Are Democrats Taking Off the RKBA Mask?: The Citizens Committee for the
Right to Keep and Bear Arms today called on Democrats to "be honest"
with America's 90 million gun owners and "tell us whether your campaign
claims of adherence to the Second Amendment were all lies." CCRKBA
Chairman Alan Gottlieb said gun owners are legitimately alarmed that
president-elect Barack Obama has selected virulent anti-gun-rights
Democrat Rahm Emanuel as his White House chief of staff. Emanuel was
"point man" on gun ban efforts for the Clinton Administration...
http://www.ccrkba.org/pub/rkba/press-releases/warninig.shot.htm
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From Big Brother's Peanut Gallery: President-elect Obama should
implement seven tested and proven initiatives that will have an
immediate impact on reducing gun related violence, accidents and
suicides without affecting the Second Amendment or having any negative
impact on responsible and law abiding gun owners...If I were President
Obama, one of my first acts would be the immediate implementation the
following gun violence prevention initiatives to reduce gun access by
children, criminals and terrorists without any undue restrictions on
responsible gun owners like myself...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-rosenthal/what-president-obama-can_b_142783.html
Tangentially Related: President-elect Barack Obama over the weekend
scrubbed his transition Web site, deleting most of what had been a
massive agenda for his first term that appears on his campaign's site.
Gone from Change.gov are the promises on how an Obama administration
would handle 25 agenda items - from Iraq and immigration to taxes and
urban policy - which the campaign first laid out on the Web site
www.BarackObama.com...
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/11/exclusive-obama-deletes-agenda-from-transition-web/
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Wake-Up Call to Hunters: ..."OK Bazookaman..........but at least concede
THIS........why do we need AR-15's to hunt deer?" We don't. But if you
give them up as some sort of "comprimise", your Remington 7mm Magnum
rifle......you know, the one that shoots Ted Kennedy's "cop-killer"
bullets........will be next, followed by that old 30-30 Winchester lever
action with its "high capacity" under-the-barrel tube magazine. That old
Browning 12 gauge pump shotgun your grandfather left you when he died,
is still something you could "assault" someone with, so it too will
eventually be labelled as an "assault weapon." ...
http://www.mountainhomenews.com/blogs/1128/entry/22025/
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Supremes Hear U.S. v. Hayes: A Second Amendment gun case that originated
in Marion County is now at the United States Supreme Court. The Highest
Court in the Nation began hearing arguments from the 2004 case of United
States vs. Hayes on Monday. The case revolves around a federal law that
makes it a crime to possess a gun after a misdemeanor crime of domestic
violence. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide whether a
misdemeanor of simple battery fulfills the definition of domestic
violence. The Court will also decide if the law can be applied
retroactively since the conviction of battery happened back in 1994
before the federal statute was passed...
http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=27395
Brady Bunch Chimes In: ... The Court will interpret the federal
Lautenberg Amendment, which bans gun possession by convicted domestic
violence abusers. The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and law
enforcement groups filed a brief in June urging the Court to reverse an
appeals court ruling that, if allowed to stand, could re-arm convicted
abusers in a majority of states... If the Supreme Court affirms the 4th
Circuit ruling, the names of thousands of dangerous, convicted abusers
could be purged from the Brady background check system, enabling them to
possess firearms...
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Supreme-Court-Hear-Arguments-Case/story.aspx?guid={79365572-35C3-4B18-A85A-0CE5102DE7BD}
Cutting Straight to the Chase?: Today's oral argument in United States
v. Hayes was dense with debate over rules of grammar and statutory
interpretation, all aimed at figuring out what Congress meant when it
passed a statute in 1996 that expanded the scope of a law that makes it
a crime for those convicted of felonies to possess a firearm. Just how
far the new law went to include those convicted of domestic violence
misdemeanors was the subject of the day, and by the end of the hour it
was harder to predict the outcome than it was at the beginning...
http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2008/11/assistant-to-sg-teaches-chief-justice-a-new-word.html
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Olofson Appeals Conviction: A Wisconsin man who contends he's been
imprisoned simply for loaning a broken gun to a friend, asserts in a new
court brief that the government's own witnessess support his claim.
David Olofson was convicted of transferring a machine gun, or a weapon
that releases more than one bullet with a single pull of the trigger,
and sentenced to 30 months in prison. But his case is on appeal to the
7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, because his lawyers argue it was a
malfunctioning rifle, not a machine gun, that loosed the shots. The case
arose when Olofson loaned an Olympic Arms AR-15 semi-automatic rifle to
a friend, who fired it at a gun range. The weapon reportedly misfired,
letting loose several shots at the same time, and drew the interest of
authorities... (As I recall, Olofson had replaced the original safety
lever with a selector switch from an M16. This alone should not have
converted the AR-15 into a machine gun but, in hindsight, does not
appear to have been a wise choice.)
