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Lowden Hosts Gun Shoot, But She’s Become The Target

Congressional Quarterly on the Nevada Senate race–

Former Nevada state Sen. Sue Lowden’s (R) may not be generating the sort of photo-op she intended with her “Protect Your Freedom Gun Shoot” and fundraiser at the Clark County Shooting Park on Wednesday. . .

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/eyeon2010/2010/03/post-2.html

March 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

From Nevada and Beyond

Oops, Wrong House, Nevada Version: An off-duty Las Vegas police officer shot a home invasion suspect in the leg at the officer’s Henderson residence Sunday afternoon… Henderson police think the suspect, identified as 38-year-old Carlos Chacon, was fleeing an earlier home invasion in the same neighborhood, department spokesman Keith Paul said. Police said Chacon and another man, identified as 39-year-old Nelson Abreus-Diaz, broke into a home on the 1300 block of Sun Pillars Avenue, near Stephanie Street and Wigwam Parkway about 2:20 p.m. A man living at the house was home and talking to a friend on the phone when the break-in occurred. The man’s friend called police, Paul said. When officers arrived, the two suspects jumped out of a rear window and fled on foot, Paul said. Abreus-Diaz was caught by police about 20 minutes later on Stephanie Street. Chacon broke into a home on the 300 block of Warm Front Street, which was owned by a Las Vegas police officer who was off-duty, Paul said. The officer shot Chacon once in the leg. Chacon was taken to a hospital. Paul said the two men were armed with handguns…

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Object of Oregon SWAT Callout Reclaims Firearms: A phone call from a police negotiator that jolted David J. Pyles awake in the predawn hours of Monday continues to jangle the nerves of observers monitoring the way authorities took the Medford man into protective custody and seized his firearms. Pyles came forward Thursday to reclaim his legally purchased weapons, publicly identifying himself in an e-mail sent to Medford police and forwarded to state legislators and selected media outlets. He also said he has contacted the Oregon Firearms Federation for possible legal assistance. Pyles directed questions to that group and said he would make only limited statements until he had consulted with an attorney. Kevin Starrett, director of the Canby-based lobbying organization – which also has a foundation for protecting gun rights through court cases -  had been monitoring the incident that landed Pyles in the hospital for a mental health evaluation and resulted in five of his guns being held by police for “safekeeping.” …Police have maintained that Pyles’ surrender was voluntary, but Starrett noted that an intimidating presence of officers with rifles and SWAT gear can force people to agree to things they wouldn’t normally do…

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Self-Defense in the Golden State – It is NOT for Women!: The Associated Press reports that when a rapist attacked a female jogger in Malibu [CA] last week, her only defense was to jump off a cliff. She had just finished running when a man attacked her from behind. Police say she may have struggled for as long as 30 minutes, when she finally broke free and went over the cliff. Fortunately, it wasn’t completely vertical, and she was able to control her descent enough so that she only suffered “some bumps and bruises, but did not break any bones in the fall.” …She was fortunate that she was able to continue struggling for half an hour, probably due to superior aerobic capacity she developed by running. And her athleticism undoubtedly enabled her to negotiate the cliff better than an unconditioned person. Otherwise, she would have become another (completed) rape–and possibly murder–victim… Unfortunately, the state of California doesn’t want their women to defend themselves, since in most counties–especially along the coast–it is nearly impossible to obtain a concealed carry license. But the Brady Campaign likes that: They gave California their highest state rating in the 2009 Scorecard, 79 (out of 100). In Texas, where women have the right to defend themselves, Brady gave us a score of 9…

