man arrestedRT News

A 22-year-old Ohio father was arrested for posting a photo on Facebook of himself holding his baby daughter and a BB gun.

Dominic Gaines was charged with child endangerment for posing in a photo with his 1-year-old daughter, Paradise Gaines, while also holding what was mistaken for a deadly weapon. Police say the gun was positioned too close to the baby girl to be considered safe. The child’s mother discovered the picture and the maternal grandmother called the police.

Authorities in Colerain Township, Ohio, initially believed that Gaines was holding a handgun . Continue reading “Man arrested for posing with baby and BB gun on Facebook photo”

militiaGlobal Security

“A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well digested plan is requisite: And their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories, as tend to render them independent on others, for essential, particularly for military supplies.” —George Washington First Annual Message to Congress (January 8, 1790) Continue reading “A Well Regulated Militia”

brennanCATO – by Nat Hentoff

After 25 influential years in the CIA, chief counterterrorism adviser John Brennan is currently in charge of Barack Obama’s increasing drone-plane assassinations of terrorism suspects, all of which is happening outside our courts. On Feb. 7, he will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee for a promotion to CIA director. Continue reading “Confirmation Hearing for Killer Drones Master”

pandaFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thanks to your overwhelming support, and the support of other organizations and individuals, Wyoming House Bill 114, the Wyoming Liberty Preservation Act, passed committee 6-3 and will now advance to the House floor.  On Tuesday evening, at the head of a media firestorm, the Transportation Committee held a hearing on the bill, and passed it with a decisive 6-3 vote.

Our battle however, is not yet over.  HB 114 will be debated on the House floor within the next few days.  The deadline for bills to be heard on the house floor is Monday, February 4th, and, if the bill has not come up in committee of the whole by then, it will die due to lack of time left in the session. Continue reading “VICTORY: Wyoming Anti-NDAA Bill passes Committee 6-3, on its way to the House”

doctors gunsEveryday Health- by Jaimie Dalessio

There have been at least 1,318 gun deaths in the United States since the horrific shootings of children at Sandy Hook Elementary on Dec. 14. And that number — tallied bySlate and @GunDeaths as part of an interactive, crowd-sourced project — is probably not complete.

Fueled by mass shootings including the Sandy Hook tragedy and the deadly shootings at a movie theater in Aurora, Co., last July, the gun violence debate has once again come to the public health forefront. Continue reading “Doctors Respond to Gun Violence”

powerThe Organic Prepper

There are still more than 1900 homes in New York and New Jersey that are without utilities of any kind in the prolonged wake of Superstorm Sandy.

Some families are getting assistance from FEMA and going to hotels, which they must leave every two weeks, go and apply for more vouchers and then check back in to the hotel. Continue reading “94 Days After Sandy 1900 Homes are Still Without Heat, Power and Water”

Hitler In CrowdHaffington Post – by David Rising

BERLIN — On the 80th anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to always fight for their principles and not fall into the complacency that enabled the Nazi dictator to seize control.

Speaking Wednesday at the opening of a new exhibit at the Topography of Terror memorial documenting Hitler’s election, Merkel noted that German academics and students at the time happily joined the Nazis only a few months later in burning books deemed subversive. Continue reading “Hitler Rise To Power: Date When German Dictator Became Chancellor Marked On 80th Anniversary”

Mali FightingHuffington Post – by Krista Larson

SEVARE, Mali — French forces met no resistance Wednesday in Kidal, the Islamists’ last major town, as the two-week-old mission scored another success in its effort to dislodge the al-Qaida-linked militants from northern Mali.

