My 2nd Amendment Today: August 2019

Saturday, August 31, 2019

At least 21 shot, 5 killed in West Texas rampage, official says; suspect dead

... in the aftermath of these alleged mass shootings. These alleged mass shootings will continue unabated until the 2nd Amendment is fully dismantled ...

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My Life, My NASCAR: HBSers Get Familiar with America's New Favorite Pastime

Even more impressive were our neighboring tailgaters, one of which sported a shirt which read: “The 2nd Amendment: America's Original Homeland ...

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Two Mass Shooters in Texas, Odessa and Midland

Less than 10 now equates to normal “costs” we pay to exercise that great 2nd Amendment. This country is sick. ****. Please be careful, everywhere.

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5 killed, including gunman, 21 wounded in west Texas shootings

Just goes to show how people are so disconnected from reality, consumed with hatred for Trump and the 2nd amendment; and obviously America, ...

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Visiting Odessa, Texas? Domestic Terror kills 5 today

On the other side, a tweet said: “Here goes the 2nd amendment!! the more mass shootings these liberal idiots want stricter gun control!! be they don't ...

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Oklahoma Supreme Court Issues Order Regarding Constitutional Carry Petition

Oklahoma City, OK - The Oklahoma Supreme Court has issued an order for the petition to block permitless carry or constitutional carry from becoming ...

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March For Our Lives Has A Peace Plan, And It’s A Horror for America

How Can The Left & Right Agree On Guns? Don’t Even Try! They Can’t!

Friday, August 30, 2019

Colorado's Red Flag legislation, what does it do?

While some law enforcement officers cite the 2nd Amendment, many argue that the discussion about gun control also has to be a discussion about ...

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BIDS Can Prove ‘Universal Background Checks’ are Really about Registration

Suddenly, WA Media Learning ‘Unintended Consequence’ of Anti-gun I-1639

Here's how Norfolk's top cop is planning to tackle gun violence in his city

While Boone is a supporter of the 2nd Amendment, he also sees the benefit in tracking people who've been convicted of violent crimes and making ...

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Texas Legislature Passed Ten Bills Protecting Your 2nd Amendment Rights During 2019

... to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Visit: www.nra.org.

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You Can’t Give Away the Right of Self-Defense

Texas Legislature Passed Ten Bills Protecting Your 2nd Amendment Rights During 2019

NRA Group Responds To Call To End New Hyde Park Fundraiser

"I and my fellow NRA members and fellow supporters of the 2nd Amendment are looking forward to yet another record-breaking evening," said Dittmer ...

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Moose more of a Threat than Bears in Alaska

Death of Eric Garner, The Use of Force & How It Ties Into Your Gun Rights

2nd Amendment's meaning is so deformed it should be repealed

"The Second Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." These fifteen words constitute the necessary first step ...

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Facebook revises its political ad rules

... for by a “freedom loving American Citizen exercising my natural law right, protected by the 1st Amendment and protected by the 2nd Amendment.

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Nothing Exemplifies the Political Divide More Than The Issue Of Firearms

LETTER: Discussion of guns is regulated by the NRA

Tom Reed says the 2nd Amendment guarantees the right of citizens to own pretty much any weapon they want. “Freedom” makes my heart sing, too; ...

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Oath Keepers Call to Action: ICE Families Need Protection from Antifa

Letter to the editor: What is the law to stop murder by guns?

People want to own their guns, that is what motivates politicians to save the 2nd Amendment. The NRA may remind them that. Also, an assault ...

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Letter: Gun control isn't the answer

What is your hobby horse? What do you condone? Adultery and abortion? Alcohol? Drugs? Eliminating the 2nd Amendment? A guy can still use a ...

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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Miss. 2nd Amendment tax free weekend starts Friday

2nd Amendment tax free weekend starts Friday. For three days beginning Friday, shoppers across the state who buy firearms and other hunting ...

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McSally gets GOP primary challenger in Arizona Senate race

“Martha is strong on Crime and Borders, the 2nd Amendment, and loves our Military and Vets. She has my Complete and Total Endorsement!”.

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Officials: Petition for permitless carry vote sits at 50000 signatures hours before deadline

The 2nd Amendment Association filed a protest against the petition earlier this week. President Don Spencer says he's optimistic the law will go into ...

