Don’t Let Your Senator Deceive You
His or her vote IN FAVOR OF S. 649 was VERY significant

“The Senate's dramatic filibuster-busting vote Thursday to move forward on a gun-safety bill is being cast as a historic breakthrough, testing the strength of the gun lobby and opening a door to the first major gun-control law since 1994. It means President Obama will get the votes on gun legislation he has been seeking since a shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn.” - USA Today, April 12, 2013

Close Result in Venezuela Could Create Chaos
By Harold Hutchison

Nicolas Maduro, the chosen successor to deceased Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, claimed victory in Sunday’s election for the presidency of Venezuela, with 50.7% of the vote. However, opposition candidate Henrique Caprilas is demanding a recount.

"Maduro and his government are the losers," Capriles said, as he claimed 300,000 incidents involving voters. Maduro was the chosen successor of Chavez, who died of cancer last month. The results showed a margin of victory of 235,000 votes.

A possible prison sentence of up to 15 years for using background check information to create any kind of gun registry is one of the keystone provisions of a substitute measure introduced as an option to Sen. Charles Schumer’s (D-NY) bill, and Bellevue’s Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms had a hand in its creation.

http://www.examiner.com/article/prison-for-gun-registration-part-of-ccrk...

Article by Dave Workman

RKB'S MEMOIRS COMING OUT!
The founder, and editor/publisher of SOF releases his autobiography on 30 June! Don't miss out - pre-orders are now available at the SOF Store!
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REPUBLICANS CAVE, ALLOW GUN GRAB TO PROCEED
16 Republican Senators voted to allow Schumer's booby-trap-laden "background check" bill to the Sneate floor for debate.

Is getting worked up over Senate bill for naught?

Are gun rights activists getting all worked up over nothing, now that the U.S. Senate has voted to open debate on new gun control legislation that focuses on expanded background checks?

http://www.examiner.com/article/is-getting-worked-up-over-senate-bill-fo...

Article by Dave Workman

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Disarming IEDs, Training New Afghan Troops
By Harold Hutchison

ISAF has not only been fighting insurgents, but they have also been helping establish a means for Afghans to fight the Taliban themselves. One area where this has shown has been in disarming IEDs.

On 11 April, Afghan units disarmed three IEDs in ISAF’s Regional Command East. One IED was disarmed in Wardak province, another in Logar province, and the third in Ghazni province. This took the total of IEDs cleared in RC-East to 28 over the course of the last week.

First 100 Troops Leave Mali
By Harold Hutchison

As the first 100 French troops left Mali, a sign that France is ending an intervention against Islamist rebels aligned with al-Qaeda, many in Mali are wary of the departure, even as 11,000 African Union troops are slated to take over.

According to a report by VOA News, the French force is likely to decline to about 1,000 by the end of the year. The French did much of the heavy lifting the conflict.

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