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I'd like to ask a favor. LongIslandFirearms.com, a forum with 10,000 plus members of gun owners and 2nd Amendment activists, in the middle of a Liberal Sinkhole, is trying to defend its title as Long Island's Best Website in the Long Island Press/Bethpage Credit Union "Best of Long Island" contest. Last year it shocked Liberal Long Island by WINNING by less than 10 votes. Make a Liberal cry! Help LongIslandFirearms win again. You can vote once every day from each computer, phone, tablet, etc, until Dec 15th. Scroll down all the way to the bottom and choose LongIslandFirearms.com for Best...

Meet the Senate’s newest odd couple: Sens. Cory Booker and Rand Paul. The duo of high-profile, first-term senators — one a New Jersey Democrat who came to Capitol Hill on Twitter-fueled national fame, the other a Kentucky Republican mulling a presidential bid in 2016 — will roll out legislation that comprehensively overhauls the U.S. criminal justice system. Continue Reading Text Size-+reset Latest on POLITICOCruz: Investigate Cochran primaryPerry to Obama: No handshakeIf Baghdad fallsObama urges 'restraint' in Middle EastBooker, Paul team up for justiceCordray's Ohio profile shrinks The measure, called the REDEEM Act, has several pillars: It encourages states to change...

http://longisland.news12.com/ News 12 Long Island has a poll on "assault weapon" registration in NYS. Today is the deadline to register in NYS. The good folks at LongIslandFirearms.com have already moved it from 70/30 Yes, to 77/23 No! The poll is in the lower right hand corner of the page. Help make it a blow out! FUAC!

(CBS News) Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday that while he opposes same-sex marriage, he is "fine" with gay couples adopting children. The presumptive nominee also declined to criticize President Obama's reversal on the issue, saying he would "respect the right of the president to reach the conclusion he has." In his most detailed comments to date on the issue of civil rights for gay people, Romney told Fox News television host Neil Cavuto, "I know many gay couples that are able to adopt children. That's fine. But my preference is that we ... continue to define marriage as...

Mayor Bloomberg blasted Virginia’s repeal of a 20-year-old law restricting handgun buyers to one pistol a month, saying Wednesday that it’s “only going to make matters worse” in New York. Bloomberg, one of the country’s top advocates for tough gun laws, said dismantling the law will enhance Virginia’s reputation as the gun-running capital of the East Coast. “Virginia is the No. 1 out-of-state source of crime guns in New York, and one of the top suppliers of crime guns nationally,” Bloomberg said. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell signed the law repealing the gun limit on Tuesday, a day after the nation’s...

Administration is adding nearly 200 workers to tackle the problem of long wait times and overcrowding. The city's welfare agency is on a hiring spree, adding more than 200 workers to handle a spike in the number of poor flocking to its centers for benefits. The Human Resources Administration hired more than 100 employees in July and plans to fill nearly 100 more positions to accommodate food-stamp and rent-assistance applicants jamming their offices, officials said Tuesday. “The alleviation of crowding at our office is a high priority,” HRA Deputy Commissioner Patricia Smith testified at a City Council hearing. The struggling...

The prison sentence of John White for the 2006 racially-charged slaying of a white teen who menacingly descended on their Long Island home was commuted today by Gov. Paterson, officials said. "Our society strives to be just, but the pursuit of justice is a difficult and arduous endeavor," Paterson said in a statement. "While the incident and Mr. White's trial engendered much controversy and comment, and varying assessments of justice were perceived, its most common feature was heartbreak

One Arizona politician has made a vow to make illegal immigrants powerless -- literally. Republican Barry Wong, a candidate for the Arizona Corporation Commission, an elected body that decides public utility issues, says he would require the utilities to check the immigration status of customers, he told the Arizona Republic. "I'm sure there will be criticism about human-rights violations," said Wong, who held a temporary spot on the five-person Commission in 2006. "Is power or natural gas or any type of utility we regulate, is that a right that people have? It is not a right. It is a service."