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ANTI-GUN EVENT: SHOW UP!
"Do we still need an armed citizenry? Vermont Humanities Council presentation"
Join Professor Meg Mott with Vermont Humanities Council at the Springfield Town Library Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 6 p.m. for her presentation of “Do We Still Need an Armed Citizenry?” | "Do we still need an armed citizenry?" Propaganda Discussion |
2/7/2018: Meg Mott: Understanding Second Amendment differences
An anti-gun professor at Marlboro College and town moderator in the anti-gun town of Putney. | Meg Mott: Understanding Second Amendment differences (Propaganda) |
12/15/2022: I Told You Vermont Was Coming for Your Guns …
by Steve MacDonald | I Told You Vermont Was Coming for Your Guns |
Why I Became A Gun Owner After Moving To Vermont
by Aaron Warner | Why I Became A Gun Owner After Moving To Vermont |
2022: Do Studies Show Gun Control Works? No.
Out of 27,900 research publications on gun laws, only 123 tested their effects rigorously.
By Aaron Brown and Justin Monticello /3.31.2022 | Do Studies Show Gun Control Works? No. |
12/29/2021: Backstory: Nastiest Blowback By Kevin McCallum
Four months later, the same Seven Days "Reporter" that did a hit piece that generated outrage across the nation by fueling the bullshit narrative that anti-gun activists, and scared non-gun owners, could use to fuel their continued hatred of guns.
Here we are again as he recounts how HE is the victim of bad words.
Maybe he should have done an honest report? | Backstory: Nastiest Blowback |
8/4/2021: Shots Fired: A Reporter Visits an Indoor Gun Range (The article that started the new victimhood claim)
Targetted anti-gun word choices like "privilege or delusion, " "rightly or wrongly, that owning a gun. . . would tend to make my family's home less safe, not more," use of "firing an assault rifle," "environmental contamination," and so much more... | Shots Fired: A Reporter Visits an Indoor Gun Range |
| 12/17/2021: NBC witnesses the “unintended consequences” of defunding the police — in Vermont. | unintended consequences of defunding the police |
| 12/17/2021: Letter: "GunSense Vermont takes the side of criminal entities" by Randy Gray, board member, GoVT. | GunSense Vermont takes the side of criminal entities |
| 12/10/2021: Our Opinion: Keep the public informed on Southern Vermont gang situation | Our Opinion: Keep the public informed on Southern Vermont gang situation |
| 12/8/2021: Political Pearl-Clutching Over Permitless Carry Won't Stop Its Progress | Political Pearl-Clutching Over Permitless Carry Won't Stop Its Progress |
| 12/7/2021: Letter: The Supreme Court and the 2nd Amendment | Letter: The Supreme Court and the 2nd Amendment |
12/2021: Demand Credible Answers
Make the Politicians justify gun control, By Dave Workman | Make the Politicians justify gun control |
11/30/2021: "Rittenhouse verdict" by GunSense Vermont Board of Directors
Here the board of GSVT show that they are coming to take your right to self defense away!
These people are EVIL. | GunSense Vermont Board of Directors want self defense outlawed! |
| 11/15/2021: WTF? Rittenhouse Prosecutor Places Finger On Rifle Trigger, Points Barrel At People In Courtroom | Anti-Gun Prosecutor endangers courtroom |
"Preserving the right of self-defense"
by Eric Davis, president of Gun Owners of Vermont. It is a speech he delivered Nov. 6 at the Vermont Libertarian Party State Convention. | Eric Davis: Preserving the right of self-defense |
| 11/3/2021:OPINION "Point: UVM should have open carry on campus" by Spencer Hurlburt | UVM should have open carry on campus |
11/3/2021: opinion "Counterpoint: Keep guns off of UVM campus" by Mary Kueser
Look at the sources, count the lies. | Negative Gun Article |
| 10/30/2021 OPINION "Breyer: Living in fear" | Propoganda piece pushing more Red Flag constitutional violations |
10/25/2021: America has a gun violence problem. What do we do about it?
Gun data shows mass shootings are an anomaly compared with suicides.
Here is the latest bullshit propaganda piece by the media. | Propaganda: America has a gun violence problem |
| Moscow Mitch and NRA's Wayne LaPierre are Chicago's real gangsters | NUTJOB ALERT |
| 10/16/21: 2021: New Hampshire Ranked Safest State in America Again, While Vermont Begins Liberal Slide… by Steve MacDonald | 2021: New Hampshire Ranked Safest State in America Again, While Vermont Begins Liberal Slide… |
| Gun Owners of Vermont: "No Compromise" Meme! | No Compromise Meme! |
| Gun Owners of Vermont: "Desparate Politicians" Meme! | Desparate Politicians Meme! |
| Gun Owners of Vermont: "Get Distracted" Meme! | Get Distracted Meme! |
9/23/2021: "Is it better to keep a gun on a leash?" By Edd Merritt
Another disjointed anti-piece by someone who claims "they grew up with guns."
So what? | "Is it better to keep a gun on a leash?" |
| 9/16/2021: Gun-Control Laws Aren’t about Preventing Crimes By Kevin D. Williamson | Gun-Control Laws Aren’t about Preventing Crimes |
| 9/12/2021: Scathing review of Everytown For Gun Safety left by “former employee” | Racist Everytown |
8/4/21: Shots Fired: A Reporter Visits Vermont’s First Indoor Gun Range by [the wussie] Kevin McCallum
Listening to the anti-gun rhetoric built into a "neutral" article about a gun store's shooting range, the author would have you think that standard firearms are apocalyptic in ther power and utility. | A 'Reporter' Visits Vermont’s First Indoor Gun Range |
| 7/30/2021: "ACLU gets Second Amendment wrong; it’s actually gun control that’s steeped in racism" by Jake Fogelman | ACLU gets Second Amendment wrong; it’s actually gun control that’s steeped in racism |
7/10/2021: ‘Fear on top of fear’: Why anti-gun Americans joined the wave of new gun owners
Before you get all warm and fuzzy about "them" joining "us," read the last line:
Other than her attitude toward guns, Grace’s politics haven’t changed, but she’s had to alter the way she thinks of herself: She now defines herself as a gun person “who hates gun people.” | "Pandemic, police violence, calls to ‘defund
the police’ fuel surge of first-time buyers" |
| 6/22/2021: CHARTS: Vermont is the least-worried state in the nation when it comes to crime and safety | Vermont is the least-worried state in the nation when it comes to crime and safety |
6/2/2021: Holocaust, guns and the truth By Frank Smyth
Trying to prove only the Democrats can link anyone they don't like to Nazis… | Holocaust, guns and the truth |
| 5/2/2021: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Legal gun owners aren’t the issue | Legal gun owners aren’t the issue |
| 4/18/2021: Mandatory Firearms Training for a Constitutional Right!? ~ VIDEO | Mandatory Firearms Training for a Constitutional Right!? ~ VIDEO |
Apr 15, 2021: The Gun-Control Melodrama Returns for Another Season
But what's the real purpose of the show?
by Bruce Thornton | The Gun-Control Melodrama Returns for Another Season |
| 3/28/2021: Opinion: Letter: Facts don't support gun control arguments | Letter: Facts don't support gun control arguments |
| GoVT committed to taking back government from the clutches of authoritarianism | Commentary by GoVT President Eric Davis |
3/24/2021: Police pulled from Brattleboro Union High School
District administrators remove school resource officers after intense community input; community conversations will determine fate of the program | Brattleboro sets their children up for Vermont's first school shooting by removing all first responders. |
| 3/17/2021: OPINION: Cormier: Oppose unconstitutional gun laws proposed by legislators | Cormier: Oppose unconstitutional gun laws proposed by legislators |
| 3/10/2021: Sexton asks sheriff to charge senators with perjury | Legislators should be charged with perjury |
| 2/25/2021: OPINION: Saddened by the Vermont Supreme Court’s decision by Collin Demars | Saddened by the Vermont Supreme Court’s decision |
2/22/21: The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is providing information to Second Amendment-supporting Americans as to which companies have either FUNDED gun-control or ENACTED anti-gun policies in their corporate environment…
Chose where your money goes with this information. | CCRKBA list of Anti-Gun Businesses |
2/17/2021: "‘I Was So Disgusted’: Father Of Parkland Victim Rips Biden For Using Anniversary Of Massacre To Push Gun Control" By Hank Berrien
"Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was one of the victims at the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine’s Day 2018, slammed President Biden for using the third anniversary of the shooting to push his gun control plan." | Father Of Parkland Victim Rips Biden For Using Anniversary Of Massacre To Push Gun Control |
1/29/2021: PROPAGANDA - "Column: There’s no vaccine for America’s gun virus" by Steve Nelson, Boulder, Colorado.
The author points to New Hampshire and Vermont as being the source of threats against the government. | PROPAGANDA - "Column: There’s no vaccine for America’s gun virus" |
| Red State Vermont: High School Voices, pt. 1 | Red State Vermont: High School Voices, pt. 2 |
10/30/2020: Scott on Slate Ridge response: ‘What would you suppose we should do?’ By Alan J. Keays
The Left wants everyone with a firearm disarmed. When anyone offers a realistic question they are demonized as well. | Scott on Slate Ridge response: ‘What would you suppose we should do?’ |
10/29/2020: Militia training site terrifies neighbors in West Pawlet By (anti-gun) VTD Editor
Just look at the propaganda built into this, every scary buzzword in the dictionary. FEARMONGERING.
Anti-gun neighbors move to Vermont and demand we conform to their wishes. Then they want the government to use their guns to stop people from exercising their 2nd Amendment rights.
We are to believe they are in such fear for their lives, yet this has been going on for FOUR YEARS and the neighbors keep fighting instead because they know that gun owners are not what the anti-gunners say they are. | Militia training site terrifies neighbors in West Pawlet |
| 10/13/2020: What's a 'Vermont carry' and what does it have to do with Amy Coney Barrett? | What's a 'Vermont carry' and what does it have to do with Amy Coney Barrett? |
| GoVT gets a nod from Seven Days as a resource you can trust. | The Dos and Don'ts of Picking a Candidate |
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2/24/2020: Margolis: Relax, gun owners, nobody is coming for your weapons
Anti-Gunner J.M. is at it again. | Margolis: Relax, gun owners, nobody is coming for your weapons |
| 1/3/2020: Everyone's rights deserve respect by Casey Jennings | Everyone's rights deserve respect |
11/25/2019: Opinion: Why compromise with gun control is a bad idea
Commentary on Gun Owners of Vermont's "No Compromise" policy. | Opinion: Why compromise with gun control is a bad idea |
| 2/15/18: TownHall "Anti-Gun Nonsense: Here Are Three Idiotic Talking Points Being Peddled By The Left After Florida Shooting" | "Anti-Gun Nonsense: Here Are Three Idiotic Talking Points Being Peddled By The Left After Florida Shooting" |
| 9/6/18: "Kavanaugh, Feinstein Square Off on 2A During Confirmation Hearing" | "Kavanaugh, Feinstein Square Off on 2A During Confirmation Hearing" |
8/24/18: Clai Lasher-Sommers: Governor’s win shows support for gun laws
Here, Bloomberg's right-hand employee (who lives in NEW HAMPSHIRE) lays it on thick… | Clai Lasher-Sommers: Governor’s win shows support for gun laws |
| 8/10/18: True North ‘Bullet vote’ threatens Chittenden Six incumbent senators as election nears | ‘Bullet vote’ threatens Chittenden Six incumbent senators as election nears |
| 8/9/18: Op-Ed: Vermonters must stay on target | Op-Ed: Vermonters must stay on target |
8/9/18: Wall Street Journal: "The Democratic Party’s New Litmus Test: Gun Control"
"Candidates for the 2018 House midterms are pushing a muscular firearms-regulation agenda, a wholesale repositioning after the party for a generation avoided new limits." | "The Democratic Party’s New Litmus Test: Gun Control" |
| 8/8/18: VTDigger "Gun activists put up a ‘hurdle’ on Scott’s path to re-election" By Xander Landen | "Gun activists put up a ‘hurdle’ on Scott’s path to re-election" |
7/17/18: CATO Institute: " Legal Policy Bulletin No. 3
Losing Count: The Empty Case for “High-Capacity” Magazine Restrictions" | " Losing Count: The Empty Case for “High-Capacity” Magazine Restrictions" |
| 6/21/18: VPR "Blocked By The Governor? ACLU Challenges Scott's Facebook Policy" | "Blocked By The Governor? ACLU Challenges Scott's Facebook Policy" |
| 5/18/19: SOFREP "Opinion: Why do You need So many guns?" | "Opinion: Why do You need So many guns?" |
| 5/16/18: Seven Days "Betrayed: Can Gun-Rights Activists 'Take Back Vermont'?" | "Betrayed: Can Gun-Rights Activists 'Take Back Vermont'?" |
5/7/18: OPINION "Thoughts on the Out-of-Doors: Under 21 can still buy rifles, shotguns under new Vermont law"
Ignorance of the Vermont Constitution is rampant with anti-gunners. | "Thoughts on the Out-of-Doors: Under 21 can still buy rifles, shotguns under new Vermont law " |
| 4/20/18: True North OPINION "Vermont’s ‘taking game’ and universal background checks" By John Klar | "Vermont’s ‘taking game’ and universal background checks" By John Klar |
| "Opinion: Gun violence and America’s identity crisis" | "Opinion: Gun violence and America’s identity crisis" |
| 4/18/18: Brattleboro Reformer OPINION "Letter: Governor and legislators committed perjury" by James Lanese | "Letter: Governor and legislators committed perjury" by James Lanese |
| VIDEO: "Real VT News: Gun Control 1" | VIDEO: "Real VT News: Gun Control 1" |
| "Margolis: Gun bill signing was a political winner for Scott" | "Margolis: Gun bill signing was a political winner for Scott" |
| 4/3/18: True North OPINION "Mass shootings and Vermont’s mental health system" by Matthew Strong | "Mass shootings and Vermont’s mental health system" |
| 3/30/18: OPINION "Skyler Bailey: The ineffectiveness of S.55" | "Skyler Bailey: The ineffectiveness of S.55" |
| 3/27/18 OPINION "Robert Kaplan: Proposed gun laws will not enhance public safety" | "Robert Kaplan: Proposed gun laws will not enhance public safety" |
| To me, a rifle's a tool': Pro-gun teens of the Parkland generation want to be heard, too
As more than 500,000 teens march on D.C. for gun reforms, young firearms users defend gun culture | To me, a rifle's a tool': Pro-gun teens of the Parkland generation want to be heard, too |
| "The Real Reason We Have Mass Shootings" by Walter E. Williams | "The Real Reason We Have Mass Shootings" |
3/20/2018: John Jay College Researchers Develop First of its Kind School Shootings Database
How the anti-gunners stack the data against the truth.
