VA-ALERT: VCDL Update 3/28/15

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Thanks to Charles Young and Brandy Polanowski for compiling this update.

1. Governor McAuliffe expected to veto some gun bills
2. Doctors are NOT required to ask about guns and are RESTRICTED in doing so!
3. Kroger tells Demanding Moms to take a hike
4. Armed citizen saves lives in Philadelphia barbershop
5. AMICA insurance wants to know details about client's gun ownership
6. A Hello Kitty gun for Christmas? Absolutely.
7. Bring back "sensible" gun laws? No thanks.
8. Is McAuliffe aiming for N.Y. with his gun control salvo
9. Federal Appellate Court rules EPA cannot regulate content of ammunition
10. Bloomberg's professional liars keep on lying
11. Unraveling more gun control lies
12. New gun grab group: "In 2012, Virginia was rated number 2 in the nation in terms of guns found at crime scenes in different states."
13. Eight checks to run before firing your new gun
14. [OH] Police: Man killed Middletown teen at Dayton mall in self-defense
15. Australian anti-gun group urges review of 'watered down' laws
16. China demands U.S. ban guns


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1. Governor McAuliffe expected to veto some gun bills
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Delegate LaRock got a call from the Governor's Office saying that McAuliffe was planning on vetoing HB 2009 (requires a Chief Law Enforcement Officer to act on Form 4 applications used to purchase NRA items). That veto and others could come at any time now (McAuliffe has until midnight tonight, Sunday, March 29, to execute any vetoes). I will advise when they happen and what our next move will be.


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2. Doctors are NOT required to ask about guns and are RESTRICTED in doing so!
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Angered by a doctor asking his daughter about guns in the home, member Kenn McDermott researched and confirmed that not only a doctors NOT required to ask questions about gun ownership under Obamacare, they are prohibited from REQUIRING disclosure of information on lawfully owned firearms and are not allowed to collect such information.

‘‘SEC. 2717 ø42 U.S.C. 300gg–17. ENSURING THE QUALITY OF CARE.
...
‘‘(c) PROTECTION OF SECOND AMENDMENT GUN RIGHTS.—As
added by section 10101(e)(2)
‘‘(1) WELLNESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS.—A wellness
and health promotion activity implemented under subsection
(a)(1)(D) may not require the disclosure or collection of any information
relating to—
‘‘(A) the presence or storage of a lawfully-possessed
firearm or ammunition in the residence or on the property
of an individual; or
‘‘(B) the lawful use, possession, or storage of a firearm
or ammunition by an individual.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON DATA COLLECTION.—None of the authorities
provided to the Secretary under the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act or an amendment made by that
Act shall be construed to authorize or may be used for the collection
of any information relating to—
‘‘(A) the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or
ammunition;
‘‘(B) the lawful use of a firearm or ammunition; or
‘‘(C) the lawful storage of a firearm or ammunition.
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON DATABASES OR DATA BANKS.—None of
the authorities provided to the Secretary under the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment made by
that Act shall be construed to authorize or may be used to
maintain records of individual ownership or possession of a
firearm or ammunition.
‘‘(4) LIMITATION ON DETERMINATION OF PREMIUM RATES OR
ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.—A premium rate may not
be increased, health insurance coverage may not be denied,
and a discount, rebate, or reward offered for participation in a
wellness program may not be reduced or withheld under any
health benefit plan issued pursuant to or in accordance with
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment
made by that Act on the basis of, or on reliance upon—
‘‘(A) the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or
ammunition; or
‘‘(B) the lawful use or storage of a firearm or ammunition.
‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON DATA COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR
INDIVIDUALS.—No individual shall be required to disclose any
information under any data collection activity authorized
under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or an
amendment made by that Act relating to—
‘‘(A) the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or
ammunition; or
‘‘(B) the lawful use, possession, or storage of a firearm
or ammunition.


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3. Kroger tells Demanding Moms to take a hike
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All the Demanding Moms have been able to accomplish is for a few national chains to ask, **but not require,** gun owners not to carry on their property.

Now the Demanding Moms can't even get that far. Kroger is one of many stores who have recently told the Demanding Moms (and indirectly, Bloomberg) to get a life.

Thank you, Kroger, for standing up for American values and laws!

Thanks to member Sam Houchins II for the link:

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government ... customers/

or

http://tinyurl.com/p3ou2t5

Kroger CFO: We Reject Moms Demand Action’s Push To Disarm Our Customers

During a March 25 appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Kroger CFO Michael Schlotman said the retail food chain will not comply with the demands of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, especially as those demands touch on changing store policy to disarm open-carry customers in states where openly carrying a gun in Kroger is legal.

Schlotman made these comments after Squawk Box host Andrew Ross Sorkin said, “In the fall there [were] these liberal groups who had organized to suggest that Kroger was allowing people to ‘open carry’ firearms in their supermarkets. What was that about and where do you guys stand on that?”

Scholtman responded:

That was a group called Moms Demand Action. They were opposed to the fact that our policy is to adhere to the local gun laws. If the local gun laws are to allow open carry, we’ll certainly allow customers to do that based on what the local laws are. We don’t believe it’s up to us to legislate what the local gun control laws should be. It’s up to the local legislators to decide to do that.

So we follow local laws [and] we ask our customers to be respectful to the other people they are shopping with. And we really haven’t had any issues inside of our stores as a result of that.

Moms Demand Action launched their campaign against Kroger on August 18. On that very day, Kroger subsidiary Fred Meyer announced they would not be changing their gun policy and the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Kroger released a statement days later, stating that they had no intention of changing their policy either; that they “trust [customers] to be responsible in [Kroger] stores.”

After failing to achieve a policy change at Kroger or Fred Meyer, Moms Demand Action targeted North Carolina-based Harris Teeter on November 20. But Breitbart News reported that Harris Teeter quickly made it known that they would not be changing their gun policy either.

They released a statement in response to Moms Demand Action saying: “We have and will continue to adhere to the firearms and concealed handgun laws as outlined by the states in which we do business. We believe this issue is best handled by lawmakers, not retailers.”


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4. Armed citizen saves lives in Philadelphia barbershop
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Whenever an armed citizen saves lives, the media sits in the corner with their hands over their ears going "LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA."

