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    Loughner Had History of Death Threats, Sheriff Advised Against Pressing Charges

    http://www.barking-moonbat.com/index.php/weblog/now_how_did_he_know_that/ The source is marginal, and the claim bold. Still, if there's any credibility to it, it raises a lot of questions about Sheriff Dupnik's handling of a known nutjob. (The story also links to a Reuters article that...
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    First Hog!

    After several months of trying intermittently, I finally managed to score my first hog: Took this one in Rubottom, OK (about 20 miles west of Marietta) about three in the afternoon on Sunday. He was asleep in the mud when I found him. I put a round of .45-70 through his cervical spine and...
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    Protests = Terrorism, says the Pentagon

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526972,00.html Gun nexus: the Second Amendment Rally, among other things.
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    Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

    1) MIAC Report 2) DHS Report on "Right-Wing Extremists" 3) Md. Guard Issues Warning to Staff about Local TEA Party Protestors: I'm starting to see a trend here.
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    Mass Shooting at NY Immigration Center

    4 People Shot, 41 Hostages Taken at Immigration Center in Upstate New York http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512441,00.html Legal topic: with the push (from Mexico and SecState Clinton) to restrict "assault weapons," what effect will this have on their ability to push such laws through...
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    Followup to Blanchard Cop who Shot Poodle: Promotion

    http://reason.com/blog/show/132488.html So...shoot the dog, it's cool. Commit fraud, that's cool. But question the Sheriff about the unethical behavior of his employees, and you'll "damage the good relationship [he] has with the paper" and be threatened with police harassment for your...
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    The Officer Who Posted Too Much on MySpace

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/nyregion/11about.html?_r=3 For the benefit of certain Moderators <ahem>, the gun nexuses are A) the obvious one in the story, and B) the number of posters on this board who have posted with such bravado at some time. We've talked several times about the...
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    Maryland Senate Holds Hearings on SWAT Transparency Bill

    We've discussed the SWAT raid on Berwyn Heights' Mayor Cheye Calvo's home here before. Here's some followup that's actually doing some good: Let's hope something comes of this; greater transparency can only be a good thing for everybody.
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    Chicago Police Super Held in Contempt for Concealing Officers w/ Multiple Complaints

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,505044,00.html Of course, pointing this out probably constitutes "police bashing." After all, it's only an^W 199^W 2500 "isolated incidents."
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    Oklahoma Wins in the Tenth Circuit (Guns in Cars)

    http://www.ck10.uscourts.gov/opinions/07/07-5166.pdf Bottom line (literally): "For the foregoing reasons, we reverse the district court’s grant of a permanent injunction."
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    President's Home in Chicago; Local Residents Searched

    First of all, I know this is a hypothetical, but it could become relevant in the next few years. http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=12044004&ch=4226716&src=news The story reports on President Obama making a "retreat" of his home in Chicago. It goes on to say that...
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    Asset Forfeiture Abuse

    This story comes to us out of Tenaha, TX: At the bottom of the story is a link to a copy of one of the waivers: Gun nexus? Well, just think about being pulled over while in possession of a gun. If the cops can claim that a necklace is a involved in or the proceeds of a criminal action...
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    Second Circuit to Second Amendment: Drop Dead...

    (Title purloined from http://reason.com/blog/show/131610.html)
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    Another Isolated Incident...*Because* He Was a (Legal) Gun Owner

    http://www.explorehoward.com/news/15341/home-raid-leads-complaint/ Another dog dead, and another homeowner terrorized. Are we now to the point that merely owning a gun--legally--is grounds for a no-knock ninja assault? What are the implications to the millions of legitimate gun owners in...
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    Second Amendment Theory/Absolute Interpretation

    All, I just read a truly inspired post on how the Second Amendment ought to be read, and I wanted to share it here. Posting in Legal because it's about legal theory; please feel free to move it if appropriate. I apologize for the length, but I assure you it's well worth the time to read...
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    Judge approves ACLU lawsuit against ATF

    http://www.srpressgazette.com/news/aclu_5047___article.html/atf_judge.html; found at http://reason.com/blog/show/129477.html, where Radley Balko titled it "That'll Teach Her for Thinking We're Thugs"
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    Subversion of Law Reviews on Second Amendnment

    I realize that this is very political in appearance, but it contains some very important information on how the legal system works. The various law reviews are a cornerstone of arguing cases; this article alleges that they may have been subverted to undermine the individual-right interpretation...
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    Colorado Church Shootings--Legal Question

    From Neal Boortz: Interesting point. If true, it would seem to be an easy way to refute the claim that she was a "security guard." (Not to mention pointing out that semi-autos are not the root of all evil.)
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    Study: DV Initiated by Women--Legal Implications?

    http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/42/15/31-a?eaf Without getting into a debate of the merits of Lautenberg, could this help equalize treatment of men and women in DV cases? Right now, the usual presumption is that "he did it to her;" could this be used to help men unjustly...
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    "Another Isolated Incident"

    http://reason.com/blog/show/121716.html One of the comments mentions that the addresses are more than six miles apart, but another says there may be a slight error in the report that puts them very close. Either way, the cops screwed the pooch--again.
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