VA-ALERT: VCDL Update 4/14/15

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** Thanks to member Charles Young and EM Brandy Polanowski for compiling this update. We continue to do some catching up - older items are toward the end **

1. Volunteers needed for the VCDL booth at the Virginia Beach gun show THIS WEEKEND!
2. State Senator Dick Black is on ISIS “enemies” list, but he’s not backing down
3. Robert Dicken, “swatting” victim finally gets his day in court
4. VCDL works with Richmond’s Commonwealth Attorney’s Office to correct misinterpretation of the law
5. Madison Heights woman dies, son in critical condition after home invasion
6. Warrenton wants to ban guns in Town buildings
7. Robbery at gunpoint in Lowes Island
8. Gun rights should cross state lines
9. HBO's Bryant Gumbel: NRA 'pigs'
10. Interstate Transportation of Firearms and Ammunition Bill introduced by Virginian Congressman
11. [NV] She may not look intimidating at 5'4" but just wait until you see what she's packing [VIDEO]
12. [DC] Cops wanted to hit 'Meet the Press' then host David Gregory with gun charges [VIDEO]
13. [FL] Anti-gun leader upset that police followed the law [VIDEO]
14. [OK] Oklahoma man at center of police shooting said he never made 911 call that led to raid
15. Top counter-terrorism agency: Citizens should be armed to stop terror attacks
16. French police: Gun control isn't working for us
17. Do American gun laws keep terrorists in check? [VIDEO]


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1. Volunteers needed for the VCDL booth at the Virginia Beach gun show THIS WEEKEND!
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Virginia Beach gun show coordinator, Gary F. Moeller, needs some more volunteers for this weekend’s gun show, especially on the last shift on Sunday when he needs help tearing down the booth. Saturday afternoon is severly short of volunteers, too.

Saturday, April 18:

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Need 1 more volunteer

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Need 3 more volunteers

Sunday, April 19:

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Need 1 more volunteer

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. : Need 2 more volunteers

Newbies, do not worry about learning the ropes. You will be paired with an experienced volunteer. Remember, everyone who works a VCDL booth were newbies at one time! New rules by the gun show company require that all firearms be unloaded and tied BEFORE entering the hall, which means you will need to leave your ammo in the car and have your gun strapped before coming in. Just in case you forget, Gary has straps in the cash box. Enter the Hall from the loading docks (freeway side). Look for all the people going in with gun related stuff. Gary will put out an email Friday night telling you which hall the VCDL booth will be in, since he will find out Friday when he sets up the booth.

If you have further questions, feel free to email Gary at gunshows.vb@vcdl.org

IMPORTANT: Use "Gun Show" as your subject so it will be noticeable since Gary gets a couple hundred emails a day.


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2. State Senator Dick Black is on ISIS “enemies” list, but he’s not backing down
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Even after being told by the Capitol Police that he’s on ISIS’s “enemies" list, Senator Dick Black, a proud military veteran, isn’t backing down! In fact, he’s holding a BBQ cook-out, which is open to the public, this Saturday:

http://tinyurl.com/qb3wqln

Here’s an article on Senator Black being on the ISIS “enemies” list:


http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... ted-by-is/

or

http://tinyurl.com/p6as7bn

[SNIP]

Virginia state Sen. Richard H. Black calls it a badge of honor to have been singled out as an enemy of the Islamic State in the current issue of its English-language magazine Dabiq, but the Loudoun County Republican says he feels for others targeted by the terrorist group.


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3. Robert Dicken, “swatting” victim finally gets his day in court
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As you may recall from last year, gun owner Robert Dicken went into a 7-11 and was “swatted” by an anti.

The Fairfax County police stopped Robert on his motorcycle a few blocks away from the 7-11. Fortunately for Robert, the police were very professional and handled the stop without putting Robert’s life in danger by pointing guns at him. (It helped that Robert carefully complied with all orders.)

Robert’s alleged assailant (for lack of a better word) spent the last 2-1/2 months in jail awaiting his court date, which happened yesterday. The defendant was found not guilty because the Court felt that the police did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was the one that made the swatting call, even though he had stated his name on the 9-1-1 recording and had made the call using his girlfriend’s cell phone.

Hopefully the ordeal, nonetheless, will discourage such behavior in the future, which could easily lead to an innocent gun owner being killed.


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4. VCDL works with Richmond’s Commonwealth Attorney’s Office to correct misinterpretation of the law
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A supervisor assistant Commonwealth Attorney for Richmond had given member Brandon Howard an interpretation of 18.2-287.4 that had Brandon extremely concerned, so he gave me a call.

18.2-287.4 says that in certain localities, like Richmond, a person cannot have a LOADED firearm that has a magazine in the gun that holds MORE than 20 rounds, or a folding stock, or is configured to accept a suppressor. CHP holders ARE exempted.

