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OK for guns in cars set for Nov. 1
Posted by: Admin on Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 11:36 AM
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By Ken Raymond
Staff Writer
A law intended to keep gun owners from being fired from their jobs for having legal guns inside their locked vehicles is set to take effect in November. Transporting guns
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation gives these guidelines for transporting guns.
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Minnesotans firing back on gun ruling
Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 06:47 AM
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Standing at a busy St. Paul intersection with a .40-caliber Ruger semiautomatic holstered on his hip, Lucky Rosenbloom said a judge's ruling last week that Minnesota's handgun law is unconstitutional hasn't hurt his business of training applicants for permits to carry firearms.
"Quite the opposite," he said. "More people have been stopping and asking me about it. I'm telling them: 'Get your training in now and you can get licensed once there's a stay of the judge's order.' "
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Weapons Ban Set to Fade Into Sunset
Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 07:43 AM
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By Charles Babington
Sunday, July 11, 2004; Page A04
With time expiring on the decade-old assault weapons ban, gun control advocates are angry at President Bush for apparently doing nothing to extend it. In fact, the president never asked the House to continue the ban, which will expire in September, because he knew it was pointless, says Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.).
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Judge: State Gun Law Unconstitutional - Minnesota
Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 07:37 AM
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A Minnesota District Court Judge has ruled that the state's Conceal and Carry gun law is unconstitutional — because of a technicality in the way the law was passed.
A lawsuit brought by several churches, and joined by the city of Minneapolis, argued that the law was an "impermissible taking of private property," violates the Due Process clause of the state and U.S. Constitutions and the Freedom of Religion of the state and U.S. Constitutions. It further argued that the way the law was passed — as part of a larger, and unrelated, Department of Natural Resources bill — was unconstitutional.
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House Passes 'National Concealed Carry for Cops'; LEAA's 12-Year Fight Ends in V
Posted by: Admin on Monday, June 28, 2004 - 11:39 AM
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WASHINGTON, June 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed H.R. 218, legislation that would allow qualified off-duty and retired law enforcement officers to carry their firearms concealed in all 50 states.Originally drafted by Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham and Law Enforcement Alliance of America (LEAA) Executive Director Jim Fotis in 1992, the 'National Concealed Carry for Cops' legislation has been a 12-year fight that has been embraced by nearly every association representing rank and file police officers and a significant bipartisan majority in the House and Senate.At a press conference marking passage of the life-saving legislation in the House, Fotis remarked, "After more than a decade of fighting, a major victory has been won for America's men and women in blue. For 12 years the Law Enforcement Alliance of America has backed Congressman Cunningham in his efforts and helped lead the fight to pass H.R 218. In that time Duke has proven himself, time and time again, to be a good friend and the greatest ally a good cause -- and cops -- could ever have. We owe a debt of gratitude to Law Enforcement's 'Top Gun' on Capitol Hill. Thank you Congressman Cunningham."LEAA's Fotis and Rep. Cunningham were joined by Rep. Ric Keller (R-Fla.) and Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) as well as law enforcement leaders Bill Johnson from the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO), Don Baldwin from the National Law Enforcement Council (NLEC), Brad Card from the National Troopers Coalition (NTC) and other law enforcement leaders as well as officers from area departments.H.R. 218 now awaits a vote by the Senate. President Bush has indicated his strong support and his willingness to promptly sign 'National Concealed Carry for Cops' into law.For more information about H.R. 218 or S. 253 please go to: http://leaa.org/218/http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=146-06232004
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Gun Control: Dianne Feinstein and the “Assault Weapons” Ban
Posted by: Admin on Monday, June 14, 2004 - 06:38 AM
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“The Senators and Representatives shall … in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.” – US Constitution, Article 1, Section 6, Clause 1.
It’s Okay to Lie In Congress
The preceding excerpt from the Constitution is our origin of what is called legislative immunity. It means that if Dianne Feinstein prefers to lie while carrying out her job as Senator, we cannot hold her liable. Furthermore, if her dishonest comments are quoted by the New York Times, it is given an aura of authority. If other newspapers use quotes from the NYT, often called the paper of record, in their own articles, pretty soon it becomes gospel truth, because you can read it just about anywhere.
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RI Court Upholds Restrictions on Concealed Carry
Posted by: Admin on Monday, June 14, 2004 - 06:38 AM
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(CNSNews.com) - The Rhode Island Supreme Court has upheld the state's restrictive concealed carry law.
In a 4-1 ruling on Thursday, the court rejected arguments that the "individual right to bear arms" -- as set forth in the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment -- gives people the right to carry hidden, loaded weapons in public.
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Ammo tax lawmaker at it again
Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 08:41 AM
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BEWARE, HUNTERS and target shooters. Assemblyman Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Los Angeles) is back with another bill to infringe upon the rights of legal gun owners.
You may recall that last year he had AB 992, which proposed a 10-cent tax per bullet on the sale of ammunition in California. This was soundly defeated. His new bill (AB 2858) would exempt people with a valid hunting license, but the fees would still apply to law-abiding target shooters who do not hunt.
