From the Trenches World Report

The New York Times

About 1,500 state gun bills have been introduced since the Newtown massacre.
178 passed at least one chamber of a state legislature. 109 have become law.

In the 12 months since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., almost every state has enacted at least one new gun law. Nearly two-thirds of the new laws ease restrictions and expand the rights of gun owners. Most of those bills were approved in states controlled by Republicans. Those who support stricter regulations won some victories — mostly in states where the legislature and governorship are controlled by Democrats — to increase restrictions on gun use and ownership.Select categories from the table below to see all gun bills that passed at least one chamber of a state legislature.   Continue reading “State Gun Laws Enacted in the Year Since Newtown”

Washington Post – by NIRAJ CHOKSHI

This Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the massacre at Newtown, Conn.’s Sandy Hook Elementary School. Twenty children, six staff members, shooter Adam Lanza and his mother all died that day. The killings reinvigorated both sides of the gun-control debate, but gun rights advocates maintained the edge they’ve had for years.

An impressive (roughly) 1,500 state gun bills have been introduced in the year since the Newtown massacre and, of those, 109 are now law, according to The New York Times. Seventy of the enacted laws loosen gun restrictions, while just 39 tighten them. And, though largely symbolic, some 136 bills nullifying federal gun regulations were sponsored in 40 states. In Colorado, two pro-gun control lawmakers were booted from office in historic recalls and a third stepped down in anticipation of a similar fight.   Continue reading “How gun control is losing, badly (in charts)”

The Daily Courier – by Tamera Sone

PRESCOTT – In what has become an issue pitting gun rights against land use codes, a Williamson Valley landowner had his Second Amendment rights upheld in a Tuesday hearing in Prescott.

Brad DeSaye, owner of Headhunter Ranch LLC, said he never intended to build gun ranges on his properety.   Continue reading “Ranch owner prevails in gun rights dispute with neighbors and Yavapai County”

The Atlantic

Syria is the most dangerous place in the world to be a journalist. As former New York Times reporter David Rohde wrote last month, roughly 30 journalists, half of them foreign reporters, are now missing in the country—marking the “single largest wave of kidnappings in modern journalism.” Just in the last few weeks, we’ve learned that two Swedish journalists were abducted near the Lebanese border, two Spanish journalists were kidnapped by al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in the northern province of Raqqa, and an Iraqi cameraman was executed by the same jihadi group in the northern province of Idlib. A total of 55 journalists have been killed covering the two and a half-year-old conflict, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Pro- and anti-Assad forces have both had a hand in the bloodshed.   Continue reading “News Outlets to Syrian Rebels: Help Us Stop Journalist Kidnappings”

AmmoLand – by Chuck Norris

Dallas, TX – -(Ammoland.com)- Advocates of Common Core State Standards love to point out how 45 states and the District of Columbia have voluntarily adopted this new national public school regimen.

What they’re not telling you, however, is how federal and state funds were used to muscle its adoption or how expert reviews and efficacy shortfalls have prompted political and educational action in at least 17 of those states to restrict or reverse the tides of CCSS rollout, according to a brand-new report in The Huffington Post.   Continue reading “Is Common Core Good for Kids and Teachers? (Part 5)”

AmmoLand

New Jersey –-(Ammoland.com)- Due to increased concerns over recent home invasions in the Ocean County area and elsewhere, the New Jersey Second Amendment Society (NJ2AS) is sponsoring a “Home Security Seminar” in Brick Township New Jersey on Thursday December 19, 2013, from 7:30 pm until 10:00 pm.

The seminar is free of charge to the public and will be held at “Mansion on the Plaza” whose GPS location is 1060 Cedar Bridge Road, Brick, NJ 08723.   Continue reading “Free Home Security Seminar by New Jersey Second Amendment Society & Howell Gun Works”

AmmoLand

Jersey City, NJ –-(Ammoland.com)- According to a recent Associated Press Story, it seems that one New Jersey City police department needs new guns, so with their typical ‘Request For Proposal’ (RFP) they have also added a “Social Responsibility Requirement“.

