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State Senate 6
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psijac »
Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:04 pm
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Mario Gallagos died before November but his name was not taken off the ballot. Carol Alvarado (D) is running for the empty seat. is there a...
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I actually called everyone on the list.
4 of them didn't answer though 2 promptly called me back. Carol Alvarado is the only one who had a staff...
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Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:18 pm
Danny Glover speaks at A & M
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philip964 »
Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:43 pm
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Danny Glover speaks at Texas A & M, says that 2nd amendment was created to help with slavery.
My...
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Thanks for all these resources. I think I will make Martin King's failure to obtain a CHL the focus of my MLK day Facebook Posts.
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Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:06 pm
TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE- ACT NOW
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v-rog »
Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:59 pm
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This is a petition to compel the TX State Legislature to pass a preemption bill. A member of one of my fellow defensive shooting clubs, which...
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I'll start calling my legislators to support this bill when I get the call to action from TSRA.
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Last post by Jumping Frog
Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:27 pm
I figured Austin would be an issue, did not plan on Dallas
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dubya »
Fri Jan 18, 2013 3:36 pm
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I guess I just don't look close enough at local politics. Locally they always say party does not matter as much and in my suburb many even refuse to...
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I've emailed he Mayors office and pleaged a donation to his opponet in the next election.
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Last post by Moby
Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:27 pm
Piers Morgan's hypocrisy on display
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baldeagle »
Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:01 pm
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I think his quote:
sums up his reasoning quite succinctly. Given his comment, I hope he is never licensed to carry a gun.
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Last post by DocV
Sat Jan 19, 2013 11:09 am
Obama: The Second Coming
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A-R »
Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:18 am
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I thought this was a joke. Apparently it's real.
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Thank you for the parallel. The NKM (North Korean Media) is the perfect acronym for the leftist toadies in today's American media. They make me sick.
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Last post by The Annoyed Man
Sat Jan 19, 2013 11:03 am
Documenting and responding to media bias and lies
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Charles L. Cotton »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:52 pm
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I don't have time to do one more thing, but I have an idea that needs to be pursued. I've watched the 6:00pm CBS news the last two days and it was...
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Should there be a place for the media who get it right?
You'd just need one guy for that....
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Last post by Jasonw560
Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:00 am
I got Texas Back...Greg Abbott
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Bob in Big D »
Fri Jan 18, 2013 6:05 pm
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Radio Interview with Texas AG Greg Abbott.
Hes got Texans backs!!!! I was listening to am550 KTSA earlier today and Sean Rima interviewed him and...
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So he's good on this one issue. What about other things? Remember, that RINO governor up in NJ is good on dealing with the unions, but in most other...
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Last post by C-dub
Sat Jan 19, 2013 7:19 am
Likely high capacity mag ban
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mikey1969 »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 4:04 pm
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Question ............... would a high capacity mag ban allow those already purchased to be grandfathered in ...... or would they be banned / illegal...
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After rereading my post I determined it needed editing.
Anygunanywhere
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Last post by anygunanywhere
Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:55 am
Amendment to every gun control bill
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A-R »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:59 pm
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We should get a Congressman to attach this amendment to EVERY gun control bill.
All provisions of this bill and all other Federal gun laws apply...
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That's because they are making plenty of money as successful business people, and don't need the stress/mess of the political circus. Look at the...
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Last post by bagman45
Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:35 am
2nd Amendment in action: The Battle of Athens, 1946
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The Annoyed Man »
Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:33 am
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I had never heard of this episode before. I imagine that after having survived the European and Pacific theater battles, these men were in no mood to...
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THIS is what has made America great. I only wonder if we have the sand to do what those heroes did...... :patriot:
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Last post by bagman45
Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:03 am
Best analogy of the President's and the Left's strategy
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SlickTX »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:49 am
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I was listening to drive time radio in the DFW area yesterday and heard the best analogy of how Obama is playing the gun control game.
He's like the...
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He also just signed an EO to provide government (taxpayer funded) protection for the president and his family FOR LIFE. Used to be 10 years. While...
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Last post by bagman45
Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:50 am
Why would anyone need an assault weapon?
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ilovetabasco »
Fri Jan 18, 2013 2:05 am
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First of all, this being my first post, I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Cotton and everyone else who contributes to this...
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The first ten amendments to the US Constitution is not a Bill of Needs , it is a Bill of Rights .
The Second Amendment addresses not the individual...
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Last post by E10
Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:54 pm
A New Word That Describes Our Form of Goobermint
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anygunanywhere »
Fri Jan 18, 2013 2:21 pm
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If this has been posted before then so what. It is funny and needs to be posted again. Heh heh.