However the attorney, who admitted that she does not deal much with firearms, had interpreted that code to mean only a loaded handgun and not a loaded long gun was exempted by having a CHP.

I contacted the attorney who issued the opinion to Brandon and we had a pleasant conversation about the issue. I explained VCDL’s interpretation of how a CHP holder was totally exempt from that law. I added that the wording giving CHP holders a full exemption along with some other clarifying language was actually put in on VCDL’s behalf by Delegate Mark Cole and passed into law in 2005.

She said she would have a pow-wow with the other attorneys, including those that dealt with firearms cases, and get back to me.

She kept her word and was back to me in few days. She said her interpretation of the law was indeed wrong and that the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office AGREED with VCDL’s interpretation of 18.2-287.4.

Case closed and I appreciate the professionalism and quick turnaround by the Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office in regard to this matter.

We certainly don't want any false arrests and this helps.


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5. Madison Heights woman dies, son in critical condition after home invasion
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Who needs a gun at home in Madison Heights?

From www.newsadvance.com: http://tinyurl.com/pmnmfj8
http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/t ... 646ae.html


Madison Heights woman dies, son in critical condition after home invasion
by Sherese Gore & Ashlie Walter
January 22, 2015

A “brutal” home-invasion attack Thursday morning that left a woman dead and her son badly wounded has rocked the quiet community in Madison Heights.

Norma Jean Freeman, 81, died at the hospital from injuries she sustained after someone entered her home at 140 Martins Lane at about 2 a.m. Thursday and attacked her and her son, the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office said.

Allen Freeman Jr., 63, remains in critical condition at Lynchburg General Hospital. After the attack, he awoke from a period of unconsciousness and called a family member, who called 911.

The attacker’s identity remains unknown.

Amherst County Sheriff Jimmy Ayers said in a Thursday news conference it is too early to know if anything was taken in the attack.

“When you look at the victims, at the injuries, it’s horrendous,” Ayers said. “It’s a horrendous crime to take place in this community or any community.

“To be brutally attacked such as this, it’s just senseless.”

Crime scene tape surrounded the longtime family home on Martins Lane off South Amherst Highway as investigators combed through the house, collecting evidence.

Neighbor Crystal Grubbs, who lives two doors down, placed a bouquet of flowers near the Freemans’ mailbox. She spoke with another neighbor who decided to stay somewhere else as a precaution.

“I have a son who’s 15 and I’m worried about our safety. It’s a quiet neighborhood,” she said.

Grubbs said the incident Thursday morning was “just horrible.”

“What has their world come to? I’ve been crying and praying every since I heard about it,” said Rebecca Stanley, another neighbor of the Freemans.

She said Allen Freeman was hardly outside the house because he was busy caring for his mother.

“I can’t imagine: what if that was my mom?” Stanley said.

The Freemans were longtime members of Madison Heights Baptist Church.

Norma Jean Freeman was a bubbly, “very likable, sweet lady,” church secretary Diane Irvin recalled.

Pastor Todd Blake remembers her as a spunky woman who “had this beautiful smile. It made you want to smile when she smiled.”

When Norma Jean Freeman’s health deteriorated, Blake said she always was appreciative of church members praying and spending time with her.

“She was well-loved by the church, and she loved us and she made that very clear,” Blake said.

“I will miss her dearly, and I feel blessed to be her pastor.”

More than 20 years ago, the Freemans’ home was the site of another fight for life when family patriarch, Allen Freeman Sr., was diagnosed with a fast-growing and lethal brain tumor in 1991, according to The News & Advance archives.

The family refused to give in to the dire diagnosis.

Through both local and international support, the Freemans traveled to Japan where the elder Allen Freeman underwent an experimental form of radiation treatment called Boron Neutron Capture Therapy, which was not approved for use on humans in the United States. According to reports, a Japanese surgeon performed the treatment on patients with tumors similar to Freeman’s with some success.

The family spent more than three months in Japan where Allen Freeman Sr. received treatment. One article states Allen Freeman Sr. was never alone, as either Norma Jean or Allen Jr. was at his side.

Allen Freeman Sr. died in September 1991.

Allen Freeman Jr. is a 1970 graduate of Amherst County High School, and later attended Western Carolina University where he majored in speech and theater arts. At WCU, Allen Jr. starred in numerous stage performances that were featured in several short news articles.

Prior to his father’s death, Allen Freeman Jr. performed in the Freeman Trio Singers, a family group comprised of father and son and Allen Freeman Sr.’s brother, Marvin “Lindy” Freeman.

In a 1997 article, Allen Jr. called his volunteer work with a local theatre “a godsend" after his father's death.

The investigation into the fatal home invasion remains ongoing. Ayers said investigators from both the Sheriff’s Office and Virginia State Police are in the process of searching the home and the area “with a fine-toothed comb.”

