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Source: St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner Author: Kurt Hoffman Posted on 09.08.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The gun rights advocacy community’s celebration over the Supreme Court’s McDonald decision early this summer is starting to appear (as I worried at the time) to have been premature, at least in terms of the ability of Chicago residents to legally defend their families, lives, and homes. If Mayor Daley is to be forced to allow legal guns in Chicago, he’ll at least impose a de facto ban on their ownership by the poor.” (09/07/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/3xcf7jm Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Backwoods Home Author: Massad Ayoob Posted on 09.08.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A few days ago, the weather forecasters said the eastern side of Connecticut was gonna get hit today by Hurricane Earl, shortly after it wiped out the Carolinas at Category Five horsepower, and mere minutes after it had devastated New York City. … The Governor of North Carolina activated their proprietary and incredibly stupid law which forbids citizens with permits to carry their guns off their own property during time of declared emergencies. In short, NC criminalized an entire class of citizens. Including me and my companion.” (09/04/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2v5ypxe Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Gun Rights Examiner Author: David Codrea Posted on 09.08.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “So the institution did what politically correct government indoctrination facilities do — they forced him to remove a heretical idea that contradicts their anti-gun orthodoxy from the premises. Conditioned moms agreed with the decision — either that or CBS could only find two herbivores to solicit opinions from.” (09/07/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2vt8grt Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Liberty For All Author: Alan Gottlieb Posted on 09.07.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Whatever spin Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and the city council wish to offer, it is their stubborn arrogance that has resulted in more gun rights lawsuits filed against the city following the Supreme Court’s June 28 ruling in McDonald v. City of Chicago that essentially nullified the city’s 28-year handgun ban. … The city’s childish stubbornness is going to cost taxpayers a small fortune. Mayor Daley and his anti-gun city council adopted what amounts to a ‘tantrum ordinance’ that essentially spits in the high court’s face.” (09/07/10) Link: http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=4807 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Backwoods Home Author: Massad Ayoob Posted on 09.06.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “For you long time readers, I know what you’re thinkin’— ‘Hey, isn’t this the guy who within the last two years wrote the article about moderation, where he said sometimes a 20-gauge shotgun will serve you better than a 12-gauge Magnum, and sometimes a .243 rifle will be a better venison-getting choice than a .300 Magnum, and sometimes a .38 revolver or 9mm pistol might just serve some people better for self-defense than a Dirty Harry Signature Model .44 Magnum?’ Um … well … yeah, I am that same guy. But there are two sides to the story of firearms power levels.” (09/06/10) Link: http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/ayoob125.html Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal Author: Vin Suprynowicz Posted on 09.06.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “If you blinked, you could have missed it. But something important happened in the nation’s capital on Aug. 27 that demonstrates even the most benighted politicians may have finally figured out it’s not wise to mess with America’s gun owners. Deferring to the Second and 14th Amendments, the congressional drafters of the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act specified it does not grant the Environmental Protection Agency any authority to regulate firearms ammunition.” (09/05/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/23bhntp Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Death by 1000 Papercuts Author: Mondoreb Posted on 09.06.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The government of North Carolina strips Second Amendment rights from its citizens during time of an emergency? Are you kidding me? When the government is least able to defend its citizens, it wants to ensure that they can no longer defend themselves? What kind of mentality is at play here?” (09/05/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2a8lmsj Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Truth About Guns Author: Chris Dumm Posted on 09.02.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “With our editor’s continued blessing, I’ll be presenting reviews and profiles of exceptionally affordable yet dependable firearms. Aesthetically-challenged guns that will never command a collector’s premium. Guns that were often made by the tens of millions, in countries that either no longer exist or whose names cannot be pronounced by Western tongues. Guns that attract sneers and looking-down-the-nose condescension from the bespoke shotgun crowd at your shooting range. Guns, in other words, for Cheap Bastards. Or, in this case, paranoid cheap bastards.” (09/01/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/28gf364 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Canada Free Press Author: Alan Caruba Posted on 08.31.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Every time I conclude that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot get crazier, they demonstrate they are not only crazy, but a continued threat to the health, national security, and the right of Americans to be free of incessant governmental intrusion into their lives and choices. Mind you, they get lots of help from environmental organizations and the latest example was a petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity asking the EPA to ban lead shot and bullets under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). There is, of course, no doubt that if you take a bullet to the brainpan, it is very likely to be lethal, but under the TSCA, it is not considered or defined as toxic.” (08/30/10) Link: http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/27141 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Record Searchlight Author: staff Posted on 08.30.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “What is going on when a government agency can write a letter stating, ‘You are a felon, you may not have guns, no we won’t tell you what you did, but you’re guilty until you prove different?’ Then, when we did not back off, ‘Gee, sorry. Guess you are not a felon, but we won’t put it in writing.’” (08/27/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/24bjlys Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Author: Bob Barr Posted on 08.30.