Anygunanywhere
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I would approach the situation differently, without the new title. The situation is not new, unfortunately.
Romulus Augustus, the last Emperor of...
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Last post by chasfm11
Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:48 pm
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Fri Jan 18, 2013 6:15 pm
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Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:46 pm
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Last post by Texasrpbrock
Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:31 pm
Piers Morgan Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel
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steve817 »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:15 pm
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Fareed Zakaria is another useless twit. He's a foreign policy expert in the same way I'm a rocket surgeon.
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Last post by Redneck_Buddha
Fri Jan 18, 2013 3:44 pm
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Last post by tommyg
Fri Jan 18, 2013 3:05 pm
Support from Unexpected Places
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RoyGBiv »
Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:24 am
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I was pointed to the below link from another forum.
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Apparently a shooting forum in South Africa is...
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What a nice gesture from our brothers and sisters in South Africa... :tiphat:
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Last post by 77346
Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:31 pm
Debt limit
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MeMelYup »
Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:19 am
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To me this is ............Sorry my vocabulary is not large enough to describe it.
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The government...
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Since we are headed towards legislating based upon justification of a NEED (Why would anyone neeed.... firearm/clip/magazine...)
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The government...
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Last post by RPB
Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:29 pm
Interesting Facebook Debate, Magazine Bans
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Rrash »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:56 am
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Here a photo followed by the text I posted on Facebook earlier today. It sparked a firestorm of debate, but the surprising thing is that it got...
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That's the margin for error.
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Last post by MeMelYup
Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:58 am
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Last post by packa45
Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:46 am
Legislator Education?
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RoyGBiv »
Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:07 pm
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Has anyone ever tried to put together a Civilian Arms Education Seminar for legislators.?
(Please don't harp on the name, we can work that out later...
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Isn't the term educated legislator an oxymoron?
Anygunanywhere
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Last post by anygunanywhere
Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:34 am
Stop mass shootings
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Ericstac »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:04 pm
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This guy gets it
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Straight talking pro 2a black guy from Texas that doesn't come across as a gang banger... Didn't know there were any...until I started following this...
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Last post by packa45
Fri Jan 18, 2013 2:09 am
Will someone please explain....
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The Marshal »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:42 pm
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Will someone please explain the Liberal Mindset to me about this specific point (!!)
Why is a Barrel Shroud a factor in Gun Legislation?
How in...
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Like other kinds of mindless bigotry, how someone (something) looks is more important than what's inside.
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Last post by tbrown
Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:11 pm
GCA 1968 question
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Mike1951 »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:38 pm
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I recall the GCA 1968 having a provision preventing the ATF from compiling/maintaining any sort of database of firearms/owners.
I've spent about an...
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I read the law when it came out and seem to recall the provision preventing the use of 4473 form to be used for any sort of database (we didn't know...
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Last post by puma guy
Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:06 pm
Getting TX Legislation alerts
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RottenApple »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:10 pm
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Did you know that you can arrange to get alerts regarding any particular House or Senate legislation right to your email?
Go to the , click on My...
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I THINK I knew that in 2011, but forgot, thanks for this, I slept since then. :mrgreen:
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Last post by RPB
Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:16 pm
List of executive actions Obama plans to take
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LSUTiger »
Wed Jan 16, 2013 12:17 pm
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I wish folks would calm down about BHO's bit of pomp and circumstance yesterday. It meant nothing. It's what the legislators are attempting that...
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Last post by OldCannon
Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:16 pm
FFL transfers for all good standing citizens and gun shows
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Texasrpbrock »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:11 am
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Please don't flame me.monly asking this from an educational point of view. I'm just curious if this is feasible or if it tramples 2ndA rights in any...
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[quote= fickman
That's not acceptable for most of us.
I'd say it's not acceptable to all of us on this forum.
However, I don't see this...
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Last post by OldCannon
Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:06 pm
All New York police will be violating new gun law in March.
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philip964 »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:53 pm
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The State of New York in its wisdom decided no gun could have more than 7 rounds. Thus all New York...
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It is called trying to RUSH a piece of paper through the system...minor flaw in the system to forget about he police or any other federal agencies in...
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Last post by AggieMike
Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:46 pm
Now that New York has said they hate the Constitution...
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APynckel »
Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:24 pm
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Why don't we invite all those lovely gun manufacturers to Texas so that they can do their business unmitigated?
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No; the NY police will just ignore the law and pretend it doesn't apply to them.