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Sony (SNE) Is At $57.18 Formed Wedge; Cannell Capital Lifted Viad (VVI) Holding By $584248

... CO'S UNIT EXECUTED SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND REAFFIRMATION OF GUARANTIES TO ITS REVOLVING CREDIT ...

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Ted Nugent Reveals His Biggest Inspiration With 'A Usual' Military Reference

You're such a 2nd Amendment supporter, I want to tell you exactly what happened with audio recordings of the entire incident because I feel you're ...

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Governor Abbott says "mistakes were made" in reference to August 2nd fundraising letter

But, he added, they must also insure 2nd amendment rights. “But we also must understand, the core of what happened here in El Paso, and that was ...

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Ohio self-defense law has confusing, controversial history

Heller case that the 2nd amendment applied to using a gun for self-defense and the amendment applied to all levels of government, not just the ...

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California Gun Control Failure Blamed on Nevada

In an interview with The Epoch Times, firearms expert and 2nd Amendment advocate Sam Maizlech of “Gunivore” said the claim that border states ...

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An Open Letter to Congressman Peter King

Congressman King, your job is to be the 2nd district of New York's ... The very essence of the Second Amendment is to keep the government and the ...

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SCOTUS for law students: Battling over mootness

Mootness is not often the stuff of headlines. But a current dispute over Second Amendment rights and a New York City gun regulation has put ...

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County votes to proceed with suit vs. city over Festival gun-ban

As such, Idaho Second Amendment Alliance President Greg Pruett fired off a series of emails to Sandpoint City Attorney Will Herrington in early ...

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Courier-Gazette Letters to the Editor, Aug. 29

They were concerned about a standing army and, in the 2nd Amendment to the Bill of Rights, left law-and-order responsibilities to the state militias.

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To what degree is infighting necessary?

Trump supports infringing upon the Second Amendment, and Bill Mitchell is on his knees like a dog smiling at his master. It's quite pathetic for him to ...

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Letter: Democrat Intentions

... one day say NO PURCHASES. The sole reason for the 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution. Maybe the 1st Amendment will be next.

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How Do We Turn California and New York Around?

Hey America! FYI We Are A Republic, NOT a Democracy

Philadelphia Wellness Check Results in Hysteria, Anti-gun owner Propaganda

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- On 28 August, 2019, relatives of a former gun dealer called the police because they said, they were concerned the 72-Year-old man might be depressed and/or suicidal. I do not know if the man was suicidal or not, but old white men commit the largest percentages of suicides. They tend to use guns to do the deed. The police raided the house, on the authorization of the relatives. It appears to be a nice home in a nice neighborhood. Bustleton is home to many of Philadelphia's police officers and firefighters.

The wellness check turned into a full-blown media circus. Swat was called “to assist in clearing weapons.” The bomb squad was called. Hazmat was called. Why? Because the man involved, who had been a gun dealer, according to relatives, had a modest gun collection, some inert grenade bodies (easily and legally purchased), a smoke grenade (totally legal), some mercury (totally legal), and about a thousand rounds of ammunition. From abc.com:

According to investigators, officers encountered a 72-year-old man whom relatives expressed concern that he may be depressed or suicidal. The man was taken to the hospital for evaluation. Relatives said the man used to be a gun dealer.

Police say family members authorized them to enter the home, and upon entering, they found more than 50 guns, hundreds of rounds of ammo, 10 hand grenades, a pipe bomb and liquid mercury. The grenades are believed to be inert.

Here is the headline from cbslocal.com:

Philadelphia Police Find More Than 50 Guns, Grenades And Liquid Mercury In Bustleton Home, Officials Say

Watching some video of the raid by Philadelphia's finest, I winced as the nice long guns were unceremoniously, dumped on top of each other in the back of a police van “to have their serial numbers checked to be sure they were legal”. In today's digital age, serial numbers can easily be checked in the field. The former firearm dealer had been taken to the hospital for an evaluation.

This does not require the guns to be taken from the home. Once impounded by the police, try to get your guns back, especially in Philadelphia. The mayor is notoriously biased against gun ownership. The modest collection of pistols, rifles, and shotguns, say, 55, as the number was over 50, and almost certainly less than 60, or the reports would have said “more than 60”, is likely worth 20-30 thousand dollars. It might take more than $30,000 in lawyers fees to fight the city to have the guns returned. The city will be using other people's money, and the city attorney's to prevent the return of the guns.