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The movement against lead in ammunition has progressed much farther in Europe than here. For one thing, the culture prevalent in Europe (Switzerland being a notable exception) considers firearms ownership a privilege rather than a right; subject to easy and frequent government control. The environmental and animal rights movement is also well-entrenched throughout Europe and within the European Union bureaucracy.” (08/29/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2as834v Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Delco Times Author: Jim Bowman Posted on 08.30.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “After carrying a duly licensed weapons permit for five years, I was notified that a renewal application was required. To make a long story short, I was denied my renewal based upon a conviction for ‘drag racing’ in 1968. From April 1995 until April 3, 2000, I was legally licensed to carry a firearm.” (08/29/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/29a9n6r Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Author: Dave Workman Posted on 08.29.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Five years ago this weekend, Hurricane Katrina slammed into southern Louisiana and Mississippi, devastating the City of New Orleans, killing hundreds of people and setting the stage for an outrage that still angers American gun rights advocates. In the days after Katrina hammered New Orleans and adjacent St. Tammany Parrish, an order was issued that only police would be allowed to have guns. Law enforcement personnel from various other states, as far away as New York and California, along with National Guard troops came in to help restore order. In the process, many citizens’ firearms were seized, sometimes at gunpoint, and invariably with the use of intimidation.” (08/27/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/28x64xz Filed under: 2AM Commentary and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Ammo Land Author: staff Posted on 08.25.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Due to your grassroots activism, we’re happy to report that the momentum behind H.R. 45 has disappeared. Capitol Hill insiders are highly doubtful that H.R. 45 will even get a committee hearing before the election. … While this is certainly good news — and a fine example of the power of grassroots activism — a far more onerous prospect could be just around the corner.” (08/24/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2bnzlwr Filed under: 2AM Commentary and LAND Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Author: Dave Workman Posted on 08.25.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Imagine a political advertisement by a woman running for Congress, who appears on camera shooting a variety of firearms, including a Thompson submachine gun. Imagine another advertisement by a candidate for a statewide office, accusing his opponents of stealing his campaign signs from the yards of his supporters … The candidate then walks off into the distance leading a horse and carrying a Model 94 Winchester over his shoulder. [NPR] did a story on the phenomenon of political candidates courting the gun owner vote this year, and it’s an eye-opener. The risk of doing such advertisements, of course, is that if the candidate is gun-stupid, genuine gun owners and sportsmen are going to spot that in a heartbeat.” (08/24/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/23h35hn Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Truth About Guns Author: Robert Farrago Posted on 08.25.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Michigan Open Carry recently scored a victory in Royal Oak. The pressure group forced the city to reexamine and, eventually, rescind a firearms ban for its Eats, Beats and Arts festival. I contacted one the prime players in the saga: Paul Dalrymple. I asked him to create a ‘playbook’ for those who wish to repeat the feat. Here are his tips.” (08/24/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2ajcsxv Filed under: 2AM Commentary and LAND Commentary and PND Commentary | |
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Source: Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership Author: staff Posted on 08.25.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Please take our latest survey anonymously and tell the world what your line in the sand is. When does the Second Amendment become your tool of choice for rebellion to bring back a Bill of Rights culture to America?” (08/23/10) Link: http://www.jpfo.org/alerts2010/alert20100823.htm Filed under: 2AM Commentary and LAND Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Backwoods Home Author: Massad Ayoob Posted on 08.25.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “You’ve read here, and in the pages of Backwoods Home Magazine, about the Appleseed Project, a great combination of American Revolution history lecture and strong, basic rifle marksmanship and safety training. Phil Wylie alerted me to a way cool event coming up soon in his home state, Illinois. The organization is hoping to get its biggest turnout ever, three hundred participants on the firing line simultaneously, at an Appleseed scheduled for September 11-12 at the Aurora Sportsman’s Club in Waterman, Illinois. What better date to make a personal commitment to patriotism and the heritage of the American spirit? The Appleseed folks expect to have sixty firearms instructors on the line.” (08/24/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2cl9rjc Filed under: 2AM Commentary | |
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Source: Truth About Guns Author: William Montgomery Posted on 08.24.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “There are numerous ways to communicate from one vessel to another when at sea: maritime radio, lights flashing Morris code, semaphore flags, flaghoist signals, and gale pennants and hurricane flags. But when facing down a Johnny boat full of pirates motoring through light chop toward our stern, the Captain improvised his own communication. He snatched the shotgun from my hands and held it over his head like a victorious minuteman. After the pirates got a good look, he grabbed the weapon by the forearm, again with one hand, and pumped a round into the chamber with a flick of his arm. Without aiming, he discharged a single shell from his hip over their heads. Without deliberation, the pirates veered away.” (08/23/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2ckkfyx Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Opposing Views Author: NRA Posted on 08.24.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Take the latest from the so-called Legal Community Against Violence (LCAV), a handful of gun-hater lawyers operating out of an office in San Francisco, California. … LCAV is now ranking the states according to how ’strong’ their gun laws are. … Some examples serve to make the point. LCAV ranks California best in the nation, though its firearm-related death rate is higher than those of 16 other states, including Vermont, the gun owner-friendly laws of which LCAV ranks third worst in the nation.” (08/22/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/27qvb8h Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Author: Dave Workman Posted on 08.24.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “One look at the proposed handgun ordinance for the City of Portland by Mayor Sam Adams gives one the impression that in the Rose City, they drink the same Kool Aid as do mayors in Seattle. Adams is out with a proposal to adopt a ’sweeping new gun regulation’ that will slap penalties on gun owners who do not promptly report lost or stolen guns … It also would impose a curfew on juveniles who violate gun laws, and make it illegal to not control access to firearms by minors. … In pandering that last one, the mayor says his measure would ‘create a new crime.’ This is the earmark of gun control laws. They ‘create crimes’ in order to control firearm access by private citizens.” (08/23/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/24nl6nn Filed under: 2AM Commentary | |