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80701
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Big Brother Boosts Montana Gun Sales: President-elect Barack Obama won't
move into the Oval Office for months yet, but already he's providing a
big boost to at least one sector of Montana's economy. "Our sales are
way up," said Ray Strash, at Kalispell's Brass and Bullets. "I can't
even get any AR-15-style rifles. Everyone's out. The suppliers are all
back-ordered, and I told them, 'Don't even call us - just ship them as
soon as you can, because we'll take whatever we can get.' " Nationwide,
gun enthusiasts are buying up weaponry in preparation for what they fear
will be a federal firearms crackdown under the Obama administration. At
Missoula's Axmen Firearms, where Bruin Herr has worked the counter for
years, sales are up about 25 percent over this time last year, and
customers are talking a lot about Obama's position on Second Amendment
issues...
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/11/09/news/top/news01.txt
And in Missouri...: The election of Barack Obama has brought an increase
in gun purchases by residents who fear the new administration will bring
added restrictions or higher taxes, gun store owners and salespeople
said Monday. The day after the election, ammunition sales increased
sharply at Steve's Trading Post, 4324 S. Main St., according to Steve
Richards, the owner. The Joplin gun and ammunition store noted more
purchases of certain types of rifles, while Charles Rhoades, owner of
Rhoades Gun Shop, in Commerce, Okla., said handgun purchases also
climbed after voting results were counted...
http://www.joplinglobe.com/homepage/local_story_315164658.html?keyword=leadpicturestory
And in South Carolina...: Josh and Elizabeth Burrow stopped by Trader's
Gun Shop Monday on Wade Hampton Boulevard to buy a new handgun - and it
wasn't for Josh. "With everything going on in the economy and the
world," said Elizabeth Burrow, "I'd just like the security of knowing I
can protect myself." She was among dozens of people looking to buy a gun
at the shop on Wade Hampton Boulevard...
http://www.wyff4.com/news/17949895/detail.html#-
NSSF Comments: As firearm sales continue to increase this year, at a
rate of 10 percent over the same period last year and 15 percent in
October alone, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) - the
trade association for the firearms industry - is pointing to gun-owner
concerns about an Obama Administration as reason for the boom. Last week
President-elect Obama's Web site had posted his administration's agenda
for curtailing the Second Amendment rights of law abiding Americans,
thereby validating the concerns of gun owners, sportsmen and firearms
enthusiasts all across the country. Curiously, the Obama-Biden gun
control agenda was taken down from the Web site after just two days...
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Firearms-Industry-Addresses-Rising-Gun/story.aspx?guid={32428351-BB31-45BC-9823-2E653A9A3094}
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Rape Reports Boost Ohio CHL Courses: With reports of a possible serial
rapist in the loose in Central Ohio, many women in the area are
obtaining a concealed handgun license to be able to protect
themselves... Several gun shops in the area have reported a substantial
increase in the number of women taking training classes. The entire
situation is reminiscent of when in Louisiana in 2002 then Governor Mike
Foster told women "You have the right to get a gun permit...Learn to use
it" after a string of rapes and murders hit women in his state...
http://www.ohioccw.org/content/view/4110/67/
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Oops, Wrong Gas Station: A man located Monday at a Citrus County
hospital is the wounded robbery suspect who was shot by a store clerk
during a Sunday evening hold-up, Gainesville police reported... Police
allege Rooks again tried to rob the Chevron station, 3328 W. University
Ave., on Sunday and fired a shot inside the business when a clerk
questioned his demands for cash. The clerk pulled out his own gun and
shot the suspect, hitting him in the upper torso. The robber fled the
store, firing shots as he left. Halvosa said Rooks had been in the
Gainesville area for the weekend and convinced friends he needed to be
taken to hospital after he was injured in a drug deal...
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20081110/NEWS/811100933/1014/ENTERTAINMENT02?Title=Wounded_robbery_suspect_goes_under_knife_in_Citrus_hospital
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Oversize Purse Stops Bullet: Don't knock those trendy, oversized purses
- they could save your life, as one college student found out. Police
say the contents in an oversized purse saved Elizabeth Pittenger, a
22-year-old Middle Tennessee State University student, by stopping a
bullet during an attempted robbery. Pittenger was walking to her car on
campus Thursday evening when a man confronted her and demanded her
purse, cell phone and laptop, university Police Chief Buddy Peaster
said. She fought the man off, but he fired a shot before fleeing. The
bullet was found inside the purse, along with a calculator, umbrella and
small case that had been punctured. Pittenger was not injured. Police
nearby heard the gunshot and arrested Orlando Edmiston, 20. Officers
found a .38 caliber handgun beneath a parked van. (While ".38 caliber"
suggests a .38 Special, it could also be a less powerful .38 S&W or, in
newspaper talk, even a .380 ACP.)
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/nationworld/102239.php
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Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
