AB 962 was the Brady Campaign’s top priority bill in this year’s legislature."Reasonable, Common-sense" gun laws in action.
As of January, 2011 we will no longer sell or ship ammunition to residents of California.
Records show he was paroled in November 2008 from prison, where he had been held since 1985 for a murder a year before. He also was convicted in 2001 and 2005 of aggravated battery of a peace officer. In the earlier incident, he assaulted at least two prison guards at Pinckneyville Correctional Center who tried to get him to remove personal property from his cell. Officials at the time said Cration had "an extensive history of violence, including ten staff assaults and one inmate assault along with five 'dangerous disturbances,' " according to an Associated Press story.
I regard the federal government of the United States of America as a severely degraded version of the Republican principles of the Constitution of the United States, particularly the Bill of Rights. But at least those documents give us a lofty standard by which to judge its lack of fidelity to its founding principles.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – An attorney for the man charged in the deadly shootings at Fort Hood says the Army has prohibited his client from praying in Arabic with his family.Think anyone has any sympathy for him?
Attorney John P. Galligan said police stopped a phone conversation between Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and his brother on Friday because it was not in English. Galligan told the San Antonio Express-News that police at Brooke Army Medical Center refused to let Hasan pray in Arabic.
Galligan says he thinks that's illegal and violation of Hasan's religious rights.
Originally the media was saying that the gun the perp
used was amachine gun, but, as usual when it comes
to guns, the press got it wrong. Dale set them
straight on that and reminded the reporter that
the gun was STOLEN and all gunlaws go out the window
when that happens.
This was Dale's first interview and Mary caught him
off guard as he didn't know she was even coming down,
but he did a great job. I, at least, had a
day's warning.
Most of my interview was left on the cutting room
floor, like the part where I said that if Bloomberg
would keep his criminals and illegal drugs in New York,
then that gun wouldn't have made its way into Times
Square. I said that Bloomberg's attack on Virginia
law over this theft is much to do about nothing,
as it is already illegal to steal a gun here.
Westberry was surprised to see Eberhart and two special agents with the state Attorney General's Gun Violence Task Force at his front door. They asked to see his guns. An avid gun collector, Westberry had 40 guns, all legal, all registered and all locked up.
"I'm thinking they just want to verify the serial numbers, verify that everything I own is legit," Westberry said.
But they confiscated his guns and said that they had a warrant for his arrest.
Just finished it a little while ago. Honest review time."If someone is not a convicted felon or hasn’t been found to be a danger to themselves due to mental illness and they believe they can handle a firearm, we support their right to purchase one.”
In light of what happened yesterday -- a violent attack by an emotionally unstable soldier -- it is even clearer that the proposal being pushed by Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina should be rejected. --Paul Helmke
Considering that would require the imagination granted by the rise of science fiction compliments of the Industrial Revolution, which would happen roughly half a century after their deaths? What's next: demanding to know why Alexander Graham Bell didn't invent video teleconferencing?Yep. Nobody could imagine what the world might be like in the future until SciFi became a popular genre.
There have been several well-meaning and respectful people here who have expressed concern about my position on the 2nd Amendment. Please allow me to clarify. Unlike the Democrats, I will not be an activist who works to take away the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding Illinois citizens. My priorities are improving ...Illinois' business and jobs climate -- and providing ethical, authentic leadership to Springfield. My approach on 2nd Amendment related issues has always been to enforce existing laws rather than creating new ones. My years in law enforcement have influenced me to take a position shared by many law enforcement officials — in opposition to concealed carry and in favor of a narrowly drawn assault weapon ban. While I have a respectful disagreement on this issue with many in Illinois, I think we can all agree this is a big difference from those on the left with an activist agenda of infringing upon your 2nd Amendment rights.Never mind the fact that as AG he attempted to entrap firearm owners into breaking the law. He completely ignores the fact that the Illinois Sherriff's Assoc. unanimously supports CCW.
James Walker-Bey, sentenced to a year for violating probation for carrying a .25 caliber pistol in Alsip, was confined for just over two weeks -- three days in Cook County and 14 at Stateville prison.
