"There are those in America today who have come to depend absolutely on government for their security. And when government fails they seek to rectify that failure in the form of granting government more power. So, as government has failed to control crime and violence with the means given it by the Constitution, they seek to give it more power at the expense of the Constitution. But in doing so, in their willingness to give up their arms in the name of safety, they are really giving up their protection from what has always been the chief source of despotism -- government."

PATRIOTUPDATE.COM 6 Hours Ago Gun Control by Executive Order by Jan Morgan Vice President Joe Biden, who has been charged by President Obama with running the task force to prevent situations like the Sandy Hook massacre, announced that he wouldn’t be raising legislative solutions at all. Instead, he said that President Obama might simply declare his preferred gun policy the law of the nation. Talking to the drooling press, Biden announced, “The president is going to act. There are executive orders, there’s executive action that can be taken. We haven’t decided what that is yet. But we’re compiling it all with the help of the attorney general and the rest of the cabinet members as well as legislative action that we believe is required.” Biden stated, “As the president said, if your actions result in only saving one life, they’re worth taking. But I’m convinced we can affect the well-being of millions of Americans and take thousands of people out of harm’s way if we act respon...

RAW STORY 3 Hours Ago Bill Clinton: Gun control opposition ‘is nuts’ by Eric W. Dolan By Eric W. DolanWednesday, January 9, 2013 19:19 EST Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday said those who opposed gun control measures like banning the sale of high-capacity magazines were crazy. “I grew up in the hunting culture, but this is nuts,” he said during a speech at the Consumer Electronics Show. “Why does anybody need a 30 round clip for a gun? Why does anybody need one of those things that carries 100 bullets? The guy in Colorado had one of those.” “Half of all mass killings in the United States have occurred since the assault weapons ban expired in 2005,” Clinton continued. “Half, in all of the history of the country. So I hope that former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) and other people who stepped up after the Newtown tragedy will have some impact on this.” The former President also addressed the NRA’s proposal to prevent school shootings by hiring armed guards to p...

WEASELZIPPERS.US 2 Hours Ago GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan: Obama Using Executive Order On Gun Control Smacks Of “Dictatorship”… Sure does. Via TPM: The gloves are officially off in the gun control fight in Washington. After Vice President Biden reiterated the White House intention to use executive power to reduce gun violence following the Newtown shooting, a Republican congressman warned on Wednesday the idea sounded like “dictatorship” to him. It’s a handy reminder that all the gun control talk following Newtown could run into smack into the same kind of congressional opposition that’s scuttled many big legislative projects since the Republican takeover of the House in 2010. It’s also another sign that the tough rhetoric is back on guns after the Newtown lull. “The Founding Fathers never envisioned Executive Orders being used to restrict our Constitutional rights,” Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) said in a statement Wednesday. “We live in a republic, not a dictatorship.”

FOX NEWS 2 Hours Ago Georgia mother who shot intruder inspires opponents of gun control LOGANVILLE, Ga. – A Georgia mother who shot an intruder at her home has become a small part of the roaring gun control debate, with some firearms enthusiasts touting her as a textbook example of responsible gun ownership. Melinda Herman grabbed a handgun and hid in a crawl space with her two children when a man broke in last week and approached the family at their home northeast of Atlanta, police said. Herman called her husband on the phone, and with him reminding her of the lessons she recently learned at a shooting range, Herman opened fire, seriously wounding the burglary suspect. The National Rifle Association tweeted a link to a news story about the shooting, and support poured in from others online, hailing Herman as a hero. The local sheriff said he was proud of the way she handled the situation. "This lady decided that she wasn't going to be a victim, and I think everyon...

TV.MSNBC.COM 2 Hours Ago The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart rips the Right for dancing around gun control debate by Sarah Muller The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart holding a plastic gun on Tuesday’s show. Daily Show host Jon Stewart railed against opposition to address the gun control debate in a meaningful way. He declared the time to talk about guns is now. “Finally, everyone from the NRA to the Marin County Kumbaya Patrol, is ready to talk about gun violence – although, to be fair, the Kumbaya Patrol has been ready for quite time now,” he said on Tuesday’s show. The Comedy Central host slammed right-wing conservatives for blaming “non-gun causes of gun violence” in the aftermath of such shootings as the recent massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut; he showed clips of gun advocacy pundits blaming video games, Hollywood and even personal sinning instead of discussing ways of tackling the issue head on. He compared the gun control issue to the drunk driving ...

