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VScott

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February 25, 2015

Emily FINALLY gets her gun.

Good for her and long overdue.

However, it's a disgrace that permits will only be granted to those whom can demonstrate that
they are in a "special danger".

WASHINGTON -

Just seven months ago, D.C. was the only place in the country that did not allow anyone to legally carry a gun outside the home. A federal court ruled that violated the Second Amendment. So now, the police department is issuing carry permits to a few people.

I have been doing a series to show how the nation's capital has abided by the federal court ruling.

To remind you of the background, the City Council passed a law in the fall that allowed for handguns to be carried in public, but the bar was set very high for a permit. You have to prove you have so-called special dangers -- specific and current threats against you or your property.

Any day now, the judge will rule on whether the city is in contempt of court for writing a new law that is still unconstitutional


http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/28192641/fox-5-emily-miller-gets-dc-gun-carry-permit-approved

Note, as some of you may recall, Emily Miller is the journalist that The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSVG),
had petitioned her employer to fire her for exercising her 2nd and 1st amendment rights.

http://csgv.org/action/tell-wttg-general-manager-patrick-paolini-fire-emily-miller/
February 24, 2015

FedEx refuses to ship Ghost Gunner CNC mill.

I wonder who the man (or 3 letter agency), behind the curtain is that's whispering
into FedEx's ear to initiate this cheap stunt?

The new generation of “maker” tools like 3-D printers and milling machines promises to let anyone make virtually anything—from prosthetic limbs to firearms—in the privacy and convenience of his or her own home. But first, those tools have to get to customers’ homes. That’s going to be difficult for at least one new machine with the potential to make homemade firearms, because FedEx is refusing to deliver it.

Last week FedEx told firearm-access nonprofit Defense Distributed that the company refuses to ship the group’s new tool, a computer controlled (CNC) mill known as the Ghost Gunner. Defense Distributed has marketed its one-foot-cubed $1,500 machine, which allows anyone to automatically carve aluminum objects from digital designs, as an affordable, private way to make an AR-15 rifle body without a serial number. Add in off-the-shelf parts that can be ordered online, and the Ghost Gunner would allow anyone to create one of the DIY, untraceable, semi-automatic firearms sometimes known as “ghost guns.”


http://www.wired.com/2015/02/fedex-mill-untraceable-firearms/
February 16, 2015

Must have been one hell of a movie to get this kind response from cinema fans.

OCOEE, Fla. -

There was a chaotic scene at an Ocoee movie theater, after deputies said hundreds of teens stormed the building, trying to get in for free.

Deputies told Local 6 it happened Saturday night at the AMC Theater at the West Oaks Mall.


Investigators said up to 900 middle and high school students tried storming the theater.

Deputies said about 200 students were able to get inside the building before the security gates were closed.

&quot It's) a big concern to us that are juveniles are doing this at such an early age," said Orange County Sheriff's Office Lt. Paul Hopkins.

Investigators said as the crowd was being taken from the area, several fights broke out in the parking lot.

Gunfire could be heard at one point and someone was robbed.

"Everybody just started scattering, ducking underneath the seats," said movie-goer Kenny Johnson. "It was a scary moment."

"These are middle to high school kids who have guns, who are shooting guns, are robbing people, driving stolen cars and they have drugs in their cars," Hopkins said.


http://www.clickorlando.com/news/deputies-hundreds-of-teens-storm-ocoee-theater/31281974
February 9, 2015

What is Kanye Wests malfunction?

I guess the loudmouthed, worthless POS didn't learn his lesson from the last time he
pulled this cheap publicity stunt...

Grammy Awards 2015: Kanye West Slams Beck's Win Over Beyonce


"All I know is if the Grammys want real artists to keep coming back, they need to stop playing with us. We ain't gonna play with them no more. 'Flawless,' Beyoncé video. Beck needs to respect artistry and he should have given his award to Beyoncé, and at this point, we tired of it," West said, with his wife Kim Kardashian at his side.

He continued, "Because what happens is, when you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in the face after they deliver monumental feats of music, you're disrespectful to inspiration and we as musicians have to inspire people who go to work every day and they listen to that Beyoncé album and they feel like it takes them to another place."

West was not happy that Beck's album "Morning Phase" beat out Beyonce's for the big Grammy win. He continued to rant about what he considers a slight to a better album. But he said the only reason he didn't "really" interrupt Beck was his family.

"Then they do this whole promotional event, they'll run the music over somebody's speech, the artist, because they want commercial advertising. Like, no, we not playing with them no more. By the way, I got my wife, my daughter and my clothing line, so I'm not going to do nothing to put my daughter at risk but I am here to fight for creativity. That's the reason why I didn't say anything tonight. But you all know what it meant when 'Ye walks on the stage," he said.


http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/grammy-awards-2015-watch-kanye-west-pretend-interrupt/story?id=28823240

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