Authorities ask anyone with information to call the Sheriff’s Office at (434) 946-9381 or Crime Stoppers at 1-888-798-590. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information regarding this crime, and all information is confidential.


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6. Warrenton wants to ban guns in Town buildings
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The good news is that Warrenton’s proposed gun ban would require the General Assembly’s permission. VCDL’s mission is to make sure that such permission is never granted.

As I frequently say: some of the worst tyranny can be found at the local government level.

I received this email:

As a very recent new member of VCDL, I found this article on the “Fauquier.com” news website especially disturbing. I have attached the URL to the article so that you may read it on your own. I’m a 26 year resident of Fauquier County and have found that recent events in the news both locally and on a national level have compelled me to purchase my first firearm. I have since obtained my CHP and have taken my rights as a free citizen of this Commonwealth and this country seriously for the first time. Any suggestions or advice from you as to what steps or action that I should or could take as part of this community, this county, and as a member of VCDL, on this issue, would be greatly appreciated. By the way, the W.A.R.F. as it’s called here, is a Warrenton town facility equipped with work out equipment and pool facilities.


From fauquier.com: http://tinyurl.com/mfkxg8
http://www.fauquier.com/news/article/pu ... gs_gun_ban


Public safety committee discusses Warrenton town buildings gun ban
by Megan Spicer
Janaury 21, 2015

The initial conversation about potentially banning firearms in Warrenton town buildings started Wednesday morning at the Public Safety Committee meeting.

Councilman Sean Polster opened the floor for discussion after an employee of the Warrenton Aquatic and Recreation Facility contacted Polster about a man who entered the building with a handgun. Polster said he would provide more information about the incident at the next committee meeting.

"I see this making a huge controversy," said Bob Kravetz, chairman of the committee.

The process to make it illegal in the town would require state support though, said Town Attorney Whitson Robinson.

"The criminalization would need to come from an authority of Richmond," Robinson said. "Unless we have that specific authority to do it, we can't do it."

Gun owners are not allowed to bring their guns into schools, courts and airports, according to Virginia law.


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7. Robbery at gunpoint in Lowes Island
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EM Matt Gottshalk emailed me this:

Right up the road from me. My mother once asked me why I carry a firearm at home since I live in a "good neighborhood".

I present exhibit A:

From the Lowes Island Neighborhood Watch Facebook page:

Last night Monday 1/19/15 we were robbed at gunpoint at about 8 pm. at (address redacted)

An intruder entered by opening the garage door up one foot by hand and crawled under and entered the kitchen where I was cooking. The intruder was a tall thin angular man with a higher pitched voice and Somalian or Indian or Middle eastern accent. I was leaned over loading the dishwasher and somebody waved a gun to my left over by the bar.

I looked to find a very thin six foot tall figure completely covered head to toe and face in black (looked exactly like Isis) and he demanded money. We told him we didn't have any money, didn't keep any money in the house.

Then he demanded jewelry. We told him I didn't have any as we are told at work not to wear it anymore.

As Alex explained all this I bolted for the garage but the door took too long to open. So he jumped out to the garage to block me and demanded to go upstairs to find my jewelry box.

I told him all I had were the wedding rings on my fingers and told him to take it. after he pulled off the rings he was stuffing them in his pockets I ran out down the drive to try to find a neighbor.

He ran after me and Alex distracted him by calling him back and gave him his Omega watch and wedding ring. Believing I had made it to a neighbor's to call the police he made his getaway in the rear of the house next to the pool.

He had to have parked in the parking area by the preserve. He had to know the neighborhood. It took police about 20 minutes to arrive. But the helicopters did not know what kind of car they were looking for.

The Loudoun detective did not know that you could open a garage door from the outside by lifting it one foot and crawling under.

The police wanted to know why our neighborhood doesn't have sensors and cameras.

Our neighborhood needs to organize to acquire cameras and sensors and to have a sign posted against parking by the preserve after dark so the police will enforce it. Perhaps we could ask for an emergency meeting on Thursday when a board meeting is scheduled.


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8. Gun rights should cross state lines
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Member Wales Watkins emailed me this:

An excellent editorial from a progressive liberal New England newspaper.


From www.bostonglobe.com: http://tinyurl.com/o3jkugm
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/edit ... story.html


Gun rights should cross state lines
by Jeff Jacoby
January 21, 2015

DOWN THE street or across the country, a valid driver’s license is all you need to lawfully get behind the wheel of a car. If you’ve met your state’s conditions to be issued a license — passed the test, submitted your fingerprints, paid the fee — there’s not a state in the country that won’t honor it.

A valid license to carry a firearm should be treated the same way.

