A .22 caliber pistol. A pea shooter. It would have to be used a point blank range if it were to kill someone.
A gun barrel (or its ammunition) that measures twenty – two hundredths of an inch in diameter.
...Prosecutors (click title to entry - thank you) identified the suspect as T.J. Lane and said he has admitted to taking a knife and a .22-caliber pistol into the cafeteria at Chardon High School in a town 35 miles east of Cleveland on Monday and firing 10 rounds....
Ten rounds is not an extended clip. It is standard for most .22 caliber handguns.
Established in 1990, The NRA Foundation (click here) raises tax-deductible contributions in support of a wide range of firearm related public interest activities of the National Rifle Association of America and other organizations that defend and foster the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans. These activities are designed to promote firearms and hunting safety, to enhance marksmanship skills of those participating in the shooting sports, and to educate the general public about firearms in their historic, technological and artistic context. Funds granted by the NRA Foundation benefit a variety of constituencies throughout the United States including children, youth, women, individuals with physical disabilities, gun collectors, law enforcement officers hunters and competitive shooters.
The charitable giving of the National Rifle Association does nothing for people like Mr. Lane. The charitable giving of the NRA is based in promoting right wing propaganda regarding the 2nd amendment and the use of guns at all levels of society, in the USA and internationally.
This all-time favorite event features an all-star lineup of the Second Amendment's most ardent defenders. Join some of America's biggest names on Friday, April 13 for an afternoon of motivational speeches. Reserve your seats today at nraam.org or call 877-672-7632.
The NRA is breaking the law, this is a political action committee, not a non-profit; .org. That is a sham. The NRA is a political action committee and not an organization. One might note Mr. Santorum's face in the upper right corner of the e-page.
Most if not all of the Right Wing organizations that fund candidates and media services serve their own purposes. The sincerely don't care about social issues that surround their political will. The organizations are above all that. They believe society is allowed to be in 'free fall' so long as they are unrestrained in their market share and profit margins.
RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Bob McDonnell signed a bill Tuesday that repeals Virginia’s one-handgun-a-month law, enacted in 1993 when the state was a haven for gun runners.
McDonnell had earlier expressed support for repealing the law, which limited individuals to one handgun purchase every 30 days but did not apply to rifles or shotguns. The General Assembly passed the legislation Feb. 15....
...The signing came after McDonnell met Saturday with families of people killed or injured in the April 2007 shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. The families had hoped to persuade him to veto the bill, although they knew it was a long shot.
Andrew Goddard, whose son Colin was wounded in the Virginia Tech shooting, was among those who met with the governor. He said the governor had previously said he would sign the bill and “it would have been very difficult for him to go back on it.”
Goddard, president of the Virginia Center for Public Safety, reserved his harshest criticism for legislators who passed the bill.
“They have not learned a damn thing,” Goddard said in a telephone interview. Alluding to Monday’s school shooting that left three students dead in Ohio, Goddard said: “Here we are watching kids dying in other states, and we’re going to be a purveyor of firearms for other states.”...
Under the Bush Administration and a majority Republican Congress victims of gun crimes were striped of their rights to hold accountable the manufacturers of weapons. It exonerates manufacturers from being responsible for responsible distribution of their products.
..."This is the highest court – and the first state Supreme Court (click here) – to directly consider the scope and constitutionality of this controversial federal law. The PLCAA is the only law ever enacted by Congress that purports to utterly deprive a class of victims of their right to seek compensation against wrongdoers who caused them harm. And it is the first law that bars states from using their courts to establish civil liability standards," said Lowy. "If the Kims win, we can change the way gun dealers do business and save lives. Today marks the 18th anniversary of the Brady Law and if Rayco had completed a background check on Coday, Simone Kim might be alive."
On August 2, 2006, Jason Coday, a bizarre-acting, methamphedamine-abusing fugitive who was prohibited by federal law from possessing or buying firearms, walked into Rayco Sales, the gun store of Ray Coxe. Coday, who had a garbage bag filled with his belongings wrapped around his waist, told Coxe he was interested in obtaining a gun, and Coxe showed him a Ruger rifle, and told him the price was $195. Coday soon left the store with the gun, leaving $200 in exchange. Coxe did not subject Coday to a background check and the paperwork required under federal law. The store had two video surveillance systems, but Coxe later claimed that both videotapes did not record that day. Two days later, Coday used the gun to kill Simone Kim, a 26-year-old man he had never met, who was at work as a painter outside the Juneau Fred Meyer store....
