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    The Obama/Biden Anti-Gun Thread

    imported post This forum is being inundated by threads/articles/blogs/quotes about Obama's anti-gun positions. While this is somewhat relevant to open carry, and more relevant to gun owners' rights in general, it is ridiculous to have 12 out of the top 40 threads here discussing essentially the...
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    Secure Indoor Environment Act?

    imported post As I'm sure all Pennsylvanians are aware, as of today (September 11th, in case this post takes me past midnight to write), private property rights no longer exist for businesses in this Commonwealth. Apparently, anything under the guise of "public safety" will trump the ability of...
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    SQL Errors Again?

    imported post I'm getting the same error message when posting that I did back when we had the SQL indexing problem a few months ago. It still posts after I hit "send", but it displays a long error message. Or maybe the BATFE is trying to thwart my activity on OCDO... :shock: ETA: This is the...
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    U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Penalties for Promoting Child Pornography

    imported post http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356589,00.html The U.S. Supreme Court upheld criminal penalties Monday for the promotion of child pornography, ignoring arguments that the law could apply to mainstream movies that depict adolescent sex, classic literature or even innocent...
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    MN - Gas Station Employee Fired for Fighting Off Robber

    imported post http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356710,00.html Tuesday , May 20, 2008 By Sara Bonisteel An act of bravery to defend a co-worker has cost a Minnesota gas-station attendant his job. Mark Beverly, an overnight shift supervisor at a SuperAmerica in Roseville, Minn., was...
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    Where There's a Will...

    imported post Homemade Bottle Bomb Packed With Hooks, BBs Explodes at California School Tuesday , April 29, 2008 CHICO, Calif.— Authorities say a crude bomb containing fish hooks and BBs packed inside a plastic bottle exploded this weekend at a Northern California junior high school. No...
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    Another Arms Smuggler Caught in Mexico

    imported post American Veteran of Iraq War Being Held in Mexican Prison on Weapons Charges Monday , April 28, 2008 An American veteran of the Iraq War is being held in a notoriously dangerous prison in Juarez, Mexico, charged with carrying weapons over the border in his car. Army...
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    Mr. Greg Rotz LTCF Revocation Hearing on Tuesday, 01/08

    imported post At the risk of redundancy, here's a thread for information about the OCer gathering in Chambersburg, PA on Tuesday. [line]A much more detailed thread about the gathering can be found here...
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    Local mayors join call for gun control

    imported post 6:29 PM EST, December 10, 2007 HARRISBURG Two Lehigh Valley mayors joined with police officers, advocates and politicians from across the state this morning to call on state lawmakers to pass new gun-control legislation that...
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    Who says you don't need guns in suburbia?

    imported post Fortunately, no one here was injured. Yet for those unfamiliar with the area, the South Mall is in the "nice part" of town, unlike the Lehigh Valley Mall (where there are often shootings and crimes reported) which is immediately adjacent to the bad parts of the city. Shots Fired...
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    How far does the Second Amendment go?

    imported post A while ago, there was a thread asking specifically if dirty bombs should be covered by the Second Amendment. The more general gist of the discussion was what weapons are covered, and perhaps why they should be included. The thread disappeared for a reason yet to be announced by...
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    Lethal Force When Not Used in Strict Self-Defense

    imported post Continued from the thread http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum60/6370.html is a discussion regarding the use of lethal force when it is not a standard case of self-defense or defense of others. While it is legal in some states to shoot and kill a person for committing a variety of...
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    Firearms Advertisements

    imported post As I've been seeing an increasing number of television advertisements for alarm-based security systems, and that has led me to wonder why I have yet to see any television or radio advertisements for firearms. Is there some sort of law against it, like for tobacco products, or are...
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    When Privacy No Longer Means Privacy

    imported post Top U.S. Intelligence Official: Say Goodbye to Privacy Sunday , November 11, 2007 WASHINGTON— A top intelligence official says it is time people in the United States changed their definition of privacy. Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal...
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    §6106b Exception #4

    imported post While reading over the PA consolidated statutes again for fun, this struck my interest: § 6106. Firearms not to be carried without a license. (a) Offense defined.-- (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any person who carries a firearm in any vehicle or any person who...
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    "Intelligence Report" section of Parade Magazine

    imported post Why Criminals Are Still Getting Guns Even though crime is on the decline across the U.S., gun violence is actually on the rise. How do guns continue to end up in the hands of criminals? A small group of sellers is responsible: 57% of the guns used in crimes come from 1% of all...
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    The Truth About Semi-Auto Firearms

    imported post I don't know whether this gentleman is actually an LEO or not, but if he is, kudos to him for actually doing his job of upholding the law rather than interpreting it. While he doesn't get everything regarding gun laws 100% correct, I'd say he's at 98% or 99%... Good enough as a...
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    "Necessary and Proper" Clause

    imported post Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: My US Government teacher in high school would always use this as an end to any argument I would make that a certain policy was unconstitutional... such as excessive "gun control". His assertion was basically that as long as the government can...
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    Firearm laws for boats

    imported post What are the laws governing the carry of firearms while on boats in PA? Would a motor-driven boat still be classified as a "motor vehicle"? The thought just occurred to me, and I don't recall ever reading anything about it... but it makes sense that one would want to be armed...
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    Insurance?

    imported post While looking up some information about the upcoming Harrisburg, I was on the website for Mid Atlantic Arms Collectors (http://www.maacpsse.com/maac.html), and found the following paragraph: "If you have a carry permit or are an off duty police officer from a municipality outside...
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