http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/2ndammendment/ en-us Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:43:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2337733/posts A Kenosha, WI jewelry store owner defended himself against a pair of armed and violent robbers. Police say that two robbers walked in to the Jewelry Exchange on Wednesday afternoon. One of the robbers pointed a gun at the store owner, threatening his life. The owner quickly grabbed his own defense gun from under a desk, and shot the robber in self defense. The wounded robber and his unwounded co-conspirator then fled, leaving the store owner unharmed. Police found a wounded suspect laying in the grass about a block away, and expect that suspect to live. Police are searching for... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2337733/posts#comment Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:43:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2326657/posts Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord. (Ps. 27:14, amp) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2326657/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:49:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305206/posts The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals just agreed to host another shootout over gun rights. The court decided Wednesday to review en banc a panel ruling that had significantly broadened Second Amendment protections by applying them to state and local governments. This holding, arrived at by Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain, is at odds with other rulings from around the country -- including one penned by 2nd Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor. The 9th Circuit panel had still upheld an Alameda County, Calif., ordinance that forbids a gun show at a public fairground. Thus neither side had asked for en banc review.... The Recorder http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305206/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:58:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2299198/posts http://biggeekdaddy.com/miscvideos/TedNugent.html biggeekdaddy.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2299198/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:11:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298412/posts Memo to the millions of American citizens who have managed to qualify for government permits to carry firearms: you are "potential criminals," and you are "a threat to our citizens' safety and well-being," even though you have passed criminal background checks and satisfied state firearms proficiency standards. That according to New Jersey governor Jon Corzine (D), who apparently thinks that the path to re-election later this year is paved by trampling the Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. nj.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298412/posts#comment Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:37:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/744134/posts FROM:Dr. Michael S. Brown of Vancouver, WA TOPIC:"NEGROES WITH GUNS" 12/29/01 12:22:27 The year was 1957. Monroe, North Carolina, was a rigidly segregated town where all levels of white society and government were dedicated to preserving the racial status quo. Blacks who dared to speak out were subject to brutal, sadistic violence. It was common practice for convoys of Ku Klux Klan members to drive through black neighborhoods shooting in all directions. A black physician who owned a nice brick house on a main road was a frequent target of racist anger. In the summer of 1957, a Klan... Black Man with a Gun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/744134/posts#comment Wed, 4 Sep 2002 01:36:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228109/posts If John Travolta, an avid user of his private jet and a reported Republican, were to be stopped by law from purchasing an armed fighter plane, would the film actor suddenly be surrounded by the same people who sanctimoniously claim that the Constitution protects the private citizen's right to buy and own an assault rifle? That seems an absurd question, but we often find ourselves in absurd circumstances when we get to the gun issue. A hard fact leers before us: on the subject of guns, constitutional meaning and misinterpretation have been mixed together for so long that far too... New York Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228109/posts#comment Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:12:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212900/posts PLYMOUTH, Mass. - The popular handguns are on back order. Some kinds of semiautomatic rifles are even harder to get. Ammo, too, is at a premium. In short, the gun industry is weathering the recession just fine. In Massachusetts and across America, the recent surge in gun buying has been fueled by fears that President Obama will restrict gun rights, and by creeping anxiety about crime and the economy. “It’s a tug-of-war between the anxiety of the general public and their lack of money,” said Andrew Molchan, president of the Professional Gun Retailers Association. “Right now, anxiety seems to be... Patriot Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212900/posts#comment Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:40:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204769/posts FREEP this poll on gun control. We were down 75 to 25, but now we are closing the gap! CNN Gun Control Poll CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204769/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:21:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171004/posts Seven years ago, New York started a database