Thanks to member C.S. Miller for the link:

http://www.wnd.com/2015/03/man-with-con ... at_orig=us

or

http://tinyurl.com/nk2l3ls

Man with concealed carry stops slaughter

An armed passerby, carrying his permitted pistol, is being credited with saving the lives of several people when he stepped in off the street and killed a gunman shooting at occupants of a Philadelphia barbershop.

The incident Sunday began when a man, identified by police only by his age, 40, pulled out a gun and opened fire on barbers and customers inside Falah Barber Shop.

“They were arguing,” Yusaf Mack, 16, a customer inside the shop at the time told WCAU News. “They were taking it too far, and one of the barbers said, ‘chill out.’”

“I heard gunshots, so I ducked and I ran,” said Mack.

While the gunman was shooting, a passerby responded to the gunfire, running into the shop and pulling his own gun. He opened fire and struck the gunman in the chest.

“He just shot him, and when he was done shooting, he ran,” Mack said.

The 40-year-old gunman was taken to Presbyterian Hospital, where he died.

Despite all the gunfire and presence of children in the shop, there were no other injuries.

The armed Good Samaritan later turned himself into police, and while the incident is still under investigation, officials said they see it as a case of self-defense.

“The person who responded was a legal gun permit carrier,” Police Capt. Frank Llewellyn told WCAU News. “He responded, and I guess he saved a lot of people in there.”


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5. AMICA insurance wants to know details about client's gun ownership
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Member Carter Garnett was looking to purchase a homeowners policy and had called several different companies. But AMICA insurance was the only one that started asking him questions about gun ownership. He terminated the conversation and scratched their name off his list.

Some insurance companies might ask such a question to determine if you need extra insurance to cover a large gun collection - some companies only insure up to $2,000 to $3,000 worth of firearms by default.

I called AMICA to see what questions they were asking and why. Turns out the extra insurance for a large gun collection was one reason, but not the main reason at all. In fact, the lady I spoke with said if it is a large collection, they suggest getting insurance through the NRA for better pricing.

The real reason they ask about the applicant's gun collection is for liability reasons. They want to know if you keep your guns unloaded and locked up, the kind of guns, how they are locked up, and if you have a license for the guns.

At that point I decided they would be more trouble than they are worth.


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6. A Hello Kitty gun for Christmas? Absolutely.
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Member James Durso emailed me this:


From washingtonpost.com: http://wapo.st/1JOzIHS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-h ... story.html


A Hello Kitty gun for Christmas? More women are getting firearms as gifts.
by Michael S. Rosenwald
December 23, 2014

When Terri Gallagher’s husband told her to close her eyes on Christmas while he went to get her present, she did not expect he would return with an AR-15.

He’d already bought her two guns, including a Ruger 10/22 rifle for her 50th birthday — her very first gun. His friends had even joked, “I don’t understand what you’re doing — you’re arming your wife.”

“What more did I need?” asked Gallagher, a Northern Virginia real estate agent.

But Gallagher’s shock quickly gave way to endearment: Her husband told her he built the semiautomatic rifle especially for her, with lighter materials to make it easier for her to fire. Her spirits were made bright.

Giving your wife a high-powered rifle for Christmas might seem in conflict with two turtle doves and peace on Earth, not to mention making the gun-control crowd shudder. But gun store owners and firearm instructors say gun-happy husbands are increasingly leaving weaponry under the tree for their beloveds — rifles, handguns, ammo, pretty much anything that makes a loud pop.

This year, husbands are even going to social networks seeking advice. On Reddit, a man recently posted, “Hey people, looking to get my wife a revolver for Christmas.” One reply: “Put function over form.”

While it is tempting, knowing men, to suspect they are purchasing the guns they want for themselves and wrapping them up for their wives — Homer Simpson once gave Marge a bowling ball with his name on it — gun experts say otherwise. They link gun gifts with a transformation in some women’s views toward firearms, fueled by an industry marketing push.

Twenty-three percent of American women owned guns in 2011, according to Gallup polling, up from 13 percent in 2005. And nearly 80 percent of gun retailers surveyed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reported increases in female customers from 2011 to 2012.

Gun experts and academics say there are several explanations for women’s growing interest in firearms, including a broad shift of gun culture away from hunting, a desire for personal protection, and an industry carefully appealing to women with female-only accessories, including bra and panty holsters, and colorful guns. People have even tried to customize guns with Hello Kitty — apparently for real, or as a prank.

“I find that once they get a ­gun, the fever starts,” said Tina ­Wilson-Cohen, the founder of She Can Shoot, a Virginia-based organization that trains women in several states to shoot. “They will literally get one for the range, one for walking the dog, one because it’s pink and purple. It starts. They love it.”

That’s what happened to Laurie Loughry, a 24-year-old in Fred­ricksburg, Va.

At her birthday party last year, her then-boyfriend-now-husband told her to come out to his car for her present. He wasn’t sure how her friends and family would react to a gun.

Loughry was confused. “I’m like, wait, what does this mean?” she said. “Is it a ring?”

It was not a ring. He handed her a brand-new gun — a blue .38 Special.

“Blue is my favorite color,” she said. “So seeing that it was blue was really cool.”

Loughry began shooting with Pistol Packing Ladies, a Northern Virginia group helping women, as it puts it, “grow as shooters and as empowered women.” Last year, for Christmas, her husband bought her a 9mm Ruger, a slightly smaller match to his Walther 9mm — “like his and hers,” she said. They like shooting together, and she frequently wins.

“He is faster,” she says, “but I am more accurate.”

Ah, shooting love. There is nothing quite like it.

“There’s something about the smell of gunpowder that we both like,” said her husband, John Loughry, a civilian Marine Corps employee. “It’s also just fun. It’s friendly competition at its finest.”

This Christmas he got her an early present: a PS90 assault rifle.

“It was the best Christmas present ever,” she said.

Loughry got lucky in his purchases for his wife — they suited her just fine. That is not always the case. Gun store owners and female firearm instructors say that men, being men, often buy their wives guns that are too powerful to fire or too large to hold comfortably and safely.

“Guns are like cars,” said Tyler Whidby, the owner of TW Firearms in Leesburg, Va. “You might like driving a Corvette. But what your wife really might want is a minivan, and if you show up with a Corvette, she’s never going to drive it, and she’s not going to like it.”

Wilson-Cohen had a slightly different metaphor: “It’s like me going out and buying you underwear. It’s a very individualized thing.”

That’s why Wilson-Cohen and gun store owners line up behind the safest of all gun gifts: the gift certificate. That lets the wife come in and try out a number of different guns first. (In its tips, the NSSF mentions gift certificates to head off any confusion over federal firearms laws.)

