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PALMER — It takes a high-caliber weapon to turn heads at the annual Palmer Lions Club Gun Show, like Doug Albright’s Browning M2 .50-caliber machine gun. The Fairbanks resident had the fully functional weapon mounted on two-by-fours at his booth. Albright isn’t selling the gun, but said it’s a great conversation piece and a way to draw show-goers to his table to see what else he has to offer. “Oh, it works,” he said. “I’ve shot up old cars with it before, cast-iron boilers, they’re good, too.” It’s at Albright’s table, Anchorage resident Deryl Titus was found admiring the Browning....

The case, New York against Mark Meckler, Tea Party Patriots co-founder; The charge, C Violent Felony of Possession of a Firearm with Intent to Use; The reality, Meckler was in-transit at LaGuardia Airport and declared his fully-licensed, unloaded weapon that was stored in a TSA-approved locked case located in his luggage; The result, jail and a fine. Meckler describes his ordeal as nothing short of a nightmare. “On December 15, I requested a firearms declaration form from the ticket agent. It was my intent to declare and check my unloaded firearm. I have a valid concealed carry permit for it...

Well now we know, for those who have been holding out “hope” that Obama will veto the 1031 Indefinite Detainment Bill against holding U.S. Citizens without rights to a trial or lawyer or charges for the rest of their lives…. It was Obama who required the bill have the language of U.S. Citizens being held without rights in the bill! The only reason he would veto it, is because it does not give him the absolute power as he wants!...Here is Senator Levin on the floor of the Senate revealing it was Obama himself who Demanded U.S. Citizens be part...

You got our gun control regulations through! Great job! Here's promotion! ATF agents involved in Operation Fast and Furious who should have been fired by now for putting over 2000 high powered weapons into the hands of ruthless Mexican drug cartels, on purpose, have been promoted. Yes, promoted. Only in government can you have blood on your hands and get a pay raise and moved from the Phoenix Field Office to a cushy office in Washington D.C.The three supervisors have been given new management positions at the agency's headquarters in Washington. They are William G. McMahon, who was the ATF's...

Tracy Barnes of Durango, Colorado beat the very best biathletes in the world in the Shoot-Out phase the Veltins World Team Challenge in Schalke, Germany. The World Team Challenge, held annually in the Veltins Arena, is the equivalent of the SuperBowl of Biathlon. Tracy grabbed top honors in the prestigious Shoot-Out event, a shooting competition for the top 20 biathletes in the world. In this invitation-only event, 10 women competed head-to-head in a four-stage shooting event duplicating the format for a regular biathlon race (two prone, two standing). In the final round of competition, the top three ladies from the...

Gov. Mary Fallin supports the concept of allowing Oklahomans to openly carry guns, her spokesman said Friday. “I think we will wait and see what gets to her desk, but she supports the concept of open carry in general,” Alex Weintz, a Fallin spokesman, said Friday. Advertisement Fallin campaigned on protecting Second Amendment rights. Several measures in the Legislature deal with guns. Sen. Steve Russell, R-Oklahoma City, on Tuesday secured passage of Senate Bill 129 that would allow anyone 18 or older to openly carry a gun. The vote was 36-8. Russell said several other states have similar laws, adding...

Exclusive: Georgia trial reveals how sting netted highly enriched uranium that had been smuggled via train inside lead-lined cigarette box Highly enriched uranium that could be used to make a nuclear bomb is on sale on the black market along the fringes of the former Soviet Union, according to evidence emerging from a secret trial in Georgia. Two Armenians, a businessman and a physicist, have pleaded guilty to smuggling highly enriched uranium (HEU) into Georgia in March, stashing it in a lead-lined package on a train from Yerevan to Tbilisi. Georgia's president, Mikheil Saakashvili, informed other heads of state of...

