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Philly gun regulations punish those who follow the law
"You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one." - Rush Limbaugh In Philadelphia, the government likes to create imaginary excuses for the problems the city faces. For example: Crime is very high in Philadelphia and somehow that is attributed to people who legally own a gun to protect themselves. For some reason, crime isn't attributed to the real reason why it's high: the endless welfare handouts ruining neighborhoods and promoting a lifestyle of ...

Obamas Pick for ATF Chief Is Anti-Gun, Say Pro-Second Amendment Groups
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 By Chris Johnson Andrew Traver, nominated by President Obama to head the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - Gun Rights advocates are unhappy with President Barack Obama’s pick  to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Obama announced on Nov. 15 his intent to nominate Andrew Traver, presently the Special Agent in charge of the ATF's Chicago office, to be the director of the ag

Obama Appoints Gun-Grabber Head of ATF
Chris Johnson, CNSNews.com Gun Rights advocates are unhappy with President Barack Obama’s pick  to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Obama announced on Nov. 15 his intent to nominate Andrew Traver, presently the Special Agent in charge of the ATF’s Chicago office, to be the director of the agency. Both the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) criticized the president’s selection. Ac

Fla. Woman Accused In Broward School Threats Arrested
Miami — A woman charged with making threats that caused 300 Florida schools to be locked down and a congressman-elect's top aide to step down was arrested Tuesday, federal authorities said. Ellisa Martinez, 48, of New Port Richey, Fla., surrendered to FBI agents near Los Angeles, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami said. She is accused of sending an e-mail on Nov. 10 to WFTL 850 AM conservative Talk Show host Joyce Kaufman, who was tapped to be U.S. Rep.-elect Allen West's Chief of Staff...

Congressman-Elect's Aide Steps Down
MIAMI -- A woman charged with making threats that caused 300 Florida schools to be locked down and a congressman-elect's top aide to step down was arrested Tuesday, federal authorities said. Ellisa Martinez, 48, of New Port Richey, Fla., surrendered to FBI agents near Los Angeles, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami said. She is accused of sending an e-mail on Nov. 10 to WFTL 850 AM conservative Talk Show host Joyce Kaufman, who was tapped to be U.S. Rep.-elect Allen West's Chief of Staff. The e...

Congressman-Elect's Aide Steps Down
MIAMI -- A woman charged with making threats that caused 300 Florida schools to be locked down and a congressman-elect's top aide to step down was arrested Tuesday, federal authorities said. Ellisa Martinez, 48, of New Port Richey, Fla., surrendered to FBI agents near Los Angeles, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami said. She is accused of sending an e-mail on Nov. 10 to WFTL 850 AM conservative Talk Show host Joyce Kaufman, who was tapped to be U.S. Rep.-elect Allen West's Chief of Staff. The e...

Philadelphia secret police threaten to lock up citizen for open carrying
“Now you’re either going to conceal it, or I’m going to take you off here or I’m going to lock you up. I’m not going to play games.” The threatening speaker is a Philadelphia Police lieutenant, coercing Activist Mark Roote, who attended a weekend “End the Fed” rally open carrying—as is his right and in accordance with Pennsylvania law. Indeed, in the accompanying video (see sidebar), we see the initial “officer” who approached Roo...

The Real Viper Conspiracy
So when the Viper case goes to trial, the prosecution will probably focus on the "explosive and incendiary devices." The indictment charges that four of the "conspirators" met and viewed "a video tape" "for the purpose of training persons in the making and use of explosive devices for use in obstructing the Federal Government." The tape shows members detonating "multiple destructive devices which ultimately created a crater in open land approximately ...

Why we should be thankfuland other stuff
   The Holiday Season kicks off tomorrow with Thanksgiving, and it occurs to this column that a lot of people seem to have forgotten that this is more than simply an opportunity to take a day off and overeat while watching a football game.    There is much to be thankful for. Let’s be thankful that we have the absolute worst form of government on the planet…except for all of the other forms of government. Let’s be thankful that a bunch of “old, dead wh...