But even with a gift certificate, some gun store owners have to lay down the law with know-it-all husbands.

“Guys like to show off,” said Randy Farmer, the owner of the FreeState Gun Range in Middle River, Md. “I’ll tell them right to their face: When your wife or girlfriend is in here, she’s the boss. She’s going to make the decisions about what she wants to shoot. If she shoots something big once and doesn’t want to shoot it again, that’s the end of that. Don’t bother her.”

Asked how he caters to women, Farmer said, “I’ve got a whole section of pink guns now.”

But there have been more subtle changes in the industry, too.

Natalie Foster, the host of an online National Rifle Association “shooting lifestyle” show for women called “Love at First Shot,” said Smith & Wesson, her show’s sponsor, now includes several different-size back straps for some of its guns, making it easier for women to find comfortable grips.

Other companies, including Sig Sauer, are offering “scaled down” versions of firearms aimed at military and law enforcement customers. Cabela’s, a major outdoor retailer, has a special section online for female shooters, with products “handpicked with women in mind.”

“This is coming from the women,” Foster said. “These companies are just meeting the demand.”

Gun-control advocates disagree, saying gun manufacturers are targeting women with fear.

“They need to find new markets in order to survive,” said John Rosenthal, the founder ­of Stop Handgun Violence, a ­Boston-area organization. “They have oversaturated the male market.”

Men “have all the guns they could ever want,” Rosenthal said. [PVC: VCDL VP Jim Snyder laughed when he read that and said, "Not true. I've got a whole shopping list of guns I want!" Me, too, Jim - me, too.]

For Gallagher, the recipient of the Christmas AR-15, shooting has been a way for her to excel at a sport — with and against her husband — that doesn’t require a lot of athleticism. She has always gravitated to games that require a lot of hand-eye coordination: ping-pong, billiards. Now guns.

“It’s something that we found that we could do together that we really enjoyed,” she said.

She is taking firearm classes and practicing with She Can Shoot, which is hosting a firing-range event the day after Christmas so women can have an opportunity to fire their gifts.

“The next thing I want to cross off my bucket list,” Gallagher said, “is skeet shooting.”


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7. Bring back "sensible" gun laws? No thanks.
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My comments embedded in the article below.

Thanks to member Walter Jackson for the link:

From hamptonroads.com: http://tinyurl.com/k2d4xq5
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/12/bring-b ... e-gun-laws


Bring back sensible gun laws
The Virginian-Pilot
December 22, 2014

Virginia's reputation as the most popular origin for firearms trafficked to other states, where they were then used to commit crimes, spurred state lawmakers in 1993 to restrict purchasers to buying one firearm a month. [PVC: And that law didn't make a hill-of-beans difference. New York was still pointing the finger at Virginia long after the One Handgun a Month law had been in effect.]

Through the nearly two decades that followed, the law - amended repeatedly to exempt more and more classes of Virginians from the restriction - retained bipartisan support and provided a modest, but worthwhile, obstacle to those looking to peddle weapons. [PVC: The main exemption was for concealed handgun permit holders, none of whom has ever been shown to be gun traffickers.]

Two years ago, however, Republicans pushed full repeal of the measure through the General Assembly and onto the desk of then-Gov. Bob McDonnell. He signed it and, in the process, undid a common-sense regulation that still offered a modicum of resistance against the free flow of firearms from Virginia dealers and vendors. [PVC: Hah - "modicum" is a vast overstatement of what the law achieved.]

Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced last week that he would push for reinstatement of the one-gun-per-month law in the upcoming legislative session. He also proposed banning Virginians subject to protective orders from possessing firearms, a prudent measure that would prevent the escalation of domestic violence, and called for mandating private vendors to conduct background checks before selling firearms at gun shows. [PVC: None of the Governor's extremist proposals went anywhere.]

Those transactions are exempt from the public safety-oriented requirements placed on registered gun dealers, a scenario that is unfair in a competitive business sense and ill-advised with respect to public safety. It is in everyone's best interests that sellers are arming buyers who are qualified, eligible and fit to carry.

The prospects of those measure, unfortunately, aren't good. Republicans, who control the House of Delegates and the Senate, are loath to unwind the political victory they scored two years ago, and proponents of unfettered access to any gun, any time, are poised to wage campaigns to unseat conservative candidates who don't fall into line.

Efforts to close the "gun-show loophole" have repeatedly failed in recent years, despite concerted efforts by pro-gun Democrats to push for change.

State Sen. Creigh Deeds, a Bath County Democrat, who voted to repeal the one-gun-per-month restriction, has advocated a bill that requires sellers to verify through a licensed gun dealer that a prospective buyer is eligible to legally own a firearm. That measure has fallen two years in a row on a party line vote in a Senate committee.

None of these proposals diminishes the rights of gun owners in Virginia, a state deeply scarred by gun violence - at Virginia Tech, and in cities and counties from Galax to Fairfax to Norfolk - but persistently apathetic toward highlighting the responsibility inherent in gun ownership. [PVC: Poppycock. All those useless roadblocks do indeed diminish the rights of lawful gun owners across the Commonwealth.]

Reversing that trend will require greater persistence toward crafting a compromise that balances gun rights and public safety. A good start would be supporting reinstatement of one-gun-a-month and improving the enforcement of existing laws that outline who can legally own a firearm - regardless of where they purchase it. [PVC: Balance? Oh, please. Such "balance" always requires gun owners to give up something and the gun-graggers to give up nothing.]


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8. Is McAuliffe aiming for N.Y. with his gun control salvo
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Member Billy Huckleberry emailed me this:


From hamptonroads.com: http://tinyurl.com/ldvo247
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/12/mcaulif ... trol-salvo#


Is McAuliffe aiming for N.Y. with his gun control salvo?
by Kerry Dougherty
December 21, 2014

Looks like it's time for someone to gently remind Terry McAuliffe that he's the governor of Virginia. Not the mayor of New York City.

Shoot, I'll do it.

Last week, the governor gave the commonwealth what promises to be a controversial Christmas present: A package of gun control measures.

Oops. The governor seems to be steering away from the term "gun control." These are "commonsense proposals," McAuliffe said, echoing the language then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg used the day after McAuliffe's victory. At the time, Bloomberg was engaging in a little CNN chest-thumping because his super PAC had pumped money into McAuliffe's race.

