Fred Thompson

May 6, 2007

There has been a lot in the news about Fred Thompson running for President. He does appear to have some very good points. As regular readers know one of my biggest issues is the taking of civil rights for less than felony convictions. That being based upon the Constitution and what I saw time and time again during my time (more then 20 years ) in EMS. So far he has not officially announced, and, after reading about his so, so record while in the Senate regarding Second Amendment issues I have to say that I will not be voting for him. He also supported McCain’s Incumbent Protection.

Clearly, this is not the man to lead the way.

http://gunowners.org/pres08/thompson2.htm

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FRONT SIGHT « Conservative Libertarian Outpost

May 4, 2007

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FRONT SIGHT

May 4, 2007

Front Sight NEWS RELEASE:

 

From: newsletter@frontsight.com [newsletter@frontsight.com]
Sent: 5/1/2007 9:03:39 AM
To:
Subject:

May 1, 2007

From Dr. Ignatius Piazza
Founder and Director
http://www.frontsight.com
info@frontsight.com
1.800.987.7719

Please Forward to Your Local Newspapers, Radio
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Utah University Students Add CWP to Their Degrees

Las Vegas, Nevada: Students of Utah universities now have
the opportunity to add the initials CWP (Concealed Weapon
Permit) to their names and receive a level of training with
a handgun that exceeds law enforcement and military
standards all at the expense of Dr. Ignatius Piazza and his
Front Sight Firearms Training Institute.

After hearing that Utah Legislators had lifted the Utah
University ban against students carry concealed weapons on
campus, Dr. Piazza, the Founder and Director of Front Sight
Firearms Training Institute near Las Vegas, Nevada wants
every law-abiding, full-time university student to have the
opportunity to attend Front Sight’s Five Day Armed Citizen
Course and Piazza is willing to pay the $2,500 course
tuition for each student.

When asked why, Piazza stated, “I have always tried to lead
by example so I am personally supporting the wise decision
of the Utah Legislators. If our university students are old
enough to fight for our freedom and die in Iraq with a
machine gun in their hands, then with Front Sight’s
responsible training under their belts, they are certainly
old enough and intelligent enough to carry a concealed
handgun on college campuses to protect themselves,
classmates, and faculty from the next homicidal and suicidal
psych drug failure. I want to give Utah University students
the comfort of skill at arms that will forever protect them
and those around them. This is the least I can do to be a
positive part of the real and immediate solution to stop
random gun violence in our academic institutions.”

Front Sight’s Five Day Armed Citizen Course has been
hailed by private citizens and law enforcement alike as
one of the most comprehensive handgun training courses
in the world and results in graduates walking away
with all the certification, finger prints, photos and
paperwork to successfully apply for concealed weapon
permits in Nevada, Florida, and Utah. Due to reciprocity
laws, securing these three Concealed Carry Permits will
allow a graduate of Front Sight’s Five Day Armed Citizen
Course to legally carry a concealed handgun in over 30
states in the US.

Roland Burk, currently serving and protecting in Utah, is a
man who would know. Says Burk, “As a full time peace
officer, soldier, and combat veteran, I have received a
large amount of firearms training in the last decade. Some
of the best training I have received, has not been provided
through my law enforcement and military training. Instead
it has come at my personal expense, through classes at Front
Sight. I have seen Front Sight take someone who has never
fired a gun before, and turn them into safe, educated,
capable, and proficient, armed citizen. The type of armed
citizen who is then able to save dozens of innocent lives.”
Burk adds, “I believe everyone has the right, and to a
certain extent the duty, to protect themselves and those
around them.”

Having previously served for 16 years as a Department
Director for Utah State University, Scott Bradley who has
also attended courses at Front Sight is delighted and amazed
at the incredible opportunity available for Utah university
students. Scott Bradley states, “As one who has attended
numerous classes at Front Sight, I can attest to the quality
and comprehensive nature of the instruction. In every case,
I have found the courses to be vastly superior to any
instruction I have previously received, including my own
military training experience.” Bradley adds, “The Utah
Legislature has wisely recognized a great truth which has
been well understood for centuries: That the right to defend
one’s self, one’s loved ones, and our fellow man is an
inherent God-given right-a right that must be recognized and
preserved. Dr. Piazza should be commended and recognized for
his generous offer of this excellent and potentially
life-saving training at no cost to university students. I
hope thousands will take advantage of this wonderful
opportunity.”

