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Donald Trump, Chris Christie, John Boehner

25-Sep-2015 / 1 minute of reading

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has a spotted history on gun rights, has now released a position paper on guns which proposes re-legalization of machine guns, national CCW permit reciprocity, arming military troops on bases and recruiting centers, better (but not expanded) NICS checks, no gun or magazine bans, enforcement of existing gun laws, and adding ill-advised enhanced penalties […]

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Dept. of The Obvious

25-Sep-2015 / 1 minute of reading

A new Gallup poll conducted this month shows that 49% of Americans consider the federal government “an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens.” Meanwhile, a new Rasmussen poll indicates that only 36% of likely voters think the federal government should be involved in gun control, 69% think it would be bad for the country if only

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Examples of Stupidity!

25-Sep-2015 / 1 minute of reading

Some Portland (OR) State University students have been protesting this week, calling for campus security to be disarmed. Because, stupid. PETA is suing to make the government assign a copyright for a “selfie” picture to a monkey (a macaca nigra). The US Copyright Act [17 U.S.C. 102(a)] protects “original works of authorship,” and states that the copyright office will not

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Jean Fontaine is wrong

25-Sep-2015 / 1 minute of reading

Jean Fontaine is the “data lead” (I think that means file clerk) for South Carolina Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. She lives in Greenville, SC. Ms Fontaine had an op-ed in the Greenville News regarding a training session she attended in Minneapolis, MN this summer. She started the column by saying: “This summer, I took training in

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Pope Francis and the arms trade

25-Sep-2015 / 1 minute of reading

Pope Francis, the elected leader of the Catholic Church, said to the U.S. Congress* this week that “it is our duty to confront the problem and stop the arms trade.” He also praised House Speaker John Boehner’s (also Catholic) green tie as a symbol of hope. Well I have a green gun… This from a man protected by a hundred

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Military Intelligence: The Emperor has no clothes

25-Sep-2015 / 1 minute of reading

“The intelligence pros said killing certain ISIS leaders might not diminish the group and that airstrikes might not be working. The bosses didn’t like those answers—not at all. Senior intelligence officials at the U.S. military’s Central Command demanded significant alterations to analysts’ reports that questioned whether airstrikes against the so-called Islamic State widely known as ISIS were damaging the group’s

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Nassau County prosecutors not permitted to own guns?

25-Sep-2015 / 1 minute of reading

The jack-booted thugs in the Nassau County, NY District Attorney’s office stipulate that “Assistant district attorneys [prosecutors] are not permitted to apply for a handgun permit nor own or possess a handgun while employed by the Nassau County District Attorney. Any exception to this policy must be in writing and approved by the District Attorney.” This includes guns at home

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Summary – 4 items

25-Sep-2015 / 2 minutes of reading

The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled that several parts of the District’s gun registration law violate the Second Amendment, but has upheld several other parts. The case is Heller v. District of Columbia (Heller III). Note that the parts that were ruled unconstitutional failed because they did not advance a government interest “in

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