Firearms Owners Against Crime
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Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
No 'Duty to Protect' for Political Expediency :: 08/16/2014
I am amazed at technology. Last night instead of going to bed at a decent hour, I was hooked online watching a Citizen Journalist's live feed of what was going on in Ferguson, MO. At the same time, I was listening to the St Louis PD scanner online also brought by a third-party and transmitted online.
Quote of the Day: Conflict Resolution Edition :: 08/16/2014
By Dan Zimmerman on August 16, 2014 - "The killing of Mr Brown did not happen because America's citizens or its police are too lightly armed, or too reluctant to believe they have a legitimate right to shoot someone in a disagreement.
The Militarization of the Police :: 08/16/2014
It's dangerous and wrong to treat Ferguson, Missouri, as a war zone.
Guess Where the Gangs Get Their Guns? :: 08/15/2014
This May, a public bus was traveling its usual midday route between the San Salvador airport and the city when a few men hopped on board, wearing the uniforms of road maintenance workers. Then they pulled out assault weapons and started firing on the passengers. Their targets were apparently two prison guards and a police investigator who were on the bus at the time, but three others were also mowed down in the attack.
Police Say Ferguson's "Good Kid" Michael Brown Allegedly Robbed a Store Moments Before His Death :: 08/15/2014
What a difference a day makes when. The Ferguson Police Department today released the name of the officer involved in the shooting death of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.
Rambo Hates Guns: How Sylvester Stallone Became the Most Anti-Gun Celeb in Hollywood :: 08/15/2014
This weekend, you can see Sly lay waste to hundreds of fools in The Expendables 3. But the man formerly known as John Rambo is, surprisingly, one of the NRA's most reviled stars.
Gun Review: Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special :: 08/14/2014
The name Les Baer conjures up an image of expert gunsmiths sitting in well lit rooms that smell faintly of Flitz and CLP. I like to imagine them taking their time with each and every single action masterpiece so that they can make each one feel loved and have enough time to sprinkle some magical gunsmith dust into each and every beautiful blued frame.
Anti-Gunners Donated $500k+ to Defeat Pro-Gun Sheriff David Clarke in Election, He Won Anyway :: 08/13/2014
As we previously reported, outside interests, including former New York City Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun super PAC, donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in an effort to unseat Sheriff David Clarke Jr, an outspoken Second Amendment supporter.
BREAKING: Federal Judge Rules AR-15's Are "Dangerous and Unusual," Not Protected by 2nd Amendment :: 08/13/2014
In what looks to be a terrible ruling for Maryland gun owners a federal judge has essentially ruled that guns that were regulated by the state of Maryland last year, including AR-15 and AK style rifles (as well as other magazine fed, semi-auto rifles with certain features), "fall outside Second Amendment protection as dangerous and unusual arms," according to a 47 page opinion by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake.
Carrying a gun way worse than beating your wife: Column This is the loopy view of one New Jersey judge and prosecutor. :: 08/13/2014
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds -- When Ray Rice beat his wife unconscious in an elevator, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Michael Donio and New Jersey District Attorney Jim McClain agreed to put him in a diversion program for 1st-time offenders to keep him out of jail.
Editorial: Sen. Alloway Heeds Advice of Moms Everywhere :: 08/13/2014
If your best friends at the NRA told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it? That variation on mom's old think-for-yourself admonition comes into play with the NRA's renewed pressure on state lawmakers to reject a proposed ban on live pigeon shoots.
Illinois banks torn over new concealed carry laws :: 08/13/2014
Banks across the Land of Lincoln are struggling to pick a side on the decision whether to allow legal concealed carry in their institutions under Illinois state law.
Man stabbed by wife arrested after gunpowder, weapons found at Saddle Brook home, police say :: 08/13/2014
Saddle Brook police escort township resident Robert Lintner to a waiting patrol car after authorities said they discovered gunpowder, firearms and ammunition at his Washington Street home Aug. 8, 2014. Linter was charged with creating a risk of widespread hazard for the possession and storage of what police believe is hundreds of pounds of black gunpowder.
Report confirms police fired fatal shots at woman used as human shield during bank robbery shootout :: 08/13/2014
The results of a preliminary ballistics report released over the weekend show that police, not the suspects, fired the fatal shots which took the life of Misty Holt-Singh, a woman used as a human shield during a shootout with police following a bank robbery last month in Stockton, Fox News reported.
Smart Guns-The Smart-Gun Maker Who Told Holder Off :: 08/13/2014
The setting was a behind-closed-doors meeting at the National Institute of Justice, the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. The place was Washington, D.C. The time was April 2013. It was months after the Sandy Hook massacre, and Attorney General Eric Holder was quietly meeting with some gun manufacturers.
ARMED CIVILIANS WITH AR-15's Save North St. Louis Businesses From Looters :: 08/12/2014
Last night several businesses in Ferguson, Dellwood and North County were looted and torched following the death of 18 year-old Michael Brown.
Criminals and Guns - Cops: Man tried to sell gun in Nanticoke :: 08/12/2014
Nanticoke police say there are many reasons Tennessee resident Sean David Brin shouldn't have had a gun. There is his lack of a concealed carry permit, his "multiple state, multiple offense" felony criminal history and a restraining order in New York that prohibits him from possessing firearms.
Missouri mayor: Looters were out-of-towners :: 08/12/2014
The mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, says many of the people who smashed, looted, burned and destroyed in the aftermath of protests following a fatal police shooting of a teenager were out-of-towners.
Pittsburgh police officers test gun with more 'stopping power' :: 08/12/2014
PITTSBURGH — (Original Story-5/13/2013) Pittsburgh police officers tested a new gun Monday that officers say has more "stopping power" than the guns they currently use.
Supporters rally around Perry County sheriff in gun-permit lawsuit over Law and Privacy :: 08/12/2014
Many in Perry County supported their sheriff when he refused to release the names to the county's auditors of those who applied for permits to carry concealed firearms.
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