On the Other Hand…: An off-duty police officer shot and killed a man who attacked him at a Del Taco in Anaheim [CA] on Sunday afternoon, police said. The officer, a 10-year veteran of the Gardena Police Department, was with his young daughter at the Del Taco on Lincoln Avenue and Rio Vista Street, said Sgt. Rick Martinez of the Anaheim Police Department. The officer, whom Martinez declined to name, was in plainclothes. As the officer walked out of the restaurant about 3:45 p.m., a 39-year-old man began to attack the off-duty officer “for some unknown reason,” Martinez said. He said the suspect hit the officer with his hands and pummeled him into the corner of the restaurant. The officer tried to push the man off, but the man continued to assault the officer, Martinez said. The officer then pulled out a handgun and fired at least one round at close range on the suspect, he said. The suspect was hit in the abdomen. He later died.  The officer suffered at least one broken rib and possibly a broken jaw and nose, Martinez said…

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West Virginia to Outlaw Gun Stings: New York City has sent out undercover investigators to catch gun dealers violating background check laws. But West Virginia lawmakers want to make it a crime for investigators to conduct such sting operations in West Virginia. The Legislature passed a measure Saturday that targets anyone who tries to entice a firearms dealer or private seller under circumstances that the individual knows is unlawful. The bill addresses a tactic employed by New York during stings conducted last year at seven guns shows in Tennessee, Ohio and Nevada. The bill had also proposed allowing felons and others otherwise barred from having guns to possess antique firearms. But the House Judiciary Committee removed that provision, and the Senate agreed to the change Saturday.

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Tax-Holiday Bill Goes to Governor: West Virginia lawmakers want to give gun buyers an annual break from the state sales tax. The Legislature sent the governor the necessary bill Saturday after it passed the Senate 25-9. It earlier won House approval 96-2. The bill sets the sales tax holiday during the first weekend of each October. Supporters say it should help businesses that sell firearms, particularly in border counties. But Sen. Jesse Guills, R-Greenbrier, said it would make West Virginia the butt of jokes. Other critics include the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, which faulted Oklahoma lawmakers for a similar proposal earlier this year. It frowns on temporary tax measures. State officials estimate it would save consumers, and cost general revenue, around $25,000 a year. (“…federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition, another project proudly supported by the NRA.”)

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The Sky Is Falling!: Link is to a must-see photo of a Brady/Misguided Mom and her son leafleting the original Starbucks location in Seattle.

March 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Guns Unaccounted For

Department of Homeland Security officers don’t foster a secure feeling in the homeland when they lose their guns. Almost 300 firearms – handguns, M-4 rifles and shotguns – were lost by various DHS agencies during fiscal 2006-08, according to the department’s inspector general. In most cases, carelessness was the culprit. The inspector general’s office says “179 (74 percent) were lost because officers did not properly secure them.” …Unfortunately, DHS is not alone. Previous reports by the Government Accountability Office and the Justice Department found that losing weapons is a problem in various federal law enforcement agencies. In fact, DHS had fewer losses than some other agencies…Jon Adler, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, was dismayed at the findings, which he called “unacceptable.” He said that officers must secure their firearms properly and that better training and supervision may be needed…

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Then There’s This: More than 20 guns seized by a state-run firearms task force in Prince George’s County are unaccounted for, and investigators believe that one of the weapons was used in the shooting of an off-duty police officer late last year, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation. All the missing guns apparently had been seized by the Prince George’s narcotics detective who was assigned to the task force, the sources said. The detective, Juan Carter, was suspended late last year during the investigation but has not been charged with any crimes, sources said… The missing guns case is similar to one in which it was revealed that almost 300 firearms were lost by various Department of Homeland Security agencies during fiscal 2006-08, in many instances because they were not properly secured. But in the Prince George’s case, police are investigating whether the guns were stolen and sold back on the street, law enforcement sources said… Although the probe appears to be limited, it raises questions about supervision on the state police gun task force, which, according to state records, seized nearly 430 guns from its inception in 2007 to September 2009. The Prince George’s Firearms Interdiction Task Force, led by the Maryland State Police, specialized in taking guns from criminals and keeping them off the streets. The state police task force still operates in Prince George’s and has been expanded to include the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It is also active in other jurisdictions…

