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Author Alan Korwin
as drawn by Pulitzer-prize-winning cartoonist Steve
Benson
-- Tell your friends --
Permission to circulate granted
PAGE NINE
The Uninvited
Ombudsman Report
No. 87 -- June 21, 2010
by Alan
Korwin,
Bloomfield
Press
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CONTENTS:
(searchable by item number)
1- L.A.Times Gun Truth
2- Guns Decrease Crime
3- DISCLOSE
Democrats Deviousness
4- Mythology Dies Hard
5- Suicide Absolves
Guilt?
6- Armed For Safety
7- Federal Firearm Databases
(plural)
8- Mexico Cedes
Arizona
9- Brady Group's Dying
CORRECTIONS:
Here's the right link for the
Women's
Issues
pages, with books, DVDs, special Position Papers, links to national
women's groups and a set of teaching aids for home schoolers or any
students. http://www.gunlaws.com/books15Women.htm
--
Alaska is
definitely part of the continental
U.S., I should have said Arizona was first in the "contiguous" states
to
pass full Constitutional Carry (Alaska did it in 2003) -- no permission
slip needed to discreetly bear arms. Thanks, Alaska resident Cliff E.
who's
tired of geographic inaccuracy, perpetually hearing from ignoramuses
who
say he must pay in U.S. dollars, or that a firm doesn't ship outside
the
U.S. So which state is next to pass Freedom To Carry -- yours? If yes,
I'll
get your location right, promise.
--
It's "Don Cline"
with a "C." Sorry Don. At least I spelled it two different ways in the
one
article.
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Thanks to the Virginia
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1- L.A.Times Gun Truth
The lamestream media told you:
The L.A. Times "Homicide
Blog" since 2007
clearly shows who's getting murdered. All 740 of them. It's not "gun
violence," it's social violence for one tiny class of people. Guess
who.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126853039&ft=1&f=2
If
you don't want to visit the link and read the whole
thing:
<snip> "The truth about homicide," senior reporter
Jill Leovy says, "is that it is black men in their 20s, in their 30s,
in
their 40s. The way we guide money and policy in this country, we do not
care about those people. It's not described as what's central to our
homicide problem, and I wanted people to see that. I wanted people to
see
those lives and to see that that's our real homicide problem in
America.
<snip> "The money needs to go to black male
argument violence," she continues. “Anything else you're dealing with
the margins of the problem, statistically, and it's not
right."
"Homicide is not a mass syndrome in America," she says.
"It's a concentrated group of people and that group of people is still
horribly affected by homicide."
In 2007, L.A. County's murder
rates were especially low. Even so, Leovy says, black men in their 20s
were
dying at rates of around 140 per 100,000 per year. "As a middle-aged
white
lady, my death rate is probably 1 or 2 per 100,000 -- maximum," Leovy
says.
"These young men are dying at 140. They're in a war zone, and the rest
of
us are living in a different country."
"The real homicide problem is
not the numbers that everybody focuses on, it's the
disproportion."
The
Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:
The Times, going against
their usual
anti-gun-rights grain, has joined a few other courageous mainstream
papers
in exposing the ugly underbelly of the anti-gun campaigns waged by
America's hoplophobic bigots.
Here's how "The Bad Part of Town"
and failed social policies
are used for sinister attacks on the right
to keep and bear arms,
and help justify the law enforcement world and
its budgets.
Homicide in America has demographic, geographic,
social and economic borders
which, if acknowledged and openly
discussed, would transform the debate,
and place blame where it really
belongs: on the causes and people that fuel the violence we hear about
(but
rarely actually see for ourselves, except on TV "news").
The real
blame is hidden, because the truth is so painful.
Crime is not spread across the
streets of
America.
Crime, and crime
using guns, happens in isolated areas
for well-known reasons the
media and politicians hide from you.
But, it's useful to blame
guns instead of criminals,
and blame guns instead of politicians and
social policies,
and blame guns instead of festering pesthole
neighborhoods,
and blame guns instead of angry young blacks,
in the
effort to disarm the public and transfer power
to the government and
away from the people.
