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May 12th, 2011
Marbut, MSSA President Rebuts Gov. Schweitzer’s Veto of HB271
If you will recall, yesterday I rebutted the explanation given to Montana residents by Governor Brian Schweitzer as to why he vetoed HB 271, a bill that would have allowed concealed carry without a permit within city limits (it is presently allowed outside city limits). Gary Marbut, President of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, takes [...]
Go to Marbut, MSSA President Rebuts Gov. Schweitzer’s Veto of HB271April 19th, 2011
Background Checks For Private Gun Sales
Socialist/Democrat/Marxist Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz plans to introduce legislation requiring background checks on all gun sales, even private sales. Want to sell your gun to your friend? Just go to your nearest licensed gun dealer, run a background check and sell your gun. No problem? What could possibly go wrong with this? Tom Remington Related [...]
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Anti Gun Illinois Wanting To Make Public Names, Addresses of Gun Owners
Many states in America have been down this road before. Someone wants a list of all the names and addresses of citizens who own/register guns and/or have a concealed weapon permit. An Associated Press reporter solicited the names and addresses of Illinois registered gun owners through Freedom of Information Access law. This person is being [...]
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A Visit With Herman Cain and Joe the Plumber
At this year’s Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT) in Las Vegas, outdoor writer Anne Vinnola, a.k.a. “Annie got her Gun“, had an opportunity to sit down and chat with presidential hopeful, Herman Cain, and “Joe the Plumber”, Joe Wurzelbacher. Many things were discussed and among those was the issue of gun control. When [...]
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Get Your Motor Runnin’, Set Out on the Highway
Related ArticlesLouisiana Bill Requires Showing Gun Serial Number Before Purchasing Ammo (1)Obama Tells Mexican Reporter He Believes In Second Amendment (12)75% of Voters Think Gun Laws Adequate or Too Harsh (2)Do Doctors Need To Know If You Have Guns? (0)Gun “Restrictions” And Limiting Magazine Capacity (2)Armed Teachers, Administrators and School Security? (0)Mass. Gun Fair Organizer [...]
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Louisiana Bill Requires Showing Gun Serial Number Before Purchasing Ammo
The U.S. Sportsman’s Alliance is reporting that a bill before the Louisiana legislature would require purchasers of ammunition to show the serial numbers of their guns first. Tom Remington Related ArticlesObama’s Moves To Rid U.S. Of Guns. How Far Can You Be Pushed? (12)The Greatest Threat to the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in [...]
Go to Louisiana Bill Requires Showing Gun Serial Number Before Purchasing AmmoJanuary 25th, 2011
Do Doctors Need To Know If You Have Guns?
There are states that allow or perhaps mandate that doctor’s offices ask their patients to include information about gun ownership for themselves and their families in their medical records. Florida has two bills proposed that would prohibit such a privacy intrusion – SB432 and HB155. Marion Hammer, former president of the National Rifle Association, has [...]
Go to Do Doctors Need To Know If You Have Guns?January 21st, 2011
Gun “Restrictions” And Limiting Magazine Capacity
It seems that every time another deranged so and so enters a “gun free zone” and massacres one or more people, irrational subjects begin to wail once again demanding more gun control. I am told that gun control is now considered a bad word and the catch term today is gun restrictions. Because, don’t you [...]
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Armed Teachers, Administrators and School Security?
With “gun free” zones like schools and shopping malls, it is clear the “gun free” isn’t at all proportional to gun free violence. And yet, still more people clamor for more restrictions on lawful citizens and the robbing of our rights. Will that end anytime soon? Sen. Mark Christensen of Imperial, Nebraska has introduced a [...]
Go to Armed Teachers, Administrators and School Security?January 14th, 2011
Mass. Gun Fair Organizer Acquitted on Manslaughter Charges
The Boston Globe is reporting that today a jury acquitted former Pelham Police Chief Edward Fleury, organizer of a local gun fair in a town near Springfield, on manslaughter charges that he was responsible for the death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself with an UZI, 9mm automatic weapon. Tom Remington Related ArticlesArmed [...]
Go to Mass. Gun Fair Organizer Acquitted on Manslaughter ChargesJanuary 12th, 2011
Jim Geraghty: “The Desire To Lash Out At Somebody”
Jim Geraghty, in the National Review, has a short but precise piece on what he thinks is mostly going on with the responses and reactions by people to the Tuscon, Arizona shooting tragedy. Tom Remington Related ArticlesRep. King’s Gun Control Proposal Mentally Deficient (5)Being Prepared To Thwart A Home Invasion (2)The Tuscon Massacre and the [...]
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Rep. King’s Gun Control Proposal Mentally Deficient
America cries out for leadership. I am 58 years old and never in my lifetime have I been witness to such a scarcity of leadership. Perhaps the most commonly used Bible verse on leadership can be found in Proverbs 29:18, frequently interpreted to read, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Vision comes from [...]
Go to Rep. King’s Gun Control Proposal Mentally DeficientJanuary 6th, 2011
Stop Obama’s Nomination Of Andrew Traver To Head BTAFE
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is mounting a campaign to stop Andrew Traver, Obama’s nominee to head up the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Traver hails from the corrupt politics of Chicago. “ALERT: Obama has nominated gun-grabber Andrew Traver as the director of the Bureau of [...]
