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AN AMERICAN WARNING
Because you should know!
January 2007 - Posts
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Did you happen to catch the CBS "reality" show called "Armed and Famous?" If not, you're out of luck, because the network's cancelled the show after four episodes.
Actually, you're not out of luck at all. If you missed the show, consider yourself lucky. I can't believe this junk ever got on television in the first place!
The premise was simple: take a bunch of celebrities, put them through a crash course in law enforcement, deputize them and let ‘em take to the streets.
What a goofy idea. If you want to see what the police go through every day, watch "Cops." But instead of focusing on celebrities playing make-believe, what if the network had decided to broadcast a show that dramatized some of the estimated 1.5 million defensive gun uses every year? Yeah, I know. It'll never happen.
But there is a syndicated show that does just that. It's called "CrimeStrike." Check your local listings for broadcast times, and if it doesn't air in your city, ask one of your local stations to pick it up. We don't mock law enforcement on the show. We just praise the everyday armed citizens who refuse to be victims.
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I think I've figured out why Paul Helmke, the new head of the Brady Campaign, is so determined to go after law-abiding gun owners instead of getting tough on criminals. It all goes back to his time as mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
During the late 1990's, America's violent crime rate dropped to the lowest levels in decades. While this was going on, Right-to-Carry was sweeping the nation. Gun ownership increased for a variety of reasons, including more women taking up shooting sports or getting a gun for self-defense. So if more gun owners meant more gun crime, we would've seen crime rates go up, not down.
But in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the crime rates didn't look as good as national rates. As writer Howard Nemerov points out in his recent column, "Fuzzy Math," during Helmke's last five years in office -from 1995 to 2000-the national drop in violent crime outpaced Fort Wayne's drop in crime by nearly 10 percent. Murder, rape and aggravated assaults ... all of those crimes were worse in Fort Wayne than the national average.
But in the five years after Helmke left office, just the opposite happened. Fort Wayne's crime rate was 11 percent LOWER than the national average.
They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I'm guessing Helmke's been an old dog for a long time. It seems he's never been that good at reducing crime, and he's always going back to the same old trick of blaming honest gun owners for the actions of violent thugs.
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Philadelphia is one of the most violent cities in America. But what the media isn't telling you is that, when it comes to fighting violent crime, Mayor John Street has no street sense.
At a rate of more than one every day, people are being murdered in Philadelphia. Last year, 406 residents of that city were victims of homicide.
And Mayor Street's response?
First, he blamed it on the war in Iraq. Then, he said the rising homicide rate was due to a lack of "love" in the city. Then, Street accused the media of exaggerating the crime problem and blamed his political opponents for speaking out about it.
Street's latest comment is just as bizarre. He brushed off the rising homicide rate by telling the Philadelphia Inquirer, "If we didn't have this uptick in shootings and homicides, we just wouldn't be talking" about it.
Uptick? 406 murders is an "uptick"?
Even one of his fellow Democratic political consultants was befuddled and quoted as saying of Street, "What is bizarre is that he just throws his hands up in the air. I can't figure out what they're doing."
Mayor Street says fighting crime is complicated. He's wrong. It just takes street sense.
Street sense tells you that if you want to get violent crime off the streets, you have to get violent criminals off the streets. Arrest them, prosecute them and lock ‘em up for a long, long time.
That's the only way criminals ever get the message that crime doesn't pay. That's common street sense. The kind of sense that Mayor John Street doesn't have.
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My friend and fellow Second Amendment scholar David Hardy, from the Arms and the Law blog, caught the Brady Campaign in another lie.
This time, it's about what the ATF can do when they're investigating federally licensed firearms dealers. In a story about Brady President Paul Helmke pushing for more gun-control laws, the Philadelphia Inquirer quoted him: "For example, if ATF agents make a surprise visit to a gun shop suspected of breaking the law, they are not allowed to make another surprise visit for 12 months. During that period, the ATF must warn the dealer in advance that they are coming."
Well, Dave Hardy says that's a bunch of bull.
Here's the truth: If the ATF is investigating a crime, they can go and inspect the records from the firearms dealer at any time. There's no once-a-year limit. The law says that those surprise inspections Helmke's talking about are meant for ATF agents to see if the dealer is keeping up with all of the paperwork requirements.
