Barack Obama - Gun Owner's Nightmare: If you're not thrilled with the
idea of having John McCain as the next President of the United States,
you're not alone. He's angered gun owners for years with nonsensical
anti-gun votes and support for so-called "campaign finance reform,"
which has done little except limit free speech and curtail grassroots
political activism. But would you prefer President Barack Obama? Obama
is without doubt the single most anti-gun candidate to ever seek the
office of President. By word and deed, he has consistently, without
exception, worked to trash the Second Amendment and do away with guns
and gun rights altogether...
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/5770
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National-Park-Carry Still Under Consideration: The Bush Administration
is considering a rule change that would allow people to carry loaded,
concealed weapons in some national parks, monuments and wildlife
refuges. The Department of Interior could decide next month whether or
not to adopt the change. The new rule would only apply to states that
allow concealed weapons in state parks or wildlife refuges. Colorado is
one of those states. The move to change the current regulations comes
after heavy lobbying by the National Rifle Association (NRA). "Criminals
don't stay away from national parks and individuals should have the
right and ability to protect themselves... no matter where they go,"
said Anthony Fabian, president of the Colorado State Shooters Association.
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=94117&catid=188
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New Jersey Considers One-Gun-a-Month Bill: On Monday, June 23, the New
Jersey Assembly is scheduled to vote on A339 - New Jersey's latest
version of gun rationing legislation, which affects collectors,
sportsmen, target shooters, and interferes with the inheritance of
firearms. The legislation, sponsored by Assemblywoman Joan Quigley
(D-32), would criminalize the purchase of more than one handgun per
month by honest citizens, even though they have already been
pre-certified by the state as law abiding citizens after passing a
comprehensive 13-point background investigation. Multiple handgun
permits could not be used during the same 30-day period, and permits
that could not be used before their expiration date would become useless...
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033530/posts
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Australian State May Relax Firearm Restrictions: A bill, passed on
Thursday by the upper house, removes the 28-day waiting period for
people with a registration waiting for a second or subsequent gun. The
Shooters Party-initiated bill also removes the need to register guns
made prior to 1900 and introduces more exemptions for people without a
licence to participate at shooting clubs. Greens MP Lee Rhiannon said
the changes brought NSW "closer to the US with its liberal attitude to
firearm use". Gun laws around the nation were changed after 35 people
were killed and 37 wounded on April 28, 1996, by lone gunman Martin
Bryant at the historic Port Arthur tourist site in Tasmania...
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=583029
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Out of the Mouths of Bradys: GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Barre Bollinger was
intrigued by the Brady Center's state ratings. A score of 100 is their
highest possible score. Here is what Barre had to say. "I ran some
numbers today on a sample of the 1st ten safest states vs. their Brady
Score. Brady scores are from their own site. Violent crime stats came
from a U.S. Census Bureau 2004 report, and include number of murders,
forcible rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults per 100,000
population." ...Note that not even one of the ten safest states has a
Brady score over 12 out of 100, with the scores ranging down as low as a
2! Please keep this chart to use whenever the Brady ratings come back
up, especially in the liberal media. Brady's top state is California,
but California (552 per 100,000) ranks number 41 by Barre's safety
measure, which ranks states based on the frequency of violent crime
(with a lower frequency resulting in a higher rating).
http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2008/06/19/brady-center-tells-us-gun-control-is-dangerous/
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What About Chicago?: That Washington, D.C., gun ban that the Supreme
Court should toss out any day now because it is unconstitutional is
often compared to the handgun ban in Chicago. But what's not often
reported by the decidedly pro-gun-control media is that since Chicago's
anti-handgun law went into effect in 1982, only two classes of people
have had ready access to firearms: The criminals. And the politicians.
Cynics who scoff at everything decent suggest these are one and the
same, but taxpayers know the difference...Meanwhile, the taxpayers, who
live without bodyguards, are told that if they want to protect
themselves with a handgun just like the politicians, they themselves
will be criminalized. It is all about power in the end. The founding
fathers understood this, and crafted the Constitution accordingly. They
understood Chicago before it was...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-19-jun19,0,4716398.column
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Grand Jury Proceedings Continue in Joe Horn Case: Grand Jury proceeding
are always secret, but prosecutors seem to be taking even stricter
precautions in the case of a man accused of shooting two men who
burglarized a neighbor's home, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.
Prosecutors and jurors apparently used a back entrance to come and go
from grand jury room. The district attorney has refused to comment on
the case...In November, Joe Horn shot Hernando Torres and Diego Ortiz,
illegal immigrants from Columbia. Both had criminal records. More than
$2,000 worth of cash and jewelry was found near their bodies. But
questions about Horns motives for blasting them with a 12-gauge shotgun
were raised after recordings of his 911 call were released...
http://www.click2houston.com/news/16658054/detail.html
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Seattle Mayor Could Learn from Small Town Colleague: Seattle Mayor Greg
Nickels could take a lesson from Montesano Mayor Ron Schillinger, who
has properly vetoed an ordinance that would have banned firearms in city
parks, even those carried by legally-licensed citizens, the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. The ordinance
was passed June 10 by the Montesano City Council on a narrow 4-3 vote,
one day after Nickels announced that he plans to ban guns from all
Seattle city property, even if a citizen has a current concealed pistol
license, or if they are legally carrying openly. The anti-gun Seattle
mayor said he would issue an executive order to accomplish his clearly
illegal act, which violates the state's preemption statute and ignores a
specific statutory exemption from such prohibitions for citizens
licensed to carry concealed handguns...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/ccrkba-says-seattle-mayor-could-learn-from-small-town-colleague,440388.shtml
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Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