Combine everything that has a gun involved into one place. | How the anti-gunners stack the data against the truth. |
| 3/19/18: True North "Eight times law-abiding citizens saved lives with an AR-15" | "Eight times law-abiding citizens saved lives with an AR-15" |
"Castleton closes Polling Institute, eliminates two dean positions"
GREAT NEWS!!
The anti-gun Castleton crew have been disbanded. | "Castleton closes Polling Institute, eliminates two dean positions" |
3/13/18: WCAX "Little support at Vt. Statehouse for arming teachers"
Of course not, why do ANYTHING that may actully SOLVE a problem? | "Little support at Vt. Statehouse for arming teachers" |
| 3/11/18: Valley News "Jim Kenyon: Furlough Program Under Scrutiny" | "Jim Kenyon: Furlough Program Under Scrutiny" |
| 3/9/18: OPINION Commentary by Bruce Lindner | Commentary by Bruce Lindner |
| 2/27/18: "Burlington School Board calls for stricter gun laws" | "Burlington School Board calls for stricter gun laws" |
| 2/26/18: Northeastern "Schools are safer than they were in the 90s, and school shootings are not more common than they used to be, researchers say" | "Schools are safer than they were in the 90s, and school shootings are not more common than they used to be, researchers say" |
| 2/26/18: Mad in America "Psychiatrist Says: More Psychiatry Means More Shootings" by Peter Breggin, MD | "Psychiatrist Says: More Psychiatry Means More Shootings" |
2/25/18: VTDigger "Experts question Giffin, Battles police shootings as probe heads to prosecutors"
"Experts who study tactical teams say that after reviewing available evidence, they are unconvinced that the deadly use of force was justified in two recent fatal police shootings in Vermont." | "Experts question Giffin, Battles police shootings as probe heads to prosecutors" |
2/25/18: "Ben Smith: Vermont’s noble gun culture can survive"
None other than the pissed off SON of denounced PETER SMITH rails against Vermont gun owners! | "Ben Smith: Vermont’s noble gun culture can survive" |
| "Vermont Libertarian Party Opposes Governor Scott’s Change of Heart on Gun Control" | "Vermont Libertarian Party Opposes Governor Scott’s Change of Heart on Gun Control" |
| CDC Releases Study on Gun Violence: Defensive Gun Use Common, Mass Shootings Not | CDC Releases Study on Gun Violence: Defensive Gun Use Common, Mass Shootings Not |
2/21/18: Reason "Searching for Gun Solutions That Don't Collectivize Punishment"
"Are "gun violence restraining orders" the answer?"
Anti-Gun opinion | "Searching for Gun Solutions That Don't Collectivize Punishment" |
| 2/20/18: OPINION True North "Sen. Joe Benning: Guns and sense" | "Sen. Joe Benning: Guns and sense" |
2/20/18: Reason "Are Gun Violence Restraining Orders Consistent With Due Process?"
"Such orders can easily be used to take away innocent people's Second Amendment rights."
Pro-Gun Opinion | "Are Gun Violence Restraining Orders Consistent With Due Process?" |
| "Kashmeri: Gun Safety Leadership" By Sarwar Kashmeri | "Kashmeri: Gun Safety Leadership" By Sarwar Kashmeri |
2/18/18: Reason "A Cure for Mass Shootings Doesn't Exist"
There are no plausible options that offer more than the faintest prospect of preventing the next massacre." by Steve Chapman | "A Cure for Mass Shootings Doesn't Exist"
There are no plausible options that offer more than the faintest prospect of preventing the next massacre." |
Facebook Live VIDEO "Governor Scott Press Conference" on the Pre-Empted School Shooting in Fair Haven.
"IT CAN'T BE JUST ABOUT GUNS." | "Governor Scott Press Conference" on the Pre-Empted School Shooting in Fair Haven. |
2/16/18: Burlington Free Press "After Fair Haven threat, Gov. Scott wants to talk about guns"
One day after "No New Gun Laws" | "After Fair Haven threat, Gov. Scott wants to talk about guns" |
| 2/16/18 "A tipping point" by the ANTII-GUN Times Argus | "A tipping point" |
2/16/18: Reason "Disarming 'Individuals With Mental Illness' Would Affect a Quarter of the Population"
"Even a narrower approach, focused on purported risk, deprives many innocent people of their constitutional rights."
Pro-Gun Opinion | "Disarming 'Individuals With Mental Illness' Would Affect a Quarter of the Population" |
| 2/15/18: Seven Days "After Florida Shooting, Vermont Governor Says No New Gun Laws" | "After Florida Shooting, Vermont Governor Says No New Gun Laws" |
"Editorial: Stick to Your Guns Ban, Rivendell"
Rivendell Interstate School District Board is pursuing a firearms ban for Vermont & NH schools. | "Editorial: Stick to Your Guns Ban, Rivendell" |
2/14/18: Reason "Yes, This Is a Good Time To Talk About Gun Violence and How To Reduce It"
Anti-Gun Opinion | "Yes, This Is a Good Time To Talk About Gun Violence and How To Reduce It" |
2/12/18: True North Reports "McClaughry: The steady erosion of liberty"
See how the Constitutional rights of Vermonters are under constant attack by our own politicians! | "McClaughry: The steady erosion of liberty" |
| 2/9/18: OPINION VT Digger "John Klar: Gun legislation would restrict constitutional liberties" | "John Klar: Gun legislation would restrict constitutional liberties" |
2/5/18: VPR "Vermonters in PyeongChang: Olympians On The US Biathlon Team"
THIS is the REAL "Vermont Gun Culture." | "Vermonters in PyeongChang: Olympians On The US Biathlon Team" |
| 2/2/18: OPINION Rutland Heral Staff "Safety for women" | "Safety for women" |
| 1/29/18: NY Daily News "Gun-free school zones will not protect kids: A painful but honest lesson after last week's school shooting in Kentucky" by John Lott, Jr. | "Gun-free school zones will not protect kids: A painful but honest lesson after last week's school shooting in Kentucky" |
1/18/18: Gun Owners of America "WATCH: Former ATF Employee Speaks Out About Rate Increasing Devices"
How a "Bump Stock Ban" will effect EVERY SINGLE semi-automatic firearm! | "WATCH: Former ATF Employee Speaks Out About Rate Increasing Devices" |
| 1/5/18: NY Daily Gazettte "Concealed gun laws no threat to public" | "Concealed gun laws no threat to public" |
| 2017 Gun Owners of Vermont Analysis of the Universal background Check legislation by Bob DePino & Eddie Cutler. | 2017 Gun Owners of Vermont Analysis of the Universal background Check legislation by Bob DePino & Eddie Cutler. |
"Gun Facts v7.1" by Guy Smith
Updated Version includes over 114 pages of Myths and the Facts that debunk them. | "Gun Facts v7.1" by Guy Smith: Updated |
| “Gun violence” Doesn’t Fit the Public Health Model of Disease' by Dan Zimmerman | “Gun violence” Doesn’t Fit the Public Health Model of Disease' by Dan Zimmerman |
| 2017 "Rick Santorum LIVE at George Washington University" | "Rick Santorum LIVE at George Washington University" |
| 11/30/17: OPINION "Are Gun Control Advocates Liars, Or Just Stupid?" rubuttal of Gail Collin's New York Times rant, by Tom Knighton. | "Are Gun Control Advocates Liars, Or Just Stupid?" |
11/29/17: VIDEO "Rick Santorum LIVE at George Washington University"
Rick talks about Americans carrying firearms and the National Concealed Carry Reciprocity bill. | VIDEO "Rick Santorum LIVE at George Washington University" |
11/29/17: VTDigger "Burlington chief lobbies against federal concealed carry expansion"
Watch Weinberger-Appointed, Bloomberg-Funded anti-gun Brandon del Pozo attack Vermonter's rights to bear arms by lying about what criminals do. | "Burlington chief lobbies against federal concealed carry expansion" |
| 11/23/17: VTDigger OPINION "Margolis: An unnatural need for more hunting" by anti-gun, anti-hunting columnist Jon Margolis. | Anti-Hunting OPINION "Margolis: An unnatural need for more hunting" |
11/19/17 OPINION "Commentary: Mass shooters and men's will to change" by Rob Okun
WTF? | "Commentary: Mass shooters and men's will to change" |
11/15/17: OPINION "Commentary: It's all about the guns"
OMG! You gotta see this one!!! | "Commentary: It's all about the guns" |
11/14/17: OPINION "Fish: Mass shootings put 2nd Amendment into question"
92.7 just lost a regular listener with this piece of tripe… | "Fish: Mass shootings put 2nd Amendment into question" |
| 11/14/17: National Review "Should Doctors Screen Their Patients for Gun Violence?" | "Should Doctors Screen Their Patients for Gun Violence?" |
| 11/13/17: The Ithacan "WATCH: Gun advocate speaker Larry Pratt incites protests at IC" | "WATCH: Gun advocate speaker Larry Pratt incites protests at IC" |
| 11/9/17: Williston Observer "Women in the woods" | "Women in the woods" |
11/6/17: Bill Whittle "GUNS, CNN and SUTHERLAND SPRINGS"
Experts KNOW how to STOP mass murders, but the MEDIA is breaking the rules. | "GUNS, CNN and SUTHERLAND SPRINGS" |
| 11/6/17: NEW YORK TIMES HIT PIECE "How to Reduce Shootings" By Nicholas Kristof | "How to Reduce Shootings" By Nicholas Kristof |
| 10/19/2017: The Federalist: "No, Most U.S. Gun Owners Don’t Stockpile 17 Or More Guns" | "No, Most U.S. Gun Owners Don’t Stockpile 17 Or More Guns" |
| 10/10/17: REASON "Repealing the 2nd Amendment Won’t Make Gun Bans Any Easier, If you strip away legal protections for rights valued by millions of Americans, you’re just going to make them angry to no good end." | "Repealing the 2nd Amendment Won’t Make Gun Bans Any Easier, If you strip away legal protections for rights valued by millions of Americans, you’re just going to make them angry to no good end." |
| "Culleton: Semi-automatic weapons have no legitimate role in hands of civilians" by John Culleton, asshat extraordinaire from Baltimore! | "Culleton: Semi-automatic weapons have no legitimate role in hands of civilians" |
10/9/17: VT Digger OPINION "Stephen Groff: In need of commonsense gun laws" by Stephen Groff
Ya, never heard of him either… | "Stephen Groff: In need of commonsense gun laws" |
| 10/8/17: VT Digger OPINION "Smith: Drawing a legal line on guns" | "Smith: Drawing a legal line on guns" |
"Graham: Liberals like lying with statistics"
"Twist facts to hide low murder rates in pro-gun states" | "Graham: Liberals like lying with statistics" |
10/5/17: New York Times "Repeal the Second Amendment" by Bret Stephens
Yes, folks, they are going there… | "Repeal the Second Amendment" |
| 10/3/17: Washington Post "I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise." by statistician Leah Libresco | "I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise." |
10/2/17: Addison County Independent "Addison teen claims junior world shooting title"
Congratulations to Michael Davis!
In Glengary, W.Va., between Sept. 14 and 18, Davis earned $1,000 and the title of NRA Junior World Champion at the NRA World Shooting Championships — for the second straight year, although he said there were more and tougher competitors this year. | "Addison teen claims junior world shooting title" |
| 10/2/17: Ethan Allen Institute: "The Las Vegas Massacre" by John McClaughry | "The Las Vegas Massacre" by John McClaughry |
9/27/17: "Money, not safety, drives unlimited gun-carry foes" by Bob Aldridge
Vermont is mentioned as the cornerstone of Constitutional Carry. | "Money, not safety, drives unlimited gun-carry foes" |
| "Neighbors Are Fired Up About Target Shooting on National Forest Land" | "Neighbors Are Fired Up About Target Shooting on National Forest Land" |
9/24/17: Vermont Cynic "Gun control forum opens space for debate"
A discussion on the gun control debate at the UVM Janus Conference on 9/14/17. At least there is one smart UVM student. | "Gun control forum opens space for debate" |
9/22/2017: WCAX "Neighbors take aim at irresponsible shooting in Vt. Forest"
Chris Pike, the neighbor complaining about shooting o public land in Vermont, moved here from New Jersey and built a house near an existing shooting location and is now trying to get it regulated or shut down.
John Sinclair, the forest supervisor, "wants restrictions, barring shooting from sunset to 8 a.m., as well as banning explosive targets." | "Neighbors take aim at irresponsible shooting in Vt. Forest" |
9/14/2017: UVM Janus Public Gun Control Forum Presentation (PRO GUN) "The Right to Own a Gun" by Prof Michael Huemer
Full Presentation | (PRO GUN) "The Right to Own a Gun"
Full Presentation |
9/14/2017: UVM Janus Public Gun Control Forum Presentation (PRO GUN) "The Right to Own a Gun" by Prof Michael Huemer
Synopsis Handout | (PRO GUN) "The Right to Own a Gun"
Synopsis Handout |
Miss any TrueNorth articles by GoVT Vice President Bob DePino?
Check out the list here. | Miss any TrueNorth articles by GoVT Vice President Bob DePino? |
Gun Owners of America Podcast Episode 3:
"Firing Back - Controllers and Deceivers" | Episode 3: "Firing Back - Controllers and Deceivers" |
| 8/21/17: Addison Independent "Editorial: Finding a balance with firearms, target practice, shooting ranges and the public's peace of mind" by Angelo S. Lynn | "Editorial: Finding a balance with firearms, target practice, shooting ranges and the public's peace of mind" |
8/21/17 VPR Gunshots Project: "For Victims Of Domestic Violence, Guns In The Home Increase Terror"
VPR is going for broke on the domestic violence firearm confiscation bill even though domestic violence is down in 2016.
They did this giant report on the numbers on coroner reports... and are now spinning the results.
FACTS - DV Homicides by firearm:
Between 2011 and 2016, 11 WOMEN were killed in domestic violence firearm homicides.
Between 2011 and 2016, 9 MEN were killed in domestic violence firearm homicides.
FIFTY FIVE PERCENT (55%) of all MALE DV victims were killed by WOMEN! | "For Victims Of Domestic Violence, Guns In The Home Increase Terror" |
8/17/17: OPINION Rutland Herald "Bootleggers and moonshiners" by Joseph Doran
Interesting history of one event in Bootlegging history on a slow "gun death" week in Vermont.
The story includes the line, "in real life during the Roaring Twenties, gun battles occurred along Vermont’s backroads and on the streets of numerous villages and small cities."
Reading the rest of the article, included details on the "gun battle;" "When the vehicle failed to stop after he had blown his policeman’s whistle, Hansen fired his shotgun."
There you have a 1920's "gun battle." | "Bootleggers and moonshiners" by Joseph Doran |
| 8/16/17 VPR Gunshots Project "Domestic-Violence-Related Homicides Dropped In 2016" | "Domestic-Violence-Related Homicides Dropped In 2016" |
8/15/17 OPINION Brattleboro Reformer once again takes an anti-gun stance instead of being a non-biased public news agency.