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Source: Times Leader Author: Alan Gottlieb Posted on 08.22.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Whatever spin Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and the city council wish to offer, it is their stubborn arrogance that has resulted in more gun rights lawsuits filed against the city …. The city’s childish stubbornness is going to cost taxpayers a small fortune. Mayor Daley and his anti-gun city council adopted what amounts to a ‘tantrum ordinance’ that essentially spits in the high court’s face. Sure, the city adopted an ordinance that — at least on paper — allows Chicago residents to own a handgun; but in reality, it is one huge ‘Catch-22′ that was deliberately crafted to discourage residents from exercising their Second Amendment rights.” (08/21/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2a245gv Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: DC Gun Rights Examiner Author: Mike Stollenwerk Posted on 08.22.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “New technology called ‘text-to-video’ available on web sites like Xtranormal.com allows ordinary folks to reenact real life experiences by way of computer generated voices and animated characters. The result allows the kind of detached analysis of an event that is not possible with a single person simply re-telling a story in first person. The creator of the text-to-video YouTube video below captioned the video with the following statement: ”This is an example of a conversation that took place on a corner near my home in front of a corner bakery.’ The video portrays in step by step detail the human metamorphisis from ‘gun-rights-skeptic’ to ‘open minded gun rights accomodator’ that many open carriers have witnessed.” (08/20/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/35r5un9 Filed under: 2AM Commentary | |
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Source: The Volokh Conspiracy Author: David Kopel Posted on 08.19.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “According to The Korea Times, the Obama administration has blocked efforts by the South Korean government to sell over a hundred thousand surplus M1 Garand and Carbine rifles into the United States market. These self-loading were rifles introduced in 1926 and 1941. As rifles, they are especially well-suited to community defense in an emergency, as in the cases of community defense following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Along with AR-15 type rifles, the M1 rifles are the quintessential firearms of responsible citizenship, precisely the type of firearms which civic responsibility organizations such as the Appleseed Project teach people how to use.” (08/18/10) Link: http://volokh.com/2010/08/18/obama-bans-over-100000-rifles/ Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Bloomington Pantagraph Author: Denny Rogers Posted on 08.17.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Friends say Pantagraph commenters always claim it’ll be a wild frontier if non-criminal Illinoisans carry legal self-defense firearms. Nonsense. I’ve been to self-reliant, truly wild America, without law enforcement or crime because inhabitants carry guns. Affiliations, status, education, wealth or lack of it are meaningless. You’re judged by the look in your eye. I recall in a primitive saloon in wilderness Alaska just south of Yukon River, fishermen, loggers, gold-panners, hunters and trappers discussed guns with me. Rugged alpha men, they exuded manners, politeness, kindness and self-confidence. Outside were stray dogs they all cared for.” (08/16/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2blvkgl Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Indianapolis Parenting Examiner Author: Cristi DeHoff Posted on 08.16.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “This is the latest in a series of being prepared, and is now getting to the topic of personal defense. These articles are geared to towards parents with children at home, which can be a tricky subject, but needs to be done in this day & age.” (08/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2bkkkhw Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Fred On Everything Author: Fred Reed Posted on 08.15.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The wretechedness we see today — the kid who shoots ten classmates to death, the alleged students strung out on crystal meth, the suicides, the frequent pregnancies — just didn’t happen. Why? Because (I strongly suspect) we were left the hell alone. The boys were allowed to be boys and the girls, girls. We grew like weeds, as our natures directed, and so did not have anorexia or bulimia or the sullen smoldering anger that comes of being a guy kid forced to be a girl or androgyne or flower.” (08/14/10) Link: http://www.fredoneverything.net/KingGeorge2.shtml Filed under: 2AM Commentary and LAND Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Truth About Guns Author: Robert Farago Posted on 08.15.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Two nights ago, my daughter’s boyfriend asked me ‘Why do you carry a gun?’ I told him I had the right to protect my family. Wrong answer. My ‘right’ wasn’t in question. Nor should it be. My unconditional right to bear arms is enshrined in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Says so right there: ‘the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.’ Infringe as in ‘to limit or undermine.’ So the Rhode Island concealed carry process, which asks me roughly the same question as my first born’s squeeze (and a bunch more queries besides), violates my constitutional rights. But it’s still an excellent question. The correct response: ‘I have an obligation to protect my family.” (08/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2bf8p3q Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Backwoods Home Author: Massay Ayoob Posted on 08.15.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Meanwhile, we gun owners discover (I was first flagged to it by a retired NYPD officer) that it’s becoming common in doctors’ offices to screen you for suicide potential by asking certain questions that may just include questions about gun ownership. It turns out one of my good friends, a gun-savvy attorney in one of America’s most crime-ridden cities who is licensed to carry a concealed handgun in public — and does so just about every day of his life — went through this not too long ago. The result was absolutely hilarious, and I share it with you now …” (08/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/37v9abj Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Fort Smith Gun Rights Examiner Author: Steve D. Jones Posted on 08.12.