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by johndoe3
Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:06 am
Forum: Legal and Political
Topic: Proposed Common Sense Gun Law in Texas
Replies: 3
Views: 2394

Re: Proposed Common Sense Gun Law in Texas

It theoretically reduces the penalty for armed people who 'accidentally' carry into a prohibited location and increases the penalty from misdemeanor to felony for armed people who fail to leave a prohibited location. Thanks for the clarification. It's unreasonable in my mind to have a penalty of a ...
by johndoe3
Thu Jan 31, 2019 1:58 pm
Forum: Legal and Political
Topic: Proposed Common Sense Gun Law in Texas
Replies: 3
Views: 2394

Proposed Common Sense Gun Law in Texas

https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/proposed-law-would-allow-texans-to-carry-guns-in-church Some talking heads on cable news clamor for 'common sense' gun laws; and I think the proposed Texas law fills that need. A proposed law would allow Texans to carry guns in churches and other places of worsh...
by johndoe3
Thu Jan 31, 2019 1:51 pm
Forum: Legal and Political
Topic: South Dakota Constitutional Carry signed into law
Replies: 0
Views: 1538

South Dakota Constitutional Carry signed into law

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20190131/governor-noem-signs-nra-backed-constitutional-carry-bill The 3rd time is the charm in SD. The previous Guv twice vetoed Constitutional Carry for South Dakota; and the legislature was quick to pass it again with the election of a new Guv in Kristi Noem who ha...
by johndoe3
Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:08 pm
Forum: News Stories
Topic: Another victory for socialism!
Replies: 2
Views: 1628

Re: Another victory for socialism!

to further your post... Because of what Poiki posted above, and also many countries recognizing Guaido as the legitimate president of Venezuela, El Presidente Maduro last week flew to Moscow to plea with the godfather for help. http://ad2004.com/MaduroPutin.jpg godfather to Maduro: yes my brother we...
by johndoe3
Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:15 pm
Forum: News Stories
Topic: Sen Lee reintroduces Bill to remove silencers from NFA
Replies: 4
Views: 2594

Sen Lee reintroduces Bill to remove silencers from NFA

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/01/29/sen-lee-again-pushes-bill/ Senator Mike Lee reintroduced the SHUSH Act Bill to remove silencers from the NFA. The Salt Lake City newspaper article mentions lobbying for it by Silencerco in Utah. The Republican strategy in the Senate seems to be to hav...
by johndoe3
Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:11 am
Forum: News Stories
Topic: How Trump, Trump Jr got NYC concealed carry permits
Replies: 0
Views: 1691

How Trump, Trump Jr got NYC concealed carry permits

https://theweek.com/speedreads/819454/trumps-nypd-donations-let-bypass-gun-license-restrictions-excop-says The former #2 in the NYPD Licensing Division testified in a Federal sentencing document to try and get a reduced sentence, on how Trump, Trump Jr and lawyer Michael Cohen (and other wealthy pe...
by johndoe3
Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:50 am
Forum: Legal and Political
Topic: SCOTUS refuses case for gun rights on non-violent felons
Replies: 8
Views: 1912

SCOTUS refuses case for gun rights on non-violent felons

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/14/scotus-declines-to-take-gun-rights-case-that-challenged-whitaker-appointment.html Monday, the Supreme Court declined to take a case which challenged the issue of non-violent felons having guns, who have served their time and now live a respectable life. As it stands ...
by johndoe3
Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:14 am
Forum: News Stories
Topic: Brazil campaign promise kept, gun rights eased
Replies: 2
Views: 1561

Brazil campaign promise kept, gun rights eased

https://www.france24.com/en/20190115-brazil-president-bolsonaro-decree-gun-laws-crime Brazil's President Bolsonaro signed a decree to more easily allow Brazilians to buy guns and keep them in the home for self-defense. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed a decree that will temporar...
by johndoe3
Thu Jan 10, 2019 1:09 am
Forum: Random Talk
Topic: Kill Bill director robbed at home in LA, bet he guns up now
Replies: 0
Views: 3295

