http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rkba/ en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:41:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414184/posts Bitterwallet posted video of this infomercial-esque product called The Back-Up. It's a $40 shotgun rack that slides between your bed's box spring and mattress - easy access for when you need to blow an intruder's face apart. According to The Back-Up's official website, research shows: If a shotgun is in the corner of a room or under the bed, one must turn their back on a perpetrator to access it The BackUp allows for 2 second accessibility when in need. The Back-Up provides this from a lying position in bed. Just reach 8 inches along the side of the mattress,... The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414184/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:41:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413176/posts CONCORD – Democrats in the House and Senate voted yesterday to bar firearms and other deadly or dangerous weapons from the State House and two other buildings. A special committee that oversees legislative facilities voted to reinstate a gun ban that had been in effect from 1996 to 2006. The new ban includes the Legislative Office Building, the nearby Upham Walker House and a connecting tunnel. Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413176/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:07:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410345/posts Now THIS is refreshing! A youngster in school whose extracurricular activities include marksmanship. Rally round boys, we need to nurture all the gems we find! JohnJacobH RKBA Commentary http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410345/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:01:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409325/posts What often happens when a young person receives such a charge is that he or she will appear in Court, many times without an attorney, and plead "no contest", be found guilty, and pay the fine and go home. I have seen this happen countless times in Courts. Young people, unable to afford a lawyer, take the easy way out because they don't have the money, don't want to miss work to go to Court again to fight the charge or get a better deal. Unfortunately, what these young people don't know, and what the Judge and Prosecutor failed to... Clarksburg Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409325/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:06:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408418/posts So here is today's suggested New Year's resolution: I will send at least one politician a copy of the gun rights questionnaire and then make his/her answers or lack of response known to my fellow gun-owning voters. Naturally, I'd love to see you do more and work with a grassroots group to make a project out of it, but for now, why not try it just once? To help with that, I've prepared a sample solicitation that you can copy and paste into an email, a campaign website contact form, or a letter: Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408418/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:59:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407725/posts Bill of Rights Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Amendment II A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Amendment III No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor... topics.law.cornell.edu http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407725/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:41:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407490/posts But now I believe the comments to be authentic because they perfectly mirror the mentality that made my phone calls to the Senator’s office so memorable. CLICK LINK HERE The blather starts almost from sentence one, message one and continues through sentence last, message last. JohnJacobH RKBA Commentary http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407490/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:19:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405657/posts In research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, in which almost 2,000 felons were interviewed, 34% of felons said they had been “scared off, shot at, wounded or captured by an armed victim" and 40% of these criminals admitted that they had been deterred from committing a crime out of fear that the potential victim was armed. Allowing law-abiding people to arm themselves offers more than piece of mind for those individuals -- it pays off for everybody through lower crime rates. Statistics from the FBI’s Uniformed Crime Report of 2007 ..... Change.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405657/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:18:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406017/posts Earlier this fall, while scanning the merchandise at a state gun show for an antique handgun, longtime gun enthusiast Guy Gorsky took notice of more than the array of potential investment pieces. Based on the attire worn, questions asked and weapons eyed by a group of young men, Gorsky, who attends three or four gun shows a year, had a feeling they were gang members looking to make a quick purchase. “They were only looking at automatic weapons,” says Gorsky, who keeps a variety of handguns and rifles in his Madison home. “I found that the most concerning.” Unlike weapons... Capital Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406017/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:35:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405963/posts Back in 1994, when the U.S. Congress was debating whether to ban "assault weapons," a talk show host asked Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, a sponsor of the ban, whether guns cause crime. The host noted that, in Switzerland, all males are issued assault rifles for their militia service and are required to keep them at home, yet little crime exists there. Bradley responded: "My guess is--Swiss are pretty dull--so my guess is that probably didn't happen." Actually, for those who think that target shooting is more fun than golf, Switzerland is anything but "dull." By car or by... Stephan Halbrook.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405963/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:37:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404046/posts Back door gun registration is being proposed for Wisconsin by Senators Coggs, Taylor and Lassa; Representatives Richards, Staskunas, Turner, Young, Sinicki, Berceau, Colon, Grigsby, Fields, Pasch, Kessler, Zepnick and Toles. SB 367 is yet another attempt to infringe upon lawful gun owners in Wisconsin by making it a crime not to report a lost or stolen gun within 48 hours of discovering the loss or theft. I am not clear how anyone will know if a stolen gun that shows up at a crime scene just 5 hours after it was stolen is your gun or to whom it belongs.... Wisconsin Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404046/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:11:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402830/posts Concealed firearms have their legal place in society, but hidden guns hardly seem appropriate on university campuses. We think it's more than reasonable for the board that oversees Colorado State University to ask that administrators enact a ban on guns to individuals who own concealed-carry permits. The CSU Board of Governors voted 9-0 last week to implement a ban on campuses in Fort Collins and Pueblo, and now college presidents must craft the policy. When enacted next year, CSU will join a long list of other campuses with similar bans. In fact, nearly every public college and university bans student... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402830/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:47:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402596/posts MARLOW, Oklahoma – A small force in Stephens County is already under investigation by state and federal authorities but new controversy is brewing as two more Marlow police officers are accused of criminal conduct. One officer has resigned, another is still on the force, but together they join the growing list of Marlow cops accused of corruption. In Stephens County, many share the district attorney's opinion of the Marlow Police department. "I don't completely trust some of the officers at Marlow," said District Attorney Bret Burns. The D.A., who has already asked the FBI and OSBI to investigate the department... News Channel 9 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402596/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 03:58:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401719/posts Mayor Bloomberg's "future-crime" vision of American gun control is one where a United States citizen [will be denied gun purchases if] her name was added by a federal bureaucrat to the no-fly list . . . It is also at least foreseeable that under this scheme . . . TSA agents might confiscate guns from the checked baggage of airport travelers. The Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401719/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:32:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401772/posts ST. PETERSBURG — Now that surveillance cameras are watching virtually every store and parking lot, it's increasingly common to see footage of robberies, fights and even shootings. But the disturbing video of a double murder in downtown St. Petersburg is something different. In graphic detail, with eight different cameras and relatively good sound, the video shows the entire August 2008 robbery of Central Food Mart, and the shootings of three men. Even in an era when video has become ubiquitous, prosecutors say this stands out as perhaps the clearest and most complete recording ever of a local murder — and... St. Petersburg Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401772/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 01:42:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400968/posts These are the times that make men vomit. Have you seen the latest Gunowners Of America Alert? Mr. Milquetoast himself, Harry Reid, may pass some version of ObamaNationCare because NOT ONE Senate Republican has the brass to stand up and just say NO.....not one more lie....not one more penny... not one more day.... not one more usurpation. What possible power does this pantywaist Reid have over Senators like North Carolina's Richard Burr to silence him into submission? The State that gave the nation Jesse Helms (Senator NO), now has Richard Burr (Senator Go-Along-To-Get-Along). JohnJacobH RKBA Commentary http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400968/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 15:17:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396276/posts Submitted by .Sean on November 19, 2009 - 4:24pm The Lafayette County Republican Central Committee is proudly celebrating a new crazy billboard on I-70 near Grain Valley. It calls for citizens to "starve the beast" and "vote out incumbents" -- and if that doesn't work, "PREPARE FOR WAR." Fired Up! Missouri http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396276/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:03:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399261/posts Many of us involved in gun rights advocacy have seen the poster accompanying this column. It was the terrifying dawn of World War II, and the British, fearing German invasion, were ill-prepared to defend their nation. The December 1959 issue of GUNS Magazine is now online, and it tells us the story behind the poster in the feature article "Guns in our bundles for Britain," by William B. Edwards. Here are some of the highlights: "We shall fight them on the beaches, we shall fight them on the landing grounds, we shall fight them in the fields and the streets,... Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399261/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:01:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391915/posts Last week, the body of Chicago school board president Michael Scott was found in the Chicago River with a single bullet wound in his head. The big story was that this powerful, well-connected public official had, according to the Cook County medical examiner, committed suicide. The less-noticed story was that he did it with an illegal weapon. After all, handgun ownership is not allowed in Chicago, which has one of the strictest gun control laws in the country, and Scott killed himself with a .380-caliber sidearm. Unlike most Chicagoans, Scott could have been a legal handgun owner. Because he had... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391915/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:07:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391147/posts Clergy members oppose legislation; gun rights groups endorse it HARRISBURG - Some of Pennsylvania's clergy say a state house bill being considered will increase gun violence and deaths, while supporters contend the bill simply expands your right to self-defense.Dozens of clergy members crowded the steps in the Capitol rotunda Thursday morning to rally against House Bill 40. The group had gathered at the Capitol to watch a House Judicial Committee Public Hearing on the bill.The piece of legislation eliminates the "duty to retreat" if you are confronted by an attacker. It also expands the so-called "castle doctrine." That's a piece... Harrisburg, PA Fox 43 WPMT-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391147/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:12:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389367/posts The lesson from an unsuccessful pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden this week was simple: Guns talk. The Maersk Alabama, the American-flagged ship infamously attacked by pirates in April, was attacked again Monday when Somali pirates opened fire on the ship in an attempt to board it. But the pirates didn't get far this time, after a four-man security team aboard the ship fired back, thwarting the attack. It's the first time a large cargo ship with an armed security team aboard is known to have repelled an attack, says Vice Adm. William Gortney, who commands the Pacific region... The Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389367/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:26:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387951/posts The Southern Poverty Law Center, which considers opposition to draconian gun control laws to be "crackpot," has sent one of their "experts" to Eugene to teach police from multiple agencies about "Hate in America Today- a National Overview of Far Right Domestic Terrorism." You will recall that in the brave new world of Obama, "right wing terrorists" include gun owners, Constitutionalists, military veterans and supporters of limited government. Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387951/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:11:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387460/posts Readers of this blog know I have long admired from afar the activities of the New Hampshire "Free Staters". One of the best ideas they have had is an emergency communications network dubbed Porcupine 411. Now I learn they want to spread their idea nationwide. God Bless them! JohnJacobH RKBA Commentary http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387460/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:08:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387409/posts Gun rights supporters are up in arms over a pair of moves the White House made last month to reverse longstanding U.S. policy and begin negotiating a gun control treaty with the United Nations. WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387409/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:53:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386793/posts Early in the morning of Dec. 5, 1999, off-duty Las Vegas police officer Dennis Devitte was one of the customers at Mr. D's Sportsbar & Grill, at Rainbow and Oakey boulevards, where he and some pals had gone to hear the band Pigs in a Blanket. A little after 1 a.m., three armed robbers charged through the back door with guns drawn and their faces covered with T-shirts or bandanas. "I'd only been in the bar a short time and was talking to friends," Mr. Devitte later told an interviewer for the International Association of Chiefs of Police. "I saw... Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386793/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:34:27 GMT