Only One harasses open carrying RTC’er at Philly “End the Fed” rally
I am writing to you today as one of your constituents from Wyoming County, Monroe Township. I was in Philadelphia, PA today to attend the “End The Fed” rally.  While I do not agree with everything the speakers at that rally talked about, I do agree that the Fed is Unconstitutional and it needs to go away. But that’s not why I’m writing you. I am an active member of the “Open Carry” movement, wherein I exercise my right to Bear Arms wherever I go, in ac...

UPDATED: Schools Threat Suspect Is Green Party Member
By Bob Norman, Wed., Nov. 24 2010 @ 9:22AM The woman charged by the FBI with making a threat that led to the lockdown of more than 300 Broward County schools after hearing the words of right-wing talker Joyce Kaufman isn't a member of the Tea Party -- she's a member of the Green Party. Ellisa Martinez was Arrested yesterday for making an emailed threat and a phone call to Kaufman's Radio Station, 850-AM, on November 10. In the email, Martinez feigned agreement with the fiery arch-conservative ...

Oops! 'Rightwing' Terror Suspect Turns Out to Be a...Leftwinger
It seems that whenever you hear about a "rightwing" Hate Crime nowadays, it turns out the the perpetrator turns out to be a leftwinger...much to the disappointment of Liberals who continue to maintain the fiction about a violent Tea Party movement. And the latest case of a violent "rightwinger" who turns out to really be a leftwinger comes from my own county of Broward here in South Florida. With my condolences to the left who have been "robbed" of yet another examp...

NRA Opposes Obama's ATF Nominee Because They Googled Him (VIDEO)
President Barack Obama's nominee to take over the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) faces a pretty big hurdle to securing his confirmation by the Senate: opposition from the National Riffle Association. It didn't take long for the NRA to come out against Andrew Traver once his nomination was announced by the White House last Monday night. Less than two business days later, the NRA was out with a release not only opposing Traver's nomination, but calling for Obama to wit...

Fla. woman accused in school threats arrested
MIAMI (AP) — Federal authorities say a woman charged with making threats that caused 300 Florida schools to be locked down and a congressman-elect’s top aide to step down has been arrested. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 48-year-old Ellisa Martinez of New Port Richey, Fla., was arrested in Los Angeles on Tuesday. A Criminal Complaint says Martinez sent an e-mail to WFTL conservative radio Talk Show host Joyce Kaufman. It talked about Gun Rights and that “something big...

Fla. woman accused in school threats arrested
MIAMI (AP) - Federal authorities say a woman charged with making threats that caused 300 Florida schools to be locked down and a congressman-elect's top aide to step down has been arrested. The U.S. Attorney's Office says 48-year-old Ellisa Martinez of New Port Richey, Fla., was arrested in Los Angeles on Tuesday. A Criminal Complaint says Martinez sent an e-mail to WFTL conservative radio Talk Show host Joyce Kaufman. It talked about Gun Rights and that "something big" would happen at a gover...

Five conditions of the political mindset
In my previous column I stated we would have about five minutes to breathe and relax before jumping back into the political fray. Our five minutes is up. Back in the day, as the youth say, I was a young politicized liberal (yes, I will confess my sin now, as integrity and honesty rank as the most important virtues to me). One of the things I was taught, which I still believe is true, is that the personal is political. How we live our lives and the decisions we make are tied to our political beli...

Gun rights violation costs city
The Taxpayers of Allentown just got stuck with an unnecessary $23,500 tab. That may not be much in a city that treats tax money like the water flowing over the Hamilton Street Dam (proposed new Budget: $88.5 million), but it might have been avoided if people paid to enforce the law could be persuaded to obey it themselves. On Oct. 6, 2008, Jerry Corliss, a law-abiding citizen who then lived in Allentown, was carrying a Glock Handgun in a holster when he visited the Home Depot store just off Lehi...