Kill Bill director robbed at home in LA, bet he guns up now

https://www.jpost.com/OMG/Newlyweds-Quentin-Tarantino-and-Daniella-Pick-robbed-in-LA-574644 I'll bet Quentin Tarantino guns up after a home invasion robbery at his home in LA last Sunday (Director of the Kill Bill movies, Pulp Fiction, and Inglourious Basterds). Tarantino confronted the robbers and...
by johndoe3
Mon Jan 07, 2019 10:40 am
Forum: Random Talk
Topic: Quiz, which State do you belong in?
Replies: 7
Views: 3368

Quiz, which State do you belong in?

https://play.howstuffworks.com/quiz/which-state-do-your-manners-belong?mkcpgn=i600017233&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_term=b97a1c2fee84ac20.anonymous.google&utm_campaign={campaign_id}&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwPnei4vc3wIVbhitBh146A2SEAEYASAAEgIVXfD_BwE An interesting quick qui...
by johndoe3
Sat Jan 05, 2019 4:03 pm
Forum: News Stories
Topic: New Research Paper shows Crime Decrease in Chicago due to CCW
Replies: 2
Views: 1820

New Research Paper shows Crime Decrease in Chicago due to CCW

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20190104/researchers-credit-right-to-carry-law-with-reduction-in-chicago-property-crimes A new Research Paper shows that in Chicago property crime decreased over 3 time periods following IL passing Shall Issue concealed carry. Two researchers from Ball State and Vill...
by johndoe3
Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:07 am
Forum: News Stories
Topic: Marco Rubio introduces Fed Red-Flag law Bill
Replies: 2
Views: 1191

Marco Rubio introduces Fed Red-Flag law Bill

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2019/01/luis-valdes/marco-rubio-to-introduce-federal-red-flag-bill-with-support-from-republicans-and-democrats-support-him/ The pro-gun side has always had a problem with Dems opposing plus a sprinkling of Republicans in Congress--2019 example. This is the "Le...
by johndoe3
Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:56 am
Forum: Legal and Political
Topic: Optimists, HPA and National Reciprocity Bills refiled for 2019
Replies: 1
Views: 1167

Optimists, HPA and National Reciprocity Bills refiled for 2019

https://www.guns.com/news/2019/01/04/new-attempts-at-hearing-protection-act-national-reciprocity-introduced No one is expecting the HPA and National Reciprocity Bills to go anywhere in 2019 due to the Dem majority in the House. However, it's good to keep them available in finished form as a way to ...
by johndoe3
Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:10 pm
Forum: News Stories
Topic: Brazil relaxing gun laws
Replies: 1
Views: 1125

Re: Brazil relaxing gun laws

I remember Bolsonaro floating the idea for Brazil to pass a constitutional amendment like that in the USA. If they do, they can do better by not copying the first clause about a militia--rather institute a straightforward right to keep and bear arms. A constitutional amendment would prevent a subseq...
by johndoe3
Thu Dec 27, 2018 5:44 pm
Forum: Legal and Political
Topic: Ohio Overrides Kasich veto on Excellent Pro-gun Bill
Replies: 0
Views: 1820

Ohio Overrides Kasich veto on Excellent Pro-gun Bill

https://www.buckeyefirearms.org/ohio-general-assembly-overrides-gov-kasichs-veto-hb-228 Buckeye Firearms, the influential state pro-gun organization in Ohio, reports that the legislature voted to override Guv Kasich's lame duck veto of this comprehensive pro-gun package. Yeah for Ohio! In a histori...
by johndoe3
Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:48 pm
Forum: News Stories
Topic: 5 Best-selling Handguns in 2018, in USA
Replies: 0
Views: 1646

5 Best-selling Handguns in 2018, in USA

https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/12/16/the-5-best-selling-handguns-of-2018.aspx The Motley Fool website compiled a list of best-selling handguns in the USA, as part of their analysis of shares of public companies who sell guns. As you know, manufacturers don't release indepth sales info to anyon...
by johndoe3
Wed Dec 12, 2018 4:11 pm
Forum: Legal and Political
Topic: Hey, where's our Border Wall?
Replies: 27
Views: 5029

Re: Hey, where's our Border Wall?

