Sent: Wednesday, August 8, 2012 8:00 PM
Subject: Freedom Times, Issue no. 80
| August 2012 | NRA Stops U.N. Arms Trade Treaty | NRA-ILA
The Conference on the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (U.N. ATT) has broken down and will not report a draft treaty to the member nations. This is a big victory for American gun owners, and the NRA is being widely credited for killing the U.N. ATT... Read this | Op-Ed: Second Amendment at Risk in Second Term | By Emily Miller, Washington Times
Democrats just couldn't hold it together. With less than 100 days to go before the election, the left let slip its vision of a second term for President Obama that will be the end for the Second Amendment... Read this | Lawmakers: 'Ominous' video a warning to ATF whistle-blowers after 'Furious' | FoxNews.comThe head of ATF recently warned employees that they will face "consequences" if they don't "respect the chain of command," in what Republican lawmakers are decrying as an "ominous message" meant to frighten would-be whistle-blowers in the wake of the Operation Fast and Furious scandal... Watch this | Fast and Furious Stonewalling Looks Like Guilt | By Rep. Dan Burton, Washington Times
The Fast and Furious investigation has reached its 17th month, and it's obvious it has taken on a life of its own. Stonewalling and misdirection from the executive branch in response to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's investigation not only raise suspicions... Read this | The Assault on Weapons | By Emily Miller, Washington Times
Gun grabbers wasted no time exploiting Friday's shooting in Aurora, Colo., by calling for more restrictive firearm laws. Their liberal agenda is off target because, with U.S. gun ownership at its highest level ever, the public sees crime is way down. This blows a hole in the left's argument, but it doesn't stop it... Read this | Critical Second Amendment Ruling: Federal Court Defends Man's Right to Keep and Bear Arms | NRA-ILA
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled today that it is unconstitutional for Chicago to treat people with non-violent misdemeanor convictions the same as convicted felons. The NRA-supported case, Gowder v. Chicago, involves plaintiff Shawn Gowder
Read this | Maryland Gun Permit Law Struck | By David Hill, Washington Times
A federal judge has ordered Maryland officials to stop enforcing a law barring state residents from receiving concealed-carry handgun permits unless they provide a "good and substantial reason" to carry their weapons in public... read this | | | | |
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