, it is clear they were criminals up to no good.
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January 24, 2013
Imagine a grandfather who wants to give a family shotgun to his 12-year-old grandson having to do a background check on his grandson before giving him the shotgun.
Or a friend having to do a background check on his lifetime best buddy before lending him a hunting rifle.
Or, if your mother had a prowler at her home, having to do a background check on your own Mom before you could give her one of your guns for protection.
That’s what “universal background checks” do. They turn traditional innocent conduct into a criminal offense. They target you, law-abiding gun owners.
Read more at Ammoland.com: http://www.ammoland.com/2013/01/universal-background-checks-absolutely-not/#ixzz2IwI64Oxj
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