Showing posts with label Awr Hawkins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Awr Hawkins. Show all posts

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Firefighters With Concealed Carry Permits Stop Would-Be Mass Shooting 

By Awr Hawkins, May 8, 2015, Breitbart

On May 5, two firefighters with concealed carry permits stopped a man allegedly attempting to shoot kids and firemen at the fire station.

According to Fox Carolina, “Children and firefighters” were in the station parking lot when, at about 6:30 p.m. at New Holland, Wisconsin’s Fire Station 2, Chad Barker allegedly pulled up, got out of his car, and opened fire. He allegedly fired in the air and at his own vehicle and “pointed the firearm at individual firefighters for lengthy periods of time.”

Firefighter Gary Knoll said, “I came out of the office, saw the man with the gun, told everybody to leave out the back quickly, that there was a man in the parking lot with a gun, and I was not kidding.”

Knoll has his concealed permit, and he had a gun with him, as did another firefighter on the scene. Both approached Barker at gunpoint and talked him into dropping his weapon.


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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Ca Handgun Sales Skyrocket, Gun-Related Homicides Plummet

By Awr Hawkins, Mar. 4, 2015, Breitbart.com

Handgun sales in California broke a 21-year-old record in 2014, and at the same time, firearm-related murders fell to their lowest rate in over 20 years.

Moreover, accidental gun deaths decreased as well.

According to The Sacramento Bee, a record-breaking 510,000 handguns were sold in the state of California in 2014, easily breaking the previous record of 433,000 handguns sold in 1993. The rise in handgun sales reflects a national surge that was the result of “calls for more gun control in response to several mass shootings.”

The correlation between more guns and less crime was also seen nationally.

According to the FBI, violent crimes and property crimes fell in the first half of 2014 following a recording setting 21,093,273 background checks for firearm purchases in 2013.

On December 4, 2013, Breitbart News reported on a Congressional Research Service (CRS) study showing that an increasing rate of private gun ownership nationally, over a 15-year period, correlated with a sharply declining “firearm-related murder and non-negligent homicide” rate.


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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Bloomberg Blocks Footage Of His Calls for More Gun Control For Minorities

By Awr Hawkins, Feb. 16, 2015, Breitbart.com

On February 7 , Breitbart News reported on a speech by Michael Bloomberg in which he suggested banning young minority males from gun ownership.

He made that suggestion during a February 5 speech at the Aspen Institute and has now asked the Institute not to release footage of the speech to the public.

According to the Summit Daily, “Michael Bloomberg representatives have asked the Institute not to distribute footage of…[the] appearance…where the three-term New York City mayor made pointed comments concerning minorities and gun control.”


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Tuesday, January 13, 2015


Liam Neeson: Paris Attack Shows Need For US Gun Control 

By Awr Hawkins, Jan 12, 2015

Standing in front of a poster of himself holding a handgun in Taken 3, the latest installment in a film series that relies on gunplay to heighten action sequences, Liam Neeson spoke to the attacks on Charlie Hebdo by offering condolences, then saying: “There are too many [bleeping] guns out there, especially in America.”

He said the level of private gun ownership in the US is “a [bleeping] disgrace.”

According to Gulfnews.com, Neeson stuck with the American rant, saying: “I think the population is like, 320 million? There’s over 300 million guns, privately owned, in America. I think it’s a [bleeping] disgrace. Every week now we are picking up a newspaper and seeing, ‘Yet another few kids have been killed in schools.'”


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Sunday, September 28, 2014

How Gun Control Made England 'Most Violent Country In Europe'

By Awr Hawkins, Sept. 24, 2014, Breitbart.com

Gun control in Britain passed in stages, beginning just after World War I and continuing in a reactionary fashion with increasing strictness through the 1990s.

When the final stage arrived in 1997, and virtually all handguns were banned via the Firearms Act, the promise was a reduction in crime and greater safety for the British people. But the result was the emergence of Britain as the "most violent country in Europe."

