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Monday, July 27, 2015

Obama is USA's #1 Gun Salesman

Obama is USA's #1 Gun Salesman

July 27, 2015 Guns , Largest Gun Grab 0 Comments

NRA: Obama Pushing For 'Largest Gun Grab In American History' 

By  Jessica Chasmar, July 27, 2015 Washington Times

The Obama administration is pushing to ban Social Security beneficiaries from owning guns if they lack the mental capacity to manage their own disability payments — a move the NRA is calling the “largest gun grab in American history.”

The push is intended to integrate data for the first time from the Social Security Administration into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), OutdoorHub reported. Beneficiaries who have been declared incompetent to manage pension or disability payments and assigned a fiduciary could then potentially lose their right to bear armsour, after they increased wages at all levels in April, Gibson said.

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Monday, July 20, 2015

NRA in 1990: "[Sanders] Was Viewed As The Lesser Of Two Evils.”

NRA in 1990: "[Sanders] Was Viewed As The Lesser Of Two Evils.”

July 20, 2015 Backing Sanders , Bernie Sanders 0 Comments

How The National Rifle Association Helped Get Bernie Sanders Elected

By David A. Fahrenthold, July 19, 2015
Washington Post

BURLINGTON, Vt. — A few days before Election Day in 1990, the National Rifle Association sent a letter to its 12,000 members in Vermont, with an urgent message about the race for the state’s single House seat.

Vote for the socialist, the gun rights group said. It’s important.

“Bernie Sanders is a more honorable choice for Vermont sportsmen than ­Peter Smith,” wrote Wayne LaPierre, who was — and still is — a top official at the national NRA, backing Sanders over the Republican incumbent.

That was odd. Sanders was the ex-hippie ex-mayor of Burlington, running as an independent because the Democrats weren’t far enough left. He had never even owned a gun.

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Monday, June 8, 2015

Relentless Attack On 2nd Amendment

June 08, 2015 2nd Amendment , NRA 0 Comments
NRA Gun Blogs, Videos Web Forums Threatened By New Obama Regulations

By Paul Bedard, Jun. 7, 2015, Washington Examiner

Commonly used and unregulated internet discussions and videos about guns and ammo could be closed down under rules proposed by the State Department, amounting to a "gag order on firearm-related speech," the National Rifle Association is warning.

In updating regulations governing international arms sales, State is demanding that anyone who puts technical details about arms and ammo on the web first get the OK from the federal government — or face a fine of up to $1 million and 20 years in jail.

According to the NRA, that would include blogs and web forums discussing technical details of common guns and ammunition, the type of info gun owners and ammo reloaders trade all the time.

"Gunsmiths, manufacturers, reloaders, and do-it-yourselfers could all find themselves muzzled under the rule and unable to distribute or obtain the information they rely on to conduct these activities," said the NRA in a blog posting.

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Monday, September 29, 2014

Just spurred demand

September 29, 2014 Dailysignal.com , Genevive Wood 0 Comments
ICYMI: How NY's New Gun Control Law Is Working Out (Hint: Not Great)

By Genevive Wood, Aug. 29, 2014, Dailysignal.com

Which state has the largest National Rifle Association chapter in the nation? No, it’s not Texas. As a matter of fact, it’s not located anywhere near the Wild West or the south.

The answer is New York.

In just one year, the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association saw its membership almost double – from 22,000 to 41,000. The National Rifle Association credits the increase to the “Safe Act” (Safe Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act), one of the strictest gun control laws in the country, hurriedly pushed through by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature in 2013 following the Newtown, Conn., school shootings.

The NRA says the law is “a largely cosmetic legislative offering” that “instantly turned hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers into potential felons.”

Interestingly, very similar to other legislation that was rammed through with little time for lawmakers or the public to analyze (such as Obamacare), the state is providing no numbers on how many people are complying with the law (probably because the numbers are very low), and courts and other government officials have either overturned, suspended or refused to enforce various elements of the law. All to say that evidence to suggest the law is working or making New York safer is hard to find.

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Isla Vista Murders: What New Laws, What New Lessons? By Larry Elder

May 29, 2014 Articles by Larry Elder , California 0 Comments
By Larry Elder, May 29, 2014

Elliot Rodger’s story is not one of an untreated, mentally ill, white mass-killer who illegally acquired fully-automatic “assault weapons.” This mixed white and Asian 22-year-old bought his firearms legally, and did not use a long-arm or “high-capacity” weapon, and had been in therapy since the age of eight. Half his murder victims were killed by knife. Several of the injured were run over by Rodger’s car.

None of the mental health professionals apparently felt that Rodger was a danger to himself or others. The police had recently conducted a welfare check on him at the request of his family. Rodger persuaded the police that he was fine.

