http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gungrabbers/ en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:27:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047981/posts The Washington D.C. City Council has created so many hoops for handgun owners to jump through before they can exercise their Second Amendment rights, they may require legal counsel just to identify what the hoops are.  This sorry state of affairs is much to the satisfaction of The Washington Post, which called for just such an obstructionist policy in an editorial.  At least one of those hoops is illegal, according to the Supreme Court, but a Post news story spun that fact as the opinion of “opponents of the handgun ban.”  Is editorial policy coloring the news?The Washington Post is... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047981/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:27:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047115/posts Pasadena officers talked to girlfriend after shootings A woman who knew one of the burglars gunned down by Pasadena homeowner Joe Horn told police she had warned her friend that his habit of breaking into homes would cost him his life, according to recently released police records. As part of a 31-page police report, Diamond Morgan, 24, of Houston, told Pasadena police investigators that she knew Diego Ortiz was a criminal. "Morgan stated that she told Ortiz three days ago that he was going to end up dead for the things that he was doing," police detective M.E. Bruegger wrote... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047115/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:43:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040101/posts Scalia's selective historyBy Jack RakoveAppeals to the evidence of history figured prominently in last week's Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia vs. Heller, striking down a sweeping ban on handguns and affirming that the 2nd Amendment protects a fundamentally individual right "to keep and bear arms." Yet read the two main opinions by Justices Antonin Scalia (for the conservative majority) and John Paul Stevens (in dissent), and you will see that different ways of defining and reading what counts as historical evidence expose a fault line between them.One would have to be terribly naive to think that how these... The Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040101/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 04:09:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029868/posts Letter to the Editor: It's about time we get real about gun control in our cities. If we can have sobriety checkpoints and now motorcycle checkpoints, why don't we have cops creating gun checkpoints? Have them create checkpoints in the city where the gun violence is running rampant. Give the cops metal detectors and make people stop and get checked for guns. They are illegal and they are a lot worse than drunken drivers, and motorcyclists without the correct credentials. Let's get real here and start doing something about all these guns on our streets. If it's legal to stop... Albany Times Union http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029868/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:23:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029089/posts On Tuesday, April 8, the Assembly Public Safety Committee will consider legislation that would require gun owners to obtain a “permit-to-purchase” before buying handgun ammunition. Introduced by State Assembly Member Kevin De Leon (D-45), Assembly Bill 2062 puts ammunition sales in the crosshairs. AB2062 would require that law-abiding gun owners obtain a permit to buy handgun ammunition and would impose severe restrictions on the private transfers of handgun ammunition. Applicants for a “permit-to-purchase” would be required to submit to a background check, pay a $35 fee, and wait as long as 30 days to receive the permit. Under AB2062, it... NRA / ILA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029089/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:15:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024871/posts An airline passenger claimed that a security guard threatened to arrest him because he was wearing a T-shirt showing a cartoon robot with a gun. Brad Jayakody, 30, from London, said he was stopped from passing through security at Heathrow's Terminal 5 after his Transformers T-shirt was deemed 'offensive.' The IT consultant was set to fly off on a business trip to Dusseldorf in Germany when he was pulled to one side. Brad Jayakody w Brad Jayakody wearing the Transformers T-shift which caused offence at Heathrow Mr Jayakody said the first guard started joking with him about the Transformers character... thisislondon.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024871/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 17:31:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020118/posts City Hall Reporter One set of rules for aldermen, one set for rest of us, he says Fraternal Order of Police President Mark Donahue today decried the "double standard" that prompted Mayor Daley to endorse the idea of temporarily re-opening gun registration in Chicago after a request from Ald. Richard Mell (33rd). "We have retired police officers who have a right to carry concealed weapons across the country, and they're being barred from registering their weapons in Chicago. We've taken one of these cases to Circuit Court. Dick Mell has taken his case to the City Council," the union president... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020118/posts#comment Fri, 23 May 2008 06:51:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005364/posts OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS) -- Oakland police are worried that more and more people will take the law into their own hands, after two store owners shot two robbers in recent days. People have a right to protect themselves, but things can get out of hand quickly if everyone starts packing a weapon, said Deputy Police Chief Dave Kozicki. "That's a concern that law enforcement has all the time, that people will engage in vigilantism," said Kozicki. A 22-year-old Oakland man was shot at least three times and critically wounded when he tried to hold up a liquor store Saturday night.... KCBS All News 740 AM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005364/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:53:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002671/posts ABC News' Sunlen Miller and David Wright Report: Timing is everything in politics and, for Barack Obama's campaign, today's endorsement by the American Hunters and Shooters Association showed both good and bad timing. The good news, for Obama: the support of this gunowners' rights group may help him overcome the controversy over his suggestion that small voters "cling to guns and religion" because they're "bitter." The bad news? Today was the anniversary of the deadly Virginia Tech massacre. “Sen. Obama will be a strong voice an unabashed voice for America's hunters and shooters and it is with great pleasure that... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002671/posts#comment Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:46:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992477/posts Good news but not great news, for reasons you’ll shortly see. Which way’s the trend moving? Gallup doesn’t offer historical data to compare and it’s hard to tell from other pollsters, whose surveys on this issue tend to stick to questions about whether gun laws should be made stricter or not. CNN did poll the “individual right vs. militia right” question a few months ago, though, and found 65 percent support at the time, 72 percent among men and 58 percent among women. The margin of error there, as in the Gallup poll, was three percent, so there may well... hot air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992477/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:47:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989632/posts A Wisconsin company that disguises deadly firearms with bright paints and camouflage has a new target: Mayor Bloomberg. Lauer Custom Weaponry, whose products were banned in the city in 2006 because they make dangerous guns look like innocent toys, is taunting the anti-gun mayor with a line of paints named "The Bloomberg Collection." The company - which named its purple hue after Barney, the dinosaur beloved by toddlers - is peddling a rainbow of candy-colored paints for each of the five boroughs. There's red for Manhattan, rose for the Bronx, blue for Brooklyn, green for Queens and orange for Staten... www.nydailynews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989632/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:28:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971003/posts There was an outcry at the statehouse Wednesday from county sheriffs objecting to a bill they say would make it harder for them to deny permits to carry concealed weapons. The bill changes Iowa law to say the sheriff shall issue a permit except for a limited list of reasons, including felony convictions and drug addiction. If a permit's denied a written explanation would be required. Representative Clel Baudler, a Republican from Greenfield, says there needs to be more consistency statewide in issuing the permits. Dubuque county Sheriff Kenneth Runde said that won't work. He said if he knows someone... Radio Iowa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971003/posts#comment Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:00:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970337/posts BALTIMORE (AP) -- In a new tactic against urban crime, the mayors of several East Coast cities, including New York, plan to launch a database that will allow them to share information on known gun offenders. The database, expected to be operational later this year, will pool data from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with information collected by local agencies, including ballistics information and intelligence gathered from debriefings of gun offenders. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon and other urban leaders said Wednesday that the first-of-its-kind database will make it more difficult for... WINS-1010 News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970337/posts#comment Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:23:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970208/posts The Times-Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970208/posts#comment Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:19:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960962/posts Rudy Giuliani appears to be pondering an end to his long pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination. In a meeting in the back of his chartered plane en route to St. Petersburg, Fla., a short while ago, the onetime, longtime GOP front-runner told a small group of reporters, including The Times' Louise Roug: "The winner of Florida will win the nomination." LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960962/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:51:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950828/posts www.gunowners.org/a010808.htmJan 2008 Q&A On The Veterans Disarmament Act -- How the new law will affect you and where we go from here Gun Owners of America 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102 Springfield, VA 22151 (703)321-8585 Tuesday, January 8, 2008 As most Americans were preparing for the Christmas holidays last month, the U.S. Congress pulled another fast one when only few people were watching. It was December 19. Most Congressmen had left town and were either at the airport or in the air returning home. They weren't in Washington, DC, because their party leadership had told them that all the major... Gun Owners of America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950828/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jan 2008 15:50:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946199/posts When Americans nominate their presidential candidates next year, the Second Amendment won't be the first thing on their minds. The issue didn't even appear in a recent CNN poll that found that the economy, Iraq, health care, immigration, and terrorism are the nation's biggest concerns. But in a country where 36 percent of Democrats and 48 percent of Republicans have firearms in their homes, the issue is still a locked and loaded one for candidates of both parties. Republican presidential hopefuls, as expected, worked hard to win over the members of the National Rifle Association at the organization's convention in... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946199/posts#comment Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:03:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943182/posts Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's previously stalled bill toughening the national gun background check system in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings sailed through both chambers of Congress within hours yesterday after a flurry of legislative activity. "I don't know whether to laugh or to cry," said McCarthy (D-Mineola), who saw her legislation pass the House in June only to have it blocked in the Senate. "You don't know how many times it's come to this point." In a statement, Schumer (D-N.Y.) said, "This simple but very important bill has been a long time coming. It will... AP/Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943182/posts#comment Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:28:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938941/posts Last April, an unbelievable tragedy unfolded in Blacksburg. A student, armed and angry, plotted and carried out a brutal assault on the students and faculty at Virginia Tech. After an early morning attack which left two people dead, he locked the doors to an academic building, and then moved methodically from room to room, shooting the occupants while they sat, stood, hid or attempted to flee. ... This Sunday, another unbelievable tragedy unfolded in Colorado. A young man, armed and angry, plotted and carried out a brutal assault on members of a Christian mission organization and a church. After an... The Potomac News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938941/posts#comment Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:54:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938902/posts Colorado is certainly gaining a worldwide reputation these days. But it's not for our magnificent mountains or fantastic skiing. It's for our horrific murders, first in schools and now in churches. What a reputation! Columbine shook us to the core. Wherever I travel, when I say I'm from Colorado, that's the first thing people ask about. Then we had Platte Canyon. And now the Faith Bible Chapel in Arvada and the New Life Church in Colorado Springs. Children mowed down by severely depressed classmates and demented adults. Where will this stop? Of course, we're not the only ones. We've seen... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938902/posts#comment Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:49:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938099/posts Former D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey is shifting his position on Washington's 31-year ban on handgun ownership as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the issue. Ramsey says there needs to be reasonable control over guns, but he says handgun registration can provide that control. The former chief, who is set to take over Philadelphia's police department in January, says the nation is not going to ban handguns and he's taking a realistic approach to the issue. WTOP-FM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938099/posts#comment Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:07:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938009/posts COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The man who killed four people at a church and missionary training center died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound, police said Tuesday. Matthew Murray, 24, was struck multiple times by a security officer at New Life Church Sunday but died after firing a single shot at himself, the El Paso County Coroner's Office concluded after an autopsy. Breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938009/posts#comment Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:01:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936478/posts Iowans should press presidential candidates for their views on assault weapons in light of Wednesday's shopping-mall massacre in Omaha, a national gun-control advocate said Thursday. Most Democratic candidates support reinstating a federal assault-weapons ban that expired in 2004. Most Republican candidates oppose reinstating the ban, saying it was ineffective. Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said Thursday that the 30-round ammunition clips Robert Hawkins reportedly used in Wednesday's shootings in Omaha would have been illegal to purchase under the assault-weapons ban. Helmke said it was not clear whether the gun itself, described as an AK-47-style... The Altoona Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936478/posts#comment Sat, 8 Dec 2007 02:03:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1933136/posts Among the top tier Republican candidates, Rush says that only Fred has been a consistent conservative. You have been given your marching orders. Now you know who to vote for. RUSH: …the genuine moderate as opposed to conservative aspects of three of the top-tier, four of the top-tier candidates were on full-fledged display last night. There was one candidate who did not display any moderateness or liberalism or have any of his past forays into those areas displayed, and that candidate was Fred Thompson. … …we have a campaign now where most of the candidates are not genuine conservatives. They... Brain Droppings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1933136/posts#comment Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:48:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1930947/posts This is why a lot of people wanted Fred Thompson in the race. Who do you trust? Mitt today or Mitt from...whenever he changed his mind on abortion. What? Three years ago? That doesn't smack of a real change of heart more than a political calculation. If the abortion issue doesn't bother you then listen to Mitt run from the "Reagan-Bush" years. Brain Droppings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1930947/posts#comment Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:18:30 GMT