Britain began placing restrictions on gun ownership after World War I with the Firearms Act of 1920. The passage of this act was emotionally driven, based in part on the public's war-weariness and in part on the fear that an increased number of guns--guns from the battle field--would increase crime.

The Firearms Act of 1920 did not ban guns. Rather, it required that citizens who wanted a gun had to first obtain a certificate from the government. We see this same stage taking place in various places in the United States now, where a person who wants a firearm has to get a Fire Owner Identification Card (Illinois) or has to be vetted by police (Massachusetts) or both.


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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

By Awr Hawkins, Jul. 8, 2014, Breitbart.com

Two days after conquering Mosul, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)--now simply the Islamic State (IS)--ordered people to send their unmarried women to perform their "jihad by sex" obligation.

According to the Assyrian International News Agency, the decree said:

After liberation of the State of Nineveh, and the welcome shown by the people of the state to their brotherly mujahideen, and after the great conquest, and the defeat of the Safavid [Persian] troops in the State of Nineveh, and its liberation, and Allah willing, it will become the headquarters of the mujahideen. Therefore we request that the people of this state offer their unmarried women so they can fulfill their duty of jihad by sex to their brotherly mujahideen. Failure to comply with this mandate will result in enforcing the laws of Sharia on them.
Source:  www.breitbart.com

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Sunday, June 1, 2014

Rep. Mike Thompson
Awr Hawkins, May 31, 2014, Breitbart.com

On May 30 Breitbart News reported that Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) and about two dozen Democrats are pushing a bill ostensibly aimed at banning stalkers, domestic abusers, and the mentally defunct from buying guns.

The problem with these bans is that they already exist via ATF Form 4473--a federal form gun purchasers submit to when going through a NCIS background check.

Here are three questions from that form:

Question 11f, form 4473: "Have you ever been adjudicated mentally defective (which includes a determination by a court, board, commission, or other lawful authority that you are a danger to yourself or to others or are incompetent to manage your own affairs) OR have you ever been committed to a mental institution?"

Question 11h, form 4473: "Are you subject to a court order restraining you from harassing, stalking, or threatening your child or intimate partner or child of such partner?"

Question 11i, form 4473: "Have you ever been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence?"


If your answer is "yes" to any of these questions, then an individual is already barred from buying a gun.

So if the stalkers, domestic abusers, and the mentally defunct are already barred from buying a gun, why are Democrats pushing legislation to bar them from buying a gun?



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Monday, May 26, 2014

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By Awr Hawkins, May 25, 2014, Breitbart.com

On May 24 Breitbart News reported that Peter Rodger--father of Santa Barbara attacker Elliot Rodger--released a statement through his attorney supporting gun control.

Now Jenni Rodger, aunt of Santa Barbara attacker Elliot Rodger, has added her voice to the politicization of Elliot's heinous crimes.

According to The Independent, Jenni Rodger spoke from France, where she expressed condolences to the victim's families then began criticizing U.S. gun laws: "I can't imagine how awful this must be for the families of those killed. My heart goes out to them. I don't know how on earth a sick, disturbed young man was able to get hold of a gun."

She said her nephew was "always a disturbed child" and "something has to be done about gun laws in America."

Three of Elliot Rodger's victims were killed with knives, not guns.



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By Awr Hawkins, May 24, 2014, Breitbart.com

On May 24, the family of Santa Barbara shooting suspect Elliot Rodger released a statement through their attorney saying they are "against guns" and support gun control.

On May 23, their son allegedly shot and killed 7 people, including himself, and wounded 7 others. Breitbart News reported his motive was "retribution" for women who had rejected his advances.

Elliot was the son of Peter Rodger, one of the assistant directors of Hollywood's The Hunger Games.

According to the Post and Courier, attorney Alan Shifman spoke on behalf of the family, saying: "My client's mission in life will be to try to prevent any such tragedies from happening again. This country, this world, needs to address mental illness and the ramifications from not recognizing these illnesses."

Shifman also said the Rodger family is "staunchly against guns" and "supports gun-control laws."



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