"Our Opinion: Be a human being and ask for help"
"Rather than putting more firearms into an already abusive situation, Vermonters should do everything they can to keep firearms out of the hands of perpetrators of domestic violence." | 8/15/17 Brattleboro Reformer "Our Opinion: Be a human being and ask for help" |
8/15/17: ABA Journal "Gun violence restraining orders backed by House of Delegates" - THIS IS THE NEXT WAVE OF VERMONT GUN CONTROL!
"Peter Langrock of Vermont spoke against the resolution. “I’m here because I’m a lawyer and I believe in the Constitution,” he said.
Langrock said such orders raise First Amendment concerns because they could target people based on speech, including statements on social media. Langrock also said the ex parte orders raise 14th Amendment due process concerns, and gun seizures based on such orders raise Fourth Amendment concerns." | "Gun violence restraining orders backed by House of Delegates" |
8/11/17: VPR VERMONT THIS WEEK
Part of the MASSIVE anti-gun "Gunshots Project"
Gun Control discussion starts at 18:30 regarding homicides and suicides from 2011 to 2016. | Video: VPR VERMONT THIS WEEK |
| 8/11/17: VIDEO "Vermont Issues 24: A Rebuttal to VPR Re: Gun Laws" | "Vermont Issues 24: A Rebuttal to VPR Re: Gun Laws" |
| 8/10/17: VPR "Doing Our Best To Protect' Children: The Role Of Guns In Vermont" by GunSense member Maggie Brown Cassidy in Putney | "Doing Our Best To Protect' Children: The Role Of Guns In Vermont" |
8/9/17: VPR "'This Is About Safety': Preventing Gun Suicides In Vermont "
Both the anti-gun side and the pro-gun side of this issue is explored.
The Gun Shop Project is mentioned. | "'This Is About Safety': Preventing Gun Suicides In Vermont " |
8/8/17: VPR "Gunshots: Vermont Gun Deaths, 2011-2016"
"The role of guns in life — and death — in Vermont." | "Gunshots: Vermont Gun Deaths, 2011-2016"
"The role of guns in life — and death — in Vermont." |
"VPR Gunshots Project Data Set: Vermont Gun Death Certificate Data, 2011-2016"
The 2017 VPR report RAW DATA. | "VPR Gunshots Project Data Set: Vermont Gun Death Certificate Data, 2011-2016" |
| "Vermont Voices: How Do Guns Fit Into Your Life?" | "Vermont Voices: How Do Guns Fit Into Your Life?" |
VPR Gunshots Project: "How Do Guns Fit Into Your Life?"
Greg Schoppe OPINION "Greg Schoppe, a Burlington-based web developer, grew up in Essex County where hunting in the mornings before elementary school was common and guns were a tool not unlike any other." | VPR Project: "How Do Guns Fit Into Your Life?"
Greg Schoppe OPINION |
VPR Gunshots Project: "How Do Guns Fit Into Your Life?"
Robin Earle OPINION "Robin Earle, a 28-year-old graphic designer living in Milton, moved to Vermont from Massachusetts in 2007. Soon thereafter “the gun bug bit hard.”
Robin has two suggestions for how Vermont could improve gun safety: improve access to inexpensive background checks and required gun handling, cleaning and safety training for new gun owners. | VPR Project: "How Do Guns Fit Into Your Life?"
Robin Earle OPINION |
VPR Gunshots Project: "How Do Guns Fit Into Your Life?"
Hannah Rommer OPINION "Hannah Rommer reached out to us to share her — and her father’s — story. She grew up in rural Southern Vermont, and now works as a music teacher and orchestra conductor in Hanover, New Hampshire."
“My dad is one of the 373 Vermonters who died by gun related suicide between 2011 and 2016,” Rommer said. | VPR Project: "How Do Guns Fit Into Your Life?"
Hannah Rommer OPINION |
| "'The Gun Bug Bit Hard': The Role Of Guns In Vermont" | "'The Gun Bug Bit Hard': The Role Of Guns In Vermont" |
VPR Gunshots Project: "How Do Guns Fit Into Your Life?"
Deborah Lee Luskin OPINION "Last year, VPR commentator Deborah Lee Luskin, became a licensed hunter and bought her first gun after decades of never wanting to own one." | VPR Project: "How Do Guns Fit Into Your Life?"
Deborah Lee Luskin OPINION |
VPR Gunshots Project: "How Do Guns Fit Into Your Life?"
Hannah Rommer OPINION "My Dad Is One Of The 373 Vermonters"
The textbook argument FOR gun control.
However, when the details are investigated, it isn't the gun laws that are the problem… | VPR Project: "How Do Guns Fit Into Your Life?"
Hannah Rommer OPINION |
7/8/17: VIDME "Vermont Issues 20: Guns in Vermont; Bloomberg Boogeymen etc"
Pro-Gun opinion video by Styxhexenhammer666 | "Vermont Issues 20: Guns in Vermont; Bloomberg Boogeymen etc" |
| I’m a College Student and I Support Campus Carry. Here’s Why by Caitlin O'Shei | I’m a College Student and I Support Campus Carry. Here’s Why |
7/29/17: BREITBART "Michael Bloomberg Claims American Gun Deaths Exceed Entire History of American Military Deaths"
Every time Bloomberg opens his mouth LIES spill forth. | "Michael Bloomberg Claims American Gun Deaths Exceed Entire History of American Military Deaths" |
| 7/27/17: WCAX "Half of Vermont homicides domestic-violence related" | "Half of Vermont homicides domestic-violence related" |
7/21/17: " Arnold gets probation for SAFE Act violation
JUSTICE: Former state senate hopeful receives minimum penalty." | " Arnold gets probation for SAFE Act violation
JUSTICE: Former state senate hopeful receives minimum penalty." |
| 7/18/17: OPINION Bennington Banner "Kevin Hoyt: Kids and guns" | "Kevin Hoyt: Kids and guns" |
| 7/11/17: THREAD VPR - Taylor Dobbs asks "How do guns fit into your life, Vermont?" | "How do guns fit into your life, Vermont?" |
| 7/6/17 Coloradoan: "Opinion: Barriers still exist to our right to fight back" | "Opinion: Barriers still exist to our right to fight back" |
6/29/17: Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership
"For the Children"
Analysis of the recent publication of a study in the journal Pediatrics, “Childhood Firearm Injuries in the United States”. | "For the Children" |
| 6/29/17: NRA "Media Mysteries Explained" by David E. Petzal | "Media Mysteries Explained" |
| "How male and female gun owners in the U.S. compare" | "How male and female gun owners in the U.S. compare" |
| 6/27/17: Bearing Arms "Law-Abiding Citizens Have More Than 600 Million Firearms in America" | "Law-Abiding Citizens Have More Than 600 Million Firearms in America" |
6/22/17: Pew Research Center "America’s Complex Relationship With Guns"
"An in-depth look at the attitudes and experiences of U.S. adults"
A look at another unscientific poll. Who is really gonna tell a stranger that they have guns in their house? | "America’s Complex Relationship With Guns"
"An in-depth look at the attitudes and experiences of U.S. adults" |
6/21/17: The Truth About Guns "How Can You Tell When an Anti-Gunner Is Lying? They Quote Statistics"
A brief look at how the anti-gunners completely fabricate their statistics to create their propaganda "Guns Are Now The Third-Leading Cause Of Death Among Children."
The latest push uses "dead children."
Oh,wait, that's nothing new! | "How Can You Tell When an Anti-Gunner Is Lying? They Quote Statistics" |
6/19/17: WCAX "New study breaks down child gun-related deaths"
ANOTHER avenue to pull at the heart strings of the uninformed!
90% of youth deaths are GANG RELATED!!!!! | "New study breaks down child gun-related deaths" |
| 6/19/17: TownHall "Hot Take: Salon Says GOP Won’t Budge On Gun Control Because Of 'Right-Wing Male Power Fantasies’" | "Hot Take: Salon Says GOP Won’t Budge On Gun Control Because Of 'Right-Wing Male Power Fantasies’" |
| 06/19/17: Concealed Carry "How The Anti-Gunners Brainwash America’s Outlook On Gun Ownership" by Matthew Maruster | "How The Anti-Gunners Brainwash America’s Outlook On Gun Ownership" |
| 6/12/17: OPINION "Liberals & Gun Control - Steve Berry" | "Liberals & Gun Control - Steve Berry" |
5/31/17: Burlington Free Press "5 reasons it's good to be a kid in Vermont"
According to the international nonprofit Save the Children, the Green Mountain state takes fourth place nationally for a healthy childhood.
The advocacy group's "End of Childhood" report was released ahead of International Children's Day and assesses childhood basics such as a full belly, a life without fear of violence and access to a K-to-12 education.
Child homicide and/or suicide: Vermont is in a three way tie for first place here — in a good way. No children were victims of homicide in 2015. | Burlington Free Press "5 reasons it's good to be a kid in Vermont" |
5/25/17: Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership
"New Public Database Reveals Bias of Gun-Control Researchers"
Researchers from Boston University come up with a bunch of pretty charts that do not show any correlation to their goal of proving the need for gun control... | "New Public Database Reveals Bias of Gun-Control Researchers" |
5/23/17: The Telegraph "New public database reveals striking differences in how guns are regulated from state to state"
What do the numbers REALLY say? | "New public database reveals striking differences in how guns are regulated from state to state" |
5/25/17: Stowe Reporter "Guns: What makes sense today?
Documentary, discussion will explore issues"
PROPAGANDA ALERT! | " Guns: What makes sense today? Documentary, discussion will explore issues" |
5/16/17: The Hill "How gun control advocates play the mainstream media for suckers"
See how low the gun control freaks at the Violence Policy Center go to slander the name of gun owners!! | "How gun control advocates play the mainstream media for suckers" |
| 4/27/17: USA Today OPINION "Supporters of guns in schools see risk without them" | "Supporters of guns in schools see risk without them" |
"olice Called After Cat Lurking In Tree Appeared To Be Holding Assault Rifle"
"The Newport Oregon Police Department was recently alerted to a cat who appeared to be armed, possibly with a semi-automatic weapon, and had situated itself high in a tree. "
This is the perfect example of IRRATIONAL FEAR OF FIREARMS!
The cat was given a verbal warning by responding officers. | "olice Called After Cat Lurking In Tree Appeared To Be Holding Assault Rifle" |
| 4/16/17: GUNS.com "Happy Easter: Guns of the Vatican’s Swiss Guard, the world’s oldest continuously serving military unit" | "Happy Easter: Guns of the Vatican’s Swiss Guard, the world’s oldest continuously serving military unit" |
4/12/17: OPINION The Washington Times "Why the Second Amendment protects the AR-15
The rifle is the modern equivalent carried by the Framers’ ‘well regulated militia’" by David Deming | "Why the Second Amendment protects the AR-15
The rifle is the modern equivalent carried by the Framers’ ‘well regulated militia’" |
4/11/17: VT Watchdog "Animal rights group gives Vermont D-plus for animal slaughter practices, state cries foul"
Another 'national" animal rights group attacking Vermont. | "Animal rights group gives Vermont D-plus for animal slaughter practices, state cries foul" |
3/29/17: The Essex Reporter "Town planning forums for firearms ordinance"
Essex Selectboard trying to restrict the useage of firearms in town.
They failed. | "Town planning forums for firearms ordinance" |
3/26/17: WCAX "Girls train with world-class biathletes"
The "Girls with Guns" training event in Craftsbury is spotlighted! | "Girls train with world-class biathletes" |
| 3/24/17: The Vermont Cynic OPINION "Campus should allow for Second Amendment rights" by James Simpson | "Campus should allow for Second Amendment rights" |
3/20/17: New Haven Register "Fact check: Are firearms with a silencer actually quiet?"
A decent article originally posted in The Washington Post. | "Fact check: Are firearms with a silencer actually quiet?" |
3/17/17 Evan Nappan Atty at Law, "Gun Found in Glovebox Cannot Be Used as Evidence"
An example of how H422 will be misused by the state.
"On March 13, 2017, Louis P. Nappen of the Evan F. Nappen Law Attorney At Law PC firm argued that a handgun discovered in his client’s glove box after a car accident cannot be used as evidence since the firearm was unconstitutionally obtained by police who entered the car without a warrant or Fourth Amendment exception." | "Gun Found in Glovebox Cannot Be Used as Evidence" |
| 3/13/17: FOX News OPINION "In 2017 women and minorities are buying guns. Here's why" By John R. Lott | "In 2017 women and minorities are buying guns. Here's why" |
| 3/3/17: OPINION The Federalist "Fearing Guns is a Refusal to Take Responsibility for Your Safety" | "Fearing Guns is a Refusal to Take Responsibility for Your Safety" |
3/1/17: VT Digger OPINION John Klar: Scott plays both sides in marijuana debate"
"Vermont has a medical marijuana registry... But the relief from state criminalization for medical marijuana use does not protect our citizens from federal law, and our state appears to be providing the names of those on the marijuana registry to the federal government, so that they won’t be able to buy guns — they are on a federal list. Perhaps our governor will also demand a test to ensure gun owners aren’t stoned before he legalizes pot, to stigmatize both marijuana use and gun ownership simultaneously. (There is no restriction on alcoholics owning guns.) | "John Klar: Scott plays both sides in marijuana debate" |
2/20/17: WCAX "Inside the Vermont Forensics Lab"
Since there haven't been enough gun stories, so WCAX creates another "gun issue" segment. | "Inside the Vermont Forensics Lab" |
2/8/17: Michael Bloomberg's The Trace "Meet the Gun Rights Absolutists Bringing ‘Constitutional Carry’ to a State Near You"
"Proposals to repeal training and license requirements for carrying firearms in public are gaining steam — no thanks to the NRA, say the activists behind the movement." by (radical anti-gunner) Adam Weinstein
Listen to the bullshit from Bloomberg's mouthpiece! | "Meet the Gun Rights Absolutists Bringing ‘Constitutional Carry’ to a State Near You" |
| 1/29/17: "How Many Guns Are There in America Today?" by David Yamane | "How Many Guns Are There in America Today?" |
| 1/120/17: OPINION Rutland Herald "Hungry for gun law change" by GunSense VT board member Paul Regan | "Hungry for gun law change" |
| 1/18/17: Times Argus "Prosecutor carries gun to work" | "Prosecutor carries gun to work" |
1/17/17: Caledonia Record "Sen. Joe Benning: Guns Again?"
"Recently a constituent said she couldn’t understand why I was against universal background checks for gun transfers." | "Sen. Joe Benning: Guns Again?" |
| 1/12/17: SeaCoast Online "Unpermitted conceal carry actually reduces violent crime" by Dennis Karoleski | "Unpermitted conceal carry actually reduces violent crime" |
1/4/17: PBS NewsHour "Gun violence spreads like an infectious disease, new research finds"
OMG!
