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UN arms embargoes are systematically violated and need to be made tougher if they are to end conflict and curb human rights abuses, campaigners say. Each of the 13 UN embargoes imposed in the past decade has been breached, the Control Arms Campaign has found. The group, including Oxfam and Amnesty International, says unscrupulous arms dealers are "making a mockery" of UN attempts to tackle global conflict. It is calling for states to agree an arms trade treaty. It says such a treaty would enable governments to act more effectively to prevent arms falling into the wrong hands. Currently, although...

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and National Rifle Association (NRA) have filed a motion in federal court to have both New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Police Superintendent Warren Riley held in contempt. Their frustration stems from the continued failure of Nagin and Riley to comply with a federal injunction issued last September to halt illegal gun confiscations following Hurricane Katrina and return all seized firearms to their owners. SAF Founder Alan Gottlieb said the motion was made only after attorneys had exhausted all attempts to communicate and cooperate with the defendants, who have essentially ignored the federal court order....

ISRA Press Release Cabela's Targeted by Latest Daley/Blagojevich Gun Control Scheme SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA): Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Governor Rod Blagojevich have teamed up to push legislation designed to thwart plans by a major hunting/fishing retailer to open a superstore in suburban Chicago. The bill, HB4693, would make it nearly impossible for any law-abiding entity to engage in the lawful retail sale of firearms in the state. Cabela's, based in Sidney, NE, recently announced plans to build a destination superstore in northwest suburban...

After a horrendous summer in Toronto, where more than three dozen people were shot to death on the streets, it was inevitable that gun control and gang violence would figure prominently in the current election campaign. Indeed, even before the campaign began, Prime Minister Paul Martin promised: "We're going to take handguns out of our communities." Now, with the election campaign in its second week, the prime minister has returned to the hard streets of the country's largest city and promised an outright ban on handguns "to make our communities safer." Nobody would disagree with the hope. But handguns and...

In November, the Massachusetts House of Representatives moved favorably from committee H. 2125, which brings the state one step closer to its goal of the confiscation of privately owned firearms. Under this bill, all private owners of handguns would have to register each handgun with the police and have a separate $ 250,000 liability insurance policy on each handgun or have that handgun confiscated (insurance professionals: care to estimate the cost of such a policy to the holder?). Each such insurance policy must cover the potential theft and unlawful use of the gun. If the policy is inadequate to cover...

By SCOTT DEVEAU Tuesday, November 22, 2005 Posted at 8:54 PM EST The federal government has committed to holding a high-level summit over Toronto's gun violence, according to a coalition of Toronto's black leaders. The Coalition of African-Canadian Organizations met with Prime Minister Paul Martin in Ottawa Tuesday to urge him to recognize the issue as a national crisis. The group said Mr. Martin committed to the summit, which aims to bring together the federal, provincial, and municipal governments with community leaders in the new year to tackle the issue of gun violence head on. "This is a crisis," said...

“San Francisco” is a Spanish phrase that means “heads up their butts.” At least it did earlier this week. On Tuesday the people of San Francisco went to the polls and decided to castrate the Bill of Rights. By a margin of 58-42, they decided that they didn’t want the Second Amendment anymore. Specifically, voters approved a resolution to outlaw the sale and possession of handguns and handgun ammunition. Those who already own such guns will be required to surrender them to the police by April Fools Day or face the prospect of arrest. America’s dumbest city just got dumber....

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana this afternoon issued a temporary restraining order on behalf of the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and National Rifle Association (NRA), bringing an end to firearm seizures from citizens living in and around New Orleans. District Judge Jay Zainey issued the restraining order against all parties named in a lawsuit filed Thursday by SAF and NRA. Defendants in the lawsuit include New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Police Chief Edwin Compass III. “This is a great victory, not just for the NRA and SAF, but primarily for law-abiding gun owners everywhere,”...

Guns Can Be As Dumb As Liberals If They Are In The Wrong Hands - Or NO HANDS. An illustrated dialogue of an event that could only occur in the mind of a gun grabber.

Measure Tougher and More Comprehensive than 1994 Federal Ban on Assault Weapons that President Bush and Republicans Allowed to Expire Last Year WASHINGTON, DC --Acting forcefully to protect citizens and law enforcers, United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg introduced today a bill which would restore the federal ban on dangerous assault weapons. "Keeping assault weapons off our streets is common sense," said Senator Lautenberg. "Our first responsibility to the American people is to keep them safe." The "Assault Weapons Ban and Law enforcement Protection Act" would permanently reinstate and significantly strengthen the federal ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazine...