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Katrina – The Plot Sickens: It became a national disgrace that prompted a landmark federal lawsuit, and led to the passage of legislation in several states to make sure nothing like this ever happened again on American soil: the unilateral disarmament of law-abiding citizens in the wake of a disaster. And now the story has taken an even darker turn than it did in the months following Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans, when police and National Guard units illegally and unconstitutionally seized, often at gunpoint, firearms held by private citizens who had done nothing wrong. No police or public official has ever been held accountable for that outrage, and that possibility will likely take a distant back seat to holding several police officers responsible for gunning down unarmed citizens on the Danziger Bridge on Sept. 4, 2005. “When another police investigator told Lieutenant Lohman that he was going to plant a gun under the bridge to bolster the story that the officers were being fired at, Lieutenant Lohman went along, and even asked if the gun was traceable, the authorities said.” …Perhaps now that the Danziger Bridge scandal is unravelling, the probe will expand well beyond this case, and ultimately find out who issued the illegal confiscation order. Would it be asking too much that the person or persons responsible, along with the officers who conducted those seizures at gunpoint, be held accountable?

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Admitting a cover-up of shocking breadth, a former New Orleans police supervisor pleaded guilty to a federal obstruction charge on Wednesday, confessing that he participated in a conspiracy to justify the shooting of six unarmed people after Hurricane Katrina that was hatched not long after police stopped firing their weapons. The guilty plea of Lt. Michael Lohman, who retired from the department earlier this month, contains explosive details of the alleged cover-up and ramps up the legal pressure on police officers involved in the shooting and subsequent investigation. It’s unclear when Lohman’s cooperation with federal authorities began, but he presumably is prepared to testify against the officers he says helped him lie about the circumstances of a shooting he immediately deemed a “bad shoot.” …

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Gordon Martines Candidate for Sheriff of Clark County Nevada

Below Is An Unsolicited Message From A Candidate For Clark County Sheriff.

TO: THE UNINFORMED TAXPAYER,

Lots of people have guns….registered guns unregistered guns, guns with the serial numbers taken off, rifles, or long guns as they are called, automatics, wheel guns and more…..

Guns are sold at gun shows, gun stores and by private parties. They are also sold at hock shops.  Antique stores and more.

The FBI estimates there are in excess of;
Two hundred million guns in American homes…..200,000,000.

Now comes the question of gun registration….
When a person purchases a gun from a private party there is no registration
When a person purchases a gun from a gun store here in the state of Nevada he must
Fill out the paper work and wait three days to be cleared to purchase the gun
However gun registration doesn’t change the facts……..and it doesn’t solve crimes….

Last year in America there were a reported 12 thousand people
Killed by handguns….
17 thousand used handguns to commit suicide
And approximately 743 were killed by accidental gunshots

Not one of the reported deaths by handgun were solved by using gun registration to solve the crime.

Guns have a signature…like a fingerprint… Every gun has its own special signature that allows law enforcement to identify a gun that was used in the commission of a crime….it’s called ballistics… Ballistics can identify a gun used in the commission of a crime….but gun registration cannot.

I am against gun registration….
The second amendment of our constitution was inacted in 1791 and its part of the united states bill of rights that protects the right to keep and bear arms….. But it doesn’t say the guns must be registered.

I am one who adheres to our constitution…. I am against gun registration.

Signed,

Gordon Martines
Candidate for Sheriff of Clark County Nevada

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Below is an email from a GONV supporter to several of his friends.  He copied us on this message and we are posting it here with his permission:

On Sunday at the gun show I was able to spend a few minutes with Detective
Gordon Martines, a candidate for sheriff.  The few minutes I spent with him
made me feel he could be a good replacement for Sheriff Gillespie.

One thing that may hinder him is he does not plan to take any outside
contributions for his campaign.  What I ask is that you visit his website:
www.GordonMartinesForSheriff.com and if you feel he is a worthwhile
candidate let’s help him by forwarding the information on to your friends.

