Tactical Blog

While bureaucrats at the United Nations continue to wring their hands and whine that arming merchant ships in order to defend their crew and cargo from well armed Somali pirates infesting the waters off the Horn of Africa will only lead to more violence, at least some US owned ships are arming their crews and actually employing force to repel the increasingly violent maritime invaders.

County officials are considering tighter restrictions on where firearms and ammunition dealers can operate and requiring employee background checks and permits.

For almost three years, Kansans have been able to carry concealed handguns if they obtain the required license. So far, there have been no major incidents or widespread controversies involving the concealed carry law, said Phil Journey, the former state senator and firearms advocate from Haysville who helped concealed carry become law. The head of the Kansas police chiefs association agrees with Journey.

According to the Department of Public Safety’s Special Licensing and Firearms Unit, based out of Middletown, the issuing of pistol permits increased this year by 53 percent from 2008. There is also a 14 percent increase in the renewal of permits.
In 2008, 9,601 new permits were issued along with 26,457 renewed licenses. As of Nov. 24, 2009, more than 14,660 new permits have been issued and the number of renewed licenses is currently just above 26,450.

Tonight at 6:30 p.m., the Town of Rhinebeck Town Board will hold a public hearing to consider a comprehensive zoning plan that includes a provision that potentially could impact local shooting ranges.

In another transparent attempt to undercut the Second Amendment fresh on the heels of his hidden-camera attack on gun shows, Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, has alleged that the multiple murders that took place on Ft. Hood recently could have been prevented by changes in federal gun laws.

As we reported last week, on November 16, the NRA filed its brief with the U.S. Supreme Court as Respondent in Support of Petitioner in McDonald v. City of Chicago.

Over the last few weeks, we have received many inquiries regarding the UN and the impact of international treaties on our Second Amendment freedom.

U.S. Congressman Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., released the following statement in response to heinous accusations from Mayor Bloomberg’s political organization Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

“The mayors who politicized the tragic deaths of those whose lives were taken along with the dozens who sustained injuries at Fort Hood should immediately issue a public apology to the victims and their families,” said Tiahrt. “Their use of soldiers’ deaths, their smear campaign against me, and their attempt to deceitfully change public policy disgraces their reputations as public servants. Using the Fort Hood massacre to advance a devious ad campaign dishonors the freedoms our men and women in uniform have paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect. Americans everywhere should be outraged and demand that each of these mayors be held accountable.
“The Tiahrt trace data amendment prevents the release of confidential law enforcement data to the public while making certain it is provided to local, state and federal law enforcement officials for use in criminal investigations.”

As Seattle readies to defend in court its ban on guns at city parks, Snohomish County might move in the opposite direction.
If a new law passes, you could feel free to carry a legally owned firearm into county parks.

Ohio businesses share in more than $859 million spent annually by hunters throughout the Buckeye State, according to information from the latest U.S. Fish and Wildlife economic impact survey.

As hunters took to the woods the first day of gun deer season, local hunting supply retailers have seen an upswing in business in the days leading to the opening as people stocked up on rifles, ammunition and other needed items.

On Tuesday, December 1 at 11:00 A.M., the Wisconsin State Senate Judiciary Committee will consider two anti-gun bills, Senate Bill 174 and Senate Bill 367. Both of these bills would infringe on rights of law-abiding gun owners and have no impact on crime.

Both Mayor Bloomberg and Obama Chief of staff Rahm Emanuel have supported barring people on the government’s wildly inaccurate “terror watch list” from purchasing guns.

Young hunters took to the woods Saturday and Sunday during Ohio’s youth deer-gun season.
The two-day season was designed to get kids 17 and younger involved in hunting. The weekend was a safe and successful one. The harvest for Washington County was 362 deer, which is 66 more than last year’s youth deer-gun season harvest.

Honduran authorities began disarming voters in a bid to avoid violent confrontations at Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections. The order to hand in weapons also applies to gun owners with licences, authorities said Monday.

We have received a number of emails and calls regarding {the United States ceding sovereignty through the signing of an international treaty}, and/or {the statement released by the U.S. State Department indicating that the U.S. would back launching talks on a treaty to regulate arms sales}.

The NRA has been engaged at the United Nations and elsewhere internationally in response to anti-small arms initiatives for over 14 years. In most cases, agendas for the elimination of private ownership of firearms are disguised as calls for international arms control to stem the flow of illicit military weapons. These instruments are generally promoted by a small group of nations and a large number of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working in conjunction with departmental bureaucracies in multi-national institutions such as the UN and European Union.