And Antoine Garrett, previously convicted of armed robbery and illegal firearms possession by a felon, got a one-year sentence after Chicago police saw him drop a bag of cocaine on the street as they approached, but spent just 21 days locked up...
Nine people were released Dec. 3, the same day that Quinn signed a law requiring prison time for gang members caught with guns.
The day before, Corrections sent home 20 others, including a man convicted of domestic battery who was confined for 19 days and a man who had spent a total of 20 days locked up for carrying a concealed weapon, records show.
"After 9/11, law enforcement is still prohibited from preventing individuals on the "Terrorist Watch List" from buying guns as long as they don't have some disqualifying record in the system, such as a felony or domestic violence restraining order."
-Paul Helmke (or more likely Doug P.)
In observance of Bill of Rights Day, December 15, 2009, David E. Young's Second Amendment publications are on sale by Golden Oak Books for a limited time only at Amazon.com. Paperback copies of The Origin of the Second Amendment and hardbound copies of The Founders' View of the Right to Bear Arms are available for $15.00 each, half of the normal list price of $30.00 each. Descriptions, ordering information links, and time limits are posted at On Second Opinion Blog:
http://onsecondopinion.blogspot.com
Direct links to Amazon.com ordering pages are as follows:
The Origin of the Second Amendment (paperback):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0962366439/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
The Founders' View of the Right to Bear Arms:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0962366471/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
For a picture of the author holding citation tagged copies of both books at the NRA event recognizing those who contributed to the Heller victory, go to Sebastian's September 13, 2008 Thank You post (click pictures to enlarge):http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/09/13/thank-you/
Thank you,
David Young
"Police were able to locate Robinson, of Pittsburgh, because he was on parole and wearing an electronic ankle bracelet, Moffatt said. He has an arrest record for drug and firearms charges and was paroled after in August 2007 after serving time for carrying an unlicensed firearm."But instead, inaccurate information will be presented in order to try and ban more guns.
"Morton has a criminal record dating to 1991, including two prison terms for burglary, records show."
Robinson used "some kind of assault rifle" — possibly an AK-47 — judging by shell casings found at the scene, Moffatt said.
Unfortunately most of the photos were of our pack of stupid dogs who also like leftovers.
David Kopel's new book is now available for sale on Amazon. I was privileged enough to have received an early copy. A most excellent and well researched read. I'd like to get some info from you about rules & laws in the People's Republic of Illinois.This is going along w/ looking into obtaining a non-resident CCW for when he's traveling.
Also - what can I do to join the NRA?
Do you have any recommendations for me when it comes to my first purchase?
I know, I'm behind...after XX years in the Army, you think I'd own more than just the rifle, which my dad gave me two years ago, and was his when he was a teen-ager! But, Ft. Hood has got me moving in the right direction again.
The season's real present may go to the gun dealers, many of them still counting the post election profits of an "Obama rush" that saw shoppers stockpiling in case a new administration banned firearms. As other businesses hope for the year's low sales to turn around with the holidays, firearms dealers say they're simply waiting for their revenue to shoot even higher.
The ISRA-PVF is today calling upon Illinois gubernatorial candidate Jim Ryan to retract claims that he received the group's endorsement during his failed 2002 run for governor against Rod Blagojevich. Such misleading claims have surfaced on Ryan's social networking internet sites in recent days. Additionally, individuals have made reports to the ISRA-PVF that Ryan campaign staffers have made similar endorsement claims when questioned about Ryan's stands on issues important to law-abiding Illinois firearm owners.Oops.
Jim Ryan for Illinois Governor Our campaign staffers in 2002 recalled working closely with ISRA on several issues and remembered being endorsed. If we erred in our recollection, we apologize. We have deep respect for gun owners in Illinois and for the ISRA. We look forward to working with them in the governor's office, with or without an endorsement.
"Some things never change," commented ISRA-PVF spokesman Richard Pearson. "The Ryan campaign's habit of bending the truth is one of them. In 2002 we heard them lie about why Ryan wasn't endorsed by us, now we hear them lie about receiving our endorsement. The truth is that firearm owners had no reason to vote for Ryan in 2002, and they certainly do not have any reason to vote for him in 2010."