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The major media outlets are reporting today the Arizona fugitives are suspected to have left Montana and are now in the state of Arkansas. If they have left the Yellowstone area, they made an intelligent move on their part. Visitors in Yellowstone have been able to follow state firearms laws while there, therefore able to open carry or conceal carry according to Montana and Wyoming laws. Arkansas laws are strongly against the carry of handguns for self-defense. This means a Chinese tourist traveling through Yellowstone had better and easier means of defending themselves against these violent fugitives than the people of Arkansas do tonight.” (08/11/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2vmhzyv Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: LA Gun Rights Examiner Author: John Longenecker Posted on 08.10.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Tens of millions of gun owners generally suspect news coverage of criminal shootings when reports seem timed to surround pending gun laws or second amendment court wins. So far this year, and the week of August 6th wasn’t much different, we see several reports of criminal shootings stating that the shooter was trying to overthrow the government. If that is indeed the case here in America, why hasn’t it happened already? Because it already happened once, and that one time when our freedoms were purchased then is enough to secure our rights today and always. That is, when the servant obeys the laws. The current squabble is that it is they who are breaking the laws, not we.” (08/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/37s22rl Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: The Libertarian Enterprise Author: Bob Walllace Posted on 08.09.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “I once had a girlfriend who decided to be a libertarian and therefore also decided that firearms are good things. Unfortunately, sometimes, there is a disconnect between what one thinks and what one feels. Intellectually she was all for firearms. Emotionally she couldn’t touch one. ” (08/08/10) Link: http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2010/tle582-20100808-04.html Filed under: 2AM Commentary | |
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Source: The Morning Call Author: staff Posted on 08.08.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “In an era of the Tea Party movement, southern rock icon Lynyrd Skynyrd is finding a new popularity with a new album that not only rousingly defends the First and Second Amendments, but seems tells President Obama: ‘You can take your change on down the road.’” (08/06/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/39e34n2 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Western Rifle Shooters Association Posted on 08.05.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “We want to remind Americans that they have a basic human right to keep and bear arms — both for self-defense and to preserve individual freedom — that is not only enshrined in the Bill of Rights, but is protected only by Americans’ willingness to actually exercise that right. Just as is true with free speech, freedom of assembly, and every other right guaranteed by the Constitution — if you don’t insist on your Constitutional freedoms by exercising them in public, you will lose them.” (08/03/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/28zjwl6 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Spiked Author: Christopher White Posted on 08.04.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “It’s almost blasphemy to say this, but it needs to be said: Britain’s gun laws should be massively relaxed.” (08/04/10) Link: http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/9385/ Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Outdoor Life Author: John Haughey Posted on 08.04.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “No need to ‘demonstrate’ why you wish to exercise a Constitutional right. The Second Amendment Foundation has joined a U.S. District Court lawsuit filed in New York, which demands a permanent injunction against a state law that requires applicants for gun permits to demonstrate ‘good cause’ ‘American citizens should not have to demonstrate good cause in order to exercise a constitutionally-protected civil right,’ said SAF executive vice president Alan Gottlieb. ‘Our civil rights, including the right to keep and bear arms, should not be subject to the whims of a local government or its employees.’” (08/03/10) Link: http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/2010/08/good-cause-lawsuit Filed under: 2AM Commentary and LAND Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Knoxville Gun Rights Examiner Author: Liston Matthews Posted on 08.04.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The second case tragically ended in the death of two occupants of the target home, and one of the perpetrators. In this case one of the robbers fired a shotgun through the front door. The homeowner came from another room with his handgun, and engaged the invaders, killing one and wounding the other, according to the report.OK, so what can we do to try and head off such events. We know right away that a 911 call will not get a police response in time, so what else can we do?” (08/01/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/3662edu Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Truth About Guns Author: Robert Farago Posted on 08.03.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The cover article in Harper’s magazine’s August issue is ‘Happiness is a worn gun: My concealed weapon and me’ by Dan Baum. Harper’s does have a Web site, but you must subscribe to read the articles. Before you do so, or rush out to buy the paper copy on the newsstand, this review will give you a taste of what to expect: It’s official: gun ownership is trendy. When a prime exemplar of the liberal press publishes a ‘Come to Jesus (Armed)’ feature, you know it’s only a matter of time before every state in the these here United becomes a ’shall issue’ state. Yes, even California, Rhode Island and New York.” (07/28/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2boeu6j Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Daily Herald Author: Donald Bekeleski Posted on 08.01.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Well it’s finally settled. The Second Amendment is as the Founding Fathers wished it to be. Every elected politician swears on the Bible to uphold the Constitution. If they do not uphold it, along with the Second Amendment, they need to be impeached.We owe a great debt of thanks to the four plaintiffs in the Otis McDonald lawsuit, as well as the two corporate plaintiffs: the Illinois State Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation.If you believe in this right granted us by the Second Amendment, consider joining the state rifle association. They put up the finances and the lawyer to win this case. You don’t have to be a gun owner to belong - just believe in freedom!” (07/31/10) Link: http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=397524&src= Filed under: 2AM Commentary and LTE | |