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Calipornia: Gun Shows Are Naughty but Smut Shows Are Nice
Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 07:23 AM
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Calipornia: Gun Shows Are Naughty but Smut Shows Are Nice
Out on the Left Coast, Democrat foes of the Second Amendment want to ban gun shows from a taxpayer-owned property but keep allowing a porn expo.
"Foreplay got the nod over gunplay Wednesday by state senators deciding what types of shows to allow at the Cow Palace," the San Francisco Chronicle reported today.
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California Senate Votes to Require Thumbprint to Buy Bullets
Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 07:20 AM
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Susan Jones, CNSNews.com
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
The California Senate has passed a bill that would require ammunition buyers to provide a thumb print when the purchase is made. But a pro-Second Amendment group is condemning what it calls "an insidious invasion of privacy."
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) says that keeping records on ammunition sales has proven ineffective in fighting crime. "Requiring a thumbprint moves this idea into the realm of the ludicrous," said CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron.
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Florida Gov. Bush Signs Ban on Listing of Gun Owners
Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 09:02 AM
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Jeb Bush signed bills Thursday that ban police from keeping comprehensive lists of law-abiding gun owners and give owners of gun ranges almost total immunity from lead cleanup lawsuits.
The National Rifle Association praised Bush for signing the bills, both of which were pushed hard by the gun-owners' group.
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Gun Ban Lobby Aims for Wrong Target; Brady Moms Should Push for Controlling Crim
Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 08:48 AM
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RICHMOND, May 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As the Million Mom March pink RV rolls into Richmond to push for re-authorization of the Clinton Gun Ban, the Virginia Shooting Sports Association (VSSA), the state affiliate of the National Rifle Association, urged Congress to let the ban expire as scheduled on September 13th.
Steve Canale, President of the VSSA said, "Sadly, Mayor McCollum is following in the footsteps of his predecessor Tim Kaine, bowing at the alter of the Million Mom March and their call for more restrictive gun control."
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Florida Gov. Bush Signs Ban on Listing of Gun Owners
Posted by: Admin on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 10:33 AM
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Jeb Bush signed bills Thursday that ban police from keeping comprehensive lists of law-abiding gun owners and give owners of gun ranges almost total immunity from lead cleanup lawsuits.
The National Rifle Association praised Bush for signing the bills, both of which were pushed hard by the gun-owners' group.
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SAF Blasts Elitist Chicago Alderman; Asks 'Where's Protection for Other Citizens
Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 08:01 AM
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BELLEVUE, Wash., May 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Chicago Alderman Arenda Troutman has achieved a new low in elitism, insisting that she deserves special police protection after a series of burglaries at her South Side home while her legally-disarmed constituents are left like defenseless sheep in a city of wolves, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said today.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported May 6 that Troutman's home, burglarized twice in the past three months, now has a police officer assigned during all shifts to watch the residence, including weekends. In a statement quoted by the newspaper, Troutman said, "Deserve it? Damn right. I should receive the protection I am receiving. I am an elected official. You're darn right."
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Lawsuit faults gun records' cost, use
Posted by: Admin on Monday, May 10, 2004 - 07:53 AM
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By Gary Craig
Staff writer
(May 10, 2004) — A state system requiring the ballistics “fingerprinting” of new handguns sold in New York has cost taxpayers millions while doing nothing to solve crimes, a federal lawsuit contends.
The lawsuit challenges the state CoBIS, or Combined Ballistic Identification System, which requires that most new handguns sold in the state be test fired so the state can file specific ballistics information into a database. CoBIS has cost the state more than $12 million and “since inception, not one crime has been solved using the system,” the lawsuit alleges.
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Ban sought on .50-caliber rifles
Posted by: M16 on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 08:44 AM
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By Brian DeBose
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Democratic lawmakers are eyeing a ban on .50-caliber sniper rifles that can fire armor-piercing bullets and could cause catastrophic damage if used in attacks against airplanes and chemical-storage containers.
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Kansas Gov. Vetoes Concealed Weapons Bill
Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 - 12:01 PM
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By JOHN HANNA
Associated Press Writer
April 16, 2004, 11:01 AM EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius
vetoed a bill Friday to allow Kansans to carry
concealed handguns, saying the measure would
have made law enforcement officers' jobs more
difficult.
The bill would have required the attorney general's
office to issue a concealed-carry permit to any
Kansan 21 or older who is a U.S. citizen, pays a
$150 application fee, has no mental illness or drug
or alcohol addiction and completes eight hours of
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Senators Kill Gun Control Package in the Senate
Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 01:02 PM
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Recorded Votes Expose Turncoat Politicians
KeepAndBearArms.com -- NRA decided last
week to push their "top legislative priority"
(S. 1805) to a vote. As predicted, the bill became
a magnet for all kinds of assaults on gun rights and
freedom. Ultimately, the final bill was so conflicted
the Senators on both sides of the aisle killed it --
with a final vote of 90 to 8.
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