In the media coverage of the Isla Vista, California, murdering rampage, one angle seems conspicuously absent. Few in the media describe the killings as a "hate crime." Determining what is and is not a crime motivated by "hate" has always seemed bizarre, particularly given how the term seems selectively applied. Hispanics, for example, could, until recently, be a “hate crime” victim -- but not a perp. Government hate crime stats counted Hispanic perps -- but not victims -- as “white,” thus inflating the number of hate crimes committed by “whites.”
            
The Isla Vista murderer has a white father and Chinese mother. In his 140-page “manifesto” Rodger spells out exactly whom he hates: “Fully white” people: “I realized, with some horror, that I wasn’t ‘cool’ at all. I had a dorky hairstyle, I wore plain and uncool clothing, and I was shy and unpopular. On top of this was the feeling that I was different because I am of mixed race. I am half white, half Asian, and this made me different from the normal fully-white kids that I was trying to fit in with.”
            
At the age of 8, he talked his parents into letting him dye his hair blonde. The hairdresser, however, said he was too young, and would only bleach the top. Two years later, Rodger tried again: “I was eager to re-bleach my hair to a fully blonde color, after the disastrous failure of my previous attempt. This time, [my stepmother] took me to the right salon, and they gave me a short haircut and bleached all of my hair blonde. When I looked at myself in the mirrior [sic], I felt an intense level of satisfaction.”
            
What’s more disturbing -- that a child, at age 8, wants to die his hair to be a different race or that his parents let him do it?
            
Rodger also wrote racist postings on PuaHate, a misogynist hate site for men who dislike “pick-up artists” and consider them manipulative hucksters who score attractive women over more deserving people like Rodger. Last January, he posted this:
            
“Today I drove through the area near my college and saw some things that were extremely rage-inducing.
            
“I passed by this restaurant and I saw this black guy chilling with 4 hot white girls. He didn’t even look good.
           
“Then later on in the day I was shopping at Trader Joe’s and saw an Indian guy with 2 above average White Girls!!!
            
“What rage-inducing sights did you guys see today? Don’t you just hate seeing these things when you go out? It just makes you want to quit life.”
            
A murder victim’s anguished father blamed “craven, irresponsible politicians and the NRA.” This father, of course, is in deep pain. The desire to blame something or someone is understandable. And, yes, mental health-care experts should advise us on warning signs and encourage us to be proactive in urging those who need help to it.
            
But while they the experts play Sigmund Freud, may we protect ourselves, even the odds a little in favor of the good guys? This spree last 10 minutes, and police count nearly a dozen crime scenes.
            
Nearly 40 states allow people -- on a “shall issue” basis -- to carry a concealed weapon, something that might have minimized the Isla Vista carnage. But California is not a “shall issue” state.
            
California has some of the most stringent “gun control” laws in the country, including the elimination of the so-called “gun-show loophole” and limiting handgun purchases to one per month. All transactions require a background check -- even a private sale between two police officers. A new law requires “traceable micro-stamping” for all new semi-automatic handguns.
            
Still the NRA gets blamed -- not the gun-free zones, not the inability of citizens to protect themselves, and certainly not the shooter. Blaming the NRA or “craven politicians” won’t stop bad guys -- in this case one filled with racial hatred -- from doing bad things. The old line still rings true: The best and most sure way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.


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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Three Reasons That the Latest Mass Shooting Won’t Result in New Gun Laws --Only 3 reasons?

May 27, 2014 Alex Jones , California 0 Comments
By David Weigel, May 27, 2014, Slate.com


The Santa Barbara rampage fell into the familiar culture-war pattern at its most heartbreaking moment. Richard Martinez, a father whose son was killed in a selfie-addicted narcissist's botched "day of retribution," gave a short press statement that turned into a condemnation of the NRA.


"Chris died because of craven, irresponsible politicians and the NRA," said Martinez. "They talk about gun rights? What about Chris' right to live?"


This was a "painful truth," according to Adam Gopnik, speaking for millions of people like Martinez. (In 2012, Californians who'd graduated from college voted 60–40 for Obama over Romney.) The NRA, having been called out personally in nationally televised notes, called its usual opossum play—it went silent, ceasing tweets for the weekend and not dignifying Martinez with a response.


But we know how this is going to play out, don't we? Here are the arguments you'll hear that explain why (bless him) Martinez was wrong, and as ever the best way of preventing massacres is getting more guns in the hands of good guys.


