http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/banglist/ en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:35:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416054/posts My wife bought me a hunting rifle for Christmas. Actually, she gave me "permission".( haha) I already have a nice assortment of shotguns and .22's. I'm looking for a drop and stop rifle. One that will drop a deer and stop an "evil-doer". So, what should I get??? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416054/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:35:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415999/posts Gentlemen, May I present my newest acquisition. A genuine "service grade" M1 Garand. I told everyone that this was a "Christmas gift from my uncle" which, in a way it was. I ordered this from the CMP the first week in December. I expected it around February but it showed up Christmas Eve. How's that for a government agency? Take another look at this bad boy. All I wanted was a shooter but this gun is beautiful. The stock is a little off but a little Tung oil will fix that right up. I am posting this for a reason.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415999/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:36:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415806/posts BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A female judge in Alabama, concerned about court security cutbacks, says she is keeping both a gun and pepper spray next to her gavel. Jefferson County Domestic Judge Suzanne Childers was prompted to get qualified to bring a gun to court after hearing a child support case a few weeks ago that necessitated her setting off her panic device, The Birmingham (Ala.) News reported Saturday. Because 46 sheriff deputies have been laid off due to budget constraints, court security has dropped off and help didn't arrive for 40 minutes, the newspaper said. "Both the county and the... upi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415806/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:02:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415733/posts Rocky Mount, N.C. — Rocky Mount police officers are searching for Risheem Robinson, 18, who was accused of shooting inside Golden East Crossing Mall, at 1100 N. Wesleyan Blvd., around 7 p.m. Saturday. Robinson shot at three young men – ages 16, 15 and 14 – in the mall's common area near the entrance to Best Buy, Rocky Mount police Capt. Laura Fahnestock said. No one was injured, but a wall and glass doors were damaged. Police arrested the 16-year-old, Murray Chamberlain, and the 14-year-old, whose name was not released. The 15-year-old was released after questioning. Police charged Chamberlain and... Wral.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415733/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:08:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415559/posts An apparent home invasion went wrong today for two suspects when a Hilltop resident apparently shot one of the suspects, police said. Two men knocked on the door of 177 Haldy Ave. about 2:21 p.m. and asked for money, Columbus Police Sgt. Eric Pilya said. One of the suspects then took a resident to a back room, where the would-be robber was shot, Pilya said. His wounds were life-threatening, and he was taken to Mt. Carmel West hospital. The second suspect, who was armed, fled. dispatch.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415559/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:52:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415556/posts MOMENT HE WAS CAPTURED: Cops Arrest Would-Be Suicide Bomber Rich Boy Bomber Based In Londonistan [Pic in URL] Mounting evidence links UK to plane attack in States By Dominic Herbert & Daniel Sanderson, 27/12/2009 THIS is the terrorist who tried to blow up a packed jumbo jet over America being seized by cops. The dramatic picture shows Umar Abdul Mutallab moments after Northwest Airlines flight 253 landed safely in Detroit on Christmas Day. As Scotland Yard yesterday swooped on a £4 million West End flat, US authorities named the 23-year-old as a rich Nigerian banker's son who studied at a... NewsofTheWorld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415556/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:43:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415470/posts Oh, Charlie Sheen. E! News has exclusively confirmed that a weapon "of some sort" was involved in the domestic violence dispute the actor was hauled off to jail for on Friday. The 44-year-old Two and a Half Men star was arrested yesterday morning in Aspen, Colo., and released that night after posting an $8,500 bond. Aspen Police Department spokeswoman Stephanie Dasaro tells E! News the felony menacing charge Sheen is facing would not go into further detail—for the record, they aren't naming the victim, either—other than to say the count does involve "a weapon of some sort." Aspen Chief Deputy... E!Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415470/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:46:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415516/posts http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=079_1261862556&p=1 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415516/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:52:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415526/posts Leupold® is issuing a customer alert to purchasers of products, particularly via Internet sales, in regards to bogus Leupold products that are apparently being illegally imported from the People’s Republic of China. These products bear many of the marks and trade dress of current Leupold & Stevens riflescopes making them very hard to distinguish externally from authentic Leupold products. In recent months, counterfeited Leupold Mark 4® riflescopes have begun to arrive with increasing regularity at the firm’s Beaverton, Oregon, headquarters for service. These products are not manufactured by Leupold and are not covered by the Leupold Full Lifetime Guarantee. Leupold... Leupold.