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I am fed up with the federal government and the liberal media trying to enforce their anti second-amendment agenda. In 2000, the socialist Michael Moore made his slanderous documentary which blamed all of us responsible gun owners and NRA members for the tragedy at Columbine. In 2004 the Democrats failed to put a very strong anti second amendment senator in the White House. In 2008, the republicans put up an anti second amendment presidential nominee and the Democrats put up the most extreme nominee and vice president since McGovern. The only hope us gun owners have is to support Palin...

What is the American way? I would argue Freedom, I would argue fighting for what is right, I would argue that the United States Constitution; a document of rules for the government, and freedoms for the people is the American way. Would you call the Second Amendment a part of the American way? Hell yes. The second amendment is present in America for many reasons, reasons that are just as valid now as they we're over 200 years ago, as the reasons & principles of Freedom never fade, never die, never are unpopular or become out of the mainstream.

H.R.45 Title: To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None) Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Jump to: Summary, Major Actions, All Actions, Titles, Cosponsors, Committees, Related Bill Details, Amendments SUMMARY AS OF: 1/6/2009--Introduced. Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a...

Commenting about the recent shooting at a fitness center near Pittsburgh in which three women were killed and nine others wounded by a gunman who then killed himself, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert writes: We’ve seen this tragic ritual so often that it has the feel of a formula. A guy is filled with a seething rage toward women and has easy access to guns. The result: mass slaughter. ... Herbert is right about one thing: Men are much likelier to commit violent crimes – as well as gun homicides – than women. ... Unfortunately - and predictably -...

The government has begun the organization of the fascist regime. Far below the MSM radar. Check it out here.

The United States Senate recently voted on an amendment that would have allowed Right-to-Carry permit holders to carry in all other states that also grant carry permits. The amendment, sponsored by Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and David Vitter (R-La.), won a significant majority of votes, 58 to 39, but failed to reach the 60 votes needed to avoid a Senate filibuster. Anti-gun senators have long argued that the majority of Americans do not support firearm freedoms. They made this erroneous claim once again during the debate on the Thune/Vitter amendment. Now, a new poll has proven them wrong. Conducted by...

...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. -- Amendment II Those 14 words, perhaps more than any others in the U.S. Constitution, have inspired discussions, arguments and legal debates for years and years. Now, legislation introduced in January by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) and lingering in the House Judiciary Committee has stirred up emotions on both sides of the gun control issue and once again brought these words into the spotlight. Rush's bill, the Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act (H.R. 45), establishes a federal licensing and registration regime under...

<p>MSNBC is having an on air meltdown over a man their camera crew videotaped openly carrying a handgun at an anti-Obama protest in Portsmouth, New Hampshire this morning near where Barack Obama will be holding a town hall meeting later today.</p>

Where gun rights are concerned, a “Road to Damascus” moment occurs when a formerly anti-gun or gun-shy person decides to become a gun owner. I was lucky enough to spend most of my free time last week introducing a once gun-shy family to their rights and responsibilities as new gun owners.

Ted talks the 2d Amendment with clarity. Money quote (of many): The 2d Amendment of the Bill of Rights is my concealed-weapons permit.

iHandgun is an ultra realistic gun simulator application for iPhone and iPod touch. When you pull back the slide, it makes a clicking sound. Touching the trigger results a gunshot sound, gun fire, smoke from the muzzle, and even an ejected cartridge! It's of course reloadable. Change magazine and shoot as many times as you want.

Our hearty congratulations to the U.S. Senate, which recently reaffirmed the nation's inane gun policy: Disarm the law-abiding citizens. Congratulations, senators. You have ensured that only those who wish others harm will be allowed to carry concealed weapons across state lines. A proposal to allow registered gun owners to carry their concealed weapons when they travel across state lines failed in the Senate this past week when it fell two votes short of the 60-vote supermajority necessary to end debate. Tellingly, Senate Democrats facing tough opposition in their home states in next year's elections -- such as Senate Majority Leader...