50-60 guns is a modest gun collection. Many people have hundreds of guns. A thousand rounds of ammunition is only 20 rounds per gun. It could be two bricks of .22 ammunition that sells for less than $40, total.

Hopefully, the rule of law will be followed, and the guns returned immediately if the former gun dealer is not adjudicated as a threat to himself. Proving your self to not be a threat to yourself, is not clear cut and obvious. Some in our society would say merely being old, white, male, and a gun owner shows you to be unfit to have guns.

It only takes one relative who is disgruntled or overly cautious to create this nightmare for the former gun dealer.

In this case, it was the police who turned an ordinary welfare check into a media, anti-gun ownership circus.

If the police cannot, at a glance, tell that an inert grenade body, without fuse or filler, is *not* a grenade, they are incompetent. If they are saying a piece of pipe with, or without endcaps, if there is no explosive filler or fuse, is a “pipe bomb” they are incompetent. If they feel the need to call a hazmat team because someone owns a bottle of mercury, which has numerous legal uses, and is completely legal to own, they are incompetent.

Worse, much worse, is the possibility the police are *competent*, but in this case, and others like it, are malicious in order to secure media propaganda and political kudos. They know the guns, inert grenade bodies, ammunition, and mercury are legal, but see a great opportunity to grandstand, create a media circus, and gain political credit from a rabidly anti-gun ownership mayor. That seems to be the attitude of Chief Inspector Scott Small, in the video.

I do not know Inspector Small. Maybe he really is as clueless as he would be required to be, to avoid the perception as a politically correct party apparatchik.

This country has a serious problem of legal firearms theft from gun owners, by police departments.

I hope it is not happening in this case. I would love to be proven wrong.

Maybe, in a few days, we will see a followup where the former gun dealer was found competent, all his guns and legal possessions are returned, at no cost to him, and the police offer an apology for overreacting, but, of course, claim it was all in concern for his safety. Or, if he is not found competent, the guns are turned over to his relatives or fiduciary, to be cared for as the substantial assets they are.

I will not be holding my breath. The suspicion of potential suicide should not override our Constitutional rights. The suspicion of relatives should not trump all the careful protections provided for in the Constitution, yet that is precisely what is happening. It may take a Supreme Court case to stop this insanity.

Who knows? One or two more Supreme Court appointments by President Trump, and it could happen.

About Dean Weingarten:

Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and recently retired from the Department of Defense after a 30-year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.

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Jenkins: Violet's solutions are unconstitutional

As established in DC vs Heller the Supreme Court laid out a simple two-part test as to whether or not a gun is protected by the 2nd Amendment.

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WHAT'S THE LAW: The case of the outraged rifle owners

S. 570 (2008) in which the Supreme Court ruled that "the right secured by the 2nd Amendment in not unlimited" (p.33, lines 8-12), which language ...

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To the editor: Article was editorial piece

Drop 2nd Amendment. I have read the biased, unbalanced front page article by Matt Markey on gun control, an article that minimizes the terrible toll ...

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Historical context of gun rights

The 2nd Amendment debate has been on fire in recent online comments and letters to the editor. I have no interest in trying to settle the debate, but I ...

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Chris Krok: This is Why we Need the 2nd Amendment

An 84 year old Dallas man decided he was done being a victim, armed himself, and shot an intruder trying to break into his home in the middle of the ...

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KirbyCast August 28-3pm hour

... stories of average Americans that protect themselves and their property by using their 2nd Amendment rights-and that includes a local "Good Guy ...

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... Joins WPX Energy Bd of Directors; 20/04/2018 – WPX ENERGY SAYS IN SECOND AMENDMENT, BORROWING BASE INCREASED TO $1.8 BLN, ...

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Facebook rolls out stricter political ad rules ahead of 2020

... for by a “freedom loving American Citizen exercising my natural law right, protected by the 1st Amendment and protected by the 2nd Amendment.”.

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Even Rep. Dan Crenshaw Dislikes 'Gun Girl' Kaitlin Bennett, She Thinks He's a 'Soy Boy'

How does it help the bigger argument in favor of the 2nd Amendment? And really ask yourself: Does your in-your-face activism actually persuade ...

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WOW: 'San Jose mayor: Why I'm requiring my residents to insure guns'

The hurdle to making sensible gun laws is the 2nd amendment itself. It … (limiting to 140 characters)”, posted by the user ThePhilosophersGroan at ...