U.S. Airports a "Constitutional Twilight Zone"
Like this Story? Share it: The TSA is not backing out of security regulations that involve either a full body scan or thorough pat-down, despite Protests. Jeff Glor reports. TSA chief John Pistole spoke to Katie Couric about passenger dissatisfaction over the new invasive pat-downs at Airport Security, why the changes came about and the potential for a less objectionable policy. While the Transportation Security Administration continues to defend the use of its new Controversial screening proced...

Me on ACSblog on Ghailani
bacchys on Must Second Amendment Originalism Account for the Militia Clauses? Although I'm a bit late to the party, I have a guest post up today over at ACSblog on last week's near-acquittal (that term itself is telling) in the Ghailani prosecution.  The post isn't about the result so much as it's a critique of one of the more original responses thereto... Join Prawfs on Facebook! Dorf et al. on Law Harvard L. Rev. Forum In Brief--Va. L. Rev. Mich. L.Rev.'s FirstMPressions ...

Woman arrested for orchestrating lockdown
Published: Nov. 24, 2010 at 11:35 AM Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A Florida woman suspected of orchestrating a school lockdown in Broward County has been Arrested by the FBI in California, officials said. FBI agents said they apprehended Ellisa Martinez, 48, of New Port Richey after tracing a phone call and threatening e-mail sent to a local Radio Station, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Wednesday. The Nov. 10 e-mail said "something big" was going to happen around Broward scho...

Suspect in school threat in FBI custody
Source: Miami Herald A Florida woman who the FBI says e-mailed a South Florida Radio Station and threatened ``something big'' at a Broward school, paralyzing the nation's sixth-largest School District earlier this month, was arrested Tuesday in California after investigators traced her e-mail address and cellphone to her home north of St. Petersburg. The woman, Ellisa Martinez, 48, was taken into Custody in the Los Angeles area Tuesday following a nearly two-week long investigation by the FBI an...

"We Are at War": How Militias, Racists and Anti-Semites Found a Home in the Tea Party | News & Politics | AlterNet
Research support for this article was provided by The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Maybe it's the gun-making kits that are being raffled off as door prizes. Or maybe it's the fact that nearly everyone inside this hall at the Ravalli County Fairground is packing heat. But most of all, it's the copy of Mein Kampf sitting there on the book table, with its black-and-white Swastika, sandwiched between a survivalist how-to book on food storage and a copy of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radi...

Collect $23,000 a pat-down
From the Allentown Morning Call: On Oct. 6, 2008, Jerry Corliss, a law-abiding citizen who then lived in Allentown, was carrying a Glock Handgun in a holster when he visited the Home Depot store just off Lehigh Street. It appears that somebody there became hysterical over the idea that anyone not in government might exercise his or her right to Bear Arms. Soon, according to court documents, Dale Stokes, an Allentown Police Officer, stormed into the store, detained Corliss for doing absolutely ...

Grateful for America's freedoms
By Vivian Paige One only has to look around to see the many things we have to be thankful for. Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, independent and those in between, I think we can all agree we are thankful to live in the United States, where we have rights guaranteed to us by our Constitution, including the right to vote, the right to a trial by jury, the right to free Speech and the right to Bear Arms. The Bill of Rights, as the first 10 amendments to the Constitution are generally known, have ...

Collect $23,000 a pat-down
From the Allentown Morning Call: On Oct. 6, 2008, Jerry Corliss, a law-abiding citizen who then lived in Allentown, was carrying a Glock Handgun in a holster when he visited the Home Depot store just off Lehigh Street. It appears that somebody there became hysterical over the idea that anyone not in government might exercise his or her right to Bear Arms. Soon, according to court documents, Dale Stokes, an Allentown Police Officer, stormed into the store, detained Corliss for doing absolutely ...