Tag Archive: gun rights

on August 29, 2013 in World News

Administration announces new gun control measures

Administration announces new gun control measures, targets military surplus imports The Obama administration unexpectedly announced two new gun control measures on Thursday, including one that would curb the import of military surplus weapons, in a move that could anger collectors. Vice President Biden was set to announce the new measures later Thursday morning. They took the form of executive actions, which President Obama added to the list of 23 steps the White House already determined the president could take on his own. The steps come after Congress declined to pass any gun control legislation earlier this year despite an aggressive… View Article

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on August 19, 2013 in World News

Bloomberg reveals largest gun seizure ever in New York

                  Bloomberg reveals largest gun seizure ever in New York New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday that his administration has successfully carried out the largest gun seizure in the city’s history. At a Monday morning press conference, Mayor Bloomberg and Police  Department Commissioner Ray Kelly announced that authorities in  New York have managed to indict and arrest 19 individuals  believed responsible for running an illegal gun pipeline from  North and South Carolina to NYC along the Interstate 95 corridor. As the result of an undercover investigation, Bloomberg said city  officials… View Article

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on August 16, 2013 in World News

Gun Permit Requests on Track to Double from 2012

    Newtown Gun Permit Requests on Track to Double from 2012 The New Daily News reports Newtown, Connecticut, gun permit requests are on track to double the number of requests police received last year. 171 permit requests were filed throughout the entirety of last year. Yet already, less than nine months into 2013, police have received “211 gun permit applications.” MD Shooting Sports co-owner Mike DeLuca said he has “seen an uptick of customers seeking permit applications” in nearby Monroe as well. He said those seeking permits range “in age from 21 to 83” and share the view that… View Article

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on August 16, 2013 in Right Edition

Proper Alaska Attire – Pandering to Indians

Proper Alaska Attire – Pandering to Indians Alaska was the first state to adopt carry laws modeled after Vermont’s (normally referred to as “Vermont Carry”), in which no license is required to carry a handgun either openly or concealed. However, permits are still issued to residents for purposes such as reciprocity with other states[1] and exemption from the Federal Gun Free School Zone Act.[2] The term “Alaska Carry” has been used to describe laws which require no license to carry handguns openly or concealed but licenses are still available for those who want them. Some city ordinances do not permit… View Article

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on August 15, 2013 in World News

Politicians Need Guns–But You Don’t

                      WH: Politicians Need Guns–But You Don’t A petition that called for politicians to live in the same gun-free zones that schoolchildren do was filed on the formal White House petitions website and received a classic Obama Administration turndown. It seemed reasonable to ask politicians if they were willing to eschew their armed security just as they asked schoolchildren to do.   The original petition read:   Eliminate armed guards for the President, Vice-President, and their families, and establish Gun Free Zones around them   Gun Free Zones are supposed… View Article

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on August 12, 2013 in Right Edition

Dirty Harry – Gun Control Bill – Poll shows Violence Down

Dirty Harry is a 1971 American crime thriller produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the Dirty Harry film series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department Inspector “Dirty” Harry Callahan. Dirty Harry was a critical and commercial success and set the style for a whole genre of police films. The film was followed by four sequels: Magnum Force in 1973, The Enforcer in 1976, Sudden Impact in 1983 (directed by Eastwood himself), and The Dead Pool in 1988. In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the National… View Article

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on August 9, 2013 in World News

Management’s Gun Ban Overturned By Owners

Apartment Property Management’s Gun Ban Overturned By Owners The Washington Times reported on Wednesday that renters at an apartment complex in Douglas County, Colorado were told that they were prohibited from keeping firearms in their apartments by the management company: Renters at an apartment community just south of Denver are between a rock and a hard place, ordered by their landlord to either get rid of their weapons or move out. The manager at Oakwood Apartments in Castle Rock, Colo., sent a notice to renters last week advising them of the new rule banning all “firearms and weapons” from the… View Article

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on August 6, 2013 in World News

Gun Violence Going Down is Not the Issue

McAuliffe: Gun Violence Going Down is Not the Issue Virgnia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McCauliffe did not want to tell reporters if he supports the passage of an “assault weapons” ban (AWB) in the commonwealth of Virginia. When asked by Breitbart News, he replied, “What I said in Virginia, what we ought to do–and I’m a strong supporter of the second amendment–I’m a gun owner. I take two of my sons hunting and skeet shooting. I think there are reasonable things we can do.” When asked what those things would be, McCauliffe only mentioned background checks. “I think that anyone… View Article

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on August 6, 2013 in Right Edition

Liberals vs Gun Rights – NY’s Wiener Man

Chicago’s Top Cop Advocates For Tougher State Gun Laws This city’s overall crime rate has declined in the past year, but the police need help from the Illinois legislature to prevent crime from happening in the first place, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy told the annual meeting of the National Criminal Justice Association. “This year, 82 less people were...

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on July 30, 2013 in Right Edition

Right to Protect Yourself – Liberals Need Control

CBC News spoke to Cohen and criminal lawyer Stacy Nichols about different legal scenarios that outline what an individual’s rights are under current Canadian law. Here are some excerpts from the interview: CBC News: You hear a noise and go downstairs in the middle of the night and find a burglar, and you can’t tell if he’s armed. Legally, what are your options? “Your dwelling house seems to be the property you’re allowed to protect the most,” Nichols says. Under Section 40 of the Criminal Code, which deals with the defence of dwellings, Nichols says, “everyone who is in possession… View Article

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