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Illinois Democrat admits that a handgun ban is next

Post author By Falcon
Post date March 11, 2013

Click Here: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a member of the Democratic Party’s leadership in the House of Representatives, suggested at a Feb. 13 women’s rights rally that plans for an assault weapons ban and private-sales background checks were only the beginning of a broader gun control agenda extending to handguns as well.

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Gabby Giffords’s Husband Buys AR-15

Post author By Falcon
Post date March 10, 2013

Click Here: Mark E. Kelly, gun-control proponent and husband to former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, recently purchased an AR-15 (an “assault weapon,” he called it)

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UPDATE: Number Of U.S. Gun Makers Refusing Sales To Government Triples

Post author By Falcon
Post date March 9, 2013

Click Here: UPDATE: Number Of U.S. Gun Makers Refusing Sales To Gov’t In ‘Firearms Equality Movement’ Triples

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South Dakota Gov. Signs Law Allowing Teachers to Carry Guns in the Classroom

Post author By Falcon
Post date March 8, 2013

Click Here: South Dakota Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard on Friday signed into law a bill to allow teachers to carry guns in the classroom.

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Then-Professor Obama Said, ‘I Don’t Believe People Should Be Able To Own Guns’

Post author By Falcon
Post date March 6, 2013

Click Here: Economist and author John R. Lott Jr., recalls conversations regarding gun laws he and Obama had while working at the University of Chicago; “I don’t believe people should be able to own guns,” Obama told Lott one day at the University of Chicago Law School.

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CDC Warns Of Deadly Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Post author By Falcon
Post date March 5, 2013

Click Here: The bacteria, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), kills up to half of the patients who get the infections.

CDC says almost all CRE infections occur in people receiving “significant medical care in hospitals, long-term acute care facilities, or nursing homes.”

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Incredible Ending to High School Basketball Game

Post author By Falcon
Post date March 4, 2013

New York Section I Class AA boys basketball championship game

“Ladies and Gentlemen, say hello to what is absolutely, positively the most incredible, bizarre outrageous buzzer beater of 2013, at any level.” ESPN anchor Steve Levy said: This might be the buzzer-beater of all time.”

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Homeland Security buys 2,700 Light-Armored Tanks to Go With Their 1.6 Billion Bullets

Post author By Falcon
Post date March 4, 2013

Click Here: This is getting a little creepy. Since last year the Department of Homeland Security has stockpiled more than 1.6 billion bullets. Now we find out that DHS also purchased 2,700 Mine Resistant Armor Protected Vehicles (MRAP).

What is a MRAP? Click Here: A Primer in MRAP Variants

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Homeland Security’s Predator Drones to Detect Whether a Civilian is Armed

Post author By Falcon
Post date March 3, 2013

Click Here: Homeland Security’s specifications say drones must be able to detect whether a civilian is armed. Also specified: “signals interception” and “direction finding” for electronic surveillance.

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Sheriff Debunks Gun Magazine Fallacies

Post author By Falcon
Post date March 2, 2013