Archive | March, 2014
RAID

Feds seize customer list from California gun parts store in ATF raid.

The owner of a California gun parts store says he plans to take legal action after federal agents raided his business, confiscating computers, customer lists and 80 percent lower receivers as part of an investigation into alleged federal firearms violations. Dimitrios Karras, owner of Ares Armor in National City, told Fox5SanDiego.com the raid by Bureau […]

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second-amendment

The Second Amendment: A Symbol of Freedom or An Invitation to Violence?

John W. Whitehead is president of The Rutherford Institute and author of A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State. Whitehead also drafted anti-drone legislation which is making its way through state and local legislatures. You can largely determine where a person will fall in the debate over gun control and the Second Amendment […]

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Black Americans in High Crime Areas Greatest Beneficiaries of ‘Stand Your Ground’

Although “stand your ground” opponents argue that the law is a racist one that hurts minorities, the reality is that black Americans in high crime areas are the greatest beneficiaries of “stand your ground” laws. Dissenters like Al Shaprton and the Christian Science Monitor‘s Patrik Jonsson like to cite numbers from a Tampa Bay Times study […]

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Current background checks stop very few firearm purchases.

Percentage of denials hits low under Obama. Federal background checks are denying gun purchasers under President Obama at about half the rate they did under President Clinton and also at a slower clip than during President George W. Bush’s administration, according to data obtained by The Washington Times under the Freedom of Information Act. The […]

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Should CT Police Confiscate Guns If Ordered To Do So? A Law Enforcement Perspective.

Sgt. Patrick Hayes writes: There has been talk that the only way Connecticut can enforce their new gun laws is by confiscation. Of course the State is saying they don’t intend to do that – just like all the anti-gun folks always say “Nobody is after your guns.” Should the Police enforce these laws? The […]

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eparmory

Ares Armor Update: The Skinny on EP Armory Polymer 80% Lower Receivers.

At the moment, we still have no idea what exactly the ATF is investigating Ares Armor for. Speculation is rampant, and the two main competing theories are that it either has something to do with the EP Armory polymer 80% lower receivers, or a suspicion that Ares Armor is “helping” people manufacture complete firearms without […]

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NY Officials Are Demanding They Register Their Guns – Here’s What They Did With the Registration Forms.

Gun rights advocates in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., reportedly burned nearly one thousand gun registration forms to ashes in a clear act of civil disobedience. Under the hastily-passed SAFE Act, Gun owners have until April 15 to register their so-called semi-automatic rifles that fall under the state’s own definition of “military-style assault weapons.” The forms they […]

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WOMAN STOPS BURGLAR, HOLDS AT GUNPOINT 23 MINUTES UNTIL POLICE ARRIVE.

On March 12th Lisa Atkins of Junction City, Oregon, did something “no trespassing signs, security system, [or] dogs” could do: she stopped a burglar by pulling a handgun and pinning him down until police arrived to take him away.   According to Eugene’s KEZI 9 News, Atkins heard a commotion about 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. […]

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handgun-reuters

You are never out of the fight!

Gunman Holds Up Couple, Begins to Sexually Assault Woman — Then Her Male Companion Makes Sure It’s the Last Crime the Creep Ever Commits. New Orleans police said a man was shot dead with his own gun after he sexually assaulted a woman Thursday night, according to the Times-Picayune. And it was the woman’s companion […]

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Conceal Carry Permits Surge in California.

There has been a surge of people ready to get their hands on a conceal and carry permit after a Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last month that relaxed the California’s laws on the issue. Sacramento County alone has 7,000 people on the waiting list. Typically, San Joaquin County has 20 appointments per […]

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