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Valley businessman will challenge Sen. McSally in GOP primary

Martha is strong on Crime and Borders, the 2nd Amendment, and loves our Military and Vets. She has my Complete and Total Endorsement!

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Republican Ben Gilmore To Challenge Cheatham

I will fight to protect life, the 2nd Amendment, and defend Arkansas values.” Gilmore currently serves as deputy chief of staff and communications ...

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Facebook rolls out stricter political ad rules ahead of 2020

... for by a "freedom loving American Citizen exercising my natural law right, protected by the 1st Amendment and protected by the 2nd Amendment.".

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Letter: 2nd Amendment wasn't written to protect type of weapons used in mass shootings

Once again the Gainesville Times used the majority of its opinion page on the recent mass shootings. Not once did it mention their common ...

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Commissioner switches political parties: Says GOP aligns with her core values

“I do not support the Democratic views on many things, two of the biggest being abortion and the 2nd amendment. Therefore, I filed the appropriate ...

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Mine visit an effort by WVU's Brown to connect with fans

In this photo taken April 13, 2019, and provided by WVU Athletics Communications, West Virginia offensive lineman Colton McKivitz (53) and ...

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City Council to consider voluntary gun buyback program

And this is what this about- this is not taking people's 2nd amendment rights away- this is about public safety.” Councilwoman Ana Sandoval, a ...

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An Open Letter To The GOP On Gun Control

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu VETOES 3-Gun Control Bills

Right Of The People To Keep & Bear Arms Is Completely At Odds with Collectivism

CO School District Threatens To Shut Down Charter School’s Armed Staff – VIDEO

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Fact Check: The Founding Fathers DID Know About Repeating Rifles

That means our Founding Fathers not only knew about repeating rifles 14 years before the creation of the Second Amendment, but that they thought ...

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City Council to consider voluntary gun buyback program

And this is what this about- this is not taking people's 2nd Amendment rights away- this is about public safety." Councilwoman Ana Sandoval, a ...

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Forget Greenland. Buy England.

Oh, think of the possibilities of Delingpole with the full force of the 2nd Amendment behind him. Subscribe to London Calling in iTunes (and leave a ...

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Florida Jury Rejects “Stand Your Ground” Defense In Parking Lot Argument Case

I wish that the plain meaning of the second amendment were the law, and it doesn't say that any yahoo gets to carry. Florida has about 2,000 state ...

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Letter To The Editor: Response To Vernon N. Kerr

The reader may be thinking, “How could this happen when we have so many staunch believers in a literal interpretation of the 2nd amendment on ...

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Trumped Store hosting rally Aug. 31

The Trumped Store, 1041 E Deuce of Clubs in Show Low, will host a #No Red Flag Laws and 2nd Amendment Rally from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, ...

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Ohio Dems launch gun control website as legislative efforts look bleak

Some of the talking points for their legislation includes “We can support and respect the 2nd Amendment while demanding we do so responsibly” and ...

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Morning Minute: Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Opponents argued that the process could be misused, and that it could infringe on the 1st and 2nd amendment. A solar farm is coming to Steuben ...

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Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Backers Question Petition Against Permitless Carry

An effort is underway to overturn permitless carry. Backers said they've gathered thousands of signatures. But a pro Second Amendment group said ...

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‘Last Blood’ Should be Last Straw for Gun Owners and Stallone Movies

Real Gun Safety Always Was a Priority for Second Amendment Supporters

Where are the Pictures of Confiscated/Turned in Guns in New Zealand?

Current U.S. Gun Registration That No One Seems Concerned About

No Longer the NASCAR I Thought I Knew

Who Holds The 2A Moral High-Ground, Radical Leftist or Pro-Gun Americans?

2nd Amendment group challenges permitless carry referendum in court

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Second Amendment Association is challenging efforts to suspend a new permitless carry law until a statewide ...

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2nd Amendement group challenges permitless carry referendum in court

The Oklahoma Second Amendment Association is challenging efforts to suspend a new permitless carry law until a statewide vote on the issue.

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Voice of the People, Aug. 27, 2019

New Jersey insists the new law limiting how many rounds a magazine may hold is not unconstitutional and nor goes against the 2nd Amendment.

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Monday, August 26, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Reconsider 2nd Amendment. To the Editor: People said guns should be outlawed after the horrific mass shootings that killed 30 people. On the news I ...

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Email Letters: Aug. 26, 2019

The final draft of the Second Amendment was written by a congressional committee chaired by James Madison. It was approved by at least two thirds ...

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Kaysville mayor announces US House bid, cites 'rise in radicals' in Congress

Witt's video shows her firing a handgun at a target and expressing support for the 2nd Amendment while talking with a would-be voter. On her website ...

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LETTER: 2nd Amendment guarantees all other rights

... red flag laws and gun bans, is nothing more than a backdoor attempt to erode the Second Amendment and punish society at large for the evil acts of ...

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Scapegoating gun violence

Even the late Justice Antonin Scalia once said that the 2nd Amendment does not cover private ownership of guns and weapons in all circumstances.

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Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Backers Question Petition Against Permitless Carry

Backers said they've gathered thousands of signatures. But a pro Second Amendment group said those signatures may not be worth the paper they're ...

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Democrats’ War on Your Gun Rights Compared to The Truth ~ VIDEO

Duffy: Dems want to eradicate 2nd Amendment

Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) discusses gun control laws with CNN's Chris Cuomo, claiming that current gun laws need to be enforced not changed.

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PAC calls for 'Guns & God Appreciation Day,' lack of faith in God to blame for violence

A Political Action Committee (PAC) focused on 2nd Amendment rights has launched a petition to U.S. lawmakers stating a "lack of faith in God is to ...

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Justice Ginsburg has Third Bout with Cancer, Second in 8 Months

Councilman Courage: 'Goal is not to take guns away from law-abiding citizens'

“We respect the 2nd Amendment.” He says five council members have signed on to get the gun buyback program up for a vote. It would be presented ...

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Letter: 2nd Amendment stretched to ridiculous extremes

If pigs fly, someone will shoot' em out of the sky. This nation, our culture and our communities are polluted by the stench of gun oil and cordite and the ...

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Thinking security: Radicalization isn't just for extremists and terrorists

He wanted to determine if he was “allowed to exercise his 2nd Amendment rights” in the wake of the El Paso and Dayton domestic terrorist attack and ...

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Letter to the editor: All must take action to save world from tyranny

Then there is the 2nd Amendment “what if we need to defend ourselves from a tyrannical government?” What a joke! One can only imagine planes, ...

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OP-ED: Trump missing an opportunity to burnish his legacy with gun law

... to his time in office and even help his chances of winning a second term. .... the headline: Defend Your 2nd Amendment Rights Register Republican.

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Shocking: 'Secretive warfare training being staged in 21 North Carolina counties, Army says'

“Just practicing for when they remove the 2nd amendment“, posted by the user Asylumsix at 2019-08-26 09:27:58. We judge this to be a negative ...

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Democrats Use Every Excuse to Disarm the Good Guys

Universal Background Checks: The Beginning of the End for Gun Ownership – LTTE

Divide and Conquer: Giffords (Formerly LCAV) Looks to Split Gun Owners to Enact Controls

As supported by Giffords, such legislation empowers courts to strip an individual's Second Amendment rights and seize their firearms based merely on ...

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Senate candidates respond to mass shootings

“We must stand up for the time-honored traditions we hold dear in Alabama, especially the 2nd Amendment,” Tuberville said. “I'm against efforts to ...

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Gun reform debate continues at national, local levels

Governor Walz–who says he supports 2nd amendment rights argues… “In a modern world, with modern technology we need to modernize our laws to ...

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FEEDBACK | Darts for Denver's proposed energy tax, Bidlack's take on guns

9 column on guns caused me to question his statements regarding gun rights (i.e. the 2nd Amendment) and hunting ("Which firearms should be legal?

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Do we accept the massacre culture? Or make changes?

Bucshon added, with Modesitt reporting “much to the chagrin of many in attendance,” that “Nothing short of repealing the 2nd Amendment and ...

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2nd Amendment is now outdated

By Marydean Gartrell, Henderson. Monday, Aug. 26, 2019 | 2 a.m.. The Constitution went into effect 230 years ago. The Second Amendment was ...

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Letter to the editor: A proposal to stop mass shootings

Such restrictions would not violate the 2nd Amendment (the right to bear arms). However, regardless of how the legislation was written, it surely would ...

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City of Gibson City Council met May 28

C.)Consideration of 2nd amendment to Loan Agreement for Gibson Are Hospital. Cleaning Services. Rob Schmitt explained that there will be no ...

