HUFFINGTON POST 4 Hours Ago Vermont Shooting Range Bans Burlington Police In Protest Of City's Proposed Assault Weapon Law by Andres Jauregui The national debate over gun control got very local for police in Burlington, Vt., earlier this month, after an area shooting range barred officers from practicing on its premises. The move came in protest of the city's proposed ban on certain assault weapons. The resolution, which the Burlington City Council recently voted 10-3 in favor of, would ban assault-style firearms and large-capacity magazines within city limits. Similar initiatives have gone before city governments across the United States even as President Barack Obama met with law enforcement officials to discuss gun control measures Monday. Although it requires approval from the Vermont state legislature and won't be put before voters until 2014, the measure angered the Lamoille Valley Fish and Game Club. In protest of the ban, the 400-member club voted 6-1 to ba...

JPFO.ORG 2 Hours Ago Fact and Fantasy January 29th, 2013 (The argument FOR allowing AR-15s) JPFO preface: This is a sample section from a lengthy and very detailedtreatise on "gun control". See lower down for a link to the full article. People like Piers Morgan continually make the point that we don't allow people to purchase tanks or 50 caliber machine guns to defend themselves from government tyranny, so why allow AR-15s. The answer? It is true that society has decided that people should not be able to arm themselves with an Abrams tank, or F-16. But, despite all the technological advances since the Constitution was written, society still believes the core idea of defense against potential tyranny applies. As noted by the ChineseTienanmen Square dissident, a mass number of armed citizens would indeed be able to turn back a modern army -- unless that army was prepared to level a whole city. (The quote is "The argument that a man with a rifle has no standing...

FIREARMSPOLICY.ORG 2 Hours Ago Newslink: Green Beret Group Lobbies Against Gun Control by Bryant Jordan via Military.com Green Beret Group Lobbies Against Gun Control by Bryant Jordan More than 1,100 former and current Army Special Forces troops — Green Berets — have reportedly put their names to a letter condemning any efforts to restrict gun ownership following the massacre of 20 students and six staff at Sandy Hill Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The 2,900-word letter has been distributed to media outlets and posted on Professionalsoldiers.com, which is operated by retired Army Special Forces Master Sgt. Jeff Hinton. Because of the sensitive nature of their military careers the names of those signing the letter are not being released. Hinton — who has routinely exposed phony Green Berets and others on his website — said he has confirmed that everyone who put his name to the letter is a current or former Special Forces soldier. Military.com could not validate all 1...

CANADAFREEPRESS.COM 1 Hour Ago Gun Laws Didn’t Stop Pothead Killer Florida teenage gunman, Benjamin Bishop, the subject of a Tampa Bay Times article about how he became a zombie killer through the use of pot The liberals continue to pretend that “gun control” laws will stop “gun violence,” even while providing the fuel, in the form of potent marijuana, which can spark violence and murder. A case in point is a Florida teenage gunman, Benjamin Bishop, the subject of a Tampa Bay Times article about how he became a zombie killer through the use of pot that caused him to fear “ghosts” speaking foreign languages. The killings occurred in October. The article, “Teen gunman Benjamin Bishop: Rage drove him to kill, gun laws were no obstacle,” describes how the killer “used a 12-gauge shotgun—a weapon he obtained in spite of a criminal record and history of mental illness—to kill his mother and her boyfriend as they lay in bed.” In a jailhouse interview, “He talked about how he liked to s...

GUNSSAVELIVES.NET 12 Hours Ago 2 of 5 Home Invaders Shot by Homeowner in Ohio Two people were in an Ohio home when five men stormed the residence with the intent to assault or rob the occupants. A struggle ensued in which one of the residents was injured. Two of the would be home invaders were shot. One was found with life threatening injuries inside the home, while the second was found collapsed on a nearby street. The other three suspects are being detained by police. This is the third story in two weeks we’ve reported where 3 or more suspects have taken part in a home invasion. Some of those standard capacity magazines would probably come in handy. Read the full article here:http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/fairborn-police-investigate-... Is the link above broken? You can view an archived copy of the source article here: http://www.webcitation.org/6E2FNJCg2

GUNSSAVELIVES.NET 6 Hours Ago San Diego Police Chief Says America Can Be Disarmed in a Generation San Diego police chief William Lansdowne has made his views on gun control very clear. The chief would like to see every firearm confiscated and every American disarmed. In a recent interview the chief said, “We broke the NRA,” in reference to a questions about the gun lobby’s supposed Washington influence. He declined to elaborate. “I could not be more supportive of the president for taking the position he has,” he told KPBS in a separate interview. “I think it’s courageous with the politics involved in this process. But I think it’s going to eventually make the country safer and certainly safer for my officers that have to respond to these calls. ” Well chief, you’re a small minority with numerous sheriffs (you know, those law enforcement officials that are actually elected to their positions) coming out in overwhelming support for the Second Amendment. Read the full articl...

FOX NEWS 3 Hours Ago Gun control supporters urge Obama to bypass Congress on new measures by Shannon Bream As Congress debates various gun control measures, President Obama is publicly putting the heat on Capitol Hill. "The only way that we're going to be able to do everything that needs to be done is with the cooperation of Congress," he said Monday while hosting law enforcement officials from around the country. But Supporters of tougher gun controls are growing increasingly worried lawmakers won't pass any substantial measures and have begun to focus their efforts elsewhere. A number of Obama allies across the country have called on public employee pension funds to divest of any holdings linked to the gun industry. "City of Los Angeles pension funds should not go to profit companies that produce weapons designed to maximize carnage and death," Mayor Antonia Villaraigosa vowed. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a former Obama White House chief of st...

THERIGHTSCOOP.COM 2 Hours Ago False video going around claiming Sandy Hook father was heckled by NRA members, CNN runs with it Posted by The Right Scoop on January 29th, 2013 in Politics | Leave a Comment There’s a deceptively edited video that’s making the rounds today that shows so-called NRA members heckling the father who lost his son at Sandy Hook. Huffpo ran a story on it which has blown it way up. First, here’s the video: You can tell the video has some hard cuts in it. Even so, the video caused Piers Morgan to blow a gasket on twitter today, to the point that he invited the man on his show tonight. And apparently Anderson Cooper has been spreading the lie on his show tonight. Both of these men trusted their liberal blogs and didn’t bother to even check and see if it the video was doctored, even with the hard cuts. And it was doctored. The man isn’t being heckled at all. He asked a question, and not a rhetorical one, to the people in the audience and they answered him:...

JAMMIEWF.COM 1 Hour Ago Time For That ‘National Conversation’ About Chicago: 11 Shot, Three Dead Today Posted by Jammie on Jan 29, 2013 at 8:53 pm Who knows, maybe we’re just spitting in the wind wondering why the media continues to ignore the daily bloodbath in Barack Obama’s hometown. It’s completely out of control but doesn’t help the Obama agenda to notice it, apparently. A 15-year-old girl and two men are dead, and at least eight other people were wounded by gunfire throughout the city Tuesday, police said. Police say the girl, who authorities have not yet identified, was shot in the back about 2:30 p.m. in the 4500 block of South Oakenwald Avenue. The shooting apparently happened in Vivian Gordon Harsh Park near King College Prep High School in the Kenwood neighborhood. She later died, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. These things used to cause national outrage. Now only if a political agenda can be advanced and the NRA can be bashed is it news...