Department of Justice

Greg Ridgeway, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute of Justice

January 4, 2013

On average there are about 11,000 firearm homicides every year. While there are deaths resulting from accidental discharges and suicides, this document will focus on intentional firearm homicides. Fatalities from mass shootings (those with 4 or more victims in a particular place and time) account on average for 35 fatalities per year. Policies that address the larger firearm homicide issue will have a far greater impact even if they do not address the particular issues of mass shootings. Continue reading “DOJ’s Summary of Select Firearm Violence Prevention Strategies”

International Man – by Jeff Thomas

Recently, Ed Steer of Ed Steer’s Gold and Silver Daily received a letter from a reader, Harry Morgan, describing a problem that he encountered in selling ten ounces of silver to a local jewelry store.

Mr. Morgan was successful in selling his silver to the store, but before the transaction could be made, he had to submit to mandatory fingerprinting. He then found that payment for precious metals in excess of $600 must be by cheque, necessitating a deposit into a bank account.’ Continue reading “The Shearing of the Sheeple”

The Daily Caller – by Patrick Howley

The liberal organization Progressive USA Voters, which is housed in the same progressive Denver office building as a chapter of the infamous left-wing astroturf group ProgressNow, is offering an hourly wage of between $9 and $11 to join its gun-control campaign in Chicago, according to a flyer that was photographed and posted to Reddit Friday. Continue reading “Liberal astroturf group offering $9 to $11 per hour to join its gun-control campaign”

Texas Straight Talk – by Ron Paul

While I oppose most gun control proposals, there is one group of Americans I do believe should be disarmed: federal agents. The use of force by federal agents to enforce unjust and unconstitutional laws is one of the major, albeit overlooked, threats to liberty. Too often Americans are victimized by government force simply for engaging in commercial transactions disproved of by Congress and the federal bureaucracy. Continue reading “When they came for the Raw Milk drinkers…”

martial lawBefore It’s News – by Anonymous

It is time to get serious.  Martial Law is the system of rules that become reality when the military takes over the regular administration of justice in a land.  That is to say, Martial Law means the “suspension” of the Constitution.  Curfews, rationing of basic goods, enforced relocations, confiscation of firearms and supplies, and summary arrest/execution by soldiers and paramilitary police wielding assault rifles. Continue reading “What We Must Do when Facing Martial Law”

The Washington Post – by Ed O’Keefe

A bipartisan group of senators is on the verge of a deal that would expand background checks to all private firearms sales with limited exemptions, but significant disagreements remain on the issue of keeping records of private gun sales, according to aides familiar with the talks.

An agreement would be a bold first step toward consideration of legislation to limit gun violence in the wake of the mass shootings at a Connecticut elementary school in December and comes as the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected this week to begin considering new proposals to limit gun violence. Continue reading “Senators near a deal on background checks for most private gun sales”

Oregon Firearms FederationOregon Firearms Federation

Two days after Senate Democrats claimed they would not seek a ban on modern firearms and feeding devices, Democrats in the Oregon House introduced just that.

Seven Senators joined with eight House Reps to introduce a sweeping ban on virtually all modern firearms. Among the Senators is, of course, Ginny Burdick, who claimed on Wednesday “that she is backing off an attempt to push through a bill on gun clips that she drafted following the December shootings at the Clackamas Mall.”   The other sponsors are: Continue reading “Massive Gun Ban Introduced in Oregon”

2nd amendmentLiving not Surviving- by Ahmed Serag

”A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed”

-AMENDMENT II, Constitution for the United States of America

Today, February 23, 2013, the day after George Washington’s 281st birthday, is America’s National Gun Confiscation Day of Resistance.  Continue reading “National Gun Confiscation Day of Resistance Today”

Texas State Troopers in a helicopter (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)Raw Story – by David Edwards

Officials in Texas announced on Thursday that State Troopers would no longer be allowed to open fire on suspects from helicopters after the recent killing of two immigrants.

While announcing the new policy, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw insisted that the ban on aerial shootings had nothing to do with the October 2012 death of two Guatemalan immigrants, who were gunned down by troopers in helicopter while they were hiding in the back of a speeding pickup truck near La Joya. Continue reading “Texas bans shooting immigrants from helicopters”

fbiYahoo News – by Dashiell Bennett | The Atlantic Wire

Approximately 150 federal and state law enforcement agents launched a massive raid on one of the biggest perpetrators of government fraud in America: The Scooter Store. Yes, that’s right. The nation’s largest provider of single-person electric vehicles and power chairs is the target of a federal investigation, probably because many of the people who ride around their “personal mobility devices” don’t actually need them. Continue reading “FBI Declares War on The Scooter Store”

Retired Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honore, far left at lectern, appears Thursday at a news conference at the Chicago Military Academy in Bronzeville.Chicago Tribune – by Lolly Bowean, Chicago Tribune reporter

To reduce the homicides and shootings plaguing Chicago streets, elected officials should consider calling on the state and federal governments for help, even the National Guard if necessary, said a retired Army lieutenant general who spearheaded the military response after Hurricane Katrina. Continue reading “Retired general says National Guard could help curb Chicago violence”

Gun measuresAmerican nationals need to show up at these events armed to confront these parasitic communist infringers.  Then let so called law enforcement show themselves as either patriots or lackeys for the insurgency.

LA Times – by Matea Gold and Melanie Mason, Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — The nonprofit advocacy group that inherited President Obama‘s grass-roots campaign infrastructure faces the first real test of its political might Friday, when it holds a series of volunteer-driven events in support of the president’s gun violence reduction plan. Continue reading “Obama advocacy group plans Day of Action”

Fisker660.jpgFox News

Republican senators complained Wednesday that U.S. taxpayer dollars could end up boosting the Chinese economy, following reports that a Chinese firm is leading the pack of companies bidding for a majority stake in government-backed Fisker Automotive.

The troubled California-based electric car maker, which was backed by U.S. taxpayers to the tune of nearly $530 million, for months has been looking for a financial partner. Reuters reported earlier this week that China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is favored to take over, though Fisker is also reportedly weighing a bid from another Chinese auto maker.  Continue reading “Senators raise alarm over another possible sale of taxpayer-backed firm to Chinese”