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415526/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:15:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415454/posts More than six months after government officials seized his rare vintage military aircraft, Claude Hendrickson said he is still in the dark about why the airplane was confiscated and when and if it will be returned to him. Until the 1952 airplane -- believed to be one of only a handful of Douglas AD-4N Skyraiders in the U.S. -- is released from federal custody, Hendrickson said the aircraft will slowly deteriorate because he can't maintain it. In May, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seized the Skyraider that Hendrickson purchased from a private collector in France. Hendrickson, a business owner... The Birmingham News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415454/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:14:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415368/posts I will soon purchase a rife. Purpose: Protection in the very unlikely event of civil unrest. I am a woman in my early sixties who is fit and healthy but I do not have a lot of upper body strength. Before purchasing a rife, I would appreciate any comments Freepers might have regarding the suitability of the rife I have chosen in regards to the purpose and my physical strength. At the moment I am considering buying a DPMS Panther 5.56 NATO Sportical AR 15. This rife seemed to be the easiest for me to handle. By the way, I... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415368/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:43:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415357/posts More than six months after government officials seized his rare vintage military aircraft, Claude Hendrickson said he is still in the dark about why the airplane was confiscated and when and if it will be returned to him. Until the 1952 airplane -- believed to be one of only a handful of Douglas AD-4N Skyraiders in the U.S. -- is released from federal custody, Hendrickson said the aircraft will slowly deteriorate because he can't maintain it. ---- Virginia Dabbs, spokeswoman for Customs and Border Patrol, said she could not comment on Hendrickson's claims. "We don't harass people," Dabbs said. Birmingham (AL) News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415357/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:15:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415297/posts Quite a promise. More than a promise, it is a formula for smaller government. In my last edition, Safer Streets 101: Only you have the power, I pointed out that only you can make things happen and turn around the idea of bigger government. David Codrea mentioned taking a new person shooting. It's very good advice for several reasons. You learn more about liberty and your sovereignty from gun owners than you ever will from your public servants, including so-called educators. You'll learn more about civics, more about due process, and more about sovereignty from gun owners than from so-called... LA Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415297/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:51:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415293/posts Part I -- Realizing and correcting our mistakes... After putting an end to mutiny of 1857, British viceroy Lord Lytton (1874 -1880), brought into existence the Indian Arms Act, 1878(11 of 1878);an act which, exempted Europeans and ensured that no Indian could possess a weapon of any description unless the British masters considered him a "LOYAL" subject of the British Empire. Father of Nation M.K.Gandhi referring to Arms Act of 1878 remarked "Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest" (page 238,... merinews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415293/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:45:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415289/posts As an American in the biathlon, Tim Burke is used to being overlooked by the sport’s most passionate fans. His German and Norwegian rivals are celebrities in their home countries, where biathlon is broadcast live on television and races draw up to 30,000 spectators. In Germany, he is perhaps best known as the boyfriend of Andrea Henkel, a two-time Olympic gold medalist. So when Burke took first place in the World Cup standings last weekend — the first time an American has ever done so — his achievement stunned the sport’s mostly European fan base. NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415289/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:38:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415287/posts Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol as an indictment of nineteenth century industrialization and economic social classes. The following is a modern take on the tale exploring a different issue. Yes! and the bedpost was his own. The bed was his own, the room was his own. Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make amends in! “All of the Bill of Rights shall be sacred to me and I will defend every free man’s right to keep and bear arms!” Scrooge repeated as he scrambled out of bed. “Oh, Jacob Marley! Heaven be... Cleveland Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415287/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:32:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415177/posts BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A ten percent drop in murders during the first six months of this year at a time when gun sales were up dramatically is more proof that there is no correlation between gun ownership and violent crime, the Second Amendment Foundation said today. The FBI released data Monday that shows murders dropped by 10 percent from the same period in 2008. Meanwhile, according to data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) shows that during the first six months of this year, gun sales were up. January 2009 background checks... PR Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415177/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:50:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415051/posts OKLAHOMA CITY -- A man is in police custody after opening fire at a northwest Oklahoma City apartment complex near Hefner and Council roads. Police said the man started firing multiple shots in the parking lot of the Tammaron Village apartments around 4 p.m. Thursday. Witnesses said the man initially went into the apartment complex's main office. When employees locked him out, he opened fire in the parking lot. As the man was firing shots, another citizen armed with a gun came around the corner and ordered the gunman to put his weapon down. The gunman dropped his weapon and... news9.