Big Brother Shows Anti-RKBA Agenda Early: ...President-elect Obama's Web
site intentionally misled the American people by referring to these
firearms as "weapons that belong on foreign battlefields." These
firearms are not machine guns. In reality, these commonplace firearms
that President-elect Obama wants to permanently ban are used in shooting
competitions and are found in homes and hunting lodges all across the
country. They fire only once with each trigger pull, no spray firing,
and they shoot the same ammunition as other firearms of the same caliber...
http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212185802.shtml
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IANSA Cheers Big Brother: The election of Barack Obama as US President
should improve the political environment for progress on gun violence
prevention and reducing US arms exports, according to IANSA members in
the USA. Frida Berrigan of the Arms and Security Initiative pointed to
several signs that the change of government could mean arms exports come
under greater scrutiny. For example, Senator Obama voted for a de facto
one year ban on US exports of cluster bombs, and during the election
campaign he expressed openness to signing the Convention on Cluster
Munitions... (IANSA: International Action Network on Small Arms.)
http://www.iansa.org/
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How to Beat Big Brother: So, as believers in the civil right to bear
arms, where do we go now that the most anti-gun president in history
takes office in January? To be fair, for us, nothing changes. We simply
attack this problem as aggressively as we attacked the Clinton
administration and the Republicans who turned their back on us and voted
for the Joe Biden-authored 1994 Assault Weapons Ban. We stand up and
force the elected officials to consider the danger to their future
electoral viability if they try to take our guns. Our job is to remind
them of the Democrats bounced out of office after the 1994 Assault
Weapons Ban passed. We need to remind them of Al Gore losing his home
state of Tennessee in 2000 due to his willingness to take our guns, and
we need to remind them that John Kerry lost in 2004 largely because of
his stance on gun rights...
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/6246
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FBI Reports 49% NICS Increase for Week: Gun sales have skyrocketed since
Barack Obama was elected, and many gun owners say they are concerned the
nation's next president and a Democratic-controlled Congress will impose
a ban on assault rifles and firearm ownership. From Nov. 3 to Nov. 9,
the FBI reported 374,000 background checks on people purchasing guns - a
49 percent jump from last year. Dealers are reporting larger-than-usual
sales since Election Day, according to the Chicago Tribune. The rush to
buy weapons is more intense than in the days following Y2K and the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks... (I recall no reason for gun sales to have surged
following Y2K - firearms, ammunition, non-perishable foods, etc., were
stockpiled before Y2K.)
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80825
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Colorado County Reports Five-Year CWP Peak: Permits to carry concealed
handguns in Boulder County have spiked to a five-year high last month.
So far in 2008, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office has received 483
applications and issued 428 permits to carry handguns concealed,
according to the Boulder Daily Camera. That's up 16 percent from 2007's
total, and nearly double the 219 permits issued in 2005... In Boulder
County, 1,916 residents currently hold concealed carry permits,
according to the Daily Camera newspaper. Last month, there were 62,000
more background checks of gun purchases than in October 2007, according
to the FBI.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/17964813/detail.html#-
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Ohio Balks on Rest-Stop Carry: ... For a brief background, when SB184
went into law on September 9, one of the changes was that government
owned buildings used "primarily as a shelter, restroom, parking facility
for motor vehicles, or rest facility" are no longer places where a
person with a CHL is banned from carrying their concealed firearm. This
covers rest stops... In late October, an email began circulating by
someone claiming ODOT was taking all the signs down. However, despite
false claims to the contrary, the situation had not been completely
resolved, which is why there are still signs up at some facilities...
http://www.ohioccw.org/content/view/4115/53/
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Oregon CCW Confidentiality: ...Washington County's sheriff is asking
10,000 people who hold concealed handgun licenses whether they want
their names made public if it is requested as an Oregon public record.
Sheriff Rob Gordon said he believes that people obtain these licenses as
a security measure, which would exempt the release of their names. But a
circuit court in Jackson County ruled in April that people have to
document that the license is for security reasons in order to be exempt
from public records law. On Friday, license holders will be mailed
letters asking them to say whether they obtained the license for
security reasons, and whether they want their information kept
confidential...
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/11/targeting-law-abiding-gun-owners-again/
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Court Hears Challenge to Philadelphia Gun Laws: A lawyer for the
National Rifle Association told a state appeals court Wednesday that the
city has no authority to implement an assault weapons ban because such a
measure deals with constitutional rights. The NRA is challenging a
series of gun control measures that City Council passed in an effort to
combat gun violence. Mayor Michael Nutter signed the bills even though
the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has previously upheld the state's
exclusive right to enact gun laws. Lawyer C. Scott Shields, who
represents the NRA, said the city simply isn't allowed to regulate
firearms...
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20081112_ap_pacourthearschallengetophiladelphiagunlaws.html
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Another Pennsylvania City to Pass Lost-Gun Ordinance: A gun law that
sparked a political fight in Allentown and has drawn fire from state
politicians is likely to pass quietly tonight in Easton. City Council is
to vote on a bill that could impose a $1,000 fine or a 90-day jail term
on people who don't quickly report their lost or stolen handguns.
Allentown, Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania cities already have
passed versions of the law, which is intended to target straw purchasers
- people who buy guns, illegally pass them to criminals and then claim
the weapons must have been lost or stolen. Bethlehem officials are
considering a similar law... But Philadelphia's version of the law faces
a court challenge from the National Rifle Association. Lehigh County
District Attorney James Martin called Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski's
version of the law unconstitutional and unenforceable because only the
state may regulate guns...
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_3guns.6667471nov12,0,7721693.story
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New Jersey Assembly to Vote on Large-Caliber Ban: On Monday, November
17, the New Jersey Assembly is scheduled to vote on A2116, legislation
banning most firearms over .50 caliber. Though previously amended in an
attempt to address gun owner concerns, the legislation would still ban
virtually all firearms over .50 caliber, including many popular modern
day muzzleloaders. A2116 is so poorly drafted that it would even outlaw
firearms manufactured during the Revolutionary and Civil War eras and
their modern day replicas... (Modern firearms over .50-caliber are
already restricted under a 1968 amendment to the National Firearms Act.)
http://www.nraila.org/legislation/read.aspx?id=4228
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Human Society Seeks Lead-Bullet Ban: The wealthiest animal rights
organization in the country, the Humane Society of the United States, is
again asking for a nationwide ban on lead-shot ammunition. It says the
North Dakota Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention have preliminary findings that show you will end
up with higher levels of lead in your blood if you eat wildlife killed
with "lead bullets" than with other types of ammo. Please, no laughing
just yet. Wait until the end because there's good and bad news in all of
this...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/12/lead-bullets-warning-is-just-crazy-talk/
Related Commentary:
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008811120334
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British Pensioner Risked Charges to Recover Stolen Money: When two
crooks pounced on 77-year-old Ernest Wotton as he withdrew money from a
cashpoint, they assumed he would be an easy target. But they had not
anticipated how fit he was, nor, more importantly, the fact that he is a
former Desert Rat. The grandfather-of-four sprinted after one of the men
who had snatched �100 of his pension money, and caught up with him
within 100 yards. Undeterred by the thief's height advantage, Mr Wotton
grabbed him by the arm and wrenched away the wad of notes before the man
escaped... (Amazingly, Mr. Wotton has not yet been charged with using
excessive force.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1085116/Desert-Rat-grandfather-wrestles-money-cashpoint-thief-amazing-100-yard-dash.html
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Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
