Obama administration has SLASHED budget for domestic bombing prevention by 45 per cent, says former Homeland Security Assistant Secretary $20 million budget under Bush became $11 million under Obama Both administrations neglected domestic bombing prevention, devoting a tiny fraction of the $1 billion earmarked for IED prevention overseas Obama issued a lengthy 'National Policy for Countering Improvised Explosive Devices' in February but a spokesman won't say if it failed By  DAVID MARTOSKO PUBLISHED:  17:02 EST, 16 April 2013  |  UPDATED:  18:02 EST, 16 April 2013 Comments ( 47 ) Share Barack Obama's administration has cut the budget nearly in half for preventing domestic bombings, MailOnline can reveal.  Under President George W. Bush, the Department of Homeland Security had $20 million allocated for preventing the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by terrorists working inside the United States. The current White House has cut that funding down to $11 million.

 YAHOO! NEWS 4 Hours Ago Calif. Dems push wide-ranging gun control bills SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Democrats in the California Senate said Tuesday that they will use their majority to advance seven bills that would tighten the state's already strict gun control laws. One of the bills, which were receiving their initial hearings in a legislative committee, would ban the sale of any semi-automatic rifle that accepts detachable ammunition magazines. Some of the proposals, including a ban on possessing magazines holding more than 10 bullets, would apply to current gun owners as well as those who buy weapons in the future. The legislation comes in the aftermath of the mass shootings in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo. "We simply can't wait until the next tragedy before taking action," Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told the Senate Public Safety Committee. "You have the opportunity ... to make California a leader again" in restricting weapon

 DAILYCALLER.COM 1 Hour Ago Biden, GOP aide: Senate getting very close to 60 votes needed for gun control legislation by  Vince Coglianese Tweet Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Democrats — and a handful of Republicans — are just two votes away from having the 60 votes needed to pass a new round of gun-control legislation. "VP Biden said on his way out that the Senate is just two votes short on the gun bill," Yahoo! News reporter Chris Moody tweeted . "Biden on guns:'Working to get to 60 & it's fluid. I think we're there, but…not unusual for people to make up their minds at…last minute'," Moody wrote. Senate Republicans are watching the whip count closely as well, with one Senate Republican leadership aide telling The Daily Caller that the vote count is "close" and that Biden's claim of 58 is "my sense [too]." "Biden on guns:'Working to get to 60 & it's fluid. I think we'r

 THEBLAZE.COM 1 Hour Ago New Pro-Gun Control PSA Depicts Office Shooter Using a Musket: 'Guns Have Changed, Shouldn't Our Gun Laws?' by  Jason Howerton A new  PSA released by States United to Prevent Gun Violence  criticizes "antiquated gun laws" by depicting a workplace shooting in which the gunman uses a musket to fire on innocent civilians. After getting off just one shot, the gunman is forced to reload the musket before he can fire again. "Guns have changed," the text on the screen reads. "Shouldn't our gun laws?" The group  describes  the video as a "message from States United To Prevent Gun Violence calls for an update to our antiquated gun laws." Watch the video below: The message of the video is clear: Hundreds of years have past since the Founding Fathers declared every American has the right to bear arms, therefore, the Second Amendment is outdated. What the PSA doesn't acknowledge is that criminals do not follow law

 YOUTUBE 8 Hours Ago Freudian Slip? Sen. Reid Calls Bill "Anti-Gun Legislation" 04/16/2013

 REDSTATE 5 Hours Ago Media "Expert" SIUE Prof: 'April Is A Month For Right Wing Extremism' by  Dana Loesch By: Dana Loesch  ( Diary )  | April 16th, 2013 at 02:20 PM |  RESIZE: AAA Shameful. Last night KSDK, the local NBC affiliate in St. Louis, gave platform to  SIUE professor Dr. Morris Taylor  who suggested that Boston is the work of "right win extremism" because April is the month of "Hitler's birthday and Timothy McVeigh." The remark comes at around 1:40: Click the image to watch the video Dr. Morris Taylor , a terrorism expert with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville joined NewsChannel 5 at 10 p.m. to talk about his reaction to the blasts. Hitler was a socialist and McVeigh was an anti-God statist inspired by the  Turner Diaries.  Is this professor ignorant of history? I think KSDK, SIUE, and Taylor owe apologies for impugning half of KSDK's viewership last night.

 BREITBART.COM 4 Hours Ago House Minority Whip Blames Boston Marathon Bombings on Sequester by  Tony Lee by  Tony Lee 16 Apr 2013, 12:23 PM PDT post a comment View Discussion In responding to a question about whether Monday's bombings would force Congress to address the sequester, Hoyer  said , "I think there are multiple reasons for ensuring that we invest in our security -- both domestic and international security." "I think this is another proof of that--if proof is needed, which I don't think frankly it is" Hoyer went on to  say   that the country should not pursue "an irrational, across-the-board policy of cutting the highest priorities and the lowest priorities essentially the same percentage." "I think this is another proof of that--if proof is needed, which I don't think frankly it is," Hoyer said, in reference to the Boston Marathon bombings.  After politicizing the sequester and the Boston Maratho

 NEWS BUSTERS 8 Hours Ago Actor Jay Mohr Politicizes Boston Bombing: '2nd Amendment Must Go' by  Geoffrey Dickens Actor and stand-up comic Jay Mohr used the tragic bombing of the Boston Marathon to attack gun rights. The actor, probably best known for his role as a sleazy sports agent in  Jerry Maguire , used the bombing as an excuse to attack guns, as he demanded: "2nd amendment must go." In later tweets he went on to slam his critics as people with gun "fetishes." The following are just some off Mohr's April 15 tweets: What bothers me most about today is that we're getting used 2 it. ENOUGH. 2nd amendment must go. Violence has 2 stop. Culture MUST change. — Jay Mohr (@jaymohr37)  April 15, 2013 The 2nd Amendment lends itself to the CULTURE of violence we are living in. Stop blowing up my timeline w your gun/porn fetishes. — Jay Mohr (@jaymohr37)  April 15, 2013 The 2nd Amendment lends itself to the CULTURE of violence we are

 WEASELZIPPERS.US 4 Hours Ago Dem Sen. Chris Murphy: Not The Time To Grieve For Boston Terror Victims, Passing Gun Control More Important… Speechless. Via  Washington Examiner : Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said that the families of Sandy Hook are grieving from a tragedy just as Bostonians are, as he called for Congress to focus on passing a gun bill. "We've go to get back to work to make sure we can listen to the American people who still want us . . .  to pass a background check," Murphy said on MSNBC, per a rush transcription,  after saying that there should be an "appropriate time" for grieving over the victims  of the bombing at the Boston Marathon.

 REDSTATE 2 Hours Ago BREAKING: Backdoor Registration? MO Omitted That ATF Made Request by  Dana Loesch By: Dana Loesch  ( Diary )  | April 16th, 2013 at 04:59 PM |  RESIZE: AAA Continuing with developments in the CCW scandal I first told you about weeks ago: MO Sen. Kurt Schaefer explained on my program today that officials in last week's public hearings failed to disclose that the ATF was the federal entity who made the request for the CCW list, alongside the Department of Social Security. The ATF has not explained why they wanted this information, which by Missouri law, is illegal to share. "This request for the list was a joint request between the Department of Social Security and the ATF," explained Missouri State Senator Kurt Schaefer, who has spearheaded the investigation into this breach as head of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The ATF was never mentioned by the heads of the Department of Revenue ( who resigned over this scandal ), or th