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Huffington Post -by Gabrielle Dunkley
Daniel Musso, a New Hampshire man who was hit with a stun gun and then arrested by police last week at a gun control rally,returned home Saturday to find his house had caught on fire, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported.
The chimney of Musso’s home reportedly caught fire while he was away on a fishing trip, causing $150,000 in damage, according to the Union Leader. Continue reading “Daniel Musso’s House Catches Fire Days After Gun Rally Arrest”
A broken-down bus didn’t stop the No More Names bus tour and its anti-gun violence message from coming to the Georgia State Capitol.
Those affected by gun violence and supporters of tougher gun laws came to Atlanta as part of the 25 state, 100 day bus tour started by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Continue reading “Dueling gun rallies at the State Capitol”
(TheBlaze/AP) — Concerned citizens gathered in state capitals nationwide Saturday to rally against stricter gun control measures, days after President Barack Obama unveiled a sweeping package of federal gun control proposals.
Roughly 800 people turned out in Austin, Texas, many carrying signs with messages like “An Armed Society is a Polite Society” and “The Second Amendment Comes from God.” Police in Connecticut said about 1,000 people showed up on the capitol grounds in Hartford, about 50 miles from the site of last month’s mass shooting at Newtown’s Sandy Hook Elementary School. Roughly 2,000 turned out in New York. Continue reading “Americans Rally Nationwide Against Stricter Gun Control Measures – Here are the Pictures”
Atlanta — Those on both sides of the gun debate plan to bring their dueling messages to the Georgia State Capitol this morning.
The “No More Names” bus tour, started by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, will bring its 25-state, 100 day tour to Atlanta urging America’s leaders to support what it calls common-sense gun policies. Continue reading “Two gun rallies to be held at Georgia State Capitol”
AOL – by Susanna Kim, ABC News
After raising money from Internet donors, a 92-year-old man’s attempts to buy back from his daughter the house that he built have been rejected as he awaits his eviction hearing next week. John Potter of Zaleski, Ohio, received an eviction notice from his daughter, Janice Cotrill, and son-in-law earlier this year, saying that they had terminated his “existing lease.” Potter and his granddaughter, Jaclyn Fraley, raised $139,603 on the website GoFundMe.com in the hope of making an offer on the home that Potter had built about 56 years ago. Continue reading “92-Year-Old’s Offer to Buy Back Home Denied, Eviction Looms”
Huffington Post – by Tracy Simmons
SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) Still angry about the idea of an Islamic cultural center opening near Ground Zero, a group of Idaho gun enthusiasts decided to fight back with a new line of pork-laced bullets.
South Fork Industries, based in Dalton Gardens, Idaho, claims its ammunition, called Jihawg Ammo, is a “defensive deterrent to those who violently act in the name of Islam.” Continue reading “Jihawg Ammo: Pork-laced Bullets Designed To Send Muslims Straight ‘To Hell’”
The only public shooting range in Manhattan is tucked away in the basement of a commercial building at 20 West 20th Street. After passing through the lobby and descending a winding staircase, I came to a long corridor whose green walls are adorned with framed newspaper clippings, photos and painted-on golden bullets pointing the way. The muffled blasts of gunfire grew louder as I got closer. Continue reading “Home on the range — in New York City”
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police used water cannon to disperse thousands gathered in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Saturday to observe a memorial for four people killed during recent anti-government protests. The officers later fired tear gas and rubber bullets, and in some cases beat people with batons, to scatter demonstrators who regrouped in side streets.
The police move came as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that foreign-led conspirators he alleges are behind the anti-government movement in his country also are fomenting the recent unrest in Brazil. Continue reading “Turkish police unleash water cannon on protests”
A Texas citizen is asking a state appeals court to decide whether police are justified in launching a no-knock raid on a home they want to search simply because they believe there is a gun inside.
“Whatever the issue might be, whether it’s mass surveillance, no-knock raids, or the right to freely express one’s views about the government, we’ve moved into a new age in which the rights of the citizenry are being treated as a secondary concern by the White House, Congress, the courts and their vast holding of employees, including law enforcement officials,” said John W. Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute, which is defending John Gerard Quinn. Continue reading “Gun Owner Targeted with ‘No-Knock’ Raid”
News Observer – by David Ranii
RALEIGH — Heart-rending stories of lives cut short by guns fueled an impassioned rally in support of “common-sense” firearms laws Saturday in downtown’s Moore Square.