See the maps. A picture is worth a thousand
words.
http://www.gunlaws.com/GunshotDemographics.htm
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2-
Guns Decrease Crime
The
lamestream media told you:
“Crime in the U.S. dropped
dramatically in 2009, bucking a historical trend that links rising
crime
rates to economic woes,” according to unidentified wire service
reports. Extensive numerical measures of the drops for property and
violent
crime are provided by the FBI, with drops in the single digit range for
all
categories.
The Uninvited
Ombudsman notes however that:
The connection between
private gun ownership and reductions in rates of crime were unexamined
by
unidentified wire service reports, expressing surprise that crime has
dropped despite a bad economy which, according to the wires, seems
backwards and is inexplicable.
“Gun sales rose dramatically
in 2009, as fears of a democrat crackdown on Second Amendment rights
drove
millions more to gun stores than in previous years,” notes the
Uninvited Ombudsman. “Whether this had an effect on the crime numbers
dropping seems likely, and has been well documented in the past, but
cannot
be proven from anecdotal FBI reports,” he said. Wire services failed
to note the likely trend, preferring instead to express surprise that
crime
dropped.
Past crime reports have more accurately indicated that
arrests have dropped, since
that
is largely how crime rates are measured. However, crime rates and
arrest
rates are only indirectly linked. Get-tough enforcement programs, or
budget
cutting to police forces, have a far greater effect on arrest rates
than
anything else. Despite the media's confidence in its report, the actual
rates of committed and attempted crime are essentially unknown with any
precision.
Although the wires said crimes are down, the actual FBI
announcement more accurately said “the number of violent crimes
brought to their attention” are down. Detailed stats here: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/prelimsem2009/index.html
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3-
DISCLOSE Democrats Deviousness
The lamestream media told you:
[Late breaking news: This bill
was killed
by Pelosi three days ago, but the story and aftermath remain
instructive]:
Democrats are seeking to pass a bill called the DISCLOSE Act, that
would do
damage to free speech and force powerful political groups to use big
chunks
of their air time identifying their donors and leaders. The bill seemed
doomed, but only because the powerful gun lobby objected to such
encroachment on their right to free speech. The problem was solved
however
when clever democrats amended the bill to let the NRA off the hook --
while
keeping chains on virtually all other political-interest
groups.
The Uninvited
Ombudsman notes however that:
First, recognize that a
Congress that would do such a thing -- write a law that exempts one
single
group so the law can be passed -- is as corrupt as anything you can
name.
While it's good that the NRA's right to free speech is not infringed,
it is
an abomination that Congress
would
do that to any other group under any rationale whatsoever. All groups
deserve the same exemptions, namely, the entire bill should die (and as
noted at the beginning, it did... for now).
Placing draconian burdens
on political speech is tyranny.
Identifying players in the political
theater might be acceptable, but burdening their free speech to do so
is
not a legitimate option. Congress, or at least the party behind this,
deserves a face slap and leg irons.
In one sense though, carving
out an exemption for the NRA was a good thing. In the backhanded dirty
dealings of modern U.S. politics it may have been planned to get the
result
it did, death to the bill, by deep insiders who play these dangerous
games.
It showed the democrat leaders for the conniving deceitful beasts they
are,
and raised a firestorm against them -- not so much from their
opponents,
which they expected of course, but from their own members who revolted
en
masse! Are some politicians laughing at the morass? I sure
am.
One of the best things the NRA has accomplished receives
little recognition and less praise. Sure, they've fixed, bolstered,
introduced and enhanced laws that improve the right to keep and bear
arms.
Yes, they have held the forces of darkness at bay, especially at the
federal level where no one else does that job with as much pull. Of
course
they pour support into the state associations and local battles that
are
crucial to preserving the Second Amendment on a practical, every day
level.
But the NRA is responsible for moving the public mindset,
for challenging and changing the debate in the court of popular
opinion, in
a way all the smaller players could not.