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Source: Denver Gun Rights Examiner Author: Dan Bidstrup Posted on 07.29.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Last month I gave out a vehicle for engaging business owners who prohibit guns in their establishments. It consisted of a cover letter asking for their thoughts after they read a copy of my column analyzing who gun free zones protect us from, and a lined sheet of paper for them to write back to you. You added a business envelope to send it to them and a stamped, self addressed envelope for them to send their answer back. Easy peasy. So far, the file has been downloaded 565 times. If we assume about half the well intentioned folks did nothing with it, we have 280. If each of them actually used it for one business and passed the file on to a friend or two by email, we are probably back to maybe 500 tries to engage someone on the other side with a reasoned argument and a polite request for a response. I also asked for anybody who did get a response to let me know at danbidstrup at hotmail dot com. After nearly two months, how many responses have I gotten? Zippo! Not one.” (07/28/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2aj2zad Filed under: 2AM Commentary and LAND Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Cato Institute Author: David Rittgers Posted on 07.29.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “One month ago, the Supreme Court held in McDonald v. City of Chicago that states, not just the federal government, are prevented from violating Americans’ Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. The Supreme Court did not, however, define the full scope of the right, nor the standard of review by which challenged statutes will be judged. In other words: It ain’t over yet. A number of pending lawsuits across the country will further shape how the Second Amendment will be applied.” (07/29/10) Link: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12015 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Truth About Guns Author: Robert Farago Posted on 07.28.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A handgun is not a shotgun. A handgun doesn’t fire as much lead as a shotgun. A handgun is harder to aim than a shotgun. Provided the shotgun in question is loaded with double ought buck and fired from a relatively close distance, the disparity in lethality is so great that many security experts pose the following question: what’s the main purpose of a home defense handgun? To fight your way to your shotgun. This much is true: if you’re trying to stop someone from killing yourself or your loved ones using a handgun, you’re going to need to pull the trigger more than once. So you’ll need more than one bullet. But how many?” (07/25/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/34yp8gp Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Los Angeles Times Author: Sonia Wolff Posted on 07.28.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “I had never wanted a gun. Now I own a Smith & Wesson revolver. Why? I wasn’t happy about the errand, but my husband was. He had awakened me that morning like a kid getting ready for a fishing trip. ‘Are you excited?’ he asked. ‘No.’ Early in the day, I’m a person of few words. When I’m upset, words dwindle away altogether. ‘Look at it as an adventure!’ he proposed. I looked him in the eye: ‘I’m going to buy a gun. I said I would, and I will. But that doesn’t mean I’ll enjoy it.’” (07/25/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2udulpp Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: The Trades Author: R.J. Carter Posted on 07.27.10 by Mary Lou Seymour
Link: http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=12026 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Chatanoogan Author: Tommy Crandall Posted on 07.26.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Since I grew up on a farm, being around guns, owning my own guns and hunting were important parts of my life. On many an afternoon, I would come home from school, get my dog, King, and head out to hunt squirrels or rabbits. My precious Mother would cook anything I caught. I have hunted and owned guns all my life. Gun ownership is just a natural thing to me. Although I’m not convinced that we should even be required to have carry permits, my wife, Pamper, and I both have them. I’ve had mine many years. She has had hers since 2006.” (07/25/10) Link: http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_180558.asp Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Washington Post Author: Robert Barnes Posted on 07.26.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “It is fitting that the last duel between the old ink-slingers at the Marble Palace was over guns. Justices John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia have been taking shots at each other for more than two decades — their grudging mutual respect apparently as deep as their disagreements. Their last showdown before Stevens rode off into the sunset came in McDonald v. City of Chicago. The court’s 5 to 4 decision said the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments as well as Congress. Scalia was in the majority, Stevens among the dissenters, and the two of them took about a third of the ruling’s 214 pages to explain their reasonings.” (07/26/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/24uzpap Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal Author: Vin Suprynowicz Posted on 07.25.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “It’s been two weeks since three Las Vegas Metro cops shot and killed 38-year-old West Point graduate Erik Scott as he exited a Costco store in the upscale area of Summerlin on July 10. So far, the incident has generated more questions than answers. If officials lock up the evidence so you can’t get the answers, print the questions. Erik Scott had a permit; he could legally carry a firearm either open or concealed. It’s a right. Mr. Scott was under no obligation to demonstrate a ‘need’ to carry his firearms to the store (as some letter-writers have suggested), any more than you must demonstrate a ‘need’ to go to church more than once a week.” (07/25/10) Link: http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/a-few-questions-for-metro-99190929.html Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: The Libertarian Enterprise Author: L. Neil Smith Posted on 07.25.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “‘Arma virumque cano …’ are the opening words, give or take, of Virgil’s Aeneid, a ten thousand line epic poem written around 19 A.D., about the guy, a Trojan famously defeated by the Greeks, named Aeneas, who refugeed out to found the city that would someday be Rome. The words mean ‘Of arms and the man I sing …’” (07/25/10) Link: http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2010/tle580-20100725-02.html Filed under: 2AM Commentary and LAND Commentary and RRND Commentary and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: The Libertarian Enterprise Author: Clifford Rutley Posted on 07.22.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Before leaving the interview room I asked for the reason that a warrant was served on my flat and I was told that it had something to do with an eBook that I had purchased with Paypal. Of course, I instantly knew the book in question. It was P.A. Luty’s Expedient Homemade Firearms — I knew this because there was no other eBooks that I had bought with Paypal. I spent the rest of the afternoon in the police cell until I was eventually released in the evening with 4 months parole. I went back to my flat and used the new key they gave me to get in. Inside I found that everything had been overturned and left in a right old mess.” (07/21/10) Link: http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2010/tle579-20100718-07.html Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Buckeye Firearms Association Author: Jeff Knox Posted on 07.22.