Penny Dean and Your Rights

First of all, we want to say that we are glad no one was physically hurt.

Now, to the report from Boston Channel 5:

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State Trooper Punished For Gun Incident
Officer Took Responsibility For Son's Actions

POSTED: 2:29 pm EST December 3, 2009

SANDWICH, Mass. -- A state police lieutenant whose son took his department-issued gun from an unlocked bureau then allegedly pointed it at a 5-year-old neighbor has admitted to acting in a manner unbecoming an officer.

From Dave Workman at <a href="http://www.examiner.com">Examiner</a>:

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<img src="http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/author/Dave_Workman1_43195_2009-0... align="right">We know where he got the last gun he carried. It belonged to one of his police officer victims; so much for the political argument that "only cops should have guns." Anyone who wants a gun bad enough for illegal purposes will take one. Clemmons' first felony beef involved the burglary of an Arkansas State Trooper's home in which that man's gun was stolen, along with other items.

We won't comment on <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-2323-LA-Gun-Rights-Examiner">John's</a> article in the <a href="www.examiner.com">Examiner</a>, but we will quote a few paragraphs, and we encourage you to visit their site and <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-2323-LA-Gun-Rights-Examiner%7Ey2009m11d28-Safe... the whole article</a>.

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<img src="http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/author/img436John_Longenecker.jpg">

<a href="http://www.blogto.com/upload/2008/05/20080528_snakesonaplane.jpg"><img src="http://www.blogto.com/upload/2008/05/20080528_snakesonaplane.jpg" height="100" align="right"></a>Common sense be damned. This woman had her necklace taken by airport security because it looked like a gun (click the picture for a better view).

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The very idea!

<blockquote>In June 2008, Nassau passed Local Law #5, criminalizing the possession and sale of “deceptively colored handguns” as a supposed danger to law enforcement. The law originally banned all handguns except for those that are “black, grey, silver, steel, nickel or army green.” It does not grandfather currently owned guns and mandates that gun owners surrender all banned guns for destruction without any compensation, and with no opportunity to sell them outside the county. <a href="http://bit.ly/29NoB4">link</a></blockquote>

<blockquote>"I submit to you that Heller stands for the proposition . . . that the state does not have a right to regulate to this extent the possession of unloaded firearms - or even loaded firearms, perhaps - in the home for lawful purposes such as self-defense,'' said attorney Edward F. George Jr., who represented the Gun Owners' Action League and Second Amendment Foundation Inc., which filed a friend-of-the-court brief.</blockquote>

<a href="http://snipurl.com/t3vaw">State gun storage law is argued before SJC - The Boston Globe</a>

An outstanding article at American Thinker (www.americanthinker.com) gives a short history about the nature of America and Americans, and of course, the Second Amendment is mentioned:

Cranky Chicks with Guns, at http://sarahandmom.wordpress.com/

They bill themselves as "A mother-daughter blogging duo. With guns." Go check them out!

We haven't reached an opinion on this ourselves. See what you think about it. From <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS207239+29-Oct-2009+PRN20...

We often hear people explain why "common sense gun laws" will be so great for society. Unfortunately, they have been misled by people who are either ignorant, or liars.