What an absolute pile of garbage!
These anti-gun "researchers" make the analogy that gun owners are a disease!
Offended yet? | "Gun violence spreads like an infectious disease, new research finds" |
1/3/17 The HayRide "VIDEO: Tucker Carlson Destroys Gun Grabber Who Claims Gun Control Works"
Listen to the BULLSHIT from the anti-gunner! | "VIDEO: Tucker Carlson Destroys Gun Grabber Who Claims Gun Control Works" |
1/3/17: Breitbart "During the January 3, 2017, airing of Tucker Carlson Tonight, Carlson brought up Chicago gun crime and asked the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence's Joshua Horowitz how he can continue to push gun control in light of such a glaring gun control failure."
VERMONT is used as the key argument to disprove their lies. | "During the January 3, 2017, airing of Tucker Carlson Tonight, Carlson brought up Chicago gun crime and asked the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence's Joshua Horowitz how he can continue to push gun control in light of such a glaring gun control failure." |
"Audit of Everytown’s Claimed 200+ School Shootings Since Sandy Hook"
A LINE-BY-LINE analysis of all of the Bloomberg lies.
"Of those 203 “school shootings,” only 44 meet the common perception of a school shooting, where someone came to a school campus to shoot faculty, staff, or students." | "Audit of Everytown’s Claimed 200+ School Shootings Since Sandy Hook" |
11/14/16 24/7 Wall St "The Safest States in America"
Vermont is AGAIN ranked #1
the total number of murders, at 10, and the total number of violent crimes, at 739, are each also the lowest of any state in the country. | "The Safest States in America" |
| 11/6/16: WCAX "Young Vermonters introduced to deer hunting" | "Young Vermonters introduced to deer hunting" |
| November 2016 GUNS Magazine "Exclusive: Weapons Of War" By David Codrea | "Exclusive: Weapons Of War" By David Codrea |
| The Valley Reporter OPINION RESPSONSE to negative press by Valley Reporter's coverage of the October 2016 meeting by GoVT Regional Coordinator Bill Robinson. | The Valley Reporter RESPSONSE to negative press by Valley Reporter's coverage of the October 2016 meeting. |
WCAX poll: "What issues Vermonters care about the most"
#1) Economy / Jobs 21.6%
#2) Healthcare 14.8%
#3) Taxes 13.8%
#4) Opiate Epidemic 4.5%
#5) Education 2.4%
#6) Marijuana Legalization 1.9%
That means gun control isn't even on REAL Vermonters minds, just the anti-gun fear mongerers... | "WCAX poll: What issues Vermonters care about the most"
Hint: Gun Control isn't even on their minds. |
"Where New York's crime guns come from"
The New York Attorney General calculates gun trafficking and tries to blame every other state that has more firearm freedoms for NY crime. | "Where New York's crime guns come from" |
| 10/24/16: Weaponsman "Total US Firearms: Not 300 Million, but 412-660 Million?" | "Total US Firearms: Not 300 Million, but 412-660 Million?" |
| 10/19/2016: TrueNorth "Minter Aiming To Take Down Your 2A" by Alice Dubenetsky | "Minter Aiming To Take Down Your 2A" |
10/13/2016: Stowe Reporter "Hunting: one of many seasons in Vermont"
From the Leaf peeper's guide to foliage and fun: The great outdoors series By Kayla Collier
Hunting seasons
•Black bear, early season Sept. 1-Nov. 11 / late season Nov. 12-20
•Deer (bow and arrow), Oct. 1-28 and Dec. 3-11
•Youth Deer Weekend, Nov. 5-6
•Deer (regular season), Nov. 12-17
•Turkey (bow and arrow), Oct. 1-21
•Turkey (shotgun or bow), Oct. 22-Nov. 6 — check allowed wildlife management units
•Moose (bow and arrow), Oct. 1-7
•Moose (regular season), Oct. 15-20
•Hare, rabbit, Sept. 24-March 12, 2017
•Gray squirrel, Sept. 1-Dec. 31
•Ruffed grouse, Sept. 24-Dec. 31
•Crow (Friday to Monday only), Aug. 19-Dec. 19 | "Hunting: one of many seasons in Vermont" |
| 10/12/2016: VT Digger OPINION: "John Klar: So you think background checks are OK?" | "John Klar: So you think background checks are OK?" |
| 10/12/2016: The Vermont Journal "Guns, and how can we live without them" By Robert Miller | "Guns, and how can we live without them" |
| 10/4/2016: The Commons OPINION "Keep the guns right out in the open" Pamela Spiro Wagner, Brattleboro | "Keep the guns right out in the open" |
10/5/2016: OPINION (response) "Just assume 70 percent of Vermonters are carrying" by Brian Heybyrne
RE: “Keep the guns right out in the open” [Letters, Oct. 5]: | "Just assume 70 percent of Vermonters are carrying" |
OPINION (response): "Your hoplophobia doesn't get to restrict rights" by Chris Work
RE: “Keep the guns right out in the open” [Letters, Oct. 5]: | "Your hoplophobia doesn't get to restrict rights" |
10/5/2016: Bangor Daily News OPINION: "My aunts died from gun suicides. Maine can do more to prevent gun tragedies in the home."
HERE we have the same rhetoric that we will hear in Vermont in 2017 in the push for Universal Background Registration Checks.
The stories are the SAME. The rhetoric is the SAME. The events are the SAME. Just the names change.
Don't believe the lies. They are all scripted. | "My aunts died from gun suicides. Maine can do more to prevent gun tragedies in the home." |
9/26/2016: Brattleboro Reformer - "National super pac targets Vermont legislators, Including Windham Count's Mrowicki and Deen"
Looks like the democrats are really afraid of losing their seats! | "National super pac targets Vermont legislators, Including Windham Count's Mrowicki and Deen" |
9/19/2016: "Gun inequality: US study charts rise of hardcore super owners"
Exclusive: New survey, part of most definitive portrait of gun ownership in decades, shows just 3% of American adults own half of guns in the US
The latest bullshit attack on gun ownership is to say most of the guns are owned by only a small percentage of people. | "Gun inequality: US study charts rise of hardcore super owners" |
9/16/2016: The Guardian "Video: Gun Nation"
How many of the standard anti-gun cliches canyou spot? | Anti-Gun Video: "Gun Nation" |
| 9/13/2016: Waking Times "Gang Members Implicate U.S. Gov’t in Dumping Crates of Guns in Chicago" | "Gang Members Implicate U.S. Gov’t in Dumping Crates of Guns in Chicago" |
| 9/12/2016: Bob DePino's analysis of the Castleton Poll methodology for VPR's anti-gun questions. | Bob DePino's analysis of the Castleton Poll methodology for VPR's anti-gun questions. |
| 9/8/2016: FOX News Opinion "Gun ownership is up in America. So why isn't the media telling you about it?" by John R. Lott | "Gun ownership is up in America. So why isn't the media telling you about it?" |
| 9/8/16: Breitbart "Second Amendment Film ‘Targeted’ Exposes and Destroys Gun Control Agenda" | "Second Amendment Film ‘Targeted’ Exposes and Destroys Gun Control Agenda" |
"Guns and Governance: Vermont's Gendered Issues of Freedom and Control" by Rickey Gard Diamond
Here is more BULLSHIT about gun owners intimidating women at the S31 hearing in Montpelier - WRITE A LETTER TO THE CAPITOL POLICE TO INQUIRE IF ANY GUN OWNER WAS SPOKEN TO/REPRIMANDED BY CAPITOL POLICE FOR HARRASSMENT during ANY hearing or public event! | "Guns and Governance: Vermont's Gendered Issues of Freedom and Control" by Rickey Gard Diamond |
| CNBC Video: "America's Gun: The Rise of the AR-15" | "America's Gun: The Rise of the AR-15" |
8/25/16: OPINION: "Bettis: Question suicide rate"
Here, Gun Sense Vermont activist Sandra Bettis attacks gun owners for doing nothing about suicides, when in FACT, we CREATED 'The Vermont Gun Shop Project' to address suicide amongst Vermont gun owners!
ANOTHER GUN SENSE ATTACK ON GUN OWNERS!
Read Eddie's response below. | "Bettis: Question suicide rate"
Sandra Bettis attacks gun owners |
8/27/16: OPINION: "Cutler: Question the questioner"
Response by Gun Owners of Vermont president, Eddie Cutler, regarding 'The Vermont Gun Shop Project"'
All the anti-gunners can do is LIE! | "Cutler: Question the questioner"
Response by Gun Owners of Vermont president, Eddie Cutler. |
| 8/16/2016: OPINION "John Klar: Hunting for the Second Amendment" | "John Klar: Hunting for the Second Amendment" |
8/14/2016: "Opinion: Time for commonsense gun laws"
Another bullshit opinion piece by Linda Waite-Simpson's next door neighbor… | "Opinion: Time for commonsense gun laws" |
8/12/16: VPR "Cassidy: Trust And Mistrust"
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center’s main exhibition this summer is “Up in Arms: Taking Stock of Guns” | "Cassidy: Trust And Mistrust" |
8/11/16: WCA "Young Vt. marksman aims for a big win"
14 year old Mike Davis getting ready to take on national competition. | "Young Vt. marksman aims for a big win" |
| 8/10/2016: OPINION Times Argus "Leader: Demonstration shows cultural shift" by Andy Leader | "Leader: Demonstration shows cultural shift" |
"Some Vermont residents are taking gun trading to a new level"
A supposedly neutraal video company turns a local business interest piece into an anti-gun video. | "Some Vermont residents are taking gun trading to a new level" |
7/31/2016: Bangor Daily News OPINION "I have a problem with a New York billionaire intent on restricting our Second Amendment right"
Rep. Jeff McCabe, D-Skowhegan, is the majority leader in the Maine House, a Registered Maine Guide and a candidate for state Senate. | "I have a problem with a New York billionaire intent on restricting our Second Amendment right" |
7/28/2016: Christian Science Monitor "Why Democrats are calling gun violence a 'public health crisis' "
Here is a discussion of the bullshit phrase "public health crisis".
"Framing it as a public health crisis expands how you view the problem and, therefore, approach it," Daniel Webster, the director of the Center for Gun Policy and Research at Johns Hopkins University, tells the Monitor.
Since gun violence represents "an epidemic," the classification is important, says Sandro Galea, the dean of Boston University's School of Public Health.
"It says that we as a society want to see gun violence as something we should act on for the sake of improving health, separate from the many public discussions around values that color this issue," he tells the Monitor.
WHAT OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT DO THE ANTI-GUNNERS THINK IS A "PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS?"
Gun Control is about PEOPLE CONTROL, never forget it!
Homicides and assaults with firearms is at an ALL-TIME LOW in America, but the democrats scream it is an epidemic. LIES.
They campaign on "gun rights", then when elected turn their their influence to "gun conttrol." | "Why Democrats are calling gun violence a 'public health crisis' " |
| 7/20/2016: The Truth About Guns "BREAKING: Massachusetts Attorney General Bans Sales of All New “Assault Weapons” As of Today" by Robert Farago | "BREAKING: Massachusetts Attorney General Bans Sales of All New “Assault Weapons” As of Today" |
| 7/19/2016: VT Digger "Gun Owners of Vermont Endorse Deborah Bucknam for Attorney General" | "Gun Owners of Vermont Endorse Deborah Bucknam for Attorney General" |
7/16/2016: Central Maine "Gerry Boyle: A cultural divide over guns
How firearms are seen here in Maine differs a great deal from how they are perceived in inner-city Boston." | "Gerry Boyle: A cultural divide over guns
How firearms are seen here in Maine differs a great deal from how they are perceived in inner-city Boston." |
7/16/2016: The Guardian "What made you change your mind about guns?"
The beginning of another propaganda piece. Asking for volunteers:
"Was there a moment that convinced you to become a gun owner for the first time? A moment that made you question your gun ownership? Or simply a moment, or a conversation, that transformed your understanding of the role of gun ownership in America? Perhaps you know of a local initiative in your area focused on reducing gun violence or gun suicide? What do you think of these efforts?" | "What made you change your mind about guns?" |
7/12/2016: reason.com "If You Like the War on Drugs, You’ll Love the War on Guns!
"The police got militarized to fight drugs. If you thought the drug war was racist, how do you think the gun war will look?" by Ed Krayewski | "If You Like the War on Drugs, You’ll Love the War on Guns!
"The police got militarized to fight drugs. If you thought the drug war was racist, how do you think the gun war will look?" |
7/12/2016: Rense.com "Gun Control Facts You'll Never Hear"
An excellent example of the breakdown of firearm deaths | "Gun Control Facts You'll Never Hear" |
"Link to Federal weapons on loan in Vermont"
To find out more, type in your own ZIP code
If you really want to SCARE yourself, zoom OUT to see how many military weapons are on loan to local police departments across the country…
The ENTIRE map is RED! | "Link to Federal weapons on loan in Vermont" |
| 7/7/2016: Bloomberg View "State Experiments Can Point to Better Gun Laws" | "State Experiments Can Point to Better Gun Laws" |
| 6/29/2016: ABC News "Opinion: Gun control? No, deter violent predators " by F. Paul Valone, President, Grass Roots North Carolina | "Opinion: Gun control? No, deter violent predators " |
6/21/2016: VT Digger "Debating over a different sort of gun show"
Article on a new new exhibit (opens Saturday, June 25, 2016) at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, “Up in Arms: Taking Stock of Guns”
According to museum publicity, they aim “to provide a platform for reasoned discussion.”
We shall see.