People everywhere are
more accepting now that a woman is entitled to protect herself from
assault. That every home owner has the right to defend the family
castle.
Oh, the lamestream media has been slow to arrive at these self-evident
truths, but America now largely accepts the idea of discreetly carried
firearms, by responsible adults, even if the Cro-Magnon media thinks of
it
as Cro-Magnon.
Hopelessly bogus myths that our sacred right to
keep and bear would lead to blood in the streets have crashed and
burned.
Gone is the fabricated silliness that “the right of the people”
is a collective right of no one at all -- thanks in large measure to
decades of NRA-supported research that led to the Heller case victory.
When we look at NRA-backed
individual state and federal bills that might not please us totally, we
need to always see the larger picture. The constant pressure NRA brings
to
bear against the anti-rights bigots in society is a steamroller
suppressing
the forces of evil, without which our gun rights would be a pale shadow
of
what they are, if they even existed at all.
Here is some of what the
NRA would have been burdened with, if the Democrats had not (stupidly?)
amended the bill. Most other groups would have suffered under these
burdens
if Democrats got away with their plan (and I don't for a second believe
the
plan is altogether abandoned):
Prohibit any organization that has one
$50,000 or higher contract with the federal government from engaging in
political speech (bill language as introduced);
Require NRA to list
top donor and top 5 donors on all election mass mailings, no exception
for
member mail;
Require NRA to put CEO and top donor on all
robocalls, no exception for member calls;
Require NRA to put CEO
and top 5 donors on all election TV ads;
Require NRA to put CEO
and top 2 donors on all election radio ads;
Require NRA to put CEO
and top donors on all internet election ads that NRA pays to put on
other
websites;
Require NRA to disclose all donors $600 and higher to
FEC for all independent expenditures;
Require NRA to disclose all
donors $1,000 and higher to FEC for all electioneering
communications;
Require NRA to put a hyperlink on its website
within 24 hours after FEC posts electioneering reports to the exact FEC
page where NRA's report appears and keep link live for one year after
election day;
For donors who don't want their contributions spent
on campaign activity, would require the NRA CFO to certify to them in
writing within 30 days of their donation that their money wasn't spent
on
campaign activity.
P.S. A decision in the McDonald
v. Chicago case (supported by the NRA, SAF, ISRA and a long list
of other rights activists including Bloomfield Press), that would force
states to comply with the Second Amendment, is expected between now and
the last day of the session, June 28 (smart money says it will be the
last statement on the last day).
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4-
Mythology Dies Hard
The
lamestream media told you:
Taking guns away from the people
will put an end to mass shootings. Don't look across the pond where
"gun-free" Great Britain just had another mass shooting of unarmed
helpless
citizens.
The Uninvited
Ombudsman notes however that:
A gunman was stopped by an
off-duty police officer, out of his jurisdiction, at Salt Lake City's
open
public Trolley Square in 2007. Another shooter was stopped in his
tracks at
a church in Colorado Springs that same year, by a woman who had her gun
with her. An armed customer at a restaurant in Anniston, Alabama
prevented
a mass shooting in 1999. An armed high school vice principal stopped
Pearl,
Mississippi gunman Luke Woodham. Two armed students stopped a gunman at
the
Appalachian Law School in 2002. Thanks to SAF for reminding me and providing this
partial list.
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5- Suicide Absolves
Guilt?
The lamestream media told
you:
AP--CHICAGO--Illinois Rail Chief Dies In Apparent
Suicide By Train. “The executive director of Chicago's Metra commuter
train service died of an apparent suicide... Pagano, 60, was on paid
administrative leave at the time of his death after Metra began
investigating claims that he received an unapproved $56,000 bonus...
two
written notes were found... 'We have no reason to believe there's
anything
criminal involved in this,' County Sheriff Nygren said,” according to
reporter Caryn Rousseau.
The
Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:
An official is
forced out of his job, at least $56,000 is in question, in a town like
Chicago where that could be the tip of the iceberg, this (and whatever
else
may be at play) is enough to move the guy to kill himself, and the
Sheriff
says there's nothing criminal suspected? And the reporter doesn't ask
any
of the obvious questions, she just runs the quote? And the reporterette
keeps her job?
