Bloomberg Buys Illinois Congressional Seat

The South Side of Chicago has long been a hotbed of political intrigue and corruption, but soon overwhelmingly Democrat residents of the South Side and the southern suburbs will be able to bask in the warm, fuzzy glow of knowing that their Representative to Congress was purchased by a New York, former Republican, Independent. Earlier this week, Robin Kelly, a former treasurer and state legislator, won the Democrat Primary for the seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr. (who resigned in disgrace after being caught with his hand in the cookie jar). Kelly won the right to represent her party in the March Special election by a substantial margin over the various other contenders, most notably former Representative Debbie Halverson, her closest competitor. Halverson pulled down only 25% of the votes to Kelly’s 52%. Kelly and Halverson both gave credit for Kelly’s overwhelming victory to New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg whose Super PAC spent some $2.2 million promoting Kelly and bashing Halverson.

While $2.2 million spent in a campaign doesn’t seem like a lot these days, it must be considered that this is a primary race where candidates typically don’t even break the $100,000 mark. As a matter of fact, it is unusual for a candidate to spend $2 million in the General Election for an Illinois congressional race, much less over $2 million in the Primary. But Kelly, like Bloomberg, is a virulent opponent to gun rights, while Halverson received an A rating from the National Rifle Association, and Bloomberg is trying to prove that being anti-rights is an advantage in elections.

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Corruption and misconduct revealed in Reese case

              There is clearly something seriously wrong with the US system of justice, because justice is clearly not the objective, or even an afterthought, in a system which displays corruption from the top down and has no simple mechanism for people unjustly prosecuted to recoup any of their losses.

In their ongoing crusade against guns and gun owners, the Obama administration targeted Rick and Terri Reese and their two sons, Ryin and Remington.  After spending 526 days in jail, Rick and Ryin Reese were finally released on bail pending a decision on a new trial.  This after a federal judge overturned their earlier convictions.  Rick, his wife Terri, and son Ryin had been found guilty of failing to psychically intuit that undercover federal agents were lying on firearm transaction forms. 

The reason for the judge’s reversal was the discovery that a key prosecution witness, Detective Alan Batts of the Luna County Sheriff’s Office, was himself under investigation for corruption, and that prosecutors knew this, but presented him as unimpeachable and of the highest integrity.  It was also disclosed that Detective Batts either knew or suspected that he was under investigation, as he had made overtures to the FBI suggesting he was trying to ingratiate himself with them.  Prosecutors intentionally kept this information away from attorneys for the defense and the judge, even though they are required by law to reveal this sort of information immediately.

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Gun Owners Won’t Accept “Universal Background Checks”

Registration by any other name is still unconstitutional

The focus in Washington is slowly shifting from legislation banning certain semi-auto firearms and standard capacity magazines to proposals for “universal background checks” – just as we had warned it would.  Politicians know that America’s gun owners are beside themselves in opposition to gun and magazine bans.  They’ve watched as fearful shoppers have cleared the nation’s entire supply of AR and AK type rifles in just a couple of weeks, leaving manufacturers and importers 8 to 12 months deep in backorders.  The politicians remember what happened after the ban was passed in 1994 and they know there would be a serious price to pay for supporting bans on these popular tools today.  On the other hand, the politicians seem to assume that a new law requiring background checks on private firearm transfers would have less negative impact on their ability to be elected.  That’s an assumption that could get them in deep trouble.

While gun and magazine bans are overt assaults on the right to arms, and, by comparison, “universal background checks” seem much less onerous, the fact is, inserting government bureaucracy into private transactions is just as unconstitutional, and potentially more dangerous in the long run, than the proposed bans.  The core of the gun rights movement understands this and has already geared up for the fight and for the paybacks in the next election.

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Deadly “Assault Weapons”… What Are They?

Most importantly, they’re not machineguns.

There’s been a lot of talk recently about “Assault Weapons,” but it seems that many of the people doing the talking don’t know anything at all about guns, and that’s causing confusion.

As an Army-certified Small Arms Repairman and a lifelong firearms owner and enthusiast, I know a little bit about guns and assault rifles, so I’d like to set the record straight about a few things.

First off, the term “Assault Weapon” is a made-up name.  There really is no such thing.  The term was coined by some firearm marketers back in the 1970s to describe military-looking, semi-auto firearms.  Anti-gun extremists recognized it as a catchy and scary term and exploited it for all it was worth.  The term was a play on the valid label “Assault Rifle,” which is a lightweight, selective fire rifle or carbine.  The key there is that term “selective fire,” which means the operator can select either single shot or multi-shot modes of fire.  In other words, a true assault rifle can fire one shot for each trigger pull, or it can fire a burst or string of shots for each trigger pull – machinegun mode.

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A Challenge to Major Media: Don’t Identify the Next Murdering Deviant.

We’ve seen the cycle repeated over and over again: a twisted individual, couple, or small group engages in a depraved attack on unarmed innocents.  The media are outraged, astounded, shocked – shocked I say…  Quickly they delve into the identity and background of the murderer(s), naming them, showing their pictures, quoting their Facebook pages, talking to their neighbors, families, friends, teachers, and anyone else who can “shed some light” on who the murderer or murderers were and why they might have done such a terrible thing.  The media are so anxious to share this information, to be first in the relentless twenty-four-hour news cycle, that they have often released incorrect information, naming the wrong person or linking to the wrong Facebook account or other information.  They follow the story for weeks, making the vile killer(s) household names and guaranteeing that they will go down in history for their atrocious actions.

A few days, weeks, or months later, some other deranged soul or souls launch a similar attack, like competitors on a video game, trying to “rack up a higher score” with a more repulsive and shocking atrocity – shooting for a higher “body count,” and once again the media play right along, naming the latest criminal, recounting the horror, and delving into the minutia of the deviant’s life.

Suicide experts have long understood that suicides, particularly teen suicides, are directly influenced by the level of media attention they receive.  The less information the media puts out about a suicide, the less likely it is that other troubled people will attempt to end their own lives.  Conversely, the more media attention a suicide receives, the more likely others are to follow suit.

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