States offer a hodgepodge of concealed-handgun rules that prevent citizens from protecting themselves when traveling from one state to another. Sen. John Thune, South Dakota Republican, introduced an amendment to the defense authorization bill that would have fixed this problem by granting reciprocity for gun permits across state lines. In a 58-39 vote on Wednesday, supporters fell two short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster. This was a victory of fear over facts. Thirty-seven of the 39 no votes were cast by Democrats. The two Republicans who crossed party lines to vote nay were Sen. Richard G....

How do you outgun the NRA? Very, very carefully. Mark Pryor knows all about that. The Democratic senator from pro-gun Arkansas was nowhere to be seen on the Senate floor during Wednesday's showdown over a proposal, championed by the National Rifle Association, that would have gutted state gun-control laws across the nation. Toward the end of the vote, Pryor entered the chamber through the back door, took a few steps inside, flashed a thumbs-down to the clerk, and retreated as fast and furtively as somebody dodging gunfire. Several minutes later, the Democrats had racked up more than enough votes to...

As reported last night by a smirking and evidently pleased Amy Goodman, the far-left host of Democracy Now!, the Senate, in a very close vote, failed Tuesday to pass an amendment designed to allow individuals with concealed carry permits in their home states to travel with those weapons across state lines. By defeating the measure, introduced by Republican Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the Senate has sent a clear message to those law-abiding citizens already vetted in their home states with regard to responsible gun ownership: If you travel or move across state lines, forget about protecting yourselves and...

There was a single case in the VPC report from Minnesota. The VPC, apparently relying solely upon a Star Tribune article, reported the incident as: "Iheme, who had a concealed handgun permit, was found guilty of second degree murder." But actual court records which would have been easily researchable, reveal that Mr. Iheme did not have a permit.

BREAKING NEWS: Girl, 13, arrested with machine gun after raid on south London flat Martin Bentham, Home Affairs Editor 22.07.09 Specialist officers raided the girl's home in CroydonA 13-year-old girl has been arrested by armed Met police after a sub-machinegun was found in her wardrobe.The weapon was discovered when a specialist anti-gang crime squad of 15 officers with hydraulic battering rams and combat shields raided the girl's home in Croydon.She was detained on suspicion of possessing a firearm, an offence which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years for adults and three for juveniles.The raid, which police say...

U.S. SENATE TO VOTE ON YOUR GUN RIGHTS WITHIN 4 HOURS CALL AND E-MAIL YOUR SENATORS NOW TO VOTE FOR THUNE-VITTER AMENDMENT The U.S. Senate will vote at 11:30 a.m. today-- Wednesday, July 22 -- on an amendment to protect your right to self-defense. The anti-gunners are now doing everything that they can to defeat this amendment and the vote by your Senators is likely to determine the outcome. So it is critical for you to call and e-mail your Senators now and urge them to support and vote for the Thune-Vitter Amendment. The Senate is now considering an amendment...

The Obama administration is raising the stakes in a fight over states' rights and firearm ownership by arguing that new pro-gun laws in Montana and Tennessee are invalid. In the last few months, a grass-roots, federalist revolt against Washington, D.C. has begun to spread through states that are home to politically active gun owners. Montana and Tennessee have enacted state laws saying that federal rules do not apply to firearms manufactured entirely within the state, and similar bills are pending in Texas, Alaska, Minnesota, and South Carolina. Yet the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and Explosives now claims that...

I should never have to tag a post with "Secession." Moving right along... Having grown up in Virginia, I'm well aware of the propensity of batsh*t lunacy: this is the state whose Republican Party nominated Ollie North for Senate. But Republican VA state delegate nominee Catherine T. Crabill has elevated the lunacy to a whole new level. To start with, she's an Oklahoma City bombing truther. But Crabill veers from the lunatic to the outright dangerous: Crabill... claimed the Obama administration is pursuing legislation that will turn it into "the thought police" and wants to put Americans in "the chains...