Email address and name(s) removed

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | One comment

Gun Rights Beyond Nevada

The Airsoft Bust – The Plot Thickens: When we first met ATF Special Agent Kelven Crenshaw, he was telling KOINlocal6, Portland, that a shipment of toy guns the agency had seized could be “easily retro-fitted into dangerous weapons”:  “With minimal work it could be converted to a machine gun,” Crenshaw said. To prove his credentials as a professional firearms expert, Crenshaw proceeded to insert a magazine backwards – on video. Click here to watch and pay attention at the 1:17 mark. In my March 9 follow-up on this story, I mentioned a related three-part series at Pajamas Media by writer Bob Owens. Click the respective links for parts one, two and three. The whole thing is just excellent, but something he said in his last installment really caught my attention: “This is apparently the same Special Agent Kelven Crenshaw that ATF whistleblower site Cleanup ATF says is a former assistant director demoted and moved for incompetence, reprisals against his own employees, and regulation violations.” …

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Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act Would Penalize Feds: Wyoming has joined a growing list of states with self-declared exemptions from federal gun regulation of weapons made, bought and used inside state borders – but lawmakers in the Cowboy State have taken the issue one step further, adopting significant penalties for federal agents attempting to enforce Washington’s rules… WND reported just days ago when Utah became the third state, joining Montana and Tennessee, to adopt an exemption from federal regulations for weapons built, sold and kept within state borders. A lawsuit is pending over the Montana law, which was the first to go into effect. But Wyoming’s law goes further, stating, “Any official, agent or employee of the United States government who enforces or attempts to enforce any act, order, law, statute, rule or regulation of the United States government upon a personal firearm, a firearm accessory or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in Wyoming and that remains exclusively within the borders of Wyoming shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or both.” …

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New Mexico Gunner Praise Restaurant-Carry Law: Locals praised a new law that allows people with licenses to carry concealed handguns into restaurants that serve beer and wine. Meanwhile, Gov. Bill Richardson wants stricter regulations to accompany the law. Sponsored by Sen. George Munoz, D-Gallup, and signed by Richardson on Wednesday, the law takes effect in July. Under the new law, people could carry concealed weapons into restaurants that serve only beer and wine unless an owner or manager says it isn’t allowed or a sign prohibits it. The sign must be posted at each public entrance where it can be easily seen. Carrying a firearm while under the influence of drugs and alcohol remains illegal. Nor may people bring concealed weapons into a bar or restaurant with a full liquor license [emphasis added]. But there’s nothing specific in New Mexico law that prevents a person from drinking alcohol while carrying a concealed weapon in a restaurant that serves beer and wine, according to the governor’s office…

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Maryland Legislators Call JPFO Anti-Semitic: A Maryland senator and delegate are the targets of a flier that attacks them as “bagel brain Jews” for their support of pending firearms legislation in the General Assembly and accuses them of pursuing “racist policies to destroy your gun rights.” …The flier was produced by group called Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, whose executive director is Aaron Zelman of Hartford, Wis… The bill sponsored by Rosenberg, a Baltimore Democrat, and Frosh would set more stringent requirements for gun ownership and for licensing of gun dealers, and would increase penalties for violations of firearms laws. It would, among other things, include gun trafficking violations on the list of suspected crimes for which law enforcement officials can seek a judge’s permission to use wiretaps. It would also bar people with two or more drunken-driving convictions from owning firearms. Zelman, who said he is Jewish, said the group has about 6,500 members around the country. The group’s Web site includes reproductions of handbills attacking Jewish and black politicians who support various measures opposed by gun rights advocates…

