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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Law Enforcement “Requested” Shooting Targets of Pregnant Women
As you can hear in the YouTube clip above, Blaine Cooper enquired about the company’s “no hesitation” targets, which also feature children, elderly gun owners and mothers in playgrounds, and was told that the target showing a pregnant woman was a “requested law enforcement target for training.” The representative refused to answer why police would be interested in training to shoot pregnant women, but went on to explain, “unfortunately our world is made up of people, pregnant or otherwise, that are gun owners not for the right reasons,” adding that the targets were to “train police officers”.


Paul to Brennan: Tell me how you decide to drone-kill Americans
“I have repeatedly requested that you provide answers to several questions clarifying your role in the approval of lethal force against terrorism suspects, particularly those who are U.S. citizens,” wrote Sen. Randall H. Paul (R-Ky.) to Brennan, who now serves as the president’s top counter-terrorism adviser.  



Death from a swarm of tiny drones
Air Vehicles Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, is already developing prototypes of tiny drones that can hover The Micro Air Vehicles will work in swarms to provide complex surveillance of a battlefield They can also be armed with incapacitating chemicals, combustible payloads or even explosives 'for precision targeting capability' 


City Wants Power to “Disarm Individuals” During Crisis
Guntersville (Ala.) Mayor Leigh Dollar is working with city officials to pass an ordinance that would give police the power to “disarm individuals” during a disaster, a chilling example of how the second amendment is being assaulted via the back door. The new rule would allow authorities to confiscate guns of “unruly” people during an extreme weather event such as the April 2011 tornadoes or any other emergency.  



Republican Rep. claims Obama backers using fake Twitter accounts in gun-control blitz
Obama supporters appear to be using fake Twitter accounts to send pro gun-control messages to members of Congress, Texas Republican Rep. Steve Stockman and conservative bloggers who also reviewed the messages said Monday. Bloggers first spotted the trend and said they suspected some social media funny business because the senders had sent no other tweets, had no followers and followed nobody.  


DOJ to Federal Judge: We Can Force Your Wife to Violate Her Religion
While presenting an oral argument in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last fall, a lawyer for the U.S. Justice Department told a federal judge that the Obama administration believed it could force the judge’s own wife—a physician—to act against her religious faith in the conduct of her medical practice. The assertion came in the case of Tyndale House Publishers v. Sebelius, a challenge to the Obama administration’s regulation requiring health-care plans to cover sterilizations, contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs.


Will US Predator drones being sold to United Arab Emirates become terrorist tools?
The United Arab Emirates is close to purchasing Predator drones from a San Diego County defense contractor, sparking concern among arms control advocates. Under the proposed sale, revealed this week at a defense conference in Abu Dhabi and confirmed Friday, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. of Poway, Calif., will sell an undisclosed number of the robotic aircraft to the UAE armed forces for $197 million.  


US Activists Hold ‘Day of Resistance’ to Tighter Gun Control
The activists say more than 100 rallies have taken place across the country to oppose the plans to tighten restrictions on gun ownership. Protesters say the moves to tighten firearms laws breach their constitutional right to bear arms.

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