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Anti-gun interests keep taking potshots at your intellect. And safety. _________________________________________________________ I'm getting so tired of the anti-gun, anti-family organizations running out of both steam and money, and then blaming it on the Gun Lobby. The Brady Center's website Second Amendment Fantasy and The Center's remarks praising Virginia Tech's anti-student panel ruling refuse to accept the smarts of American citizens – and their rights. Has anybody seen the latest instalment of The Power Of 10? The week of August 20th, 2007, Host Drew Carey posed a question about gun control to the contestant: what percentage of Americans believe that Americans...

Anti-violence, Anti-gun organizations abuse due process in bringing the issue to non-gun owners. August 16th, 2007 __________________________________________________ Anti-gun activists are again quarreling with the brilliance of the Founding Fathers. In answering them, I usually write for the non-gun owners and connect the intent of the Founders to modern times as they wished. My motto is that you never know who may be hearing the liberty message for the very first time. In challenging the Second Amendment, foes of our liberty want to make the Bill of Rights a living document, with all its confusing subjectivity. Liberals use this tactic a...

_____________________________________________________________ This visitation of death against Virginia Tech University this week is a direct result of gun laws banning weapons within 1,000 feet of a school -- the victim disarmament zone is as advertised once more. Sure the shooter is to blame, but Congress shares the blame not only for shootings, but for any instance of disarming citizens who could have resisted with all legal authority and use of force. Why obfuscate or discourage this legal authority? We’ll never keep weapons – knifes, bare hands, brute force and guns – out of the hands of the criminal, but we sure...

HISTORIC PRO-TROOP CARAVAN CROSSES NATION - STOPS IN LOS ANGELES Friday - March 9, 2007 On the eve of the 4th Anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a national patriotic caravan of military families will come to Southern California on Friday March 9th on its way to Washington, D.C. 12:00 NOON - FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2007: The caravan will stop in Los Angeles for a pro-troop rally and news conference at at Griffith Park - Pad D (4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027). The "THESE COLORS DON'T RUN" caravan of vehicles including motorhomes, cars, trucks and motorcycles is being...

I was wondering if anyone here on FR could tell me how some of these brain-dead liberals that keep "paying tribute" to Veterans on this Veteran's Day voted on the $87 billion to support our troops? So far I read a letter to the editor in the Long Beach Press-Telegram from Juanita Millender-McMillan and watched Sheila Jackson-Lee on Hannity and Combes pay tribute to Veterans, but I suspect it's just lip-service. Tried to google but all I got was sKerry

On Saturday we traveled from our home in Lakewood to Simi Valley to visit friends and accompany them to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. They have struck up a friendship with an extraordinary person who is a docent at the Library and we couldn’t resist the promise of a private tour. The tour was wonderful. The grounds magnificent, the exhibits awe inspiring including the replica of the Oval Office. Then we got to the Lewis and Clark exhibition. There were canoes and a authentic reproduction of one of their Keel Boats, an Indian village, the supplies and trinkets they carried...

Thursday - Come join us for a great evening of camaradarie, refreshments and fun! The 3rd Thursday evening of EVERY month, a wonderful group of liberty-loving, pro-Constitution, pro-Second Amendment patriots gather together to enjoy one another's company, enjoy wonderful food and drink, hear informative and entertaining speakers, and informally discuss the issues dear to our hears. We call this "ATF Night." This month we will have as our speaker Sst. Jeffery Graham USMC. Sgt Graham is just recently returned from Iraq where he was wounded in a fire fight. This is a FREE event. We usually have about 40 to...

My friend and comrade in arms,Mr.B.goes.to Washington, the host of ATF Night, has asked me to make a special announcement concerning the upcoming regular ATF Night meeting. ATF night this month will feature a very special speaker - Shawn Steel, the immediate past chairman of the California Republican party. Come hear Mr. Steel discuss the current exciting political developments involving the governance of the state of California. "ATF Night" (A Pro-Gun Social Event) Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:30 PM No Host Cocktail Hour / 7:30 PM Program Begins The San Gennaro Cafe (Banquet Room) 9543 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA...

The NRA Members' Council of Westside Los Angeles will meet this Thursday, July 10th, 7pm, for our regular monthly meeting (2nd Thursday of every month.) As usual, the meeting will be held at the American Legion Hall, 5309 S. Sepulveda Blvd. in Culver City. Our featured speaker this month will be homeless activist Ted Hayes. Mr. Hayes writes the following concerning what he will speak on: "The attempted character assassination of Mr. Heston, as an effort to defame and derail the NRA and a strong defense in and of America, must be answered with a counter-film depiction aimed specifically at...

The NRA Members' Council of Westside Los Angeles will meet this Thursday, June 12th, 7pm, for our regular monthly meeting (2nd Thursday of every month.) As usual, the meeting will be held at the American Legion Hall, 5309 S. Sepulveda Blvd. in Culver City. Our featured speaker this month will be Ken Mays. Ken owns and operates the Top Gun Training Centre located at Burro Canyon in Azusa. Ken has studied shooting under both Jeff Cooper and Colonel Rex Applegate. Both of his instructors had strong and opposing opinions on the issue of point shooting vs. sighted shooting, something about...