On August 2, 2006, Jason Coday, a bizarre-acting, methamphedamine-abusing fugitive who was prohibited by federal law from possessing or buying firearms, walked into Rayco Sales, the gun store of Ray Coxe. Coday, who had a garbage bag filled with his belongings wrapped around his waist, told Coxe he was interested in obtaining a gun, and Coxe showed him a Ruger rifle, and told him the price was $195. Coday soon left the store with the gun, leaving $200 in exchange. Coxe did not subject Coday to a background check and the paperwork required under federal law. The store had two video surveillance systems, but Coxe later claimed that both videotapes did not record that day. Two days later, Coday used the gun to kill Simone Kim, a 26-year-old man he had never met, who was at work as a painter outside the Juneau Fred Meyer store....
In the challenge to the law began with Caitlin Halligan. The current New York Solicitor General is hated by the Right Wing.
Targeting the Second Amendment (click here for the activism of the Republican Policy Committee)
As Solicitor General of New York, Ms. Halligan vigorously advanced a specious legal theory attempting to hold gun manufacturers liable for the crimes of third parties.
Gun Owners of America described this as a strategy to “eliminate the manufacture of firearms in America.”
Despite the fact that New York law, as the appellate court explained, had “never recognized a common-law public nuisance cause of action”
advanced by Ms. Halligan,she mounted a crusade to hold the gun industry responsible for the “easy availability of illegal guns.”
The New York state court rejected Ms. Halligan’s call to judicial activism.
In 2003, a bipartisan coalition in Congress responded to the type of frivolous litigation pushed by Ms. Halligan by introducing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). Ms. Halligan, in turn, sharply criticized this legislation,which Congress ultimately enacted with wide support.
The National Rifle Association described PLCAA as “an essential protection both for the Second Amendment rights of honest Americans and for the continued existence of the domestic firearms industry.”
Undeterred, Ms. Halligan filed an amicus brief in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the PLCAA. The Second Circuit, in rejecting Ms. Halligan’s argument, held that PLCAA was
constitutional and dismissed the litigation against gun manufacturers.
The Republican Senate AGAIN returned judicial nominees of President Obama by obstructionism.
Caitlin Joan Halligan (born December 14, 1966) (click here) is an American lawyer and the Solicitor General of the state of New York from 2001 until 2007. She has been nominated by President Barack Obama to fill a federal judicial vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. On December 6, 2011, the Senate failed to invoke cloture by a vote of 54 ayes to 45 nays, falling six votes short of the 60 votes needed to cut off debate and proceed to a floor vote. Her nomination was returned to the President on December 17, 2011, pursuant to the rules of the Senate.
Ohio school shooting may draw attention to state’s lax gun laws
But the shooting is bound to push Ohio lawmakers and residents to look more closely at their gun laws.
Under Ohio gun laws, a person must be 21 years of age, pass a national background check and fill out a firearms transaction record to purchase a handgun. A state permit, firearm registration and owner’s license, however, are not needed.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence rated Ohio only a 7 out of a possible score of 100 in terms of strong gun laws, saying that people can avoid background checks by buying handguns in private sales.
Last summer, Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed a “guns-in-bars” bill into law, making it legal to carry concealed firearms into bars, restaurants, shopping malls, nightclubs and sports arenas for the first time. The law is considered one of the broadest gun laws in the country.
Critics say Kasich passed the law because of a strong gun lobby, despite reports in 2009 and 2010 that found that nearly half of the guns used in crimes were sold in just 10 states, including Ohio....
Kasich's best effort to date to honor the dead is to fly the USA flag at half staff. In the future he'll attend a prayer vigil, call the incident an unfortunate act of a mentally disturbed person, but, will never, not ever attempt to end the outrageous laws of Ohio in relation to their liberal gun laws that endanger the lives of all Americans, not just Ohioans.
Kasich's best effort to date to honor the dead is to fly the USA flag at half staff. In the future he'll attend a prayer vigil, call the incident an unfortunate act of a mentally disturbed person, but, will never, not ever attempt to end the outrageous laws of Ohio in relation to their liberal gun laws that endanger the lives of all Americans, not just Ohioans.