Mayor Steven Fulop says he wants municipalities to use their purchasing power to influence America’s gun-safety “conversation“.   Continue reading “Jersey City, NJ Adds Gun Ethics Questions To Police Gun Purchase Bid Requirements”

Veterans Today – by Johnny Punish

Current Bank of Israel Chairman Stan Fischer Said to Be Next U.S. Federal Reserve Vice-Chairman Under Another Jewish Zionist Chairman

We all know the Zionist banksters control the world money supply. This is NOT news. What is news is that they used to try to hide their occupation of the U.S. American money system by pretending to be Americans.   Continue reading “Israeli To Officially Take Over as Vice Chairman of U.S. Federal Reserve Bank”

Personal Liberty – by Bob Livingstone

The New York City Board of Health is set to vote today on new rules pushed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg that would force children as young as 6 months old to be immunized annually against influenza if they attend a licensed day care or preschool program.

Citing bogus statistics, the Board — packed with mayoral appointees — produced a notice claiming influenza results in 20,000 hospitalizations and 30 to 150 deaths in children under 5 nationwide each year. There is little or no option to opt out. The vaccination would be required “unless the vaccine may be detrimental to the child’s health, as certified by a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, or the parent, parents, or guardian of a child hold genuine and sincere religious beliefs which are contrary to the practices herein required.” But history shows jumping through the hoops necessary for exemptions are always daunting.   Continue reading “Nanny Mayor’s Parting Shot: Forced Medication Of Children”

Free Beacon – by Monique Hamm

Rep. Lou Barletta (R., Pa.) introduced a bill Tuesday that will exempt volunteer fire departments from having to pay for their members’ insurance benefits.

The current IRS policy defines volunteer firefighters as employees for federal tax purposes. If voted into law, the Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act will redefine volunteers as non-employees, which will relieve fire departments from the burden of paying for volunteers’ health insurance.   Continue reading “Protecting Volunteer Firefighters from Obamacare”

The Daily Caller – by Vince Coglianese

The newly-released budget deal between Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and Republican Rep. Paul Ryan will hike the aviation security fee paid by air travelers by 124 percent, if passed.

Murray and Ryan settled on an agreement that would hit air travelers with a fee of $5.60 per one-way flight — or $11.20 for a round-trip excursion.   Continue reading “Ryan-Murray budget deal hikes air travel security tax by 124 percent”

Mail.com

PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) — A man who for decades insisted that Chicago police tortured him until he confessed to a rape he did not commit walked out of an Illinois prison on Wednesday after spending 30 years behind bars.

“It’s just an overwhelming feeling of joy, happiness that finally it’s over with,” 59-year-old Stanley Wrice said, moments after he walked into the arms of his two daughters, attorneys and others who greeted him as he left Pontiac Correctional Center.   Continue reading “Man alleging police torture released from prison”

RT News

It appears that even employees of media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s own publications don’t too much care for the cantankerous octogenarian — and they’re not half bad at puzzles, either.

That’s at least the determination that many readers of Australia’s largest newspaper made this week after catching a curious secret message of sorts in the Sunday Telegraph.   Continue reading “Murdoch’s own newspaper calls him ‘evil’”

Disabled Veterans – by Benjamin Krause

The Daily Register just reported that DoD expanded the list of those exposed to Agent Orange and dioxin during the Vietnam War to include Thailand. After more than 50 years of denials, DoD has finally admitted its wrongs, at least in Thailand.

Recently, the war agency released previously classified documents that indicate US military forces sprayed significant amounts of Agent Orange type materials in Thailand, which was previously denied by government officials.   Continue reading ““New” DoD Admission: Even More Veterans were Exposed to Agent Orange”

RT News

NASA scientists have been secretly at work for a year on a walking, humanoid-like robot meant to evoke awe in anyone who comes across it — and it looks like they’ve accomplished their mission.

Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas have released video footage of what they’re entering in a Pentagon-sponsored robotics contest later this month, and the evidence is enough to give just about anyone some spooky, sci-fi nightmares.   Continue reading “NASA unveils 6-foot-tall humanoid robot”

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Yahoo News – by VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in response to a conventional strike and sees them as a “great equalizer” reducing the likelihood of aggression, a senior Russian official said Wednesday.

While Russia amended its military doctrine years ago to allow for the possibility of using nuclear weapons first in retaliation to a non-nuclear attack, the statement by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin reflected Moscow’s concern about prospective U.S. conventional weapons.   Continue reading “Russia may answer conventional attack with nukes”