In many respects, Americans who esteem the Second Amendment have reason to be upbeat these days. In opinion polls, a majority of respondents says protecting gun ownership is more important than enacting stronger gun control. Three out of four Americans would oppose a ban on private possession of handguns. Putting their money where those convictions are, consumers turned out in droves to buy firearms during the holiday season: Though Black Friday sales generally were down last year, purchases of guns on the day after Thanksgiving went through the roof. The FBI conducted a record 175,000 background checks on Nov. 28 — an average of almost three per second — then set another record the week before Christmas.

The congressional elections, too, delivered a jolt of political adrenaline for Second Amendment stalwarts. Of the 251 candidates endorsed by the National Rifle Association in the November midterms, 229 went on to victory — a success rate of more than 90 percent.

At least in theory, gun rights are more constitutionally secure now than they have been for generations. In landmark rulings in 2008 and 2010, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Bill of Rights secures an individual right to “keep and bear arms” for self-defense, and that no state may categorically refuse to issue carry permits. Consequently, all 50 states now have laws allowing citizens to publicly carry concealed firearms, with permits issued by local or law-enforcement authorities.

To be sure, criteria vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Most states issue concealed-carry permits automatically to anyone who meets the requisite criteria (e.g., minimum age, safety training, background check); a handful make it more difficult, requiring applicants to show “good cause” for a gun permit, and giving officials broad discretion in deciding which applications to approve.

Of course there are differences among the states when it comes to all kinds of administrative acts and effects — driver’s licenses being an obvious example. Oklahoma has its own rules, forms, and requirements for issuing a driver’s permit, many of which may differ from those imposed by California, Massachusetts, or New Jersey. Nonetheless, reciprocity and common-sense supersede state lines. Once Oklahoma issues a license to a driver who meets its conditions, every other state defers to its judgment.

The case for reciprocity ought to be just as compelling when it comes to carry permits for guns. Indeed, more compelling: The Bill of Rights makes no reference to driving, but it does command that “the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Constitutional liberties don’t evaporate at state borders. If your driver’s license is valid everywhere, the validity of your gun permit should go without saying.

But it hasn’t gone without saying. Though many states extend reciprocal recognition to carry permits issued by other states, others don’t. An unwary motorist crossing into a hardline anti-gun state can find herself arrested, searched, prosecuted for unlawful possession of a firearm, and threatened with imprisonment as a felon — even though she had scrupulously adhered to her own state’s requirements for owning and safely carrying a weapon.

That was what happened to Shaneen Allen, a working mother from Philadelphia, who drove to Atlantic City last spring, unaware that the gun she was lawfully entitled to carry in Pennsylvania made her a criminal once she entered New Jersey. Under the glare of media publicity, prosecutors eventually walked back their threat to jail Allen. Yet it is alarming that anyone should face prosecution for peacefully exercising a constitutional right.

Legislation introduced in Congress would fix the problem by mandating interstate “right-to-carry reciprocity” — effectively requiring any state that issues gun-carry licenses to recognize those issued in other states.

States have always had broad leeway to make their own public policy; the Constitution’s “full faith and credit” principle doesn’t insist that all state laws be homogenized. But states cannot just disallow Second Amendment rights exercised in good faith by honest citizens from other states. The driver’s license in your wallet is accepted everywhere as prima facie evidence that you are competent to drive. The concealed-carry permit you keep right next to it should be given the same respect.


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9. HBO's Bryant Gumbel: NRA 'pigs'
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Another tolerant anti. <eye roll>

Member Walter Jackson emailed me this:

From breitbart.com: http://tinyurl.com/n38l7ua
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/ ... landscape/


HBO's Bryant Gumbel: NRA 'pigs'
by AWR Hawkins
January 20, 2015

On Tuesday, Rolling Stone magazine posted an interview with HBO REAL SPORT’s Bryant Gumbel in which the sports commentator said the NRA is “a curse on the American landscape.”

This came up when Gumbel was asked about his appearance in an HBO special last season examining the “Eat What You Kill” movement. In a video from that appearance, Gumbel dives to ground when a hunter fires a gun.

Speaking to Rolling Stone, Gumbel said: “There are few things I hate more than the NRA. I mean truly. I think they’re pigs. I think they don’t care about human life. I think they are a curse on the American landscape.”

He stressed that he wanted to be sure those comments were “on the record,” then he explained that his appearance on “Eat What You Kill” was “not a gun story.” So don’t make the mistake of thinking, he did a gun story. Instead, he said, “that was [his] first experience around killing and guns and hunting.”


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10. Interstate Transportation of Firearms and Ammunition Bill introduced by Virginian Congressman
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Member Todd Banks emailed me this:


From nrailla.org: http://tinyurl.com/n26s6cp
https://www.nraila.org/articles/2015011 ... introduced


Interstate Transportation of Firearms and Ammunition Bill Introduced
January 5, 2015

U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) recently introduced H.R. 131, a bill that would more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms and ammunition for law-abiding gun owners.

