May 3, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from POLITICO Vice President Joe Biden is planning a new gun control offensive – one he told a group of law enforcement officials he hasn’t informed President Barack Obama about yet. Biden, who will appear Friday night at a South Carolina Democratic dinner, told the officials during a meeting Thursday that he is planning trips around ...
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May 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from NBC NEWS Barack Obama vowed Thursday during a trip to Mexico to continue pushing for new, tighter gun control rules in the United States, saying his proposals’ recent defeat in Congress was “just the first round. ”Speaking following a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, whose country has been ravaged by gang violence ...
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May 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WASHINGTON TIMES A new law in Kansas that criminalizes the enforcement of federal gun controls in the state is unconstitutional, Attorney General Eric H. Holder said. “In purporting to override federal law and to criminalize the official acts of federal officers, [the law] directly conflicts with federal law and is therefore unconstitutional,” Mr. Holder wrote ...
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May 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from EXAMINER The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives is looking for evidence of a rule that the government has exercised its Munitions List regulatory authority to cut off the importation of ammunition manufacturing equipment from China, Gun Rights Examiner was told today by a representative of ATF's Office of Public and Governmental ...
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May 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from TODD STARNES Eagle Scout Cole Withrow was just a few weeks from graduating with honors from his North Carolina high school, but now the active church member is facing a felony weapons charge and a precarious future after accidentally leaving a shotgun in his pickup truck in the school parking lot. Most members of the ...
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May 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
WSILTV- SPRINGFIELD -- Debate over concealed carry of guns in Illinois erupted on the floor of the general assembly in Springfield Wednesday, and Representative Mike Bost of Murphysboro was right in the middle of it. The debate was over a concealed carry bill and amendment that would include the words "may issue" a concealed carry ...
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May 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from RED STATE Missouri Governor Jay Nixon repeatedly denied knowing anything about Missouri illegally sharing its citizens private CCW information with the federal government, even after his own head of Missouri Highway Patrol contradicted him in a public hearing. Now we’ve learned that Nixon not only knew about the violation of Missouri law, but he ...
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May 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE BLAZE Two Texas schools reportedly canceled gun safety programs this week because they were connected to the National Rifle Association. Houston’s KTRH radio reported that Peck Elementary and Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Education Center were set to host the NRA’s “Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program” on Tuesday. Hours after the radio report aired, ...
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May 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from RED ALERT POLITICS In the wake of the U.S. Senate’s failed background check legislation, the Alabama legislature is one step closer to passing its own gun bill — to prevent any new federal gun control laws from infringing on Alabamians’ right to bear arms. The Alabama state Senate voted, 24-6, on Tuesday to approve ...
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May 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from LA TIMES SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at taking handguns and assault rifles away from 20,000 Californians who acquired them legally but have since been disqualified from ownership because of a criminal conviction or serious mental illness. The measure, the first of several gun-related bills to reach the governor, ...
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Morning Joe Nutbags Attack Sen. Ayotte’s ‘Disingenuous’ Confrontation With Newtown Victim’s Daughter
May 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
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Apr 30, 2013 No Comments ›› Jack Flash
Excerpted from Mediaite: Erica Lafferty directly asked Ayotte in a public forum why she prioritized the concerns of gun store owners over people like her mother who were gunned down at Sandy Hook. Excerpted from NBC News: After her exchange with Ayotte, Lafferty stood and stormed out of the town hall. Asked afterward why she had ...
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Apr 30, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from ARIZONA DAILY STAR PHOENIX - Gov. Jan Brewer signed legislation aimed specifically at halting Tucson's practice of allowing police to destroy guns that people voluntarily surrender through buyback programs. Instead, the state law, which takes effect later this year, will require that any weapons that come into a city or county's possession must be sold ...
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Apr 30, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WASHINGTON EXAMINER During an event at Georgetown University, President Bill Clinton explained that although he was successful in passing an assault weapons ban, he paid for it in the 1994 congressional elections. “The people who were against it said, ‘I’m going to kill you. I wouldn’t vote for you if you were the last ...
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Apr 29, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from US NEWS The Government Accountability Office tells Whispers it is now investigating large ammunition purchases made by the Department of Homeland Security. Chuck Young, a spokesman for GAO, says the investigation of the purchases is "just getting underway."The congressional investigative agency is jumping into the fray just as legislation was introduced in both the ...
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Apr 29, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL The Senate is on track to vote again this year on tougher gun laws, according to one of the most outspoken gun control advocates in the Congress. Although legislation central to President Obama's effort to reduce gun violence was blocked this month in the upper chamber, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) said this week ...
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