So once again, Helmke's either full of it, doesn't understand the law he's trying to change, or both. No matter what the reason, the Philadelphia Inquirer should know better than to take a gun-grabber at his word.
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Right-to-Carry just went into effect in Kansas, but already it's paying off. When a couple of would-be robbers burst into a Topeka gas station the other night, they were expecting an easy payday. Instead, they got an armed citizen.
Fifty-seven-year-old Michael Mah isn't a Kansas resident. He was visiting from neighboring Oklahoma, which has reciprocity with Kansas. In other words, each state honors the other state's laws about Right-to-Carry.
When Mah found himself in the middle of a robbery, he decided he wasn't gonna be a victim-and neither was the store clerk.
Mah told one of the robbers to drop his gun, but when he didn't, Mah fired. The would-be robber is now in the hospital, and Mah's being hailed as a hero.
Kansas has had Right-to-Carry for less than a month, but armed citizens are already making a difference. As the year goes on, there'll probably be more stories like this. But you'll only hear about them here.
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Philadelphia, the birthplace of liberty, has become a breeding ground of violence and scandal-from the streets of that great city all the way to the office of Mayor John Street.
And what the media won't tell you is that the mayor has allowed a culture of corruption that's getting people killed.
The homicide rate in the City of Brotherly Love has risen to more than one a day-406 people were murdered last year.
Why so much violence? According to Mayor Street, it's Iraq's fault. Street told the Philadelphia Daily News, "I believe the fact that we are a country at war has something to do with the attitude of people in the streets." He went on to explain that the Iraq war is a "contributing factor" in the increase in gun violence and homicides.
But what the Daily News didn't mention in its reporting of the mayor's bizarre comments is that Street himself is surrounded by charges of crooked dealing.
Just last November, Mayor Street's brother was indicted on federal corruption charges. The case was handled by the same FBI and IRS agents who worked city hall corruption cases that have led to more than 20 convictions-including two of the mayor's friends, some of his fundraisers and his city treasurer.
No wonder Mayor John Street has been called America's most corrupt mayor.
Philadelphia residents aren't as stupid as Mayor Street thinks they are. They know corruption and crime in their city has nothing to do with Iraq, but a lot to do with dishonesty condoned by the office of Mayor John Street and the failure of his administration to put criminals in jail.
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After the brutal gun confiscations following Hurricane Katrina, I would think that most gun owners already hold New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin in contempt. But now the National Rifle Association is asking a court to reach that verdict in its legal sense.
We recently filed a motion asking the court to hold Nagin in contempt for failing to comply with a judge's order from last fall. Back in November of 2006, the federal judge overseeing the case gave the city until December 12 to comply with his order for discovery-which means to supply important information whether you want to or not.
Now it's late January 2007, and we still haven't seen the city produce. So on January 31, our attorneys will be back in court asking the judge to hold the New Orleans mayor and the police chief in contempt.
This isn't the first time we've had to do this. Last spring we filed another motion to hold the city in contempt, but the city finally admitted (at the eleventh hour) that they did, in fact, have firearms confiscated from legal gun owners. The mayor and police chief avoided the contempt charge last time, but I'm not sure they'll be so lucky this time around.
When they ordered the confiscation of guns from legal gun owners, I promised you that NRA would seek justice. The fight continues, and I'll keep you posted ... because most media won't.
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Did you know that it's legal to carry a gun in Chicago? Well, it's not legal for you or me, but if you're an alderman-that's Chicago's word for a city council member-it's perfectly all right.
Seems a little hypocritical, doesn't it? I mean, the same people who keep a handgun ban on Chicago's books can not only own a gun, they can carry it in Chicago!
Alderwoman Arenda Troutman is one of the politicians who takes advantage of this law. When the FBI recently raided her apartment as part of their investigation into alleged corruption, they seized her pistol. Her attorney says she legally owns it, and that may be true. He also says Troutman needs the pistol because she "needed protection in the economically depressed area where she lives and serves."
Here are my questions: What about the law-abiding voters who also live in that economically depressed area? Is gun ownership approved for Alderwoman Troutman, but no one else is entitled to protect themselves?