After the White House summit with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, Schumer has stated that building a physical wall is wasteful and ineffective. Likewise, even some here suggest that a wall would be ineffective. What is the truth as revealed by actual data? The White House has released wall effective...
by johndoe3
Tue Dec 11, 2018 11:16 pm
Forum: News Stories
Topic: Dick's may close all Field & Stream stores
Replies: 2
Views: 1321

Dick's may close all Field & Stream stores

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/11/corporate-gun-control-fail-dicks-may-close-35-stores-across-18-states/ After Dick's CEO stopped selling AR's, in order to 'virtue signal' his gun-control bona-fides, a number of the largest gun manufacturers decided to stop selling any of their guns to/...
by johndoe3
Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:04 pm
Forum: News Stories
Topic: Appeals Ct loss--on NJ law on 10-round magazines
Replies: 0
Views: 1734

Appeals Ct loss--on NJ law on 10-round magazines

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/5/federal-appeals-court-upholds-new-jerseys-law-limi/ On Wednesday, a 3rd Circuit federal Appeals Court ruled (2-1) to uphold New Jersey's new law limiting gun magazines to 10-rounds. A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld New Jersey’s law restricting...
by johndoe3
Tue Dec 04, 2018 12:27 pm
Forum: Legal and Political
Topic: Hey, where's our Border Wall?
Replies: 27
Views: 5029

Re: Hey, where's our Border Wall?

Do you actually want a physical wall? Yes! I am not against immigrants, but am with 80% of the American people who want the flood cut by 50-75%. Secondly, it's not all or nothing. There is an in-between position with higher priority areas and lower priority areas--build the physical wall in the hig...
by johndoe3
Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:26 pm
Forum: Legal and Political
Topic: Hey, where's our Border Wall?
Replies: 27
Views: 5029

Hey, where's our Border Wall?

https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/03/supreme-court-border-wall/ A large coalition of environmentalists and anti-Trumpers took a case to SCOTUS over the President and DHS exempting a border wall with Mexico from environmental regulations (a ruse to stop any building project they oppose). Good news! To...
by johndoe3
Wed Nov 28, 2018 11:34 am
Forum: News Stories
Topic: Oakland U in Michigan issues hockey pucks for self defense
Replies: 7
Views: 2346

Oakland U in Michigan issues hockey pucks for self defense

https://www.thecollegefix.com/michigan-university-gives-professors-hockey-pucks-to-fight-off-shooters/ http://ad2004.com/puck.png Oakland University located in a suburb north of Detroit, has spent $2500+ to purchase hockey pucks to issue to faculty and staff for the purposes of self-defense against...
by johndoe3
Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:06 pm
Forum: News Stories
Topic: Academic study on Universal Background Checks--no impact
Replies: 1
Views: 1194

Academic study on Universal Background Checks--no impact

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/11/24/study-supports-what-gun-rights-activists-have-said-all-along-the-background-chec-n2536437 The Violence Prevention Research Program (VPRP) at UC Davis and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducted a study about the impact Calif...
by johndoe3
Tue Nov 20, 2018 9:52 pm
Forum: News Stories
Topic: Alaska Socialist Rifle Association first shoot day
Replies: 1
Views: 1417

Alaska Socialist Rifle Association first shoot day

https://www.alaskapublic.org/2018/11/19/ak-meet-the-socialist-rifle-association/ A couple of weeks ago, the first public shooting day for the Socialist Rifle Association of Alaska met to shoot and share cameraderie--the two members, men aged 30 and 34. The two members of the SRA of Alaska refused t...
by johndoe3
Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:56 am
Forum: Legal and Political
Topic: Senate Firmly Red ... Mitch, Please Pass HPA!
Replies: 4
Views: 1430

Re: Senate Firmly Red ... Mitch, Please Pass HPA!

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/415490-mcconnell-says-he-will-push-for-border-wall-funding McConnell announced today that he will push for funding the border wall before the end of the year (and perhaps other issues left hanging like HPA, although that seems like a longshot) before the Dems tak...