  S2261 Revises definition of destructive device to include weapons of 50 caliber or greater.   SENATE, No. 2261STATE OF NEW JERSEY211th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED JANUARY 24, 2005 Sponsored by: Senator JOHN H. ADLERDistrict  6 Camden SYNOPSISRevises definition of destructive device to include weapons of 50 caliber or greater. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT    As introduced. An Act concerning destructive devices, amending N.J.S.2C:39-1 and supplementing chapter 39 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.      Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. N.J.S.2C:39-1 is amended to read as follows:2. C:39-1. Definitions. The following definitions apply to this...

Washington firearm owners are facing the most serious threat to their Second Amendment rights since 1994. Eight bills are pending executive action and the Washington Senate Judiciary Committee could bring the bills up for a vote at any time. NRA members and firearm owners must contact their legislators and respectfully urge him/her to oppose all the bills listed below. To speak directly with your legislator please call the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-562-6000. To find your local legislator, please use the "Write Your Representatives" tool at www.nraila.org . HB 1473 ("CAP" bill) - Creates the crime of negligent storage of a...

BOARDMAN, Ohio (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said he bagged a goose on his swing-state hunting trip Thursday, but his real target was the voters who may harbor doubts about him. Kerry returned after a two-hour hunting trip wearing a camouflage jacket and carrying a 12-gauge shotgun, but someone else carried the bird he said he shot. "I'm too lazy," Kerry joked. "I'm still giddy over the Red Sox. It was hard to focus."

'Fed Up' With Treatment of Gun Owners By Curt Lovelace November, 2000 Larry Savage is a reluctant activist. Two years ago, however, Savage had an experience that changed his life. He read the text of the Massachusetts Gun Control Act of 1998 and was shocked at "the audacity of the legislature." As soon as Savage read that law, which he says he "just happened across while surfing the 'net,'" he went out and became a licensed gun owner and began to work for the repeal of the law. The former gun control supporter had come full circle. In September 2000,...

A Willits teen’s campaign to buy and melt down 50,000 unassembled guns failed Thursday. Brandon Maxfield, 17, had hoped to raise $200,000 through an Internet campaign to buy Bryco Arms’ bankrupt Southern California plant. The facility made the “Saturday night special” that misfired 10 years ago, leaving Maxfield a quadriplegic. Maxfield said he wanted to buy the guns to prevent another child from being crippled or killed. But he was unable to raise the money necessary to outbid the plant’s manager, Paul Jimenez by Thursday, when a Florida bankruptcy court took up the matter. Jimenez bid $150,000. Maxfield’s Florida attorney,...

A U.N. group is working toward establishment of an international system to register and regulate civilian possession of firearms, according to a former congressman. The ultimate aim of many members of the conference on small arms is to outlaw personal ownership of guns altogether, said Georgia Republican Bob Barr in an interview yesterday on the newly syndicated WorldNetDaily Report with Joseph Farah. Bob Barr Barr was an official representative of the U.S. State Department's delegation at the conference's week-long session last week. It is known officially as the first Biennial Meeting of States on the Implementation of the Program of...

Latest Video, Congressional Democrats on Gun Report (05/20/2003)20 min It's a video so you'll have to watch it for your selves but try not to put your fist to far into your monitor. Launtenburg goes into why his new GUN LAW (S969)will keep guns from terrorists, but how it will not affect legal gun buyers, yeah right. Also they go into why normal citizens should not be able to buy .50 cal weapons.

Since this has been a hot topic here and among gun owners lately, I decided to make an easy to follow explanation of the 'Assault Weapons' ban of 1994. If you need to explain the futility of this clinton gun grab, this movie illustrates how useless it has been by citing a report actually completed during the clinton administration on how the bill has done nothing to fight crime and has done much to harm gunowners. Since you can't post flash movies here, you'll need to follow this link.

The Front Sight Institute is trying to eliminate people opinions on thier company at the fire arms enthusiest board Glocktalk.com http://glocktalk.com/announcement.php?s=&forumid=19 ----- Hi folks. I recently received a certified letter, from Front Sight Firearms Training Institute's lawyer, concerning negative posts made on Glock Talk. In addition to wanting me to ban an individual that made allegations against them, the message threatened legal action against this site if I didn't 'Carefully check posts in the future concerning Front Site'. ------ We have enough to deal with putting up with the anti-gunners themselves. Please send an email to info@frontsight.com and let them...

The FReep this evening occurred after a day of heavy rain in the Baltimore/DC area. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, DemocRAT candidate for Maryland Governor, held a fundraiser at the Bethesda Mariott. The honor roll for tonight's FReep consisted of Big Red, Husband of Big Red, Jimmy Valentine's Brother, and Sauropod. I arrived first right at 5 o'clock at the Mariott. It took me about 5 minutes to find a parking space, since the parking lot was filled up with cars sporting Townsend/Larson bumper stickers. Some of them had other stickers, such as Gore/LIEberman, Teach Peace, Van Hollen for Congress (vs. Connie...