The show, set to run through Oct. 23, will feature a series of talks, including Keene State College professor Mark Timney’s “Off Target: What Hollywood, Journalists, and Shooters Get Wrong About Guns” on Sept. 1, historian Carrie Brown’s “The First Arsenal of Democracy: ‘High-Tech’ in the Connecticut Valley, 1795-1900” on Sept. 8, an “Artists & Guns” panel discussion Sept. 21 and “Guns in Our Community” panel discussion Oct. 6, and Cassidy’s “Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes” on Oct. 20. | "Debating over a different sort of gun show" |
| 6/21/2016: REASON.com "What Will Gun Controllers Do When Americans Ignore an ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban? Prohibitions have a long history of stumbling over people’s unwillingness to obey. This time won’t be any different." by J.D. Tuccille | "What Will Gun Controllers Do When Americans Ignore an ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban? Prohibitions have a long history of stumbling over people’s unwillingness to obey. This time won’t be any different." by J.D. Tuccille |
6/16/2016: VPR "Vermont's Legal Landscape On Guns: What Change Could Look Like"
Interesting note: Around the 27 minute mark, Paul Heintz of Seven Days admits to buying an AR-15 with money provided by SEVEN DAYS! | "Vermont's Legal Landscape On Guns: What Change Could Look Like" |
| 6/16/2016: SLATE - "Bullet Points - If the media wants a healthy conversation about firearm laws, it needs to stop getting basic gun facts wrong when reporting on mass shootings." | "If the media wants a healthy conversation about firearm laws, it needs to stop getting basic gun facts wrong when reporting on mass shootings." |
| 6/16/2016: Lifezette "The Slippery Rhetoric of Gun Control" by Greg Hartman | "The Slippery Rhetoric of Gun Control" |
| 6/15/2016: Seven Days "The Gun: How I Bought an AR-15 in a Five Guys Parking Lot" By Paul Heintz | "The Gun: How I Bought an AR-15 in a Five Guys Parking Lot" |
| 6/14/2016: The Libertarian Republic: "Lies and Statistics: Why You Should Never Listen to a Liberal About Guns" | "Lies and Statistics: Why You Should Never Listen to a Liberal About Guns" |
| 6/14/2016: REASON.com "When the Law Would Leave You Defenseless Against the Likes of Omar Mateen, Carry a Gun Anyway" by J.D. Tuccille | "When the Law Would Leave You Defenseless Against the Likes of Omar Mateen, Carry a Gun Anyway" |
6/3/2016: The Federalist "Katie Couric’s Anti-Gun Producers Repeatedly Violated Federal Gun Laws"
"Stephanie Soechtig, the producer of Katie Couric's anti-gun documentary, admitted on camera that her team illegally purchased guns across state lines." | "Katie Couric’s Anti-Gun Producers Repeatedly Violated Federal Gun Laws"
"Stephanie Soechtig, the producer of Katie Couric's anti-gun documentary, admitted on camera that her team illegally purchased guns across state lines." |
2016: Truth or Fiction "Vermont State Senator Mary Ann Carlson on Gun Control-Truth! & Fiction!"
The INCORRECT rumor about former VT Senator Mary Ann Carlson is still making the rounds on the internet.
She DID introduce gun control legislation, she DID make many anti-gun comments, but she DIDN'T say what the meme says... | "Vermont State Senator Mary Ann Carlson on Gun Control-Truth! & Fiction!" |
4/13/2016: Rasmussen Reports "Why Are Americans Buying So Many Guns?"
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey
Why are Americans buying so many guns? Because we AREN'T afraid of defending ourselves and will take the responsibility! | "Why Are Americans Buying So Many Guns?" |
3/20/2016: OPINION "Straw men and guns" by Vince Feeney, Montpelier
Vince writes about his thoughts of draft dodging, and dislike for his service to his country in 1969 here: https://sites.google.com/site/si61reunion/Home/vietnam-service | "Straw men and guns" |
3/17/2016: OPINION Times Argus "Bradley: More than a slap"
Chris Bradley of the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs (VTFSC) sets the truth out for the anti-gunner's lie about the penalty for straw purchasing. | "Bradley: More than a slap" |
| OPINION 3/8/2016: "Leave my family alone, Marion Mohri" | "Leave my family alone, Marion Mohri" |
3/5/2016: OPINION "Background checks for guns" by Dan Danielson, Poultny VT
Here's a dangerous comment by someone who clearly doesn't understand the repurcussions of the law.
People who should be denied legal gun purchases are those who are convicted of a felony, or a misdemeanor no matter what the charge, those fined for gun violations and those with a history of mental illness, no matter what the cause | OPINION "Background checks for guns" by Dan Danielson, Poultny VT |
2016 CASTLETON POLL: The VPR Poll From Vermont Public Radio:
Overall Results (February 3 – 17, 2016)
Do you support or oppose limiting where someone is allowed to carry a firearm?
Support 58%
Oppose 32%
It Depends 5%
Not sure/No opinion 5%
Total respondents 895
Do you support or oppose requiring a waiting period on gun sales, meaning that the purchaser would have to wait a number of days from the time they purchase a gun until they are allowed to take it home?
Support 83%
Oppose 13%
It depends 3%
Not sure/No opinion 2%
Total respondents 895
Do you support or oppose requiring background checks for all gun purchases, including private sales and sales at gun shows?
Support 89%
Oppose 9%
It depends 1%
Not sure/No opinion 1%
Total respondents 895
WHY IS THERE NO QUESTON: "Do you think Vermont's gun laws are fine the way the currently are?"
BECAUSE VPR AND CASTLETON HAVE AN ANTI-GUN AGENDA AND CARES NOTHING FOR THE RIGHTS OF VERMONTERS! | CASTLETON POLL: (Paid for by VPR) Overall Results |
*BULLSHIT ALERT!*
2016 CASTLETON POLL: The VPR Poll From Vermont Public Radio: Methodology
Here is how Castleton arrived at the overwhelmingly biased anti-gun responses to this year's question!
CASTLETON POLL: Methodology
Castleton: 369 by landline (41 percent) and 526 by cell phone (59 percent).
Since most old-school Vermonters do NOT have cell phones, this poll initiates at a 60:40 ratio of "young" respondents.
Castleton: Twenty-nine percent of the total sample have no landline at their residence and therefore would be excluded from any chance of inclusion without the cell phone sample frame.
THIS MEANS that 30% of the total respondents have no "home phone". Since we already equated that most "old school" Vermonters don't have cell phones and ONLY land-lines, that means that 30% of the respondants only HAVE cell phones. Since cell reception in "rural" areas of Vermont is non-existant, that means that 70% of the respondents live in cities with good to excellent cell service.
Castleton: When calling landline phones, respondents within households were selected by asking first for the youngest male adult in the household. If the youngest male was not available, the interviewer would make an attempt to find the best time to reach the target individual.
Castleton: If there was no male in the household, the interviewer would request to speak to the youngest female.
THIS MEANS Castleton was only allowing the YOUNGEST male or female member of the household to respond to these questions, not the HOME OWNER!
Castleton: The within household selection is designed to compensate for known biases in landline samples that result in underrepresentation of males and individuals under 30 years of age.
THIS MEANS Castleton intentionally compensated for supposed "underrepresentation of males and individuals under 30 years of age."
THIS MEANS Castelton specifically IGNORED ALL "old school" Vermonters, older hunters and sportsmen & women, most home owners, grandparents, and everyone else "over 30"!
This poll did not state that the respondent actually be a REGISTERED VOTER, and many respondents who CAN vote, are not old enough to purchase pistols, again biasing the results of the question "allowed to carry a firearm" to "gun owners" who may have a long gun but do not carry a pistol because they aren't old enough to purchase one, so why do they need to carry?
Castleton: For cell phones, interviewers spoke with the individual answering the phone provided that the individual met the screening criteria (e.g. adult living in Vermont).
THIS MEANS Castelton again did not verify that the respondent actually be a REGISTERED VOTER.
Castleton: Every county in the state is represented within 3 percentage points of its proportion of the state’s population prior to weighting the data.
Castleton: The final data are weighted by county, gender, and age to adjust for differential response rates in order to assure that the data are as representative of the state’s actual adult population as closely as possible.
THIS MEANS Castelton did not use the actual numbers of respondents in each zip code, but weighted them. Since 92% of Vermont's population reside in RURAL areas with a population density of LESS THAN 100 people per square mile, those 7% of Vermont towns with a population density of over 200 per square mile could easily sway the results to the anti-gun response rate. Apparently, most city dwellers do not own hunting rifles or semi-auto rifles, just ask the voters in Burlington ( population density of 2,512 people per square mile!) or maybe Winooski ( population density of 4,720 people per square mile!)
NINETY TWO PERCENT of the Vermont population resides in towns with less than 200 people per square mile!
Castleton cannot weigh the rural towns heavily enough to even compare to the top 20 cities!
At most, Castleton could have selected no more than 30% rural responses.
Asking for the YOUNGEST person at the home reduces the likelihood that the person ACTUALLY owns a firearm .
The accuracy of the number of "gun owners" is nothing more than "trust" in the response, how many people will answer "I don't have any guns in my home" over the telephone when being questioned by a complete stranger who is WRITING THIS INFORMATION DOWN? Frankly, it is NOBODY'S BUSINESS and the question should NOT be asked. | CASTLETON POLL: (Paid for by VPR) Methodology |
2016 CASTLETON POLL: The VPR Poll From Vermont Public Radio: Trying determine how Castleton consistantly gets MASSIVELY ANTI-GUN poll numbers even though 50%+ of the residents own firearms!
Castleton/VPR only divides Vermont into FOUR Regions: Chittenden County, Northern Vermont, Central Vermont, Southern Vermont!
Newsflash VPR/Castleton, Vermont has FOURTEEN counties!
THIS is how Castleton "weighs" their polls! They only divide Vermont into 4 regions.
Look at this handy chart to see how much weight big towns like Burlington have in the polls! | CASTLETON POLL: (Paid for by VPR) Research Material by GoVT |
2016 CASTLETON POLL: The VPR Poll From Vermont Public Radio: Likely Voters
Notice the bullshit correlations: Vermont is only divided into FOUR Regions: Chittenden County, Northern Vermont, Central Vermont, Southern Vermont!
THIS is how Castleton "weighs" their polls! They only divide Vermont into 4 regions. | CASTLETON POLL: (Paid for by VPR) Likely Voters |
| 2016 CASTLETON POLL: The VPR Poll From Vermont Public Radio: Sampling Errors | CASTLETON POLL: (Paid for by VPR) Sampling Errors |
2/11/2016: Portland Press Herald "Vermonter wins historic silver in World Cup biathlon race in Presque Isle
Susan Dunklee's runner-up finish is best ever for a U.S. woman; Cape Elizabeth native Clare Egan qualifies for Friday's pursuit."
Great news for Vermont that our media does not cover!
SHARE THIS! | "Vermonter wins historic silver in World Cup biathlon race in Presque Isle
Susan Dunklee's runner-up finish is best ever for a U.S. woman; Cape Elizabeth native Clare Egan qualifies for Friday's pursuit." |
2/11/2016: Waterbury Record "Stevens’ gun bill going nowhere for now"
H.709, the "register your guns" bill.
Listen to the spin put on this one… | "Stevens’ gun bill going nowhere for now" |
"Annual Primitive Biathlon succeeds without snow"
Annual tradition: Skinner Hollow Farm hosts event for the 12th year" By Makayla McGeeney | "Annual Primitive Biathlon succeeds without snow" |
2/7/2016: Steelers Lounge "Vermont restricting domestic abusers' access to guns"
The anti-gun, anti-Vermont groups are at it nationally!
Funny thing is, Vermont IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE AT ALL!
"Twenty-three of the 56 gun-related domestic violence homicides were in Albuquerque. The NRA stayed neutral after negotiating language that allows individuals to seek the return of their weapons once restraining orders are lifted."
This is the exact reason why we cannot accept the NRA as a true supporter of gun rights, THEY COMPROMISE. | BOGUS ARTICLE: "Vermont restricting domestic abusers' access to guns" |
2/1/2016: The Blaze "How Much Does Your State’s Economy Rely on Guns?"
Turns out Vermont finishes 25th on this list! | "How Much Does Your State’s Economy Rely on Guns?" |
| 2/1/2016: WalletHub "2016’s States Most Dependent on the Gun Industry" | "2016’s States Most Dependent on the Gun Industry" |
OPINION 2/1/2016: "Letter to the editor: For common sense gun safety — Sue Minter for governor" by Richard Burgoyne, M.D. Waterbury
See how many incorrect statements and outrageous statistics you can find… | "Letter to the editor: For common sense gun safety — Sue Minter for governor" |
| OPINION (rebuttal) 2/9/2016: "For common sense gun safety — Ignore the Anti-Gun Rhetoric" | "For common sense gun safety — Ignore the Anti-Gun Rhetoric" |
| OPINION 1/31/2016: "Gun Sense? Let's talk about Common Sense" by Tabitha Armstrong | "Gun Sense? Let's talk about Common Sense" |
| 1/29/2016: Hello VT "Letter: What are you afraid of?" by Ed Cutler, President, Gun Owners of Vermont | "Letter: What are you afraid of?" |
1/28/2016: "Commentary: DePino: Debunking gun safety myths"
Article written to debunk some of the anti-gun proposals for "gun safety". | "Commentary: DePino: Debunking gun safety myths" |
| "Open carry: An ancient right seeking codification" By Tom Jackson | "Open carry: An ancient right seeking codification" |
1/22/2016: MAINE Wire "Bloomberg Astroturfed Maine Years Ago"
"Billionaire and former mayor Michael Bloomberg, financial backer of the upcoming “universal background checks” referendum, has had his sights on Maine for at least six years now." | "Bloomberg Astroturfed Maine Years Ago" |
1/16/2016: Los Angeles Times "Why Hillary Clinton and L.A. County supervisors are wrong on gun control" By George Skelton
An anti-gunner looks at how far off-base the anti-gun candidates Clinton and Sanders are about the ideas on Firearm liability Insurance and revoking firearm manufacturer protect against misuse of their product. | "Why Hillary Clinton and L.A. County supervisors are wrong on gun control " |
| 1/12/2016: National Journal "The Fight for Gun-Rights Supporters - Republican hopefuls jockey for a key voting group" | "The Fight for Gun-Rights Supporters - Republican hopefuls jockey for a key voting group" |
1/8/2016: Bearing Arms: 'After Serially Lying About Guns All Week, Obama Dares Challenge NRA’s “Conspiracy”' by Bob Owens
This follow-up to the Armed American Radioo show interview, details some specifics on what really has transpired in Washington. | "After Serially Lying About Guns All Week, Obama Dares Challenge NRA’s Conspiracy" |
| 1/6/2016: Bearing Arms: "Yay! Obama’s Executive Orders Make It Easier To Get Machine Guns" by Bob Owens | "Yay! Obama’s Executive Orders Make It Easier To Get Machine Guns" |
| 1/5/2016: Investors.com "Obama Holds The Nation Hostage To His Gun Control Whims" | "Obama Holds The Nation Hostage To His Gun Control Whims" |
| 1/5/2016: AUDIO: WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S Executive Orders really mean: Armed American Radio w/ guest Bob Owens of Bearing Arms. | January 5, 2016 Broadcast of Armed American Radio |
Sundown at Coffin Rock by Raymond K. Paden, c1994.
A sad glimpse into our nation's future written in 1994.
