Why Washington gun control initiative will get national attention

The 15-page gun control initiative filed yesterday by the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility will get national attention for several reasons, but perhaps the most important of those is because billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) wants to see how it works here before trying it somewhere else.

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Article by Dave Workman

Video by 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Marines and sailors from 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, I Marine Expeditionary Force and the Navy's Expeditionary Strike Group-3, Commander, Third Fleet, announce the official commencement of multinational amphibious exercise Dawn Blitz 2013 off the Southern California coast, June 11-28.

Document in Mali Raises New Fears
By Harold Hutchison

Al-Qaeda may be in possession of missiles capable of bringing down airliners. A manual captured in Mali by the Associated Press, reveals that the terrorist group that carried out the 11 September, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon now has access to shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles.

The missiles in question are Russian-made SA-7s, code-named “Grail” by NATO. The missiles were widely exported by the former Soviet Union. The good news, if that, is that these are older missiles.

To provide balance to the constant promotional drumbeat the media has supplied for the inaccurately named Phoenix gun buyback (you can't buy back something you never owned), this two-part series will examine what's really occurring in the mysteriously funded city-supported gun buy ups in Phoenix.

Protests Against Islamist PM Continue, Met With Force
By Harold Hutchison

Turkish police pushed past barricades and attacked protestors who had been in Istanbul’s Taksim Square for ten days. The protestors had been opposing the government lead by Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan has been leading the Justice and Development Party, which has some Islamist leanings.

The police used water cannons and tear gas. Is Turkey – a NATO ally – the next country to explode into chaos?

Accused Shooter Representing Himself
By Harold Hutchison

Nidal Hasan, accused of carrying out a mass shooting in Fort Hood, Texas, will not only represent himself at his trial, but is now claiming he carried out the shooting in order to defend Taliban leaders.

According to a Reuters report, Hasan made those admissions to the presiding judge. Hasan is facing 13 counts of murder related to the attack. The Obama Administration has categorized the shooting as “workplace violence” and not terrorism.

NW gun activists help fight Nevada background check bill

While Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is reportedly mulling whether to sign or veto an expanded background check bill today, Northwest gun rights activists are throwing their weight behind efforts to convince the Republican governor to veto the measure while the Huffington Post yesterday noted that gun control groups are also applying pressure.

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Article by Dave Workman