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Concealed Carry Permits Are Life Savers
Today, January
26, 2009, 6
hours ago |
HUMAN EVENTS
The right to
bear arms is
more than a
Constitutional
right: every
human being has
the natural
unalienable
right to
self-defense.
Cicero said
2,000 years ago,
“If our lives
are endangered
by plots or
violence or
armed robbers or
enemies, any and
every method of
protecting
ourselves is
morally right.”
The U.S.
Constitution,
the
constitutions of
44 states,
common law, and
the laws of all
50 states
recognize the
right to use
arms in
self-defense.
Right to carry
laws respect the
right to
self-defense by
allowing
individuals to
carry concealed
firearms for
their own
protection. So
many liberal
politicians
and...
Holder Clutches At Gun Rights
Yesterday,
January 25,
2009, 8:38:40 PM
| Examiner.com
HOLDER:...I
think you had
asked me earlier
about the
regulations that
I thought might
still exist,
post-Heller. And
I had mentioned,
I think, closing
the gun show
loophole, the
banning of
cop-killer
bullets and I
also think that
making the
assault weapons
ban permanent
would be
something that
would be
permitted under
Heller, and I
also think would
be good for my
law enforcement
perspective.
Want to know what Obama really thinks of the 2nd Amendment?
Yesterday,
January 25,
2009, 1:59:57 PM
| Whitehouse.gov
If you want a
glimpse into the
minds of those
in Obama's
administration,
just take a look
at the new
whitehouse.gov
website in the
section talking
about the Bill
of Rights.
Apparently they
believe
government has
chosen to "give"
you and I the
right to bear
arms. Now, I
don't know about
you, but in my
schooling I was
taught the Bill
of Rights were
not a list of
rights "given"
to us citizens,
but were a
declaration of
what rights the
federal
government could
not infringe
upon. I think
SCOTUS agreed
with me on the
last year as
well.......
So you bought a new rifle, now what are you going to do?
Saturday,
January 24,
2009, 9:10:23 PM
| Sleepless in
Midland
Gun sellers have
been buzzing
with activity
lately as people
have been
stocking up in
anticipation of
what our new
president might
try to do to
their right to
own guns. One
wag even named
Obama Gun
salesman of the
year. (Dang, I
wish I had
thought of
that.) Mr. Obama
generated a
great deal of
anxiety as he
tried to
convince gun
owners to
believe what he
said not what he
did. Anyway,
there were a lot
of new guns
under the
Christmas tree
last year. And
if you got a new
rifle, or even
if you've had
one...
Attorney general won't say whether open carry is legal
Saturday,
January 24,
2009, 10:15:23
AM | Lakeland
Times
As conflicts
over of the open
carry of
firearms
mushroom in the
state, Wisconsin
attorney general
J.B. Van Hollen
is declining to
issue a legal
opinion about
whether the
practice is
legal. In a Nov.
6, 2008, letter
to then state
Rep. Terry
Musser (R-Black
River Falls),
deputy attorney
general Raymond
Taffora
acknowledged a
number of
requests for
just such an
opinion, as well
as a growing
number of
arrests for
carrying
firearms in
plain view,
mostly on the
charge of
disorderly
conduct. On
behalf of an
unnamed
constituent,
Musser had
specifically
asked for an
opinion about
the open
carrying...
Speak Softly and Carry a Concealed Handgun
Friday, January
23, 2009,
6:34:47 AM |
Reason
Ricochet:
Confessions of a
Gun Lobbyist, by
Richard Feldman,
New York: John
Wiley & Sons,
296 pages,
$24.95. In
September the
National Rifle
Association
unveiled a $15
million
advertising
campaign urging
voters in key
states to
“Defend Freedom”
and “Defeat
Obama.” It
declared that
the Illinois
senator “would
be the most
anti-gun
president in
American
history.”
FactCheck.org, a
nonpartisan
project of the
University of
Pennsylvania’s
Annenberg Public
Policy Center,
issued a
scathing
analysis of the
NRA’s effort,
saying it
“distorts
Obama’s position
on gun control
beyond
recognition.” A
co-author of the
FactCheck
critique went
further, telling
Fox News the
ads...
