The NRA Files Legal Brief in Second Amendment Challenge to San Francisco Gun Control Laws… Friday, May 25 2012 

Circuit Courts and Government and Gun Rights and Guns and Politics and Second Amendment , , 1IDVET 09:34

More good news on the 2A front. It looks like the case in San Franfreako is starting to head in the right direction.
California gun owners need a win at this level so that other cases can move forward and maybe, just maybe some of the draconian anti-gun laws can get overturned here.

Here’s hoping for the best!

California: The NRA Files Legal Brief in Second Amendment Challenge to San Francisco Gun Control Laws

On May 17, 2012, attorneys for the National Rifle Association, the San Francisco Veteran Police Officers Association, and several San Francisco gun owners filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings in their legal challenge to San Francisco’s “locked-storage” law, as well as the City’s prohibition on the sale of “hollow-point” ammunition and all ammunition that does not “serve a sporting purpose.”

The lawsuit, Jackson v. City and County of San Francisco, was filed as a test case in May of 2009, before the McDonald v. Chicago decision in 2010, and in the wake of the 9th Circuit’s May 2, 2011 confirmation in Nordyke v. King that the Second Amendment is “incorporated”, i.e., that it protects against infringements by state and local governments.

The motion [available here] asserts that the City has not raised a viable defense, and asks the Court to issue an injunction preventing enforcement and to declare the ordinances unconstitutional. At minimum, the motion will serve to narrow the issues, and to prevent the City from misdirecting the litigation with irrelevant distractions.

The Jackson case was strategically designed to, potentially, be the first case to address the “standard of review” applicable to Second Amendment challenges. The case is legally “cleaner” than many of the Second Amendment cases currently being litigated, as it does not raise issues about public carry, “sensitive places” where a firearm may or may not be possessed, or other issues that might make it easier for a court to water down Second Amendment protections.

via NRA-ILA | California: The NRA Files Legal Brief in Second Amendment Challenge to San Francisco Gun Control Laws.

 

Senator Tester Blocks U.N. Arms Trade Treaty… Friday, May 25 2012 

Politics and Second Amendment and Guns and Gun Rights and United Nations , , , 1IDVET 08:17

Here’s some great news on the Second Amendment front. Senator John Tester was successful in blocking government funding from being used to help the UN advance its Arms Trade Treaty.

This comes from Ammoland.com:

Tester Leads Senate in Blocking U.N. Arms Treaty

U.S. SENATE –(Ammoland.com)- Standing up for Montanans’ Second Amendment rights, Senator Jon Tester today successfully blocked government funding from being used to advance the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.

Tester’s bipartisan amendment, which unanimously passed the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, prevents spending to advocate for or agree to any treaty provision that would that would restrict Americans’ gun rights.

“Firearms possession is guaranteed by the Second Amendment and cannot be surrendered to an international treaty,” said Tester, chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus and a lifelong champion of gun rights. “As a staunch defender of the U.S. Constitution, I won’t let any treaty impede our Constitutional rights and infringe on our way of life.”

via Tester Leads Senate in Blocking U.N. Arms Treaty.

 

Soldier Gets His Guns… Tuesday, May 22 2012 

Axis of Idiots and Guns and Police Officer/Sheriff and Police State and Politics and Second Amendment and US Army and Veterans , , , 1IDVET 07:57

Here’s some good news out of the D.C. shithole. I posted about this earlier. Too bad it took some high powered lawyers, some Senators and the publicity that it received for this to happen. When the D.C. charges were dismissed, this man’s property should have been returned to him within the week. It’s this type of criminality from government officials that needs to be exposed, and pounced on at every occurrence.

MILLER: Soldier gets his guns

Congress needs to reform District’s property seizure laws

The active duty soldier who had his guns confiscated by the District of Columbia two years ago will have his property returned by Memorial Day. It took the help of a high-powered lawyer, two U.S. Senators, a member of Congress and national publicity to force the obstinate District to show some respect for the Constitution. It should never happen again.

On Friday, D.C. property clerk Derek Gray determined the city would finally return 1st Lt. Augustine Kim’s “dangerous articles” because the Army national guardsman fulfilled the plea agreement arranged with the U.S. attorney’s office a year earlier. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) arrested Lt. Kim on four felony charges of carrying firearms in the District after he was pulled over with the items securely stored in his trunk, as is allowed under federal law.