Back in 2004 when her home was burglarized, Troutman demanded law enforcement sit outside her home and keep an eye on it. When asked if she deserved the special treatment, she replied, "Deserve it? Damn right. I should receive the protection I am receiving. I am an elected official. You're darn right."
Hypocrisy like that ... now that's criminal.
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You've gotta be pretty desperate when you put your 11-year-old daughter in front of the cameras to parrot your political propaganda.
That's exactly what happened in Richmond, Virginia, a few days ago. One of the Million Mom muckety-mucks was center stage at a press conference, calling for all kinds of new restrictions on gun shows in the state. That's when she used her daughter to try to convince lawmakers to pass another anti-gun bill.
This 11-year-girl said the law needed to be changed because she's "scared" that bad guys are using gun shows to get their guns.
It's bad enough that this woman's using her child to tug at the heartstrings of legislators, but she's also needlessly scaring her daughter. It's none of my business how people parent, but since Mom probably won't give her daughter a lesson in reality, I'll set her straight.
The truth is that when the Justice Department interviewed felons, less than two percent said they bought their gun at a gun show. More than 80 percent said they got their guns "off the record," through theft or other criminals.
If Mom truly believed her anti-gun laws worked, she'd live in Washington, D.C., and not in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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Baltimore officials have proudly announced a new ad campaign aimed at reducing violent crime. Under a program called "Maryland Exile," TV ads warn criminals of stiff penalties if they get caught with a gun.
But it'll only work if they follow through on that threat. Ads don't stop crime - only prison cells stop crime.
Several years ago, the NRA joined forces with federal prosecutors in Richmond, Virginia to launch "Project Exile" there. Every time a Richmond criminal was caught with a gun, that criminal was arrested and prosecuted under federal law. Within one year, violent crime was cut by 65 percent.
So I can tell you, firsthand, that the program works. But only if every gun criminal is prosecuted every time.
When the Baltimore advertising campaign was announced, Towson University communications professor Richard Valtz expressed doubts about it. "First, criminals don't believe they will be caught," Valtz said. "Second, if caught, they don't believe they will be tried and convicted. Third ... they believe - with good reason - that the criminal justice system will do its best to minimize the penalty."
The professor is right - criminals DON'T believe. And a few commercials on television won't convince them.
Only arrests, prosecutions and federal prisons will make believers out of them. The proof is in the prison cell, and that's the only way to reduce violent crime.
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What do you do when a violent criminal picks you as his target?
Blogger Dr. Helen says the local media in Knoxville, Tennessee, are suggesting you never fight back. Dr. Helen Smith, a forensic psychologist, says these media tips seem designed to make you feel powerless in the face of an attack. Well, I'm not surprised.
It seems like it's a miracle every time the media covers an armed citizen story, and when they do, you just know they're gonna have some quote from a police chief warning people NOT to do what the armed citizen did.
Dr. Helen writes, "Once violence is in front of you, passivity is not always the answer. Remember, the criminal has a script in his mind, too-that is, that you will not fight back. The element of surprise can work just as effectively for law-abiding citizens who are willing to do whatever it takes to save their own lives or that of a loved one."
The fact is, criminologists say there are as many as 2.5 million defensive uses of a firearm every year. When the media tries to convince you there's no need for self defense, you have to wonder if they support the right of self-defense.
On that front, don't expect the media to quote me, or Dr. Helen.
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The next time I'm in Memphis, I want to shake the hand of Willie Hancox. This 84-year-old man, who is confined to a wheelchair, was the target of a robbery. But Willie decided he wasn't going to be a victim.
As an intruder came through a window in Hancox's house, Willie opened fire with his handgun. The intruder was hit twice and is recovering in a local hospital.
Willie is fine, and he says he's tired of crime in his neighborhood. His neighbors feel the same way. Markel Dickerson said, "He did the right thing... Law abiding people are getting tired of being pushed around by the thugs and thieves and dope dealers."
Not too long before the robbery happened, Willie's sons tried to tell him that he didn't need a gun in the home. As you could have guessed, they've changed their minds. Good for them. Can you imagine what might have happened if this criminal came in and found Willie defenseless in a wheelchair?
Disabled doesn't mean defenseless, and Willie Hancox is living proof of that.
