NRA News: Rep. Paul Gosar Discusses Obama Administration Shrugging Off Contempt Threat Against Holder
Ginny Simone talks to Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ) about the latest on Fast and Furious
LA Times Reminds Readers “Corruption” on U.S.-Mexico Border
American gun owners, gun shops and the gun industry are typically targeted as being accomplices in how guns flow to Mexico. But fortunately the Los Angeles Times offered another view in a piece this weekend titled, “Corruption flows freely along U.S.-Mexico border,” which noted:
From a small hill at a state park here, the border town of Palomas, Mexico, can be made out through the desert haze. It lies four miles to the south, but the corruption that roils Palomas and the rest of Northern Mexico may as well be a block away.
Last year, black sedans and hatchbacks loaded with federal agents poured into Columbus, a town of 2,000 people, arresting the mayor, the police chief, a city trustee and nine others. They have all pleaded guilty in a gun-smuggling operation that sold about 100 firearms, mostly assault rifles, to Mexican drug cartels.
This is a story we’ve widely covered, but remains on that has thus far failed to catch much mainstream media attention.
NRA Grassroots News Minute 5-11-2012
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International Museums: National World War II Museum
The National WWII Museum in New Orleans
First opened on June 6, 2000 the National World War II Museum in New Orleans emphasizes the American experience in WWII. It was first known as the National D-Day Museum, and was designated by the U.S. Congress as “America’s National World War II Museum” in 2003. In addition to the impressive collection, the accompanying theater presents a “4D” film that immerses visitors into the sacrifices made by the American G.I. in the Second World War.
This is just a sampling of what the museum has to offer. (Click images for a closer view) Read more
NRA News: Rep. Trey Gowdy with the Latest on Fast and Furious
Ginny Simone talks to Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) about the Chaffetz/Gosar/Farenthold Fast and Furious Amendment
Firing Back: Gun Control That Actually Makes Sense
Normally we are against the notion of gun control. But there are cases where it makes sense and where the Second Amendment does not and should not provide a right to keep and bear arms. One example is obviously criminals. But this week came word that the courts have ruled that illegal immigrants should not be able to own guns.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
A three-judge panel in Denver federal appeals court upheld a Wyoming federal judge’s decision to impose a prison sentence on an illegal immigrant in possession of firearms, Reuters reported.
According to the court, illegal immigrants can be prohibited from owning guns, as well as non-citizens in the U.S. for legitimate reasons, barring a special waiver, Reuters noted.
While this particular case is very unique, given that the illegal immigrant in question has lived in the United States most of his life, we agree that it just doesn’t make sense that illegal immigrant be allowed to have guns.
GOA: Obama Pushing UN Gun Control While Senate Bill Would Cut Funding of UN Small Arms Treaty
Gun Owners of America:
Kansas Senator Jerry Moran introduced legislation to prohibit the Obama administration from negotiating away our gun rights as part of the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
The ATT is a backdoor attempt to impose massive restrictions on U.S. gun rights. While negotiations on the treaty are being held behind closed doors, it is certain to include language that will:
- Require the registration and licensure of American firearms;
- Ban large categories of firearms;
- Require the mandatory destruction of surplus ammo and confiscated firearms;
- Define manufacturing so broadly that any gun owner who adds an accessory such as a scope or changes a stock on a firearm would be required to obtain a manufacturing license;
- Require “microstamping” of ammunition.
The treaty could also be self-executing, which would mean that it would achieve its anti-gun objectives whether or not implementing legislation was passed by Congress. Read more
ABC News Finally Covers Fast and Furious
Apparently ABC News can’t continue to pretend that Fast and Furious was just a movie, or that the scandal would drive off into the sunset. Last week the news outlet finally noted it, but not because of the gun walking, but because it is a showdown between Congress and Attorney General Eric Holder:
The undercover, gun-walking operation was called “Fast and Furious.”
Now, some furious congressional investigators want to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for allegedly blocking their efforts to get the facts about the controversial operation — a charge the Justice Department “strongly disputes.”
So why has ABC News been silent on this issue over the past year?
Does Obama Really Plan To Ease Weapons Export Rules?
From our friend David Codrea:
“The Obama administration is crafting a proposal that could make it easier to export firearms and other weapons to certain countries in an effort to boost sales for U.S. companies, increase trade and improve national security, according to senior government officials,” Sari Horwitz of The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
“The plan, which is part of President Obama’s overhaul of U.S. export rules, is being debated by several agencies and it could be months before a final rule is proposed, according to officials,” Horwitz writes, adding “At least two federal agencies — the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department — have expressed concerns that the changes in the export rules could make it easier for drug cartels and terrorists to obtain weapons and make it harder to stop firearms trafficking.”
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Those are key caveats by players who should know. What we can take from them is that in those development months, and in the comment period that would follow, concerns about Obama’s anti-gun record could be defused with phony “pro-gun” spin that would cost him nothing in terms of actual policy change. Attempts to soothe gun owner fears are already being promulgated by media allies, who point to Obama allowing guns in national parks, disregarding that his administration first tried to let the issue die on the legal vine and only signed on because it was a rider to a credit card bill they wanted. Also, we are told, Obama ended the gun ban on Amtrak—similarly, this was part of a larger funding bill, did not allow for permit holders to carry them, and humorously (?), was initially worded in a way that required gun owners to be locked up in boxes for the duration of the trip!
Continue reading on Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/article/does-obama-really-plan-to-ease-weapons-export-rules
About David Codrea:
David Codrea is a long-time gun rights advocate who defiantly challenges the folly of citizen disarmament. He is a field editor for GUNS Magazine, and a blogger at The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance. Read more at www.DavidCodrea.com.
GOA: Rep. Issa Pushing Contempt Order Against Eric Holder
Gun Owners of America:
Rep. Darrell Issa has now finished making his case for holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.
Holder, who once stated he wants to see kids brainwashed into supporting gun control, has presided over a Justice Department that helped smuggle thousands of illegal guns into Mexico, all for the purpose of justifying greater restrictions upon firearms in the U.S.
This Fast & Furious scandal has resulted in the deaths of more than 300 Mexican nationals, plus two U.S. federal agents. Read more