In honor of today's event, I have prepared a few words of thanks to those who have and are currently serving the United States military. When you told me you had joined the military, my first thought was how fast you had grown. I reflected on the days of your youth, and mine. And was filled with pride by the fine adult you had become. When you were called upon to fight the fascist dictator in Europe, a wave of sobriety was cast over me. I tried not to let you know it. I wished you well and prayed for...

The NRA Members' Council of Westside Los Angeles will meet this Thursday, November 14th, 7pm, for its regular monthly meeting (2nd Thursday of every month.) As usual, the meeting will be held at the American Legion Hall, 5309 S. Sepulveda Blvd. in Culver City. Our featured speaker this month will be John Burtt, chairman of the Fifty Caliber Shooters' Policy Institute. The Institute exists to protect the rights of people who enjoy shooting .50 caliber firearms. Mr. Burtt has been at the forefront of the national fight against know-nothing efforts to ban these firearms. One such proposal is currently before...

The NRA Members' Council of Westside Los Angeles will meet this Thursday, October 10th, 7pm, for its regular monthly meeting (2nd Thursday of every month.) As usual, the meeting will be held at the American Legion Hall, 5309 S. Sepulveda Blvd. in Culver City. Our featured speaker this month will be Tammy Bruce, independent feminist activist and former LA talk radio show host. When Tammy was head of the LA National Organization for Women (NOW) chapter, she was involved in battles with leftists which left her disillusioned with many modern feminists. She now embraces an extremely independent viewpoint which includes...

The NRA Members' Council of Westside Los Angeles will meet this Thursday, September 12th, 7pm, for its regular monthly meeting (2nd Thursday of every month.) As usual, the meeting will be held at the American Legion Hall, 5309 S. Sepulveda Blvd. in Culver City. Our featured speaker this month is Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine. The newly elected councilman, a former police sergeant, is probably the 2nd Amendment's best friend on the City Council. With the Council again threatening an ammunition ban, we are looking to Councilman Zine for guidance in how best to fight this ludicrous travesty. Come...

The NRA Members' Council of Westside Los Angeles will meet this Thursday, August 8th, 7pm, for its regular monthly meeting (2nd Thursday of every month.) As usual, the meeting will be held at the American Legion Hall, 5309 S. Sepulveda Blvd. in Culver City. Our featured speaker this month is the Rev. JESSE LEE PETERSON. Rev. Peterson is the founder and president of B.O.N.D., the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, whose purpose is "Rebuilding the Family By Rebuilding the Man." He is also the author of the widely acclaimed book, "From Rage to Responsibility" as well as a radio/TV...

Political Editor Randy Shandobil for KTVU Channel 2 News Target practice could soon get a lot more expensive. Next week a Bay Area state senator will formally propose a five-cent-a-bullet sales tax. Not five percent, but a nickel for each and every round. Shoot a small caliber weapon, such as a .22? That more than doubles the price of your ammo. Sen. Don Perata/(D) Oakland : "I will be attacked by those who hate gun control. I know that. As soon as this airs, I am going to start getting nasty phone calls and email." Senator Don Perata is a...

Excerpt from an article by Margaret Talev and Eric Bailey in today's laslimes: Sacramento police said Ferguson, a gun aficionado with a penchant for white supremacist paraphernalia, made cell phone calls Saturday night to former co-workers, threatening to kill them and vowing to outdo Nikolay Soltys, a Ukrainian immigrant who was charged with seven deaths from a shooting rampage last month in Sacramento County.

ATTENTION! You won't want to miss this! This coming Thursday, August 16, 2001 This month's Featured Speaker - Well Known, Highly Respected, Extremely Knowledgeable, Attorney for theCRPA & NRA Chuck Michel This Thursday evening at the San Gennaro Cafe in Culver City, CA, (Banquet Room - 9543 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA (310) 836-0400) NRA & CRPA's Attorney, Chuck Michel will be bringing us up to date on The Bills, Laws and Lawsuits affecting Gun Owners Also to be discussed this Thursday is our upcoming "Barbeque & Shoot" at the Burro Canyon Shooting Park - another exciting event not ...

ATTENTION! You won't want to miss this! This coming Thursday, August 16, 2001 This month's Featured Speaker - Well Known, Highly Respected, Extremely Knowledgeable, Attorney for theCRPA & NRA Chuck Michel This Thursday evening at the San Gennaro Cafe in Culver City, CA, (Banquet Room - 9543 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA (310) 836-0400) NRA & CRPA's Attorney, Chuck Michel will be bringing us up to date on The Bills, Laws and Lawsuits affecting Gun Owners Also to be discussed this Thursday is our upcoming "Barbeque & Shoot" at the Burro Canyon Shooting Park - another exciting event not ...

As our civilization urbanizes, and as more and more of our young people never set foot off pavement, much less clean a fish, we can no longer take for granted that our youth naturally and automatically understands the traditions which gave us this country, and which must be maintained if we wish to keep it. Those traditions must be passed on to the young, and they may not be divided up into so many compartments that we can no longer tell our friends from our foes. Consider the upland bird shooter, with his tweeds, his cherished double shotgun, and his ...

As our civilization urbanizes, and as more and more of our young people never set foot off pavement, much less clean a fish, we can no longer take for granted that our youth naturally and automatically understands the traditions which gave us this country, and which must be maintained if we wish to keep it. Those traditions must be passed on to the young, and they may not be divided up into so many compartments that we can no longer tell our friends from our foes. Consider the upland bird shooter, with his tweeds, his cheerished double shotgun, and his ...