THEGATEWAYPUNDIT.COM 4 Hours Ago Horror! Man Tries to Strangle Girlfriend With His Dirty Dreadlocked Hair by Jim Hoft Isn’t it about time Obama and Democrats banned hair? A Portland man was arrested after he tried to strangle his girlfriend with his dirty dreadlocks. Gross.FOX 2 Now reported: A Portland man is facing charges after police said he choked his girlfriend with his dreadlocked hair. Officers were called out to the 3200 block of Southeast 22nd Avenue at 2:30 a.m. Monday to a report of a domestic assault. The woman provided police with a good description of the suspect and officers canvassed the neighborhood and found him. Caleb Grotberg, 32, was taken into custody and now faces charges including assault, menacing, kidnapping and strangulation. The victim was taken to a Portland hospital for treatment to numerous injuries. Police said they are not considered life-threatening. Neighbors reacted to the allegations Monday night. “It’s sickening that someone co...

BREITBART.COM 4 Hours Ago Biden: President Will Use Executive Order To Enact Gun Laws VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: I want to make it clear that we are not going to get caught up in the notion, "unless we can do everything, we're going to do nothing." It's critically important we act and there's certain things I know a great deal about. Almost all of your organizations, I've read what you have published and spoken to and there is a pretty wide consensus or three or four or five things in the gun safety area that could and should be done around this table. You should know that tomorrow I've also invited the gun owners and the NRA to come and make their case, as well, before us. I want it clear to the American public that, on behalf of the President, we're reaching out to all -- all parties on whatever side of this debate you fall. But the president is going to act. There are executives orders, there's executive action that can be taken. We haven...

SALON.COM 2 Hours Ago Biden: Obama could make executive order on gun control by Jillian Rayfield Topics: Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Gun Control, Gun Violence, Newtown school shooting, Politics News Joe Biden said today that the President is prepared to take unilateral action in order to implement stricter gun control measures. “The president is going go act,” he said. “There are executive orders, executive action that can be taken. We haven’t decided what that is yet, but we’re compiling it all.” “The president and I are determined to take action. This is not an exercise in photo opportunities,” Biden added. Biden’s comments came shortly before a meeting with victims groups and gun control advocates at the White House today, as part of the gun violence task force set up by Obama in the wake of the Newtown school shootings. From the New York Times: During the two-hour meeting, participants said, Mr. Biden and Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told the group that President...

TPMDC 1 Hour Ago GOP Rep: An Executive Order On Guns Smacks Of ‘Dictatorship’ by Evan McMorris-Santoro The gloves are officially off in the gun control fight in Washington. After Vice President Biden reiterated the White House intention to use executive power to reduce gun violence following the Newtown shooting, a Republican congressman warned on Wednesday the idea sounded like “dictatorship” to him. It’s a handy reminder that all the gun control talk following Newtown could run into smack into the same kind of congressional opposition that’s scuttled many big legislative projects since the Republican takeover of the House in 2010. It’s also another sign that the tough rhetoric is back on guns after the Newtown lull. “The Founding Fathers never envisioned Executive Orders being used to restrict our Constitutional rights,” Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) said in a statement Wednesday. “We live in a republic, not a dictatorship.” Duncan is on the conservative end of the House Republic...

HUMAN EVENTS 4 Hours Ago Legal gun saves 2-month-old child by John Hayward Here’s some more of the data you’re not supposed to consider while the deeply corrupt gun-control crusade marches on, courtesy of WBNS-TV in Ohio: A Columbus man said that he fought back when a man tried to rob him at gunpoint in west Columbus Monday night. Kelby Smith, 34, told police he was in the driveway of the home on Crescent Drive just before 9 p.m. when he was approached by a robber. Smith said that he had his 2-month-old in a car carrier and had to shield him from the robber who held a gun at Smith’s head. The suspect took Smith’s money and started to flee the scene as he pointed the gun back at Smith and his child. That’s when Smith pulled out his own gun and fired at the robber. The robber continued to run, but police said that a man fitting his description arrived at Mount Carmel West a short time later with a gunshot wound. Smith has a concealed-carry permit, and WBNS reports the a...

DAILYCALLER.COM 3 Hours Ago White House is wrong: First Amendment doesn’t protect Piers Morgan from deportation by Patrick Howley White House press secretary Jay Carney issued a factually incorrect response Wednesday to the White House petition to deport British-born CNN host Piers Morgan, wrongly claiming that Morgan, who has launched repeated televised attacks on the Second Amendment, is protected from deportation by the First Amendment. “Let’s not let arguments over the Constitution’s Second Amendment violate the spirit of its First,” Carney wrote in response to the petition, which has collected more than 100,000 signatures from patriotic Americans. “President Obama believes that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. However, the Constitution not only guarantees an individual right to bear arms, but also enshrines the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press — fundamental principles that are essential to our democracy,” Carney wrote. Howe...

