ROKITA.HOUSE.GOV 2 Hours Ago Rokita Leads House Letter to President: New Gun Control Measures are a ‘Constitutional Non-Starter’ by Todd Rokita January 24, 2013 Contact: Josh Britton Phone: (202) 225-5037 E-mail: Josh.Britton@mail.house.gov (Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita today led 42 House colleagues in sending a letter to President Obama vowing to protect Second Amendment rights from federal overreach, and expressing concern that new gun control measures will not prevent future tragedies similar to last month’s school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. A copy of the letter is below. “My colleagues and I are passionately opposed to any measure that would curb our Second Amendment rights. The gun control proposals the president offered last week are a constitutional non-starter, and in fact, would have had zero impact in preventing the tragedy in Newtown. “The...

RAW STORY 35 Minutes Ago Stephen King: ‘How many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys?’ by Samantha Kimmey By Samantha KimmeyFriday, January 25, 2013 22:08 EST An essay written by Stephen King and available by Kindle download discusses gun violence in America, in response to the most recent mass murders and the current debate on gun control — which some are unsure will lead to a renewed assault weapons ban. In the essay, King claims he does not believe in a “culture of violence” in America. He also believes that gun control will not solve American’s problems but that it can save thousands of lives. The essay begins by detailing King’s view on how mass shootings narratives are all essentially the same and that they always end with a failure to enact any change, as “any bills to change existing gun laws, including those that make it possible for almost anyone in America to purchase a high-capacity assault weapon, quietly disappear into the legislative swamp,”...

SHTFPLAN.COM 3 Hours Ago The Resistance Begins: New York Gun Owners Refuse to Register; “Largest Act of Civil Disobedience in State History” With emotions running high in the aftermath of the Newtown Sandy Hook shooting, politicians on the State and Federal level have begun introducing legislative actions to curtail access to firearms protected by the Second Amendment. In Missouri, parents may soon be forced to register firearms with their child’s school under threat of criminal penalties. In Massachusetts, another proposal would require storage of semi-automatic rifles at government approved storage depots. And, in the State of New York, congressional representatives have already passed legislation that requires registration of every semi-automatic rifle and reduces maximum magazine capacity to 7 rounds of ammunition, and Governor Cuomo has floated the idea of gun confiscation. Now, in what is sure to be a growing trend across the entire country, New York gun owners are organiz...