Well folks, 2016 is THAT FUTURE. It is here, now. | Sundown at Coffin Rock by Raymond K. Paden |
| Sundown at Coffin Rock, The Sequel by Raymond K. Paden | Sundown at Coffin Rock, The Sequel by Raymond K. Paden |
1/1/2016: OPINION "Why Gun Owners Should Prepare for 2016 "
Art McGrath is a Marine veteran, and journalist and author based in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. | "Why Gun Owners Should Prepare for 2016 " |
| January 2016: Independent Journal "13 Charts Put America’s Gun Violence in Perspective" By Kyle Becker | "13 Charts Put America’s Gun Violence in Perspective" By Kyle Becker |
| 12/31/2015: REASON "2015: The Year in Fear - Criminals, terrorists, and madmen with guns—how fears of violence reshaped American politics" by Jesse Walker | "2015: The Year in Fear - Criminals, terrorists, and madmen with guns—how fears of violence reshaped American politics" |
| 12/21/2015: USA Today "Voices: Why I decided to buy a handgun" by Trevor Hughes | "Voices: Why I decided to buy a handgun" |
| 12/20/2015: OPINION Rutland Herald "The politics of gun control" By Mike Smith | "The politics of gun control" |
12/19/2015: Bearing Arms - 'CBS News Badly Misfires With “The Most Heavily Armed States In America”' Posted by Bob Owens
A perfect example of the fear-mongering media. They have no clue what they are reporting about. They have no clue what they are researching. They have no clue what they are writing about.
But, they ARE consistant. :) | CBS News Badly Misfires With “The Most Heavily Armed States In America”' |
| 12/16/2015: ABC News "Most Now Oppose an Assault Weapons Ban; Doubts About Stopping a Lone Wolf Run High (POLL)" | "Most Now Oppose an Assault Weapons Ban; Doubts About Stopping a Lone Wolf Run High (POLL)" |
12/14/2015: Canada Free Press "Armed and Safe: Confirming the 2nd Amendment"
Words of wisdom from our neighbor up north. Why are the only ones who can't understand liberty, the only ones who have it?
Protect it or it will be taken away. | "Armed and Safe: Confirming the 2nd Amendment" |
2016: Entertainment Industries Council "Depiction Suggestions"
THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE LISTING OF MOVIE "Suggestions" that portray firearms in a BAD light!
These are unreal!
Example: "Consider reflecting the reality that homeowners often freeze up or tremble so badly when trying to use a gun in self-defense that they are unable to deploy it. Or show them as being too frozen in fear to even get the gun."
"Where appropriate to the story, consider portraying a teenage girl threatening to break up with her boyfriend unless he gets rid of his gun – or a boy doing the same with a gun-owning girlfriend."
Can you believe this crap! | Entertainment Industries Council "Depiction Suggestions" |
| Numerous Disqus Comments by Vice President Bob DePino on various public articles. | Disqus Comments by Vice President Bob DePino |
12/10/15: Washington Post "Marco Rubio's claim that no recent mass shootings would have been prevented by gun laws"
TRUTH | "Marco Rubio's claim that no recent mass shootings would have been prevented by gun laws" |
| 12/9/2015: The Washington Post "The right to bear arms isn’t up for debate" by Charles C.W. Cooke | "The right to bear arms isn’t up for debate" |
| 12/9/2015: Bearing Arms "Americans Are Voting On Gun Control With Their Wallets" by Bob Owens | "Americans Are Voting On Gun Control With Their Wallets" |
| 12/9/15: "The right to bear arms isn’t up for debate" by Charles C W Cooke | "The right to bear arms isn’t up for debate" |
12/7/2015: "Henningsen: The Price Of Freedom" By Vic Henningsen
My response is in the comments section. | "Henningsen: The Price Of Freedom" |
| 12/7/2015: The Federalist "Yes, They Do Want To Take Your Guns: If the anti-gun crowd is going to be honest about its intentions, then it should at least be honest about the devastation its agenda would wreak upon the country." | "Yes, They Do Want To Take Your Guns: If the anti-gun crowd is going to be honest about its intentions, then it should at least be honest about the devastation its agenda would wreak upon the country." |
12/5/2015: "Guns of the Times" Editorial of The New York Sun
Not exactly an accurate depiction of buying a gun in Vermont, but it is how the rest of the country sees us. In a POSITIVE light! | "Guns of the Times" |
| 12/5/2015: Green mountain Independent OPINION "Letter from Bob DePino: Regarding Burlington Charter Changes" | "Letter from Bob DePino: Regarding Burlington Charter Changes" |
| 12/4/2015: Cold Fury 'Another “national conversation' " | Another “national conversation' " |
| 12/3/2015: reason.com "Choose Your Own Mass Shooting Statistics - From Mother Jones to the Mass Shooting Tracker: where activists and reporters get their stats" by Jesse Walker | "Choose Your Own Mass Shooting Statistics - From Mother Jones to the Mass Shooting Tracker: where activists and reporters get their stats" |
| 12/2/2015: Rutland Herald OPINION "Gun control not needed" by Casey Jennings of Rutland | "Gun control not needed" by Casey Jennings of Rutland |
| 11/8/2015: WCAX - "Youth weekend a hit for new Vt. Hunters" | "Youth weekend a hit for new Vt. Hunters" |
| 11/1/2015: HISTORICAL - "Bygone Vermont: 19th century serial killer hid in Burlington" | "Bygone Vermont: 19th century serial killer hid in Burlington" |
10/28/2015: The Vermont Cynic - "Campus shooting: a UVM outlook"
To show how slanted the reporting is, BLOOMBERG STATISTICS are used in the FIRST SENTENCE!
"There have been 54 school shootings so far in 2015, 24 of which took place on college campuses, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun safety advocacy movement."
"Whenever possible, get out of the area and call 911. If running is not possible, hide. Lock and barricade the doors, turn off the lights , turn off all electronic devices. Lastly, if confronted by the shooter, try to fight. Gang up on the shooter, throw things or use makeshift weapons until police arrive, according to the video."
THAT is the best that UVMs security can present? Throw things and use "makeshift" weapons?
There IS a better answer. Defensive firearms. | "Campus shooting: a UVM outlook" |
10/26/2015: The War on Guns, Notes from the Resistance… - "Agenda "Journalism" at Its Finest "
See how a tragedy is immediately blamed on GUNS, even though the weapon was a CAR…. | "Agenda "Journalism" at Its Finest " |
10/26/2015: Times Argus - "Editorial was misleading" by Chris Bradley, President: Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs
Response to Oct. 18, this one titled “Guns and Vermont.” | "Editorial was misleading" |
10/25/2015: Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Jack Kelly: "Good guys with guns - Mass shootings almost always end with shooters getting shot"
"There were 14,249 murders in the United States last year, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report. That’s a rate of 5.2 per 100,000 people, tops among the advanced nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Ten cities, all with strict gun control laws, had 2,398 murders, a murder rate of 9.53. The murder rate in the rest of the United States was 2.71."
Gun control INCREASES MURDER. | "Good guys with guns" |
| 10/25/2015: The Wall Street Journal - "The Progressive Gun-Control Charade: After tragedy, politicians glibly call for unworkable reforms—then blame the ‘gun lobby’ when they fail." | "The Progressive Gun-Control Charade" |
| "What I Carry and Why" by Dean Weingarten | "What I Carry and Why" |
10/23/2015: COUNTERCURRENTS - "Guns And Mass Shootings" by Hugh Curran
There has not been a more wildly incorrect and misleading opinion piece, since Gun Sense offered their "Lie of the Day..." oh, I mean, their "Fact of the Day…"
There are a minimum of EIGHTEEN OUTRIGHT LIES in this little "piece"...
Can you spot them? Take a look at the comments for some hints. | "Guns And Mass Shootings" by anti-gun Hugh Curran
There has not been a more wildly incorrect and misleading opinion piece in many months! |
| 10/23/2015: National Geographic Video "Guns in America" | Anti-Gun Video "Guns in America" |
| 10/21/2015: OPINION - "Gun confiscation is real goal" by Randy Greene | "Gun confiscation is real goal" |
10/21/2015: Bennington Banner - "Letter to the editor: Gun Sense Vermont refusing dialog" by Ed Cutler, President Gun Owners of Vermont
"It is clear to everyone that Gun Sense is NOT an independent, grassroots organization, because if they were, they would not be having secret meetings and changing locations when the public wants to attend. Please attend our upcoming public forum on Nov. 14 at the Rutland Free Library from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. We are cordially inviting any GSV board member to speak at this forum. We have nothing to hide." | "Letter to the editor: Gun Sense Vermont refusing dialog" |
| 10/21/2015: CNN Poll: "More Americans oppose stricter gun control - 52% of Americans now oppose stricter gun control laws" By Jeremy Diamond CNN | "More Americans oppose stricter gun control - 52% of Americans now oppose stricter gun control laws" |
10/21/2015: CNN International POLL
"Poll: More Americans oppose stricter gun control" | "Poll: More Americans oppose stricter gun control" |
| 10/21/2015: Green Mountain Independent OPINION "Letter from Ed Cutler" (two dozen members of The Gun Owners of Vermont, went to an advertised “fall regional meeting” of Gun Sense Vermont which was supposed to be a public forum) | "Letter from Ed Cutler" (two dozen members of The Gun Owners of Vermont, went to an advertised “fall regional meeting” of Gun Sense Vermont which was supposed to be a public forum) |
| 10/18/2015: Radical anti-gun Times/Argus - "Editorial: Guns and Vermont" | "Editorial: Guns and Vermont" |
10/14/2015: The Federalist - "Why Do Democrats Get Away With Lying About Guns?"
"Yes, it's a rhetorical question." | "Why Do Democrats Get Away With Lying About Guns?" |
10/14/2015: OPINION - "Standing in the way of effective change: not good for our pro-gun movement"
"The National Rifle Association uses fear to prod people into blocking real changes in the government's approach to guns and gun regulation, an NRA member writes"
THIS NRA member wants:
• Universal background checks for all gun transfers, including gun shows, private sales, and even gifts from one person to another;
• Federal firearms licensee recording of all gun transfers;
• Improved mental-health systems aimed at recognizing people at risk and inter-agency reporting when a red flag goes up on an individual’s behavior;
• Required physician and formally confidentiality-bound relationships reporting when a person is clearly identified as a likely candidate for violence;
• Genuine effective training for anyone wishing to carry a gun. | OPINION - "Standing in the way of effective change: not good for our pro-gun movement" |
| 10/13/2015: Editorial: "The Folly of More Gun Controls" by John McClaughry | Editorial: "The Folly of More Gun Controls" |
| 10/13/2015: "Why Gun-Control Zealots Ignore the Facts" | "Why Gun-Control Zealots Ignore the Facts" |
| 10/12/2015: "Unarmed Jews defeat mass murder: Revolts at the extermination camps" by David Kopel | "Unarmed Jews defeat mass murder: Revolts at the extermination camps" |
| 10/12/2015: Breitbart - "King Barack Strikes Again" by David Bossie | "King Barack Strikes Again" |
| 10/12/2015: OPINION Geeky Leftist - "It's not NRA lobbying blocking new anti-gun laws - it's grassroots voters and gun owners" | "It's not NRA lobbying blocking new anti-gun laws - it's grassroots voters and gun owners" |
| 10/10/2015: OPINION - Anti-Gun Rutland Herald - "Exceptional for wrong reason" by WALTER CARPENTER of Montpelier | OPINION - "Exceptional for wrong reason" |
| WikiPedia article: "Political abuse of psychiatry" | "Political abuse of psychiatry" |
10/9/2015: "Top Psychiatrist’s Stunning Announcement About Gun Violence" By Paula J. Caplan, PhD
How the media twists comments from medical personnel into their own anti-gun agenda! | "Top Psychiatrist’s Stunning Announcement About Gun Violence" |
10/9/2015: Christian Science Monitor - "As Obama visits Oregon, four reasons gun rights debate is shifting (+video)"| "As Obama visits Oregon, four reasons gun rights debate is shifting (+video)" | |
| 10/9/2015: OPINION: Backwoods Home - "Come and take them. Start here." by Claire Wolfe | "Come and take them. Start here." |
10/8/2015: BULLSHIT POST of the day
Washington Post - "Most gun owners support background checks and other limits. So why aren’t their voices heard?"
“I can’t think of a single issue that has generated more noise and more hype in the gun community than the issue of assault rifles over the last several years,” Michael Weisser, a Vermont gun dealer and NRA opponent...
OK people THIS Weisser guy is a FORMER Massachusetts FFL, but this article says he is a VERMONT dealer. He is radically anti-gun, and has posted articles about breaking federal laws, but we can't pin down which FFL shop he actually owns. Stay away from his shop! | "Most gun owners support background checks and other limits. So why aren’t their voices heard?" |
| 10/8/15: VIDEO - "It's the Steel" Bill Whittle's Solution to Gun Control | It's the Steel: Bill Whittle's Solution to Gun Control |
10/7/2015: DailyKOS - 'More Combat Veterans come out to call NRA gun myths "insane"'
Well, folks, here you have it. This propaganda piece by the radically anti-gun DailyKOS was written quoting a "soldier" named Benson.
The Facebook page "Stolen Valor" has outted this fake soldier here | More Combat Veterans come out to call NRA gun myths "insane" |
10/7/2015: DailyKOS story 'More Combat Veterans come out to call NRA gun myths "insane"' propaganda piece is total fiction, as the soldier "Benson", isn'tactually a soldier!
The Facebook page "Stolen Valor" has outted this fake soldier.
THIS IS HOW FAR THE ANTI-GUNNERS HAVE TO GO TO MAKE THEMSELVES LOOK RELEVANT, CREATING FAKE STORIES TO PUSH GUN CONTROL.
NOTHING THESE WEBSITES SAY CAN BE TRUSTED!!! | More Combat Veterans come out to call NRA gun myths "insane" |
| 10/7/2015: OPINION - New Jersey's Burlington County Times - "Just say it: Repeal the Second Amendment" | OPINION - New Jersey's Burlington County Times - "Just say it: Repeal the Second Amendment" |
| 10/7/2015: OPINION - The Week: "The big problem with liberal solutions to America's horrible gun violence problem" by W. James Antle III | OPINION - "The big problem with liberal solutions to America's horrible gun violence problem" by W. James Antle III |
| 10/6/2015: Washington Post - "Zero correlation between state homicide rate and state gun laws" | "Zero correlation between state homicide rate and state gun laws" |
| 10/7/2015: OPINION - "Obama Claims Other Countries With No Guns Safer; Here’s the Truth" By Brittany Soares | OPINION - "Obama Claims Other Countries With No Guns Safer; Here’s the Truth" |
1/16/2013: Rob Myers - '“Riddle of the Gun” or, the Best Article I’ve Ever Read'
Unusual, but very insightful article on how to stop violence of all kinds.
