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.

http://www.examiner.com/article/nw-gun-activists-help-fight-nevada-backg...

Article by Dave Workman

Snowden on the Run
By Harold Hutchison

Edward Snowden, who fled to Hong Kong after he leaked details of the NSA’s PRISM surveillance program, may be fleeing to Communist China, while Russia has also said it would be willing to consider an asylum request.

“It is telling that he immediately fled to Hong Kong; one wonders whether he will offer his services and knowledge to the Chinese security services next,” John Yoo wrote at NationalReview.com. Meanwhile, the London Guardian reported that Russia had said it would consider an asylum request if Snowden made one.

Six months after Sandy Hook and nothing has happened?

The Associated Press reported today that gun control advocates are marking the six month anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting tragedy by lamenting that nothing has been done to prevent such actions from happening in the future.

http://www.examiner.com/article/six-months-after-sandy-hook-and-nothing-...

Article by Dave Workman

Gun control measure goes to legislature today, says KING

A proposed gun control measure backed by big money Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer will reportedly be submitted to the Washington legislature in Olympia today, according to KING 5 News.

http://www.examiner.com/article/gun-control-measure-goes-to-legislature-...

Article by Dave Workman

ISAF Also Nabs Taliban IED Specialist
By Harold Hutchison

ISAF confirmed that a Taliban facilitator and Taliban leader were killed during operations In Afghanistan over the last three days. Habib, a was responsible for distributing weapons, military equipment and ammunition to multiple extremist networks in the Sholgarah and Chimtal districts of Balkh province. He also planned attacks against Afghan and coalition forces and illegally taxed and extorted money from Afghan citizens.