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Entries Tagged as 'Government'

Happy Birthday Freedom!

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the [...]

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Tags: Government · The US

GCO Files Federal Lawsuit Against Atlanta Mayor

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

GeorgiaCarry.Org filed a federal lawsuit July 2 against Mayor Shirley Franklin and Hartsfield Aviation General Manager Ben DeCosta over their illegal policy and DeCosta’s specific threat to arrest (falsely) Rep. Tim Bearden. You may read the complaint here.

Declaring the Airport to be a Gun-Free Zone, and threatening to arrest and prosecute Plaintiff Bearden [...]

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Tags: Atlanta · Crime/Law · Government · Guns · The Left

Obama ‘08

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Election · The Left

Early Analysis From DC v. Heller

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

The following post was written by David J. Schenck of the Jones Day office in Dallas. He filed an amicus brief on behalf of State Firearm Associations in support of the respondents. Via SCOTUSblog (all emphasis mine):

It is not hyperbole to describe today’s decision in Heller as the most significant opinion of this century, [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Election · Guns · The Left · The Right · The US

Size Matters

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Election

MARTA Takes Aim At GA Gun Owners

June 30th, 2008 · Comments Off

From GeorgiaCarry.Org:

Please use caution on MARTA!
Those of you who live in the Atlanta area know that MARTA is the local mass transit agency. It operates both buses and trains. GeorgiaCarry.Org previously informed you in a GCO Update that it was working in conjunction with MARTA (at MARTA’s invitation) to develop an agreed policy [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Georgia · Government · Guns

You Are Known By The Company You Keep

June 29th, 2008 · Comments Off

From a little-read article on USAToday:

A judge in Ohio says the state’s method of putting prisoners to death is unconstitutional because two of three drugs used in the lethal injection process can cause pain.
Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge said Tuesday the state’s lethal injection procedure doesn’t provide the quick and painless death required [...]