Lt. Kim pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of possessing an unregistered gun, and that charge was dismissed in May 2011. Since then, Lt. Kim’s lawyer, Richard Gadiner, had failed to get the attention of Mr. Gray, who refused to respond to his repeated requests for a hearing.

via MILLER: Soldier gets his guns – Washington Times.

 

Injured Vet’s Guns Stolen by D.C. … Wednesday, May 16 2012 

Gun Rights and Guns and Police Officer/Sheriff and Police State and Second Amendment , , , , , 1IDVET 10:20

This is criminal behavior by a government entity that thinks it is itself above the law. Mr. Kim should attempt to sue the the police department and the district attorney for theft of personal property and violating his civil rights.

Keep the pressure up on these lawless fucks, or you will lose all your rights.

The one and only thing you should ever say to a cop is “I want a lawyer.” Anything else is suicide.

If you are asked if they can search your car, say no. If they ask why, say no. They have to have probable cause to search your vehicle. If they had it, they wouldn’t ask.

Don’t fuck yourself over. LAWYER UP!

MILLER: Injured vet’s guns stolen by D.C.

By Emily Miller

After being injured on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, Lt. Augustine Kim spent the night in a D.C. jail for possessing unregistered guns.

Mr. Kim was transporting his firearms from his parents’ house in New Jersey to South Carolina when he stopped at Walter Reed in Washington for a medical appointment in the summer of 2010.

After being pulled over, handcuffed, arrested, thrown in jail overnight, his guns were confiscated by the city.

In the end, the platoon leader felt forced to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge, which was later dismissed, but the District still refuses to return to him $10,000 worth of firearms and parts. The national guardsman will deploy to Kosovo this summer. The city should return his property before he leaves to serve our nation overseas for the third time.

via MILLER: Injured vet’s guns stolen by D.C. – Washington Times.

 

Trigger the Vote… Thursday, May 10 2012 

Gun Rights and Guns and Humor and Politics and Second Amendment , , , 1IDVET 10:44

Excellent video of everyone’s favorite drill instructor.
He’s mellowed out a bit in his old age…

 

Veteran Shoots Intruder with Gun Carried During Korean War… Wednesday, May 9 2012 

Gun Rights and Guns and Military and Righteous Shoot and Second Amendment and Veterans , , , , , , 1IDVET 06:37

I love it when a scumbag gets shot by one of the good guys. Especially when he’s being a scumbag. If more people were armed and allowed to carry their firearms, as the Constitution intended, then there would be a hell of a lot less victims across the board.

Fight for your rights! It may save your life.

Veteran shoots intruder with gun carried during Korean War

ELIZABETH, Pa. – Police say an 84-year-old western Pennsylvania man wounded a home invasion suspect with the gun he carried in the Korean War.

Elizabeth Township police say 25-year-old Raymond Hiles was captured not long after trying to break into Fred Ricciutti’s home early Tuesday morning.

Ricciutti tells WPXI-TV he heard Hiles break a window and then confronted him, firing a single shot that grazed Hiles’ neck.

Investigators say Hiles was arrested a few blocks away, carrying a screwdriver and a stun gun. He’s being held on $100,000 bail on charges including criminal trespass and burglary.

via Veteran shoots intruder with gun carried during Korean War | Fox News.

 

The Trayvon Martin Case, Update 4: Geography and Narrative Analysis Friday, Apr 27 2012 

Guns and Second Amendment , , , , 1IDVET 16:04

Reblogged from Stately McDaniel Manor:

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The first three updates In the Martin case have focused on background information relating to the criminal justice system.  That information may be found in the SMM Trayvon Martin Case Archive.  I’ll begin this article with a map of the area where events occurred, and explain the issues relating to self defense, including how the police tend to view it.  I’ll refer back to the map as the article progresses.

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Update 4 from Mike McDaniel. I particularly liked this:
The fundamental question in the Martin case is whether George Zimmerman legitimately employed self-defense and whether the force he used in so doing was reasonable and thereby lawful.  The tool Zimmerman employed matters not.  If Zimmerman was justified in the use of force, or whether he was not, the instrument he used—knife, screwdriver, hammer, motor vehicle, baseball bat, or even a rock—is simply not the issue.  However, if Zimmerman was justified in using deadly force, his legally carried handgun did precisely what it was designed to do, precisely what we expect such weapons to do: it saved his life and stopped a potentially deadly crime.  The gun control argument must always ignore the undeniable utility and value of firearms to the individual, particularly those who are not young or strong.