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415051/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:52:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414973/posts Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol as an indictment of nineteenth century industrialization and economic social classes. The following is a modern take on the tale exploring a different issue. The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached. When it came near him, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand. But for this it would have been difficult to detach... Cleveland Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414973/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:03:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414967/posts The NBA and Washington Wizards are investigating Gilbert Arenas for storing firearms in his locker, which would be a violation of the league's gun policy. After CBSSports.com first reported the incident Thursday, the Wizards released a statement saying that Arenas stored unloaded firearms in a locked container in his locker. The guns were not accompanied by ammunition, the team said. But under league guidelines collectively bargained between the players and owners, players are not permitted to carry firearms on league property or during league business. Arenas, who was previously suspended one game in 2004-05 for violating the NBA's weapons policy,... cbssports.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414967/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:50:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414962/posts FAIRBANKS - A Fairbanks lawmaker has proposed the Alaska Firearms Freedom Act, which seeks to stop the federal regulation of guns and ammunition made and sold within Alaska. Republican Rep. Mike Kelly said federal rules should only apply to firearms sold across state borders, where the U.S. government has constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce. The bill easily passed the state House of Representatives in April after picking up 11 co-sponsors. It now sits before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Its chairman, Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, said he will schedule a committee hearing this winter. The bill could place Alaska into... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414962/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:41:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414953/posts U.S. Senate candidates in Illinois walk carefully when discussing gun control, with most stressing support for the right to bear arms even if they favor some restrictions. Gun ownership has been an ongoing issue in federal elections in Illinois, with officials trying to reduce violence in Chicago - where handguns are banned - on one side, and downstate hunters and sportsmen who oppose restrictions on the other. Five Democrats and six Republicans, along with a Green Party candidate, are vying for their party's nomination Feb. 2 to run for the Senate seat once held by President Obama. Some of the... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414953/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:24:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414952/posts First it was Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat suggesting that firearms ownership should be regulated like driving and car ownership, and now the newspaper’s editorial page has blamed the “Second Amendment crowd” for “some responsibility” in the shooting of two Pierce County sheriffs’ deputies. The editorial also mentions the slaying of four Lakewood police officers, a vicious crime perpetrated by a career thug who got leniency from a governor and at least one Pierce County judge. There is nothing in the Times editorial about how two dead gunmen – David Crable and Maurice Clemmons – were able to skate through... Seattle Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414952/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:19:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414951/posts A unique business is opening in Fernley early next month. Already set up with an office on U.S. Highway 95A near Main Street, the Defensive Pistol Institute is accepting applications for classes in safe gun use. Owner Cal Eilrich, a Fernley city councilman and member of many shooting organizations as well as the owner of a local shooting range, is offering his expertise to teach the art of handling firearms. “The classes are set up for a number of things from introductory to firearms to the National Rifle Association (NRA) basic pistol course. There are all sorts of levels of... Lahotan Valley News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414951/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:14:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414947/posts Questions about race, an antagonistic relationship with police and an ongoing dispute compelled the family of a Farmville man killed Nov. 15 to press for charges against a shooter who authorities say acted in self-defense. Ellis Hunter III, 26, died a week after a fight with William Payton, 23, of Greenville. An investigation by Farmville police concluded Payton shot Hunter after Hunter attacked Payton with a knife, District Attorney Clark Everett told Hunter's family at a meeting last week. Everett told Hunter family members and Pitt County NAACP president Calvin Henderson during the Dec. 15 meeting that evidence collected at... The Daily Reflector http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414947/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:09:56 GMT