Monthly Archives: September 2013

Wintemute: False NRA Member.

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Goebbels would be proud of the propaganda the anti-gunners are creating:

“NRA Member Finds Most Gun Dealers Favor Background Checks

Here’s something the National Rifle Association would rather you didn’t know: A new survey out this week finds a majority of gun dealers support both comprehensive background checks on gun buyers, and banning people with serious criminal records, mental illnesses, or a history of alcohol abuse from buying firearms.

The NRA was apparently so worked up about this survey, launched in 2011 by Garen Wintemute, a University of California-Davis professor of emergency medicine, that the group sent a letter to its members asking them not to participate. But as Al Jazeera reports, it turns out Wintemute (whose research on the impacts of gun control measures we discussed in our May issue) is himself an NRA member. “I’ve been a member for many years, partly because I’ve enjoyed shooting in the past and partly in connection with my research,” Wintemute told me. He chose to disregard the group’s suggestion that he not cooperate with himself. Instead, he went on to gather information from 1,601 gun dealers, pawnshops, and gunsmiths in 43 states.

Guess those dealers didn’t get the memo—or could it be that the NRA’s clout among its members isn’t as strong as Congress seems to think?”
Source: http://www.psmag.com/politics/nra-member-finds-gun-dealers-favor-background-checks-66986/

Of course the NRA didn’t want gun dealers to participate, would a black business owner want to answer questions from the Ku Klux Klan? Do Jews do business with Nazis? Wintemute is a false NRA member, he’s a spy.

Look at his professional profile page:

Garen J. Wintemute, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program

Garen Wintemute is a pioneer in the field of injury epidemiology and the prevention of firearm violence, which results in approximately 30,000 deaths a year and approximately 75,000 nonfatal injuries seen in hospital emergency departments. In the 1980s, he was among the first to look at the problem of guns and violence as a public-health issue and emphasize the importance of prevention, even for clinicians. At that time, guns and the violence associated with them were considered as a mental-health or crime problem.

His  longstanding commitment to understand the nature of firearm violence and its underlying causes has produced a uniquely rich and informative body of research on firearm violence that directly improves the health and safety of Americans and that has positioned California — and UC Davis — as national leaders in efforts to break the cycle of gun violence. He has testified before Congress, the California Legislature and various local governments and has served as a consultant for the National Institute of Justice; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  • In a series of large-scales studies, he demonstrated that denying firearm purchases by high-risk individuals significantly reduces their risk of committing violent crimes. This work also identified important risk factors for violent crime among those who purchase firearms legally.
  • His research has demonstrated the importance of unregulated private-party gun sales, at gun shows and elsewhere, as a source of guns used in crime. The findings point to specific policy-based solutions.
  • After the schoolyard deaths of four children in Stockton by a man using an assault weapon, he assembled data on assault weapons and served as a technical advisor to the state Legislature as it worked to ban assault weapons in California.
  • In “Ring of Fire,” a landmark report on the gun industry published in 1994, he identified a small family of manufacturers in the Los Angeles area that produced cheap guns used in thousands of firearm crimes each year. The report led to local and statewide bans on the manufacture of “Saturday-night specials” and related guns. Today, all of the original manufacturers, except one, are out of business.
  • He has just completed the first-ever survey research on licensed firearm retailers and the evaluation of a new effort in California to  prevent the use of guns in domestic violence.

Source: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/vprp/aboutus/wintemute.html

I don’t give a crap if he enjoys recreational shooting.  You either support the 2nd Amendment, or you don’t. Wintermute has made a career out of bashing the 2nd Amendment. He’s not even fair and balanced, why doesn’t he research how gun owners prevent violence against themselves and others more than a million times a year? Why doesn’t he do the same research John Lot did? Obviously,  the University of California isn’t interested in pro-gun research, and neither is Witnermute.

 

 

Moms Demand Fascism Targets Staples.

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A few months ago, gun owners were boycotting Staples because a gun seller was excluded from a contest. This time, it’s Moms Demand Action that are trying to do to them what they did to Starbucks.

“Last month there was an accidental shooting at a Staples in North Carolina, and there have been other incidents of gun violence inside stores,” said Watts, who lobbied Starbucks and Schultz prior to their policy change.

“Staples allows individual stores to prohibit guns, but there is no explicit corporate policy banning firearms.””
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2013/09/26/after-starbucks-success-gun-control-advocates-target-staples/

Frankly, I don’t know what to do about this one. I don’t shop at Staples, I’m perfectly happy with Office Depot and other gun-friendly places like that. Perhaps this is an opportunity for Staples to stand for the Second Amendment, although I won’t hold my breath.

 

 

Former Navy Seal turns Against 2nd Amendment.

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I hate to write vitriol against Gabriel E. Gomez, a man who served his country, but when you turn against the 2nd Amendment, you deserve the kind of  tongue lashing the 1st Amendment protects, even if this man at one point voted against Obama’s gun ban bill.

“Based on everything I have learned, seen and heard from the citizens of this Commonwealth, I can no longer support legislation that would allow the continued sale of assault weapons and high capacity magazines, and here is why:

My opposition to banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines was based on my experience as a platoon commander and as a member of the US Navy SEALs. My fellow SEAL team members are the most highly trained, professional warriors in the world.

Navy SEALs can handle assault weapons and high capacity magazines with complete competency and safety. Others cannot. I can show virtually anybody how to change a high capacity magazine clip in five seconds. But that does not mean virtually anybody should have one.

