The 'gun problem' is not in the Tea Party

Adam Winkler, who teaches Constitutional law at UCLA, claims in a Daily Beast article that Tea Party candidates' support of gun rights is "radical." [More]

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GRE Round Up, Nov. 1

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:

• Pro-gun or anti-gun? Will the real Heath Shuler please stand up?

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:

• President of Wyoming Family Coalition lies to gun owners about Matt Mead

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:

• California's Least Wanted

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

• Arkansas Game and Fish goes wild


• Firearm rights candidates

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• TVA contacts needed

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

• Safer Streets 2010: Which gun laws to repeal first, Part II.

David Codrea/National:

• Interview with GOA's Larry Pratt


• NYC gun proposal gets mixed response from store owners


• Will gun owners vote based on personal research or group endorsements?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• It is time to vote; use it but don’t abuse it

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• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms
  

NYC's Bloomberg should call his group 'Mayors Against Armed Dark-Skinned People'

Herbert points out that in 575,000 "stops and frisks" last year, almost 505,000 of them turned up nothing illegal. Gun seizures are even more rare, with 99.85% of the searches not turning up an "illegal gun."

Even more damningly, Herbert cites respected Columbia University Law Professor Jeffrey Fagan, who describes the blatantly racist nature of this policy . . . [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct. 29

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

• Arkansas politicians show their fear of the Second Amendment

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• Tennessee Firearms Association Knoxville Chapter

David Codrea/National:

• Is anti-gun Chuck Schumer poised to become Senate Majority Leader?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• High stakes for gun owners in Tuesday’s Senate election

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• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms
  

Framed: The campaign to portray gun dealers as criminals

So, in other words, gun dealers are just supposed to know a prospective customer's criminal history--even when the mandated NICS check turns up nothing that would mandate blocking a sale. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct. 28

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:

• Self defense and revenge

Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:

• Some Iowa Sheriffs are hitting the panic button over the new firearms law

David Codrea/National:

• Gun grabber exploits product recall to advance semi-auto ban agenda

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Yet another problem with a DOC-supervised felon

Chris Woodard/Tucson:

• Korean M1 Rifles and carbines. A scam of epic proportions.

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• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms
  

Divide and conquer: CSGV's strategy to disarm us piecemeal

So, in other words, CSGV has never renounced its call, under its old name, to ban all handguns, and is a member organization of an international gun ban group whose director has called for the banning of nearly all hunting arms, and yet CSGV's executive director wants to "embrace" those who own guns for self-defense or sport. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct. 27

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:

• The checkered past of NRA-endorsed Rep.Hugh Holliman and what it means to YOU

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• Tennessee Governor's race, the final week

David Codrea/National:

• Bloomberg’s New York City gun laws continue to endanger the 'law-abiding'

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Accidental shooting triggers revival of ‘safe storage’ debate

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• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms
  

CSGV says only the government can protect you from . . . the government

What the book doesn't talk about there is that the authority to enact such sweeping powers was codified in the Weimar Constitution in Article 48. Horwitz's reticence on that little detail is perhaps not too surprising, given the fact that Article 48's insertion in the Weimar Constitution was largely the work of Max Weber--the very same Max Weber cited so frequently and so admiringly by Horwitz in explaining why the government must have a monopoly on force. Well, the Nazi government certainly had that. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct. 26

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:

• Ottumwa Chief of Police Clark still confused

David Codrea/National:

• New Jersey to 'relax' gun laws?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Vet denied gun rights while illegals campaign for Murray

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• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms
  

The REAL reason CSGV hates the right to keep and bear arms--it works

In other words, Horwitz seems to be arguing that the gun rights movement is an important reason that politicians still need to even pay lip service to the idea that the Constitution places limits on what the government can do. That seems like the best advertising gun rights advocacy could possibly get. What we need now is more of it, so that those who seek to be our public servants are forced to go well beyond mere lip service to Constitutional ideals. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct. 25

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:

• A response from the NRA?


• Mike Easley: The smoking gun in his own words


• Flawed NRA ratings plague North Carolina races

David Codrea/National:

• Will 'fusion center' accept 'militia enthusiast's' challenge?


• Gas for guns program may yield unintended consequence


• Their own criteria demands NRA oppose Reid

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Why gun rights activist Gottlieb was right about Nov. 2 elections

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• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms
  

Otis McDonald endorses Bill Brady for Illinois Governor

Mr. McDonald is one of many in Chicago's African-American community who resent Illinois' policies of mandated defenselessness. In a closely-fought election, any inroads a Republican candidate can make, into a demographic that Democrats have long considered reliably theirs, is potentially important.

The people of Illinois are waking up to the evils of forcible citizen disarmament and mandated defenselessness. It is long past time that those who seek to represent them wake up, as well. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct. 22

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Why has Phoenix banned gun safety ads?


• NRA-PVF changes GA candidate's grade and issues endorsement!

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Sportsmen gearing up for vote; how this relates to the Juan Williams outrage

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• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms
  

Inter-American Arms Treaty back in the news again

Actually, since unlicensed assembly of ammunition is currently entirely legal in the U.S., it would seem that Mr. Koh is playing a bit fast and loose with the truth. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct. 21

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:

• Ottumwa retreats, while Gardner complains

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• Accidental firearms discharges

David Codrea/National:

• Why did NRA give pro-gun candidate an 'F'?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Olympic Park tragedy underscores guns in parks issue

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• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms
  

Hear son of 'Defiance' hero speak in St. Louis

A bit over a year ago, I wrote about the death of Marek Edelman, last survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943. Reading about his strength and courage in fighting the Nazis inspired my life membership in Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership--a group dedicated to not allowing Americans to forget the horrible dangers of a people submitting to forcible citizen disarmament.

Now, St. Louis is to be visited by the son of another hero of armed Jewish defiance of Nazi evil. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct. 20

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:

• Why the NRA is bent on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

• Safer Streets 2010: Which gun laws to repeal first?

David Codrea/National:

• Should gun owners have their heads examined?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Mid-term election IS about gun rights; John A. Nosler, in memory

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• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms
  

Who let the thugs out? IL Gov. Quinn, who also wants to keep you unarmed

The thing is, thanks to a new law (legislation introduced, by the way, by Quinn's gubernatorial opponent, Bill Brady), we can see that prisoners are still being released early, on the website run by the Illinois Department of Corrections. It should be noted that the web page contains a disclaimer: [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct. 19

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

• Safer Streets 2010: Breaking the chain of a scorched earth policy of revenge.

David Codrea/National:

• How can New Jersey imprison a gun owner who broke no laws?

Dave Workman:

• Idaho governor pulls off gloves on wolves

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• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms
  

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