I don't agree with the original author, but TALKING to people always is a better idea than ignoring them... | Fact Checker - "Obama’s claim that ‘states with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths’" |
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| "Obama Peddles Gun Control Fable" By Hans Bader | "Obama Peddles Gun Control Fable" |
| 10/5/2015: VT Watchdog - Haupt’s Take: "Guns and Bibles, an American tradition since 1775" By William Haupt III | "Guns and Bibles, an American tradition since 1775" |
| 10/5/2015: Foundation For Economic Development - "Okay, Let's Regulate Guns like Cars - It's pretty much what gun rights proponents want" | "Okay, Let's Regulate Guns like Cars - It's pretty much what gun rights proponents want" |
10/5/2015: Fifth Column News "The Facts That Neither Side Wants To Admit About Gun Control
Gun control is designed to stop people from killing each other, at least that’s what we are always told." By Justin King | "The Facts That Neither Side Wants To Admit About Gun Control
Gun control is designed to stop people from killing each other, at least that’s what we are always told." |
| 10/3/2015: OPINION - "Do civilians with guns ever stop mass shootings?" by Eugene Volokh | "Do civilians with guns ever stop mass shootings? |
| 10/2/2015: Christian Science Monitor - "Many school shooters, one common factor: a warped view of masculinity" | "Many school shooters, one common factor: a warped view of masculinity" |
| 10/2/2015: TownHall.com - "Shocker: Pretty Much Everything Obama Said About Gun Violence Was Wrong" by Matt Vespa | Shocker: Pretty Much Everything Obama Said About Gun Violence Was Wrong |
10/2/2015: WPTZ from CNN - "Why are we still debating guns in 2015?"
ANTI-GUN WPTZ is at it again…
Putting anti-gun rhetoric on every single page, every single day, until people want to puke. | "Why are we still debating guns in 2015?" |
10/1/2015: OPINION - "Spencer Rendahl: Homicides Against Women"
Another wildly inflamatory propaganda piece that totally ignores reality!
Apparently, the latest murder of FOUR women, by another WOMAN, doesn't count at all!
"FIVE women were killed by male perpetrators in 2013"
Well, only TEN people total were killed in 2013 in Vermont. So, women AND MEN are evenly the victims, yet these incendiary pieces try to scare women into thinking they are extremely unsafe and need GUN LAWS to protect them. | Spencer Rendahl: Homicides Against Women |
| The Federalist Papers Project - "LIBERAL LIES EXPOSED: USA Most Dangerous Country Because of Guns" By Kimberly Morin | "LIBERAL LIES EXPOSED: USA Most Dangerous Country Because of Guns" |
| 9/29/2015: Washington Examiner - "Panic culture threatens freedom" | Panic culture threatens freedom |
| 9/29/2015: Independent Journal - "More Gun Control? The FBI Just Released Its List of Things Deadlier Than ‘Assault Rifles’" | The FBI Just Released Its List of Things Deadlier Than ‘Assault Rifles’ |
9/24/2015: Massachusetts man, Mike Weisser (mikethegunguy on the Huffington Post), admits to illegally purchasing a firearm in Vermont!
"You Can Regulate Guns All You Want, But It’s Still The Gun Stupid, It’s The Gun."
"Yesterday I drove up to Vermont, met a guy in a parking lot and bought a Remington 1100 shotgun from him for four hundred bucks. It’s a beautiful gun, 20-gauge, left-handed ejection since I’m right-handed but left-eye dominant, just what I’ve been looking to add to my personal collection of guns. Vermont has no state gun law so we didn’t have to bother with a background check but now that I’m back in my home state of Massachusetts I’m supposed to go on a state website and register the gun. Am I going to bother? Like I’m going on a diet, that’s how I’m going to bother." | Massachusetts man, mikethegunguy Blogs, admits to illegally purchasing a firearm in Vermont! |
| 9/22/2015: America's 1st Freedom - "Women, Guns And Violent Attackers" by Julie Golob | "Women, Guns And Violent Attackers" |
9/16/2015: USA TODAY: "Fed assails seniors' right to bear arms"
The latest gun-grab by the Obama Adminstration… | Fed assails seniors' right to bear arms |
Radical Anti-Gun Candidate Martin O'Malley propaganda for radical gun control "Preventing and Reducing Gun Violence"
"That is why Governor O’Malley has set a national goal of cutting deaths from gun violence in half within 10 years."
Remember, violent crime is already at the lowest point in 60 years!! | Anti-Gun Candidate Martin O'Malley propaganda for radical gun control |
9/14/2015: Intellectual Takeout.org, by Daniel Lattier "The Emerging Victimhood Culture is Scary"
This is EXACTLY what Pro-2A groups have been saying for years!
Refusal to defend one's self is a psychological issue.
Refusal to defend another person is a psychological issue.
Fear of firearms is a psychological issue.
Trying to get the government to persecute others that have done nothing to them is a psychological issue.
Gun control is a psychological issue.
We need a cure... | What we have been saying for years about the "Victim Mentality" is now being analyzed. |
9/12/2015: OPINION - Anti-gunner Alfred S. Blakey of Barre lies about the numbers of gun deaths in the United States.
"One hundred thirty school shootings since Columbine was a low statistic."
"About 2,753 monthly die directly related to guns by comparison. Monthly, Joel. The same number of people lost to terrorists are killed monthly in this country by guns." | ANTI-GUN Propaganda complete with bogus "facts" |
| Poughkeepsie, NY: Letter to editor, "Lenient justice systems encourage violence. New York policies are more the cause of the problem than lawful gun owners in states that do not have the petty murder and violent culture of New York City. Liberal Vermont has virtually no gun laws and does not have a gun violence culture. | Vermont does NOT have a "gun violence" culture |
9/10/2015: OPINION - "Letter: Steve Chapman's gun violence column"
Here we go again, the anti-gunners using VERMONT as a pawn in their anti-gun rights slander campaign.
Chicago, the poster child for unconstitional gun laws, when compared to Vermont's miniscule firearm homicide levels, is somehow "racist." | Rebuttal - "Letter: Steve Chapman's gun violence column" |
8/28/2015: OPINION - "Virginia shootings revive gun myths"
Vermont is referenced as why gun control does not work. The follow-up article slanders his honesty. | Virginia shootings revive gun myths |
9/2/2015: Reason.com, Do Strict Firearm Laws Give States Lower Gun Death Rates?
National Journal reads too much into a correlation. | Do Strict Firearm Laws Give States Lower Gun Death Rates? |
| 9/2/2015: reason.com "Do Strict Firearm Laws Give States Lower Gun Death Rates? National Journal reads too much into a correlation." by Jacob Sullum | "Do Strict Firearm Laws Give States Lower Gun Death Rates? National Journal reads too much into a correlation." |
9/2015: CASTLETON POLL: Vermont Issues Poll
Notice NONE of targeted respondents even mentioned gun control!!!
It is NOT an issue Vermonters want! | September 2015: CASTLETON POLL: Vermont Issues Poll |
11/11/2015: BLOOMBERG's The Trace - "The Doctor Who Tries to Cure Gun Violence By Treating It Like a Contagious Disease"
While the concept makes sense, the practice of "CeaseFire" has NOT worked in Chicago. While the overall murder rate has decreased over time, the number of homicides BY firearm has only INCREASED over the same period of time to 88% in 2015.
I personally DO agree with the very last statement made: "The media, without a doubt, has a role in facilitating more events. There is research that shows that fewer headlines can equal fewer incidents and vice versa. The repeated nature of the showing of the event serves to spread or accelerate the transmission of the behavior."
STOP PUBLICISING THE KILLER'S NAME! | "The Doctor Who Tries to Cure Gun Violence By Treating It Like a Contagious Disease" |
8/21/2015: PJ Media, by Liz Shield
Don’t Let Agenda-Driven Bureaucrats Set Policy on Guns and Mental Health
Nice editorial regarding the latest lies from John Feinblatt, "president and gun-grabbing propagandist extraordinaire for Everytown for Gun Safety..." | Don’t Let Agenda-Driven Bureaucrats Set Policy on Guns and Mental Health |
8/13/2015: LightWorker - "CBS News Investigative Journalist Explains How Mainstream Media Brainwashes The Masses" by Light Worker
This is a great TED Talk about how to spot mainstream media lies. -LW
A MUST WATCH VIDEO. I just wish she mentioned Gun Control by name. | "CBS News Investigative Journalist Explains How Mainstream Media Brainwashes The Masses" |
Editorial: Lancaster Online: Never-ending debate: Do concealed guns make us safer?
On a side note, "If some state legislators get their way, Pennsylvania residents won’t need a permit to carry a concealed weapon."
Vermont Carry may come to Pennsylvania soon... | Never-ending debate: Do concealed guns make us safer? |
8/5/2015: "Constitutional carry clearly protects the freedoms of individuals, and diminishes the power of the government…"
"When the data is inconclusive, it’s best to side with freedom." | Sigaud: An Objective Look at Constitutional Carry (MAINE) |
7/26/2015: The Unbounded Spirit "Nonconformity and Freethinking Now Considered Mental Illnesses"
"All of this is a symptom of our over-diagnosing and overmedicating culture. In the last 50 years, the DSM-IV has gone from 130 to 357 mental illnesses. A majority of these illnesses afflict children."
"According to the DSM-IV, the diagnosis guidelines for identifying oppositional defiant disorder are for children, but adults can just as easily suffer from the disease. This should give any freethinking American reason for worry."
"The Soviet Union used new “mental illnesses” for political repression. People who didn’t accept the beliefs of the Communist Party developed a new type of schizophrenia. They suffered from the delusion of believing communism was wrong. They were isolated, forcefully medicated, and put through repressive “therapy” to bring them back to sanity." | "Nonconformity and Freethinking Now Considered Mental Illnesses" |
7/4/2015: Slow Facts "Is That Common Sense Gun Control.. or More Spin?" by Rob Morse
An analysis of numerous anti-gun talking points:
“common sense gun safety regulations”
Universal background checks
Regulate gun esthetics
Gun buy backs
Close the “gun show loophole”
Firearms registration disarms criminals
Mandatory storage requirements
Abstinence education and gun safety | "Is That Common Sense Gun Control.. or More Spin?" |
7/2/2015: Paul Manganiello: An uninformed anti-gunner lies about GunsenseVT's "vision" to create a safe “gun culture” in Vermont.
Vermont ALREADY HAS the SAFEST "Gun Culture" in the world!
Quote: "Even if Vermont were the safest state in the nation (and we are not)" - LIE! FBI data proves Vermont is the SAFEST STATE in the nation according to 2013 statistics.
Notice the REDEFINITION of "Universal Background Checks" to "Comprehensive Background Checks"?
Redefining the narrative! | Column: I Learned The Limits of Dialogue During Vermont’s Gun Debate |
Jun 29, 2015: VPR by Peter Hirschfeld
In Wake Of Charleston Shootings, No Plans To Push For Tighter Vermont Gun Laws | No Plans To Push For Tighter Vermont Gun Laws |
06/26/2015: Boston Globe - "A look back at the Stop Handgun Violence billboards"
An anti-gun newspaper in an anti-gun state reminisces about the good old days of propagenda and lies perpetrated by Bloomberg money. | "A look back at the Stop Handgun Violence billboards" |
Jun 12, 2015: Connecticut Gun Control Law Sharply Reduced Gun-Related Violence, Report Says
Scott Wilson, president of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League, told The Huffington Post he was skeptical of the study's findings.
BR>"I would like the author of the report to explain why in states like Vermont -- which has virtually no gun control beyond what's federally mandated -- states like New Hampshire, Maine, Wyoming, all the states where gun purchasers have relative ease provided they can pass a background check, why do those states have lower crime rates?" he said. | See how the Left spins the NATIONAL decrease in violent crime to how CT's unconstitutional law achieved it.
Please note: there is that "40 percent" number popping up again! |
Report: June 17, 2015 by John R Lott
New Violence Policy Center “study” on guns recycles old claims using Justifiable Homicide data
The Hill Newspaper reports on a “new” Violence Police Center (VPC) study. | Debunking the anti-gun Violence Policy Center report that firearms are NOT used for self defense. |
| May 27, 2015: JURIST Guest Columnist Joyce Lee Malcolm of George Mason University School of Law discusses Vermont's evolving gun law [decent article from an historian and constitutional scholar active in the area of constitutional history and the 2nd Amendment] | Vermont: When Armed and Safe Is Not Good Enough |
| 5/27/15: The Jurist "Vermont: When Armed and Safe Is Not Enough" by Joyce Lee Malcolm | "Vermont: When Armed and Safe Is Not Enough" |
May 11, 2015: JURIST: by Allan Rostron (Senior Staff Attorney at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence)
Slanted view of gun control from a STATIST viewpoint. | The Bitter Battle Over Guns Continues
(But the statists like this won't give up!) |
Editorial: May 2015 by Massad Ayoob
Backwoods Home Magazine: Guns, suicide prevention, and backwoods lifestyles
Interesting commentary by one of the most famous voices in firearms training.
Explains the importance of friends and neighbors helping each other. | Backwoods Home Magazine: Guns, suicide prevention, and backwoods lifestyles |
4/23/2015: My Champlain Valley: "Safe Shooters: Should Vermont Gun Ranges be Regulated?"
State Rep. David Deen (D-Westminster) wants to give that control back to towns (in violation of the Sportsmans Bill of Rights).
"If there are no controls either at the state level or the local level, it's the wild wild west". Deen introduced a bill in 2015 to repeal the ban on municipal regulation of existing shooting ranges.
Deen has always fought to destroy Vermonters' rights to keep and bear arms. Deen has been given the position to chair the Wildlife Committee where he constantly attacks the rights of gun owners. | "Safe Shooters: Should Vermont Gun Ranges be Regulated?" |
4/23/2015: Waterbury Record: "Legislator takes stand on gun bill"
Listen to the anti-gun legislator Rep. Maxine Grad, D-Moretown, espouse Vermont's "changing culture of Vermont". | "Legislator takes stand on gun bill" |
| 4/16/2015: S.141 Public Commentary from our friend Edward Jaffe (R.I.P.) | S.141 Public Commentary from our friend Edward Jaffe |
Mar 31, 2015: The Green Mountain Independent: By J.D. Thomason
EDITORIAL: Legislating from the Psychiatrist’s Office; Just as Dangerous as Legislating from the Pulpit | EDITORIAL: Legislating from the Psychiatrist’s Office |
| 3/31/2015: Green Mountain independent "EDITORIAL: Legislating from the Psychiatrist’s Office; Just as Dangerous as Legislating from the Pulpit" by J.D. Thomason | "EDITORIAL: Legislating from the Psychiatrist’s Office; Just as Dangerous as Legislating from the Pulpit" |
3/19/2015: Manchester Journal: Gun sense? Not yet
Another anti-rights newspaper fawning concern over the unarmed citizenry.
The comments are more interesting than the article. | Gun sense? Not yet |
3/16/2015: Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership "Can ‘Gun Violence’ Be Addressed as a Public Health Issue?" by Robert B Young, MD
See how "gun violence" does not have anything to do with the guns themselves. As the good doctor puts it, "Using guns isn't a disease, and people, not weapons, are the agents of harm." | "Can ‘Gun Violence’ Be Addressed as a Public Health Issue?" by Robert B Young, MD |
3/14/2015: Police Science & Management - "The real risks during deadly police shootouts: Accuracy of the naďve shooter"
Report showing the need for improved firearms training for police officers, as the difference in proficiency of "expert" and "notice" trainees is ONLY 10% at close range! | Accuracy of the naďve shooter |
3/11/2015: Another anti-rights piece from a "writer and former educator" from North Calais.