Those watching Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings this week didn't learn much about what she really thinks about judging. But they were treated to an Abbott and Costello legal moment on Thursday between the judge and South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham. In the wake of the Supreme Court's recent decision in D.C. v. Heller recognizing an individual right to bear arms, Mr. Graham wondered what template Judge Sotomayor would use to determine whether that "fundamental right" also applies to the states? "The rule of law," Judge Sotomayor answered.So "isn't the rule of law, when it comes to what you consider to...

Millions of Americans watch with horror as the Obama administration continues to implement its own version of 'change.' Change that involves an unprecedented and systematic devolution of power to the federal government, in direct contravention of the Constitution. From the pending takeover of 17% of economy under the auspices of health care reform, to the government takeover and subsequent ownership of automobile companies, to the unconstitutional interference in the formerly private market under the rubric of stimulating the economy. Not to mention the proposed cap and trade legislation which would give the federal government unlimited powers of taxation and regulation...

<p>"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."</p>

It seems a dealership in Missouri is giving away AK-47s with the purchase of a pick-up truck. CNN sends a remote link to question the wisdom of such a move - and the dealership owner does an outstanding job of smiling while smacking her around. God, it's a good day to be an American on the right side!

President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayer, raised some eyebrows with her unusual responses to senators’ queries on Second Amendment issues. Particularly interesting were her views on the use of firearms for self defense. “The phrase ‘self defense’ doesn’t appear in the Constitution, so I think there is considerable room for interpretation regarding what is and isn’t permissible,” Sotomayer argued. “It is one thing for a person to take up arms in defense of the nation. It is quite another for a person to assert an individual right to use deadly force even in so-called self defense.” Sotomayer suggested...

Other than declaring war, neither house of Congress has a more solemn responsibility than the Senate's role in confirming justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the Senate considers the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans have been watching to see whether this nominee - if confirmed - would respect the Second Amendment or side with those who have declared war on the rights of America's 80 million gun owners. From the outset, the National Rifle Association has respected the confirmation process and hoped for mainstream answers to bedrock questions. Unfortunately, Judge Sotomayor's judicial record and testimony clearly demonstrate a...

Here is a real Rara Avis: a liberal newspaper from San Diego publishing an impartial , unbiased and well researched article on guns and the California UOC (Unloaded Open Carry) movement. Kudos to every participant in the interview and kudos to Miss Rosa Jurjevic, she proved herself to be is a great gal and an honest journalist.

The twin questions of whether Americans have the constitutional right to keep and bear arms, and precisely what Judge Sonia Sotomayor thinks of that proposition, have surfaced this week during her U.S. Senate confirmation hearings. Both questions are timely. In two separate cases before the 2nd Circuit, Sotomayor took a narrow view of the Second Amendment right of self-defense, and her more recent decision is likely to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court later this year. That case is called Maloney v. Rice, and it addresses whether the Second Amendment can be invoked to strike down restrictive laws against...

...On Wednesday, legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin implied that the Supreme Court’s 2008 decision to uphold the Second Amendment was revolutionary: “When I was in law school...the idea that you had a Second Amendment right to a gun was considered preposterous....But the Supreme Court [in Heller]...said that...individuals have a personal right to bear arms.”...Anchor Wolf Blitzer raised the Second Amendment issue with Toobin, a graduate of Harvard Law School, and the others on their panel analyzing the hearings.... [and] asked...what were the nominee’s “positions, specifically on the federal obligation to support the Second Amendment, as opposed to local communities..?” The CNN...analyst...

(Corrected) Gun Control: In a case headed for the Supreme Court, a three-judge panel rules Chicago's gun ban constitutional since the 2nd Amendment doesn't apply to states and cities. High court nominee Sonia Sotomayor concurs.Those Pennsylvania townsfolk bitterly clinging to their guns may have been premature in celebrating the decision in D.C. v. Heller that the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does indeed guarantee an individual right to keep and bear arms.