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Recently I quoted the president of the anti-gun Brady Campaign, Paul Helmke, when he was being all "warm and fuzzy" about gun ownership. He said he didn't want to do anything to make life harder for hunters, collectors or people who want to own a firearm for personal defense.
Helmke's comments were a bunch of bull, but if you had any doubt, listen to this.
One of the Brady Campaign's leaders in California is calling for fewer gun shows. Carol Johnson of Richmond, California, is upset because there are five gun shows scheduled at the Solano County Fairgrounds this year. She wants a limit.
So how many gun shows are too much for the Brady Campaign? Four? Three?
We all know the answer. One gun show is too many for these anti-gunners. Don't be fooled when their leaders try to tell you anything different.
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Philadelphia Mayor John Street talks tough when he pushes anti-gun laws, but when it comes to enforcing laws, he doesn't put his money where his mouth is.
Philadelphia just set another record for the number of murders in 2006. Last year in the City of Brotherly Love, there were 406 murders, the most in almost a decade.
Yet instead of calling for increased enforcement and prosecution, Mayor Street is pushing a budget that'll take a dozen prosecutors off the job!
Back in September, Mayor Street was more than happy to join New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg in demanding still more new gun bans for the state of Pennsylvania.
But now he wants to fire the prosecutors whose job it is to put killers behind bars!
As Philly's District Attorney Lynne Abraham said, "Our homicide rate, our shooting rate and our robbery rate are up again, and he wants to cut my budget."
In other words, Street wants more laws, but less law enforcement!
He wants to blame your rights for crime while giving the real criminals a pass.
And while armed killers roam the streets with impunity, Mayor Street wants to take away your ability to defend yourself.
It's true: Back in 2005, after Philadelphia had set yet another record for murder, Mayor Street's response was to blame law-abiding Right-to-Carry permit holders.
Instead of asking why the arrest rate for murder was falling through the floor, Street announced that the city would start to delay issuing permits.
So if you go to Philly any time soon, watch your step and watch your back. Because when it comes to stemming that city's skyrocketing murder rate, the mayor is all talk... but no action.
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The New York Times won't be covering this story, but yet another big-city mayor has left New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's anti-gun group.
Jared Fuhriman, the mayor of Idaho Falls, has walked away from the coalition of mayors. He told a local newspaper that he was originally told that Bloomberg's coalition was only going after "illegal guns." But after doing his own research he said, "I could see there was a conflict with the NRA and with some of the beliefs we have here in Idaho."
Bloomberg won't be sending out any press releases, of course, but it's important to point out when mayors dump Bloomberg's anti-gun group because they've been told the same lie Bloomberg's telling the public. This isn't about going after criminals with guns. This is about criminalizing gun ownership.
Mayor Fuhriman, a former police officer, did the right thing after his constituents helped him see the truth about Bloomberg's group. If your mayor's a part of this same group, you should help them see the light as well. Let your mayor know what's really going on with Bloomberg, and ask why they want to be a part of this anti-gun agenda.
I'm proud of Mayor Fuhriman, and the folks in Idaho Falls should be proud of him as well. Thanks for doing the right thing, Mr. Mayor.
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Matt Lauer of the "Today" show recently celebrated 10 years on the air, and the Media Research Center noticed that Lauer's been biased against guns, time after time.
I've been on the receiving end of some of Lauer's biased questions over the years, and he hasn't really changed. But Lauer's not the only anti-firearm journalist. In fact, I go into almost every interview knowing I'm dealing with someone who really opposes gun ownership.
So why do I bother to do interviews? For two reasons.
First, I have to try to get NRA's message out to as many people as possible, even if it means putting up with a reporter who's never touched a gun in his or her life. And secondly, I think it's important for Americans to see how biased the anti-firearm media can be, and there's no better way to expose them than to let these reporters come after me.
So I'll keep meeting people like Matt Lauer face to face, in the hopes that every time I do it, more people realize that we're right, the media's wrong, and it's time to take a stand.
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They held another one of those "gun buybacks" recently on Long Island, and I couldn't believe what I read in the local paper. The local police offered one to three hundred bucks for every firearm that was turned in. How did they decide how much? The police officer running the program said, "The greater chance the weapon is used for criminal acts, the more we paid."
How do they predict what particular firearm might be used for a criminal act? Especially when criminals don't stand in line for "gun buyback" programs?