Current federal law guarantees the right of law-abiding persons to transport firearms between two locations where they have a legal right to possess and carry them, regardless of state or local laws that would otherwise apply. The firearm must be cased or otherwise not readily accessible. Unfortunately, anti-gun local officials are using overly restrictive state licensing laws to harass and prosecute travelers who have made every effort to comply with the law, resulting in seized guns that are sometimes never returned, delayed travel, legal fees, and sometimes even unnecessary guilty pleas.

H.R. 131 would ensure the law has the effect Congress intended when it passed more than 25 years ago. Specifically, the legislation would make clear that transportation of both firearms and ammunition is federally protected, as well as expand the protections afforded to travelers to include "staying in temporary lodging overnight, stopping for food, fuel, vehicle maintenance, an emergency, medical treatment, and any other activity incidental" to the trip. Additionally, the bill would place the burden of proof clearly on the state to show that the traveler failed to comply with the law.

The NRA fully supports H.R. 131 and appreciates Rep. Griffith’s leadership on this important issue.

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Member David Adams emailed me more information on Congressman Griffith’s bill:


From congress.gov: http://tinyurl.com/mo87ajc
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-con ... 1%22%5D%7D


Summary: H.R.131 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)All Bill Information (Except Text)

There is one summary for this bill. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.
Shown Here:
Introduced in House (01/06/2015)

Amends provisions of the federal criminal code governing interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition to require that whenever transported by any means other than a motor vehicle: (1) a firearm shall be in a locked container or secured by a secure gun storage or safety device, and (2) ammunition shall be in a locked container.

Excludes from permitted transport of a firearm or ammunition any transportation: (1) with the intent to commit a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year that involves the use or threatened use of force against another; or (2) with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that such a crime is to be committed in the course of, or arising from, the transportation.

Prohibits the arrest or detention of a person for a violation of any state or local law or regulation related to the possession, transportation, or carrying of firearms unless there is probable cause to believe that the person is doing so in a manner not provided for under federal law. Provides that when a person asserts this as a defense in a criminal proceeding: (1) the prosecution shall bear the burden of proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the person's conduct did not satisfy federal conditions; and (2) the court shall award the prevailing defendant a reasonable attorney's fee.

Authorizes a private right of action (and attorney fees) for deprivation of any right, privilege or immunity secured by federal firearms provisions under color of any state or local law or regulation.


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11. [NV] She may not look intimidating at 5'4" but just wait until you see what she's packing [VIDEO]
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From theblaze.com: http://tinyurl.com/omngz5q
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/01 ... s-packing/


She May Not Look That Intimidating at 5-Foot-4 ? but Just Wait Until You See What She?s Packing
by Mike Opelka
January 22, 2015

LAS VEGAS — Tessa Renaud is nurse practitioner and the mother of six children. She is also a concealed carry permit holder who needed a better holster for her firearms.

So, she invented one.

Renaud’s holster is made from a 3-yard piece of lace fabric with a pocket for storage. It’s called ”Lethal Lace,” a name she credits her husband for coming up with.

At a SHOT Show event specifically for women who carry concealed weapons and sporting “typical comfy, busy-mom wear” of yoga pants and a casual shirt, Renaud started pulling guns, extra clips, mace, knives, and brass knuckles from all over her body.

In a matter of seconds, she had pulled this array of weapons off her person:

It amounted to four handguns, two extra ammunition magazines, mace and three items that appeared to be a combination knife and brass knuckles.

The room erupted with laughter after she pulled the third handgun hidden on her body and one of the women in the crowd shouted, “You’re like Mary Poppins!”

Renaud told TheBlaze she decided to become a concealed carry permit holder after hearing too many stories of unarmed moms with small kids being hurt by bad guys.

After a brief explanation of her holster, Renaud showed a group of woman just how simple it is to use.

First, the firearm or knife is inserted into the pocket; once the lace is wrapped once around an arm, leg or waist, the wearer can let go of the weapon and finish wrapping the fabric up. Within seconds, it can be secured with a simple clip — and you have an anchored weapon.

Emily Dietman from the Texas State Rifle Association grabbed one of the demonstrator guns and a pink lace holster and attempted to use it without any instruction or assistance.

In a less than a minute, Dietman — who told TheBlaze that she not a concealed carry permit holder and only shoots “on occasion” — had the system mastered and a weapon secured and concealed on her hip.


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12. [DC] Cops wanted to hit 'Meet the Press' then host David Gregory with gun charges [VIDEO]
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At least the Metropolitan Police had wanted to hold everyone to the same, but horrible, standard. The prosecutor decided to give a celebrity a pass, where you or I would have been in jail.

Matt Eliot shared this:


From washingtonexaminer.com: http://tinyurl.com/m8rx5zm
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/docum ... le/2559132

Documents: Cops wanted to hit 'Meet the Press' then-host David Gregory with gun charge
by Paul Bedard
January 22, 2015

Police wanted to arrest former NBC “Meet the Press” host David Gregory for showing an illegal high-capacity gun magazine in a TV showdown with NRA chief Wayne LaPierre, according to newly uncovered documents.