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Fear not! We are sanitizing the language of surprise incidental contacts

Even subsidizing the 2nd Amendment. But since the left loves to deny reality and distract from problems they've caused, we're going to illustrate their ...

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Sunday, August 25, 2019

Former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh, once a Trump supporter, to challenge him in Republican ...

He also touted his allegiance to 2nd Amendment rights. Trump also previously supported abortion rights, once declaring, "I am very pro-choice.

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Pentwater Capital Management LP Maintains Position in Red Hat (RHT); Wpx Energy (WPX ...

... Exits Cimarex; 20/04/2018 – WPX ENERGY INC – IN SECOND AMENDMENT, AGGREGATE MAXIMUM CREDIT AMOUNT IS INCREASED TO $3.0 ...

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Weed, Guns, and the Law

Advocates for legal marijuana say their 2nd Amendment Rights are being violated. They must decide whether to give up the use of legal marijuana, ...

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Police Charged with Murder, Tampering, in Houston No-Knock Raid

Former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh announces challenge against President Donald Trump for ...

He also touted his allegiance to 2nd Amendment rights. ... weapons before declaring to the National Rifle Association in 2015 that the 2nd Amendment ...

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Beto O'Rourke: 'America Has More Guns than Human Beings'

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning 2nd Amendment columnist for Breitbart Data and the author/curator of Down Vary with AWR Hawkins, a weekly ...

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Don't let slivers give you the shivers

This situation is exactly why the 2nd Amendment was enacted, to protect the common citizen from a out of control Government!” At that point, the grin ...

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Don’t Call Me Barney Fife, Its Racist

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Martha Linville: Support legislators who support background checks

He needs to read the Constitution and the reasoning behind the 2nd Amendment. I wish our leaders in Wisconsin (the ones who can actually bring a ...

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Lawmakers have mixed reactions to 'red flag' laws after recent mass shootings

A group of more than 20 Republican delegates signed onto a statement which said they would defend the 2nd Amendment. “We will not abandon ...

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Man's firearms seized because son shared meme on Facebook

(ZeroHedge) Due to the recent mass shootings, there is a major push for so-called “red flag” gun laws at both the state and federal levels. These laws ...

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The Second Amendment Ate the Constitution

Time after time, in the wake of a tragedy, we are told that we cannot ban the weapons used in these attacks because the Second Amendment is ...

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Wyden urges crowd to not be complacent about gun violence

“This is not going to violate the 2nd Amendment to say people with links to terrorism or domestic violence shouldn't have guns,” Wyden said. “It's just ...

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Sunday Squawks

The second one is the main reason for the Constitution's 2nd Amendment -- to assure politicians can be held accountable, by force if necessary, by the ...

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Letter To The Editor: Americans Were Able To Talk About Topics

... that just because they saw a bumper sticker supporting 2nd amendment rights and pro-life that they were a lunatic and not worthy of talking to.

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Kansas Governor Kelly Headlines Anti-2nd Amendment Rally

Kansas – -(AmmoLand.com)- Kansas Governor Kelly's defenders claim she supports the 2nd Amendment, but anti-2nd Amendment activists blew her ...

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Reality Takes A Bite Out Of Beto’s Gun Control Vision

Kansas Governor Kelly Headlines Anti-2nd Amendment Rally

NRA & USF Presentation on Economic Impact of Proposed Florida Gun Ban: Parts 1 & 2

NJ political insiders digest Christie's civility, another Murphy rake-step, and Trump's warped loyalty

A few days later, after talking to the NRA, he backtracked, saying he was “very concerned” that they could impinge on 2nd Amendment rights. What's ...

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Letter to the Editor: 2nd Amendment

But you seriously cannot be saying that one of the reasons we need the 2nd amendment is so that the citizenry can take up arms against a tyrannical ...

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Express Yourself

I hope he remembers and vetoes any legislation that violates our 2nd amendment, like Universal Background Checks,(gun registration),Red Flag ...

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Trump challenges court ruling barring him from blocking Twitter users

His blocking of critics was challenged by the Knight First Amendment .... who are usually big supporters of the 2nd amendment don't want to support ...

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Presidency not just unfolding, it's unraveling

“Our 2nd Amendment will remain strong,” Trump promised, while previewing an effort to overturn that portion of the 14th Amendment guaranteeing ...

