http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/guns/ en-us Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:41:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381429/posts A "push in Congress for broader gun rights is threatening to derail Amtrak and stall a transportation spending bill," wrote Walter Alarkon on thehill.com on Oct. 25. "Gun-rights advocates in Congress are pressing appropriators to keep a provision that would let Amtrak passengers check in handguns with their baggage." The provision, which calls for withholding $1.5 billion in Amtrak funding if the policy isn't implemented before April, was inserted into the $68.8 billion Senate transportation and Housing and Urban Development spending bill as an amendment. All 40 Republicans, 27 Democrats and one admitted socialist voted for the amendment, sponsored by... Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381429/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:41:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380828/posts Years before Jason Rodriguez allegedly opened fire in a former employer's office Friday, he scared people with his spiral into erratic behavior. "He was a very, very angry man," said his former mother-in-law, America Holloway. She recalled Jason Rodriguez saying that "nobody liked him" at Reynolds, Smith and Hills Inc., an architectural-engineering firm in downtown Orlando where he worked as a draftsman until he was fired more than two years ago. In the past three or four years, 40-year-old Jason Samuel Rodriguez struggled with divorce, mental-health treatment, debt, underemployment, personal bankruptcy, and -- according to those who know him --... Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380828/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:15:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380784/posts (AP Photo/ Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences ) In the wake of yesterday's carnage at Fort Hood, the media is scrambling to find answers about the reported shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, and his motives. While they're all asking basically the same questions, here are some they're not asking. From Lt. Gen. Robert Cone: Cone said in a press conference Thursday night that "there was no indication" that the weapons used in the shootings were military weapons. Soldiers at the post do not carry weapons unless they are doing training exercises or something of that nature, he said.... Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380784/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:03:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380758/posts Out of the carnage committed by a lone gunman armed with two handguns at Fort Hood on Thursday, there was one refreshing moment of total candor, if not downright common sense. An observation to a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram by Staff Sgt. Jacob Dorisca of Dallas suggests why it is that many people consider the Army to be run by sergeants, and rightly so. According to the newspaper, “Dorisca wondered whether the slayings would lead Fort Hood’s commanding general to rethink the policy of requiring soldiers to remain unarmed while on post.” What occurred at Fort Hood is... Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380758/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:16:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380749/posts Disturbing new details surfaced yesterday about the deranged Fort Hood gunman and his methodical mass murder plot, which survivors say began with him screaming "Allahu akbar," before he fired more than 100 rounds at his fellow soldiers. The mystery of how Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, failed to draw concern from military brass before the attack -- despite trying to leave the Army for months, denouncing the war on terror and saying he was "a Muslim first and an American second" -- deepened as families prepared to bury his 13 victims. Some of the 23 people still hospitalized... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380749/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:57:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379091/posts A record setting 12 billion rounds of ammunition have been bought by Americans in the last 12 month That's up two to five billion over a normal year. With a U.S. population estimated at 305 million at the beginning of 2009, the ammo sales in the last year amount to almost two 20 round boxes for every man, woman, and child in America... There are a lot of reasons why ammunition sales are high. Some are economic reasons, and some are government related. In addition to two wars going on, there's target shooting, hunting, and Law Enforcement use where department's... secondamendmentfreedom.blogspot.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379091/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:56:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2378315/posts "Managing unauthorized access to firearms, particularly KIDS. Just some basic tips about securing firearms so that only YOU have access to them. Not a comprehensive safety video" A few easy to apply common sense tips to secure your firearms from little ones and ideas on dealing with their curiosity about guns. Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2378315/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:14:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377982/posts Students all over the state of Michigan may soon be able to carry concealed weapons on campus. Bill 5474, introduced by Wayne Schmidt, R-Traverse City, to the Michigan House of Representatives, would prohibit colleges from banning weapons on campus. Section two of the bill specifically outlines what local units of government and institutions of higher learning would not be able to do if the bill were passed. “A local unit of government or institution of higher education shall not impose special taxation on, enact or enforce any ordinance or regulation pertaining to, or regulate in any other manner the ownership,... Eastern Echo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377982/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 03:53:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2375255/posts A New Jersy appeals court has concludedthat Americans have no Second Amendment right to buy a handgun http://jkshaws.wordpress.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2375255/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:17:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374585/posts UNLV REBEL YELL 2009 click image to enlarge To capture the essence of a classic Socratic quandary, imagine this scenario: You know that the right thing to do is to return your friend’s gun to him or her if you have taken it. But should you return it if you know that person is mentally unstable and would use it against others? I’m betting that most people would say no, and with good reason. Even though the Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms, in reality, not everyone has the right to gun ownership – the background check is... unlvrebelyell.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374585/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:29:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372682/posts "More than 500 officers smashed their way into thousands of safety-deposit boxes to retrieve guns, drugs and millions of pounds of criminal assets. At least, that's what was supposed to happen. Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark investigate" Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1222777/The-raid-rocked-Met-Why-gun-drugs-op-6-717-safety-deposit-boxes-cost-taxpayer-fortune.html#ixzz0VDacv0T6 Dailymail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372682/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:39:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2372597/posts FORT WORTH, Texas Smugglers with a Mexican drug cartel targeted last week by federal authorities used homes and business parking lots in Fort Worth and Cleburne, Texas, to stash and trade weapons bound for the border, according to federal court documents. Five acres surrounded by barbed wire in Cleburne and a south Fort Worth restaurant parking lot were among the locations where guns were exchanged, investigators said. Smugglers transporting weapons on Interstate 35W used two-way radios to watch for law enforcement tails. Those are among the details included in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court by the Bureau... Sun-Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2372597/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:17:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372382/posts A Des Moines girl was suspended after school officials said she violated their weapons policy. Jazmine Martin, 12, brought an empty shotgun shell to school on Monday, a souvenir from a summer vacation to South Dakota. The shell was empty and had the word "blank" written on the front. KCCI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372382/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:35:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372300/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Queens Man and Accomplice Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to Hizballah Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the FBI, announced the filing of an indictment yesterday charging Patrick Nayyar and Conrad Stanisclaus Mulholland with attempting to provide material support to Hizballah, a designated foreign terrorist organization. The indictment also charges Nayyar with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. On Sept. 24, 2009, Nayyar, a 46-year-old citizen of India who had... NewYork.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372300/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:53:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371184/posts Gun Rights: A decade after Congress forbade the CDC from studying the health consequences of gun ownership, the National Institutes of Health has started funding such research. Will reform pry the guns from our cold, sick hands? More than a decade ago Congress, seeing it as a backdoor assault on the 2nd Amendment and the right to keep and bear arms, voted to cut funding for firearms research by the Centers for Disease Control. Such research was viewed as one-sided and based on flawed assumptions that all gun use was bad, even that which saved lives and deterred crime. --... investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371184/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:53:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370657/posts I recently wrote an article for Shotgun News making the argument that while open carry of firearms is legal in many American cities, it may not be particularly wise. Open carry in a number of states is not just legal, but protected by the state constitution. But just because something is legal, even constitutionally protected, doesn’t mean that it is wise. Carrying a gun openly in a city can — and does — offend people who might not have a strong opinion one way or the other about gun control. Boise, Idaho, is about as pro-gun as any big city... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370657/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:33:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2370457/posts One of the people, a great-grandmother, reached into her purse on the floor, pulled out a .357-caliber Magnum pistol and shot Winston once in the chest. The Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2370457/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:13:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369994/posts Obama declares swine flu emergency 9 mins ago WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama has declared swine flu a "national emergency," the White House said Saturday, as the United States reels from millions of cases of infection and over 1,000 deaths. AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369994/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:38:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368879/posts Gun Rights: A decade after Congress forbade the CDC from studying the health consequences of gun ownership, the National Institutes of Health has started funding such research. Will reform pry the guns from our cold, sick hands? More than a decade ago Congress, seeing it as a backdoor assault on the 2nd Amendment and the right to keep and bear arms, voted to cut funding for firearms research by the Centers for Disease Control. Such research was viewed as one-sided and based on flawed assumptions that all gun use was bad, even that which saved lives and deterred crime. The... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368879/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:56:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368145/posts For a decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been forbidden by Congress from doing research on gun-control issues. Such piddling hurdles as federal law don't matter to the Obama administration. With a wave of a hand, the CDC has simply redefined gun-control research so the ban no longer applies. They're not researching guns; they're researching alcohol sales and their impact on gun violence, or researching how teens carrying guns affect the rates of non-gun injuries. "These particular grants do not address gun control; rather they deal with the surrounding web of circumstances," wrote National Institutes of Health... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368145/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:45:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367836/posts BOSTON - A pharmacy college graduate conspired with two other men on a terror plot to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and carry out a holy war by attacking shoppers in U.S. malls and American troops in Iraq, prosecutors said Wednesday. But their plans — in which the men used code words like "peanut butter and jelly" for fighting in Somalia and "culinary school" for terrorist camps — were thwarted in part when they could not find training and were unable to buy automatic weapons, authorities said. Tarek Mehanna worked with the men from 2001 to May 2008 on the... My Fox Boston http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367836/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:58:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367642/posts Ohio has joined with several other states, including Montana and Tennessee, in asserting independence from federal gun laws with the introduction of House Bill 315. This bill, sponsored by Representatives Morgan and Martin, would make all guns manufactured wholly within the state of Ohio exempt from federal gun regulations provided sales are within state boundaries. The Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Explosives has claimed that they have the authority through the right to regulate interstate commerce because even exclusive intrastate sales of guns have an effect on gun sales nationwide. With two states already having passed similar bills, and... Ohioans for Concealed Carry http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367642/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:21:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366972/posts ShotSpotter sensors were slated to be installed on electrical poles in a one-square-mile area in a north Oak Cliff neighborhood. The sensors work by picking up the sonic waves emitted by gunshots, triangulating the location of the gunfire and notifying 911 operators to send police. Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366972/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:42:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365699/posts Jews and Guns Posted By Robert J. Avrech On October 19, 2009 @ 6:43 am In Military, Politics | An Ethiopian Jewish [1] woman soldier takes aim. Both men and women serve in the Israeli Defense Forces. Thus, there is a weapon in almost every Israeli home. Before our son Ariel Chaim [2] ZT”L passed away, age twenty-two, in 2003, we spent a good deal of time discussing the Second Amendment, the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Ariel was amazed that so many American Jews—overwhelmingly liberal and secular—aligned themselves with the advocates of gun control, in reality a movement... BigHollywood.Breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365699/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:15:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365517/posts Hundreds of armed people filled a Hudson park Saturday afternoon as part of an anti-tax and pro-second amendment rally. Eyewitness News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365517/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:25:38 GMT