A Washington Metropolitan Police Department detective said in the documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Judicial Watch and Legalinsurrection.com said there was ample evidence to charge the host, since fired and replaced by Chuck Todd.

In an affidavit, the investigator wrote that “there is probable cause that the offense of possessing a ‘high-capacity’ magazine was committed in the District of Columbia. Therefore your Affiant requests the issuance of an arrest warrant for Gregory, David Michael.”

Despite the request, D.C. attorney general Irvin Nathan declined to prosecute in the case. He said that his office “determined to exercise its prosecutorial discretion to decline to bring criminal charges against Mr. Gregory, who has no criminal record, or any other NBC employee based on the events associated” with the broadcast.

Legalinsurrection.com’s William A. Jacobson wrote: “The short version is that the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department warned NBC News that it could not possess an actual high-capacity magazine, but NBC News went ahead and did it anyway. The MPD recommended a warrant for Gregory’s arrest, but that request was nixed by the D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan because — my paraphrase — Gregory was just too nice a guy and had no other criminal intent.”

The incident occurred Dec. 23, 2012 when Gregory displayed a 30-round magazine for effect while interviewing LaPierre following the Newtown shootings.

In Washington, it is illegal to possess a magazine holding 10 rounds or more, even if empty.


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13. [FL] Anti-gun leader upset that police followed the law [VIDEO]
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Say, Shannon, don’t look now, but your double-standards are showing.

EM Dave Hicks emailed me this:


From daily caller.com: http://tinyurl.com/lovlgz3
http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/21/anti- ... d-the-law/


Anti-Gun Leader Upset Police Followed The Law
by Derek Hunter
January 21, 2015

Clarence Daniels walked into a Wal-Mart in Florida with a gun under his jacket. Another man, Michael Foster, spotted the holstered weapon, followed Daniels into the store, then jumped him. Foster put Daniels in a chokehold and told patrons the man had a gun. When the police arrived Foster was arrested for battery.

Daniels, it turns out, has a permit to carry a concealed weapon.

Normally the story would end there, but this cut-and-dry case of one man attacking another over the perceived, and not real, threat he posed caught the attention of a leading anti-gun advocate.

Shannon Watts is the perfunctory head of the Michael Bloomberg front group “Moms Demand Action,” a small anti-gun group into which the billionaire Bloomberg pours millions. Upon hearing of the attack on Daniels, who was following the law, Watts tweeted:

Man arrested for tackling man with gun at Walmart. Because America. http://t.co/reEtSGvKr3 #gunsense — Shannon (@shannonrwatts) January 21, 2015

Her tweet was misleading, to say the least, once you read the story she linked to. And the “Because America” part was downright confusing, unless Watts supports citizens being allowed to attack other citizens who are following the law. Twitter users let her know that attacking people in a Wal-Mart, or anywhere else for that matter, who are obeying the law is unacceptable.

Shannon, why are you upset that he was arrested? Do you want ppl just to attack lawful gun owners? #gunsense @shannonrwatts — AMC (@Soldier1eaODGrn) January 21, 2015

@shannonrwatts So the letter of the law was followed and the guy tried to play hero in a crowded store was arrested for attacking a guy? — Boo Radley (@BooRadl11994812) January 21, 2015

Because he assaulted a lawful gun owner who was doing nothing wrong, you twit. #gunsense @shannonrwatts — Sheepdog (@jaycutlersux) January 21, 2015

@shannonrwatts So you’re promoting assault on someone who is observing his legal rights? You’ve lost it lady. — Alas Babylon (@MikeBeRotten) January 21, 2015

@shannonrwatts Geez, are you really this stupid? — JWF (@JammieWF) January 21, 2015


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14. [OK] Oklahoma man at center of police shooting said he never made 911 call that led to raid
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Member Franz Bailey emailed me this.


From foxnews.com: http://tinyurl.com/qyp4o3j
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/01/19/ok ... -to-raid//


Oklahoma man at center of police shooting said he never made 911 call that led to raid
January 19, 2015

An Oklahoma man who shot the local police chief four times as cops raided his home in response to a bomb threat told FoxNews.com he didn't make the 911 warning that triggered the incident.

Dallas Horton, 29, of Sentinel, blasted Police Chief Louis Ross three times in the chest and once in the arm as Ross and his team swept through Horton's home early last Thursday. Ross survived thanks to his bullet-proof vest. But Horton, whom Sentinel's mayor described as a gun enthusiast and neighbors told reporters is a survivalist, is not facing any charges because an investigation by state police revealed he wasn't behind the threat and he did not know he was shooting at cops.