of "ballistic fingerprints" for all new handguns sold in the state. The bill's backers sold it as a crime-solving device, arguing that the state would now have a sample of a spent shell and bullet for every new gun sold. This, they said, would help police connect future evidence from crime scenes to specific guns. Reason Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171004/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:00:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170998/posts Knives or other sharp objects are the enduring weapon of choice for murderers and robbers, according to yesterday’s crime figures. Fatal stabbings reached a record high in England and Wales last year, despite a government drive to tackle knife-crime in ten “hotspot” areas of the country. More worryingly for the Government, robberies at knifepoint on the street jumped by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September. However, they make up less than one quarter of all robberies. Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, said: “We remain concerned about serious violence, and in particular knife crime. That is... UK Times online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170998/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:43:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151179/posts A man walking his dog in Terrell on Wednesday shot and critically wounded an armed 17-year-old robber, police said. The incident happened at about 10:20 p.m. in Ben Gill Park in the 100 block of Lions Club Lane where, police said, a group of teen robbers surrounded the man. According to investigators, when a boy in the group pulled out a gun, the man, a licensed concealed handgun owner, fired shots. The teen was apparently struck in the head and was listed in critical condition at Parkland Hospital. His weapon was recovered at the scene and later determined to be... MyFoxDallas http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151179/posts#comment Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:15:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2138495/posts Fear of gun control under Obama drives firearms purchases. Ever since Barack Obama won the presidential election, Dusty Medor’s phone has been ringing off the hook. Medor, a soft-spoken bearded gunsmith, runs D & J Gun Repair out of his home in Sterling. Prior to the election, he saw sales dropping a bit, which he attributed mostly to the lagging economy. Now, business is booming so much that he is struggling to restock merchandise fast enough for customers. Gun sales are not only up but Medor is also overseeing more online "transfers," when a person has purchased a gun over... McClean Connection http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2138495/posts#comment Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:34:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2123145/posts A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. The Bill of Rights http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2123145/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 04:09:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115248/posts >>>SNIP<<< Even Franni Franken, the candidate's wife, tried to get into the act. She put her hands in the air while the candidates were talking about gun rights — albeit from the audience, where Franken likely couldn't see her — as if to tell her husband to calm down. Franken, at the time, was demanding co-host Eric Eskola cite where he had read Franken supports limiting access to guns. "Can you cite one?" he demanded. "I support the Second Amendment." The Coleman campaign immediately after the debate was happy to provide a sheet of citations with Franken's writings and words... PioneerPress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115248/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:12:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087617/posts This week, the FBI released its crime report for 2007 and, once again, gun control supporters are taking it on the chin. It's not just that the nation's violent crime rate decreased slightly between 2006 and 2007. It's that every year since 2002 it has been lower than anytime since 1974, leading the Justice Department to say that violent crime is "near a 30-year low." Since 1991, violent crime has dropped 38 percent. Murder is now at a 40-year low, lower than anytime since 1966 every year from 1999 to the present, and down 43 percent since 1991. "More guns... NRA ILA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087617/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:52:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010936/posts Concerns that realistic-looking toy weapons are confusing police and threatening safety have led 15 states to try going beyond gun control and cracking down on fake firearms. ... Lawmakers across the country are coming to a different conclusion, deciding that it is so hard to differentiate the toys from the fakes that public safety demands they take action. ...from prohibiting imitation firearms in vehicles to banning the toys from convenience stores. FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010936/posts#comment Sun, 4 May 2008 04:56:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1995391/posts Chad Ramsey likes what he sees. That worries Kim Stolfer. Ramsey, the associate director of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, says each of the three presidential candidates has, to some degree, supported the center's efforts to regulate the gun trade. That hasn't been the case in an election year for a long time. Stolfer says gun rights advocates such as himself shouldn't seriously consider Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, but added he has concerns about Republican Sen. John McCain. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1995391/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:59:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945563/posts Gun range owner says he's unfairly targeted By Sara McDonald The Daily News Published December 27, 2007 LEAGUE CITY — Records show that top city officials spent at least seven months discussing how to shut down a gun range, a move range owner Ernest Randall says is aimed at helping a developer build homes in the area. City Attorney Dick Gregg’s billing records show he participated in a series of meetings about how to “characterize a gun range as a nuisance and ultimately have it removed.” The legal fees cost taxpayers more than $6,000 from May to November. Involved... The Galveston County Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945563/posts#comment Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:21:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910016/posts Here is a copy of the first article I read, but I will address what I found out from Senators Boxers office and Sen. Fienstiens office today (10/11/07). I know this has been posted here before, BUT, it has now PASSED in Congress! Read on: Veterans Disarmament Act To Bar Vets From Owning Guns Larry Pratt Sunday September 23, 2007 Hundreds of thousands of veterans -- from Vietnam through Operation Iraqi Freedom -- are at risk of being banned from buying firearms if legislation that is pending in Congress gets enacted. How? The Veterans Disarmament Act -- which has already... Congress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910016/posts#comment Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:20:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909997/posts Two University of Minnesota students lost wallets, cash and cell phones, but otherwise were unhurt when they were robbed at gunpoint on campus Wednesday night, police said. The students were outside University Village at 2601 University Av. SE. when two men approached them at 11:45 p.m. The robbers fired one gun shot as they fled the scene in a light colored, possibly a silver or gold, sedan, said Lt. Chuck Miner. The victims described the suspects as East African or Somali men. One was a thin build, wearing a dark blue or black sweat shirt, dark jeans and a Minnesota... StarTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909997/posts#comment Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:45:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1817224/posts ST. LOUIS — As Doris Hasler pushed her toddler's stroller through the convention hall, she eyed a glistening .50-caliber rifle on the counter and couldn't resist. It's just like the one her older son uses, mounted to his Army tank in Fort Hood, Texas. She hoisted the $8,000 weapon — all 30 pounds of it — while her husband snapped a photo. "Think I can take it home?" joked Hasler, of Highland, Ind. Advertisement The picture is all she gets, because the weaponry inside America's Center this weekend is for display only. Firearms enthusiasts of all kinds are gathering for... ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1817224/posts#comment Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:09:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764155/posts FAYETTEVILLE -- Hollis Wayne Fincher had been sparring with the federal government for several years before his arrest in November on charges he possessed illegal machine guns. Fincher said in a March interview with The Morning News he believes Americans should proudly uphold the right to bear arms, stand up for land rights and not always accept the federal government as the supreme law of the land. Fincher's arrest was the result of what federal agents said was an eight-month investigation. Federal agents said they started investigating the militia after a report and photographs about the group appeared in The... Northwest Arkansas Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764155/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:44:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765305/posts Another “think tank,” this one called the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), has come out for total civilian disarmament and repeal of the Second Amendment. What’s new about that? ISPU is openly pro-Muslim, and the ISPU writer is a criminal defense attorney who argues for repealing parts of the Bill of Rights. You can read the whole article, entitled “In the Fight Against Terrorism, Some Rights Must Be Repealed,” by Junaid Afeef, on the ISPU website: http://www.ispu.us/pages/articles/2914/articleDetailPB.html A JPFO supporter sent us the link, and we did read the article, looking for: a. Inaccurate “facts” b. Missing data... JPFO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765305/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:24:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711509/posts AB2714 (TORRICO) INTERNET/MAIL ORDER AMMUNITION SALES ID REQUIREMENT This bill would provide that no ammunition or reloaded ammunition could be delivered via the INTERNET/Mail order pursuant to a retail transaction unless the purchaser personally presents clear evidence of his or her identity and age to the seller of the ammunition. This bill also repeals a provision of current state preemption law that restricts local governments from regulating the sale of ammunition. SB 59 (LOWENTHAL) HANDGUN LOSS OR THEFT REPORTING This bill would make it an infraction for any person whose handgun is stolen or irretrievably lost to fail, within... CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711509/posts#comment Sun, 1 Oct 2006 06:24:50 GMT