An intruder pummeled a 33-year-old Jacksonville man with a gun Thursday afternoon and shot his naked 31-year-old girlfriend, but was fired on himself as he fled their home in the 7000 block of Paul Jones Drive. The man got away in a beige Chevrolet Impala, but it was unclear if he was wounded in the home-invasion robbery. The male victim was in the den and his girlfriend was taking a bath when a 6-foot African-American man with a Jamaican accent in a black shirt, tan pants and a black bandana on his face appeared in the door. He pointed a...

Regarding the Michael Savage affair, I would like to echo the comments by Jeff Kuhner who frequently hosts "The Savage Nation" in Michael's absence, particularly his revelatory monologue on Aug. 5. Jeff eloquently voiced the passions and frustrations of Michael and "The Savage Nation" audience, pointing out that normally when someone is profiled in the revered New Yorker magazine, they are granted instant celebrity status and given entree to all of the major network news, cable, newspapers and radio media.

A relative of mine asked me how in good conscience I could be a guest on the Michael Savage show. Michael Savage?!WTF!?, that "god-awful, pathetic hate-mongering" nut case on radio?We'll, first off, I was asked to be a guest and accepted, just like I was offered an interview, via phone, regarding Savage and his much publicized situation with the UK and its "ban-list", which still includes Savage's name despite reports that he's off it. He's not and told me so, among other things.Let me first state very overtly and openly that, yes, as I've said in this corner, on TV,...

[Link is to FNC main site, not to individual video] Mayor Fenty just said, live on Fox News Channel, that although DC citizens can keep guns in their homes and they will start allowing people to register/license, that "semi-automatic handguns will still be illegal" in DC! Doesn't that directly contravene this morning's ruling? Is he spitting in the face of SCOTUS already??

(CNSNews.com) - More than one hundred of the nation's mayors are breathing new life into the gun control movement. The "Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition," a bipartisan group of 109 mayors in 44 states, is meeting Thursday in Chicago to "share strategies in the fight against illegal guns." According to the coalition's website, those strategies include "how to work with local law enforcement agencies and state representatives to maximize penalties for those who possess, use and traffic in illegal guns." The discussion also will focus on information sharing and "best practices on enforcement and legislative issues." Two more "working groups"...

Carnival of Cordite Double Edition! Welcome back, readers. As most of you know, we took last Friday off from regular Carnival posting in order to focus on relief efforts for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. This week, our prayers continue to go out to those in need. If you haven't already, please help. And now we begin our special DOUBLE LENGTH Carnival of Cordite. Due to the overwhelming number of posts, plus those left from last week, I'll have to keep my own comments to a minimum. I'm doing my best to ensure each and every submission is included; if...

Police say shooting appears justified (WSBT) Police say an elderly Mishawaka man was justified in shooting an intruder in his home early Wednesday morning. It happened about 1:12am in the 700 block of 3rd Street. Investigators say 84-year-old Robert Birtwhistle was sound asleep when he heard 40-year-old James Rosebush trying to kick in his front door. "That ain't the first time that fella's been here," he told NEWS22. "He come in here and I had this locked like this just right here to where he absolutely could not get in," Birtwhistle said, pointing to one lock on his door. "But,...

Updated: 11/21/2004 06:00:59 PM Rice Lake, WI -- Five people are dead and three injured in a shooting incident that apparently began over a hunting dispute in western Wisconsin. The confrontation began around noon, when authorities said a man in hunting gear was told to leave some wooded land by the property owners. The man left, but returned with an automatic rifle and started firing. Sawyer County was in a virtual lockdown as authorities searched for the gunman. One suspect was eventually taken into custody around 5:20 p.m. The suspect's name has not been released. Officials at Lakeview Medical Center...

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<p>QUEEN CREEK, Arizona (CNN) -- A "deadly" weapons cache was uncovered in an Arizona storage facility Thursday by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, an agency spokesman said.</p> <p>"There is a large cache of military firearms, including explosives, machine guns, a bazooka, a flame thrower," said a spokesman for the ATF in Phoenix. A Russian rocket-propelled grenade launcher also was seized.</p>