The capture of Kidal came just days after French and Malian forces retook two other provincial capitals – Gao and Timbuktu – that also had been under harsh Islamic rule for nearly 10 months. Continue reading “Mali Intervention: French Troops To Depart Quickly, Foreign Minister Says”

speed cameraAOL

Finding fault with speed cameras has recently been an easy task. Speed cameras installed throughout the city of Baltimore were found to be so inaccurate that officials are scrapping the entire system and spending $450,000 to replace them. One issued a ticket to a driver stopped at a red light. In one small Ohio town, speed cameras issued 20,000 tickets in two weeks. Continue reading “Taxi Driver Beats Faulty Speed Camera In Court”

galveston county courthouseChron – by Carol Christian

The parking garage at the Galveston County courthouse is already blocked off, in preparation for military training exercises Wednesday, which could include helicopters landing on the roof.

The garage occupies four floors of a seven-story building at 715 19th St., which also houses an empty jail. Continue reading “U.S. Army’s special forces set to train in Galveston”

school drug testingSt Louis CBS Local

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CBS St. Louis) — A Kansas City high school will begin collecting hair from students to conduct mandatory drug tests.

KHSB-TV reports that Rockhurst High School will start the random drug testing during the 2013-14 school year. Continue reading “High School To Collect Students’ Hair For Mandatory Drug Testing”

jammas.hussainBefore It’s News – by Mort Amsel

Update, 2:47 p.m.: Syrian state TV is reporting that the Israeli warplanes bombed a military research center. “State TV says the strike targeted a military research center in the area of Jermana. It says the strike caused material damage and the center was used to advance Syrian military capabilities,” reports the AP. U.S. officials have confirmed a strike took place, but so far have not said when — or what, exactly, was bombed. Continue reading “Israel Bombs Russian Arms Shipment In Lebanon”

Hand-Guns-ConfiscationAmmoLand – by Awr Hawkins

Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) seemingly endless pursuit of a ban on “assault rifles” since the Sandy Hook tragedy has now led to the introduction of her “Assault Weapons Ban of 2013“–a bill that not only bans “assault rifles,” but numerous handguns and shotguns too.

Here’s a question: When did handguns and shotguns become “assault rifles”? Continue reading “When Did Handguns and Shotguns Become Assault Weapons?”

Fake-Obama-Skeet-ShootingAmmoLand

Manasquan, NJ –-(Ammoland.com)- Ok, if you are gun news junkie, like we are, then you know that the web has been all worked up, talking about how New Republic Magazine was duped by a fake Twitter photo of the anointed one, President Obama, skeet shooting.

You can see the image in question above, but we thought as public service we would highlight some more supposedly fake photos of our president, skeet shooting or talking about skeet shooting, just so no other news service winds up with egg on their face. Continue reading “Fake Photo of President Obama Skeet Shooting”

Fast and Furious HolderBreitbart – by Awr Hawkins

According to reports, Attorney General Eric Holder has begun the implementation of three gun control measures related to President Obama’s Jan. 16 executive orders.

These deal with information sharing, background checks, and name registries. Holder’s action on them appears to be part of a two pronged approach where he pushes certain measures behind the scenes while Congress considers other measures Obama suggested.  Continue reading “Eric Holder goes around Congress on Gun Control”

battery-systems-sold-to-chinaHuman Events – by Audrey Hudson

A Chinese company will take charge of sensitive military and battery technology following the Treasury Department’s decision on Tuesday to permit the sale of a U.S. company that was bankrolled with tax dollars to the Shanghai-based Wanxiang firm.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approved the $256 million sale of A123 Systems’ operation, despite warnings from military insiders and lawmakers on Capitol Hill that the sale presents a danger to national security. Continue reading “Obama Admin Approves Sale of Sensitive Military Technology to China”

El Paso CSO SWAT trainingPro Liberate

Sheriff Terry Maketa of Colorado’s El Paso County has promised his constituents that he “will actively oppose any effort that infringes upon your second amendment rights.”

“Like every elected official in the state, I took an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Colorado,” wrote Maketa in an open letter to El Paso County residents. “This means all rights.” Continue reading “Why is it a “Crime” to Disarm a Uniformed Aggressor?”