At a recent "buyback" in Florida, more than 800 guns were collected. None had been used in a crime, according to police. Guns that are typically turned in come from people like the 89-year-old grandmother in New York, who turned in two pistols her late husband brought home from World War II. Are we really worried that this 89-year-old is going to turn to a life of crime? And does turning those family heirlooms into scrap metal-at taxpayer expense-really make the people on Long Island any safer? I don't think so.
These programs don't do anything to reduce crime, but they do a good job of spending your money to demonize guns. That's why anti-gun politicians will keep pushing these programs on us, even though they don't make you or me one bit safer.
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A few days ago, I told you that the NRA was going to continue to push for Castle Doctrine laws across this country. Now that state legislatures are starting their 2007 sessions, I'm glad to see these Castle Doctrine bills are getting filed.
In Missouri, Montana, Texas and other states, lawmakers are already taking up the Castle Doctrine, and for good reason. No one should be forced to turn their back on an attacking criminal, and no one should worry about being sued by the bad guy when they successfully defend themselves.
Montana's Castle Doctrine bill also contains a provision stating that if companies forbid employees from legally and lawfully carrying a firearm, and an employee is a victim of a crime, then the employee can sue his or her employer for failing to protect him (or refusing to allow him to protect himself).
Every state in the Union should have the Castle Doctrine. We got it passed in 15 states last year, and we're going to work hard to make 2007 just as successful. No one should be forced to become a victim because the law says they have to retreat from threat. You have a right to self-defense, and NRA's going to protect that right.
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I love a good Armed Citizen story, especially when an innocent person is alive today because of his or her Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
From what's been reported, that's the case with Dixie Oxendine, who is a newspaper delivery driver in North Carolina. She'd been dealing with an ex-boyfriend who had threatened to kill her.
Dixie decided she needed self-protection and needed it now. She planned to apply for a protective order, but that takes time. So she also went out and bought a gun. It's a decision that saved her life.
Earlier this year, Dixie's ex-boyfriend tried to run her off the road as she was delivering papers. She was able to get away. But on Christmas Day he tried again, blocking the road with his truck and stopping Dixie in her tracks with no escape. When he approached her with a rifle, Dixie defended herself.
I guess the anti-gunners in this country would prefer that Dixie be dead today. They'd rather call for a ban on rifles like the one Dixie's attacker carried. They'd prefer that Dixie be another victim of "gun violence" instead of an Armed Citizen. And they'd use Dixie's murder to call for more laws against inanimate objects instead of the violent criminals who prey on the innocent.
Dixie decided that owning a gun was the right decision for her. North Carolina law wasn't going to stop her attacker, and neither was a protective order. The only piece of paper that can stop a criminal is the Bill of Rights, and the Second Amendment to the Constitution- and our Founding Fathers knew that.
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Nancy Pelosi isn't just anti-gun. She's also an anti-speech Speaker. Mark Tapscott of the Washington Examiner recently reported on a bill that Pelosi hopes to push through Congress. It's called the "Honest Leadership and Open Government Act." But if we had truth-in-labeling laws for lawmakers, this bill would be called the "First Amendment Extermination Act."
Under this bill, grassroots organizations that let you know what's going on in Congress would be required to register-that's right, register-with the government. Even worse, according to Tapscott:
"All informational and educational materials produced by such groups would have to be registered and reported on a quarterly basis. Failure to report would result in severe civil penalties (likely followed soon by criminal penalties as well)."
Why on earth does the government think it has the authority to register grassroots lobbying groups, and why do they think they're entitled to require these groups to turn over "informational and educational material?" Nancy Pelosi might know what the First Amendment says, but she obviously has little respect for it. Just like the Second Amendment. I'm beginning to wonder if there's anything in the Bill of Rights that she agrees with.
You can bet this is just the first step for Pelosi. As gun owners, we know the drill. First comes registration, then comes confiscation. If Pelosi gets her way, it won't be long before Congress is deciding whether what you have to say can ever be said without their review and approval.
Well, I believe in the First Amendment, and I'm going to keep speaking loud enough for you to hear me. If Nancy Pelosi doesn't want to listen, that's her choice. But she can't shut me up, and she can't shut NRA down.
