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Big Brother Reverses US Position on Arms Treaty: Reuters is reporting
that the Obama administration has reversed U.S. policy and said it
would back launching talks on a United Nations treaty to regulate arms
sales, a move that is pro-gun activists warn is one giant leap toward
side-stepping Congress and overturning the Second Amendment… Although
President Obama is clearly doing their bidding, gun control extremists
are still not happy, saying they are opposed to the proposed consensus
rules because decisions on the treaty be made by consensus "could
fatally weaken a final deal." …The main opponent of the treaty in the
past was the U.S. Bush administration, which said national controls
were better. The change in policy is opposed by the National Rifle
Association, as well as by conservative U.S. think tanks like the
Heritage Foundation, which is quoted as saying the treaty will not
restrict the access of "dictators and terrorists" to arms but would be
used to reduce the ability of democracies such as Israel to defend
their people…
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/6943
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Not an Encouraging Turn: Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they have
arrested a Massachusetts man in connection with terrorist plots that
included attacks on U.S. shopping malls and on two White House
officials. The suspect has been identified as Tarek Mehanna, 27, of
Sudbury, Mass. He has been charged in connection with plotting with
other terrorists from 2001 to May 2008 to carry out overseas and
domestic terrorist attacks, which included killing shoppers and first
responders at malls. However, none of the attacks was carried out
because the conspirators could not obtain automatic weapons [emphasis
added]… (Is the glass half empty or half full? On the one hand, this
arrest argues for more citizens remaining armed in more locations. On
the other, it's likely to provide fodder for those alleging to want to
keep firearms out of the hands of terrorists.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/21/terrorist-suspect-arrested-massachusetts/
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RKBA Attorney Counsels Patience: In the 1920s and 1930s, Jehovah's
Witnesses were viewed by many with the same horror and loathing gun
owners receive today. So the 1920s and 1930s saw widespread state and
local legislation against Jehovah's Witnesses, and though the Bill of
Rights guarantees freedom of speech and religion, it took 30 to 40
years of careful litigation - patiently piling up precedents to
achieve the overthrow of those laws by the Supreme Court. The
relevance of the Witnesses' experience to gun owners is that it will
take at least that many years of patient, careful litigation to remove
the morass of senseless anti-gun laws at all levels of government.
Unfortunately, the gun movement is afflicted by multiple glory-seekers
and fanatics disguised as lawyers - but without any real background in
constitutional litigation - bringing lawsuits that are sure to lose
and create disastrous precedents to adversely influence the
development of Second Amendment law. The most ill-advised of all would
be premature challenges to the "assault weapon" bans that now exist in
several states… (I think it is fair to say that Don Kates represents
the left side of the RKBA spectrum. It may also be fair to say that
his view is conditioned by the fact that he is located in California.)
http://www.handgunsmag.com/HG_pop_200911/
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CCW Remains Issue in California County: Citizen gun owners who
attended a hearing before the Orange County Board of Supervisors
testified, stating their dissatisfaction with the Sheriff's policy and
the fact that she was not elected to office. Many suggested that
Sheriff Hutchens has her own agenda, is intending to impose the Los
Angeles County policies on the citizens of Orange County and the Board
of Supervisors should distance themselves from her policy. During the
testimony, Sheriff Hutchens stood her ground refuting the citizen's
interpretation of her new policy saying, "I do not see this as a
Second Amendment Issue. The policy does not impact the right to have a
gun at home or in a place of business." Bill Hunt, a former OC
Sheriff's Lieutenant, who is expected to challenge Sheriff Hutchens in
the 2010 election was critical of Sheriffs and other Police Chiefs who
do not share the fundamental beliefs in values held in the
communities which they serve… (Hutchens, formerly a division chief
with LASD, whose highly restrictive CCW policy she confuses with state
law, was appointed to fill the vacancy created when Mike Carona
resigned after being charged with several felonies. Carona had made
Orange County about as close to shall-issue as permitted under
California law.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS96203+20-Oct-2009+PRN20091020
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Florida School District Bans Parking-Lot Storage: School employees,
students and visitors to schools will now need to make sure they leave
their concealed weapons at home, even if they have a permit. The
Georgetown County School District voted Tuesday to ban all concealed
weapons from all district property, including parking lots. The move
was in response to a plea from the Georgetown Police Department. A
state law enacted in June made an exception to the state's ban on
weapons on school property. The law allows those with permits to have
a concealed weapon on school grounds if it is in a parked car in a
locked compartment or if the individual is inside the vehicle… The law
passed by the General Assembly in June was designed to protect people
who have permits and keep guns in their cars when dropping their
children off at school, and teachers who keep their guns in their cars
for protection during their commute, said Sen. Shane Martin,
R-Spartanburg, one of the sponsors of the legislation… As for a local
policy counteracting state law, Dozier said there has been legal
precedence [sic] when an employer is able to ban concealed weapons on
their property. Employees who have concealed weapons permits and
weapons can park off school grounds, Dozier pointed out… (As I recall,
Florida also has a general protection for parking-lot storage although
it contains some strange exceptions.)