Despite the political risks my decision may pose, the risks to schoolchildren and to other innocent victims caused by assault weapons are simply unacceptable.”
Source: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/09/24/podium-gomez/uaRM8GddCCAF5CbFre6dIL/story.html

Sir, all weapons are assault weapons, defense weapons, survival weapons.  While the AR-15 hasn’t been used in war, the 1911, the 44, and even a one-shot 1898 Mauser has been used in war. I don’t need to change a clip in five seconds to survive, in fact, I can probably change one in two seconds, but that’s not the point. The point is the 2nd Amendment gives me a RIGHT to choose one or more weapons for self-defense.

As for the competency and safety of the Navy Seals, don’t make me laugh, show me one military branch where nobody has died from friendly fire. You really have some nerve,as a taxpayer I don’t mind my taxes being used to fund the military, but don’t you dare come home and lecture me as if you were my Commanding Officer. I’m a civilian, I am my own Commanding Officer.

“I remain a strong, proud proponent of the Second Amendment. I will continue to speak out when politicians play politics and fear monger on guns. However, I will also continue to listen, learn and consider new evidence and arguments from the other side.”

Not anymore, sir. You are now a liar and a traitor to the Constitution. You’re in violation of the oath you took when you joined the military. The other side is wrong, when we listen to them, it’s to form an argument against them, not to embrace their lies. Jews don’t listen to holocaust deniers, gun owners shouldn’t listen to gun control proponents.

I hope the NRA is listening, even if you voted the right way, you can no longer be trusted.

 

Media Matters Accuses Pro-Gun Group of Anti-Semitic Advertising.

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This ad has Media Matters raving mad:

“A Colorado newspaper has repeatedly run an anti-Semitic ad depicting New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is Jewish, as a puppet-master who controls a state senator the ad’s sponsor is seeking to recall from office for supporting stronger gun laws.

The September 8 and 9 editions of the Pueblo Chieftain featured the half-page advertisement. The group responsible for the ad, Pueblo Freedom and Rights, is credited with starting the campaign to recall the ad’s target, State Sen. Angela Giron, over her support for legislation that expanded background checks on gun purchases and imposed a 15-round limit on firearm magazine size. Early voting is underway with the election concluding on September 10.

The depiction of a Jewish leader as a puppet-master is widely acknowledged as anti-Semitic imagery because of its relation to conspiracy theories about Jewish control of the political process or global economy.”
Source: http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/09/09/colorado-newspaper-runs-pro-gun-groups-anti-sem/195779

For crying out loud! That ad could have been made by Jews for the Preservation of Firearm Ownership. Nobody’s attacking Bloomberg because he’s Jewish just like nobody attacks Obama for being biracial or mulatto.

We’re attacking the IDEOLOGY and ACTIONS of the man, not his religion. In fact, if Bloomberg took his Judaism seriously he’d realize that the Old Testament is pro-gun (or pro-arms if you will).

“Exodus 22: 2 states, “If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so than he dies, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; but if it happens after sunrise, he is guilty of bloodshed.” This is in a series of case laws regarding thieves. The underlying assumption of this verse is that men may take the lives of other men who are clearly attempting to hurt them, without guilt. This verse extends those who may be killed without guilt to include thieves whose intention is not clear. In daylight, a criminal’s intent is more clear to the victim. When it is clear that a criminal intends only to steal, the victim may not respond by killing him. If it is clear that the criminal intends to hurt or murder, the victim may respond with lethal force. If a victim awakes at night to find a stranger in his house, it is not clear if the stranger intends to steal from him or to kill him. In this ambiguity, the victim is allowed to use lethal force against the criminal regardless of his true intent without guilt. My home state of Texas has this same law almost word-for-word.”
Source: http://reformed-theology.org/html/issue10/why_i_am_pro.htm

Besides, Bloomberg and Soros  ARE a puppet master just like CHRISTIAN Ted Turner, Sarah Brady, Warren Buffet, Cuomo, and others play the same role.

What Media Matters is doing reminds me of Woody Allen’s old joke in Annie Hall about “how you doing?” sounding like “How Jew doing?”. You aren’t fooling anyone, MM.

 

FREE Shotguns in Florida.

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This is great news:

“A gun group is offering free shotguns to residents in Florida, billing it as a way for people to protect themselves against crime.

Members of the Florida chapter of the Armed Citizen Project, which is based in Texas, began advertising the program on fliers in the Sunshine Gardens neighborhood near Orlando.

The neighborhood is about 25 miles south of Sanford, a city thrust into an international debate about self-defense and race after neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old.”
Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57604657/florida-gun-group-offers-free-shotguns/

Of course, they had to mention Trayvon, didn’t they? Why not mention Joe Biden who told people to get a double-barreled shotgun and shoot it up in the air like you just don’t care?

“The new owners will have to pass a background check and also complete gun safety training, Ritter said Wednesday.

“It’s not one of those things when we hand a gun to someone and don’t hear from them again,” Ritter said. “We’re going to keep in touch if someone is receiving a donation.”

The Armed Citizen Project website says it is focusing its efforts on “mid to high crime” neighborhoods.

“If my neighbor is armed, my neighborhood is safer,” Ritter said.”

Makes sense to me.

“Sunshine Gardens resident Robin McLaughlin, who has lived in the neighborhood for 25 years, told WESH-TV she’s not interested.

“No. I would not need to have a shotgun,” McLaughlin said.”

Of course, they had to find someone who admitted not being interested. Hey CBS, did you ask her if she already owns any weapons? Personally, I think she’s a fool. I would LOVE a free shotgun! You can shoot them, sell them, or use it as an additional means of self-protection.