GRE Round Up, Jun. 30

Here's the latest from my Gun Rights Examiner colleagues:

Ed Stone/Atlanta:
Filibuster Kagan!

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan should be filibustered. We have learned a lot more about Elena Kagan and her...
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Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:

The Disclose Act, why the NRA has it wrong

The Disclose Act goes against the one thing Wyomingites cherish even more than guns, PRIVACY. Aside from that, letting the political elite decide how...

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Mike Stollenwerk/DC:

Free market acceptance of customer gun carry grows

Last March experts were lauding Starbucks for its best business practice of accepting legal customer gun carry. Subsequently the Brady Campaign...

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Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:

Local preemption keeps gun rights secure

As Iowa transitions to a “Shall Issue” system of issuing the Iowa Permit to Carry Weapons, one area of concern is local preemption. In...

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Elena Kagan testifies as pro-gun advocates gear up to press for her rejection

Elena Kagan, President Obama's most recent appointee to the United States Supreme Court, is currently testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee...

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David Codrea/National:
NRA's Cox calls RedState report 'a lie'

The head of the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action denies that NRA has prohibited its directors from testifying during the Kagan hearings. Appearing on NRA's "Cam and Company" program...
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Dave Workman/Seattle:
Post-McDonald: Anti-gunners clearly will push the limit

It hasn’t taken long for Chicago Mayor Richard Daley to make clear his intentions to push the limit on how...
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Chris Woodard/Tucson:

Open letter to: Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor.

Dear Justice Sotomayor, May I humbly pose a question? Can a Supreme Court Justice be impeached? The...
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What does the McDonald decision mean to you or your state?

The NRA is just one among several gun rights groups that are hailing McDonald as a landmark decision. Lets just...
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McDonald decision 'racist'?

That "gun rights advocacy is racist" theme is one of Karlin's (who has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the rabidly anti-gun Joyce Foundation, for his "gun control" efforts) favorites, as we've noted here and here. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 29

Been super busy and have not had time to do one of these for a few days. Here's the latest from my Gun Rights Examiner colleagues:

Howard Nemerov/Austin:

Statement of Glenn Hegar on Supreme Court's McDonald ruling

Austin, Texas--Today is a great day in American history! The United States Supreme Court affirmed today what a vast...
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From citizen to ‘smart ass’
Vice President Joe Biden is in Wisconsin to help raise money for Senator Feingold’s reelection bid. Real Politics posted a video of Biden in a...
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Paul Valone/Charlotte:

Gun rights legal battle shifts to North Carolina

Grass Roots North Carolina joins suit challenging constitutionality of gun restrictions in North Carolina “state of emergency” law....
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McDonald v. Chicago: Supreme Court 'incorporates' Second Amendment

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) today returned its Second Amendment decision in McDonald v. Chicago...
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Dan Bidstrup/Denver:

California town can actually mandate Crime Free Zones

As innovative as I thought I was with the invention of the Crime Free Zone, I was not the first. Incredible as it may seem, I have found a municipal...

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Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:

US Supreme Court finds for McDonald and upholds the Second Amendment

As most are probably aware by now, the U.S. Supreme Court today released the long-awaited decision in the McDonald vs. Chicago case. As expected, the...

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Waiting for the McDonald vs. Chicago decision to arrive

It is reported that the decision that gun rights activists have been waiting for all year will be released on Monday. At that time, the United States...

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John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

Safer Streets 2010: Safer streets finally underway again.

Once in a while, a Los Angeles Times Editorial surprises me on liberty and second amendment issues. Today's editorial finds the Times agreeing with...

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Safer Streets 2010: The Supremes Affirm The Second Amendment.

In a 5 to 4 decision handed down this morning, the United States Supreme Court repealed the gun ban in McDonald v....
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Safer Streets 2010: Leftists do not dispute second amendment facts.

Fox News' John Stossel has been a friend of the second amendment from the beginning. John is a great example of...
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John Pierce/Minneapolis:

Contempt of court George Wallace style

"To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may, at any time, be passed by...

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‘Substantive’ victory for gun owners

“I would follow what I believe was the original purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment-to extend to all the people of the nation the complete...

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David Codrea/National:
Supreme Court: Chicago gun ban falls

The Supreme Court has reversed Chicago's gun ban. Per SCOTUS Blog:...

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Is NRA squelching dissent on Kagan?

"On Monday, June 28, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will begin confirmation hearings on the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be an Associate Justice...

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Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kagan should be held to the Palin standard

As questioning continues today on the nomination of Elena Kagan to replace retired Justice John Paul Stevens on the...
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Anti-gun hysteria follows landmark ruling in Chicago gun ban case

One group says Monday’s Supreme Court ruling in McDonald v. Chicago will result in more homicides and another...
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Chris Woodard/Tucson:

McDonald v Chicago. A different point of view

Within the gun community there is great jubilation because of the decision on McDonald. My colleagues David...
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Dissenting justices in McDonald decision illustrate extremism of anti-gun mindset

Getting back to the WSJ article, the point it makes about the motivation of the four dissenting justices is worth exploring. Presumably, if they consider Heller a settled point of Constitutional law (and both Justice Sotomayor and nominee Elena Kagan say they do), they wouldn't object to accepting the basis of the Heller ruling, in order to gain some participation in the discussion about how much latitude state and local governments get.

The fact that they chose not to do so perhaps indicates a more ambtiious agenda on the part of the Supreme Court's anti-gun wing. [More]

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Supreme Court's McDonald v. Chicago decision leaves much to be worked out

The question now becomes one of how to square this recognition of the "fundamental" nature of the right to keep and bear arms, with applying anything less than strict scrutiny to any laws regulating guns. Personally, I like the idea of a "stricter than strict scrutiny" ("draconian scrutiny," perhaps?). It's hard to imagine arguing that laws that might violate a fundamental right should receive only "intermediate" scrutiny. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 25

Here's the latest from my Gun Rights Examiner colleagues:

Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Short articles for a Friday afternoon

I received a response to my first article about the Sheriffs and the possibility of some of them not playing...
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David Codrea/National:
Is Bill O'Reilly claiming 'all' Mexican cartel guns come from U.S.?

Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly has amplified false claims about U.S. guns and Mexican crime according to a letter posted by Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership...
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Dave Workman/Seattle:

For gun prohibitionists, the clock is ticking, but state of denial remains

Those who watched John Stossel’s program on the Fox Business channel Thursday evening, which focused on the...
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• Anthony Martin/Conservative

Is Chicago trying to stifle right-to-carry 'town hall meetings'?

Perhaps they're making a difference--attitudes certainly seem to be changing. That's why gun rights advocates were really looking forward to having such a meeting right in Chicago itself, and why it's so unfortunate that a planned south-side Chicago meeting for June 30th has suddenly been thrown into limbo. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 24

Here's the latest from my Gun Rights Examiner colleagues:

Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
The debate over the publication of permit holders lists rages on

Word comes from OregonLive.com today that a Sheriff in Oregon has been ordered to release the list of permit holders in his county. The list was...
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Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

Ron Ramsey's views on guns

Ron Ramsey is on record as being the most friendly to gun owners and conservatives. Recently, Ramsey was at Joe's...
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David Codrea/National:
Why should 'disrupting' turtles result in lifetime gun ban?

"Private property or not, state wildlife experts say two women illegally disrupted a turtle nest. The nest is on a private beach in Englewood, and the women are now facing felony charges...
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DISCLOSE Act passes House

H.R. 5175, the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act was passed this...
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Dave Workman/Seattle:
It’s Monday for SCOTUS ruling in SAF’s McDonald v. Chicago case

As expected for weeks, the Supreme Court is holding off its ruling in the Second Amendment Foundation’s case...

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• Anthony Martin/Conservative

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Broke Illinois Department of Corrections releasing, losing violent parolees

This is a state where citizens are expected to abdicate all responsibility for their personal security, and to trust the state to provide that security for them--the very means of effective self-defense are denied the "law-abiding" of Illinois while out in public. To trust the state with one's personal security is to gamble with one's life. To trust Illinois with it is to make such a gamble while holding a pair of threes. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 23

Here's the latest from my Gun Rights Examiner colleagues:

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Second amendment freedom ridersWhen I wrote my last column, I thought the controversy would be over the comparison to the civil rights activists, not who would get shot at first....
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Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:

Brenna Findley is the logical choice for Iowa firearms owners

While much of the attention in Iowa politics is on the Branstad vs. Culver race for Governor, there is another race that is even more important to...
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Change for Iowa sheriffs and the issuing of concealed weapons permits

By now, it's no secret that the 2010 Iowa legislative session changed the landscape for the Iowa Permit to Carry Weapons. As of January 1, 2011,...

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Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

Home invasion robberies becoming dangerous problem in Arkansas

Related articles: Legal home invasion in Barling, Arkansas Home invasion; cop or not? Home invasions are rapidly becoming a serious...