United Nations messin' with guns
Thursday,
January 22,
2009, 7:46:10 PM
|
littlechicagoreview.com
U.N. messin'
with guns
Senator John
Barrasso
(R-Wyo.)
instructed
United Nations
Ambassador
nominee, Susan
Rice, to ensure
she preserves
the gun rights
of United States
citizens while
serving as U.S.
representative
to the U.N. “As
our nation’s top
representative
to the United
Nations, the
next United
States U.N.
Ambassador has
an important
responsibility
to defend and
protect our
citizens’ second
amendment rights
from
international
gun control.” An
“Arms Trade
Treaty” that
could threaten
U.S. citizens’
right to keep
and bear arms
doesn’t
recognize a
county’s
sovereignty has
been introduced
in the U.N. The
treaty could
impose
restrictions on
gun ownership...
Well Respected Law Professor Predicts that the Heller Decision will be Overturned
Wednesday,
January 21,
2009, 2:51:53 PM
| John Lott's
Website
The Law Review
article can be
found here. I
guess that I
felt that this
was also likely
simply because
Obama won the
election.
IMAGINING GUN CONTROL IN AMERICA: UNDERSTANDING THE REMAINDER PROBLEM
Wednesday,
January 21,
2009, 12:10:47
PM | Wake Forest
Law Review
Gun control in
the United
States generally
has meant some
type of supply
regulation. Some
rules are
uncontroversial
like
usertargeted
restrictions
that define the
untrustworthy
and prohibit
them from
accessing the
legitimate
supply.
Blair Holt, Other Gun-control Efforts, on Horizon
Tuesday, January
20, 2009,
12:41:09 PM |
thenewamerican
No sane person
wants innocent
people
victimized,
maimed, or
murdered, nor to
see the
perpetrators
escape justice.
This is true,
whether the
perpetrators use
their hands or
objects — like
baseball bats,
rocks, knives,
vehicles, or a
host of other
readily
available
inanimate
objects of
endless variety
— or a firearm.
It is the intent
and the will of
the criminals,
and not the
inanimate
objects they
use, that are
responsible for
the criminal
acts and the
harm done to
victims. From
the dawn of man,
violent acts
have been a sad
aspect of life
in nearly every
civilization
and...
American Gun Law Expert Urges Support for National Concealed Firearms Carry Bill (HR 197)
Sunday, January
18, 2009,
10:02:45 AM |
ExpertClick
“One of the most
popular
legislative
initiatives in
recent years is
the movement
allowing
qualified
law-abiding
citizens to
carry concealed
firearms,” says
Snyder,
Treasurer of the
Second Amendment
Foundation.
“Studies by
scholars such as
John R. Lott,
Jr., author of
More Guns Less
Crime,
demonstrate that
in jurisdictions
where such a
public policy is
implemented,
violent crime
takes a
nosedive. Forty
states now have
some kind of
right to carry
policy. “What
has been missing
is federal right
to carry
concealed
legislation so
that persons
permitted to
carry in a state
may carry in
other states, in
much the same...
Brady Sends Obama Its Pre-Inauguration Wish List
Saturday,
January 17,
2009, 9:40:46 AM
| NAR-ILA
Friday, January
16, 2009 No one,
including the
Brady Campaign,
seriously
believes that
Barack Obama was
elected
president
because of his
support for gun
control. But
Brady is
pretending that
it provided
Obama the margin
of victory in
November, and
has provided him
with a very long
list of gun bans
and other
restrictions
that it expects
from him in
return. If for
no other reason,
Obama might want
to tell Brady
"no," because if
he were to do
their bidding,
they would be
sure to demand
that he do even
more. That's
demonstrated by
Brady's
statement that
their current...
SWAT team searches gun-rights supporters
Friday, January
16, 2009,
9:13:16 AM |
OCRegister
At the board
meeting today,
Orange County
deputies
searched
gun-rights
supporters,
especially those
wearing CCW
buttons,
according to
those who
attended the
meeting.