1. The Santa Barbara killer* allegedly committed three murders with a knife. Alex Jones is very good at capturing the pro-gun zeitgeist in moments like this, and he quickly recorded a video response to the killings, asking why the media wasn't covering the use of knives as well as guns. (The media was doing that, but whatever.) "Are we all going to turn our knives and say we're all guilty for what this apparent spoiled brat did?" asked Jones. "It's not about guns, it's not about knives. It's about bad people."
2. Shooting sprees only happen in gun-free zones! This sentiment was expressed crudely and quickly on Twitter, as freelance personal defense enthusiasts asked whether better-armed civilians could have shut this killer down. California has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country (comparable to those in Chicago, another conservative case study of a Second Amendment-free dystopia); the myth that "gun-free zones" attract killers is basically immune to data. …

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Monday, May 26, 2014

Father Of Shooting Victim Blames NRA -- But Three Killed By Knife By Larry Elder

May 26, 2014 2nd Amendment , Articles by Larry Elder 0 Comments
By Larry Elder, May 26, 2014

An anguished father, whose son was murdered by shooting suspect Elliot Rodger, pointed at the NRA. 

Richard Martinez said: “Why did Chris die? Chris died because of craven, irresponsible politicians and the NRA. They talk about gun rights. What about Chris’s right to live? When will this insanity stop? When will enough people say, ‘Stop this madness, we don’t have to live like this.' Too many have died. We should say to ourselves: ‘Not one more.'”

This is a man, of course, in deep pain and the desire to blame something or someone is understandable.  But of the six murder victims, three were stabbed to death. Several of the injured were run over with Rodger’s car.  This prompted the following by Facebook friend Stephen Sacks:

“We need to put pressure on the National Kitchenware Dealers Association and also the national Car Dealers Association. Three killed by knives. Two attempted murders by BMW. How is it possible that people can buy steak knives and Toyotas without a waiting period?”

It appears that Rogers had been in touch with mental health professionals, and the police had recently conducted a welfare check on him at the request of his family.  He persuaded the police that he was fine.  By all means, mental health-care experts should advise us on warning signs. 

But while they play Sigmund Freud, may we protect ourselves?

There are nearly 40 states that allow people -- on a “shall issue” basis -- to carry a concealed weapon.  California is not one of them.  Indeed, California has some of the most stringent “gun control” laws in the country, including the closure of the so-called “gun-show loophole.”  All transactions require a background check -- even a private sale between two police officers.  For environmental reasons, California lawmakers recently banned the use of lead bullets for hunting, the first such ban in the nation.  And a new law requires “traceable micro-stamping” for all new semi-automatic handguns.

 Still the NRA gets blamed -- never the gun-free zones, never the inability of citizens to protect themselves, never the shooter.

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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Father Of Rampage Victim: 'When Will This Insanity Stop?' --He blames NRA

Father Of Rampage Victim: 'When Will This Insanity Stop?' --He blames NRA

May 25, 2014 2nd Amendment , California 0 Comments


By Todd Leopold, May 24, 2014, Cnn.com

(CNN) -- Three men at an apartment, two women outside a sorority and one visitor to a deli were killed in a rampage Friday night in a college community near Santa Barbara, California, authorities said Saturday evening.

The two women were identified as Katherine Cooper, 22, and Veronika Weiss, 19, both students at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Christopher Martinez, 20, was killed at the deli, officials said.

Elliot Rodger, 22, went on a rampage in Isla Vista, a community near the university and Santa Barbara City College, stabbing three males at his residence and shooting others during a violent spree Friday, Sheriff Bill Brown told reporters. Some of the injured were struck by the suspect's car, authorities said.

Martinez's father gave a wrenching statement to the news media Saturday afternoon.

He was "a really great kid" whose "death has left our family lost and broken," Richard Martinez said.

"Our family has a message for every parent out there: You don't think it will happen to your child until it does," the visibly emotional parent said, his voice rising to a shout in obvious agony.
Richard Martinez provided this image of his son, Christopher Martinez, one of the victims of the shooting.

"Why did Chris die? Chris died because of craven, irresponsible politicians and the NRA. They talk about gun rights, what about Chris' right to live?" he continued.

"When will this insanity stop?" he said. "When will enough people say, stop this madness, we don't have to live like this? Too many have died. We should say to ourselves -- not one more."

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Victory: NY School Reverses Suspension For Student Wearing NRA Shirt

April 24, 2014 2nd Amendment , Courtney O'Brien 0 Comments
By Courtney O'Brien, Apr. 23, 2014, Townhall.com

It's not often the Second Amendment scores a victory in the state of New York, but they got one on Tuesday when the Grand Island School district decided to reverse its decision to suspend a student for wearing a T-shirt with the NRA logo.

Shane Kinney, a sophomore at Grand Island High School, was ordered to report to the principal's office last month when a teacher spotted him wearing the "controversial" piece of clothing.

"They've yelled at me for wearing it before because it has a gun on it and I had to duct tape it," says Kinney. Administrators suggested he turn the shirt inside out or find another shirt. He refused, saying there was nothing wrong with it, adding the NRA has done great things for the country.Parents and gun rights advocates protested the school's intolerant move, and now it seems their efforts have paid off - the district is retracting the suspension. Activist Rus Thompson, who led protests against the school district, posted some insight about the administration's change of heart on his Facebook page after attending Tuesday's board of education meeting: …

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