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Tea-party leader shocked by arrest on gun charges :: 12/19/2011

Faces up to 15 years in prison, despite concealed-carry permit

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Armed Students Are a Part of Doing Everything for Student Safety :: 12/18/2011

Another school shooting at Virginia Tech and more calls for gun control everywhere. Calling for more of what doesn't work betrays an underlying stubbornness which is incompatible with student safety.

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Slaughter at Liege: political quackery is the Belgian reply to depravity :: 12/18/2011

Yesterday my colleague Peter Hitchens posted a blog note on cannabis and the massacre in the Belgian city of Liege carried out by Nordine Amrani, seen here on the right.

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The Dangerous Defense Bill Heading Toward Obama's Desk :: 12/18/2011

You know these are interesting times when Glenn Beck, Dianne Feinstein, Rand Paul and the ACLU all stand on the same side of an issue. The issue in question is Subtitle D of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), particularly Sections 1031-1033, being discussed by the House and Senate as I write and headed to the president's desk any day now. These hastily added, under-the-radar provisions, co-sponsored by Senators John McCain and Carl Levin, would allow for the indefinite military detention of any person alleged to be a member of Al Qaeda, the Taliban or "associated forces." The provisions also apply to any person who supports or aids "belligerent" acts against the United States, whether the person is apprehended beyond our borders or on domestic soil.

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CeaseFire PA & H.R. 822 - National Recognition of CCW Permits :: 12/13/2011

The Op-Ed response below was written in regard to the newest advertising campaign against Americans right to self defense.

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Documents: ATF used "Fast and Furious" to make the case for gun regulations :: 12/08/2011

Documents obtained by CBS News show that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discussed using their covert operation "Fast and Furious" to argue for controversial new rules about gun sales.

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Can Congress Steal Your Constitutional Freedoms? :: 12/03/2011

Can Congress Steal Your Constitutional Freedoms?

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Justice Department Explains How It Got Fast and Furious Statements Wrong :: 12/03/2011

The Justice Department on Friday provided Congress with documents detailing how the department gave inaccurate information to a U.S. senator in the controversy surrounding Operation Fast and Furious, the flawed law enforcement initiative aimed at dismantling major arms trafficking networks on the Southwest border.

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Memo Shows Early ATF Concern on Fast and Furious Probe Despite Claims :: 12/03/2011

While federal officials publicly denounced a lone whistleblower and told Congress the Obama administration had done everything it could to stop guns from going to Mexico, administration officials had signs that Fast and Furious investigators were losing track of weapons, a new memo obtained exclusively by Fox News suggests.

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FBI Criminal Informant Complicit in Brian Terry's Death (PJM Exclusive) :: 12/02/2011

In the growing Fast and Furious scandal, Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's death in Peck Canyon, Arizona was previously described as a chance meeting that led to a firefight: an illegal alien "rip crew" working for the Sinaloa cartel was hoping to find other illegal aliens and to rob them at gunpoint. Instead, they stumbled across a Border Patrol unit and murdered Agent Terry.

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U.S. Seals Court Records Of Border Patrol's Murder :: 12/01/2011

By Judicial Watch Blog

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Editorial: Postal gun ban should be tossed :: 11/30/2011

We're glad a federal judge will allow a lawsuit by an Avon couple with concealed-carry permits.

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How did Sen. Feinstein get ATF gun trace data in violation of Tiahrt Amendment? :: 11/30/2011

Persons within the Department of Justice whose identities are not yet publicly known apparently broke the law by leaking firearms trace data to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, which she introduced in the Senate Judiciary Committee record in the hearing on Department of Justice oversight earlier this month.

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In 2012 Pennsylvanians Will Have the Opportunity to Elect a New United States Senator! :: 11/30/2011

We Invite ALL Gun Owners to Meet with Marc Scaringi-Republican Candidate for the United States Senate & FOAC Member - December 13th to discuss important issues and become familiar with this candidate.

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Self-Defense Tip: Never Shoot Alone :: 11/30/2011

Warren Zevon famously asked his father for lawyers, guns and money. The latter two are perpnip. If you're carrying or holding firearms or folding, you're a target for a violent attack. When you go to places where these items are acquired, traded or displayed, there's a strong possibility that someone will seek to relieve you of them without asking your permission or exchanging anything worthwhile in return. To wit this from [kirh.com ]: "Wagoner County Sheriff Bob Colbert said 73-year-old Kenneth Payne of Wagoner [above] was shot multiple times and had at least four guns stolen around 8:30 a.m. while he was at the Fort Gibson Wildlife Management Area Shooting Range east of Wagoner on Toppers Road . . .

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SSI Exclusive: Hiding mass murder behind "national security." What Newsweak & the FBI didn't want you to know about PATCON and the OKC Bombing. :: 11/30/2011

And now we know what a cabal of New York editors under pressure from a frightened FBI and nervous White House can do to the story of the greatest crime ever perpetrated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation -- they can gut it, reducing it almost to innocuousness, all to protect criminals who hide behind federal badges and to shield the politicians who sent them.

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Gun Issue Represents Tough Politics for Obama :: 11/25/2011

(Associated Press) WASHINGTON - The Republican presidential candidates leave little doubt about where they stand on gun rights.

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Proof offered for 2nd Amendment-busting intent of Fast & Furious :: 11/25/2011

When Jim and Sarah Brady met with Barack Obama on the 30th anniversary of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, they asked the President how he would help to advance their Handgun Control, Inc (now the Brady Campaign) gun control/gun confiscation agenda. Obama's response: "I just want you to know that we are working on it. We have to go through a few processes, but under the radar."

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Some hope for an OK of guns on campus :: 11/22/2011

It was about 6:30 p.m. and still light out as Jason Williams walked down E. 9th Avenue on his way to High Street.

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'They're Crazy,' Cuccinelli Says of GMU [George Mason University] Officials :: 11/22/2011

Virginia's Attorney General told gun rights advocates he considers the school's gun ban bad policy that doesn't promote safety. The Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) was certain Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli had sold them out.

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