Although Sheriff
Sandra Hutchens
said she would
let the permits
expire rather
than revoke
them, her real
disdain for
freedom is shown
by the presence
of the SWAT team
and the
heavyhanded
searches of
law-abiding
residents who
wanted to attend
the board
meeting. Did the
sheriff really
think that gun
supporters are
somehow
dangerous. I’ve
been to gun
shows and gun
events and have
never felt
safer. Share
this post: 9
Responses to
“SWAT team
searches
gun-rights...
America's free thinkers: Gun ban extremists or gun rights advocates?
Friday, January
16, 2009,
8:22:58 AM |
Buckeye Firearms
Association
It's almost
understandable
why members of
the media end up
as apologists
for the immoral
agenda to ban
guns. They see
the
after-effects of
violence
perpetrated with
guns more than
just about any
other
demographic
group in
America. Still,
they are
supposed to act
as professionals
and use sound
logic in
determining if
guns are the
problem, or if
gun violence is
simply a symptom
of other
societal
break-downs. Gun
advocates point
out that when
the government
began to
legislate away
the right to
self-defense,
the crime rate
began to
sky-rocket.
Criminals, being
good at their
craft, knew that
once...
If You Think They Won’t Take Your Guns, Think Again!
Friday, January
16, 2009,
6:20:37 AM | RFU
“After Katrina,
officials
trampled on the
Constitution and
took away the
ability of
regular folks to
defend
themselves
against
criminals. This
should be a
lesson to us.”
Eric Holder: Make Assault Weapons Ban Permanent
Thursday,
January 15,
2009, 7:17:25 PM
| YouTube
VIDEODuring his
senate
confirmation
hearing, Eric
Holder
reaffirmed
several of his
anti-gun
stances.
LIAR – LIAR Second Amendment on Fire! (MUST READ!)
Wednesday,
January 14,
2009, 1:02:15 PM
| Canada Free
Press (because
America has no
free press)
Like all good
third world
criminal thugs,
the incoming
leftist
administration
is wasting no
time in their
rush to make
certain that
only they and
career criminals
have the right
to bear arms…
Contrary to the
lefts
hunter-friendly
support of the
Second
Amendment, that
little
constitutional
clause does not
exist for the
purpose of
hunting and
target practice.
It exists for
just the sort of
occasion we find
ourselves in
today… As you
can now see, our
federal
government is
well down the
road of becoming
increasingly
“destructive of
these ends.”
Life, liberty
and the
individual
pursuit of
happiness are...
Big Brother's new target: Tracking of all firearms
Wednesday,
January 14,
2009, 8:48:28 AM
| WND
U.S. Rep. Bobby
Rush, D-Ill., is
hoping to pass a
firearm-licensing
bill that will
significantly
rewrite
gun-ownership
laws in America.
Among the more
controversial
provisions of
the bill are
requirements
that all handgun
owners submit to
the federal
government a
photo, thumb
print and mental
heath records.
Further, the
bill would order
the attorney
general to
establish a
database of
every handgun
sale, transfer
and owner's
address in
America. The
bill claims its
purpose is "to
protect the
pubic against
the unreasonable
risk of injury
and death
associated with
the unrecorded
sale or transfer
of firearms to
criminals and
youth."
National Organizations With Anti-Gun Policies
Tuesday, January
13, 2009,
8:14:10 PM |
NRA-ILA
The list of
businesses,
organizations,
celebrities, and
other notable
entities who
actively support
anti-2nd
Amendment gun
control laws and
policies is far
too long to post
here. IIRC it
has been
previously
posted, but I
thought that in
light of the
tragic
inauguration
that will take
place on the
20th day of this
month unless
Almighty God
mercifully
intervenes,
perhaps it would
be a good idea
to review who
and what
businesses and
orgs want to
deny us our
Constitutional
right to keep
and bear arms.
If you are
interested in
knowing who
and/or what
business or org
wants to...
'Qualifying fireams'
Tuesday, January
13, 2009,
9:24:32 AM |
examiner.com
It has begun.
Despite
assurances to
the contrary,
some democrats
are champing at
the bit to
institute
citizen
disarmament, and
like impulsive
children, can't
even wait for
their guy to be
inaugurated.