"For the past several hours, OSBI investigators have extensively interviewed the man," the state Bureau of Investigation said in a statement on its Facebook page. "Facts surrounding the case lead agents to believe the man was unaware it was officers who made entry."

Horton, who was taken into custody after the shooting, questioned and later released, told FoxNews.com he had nothing to do with whatever prompted the raid.

"I did not make the 911 call," he said, before declining further comment.

It all started at approximately 4 a.m. Thursday when a dispatcher received a 911 call about a bomb at the Sentinel Community Action Center, according to The Oklahoman. When the Oklahoma Highway Patrol's bomb squad found no explosive at the center, which houses the city's Head Start program, they showed up at Horton's home, where they believed the 911 call had originated.

After breaking down Horton's front door, Ross and deputies from the Washita County Sheriff’s Office cleared one bedroom before storming into another, where Ross was allegedly shot four times by Horton, once in the arm and three times in the chest, according to The Oklahoman newspaper. Ross survived because he was wearing a bullet-proof vest and has been treated and released from the hospital, authorities said.

Horton reportedly posted a string of controversial messages to his Facebook account shortly before the 911 call was made -- including one comparing the U.S. to Nazi Germany and posts about the terrorist group ISIS. His Facebook page has since been deactivated.

Sentinel Mayor Sam Dlugonski described Horton as a gun enthusiast, but said he doubts the shooter was connected to any terrorist group.

“I’ve known that kid all of his life,” Dlugonski said. “I don’t think he was tied to the Islamic State in any way.”

State investigators said a forensic computer analyst "examined phones taken from the home where a subject was believed to have made a threatening call to 911 Thursday morning."

"That call was not made from phones in the possession of those who live inside the home nor any other phones inside the residence..." the statement said. "The investigation into the threatening 911 call and the subsequent shooting of the Sentinel police chief remains under active investigation."

OSBI spokeswoman Jessica Brown could not be reached Monday.

It's not clear whether OSBI is investigating the possibility Horton was a victim of "SWAT-ting," a hoax in which an anonymous prankster falsely reports a crime -- often times a violent one -- at an unsuspecting person's home, prompting a police team to respond to the location believing a dangerous situation is at hand.


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15. Top counter-terrorism agency: Citizens should be armed to stop terror attacks
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I can’t believe my eyes - the head of Interpol, the world’s international police agency, is saying citizens should be armed to stop terrorists!

Member Walter Jackson emailed me this:

From www.zerohedge.com: http://tinyurl.com/mj52ldk
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-2 ... or-attacks


Top Counter-Terrorism Agency: Citizens Should Be Armed To Stop Terror Attacks
by George Washington
January 22, 2015

The head of the world’s international police agency (Interpol) – which is very active in counter-terror efforts – said last October that arming citizens might be the best way to stop terrorism.

ABC News reported:

Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble said today the U.S. and the rest of the democratic world is at a security crossroads in the wake of last month’s deadly al-Shabab attack at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya – and suggested an answer could be in arming civilians.

In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Noble said there are really only two choices for protecting open societies from attacks like the one on Westgate mall where so-called “soft targets” are hit: either create secure perimeters around the locations or allow civilians to carry their own guns to protect themselves.

“Societies have to think about how they’re going to approach the problem,” Noble said. “One is to say we want an armed citizenry; you can see the reason for that. Another is to say the enclaves are so secure that in order to get into the soft target you’re going to have to pass through extraordinary security.”

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The secretary general, an American who previously headed up all law enforcement for the U.S. Treasury Department, told reporters during a brief news conference that the Westgate mall attack marks what has long been seen as “an evolution in terrorism.” Instead of targets like the Pentagon and World Trade Center that now have far more security since 9/11, attackers are focusing on sites with little security that attract large numbers of people.

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“Ask yourself: If that was Denver, Col., if that was Texas, would those guys have been able to spend hours, days, shooting people randomly?” Noble said, referring to states with pro-gun traditions. “What I’m saying is it makes police around the world question their views on gun control. It makes citizens question their views on gun control. You have to ask yourself, ‘Is an armed citizenry more necessary now than it was in the past with an evolving threat of terrorism?‘ This is something that has to be discussed.”

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“For me it’s a profound question,” he continued. “People are quick to say ‘gun control, people shouldn’t be armed,’ etc., etc. I think they have to ask themselves: ‘Where would you have wanted to be? In a city where there was gun control and no citizens armed if you’re in a Westgate mall, or in a place like Denver or Texas?'”

If you are for gun control – as I used to be – you may want to note that a top liberal Constitutional law scholar, Ghandi and the Dalai Lama are all for the right of citizens to bear arms.

Perhaps more importantly, look at the alternatives …

Would you rather let the government keep on waging its virtually endless, counter-productive , freedom-destroying and ruinously expensive War On Terror?

Or would you rather arm yourselves and take your chances?

I know a native American man who has a bumper sticker on his truck which reads:

Open Hunting Season on Terrorists

I think he’s got the right attitude.

Postscript: For those who think that guns are “unhealthy” or “disgusting”, please note that Freud disagreed. Specifically, he argued that when men give up the primal drive to protect ourselves, our families and our communities – and that power is transferred to standing armies – it disempowers us and makes us weak psychologically.


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16. French police: Gun control isn't working for us
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Member Walter Jackson emailed me this


From www.breitbart.com: http://tinyurl.com/o6nkklk
http://www.breitbart.com/national-secur ... ng-for-us/


FRENCH POLICE: GUN CONTROL ISN’T WORKING FOR US
by AWR Hawkins
January 19, 2015

Following the deaths of two French police officers during the January 7 Charlie Hebdo attack and another officer death during an attack the following day, French police are demanding more guns and guns that are more powerful.

The situation during the Charlie Hebdo attack was very lopsided–in favor of the terrorists–because of current policing and arms policy. Breitbart News reported that “unarmed Paris police officers” were forced to flee when confronted with the armed attackers. UK’s Independent reported that “three policemen arrived [at the scene of the attack] on bikes but had to leave because [the attackers] were armed.” A policeman assigned to the duty of body guard to Charlie Hebdo editor Stephane Charbonnier was killed, and an officer on a mountain bike was gunned down.

The Associated Press reports French police unions met with Interior Ministry officials on January 19, seeking to take the advantage away from terrorists and other attackers. The unions demanded “more” guns and “heavier” guns, as well as “protective gear, better training for first-responders, and more legal tools to guard against terrorists.”

The violence and death French police endured over a two-day period because of gun control is a perfect microcosm of the violence and death gun control has caused on larger scale in other European countries, like England. On September 24 Breitbart News reported that gun control had made England “the most violent country in Europe.”

In 2009, twelve years after England’s most stringent gun controls were enacted, the Daily Mail reported “the UK [had] a worse rate for all types of violence than the U.S. and South Africa.”

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17. Do American gun laws keep terrorists in check? [VIDEO]
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Member Walter Jackson emailed me this:


From www.gunsamerica.com: http://tinyurl.com/krq7z4x
http://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/america ... sts-check/


Do American gun laws keep terrorists in check?.
by S.H. BLANNELBERRY
January 13, 2015

To the extent which the high rate of gun ownership in this country, about 90 guns per 100 people, acts as a crime deterrent remains a hotly-debated issue.

Recently, investigative reporter Emily Miller raised this subject while debating Democratic strategist Brian Benjamin over the impact that France’s restrictive gun laws had on the recent terrorist attacks.

“I think, as far as French gun laws, it’s basically a gun-free zone,” Miller told Fox News host Anna Kooiman. “As we’ve seen in the United States, gun-free zones lure evil and crazy people like terrorists there because no one fights back.”

“So, gun-free zones like France, which unfortunately even the poor police aren’t carrying guns, is just very attractive to somebody who is going to go in with a gun.”

In other words, terrorists actively seek out soft targets in order to avoid armed resistance, thereby maximizing the lethality of their assault.

Yet Benjamin countered, claiming that America’s permissive gun laws makes it easier for terrorists to obtain firearms, which puts U.S. citizens in greater danger than their European friends.

“It’s the polar opposite,” Miller fired back. “Foreigners know we have guns… Like the guy — the camera phone at this horrible crime, this policeman in Paris was shot in the head begging for mercy. The person who was taking that video, if they had been a concealed carry owner — or like me, a gun owner — they could have shot the man, maybe put him on defense. But instead, they just watched and took a video.”

Benjamin said that the terrorists in France who attacked the printing offices of Charlie Hebdo had to obtain their guns on the black market whereas in the U.S. they’d be able to purchase them at a gun show.

Miller acknowledged that if the terrorists had no criminal history, then they would be able to purchase a firearm in the U.S., “But the fact is, is there’s a lot more people who can shoot back at them.”

Miller went on to say, “In this history of this country — and you can tell me if I’m wrong if you have another example — there has never been a gun control law that has reduced crime. I can’t think of any gun control law that prevents terrorists. Because, you know what? If they’re murderers, they don’t care what the laws are already.”

From my perspective I don’t think that pro-gunners have to argue that an armed society is a polite society, i.e. high levels of gun ownership deter crime and specifically terrorists. Sure, in theory, criminals and terrorists prefer soft targets. But even if all targets were “hard” do we really believe they’d stop killing innocents? Doubtful.

The real point to make is that bad people will continue to do bad things, the only question is whether one would rather live in a society that protects one’s right to defend oneself or a society that goes out of its way to leave one defenseless in the face an attack from an evildoer.

It’s pretty clear where we stand on that front. We’ll keep our guns and take our chances, as it’s better to have and not need than to need and not have.

In any event, what are your thoughts? Do American gun laws keep terrorists in check?




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