http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/protection/ en-us Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:04:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129870/posts GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Josh and Elizabeth Burrow stopped by Trader's Gun Shop Monday on Wade Hampton Boulevard to buy a new handgun -- and it wasn't for Josh. "With everything going on in the economy and the world," said Elizabeth Burrow, "I'd just like the security of knowing I can protect myself." She was among dozens of people looking to buy a gun at the shop on Wade Hampton Boulevard. The owner of Trader's said some are buying for Christmas or hunting season, but about half of the people are buying because of the recent presidential election. "We're selling weapons... WYFF4.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129870/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:04:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2128343/posts This Tuesday, following the Public Advocate national citizens survey on Marriage protection, supporers of both presidential candidates, McCain and Obama, also voted in favor of Marriage Protection initiatives. States where marriage protection measures were approved by voters included California and Florida. Public Advocate of the United States conducted a citizen survey, which is now posted on Youtube, which proves that most citizens favor the national definition of marriage as being ONLY between a man and a woman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCzxLpn4E5A Even in New York state, citizens overwhelmingly proved to favor marriage protection. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzvkvEuYrFY During this year's national debate on marriage protection, Public... Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee, Public Advocate of the US http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2128343/posts#comment Sat, 8 Nov 2008 01:54:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121246/posts NEW AL MUTHANA AIR BASE, Iraq, Oct. 31, 2008 – As senior government leaders hammer out a new Status of Forces Agreement that will set the path for future American and Iraqi military policies, a group of American and Iraqi firefighters have already developed a working relationship that protects people, structures and aircraft here at Baghdad International Airport. Air Force Master Sgt. John Bell, center, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Dale Catlett, right, work with Iraqi firefighters on a combined training exercise aimed at developing American and Iraqi cooperation in the event of an aircraft fire. Bell and Catlett... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121246/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:18:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099879/posts At approximately 9:30 p.m. on April 29, 2006, five friends on a 27’ O’Day were sailing toward their marina on California’s Clear Lake. It was an almost moonless night, very dark, with barely a hint of wind. The sailboat was ghosting through the water when a 385 hp, 24’ Baja Outlaw with three people aboard sped through the darkness and struck the sailboat’s starboard stern quarter. According to forensic experts, the Baja ramped over the sailboat and crushed the cabin bulkhead, leaving prop marks in the deck. Much of the sailboat’s cabin top was torn off and its aluminum mast... Boat/US--Seaworthy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099879/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:03:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088157/posts This video is making the rounds in a big way tonight...re-launched from the intial release in the Spring. Warning...it does contain some images pro-abortionists might not find offensive. Very damning video that levels Senator Barack Obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxQiIzS49D8 YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088157/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:12:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076934/posts Obama's 10 reasons for supporting infanticide Posted: January 16, 2008 1:00 am Eastern By Jill Stanek © 2008 I was intimately involved in the five-year process to pass the Illinois Born Alive Infant Protection Act, testifying before committees twice that then-state Sen. Barack Obama sat on. Following are 10 excuses Obama has given through the years for voting "present" and "no" on the Illinois Born Alive Infant Protection Act, or BAIPA. 10. Babies who survive abortions are not protected by the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. Obama, the sole opponent ever to speak against BAIPA, stated on the Illinois... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076934/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 23:19:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068488/posts A flagship database intended to protect every child in the country will be used by police to hunt for evidence of crime in a "shocking" extension of its original purpose, The Daily Telegraph has learned. ContactPoint will include the names, ages and addresses of all 11 million under-18s in England as well as information on their parents, GPs, schools and support services such as social workers. The £224 million computer system was announced in the wake of the death of Victoria Climbié, who was abused and then murdered after a string of missed opportunities to intervene by the authorities, as... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068488/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:02:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2067195/posts The page contains a GRAPHIC cartoon of Barack Obama smashing a baby's head against a wall (which is why I am not actually posting the cartoon here--people who might find such an image upsetting, even in a cartoon, don't have to see it). The cartoon is similar to the kind that was used during the World Wars to portray the enemy as woman-raping and/or baby-killing monsters, e.g. Imperial Germany as a fanged gorilla carrying a half-naked woman over his shoulder. In politics, of course, such a cartoon must convey the absolute truth if it is not to be written off... The Husaria: For Our Freedom and Yours http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2067195/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:44:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053814/posts In yet another example of government secrecy, the agency in charge of protecting human health and the environment has ordered its staff not to speak with congressional investigators, the media and even the agency’s own inspector general. The massive, taxpayer-funded Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with an annual budget of nearly $8 billion, has issued a gag order on its pollution enforcement officials via an internal electronic mail made public by an international wire service dedicated to covering environmental issues. The message orders nearly a dozen managers in the EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and their staff to keep... Judicial Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053814/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:44:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038931/posts Joe Horn, the infamous neighbor in Pasadena TX who shot two suspected burglars in the back in broad daylight last November, has been cleared by a Texas Grand Jury. According to the Houston Chronicle, Horn "confronted" two men who had allegedly broken into a neighbor's house. Horn had called 911 where his conversation with the operator had been taped: “Move,” Horn can be heard saying on the tape. “You’re dead.” Boom. Click. Boom. Click. Boom. Horn redialed 911 and told the dispatcher what he’d done. “I had no choice,” he said, his voice shaking. “They came in the front yard... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038931/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 01:54:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032129/posts Amends the California Constitution to provide that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: The measure would have no fiscal effect on state or local governments. This is because there would be no change to the manner in which marriages are currently recognized by the state. (Initiative 07-0068.) -- Qualified: 06/02/08 Signatures Required: 694,354 Title: This measure shall be known and may be cited as the "California Marriage Protection Act." California Secretary of State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032129/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:30:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029103/posts While Seattle worries about concealed weapons, a new fad in the West is to pack and carry you pistol for all to see... Crosscut http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029103/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:29:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001939/posts Build the U.S. Border Fence Now! Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and the Bush administration are deservedly under assault for not keeping their promises. After a long public outcry over promises broken, the government says they have agreed to construct a border fence. But this is Washington, promises aren't meant to actually be honored. Chertoff and the Bush administration are creating needless public controversy about the fence over what must be done to and with the land, and they are exploiting a backdoor Democrat Party and Open Borders Lobby effort that provides a smoke screen for the feds to... Email: Minutemen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001939/posts#comment Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:21:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989571/posts During the decades the American Rifleman has published “The Armed Citizen” NRA website the Armed Citizen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989571/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:19:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974202/posts ISSUE: Haitian president wants temporary protective status for Haitians in America. Haitian President René Préval has finally asked the U.S. government to extend temporary protective status to Haitians. The designation is long overdue, and President Bush would do well to grant Préval's request. Haiti, already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, was further devastated by last year's Tropical Storm Noel, the latest in a string of natural disasters that have rocked the country in recent times. TPS would temporarily protect Haitians already in the United States -- many of them parents of U.S. born children -- from deportation. TPS... www.sun-sentinel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974202/posts#comment Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:49:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1965972/posts I'm in an argument with liberal co-workers on the merits of gun ownership. They are claiming that there are few (if any) examples of where civilians (not police officers or security guards) came to the public’s defense. We are talking about malls, universities, restaurants, etc., not private residence. I'm sure there was an incident at restaurant a few years ago, but can't find a link. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1965972/posts#comment Wed, 6 Feb 2008 19:06:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937633/posts Guard's hands "didn't even shake" as she shot gunman The guard who saved untold lives at New Life Church gives credit to God for giving her cover, and boosting her firepower as she shot a heavily-armed gunman. "I give credit to God. I say that very humbly," said Jeanne Assam. "God was with me, the whole time I was behind cover. Based on the firepower he had, compared to mine." [snip] "I just prayed for the Holy Spirit to guide me my hands weren't even shaking." Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937633/posts#comment Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:18:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922827/posts Judge orders shepherd destroyed after vicious attack Thursday, November 08, 2007 BY LINDA STEIN PRINCETON TOWNSHIP -- A family whose beloved German shepherd faces death for having led a dog attack on a landscaper is devastated by the news but vows to continue to fight to save him. ..."He's innocent. He did nothing more than protect my wife. He never bit anyone until she was grabbed and pulled to the ground," James said. Congo has been ruled vicious by a municipal judge and ordered put down. ...The landscaper, Giovanni Rivera, has won a $250,000 insurance settlement as a result of... The Times (New Jersey) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922827/posts#comment Thu, 8 Nov 2007 16:24:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907643/posts Journalists' Protection Bill Passes Senate Judiciary: Are Bloggers Covered?By Scott M. Fulton, III, BetaNews October 5, 2007, 3:57 PM A bill attempting to reconcile a journalist's right to protect its sources with the federal government's need to know timely and critical information, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, but not without more exceptions having been added to the original House version. Still, the bill continues to define journalists rather loosely, leading some to believe federal protection could yet extend to independent, often solo bloggers. Specifically, S. 2035, the Free Flow of Information Act, doesn't even use the word "journalist." Instead... Beta News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907643/posts#comment Sun, 7 Oct 2007 01:57:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898396/posts Los Angeles police detectives on Monday searched for three gunmen who opened fire in a bustling shopping district near MacArthur Park over the weekend, critically wounding an outdoor vendor and killing a 23-day-old baby being pushed in a stroller by his mother. The slaying has left residents shaken in the Westlake district, about two miles west of downtown, a dense collection of apartments housing mostly Mexican and Central American immigrants. The area has long struggled with gang violence, and police are investigating whether the suspects are gang members. The infant, Luis Angel Garcia, was hit by a stray bullet about... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898396/posts#comment Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:29:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1840913/posts China to increase rare metals' export tax By Tu Lei (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2007-05-28 17:07 China will raise export taxes on a range of rare metal products, including tungsten, rare earth, and molybdenum, from June 1, in a bid to protect resources from running out, said Wu Rongqing, an official with the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council. The policy says the increased export tax on tungsten, rare-earth, and molybdenum is 15 percent, and tariffs on molybdenum oxide, ammonium molybdate, and natrium molybdate range from a five to 15 percent increase compared with the tax rebate policy on rare metals... China Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1840913/posts#comment Mon, 28 May 2007 15:10:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821118/posts I have been following with a great deal of interest the tragic events that unfolded this week at Virginia Tech. Most disturbing to me is the constant question -- which is often posed as an accusation against the victims -- as to "why didn't anybody try to take down Cho Seung-Hui" during his shooting rampage. The inactivity of the victims has been characterised variously on many threads as being anything from timidity to cowardice. In my considered view this is an extremely unfair characterisation. Flame me if you like: this is my first Vanity. It might just be my last,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821118/posts#comment Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:07:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1819023/posts MIDI - CAT SCRATCH FEVER Gun grab fever…here they come Gun grab fever…liberal scum Gun grab fever…they are fools Gun grab fever…criminals’ tools Gun grab fever…here they come Gun grab fever…liberal scum Gun grab fever…they are fools Gun grab fever…criminals’ tools If rather than emotions, they would use their head They would never say the stupid things they have said If they take the guns from good folks they will surely find The criminals and thugs are gonna kick their behind Gun grab fever…here they come Gun grab fever…liberal scum The police cannot protect you, so protect yourself You... DFU News of the Day in Song http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1819023/posts#comment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:13:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818417/posts NOTE: because this originally appeared in the WASH COMPOST, I had to excerpt it. The entire article is on the gun owners alliance site. ============================================================================ A Daughter's Regret Suzanna Gratia Hupp will live the rest of her life with regret. Had she been carrying her gun the day a madman executed her parents while she cowered helplessly and then fled, she is convinced she could have stopped one of the worst massacres in U.S. history. She has told the story many times over. Tomorrow she will relate it again before advocates of gun rights in a counter-rally to the Million... gun owners alliance (orig. WASH POST) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818417/posts#comment Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:20:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1807368/posts Tennessee state Sen. Mark Norris of Collierville doesn't want authorities to confiscate your firearm if a major disaster strikes the state. The Senate Republican leader again is sponsoring legislation that says the state does not have the right to suspend, during an emergency, Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms. Maybe Norris has seen too many disaster movies in which a nuclear bomb or some other catastrophe wipes away all vestiges of governing authority, leaving survivors to fend for themselves against looting mobs. While this newspaper supports a person's right to legally own a firearm, we think Norris' proposal... The Commercial Appeal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1807368/posts#comment Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:21:20 GMT