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “If firearms were indeed as inherently dangerous as gun control advocates suggest, there should be millions of crimes, murders, suicides, and accidents involving firearms each year, and those numbers should be escalating since the total number of firearms and firearms owners have risen substantially over the past few years. In reality, numbers of firearms related crime and accidents have steadily dropped while gun sales have gone through the roof and more states have liberalized laws dealing with the carry of arms in public. Independent, peer reviewed studies show that firearms are used 5 times more often to stop crime than to commit crime.” (07/21/10) Link: http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/7356 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Pileus Blog Author: Marcus Cole Posted on 07.22.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “As an American, I owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to many, many people who have risked and given their lives to defend our liberty. But as I reflect on the recent Supreme Court decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago, I thought I should take a moment to mention four Americans who have made a relatively uncelebrated contribution to the freedom I cherish and enjoy. I owe a special debt to four black men, and one gun.” (07/15/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/274uxta Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Liberty For All Author: Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman Posted on 07.22.10 by R. Lee Wrights “Plunging government revenues may have the unintended consequence — so far as tax-and-spend (and spend some more) public officials are concerned — of reminding people that we are ultimately responsible for our own safety. The pie plate is empty and inevitable cutbacks in important public services, including law enforcement, are on the horizon. It is already happening in Oakland, CA where the police chief has announced that officers will no longer respond to a broad list of crimes, if department layoffs go as planned.” (07/22/10) Link: http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=4587 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Author: Jonathan Wilkins Posted on 07.21.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “NO: An armed congregation keeps the peace against those who would harm. … As you may know, the Baptist Tabernacle in Thomaston is seeking an injunction against a provision in Georgia law that forbids its members from carrying guns to church.The question asked by our critics is, ‘Why would any one want to have a gun at church?’ Folks are genuinely astonished that a pastor and his congregation would want to exercise such a right. Let me list several reasons why this is so. … In fact early colonial and later state laws required men to bring their guns to the church house. The earliest gun law is found in colonial Virginia in 1619. It said all those attending church ’shall bring their pieces, swords, pouder and shotte [sic].’ Legally, this is a constitutional and private property issue. Corporately, as a body of believers, on our own property, it should be our decision and not the state’s as to whether we will allow armed people on that property.” (07/19/10) Link: http://www.ajc.com/opinion/pro-con-should-georgia-574763.html Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Author: Patricia Templeton Posted on 07.21.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “YES: Places of worship must be havens of peace, trust and healing. … Yes, I know that places of worship are not immune from violence. Last summer, a doctor who performed abortions was murdered at his Lutheran church in Wichita, Kan., where he was serving as an usher. … The horror of these violent deaths was compounded by the fact that they happened in churches that are supposed to be places of peace. If a place of worship has received threats of violence, then it may be necessary to hire security. But arming clergy and congregations against possible random violence is not an act of safety or of faith.” (07/19/10) Link: http://www.ajc.com/opinion/pro-con-should-georgia-574763.html Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: The Volokh Conspiracy Author: Eugene Volokh Posted on 07.20.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “In a few states — including New Jersey — people need a license to even get a firearm to keep at home, and the police may deny such a license if they think the person poses a danger to others. This isn’t limited to getting concealed carry licenses; it applies to having a gun in the first place. And it isn’t limited to people who have been convicted of a felony or a violent misdemeanor, or even to people who have been found by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed or threatened violent acts (that’s the standard usually used for domestic restraining orders).” (07/19/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/27qt24c Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Go Upstate Author: staff Posted on 07.19.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “For the first time in its history, the American Civil Liberties Union is standing up for one of our most essential liberties: the right to keep and bear arms. … Weinstein, a retired bar and restaurant owner, had his weapons seized in February after his wife of 61 years died. He had complained to the Broward Medical Examiner’s Office that his wife’s ashes had been missing for three weeks and he had not been able to bury them, and, while filing that complaint, said he ‘wanted to blow his head off.’ A sheriff’s deputy then visited Weinstein’s house, asked for his semiautomatic pistol and his revolver, which Weinstein gave him, and took him to the hospital for an evaluation. It turned out he was just angry, not crazy, but he still hasn’t gotten his guns back. … ‘Under the Second Amendment, he has a right to have his guns in his house,’ said Butin. ‘He’s not a convicted felon. It is unusual for the ACLU. But the ACLU supports all constitutional rights. We don’t pick and choose.’ It will be great if that becomes the case, but it hasn’t been in the past.” (07/18/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2elhzus Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: National Review Author: Kevin Williamson Posted on 07.18.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “That is the essence of 21st-century progressivism: In matters ranging from financial derivatives to education to gun control, the Left believes that we face a choice between a masterful state and a Hobbesian war of all against all. For all of the smart set’s vaunted and self-congratulatory nuance, it is this absolutist vision, this Manichean horror, that forms the foundation of progressivism. This, and not the threat of uncontrollable crime, is really at the heart of the suburban progressives’ abomination of firearms.” (07/17/10) Link: http://bit.ly/c7vVdX Filed under: 2AM Commentary and CANDi Commentary and RRND Commentary and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: J. Neil Schulman @ Rational Review Author: J. Neil Schulman Posted on 07.15.