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Welcome to AmericanGunRights.Net!!

Sunday, June 11 2006 @ 11:20 AM MST
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Welcome to the new AmericanGunrights.Net website! Please have patience as this is a work in progress. You can access our forums by clicking the forums link at the right-hand side of the page. Please be sure to register on both this blog and our forums. You can then submit stories and comments on the blog too. We now have live chat too. Just click the "Live Chat" button and our IRC chat applet will start.

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Major Freeway Bridge Collapses in Minnesota

Wednesday, August 01 2007 @ 05:08 PM MST
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Major Freeway Bridge Collapses in Minnesota
Wednesday, August 01, 2007

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A freeway bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed Wednesday, sending many cars into the water, injuring 20 to 30 people, authorities tell FOX News.

Tons of concrete have collapsed and people are injured. Survivors are being carried up the riverbank.

This bridge connects downtown Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota.

The entire span of the 35W bridge collapsed about 6:05 p.m. where the freeway crosses the river near University Avenue.

Some people are stranded on parts of the bridge that aren't completely in the water.

A tractor-trailer is on fire at the collapse scene.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291790,00.html

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California Passes Micro-Stamping Bill Despite Flawed Technology

Thursday, May 31 2007 @ 09:23 AM MST
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NEWTOWN, Conn. � Rejecting the results of a study it requested, yesterday the California Assembly passed by a vote of 44-29 legislation that would mandate a new patented, sole-sourced technology known as firearms microstamping. The study, conducted by the University of California at Davis tested the reliability of microstamping, the process by which a firearm's make, model and serial number are micro-laser engraved on the tip of the firing pin so, in theory, that information would be imprinted on any cartridge casing fired in the gun. The authors of the study concluded that, "At the current time it is not recommended that a mandate for implementation of this technology in all semiautomatic handguns in the state of California be made. Further testing, analysis and evaluation is required."

http://www.nssf.org/news/PR_idx.cfm?AoI=generic&PRloc=common/PR/&PR=053007.cfm

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The Media FINALLY Gets One Right!!

Thursday, May 03 2007 @ 02:40 PM MST
Contributed by: delta5
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Interesting comments from Bill Lamb, general manager and president of TV station WDRB Fox 41 in Louisville, Ky. He is actually standing up for a police officer that was involved in a shooting. Kudos to Mr Lamb!

E-mail him at billlamb@fox41.com with comments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiAU9Im9IQg

Thx to phoenixzorn for this clip

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NC anti-gun lesgislation hiding within!

Sunday, April 29 2007 @ 10:20 AM MST
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from the NRA-ILA
North Carolina: Anti-Gun Legislation Hiding Within!

Friday, April 27, 2007

On Monday, April 30, the North Carolina House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on House Bill 1287, introduced by Representative Ronnie Sutton (D-47), which seeks to create a new statewide database to which sheriffs would report all individuals who have been denied a permit to purchase a pistol.

http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=2918

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Concealed, Permitted Handguns Allowed At University Of Utah!

Saturday, April 28 2007 @ 08:55 PM MST
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The state of Utah allows college students with concealed carry permits to be armed on college property without the consent or knowledge of the college staff. Here is a video link from WHIO TV, the CBS affiliate in Dayton, Ohio.

http://www.whiotv.com/video/13211562/index.html

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Illinois Confiscates Registered Firearms!

Friday, April 27 2007 @ 04:41 PM MST
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Confiscation of Registered Guns Begins in Illinois!

The Chicago Police Department and the Illinois State Police have teamed up to make good on Mayor Daley's pledge that, if it were up to him, nobody would have a gun. Daley and his elite "CAGE" unit are apparently taking advantage of gun privacy loopholes to pinpoint certain individuals for inclusion in the confiscation program.

The ISRA is following up on leads in one case that has disturbing implications. An elderly first-generation Chicago resident was recently paid a visit by an Illinois State Police trooper. After asking to come inside the man's home, the trooper asked if the man owned a gun - to which he replied yes. The trooper then directed the individual to surrender the firearm. The man complied with the officer's demand and the trooper left with the gun. And the story gets better...

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Do We Need Tighter Gun Control?

Friday, April 27 2007 @ 03:08 PM MST
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Here is an interesting video clip of Pat Buchanan debating gun control with political analyst Bob Shrum on Hardball with Chris Matthews.

http://video.msn.com/v/us/fv/msnbc/fv.htm??g=8d904846-e162-4d11-abe9-d39616051c94&f=00&fg=email

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Liberal Hypocrisy, Spying On Terrorsts BAD... Spying On Legal Gun Owners GOOD!!!

Thursday, April 26 2007 @ 11:34 PM MST
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Congressional Leaders Moving To Pass Gun Control Without A Vote!
Written by Mike Kinsey
Thursday, 26 April 2007

This alert for action is from the Gun Owners of America

Congressional Leaders Moving To Pass Gun Control Without A Vote!
-- McCarthy bill would treat gun owners even worse than terrorists

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31 Killed In Virginia College Campus Rampage!!

