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on January 31, 2015 in E News

NRA-ILA

  LEGAL & LEGISLATION Virginia: Numerous Pro- and Anti-Gun Bills Heard in Committees This Week Yesterday, the Senate passed Senate Bill 1191 by a 28 to 11 vote. Sponsored by Senator Tommy Norment (R-3), SB 1191 would amend the felony charge for having a firearm on school property to require that the person must have knowingly possessed the firearm. West Virginia: NRA Backed Legislation on the Move in Charleston This week in Charleston has seen the passage of two NRA-backed bills out of their respective committees and the introduction of multiple bills that stand to benefit both gun owners and… View Article

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on January 31, 2015 in E News

Canadian Rights and Freedom Bulletin #203

Canadian Rights and Freedom Bulletin #203 In this issue: • Free Speech On The Run: Muslims the world over terrorize others in Mohammed’s name • Freedom of Speech: Our Right to Free Speech should not be taken lightly • Human Rights: Racist Admission Policy at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights • Police Misconduct: Police Sentencing Hypocrisy Continues Unabated • Citizen Abuse: Law-Abiding Gun Owners – The Biggest Threat to Emergency Services Personnel? Please read the latest Canadian Rights and Freedom Bulletin and let me know what you think! Yours in Liberty, Christopher di Armani PS. Please forward this message… View Article

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on January 31, 2015 in World News

A short history of Canada’s spy agency

New powers for Canada’s spy agency proposed in Friday’s sweeping anti-terror would bring the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service closer to the disbanded law-enforcement agency it replaced three decades ago. At the moment, CSIS is a spy agency with no enforcement powers. When CSIS agents suspect criminal activity, they pass on their findings to the RCMP to investigate, and to lay charges if needed. The separation between spies and police came about in 1984, after a decade of nefarious activities by the Mounties, who had run a separate intelligence branch since 1936. When that branch was named the Security Service… View Article

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on January 31, 2015 in World News

Keystone XL offers Obama opportunity to ensure energy security

Keystone XL offers Obama opportunity to ensure energy security The standoff between President Barack Obama and the U.S. Senate moved a step closer to an all-out showdown this week as legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project passed by a vote of 62 to 36, five votes shy of the magic number needed to override a presidential veto. Thursday’s vote followed the passage of similar legislation in the House earlier this month and a Nebraska Supreme Court ruling affirming the constitutionality of that state’s governor to approve the pipeline’s routing. For those keeping track, it’s the 10th time in… View Article

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on January 31, 2015 in World News

Montage Laguna Beach sells for $360 million

Montage Laguna Beach sells for $360 million; deal shatters state records One of Southern California’s most luxurious resorts, the Montage Laguna Beach, has been bought for $360 million by a Chicago real estate investment trust in one of the priciest hotel deals in years. At a cost of $1.4 million per room, the deal “shattered the price barrier for California hotels by a wide margin,” hotel consultant Alan Reay said. Only hotels in Hawaii and New York have traded for more per room, he said. Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. bought the 250-room Montage Laguna Beach from an affiliate of… View Article

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on January 31, 2015 in World News

Fake cop pulls over real cop

Fake cop pulls over real cop A police impersonator tried to pull over an off-duty officer early Thursday morning, police said. An off-duty police officer says he was driving in Dumfries when a man driving a Crown Victoria started to follow him. The officer says the driver turned on a spotlight that was attached to his car. Thinking it was a police officer, the off-duty officer pulled over, according to police. The driver of the Crown Victoria pulled alongside the off-duty officer and tried to make contact, police said. When the off-duty officer said he was a police officer, the… View Article

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on January 31, 2015 in World News

CA Assemblywoman Introduces Cheerleader Rights Bill

CA Assemblywoman Introduces Cheerleader Rights Bill A new bill introduced Thursday in the California Assembly would provide cheerleaders of professional sports franchises with employee benefits and a minimum wage guarantee. Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) introduced AB 202 on Thursday in “a move that will better protect cheer athletes in the state from workplace abuses and bring equity to the multi-billion dollar professional sports landscape.” “NFL teams and their billionaire owners have used professional cheerleaders as part of the game day experience for decades,” said Gonzalez, herself a former cheerleader at Stanford University. “They have capitalized on their talents without… View Article

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on January 31, 2015 in World News

Quebec woman suing cop who left her locked in back of police truck with man who ended up raping her

Quebec woman suing cop who left her locked in back of police truck with man who ended up raping her There was plenty of drinking in Tasiujaq that weekend in 2011, just as there was whenever a shipment of alcohol arrived in the isolated village in Quebec’s far north. The lone police officer on duty on the night of Sept. 19 had her hands full. Fresh out of police school, she had been on the job less than a month and was not even authorized to carry a sidearm. But as she apprehended a 17-year-old girl who had become heavily… View Article

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on January 31, 2015 in World News

Crusade against Trinity Western law school runs up against a sensible judge

Crusade against Trinity Western law school runs up against a sensible judge Elements of Canada’s legal community have been fighting Trinity Western University’s attempt to open a law school for some time, hoping to have it barred from graduating lawyers. Trinity Western is a private Christian university in British Columbia. It plans to open its law faculty in September 2016, but has roused intense passions over its requirement that students agree to a code of conduct that prohibits “sexual intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman.” People have the right to attend a private… View Article

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on January 31, 2015 in World News

Bill would let Texas teachers legally kill students

Bill would let Texas teachers legally kill students Schoolteachers in Texas will be allowed to use lethal force against students without risking legal repercussions if a new bill being considered in the Lone Star State’s legislature becomes a law. The bill –HB 868, or the “Teacher’s Protection Act” – affords educators legal immunity in the unlikely event that they happen to kill any of their students during school-sanctioned events. Specifically, the bill – introduced to the Texas State Legislature on January 22 by Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Canton) – says “an educator is justified in using force or deadly force on… View Article

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