Penny Dean and Your Rights

Investigators with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office say they accidently served a search warrant on the wrong house, while looking for a suspected drug dealer in Burke County. WJBF News Channel 6 is the only station to talk with the victim.

Susan Treat says she was standing, in her laundry room, just feet from her backdoor, when Richmond and Burke County Sheriff’s officers, burst through that door, looking for a suspected drug dealer.

Police Confiscate Incriminating Cell Phone, Erase Evidence
teapartyeconomist.com |August 31, 2012

A Texas policeman was chasing a suspect in a high speed car chase. The fleeing suspect then turned into a dead-end residential street. The police car rammed his car.

The cop told him to get out of the car. His girl friend said he was not given three seconds. The cop started shooting. He emptied his pistol. Then he reloaded and shot again.

After 41 shots, the suspect was dead.

The cop is a lousy shot. This was a residential area. Everyone was at risk.

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As Cabela's Inc. prepares the selection of guns it will sell for the holiday season and winter hunting, the outdoor-gear retailer has two plans: one if President Barack Obama is re-elected, and one if he isn't.

The number of states allowing concealed carry permits is increasing, and states broadly differ in eligibility requirements and the extent to which they have reciprocity agreements. In June 2002, 7 states and the District of Columbia prohibited the concealed carry of handguns. As of March 2012, individuals can carry concealed handguns in all but 1 state (Illinois) and the District of Columbia (see fig. below).

Like clockwork, it has happened. Anytime there is a shooting, there is a call for stricter gun control laws. But in the aftermath of the recent shootings in New Jersey and New York, the calls for more stringent laws ring hollow. New York and New Jersey have laws that are among the strictest in the nation. This highlights an important point in the battle against all violence, including gun violence: We should be more concerned about the cultivation of character than the crafting of laws.

<img src="http://libertycrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Mesquite-Police.jpg" align="left">So says the headline at <a href="http://libertycrier.com/local-news/texas/police-fire-41-shots-at-unarmed... Crier</a>. It continues:

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<i>Before we offer this story to you, we'd like to mention that the technology described in this story is true and available today. That is, this story is not some kind of "April Fools" story, nor a hoax. But it gives a great indication of how some people view gun owners, gun manufacturers, gunsmiths, and rights and responsibilities. -- Editor</i>

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Welcome to the dark side of 3D printing.

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Among the creative stories told here are that these plastic replica airsoft guns can be "readily converted" into fully-automatic weapons.

But before you condemn the entire ATF as clueless idiots, please read this comment from The Examiner:

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A disturbing lawsuit has been filed against the Baltimore County Police Department by Linda Johnson over the death of her husband, Architect Carl D. Johnson on May 27, 2010. Johnson was pepper sprayed, tasered, and beaten before his death on the way home from Bible study class.