http://www.thesunnews.com/142/story/1126193.html?
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Dial 911 and Die?: Jorge Guzman locked himself in his bedroom, called
911, and waited for help while a home invader prowled around in his
home. Armed with his handgun, the emergency operator told him
repeatedly that help was on the way. As the minutes dragged on like
hours to a frightened Guzman, he was told to put down his gun because
the next person he saw would be a deputy. He almost complied, which
may have drastically changed the outcome… The dispatcher is not on
scene and doesn't know anybody's location. This places additional
stress on both the homeowner and deputies: The homeowner didn't want
to shoot a cop, and yet was considered an armed suspect until deputies
made a positive identification and secured the crime scene.
As a rightful defender, train smart and pay attention to the
situation. You must also remain in control. Had Guzman placed all his
trust in the dispatcher's words and put his gun down, he may have
become a statistic… (As with officers, the quality of dispatchers can
vary from incompetence and indifference to highly professional. If you
fail to plan, plan to fail. My CWP students are instructed on how to
interact with 911 operators and dispatchers. Use of a safe room is key
to home defense. Avoid wandering out of it, particularly once officers
arrive. Make sure that the dispatcher transmits your description and
those of other people who belong in the home to the officers, to
reduce the risk of mistaken-identity shootings, such as we recently
saw in Phoenix. Dial 911 and Die is the title of a book published by
JPFO [http://shop.jpfo.org/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=23].)
http://www.examiner.com/x-2879-Austin-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Selfdefense-and-911-reality
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Ohio Cases Demonstrate Need for Campus Carry: Another wave of armed
robberies put Columbus college students at risk yet again due to the
archaic ban on legal concealed carry on campus. As a result, students
are easy pickings for criminals looking for a sure thing. In this
case, one student from Capitol University in Bexley was robbed and two
different students at Ohio State were targeted. One student was
kidnapped from the OSU campus at gunpoint and taken to an ATM to get
cash for his attackers. Luckily, none of the students were harmed. An
employee at a UniPrint store on the OSU campus, however, wasn't so
fortunate. Two armed suspects, both described as black males wearing
ski masks, forcefully entered the store before it had opened
(bypassing the "no-guns" signs prominently displayed on the front
doors) and pistol-whipped the employee…
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/6931
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Oops, Wrong House, Oregon Version: Police have arrested a man after a
woman was sexually assaulted in her own home in Forest Grove, just
west of the Portland suburb of Hillsboro… KATU's investigation has
uncovered that Elliott is a 53-year-old transient. The woman was 23
years old, and was asleep in her home at the time. We're told that the
woman grabbed a 22-caliber rifle, fired it in Elliott's general
direction, and he ran off. Police arrested him not long after the
incident in his van on Forest Grove's Fir Road. Police tell KATU that
Elliott did not break in, as other media has reported. Police said the
house was unlocked and the suspect let himself in. A burglary charge
still applies, since he was not supposed to be there. Police said this
is important to note so people in Forest Grove "aren't thinking some
crazy guy is breaking into houses and trying to rape women." Police
also told KATU that Elliot knew the victim's friends, and had gone out
with them earlier that night. (All's well that ends well but, despite
the believe in places and times where on can leave doors unlocked,
it's not a safe practice.)
