http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/banglist/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:40:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286090/posts PASADENA, FL -- An elderly man on his way to visit his wife at a Pinellas County hospital ended up shooting a man in self-defense in the hospital's parking lot, according to the Pinellas Sheriff's Office. Detectives say 83-year-old Nathan Snyder was driving to Palms of Pasadena Hospital when he reportedly cut off a motorcycle as he was driving along Pasadena Avenue, about 1/2 mile north of the hospital, just before 3pm Friday afternoon. The motorcycle driver, 64-year-old George Hall, followed Snyder into the hospital's parking lot and confronted him, investigators said. When Snyder opened his car door, detectives say... abcactionnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286090/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:40:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286001/posts There is a current offer to join the NRA for FREE for one year. I would not have considered this to be important a year ago, but now, I wanted to stand with others for our constitional rights. http://www.thunderfap.com/miscellaneous-samples.htm web http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286001/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:36:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285698/posts Had a good turnout for the ultimate backwoods teaparty. It's raining right now in Indy and we had our teaparty/gun shoot yesterday. We knew it would be raining today so we had our event yesterday. Made some noise, shot some guns, set off some explosives in celebration of the the 4th at an undisclosed location in Indiana. Heard the news about Gov. Palin resigning, coupled with the Gov. Sanford self destruction, we feel there is no hope left. Powder is dry. For those who feel the need to point out that we are now on the DHS most wanted list... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285698/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:01:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285659/posts I am now in posession of a Savage Arms Steven's Model 15 .22 bolt-action rifle. It was my father's, but it must have been built and sold about 1950. It is all wood and steel. The bolt is a little sticky and I will probably have to lube and clean it. There is some rust on the exterior barrel. The problem is I am having trouble finding ammo for it. It says .22 short/long ammo on the barrel. The questions I have are as follows 1) I found .22 Magnum Gamepoint CCI Rimfire Cartridge, 40-Grain JSP Lead Bullet, 1875 fps,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285659/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 23:13:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285442/posts Trieu Duong was killed Thursday afternoon during a robbery at his Fairfield jewelry store. Edward Morsby III was arrested in Virginia and charged with capital murder Perry Cauthen was arrested in southwest Birmingham and charged with capital murder Trieu Duong and his family arrived in the U.S. on the most American of days. It was the Fourth of July. In 1976. And that made it their adopted nation's bicentennial, and a perfect time to embark on the American Dream. The Birmingham News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285442/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:23:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285366/posts Tomorrow, Saturday, July 4, we celebrate American independence! During this time I hope that Americans will take a few minutes to reflect on how we gained our independence … while so many, to this very day, are still unable to achieve liberty. The fact is, we can thank our success on one thing — the individual right to bear arms. If it were not for the firearms owned by private citizens in the late 1700s, the British would have easily defeated us. Yet so many today are willing to give up this basic right in the hope that government will... InsideNova.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285366/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:05:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285362/posts DURHAM -- As a Durham officer shot Thursday recovers from a second surgery, relatives of the man charged in the shooting say he acted in self-defense. Officer D.J. Youmans remained in stable condition at Duke Hospital Friday. His family has arrived from New York to be with him. "We're just praying a whole lot," Durham Police Chief Jose L. Lopez Sr. said before returning to the hospital Friday afternoon. Youmans, a Durham officer for less than two months, and his training officer, Cpl. B.D. Schnee, were responding to a shots-fired call at the South Square Townhomes on Shannon Road about... newsobserver.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285362/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:00:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285354/posts Photo courtesy of Oleg Volk) Two recent stories serve as reminders that while it’s great when the “good guys” win, there still can be a personal price to pay. Sugar Land, Texas – Working the night-shift as a computer technician paid off when James Arther awoke to his dog barking around noon. Alarmed by the barking, he retrieved his 9mm handgun just in case: "I opened my bedroom door and saw the guy," said James. "It looked like he was running towards me with a weapon like a screwdriver and I was scared." Arther shot the intruder once in the... Austin Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285354/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:50:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285348/posts The ACLU, not exactly known for being sympathetic to the right to keep and bear arms, is going to bat for a New Orleans man who had his gun confiscated. From the Associated Press: The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana filed the federal lawsuit Thursday on behalf of Errol Houston Jr., who was arrested last year following a traffic stop. The lawsuit says the district attorney's office declined to prosecute Houston but has refused to return his .40-caliber firearm. Why? After all: "Mr. Houston has done nothing wrong. There are no criminal charges against him. His firearm, which he... Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285348/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:39:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285254/posts 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... Via Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285254/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 03:43:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285228/posts London, July 02(ANI): Johnny Depp is keen on teaching his children to handle guns. The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star, who learnt shooting at the age of six in Kentucky where he grew up, wants to pass on his experience to his kids. "We would just go out and line up a bunch of cans and shoot with rifles, handguns and at times, submachine guns," the Daily Star quoted him as saying... ANI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285228/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 02:21:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285218/posts I was walking home a few weeks ago when two young men, one with a knife in his hand, blocked the sidewalk and demanded my wallet and camera. I’m accustomed to having a means of defense other than my fist and an umbrella at hand. I’ve been in Washington, D.C. for three months and had almost gotten used to not having a weapon handy. At home in Arizona, I regularly, and legally, carry a concealed pistol and reluctantly left my guns at home and trusted on instincts and awareness to stay out of trouble. There are many opinions as to... humanevents http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285218/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 01:52:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284945/posts 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. "FEAR" note from a cop - (www.current.com) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284945/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:20:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284871/posts A Colt Army Special revolver used by East Chicago, Ind., police Capt. Timothy A. O'Neil to fatally shoot John Dillinger could be yours for what auctioneers say may be much more than their conservative $8,000 to $12,000 estimate. The .38-caliber, 5-inch-barrel gun and its holster will be auctioned at noon July 28 -- six days after the 75th anniversary of Dillinger's fatal shooting -- at Chicago's Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, 1338 W. Lake. The new Dillinger movie, "Public Enemies," premieres in Chicago tonight and opens July 1. Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284871/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:17:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284831/posts Massachusetts' Liberals are celebrating the 4th of July weekend by planning to pass legislation to ban public access to firearms training. Since no one in MA can go to their chief of police to beg for a MA LTC without completing training, this is another way to ban firearms ownership in MA without violating Heller. They are undoubtedly laughing it up over this one on Beacon Hill. Pay attention. This is part of Obama's test plan to end private firearms ownership in the U.S. (Patrick was reportedly on the team that helped train ACORN to "win" the 2008 election). Gun Owners Action League http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284831/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:17:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284761/posts The government has thrown in the towel in its prosecution of Albert Kwok-Leung Kwan for possession of a short barreled rifle. A June 25 order dismisses the indictment against him "based on the government's motion." It's been a convoluted case. The feds have been trying to pin something on the guy for years, because he acted to preserve his own legal interests instead of assisting the government with theirs. From the blog Crime, Guns and Videotape, written by a former Chicago policeman: [The FBI] really fixed Kwan for his refusal. They obtained a search warrant, kicked his door down and... gun rights examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284761/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:41:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284744/posts Last week was the first anniversary of the District of Columbia v. Heller, where the Supreme Court for the first time declared that the Second Amendment indeed protects an individual right to own guns in the home for self-defense. It was a great victory for individual rights, but by no means a final one. The lawyer who successfully argued that case, Alan Gura, has remained a dedicated opponent of all sorts of gun regulations that still stand post-Heller. Senior Editor Brian Doherty talked to Gura by phone earlier this week about the various legal challenges Gura is fighting against state... Reason online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284744/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:19:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284738/posts A 62-year-old retired schoolteacher who shot and killed a Payson man four years ago at a trailhead north of Strawberry is getting a new trial. The Arizona Court of Appeals granted the new trial for Tolleson resident Harold Fish in a 110-page opinion that said, in part, the original trial judge — Mark Moran of Flagstaff — erred in not allowing the victim’s past behavior to be introduced into evidence. The court also ruled that the three dogs the victim, Grant Kuenzli, had with him could have been classified as “dangerous instruments” as de­fense attorney Melvin McDonald asked. Deborah Fish,... Payson Roundup http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284738/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:00:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284731/posts I was walking home a few weeks ago when two young men, one with a knife in his hand, blocked the sidewalk and demanded my wallet and camera. I’m accustomed to having a means of defense other than my fist and an umbrella at hand. I’ve been in Washington, D.C. for three months and had almost gotten used to not having a weapon handy. At home in Arizona, I regularly, and legally, carry a concealed pistol and reluctantly left my guns at home and trusted on instincts and awareness to stay out of trouble. The hoodlum who tried to rob... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284731/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:43:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284724/posts A man shot and wounded an intruder at his apartment Wednesday in Sugar Land, police said. The shooting happened at the Fairmont Apartments in the 2300 block of Long Reach about 12:15 p.m. An apartment resident said he feared for his life when a strange man rushed him in is apartment, said Doug Adolph, Sugar Land Police Department spokesman. The resident fired his gun and shot the man, Adolph said No charges have been filed against the resident. The case is under investigation.. "At this point it appears to be self-defense," Adolph said. Adolph said the resident, who has not... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284724/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:19:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284589/posts Rasmussen poll confirms Americans fear Obama gun control agenda By CCRKBA Thursday, July 2, 2009 BELLEVUE, WA – A new Rasmussen poll reveals that 57 percent of American citizens believe gun sales are up over the past several months because of widespread fears that the government will tighten restrictions on gun ownership. “The poll results confirm what we’ve been saying,” noted Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. “American citizens are fearful that the Obama administration and a Democrat-controlled Congress will pass new laws to further erode the individual right to own... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284589/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 02:53:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284528/posts > The Desert Eagle pistol can "blow a hole the size of a Mack truck through a person," said Leigh Winchester, regional chief of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. > Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284528/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:48:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284473/posts The anti-gun crowd has their propaganda machine in full gear in Arizona and Tennessee. Tennessee recently overrode their governor's veto of a bill allowing concealed carry license holders to carry their defensive firearms into restaurants that serve alcohol (provided they do not drink themselves) and Arizona is currently considering similar legislation. "When you're in a bar, you're supposed to be out having fun, so leave the gun at home," said Eileen Conners of Larry's Cocktails, expressing her opposition to the Arizona bill. I'm going to guess her agenda is not only that she doesn't like guns, but also that since... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284473/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:35:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284448/posts FLINT, Michigan -- Like the ex-Flint police chief himself, the people who know Brad Barksdale are shooting straight about their former comrade. Barksdale is being praised by many for the single bullet in the chest that killed a robbery suspect who shot his way into the Palace Poker Room in Burton early Wednesday morning with a shotgun. "That guy picked the wrong place to rob," said Keith Speer, veteran cop and president of the Flint Police Officer's Assocation. "He's not going to miss a target he's intending to shoot. "He's not going to take a threat lying down ... he's... MLive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284448/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:22:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284338/posts New Rasmussen poll released earlier this week reveals that 57 percent of Americans believe gun sales have skyrocketed in this country over the past several months because of fears that the government – now under control of the Obama administration and a Democrat Congress – will move to restrict gun rights. Since just before last November’s election that put Barack Obama in the White House and has now finally put Far Left Democrat Al Franken in the U.S. Senate from Minnesota – giving Democrats a 60-seat filibuster-proof majority in the upper house – American citizens have been flocking to gun... examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284338/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:39:30 GMT