July, 2010
SOME states continue to "Get the Message,"  -- 
like ARIZONA with it's new "NO CCW REQUIRED" law [!!] starting late this summer,  AND
IOWA's new "SHALL ISSUE" becoming effective on 1/1/11 [!!] 

Yeah Active Citizens & Thanks for keeping the Rock-of-Freedom rolling . . . . Yet, DC & Chicago continue to violate the spirit of the Heller/McDonald decisions . . . .

Mayor Daley, one of the nation's most vocal gun control advocates, said the city will not  roll over  if the Supreme Court rules against the city's gun ban. 
Just like DC . . . More lawsuits merely waste people's money . . . .

 
Chicago Tribune,                                                                         June 16, 2010, 

    Mayor Daley eyes options if city's handgun ban is overturned

As Chicago awaits a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this month that could overturn its 28-year-old handgun ban, City Hall is considering a host of counter-measures that might set off another round of legal fights with gun advocates.

In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Daley acknowledged an uphill battle against the gun industry, which he described as the most powerful lobby in the United States. 

Even so, he vowed that in the event residents are allowed to have handguns at home, the city would take steps to ensure that officials can account for the weapons . . . [ of law-abiding tax-paying citizens but NOT for criminals !].

The mayor said his primary goal would be to protect police officers, paramedics and emergency workers from being shot [ by law-abiding tax-paying citizens but NOT by  criminals ?  ] when responding to an incident at a home .

He said he also wants to save taxpayers from the financial cost of lawsuits if police shoot someone in the house because the officer felt threatened
[ by a law-abiding tax-paying citizen but NOT by criminals !].

"If the ban is overturned, we will see a lot of common-sense
[ barriers for law-abiding tax-paying citizens but NOT for criminals who purchase out of the trunk of a car !]  approaches in the city aimed at protecting first responders," Daley said.

"We have to have some type of registry [ so we can later CRIMINALIZE law-abiding tax-paying citizens but NOT  criminals when the  Good Guys forget to RE-Register a firearm !].

If a first responder goes to an apartment, they need to know if that individual has a gun -- [ ESPECIALLY if they are law-abiding tax-paying citizens but don't worry about the criminals !]." 

The city is looking closely at models adopted in Washington, D.C., [ so that Chicago can ALSO make all the wrong moves  & get the new regs overturned and Waste  MORE  Taxpayers' money ] after the Supreme Court struck down its handgun ban two years ago and in California, which has some of the most comprehensive
[ restrictive UN-Constitutional ] gun laws in the nation . . . .
   http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/06/daley-eyes-options-if-citys-handgun-ban-is-overturned.html


                                                                                      June 2010
The feds are getting worried . . .

            The fed Push-Back to the citizens' Push-Back has begun . . . and The feds are worried.   Their Push-Back to the  9th  &  10th Amendments starts here:   They consider States'  growing gun-rights  movement to be a threat to their  kingly  Powers.
 
            The federal government is arguing in a gun-rights case pending in federal court in Montana that  state plans to exempt it's in-state guns  from various federal requirements themselves make the laws void,  because the growing movement certainly would impact  "interstate commerce."

See More

Feds: States' growing gun-rights movement a threat     www.WND.com
 


                                                                                       March 2010
                      MORE  REBELLION  IN  AMERICA

                               5th State Exempts Guns. 
                         ( In all, 20 states have legislation Pending.)

                               Is Washington Noticing? 

'I think they're going to let it ride,
hoping some judge throws out case'         

By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily 

A fifth state – South Dakota – has decided that guns made, sold and used within its borders no longer are subject to ...the whims of the federal government through its rule-making arm in the BATFE. 

