Tag Archive: gun rights
on September 2, 2013 in World News
Gun Owners Turn Ohio Gun-Control Rally into NRA Rally
Gun Owners Turn Ohio Gun-Control Rally into NRA Rally As six members of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control group rallied for more gun laws on August 30, about 50 gun rights supporters hijacked the event and said that there are enough gun laws already. According to 10TV.com, the Columbus, Ohio rally was hosted by members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns but ended up looking “more like an NRA rally.” When organizer Blanche Luczyk took to the mic and tried to claim Ronald Reagan would support more background checks she was… View Article
click here for more
on August 31, 2013 in World News
Clamps Down on Guns, Loosens Restrictions on Marijuana
Clamps Down on Guns, Loosens Restrictions on Marijuana While President Barack Obama placed new restrictions on legal gun ownership Thursday, the Department of Justice loosened federal restrictions on marijuana “to mark a retreat from guidelines of the past.” The new guidelines give “recreational users” a pass and instead focus on “keeping marijuana from being sold to minors and preventing marijuana sales from funding criminal operations.” According to The Hill, “these new standards are beneficial to marijuana users in Washington and Colorado, the two states where recreational marijuana use was… View Article
click here for more
on August 29, 2013 in World News
Plan to Override Veto of 2nd Amendment
Missouri Lawmakers Plan to Override Veto of 2nd Amendment Protection Act When the Missouri legislature convenes in September, Republican lawmakers plan to override Democrat Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of The Second Amendment Protection Act, a bill that both expands gun rights and “makes federal gun regulations unenforceable.” Moreover, several Democrat lawmakers are planning on voting to override the veto as well. According to Fox News, the “legislation would make it a misdemeanor for federal agents to attempt to enforce any federal gun regulations that ‘infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms.’” These same charges would also be… View Article
click here for more
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
click here for more
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
click here for more
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
click here for more
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
click here for more
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
click here for more
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
click here for more