Bloomberg claimed that with McAuliffe's win - narrow though it was - Virginians had spoken in favor of more gun control.

We shall see.

For almost 20 years, Virginia had a one-gun-a-month-statute. It limited the number of handguns law-abiding folks could buy every 30 days. That law was made obsolete by comprehensive background checks that were put in place after its passage.

The gun-rationing law was repealed in 2012. McAuliffe wants it reinstated.

He also wants to close the so-called gun show loophole, which sounds as if most guns being sold at shows aren't subject to background checks. They are, of course. What isn't prohibited - yet - is for private individuals to sell their property without informing the government. McAuliffe also wants to expand the pool of people who cannot own firearms. Some of those restrictions seem to make sense.

Still, the gun control package has little chance of passing the General Assembly.

Not to worry. The proposal alone undoubtedly lifted the spirits of New Yorkers who want Virginians to solve their problems.

Bloomberg, for instance, always blamed Virginia for gun violence in the Big Apple. He claimed that many gun crimes in the city were committed with weapons purchased here.

It's a pity that New York's gun restrictions have created a flourishing black market in weapons. But it's simplistic to blame Virginia. Deranged sociopaths, such as the one who shot and killed two New York City police officers in broad daylight Saturday, will always find guns.

And it was wrong a couple of years ago for New Yorkers to blame Virginia's low tobacco taxes for crime syndicates that had sprung up around the city selling bootleg cigarettes.

At the time, New York levied a $58.50 tax on a carton of cigarettes. Virginia's tax was just $3.

That caused state Sen. Janet Howell - a Democrat from Fairfax - to declare that Virginia's low taxes made us "complicit" in New York City crime. It never occurred to her to suggest that New York slash its levies and fix its own problem.

Predictably, McAuliffe's announcement earned him a big shoutout from The New York Times. On the Editorial Page Editor's Blog, Francis X. Clines gushed that McAuliffe had "delivered impressively" on campaign promises concerning "gun safety".

The piece attempted to bolster the governor's bona fides as a gun-lover - while demonstrating an embarrassing ignorance of firearms - claiming that "Virginia law is rife with gun-safety loopholes, according to the governor, who made sure to present himself as a proud Second Amendment gun owner (he bought a rifle for skeet shooting in time for the campaign last year)."

On Friday, I emailed McAuliffe's spokesman to ask whether the governor really did go skeet shooting with a rifle, "Or is he using a shotgun like everyone else?"

Brian Coy quickly responded, saying the governor has owned hunting rifles for decades. The firearm in question was indeed a shotgun, a gift for his son.

The governor's office was seeking a correction from The Times, he said.

That should be fun to read.


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9. Federal appellate court rules EPA cannot regulate content of ammunition
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EM Pat Webb emailed me this:


From cadc.uscourts.gov: http://tinyurl.com/k8y6pjn
http://www.nssfblog.com/federal-appella ... mmunition/


Federal Appellate Court Rules EPA Cannot Regulate Content of Ammunition; Dismisses Anti-hunting Groups’ Lawsuit Seeking to Ban Traditional Ammunition
by Mike Bazinet, nssf.org
December 23, 2014

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today upheld the dismissal of the latest lawsuit brought by anti-hunting groups petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue regulations banning traditional ammunition with lead components. The refusal by the EPA to consider the petition was challenged by the anti-hunting petitioners in federal court in 2013.

Traditional ammunition represents 95 percent of the U.S. market and is the staple ammunition for target shooters, hunters and law enforcement, with more than 14 billion rounds sold annually.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry, joined the lawsuit on the side of the EPA to ensure that interests of industry and hunters were properly represented. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the EPA had properly dismissed the petition filed under the Toxic Substances Control Act. The petitioners appealed that ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals, which heard the case in late October.

EPA has consistently denied repeated attempts by anti-hunting groups led by the extremist Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) to have the agency ban traditional ammunition, and the court had dismissed an earlier case brought by CBD seeking the same relief. The latest suit simply added more parties.

“This latest iteration of a frivolous lawsuit is essentially the same as those dismissed earlier and equally without merit,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF senior vice president and general counsel. “We are pleased the Court of Appeals considered the legal merits in case and has now ruled that Congress has not given the EPA the authority to regulate ammunition, putting an end to efforts by anti-hunting zealots to end America’s hunting heritage.”

CBD’s serial petitioning of EPA and its repeated lawsuits are intended to begin shutting down hunting and the shooting sports in America by banning the ammunition that millions of hunters and target shooters choose to use safely and responsibly.

“There is quite simply no sound science that shows the use of traditional ammunition has harmed wildlife populations or that it presents a health risk to humans who consume game taken with such ammunition,” said Keane. “Banning traditional ammunition would cost tens of thousands of jobs in America and destroy wildlife conservation that is funded in part by an 11 percent excise tax on the sale of ammunition. The protection and management of wildlife is properly handled by the professional biologists in the state fish and game agencies, as it has been for over a hundred years.”

In addition to NSSF, the National Rifle Association, Safari Club International and the Association of Battery Recyclers intervened in the case.

Organizations that joined CBD in its lawsuit were the Cascades Raptor Center of Oregon, the Loon Lake Loon Association of Washington, Preserve Our Wildlife of Florida, Tennessee Ornithological Society, Trumpeter Swan Society and Western Nebraska Resources Council.


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10. Bloomberg's professional liars keep on lying
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Member Walter Jackson emailed me this:


From wnd.com: http://tinyurl.com/kqu9cod
http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/bloombergs-p ... -on-lying/


Bloomberg's professional liars keep on lying
by Jeff Knox
December 25, 2014

John Feinblatt, Mike Bloomberg’s top flunky in his gun-control operations, has doubled down on the anti-rights lobby’s lies in a piece on the leftist website the Daily Beast. As I have been pointing out in my ongoing series about the lies of the anti-rights lobby, virtually everything that comes out of these propaganda operations is either blatantly false or seriously distorted. Feinblatt’s Beast piece is a prime example of this. The column is headlined: “The NRA’s Twisted List for Santa” and presents 10 bullet-point distortions of the NRA’s position on various gun-control proposals.