[Aren't we all tired of a central govt carelessly violating & trampling States' Rights for decades ? ] 

South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds has signed into law his state's version of a . . . "Firearms Freedom" . . . Act that first was launched in Montana. 
S.D.  joins Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming. 
Wyoming and New Hampshire have criminal penalties – including both fines and jail time – for federal agents attempting to enforce a federal law on a "personal firearm." 
The N.H.  law is set to take effect on July 1, 2010 if signed into law.    http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=128035

3/10/10                                                     Sign constructed in Colorado Springs  HOMELESS  camp                                     (So, keep yer powder dry, just in case...)                                                                                                            2/18/10                                   A  Case  for  Concealed  Carry Two customers displaying holstered pistols deterred an armed robbery in a Kennesaw, Georgia  Wafflehouse recently.  http://www.examiner.com/x-5619-Atlanta-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m2d18-Open-carry-deters-armed-robbery-in-Kennesaw                                                                                                             2/14/10                                     WHY did this young couple               allow this trajedy to happen to themselves ?                      "The great object is, that every man be armed."                                                                        ~ ~ Patrick Henry Why not every woman also be armed ??  Florida is a "SHALL ISSUE" Concealed Carry state -- since 1987 The Florida girl in the followng story was stalked for  TWO years !!                             THIS  DID  NOT  HAVE  TO  HAPPEN !!                         http://www.news8.net/news/stories/0210/705308.html                             California Police Chiefs Association                          Calls for Firearms Microstamping Study                                                                                                                      1/13/2010 NEWTOWN, Conn. -- In a recent letter to California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, the California Police Chiefs Association (CPCA) expressed concern over the "hasty implementation" of firearms microstamping in California and called for further in-depth study of the technology before it is implemented by law in California.                                                                                                                      1/13/2010NEWTOWN, Conn. -- In a recent letter to California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, the California Police Chiefs Association (CPCA) expressed concern over the "hasty implementation" of firearms microstamping in California and called for further in-depth study of the technology before it is implemented by law in California.  In the letter, CPCA Acting President Susan E. Manheimer wrote, "There are too many unanswered questions with microstamping in its current iteration" and raised concerns that "statements about the capabilities of microstamping may have been technologically premature." In 2007, CPCA supported legislation (AB 1471) to require firearms microstamping in California.     Firearms microstamping is the process by which firearms manufacturers would have to micro laser-engrave a gun's make, model and serial number on two distinct parts of each gun, including the firing pin, so that in theory the information would be imprinted on the cartridge casing when the pistol is fired. Legislation mandating microstamping in California was signed into law in 2007 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) and was slated to take effect this New Year's Day (2010); however, since the technology remains encumbered by patents it cannot be certified by the California Department of Justice and therefore has not been implemented.  The letter continues, "We support further research of microstamping in light of the new information that has surfaced since California passage of the legislation.Publicly available, peer-reviewed studies conducted by independent research organizations conclude that the technology does not function reliably and that criminals can remove the markings easily in mere seconds. We believe that these findings require examination prior to implementation."  The CPCA also expressed concerns over implementing the technology during a very difficult budget environment and the negative impact on law enforcement budgets which are already under significant pressure.

December 2009 NCIS Background Check Stats                                                                                                                 1/13/2010 Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,407,155 checks in Dec. 2009, ranking the month in the  top five for most NICS checks of all time. This figure, while being a 7.6 percent decrease from the 1,523,426 checks conducted in Dec. 2008 -- the beginning stage of an ongoing surge in firearms and ammunition sales -- is an increase of 14.4 percent over checks in December 2007. Year-to-date background checks for 2009 total 14,033,824, an increase of 10.4 % over the same time period last year. The total number of background checks reported since the beginning of NICS is 110,017,832.

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        Time to relax India's gun control laws, to fight militants?

Should India ease up on its tight gun control laws to arm citizens so that they can put up a fight next time they are attacked in their hotels, train stations and even a hospital as it happened in Mumbai (Bombay) last month?       Read About It: Reuters (India)   Posted: 12/12/2008

SOUL SEARCH:
A "Bombay" reaction plan is on the books for DC.
YET, so many  "elite"  eggheads continue to press for the disarming of the law abiding !
Should residents be at the mercy of terrorists like people in Baghdad & Bombay ?
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