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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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• Anthony Martin/Conservative

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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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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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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