According to Feinblatt, the NRA’s political wish list includes:

Guns for Felons. Feinblatt equates the NRA’s support for the federal process whereby some felons can petition to have their rights restored – after convincing a judge that they are not a threat to society – is tantamount to giving a free pass to murderers, rapists and terrorists. In reality – before Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., got all funding for the program blocked – the typical person seeking restoration of rights was not a hardened, violent offender, but rather one who had been convicted of crimes like tax evasion or possession of marijuana. Their petitions were usually only considered after a minimum of 10 years of post-release, model citizenship.

Guns for Terror Suspects. Bloomberg and his lackeys want to add anyone who is on the “Terrorist Watch List” to the FBI’s “prohibited persons” database so they can’t legally buy a gun from a licensed dealer. The problem here is that the “Watch List,” by necessity, is shrouded in secrecy. No one knows what criteria are used to place a person’s name on the list nor is there a formal process for someone to get his name off the list. Add to that the fact that the Department of Homeland Security has labeled fundamentalist Christians, Libertarians, opponents of abortion, military veterans and “patriots” as “potential terrorists,” and you can see why NRA would be leery of this proposal.

Guns for Domestic Abusers. This canard is a reference to NRA opposition to efforts to suspend the Bill of Rights when someone makes an accusation of domestic abuse. We’ve all seen cases of vengeful soon-to-be-ex-spouses using the legal system as a tool for harassment. Should an abusive husband be able to disarm his victimized wife with a false accusation of abuse?

Guns for the Mentally Ill. Feinblatt cites NRA opposition to a California law that allows police or family members to get a temporary weapons restraining order against someone they fear is mentally unstable and at high risk of doing harm to themselves or others. The California law and similar proposals have high potential for abuse and low potential for actually saving lives.The fact is, the NRA has been criticized by rights advocates like me for being too agreeable to firearms restrictions based on mental-health evaluations. Stigmatizing and punishing millions of harmless people for seeking mental-health treatment is not a rational response to aberrant atrocities, especially when there is no clear indication that the process would be effective.

Gun Gag Orders. Here Feinblatt claims that NRA’s objection to doctors collecting information about patients’ gun ownership – which under provisions of Obamacare would then be included in government-accessible medical records – is tantamount to forbidding doctors and military officers from discussing guns with service members at risk of suicide. This is totally false. None of the past laws or current proposals prevent discussion of prudent steps a person or their family could or should take to reduce suicide risks. NRA-supported legislation has only proscribed collecting ownership data or treatment of gun ownership as an illness.

Guns on Campus. Guns in Bars. Guns in Restaurants and Grocery Stores. To hoplophobes like Bloomberg and Feinblatt, any gun anywhere beyond the hands of police, military and their own paid bodyguards is a “threat to public safety.” It is ridiculous to forbid adult students, faculty members, or other licensed adults who legally and responsibly carry guns for personal defense from carrying on college campuses, school grounds, or in bars, restaurants, or grocery stores. It has been repeatedly proven that people who carry guns legally are not a threat to anyone except criminals. The shooting of a Florida State University campus carry advocate last November demonstrates the nonsensical nature of location-based prohibitions on legal carry.

Gun Lawsuits. Feinblatt thinks it’s outrageous that NRA would wish to have legal standing to sue on behalf of their local members when a local government passes a gun-control law that is in violation of state laws and state authorities choose to look the other way.

Guns for Everyone, No Questions Asked. The firearm industry is highly regulated, with tens of millions of dollars spent every year to maintain records and investigate the criminal histories of purchasers – most of whom already own at least one firearm. Feinblatt and Bloomberg want to extend that process to include private individuals who want to sell a gun to a friend or post a gun for sale in a classified ad. The NRA and rights advocates oppose government intrusion into private transactions. There is no evidence that the current “background check” system – which NRA endorsed over the objections of constitutionally minded rights advocates like me – has had any positive impact on crime, even though it consumes massive amounts of money and manpower that could be deployed more effectively. It has also been shown that private transactions are not a significant source of guns used in crime.

In short, according to Feinblatt, the NRA wants “more guns for everyone, everywhere, anytime.” That’s simply not true. It, like so much of what Feinblatt and his ilk say, is a lie.


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11. Unraveling more gun-control lies
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Member Walter Jackson emailed me this:


From wnd.com: http://tinyurl.com/lneepdo
http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/unraveling-m ... trol-lies/


Unraveling more gun-control lies
by Jeff Knox
December 18, 2014

In discussing the lies and distortions popular among anti-rights extremists – and their media supporters – I recently commented on their claims that “3,000 children die in gun violence every year,” and that “gun deaths exceed traffic deaths” in this or that state. I only mentioned these in passing, but I think they deserve more thorough scrutiny.

“3,000 children are killed by guns every year!”

It has been said that a half-truth is like a half brick – it goes farther. The “3,000 children” chestnut is a fine example of a lie that contains a half-truth. The total number of “children” – people 19 or under – who died from gunfire has hovered around 2,700 annually for several years. No doubt it’s too high, but the number includes murders and suicides among teens. In their propaganda pieces and campaigns like ASK (“Asking Saves Kids”), the Brady Bunch and their media friends use the “3,000 children” number to focus attention on accidental “gun deaths” of children in the home, but a closer look at the numbers reveal a very different story. According to the CDC, there were 110 unintentional, firearm-related deaths among children and youth age 0 to 19 in 2012. While that is unacceptably high, it is a far cry from 3,000. It is also important to consider that this CDC statistic includes hunting accidents, teens who should have known better and adults who accidentally shot children. Still, the Brady Bunch implies that 3,000 small children’s lives could be saved if parents would “just ask” about guns. The implication is intentional and it is untrue. In other words, it is a lie.

We won’t trivialize the death of any child, but the Bradys’ ASK project, like so much that is done by the anti-rights crowd, is not really about saving lives; it’s about creating fear and stigma around guns. By raw numbers, drowning is almost 10 times the hazard that firearms represent, and both numbers are dwarfed by the real danger to children, motor vehicle accidents. If the Brady Bunch were really interested in saving children, they’d be campaigning for pool fences and child safety seats, and they’d be calling for parents to ask about storage of medications and household cleaning products.

What about intentional shootings involving children and youths? The majority of children – 0 to 15 – and youths – 15 to 19 – who die by gunfire are victims of homicide. Homicide accounts for about two-thirds of the total in both age groups together. Among children, the killers are almost always adults and predominantly a parent, stepparent or boyfriend, or someone else close to the family. Among youths, the killer is often a criminal associate in the drug trade or a competing gang member. The 15-19 age group also has a statistically significant incidence of being victims of justified homicide, in which they were shot by police or armed citizens during the commission of a crime.