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Last post by RHenriksen
Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:14 pm
H.R. 226 - "Assault Weapons" Tax Break
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IPv6 »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:19 pm
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Introduced on 1/14. And to be clear, they are NOT after our weapons.. :???:
``(1) In general.--In the case of an individual who
surrenders a...
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Thanks but no thanks! :nono:
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Last post by Gameover
Thu Jan 17, 2013 4:17 pm
Lets Just Change the Name....
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StewNTexas »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:53 pm
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The guys on the left keep changing what things are called. I am sure this is a concentrated effort to make things seem better on the surface, and...
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How about POS?
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Last post by Jasonw560
Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:58 pm
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Last post by anygunanywhere
Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:59 pm
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Last post by Redneck_Buddha
Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:58 am
Statement by Gov. Perry on President Obama’s Executive Actio
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RPB »
Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:27 pm
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Statement by Gov. Perry on President Obama’s Executive Actions
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Actually we are the Blue States as in True Blue . The others are really the Red States as in Lousy Commies or The Reds .
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Last post by OldCurlyWolf
Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:45 am
Obama Announcing Gun Restrictions Tomorrow
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Kythas »
Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:45 pm
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Obama is announcing his proposals for new gun restrictions tomorrow, including a new AWB and magazine size limits.
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Since Nanny State welfare-ism turned the leading free world nation into a country of children. Official recognition of that transition occurred on...
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Last post by VMI77
Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:31 am
Gun Control History and Keeping Perspective
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chasfm11 »
Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:29 am
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I was taken aback by a post regarding the anti-gun actions attributed to Ronald Regan. Obviously, I'm ill informed about gun control history and I'd...
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Chas, I suspect TAM could point you in the right direction. If he doesn't see this thread, you should consider sending him a PM.
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Last post by mojo84
Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:29 am
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Last post by Adraper
Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:57 am
Oregon Sheriff Letter to Biden
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Kythas »
Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:14 am
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Linn County, Oregon, Sheriff Tim Mueller refuses to enforce any unconstitutional gun laws and will not allow them to be enforced within his county.
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Oops, you're right. Not that it really matters, since Biden is merely his puppet, but I'll change the title.
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Last post by Kythas
Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:22 am
Mississippi Governor Joins the Fight
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JJVP »
Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:59 pm
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onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;. :patriot:
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I like the drumbeating; it stirs the patriotic juices. I just wish the same drumbeating would have happened when obamacare was passed. The...
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Last post by anygunanywhere
Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:16 am
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Last post by pipeliner
Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:17 am
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Last post by Purplehood
Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:10 am
Gun Show Loophole
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mr surveyor »
Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:23 am
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why do we continue to let the left use this term in an attempt to scare the uninformed public into believing that anything goes at the gun show. We...
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Just to clarify a tricky point for people who might scan over your words without truly understanding:
Most states allow firearm sales between two...
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Last post by Jumping Frog
Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:34 am
Ruger - Easy Representative Letter
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mcd_sports »
Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:47 pm
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Ruger has made it easy to contact all your elected representatives. They have a pre-written letter that once you fill in your personal info gets sent...
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FYI, .
It's from the U.S. Geological Survey, but is comprehensive. It includes the appropriate address format for a letter and envelope, and the...
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Last post by Skiprr
Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:19 am
Executive Order Lawsuits
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by scottmeador » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:10 pm
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Anyone know which group or groups may have standing to file lawsuits against Osama Obama to have the Executive Orders nullified? It would be good to...
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Mr. Obama will just create an EO that says he doesn't need to give 15 days public notice to hold the meetings. :banghead: :banghead:
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Last post by RX8er
Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:53 am
New NRA ad
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A-R »
Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:09 am
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You know how I know this new ad is working, and hitting a nerve?
MSNBC this morning is foaming at...
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I'd suggest going to the actual NRA YouTube site to view it. The link in the original post seems to be some anti war YouTube page.
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Last post by gregthehand
Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:08 am
Did you get your email?
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Waco1959 »
Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:40 pm
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I'm not quite sure why I received this email but I'm so angered by it that I almost can't type. There are times I think the liberals have seceded...
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Why this? When was the last time armor-piercing bullets were used in a crime? Where did they get this from?
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Last post by ajwakeboarder
Wed Jan 16, 2013 11:22 pm
The "save one life" Obama doctrine...
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fickman »
Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:07 pm
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If there's even one life that can be saved, then we've got an obligation to try. - President Obama
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Let's hold him to his own...
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We could jus my as easily come up with things that are guaranteed not to saver a life but are currently banned, like kids playing cops and robbers at...
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Last post by fickman
Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:32 pm
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