http://www.katu.com/news/64650067.html
http://www.examiner.com/x-18149-SelfDefense-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Armed-woman-fends-off-a-home-invading-rapist
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Oops, Wrong House, Texas Version: It took one shot for an East Texas
senior to put an end to a would-be robber's crime spree. The story
began around 2am Monday morning at Southside Bank in Hawkins. The
branch is located inside Brookshire's, right off Highway 14. That is
where police say 19-year-old David McWhorter was spotted, first. We
spoke to the homeowner whose one shot landed the alleged burglar in
the ER. "Just...put the gun up to the window, and he was standing
there and I pulled the trigger," said the 78-year-old homeowner. One
shot through the window was all it took. Our homeowner didn't mind an
on camera interview, but asked his name not be released. He suffers
from a hip injury and was sitting in his chair when the suspect broke
into his screened porch. He says it is not the first time he has been
broken into. Every window is now nailed shut and a baggie full of ammo
for his 4-10 single-shot shotgun is always nearby… (All's well that
ends well but maybe his neighbors will chip in to buy him something
better for home-defense than a single-shot .410 [sic] shotgun.)
http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11341726
Related Commentary: Several other recent accounts of armed
self-defense by elderly victims are linked.
He's Still Alive so It's Not a Darwin Award: A Tulare man shot himself
without the use of a gun, police said. Police said the 18-year-old man
was holding a bullet with pliers when he smashed it with a hammer,
setting it off and shooting himself in the foot. The injured man was
taken to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, where he was
treated and released. Tulare police Sgt. Darron Altermatt said the man
won't face criminal charges stemming from the incident, reported at
11:10 p.m. Friday. The incident occurred at a home in the 400 block of
North B Street. It was not known exactly why the man hammered the
bullet. (Generally bullets that are fired in this manner don't attain
much velocity as the cartridge is not supported and there is no barrel
in which the burning powder can continue to accelerate the bullet. I
guess we owe this "scientist" a vote of thanks for proving that such a
bullet can penetrate flesh. I have seen a .22 round that cooked off in
a trash fire fail to penetrate a friend's jeans but he was probably a
few feet farther from the cartridge when it cooked off.)
Tory Media Tackles Oath Keepers: We've talked about Oath Keepers many
times here on Gun Rights Examiner. Now the "mainstream media" is
starting to take notice of them. And some are taking their cues from
fabricated and hysterical Southern Poverty Law Center cries of
"Witch!"...I mean "Hate group!"
In part one, I refreshed readers on what Oath Keepers is and gave some
background on Stewart Rhodes, the driving force behind the movement.
Now that the "mainstream media" is in the process of discovering the
group, it's important to ensure their message is heard amidst all the
lying accusations feeding off the Southern Poverty Law Center's
agenda-driven and calculated hysteria…
…My biggest question to the people who are alarmed by the Oath Keepers
is this: if our men and women in uniform reaffirming their oath to
refuse unconstitutional orders so bothers you, what unconstitutional
orders do you expect them to receive, and want them to obey?
Yesterday, I discussed the "cold, dead hands" promise--could the alarm
about the Oath Keepers be linked to fear that there will not be enough
troops and police officers to render those hands cold and dead?
Tangentially Related: …Why was there less crime years ago? Because
people were vigilant. They took action when persons came into their
area who did not belong, and they knew who lived in their neighborhood
and who did not. Today most people do not even know who their
neighbor is, let alone if something is out of place. Toward the end
of my career, I have taken reports where heinous crimes had been
committed next door. The neighbor heard it and did not even bother to
call police. They said it was none of their business. Or the
neighbor was not home. Even if a neighbor calls the police, it would
have made little difference in the life of the victim. However in
each case had the victim been prepared, or a neighbor been prepared
and cared enough to intervene as soon as the trouble started, things
would have been different. Something to remember when you think the
police protect you or that your neighbor will call the police if they
hear something or intervene on your behalf.
http://shilohtv.com/?p=1291#more-1291
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An Army investigation found that soldiers should not have been sent to
man traffic stops in a small Alabama town after 11 people were killed
in March during a shooting spree. An Army report released to The
Associated Press on Monday in response to a Freedom of Information Act
request said the decision to dispatch military police to Samson from
nearby Fort Rucker broke the law. But an Army spokesman said no
charges have been filed following the Aug. 10 report… The report from
the Department of Army Inspector General found the use of military
personnel in Samson violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits
federal troops from performing law enforcement actions. The names of
those involved were redacted from the report…
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