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Anti-Obama Billboard Draws Attention in K.C. Area

October 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments

An anti-Obama billboard in the Kansas City area is attracting a lot of attention today including news coverage in the video report below from NBC Action News, the city’s NBC affiliate.
Located along I-70 between the Adams Dairy Parkway and the Grain Valley exits, the billboard reads, “How do you like your change now?  Obama Nation. [...]

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Mother of 14-Year-Old Rants About Murder Charge

May 29th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Yesterday, I published a post, Self-Defense Claim on Trial in Oklahoma City about a pharmacist who fought back against armed assailants and now faces first-degree murder charges.  Today, I bring you a news report from The Oklahoman which features the mother of a 14-year-old boy issuing an impassioned video plea (above) for her son to [...]

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Self-Defense Claim on Trial in Oklahoma City (Updated)

May 28th, 2009 · 28 Comments

Jerome Ersland, a 57-year-old Oklahoma City pharmacist, is in court today, facing first-degree murder charges for his role in the May 19 shooting death of 16-year-old Antwun Parker.
The video above shows how things went down:  Parker and an accomplice entered Reliable Discount Pharmacy while brandishing handguns and wearing ski masks; Ersland reacted by using his [...]

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Morning Headlines Deliver Daunting News

March 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments

The headlines to which I awoke this morning are nothing if not daunting:

Feds Undercut Ammo Supply — A recent government policy change has taken a bite out of the nation’s already stressed ammunition supply, leaving arms dealers scrambling to find ammo for private gun owners.  Observation: Makes one wonder what’s next in the assault on [...]

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Rasmussen Reports: 75 Percent Believe U.S. Constitution Guarantees Right to Own Gun

March 5th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Seventy-five percent of Americans believe the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of an average citizen to own a gun, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey* of 1,000 adults conducted Feb. 27-28.
Just 14 percent say gun ownership is not a constitutional right, and 11 percent are not sure.
Of those with a gun-owner in [...]

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