The numbers do not reflect an epidemic or a growing problem, but rather a sad challenge gun owners have been effectively battling for decades. Accidents and crime involving firearms have been steadily declining for decades, while guns and gun ownership have been rising dramatically. We have proven that it is not laws and restrictions that save lives, but rather education.

“Gun deaths exceed traffic deaths!”

This factoid, too, is based on a verifiable fact, but it is presented in a way that misrepresents the truth.

Comparing accidental deaths involving automobiles to mostly intentional deaths involving firearms is not a reasonable comparison to begin with, but even if you disregard the apples-to-oranges disparity, the results, as presented by the gun-control lobby, are seriously distorted. They present the numbers as though “gun deaths” were on the rise and surpassing automobile deaths, which is simply not the case. Once again, it is an intentional implication of something that is false – a lie.

What is true is that traffic fatalities have fallen dramatically in recent years. In some age groups the declines have been truly amazing. Better car construction, increased seatbelt use, and attrition of older, less safe cars – along with higher gasoline prices – have had an impact.

What the gun-control extremists choose not to mention is that firearm accidents have also been in steep decline, as have firearm-related homicides. As a matter of fact, accidental firearm deaths and firearm-related homicides have both gone down at faster rates than auto fatalities. The one area where firearm-related deaths have not declined is suicide. Unfortunately, our nation’s suicide rate has held relatively steady for decades, going down a bit in good times and up a bit in bad times. According to the World Health Organization, the U.S. has the 30th-highest suicide rate in the world, well behind Japan, Russia and France, which all have stringent firearm restrictions. It should be no surprise that in a country with over 300 million firearms, guns are the most common tool of people wishing to end their own lives. Firearms are used in just about half of all completed suicides in the country. While the complete eradication of legal firearms from our country would undoubtedly reduce our “firearms suicide” rate, it would probably have little impact on the number of people who actually kill themselves. As proven by the high rates in gun-restricted countries, people committed to ending their own lives find effective ways of accomplishing their desire.

More than one-third of all firearm-related deaths in the U.S. are suicides, and that stubborn suicide rate has resulted in traffic deaths falling faster than overall “gun deaths.” So, like all good liars, the gun-control lobby is using a grain of truth to paint a picture that is a lie.

Honest facts are not on the side of gun control; therefore, those lobbying for infringements on our rights are left with a choice of either giving up and going home, or lying and misrepresenting the facts to keep their grants and funding coming in. Not surprisingly, they choose the lies.


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12. New gun grab group: "In 2012, Virginia was rated number 2 in the nation in terms of guns found at crime scenes in different states."
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Virginia State Senator Adam Ebbin is part of this secretive gun-grabbing group made of state legislators.

EM Dave Hicks emailed me this:


From talkradionews.com: http://tinyurl.com/q2gzxv9
http://www.talkradionews.com/us/2014/12 ... VJl2EV4AQB


State Legislators Announce Coalition To Prevent Gun Violence
by Loretta Lewis
December 8, 2014

(TRNS) – State Legislators from across the U.S. announced the creation of a nonpartisan coalition focused on gun violence prevention Monday.

The group, dubbed American State Legislators For Gun Violence Prevention (ASLGVP), said that they feel the need to take action seeing as, “Congress [has] failed in its responsibility to do something about this issue [of gun violence].”

“We are a coalition that is united by a common desire to find strategies that will work in our states, and that we believe will move the conversation forward and reduce gun violence across America,” said founding Assemblyman, and now chair, Brian Kavanagh (D-NY).

“We are not looking for, or trying to create, a one size fits all model…but we are committed to the principle that if we work together and if we learn from each others success and also from the challenges in our respective states we will do a better job,” Kavanagh said during a briefing at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

The group claims to currently have nearly 200 members from all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, but will not yet publish the list of members, fearing political backlash.

ASLGVP plans to address a range of issues, including: domestic violence and the presence to guns, how to effectively intervene in communities impacted by gun violence, mandatory background checks when purchasing a firearm in any arena and, overall, the way laws in one state may effect the trafficking of guns across state lines into another.

“In 2012, Virginia was rated number 2 in the nation in terms of guns found at crime scenes in different states. There were 250,047 Virginia guns found in those out of state crime scenes,” said Assemblyman Adam Ebbin (D-VA). “In Virginia we are proud of being a exporter of micro chips and for building naval ships, but we should be embarrassed by the number of deadly weapons we supply to criminals.”

In 36 states buyers do not currently need to undergo a background check when purchasing firearms from a private individual at a gun show, and in 4 states there are required background checks only for the purchase of handguns.

“This is not about impeding people’s second amendment rights; it is about stopping criminals and saving lives,” said Ebbin.

According to the CDC, of the approximately 16,000 lives lost to homicide each year in the US, 11,000 are attributed to guns.

The ASLGVP will hold their first official meeting on Tuesday in Washington, DC.

The announcement of the formation of the ASLGVP comes as noted gun control proponent Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) gets ready to retire from her two decade service as one of the most vocal advocates for gun control within congress.

McCarthy was a Long Island nurse and housewife in December 1993 when she suddenly became the face of gun violence victims everywhere after her husband Dennis was killed and son Kevin wounded in a mass shooting on a commuter train leaving New York City.

After the shootings at Virginia Tech, where the shooter was previously banned from buying guns because a court found him severely mentally ill but still passed a background check because his records never made it into the system, McCarthy sponsored a bill to close this loop hole.

In May, a similar piece of legislation was introduced to expand the list of people prohibited from buying or possessing guns to include a broader swath of mental health patients and convicted criminals. The bill did not leave the House floor.


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13. Eight checks to run before firing your new gun
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From americanrifleman.org: http://tinyurl.com/ovjqe9b
http://www.americanrifleman.org/article ... r-new-gun/


8 Checks to Run Before Firing Your New Gun
by B. Gil Horman
December 12, 2014

In pursuing both personal and professional shooting endeavors over the last several years, I've prepared a fair number of new and used firearms for first-time trips to the shooting range. Experience has taught me that one can never assume a gun is ready to shoot until it has been thoroughly checked out. While some gun problems will not present themselves until the gun is fired, many potential issues can be resolved or avoided if they are identified before the trigger is pressed. Here are a few important steps to take before loading a new gun, or a used gun you have never fired:

1. Verify the Accessory Set
If the gun arrives in a box or a case, go through the contents to verify that all the bits and pieces are present and compatible with the firearm. It's unusual to get an incorrect component, like a .40 S&W magazine shipped with a 9 mm pistol, but it does happen. A more common occurrence is for something to be missing, such as receiving only one magazine instead of two. For new gun purchases, the best time to verify the accessories is at the gun shop before you buy it and take it home.