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The district attorney in Memphis, Tennessee, says he wants to reduce crime, and it looks like he's going about it the right way. Rather than pass laws that affect only law-abiding gun owners, D.A. Bill Gibbons says he's going after the people who break the law.
Funny how guys like Gibbons never make the news. Instead of a "one gun a month" law, or a ban on guns, Gibbons wants to increase the sentences for convicted violent felons who are caught with a gun, as well as those who use a gun in the commission of a crime.
Gibbons said, "Once someone makes the conscious decision to engage in a violent crime, to hold someone up at gunpoint, then the most important thing we need to do is hold that person accountable."
If Gibbons' actions match his words, then I'm 100 percent behind him. There are too many politicians in this country who think that gun control is the way to reduce criminal activity. All you have to do is take a look at our nation's capitol to know that's not the case.
So go get the bad guys, Mr. Gibbons, and leave the law-abiding of Memphis out of your plans. And if the media won't report the results, we will.
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If you're a football fan, as well as a gunowner, you may get a kick out of what happened to Mayor Ray Nagin before the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The media didn't air it, but my source in the Superdome that night confirms it.
During all the pre-game hoopla, a few dignitaries were introduced. The Presidents of both LSU and Notre Dame received the typical mild round of applause.
Then Ray Nagin was introduced to his hometown crowd. And they booed. Loudly. To quote my source, who was in the stadium, "It was a long, lusty boo."
This is the mayor who fled New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Abandoned his constituents to spend his time sending out press releases from Baton Rouge.
This is the same Ray Nagin who called for confiscation of lawfully owned firearms, jeopardizing the lives of innocent victims who were trapped in his crippled city and easy prey for violent gangs and looters.
The same Ray Nagin who had previously tried to run America's firearms manufacturers out of business through frivolous lawsuits.
I'm glad the Sugar Bowl returned home to New Orleans this year, another indication of the remarkable comeback that city is making.
And, frankly, I was glad to hear there was no sugar there for Ray Nagin, even if the media didn't report it.
His constituents remember how he abandoned them and left them defenseless. They showed it at the Sugar Bowl. And that's what they didn't tell you today.
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If you've ever wondered just how anti-gun the United Nations is, all you have to do is take a look at a recent UN press release on the out-of-control homicide rate in Columbia.
The United Nations points out that there are strict gun-control laws in place, but that criminal gangs have no problem getting their hands on whatever they want. Of course, if you're a law-abiding citizen who wants a firearm for personal defense, you're outta luck.
So the UN admits that Columbia's gun control hasn't done anything to make people safer. But what's their answer? More gun control in countries like the United States! They really believe that by taking your guns away, people in other countries will be better off.
That's not their only suggestion. They also want - this is the truth - to somehow convince the armed criminal gangs to turn their guns into guitars!
Don't be surprised if they announce a plan to convince Iran to turn their nukes into sousaphones next week. It would be funny if it weren't so sad. But the truth is, the United Nations really believes in programs like this, as long as they achieve their ultimate goal of taking away your guns.
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Can you believe it? The anti-gunners are still trying to defend New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and his straw purchase scheme! Even worse, they're trying to say that it's Bloomberg who wants to get tough on criminals and it's the NRA who wants to go easy on them. And it's all because I asked you to call ATF and ask them to investigate Bloomberg and his straw purchases.
Let's look at the situation. Bloomberg says that dealers broke the law, yet he wants to sue them in civil court. If they accept his deal, they walk away able to sell guns without paying a fine. I'm saying turn the evidence over to real law enforcement officers, let them investigate to determine who's innocent and who's guilty- including Bloomberg's guys.
So if you want to go after people who break the law, call ATF's Illegal Gun Hotline at 1-800-ATF-GUNS (that's 1-800-283-4867) and tell them that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is hiring private investigators to commit straw purchases in several states, and you want them to investigate. Ask them if Bloomberg has turned over his videotaped "evidence" to ATF and, if not, has the ATF subpoenaed the evidence?
This isn't about going after someone who's targeting illegal guns. This is about the law applying to everyone. When Mayor Nagin ordered legally owned guns confiscated in New Orleans, we put a stop to it. He wasn't above the law, and a judge told him so. Mayor Bloomberg isn't above the law either, and together we can remind him of that fact.
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