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “There is just no excuse for the NRA considering endorsing Harry Reid to keep his U.S. Senate seat and his position as Senate Majority Leader simply because some election tout at 11250 Waples Mill Road is pissing his pants that if Nevada voters fire Reid New York Senator Charles Schumer might replace him. So what? Even if the Republicans don’t take back one house or the other, are we so afraid of the outcome of one lousy election that we have to give our sanction of the victim to Harry Reid who is just as opposed to gun-owner rights as Schumer, but has the slight tactical advantage that he’s more retarded?” (07/15/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/342ejh7 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Albuquerque Libertarian Examiner Author: Kent McManigal Posted on 07.15.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “You don’t have ‘Second Amendment rights,’ the government has ‘Second Amendment limits.’ That they choose to illegally and illegitimately ignore and violate those limits doesn’t affect your rights in the least. It only affects your liberty, which is the freedom to exercise those rights.” (07/14/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/27swl53 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Disloyal Opposition Author: JD Tuccille Posted on 07.15.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “My family (I’m descended from immigrants originating in those suspect regions of Europe) has long had a habit of owning, and often carrying, weapons in and around New York City. But we got to this country — most of my ancestors, anyway — just about the time the Sullivan Act became law. Which means all that carrying and brandishing of weapons took place despite the law, because nobody in my family bothered to get a pistol permit through several generations of residency in New York City. Until me.” (07/15/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2948rnp Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Daily Press Author: Tamara Dietrich Posted on 07.14.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The Supreme Court stated its ruling ‘does not imperil every law regulating firearms,’ but it has now made them big fat targets. A Georgia minister, for instance, just challenged his state’s ban on guns in houses of worship. Similar legislation is filed in Kansas, Mississippi and Ohio. Gov. Bobby Jindal just tossed a Louisiana ban, directing churches, synagogues and mosques to allow concealed handguns. Apparently there’s no time or place not to fear for your life. ‘The sad reality is that we are reminded daily that crime does occur outside the home … in the car … picking up dry cleaning, eating in a restaurant, walking down the street,’ Arulanandam has said.” (07/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2b68tuc Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Jamestown Sun Author: staff Posted on 07.14.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Guns can be dangerous, so local and state governments have every right to ban their ownership by Americans, some Supreme Court justices have said. That is not how the Constitution works, as a slim majority on the high court ruled this past week. The Second Amendment says Americans have a right to ‘keep and bear arms’ — so they do, the court ruled in a case that overturned Chicago’s ban on handgun ownership. Our nation’s Founders were well aware guns can be misused. Today’s street gangs and drug-running organizations are a fearsome threat, but they are certainly not the first criminals to use guns to further their illegal cause. One only needs to look back at the glory days of John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde and ‘Baby Face’ Nelson to be reminded that guns have long been misused.” (07/13/10) Link: http://www.jamestownsun.com/event/article/id/115105/group/Opinion/ Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Author: Dave Workman Posted on 07.14.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “A federal court case involving the denial of a concealed carry permit to an Iowa resident because of his First Amendment activities clearly demonstrates why police chiefs and sheriffs should not have discretionary authority to issue such permits and licenses, and why we took it away from them here in Washington a generation ago.” (07/10/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/247phcp Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Albuquerque Libertarian Examiner Author: Kent McManigal Posted on 07.13.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “The only effect a ‘no guns’ policy ever has is to make certain that a bad guy, who by definition refuses to obey the rules, will have his pick of unarmed targets to kill at his convenience.” (07/13/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2buwl9p Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Reason Author: Damon W. Root Posted on 07.11.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “[Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s] concurrence in McDonald draws from a long and uninterrupted line of civil rights activists who preached the virtues of armed self-defense. The great abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass, for instance, who famously urged President Abraham Lincoln to arm the liberated slaves against their former masters, was an outspoken champion of gun rights in the decades after the Civil War. American liberty depends upon ‘the ballot-box, the jury-box, and the cartridge-box,’ Douglass wrote in his third and final autobiography, The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881). Without these privileges and immunities of citizenship, ‘no class of people could live and flourish in this country.’ Blacks therefore required all three.” (07/09/10) Link: http://reason.com/archives/2010/07/09/civil-rights-and-armed-self-de Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Fox News Forum Author: John Lott Posted on 07.11.10 by Steve Trinward “As always, gun control proponents say they merely want ‘reasonable’ gun control laws. Yet, when listing the actual laws they favor, they go well beyond what most people would possibly consider ‘reasonable.’ Just look at the gun bans in Chicago and Washington, D.C. that local politicians and gun control organizations such as the Brady Campaign and the Violence Policy Center have fought to protect. Last Friday, just days after the Supreme Court struck down Chicago’s handgun ban, Chicago enacted strict new gun control laws. These new restrictions surely do not seem ‘reasonable’ but rather intended to make life as difficult as possible for those who legally want to own a gun. Among the regulations is a complete ban on selling guns in Chicago. Also five hours of training is required, which may seem reasonable, but that training is forbidden to take place within the Chicago city limits.” (07/09/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2bzpb9m Filed under: 2AM Commentary and CANDi Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Libertarian Alliance Author: Christopher Houseman Posted on 07.08.