2. Read the Owner's Manual
Instruction manuals are boring. I know because I've read so many of them. Gun manuals in particular are notoriously inconsistent in their quality and usefulness. Some will leave the reader feeling like they are ready to field strip the gun blindfolded while others are about as instructive as a set of prehistoric cave paintings. Nevertheless, it's important to take the time to read the manual from cover to cover. More often than not the subtleties of loading, operating, and maintaining a gun will be hiding in that little booklet along with some of the sticking points that can be avoided if you read the fine print.

If it's a used gun that has no manual, then get one. Several companies now provide printable copies of their manuals online. If you inherited a dusty musket that was built before the invention of movable type, it would be wise to take it to a qualified gunsmith to look it over. It may be a valuable antique that should not be shot in order to preserve its value, or it could be too old to shoot safely with modern ammunition.

3. Clear the Bore of Obstructions
Recently I looked through the barrel of a test rifle using a bore light to find an object that shouldn't have been there. A few strokes with a cleaning rod revealed that the 2" polymer chamber flag shipped in the rifle's chamber as a safety measure had been 6" long before it broke off leaving a 4" chunk of plastic stuck right where the bullets would fly. A shiver ran down my spine as I imagined the "educational opportunity" I had just avoided by taking the time to conduct this simple check.

4. Give It The Once Over
Although some mechanical problems are blatantly obvious, others can be subtle or hard to find. I remember an old CZ 52 pistol on display at a local gun show. It looked solid and the seller's price was very reasonable. But despite the desire to just snap it up, I took the time to examine it more closely. As it turned out, there was a fine, nearly invisible fracture in the frame running from the center of the dust cover back towards the trigger guard. The CZ 52 is chambered for the potent little 7.62x25 Tokarev cartridge, so I had no desire to be holding the gun when the frame finally gave out. Once the seller saw the crack, the pistol was removed from the table and a potentially dangerous gun failure was averted. A few minutes spent in giving a gun an examination is time well spent.

5. Strip, Clean & Lubricate
When it comes to gun safety, we like to stick to simple, easy to remember absolutes like, "Treat every gun as if it were loaded." So here is a new one to add to the list: "Treat every unfamiliar firearm as if it were dirty." Factory-fresh guns contain manufacturing residues to some degree or another, usually in the form of metal shavings and grinder grit held in place by oil or grease. Used guns are often fouled with powder residues, free of lubrication, or clogged up with lubricants that hardened into tar a long time ago.

So go ahead and field strip the gun according to the manufacturer's instructions and give it a good bath even though you will have to do it all over again after shooting. While you are in there, look over the components for any visible cracks or breakages just as you did with the exterior. Finding a flaw before the gun is fired should help to convince the manufacturer that they have a warranty issue to resolve instead of a customer who abused their product.

6. Give It a Twist
All kinds of firearm components, great and small, are designed to be removed and replaced. It's not uncommon for those parts to shake loose and get lost. It's impossible to count all of the adjustable sights and grip screws that have fallen into the dirt never to be seen again. To avoid the hassle of dealing with a lost component down the road, it makes sense to check the tightness of the various screws and twistable bits before heading to the range. If you have any parts that look as if they are prone to wandering, take the proper tools along for the first shooting session and check them as you go. In some cases, a drop or two of a liquid thread locking compound may be needed to solve the problem.

7. Double Check Ammunition Compatibility
The caliber of ammunition a particular firearm can safely chamber is not always crystal clear. Some guns can fire more than one kind of ammunition. These include AR-15 rifles chambered for 5.56 NATO and .223 Rem., the Smith & Wesson X-frame 460XVR that can digest .460 S&W, .454 Casull, and .45 Colt, and the Taurus Judge which can fire .410 shotgun shells as well as .45 Colt revolver rounds. Several of the popular defensive handgun calibers are now available in +P configurations, meaning the rounds operate at an increased level of pressure that might damage older guns. And just in case things were not confusing enough, we have cartridges with more than one designation. The 9mm pistol round is also known as the 9x19 Parabellum and 9 mm Luger but it's not the same cartridge as the 9 mm Makarov or 9 mm Kurz.

If you have any questions about what ammunition to use, refer to your owner's manual or contact the gun manufacturer directly. The importance of loading the gun with only the ammunition it's designed for cannot be over stated. The failure to do so could result in a catastrophic gun failure.

8. Run a Bench Check
A bench check involves testing each of a gun's controls and functions without any ammunition. Once you have verified the firearm is completely unloaded, go through the steps of operation such as pulling back the charging handle, engaging and disengaging the manual safety, cocking the hammer, dropping the magazine and so on. If all of the controls are working properly, then it's time to head for the range.


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14. [OH] Police: Man killed Middletown teen at Dayton mall in self-defense [VIDEO]
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A CHP holder in Ohio successfully defended himself against an armed robbery. Another example, in a continuing list, of guns being used to save innocent lives.

From wcpo.com: http://tinyurl.com/k28kffm
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/but ... f-defense-


Police: Man killed Middletown teen at Dayton Mall in self defense
by Jay Warren


A 16-year-old Middletown High School football player wanted to buy the new Air Jordans on sale Saturday morning at the Dayton Mall.

But Jawaad Jabbar got there too late and the shoes were gone. So Jabbar tried to rob a pair from another shopper, police said, and he paid with his life.

"The juvenile wasn't able to get in line in time or whatever to get some of these shoes," Miami Twp. police Sgt. Jay Phares said.

So Jabbar went outside to the sidewalk and pulled a gun on a man who had just bought the shoes, Phares said.

Only, the man had a gun, too.

"The person who he tried to take the shoes from had a valid carry concealed weapon permit through Ohio, and when he was threatened with a firearm he drew his firearm and discharged it into the juvenile, who then died as a result of a single gunshot wound," Phares said.

Jabbar, who went by JJ, moved to Middletown from Columbus to live with his father. People who knew him said he was well mannered.

"He was a real good kid. Hurt my heart to hear it happen," said James Murphy, whose son and Jabbar were friends.

"I'm upset. My son's upset … I mean, he was a really good guy."