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Downright Scary: …On the first day of November 2008 – and the first day of Washington state’s elk hunting season – Sjoberg headed into the Lone Butte area of Skamania County with his Remington 760 Gamemaster 30.06. Sjoberg, 57, has hunted in the woods since he was 14 and grew up in one of those rural Michigan towns where school is called off on the opening day of deer season. About 10:30 that morning, after five hours in his orange vest, Sjoberg took a shot at a bull elk 75 yards away and missed. Minutes later, as he tracked the elk, Sjoberg ran into two other hunters, Tim Michalek and Alison Schnelling, introduced himself and described the near-miss. Six hours later, the body of Juan Rojas Cortez was discovered almost a half-mile from where Sjoberg bumped into Michalek and Schnelling. Cortez, who had been gathering bear grass in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, was dead of a gunshot wound… Two weeks later, Sjoberg was arrested and charged with first-degree manslaughter, underlining the county’s contention that he “recklessly” caused Cortez’s death… Not only does the state present no evidence that Sjoberg was responsible for the shooting, Thayer adds, but there is no indication that Sjoberg acted recklessly…

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To Live and Die in Alaska: Hunters were combing the snowy brush around Chignik Lake, Alaska, on Friday in an attempt to hunt down up to four wolves that killed a 32-year-old special education teacher in the first known fatal wolf attack in the U.S. in modern times… Candice Berner, a special education teacher who traveled among several rural schools on the Alaska Peninsula, 475 miles southwest of Anchorage, was attacked while jogging and listening to her iPod Monday evening on the deserted, 3-mile-long road that leads out from the village to its small airstrip. A native of Slippery Rock, Pa., she had been working in Alaska only since August. Her body was found by snowmobilers a short time after the attack. It had been dragged off the road and partially eaten, and was surrounded by wolf prints… Wildlife attacks in Alaska are relatively common. “Certainly we have bear maulings, we have people bitten by wolves, we have people that are stomped by moose,” Peters said. “Having an incident where a human and animal cross paths and it doesn’t end well, that’s normal. But we don’t have any other case on hand that we’re aware of where someone was actually killed by a wolf.” Peters said state troopers had ruled out the possibility that Berner had died from any other cause and was later dragged away by wolves. (I don’t think many native Alaskans go into the woods unarmed and obstruct their hearing with iPods.)

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Gun Owners of Nevada

http://www.gonv.org/index.htm

March 14th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Gun Rights Politics is About Precinct Organizing, not YouTube Clips

If you have not read from our local gun columnist please go here <click here>.

Ben Robison’s most recent article is a great place to start for this next article.  Both are must reads.

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Gun Rights Politics is About Precinct Organizing, not YouTube Clips

Gun Rights Politics is About Precinct Organizing, not YouTube Clips
By Steve Bierfeldt courtesy of RMGO

Colorado – -(AmmoLand.com)- At a campaign rally on a cold winter evening, thousands of individuals crowd around a stage to hear a Presidential candidate speak on life, liberty, and the Constitution. Homemade signs litter the crowd as the fiery congressman from Texas speaks to a sea of activists, many whom had never before taken an interest in politics. As he concludes, cheers erupt from the mass of people as they celebrate the one man speaking what no other candidate dares to say. Ron Paul has ignited a crowd desperate for a leader and in doing so has energized the thousands in attendance, as he asks for their support in the upcoming Presidential primary. . .

Gun Owners of Nevada

http://www.gonv.org/index.htm

March 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Ben Robison on McDonald v. Chicago

A long way to go on Second Amendment rights
Even with favorable Supreme Court decisions, past mistakes put us in jeopardy

Ben Robison

Thursday, March 11, 2010

In 2008, the Supreme Court struck down the Washington, D.C., gun ban, ruling that the right to keep and bear arms was an individual one (Heller v. Washington D.C.). However, since Washington, D.C., is a federal district, the ruling did not apply to similar bans that exist on state or city levels.. . .

Gun Owners of Nevada

http://www.gonv.org/index.htm

March 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

National ID Cards for All Americans?

National Id Cards Could Alert Others Who Access The Data, To Know Who Owns Guns.  Including Those Who Have Gained Access To This Data Unlawfully.