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David Codrea/National:
Panel divided on keeping all remaining jailed Hutaree behind bars

An appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling to free all Hutaree militia members pending trial.
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Dave Workman/Seattle:
‘Disclose Act’ leaps back to life as desperate Dems scramble for votes

Various published reports and sources in the Capitol say that the embattled “Disclose Act” – H.R....
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• Anthony Martin/Conservative

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Mayor Daley channels Ozzy Osbourne in defending Chicago's handgun ban

To Mayor Ozzy er, I mean . . . Daley, the trigger-puller doesn't even enter into the picture--it's "the guns that shot people," as if they got up, entirely of their own malignant will, pointed themselves at their helpless victims, and pulled their own triggers.

And those nasty guns had a busy weekend, too: [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 22

Here's what's happened since last time:

Howard Nemerov/Austin:

Bastrop TEA Party this Saturday features Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams

This coming Saturday, June 26, from 6-8 PM, the Bastrop County TEA Party hosts an event on the Bastrop County Courthouse lawn. Texas Railroad...

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There oughta be a law!

The Associated Press reports that a shooting occurred yesterday at the Del Taco restaurant in San Bernardino,...
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Paul Valone/Charlotte:

DISCLOSE Act sellout: NRA says you just don't understand

‘DISCLOSE Act’ maelstrom leads Speaker Pelosi to stall vote on bill: Redouble your efforts to kill HR...
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Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Bravo to those who open carry their weapons

Those who choose to carry their weapons openly are making a statement every time they step out their door. It forces everyone who sees them to...

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Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

Constitutional Amendment needed for gun rights in Arkansas

Related articles: Attorney General opinion in opposition of right to keep and bear arms Open carry now legal in Buffalo River National Park? Message...
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Father's day and safe churches

On this Father’s day, my thoughts are full of memories of my late father, a man who had strong convictions of right and wrong, a man who never...

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Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
RouXBarbecue - bring your money, leave your gun

Yesterday afternoon, in celebration of Father's Day, my wife asked what I would like for dinner? Being a...
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You're in the Navy now

To the tune of Popeye the Sailor Man -- You're in the Navy now, You're in the Navy now, With a Nuke you can be...
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John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

Safer Streets 2010: The Ambassadors of the second amendment.

Many, many Americans think of liberty purists as Good Will Ambassadors of the Bill Of Rights. We are. The...
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David Codrea/National:
Anti-gun assembly member travels with armed security escort

Oakland's KTVU.com has posted a video of an open carry debate hosted by the Commonwealth Club in the East Bay city of Lafayette.
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Pizza Hut gun policy change reflects larger societal attitude

"The company that owns most of Southern Arizona's Pizza Huts has reversed policy and is allowing customers to carry firearms...
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Perdue gun bill actions show danger of mistaking sport shooters for Second Amendment supporters

"Gov. Sonny Perdue hit the bull's eye by signing one gun bill and vetoing another," The Times-Herald...
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Dave Workman/Seattle:

Forget a new police chief, Seattle needs Inspector Harry Callahan

Seattle’s Belltown (“Helltown?”) neighborhood has a problem, but not the kind that can be solved...
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The unintended consequences of hugging fur: Would you kill a wolf or bear in self-defense?

Much has been made of efforts to reintroduce wolves and grizzly bears into areas where they have all but vanished...
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Chris Woodard/Tucson:

Arizona in the Fed's firing line.....Part 2

Well now, The Feds are going to sue Arizona. But instead of Constitutional grounds, it appears the Justice...
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Illinois woman gunned down in front of horrified, helpless witnesses

A "prohibited person," in other words--prohibited under federal law from so much as touching a gun, and ineligible under state law to have a Firearm Owners ID (FOID) card, without which he could never legally buy firearms or ammunition, even in a private sale. And yet "his" gun (it was actually reported stolen in Mississippi years ago) was the only one present.

We will never know if an armed citizen could have saved Ms. Oliver's life, but we certainly know that a great many unarmed ones did not. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 18

Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:

Daniel White/Cleveland:

Did the NRA sell out other gun rights organizations? Not so fast...

Recent publicity has focused on H.R. 5175, the so-called DISCLOSE Act which would, in part, "establish...
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Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith

Attorney General opinion in opposition of right to keep and bear arms

Related articles: Open carry now legal in Buffalo River National Park? Message to tourists with guns; don't come to Arkansas Gun ban at Buffalo River...

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David Codrea/National:
Does gun website arm with facts or with propaganda?

