CBS News – by Barry Petersen

DENVER, Colo. – The nation’s newest, and toughest gun control laws have led to new contradictions.

At the Firing Line gun shop in Aurora, magazines holding more than 15 rounds were packed away.

But manager Richard Taylor says mandating smaller clips won’t make a difference.   Continue reading “Colo. sheriffs challenge new gun control laws”

NBS News New York

Gun rights advocates marched to the National Mall from Arlington Wednesday — while “armed” with water pistols.

The group kicked off their Toy Gun March at 9 a.m. at the Memorial Bridge, and made their way to the Washington Monument for a rally at 10:30 a.m.   Continue reading “Gun Rights Group Holds Toy Gun March in D.C.”

Tech Dirt – by Tom Cushing

On what was presumably a hot, sweltering night in the nation’s Texas’ capital, a senator’s epic filibuster temporarily derailed an abortion bill. This all went far from smoothly as time stamps were changed post-vote, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (whose pet legislation was being talked over) briefly threatened to have media members arrested for “inciting a riot” and a 74-year-old woman was arrested for assaulting an officer.   Continue reading “Texas Trooper Shoves 74-Year-Old Then Arrests Her For Felony Assault When She Hits Him With Her Purse”

Common Dreams – by Andrea Germanos

“The world will be shocked” by the next story on the National Security Agency’s vast spying operations, said Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist leading the exposure—made possible by leaks from whistleblower Edward Snowden—of the agency’s far-reaching surveillance.

Glenn Greenwald (R) speaking with Eric Bolling on Fox & Friends about the ongoing revelations of NSA spying and whistleblower Edward Snowden.Speaking Tuesday morning with conservative host Eric Bolling on Fox News’ Fox & Friends, Greenwald hinted that a new NSA story was forthcoming and potentially explosive.   Continue reading “‘The World Will Be Shocked’: Greenwald on Upcoming NSA Exposé”

Photo: YoutubeIntilliHub – by JG Vibes

As we reported yesterday, a Hawthorne police officer shot a not so violent looking dog in front of several people filming the police, as they raided a house with a gang of officers, with several police cars nearby.

Details about this officers past have now surfaced showing a history of violence.  One situation has even been described where this officer killed a man with down syndrome as a rookie.   Continue reading “Dog Killer Cop Killed Man with Down Syndrome as a Rookie”

The Atlantic Wire – by Philip Bump

There’s something grotesque about American politics when a woman who was shot in the head has to prove she still likes guns anyway in order to comment on them. But so it goes. Yesterday, Gabby Giffords went to the gun range, as she and husband Mark Kelly kick off a national tour once again centered on bolstering a renewed push on federal gun legislation. July and August will be like March and April all over again.   Continue reading “Gabby Giffords Fires the Starting Pistol on Round Two for Gun Control”