Remember this:

http://gonv.org/Alert07-20-09.htm

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No Such Thing as an Assault Rifle

No Such Thing as an Assault Rifle

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

JPFO on the US Supreme Court and more

From JPFO (JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP): More than 10,000 words were spoken during this week’s historic oral argument over gun rights at the US Supreme Court. But one potentially significant word was never uttered during the hour-long session: tyranny. Long a focus of debates between gun control advocates and gun rights supporters, the issue was not discussed by lawyers attacking Chicago’s ban on handguns or the lawyer for the city defending local gun regulations. No member of the court mentioned it either. (Monitor analysis of the Chicago case here.) But the idea is there, just below the surface of what analysts expect to become the high court’s second gun rights landmark decision in as many years… Although it was not discussed during oral argument in the Chicago case, Justice Antonin Scalia addressed the issue briefly in his majority decision in the high court’s 2008 ruling striking down Washington, D.C.’s handgun ban. “If … the Second Amendment right is no more than the right to keep and use weapons as a member of an organized militia [and] the organized militia is the sole institutional beneficiary of the Second Amendment’s guarantee – it does not assure the existence of a ‘citizens’ militia’ as a safeguard against tyranny,” Justice Scalia wrote. Scalia drew a distinction between government-sanctioned militiamen and a broader “people’s militia,” which he said was the concern of the founding generation. These sentences have attracted significant interest and speculation from both sides of the gun rights debate…

http://www.jpfo.org/articles-assd/gunrights-and-tyranny.htm

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More on Utah Open-Carry Incident: A Utah Valley University student says a confrontation with campus police may have intruded on his Second Amendment rights. Nick Moyes says he was confronted by campus police last week after someone reported seeing a man with a gun at the school. Moyes, who holds a concealed weapons permit, had his gun in a holster on his right hip. Moyes says it’s his right to carry the weapon but police say Moyes can’t possess the weapon on campus openly without permission. Moyes says an e-mail he received from UVU’s police chief indicates that officers could confiscate his gun and cite him if he violates the policy in the future. Lt. Douglas Anderson of the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification says openly carrying a gun on campus is not expressly allowed or disallowed. (UVU appears to be a state university, hence it cannot ban the otherwise lawful carry of firearms. The issue here seems to center on whether it can dictate that the firearm must be concealed. Under Utah law, a permit holder can openly carry a fully loaded firearm. Those who lack permits can carry openly but cannot have a round chambered in an autoloader or a round in the next chamber that will rotate into the firing position in a revolver.)

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Expanding the Castle Doctrine in Colorado: The law has recognized that a man’s home is his castle and he has a right to defend it.  Now, businessmen and employees in Colorado may get the same legal protection away from home.  Colorado’s legislature is considering House Bill 10-1094.  The intent of this bill is to expand the protection a homeowner has to use lethal force in defense of his home and family, called “the castle doctrine”, to businesses and dwellings other than home such as hotel rooms… The “certain conditions” are the belief by the employee or traveler that the other person is intent on committing a crime against the person or property involving force.  The legislation even stipulates that lethal force can be justified if the ” occupant or the owner, manager, or employee reasonably believes that the other person might use any physical force, no matter how slight, (emphasis mine) against any occupant of the dwelling or place of business.”  This removes the defense that “I was only going to push him.”, which is good because who could weigh the true intent of an assailant as they are coming toward you with outstretched arms? …

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Gun Owners of Nevada

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March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

From the Review Journal –

The Race Widens for Clark County Sheriff–

Who will lead the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department?

Article from the Las Vegas Review Journal follows:

Bail bondsman wants to be sheriff

Tim Deam says his time in jail was nothing but a set-up

By KRISTI JOURDAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

A Las Vegas bail bondsman who spent more than a year in jail for his part in a plot to hire a hit man to kill a former employee wants to be Clark County’s next sheriff.

Tim Deam, 47, filed Tuesday to run against Sheriff Doug Gillespie, who has filed for re-election.

Daniel Barry, Laurie P. Bisch, Gordon Martines and Mark F. Beckerle also have filed as challengers.. . . .

Gun Owners of Nevada

http://www.gonv.org/index.htm

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment
 
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