"Very polite and well mannered," said Ladonna Matthers, Jabbar's cousin. "He came over here before and we got to spend a little bit of time together playing a game or two. He likes videogames."

"I didn't think that him, of all kids, it would happen to him," said Jessica Chambliss, a friend of Jabbar. "But, you know, that's how we all feel."

Two other teens who were with Jabbar ran from the scene, police said. The man who shot Jabbar stayed at the scene and does not face any charges, police said.

"This was a random (act)," Phares said. "'I want something that person has and I'm going to take it from them by any means' and it didn't go down the way they thought it was going to go down."

Police caught the other teens. They are in detention in Montgomery County awaiting charges.

They could face murder charges if it is determined that they had prior knowledge or were a party to the robbery.


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15. Australian anti-gun group urges review of 'watered down' laws
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More naive gun-grabbers. These are from Australia.

The problem, you see, is that the black market is undermining all the gun control they have in Oz.

Who could possibly have thought that black markets would pop up in response to a gun ban? <eye roll>

Member Walter Jackson emailed me this:


From newsweek.com: http://tinyurl.com/o7xp8t9/
http://www.newsweek.com/australian-anti ... aws-292204


Australian anti-gun group urges review of 'watered down' laws
by Reuters
December 16, 2014

A black market in illegal weapons in Australia and a strong right-to-arms lobby are undermining some of the toughest gun laws in the world, an anti-gun group said on Tuesday, after a deadly siege at a Sydney cafe by a man with a shotgun.

Police stormed the Lindt coffee shop in the city's business district on Tuesday, freeing terrified hostages and ending a 16-hour siege in which two captives and the gunman were killed.

Advocates are calling for an intensification of efforts to trace stolen weapons and ensure compliance with federal laws prohibiting semi-automatic rifles and some shotguns.

Police have not said how the hostage-taker, Man Haron Monis, who had a criminal record, obtained the weapon he used.

Australia in 1996 enacted what detractors at the time called draconian restrictions on gun ownership under The Agreement on Firearms act in response to a mass shooting that left 35 people dead in Port Arthur in the island state of Tasmania.

A mandatory national buyback of outlawed guns was included in the legislation championed by then Prime Minister John Howard and resulted in more than 700,000 firearms being turned in.

The A$500 million ($411 million) cost of the buyback was met by a special one-off tax imposed on all Australians.

"The gun laws we were meant to have after the Port Arthur massacre are now watered down quite significantly," said Samantha Lee, chairwoman of Gun Control Australia (CGA).

"In the wake of the siege, GCA is calling on review of gun laws and in particular an audit of state and territory compliance with the 1996 Agreement on Firearms, storage requirements and gun dealer compliance with firearm laws," Lee said.

A campaigner opposed to stricter gun laws accused the GCA of using the siege in Sydney to score points with legislators.

"They are unashamedly looking to exploit this latest tragedy for their own purposes," said Robert Borsak, a state parliamentarian and head of the Shooters and Fishers Party.

The party was formed in 1992 to oppose laws preventing citizens from owning firearms for self-defense.

Borsak is leading a call for the repeal of a bill requiring gun owners to leave their name and address at the shop each time they buy ammunition.

Borsak said the bill puts firearm owners and their families at risk by providing criminals with a potential "shopping list" of targets.

Nearly 600 guns were stolen in the past year in New South Wales state alone, 80 percent from homes, according to the state's Bureau of Crime Statistics.

The most common weapons to be stolen were rifles, followed by shotguns and handguns, the figures show.


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16. China demands U.S. ban guns
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Member Walter Jackson emailed me this:


From extranosalley.com: http://tinyurl.com/oeo4b27
http://extranosalley.com/?p=66722


China demands U.S. ban guns
by Stranger
December 19, 2014

Breitbart’s Brandon Darby reports the Communist Party Xinhua News Agency, has demanded the United States immediately adopt Chian style gun controls. That is, a ban for all but a select few.

As it is, America’s civilian marksman would outnumber any invading Chinese army many times over. Fighting on our own territory, using tactics from a half a hundred wars, America’s marksmen would need to fire one shot for every tenth American to destroy any feasible invading army.

So of course China wants gun control. They are not building sea superiority fighting ships and air superiority aircraft just to spend money. They are doing it with a very definite purpose in mind. Conquest.

And we, America’s gun owners, are in their way. So heck no, we will not disarm.

Stranger




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[SHMIV]

The idea that gun companies are using fear to market to women is ridiculous.

I think that it has more to do with fun and empowerment. W2B never had much interest in firearms until she met me. She wasn't anti, she wasn't pro; she just never really thought about it. First time she fired off a round, she had a big smile on her face. Now, she wants every single gun ever made. She likes guns more than I do. Shooting is fun for her. Plus, as she has been stalked and attacked in the past, she recognizes that a firearm would have put her in a better position to defend herself. It's empowering.

My mother has recently developed an interest in firearms. It has nothing to do with fear. To her, it's a common sense thing. Bad guys are armed, so she wants to be armed, too. She recently received two different pistols as a gift; she told me that she didn't realize how badly she wanted a gun until people started giving them to her.

A friend of mine, who was a firearm instructor in the Marines and has several other various endorsements in the area of firearm proficiency, married a woman who was very anti-gun and had a deep seated fear of guns. He tried to break her of her fear, unsuccessfully, for a few years. Then my sister threw a shooting party to celebrate the upcoming arrival of her first child (this was instead of a baby shower; she wanted the menfolk to be part of the celebration, too). My friends wife watched everyone enjoying themselves on the range for hours. Finally, as things were winding down, and the crowd thinned, she said that she wanted to try. I was right proud that she chose my shotgun to fire her first-ever shot. And with that shot, a new woman was born. That girl couldn't have expressed more excitement if she had won the lottery. With her, that was fear LOST.

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[OakRidgeStars]

The idea that gun companies are using fear to market to women is ridiculous.

I think that it has more to do with fun and empowerment. W2B never had much interest in firearms until she met me. She wasn't anti, she wasn't pro; she just never really thought about it. First time she fired off a round, she had a big smile on her face. Now, she wants every single gun ever made. She likes guns more than I do. Shooting is fun for her. Plus, as she has been stalked and attacked in the past, she recognizes that a firearm would have put her in a better position to defend herself. It's empowering.

Remember this commercial? It's not too difficult to see how someone could get that impression.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWFGsTsNxa8