<!-- Begin FRAME1 Breaking News from The Washington Post White House releases state-by-state breakdown of sequester's effects Sunday, February 24, 2013 8:08:35 PM National News Alert White House releases state-by-state breakdown of sequester's effects The White House on Sunday detailed how deep spending cuts set to begin this week would affect programs in every state and the District, as President Obama launched a last-ditch effort to pressure congressional Republicans to compromise on a way to stop the across-the-board cuts. But while congressional Republicans and Democrats were set to introduce this week dueling legislative proposals to avert the Friday start of the spending cuts, known as the sequester, neither side expected the symbolic measures to get enough support to pass Congress. The 51 fact sheets describe what would happ...

AMERICANTHINKER.COM 11 Hours Ago Articles: Weighing the Gun Control Argument by William Sullivan It is a bit misleading to call our current national discussion about gun control a "debate." Simply put, politicians and the media directing the discussion aren't interested in evidence or conclusions contrary to those that they have a vested interest in disseminating. They are interested merely in silencing any opposition, and they rely on their devoted acolytes to continue empowering them to do so. It's about belief for these acolytes, not proof. Because they believe in the moral imperative, whether or not facts support their beliefs is unimportant. They just blindly accept that what they've been told is true, and they look upon those who believe otherwise as dangerous heretics. Yet in a somewhat intellectually quixotic self-perception, these gun-control zealots declare themselves the rational thinkers on the subject and believe their conclusions infallib...

PAT DOLLARD YOUNG AMERICANS 2 Hours Ago Magpul to Leave Colorado if Gun Control Laws Pass Feb 24, 2013Toro520 Via Magpul Industries – Public Announcement: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAGPUL INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES IT WILL LEAVE COLORADO IF GUN BILL PASSES MOVE WOULD COST STATE 600 JOBS, $85 MILLION Denver, Colorado – February 15th, 2013 – Magpul Industries, an Erie, Colorado, based manufacturer of firearms accessories, announced today that it will be forced to leave the state if House Bill 1224, which would ban standard capacity magazines, becomes law. The announcement was made to Governor Hickenlooper, state legislators, members of the media, and in a full-page advertisement to appear in the Denver Post on Sunday. Richard Fitzpatrick, Founder, President, and CEO of Magpul Industries, said that regardless of any amendments that may be worked into the bill, he will no longer be able to continue to do business in Colorado if his core product is made illegal. “Our company could no...

THEGATEWAYPUNDIT.COM 2 Hours Ago OBAMA to bus people in to protest NRA in Albany… Is This Even Legal? by Jim Hoft The never-ending campaign… The Obama campaign is going to bus people in for a protest in Albany. The campaign put a post up on its website advertising the event. Via Free Republic: ALBANY LOBBYING FOR “NY SAFE ACT” (Day of Action) Governor Cuomo and our legislature passed the “NY SAFE ACT.” It will reduce gun violence in our state. Predictably, it is under attack by the National Rifle Association and allied groups. :::We are joining with the SEIU 1199 to lobby in Albany. This free bus trip will last from 8:00 to 4:30 with breakfast and lunch included. Meet up at 250 S Clinton St. Park in the M Lot at the corner of W Fayette and S Clinton Sts. (Parking in that lot may be validated. No sure yet.) Show your determination to keep our excellent new law!:::You must call this number to get a seat on the free bus. 315-424-1743 Ext 110 Ask for Nekeia:::Also sign up here. ...

NEWS MAX 2 Hours Ago Barbour: Gun Control ‘Not An Answer at All’ by Amy Woods Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour blamed President Barack Obama and the Democrats for the country’s sequestration mess and said the party should come to the table with alternatives. “The Republican House has twice — twice — passed alternatives to the sequestration,” Barbour said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “The Democrats have never taken it up. The president has never dealt with it. Why don’t the Democrats put up an alternative?” Commenting on Vice President Joe Biden’s “Buy a shotgun” missive last week, Barbour said gun control is not the solution to preventing mass murders. “I think what’s more important here . . . everything this man did who murdered these children in an awful, horrific, unbelievably gruesome thing, was already illegal, and that’s why guys like me say, if you make having guns illegal, only criminals will have guns,” he said in reference to the shootings in Newtown, Co...

PAT DOLLARD YOUNG AMERICANS 1 Hour Ago Beretta to Leave Maryland if Gun Control Laws Pass But under an assault-weapons ban that advanced late last week in the Maryland General Assembly, experts say the gun would be illegal in the state where it is produced. Now Beretta is weighing whether the rifle line, and perhaps the company itself, should stay in a place increasingly hostile toward its products. Its iconic 9mm pistol — carried by every U.S. soldier and scores of police departments — would also be banned with its high capacity, 13-bullet magazine. “Why expand in a place where the people who built the gun couldn’t buy it?” said Jeffrey Reh, general counsel for Beretta. Concern that the company will leave, and take its 300 jobs with it, is palpable among state lawmakers who worry it could be collateral damage from Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposed gun-control bill. Among other restrictions, O’Malley’s bill would ban assault rifles, magazines with more than 10 bullets and any ...

RT.COM 6 Hours Ago 'Day of Resistance': Thousands of gun law protesters rally across US February 24, 2013 05:33 Thousands of Second Amendment activists across the US took part in a Day of Resistance against President Obama's gun control measures, calling his plans unconstitutional. Words are not all they’re prepared to use to protect their right to bear arms. People gathered at dozens of cities and towns across the United States, crowds numbering from a hundred to a thousand people. They were carrying American flags and banners with words of harsh criticism against Obama's proposed gun control regulations. "Come and take it!" "Dictators Want You Disarmed," "Honk If You Want to Keep Your 2nd Amendment" and "Don't tread on me" were among the most common slogans. Protesters believe owing a gun is a basic right of every American citizen. "This isn't a Democratic thing, or a Republican thing, or a Tea Party thing, t...

IMPLIEDINFERENCE.WORDPRESS.COM 6 Hours Ago UPDATE: FIFTY-NINE Gun Companies Now Boycotting New York First it was only 6, then 12 more, now it’s FIFTY 6 hours after this posting, 50 became 59. Your move, King Of Albany. Company Website 2A Firearms http://www.2afirearmsdealer.com Twitter: @2A_Firearms 3 Rivers Precision LLC http://www.3riversprecision.com ACE LTD. http://www.riflestocks.com Alex Arms http://www.alexarms.com American Spirit Arms http://www.americanspiritarms.com AmmoClip http://www.ammoclip.com Badger Peak http://www.badgerpeak.com Barrett Rifles http://www.barrett.net Twitter: @BarrettRifles Big Horn Armory http://www.bighornarmory.com Twitter: @BigHornArmory89 Bravo Company USA http://www.bravocompanyusa.com Bullwater Enterprises LLC http://www.aandtfirearms.com Cheaper Than Dirt http://www.cheaperthandirt.com CMMG http://www.cmmginc.com Controlled Chaos Arms http://www.controlledchaosarms.com Dead Bang Guns http://www.deadbangguns.com Delmarva Shoo...