True, suicide isn't criminal because you can't pin
it on the guy (unlike assisting a suicide or attempted suicide), but
couldn't they at least charge him with graffiti, or defacing the front
of a
train with human remains? Any word on where the 56 grand went, or if
that
was criminal, or if there was something more that could move a guy to
kill
himself? Will taxpayers get their money back? Oh, Alan, how can you be
so
insensitive to a person's misfortune, and the terrible reporting that
goes
with it...
In other news, a medical examiner announced on Saturday
(6/14) that former ABC news anchor Ted Koppel's son, who was found dead
in
a stranger's apartment, died of a lethal combination of alcohol,
heroin,
cocaine and a variety of prescription drugs. According to the wire
service
report, police had said "no criminality was suspected," although heroin
and
cocaine were, at far as is known, still illegal. The "news" reporters
asked
no followup questions, or if they did, they went unreported.
Gun
possession and use, even when perfectly legal, is typically portrayed
as if
heathen miscreants living in compounds are heavily armed, but fraud
suicides in Chicago and illegal drug overdoses by children of elites
are
reported as nothing criminal. Go
figure.
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6- Armed For Safety
The lamestream media told
you:
CLEVELAND--Judge Alfred Mackey of Ashtabula County
Common Pleas Court advised residents Friday to arm themselves because
the
number of deputies has been cut about in half because of a tight
budget.
The Uninvited
Ombudsman notes however that:
It was unclear at press time
how large a force of deputies is required before citizens no longer
need to
arm themselves for their own
safety.
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7- Federal Firearm Databases
(plural)
The lamestream media
told you:
According to Michael Ferraresi, writing for The Arizona Republic: A federal
firearms-identification database used to solve Phoenix murders could
soon
be expanded to other Valley cities if detectives are approved for a
grant.
The National Integrated Ballistic Information Network
database, which cataloges weapons and helps investigators link evidence
from multiple crime scenes, is touted as key technology in a major
metropolitan area. Shootings in Phoenix spill into other communities
and
vice versa.
Phoenix police enter more than 7,000 firearms into
NIBIN system each year. Crime scene investigators enter the evidence as
quickly as days or up to a week after a crime occurs, enabling
detectives
to use 3-D imaging and other technology to compare spent shell casings
with
evidence in the system, which spans the country.
The Uninvited Ombudsman notes
however
that:
I once saw the official
account of 26 firearms databases maintained by the federal government,
and
the justifications for each one that supposedly exempted it from the
Firearm Owners Protection Act (1986) ban on such databases.
It was
a full-blown federal report available as a pdf file. Some of the
databases
were more-or-less understandable -- firearms reported stolen, guns held
in
evidence, accountings of guns in federal arsenals (the egg-inspector
police, the print-shop police, environmental protection agency police,
etc.). The NIBIN crime-incident system sounds like a new one. Are there
more?
I can no longer find this document, which Congress had
requested as part of a watchdog effort on the FOPA Act. I am asking
Page
Nine readers to track this down and send me a copy or a link. I don't
ask
my readers for much, but in this case however, it would be very useful
if
someone can find that Congressional report, covering federal gun
databases
and the justifications for each one's existence. Thank you in advance.
I'll
circulate the info once I have it.
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8-
Mexico Cedes Arizona
The
lamestream media told you:
Nothing. Well, FOX ran a story on it, but none of the other
media did.
The Uninvited
Ombudsman notes however that:
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This photo was taken by a close
personal friend of mine, and it has begun to circulate. It is
authentic. It
is shocking. A significant portion of my state of Arizona is now posted
off
limits to citizens by our own government, because vicious Mexican
invaders
have taken over the land. While the "news" media is getting apoplectic
over
non-existent racial profiling on a law that hasn't even taken effect
(SB
1070), designed to help curb this disaster, they stand mute while a
foreign
nation invades us and cedes land to themselves. Public lands south of
Interstate 8 -- the land the feds have declared is no longer available
to
us -- is a huge chunk of the state. Where's
the NY Times on this, or the
networks?