Go to Stop Obama’s Nomination Of Andrew Traver To Head BTAFEJanuary 1st, 2011
Sportsmen: Take the USA Today Gun Owner Poll
The following is a press release from the U.S. Sportsman’s Alliance: (Columbus, OH) -With a new year getting ready to start, it’s important that sportsmen’s voices are heard loud and clear. One way to do this is to respond each and every time the mainstream media seeks our opinions on subjects that impact our traditions. [...]
Go to Sportsmen: Take the USA Today Gun Owner PollDecember 23rd, 2010
Bill Whittle: What We Believe, Part 5: Gun Rights
Related ArticlesThe Greatest Threat to the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in the United States Today (1)I’d Bank Here! What About You? (0)Montana: Know Your Candidates On Second Amendment Issues (0)Lawsuit Over Montana-made Guns Goes to Next Judicial Level (0)Hurricane Earl Used To Steal Second Amendment Right (0)Judge Orders Iowa Sheriff To Take In-Depth [...]
Go to Bill Whittle: What We Believe, Part 5: Gun RightsDecember 18th, 2010
BATFE Requests “Emergency” Authority: What Could Possibly Be Wrong With That?
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is asking for 6-months of “emergency” authority to track semi-automatic weapons sales from 8,500 gun dealers near the Mexican border. Let me open this up for discussion. Things to consider. Is this addressing the real problem at the border? What will this accomplish? Is this simply just [...]
Go to BATFE Requests “Emergency” Authority: What Could Possibly Be Wrong With That?December 14th, 2010
Report – Demari DeReu School Board Hearing
Pasted below is a report from Sean Frampton, Demari’s attorney, about Demari’s school board expulsion hearing last evening. Although the school board voted unanimously to not expel Demari, I am disappointed that she is on probation and her record will only be cleared at the end of the school year if she has no further [...]
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Gary Marbut: Guest Editorial, re: Demari DeReu
A Place for Zero Tolerance In some media stories, administrators of Columbia Falls High School (CFHS) are whining about outsiders meddling in “their” business, and are trying to recast themselves as victims. These are the same administrators who suspended 16-year-old honor roll student and student council member Demari DeReu and poised her for possible expulsion [...]
Go to Gary Marbut: Guest Editorial, re: Demari DeReuDecember 7th, 2010
Montana Honor Student Faces Expulsion For Having Hunting Rifle Locked In Trunk
Outrage in Flathead County, Montana! Outrage is right! Sixteen-year-old Demarie DeReu is an honor roll student, a member of the Columbia Falls (Montana) High School Student Council and a varsity cheerleader. Although she has no intent to break any rules or laws, or harm anyone, Demarie is at risk of having her college education derailed [...]
Go to Montana Honor Student Faces Expulsion For Having Hunting Rifle Locked In TrunkDecember 2nd, 2010
Plaintiffs Appeal Firearms Freedom Act Ruling to the Ninth Circuit
This case is believed to be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court once it runs all the lower court appeals. MISSOULA, MONT. – Plaintiffs in litigation to validate the principles of the Montana Firearms Freedom Act (MFFA) have appealed an expected but adverse federal district court decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The [...]
Go to Plaintiffs Appeal Firearms Freedom Act Ruling to the Ninth CircuitNovember 18th, 2010
Getting Groped Can Cost As Little As $59 One Way, Anywhere In The U.S.
Groped in the U.S.A. is the new title to a remade Bruce Springsteen song I heard the other day and quite fitting. Think about it for a minute. I’ve listened to many sides of this argument with the most popular reasoning of those who think having your genitals groped by a TSA is necessary for [...]
Go to Getting Groped Can Cost As Little As $59 One Way, Anywhere In The U.S.October 27th, 2010
Vote Adam Putnam, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture
National Rifle Association & Unified Sportsmen of Florida Endorse Adam Putnam BARTOW, Fla. – Adam Putnam continues to broaden the support of his campaign for Commissioner of Agriculture with the endorsement by the National Rifle Association and the Unified Sportsmen of Florida. “Adam’s solid pro-sportsmen, pro-Second Amendment, pro-freedom record has earned him our endorsement and [...]
Go to Vote Adam Putnam, Florida Commissioner of AgricultureOctober 27th, 2010
The Greatest Threat to the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in the United States Today
by Gary Marbut, president Montana Shooting Sports Association Without ammunition, our firearms are just awkward clubs, and our cherished right to Keep and Bear Arms is worthless – literally worth nothing. Let me explain this threat. To the best of my information, there are only two plants in the United States that manufacture smokeless propellant [...]
Go to The Greatest Threat to the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in the United States TodayOctober 15th, 2010
I’d Bank Here! What About You?
The first photo is of the front of the Chappell Hill Bank in Texas. Notice on the front door there is a sign there. The second photo here is a blow-up of that sign. Related ArticlesMontana: Know Your Candidates On Second Amendment Issues (0)Lawsuit Over Montana-made Guns Goes to Next Judicial Level (0)Hurricane Earl Used [...]
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Bastardizing The U.S. Constitution For Personal Gain
Here is a link to a story by Rachel Alexander in Townhall that exemplifies everything that is wrong with our legal system and the result of what happens when a society, perhaps through complacency, quietly sits by and allows for an overreaching government. Through abuse of one’s authority fueled by a personal vendetta by a [...]
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Montana Gov. Vetos Bill That Would Allow Concealed Carry Without Permit
Posted by Tom Remington on May 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Not that it is unusual for those aimed at tearing down our constitutional rights to implement laws that do that very thing. And, it’s not that unusual these days when you have a governmental official who claims to be a pro gun person, deny the citizens their right to bear arms. It’s the ignorance that [...]
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