"New website arms the world with true facts on guns," the University of Sydney release labeled "News" promises...
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Dave Workman/Seattle:

CCRKBA’s Gottlieb to Democrats on revised Disclose Act exemption: ‘Pound sand’

Before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pulled the so-called “Disclose Act” (H.R. 5175) for consideration,...
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• Anthony Martin/Conservative

Elena Kagan, the NRA, and the KKK

I have had, and will undoubtedly continue to have, a great many disagreements with the NRA. That does not mean I will stand for them being compared to a group that epitomizes the worst of our nation's history. The KKK would love to deny the human right to keep and bear arms, to those whom they would like to terrorize. Gun rights advocacy groups, including the NRA, intend to thwart that sick goal. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 17

Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:
NRA sellout on HR 5175 creates national maelstrom

Call NRA officers listed below to express your outrage at having a gun rights organization betray gun owners’...
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Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

A holster with a window? Not for me!

Others are discussing the NRA endorsement of Harry Reid and John McCain, and NRA's support of a gag bill in the...
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John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

Safer Streets 2010: Taking a stand, you say?

I'm looking over the editorials castigating gun owners and I'm seeing a trend for some time. I've put this off long...
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David Codrea/National:

Is NRA changing stance on campaign finance exemption deal?

On Tuesday, we talked about an exemption being carved out for NRA on a campaign finance bill. This has kicked over a hornet's nest in the "pro-gun" community...
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Dave Workman/Seattle:

Fury continues over Disclose Act ‘deal’ for NRA, from without and within

In the 48 hours since an apparent “deal” was struck between Congressional Democrats and the National...
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• Anthony Martin/Conservative

Missouri Schnucks stores see the light; no longer 'gun free' zones

"Nonissue" is a good way to describe it. In four other states in which Schnucks has stores, and which have provisions for defensive handgun carry by private citizens (Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, and Tennessee), Schnucks has had no such policy in place, and has not had a single cause to regret that lack.

On the other hand, we can find a reason, as recently as last October, to regret there having been such a policy in Missouri [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 16

Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:
NRA & Shuler torpedo gun rights organizations

Deal between NRA and Democrat leaders aids passage of bill designed to muzzle GOA, CCRKBA and all other gun rights groups, potentially bringing it to...

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Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

Legal home invasion in Barling, Arkansas

Related Article: Home invasion; cop or not? This story is slightly dated, but hey, I had to graduate a son in May while this event was taking place....

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Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

Home invasions are getting too common - are you prepared? - part 4

Saturday morning in Gatlinburg, a homeowner was shot in the leg by home invaders. The invaders were armed with...
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David Codrea/National:

Anti-hunting cosmetics firm uses human guinea pigs

An anti-hunting ad campaign in the United Kingdom by an activist cosmetics company has been banned, the Yorkshire Evening Post tells us...
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Dave Workman/Seattle:

NRA flap proves Dems will do anything to keep power

Whether American gun owners and grassroots gun rights organizations should be angry with the National Rifle...
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The NRA to become the 'Only Ones' with free speech rights?

If the right to keep and bear arms has become the end goal--has become our very definition of "liberty," rather than the last ditch means to defend liberty against tyranny--it is wasted on us, for we have shown that we have no intention of actually using it, no matter how warranted its use has become.

If the NRA, as one of the "Only Ones" with the privilege (because under the "DISCLOSE Act," free speech will have morphed from a right to a privilege) of free speech, actually uses that privilege to effectively defend the Second Amendment (and this isn't the time or place to explore the likelihood of that), it will only serve to protect our right to be well armed serfs. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 15

Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance

There is a park near my house where I and my family often walk. Lately they have been improving trails and sprucing the place up, probably using...
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Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

Gun-free "safe" zones in Arkansas

Even though the Fort Hood and University of Alabama shootings are still recent events, many Arkansans continue to believe in the fallacy of...
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David Codrea/National:
NRA deal on campaign finance throws smaller groups under the bus

"House Democrats have offered to exempt the National Rifle Association from a sweeping campaign-finance bill..."
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Dave Workman/Seattle:

Sudden riches from Nigeria, and what I might do with the money!

My ship came in Tuesday morning, courtesy of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes...
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• Anthony Martin/Conservative

Debunking the debunkers of gun law 'myths,' part II

So Chicago's gun laws make it difficult for criminals to get guns (which in turn, we're supposed to assume, reduces violent crime), but making them less restrictive won't matter?

In truth, I have difficulty disputing that second part--I've argued myself that ending Chicago's handgun ban cannot make the violence there any worse, especially considering that people are ignoring the ban, in favor of providing for their own security--and that seems to be working out for them. Actually, Ludwig himself helps me make my case, when quoted in a recent Chicago Tribune article . . . [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 14

Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:

Daniel White/Cleveland:

Restaurant Carry stalled as House prepares for summer recess

Senate Bill 239, which recently passed the Ohio Senate 23-10, has stalled until after the summer recess thanks to a...
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Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

Concealed carry on public school property in Arkansas

Related articles: Legal concealed carry on Arkansas Campuses Arkansas students practice being killed As my last article showed, concealed carry on...
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John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

Safer Streets 2010: When will the republicans really listen?

