Bid to expand knife ban doesn’t cut it with critics
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 24. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
S.A. Miller
The Washington Times
June 24, 2009
Hunters, whittlers and Boy Scouts, beware – your knives may soon be on the government’s chopping block.
The Obama administration wants to expand the 50-year-old ban on importing “switchblades” to include folding knives that can be opened with one hand, stirring fears the government may on the path to outlawing most [...]
Man held on $500,000 bail for possession of 30,000 bullets
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 17. May, 2009 | No Comments
Paul Tennant
eagletribune.com
HAVERHILL — Keni Garcia told police he intended to use the 30,000 bullets they found in his car and home for target practice.
That is hard to believe, the prosecutor at Garcia’s arraignment said, because if he were to fire a gun for eight hours a day, it would take weeks for him to use [...]
It’s Getting Very Serious Now
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 12. May, 2009 | No Comments
Chuck Baldwin
NewsWithViews
May 12, 2009
First, it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report; then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report; now it is a New York congressman’s bill. Each of these items, taken on their own, is problematic enough; taken together they portend “a clear and present danger” to the liberties [...]