Thousands of Gun Owners Join ‘Guns Across America’ Rallies To Protest Obama Gun-Control Law Proposals

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2265174/Gunning-change-Thousands-armed-protestors-gather-state-capitols-pro-assault-rifle-rallies-country.html Gunning for no change: Thousands of armed protestors gather at state capitols in pro-assault rifle rallies across the country ‘Guns Across America’ rallies held days after President Barack Obama unveiled a sweeping package of gun-control proposals Mass turnout includes thousands in New York and hundreds in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Texas Minnesota state Rep. […]

‘Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste’: In Response To Newtown Sandy Hook Shooting , Obama Introduces Gun Control Laws Which Restrict American 2nd Amendment Rights

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263467/Obama-unveils-sweeping-set-gun-control-proposals-decades.html ‘Ignoring children is NOT the solution’: NRA declares war on Obama’s gun control laws after President signs 23 executive orders to try to halt America’s gun crime epidemic Measures include universal background checks on all gun buyers, renewed ban on ‘military-style’ assault weapons and a 10-round limit on magazines National Rifle Association says it’s […]

The Best Defense Is An Offense: After Sandy Hook, Plan To Train and Arm School Officials Draws Fire From Gun Control Advocates

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2254128/US-teachers-trained-use-guns-classroom-protect-pupils-Sandy-Hook-massacre.html Today’s lesson is how to fire guns: Teachers given free weapons training ‘to protect pupils’ after Sandy Hook massacre Free training session was offered by Utah’s leading gun lobby group Similar schemes being offered across America as gun debate rages Move comes after NRA called for armed guard in every school By Hayley Dixon […]

Talk of National Gun Control After Newtown, Ct. Shooting Causes A Record Increase in Gun Sales

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/gun-sales-spike-virginia-colorado-record-highest-background-174415554.html Gun sales spike: Virginia, Colorado record highest background check volume in years Guns for sale at a Walmart (Newsmakers) The talk of new gun control measures that has followed Friday’s mass shooting in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school has gun buyers rushing to the nearest store and picking up new weapons, according to gun […]

Strip-Search Case Reflects Death of American Privacy

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-08/strip-search-case-reflects-death-of-american-privacy.html By Noah Feldman Apr 8, 2012 6:00 PM ET To be the swing voter, you have to be willing to swing. In the last three weeks, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedyhas shown how it’s done. First he wrote the majority opinion in a landmark 5-4 case establishing a constitutional right to an adequate […]

The Criminalization of Protest: Say Goodbye To Free Speech in America

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29673 by Devon DB Global Research, March 9, 2012   A new bill, HR 347, the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011, also known as the “Trespassing Bill,” is soon to be signed into law by President Obama. This bill effectively criminalizes protest and will hurt protest groups and movements such as […]

Supreme Court limits police use of GPS to track suspects

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/23/us-usa-police-gps-idUSTRE80M1E120120123 By James Vicini WASHINGTON | Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:22am EST (Reuters) – The Supreme Court for the first time ruled on Monday that police attachment of a GPS device to monitor a suspect’s vehicle was a search protected by constitutional privacy rights, a test case involving new surveillance technology. The high court’s ruling […]

Supreme Court to Decide if Cops Can Raid Homes Based on Drug-Sniffing Dog

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-dog-sniffing-case/ By David Kravets January 6, 2012 Miami-Dade County Police Department K-9 “Franky” has discovered more than 2.5 tons of marijuana The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide for the first time whether judges may issue search warrants for private residences when a drug-sniffing dog outside the home reacts as if it smells drugs inside. The […]

Like Bush, Obama asserts prerogatives when signing laws

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/06/us-obama-congress-signing-idUSTRE8051WQ20120106 By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON | Fri Jan 6, 2012 4:36pm EST (Reuters) – It was New Year’s Eve when President Barack Obama reluctantly signed into law the legislation he had earlier threatened to veto: a mammoth U.S. defense bill with a multitude of restrictions on the administration’s handling of detainees. Administration officials had spent […]

BILL OF RIGHTS IS NO MORE

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin682.htm By Chuck Baldwin January 5, 2012 NewsWithViews.com While most Americans were celebrating the holidays, President Barack Obama quietly signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), otherwise known as the “Indefinite Detention Act,” into law. Obama had initially said he would veto the bill which contains the draconian language authorizing the US military to seize […]