Mentioned "hunting" and "target practice" as legitimate uses for a gun, as long as the state decides you can have one. Not one word on self-defense.

Second Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor recently held that the Constitution does not protect the right to keep and bear arms against infringement by state and local governments. Her defenders maintain that she was merely applying settled precedent, which only the Supreme Court itself is authorized to reconsider. This is a half truth that conceals more than it reveals. Last year, the Supreme Court resolved a longstanding debate by holding that the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms includes the right of American citizens to have weapons for personal self defense. Accordingly, the Court struck down a D.C. statute...

Here's the full audio of Governor Palin and Ted Nugent. Excellent!

Americans breathed a sigh of relief last year when the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment does, indeed, protect individuals from government infringement on their right to keep and bear arms. Unfortunately, some state and local governments still believe that prohibition does not apply to them. Last week, I filed a brief on behalf of Texas and 32 other states, asking the court to clarify that the Second Amendment applies just as much to local and state governments as it does to the federal government. At issue are local ordinances that ban handgun possession — even in the...

·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683   NRA Sends Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Expressing Strong Concerns Over Sotomayor's Record on the Second Amendment   Tuesday, July 07, 2009   On Tuesday, July 7, NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox sent a letter to Senators Leahy and Sessions expressing NRA's strong concerns over Judge Sotomayor's dismissive views of the Second Amendment.http://www.nraila.org/media/PDFs/nrasotomayorltr709.pdf Find this item at: http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=5026

MEXICO CITY — A top member of a breakaway Mormon sect was dragged from his home by marauders and killed early Tuesday in a village founded and named for the American families that settled the remote community in the northern Mexican desert. Benjamin LeBaron, 31, and Luis Widmar, 29, a brother-in-law who tried to help him, were grabbed by at least 15 commandos shortly after midnight in Colonia LeBaron, which is about 200 miles southeast of El Paso, witnesses said. The bodies of the men, both naturalized U.S. citizens with five children each, were found nearby shortly afterward, each shot...

A genuine outbreak of 2nd Amendment appreciation in Gaffney, South Carolina as residents are confronted by a Serial Killer who has murdered 5 people in six days. Perhaps the killer will hear the sound of gunfire as people target practice with their newly acquired weapons to prepare for his visit.

In sum, Sotomayor's joining of the Sanchez-Villar opinion's preemptive ambush on the Second amendment is a smoking gun example of her stealth activism against gun rights. This objection to Sotomayor may not be as sexy as a speech about latinas or a ruling against white firemen, and it may not be a silver bullet capable of taking on werewolves, but at least its on-point and relevant to the open question of Sotomayor's worthiness to be a lifetime decider of the rights of Americans.

An elderly couple was in a Toledo hospital Friday after being beaten by two or more men who broke into their rural Gibsonburg residence the day before and robbed them of 31 guns, authorities said. James Kohler, 74, was listed in serious condition and Mary Kohler, 76, was listed in good condition at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center early Friday, a hospital spokesman said.

Hiya FR Gun Club members, I received the following email today, with the attached pics of the new STG-556 E4. Looks like a kewl new toy to go shoot!!!! The email: From: guns@ratworxusa.com To: al@ratworxusa.com Subject: New STG-E4 Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:45:34 +0000 Hey, we just thought we would share with everybody some photos of the new MSAR STG-E4. We received our shipment of rifles today. We demo'd the very first production gun to leave the factory to 11 L.E. Departments, and the gun worked flawlessly all day. For those of you who had pre-oders, right now we...

The fear on the street is palpable. Ever since the election of Barack Obama as President of these United States in November 2008, coupled with the election of a democrat party majority in both the U.S. House and Senate, concern for the United States and personal safety has ignited like a fire in dry grass.