Senator Russell Pearce, a good friend and the
co-author (with other legislators) of SB 1070, in a speech I attended
today
(6/19), pointed out he has met with ranchers in this area. One has
endured
300,000 trespassers across his land, three stolen cars, multiple
break-ins,
slaughtered livestock, destroyed water lines, and he and his family
live in
fear with their windows and doors boarded up. When you hear that the
federal government is doing nothing, know well that this is a
monumental
problem, not some minor glitch. We are suffering an invasion, and the
feds
have abrogated their duty to "protect each of them (the States) against
Invasion." (Art. IV, Sec. 4, U.S. Constitution).
Russell also
complained that he doesn't like to follow me at the podium (I delivered
the pre-luncheon
address, at the Arizona Republican Assembly annual meeting),
because I
get the audience cheering and stomping and I'm a tough act to follow.
C'mon, Russell, you held them in rapt attention, with total command of
the
facts, figures and politics of this debacle. J.D. Hayworth, who's
challenging John McCain in the Senate race and was the luncheon
speaker,
and Andrew Thomas, the county attorney who is vigorously prosecuting
captured invaders despite massive retaliation from groups within our
own
government, had no such complaints. I'm available to speak at your next
event, if you're interested.
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Left to Right:
Sen. Russell
Pearce (co-author of SB 1070), Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas
(courageous prosecutor pursuing illegal-alien activity), Alan Korwin
(The
Uninvited Ombudsman), and senate candidate J.D. Hayworth
(opposing long-time incumbent
John McCain), at the Arizona Republican Assembly annual meeting, June
19,
2010. Photo by Tom Jenney, Arizona State Director, Americans for
Prosperity.
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9- Brady
Group's Dying
The lamestream media told you:
Nothing.
The
Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:
Things are not going well for the Brady anti-rights group, as
the principles of robust rights to keep and bear arms grows in America.
Scare tactic myths they've spread for several decades are apparently
collapsing under their own fictitious weight.
To raise funds, the group is
selling its mailing list, a
paltry 50,000 names, many of whom are known to be pro-rights activists
(like The Uninvited Ombudsman and friends) who joined, "to keep their
enemies close." Previously, the Bradys claimed a million members, and
absorbed the so-called Million Mom March (a misnomer) as a group under
its
umbrella, when that group got so small it couldn't sustain itself.
http://tinyurl.com/277oo4g
In
other news, Examiner.com reported on June 4 that, according to public
filings required by disclosure laws, Brady had raised $1.7 million in
the
2000 election cycle, but that dropped to just over $15,000 in 2008. So
far
in 2010 the group has raised only $2,500, which came from a single
donor.
"The conclusion is clear," writes reporter Rob Reed, "The public no longer believes the gun
control lies." I saved the file, but now can't find a live link to the
original story; I'm sure you techies can dig it out, and please accept
my
humble apologies for
ineptitude.
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Now carrying Page Nine!