“You really don’t hear about people using weapons on the streets to protect themselves from violent incidents."Well, not in Illinois or Wisconsin you don't. It's different in the other 48 states.
Yes, we will support that legislation. It sems incongruous to me that we would bar certain people from flying on airplanes because they are on a terrorist watch list and yet we would still allow them to possess weapons. I think that the legislation that was initially proposed by the Bush administration was well concieved and we will continue to support that.
According to court documents, the chief suspect in that case — who was arrested Saturday — paid $20,000 cash to an undercover operative in July as a deposit on machine guns and shoulder-fired Stinger missiles, and traveled to Philadelphia last week to inspect the merchandise.Dumb@sses.
Many people were worried about the Ft. Hood killer before the rampage, but because of knee-jerk laws passed with the support of the NRA, there was no legal way to stop him from buying a special cop-killer gun, bullets, and high-capacity magazines from Guns Galore in KILLeen, Texas. There was no "political correctness" here, just powerlessness under the law.So I asked him what specific 'knee-jerk laws' he was talking about. The rambling response was thus:
Knee-jerk NRA weenie laws such as no sane background check for the purchase of weapons, as well as the deletion of records. Check out Ashcroft's record as AG.He continued to repeat himself several times and threw in the the tried and true gun banner talking points:
As far as gun laws not being able to keep killers from getting guns that is also not true. If we had sane gun laws, instead of the current NRA-written system, we could keep at least legally-procured handguns out of the paws of people that shouldn't have guns.And these people vote, write their congress-critters and letters to the editor based off of their ignorance.
Gun laws, lax enforcement of them, and lack of sane gun laws have everything to do with this killer getting a special cop-killer gun with cop-killer bullets and high-volume magazines.
"The Second Amendment should NOT extend to convicted criminals and terrorists, suspected or otherwise. "So he's officially on the record stating that Fundamental Civil Rights shouldn't apply to people the Gov't chooses to put on secret lists based off of suspicion alone.
"However his predecessor, Leo Cane, is doing a 17-year prison sentence. Apparently Libertarians do not like paying taxes."No bias there, right?
Man sentenced to 85 years for shootingsURBANA — A Champaign man who took the life of another and tried to kill a second will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Champaign County Judge John Kennedy on Friday sentenced Granville Johnson, 29, to 85 years in prison for the July 30, 2008, murder of Gregory Moore, 28, and the attempted murder of Mr. Moore’s cousin, Isaac Moore, 22.
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Ft. Hood shooter, was on a suspected terrorist watch list, and even the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force was prevented from knowing that Hasan had purchased his deadly arsenal from the Guns Galore gun store in Killeen, Texas.Sounds reasonable right? The problem? It's not true.
Three senior investigative officials, who insisted they not be identified by name because of the sensitive nature of the ongoing federal investigation, told reporters in Washington that Hasan was never nominated to be on a watch list. He was able to purchase weapons legally and had done nothing to justify even a preliminary investigation, they said.
In addition, Hasan had a security clearance at the "secret" level and received good performance reviews, they said....
the JTTF concluded that Maj. Hasan was not involved in terrorist activities or terrorist planning," it said.
Christian Sadowski, the Mayor of Allonne, said that he knew the family well and that the boy was a fan of computer games. “Many young people end up finding it difficult to tell the difference between dream and reality,” he told The Times.Yep. The kid played WoW so that made him into a sociopath.
Chinese censors block Obama's call to free the WebHeh heh.
BEIJING – President Barack Obama prodded China about Internet censorship and free speech, but the message was not widely heard in China where his words were blocked online and shown on only one regional television channel.
Brief available here.The Second Amendment Foundation today filed its much-anticipated brief to the United States Supreme Court in the case of McDonald v. Chicago, which challenges the constitutionality of that city’s ban on handguns.
SAF is joined in the lawsuit by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) and four individual plaintiffs. They are represented by attorney Alan Gura, who successfully argued the landmark Heller case before the high court in 2008, leading to a ruling that the Second Amendment affirms and protects an individual right to keep and bear arms beyond the scope of serving in a militia.