Passions ran equally high across the street, where supporters of the Second Amendment exercised their First Amendment rights by chanting slogans such as “Guns Save Lives!” Continue reading “Gun regulation issue sparks passion on both sides in Raleigh”
There was some drama at the state capital when you were asleep last night. Around 2 o’clock in the morning, State Senators got a surprise. It was a vote to amend the controversial gun law in New York. The amendment exempts retired police officers from the new restrictions on ammunition and assault weapons as long as they are department issued firearms given to the officers for their job, before they retired.
Our question was simple: why do certain people get protection from the state that others — all non-police officers — don’t? Continue reading “Update: NY gun law exemption for retired police advances”
A conservative blogger has uncovered potentially explosive information that may cause big ethical and legal problems for New York City Mayor Michael Bloombergand his gun control group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Blogger John Ekdahl from the conservative website Ace of Spades HQ recently discovered that the group’s website is registered to the city of New York and hosted on the city’s government servers. Continue reading “New Yorkers cry foul, question ‘Mayors Against Illegal Guns’ use of city resources”
U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) on Saturday called on the city to waive water fees for Superstorm Sandy victims on Staten Island who have been billed despite using little or no water.
“All the city needs to do is take all the people who were deferred and check their status,” Grimm told WCBS 880. “If they are not in their homes and they haven’t been able to rebuild yet – for whatever reason – and they can look at the meter, there’s been no water usage whatsoever – then instead of deferring those payments, they should simply waive them.” Continue reading “Rep. Grimm To City: Stop Billing Sandy Victims For Water They Can’t Use”
Cleveland.com – by Philip Morris
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Burt Saltzman, chairman of Dave’s Markets, knows as much as anyone about the way this town really eats.
The dean of Cleveland’s grocery business is 76 but can still be caught bagging groceries at the chain’s flagship store on Payne Avenue. He’s a throwback to a time when people knew their butchers and didn’t buy their groceries and electronics at the same store. Continue reading “America’s mayors should stay out of poor people’s kitchens”
More than two dozen national and regional groups of American citizens over the weekend called for a federal investigation of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
In a letter to Michael J. Sullivan, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the 26 organizations, through the auspices of the Liberty Coalition in Washington, D.C., called upon BATFE “to immediately investigate and prosecute New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his associates for conspiring to violate the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 as amended by the Brady Act of 1995.” Continue reading “Bloomberg Under Fire From Gun Groups”
CALGARY — After watching Calgary and its neighbours struggle to cope with a catastrophic flood that has killed at least three people, communities downstream are bracing for their own crisis.
Water levels are rising in Medicine Hat, while officials with Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency are preparing for the possibility of an evacuation order for the community of Cumberland House by Monday. Continue reading “RCMP confirm three dead in Alberta floods that forced 100,000 to evacuate”
The Clayton Advocate – by Sgt Rock
Received this from Georgia Carry www.gacarry.org
Mayor Bloomberg’s MAIG bus to visit Atlanta, Monday, June 24.
Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner | Ed Stone | June 20, 2013 Continue reading “Mayor Bloomberg’s MAIG bus to visit Atlanta, Monday, Jun 24; Come out to meet it”
Huffington Post – by MARCO SIBAJA, JENNY BARCHFIELD and BRADLEY BROOKS
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff ended her near-silence about days of massive, violent protests, saying in a prime-time TV broadcast Friday that peaceful demonstrations were part of a strong democracy but that violence could not be tolerated. She promised to improve public services and hold a dialogue with protest leaders. Continue reading “Brazil Protests 2013 Grow: One Million Brazilians Hit The Streets”
WSB Radio – by Sandra Parrish 
The Blaze – by Erica Ritz
WSB Radio – by Sandra Parrish 
Salon – by DANIEL KRIEGER
WND – by Bob Unruh
WHEC News – by Berkeley Brean 
Biz Pac – by Janeen Capizola
CBS New York
Human Events – by J Snyder
National Post