In order to take advantage of Dr. Ignatius Piazza’s offer
full-time students of Utah universities simply follow these
three easy steps:

1. Go to http://www.frontsight.com and subscribe to Dr. Piazza’s
free 15 Gun Training Reports and when the subscription thank
you page is revealed, order Front Sight’s free brochure and
DVD.

2. Then go to Front Sight’s Course Schedule page and select
your Five Day Armed Citizen Course date.

3. Print out the Application for Training page. Complete
the Application for Training including the Statement of No
Criminal History, Substance Abuse, or Mental Illness. Have
someone, other than a family member, who has known you for
five years, sign the Character Witness Statement. Supply
payment for the Criminal Background Check and attach a
document from your university indicating you are a current
full-time student taking at least 12 Semester Units of
classes.

Mail the documentation in Step 3 to Front Sight at least two
weeks prior to the Five Day Armed Citizen Course you select
and Dr. Piazza will pay for your $2,500 tuition, enroll you
in the course and Front sight will e-mail a Confirmation of
Enrollment letter to you.

Piazza adds, “I sincerely hope we are inundated with
university students from Utah attending our Five Day Armed
Citizen Course. Today’s university students are tomorrow’s
leaders. I want our future leaders to experience first hand
the comfort and confidence that comes having a gun with the
skill to use it to defend yourself, your community, and your
country. Hopefully other states will follow Utah’s lead as
Front Sight stands ready to assist them when they do.”

Senator Bob Beers of Nevada agrees with his peers from Utah
and supports Piazza’s efforts to train university students
to carry a concealed handgun on campus. Says Senator Beers,
“Nevada’s legislative session has just over one month left,
and several Second Amendment bills are still in play. As
well, lawmakers’ sensitivity to our citizens’
responsibilities of self-defense seem heightened. It would
be wonderful if Nevada’s university students could join
Utah’s in keeping campuses safe and secure.”

For more information contact:

Dr. Ignatius Piazza
Founder and Director
Front Sight Firearms Training Institute
http://www.frontsight.com
1.800.987.7719

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May 1, 2007

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Bear Attack; Boo boo isn’t nice, figure it out…

May 1, 2007

Irrespective of what P.E.T.A. and other people hating, animal loving groups will say; Some animals are just plain dangerous. Figure it out folks. It seems like every year these warnings have to be brought to the publics attention. Any day now, I fully expect to be reading about a Raccoon attack. Lakewood and the cities that form the Denver metropolitan area are infested with them. No, I am not joking, not in the least. 

At some point I am going to write about Urban wildlife, and the dangers that they present.

WOMAN INJURED BY BEAR IN JEFFERSON COUNTY

A 38 year-old woman from Conifer, Colo., was injured at 12:30 AM Monday morning when a bear swatted her outside her home.  Responding to her barking dog on the porch, she encountered a bear, which was one of three in the vicinity.  The victim’s ten year-old daughter witnessed the incident and described the bear as small, weighing around 50-60 lbs.  The dark nighttime conditions made positive identification of the animal difficult.

Working with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, a Division of Wildlife Officer followed tracks leading away from the home to a nearby area where he encountered three bears.  One of the bears charged the officer, forcing him to discharge his firearm.  The bear was shot and killed, and later brought to the Division of Wildlife’s Wildlife Health Laboratory for testing and necropsy.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) set a trap for the additional bears.  Pending test results may alter the management tools used to address the other bears.  “Public safety is our first priority,” said Reid DeWalt, Area Wildlife Manager.  “The instructions we give our Wildlife Officers is clear–people come first when considering how to deal with aggressive or habituated wildlife.”

The victim was taken to Swedish Medical Center in Littleton.  Communications with emergency responders revealed the injuries were not life threatening.  She was released early this morning.

Most conflicts between people and bears involve some sort of food source.  In this case, it was food placed in snow banks during a power outage and unsecured garbage cans in a shed that may have brought the bears near.  Colorado residents should know that bears can smell food from miles away, be it birdfeed, pet food, a greasy barbeque grill grate or accessible refuse.  DOW recommends the following:

Make your property safe by keeping garbage out of reach and smell of bears. Use bear-proof trash containers. Be sure garbage cans are emptied regularly. Periodically clean garbage cans to reduce residual odor—using hot water and chlorine bleach, or by burning trash residue in cans. Store trash in a bear proof enclosure. Contact the Division of Wildlife for designs.

If you have pets, do not store their food or feed them outside. Clean your BBQ grill of grease and store inside. Hang bird seed, suet and hummingbird feeders on a wire between trees instead of on your deck or porch. Bring all bird feeders in at night. Do not put fruit, melon rinds and other tasty items in mulch or compost piles.

