- Freedom States Alliance Editorial: Local Businesses and Residents Can Defeat Gun Lobby Open Carry Agenda.
- Watch Video: In Oakland, ‘Open Carry’ Handgun Cult Members Test Waters at Starbucks, Risking Community Safety.
- Brady Campaign Action Alert: Tell Starbucks To Keep Guns Out of its Coffee Shops.
We urge you to voice your outrage if an open carry event comes to a location near you. Call your legislators, your friends, local businesses and the local newspaper and let them know that guns do not belong in public places. This is a cause worth fighting for and there is much we can do together to stop the gun lobby’s deadly agenda.
Please email us at: info@freedomstatesalliance.org if you would like to be connected to a local initiative in your state or help to organize one to keep guns out of public places.
Advocacy Spotlight
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Dramatically Reverses Longstanding Editorial Position, Now Supports Carrying Of Hidden and Loaded Handguns In Public “With Restrictions” — Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Responds.
- Josh Sugarmann’s Huffington Post Blog: Smith & Wesson Executive Indicted In FBI Sting.
- Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Candidates Endorse Lost Or Stolen Handgun Reporting Law — CeaseFire PA Unveils Plan to Make Gun Violence an Issue in Governor’s Race.
- Virginia Tech Survivor: “What Happened To Me Can Happen Anywhere.”
Trying to construct a deal that includes concealed carry in an effort to appease the NRA lobbyists from Virginia and their favorite legislators in the Wisconsin Legislature is unwarranted and dangerous.
As reported by the New York Times: “22 top-level executives, including a senior sales executive at Smith & Wesson, were arrested in what Justice Department officials called the first undercover sting ever aimed at violations of the federal ban on corporate bribes paid to get foreign business….The case is the biggest prosecution of individuals for foreign corporate bribery ever pursued by the Justice Department.”
Three of the four Democratic candidates for Pennsylvania governor say they support a law requiring that lost or stolen handguns be reported to the police - another large step forward for a commonsense reform attracting growing support across the state.
Keep Guns Off College Campuses
- ABC News Quotes Campaign To Keep Guns Off Campus In Article: Arizona May Allow Faculty to Carry Guns on Campus.
- University of Arizona Student Body Debates Resolution To Stop Guns On Campus.
- Georgia Tech’s School Paper, the Technique, Pens Consensus Editorial: Guns Not Welcome On Campus — Firearms Pose Greater Danger than Advantage.
The recent violent on-campus sword attack underscores the fact that the legislation currently going through the Georgia General Assembly to repeal the ban of firearms on campus endangers the Tech community. Allowing guns on campus will not fix the crime problems that plague the surrounding areas of Tech, rather it will only exacerbate the current problems, and potentially create new dangerous situations on campus.
News
- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Announced Voluntary Recall Of Dollar General “Toy Gun Sets” Due To a Choking Hazard.
- Lego Toy Gun Gets Patrick Timoney Nearly Suspended From PS 52 In NYC.
- Chicago Tribune: The Grossly Manufactured and Contrived Case Challenging Chicago’s Handgun Ban; Oral Arguments To Supreme Court Set For March 2, 2010.
- Outstanding NPR Episode Of “This American Life” On Gun Control, Illegal Guns, and a Debate On Carrying Concealed Weapons.
- Maine Gubernatorial Candidate Rosa Scarcelli Declared She Is the only Democratic Candidate In Favor Of Mandatory Criminal Background Checks On Guns.
- Oakland Trying To Pass Sensible Gun Violence Prevention Measures.
- Los Angeles Times: Police Detonate Explosives, Sieze Machine Guns In Mar Vista Drug and Gang Raid.
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Washington Wizards NBA Star Gilbert Arenas: Role Models Need To Teach that Guns and Violence Are Serious Matters.
The toy sets include orange-tipped gun barrels, but the tip can be easily removed and poses a threat of choking to a child, the commission said in a statement.
The City Council unanimously approved a measure that includes three proposed changes: Require the reporting of lost or stolen firearms to the Oakland Police Department, requiring a thumbprint for all ammunition purchases, and enforcing strict permit requirements for the sale of firearms and ammunition in Oakland.
The City Council is expected to consider the proposal for a final vote on Feb. 16.
Gun Violence In America
- NY: Dean Farmer, 59-Years-Old Did Something No One Will Ever Entirely Explain - He Shot and Killed His 51 Dairy Cows, then Used Rifle to Kill Himself.
- MA:Concealed Handgun Permit Holder Kills 17-Year Daughter, Wife and Then Self In Triple Shooting.
- UT: 70-Year-Old Mary Hanson Fatally Shot 34-Year-Old Head Start Teacher Tetyana Nikitina 5 Times; She Was a Single Mother Of 2.
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