We need to speak freely and be frank: when it comes to the Republicans' website America Speaking Out, the...
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David Codrea/National:
Anti-gun congressman attacks student interviewer

North Carolina democrat Rep. Bob Etheridge has physically attacked a student journalist for asking him a question.
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Dave Workman/Seattle:

Bellevue’s Gottlieb at U.N. this week to protect American gun rights

Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Bellevue, WA-based Second Amendment Foundation and chairman of its sister...
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Debunking the debunkers of gun law 'myths'

And yet if we are to believe Cook and Ludwig, Chicago thugs have trouble getting guns--can't they get out of town, to take advantage of "weak" Illinois gun laws, and why aren't New York's "strong" gun laws foiling Buffalo thugs?

I should perhaps be glad Cook and Ludwig haven't attempted to debunk ancient Greek mythology--if they handled that task with the same aplomb they showed in debunking the "gun control" myths, I would probably be worshiping Zeus by now. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 13

Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Legal Concealed Carry on Arkansas Campuses

Open carry now legal in Buffalo River National Park?

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Davidson gets 80 more years

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: One myth about the five myths about gun control.

David Codrea/National:
Why are 'researchers' using Ozzy Osbourne's ramblings to push for more 'gun control'?

Is it time to end the police gun sale 'loophole'?

'Gun-free' Kyrgyzstan enables ethnic cleansing

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Why does 'standing' to challenge a law require risking prosecution?

It is unconscionable that to challenge laws that undermine the Constitutionally guaranteed, fundamental human right of the individual to keep and bear arms, one must either risk prosecution under those laws, or navigate an impossible Catch-22. Unconscionable, but much appreciated by those who believe that the ultimate authority rests with the government, rather than the people ostensibly served by that government. By virtue of being citizens whose rights are violated by such laws, we are more than sufficiently "injured" by them to have "standing." [More]

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Donated to the Brady Campaign? You've got SPAM!

Still, I would not have predicted that not only would the Brady Campaign't political action committee become more or less financially irrelevant (and financial relevance is about the only relevance for a political action committee), but that the Brady Bunch would be reduced to selling their mailing list for some desperately needed cash. Furthermore, the list consists of only about 50,000 names--a mere 10% of the "about half a million" claimed by then Brady Campaign president Michael Barnes in 2004. Was Barnes grossly exaggerating (lying, in other words), or has the Brady Campaign lost 90% of its membership in the last six years? [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 11

Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:

Rob Reed/Detroit:
More bad news for the anti-gun crowd as the Brady Campaign sells its member list to raise cash

David Codrea/National:
'Dear Abby' gives good advice on 'gun-toting churchgoer'

Dave Workman/Seattle:
McDonald v. Chicago: Daley’s Last Stand?

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VPC executive director libels open carry rallies

If gun rights rallies, and rally-goers, cannot be made to look adequately "scary" without distortion (and outright lies), is it not fair to ask if there's any reason to fear them at all? Is it not also fair to ask some hard questions about the motives of those doing the distorting? [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 10

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Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Way better than a Gun Free Zone

David Codrea/National:
Anti-gun bias and ignorance-based police authority a danger to liberty

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Sotomayor’s position on SAF’s McDonald case will tell much about nominee Kagan

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• Anthony Martin/Conservative

Georgia's Governor Perdue vetoes airport carry bill, but federal law still pushed

With SB 291's veto, one might think that the (badly misguided) justification for either of these federal measures had disappeared--but no, Rep. Johnson makes clear his intention to continue his push for federal legislation, in an opinion piece carried by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Jun. 9

Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Top US Park Ranger and state legislatures back gun carry rights

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Orders of protection are not a shield of steel

David Codrea/National:
What does Sharron Angle victory in Nevada U.S. Senate primary mean for gun owners?

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Thomas downfall suggests Left’s prejudices not limited to gun control

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• Jesse Mathewson/Cochise County Libertarian
• Anthony Martin/Conservative

Latest score--Chicago 'illegal' gun owners: 3, bad guys: 0

As we discussed before, Chicago would seem not to have many options for charging the pawnshop owner. A law passed in 2004 (over disgraced former Governor Blagojevich's veto, and over two "No" votes by then Illinois State Senator Obama) provides immunity for violators of a municipal gun law, if the gun was used in self-defense in one's home or business. [More]

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