Monday, April 16 2007 @ 02:55 PM MST
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Gunman, 30 others killed in Va. shooting By SUE LINDSEY, Associated Press Writer
7 minutes ago

A gunman opened fire in a Virginia Tech dorm and then, two hours later, in a classroom across campus Monday, killing at least 30 people in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history, government officials told The Associated Press. The gunman was killed, bringing the death toll to 31.

Students complained that there were no public-address announcements or other warnings on campus after the first burst of gunfire. They said the first word they received from the university was an e-mail more than two hours into the rampage � around the time the gunman struck again.

"Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions," said Virginia Tech president Charles Steger. "The university is shocked and indeed horrified."

It was not immediately clear whether the gunman was shot by police or took his own life. Investigators offered no motive for the attack. The gunman's name was not immediately released, and it was not known if he was a student.

The shootings spread panic and confusion on campus. Witnesses reporting students jumping out the windows of a classroom building to escape the gunfire. SWAT team members with helmets, flak jackets and assault rifles swarmed over the campus. Students and faculty members carried out some of the wounded themselves, without waiting for ambulances to arrive.

The massacre took place at opposite sides of the 2,600-acre campus, beginning at about 7:15 a.m. at West Ambler Johnston, a coed dormitory that houses 895 people, and continuing at least two hours later at Norris Hall, an engineering building about a half-mile away, authorities said.

Police said they were still investigating the shooting at the dorm when they got word of gunfire at the classroom building.

Some students bitterly questioned why the gunman was able to strike a second time.

"What happened today this was ridiculous," student Jason Piatt told CNN. "While they send out that e-mail, 20 more people got killed."

Students and Laura Wedin, a student programs manager at Virginia Tech, said the first notification they got of the shootings came in an e-mail at 9:26 a.m., more than two hours after the first shooting.

The e-mail had few details. It said: "A shooting incident occurred at West Amber Johnston earlier this morning. Police are on the scene and are investigating." The message warned students to be cautious and contact police about anything suspicious.

Student Maurice Hiller said he went to a 9 a.m. class two buildings away from the engineering building, and no warnings were coming over the outdoor public address system on campus at the time.

Government officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they did not want to pre-empt an announcement by higher-ranking authorities, put the death toll at 31.

At least 26 people were being treated at three area hospitals for gunshot wounds and other injuries, authorities said. Their exact conditions were not disclosed, but at least one was sent to a trauma center and six were in surgery, authorities said.

Up until Monday, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was in Killeen, Texas, in 1991, when George Hennard plowed his pickup truck into a Luby's Cafeteria and shot 23 people to death, then himself.

The massacre Monday took place almost eight years to the day after the Columbine High bloodbath near Littleton, Colo. On April 20, 1999, two teenagers killed 12 fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives.

Previously, the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history was a rampage that took place in 1966 at the University of Texas at Austin, where Charles Whitman climbed the clock tower and opened fire with a rifle from the 28th-floor observation deck. He killed 16 people before he was shot to death by police.

Founded in 1872, Virginia Tech is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia, about 160 miles west of Richmond. With more than 25,000 full-time students, it has the state's largest full-time student population. The school is best known for its engineering school and its powerhouse Hokies football team.

The rampage took place on a brisk spring day, with snow flurries swirling around the campus. The campus is centered around the Drill Field, a grassy field where military cadets � who now represent a fraction of the student body � once practiced. The dorm and the classroom building are on opposites sides of the Drill Field.

A gasp could be heard at a campus news conference when Virginia Tech Police Chief W.R. Flinchum said at least 20 people had been killed. Previously, only one person was thought to have been killed.

Investigators from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began marking and recovering the large number of shell casings and will trace the weapon used, authorities said.

A White House spokesman said President Bush was horrified by the rampage and offered his prayers to the victims and the people of Virginia.

"The president believes that there is a right for people to bear arms, but that all laws must be followed," spokeswoman Dana Perino said

After the shootings, all entrances to the campus were closed, and classes were canceled through Tuesday. The university set up a meeting place for families to reunite with their children. It also made counselors available and planned an assembly for Tuesday at the basketball arena.

After the shooting began, students were told to stay inside away from the windows.

Aimee Kanode, a freshman from Martinsville, said the shooting happened on the fourth floor of West Ambler Johnston dormitory, one floor above her room. Kanode's resident assistant knocked on her door about 8 a.m. to notify students to stay put.

Police said there had been bomb threats on campus over the past two weeks by authorities but said they have not determined a link to the shootings.

It was second time in less than a year that the campus was closed because of a shooting.

Last August, the opening day of classes was canceled and the campus closed when an escaped jail inmate allegedly killed a hospital guard off campus and fled to the Tech area. A sheriff's deputy involved in the manhunt was killed on a trail just off campus. The accused gunman, William Morva, faces capital murder charges.

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