States the debate over gun control has been civil, even though the article goes on to use inflamatory verbiage in attacking the NRA and gun rights supporters (twisted paranoia, manipulative, morally bankrupt, craven, unbridled mayhem, protection racket, post-apocalyptic, horrors, absurdly unlikely, hyped hysterically, NRA paranoia machine, hallucination, lunacy, and delirium).
Another unbiased gun control piece. What a joke. | ANTI-GUN Propaganda
Walt Amses: Majoring in Mayhem |
03/02/2015: Vote for Vermont - Gun Control Discussion
Gun Owners of Vermont member, Bruce Lindner interviewed by Pat McDonald on ORCA channel 15 | Bruce Lindner interviewed by Pat McDonald |
| 2/20/15: Wide Open Spaces "A Colorado man is lucky to be alive after 3 coyotes attack him on his way to work." | "A Colorado man is lucky to be alive after 3 coyotes attack him on his way to work." |
| 2/18/2015: The Green Mountain Independent "GUN VIOLENCE: A PROBLEM THAT CAN’T BE LEGISLATED AWAY" By J.D. Thomason | "GUN VIOLENCE: A PROBLEM THAT CAN’T BE LEGISLATED AWAY" |
Feb 14, 2015 Seven Days: by Erik Bailey
Re: “Two Challengers Seek to Oust Statehouse Sergeant-at-Arms” | Re: “Two Challengers Seek to Oust Statehouse Sergeant-at-Arms” |
2/11/2015: Rutland Hearald - "Hundreds turn out for gun bill hearing" by Josh O’Gorman
(S.31 Commentary) | Hundreds turn out for gun bill hearing |
Feb 11, 2015 by Doug Richmond
Opinion: Vt. best armed state in U.S. | Opinion: Vt. best armed state in U.S. |
Feb 11, 2015 by W.A. McLaughlin
Opinion: Gun non-sense Vermont | Opinion: Gun non-sense Vermont |
| Feb 10, 2015 ARTICLE: Associated Press, Liberal Vermont Likes Guns | Liberal Vermont Likes Guns |
Feb 2015: By J.D. Thomason
BARRE’S CENTRAL VERMONT GUNSHOW HIGHLIGHTS THE
NON-PARTISAN CULTURE OF VERMONT’S FIREARMS ENTHUSIASTS | NON-PARTISAN CULTURE OF VERMONT’S FIREARMS ENTHUSIASTS |
02/02/2015: Masaad Ayoob: THE ETHICS OF “EVERYTOWN”
Even world reknown self-defense experts are looking at Vermont with a keen eye for attacks on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. | THE ETHICS OF “EVERYTOWN” |
2/2015: CASTLETON POLL: Issues Facing Vermonters in 2015
Notice only 2% of targeted respondents even mentioned gun control!!! | February 2015 CASTLETON POLL: Issues Facing Vermonters in 2015 |
| 1/30/2015: Opinion, New Evidence in the “War on Vermont” by Bob DePino | New Evidence in the “War on Vermont” |
01/22/2015: True North Reports, Alice Dubenetsky
Will Vermonters Defend Their Second Amendment Rights? | Will Vermonters Defend Their Second Amendment Rights? |
| 1/5/15: The Truth About Guns "Why the “Gun Violence Archive” Is Flawed From the Start" | "Why the “Gun Violence Archive” Is Flawed From the Start" |
| 11/14/2014: Slow Facts "Government Approved Bigotry Against Firearms Owner" by Rob Morse | "Government Approved Bigotry Against Firearms Owner" |
| 11/12/2014: National Shooting Sports Foundation: "Violent Crime Rate Continues to Drop & Public Believes Having a Gun in the Home Makes it Safer – Spread the News" | "Violent Crime Rate Continues to Drop & Public Believes Having a Gun in the Home Makes it Safer – Spread the News" |
7/28/14: Forbes "No, Gun Violence Is Not a 'Public Health' Issue"
The origins of the current anti-gun agenda, “murder” is not a medical problem… | "No, Gun Violence Is Not a 'Public Health' Issue" |
7/16/2014: YouTube Video "The Legal Truth Part 2 - Guns and Domestic Violence"
The TRUTH about Domestic Violence in CANADA is the SAME as in the USA!
The anti-gun crowds in both countries use the SAME tired rhetoric to attack gun rights on both countries!! | "The Legal Truth Part 2 - Guns and Domestic Violence" |
7/5/2014: The anti-gun Brattleboro Reformer OFFICIAL OPINION: "Our Opinion: Vermont needs common sense gun control"
Why gun owners NEVER get a chance with this media outlet. | Brattleboro Reformer OFFICIAL OPINION: "Our Opinion: Vermont needs common sense gun control" |
Editorial: CNN - The real gun problem is mental health, not the NRA
By Mel Robbins | The real gun problem is MENTAL HEALTH not the NRA |
6/24/2014: National Review - "Vermont: Safe and Happy and Armed to the Teeth"
An excellent article about our wonderful little state. | Vermont: Safe and Happy and Armed to the Teeth |
6/24/2014: DC Inno "Democratic Pollster Stefan Hankin Explains the Math Behind a Winning Campaign"
HERE is how the democratic pollsters behind the "Lincoln Park Strategies" polling firm tailors each poll to return the EXACT results his client desires!!!
Gun Sense used them in 2013...
Castleton does the same to return the results THEY want. | "Democratic Pollster Stefan Hankin Explains the Math Behind a Winning Campaign" |
| 5/15/2014: OPINION "The Cruelty of Gun Free zones" by John Lott | "The Cruelty of Gun Free zones" |
| "The real reason Michael Bloomberg cares about guns. It'??s not the ‘gun'?’ part of ‘gun control’?ť that the ex-mayor is interested in" | "The real reason Michael Bloomberg cares about guns. It'??s not the ‘gun'?’ part of ‘gun control’?ť that the ex-mayor is interested in" |
4/4/2014: Bloomberg News "States With Fewer Gun Laws Are the Most Violent, Study Finds"
"U.S. states with the least restrictive gun laws are among those with the highest rates of firearm-related violence such as homicides, suicides and assaults, according to a study of national crime data."
See how data is manipulated and cherry-picked to give the results they want. | "States With Fewer Gun Laws Are the Most Violent, Study Finds" |
| Mar 27, 2014: The Williamson Commentary (Burlington Charter Changes) | More police are refusing to enforce restrictive gun laws |
3/26/14: NECN "Coyote Attacks Two-year-old Girl in Weymouth, MA"
Remember this when the anti-hunters want to "save" the coyotes. | "Coyote Attacks Two-year-old Girl in Weymouth, MA" |
2/24/2014: The Federalist - "14 Things Everyone Should Understand About Guns"
"Guns aren't that complicated. Learn a little bit about them before lecturing other people about gun safety." | "Guns aren't that complicated. Learn a little bit about them before lecturing other people about gun safety." |
2/7/2014: VPR "State's Drug Problem Is Feeding An Underground Gun Market"
More BS from VPR.
Our underground market consists of 29 stolen guns… | "State's Drug Problem Is Feeding An Underground Gun Market" |
1/16/2014: VT Digger - "Edward Jaffe: Self defense in a rural state"
Part 2 in a series
Our good friend Ed Jaffe (R.I.P) on self defense. | "Edward Jaffe: Self defense in a rural state" |
| 7/26/13: NRA-ILA "Translating Anti-Gun Propaganda into English" | "Translating Anti-Gun Propaganda into English" |
| 6/24/2013: Slate - "Rethinking Gun Control - Surprising findings from a comprehensive report on gun violence." By William Saletan | "Rethinking Gun Control - Surprising findings from a comprehensive report on gun violence." |
5/9/2013: VT Digger - "Jaffe: Stop the war on guns …"
Part 1 in a series
Our good friend Ed Jaffe (R.I.P.) | "Jaffe: Stop the war on guns …" |
| 3/25/2015: YouTube - VIDEO Testimony of a 15 year old Maryland girl in defence of the right to keep and bear arms. | Testimony of a 15 year old Maryland girl in defence of the right to keep and bear arms. |
3/14/2013: Dianne Feinstein goes full Marmel on Ted Cruz.
Listen to the rants of a delusional anti-gunner and the calm and reasoned dialog of Senator Cruz.
Feinstein: "[This bill.] It exempts 2,271 weapons. Isn't that enough for the People in the United States?"
Feinstein: "Different tests on different Amendments"
Listen to the anti-gunners espouse that "No Rights are Absolute" | "Explosive Exchange at Gun Hearing Between Ted Cruz and Dianne Feinstein" |
2/6/2015: One of the best responses ever to gun control.
Henson Ong, US Citizen by choice, recorded during the anti-gun debates in Hartford Connecticut in 2013.
Amazing! | "Free People can only afford to make this mistake ONCE." |
1/31/2013: An Amazing Article (OPINION): "The Rifle on the Wall: A Left Argument for Gun Rights"
An essay in seven sections. | The Rifle on the Wall: A Left Argument for Gun Rights |
| 1/29/2013: YouTube Video - "Gun Ranges Banning Police Departments" | 2013: YouTube Video - Gun Ranges Banning Police Departments |
YouTube: Published on Jan 3, 2013
"Here is Dianne Feinstein explaining why she bought and carried a concealed weapon to protect herself and her family. She believes in her right to protect herself from violence, but wants to prevent other citizens from doing so. This is the height of arrogance and abuse of power. Politicians believe in rules for citizens, but not for themselves. They think they are an elite class- above such restrictions. She said she understood the feeling of helplessness in not being able to defend yourself against aggressors. If that's true than she must be a special kind of evil, because that's what she wants to foist on every other citizen. She is a disgrace."
Please note that Dianne admits carrying a firearm while WALKING to visit her husband in the hospital, which means she carried the gun while IN the hospital, a violation of "gun free" zones in hospitals. | "Dianne Feinstein explains why she needs a gun and you don't" |
Jan 2013: INTERACTIVE ANTI-GUN WEBSITE - "Gun control debate"
ANTI-GUN WPTZ putting anti-gun rhetoric on every single page, every single day, never stopping. | "Gun control debate" |
| Editorial: Dec 20, 2012: by Larry Correia | An opinion on gun control. |
12/20/2012: TIME "SWITZERLAND
The Swiss Difference: A Gun Culture That Works
The country had one mass shooting in 2001, but a resulting anti-gun referendum failed to pass. The Swiss will not give up the gun. Can their system work in the U.S.?" | "SWITZERLAND
The Swiss Difference: A Gun Culture That Works
The country had one mass shooting in 2001, but a resulting anti-gun referendum failed to pass. The Swiss will not give up the gun. Can their system work in the U.S.?" |
12/20/12: FactCheck.org "Gun Rhetoric vs. Gun Facts: We offer facts and context as a national gun-control debate intensifies" By Robert Farley
Important distinctions between terminology between the U.N. definition of "homicide": The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) measures “intentional homicide,” which is “an unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person,” while U.S. reports "homicide" as to include these numbers PLUS self-defense, Law Enforcement, and negligent homicides. | "Gun Rhetoric vs. Gun Facts: We offer facts and context as a national gun-control debate intensifies" |
12/11/2012: NewsLinc "Where are Your Guns?"
Anti-Gun piece from "News 7" trying to invoke fear into residents about Vermont Carry... | "Where are Your Guns?"
Anti-Gun piece from "News 7" trying to invoke fear into residents about Vermont Carry... |
| 7/22/2012: OPINION "The contradictory gun culture of the United States" by Eric Garland | "The contradictory gun culture of the United States" |
Civil Rights: Letter by Veronica Rose, Principal Analyst, Office of Legislative Research, Hartford CT in 2008 explaining how Congress has explicitly barred BATF from expending funds to investigate or act on applications by individuals for relief.
IT CANNOT BE GRANTED! | RESTORATION OF RIGHT TO CARRY FIREARMS UNDER FEDERAL LAW |
Civil Rights: May 8, 2007: American Civil Rights Union
Harvard Study: Gun Control Is Counterproductive | "Harvard Study: Gun Control Is Counterproductive" |
| Report: “Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide? A Review of International and Some Domestic Evidence.” | Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol 30 #2 |
03/14/2006 Christian Science monitor "Why gun dealers have dwindled"
"Gun-control activists tie the trend to a drop in crime. NRA disagrees."
Find out the truth behind the declining numbers of legal gun dealers in the US. | "Why gun dealers have dwindled" |
| 1/9/2001: "Flatlanders by Definition" Excerpt from: Journal of the Vermont Senate regarding the Joint resolution designating Dr. William H. Bloom as an honorary native Vermonter. | Open letter from Gene Flick, MD. |
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10/9/2000: Modern Medicine Network - "How many doctors own guns?
How physician gun ownership and use varies"
Quite a few, according to our survey. The main reasons? Hunting, target practice, and self-defense."
By Wayne J. Guglielmo | "How many doctors own guns?" |
2000: "Raging Against Self Defense:
A psychiatrist Examines The Anti-Gun Mentality"
** An absolute MUST READ for all gun owners.**
Understand that your opposition is not rational. | Raging Against Self Defense by Sarah Thompson |
12/1/1999: Chicago Tribune - "The Tide May Be Turning On Our Gun Culture"
READ the fear mongering that STILL abounds in the anti-gun community.
"By 2001, gunfire injury is expected to pass motor vehicle injury as the leading cause of traumatic death in the United States, according to the Annals of Emergency Medicine." | 1999: "The Tide May Be Turning On Our Gun Culture"
READ the fear mongering that STILL abounds in the anti-gun community. |
5/22/1992: Chicago Tribune - "On Gun Education, Schools Fire Blanks"
A perfect example of how the anti-gunners do NOT understand firearms education!
READ: "Even though these scary events are occurring, many teachers and school administrators are skittish about educating students on the dangers of guns. Some say they fear talking about gun safety will either increase children`s curiosity or upset parents who feel that discussion of gun use is a family matter."
``Why start a fire if you don`t have to?`` asked an 8th-grade teacher at a Hyde Park school. ``Why put it into their heads?``
"A Longfellow teacher said teachers answer questions about guns and gun safety ``if the kids bring it up. We don`t fan the flames of interest. That could make the situation worse.``
"Just as some people argue that distributing condoms in high schools promotes sex among teens, some may argue that teaching kids how to safely handle guns promotes gun use, said Joe Bryja, assistant principal for instruction at Glenbard South High School in Glen Ellyn."
``When you educate, you promote,`` Bryja said."
So what these educators say is "don't teach gun safety" because it PROMOTES gun use. Then why do they teach Communism, Sexuality and misinformation about Constitutional Rights?
Because they have an agenda... | 1992: "On Gun Education, Schools Fire Blanks"
The hypocrisy of the anti-gun agenda... |
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