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Texas gun rights lobby pushing back on calls for new laws

"I used this rifle to defend my community," Willeford said. "Without my Second Amendment, I would not have had this rifle. The shooter would have had ...

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Friday, August 23, 2019

Venice Gondolier letters to the editor for August 24, 2019

17, Dale De Young wrote that the Democrats favor open borders and the abolishment of the 2nd Amendment. There have been over 11,000 proposed ...

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Democrats come up short on votes for Special Session on gun violence

Republicans stand by the 2nd Amendment, calling instead for things like better mental health access and, for schools, 'hardening' of campuses.

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NRA's Marion Hammer Fires Another Round at Proposed Assault Weapons Amendment

Florida's top gun lobbyist took a second shot Thursday at a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to prevent the possession and sale of ...

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Gun-Grabber Gripes about ATF Tracing a Feint for Registration and More

U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- “On television, when a perpetrator leaves a gun at the scene, a quick computer search can point law enforcement to the weapon’s owner,” an August 6 promotion piece for one in a series of “gun control” videos being “curated” by The Atlantic. “In reality—at least in the United States—no such database of firearms exists.”

Thank goodness one doesn’t. That’s prohibited by law to prevent a government that increasingly comes up with “creative” edicts to confiscate arms without due process and, significantly, without Constitutional authority. But resurrected complaints about not being able to do that to all of us are once again making headlines in order to swindle a public that for the most part doesn’t know any better out of its birthright. Examples over recent years from the usual suspects include:

How the N.R.A. Keeps Federal Gun Regulators in Check
The ATF's Nonsensical Non-Searchable Gun Databases
The Low-Tech Way Guns Get Traced: NPR
Let the ATF's Firearms Tracing Center Do its Job – Bloomberg
How the NRA Hobbled the ATF – Mother Jones

You get the drift. The gun-grabbers want to make it easy to find out who has what to help them reach the bottom of Nancy Pelosi's slippery slope.

Supplementing that, getting trace data released has been a goal of billionaire gun-grabber Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown, which filed suit in 2015. As usual, their high-sounding goals mask the underhanded motive of abusing data to “name and shame” and close down gun dealers and manufacturers ATF has not found cause to shutter.

Left unsaid (in blaming their inability at circumventing the law on NRA and “the gun lobby”) is the inconvenient truth that even ATF and the Fraternal Order of Police support the Tiahrt Amendment, limiting the release of specific tracing data to law enforcement investigations and prosecutions. The Bureau has “fought for years in the federal courts to keep trace records confidential because they contain information (such as names of gun buyers) that could jeopardize ongoing investigations—not to mention law enforcement officers’ lives.”

Also left unsaid in all this “urgent need” for high-speed data are two other inconvenient truths:

The national time-to-crime average is 9.3 years. That and ATF puts an important disclaimer in all of its state reports:

“Not all firearms used in crime are traced and not all firearms traced are used in crime.”

That makes it fair to ask – and expect answers to – how many cases are solved based on traces. How many perpetrators have been convicted that would otherwise not have been had ATF not identified a name gleaned from a retailer's 4473 copy? Intuitively, if you catch the perp, it would seem you've solved the case. Ditto, what percentage of guns found at the scene trace back to the “retail purchaser” who is either guilty or able to provide a useful lead to who is? Factoring in the costs of these operations, how much does that work out to per solved crime?

The other information I'd like to see is if, after all the effort and expense, there is any real-world validation of the agent’s claim in the video that “We're actually doing something here that might save a life.”

“Might”? Has it happened before? How many times? How effective has tracing proven to be in producing that outcome?

It’s not a question of putting a price on human lives, but one of assessing if resources placed elsewhere, or if a reduction in infringements, might actually save more lives. Instead, without even considering those questions, the push is on once more to spend untold funding on a database system to identify all “law-abiding” gun owners and tell authorities exactly what it is they have.

The motive is obviously not to save lives, that’s just the line the citizen disarmament swindlers use in their long con to draw in the ignorant, the gullible and the stupid. The reason is to enable confiscation as the “red flag” net tightens, “universal background checks” subject more names and property to enforcement scrutiny and new gun bans take effect.

About David Codrea:

David Codrea is the winner of multiple journalist awards for investigating/defending the RKBA and a long-time gun owner rights advocate who defiantly challenges the folly of citizen disarmament. He blogs at “The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance,” is a regularly featured contributor to Firearms News, and posts on Twitter: @dcodrea and Facebook.

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