(Full-time or
occasionally, this is a partial list)
Soldier of Fortune
http://www.sofmag.com/news/index.html
Mens News Daily
http://www.mensnewsdaily.com
WorldNetDaily
http://www.worldnetdaily.com
AmericanConservativeDaily
http://www.americanconservativedaily.com
The Libertarian Party
http://www.lp.org
American Daughter
http://frontpage.americandaughter.com/?cat=100
Armed Females of America
http://www.armedfemalesofamerica.com
USA Carry
http://www.usacarry.com
The Eco-Logic Powerhouse
http://www.freedom.org
The Libertarian Enterprise
http://www.ncc-1776.org/
The Fifty Caliber Institute
http://fiftycaliberinstitute.org
Shotgun Sports
http://www.shotgunsportsmagazine.com
The Ryter Report
http://www.jonchristianryter.com/RyterReport/headlines.html
Righty Blogs
http://www.rightyblogs.com
Outdoor Life (blog)
www.outdoorlife.blogs.com/thegunshots/
PrisonOfficer.org
http://forums.prisonofficer.org/
The Arizona Conservative
http://www.azconservative.org
Sonoran News Newspaper
http://www.sonorannews.com
The Payson Patriot Newspaper
http://www.paysonpatriot.com
The SanTan Sun
http://www.santansun.com/santan_home.htm
Ed Phillips' Arizona Almanac (Radio)
http://www.azalmanac.com
Wilson County News, Floresville, TX
http://www.wilsoncountynews.com
NYS Rifle & Pistol Association Newsletter "The
Bullet"
http://www.nysrpa.org
Buckeye Firearms Association
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org
Western Missouri Shooters Alliance
http://wmsa.net
Virginia Liberty
http://lpva.com/HTML/vaLibertyArchive.htm
Chelsea Rod & Gun Newsletter
http://www.chelsearodandgun.org
Read It Here News Prescott
http://www.readitnews.com
Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com
The Arizona Republic
http://www.azcentral.com
The Conservative Brotherhood
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The Power Hour
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Author
Alan Korwin
as drawn by Pulitzer-prize-winning
cartoonist Steve Benson
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Comments help keep me going. Alan.
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Allen C. complained about my skewering the bogus
earthquake-predictions, saying my inferences are incorrect, and we
disagree. However, he then notes that no one will remember the
prediction
30 years later anyway, so the "science" prediction is worthless on
other
grounds, an excellent observation. Think of all the wiggle room
politicians
could get if they simply cast everything 30 years out! They're already
testing those waters, passing a health-care takeover that doesn't come
into
force until after many who voted for it are out of office in
2014.
--
I've had enough. I was interested in news
related to guns. You are evolving into just another right-wing
propaganda
tool. I un-subscribed this morning. --Bob. [1. I'm a centrist, not a
right winger. 2. Most but not all Page Nine news is about guns and gun
policy. My State Dept. gun-ban story was exclusive, found nowhere else.
3.
Some people do prefer me to be a one-trick pony. Sorry to disappoint.
Resubscribe anytime. Alan.]
P.S. I receive occasional letters like
that, wishing I would stick solely to gun-related issues. Because of
all my
work in that field, it’s easy to overlook the fact that I’m a
writer first and a gun-law expert second. Without a wide breadth of
interests I would desiccate, and that would serve no one. If you look
hard
you’ll see the main focus of Page Nine is news-media accuracy (or the
severe lack of it) across a broad range of subjects, not the gun issues
my
news-media watchblog frequently contains.
FWIW, my bona fides
include publishing (CEO of Bloomfield Press); writing and authorship
(25-year track record); public relations (long client list includes
Pulitzer winner Steve Benson); public speaking (AIM Speaker’s
Bureau); technical writing (IBM, AT&T, Motorola, many more);
business plans
and proposals ($10MM+ in funded proposals); First Amendment law (next
book
is on limits of free speech); acoustics, audio engineering, guitar and
songwriting (eight years in music biz and current band The Cartridge
Family); mineralogy (dozens of articles published); numismatics
(Adelphi U.
certified); and of course, constitutional law and the Second
Amendment.
You really don’t want me to be a single-issue
monolith -- it’s better if I spread myself around, bring multiple
interests and perspectives to my work. For those who must have some
single-issue focus, there are plenty of outlets out there to get that.
My
full bio and background: http://www.gunlaws.com/consult.htm
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Alan,
I love, love, love this newsletter…thank you for forwarding it to
me! There is more factual information contained herein than the
majority of the newspapers currently in circulation! What a great
idea to educate, inform, and generally spread the word about guns, gun
laws, right to bear arms and the Constitution all in one location.
The current events, FAQs, tips, updates and the links are terrific...
No
one does it better than you Alan. Thanks for fighting the good fight
and please know that you are valued and appreciated for all that you
do. Please keep up the outstanding work and being eclectic is a
“good thing” for your Page Nine readers! --Sincerely, Jean
R.
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Alan Korwin
Bloomfield Press
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