WASHINGTON EXAMINER 2 Hours Ago Just 44 percent say Obama should control gun laws by Gertrude Himmelfarb Three-quarters of the public back gun ownership, and many feel that President Obama should dump his gun-control plans because only states should regulate the weapons, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll. The poll is a double-barrelled blast at the president. Not only does it reaffirm the public's support for Second Amendment rights, it shows no change in their views despite the horrific shootings last month at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Rasmussen did find support for some tougher rules on gun ownership. For example, 56 percent believe that someone who commits a crime using a gun should receive a longer prison sentence. But support for guns is also strong. Seventy four percent believe the Constitution guarantees the right of gun ownership. Also, 75 percent believe it is "morally acceptable" to have a gun in the home. And as Oba...

AJC.COM 2 Hours Ago Dramatic 911 call released in home intruder shooting With a 911 operator on one phone and his wife on another, a Walton County father urged his wife to stay calm when an intruder broke into the family’s home. “Just remember everything that I showed you, everything that I taught you, alright?” Donnie Herman says to his wife, heard in a 911 call obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Seconds later, Herman’s calmness is replaced by the sound of gunshots. “She’s shooting him! she’s shooting him!” Herman tells the operator. “Shoot him again! Shoot him!” he tells his wife. Melinda Herman shot the intruder, identified by police as Paul Slater, five times when he broke into the family’s home last Friday. Melinda Herman was home with the couple’s 9-year-old twins at the times. Only Slater was injured. — Please return for updates.

ECONOMIC TIMES 6 Hours Ago Wal-Mart will meet with Joe Biden gun task force on Thursday Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Wednesday it would send a representative to Washington to meet with Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday to share the company's position on the responsible sale of firearms. At first, Wal-Mart was not going to send anyone to Biden's meeting, saying its senior leaders could not be in Washington this week and that it spoke in advance with Biden's office to share its perspective, spokesman David Tovar said. "We underestimated the expectation to attend the meeting on Thursday in person, so we are sending an appropriate representative to participate," Tovar added. After December's Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting, which President Barack Obama called the worst day of his presidency, he asked Biden to come up with a broad range of ideas to curb the nation's gun violence. Others set to meet with Biden this week include the National Rifl...

POLITICKER.COM 2 Hours Ago Cuomo Vows to ‘Enact the Toughest Assault Weapon in the Nation, Period!’ by Colin Campbell By Colin Campbell and Hunter Walker 3:19pm One of the most hotly-anticipated elements of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s annual State of the State address today was his plan to enact “sweeping” gun control reforms in New York. In his speech, the governor outlined a seven-point gun control plan focused on “high capacity assault rifles” that he promised would be one of the “toughest” in that nation and lead similar laws to spread beyond New York. “Gun violence has been on a rampage as we know firsthand and as we know painfully,” said the governor. “We must stop the madness, my friends. In one word it’s just ‘enough.’ It has been enough. We need a gun policy in this state that is reasonable, that is balanced, that is measured.” The governor continued by saying his gun control proposals are not about “taking away people’s guns.” As he has in the past, the governor tried...

GAMESPOT 5 Hours Ago Joe Biden appeals to games industry over gun control task force by Laura Parker U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is set to meet with video game industry leaders this week to discuss the link between violent video games and gun violence as part of a wider taskforce into gun control measures. The taskforce, formed by President Barack Obama in response to last month's mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, is aimed at coming with solutions for curbing gun violence in the United States. According to Reuters, the White House has confirmed Biden will also meet with representatives from the National Rifle Association (NRA), victims' groups, hunting groups, and gun owners to discuss possible policy changes to reduce gun violence, including proposed legislation to ban assault rifles. Biden will reportedly meet with representatives of both the entertainment and video game industries to specifically investigate the role of violent media--including films and vi...

DAILYCALLER.COM 1 Hour Ago Iowa lawmaker calls for retroactive gun ban, confiscation of semi-automatic weapons by David Martosko In an interview with the Daily Times Herald in Caroll, Iowa, state Rep. Dan Muhlbauer said governments should start confiscating semi-automatic rifles and other firearms. Muhlbauer, a Democrat from the western Iowa town of Manilla, is a cattleman and farmer. The newspaper reported that he owns a .410 shotgun, a .22 rifle and a .22 pistol. “We cannot have big guns out here as far as the big guns that are out here, the semi-automatics and all of them,” Muhlbauer told the newspaper during a December 19 audiotaped interview. “We can’t have those running around out here. Those are not hunting weapons.” “We should ban those in Iowa,” he said, adding that such a ban should be applied retroactively. “We need to get them off the streets — illegally — and even if you have them, I think we need to start taking them,” Muhlbauer told the Daily Times Herald. “...