1 hour ago from CBSInfectious Diseases Conditions and Diseases Law & Crime U.S. Health Pastor: Slain Chicago teen Hadiya Pendleton the face of "epidemic of violence" CHICAGO A prominent Chicago pastor remembered a slain 15-year-old girl Saturday as the face of an "epidemic of violence causing funeral processions around the country." Father Michael Pfleger spoke at Hadiya Pendleton's funeral, telling a packed South Side church that "we must become the interrupters of funeral processions." Pendleton was a band majorette and honor student who was shot and killed on Jan. 29, just a few days after performing for events surrounding President Obama's inauguration. Police say Pendleton was an innocent victim in a gang-related shooting. Hundreds of mourners and dignitaries including first lady Michelle Obama stood and applauded Pendleton's family for their strength after her death brought national attention to the city's staggering gun...

GUNSSAVELIVES.NET 2 Hours Ago LaRue Will No Longer Sell Rifles to Law Enforcement in States that Limit Civilian Features LaRue Tactical has made an announcement (via Facebook) that they will no longer sell standard rifles to law enforcement and government agencies in states that limit the features of civilian rifles. That means if a state prohibits pistol grips and flash hiders, LaRue will no longer sell rifles with those features to the government in that state. Too bad the lawmakers in those states have deprived their law enforcement officers from using one of the best production AR rifles on the planet. Bravo LaRue, Bravo. Here’s the announcement LaRue made through Facebook: “NEWS RELEASE: 02/08/2012 LEANDER, TX. Updated Policy for State and Local Agency Law Enforcement Sales: Due to the recent and numerous new Anti-gun/Anti-2nd Amendment laws passed and/or pending across our country, LaRue Tactical has been forced to reconsider how we provide products to state and loca...

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 9 Hours Ago Utah not alone in bid to trump U.S. gun laws by David Montero The growing list of states looking to trump federal gun laws by drafting bills that would see those laws reign supreme continues to grow as Utah state Rep. Brian Greene, R-Pleasant Grove, carries his bill with a long note attached explaining why it’s likely unconstitutional. Officials at the National Conference of State Legislatures began tracking bills that shared a similar theme to Greene’s — a response to fears the federal government would curb gun rights through passage of sweeping measures including a ban on assault weapons, reduced magazine-round capacity and tougher background checks. Jon Griffin, policy associate with the NCSL, said the movement toward pushing these states-rights gun laws appeared to be organic initially. "They’re starting to get a little more uniform now," Griffin said. "At first, they were all over the board." He said he hadn’t done a c...

UTSANDIEGO.COM 11 Hours Ago Gun control: pro, con, or stuck in the middle by Roxana Popescu Gun control. Just try saying those words without provoking a reaction. Like the other social issues preoccupying our nation in this era — immigration, abortion, same-sex marriage — the gun debate cuts deeply into what Americans believe about morality, rights granted by the Constitution, universal human rights, and the responsibilities the individual and society have to one another. As the nation’s leaders in Washington wrangle with firearms policy in the wake of Sandy Hook, a divided America is struggling with questions about accountability and next steps. Some blame the carnage of video games, incapable parenting, the suffocating fog of bullying, depression, mental illness. Others blame guns. San Diego has had more than its share of notorious shootings. In 1979, a teenage girl killed two and wounded nine at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Carlos. When asked why, she offere...

AMMOLAND.COM 10 Hours Ago NJ Cramming 24 Gun Control Bills Down Gun Owner's Throats - Are You Gonna Just Sit There? New Jersey Second Amendment Society New Jersey --(Ammoland.com)- On Wednesday February 13, 2013 the NJ Law and Public Safety Committee will be Hearing the Anti Gun Legislation. NJ ASSEMBLY DOUBLE-WHAMMY: 24 BILLS MOVING NEXT WEEK, FIRST IN COMMITTEE, THEN IN FULL ASSEMBLY VOTE Here is the list of bills on the schedule for Wednesday, February 13: A588 [Spencer, L. Grace/Coutinho, Albert+1], Ammunition, penetrate body armor-proh. A1116 [Fuentes, Angel/Spencer, L. Grace], Handgun sales-estab. 180 day prohibition A1329 [Greenwald, Louis D./Quijano, Annette], Ammunition magazines-reduce to 10 rounds A1387 [Wilson, Gilbert L./Johnson, Gordon M.+11], Weapon free zones-estab. sch., pub. fac. A1613 [Bramnick, Jon M./Johnson, Gordon M.], Ed. Security Task Force-estab. A3510 [Johnson, Gordon M./Vainieri Huttle, Valerie], Firearms permits and id cards-concerns ...

NEWS BUSTERS 1 Hour Ago Bozell Column: Doubling Down on Anti-Gun News by Brent Bozell Everyone can imagine the horror of a madman shooting up an elementary school, especially the horror of losing your six-year-old in the melee. But at some point, the news media’s wallowing in Newtown reminds one of Don Henley’s satirical song “Dirty Laundry,” and how the anchors’ eyes gleam through plane-crash news because “it’s interesting when people die, we love dirty laundry.” The “O” word that defines the media at times like these isn’t “objective.” It’s “opportunistic.” To be sure, the “news” manufacturers aren’t hoping for a school shooting. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t ready to exploit it. Newsweek columnist Anna Quindlen was explicit back in 1999: “"Perhaps it will take one more school shooting to move the majority of Americans into a position more powerful than that of the NRA. Perhaps it will take one more school shooting to move us from people who support gun control to p...

DIRECTORBLUE.BLOGSPOT.COM 11 Hours Ago Safest Big City in America Shatters Democrats' Rationale for Gun Control The murder capital of the United States is Chicago, Illinois. Last year it tallied more than 500 murders despite a virtual ban on guns. Suffice it to say that only law-abiding citizens honor said ban. David "Red Diaper Baby" Axelrod and other Leftists are quick to blame neighboring states for their ills, but fail to note that large cities in those states are infinitely safer than Chicago. And if Axelrod possessed an ounce of intellectual honesty, he'd investigate the safest large city in America. That city, El Paso, has a true "neighbor problem". Chicago, Ill., a city surrounded by the rural midwest, has tight guns laws. El Paso, Texas, has lax gun laws and neighbors one of the most violent cities in the world. Yet, El Paso is the safest big city in the U.S., whereas President Obama cites the murder rate in his hometown as a reason to imple...

AMERICANTHINKER.COM 6 Hours Ago Articles: 'Assault Weapons' Bans Are Just the Beginning by Isaac Martin With Senator Feinstein's gun control bill, another anti-gun deluge has crashed over gun owners. After viewing her weapons ban list, I wonder if another rifle should be added: the Karabiner 98K, or 98K for short. On the surface, this rifle has zero assault weapon attributes. In fact, it's well-suited for hunting, even though the Second Amendment isn't about that. Start with it being a bolt-action -- i.e., the bolt has to be operated for every shot. Hence, after a shot, the shooter operates the bolt, which ejects the empty shell and, upon closing, loads a fresh round for the next shot. It's loaded via a stripper clip which holds 5 rounds. Bolt open, the clip -- not the magazine -- is inserted, and the rounds are pushed into the gun's internal magazine. With the bolt closed, the rifle is loaded and ready to fire. Since it holds only 5 rounds, ...