Ladies and
gentlemen, I
give you H.R.45,
Blair Holt's
Firearm
Licensing and
Record of Sale
Act of 2009,
introduced in
the House one
week ago today
by Rep. Bobby
Rush (D-IL).
(excerpt)
Eric Holder: Gun Grabber
Tuesday, January
13, 2009,
4:04:46 AM |
FoxNews.com via
FRONTPAGE
MAGAZINE.com
Despite a huge
Democratic
Senate majority,
Eric Holder’s
confirmation
hearings are
going to be
difficult. He
has a long
record to
defend. Whether
it is his
involvement and
inconsistent
statements about
Bill Clinton’s
pardon of
fugitive
financier Marc
Rich’s or his
pushing
Clinton’s
clemency of the
FALN terrorists
or his failure
to disclose his
work for
troubled
Illinois
Governor Rod
Blagojevich
after
Blagojevich's
legal problems
surfaced, he
faces tough
questions. But
Holder’s
nomination
raises other
questions about
what
President-elect
Barack Obama
claimed he
believed during
the campaign.
Numerous times
he promised that
he supported an
individual’s
right to own
guns...
Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009
Tuesday, January
13, 2009,
12:26:05 AM |
Library of
Congress, Thomas
HR 45, gun
licensing act,
1/6/09 To
provide for the
implementation
of a system of
licensing for
purchasers of
certain firearms
and for a record
of sale system
for those
firearms, and
for other
purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Rush, Bobby L.
[IL-1]
(introduced
1/6/2009)
Cosponsors
(None) Latest
Major Action:
1/6/2009
Referred to
House committee.
Status: Referred
to the House
Committee on the
Judiciary. Blair
Holt's Firearm
Licensing and
Record of Sale
Act of 2009 -
Amends the Brady
Handgun Violence
Prevention Act
to prohibit a
person from
possessing a
firearm unless
that person has
been issued a
firearm license
under this...
Obama and the Second Amendment (like oil and water)
Monday, January
12, 2009,
9:50:19 PM | Fox
But Holder’s
nomination
raises other
questions about
what
President-elect
Barack Obama
claimed he
believed during
the campaign.
Numerous times
he promised that
he supported an
individual’s
right to own
guns and that he
wouldn’t do
anything to take
away people’s
guns. Just last
year in a brief
to the Supreme
Court, Holder
argued that “the
Second Amendment
did not protect
an individual
right to keep
and bear arms,”
that it only
protected
government
militias’ rights
to guns. He
claimed that the
Second Amendment
posed no
obstacle to
implementing gun
bans. I can’t
find even one
gun control law
that Holder...
DNR to hunters: Hand over your guns on demand
Saturday,
January 10,
2009, 1:36:44 PM
| Lakeland Times
The Wisconsin
Department of
Natural
Resources has a
simple, blunt
message for
hunters in
Wisconsin: When
a DNR warden
asks you to give
up your legal
firearm, do so,
plain and
simple, no
matter what.
What's more,
that goes for
all citizens,
the agency has
asserted.
Citizens with
firearms, the
DNR argues,
should always do
exactly what law
enforcement
officers tell
them to do,
regardless of
the
circumstances of
the situation.
To which one
former hunter
education
instructor for
the department
has an equally
simple and blunt
response: The
agency's
directive is
unconstitutional,
plain and
simple, and
citizens don't
have...
Heller, HLR, And Holistic Legal Reasoning (.pdf file)
Friday, January
09, 2009,
9:44:35 AM |
Harvard Law
Review
"Well, the show
sure ended with
a bang. On the
last day of the
Term, the Court
— for the first
time ever, by a
single vote,
over vigorous
dissents, and
against the
weight of
circuit
precedent —
wielded the
Second Amendment
to strike down a
federal gun
control measure
and to declare a
robust
individual right
to use firearms
for
self-defense."
"Experts began
parsing District
of Columbia v.
Heller within
hours of the
Court’s
pronouncement.
Over the ensuing
weeks,
sophisticated
commentary
blossomed in a
rich profusion
of blogs, wikis,
posts, threads,
and chats. Now,
nearly five
months after
the...