As you might guess, beehives attract bears. You can protect your bees, honey, and equipment if you surround the hives with fences designed to keep bears out. Contact the Division of Wildlife for designs.

Most bears sighted in residential areas within bear habitat do not cause any damage. If a bear doesn’t find abundant food, it will move on.

Aggressive bear attacks are rare, but encounters such as this one have increased as Colorado’s population grows.  The bear population has not increased, but the number of people living, working and recreating in bear country has.

There are no definite rules about what to do if you meet a bear.  In most cases, bears avoid confrontations with people.

Here are some suggestions if you see a bear:

  • Stay calm.  If you see a bear and it has not seen you, calmly leave the area.  As you move away, make noise to let the bear discover your presence.
  • Stop.  Back away slowly while facing the bear.  Avoid direct eye contact, as bears may perceive this as a threat.
  • Give the bear plenty of room to escape.  Bears rarely attack people unless they feel threatened or provoked.
  • Do not run.  If on a trail, step off the trail on the downhill side and slowly move away.  Do not run or make any sudden movements.  Running is likely to prompt the bear to give chase, and you cannot outrun a bear.
  • Speak softly.  This may reassure the bear that you mean it no harm.  Try not to show fear.
  • If a black bear attacks you, use tools such as rocks, sticks, binoculars and even their bare hands to defend yourself.  Aim for the nose or eyes if possible.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife is the state agency responsible for managing wildlife and its habitat, as well as providing wildlife related recreation. The Division is funded through hunting and fishing license fees, federal grants and Colorado Lottery proceeds through Great Outdoors Colorado.
 
 

For more information about Division of Wildlife go to: http://wildlife.state.co.us.

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Senator Fred Thompson « Conservative Libertarian Outpost

May 1, 2007

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Thomas Sowell « Conservative Libertarian Outpost

May 1, 2007

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One World Government and Gun Control « Conservative Libertarian Outpost

May 1, 2007

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One World Government and Gun Control

May 1, 2007

So now a shotgun is equated with “Shoulder fired anti aircraft missiles?”

JAKARTA, April 30 (Reuters) – Parliamentarians around the world should press for urgent action on gun control, particularly in view of recent tragedies, the head of a global body representing lawmakers said on Monday.

Anders Johnsson, secretary general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, was speaking after the launch of a handbook aimed at guiding legislators in the area of gun control. “We are pushing parliamentarians to act on this,” he said by telephone from the resort island of Bali where the IPU, which claims 148 affiliated national parliaments, is meeting. The handbook has been jointly launched by the IPU and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, a Geneva-based think tank. “The statistics are damning. There are currently an estimated 640 million small arms and light weapons in circulation, from handguns and assault rifles to shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles,” Johnsson and Martin Griffiths of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue said in a joint statement. “Most of this arsenal, or about 60 percent, is in the hands of civilians. Recent dramatic events have proved the urgent need for action,” they added, noting that parliamentarians had a key role in gun control through drawing up national laws, improving implementation and enforcement, and leading public debate. The statement said small arms and light weapons took between 200,000 and 270,000 lives a year in countries that were at peace, through homicide and suicide. The gun control issue was thrown into the spotlight again in April by the massacre of 32 people at Virginia Tech in the United States by lone gunman Cho Seung-Hui. The Democratic-led Congress has ignited fresh talk about tightening U.S. gun laws, but many politicians are reluctant to take on the nation’s numerous gun owners or the powerful gun lobby. Johnsson said that no U.S. lawmakers were able to attend the meeting this week in Bali.

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Thomas Sowell

April 30, 2007

“Collective guilt is one of the legacies of the 1960s that is still with us. We are still seeing a guilt trip for slavery being laid on people who never owned a slave in their lives, and who would be repelled by the very idea of owning a slave. Back in the 1960s, it was considered Deep Stuff among the intelligentsia to say that American society—all of us collectively—were somehow responsible for the assassinations of the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King. During the 1960s, the idea spread like wildfire that whatever you were lacking was someone else’s fault—society’s fault. If you were poor, whether at home or in some third-world country, you were one of the ‘dispossessed’ —even if you had never possessed anything to dispossess you of… If other people are somehow responsible for whatever is lacking in your life, lashing out at random against individuals who have done nothing to you personally can sound plausible to many people. Whether or not the latest mass killings at Virginia Tech were a result of medically verifiable insanity, there have always been insane people but there have not always been mass killings with the frequency we have seen since 1960… Instead of banning guns, maybe we should rethink 1960s dogmas.” —Thomas Sowell

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