 

Georgia Grandmother Gets Into Shootout and Wins… Wednesday, Apr 25 2012 

Gun Rights and Guns and Righteous Shoot and Second Amendment , , 1IDVET 05:41

And in the right to bear arms category that pisses Brady morons off to no end, we have this gem.

In the righteous shooting department, we have grandma kicking some ass on, not one, but two assholes that tried to rob her and shoot her.

Granny was a better shot.

Georgia Grandmother Foils Robbery By Getting Into Shootout With Suspects

MACON, Ga. (CBS Atlanta/AP) – Authorities in Georgia say a grandmother foiled a robbery attempt by two armed men by getting into a shootout with them, injuring one man.

Police told The Telegraph that Lulu Campbell just dropped off her grandson at her daughter’s house early Saturday morning when someone demanded money outside her car, threatening to shoot her.

“(The suspect) shouted, ‘Give me the (blanking) money and open the (blanking) door!’” Campbell told The Telegraph, describing her ordeal. “I said, ‘Oh my God, somebody is going to rob me.’ I said, ‘Baby, you’re going to kill me anyway, so I don’t have to open it!’”

Campbell says the man fired at her, missing. The 57-year-old fired back, striking him in the chest. Her truck sustained eight bullet holes in the hood, one in the grill. Both front side windows were destroyed. The second man fled after she shot at him.

via Georgia Grandmother Foils Robbery By Getting Into Shootout With Suspects « CBS Atlanta.

 

Smacking Down the Brady Morons… Monday, Mar 12 2012 

Axis of Idiots and Gun Rights and Guns and Politics and Second Amendment and Truth , , , , , , , , , , , 1IDVET 12:49

Excellent article over at WND that refutes the liberal morons at Brady and their stupid campaign to ensure that criminals are armed and the law abiding citizens aren’t.

Just remember, the average response time for the police from 911 calls is 23 minutes when seconds count.

Screw Brady, screw the Democrat assholes that want to take away my rights, and make me subservient to them. Not gonna happen.

How does your state rate on 2nd Amendment?

(Excerpt, A.K.A. the money quote).

The Brady Center released this latest scorecard with much hoopla and heavy breathing, but their own data clearly shows that there is no correlation between gun control and criminal violence. Crime statistics vary widely – from high to virtually non-existent among the 40 or so states Brady ranks as “poor,” while several of the Brady’s highest ranked states have some of the highest rates of violent crime.

As a matter of fact, a full 25 percent of all violent crime in the U.S. occurs in the Brady’s top four states with the most severe firearms restrictions. Of course the Brady bunch and its political allies argue that the tight restrictions are a response to the high crime, but most of the restrictions have been in place for years, if not decades, and they have proven to be completely ineffective at reducing criminal violence.

via How does your state rate on 2nd Amendment?

H/T Cmblake6

 

City Life and Freedom… Tuesday, Mar 6 2012 

Gun Rights and Guns and Politics and Second Amendment , 1IDVET 05:24

Pretty good comparison of the city dweller with someone that is more rural in regards to how they think of guns. Explains a lot.

He’s right in that we as gun supporters have to hit the middle of the target, not go for the head shot every time. Aim small, miss small. Aim big, hit big…

I am a Slave, No One Told Me?.

By Kenn Blanchard

Upper Marlboro, MD --(Ammoland.com)- People that live in the cities, often do not realize what freedoms they have lost or have given up by choice to live in close proximity to others.

I have sat and listened to groups of rural Americans complain about the same things that urban Americans applaud. It is an argument for freedom that is not understood by the casual observer. If you are involved in the gun rights movement and have ever wondered what you have missed living in and urban setting, here are a few observations.

If you are reading this you are probably more comfortable with people that support the right to keep and bear arms without restriction, versus those that think that all firearms should be banned.

The majority of the country however is somewhere in the middle. The Middle has people that say only certain types of people should be armed or certain types of firearms should be available. It also has those that don’t have an opinion, or that are still deciding which way to lean. It is this middle group that the gun rights evangelists should focus our pro freedom messages on.

Just like at the range, the middle is a much larger target than either end of the scale and is fairly quiet in comparison to the anti-rights crowd. But what about the big urban populations you ask? Surely they want freedom too?

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