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “On the one hand, can we doubt any longer that even the most rigorous psychological profiling can’t ensure that lawfully registered gun owners will never pose a threat to the general public? On the other, what good are stringent gun control laws which can’t be consistently enforced? Raoul Moat, a violent felon known to have possessed guns and other weapons in the past, seems to have obtained both an illegal firearm and ammunition within 48 hours of being released from prison. It’s time to acknowledge that the so-called ‘war on guns’ has been lost. We might also reflect on how much heartache, blood, time and money might have been saved if the late Mr. Chris Brown had been allowed to take a gun to a gunfight instead of an iron bar.” (07/07/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/23dssvj Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Chicago Gun Rights Examiner Author: Don Gwinn Posted on 07.08.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The main difference between McDonald and Benson may be how one-sided the new lawsuit is, based on the precedent set in McDonald. The four plaintiffs, Brett Benson, Raymond Sledge, Kenneth Pacholski and Kathryn Tyler, are challenging the new ordinance on eight separate counts based on their various experiences as businessmen, educators, and residents of Chicago, while the IL Association of Firearms Retailers (ILAFR) are challenging the ordinance’s total prohibition on firing ranges and gun shops within city limits.” (07/07/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/29ay2qa Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Author: Dave Workman Posted on 07.08.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “It has been nearly four years — and will be this coming Sunday, July 11 — that Seattle resident Mary Cooper and her daughter, Susanna Stodden, were murdered along the Pinnacle Lake trail …. Cooper and Stodden were unarmed, and there is no reason to believe that they ever would have been; probably quite the opposite. Other hikers do carry firearms, and in Washington State, to carry a concealed handgun while hiking … or engaging in any other legitimate outdoor activity, one does not even need a concealed pistol license. They do this because bad things do happen to good people in unlikely places, including a quiet mountain trail where people are supposed to be enjoying the serenity, not being slain by a killer still at large.” (07/07/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/28fjoae Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Washington Times Author: Robert Farago Posted on 07.07.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “History is, of course, repeating itself. Just as Southern states subverted black Americans’ right to vote through intimidation and discriminatory eligibility requirements, Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley has just signed handgun-licensing legislation that violates both the spirit and the letter of the McDonald decision …. The Chicago handgun-licensing laws enacted just four days after the Supreme Court ruling include four hours of mandatory training and testing (at the prospective handgun owner’s expense), tri-annual licensing fees and registration …. While Chicago’s laws will be applied equally, regardless of race, it’s clear that crime-plagued, low-income black Americans will find it hardest to satisfy their requirements.” (07/06/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/32z48vq Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Patriot Post Author: Jacob Sullum Posted on 07.07.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “From last week’s confirmation hearings, we learned that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan likes to eat in Chinese restaurants on Christmas. She did not say how she spends Independence Day, but evidently it does not involve reflecting on the meaning of our founding document. According to the Declaration of Independence, people create government to protect their pre-existing, inalienable rights. Yet when Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., asked Kagan whether armed self-defense is one of those rights, she professed agnosticism. ‘I don’t have a view of what are natural rights independent of the Constitution,’ Kagan said. In two days of testimony … her silence on natural rights was one of the most disturbing things she didn’t say.” (07/07/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/25vhzb8 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Chicago Gun Rights Examiner Author: Don Gwinn Posted on 07.07.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “SAFR is billed as ‘the largest event of its kind in Chicago history.’ That’s indisputable, but it’s also likely the only event of its kind in Chicago history — a large, organized rally in support of the right to keep and bear arms that maintains a positive feel and a family-friendly party atmosphere. When SAFR began, there were doubts that a gathering to celebrate the right to keep and bear arms could work in Chicago, the heart of the gun control movement.” (07/05/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2dzsetk Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Canada Free Press Author: John Longenecker Posted on 07.07.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “In Part I, I wrote about the spiritual reawakening of Independence and the epiphany that Independence itself serves to discredit government programs which operate as a poor substitute for the armed citizen. I used the word ‘impeaches’ for those boondoggle programs. In Part II and Part III, let us look at how this is done non-violently to further impeach the anti-gun hysteria and the smear which the left is offering as its best evidence against the armed citizen. … I often speak of the ubiquitous armed citizen, the idea that armed adults are in such sufficient numbers that thugs begin to notice … This ubiquitous armed citizen becomes a ubiquitous deterrent of crime for both business and pleasure.” (07/06/10) Link: http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/25069 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Campaign For Liberty Author: Laurence M. Vance Posted on 07.07.10 by Thomas L. Knapp “It has been said that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. This is especially true when it comes to gun liberty, since there are many organizations and government officials in ‘the land of the free’ that would like nothing better than to disarm or severely limit the gun rights of law-abiding American citizens. The recent pro-gun decision in the Supreme Court case of McDonald v. City of Chicago doesn’t change our need for due diligence when it comes to gun liberty.” (07/07/10) Link: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=996 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: The Libertarian Enterprise Author: Neale Osborn Posted on 07.06.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “Recently, the Supreme Court gave us Hoplophiles (gun people) a half-assed victory. They acknowledged that the 2nd Amendment is about an individual right, and applies to the states as well as the federal government. Of course, they failed to go far enough, but it is a start. Then Obama made his speech about illegal aliens, and that brought to my mind the HUGE divide between the races. These two un-related ideas then met an article about liquor stores, gun shops, and minority areas of town. It made me think about all the different ranges I’ve shot at over the last 46 years.” (07/06/10) Link: http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2010/tle577-20100704-07.html Filed under: 2AM Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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