There is now a Free Pro Second Amendment song download available online..."Don't Come For My Gun" is a message for politicians, penned by new county music duo "Wells Hollow" during the last election cycle. The author, Bee Thomas has been a Freeper since Aug of 1998, and he gets it. To receive your free download of this new song, go to www.wellshollow.com, and scroll down to the bottom of the page where you will see a link and instructions. I bought my last case of 1000 rounds .223 for $80. It is now up to $500-600. They are INFRINGING on...

Deputies say at least one gunman was killed in an early-morning home invasion near Wagram. Anthony Martin, of Kale Street in Wagram, was shot to death in the failed robbery attempt while two others masked men fled, according to Shep Jones. The sheriff's department did not have Martin's age. Investigators say one of the robbers was 40-year old William Anthony Strickland, according to Jones. The last-known address for Strickland is 9539 Springview Road in Charlotte. Jones would not say how Strickland was identified as a suspect. Warrants were obtained for Stricklands arrest on charges of robbery, burglary and felony assault....

What would you do if you were staring down the barrel of a shotgun, with a hooded man demanding your money or your life, but all you had in your pocket was five dollars and a .380 pistol? Here is a very candid, post-shooting incident interview with a man who experienced exactly this situation and the law enforcement officials handling the case. There are many real world lessons to be learned in this very rare and extremely educational video interview… This is a video you are not likely to see very often. Watch the video and then see my comments...

Obama and his Marxist minions thought that the 2008 election gave them an unfettered mandate to dismantle our Constitutional Republic by establishing a One World secular socialist powerhouse in Washington DC, forever running roughshod over the people and the states without any worry of revolt or reprisal. They were horrifically mistaken! This is not democracy, its fascist totalitarianism, and our Founding documents provide the people a peaceful remedy. Our nation’s Founders not only anticipated a day when the federal government would become destructive of the desired ends, Life, Liberty, individual Freedom and Happiness, - they provided the mechanisms by which...

There is now a Free Pro Second Amendment song download available online..."Don't Come For My Gun" is a message for politicians, penned by new county music duo "Wells Hollow" during the last election cycle. The author, Bee Thomas has been a Freeper since Aug of 1998, and he gets it.To receive your free download of this new song, go to www.wellshollow.com, and scroll down to the bottom of the page where you will see a link and instructions.WE HAVE NEVER BEEN UNDER SUCH AN ASSAULT ON OUR RIGHTS. Get the song and pass it along...it says it all. Lyrics...Don't Come...

Neal Knox - The Gun Rights War A new book from the Knoxes         July 4, 2009 marks the 25th anniversary of The Firearms Coalition and our bi-monthly newsletter The Hard Corps Report.  It also marks the release of a long overdue book, Neal Knox - The Gun Rights War.  Dad always wanted to write a history of the gun rights movement and it turns out that he had already done so in his columns and articles while the history was being made.  Now, thanks to a lot of hard work by my brother Chris, it is...

Democrats say Bredesen mostly got his way on budget. NASHVILLE -- Republicans may have only "semi-control" of the General Assembly, but they say they nonetheless made major strides this year in areas such as gun rights, social issues such as abortion and charter school expansion. "There were lots of things we accomplished this year that I'm very very proud of, things we'd been working on for years," Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, R-Blountville, the Senate speaker, said as lawmakers ended their annual session last week. "We were able to advance those whether it's pro-life issues, Second Amendment issues." He and other...

They Had No Weapons to Load

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- A man was shot and killed outside a home near Altamonte Springs early Friday morning. Deputies say he was trying to break into a home on S. Magnolia Avenue when someone inside shot him. Investigators say at approximately 4:00am on Friday, a woman was awakened by a loud, pounding sound coming from the front door of her home. She woke up her husband to let him know what she heard and asked him to go check on what was happening. "Yes someone's just tried to break down my front door," said the caller to the 911...